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Van Halen Singers To Rock On Sat- Semi Kills Hard Rockers- Jack Black Won't Go Back To School of Rock- Korn Stillborn?- Great White- Iron Maiden- AC/DC- more |
(Rock News Desk) Jack Black says he has no plans to make a sequel to 2003 movie School of Rock � because it would be unlikely to match the quality of the original. "It's my favorite," he comments. "It was tailor-made for me, and so brilliantly written and directed." more
(The Music's Over) Members of the hard rock group Flannelette were driving home from a gig on the Gold Coast Saturday when their van was reportedly struck by a semi-trailer as they were attempting to pull off the road after experiencing engine trouble. Mick Fisher (age 30), guitarist Tyler Gunn (age 24), and a female companion died as a result of their injuries. more
(Rock News Desk) Great White guitarist Mark Kendall has confirmed the band's current singer Terry Ilous is just standing in for Jack Russell: "Jack's had a ton of health issues that's made it literally impossible for him to perform. He was doing it with the aid of stools and we were getting ridiculed." more
(Punknews.org) Drummer Scott Gursky has parted ways with Obits. The band issued this statement on their Facebook page: "Ladies & gents, we are very sad to announce that our youngest & handsomest member has decided to move on from this tawdry Obits cacophony." more
(Rock News Desk) Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson says he became a commercial airline pilot because he's not rich enough to own a jet plane. more
(Metalrage) Systematic, the Bay Area hard rockers and former prot�g�s of Metallica's Lars Ulrich, will play a reunion show on August 20 at Slim's in San Francisco. The concert will celebrate the 10-year anniversary of the "Somewhere In Between" album and will feature the band's original lineup of Tim Narducci, Adam Ruppel, Nick St Denis and Phillip Bailey. more
(Rock News Desk) If AC/DC tour again they won't stage a two-year extravaganza, says frontman Brian Johnson � and in fact, they didn't intend to do so with their Black Ice world trek. "It just got bigger and bigger, and we were like, 'What the hell is happening?'" Johnson reports. more
(Metalrage) Onslaught have been forced to cancel their previously announced appearances at the Metalfest festivals in Germany and Austria due to the fact that the band's lead vocalist, Sy Keeler, was diagnosed with viral laryngitis. more
(Rock News Desk) Korn bassist Fieldy says his bandmates have been surprisingly noncommittal about his side-project Stillwell, who are opening on the nu-metal outfit's current tour. "They watch us every night, but they don't seem very animated about things," he comments. more
(Metalrage) Xerath will embark on a 14-date tour of China in the fall. The trek will kick off on October 2 in Zhang Jiang and will conclude on October 16 in Shang Hai. more
(The 1st Five) Broadway Calls have announced on their Tumblr blog that they will be recording a new EP next month at Atomic Garden Recording Studio that they hope to release in time for The Fest this fall. You can read their statement here
On this day in 1968, working on what will become "The White" album. The Beatles add overdubs of bass and vocals on "Revolution." After numerous overdubs have been added, the final six minutes of the song evolved into chaotic, jamming, with Lennon repeatedly shouting "alright" and Yoko Ono speaking random phrases. The jam becomes the basis for "Revolution 9," and this session is the first that Yoko attends.
On this day in 1977, the BBC announced a ban on the new Sex Pistols single "God Save The Queen" saying it was, "in gross bad taste." And the IBA issued a warning to all radio stations saying that playing the single would be in breach of Section 4:1:A of the Broadcasting act. The single reached #2 on the U.K. chart.
On this day in 1980, the Theme from M*A*S*H* ("Suicide Is Painless") by Mash was at #1 on the U.K. singles chart, 10 years after it was first recorded after being championed by BBC Radio 1 DJ Noel Edmonds. Mike Altman the son of the original film's director, Robert Altman, was 14 years old when he composed the song's lyrics.
On this day in 2004, U.S .guitarist Robert Quine was found dead of a heroin overdose in his New York City home. He worked with Richard Hell And The Voidoids,Lou Reed, Brian Eno,Lloyd Cole, Marianne Faithfull, Tom Waits and They Might Be Giants. Find out what else happened on this date in music history here
Megadeth Album Sidelined By Illness |
On Thursday, Mustaine posted on Twitter, "D25 Johnny suddenly struck ill. Session halted."
No further announcement has been made at this time. Johnny K (full name: John Karkazis) is a Grammy Award-winning producer, whose credits include Sevendust, Disturbed, 3 Doors Down, Finger Eleven and other hard rock bands.
Chickenfoot Almost Finished |
The band began sessions in January at Sammy Hagar's Marin County studio, The Foot Locker, and have spent the past few months working around the band member's various schedules.
The VHND reports Chickenfoot spent part of May in the studio with producer Mike Fraser, and things are cooking. "Chickenfoot's second album is almost finished, and we're hoping to mix sometime in June," says guitarist Joe Satriani. "It is heavier, and better than the first one, and I can't wait to get it out there!"
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Courtney Love Blames Journalist for Kurt Cobain's Death |
When asked by The Fix if blaming Hirschberg for her husband's suicide was unfair Love responded: "Stop being such an a**hole! Who do you think you are? Barbara F**king Walters? Go read that article again! Do you know what it's like when someone sets out to do a hit piece on you?
"As a writer, wouldn't it be your worst nightmare if you drove someone to suicide? I hope so. Because that's what Lynn Hirschberg did to Kurt, all right? She humiliated and emasculated him. She sent him over the edge. She deserves most of the blame for his death. Do you really want to challenge me on that fact?"
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Zakk Wylde Would Be Honored To Join Pantera Reunion |
"I'd be honored!", if he's indeed asked to be part of any kind of future one-off Pantera reunion event that would essentially bring back the surviving members (Rex, Phillip, and Vinnie Paul) with Zakk Wylde as the guest guitarist.
Earlier this year a small army of devoted Pantera fans began piling up on each other in honor of the late great rocking Texas metal band and to support the cause (obviously a sore subject to many, including Vinnie Paul himself), one by one on Facebook...
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Why Vivian Won't Do Dio Tribute |
The guitarist, who had an infamously difficult relationship with the iconic singer before moving on to play with Def Leppard and Thin Lizzy, says he doesn't have time to commit to the project. But more important, he doubts anyone can be found to replicate Dio's voice.
"I haven't been asked, but I'm not too sure I'd want to. Even if I did, I'm not available � I'm about to go on tour with Def Leppard and I've been playing with Lizzy, so it's a pretty busy schedule," Campbell tells InsideHeavy. "I'd only be interested in playing with the original guys, Vinny Appice on drums, Jimmy Bain on bass and Claude Schnell on keyboards.
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Aerosmith Still Rocks |
The band used the in-depth interview to speak honestly about the songs, the personalities, and the drugs and alcohol that shaped the Rocks sound. They talked, too, about their modern-day projects and how they've evolved together for the better.
Reflecting back on the period when the band recorded Rocks, drummer Joey Kramer said, "We didn't even know that what we were doing was later going to be called hip. We were doing what we were doing because we didn't see any reason not to do it. From the day we put this band together, the one common denominator that we all had [is that] we wanted to be what we are today."
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Metallica Star Gives Hope To Misfits |
The thrash icon returned to Downey High in California to attend the induction ceremony alongside three other former students, and told current pupils he'd been unhappy for much of the time he studied there.
"I hated my school � literally. I didn't fit in and I didn't want to. I hid as much as possible in my music and listening to music," Hetfield said. "I showed up in classes to get credits and things, just to make it through, but I really did not fell like I identified with anyone. So to be back here is completely surreal. It's testament to the people in the misfit category. They're able to apply themselves and achieve their dreams � just in a different way."
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Death Inspired Pulp Reunion |
"I think that had a lot to do with it," said Cocker. "You suddenly realize you can't take things for granted." Guitarist Mark Webber agreed, saying, "I always thought we'd do something together again eventually, but when he died, I realized [we] should maybe grasp that opportunity."
After a nearly 10-year-long break, Cocker acknowledges that getting back on-stage�and into the public spotlight�with Pulp hasn't come naturally. "I've had a few anxiety dreams already," said Cocker. "The favorite is usually wandering through a festival, then looking at your watch and realizing you should have been on stage 10 minutes ago."
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W.A.S.P. Chris Holmes Vs Blackie Lawless |
Holmes was a founding member and in two spells spent 12-years in total with the band but he says he would never play with Lawless again and claims he'd rather be dead than make peace.
In an interview with Arena of Pleasure, Holmes admitted he felt both he and the other members of W.A.S.P felt they deserved to be pictured on the record covers of albums they all worked on. He said: "Blackie wants to be Elvis Presley, he wants to be the only guy. Let's put it this way, he has an ego. He does really s***ty things to everybody in the band. The only reason why he kept me that long is to get more ticket sales. You wanna get some really s***ty? The money you make off the records is called publishing, and he made me sign my contract in the way that this goes back into the band, so I never saw any of the publishing."
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John Bonham and Neal Peart Named Top Drummers of All Time |
2. Neal Peart (Rush): Drummer and lyricist for Rush, Neal Peart is hailed in many circles as the quintessential rock drummer. He's known for his ingenious drum parts and intense solos with lead passages that rock hard and prove the drums, indeed, can be a lead instrument. No Rush concert is complete without Peart's sparking, obligatory drum solo, and his syncopated drumming style certainly has its own distinct sound and aura. You can always tell when it's Peart playing.
1. John Bonham (Led Zeppelin): Bonzo was famous for his speed, intensity and swift right foot, but above all, he was a "soul" drummer. Even with all the attention given to his dazzling soloing, cool beats and fills, and bass drum know-how, in the end, John Bonham was simply a groover. For this ability to make a band sway and groove like no other, never hogging the spotlight but remaining the subtle champion of Led Zeppelin, Gibson.com recognizes him as our Top Rock Drummer, a talent unrivaled and irreplaceable.
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Singled Out: Pagan's Mind's Intermission |
Pagan's Mind's lyrics have in the past been known to be rather intricate. I always used a lot of time trying to shape the lyrics with "the most complicated" words I could find. I also thought it was the best way to create the form of poetry I was looking for, and therefore it came naturally for me always. This was something the die-hard fans embraced, but unfortunately 80 percent of the other had a hard time interpreting my lyrics.
For the past two records, I have tried to use more "common" wording to get the message out to everyone. My lyrics have always been greatly inspired by science fiction, the unexplained and life�s great riddles. In "Intermission", I sing about two soulmates who experience a bond so strong that it goes beyond life and death, time and space. The original title for the song was "Intermission In Time", but since "in time" has been overused for Pagan's Mind's lyrics, I decided to cut that out and make it short and concise. I wrote this song last summer, in a heartbroken state of mind when someone close whom I trusted just walked out of my life leaving no explanation at all. Such a happening can be pretty traumatic if you don't see it coming. So, I wrote the lyrics from my own point of view "on the path of my lifeline" and dreamt about finding a soulmate that could fulfill my dreams. Just months later, this actually happened.
The lyrics are even more dramatic, and deal with after-death and parallel dimension topics, but to simplify it, the aura of the song radiates that when your passion your will is strong enough, you can pause (intermission) time itself and reach each other across the boundaries of space and time. A sci-fi love song, you may call it� =)
Hearing is believing. Now that you know the story behind the song, listen for yourself and learn more about the album
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Def Leppard Limited By Success |
The guitarist does admit the band try to make the set-lists slightly different year on year while also mixing up the arrangement in some tracks too.
"The set list kind of picks itself. There's a bit of a double-edged sword, having a really strong catalogue. People expect the hits, particularly in America and particularly with the nature of the concert industry nowadays, insofar as when we package with other acts." Campbell told Guitar International. "There's gonna be a certain percentage of the audience that is there primarily for Heart, and they're only gonna respond to the big Leppard hits. So it's not like we're going and playing to 100% Def Leppard audience.
"If that was the case, we would definitely dig deeper into our catalogue and play more obscure songs.
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The Day The Who Set A World Record |
It's May 31, 1976, and it's a typically wet rainy night in London, England at the Charlton Athletic Football Stadium. The 60,000 people have been there all day watching the Sensational Alex Harvey Band, Little Feat, The Outlaws, Streetwalkers and Widowmaker battle the elements. How many were there for Little Feat or Alex Harvey can't be clear but the excitement grew tangible as the audience waited for the headlining act. As several tried to climb floodlight towers for a better vantage point, it was obvious that most were there to see tone of the greatest live bands of all time, The Who.
The band were still on their '70s creativity high, still pushing the boundaries of rock and roll performance. The Who by Numbers was just out and "Squeeze Box" had given them their first hit single in a while. Tommy would feature heavily in the set (which included "I Can't Explain," "Substitute," "My Wife," "Baba O'Riley," "Squeeze Box," "Behind Blue Eyes," "Dreaming from the Waist," "Magic Bus," "Amazing Journey," "Sparks," "The Acid Queen," "Fiddle About," "Pinball Wizard," "I'm Free, "Tommy's Holiday Camp," "We're Not Gonna Take It," "Summertime Blues," "My Generation," "Won't Get Fooled Again") partly because the Ken Russell movie was released the previous year. And they'd just set the record for the largest indoor arena attendance with 75,962 at the Pontiac Silverdome the previous December.
They were about to break another record.
Rush's Neil Peart To Make Rare TV Appearance |
The fan site discovered the news in the latest edition of Entertainment Weekly (June 3/10 double issue), in a sidebar in the Music Reviews section entitled "Who's Playing on Late Night & Talk Shows."
June 9th is the band's off-day between Greenville and New Orleans, so the schedule syncs up for an extremely rare Peart TV appearance.
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Judas Priest Leave Door Open To James Durbin Collaboration |
Priest had some help, of course, as they were joined by contestant James Durbin, the 22 year-old from Santa Cruz that has been flying the metal flag on the reality series since he stepped on the Idol stage.
When asked whether there will ever be a collaboration between the fourth-place finalist and Judas Priest, frontman Rob Halford was optimistic, saying, "Yeah, anything's possible. We just wish him all the best, he's got such an extraordinary voice. He's got such a genuine and lovable personality. He's the real deal, James, and we wish him the best. Good for you, James!"
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John Lennon Vs The New York Times |
Penned aboard an American Airlines jet in 1971, the letter is a rebuttal to an inflammatory article published in the paper by journalist Craig McGregor, who claimed that The Beatles ripped off black artists without any acknowledgement of their contributions.
'Money', 'Twist 'n' Shout', 'You really got a hold on me' etc, were all numbers we (The Beatles) used to sing in the dancehalls around Britain, mainly Liverpool. It was only natural that we tried to do it as near to the record as we could - i always wished we could have done them even closer to the original. We didn't sing our own songs in the early days - they weren't good enough - the one thing we always did was to make it known that there were black originals, we loved the music and wanted to spread it in any way we could. in the '50s there were few people listening to blues - R + B - rock and roll, in America as well as Britain. People like - Eric Burdons Animals - Micks Stones - and us drank ate and slept the music, and also recorded it, many kids were turned on to black music by us.
It wasnt a rip off.
it was a love in,
Once Upon A Foo Fighter |
Stahl said, "I was [on tour] in Tokyo when my brother called me and said, 'Hey, Dave might be calling you, because I think they might need a guitar player.' So that same day, Dave called me at my hotel and asked me if I wanted to be in the Foo Fighters. Of course, you don't have to twist my arm. It was crazy. I told him I had to finish my obligation there, which I did. Then I flew directly back to L.A. at the end of the tour, and then from there, flew straight to New York."
Stahl recalled having almost no time to prepare for his first Foo Fighters gig, the 1997 MTV Video Music Awards, playing atop the Radio City Music Hall marquee.
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Under The Skin Of Angels Tour For Filter, Saliva, Anew Revolution |
Anew Revolution bassist Frank Salvaggio says of the trek, "It's going to be a busy Summer for us! We're totally pumped to be touring with the rock veterans and are looking forward to meeting Heart Set Self Destruct. All this touring has motivated us to write and record more music, so look for that to be the next step in the Anew Revolution evolution. The wild ride keeps on going and we love it, horns high!"
Anew Revolution are touring in support of their sophomore eOne release "iMerica," which was released last year.
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HateSphere Announce Solid Lineup |
HateSphere is currently working on their 7th album which will be released via Napalm Records mid-September, 2011. Tue Madsen and HateSphere will begin the recordings on June 13th in the Antfarm Studio, Aarhus, Denmark.
Jimmy Nedergaard comments: "I've been a fan of HateSphere for a long time, so of course I had to audition. Both their music and the energy they put in their work appeals to me, and our future plans for HateSphere are the same, so it seems obvious to me, to work and play with these guys."
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Phil Lynott's Son Talks Thin Lizzy |
Independent.ie reports Galway-based sculptor Macdaragh Lambe enjoyed his late father's reformed band from a grassy hill on front of Slane Castle with host Lord Henry Mount Charles by his side.
"I wasn't here the first time my dad played 30 years ago, but seeing Thin Lizzy tonight, in this setting, with Lord Henry -- it's something I am going to remember for the rest of my life," said Lambe, now 42.
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1976 Black Sabbath Performance Now Online |
This is the show where Frank Zappa introduces the band and is forced to make an excuse to the crowd, concerning the act's late arrival onstage.
Zappa claimed it was "due to technical difficulties", but the legend is that Ozzy and Tony were too busy brawling backstage. This recording is making its debut on YouTube.
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The Birth of the Rolling Stones |
"We arrived late and just caught the last number of The Hollies," recalled Mike Gutteridge. "And just before the Stones went on, I received a signed copy of 'Come On' from Brian Jones. I distinctly remember looking at this guy with glossy blonde hair as he signed the copy to 'Mike of the Bachelor Boys.' We stood in front of the Stones for the whole of their set. As the stage was no more than a foot high, it was probably the best view anyone has ever had of a Stones gig."
Gutteridge said the band were quite sociable after their set: "When the club had cleared, we all sat on the stage drinking orange juice talking to Jagger and Richards. We asked them about their Chelsea boots and Jagger was very animated in discussing how fashionable they were. I think I had my Clarke's finest on that night! I then asked Richards about the intro to 'Down the Road a Piece' (a Chuck Berry number that was just a knockout). He took me through all the moves on his Epiphone Riviera. It was the Stones' first booking out of London and I class myself very lucky to have experienced that special moment of rock history."
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The World According to Jimi Hendrix |
On Bob Dylan, as told to rock journalist Steve Barker in 1967.: "I saw him one time, but both of us were stoned out of our minds. I remember it vaguely. It was at this place called The Kettle of Fish in the Village. We were both stoned there, and we just hung around laughing � yeah, we just laughed. People have always got to put him down. I really dig him, though. I like that Highway 61 Revisited album and especially 'Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues.' He doesn't inspire me actually, because I could never write the kind of words he does."
On his ideal lifestyle, when asked if he has enough money to live comfortably for the rest of his life, as spoken in a 1970 interview with New Musical Express: "Not the way I'd like to live. I want to get up in the morning and just roll over in my bed into the indoor swimming pool and then swim to the breakfast table, come up for air and get a drink of orange juice. Then just flop over from the chair into the swimming pool and swim into the bathroom and shave and whatever."
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Cage the Elephant, Manchester Orchestra and Sleeper Agent Kick Off Tour |
Sleeper Agent will be giving audiences a taste of what's to come when they release their riotous debut album, Celabrasion, on mom + pop music this August.
Produced by Jay Joyce (Cage the Elephant, The Whigs) and recorded last July at Nashville's Tragedy/Tragedy Studios, Celabrasion reflects the easy camaraderie in this band. "We've all been involved in the Bowling Green music scene for years," says Tony "Tutone" Smith.
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Black Stone Cherry Almost Skipped White Trash Millionaire |
The track is flying high on both sides of the Atlantic as the Kentucky rockers prepare for the release of their third album 'Between The Devil And the Deep Blue Sea' on Monday [May31] (UK) and Tuesday [June 1] (USA) respectively.
And Young also says the recording of the album saw them take a leap of faith into the unknown and team up with song writers for the first time. In an exclusive chat with RockAAA Young said: "What was crazy was we took the whole year off to write this album. But after the first four months we thought we had it wrapped up and that we had all the songs ready to go and record. But our label were keen for us to take some more time and work with some co-writers. We didn't want to do that at all as we didn't want the sound of the band to change. A lot of bands are scared to do that. We certainly were. We were fearful and didn't want the stuff to take a different direction as we've been pushing our sound for so long and we were worried we'd lose our fans who really enjoyed our music."
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Red Sparowes Summer Tour Plans |
They have scheduled shows in L.A. and San Diego for late June and European festival dates for July.
The shows include two dates with Coliseum and Aeges (members of Pelican, Shift, 16, et al.) at Eagle Rock Center for the Arts on Friday, June 24th and The Casbah on Wednesday, June 29th.
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Eli Cook Takes On Blues Legends |
Eli's interpretation of blues legends Skip James, Charles Brown, Rev. Gary Davis and Nick Drake not only reinvents their classics, it breaths new life into them.
"I would like to be able to revitalize the blues/rock genre," Eli confesses. "Back in the '60s and '70s it was very obvious how the two walked hand in hand; it seems it has become more and more difficult to see that relationship in contemporary popular music now. Artists like Led Zeppelin, Hendrix, ZZ Top, the Stones were exemplary in their ability to fuse the old blues lyrics, guitar, and vocal styles with modern production, writing, and arrangement to make something new and appealing. A few more recent bands have also done this - Clutch, Corrosion of Conformity, Monster Magnet, Audioslave - but by and large none of the mainstream artists have been doing anything remotely similar for several years now. I think that is very tragic. Without blues as the integral ingredient, music just ain't worth listening to in my book."
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. Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard of Ozz and Diary of a Madman: 30th Anniversary Editions |
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