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 Dope's
Angel |
SMN reports: DOPE have announced the addition
of new drummer "Angel" to their ranks for all upcoming tours and to record
drum tracks on the new DOPE album:
"We are very excited to announce that we
have found our new DOPE drummer in Angel. He's a great technical player
and he's got a ton of the visual eye candy that has always been a part
of DOPE's live show. It has been more than a year and a half since Racci
took what turned into a permanent leave of absence from the band. Through
that time, we've done several tours with fill in drummers, while beginning
to write the new DOPE album and decide on our permanent replacement. [see
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| Roth
on Van Halen Reunion |
DiR reports: David Lee Roth spoke exclusively
to Rolling Stone's Brian Hiatt about the Van Halen Reunion. Here is part
of their conversation: On his first post-reunion jam with Eddie:
Eddie and I wrote the songs, every note,
every syllable, as if we invented a language that only we can speak. It
was an easy, natural thing�When you speak a language that you both created,
it's natural to go, "I know you." So it was very easy. There wasn't any
stumble at all. I just showed up, and twenty minutes later, it was the
usual, "How's the wife, how's the kids, let's play." When you're born to
do that language, you speak it naturally. I never forgot it. [see the full
story for a couple more highlights from the forthcoming interview (out
February 23rd)] - Click
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| L.A.
Guns Single / Tour |
sleazeroxx.com reports: The Tracii Guns version
of L.A. Guns with Jeremy Guns (bass), Paul Black (vocals) and Chad Stewart
(drums) have posted their new single "I Do" at their myspace page
The band has also lined up the following
tour dates:
Mar 2 2007 Buffalo Rose - Golden, Colorado
Mar 3 2007 Buffalo Valley - Glenwood Springs,
Colorado
Mar 4 2007 Avalon Theater - Grand Junction,
Colorado
Mar 8 2007 Silverthorne Pavillion - Silverthorne,
Colorado
Mar 9 2007 Union Station - Colorado Springs,
Colorado
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| Dio
Sabbath Releases |
sleazeroxx.com reports: Black Sabbath will
release a best of, of The Dio Years, featuring three new songs from the
Ronnie James Dio, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, Vinnie Appice lineup.
The new songs, entitled 'The Devil Cried',
'Shadow of the Wind' and 'Ear In The Wall' will be the first from the band
since Dio left in 1983. The album will be released on April 7.
On top of this, there will be a previously
unreleased live album from a 1981 show at London's famed Hammersmith Odeon,
which will be released on May 1.[see full story for more]-
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| Turmoil's
Eulogy |
Lambgoat reports: Eulogy Recordings has officially
announced their recent signing of Turmoil. As you may recall, Turmoil left
the Abacus Recordings roster earlier this year. Here's the official press
release:
Turmoil, the groundbreaking noise-core
five-piece from Philadelphia, have now fittingly signed with Eulogy Recordings,
a label whose reputation is etched in stone as a cornerstone of the crossover
metalcore movement. The band have also partnered up with Freeze Artist
Management (My Chemical Romance, the Used, Story of the Year, Warped Tour,
Taste of Chaos tours) and Keith Isola (Madball, Head Automatica) to ensure
not one fan of cutting-edge crossover be left undisturbed by Turmoil's
enraged presence on the scene. The long-awaited, as-yet-unnamed, follow-up
to their monumental third album, The Process Of, is completely written
and will be released this summer to coincide with an extensive touring
campaign.[see full story for more]- Click
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| Buckcherry
Video Contest |
PR reports: Grammy®-nominated, Gold-certified,
Buckcherry announced today an open call to fans to create their own video
for the next single, "Everything" directing them to upload homemade videos
to YouTube by March 9th. The band will then choose their favorite submission
and the winner and a friend will receive roundtrip airfare, hotel accommodations,
tickets and VIP access to the Buckcherry show in London on March 20 at
the Mean Fiddler.* Additionally the winning video will run/air for a month
on Buckcherry's official website and myspace page.
Fans will create their "Everything" music
video, upload it to the YouTube group youtube.com/group/buckcherrycontest
and fill out the entry form through the ArtistDirect Buckcherry contest
page at the full story link.- Click
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| Hot
Rod Circuit SxSW |
PR reports: Hot Rod Circuit will be performing
at both the CMJ and PUREVOLUME showcases at SXSW! Be sure to check them
out performing new music off "The Underground Is a Dying Breed", which
hits stores 3.20.07 via Immortal Records.
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| Sonic
Youth, Wooden Wand, James and The Quiet |
PR reports: Sonic Youth bassist Kim Gordon
must've been busy or out of town. Because one way or another, the rest
of her band was involved in the making of James and The Quiet, the forthcoming
album by folkadelic troubadour Wooden Wand.
Thurston Moore -- Sonic Youth's spry, eternally-teenaged
guitarist/vocalist -- has signed Wooden Wand to his tastemaker Ecstatic
Peace label (home of Be Your Own Pet), announcing plans for a May 15th
release. The album was produced by SY guitarist Lee Ranaldo (who also plays
some stringed things on the recording), and longtime SY drummer Steve Shelley
provides his signature rhythmic strut. [see full story for more]-
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| Gary
Allan Hits |
PR reports: On March 6 2007, MCA Nashville
will release Gary Allan's Greatest Hits album. The album will feature some
of Gary's biggest hits and includes the new single, "A Feelin' Like That."
Here is a full track listing:
1 A Feelin' Like That
2 Right Where I Need To Be
3 Songs About Rain
4 Smoke Rings In The Dark
5 Her Man
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| Goo
Goo Dolls Expanded |
PR reports: One of great rock & roll bands
of our generation, The Goo Goo Dolls return to the road next month in support
of their Gold-certified album, Let Love In. The Band's eighth studio album,
produced by Glen Ballard and the band, has already spawned 4 hit singles
to date including the current single and title track, "Let Love In." Due
to demand from fans for more, an expanded edition will be released February
27, 2007. The revised edition will now add a DVD component containing live
performances, music videos and a pair of acoustic versions of tracks from
Let Love In. The DVD, entitled, Live And Intimate, will be comprised of
an exclusive live-in-studio performance of fourteen songs filmed and recorded
March 27, 2006 at Capitol Studios in Hollywood, California Two bonus audio
tracks recorded especially for this release include acoustic versions of
"Better Days," and "We'll Be Here (When You're Gone)." LET LOVE IN SPECIAL
EDITION will also be available as a digital music download at all participating
digital retailers as well as the deluxe CD + DVD package.[see full story
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| Opera
Supply |
PR reports: When Graham Russell was nine years
old, he ventured for the first time into a forest, located just at the
edge of his hometown of Nottingham, England, that has captured the Western
World's imagination for over seven centuries. Finding himself lost in the
dark, dense and spooky Sherwood Forest�the real live home of the great
Robin Hood legend�he says, "its magic became a part of me. I somehow felt
I had returned home." Now, many years, countless hit records and thousands
of concerts around the world later, Russell�better known to still-rabid
romantic pop music fans as one half of Air Supply, with songwriting and
performing partner Russell Hitchcock�is bringing that magic to glorious
and exciting musical life with his ambitious new rock opera The Heart Of
The Rose.
With forty pop and rock flavored songs
penned by Russell and a book written by the composer, his wife Jodi Russell
and noted British historical writer Graham Phillips (author of the 1988
bestseller Robin Hood: The True Story), the musical presents the real story
behind the powerful Robin Hood myths that have hijacked it in our renderings
of the tale since the 14th century. The Heart Of The Rose, based on the
extensive historical research of Philips, is the culmination of a 20-year
musical journey for Russell, who started the project at his home studio
in 1987 (a few years beyond Air Supply's initial heyday) and worked on
it in pieces over the years between the band's frenetic tour schedule of
over 120 global dates per year.[see full story for more]-
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| Nike
Kanye |
PR reports: The much talked about collaboration
on the NIKE- commissioned hip hop track, "Better Than I've Ever Been" which
features Kanye West, Nas and KRS-One, and produced by Rick Rubin, will
be available on February 20th on iTunes.
In 2006, NIKE commemorated the Air Force
1's 25th anniversary. As part of these celebrations, NIKE commissioned
a stellar cast of artists to record an original track that pays homage
to the perseverance of the AF1 and the community that has championed it.
A remix of the track by DJ Premier and featuring the addition of Rakim,
titled "Classic (Better Than I've Ever Been DJ Premier Remix)" will also
be available on iTunes for purchase. The tracks will be sold individually
and all NIKE and artist proceeds from the sale of the track will be donated
to the "NIKE Youth Sport for Change Fund," to support youth programs that
use sport as a catalyst for change. [see full story for a stream of the
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| Rush
Preview |
PR reports: Anthem/Atlantic recording group
Rush has unveiled details of its upcoming new album, entitled "SNAKES &
ARROWS." The renowned rock trio's first new collection of original material
in nearly five years, the album will be released on May 1st.
"SNAKES & ARROWS" was recorded in the
fall of 2006 with Grammy Award-winner Nick Raskulinecz (Foo Fighters, Velvet
Revolver) and Rush co-producing. The album's first single, "Far Cry," will
be released to radio in mid March. To hear a clip of the song, visit the
full story link.
Rush - Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson, and Neil
Peart - will trumpet the release of "SNAKES & ARROWS" with a full-scale
North American tour, the band's first since 2004's "An Evening with Rush:
30th Anniversary Tour." Further details about this summer's tour dates
will be announced in the coming weeks.
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| Justice
& Mercy Tour |
PR reports: Skillet has unveiled plans for
a major US tour. The Grammy Award-nominated rock outfit will join forces
with Flyleaf on its upcoming "Justice & Mercy" tour, slated to traverse
America through the spring. The trek will take off on March 25th in Memphis,
with dates continuing through late April. Support will come from Dropping
Daylight, Resident Hero, and a variety of local acts. [see full story for
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| Talking
Catanese |
PR reports: TalkingMetal.com has posted episodes
1 and 2 of their exclusive series of four video podcasts featuring Nick
Catanese of Black Label Society. All four movies, presented by Detroit's
tranZmission Productions, document last year's first ever Black Label Society
"Shot To Hell" listening party as well as the induction of Catanese's Washburn
signature model guitar and Black Label Society denim vest into the Hard
Rock Café in Catanese's hometown of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Both
episodes can be downloaded at the full story link.- Click
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| Great
Northern Debut |
PR reports: A beautiful dream-like state is
one way to describe Great Northern's debut, 'Trading Twilight for Daylight,'
or maybe the title is more apt. It's like that time of day in California,
when the sun is setting and everything appears golden, and a warm feeling
comes over you...
Twinkling piano leads into a beautiful
voice, backed by a melodious second voice. Enter stark drumbeats and a
slight echo in the background. Strings. Xylophone. Guitar. Harmonies. You're
now listening to opening track "Our Bleeding Hearts."
The lush textures and unforgettable melodies
take you on a sonic voyage, while the rich harmonies permeate these neatly
disguised pop songs. Contrasting and magnificent, the common thread is
the male-female vocals that weave seamlessly. The ten-track collection
will be released May 15, 2007 on Eenie Meenie Records, home to other locals,
Irving and Goldenboy.- Click
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| Mentors
DVD |
PR reports: Mentors - El Duce Vita DVD will
be in stores 04/03/07 from MVD. This, the first Mentors DVD, is compiled
from hours and hours of archival footage. The Mentors, formed in 1977 by
Guitarist Sickie Wifebeater (Eric Carlson), Bassist Dr. Heathen Scum (Steve
Broy), and the immortal Drummer / Singer El Duce (Eldon Hoke, RIP), were
true innovators in the realm of Heavy Metal and Rock and Roll. While their
dirty lyrics were at one time shocking to some, along with their humor,
their performances have stood the test of time. This DVD contains live
performances from the band in its prime, and also includes some of their
concept videos. [see full story for track info]- Click
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Jonny Lives has an affinity
for late '70s power-poppers like the Knack and Greg Kihn and one of the
best songs on Get Steady, "Cliche," could have slugged it out on the radio
with "My Sharona" or Kihn's "Valerie." (3 stars)
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These days the metal youth have
found gained their metal stripes from extremely melodic metal bands that
are simply borderline emo. Orange County, Ca is home to a number of these
bands� Scars of Tomorrow also hail from the OC area and have fallen to
the MTV2 crowd just as have their neighbors and predecessors.- Read
the full Scars of Tomorrow - The Failure in Drowning review
I just caught a glimpse of some
writer who called Andy Werth "ballsy", but I consider that writer to be
"ballsy" one for using such a word to describe Mr. Werth. I'm thinking
more Partridge Family than "ballsy".- Read
the full Andy Werth - Back to the Sun EP review
Y'know, sometimes you really
want to find something good to say about a CD, and it's just about impossible.
Signal Home's Carbon Copy Media debut, A Fragile Constitutional, is one
such CD. - Read
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