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MINISTRY TO RELEASE 13TH STUDIO ALBUM,

"FROM BEER TO ETERNITY," ON 9/6/13

Al Jourgensen Biography, Ministry Live DVD Also Coming This Summer

Ministry FB2E CD Cover lo-rez 

LOS ANGELES, CA - June 18, 2013 -- Al Jourgensen, six-time Grammy nominated godfather of industrial metal, will release his band Ministry's 13th studio album, From Beer To Eternity, on September 6 (13th Planet Records).  Pre-order info will be posted soon on Ministry's Facebook.  As fans of the band know, after last year there wasn't going to be another Ministry album, but as Jourgensen put it recently, "I had no choice."

 
Sessions for what would become From Beer to Eternity began last December at Jourgensen's 13th Planet compound in El Paso, TX with Jourgensen (who produced the album, composed the music and wrote the lyrics for all 11 songs), guitarists Mike Scaccia and Sin Quirin, drummer Aaron Rossi and bassist Tony Campos.  Rough tracks for 18 songs were finished on December 19, and three days later, the 47-year old Scaccia died from a heart attack he suffered onstage while playing a live show with his band Rigor Mortis in Dallas, TX.  Jourgensen, Quirin, Rossi and Campos were absolutely devastated.

 

"We have never, in the history of Ministry, ever had a tracking session like that before," states Jourgensen, "everything went so smoothly, it was surreal.  And Mikey was so on fire and inspired, and really a driving force for this record."  After returning from Scaccia's funeral in Dallas, and shouldering the weight of grief as well as the desire to honor his fallen comrade, Jourgensen locked himself in his studio with his engineer and co-producer Sammy D'Ambruoso for three excruciating months.  "There was no choice," Jourgensen says of the bittersweet production process.  "During the tracking sessions, Mikey was smiling and going, 'You know what, Al?  This is by far and away the best Ministry album we've ever done together. This is awesome.'  I'm super
proud of From Beer to Eternity because it's my tribute to Mikey's incredible talent, and I feel it honors him and all of the years we spent together making music."

 

From the schizophrenic opening cut, the sarcasm-dripping, sound effect-laden "Hail to his Majesty (Peasants)" to the thrash-punk riffs andbooming bass reverberations of "Punch in the Face," to "Change of Luck," a song that Jourgensen wrote directly about Scaccia's death, From Beer to Eternity pulls no punches, sounding at once familiar, yet completely fresh and inspired. The release also includes "Side F/X Include Mikey's Middle Finger / TV4," which old school Ministry fans will recognize as a continuum in a series of TV songs that began in the mid-1990s, and underscores Scaccia's birthright as one of the greatest metal guitarists in the world.

 

"PermaWar," the first single from From Beer to Eternity, will drop digitally via iTunes in late July as a three-track maxi single.  Additionally, 13th Planet Records will be releasing special products for From Beer to Eternity, including a Special Limited Edition Digipak with 13 tracks, a special FanBox edition, as well as vinyl and limited edition 12" inch picture discs.

 
Ministry will support From Beer to Eternity with a cavalcade of music videos, off-the-wall "making of..." digital clips, and an on-going "dog-blog" commentary by Jourgensen's two Labradors, Lemmy and Ozzy, who were present every step of the way during the recording and mixing of From Beer to Eternity, and have launched their own Facebook page     ( https://www.facebook.com/Ozzyandlemmyjourgensen ) to tell the tail.  Uh, tale.

 

But wait, there's more.  In addition to From Beer to Eternity coming in September, July 9 will see the release of Jourgensen's authorized biography, "Ministry:  The Lost Gospels According to Al Jourgensen," penned by Jourgensen with Jon Wiederhorn on DaCapo Books.  "Ministry" is a memoir both ugly and captivating, revealing Jourgensen as a man who lived a hard life his own way without making compromises."  Then, the two-disc DVD "Ministry: Enjoy the Quiet - Live at Wacken 2012," debuts at the already sold-out Wacken Open Air 2013 festival in Germany August 1-3.  Shot live in concert at one of Ministry's final shows of the band's 2012 tour at Wacken's Open Air in front of 75,000 fans, the DVD features "New World Order," "99 Percenters," "Ghouldiggers," "Psalm 69," "Thieves," "Just One Fix," and "Khyber Pass."

ROB ZOMBIE’S GREAT AMERICAN NIGHTMARE


ONCE IN A LIFETIME ULTIMATE HALLOWEEN EVENT

CURATED BY ZOMBIE, TO TERRORIZE LOS ANGELES 

EVERY THURSDAY-SUNDAY FROM OCTOBER 10-NOVEMBER 2


EVENT TO FEATURE 3 HORRIFIC, BONE-CHILLING HAUNTED MAZES AND 15 NIGHTS OF MUSIC AT THE FAIRPLEX IN POMONA, CA

 
Groundbreaking musician and filmmaker Rob Zombie will unleash his Great American Nightmare on Los Angeles this Halloween season. This bone-chilling experience will combine the most advanced haunted house attractions with a not-to-be-missed music festival from top artists in hard rock, alternative, EDM, and more, every Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday from October 10 through November 2, 2013 at the Fairplex FEARplex in Pomona, CA, just outside Los Angeles.

 

A creative collaboration between masters of the macabre Rob Zombie and preeminent haunted house producer Steve Kopelman, the fully immersive haunted house experience will feature three attractions based on Zombie’s own horror films: Lords Of Salem Total Black Out, The Haunted World Of El Superbeasto 3D, and Haunt Of 1,000 Corpses. The shocking--and sometimes disturbing--fright attractions will offer a three-dimensional experience with animatronics and effects, a maze that is the ultimate definition of claustrophobia and fear, sudden chills and startling thrills, and salacioushumor that will make one scream with fright and laughter. 

 

As if these sinister attractions weren’t enough, Rob Zombie’s Great American Nightmare will also feature 15 nights of music from top national and regional artists in the indie/punk, EDM, metal, rock and Latin genres including Andrew WK, BL3ND, Blood On The Dance Floor, Dirtyloud, Dirtyphonics, Doctor P, Emilie Autumn, Evol Intent, Fei-Fei, Goldfinger, Heavygrinder, Kottonmouth Kings, Metalachi, One More Time, Ozomatli, Reel Big Fish, Terravita, The Used, Twiztid, William Control, Zomboy, and many more.

 

In addition to music, one special night will also feature the outrageous pro wrestling sensations Lucha Libre USA. Look for details about the music performance schedule--including additional major headlining acts--to be announced on June 29 and visit www.GreatAmericanNightmare.com for details.

 

"This is it! The ultimate badass Halloween experience! No one will walk away disappointed," says Zombie. "I am thrilled to bring The Great American Nightmare to California and begin a reign of bloody terror!"

 

The FEARplex for Rob Zombie’s Great American Nightmare will include 150,000 square feet of horror and entertainment and is not geared towards young children or the faint of heart. Patrons should be prepared for maximum scares!

 

At Rob Zombie’s Great American Nightmare, patrons will sequentially enter three different attractions, each completely different in look, theme and effects:

 

Lords Of Salem In Total Black Out: This harrowing attraction--based on Zombie’s 2012 The Lords Of Salem independent horror film--is designed to twist the mind. It will accentuate some senses while limiting others. Fear of the dark, claustrophobia, and fear of the unknown will be preyed on as the visitor attempts to traverse this sixty-degree maze.

 

The Haunted World Of El Superbeasto 3D: Utilizing Chromadepth glasses, this innovative attraction will take the patron right into the middle of the irreverent world of Rob Zombie’s El Superbeasto2009 animated exploitation musical horror comedy film based on the comic book series of the same name. The attraction’s unique surprise entrance, brilliant colors, sudden chills and startling thrills, and salacious humor will make one scream with fright and laughter. 

 

Haunt Of 1,000 Corpses: This terrifying attraction pays homage to the 10-year anniversary of the exploitation horror film House Of 1,000 Corpses, directed by Rob Zombie. This extreme, traditional haunted house will take visitors on a walking journey through a recreation of the film’s “Museum of Monsters & Madmen” along with an expanded “Murder Ride,” confronting notorious serial killers along the way. This high impact, highly detailed attraction will use state of the art animatronics, video effects, costuming, sound, scents and lights.

 

Rob Zombie’s Great American Nightmare is produced by Rob Zombie, Steve Kopelman and Andy Gould, along with event music producers Kevin Lyman and John Reese.

 

“Having produced haunted attractions for over 30 years, I have never been more excited about a project than I am with The Great American Nightmare. To produce an event with partners like Rob Zombie, Kevin Lyman, John Reese and Andy Gould is a dream come true.  This no-holds-barred first year event is destined to change the haunted house landscape for years to come and I am ecstatic to be a part of it,” says Nightmare producer Steve Kopelman.

 

The Great American Nightmare Monster Midway will offer outdoor screenings of classic horror films, a DJ, food vendors, beer, wine and spirits, and much more, with freak show characters roaming throughout the grounds each night.

 

Nightmare music co-producer Kevin Lyman admits, "Rob Zombie's Great American Nightmare is going to be so terrifying, you won't catch me in any of the three haunted houses! For those of you who are scaredy cats like me, there will be plenty of other attractions that are guaranteed to entertain, including a special concert each night."

 

"Great American Nightmare is one of the most exciting projects I have ever been associated with,” says Nightmare music co-producer John Reese. “The opportunity to work with the genius that is Rob Zombie is awe inspiring. This is set up to be one of the CAN'T MISS EVENTS OF THE YEAR!"

 

Tickets for Rob Zombie’s Great American Nightmare are available starting at only $30 beginning Saturday, June 29 at www.GreatAmericanNightmare.com. Each ticket includes access to all haunted house attractions, concerts and midway activities. Tickets will also be available for purchase onsite at the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival San Bernardino show at San Manuel Amphitheater (June 29) and during the Los Angeles County Fair at Pomona Fairplex (August 30-September 29). VIP packages will also be available for purchase at www.GreatAmericanNightmare.com.

 

Hours for Rob Zombie’s Great American Nightmare will be 6:30 PM until 11:00 PM on Thursdays and Sundays, 6:30 PM until 1:00 AM on Fridays and Saturdays.

 

The Fairplex is located at 1101 W. McKinley Avenue in Pomona, CA, centrally located in the heart of Southern California. The Fairplex is also home to the LA County Fair, the largest county fair in the world.

 

Rob Zombie’s Great American Nightmare is made possible through the support of sponsors including Monster Energy Drink and Ernie Ball.

 
Website: www.GreatAmericanNightmare.com

Facebook: http://on.fb.me/12kKH9E

Twitter: https://twitter.com/RobZombiesGAN

SLAYER WELCOMES PAUL BOSTAPH BACK TO THE FOLD

LOS ANGELES, CA -- Slayer's Tom Araya and Kerry King are very pleased to announce that Paul Bostaph has rejoined the band on a full-time basis. Bostaph will be behind the drum kit beginning June 4 when Slayer kicks off the first leg of its 2013 international tour in Warsaw, Poland. Gary Holt will continue to fill in for fallen guitarist Jeff Hanneman.


Slayer's 2013 itinerary will have the band playing 35 dates that will include headline shows as well as a number of major summer festivals in Europe, Eastern Europe and South America between June and October. The complete itinerary is below.


"Paul's a great drummer and a good friend, and we're very happy that he's decided to rejoin the band," said Tom Araya. "We're still pretty numb from the loss of Jeff, but we don't want to disappoint our European and South American fans, and we need to begin moving forward...having Paul back in the band makes that a whole lot easier."


"I'm very excited to be rejoining Slayer," added Bostaph. "We spent a very intense ten years of our lives together, had a lot of fun, made a lot of great music, so for me, this feels like coming home."


Bostaph was Slayer's drummer from 1992 until 2001 and recorded four albums with the band - the Gold certified Divine Intervention (1994), the 1996 punk covers album Undisputed Attitude, Diabolus in Musica, (1998), God Hates Us All (2001) that received a Grammy nomination for "Best Metal Performance," as well as the DVD War at the Warfield (2001), also certified Gold. In addition to Slayer, Bostaph has been a member of Forbidden, Exodus, Systematic and Testament.


Slayer's 2013 international touring schedule is as follows:


JUNE

4 Impact Festival 2013, Warsaw, Poland

6 Muziek Theatre, Enschede, Holland

7 Rodahal, Kerkrade, Holland

8 Sonisphere France, Amneville, France

10-11 The Academy, Dublin, Ireland

12 Limelight, Belfast, Ireland

14 Greenfield Festival, Interlaken, Switzerland

15 Geox Theatre, Padova, Italy

17 Antlantico, Rome, Italy

18 Obihall, Florence, Italy

19 Alcatraz, Milan, Italy

21 Metalfest Germany, St. Goarshausen, Germany

22 See-Rock Festival 2013, Graz, Austria

23 Culture Factory/Tvornica Kulture, Zagreb, Croatia

25 Kombank Arena, Belgrade, Serbiz

26 Hegyalja Festival, Tokaj, Hungary

27 With Full Force, Leipzig, Germany

29 Hi Voltage, Istanbul, Turkey


JULY

1 Heavy By The Sea, Athens, Greece


AUGUST

2 Resurrection Festival, Viviero, Spain

6 Vega Main Hall, Copenhagen, Denmark

7 Grona Lund Tivoli Outdoor, Stockholm, Sweden

9 Jalomethallifestival 2013, Oulu, Finland

10 Oya Festival, Oslo, Norway

11 Bloodstock Open Air 2013, Derby, UK

15 Pukkelpop Festival, Kiweit Hasselt, Belgium

16 Low Lands Festival, Biddinghuizen, Holland

17 Elb-Riot Open Air Festival, Hamburg, Germany

18 X Rockfest, Herford, Germany


SEPTEMBER

17 Foro Sol, Mexico City, Mexico

20 Jockey Club, Sao Paulo, Brazil

22 Rock In Rio 2013, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil

24 Pedreira Paulo Leminski, Curitiba, Brazil

27 River Plate Stadium, Buenos Aires, Argentina

29 Jockey Club, Asuncion, Paraguay


OCTOBER

2 Estadio Nacional, Santiago, Chile

VH1 Classic's "That Metal Show" Is Back Season 12 Premieres Saturday, June 1st at 11:00 PM ET/PT With New Look, New Segments and Same Great Hosts.

Season Premiere Welcomes Former Metallica Bassist Jason Newsted For the First Time Season 12 Features 100th Episode.

NEW YORK, May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- It's time to get metaled up. VH1 Classic's centerpiece in original programming, " That Metal Show" is returning for its 12th season.  The acclaimed hard rock and heavy metal talk show hosted by Eddie Trunk, Don Jamieson, and Jim Florentine kicks off the latest season on Saturday, June 1 st at 11:00PM ET/PT. " That Metal Show" is back with fan-favorite segments like "Stump The Trunk" and "The Vault", but will also feature some new additions this season: "Metal Modem" features an online video chat with the biggest names in metal and hard rock from the far reaches of the globe, "Take It Or Leave It" where the hosts discuss an array of current topics and share their overly biased opinions, and many other surprise segments this season.  Also returning this year is the "Guest Musician" where a legendary guitarist or drummer performs as a one-man house band throughout the show.  This season's guest musicians feature Ex-Ozzy Osbourne guitarist, Jake E. Lee, return guitarist Richie Kotzen, and on drums, the brothers Carmine and Vinny Appice.

The season premiere of Season 12 of " That Metal Show" welcomes to the show for the first time, Jason Newsted, former long-time bassist of Metallica. Newsted is currently the front man and bass player for his latest project, Newsted, but is also known for his work in the past with Flotsam and Jetsam, Echobrain, and Voivod, to name just a few.  During this episode, Jason talks about his time in Metallica, the injuries sustained on the road, and his new music and regrets.

Season 12 will also feature the 100th episode of " That Metal Show ," featuring the bassist for Pantera, Rex Brown, and his long time friend in the industry, Sebastian Bach, formerly of Skid Row. The two of them became friends on the road when Pantera and Skid Row toured together, and they retell some of their greatest stories from those days. We saved the funniest episode for the 100th.

Season 12 guests and airdates (all times at 11 PM ET/PT):

6/01 – Jason Newsted (former Metallica bassist/Newsted)
6/08 – Corey Taylor & Josh Rand (Stone Sour)
6/15* – Rex Brown (Pantera, Kill Devil Hill) and Sebastian Bach (* 100th Episode )
6/22 – Jake E. Lee (former Ozzy Osbourne guitarist / Badlands) and Rick Allen (Def Leppard)
6/29 – Queensryche (Scott Rockenfield & Todd La Torre) and Dave Mustaine (Megadeth)
7/06 – Rob Zombie & John 5 and Tom Keifer (Cinderella)
7/13 – Scott Gorham & Ricky Warwick (Thin Lizzy/Black Star Riders) and Neil Fallon (Clutch)
7/20 – Buck Dharma (Blue Oyster Cult) & Kix (Steve Whiteman & Brian Forsythe)

"That Metal Show" premiered on VH1 Classic in November 2008 and since then has become the only place for all things hard rock and heavy metal on cable television.  The show has been visited by some of the biggest names in hard rock and heavy metal including members of Black Sabbath, Aerosmith, Metallica, Pantera, Judas Priest, Anthrax, Kiss, Iron Maiden, Pearl Jam, Queensrÿche, and Heart. Fans can also catch the complete season 11 and bonus clips at ThatMetalShow.VH1.com.

That Metal Show is a production of VH1 Classic. Lee Rolontz, Jeff Baumgardner, and Keshia Williams are Executive Producers for VH1 Classic.

VH1 Classic brings you the best metal, rock, soul and pop from the '70s, '80s and '90s. The channel features the gods of rock – from Black Sabbath, Metallica and Iron Maiden to Stone Temple Pilots, Pearl Jam and Dire Straits – in marquee concerts and music specials, and of course, tons of classic music videos. Recent big events include National Metal Day (11.11.11) and Metal Evolution, an 11-part documentary series on the history of metal. Because when it comes down to it – all music should go to 11.

Riot Fest Announces Two New Cities:

Riot Fest & Travelling Exposition – Aug. 24-25 (Toronto, ON)
Riot Fest & Side Show – Sept. 21-22 (Denver, CO)

One Contest Winner Will Win Air, Hotels & VIP tickets to each Riot City

 

Riot Fest 2013 just got even better, as Denver and Toronto are added to the slate in August and September. Union Events partners with Riot Fest in Toronto for the Riot Fest & Travelling Exposition on August 24th and 25th. Partnering with Soda Jerk Presents in Denver, Riot Fest & Sideshow will be held on September 21st and 22nd. “We are excited to come back to Toronto for a second year.  The lineup, we believe, is immensely strong, and I cannot wait to unveil it in the coming weeks." said Michael A. Petryshyn, founder and partner in Riot Fest. "As for Denver, this one has been a true labor of love.  Everything from the venue to the lineup will scream Riot Fest and our indie approach to everything we do now.  All we can say is that people are going to have a blast."

 
To celebrate Riot Fest is offering fans a chance to win the ultimate VIP Ticket extravaganza – a lucky winner will score 2 VIP Tickets to Riot Fest Chicago, Toronto and Denver, 2 Round-trip Tickets to each festival (from 48 contiguous United States and Canada) and hotel accommodations for 2 in each city. They’ll also receive a 1-year subscription to Alternative Press, a gift pack from Absolute Voices and a $50 gift card for Too Fast Apparel.

 
The contest will begin Wednesday May 22nd at 11:00 am CST – contestants can visit https://www.facebook.com/RiotFest1/app_208585222608866  to enter to win. The winner will be selected randomly on June 10th. You can’t win if you don’t play!

 
In its 9th year, Riot Fest is dedicated to bringing fans of music and fun of all ages together to celebrate rock, excellent food and the joy-bringing aspects of a carnival, with rides, skee-ball, circus performers and underground marching troupes. The brainchild of promoters Michael Petryshyn and Sean McKeough, Riot Fest launched in 2005 and grew rapidly. Known for re-uniting their musical heroes in influential underground bands, Petryshyn and McKeough created an experience that is a destination for music fans from around the world.

 
In Chicago this year, Riot Fest & Carnival 2013 unleashes a dynamite musical line-up featuring Fall Out Boy * Blink-182 * Violent Femmes * Motorhead * Rancid * Blondie * Sublime with Rome * AFI * Public Enemy * Brand New * Flag * Guided By Voices * Rocket From The Crypt * Bad Religion * All Time Low* Taking Back Sunday * Pierce the Veil * Atmosphere * The Dismemberment Plan * Dinosaur Jr. * Best Coast * DeVotchka * The Broadways * Screeching Weasel * Pennywise * The Lillingtons * Bob Mould * Against Me! * GWAR * Yellowcard * The Lawrence Arms * Say Anything * X * Bad Brains * Quicksand.

 
www.riotfest.org

http://facebook.com/riotfest1

http://www.sodajerkpresents.com/

www.unionevents.com

www.twitter.com/riotfest

DETAILS FOR

JEFF HANNEMAN MEMORIAL CELEBRATION ANNOUNCED


LOS ANGELES, CA -- The Jeff Hanneman Memorial Celebration will take place on Thursday, May 23 at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles from 3:30 - 7:30PM.  Hanneman passed away on May 2 at the age of 49. 

 
The Memorial Celebration will be free and open to the public on a first-come, first-in basis (subject to venue capacity).  All ages are welcome, and paid parking will be available around the venue.

 
Jeff Hanneman helped shape Slayer's uncompromising thrash-metal sound as well as an entire genre of music.  His riffs of fury and punk-rock attitude were heard in the songs he wrote, including Slayer classics  "Angel of Death," "Raining Blood," "South of Heaven" and "War Ensemble."  Hanneman co-founded Slayer with fellow-guitarist Kerry King, bassist Tom Araya and drummer Dave Lombardo in Huntington Park, CA in 1981.  For more than 30 years, Hanneman was the band member who stayed out of the spotlight, rarely did interviews, amassed an impressive collection of World War II memorabilia, was with his wife Kathy for nearly three decades, shut off his phone and went incommunicado when he was home from tour, did not want to be on the road too late into any December as Christmas was his favorite holiday, and, from the time he was about 12 years old, woke up every, single day with one thing on his mind:  playing the guitar.

 
It was once suggested to Slayer that if they would write "just one mainstream song that could get on the radio," they would likely sell millions of records and change the commercial course of their career, similar to what had happened to Metallica with 1993's "Enter Sandman."  Jeff was the first to draw a line of integrity in the sand, replying, "We're going to make a Slayer record.  If you can get it on the radio, fine, if not, then fuck it."

OVERKILL ANNOUNCE TOUR DATES WITH KREATOR

New Jersey thrash legends OVERKILL have announced a co-headlining tour with their Germany's own, KREATOR. Opening the tour will be California's WARBRINGER.

Vocalist Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth comments: "Overkill and Kreator is powerhouse combination, a serious one. Two thrash punch. This is what it's all about! Hang on, LET'S DO THIS!"

Tickets will be exclusively available through enterthevault.com today, April 30th with general tickets going on sale May 14th.

Dates will span the U.S. coast to coast with select dates in Canada. The tour will end with two nights at Stage 48 in New York City.

10/30/13 Baltimore, MD
Soundstage
Kreator close

10/31/13 Philadelphia, PA
The Trocadero
Overkill close

11/1/13 Worcester, MA
The Palladium(MA)
Overkill close

11/2/13 Montreal, QUE
Club Soda
Kreator close

11/3/13 Toronto, ON
Opera House
Kreator close

11/4/13 Pittsburgh, PA
Altar Bar
Kreator close

11/5/13 Columbus, OH
Al Rosa Villa
Overkill close

11/6/13 Joliet, IL
Mojoes
Overkill close

11/7/13 Lawrence, KS
Granada
Kreator close

11/8/13 Englewood, CO
Gothic Theater
Kreator close

11/9/13 Salt Lake City, UT
In the Venue
Overkill close

11/11/13 Vancouver, BC
Rickshaw Theater
Kreator close

11/12/13 Seattle, WA
El Corazon
Overkill close

11/13/13 Portland, OR
Hawthorne Theatre
Kreator close

11/14/13 San Fran, CA
Filmore
Kreator close

11/15/13 Anaheim, CA
The Grove
Kreator close

11/16/13 Tempe, AZ
Marquee Theatre
Kreator close

11/17/13 Albuquerque, NM
Sunshine Theater
Overkill close

11/18/13 Dallas, TX
Trees
Overkill close

11/19/13 San Antonio, TX
Backstage Live
Kreator close

11/21/13 Louisville, KY
Diamond Pub & Billiards
Kreator close

11/22/13 W. Springfield, VA
Empire
Overkill close

11/23/13 NYC, NY
Stage 48
Overkill close

11/24/13 NYC, NY
Stage 48
Overkill close

MOTÖRHEAD 2013 - ONE OF THE BIGGEST YEARS YET!
NEW RECORD, BEHIND THE MUSIC REMASTERED, 
HEADPHONES, LIBATIONS AND MORE

MOTÖRHEAD, the hardest working, hardest touring band in the world has one of the biggest years yet in 2013.  The Grammy-award winners have been in the recording studio working on their next album, scheduled for release later this year.  
It will be the follow-up to the highly successful CD, The Wörld Is Yours, and its follow up, the blistering, multi-formatted (DVD, CD, Vinyl, Blu-Ray) The Wörld Is Ours-Volume 1 - Everywhere Further Than Everyplace Else, and The Wörld Is Ours - Volume 2 - Anyplace Crazy As Anywhere Else.

Written and performed by Lemmy Kilmister, Phil Campbell and Mikkey Dee, the new record is being made with longtime producer Cameron Webb, who also worked on The Wörld Is Yours, Motörizer, Kiss Of Death and Inferno.  The new album continues a worldwide addiction to the Motörhead sound and lifestyle which saw their last several releases break both the band's own sales records and the Billboard Top 100 chart.

VH1 Classic is back with a new lineup of the five-time Emmy award-nominated documentary series “Behind the Music.” This season honors the classic rock artists whose heart-wrenching riffs and ear-shattering screams changed music history forever.  The Motörhead episode  premieres Saturday, April 20th at 9 PM ET/PT.

This is the first all-original Behind the Music Remastered episode, and what story's more compelling then that of Lemmy Kilmister and  Motörhead. From his start as an English working-class man with big dreams, Kilmister made his way to the top to become one of the most feared and respected men in rock n' roll. This episode features all-new original interviews with rock legends Ozzy Osborne, Dave Grohl, Slash, and Metallica's Lars Ulrich and Robert Trujillo, as well as interviews with the current lineup of Motörhead.  The previous lineup of “Fast” Eddie Clarke and Phil "Filthy Animal" Taylor also make appearances.
Motörhead officially launched Motörheadphones at the Consumer Electronics Shows in Las Vegas in January. As the “loudest band in the world,” it's fitting that they would go in this direction. The new brand, Motörheadphones, has had unprecedented success throughout Europe prior to making their debut in the United States at the CES show. They were developed by the band and targeted to the rock audience, one of the largest audiences of music listeners. “These new headphones are not like the weak-kneed, lily-livered, tin-pot, skinny sounding little pieces of garbage out on the market today,” says Lemmy, “We designed these headphones to deliver everything louder than anything else, and with the  sort of range, clarity and TRUE rock reproduction you'd expect from a band of warriors like us.”

Are you thirsty? We recently told you about Motörhead Wine, Beer and Vodka (which is a premium, 80 proof Vodka made from 100% locally grown wheat that has been distilled and bottled in Sweden.  It has a rich, full-bodied and complex character, with a light and fruity aftertaste. One reviewer said, “That's how women sometimes describe Lemmy”).  Now comes Motörhead Bourbon.  Lemmy calls it Snakebite Bourbon.As his drink of preference, he wanted to have his own brand. “We have a range of intoxicants,” he says.
Being the true road warriors they are, Motörhead will kick off their worldwide live assault with festivals in Mexico, then off to Europe for a major headline tour beginning in May and culminating with the HUGE Wacken Festival in Germany in August to a sold-out crowd of 80,000.

When asked about the current state of rock and roll, admitting that the music industry has changed, Lemmy still sees the positive side. “There will always be some spotty, pissed off band in a garage somewhere, with cheap guitars, ready to bash your head in…which is as it should be.”

In other Motörhead news:
- In Spin Magazine's “40 Greatest Band Names Of All Time,” Motörhead was #1!  Why they thought it's great: "Motörhead" looks and sounds vicious, conjuring visions of pumping pistons, dripping sweat, and copious drugs - images that complement the trio's gritty, raspy, three-minute rawkers. And just like a Motörhead song, the name is short and not so sweet. "I always say one-word names are good," Kilmister says. "Probably the greatest name in the history of rock'n'roll is the Who." But the Who's fans haven't repurposed their heroes' name with as much spirit as Motörhead's maniacal followers. "There's a Motörhead bicycle rental shop in Cypress run by one of our fans," Kilmister says with a laugh. When he went to register Motorhead.com online, a car repair shop had beaten him to the punch. "That's why our website is iMotorhead.com."
- Lemmy has been nominated for the 2013 Revolver Golden Gods Awards for best bassist, with the awards show broadcast live on May 2.
- Motörhead will be headlining the Metal Hammer Golden God Awards on June 17 in London.
- Motörhead had not one, but two records in LA Weekly's Top 20 Metal Albums of All Time. The publcation took a writers' poll looking at the entire scope of the genre, and Motörhead is well represented on the final list with Ace Of Spades and Bomber featured prominently.
- Master of Potato Heads, artist Jason D. Johnson took the Lemmy Icon Figure one step further, making a one-of-a-kind Lemmy Kilmister model, which was dubbed “The Ace Of Spuds.” Complete with tattoos, handlebar mustache, middle finger, and of course, Lemmy's trademark facial moles, this Potato Head creation has been called a conceptual art masterpiece. 
- Earlier this year, Lemmy did a photo shoot and interview with platinum rocker Bryan Adams for Germany's Zoo Magazine. Adams has a second career as a professional photographer and personally asked to work with Lemmy.
All in all, the lifestyle that is Motörhead, is one of the world's greatest rock'n'roll acts, who will have a brand new rebel-rousing statement with their new record later this year, an absolute stormer in this, their 37th year as THE greatest, loudest, coolest and most iconic band ever.

www.imotorhead.com   

LOUDER THAN HELL

THE DEFINITIVE ORAL HISTORY OF METAL

By Jon Wiederhorn & Katherine Turman 

Based on Hundreds of Original Interviews with Metal Elite -- Including Lemmy/Motorhead, Members Of Black Sabbath, Megadeth, Korn, Pantera, Limp Bizkit, Metallica, Marilyn Manson, Van Halen, and Many More!

Buy Your Copy NOW at Amazon.com!

 
“Essential.” —REVOLVER (4/4 stars review!)

 

“An indispensable oral history of an often misunderstood musical genre.”

—KIRKUS REVIEWS (a starred review!)

 

“I’m not saying this just because I’m in the book, but . . . if you love metal, great stories, and music history told by the people who made it, then Louder than Hell is a must-read.”

—Alice Cooper

 

“…the authors’ inclusiveness give this examination a weight that is just as heavy as the music.”

—PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

 

“This is the best oral history I've read since Please Kill Me. Louder than Hell is the first book that really delivers the brutal truth from the mouths of the artists and key players themselves!

I couldn't put it down.” —Matt Pinfield

 
Compiled from over 400 interviews conducted by respected music journalists Jon Wiederhorn and Katherine Turman, LOUDER THAN HELL: The Definitive Oral History of Metal (It Books; May 14, 2013; Hardcover; $32.50) is a chronological history of heavy metal, told through the words of the men and women who created it, played it, re-invented it, and continue to rock it. 

 
Revolver senior editor Wiederhorn and Nights with Alice Cooper producer Turman dug deep into their extensive list of contacts to uncover never-before-heard stories, eye-opening admissions and the truth behind metal’s most explosive legends. Candid and confessional commentary comes straight from icons of the genre, including: Ronnie James Dio, Ozzy Osbourne, Bruce Dickinson, Eddie Van Halen, Vince Neil, Tommy Lee, Lita Ford, Lars Ulrich, James Hetfield, Axl Rose, Slash, Corey Taylor, Dave Mustaine, Chuck Schuldiner, Lemmy Kilmister, King Diamond, Dave Grohl, Trent Reznor, Slayer’s Kerry King, Phil Anselmo, Rob Zombie and more. With an introduction by Scott Ian of Anthrax and an afterword by Rob Halford of Judas Priest, and with two 16-page photo inserts, with some never-before seen candid shots by celebrated rock photographers Stephanie Cabral and Robert Matheu, this is the book metal fans have been waiting for.

 

The many musicians interviewed by these veteran journalists offer their take on their influences, touring, the music business, and songwriting, as well as their often-traumatic upbringings, battles with substance abuse, and bizarre sexual exploits. Industry insiders (including managers, record label executives, family members, friends, scenesters, groupies, journalists, and porn stars) provide additional insight.


From the creation of Black Sabbath in the late 1960s, to Judas Priest’s development of the leather-and-studs look, to Metallica introducing the world to thrash, to the inception of Ozzfest, to Faith No More accidentally creating the first hybrid of rap and metal, to the provocative exploits of the Sunset Strip scene, to the death and destruction surrounding Norwegian black metal, LOUDER THAN HELL gets to the meat of the metal matter:Rob Halford of Judas Priest reveals how he kicked cocaine and alcohol in 1986 after tragically witnessing his boyfriend’s suicide and sought solace in spirituality, which has helped the Metal God stay clean to this day.Guns N’ Roses' Axl Rose talks about the early days of Guns N’ Roses, the making of the 36-million-copy-selling debut Appetite for Destruction, and how Robert Willams’ graphic cover art was censored.Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi explains how he lost parts of his fingers while working a day job in a factory – and created homemade prosthetics so he could play guitar, which changed the tonality of the instrument and the sound of heavy metal forever.  Megadeth bassist Dave Ellefson shares how he dug through his own vomit in search of the balloon of heroin he’d swallowed to avoid being arrested by the police, and then used that heroin to celebrate his victory over not getting busted.Members of Metallica and Anthrax detail the horrifying events of 1986 when Metallica’s tour bus crashed and tipped over, crushing bassist Cliff Burton beneath it while the rest of the members escaped relatively unscathed.Alice Cooper reveals how it was really wheelchair-bound members of his AUDIENCE who tore the live chicken apart during his fateful concert in Toronto, while Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne give first-person accounts of Ozzy biting the head off a dove while wasted during a high-level record company meeting, and decapitating a bat onstage during his Diary of a Madman tour.Hellhammer, drummer of Norway’s pioneering black metal band Mayhem, talks about ex-vocalist Dead committing suicide and how guitarist Euronymous used a chunk of Dead’s brain to make a Mexican stew.Biohazard guitarist Billy Graziadei details how gang bangers stabbed a member of the group’s posse with a hunting knife while shouting, “Payback, Motherfucker!” and how the band vowed to retaliate. Vocalist Evan Seinfeld also recounts his graphic sexual liaisons while on tour, and how they led to his career in porn.Slipknot bassist Paul Gray (who died of an overdose at age 38 during the writing of LOUDER THAN HELL) discusses the evolution of the lineup; physical fights between band members, and his own struggles with addiction. 

 
LOUDER THAN HELL explores the transformation of metal culture, with stories and anecdotes straight from the mouths of the most infamous and successful bands. Filled with hundreds of revealing interviews representing every type and era of heavy metal—from metal progenitors such as Blue Cheer, Led Zeppelin, and the MC5 to current day innovators including Slipknot, Mastodon, and Lamb of God—LOUDER THAN HELL is the ultimate look behind the curtain at one of our most dynamic, controversial and enduring musical genres. 

 
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MICHAEL MONROE: Iconic Rock ‘N’ Roll Frontman Releases New Studio Album, ‘Horns and Halos’, on August 27th 2013 via Spinefarm Records

 
New Video/Single for ‘Ballad Of The Lower East Side’ Released TODAY via YouTube

 
Watch the video here: http://youtu.be/XhAbtZXu2RU 

 
In 2010, vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, and uber-energetic front-man and all-round rock ‘n’ roll legend MICHAEL MONROE unveiled his new side project in grand style via an exclusive press conference. Flash forward six months to a full UK tour with Motörhead, and another few months to the release of Another Night in the Sun, a globally-anticipated live album that teased fans clamoring for a final, polished taste of the new project. Finally, roughly a year after MICHAEL MONROE’s original public reveal, the band released their first critically-acclaimed full-length release, Sensory Overdrive, produced by Jack Douglas (Aerosmith, John Lennon). The album went on to win Classic Rock Magazine’s ‘Album Of The Year’ award and landed at #1 on the charts in MM’s Finnish homeland.

 
In 2012, after touring throughout the UK in support of Sensory Overdrive, Monroe announced that he would go back into seclusion to prepare for the band’s next offering. Monroe’s touring and recording outfit, comprised of bassist Sami Yaffa (ex-Hanoi Rocks/New York Dolls), guitarist Steve Conte (ex-New York Dolls/Company Of Wolves), guitarist Dregen (Backyard Babies, formerly of Hellacopters fame) and drummer Karl ‘Rockfist’ Rosqvist (ex-Chelsea Smiles/Danzig), worked tirelessly in the studio, providing creative support for a frontman whose reputation is genuinely global and whose influence continues to be felt, with musicians of all ages (from Dave Grohl to the original Gun n’ Roses members) citing Michael’s ground-breaking career as a source of inspiration.

 
Now after several months, the wait is over.  MICHAEL MONROE can finally reveal that the band’s upcoming studio album, Horns and Halos, will hit stores everywhere on August 27, 2013 via Spinefarm Records. The band offers a taste of the new album in the form of a new single and video for the track ‘Ballad Of The Lower East Side’, which can be watched now via YouTube at this location.  

 
The track includes a nod to Michael’s early days in New York, a city he moved to for a decade following the mid-’80s break up of glam punk pioneers, Hanoi Rocks. The clip – directed by celebrated videographer/photographer Ville Juurikkala, who has photographed Michael for the past 10 years as well as working with Linkin Park, Good Charlotte and HIM, amongst others – features archive footage and photos of Michael in prime Big Apple mode, interlaced with current live and backstage scenes.

 
“The song ‘Ballad Of The Lower East Side’ is about New York and especially The Lower East Side - what it was way back in the days when I lived  there, how times have changed and how it is nowadays.,” states MICHAEL MONROE. “New York has always been an important city to me since I lived there for 10 years. Two members of our band still live there.  It's the City of all Cities.”

 
Stay tuned for more information coming soon about Horns and Halos. To stay up to date on all things MICHAEL MONROE, visit www.michaelmonroe.com or www.facebook.com/michaelmonroeofficial.

Judas Priest Celebrates 40 Years Of Heavy Metal Dominance With EPITAPH, 23-Song Live Concert Blu-ray/DVDCLOSING NIGHT OF "EPITAPH WORLD TOUR" - THE BAND's FINAL WORLD TOUR - RECORDED AT LONDON'S HMV HAMMERSMITH APOLLO IN MAY 2012. BLAZING LIVE VERSIONS OF AT LEAST ONE SONG FROM EACH OF JUDAS PRIEST'S 14 CLASSIC ALBUMS FROM 1974 TO 2008. Blu-ray or separate DVD available everywhere May 28, 2013, through Legacy Recordings

NEW YORK, April 2, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --  Judas Priest , the heavy metal legends whose influence on generations of musicians and metalheads is incalculable, celebrate their 40th year as recording artists this year with the release of the live concert EPITAPH .  A unique live career retrospective, EPITAPH will be released on Blu-ray and separate DVD on May 28 th through Legacy Recordings, a division of SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT.  This release precedes a new studio album by Judas Priest which the band are working on now.

(Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20060130/LEGACYLOGO )

Judas Priest's current lineup comprises lead singer Rob Halford, lead guitarists Glenn Tipton and Richie Faulkner, bassist Ian Hill, and drummer Scott Travis.

Heavy metal historians will regard EPITAPH as the most far-reaching live concert recording in the band's career.  The set revisits the climactic closing date of the 50-week "Epitaph World Tour," captured live at London's HMV Hammersmith Apollo on May 26, 2012.  Adding to the drama is the fact that this was Judas Priest's final large-scale world tour ever.  EPITAPH 's 23 tracks represent at least one song from every one of the band's 14 studio albums, from 1974's Rocka Rolla ("Never Satisfied") to 2008's Nostradamus ("Prophecy").

In the special case of British Steel , four songs are featured: "Rapid Fire," "Metal Gods," "Breaking The Law," and perennial set closer, "Living After Midnight."  Others exempted from the one-song-quota are the LPs which appeared before and after British Steel .  The first of these is 1979's Hell Bent For Leather (UK title: Killing Machine ) which lends the title song as well as "The Green Manalishi (With The Two-Pronged Crown)." The other LP is 1982's Screaming For Vengeance , source of "The Hellion," "Electric Eye," and "You've Got Another Thing Coming."

"They have epitomized the genre with their Harley riding frontman, rapid-fire guitar assaults, and spectacular stage shows," wrote journalist Bryan Reesman in his liner notes for 2004's leather-bound, metal-spiked Metalogy box set.  "Influential, innovative, and exuberant in expression," he wrote, "they are the true Metal Gods who have been as unwavering in their desire to expand the boundaries of their music as they have been in crossing international borders to deliver it to their disciples."

"Unabashedly committed to their cause, and unrepentant in proclaiming themselves a true heavy metal band even when others have shied away from the term, Judas Priest have forever been defenders of the faith."

EPITAPH by JUDAS PRIEST
(Columbia/Legacy: Blu-Ray 88765481119, DVD 88883715539)

Selections : 1. Battle Hymn (L) • 2. Rapid Fire (F) • 3. Metal Gods (F) • 4. Heading Out To The Highway (G) • 5. Judas Rising (M) • 6. Starbreaker (C) • 7. Victim Of Changes (B) • 8. Never Satisfied (A) • 9. Diamonds And Rust (C) • 10. Prophecy (N) • 11. Night Crawler (L) • 12. Turbo Lover (J) • 13. Beyond The Realms Of Death (D) • 14. The Sentinel (I) • 15. Blood Red Skies (K) • 16. The Green Manalishi (With The Two-Pronged Crown) (E) • 17. Breaking The Law (F) • 18. Painkiller (L) • 19. The Hellion (H) • 20. Electric Eye (H) • 21. Hell Bent For Leather (E) • 22. You've Got Another Thing Coming (H) • 23. Living After Midnight (F).

Album index :

A – from Rocka Rolla (originally issued 1974, on Gull Records)
B – from Sad Wings Of Destiny (originally issued 1976, on Gull Records)
C – from Sin After Sin (originally issued 1977, on Columbia Records)
D – from Stained Class (originally issued 1978, on Columbia)
E – from Hell Bent For Leather (originally issued 1979, on Columbia; aka Killing Machine in UK)
F – from British Steel (originally issued 1980, on Columbia)
G – from Point Of Entry (originally issued 1981, on Columbia)
H – from Screaming For Vengeance (originally issued 1982, on Columbia)
I – from Defenders Of the Faith (originally issued 1984, on Columbia)
J – from Turbo (originally issued 1986, on Columbia)
K – from Ram It Down (originally issued 1988, on Columbia)
L – from Painkiller (originally issued 1990, on Columbia)
M – from Angel Of Retribution (originally issued 2005, on Epic Records)
N – from Nostradamus (originally issued 2008, on Epic)

VISIT :

JudasPriest.com
LegacyRecordings.com

MÖTLEY CRÜE

THEY'RE COMING BACK...

 
SEPTEMBER 18 - OCTOBER 6, 2013

 
Tickets on-sale Friday at 10am!

 
Tweet it: They're coming back! @MotleyCrue returns for 2nd residency @TheJointLV @HardRockHotelLV, 9/18 - 10/6. On sale Fri at 10a! #MotleyReturns

 
Las Vegas, NV (April 2, 2013) - The world's most notorious band will be coming back to the world's most notorious city this fall, when Mötley Crüe returns to Las Vegas. The rockers best known for going to the extreme will once again take over the stage at The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino for an exclusive twelve-show engagement September 18 through October 6. The band blew away fans and critics last February with twelve over-the-top, sold-out shows. Tickets go on sale this Friday at 10am.

 
The fall shows will be an all-new production and the band is pushing their own envelope once again. The production will be designed exclusively for The Joint in partnership with AEG Live. There will be plenty of surprise elements for fans and a set-list full of hits.

 
"We are proud to have pioneered the Las Vegas rock residency last year and can't wait to come back this year to take it over the top with a brand new show that will be unlike anything you've ever seen Mötley Crüe do before," said Nikki Sixx.

 
"The guys had such a wild and successful run the first time around, I'm sure they will want to do everything bigger and better this time. We are extremely excited to see what the band brings to The Joint and Vegas during their second residency," said Paul Davis, vice president of entertainment at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino

 
"If some is good, more is better! That was our thought when we got serious about bringing the Crüe back to The Joint.  The run went so well last time.....the show was awesome, the numbers outstanding and working with the band and their management was a pleasure," said Bobby Reynolds, Vice President of Booking for AEG Live Las Vegas. "I'm honored to bring one of the most entertaining bands ever back to their element."

 
For more information visit, www.Motley.com

 
Check out highlights from Mötley Crüe's 2012 residency http://youtube.com/yohw_idKWik

Tickets, starting at $49.50 (plus applicable service fees), go on sale Friday at 10am at the Hard Rock Hotel Box Office, all Ticketmaster locations, online at Ticketmaster.com or charge-by-phone at 800.745.3000.

 
Mötley Crüe will perform 12 shows at The Joint. Show time is 9pm.

 
Wednesday, Sept 18

Friday, Sept 20

Saturday, Sept 21

Sunday, Sept 22

Wednesday, Sept 25

Friday, Sept 27

Saturday, Sept 28

Sunday, Sept 29

Wednesday, Oct 2

Friday, Oct 4

Saturday, Oct 5

Sunday, Oct 6

 

Follow the band:

@thevinceneil

@MrMickMars

@nikkisixx

@MrTommyLand

NEGATOR POST VIDEO REPORT FROM STUDIO
'Gates to the Pantheon' due May 14 (physical) / April 23 (digital)
 
 The German blackened death quintet NEGATOR have teamed with Decibel to premiere an exclusive look inside the making of their new album, "Gates To The Pantheon." The album is scheduled for physical release via Prosthetic Records in North America on May 14, with an April 23 digital release to coincide with its European release through Viva Hate Records.

The behind-the-scenes video, featuring commentary from producer Eike Freese (Gamma Ray, Callejon, Dark Age) along with interview and studio footage from each of the members of NEGATOR, can be viewed exclusively on DecibelMagazine.com HERE. (Make sure to click on the "CC" button for English subtitles.)

"Gates To The Pantheon," the fourth studio album from the "panzer metal" quintet, was praised by Grave drummer Ronnie Bergerstål as "a unique and great blend of black and death metal (that's) flawlessly executed, (with) awesome production and tons of memorable riffs!" The album marks the band's first new music in three years, and is the follow-up to the group's highly acclaimed 2010 release "Panzer Metal." That album captured the attention of Sweden's Dark Funeral, who subsequently enlisted vocalist Nachtgarm to join their band on tour throughout 2011 and 2012.

You can stream "Atonement In Blood," a track from the new album, via Soundcloud by visiting: http://soundcloud.com/viva_hate_records/negator-atonement-in-blood. 

Stay tuned for more information, including pre-orders in the next few days!
www.facebook.com/OfficialNegator
www.negator666.de

Alice Cooper, George Lopez Perform At Rock & Roll Academy

Brennan Rock & Roll Academy Celebrates Opening With Celebrity-Packed Performances

SIOUX FALLS, S.D., March 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Chuck Brennan, CEO of Dollar Loan Center and namesake of the Brennan Rock & Roll Academy, doesn't do anything halfway. To celebrate the grand opening of the Brennan Rock & Roll Academy, the businessman, philanthropist and former music industry executive is planning the biggest entertainment event ever held in Sioux Falls South Dakota and recently added comedian George Lopez to a celebrity-packed week of performances.

Brennan is a native of Sioux Falls and helped develop the academy to serve Boys & Girls Clubs members in the area. After a $250,000 initial donation and commitment to financially support the program for the next 20 years, Brennan enlisted some of his famous friends to help celebrate its grand opening.

The star-studded events kick off with a performance by Night Ranger, one of America's most prolific rock bands, on Tuesday March 26. World-famous comedians George Lopez and Louie Anderson bring a night of laughter on Wednesday March 27 with help from Rick and Cory Harrison from the hit reality series "Pawn Stars." Alice Cooper rocks the house on Thursday March 28 with a little help from rock & roll super-stars including Tommy Thayer and Eric Singer of KISS, Robby Krieger of the DOORS, Sebastian Bach, and Joey Allen of WARRANT.  The Boys & Girls Club members get their very own rock concert on Saturday afternoon March 30 with 80's rock tribute sensation HAIRBALL. That same evening HAIRBALL is joined by Vince Neil of Motley Crue and Stephen Pearcy of RATT bring down the house.

Tickets are now available at www.brennanrockandrollacademy.com. All shows are fundraisers to benefit the Academy and Boys & Girls Club of the Sioux Empire, with a free open house on March 29 that includes facility tours for the public.  Sponsorships are also available.

"This will be an experience that has never happened before and will likely never happen again," said Brennan. "These performers are friends and support my dream of bringing the joys of rock music to kids who would otherwise never be exposed to it. There are so many benefits of music education and I am very grateful that these legendary entertainment icons can help the children of Sioux Falls."

Alice Cooper, who founded Alice Cooper's Solid Rock Foundation in Phoenix, was on-hand to help Brennan announce the academy's formation last year. "He has been an incredible mentor and supporter in helping bring the academy to my hometown," said Brennan. "I grew up just a few blocks from here and know first-hand how important it is for kids to explore their passions and be supported in that," said Brennan.

The Brennan Rock & Roll Academy will provide the first ever free music education program for children in the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Sioux Empire, focusing on Rock & Roll instruments including guitar, bass guitar, keyboard, drums and vocals.

"This school will change the lives of many Sioux Falls children. But we can't do it alone. We need the support of community members to make this into one of the finest Boys & Girls Clubs programs in the country, and a model for other communities."

Brennan has a lifelong love for Rock & Roll. Before founding Dollar Loan Center in Sioux Falls, Brennan opened and operated one of the largest Rock & Roll concert halls in the Midwest, The Blitz Ballroom. Iconic bands including Joan Jett, Steppenwolf, Quiet Riot and Blue Oyster Cult all graced the stage at the Blitz during Brennan's ownership of the venue.

Brennan's company now operates in South Dakota, Nevada, Utah and California and has given hundreds of thousands of dollars to community organizations including Opportunity Village and Henderson Little League in Nevada as well as Alice Cooper's Solid Rock Foundation.

This year, the company was named a "Best Place To Work" In Southern Nevada by Vegas Inc magazine.  Dollar Loan Center has received several industry awards from their peers for charitable work.  For more information, visit www.dontbebroke.com.

SUICIDAL TENDENCIES Releases First Album in 13 Years -- Details Announced for New Album ‘13’ and Upcoming ‘Slam City Tour’ U.S. Tour Dates

 
New Music Video for ‘Cyco Style’ -- Live on YouTube Now

 
The time has come. On March 26, 2013, legendary punk/thrash icons SUICIDAL TENDENCIES will release their first new music in over 13 years. The band’s upcoming full-length, entitled 13, will be released via Suicidal Records and is produced by Mike Muir and Paul Northfield (Rush, Dream Theater, Queensrÿche, Ozzy Osbourne, Hole, Marilyn Manson, Infectious Grooves).  The release of 13 marks the 30th anniversary of SUICIDAL TENDENCIES. 

 
The brand new music video for the new track ‘Cyco Style’ is available for viewing now on YouTube. Check it out at this link. 

 
Track listing:

1.      Shake it Out

2.      Smash It! (feat. Larry Linkogle and Jimmy Fitzpatrick of the Metal Mulisha)

3.      This Ain't a Celebration

4.      God Only Knows…Who I Am

5.      Make Your Stand!

6.      Who's Afraid?

7.      Show Some Love…Tear It Down (feat. Pro skaters Danny Way, Tony Trujillo, Steve and Alex Olson, Vincent Alvarez, Elijah Berle and Jim "Red Dog" Muir)

8.      Cyco Style

9.      Slam City

10.  Till My Last Breath

11.  Living the Fight

12.  Life…(Can't Live With It, Can't Live Without It)

13.  This World

 
Mike Muir states, "First, thank you for all the people that have patiently waited for this record. Now I will shut up and let the music do the talking."

In conjunction with the release of 13, SUICIDAL TENDENCIES will head out on a full U.S. tour, dubbed the ‘Slam City Tour’. The tour features support from various champions of hardcore music both young and old.  Support will range from NYC hardcore heroes MADBALL and SICK OF IT ALL to Houston greats D.R.I.  The tour will include a stop at this year’s New England Metal and Hardcore Festival in Worcester, MA on April 21st. See below for all currently confirmed tour dates.

 
SUICIDAL TENDENCIES @ SXSW (Not open to the public, invite only)

3/15 Austin, TX @ Virgin 608 House – Outdoor Stage (W/ ST. LUCIA, ZABRA KATZ, JMSN, WATCH THE ENEMY, LE1F, TJ KONG, ROBERT DELONG)

 
SUICIDAL TENDENCIES and INFECTIOUS GROOVES Cyco Family Weekend

4/5 INFECTIOUS GROOVES @ GARDEN TOKYO

4/6 SUICIDAL TENDENCIES @ GARDEN TOKYO

 
SUICIDAL TENDENCIES Slam City Tour Dates with Various Support:

4/11 San Francisco, CA @ The Regency Ballroom (W/ MADBALL, WAKING THE DEAD)

4/12 Reno, NV @ Knitting Factory (W/ MADBALL, WAKING THE DEAD)

4/13 Salt Lake City, UT @ In The Venue (W/ WAKING THE DEAD, TBA)

4/14 Denver, CO @ The Summit Music Hall (W/ MADBALL, WAKING THE DEAD)

4/16 Minneapolis, MN @ Mill City Nights (W/ DRI, WAKING THE DEAD)

4/17 Chicago, IL @ House of Blues (W/ DRI, WAKING THE DEAD)

4/19 Philadelphia, PA @ Electric Factory (W/ SICK OF IT ALL, DRI, WAKING THE DEAD)

4/20 New York, NY @ Best Buy Theater (W/ SICK OF IT ALL, DRI, WAKING THE DEAD)

4/21 Worcester, MA @ The Palladium (New England Metal and Hardcore Festival)

4/23 Patchogue, NY @ The Emporium (W/ DRI, WAKING THE DEAD, THIS IS HELL)

4/24 Baltimore, MD @ Baltimore Soundstage (W/ SICK OF IT ALL, DRI, WAKING THE DEAD)

4/26 Charlotte, NC @ Amos’ Southend (W/ DRI, WAKING THE DEAD)

4/27 Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade (W/ DRI, WAKING THE DEAD)

4/28 Charleston, SC @ The Music Farm (W/ DRI, WAKING THE DEAD)

 
SUICIDAL TENDENCIES Tour Dates with SICK OF IT ALL, WAKING THE DEAD:

4/30 St. Petersburg, FL @ State Theatre

5/02 Miami, FL @ Grand Central

5/03 Orlando, FL @ The Plaza Live

5/06 Houston, TX @ House of Blues

5/07 Dallas, TX @ Granada Theater

5/09 Albuquerque, NM @ Sunshine Theater

5/10 Tempe, AZ @ The Marquee

5/11 Pomona, CA @ The Fox Theater

5/12 San Diego, CA @ House of Blues 

 
SUICIDAL TENDENCIES is:

Mike Muir – lead vocals

Dean Pleasants – lead guitar

Mike Clark – rhythm guitar

Steve Bruner – bass

Eric Moore – drums 

 
For more information on SUICIDAL TENDENCIES, please visit these websites:

www.facebook.com/suicidaltendencies

www.myspace.com/suicidaltendencies

www.twitter.com/OFFICIALSTIG

www.suicidaltendencies.com  

MÖTLEY CRÜE ANNOUNCE SEVEN US TOUR DATES FOLLOWING THEIR BIGGEST CANADIAN RUN EVER

 
ALL TICKETS ON SALE FRIDAY, MARCH 8TH

 
LOS ANGELES, CA (March 4, 2013) - Following three previously announced dates, MÖTLEY CRÜE unveil today three additional shows for their first US run of 2013. The CRÜE are currently rounding out eight shows in Australia with Kiss before heading out on their biggest headlining Canadian run ever with special guests, Big Wreck. The seven US dates begin on May 16th in Bangor, ME and will also be routing through Gilford, NH; Uncasville, CT; two shows in Bethlehem, PA; Atlantic City, NJ and one other to be announced. For a complete list of MÖTLEY CRÜE tour dates, please see below.

 
Hailing from Los Angeles, CA, the quartet-Vince Neil, Mick Mars, Nikki Sixx and Tommy Lee, has commandeered the rock pantheon for over 30 years.

 
In that time, they have accumulated worldwide album sales exceeding 80 million, seven platinum or multi-platinum albums, 22 Top 40 mainstream rock hits, six Top 20 pop singles, a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, three Grammy nominations for Best Hard Rock Performance and countless sold out tours across the globe, playing to millions of fans.

 
The first rock band in history to have completed an epic sold-out Las Vegas residency at The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, MÖTLEY CRÜE is best known for continuing to reinvent not only their live show (with mind blowing elements such as Tommy Lee's 360 drum roller coaster) and music (brand new song "Sex" released in summer 2012), but remain on the forefront of entertainment via cutting edge social media interaction.

 
The band was featured in the award winning Super Bowl commercial for the KIA Optima in 2012. MÖTLEY CRÜE's New York Times bestselling memoir, The Dirt is currently being adapted into a major motion picture.

 
For more information on MÖTLEY CRÜE and for VIP tickets, please visit:

www.motley.com

www.facebook.com/MotleyCrue

@thevinceneil, @MrMickMars, @nikkisixx, @MrTommyLand

 
MÖTLEY CRÜE 2013 Canadian/US Tour Dates:

April 20; Penticton, BC; South Okanagan Events Centre

April 22; Victoria, BC; Save On Foods Memorial Centre

April 23; Abbotsford, BC; Entertainment & Sports Centre

April 25; Prince George, BC; CN Centre

April 26; Dawson Creek, BC; EnCana Events Centre

April 28; Edmonton, AB; Rexall Place

April 29; Calgary, AB; Scotiabank Saddeldome

April 30; Lethbridge, AB; ENMAX Centre

May 2; Saskatoon, SK; Credit Union Centre

May 3; Moose Jaw, SK; Mosaic Place

May 4; Estevan, SK; Spectra Place-

May 6; Brandon, MB; Keystone Centre

May 7; Winnipeg, MB; MTS Centre

May 9; Sudbury, ON; Sudbury Area

May 10; Hamilton, ON; Copps Coliseum

May 11; Oshawa, ON; General Motors Centre

May 13; Montreal, PQ; Bell Centre

May 14; Ottawa, ON; Scotiabank Place

May 16; Bangor, ME; Bangor Waterfront

May 17; Gilford, NH; Meadowbrook

May 18; Uncasville, CT; Mohegan Sun

May 20; Bethlehem, PA; Sands Bethlehem Event Center

May 21; Bethlehem, PA; Sands Bethlehem Event Center

May 25; Atlantic City, NJ; Taj Majal - Mark G. Etess Arena

95.5 KLOS & THE WHISKY A GO-GO

ROCK AGAINST MS BENEFIT CONCERT

THE WHISKY A GO-GO

8901 W. Sunset Blvd, West Hollywood, CA 90069


WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27TH


HOSTED BY: Bob Coburn & Gary Moore of 95.5 KLOS


FEATURING:

MARKY RAMONE, GLENN HUGHES, LEMMY, JOHN 5, BLASKO (OZZY), BILLY MORRISON (BILLY IDOL), STEVEN ADLER, KENNY ARONOFF, GINGER (ROB ZOMBIE), WAYNE STATIC, TOMMY VICTOR, PHIL BUCKMAN (FILTER), JACK RUSSELL, JEFF PILSON, JEFF YOUNG AND MANY MORE!!


MORE ARTSITS TO BE ANNOUNCED AND SOME BIG SURPRISE GUESTS TOO!


HOLLYWOOD, CA (March 1, 2013) – These artists are coming together to support a long time friend and publicist Nancy Sayle, who was struck with Primary Progressive MS in 2009. This is a severe version of the disease and only 10% are inflicted with this level. She was also diagnosed with a pituitary brain tumor 2012. Visiting her close and dear friend as well as client, Steve Stevens and his wife Josie Stevens, she informed them of this news and all the medical issues. Knowing that she would not be working as much and facing large amounts of medical bills, Stevens suggested that a benefit was in order to help her. This is an amazing self-less gathering with a lot of love as well as creating the much needed awareness.

About Multiple SclerosisEvery hour in the United States, someone is newly diagnosed with MS, an unpredictable, often disabling disease of the central nervous system. MS interrupts the flow of information from the brain to the body and stops people from moving. Symptoms range from numbness and tingling to blindness and paralysis. The advancement, severity and specific symptoms of MS in any one person cannot yet be predicted, but advances in research and treatment are moving us closer to a world free of MS. Most people with MS are diagnosed between the ages of 20 and 50, with more than twice as many women as men being diagnosed with the disease.

MS affects more than 400,000 people in the U.S. and 2.1 million worldwide.


SHOWTIMES:


DOORS – 7:30

SHOW – 8:00


PRE-SALE TICKETS:


$35 GENERAL

$100 – MEET & GREET/GENERAL TICKET

$150 – VIP PASS/MEET & GREET – LIMITED 50 TICKETS ONLY


PURCHASE online at Ticketfly: www.ticketfly.com/event/230923


DAY-OF TICKETS:


$40 GENERAL

$110 – MEET & GREET/GENERAL

$175 – VIP/MEET & GREET – IF AVAILABLE

** Tickets that include the Meet & Greet – Please note that the Meet & Greet is at 6pm Pre-show during sound check! You will be escorted in and out. Please bring only 1 item to be signed.


SPONSORS: SCHECTER GUITARS, D’ADDARIO/EVANS, WHISKY A GO-GO, 95.5 KLOS, MAJIK BOX

Contact: Jodie Wilson | Cheating MS | info@cheatingms.com | 707.543.6071

Lucio Fulci's ZOMBIE Bobblehead by Drastic Plastic, 

Limited to 1000 Units  

Pre-order HERE  -  Ships April 23

From one of the great cult horror films of all time, Lucio Fulci's Zombie will delight adult and horror figure collectors, as well as everyone who loves zombies. And really, who doesn't? Meticulously rendered and pristinely sculpted, this iconic figure is hand-numbered and limited to 1000 pieces.

Lucio Fulci's Zombie stands 7-inches high and is made of durable polyresin. This is the third of our limited edition bobble heads, which also include Karen Cooper from The Night of the Living Dead and Iggy Pop, the godfather of punk. Pre-orders are recommended!

* 7" TALL, polyresin bobble head
* Limited edition of 1000 pieces
* Hand-numbered packaging  In 1979, director Lucio Fulci (The Beyond) set out to create a movie experience that would become the ultimate in flesh-eating terror. Fulci's film quickly became a worldwide sensation and more than two decades later remains one of the most graphically depraved shockers in horror history.  Tisa Farrow (Manhattan), Ian McCulloch (Zombie Holocaust), Richard Johnson (The Haunting) and Olga Karlatos (Keoma) star in this carnage classic about an onslaught of ravenous corpses that threatens to devour an island in the Caribbean and head straight for the streets of New York City. This is the bloody mother of all Italian zombie epics presented in all its eye-gouging, throat-ripping, gut-munching glory! 

Pre-order here: http://aggronautix.com/products.cfm?productid=78 

David Bowie's 'The Next Day' Streaming In Its Entirety Exclusively on iTunes Starting Now'The Next Day,' Bowie's First New Album In 10 Years, To Be Released on Iso/Columbia Records on March 12 in North America

NEW YORK, Feb. 28, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- David Bowie's much anticipated new album The Next Day is now available to stream as a worldwide exclusive on the iTunes Store (iTunes.com/DavidBowie). The album stream will remain available until release day on March 12.

David Bowie surprised the world on January 8th (his birthday) by releasing a haunting video, directed by Tony Oursler, for a new song entitled "Where Are We Now," after being dormant for 10 years.  'Where Are We Now' was written by Bowie and co-produced with long term collaborator Tony Visconti, and though it was recorded in New York, the song references Bowie's time in Berlin.

The Next Day was available immediately for pre-order, and news spread amongst fans and across every major news outlet like wildfire.  Pre-orders for the album put it at #1 on iTunes charts in 34 countries, with a Top 5 debut in the United States.

The album's 2nd single, "The Stars (Are Out Tonight)," was released this week, along with an accompanying video.  The video was directed by Floria Sigismondi, who also worked with Bowie on 1996's "Little Wonder" and 1997's "Dead Man Walking," and was shot by Jeff Cronenweth.  Bowie stars in the video alongside Oscar-winning actress Tilda Swinton, and the pair play a happily married couple whose world is disturbed and then re-arranged by the intrusion of a celebrity couple played by Andrej Pejic and Saskia De Brauw. 

"The Stars (Are Out Tonight)" will be available alongside "Where Are We Now" on a special white vinyl 7" single for Record Store Day on April 20.

Critical plaudits for The Next Day:

Q *****
"Start arguing for its merits as an equal to Low or a Heroes."

The Guardian ****
"The Next Day makes you hope it's not a one-off, that his return continues apace: no mean feat, given that listening to a new album by most of his peers makes you wish they'd stick to playing the greatest hits."

The Independent *****
"The greatest comeback album ever."

The Telegraph *****
"An absolute wonder: urgent, sharp-edged, bold, beautiful and baffling."

The Times ****
"A great album and something that is rare in an age when everything is explained and revealed: a sense of mystery."

Rolling Stone ****
"'The Stars (Are Out Tonight)' is one of the greatest songs the man has ever written... a triumphant moment on a triumphant album."

NME 8/10
"Bright and poppy, these songs feel like stories that insisted on being told."

Billboard 91/100
"[Bowie and producer Tony Visconti] have struck gold in creating a work that is modern and well-connected to the artist's fabled sonic-past."

The Quietus
"David Bowie, then. History, but still happening. And the next day, and the next. Greatness. It can't go on. It goes on."

The Next Day tracklisting

Standard Version:

01. The Next Day 3:51
02. Dirty Boys 2:58
03. The Stars (Are Out Tonight) 3:56
04. Love Is Lost 3:57
05. Where Are We Now? 4:08
06. Valentine's Day 3:01
07. If You Can See Me 3:16
08. I'd Rather Be High 3:53
09. Boss Of Me 4:09
10. Dancing Out In Space 3:24
11. How Does The Grass Grow 4:33
12. (You Will) Set The World On Fire 3:30
13. You Feel So Lonely You Could Die 4:41
14. Heat 4:25

Total (Approximately) 53:14

Deluxe Version

01. The Next Day 3:51
02. Dirty Boys 2:58
03. The Stars (Are Out Tonight) 3:56
04. Love Is Lost 3:57
05. Where Are We Now? 4:08
06. Valentine's Day 3:01
07. If You Can See Me 3:16
08. I'd Rather Be High 3:53
09. Boss Of Me 4:09
10. Dancing Out In Space 3:24
11. How Does The Grass Grow 4:33
12. (You Will) Set The World On Fire 3:30
13. You Feel So Lonely You Could Die 4:41
14. Heat 4:25

Bonus tracks:
15. So She 2:31
16. Plan 2:34 
17. Take You There 2:44
Total (Approximately): 61:03 

THE MERCILESS BOOK OF METAL LISTS: New Quote Snippets from Kerry King and Philip Anselmo Released!

Hitting Stores April 9, 2013 -- Written by NYC Music Scene Veterans Howie Abrams and Sacha Jenkins

 
Featuring Exclusive Photography by Iconic East Coast Photographer Frank White

 
“The Merciless Book Of Metal Lists, compiled by Howie Abrams and Sacha Jenkins, is the ultimate look at the world of heavy metal via the ease and convenience of a list. No stone is left unturned here, and I mean no stone. If you think you have a list about metal that isn’t in this book, chances are you’re wrong. Both Jenkins and Abrams have exhaustively researched and brainstormed Merciless and delivered a look at their beloved genre that is informative and fun.” – Iann Robinson, CraveOnline.com

 
THE MERCILESS BOOK OF METAL LISTS, written by NYC music scene veterans Howie Abrams and Sacha Jenkins, is set to be released on April 9, 2013. Touted as being “the most opinionated compendium ever written concerning Heavy Metal”, THE MERCILESS BOOK OF METAL LISTS is comprised of 208 jam-packed pages representing all that is glorious across the world of Heavy Metal. The book features dozens of never-before-seen photographs from iconic East Coast photographer Frank White.

 
The foreword for THE MERCILESS BOOK OF METAL LISTS comes from one of the most respected names in the genre, Slayer guitarist extraordinaire Kerry King, with a candid and passionate afterword from Pantera/Down frontman Philip Anselmo. 

 
"This book will appeal to metalheads because it's what they love. They'll get to laugh at the industry and at themselves. Any information is good information, and metal kids want it." - Kerry King (Slayer)

 
"I am an unabashed heavy metal fan, and I know as well as anyone, that metal fans can be an extremely loyal lot. But we are a very critical lot too. With each new movement, a new, defiant, outspoken, and sovereign audience is born. Music is older than all of us, so its history is ours to writhe in and absorb." - Philip Anselmo (Pantera/Down)

 
There are numerous other contributions from key metal luminaries and industry personnel like:

 
Scott Ian (Anthrax)

Gary Holt (Exodus)

Max Cavalera (Sepultura/Soulfly)

Katon W. DePena (Hirax)

John Gallagher (Raven)

Danny Lilker (Nuclear Assault/SOD)

Eddie Trunk (That Metal Show)

Jon & Marsha Zazula (Megaforce Records)

Brian Slagel (Metal Blade Records)

Flemming Rasmussen (Metallica Producer)

ILL BILL (Heavy Metal Kings/La Coka Nostra)

MC Serch (3rd Bass)

Richard Christy (Charred Walls of the Damned/The Howard Stern Show)

Monte Conner (Roadrunner Records/Nuclear Blast Records)

Borivoj Krgin (Blabbermouth.net)

Shaun Glass (Soil/Dirge Within)

Betsy Weiss (Bitch)

 
Presented in the form of dozens of factual, random and often outrageous lists, THE MERCILESS BOOK OF METAL LISTS dares to call many out for being the worst instead of being the best. It points out the triumphs, as well as the miserable failures concerning metal, from a diehard fan's point-of-view.

 
TMBML leaves no stone unturned, often blurring the lines separating fact and hilarity. You want to know about album covers that feature goats on them? What Motorhead icon Lemmy's warts might tell you if they could speak? The achievements Iron Maiden would never have reached had their original vocalist Paul Dianno remained in the band? Well then, this book is for you.

 
To pre-order THE MERCILESS BOOK OF METAL LISTS, please visit Amazon.com. You can learn more about the book at the official Facebook page or Abrams Books.

DARKTHRONE RELEASES "THE UNDERGROUND RESISTANCE"

New album out today via Peaceville Records 
 

NORWAY - Norwegian heavy metal legend, Darkthrone, has released its latest opus, The Underground Resistance, today via Peaceville Records, marking the duo's first studio effort since 2010's critically acclaimed, Circle the Wagons. The Underground Resistance can be ordered online now through the Peaceville web-store at: http://www.peaceville.com/darkthrone/ or on iTunes at: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-underground-resistance/id597898211. 

  
The Underground Resistance is Darkthrone's latest venture through the metal cosmos, chock-full of the band's trademark masterful riffing in a broad range of styles, effortlessly bounding through the annals of classic metal, taking in thrash, speed and black metal, and not forgetting a dose of punk. All in all a ferocious and dynamic set of tracks drenched in Fenriz's and Nocturno's rich and diverse tastes in all things metal, primarily those rooted firmly in the spirit of the 80's. Six tracks long, and each one an epic in itself, this is undoubtedly Darkthrone's strongest outing of late.

  
Stream the epic, nearly-14-minute closing track "Leave No Cross Unturned" online at: http://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/14867-leave-no-cross-unturned/. 

 
1. Dead Early
2. Valkyrie
3. Lesser Men
4. The Ones You Left Behind
5. Come Warfare, the Entire Doom
6. Leave No Cross Unturned

 
"Darkthrone have returned!" - Decibel

 
"...it's hard to imagine two middle-aged men having more fun than Fenriz and Nocturno Culto" - Pitchfork

 "...these two elder-statesmen of extreme metal continue to defy logic and carry on with their middle fingers raised to conformity and opinion." - PopMatters

 
The Underground Resistance was written and recorded spring 2010 to summer 2012 at Necrohell 2 studios by the band themselves. The album was mastered by Jack Control at Enormous Door in Austin, Texas. Cover artwork also comes courtesy of the iconic and celebrated artist Jim Fitzpatrick.
 

Commented Fenriz, "Three songs each, Ted's are flown from the universe of metal with his strongest voice ever so far. Songs of mine are torn from the wombs of the Riders of Rohan of metal, safely cradled in 1985 style."

 
Darkthrone began life in the late 80's as a thrash/death metal act and progressed through technical death/doom metal experimentation to become a legend of the black metal world and one of the original leading bands of the Norwegian scene, as well as inspiring a whole generation of metal bands.

 
Stay tuned to www.peaceville.com for more information on Darkthrone and The Underground Resistance, out now on Peaceville Records.

IGGY AND THE STOOGES


READY TO DIE


NEW ALBUM OUT APRIL 30 ON

FAT POSSUM RECORDS




"a real fucking group... they also make fucking records. They don't just go and twiddle around on stage to make a bunch of fucking money" Iggy Pop



Better 40 years later than never: The follow-up to the first record ever to bear the Iggy and the Stooges logo - the immortal proto-punk masterpiece Raw Power - will finally be out April 30, when Fat Possum Records releases the all-new Iggy and the Stooges studio album, Ready To Die.



Ready To Die finds Iggy Pop, guitarist James Williamson and drummer Scott "Rock Action" Asheton reunited for a full album of all-new material for the first time since the legendary Raw Power sessions, with Mike Watt filling in for the late Ron Asheton on bass. The results are the closest thing to a time capsule to 1973 - or at least to Iggy's subsequent efforts with Williamson, including 1977's Kill City and 1979's New Values - that rock 'n' roll is likely to proffer in this millennium. The new album's opening one-two of ‘Burn’ and ‘Sex & Money’ pair sublimely blunt and self-explanatory subject matter with back alley razor-blade guitars and a troglodytic rhythmic stomp as intensely single-minded as Iggy's lyrical statements of intent. Elsewhere on the album, anthems abound in the form of the most dead-on rallying cry for the lower-working-class dispossessed to date--the succinctly and aptly titled ‘Job’ - as well as a title track that mixes a signature Iggy Pop mission statement of angry desperation with guitar pyrotechnics that recall those halcyon opening salvos of ‘Search & Destroy’.

Just as Iggy exhumed the original Stooges name when he reunited in 2003 with the Asheton brothers, the revival of the Iggy and the Stooges moniker that first appeared on the cover of Raw Power heralded the return of guitarist James Williamson to the fold in 2009, or as Iggy put it then "although 'the Stooges' died with Ron Asheton, there is still 'Iggy and the Stooges'." As far as the decision to record and release a new Iggy and the Stooges album for the first time since 1973, Iggy recently commented:


"My motivation in making any record with the group at this point is no longer personal. It's just a pig-headed fucking thing I have that a real fucking group when they're an older group they also make fucking records. They don't just go and twiddle around on stage to make a bunch of fucking money..."

Iggy and the Stooges will begin the Ready To Die live assault shortly. Stay tuned for coordinates.




Available For Pre-Order At http://fatpossum.com/products/ready-to-die


Trailer: https://vimeo.com/60293119

JOHN 5 PULLS DOUBLE DUTY FOR THE ZOMBIE CAMP

ON ROB ZOMBIE’S NEW ALBUM & NEW FILM

‘Lords Of Salem’

OUT APRIL 19 ON ANCHOR BAY FILMS/ ALLIANCE FILMS

‘Venomous Rat Regeneration Vendor’

OUT APRIL 23 ON ZODIAC SWAN/T-BOY/Ume

JOHN 5 NOMINATED FOR REVOLVER GOLDEN GODS 5TH ANNIVERSAY “BEST GUITARIST”

 
LOS ANGELES, February 21, 2013 — John 5 has been a busy artist this last year in between tours with Zombie and solo undertakings. John 5’s extraordinary talent has led him to be an integral part of rock icon and auteur filmmaker Rob Zombie. This last year John 5 stepped up to fully to score Zombies upcoming movie release ‘Lords Of Salem,’ and once again partnered with Zombie for the new album ‘Venomous Rat Regeneration Vendor.’

 
For his first time ever, John 5 scored his full length motion picture. “This was a huge challenge for me,” explains John 5. “It was like 10 times the intensity of writing a record. It took months and months as the timing is key to each scene. The music was very challenging and sometimes there was no key signature or time signature for this music, which is all orchestral and acoustic with the exception of one Death Metal song. You had to be able to follow the story and create emotions for each scene with the music. I cannot wait for people to see and hear this movie. It is incredible!” 

 
The Lords of Salem tells the tale of Heidi (Sheri Moon Zombie), a radio station DJ living in Salem, Massachusetts, who receives a strange wooden box containing a record, a “gift from the Lords.” Heidi listens, and the bizarre sounds within the grooves immediately trigger flashbacks of the town’s violent past. Is Heidi going mad, or are the “Lords of Salem” returning for revenge on modern-day Salem?

 
John 5, in full collaboration with Zombie, created Venomous Rat Regeneration Vendor, which streets April 23, and includes the first single, “Dead City Radio and the New Gods of Super Town,” along with such tracks as “Ging Gang Gong De Do Gong De Laga Raga,” “Lucifer Rising,” “Behold! The Pretty Filthy Creatures” and a heavy-duty cover of Grand Funk Railroad’s “We’re an American Band.” 

 
“I can only describe this album as an aggressive, live-sounding and totally unique album,” states John 5. “This album has a little bit for everybody. The guitar tones are not traditional. There is also an instrumental track called the Theme for the Rat Regeneration Vendor which is a all played aggressively with an electric sitar.”

 
Last year, in addition to working on all of these music projects and recording, John 5 dominated the touring world in 2012, blowing away audiences with his guitar mastery on the road with Megadeth, then with Marilyn Manson for the “Twins of Evil Tour.” 

 
www.john-5.com

Ron Asheton Tribute Concert with Iggy & the Stooges + Special Guests Coming to DVD on April 9  Live concert tribute to brother Ron Asheton featuring the Stooges, Henry Rollins and more!  

Recorded live at the Michigan Theater, this heartfelt tribute/celebration of Stooge guitarist Ron Asheton's life and music featured Iggy and the Stooges, Henry Rollins, and guest guitarist Deniz Tek (Radio Birdman). Includes a string section on a few Stooges classics! All profits from the sale of the DVD go to the Ron Asheton Foundation which supports animal welfare and music.

 
Shirtless and manic as always, even two days before his 64th birthday, it didn't take Pop long to turn the theater to bedlam. Following pulverizing renditions of "Raw Power," "Search and Destroy" and "Gimme Danger," Pop brought dozens of fans on stage for "Shake Appeal," clearly reveling in the ecstatic anarchy of the moment. The rest of the night maintained the energy through favorites such as "Beyond the Law," "1970" and "Fun House," the "ballad" "Open Up and Bleed" and a rendition of "I Wanna Be Your Dog" beefed up by an 11-piece orchestra.

 
The ensemble stayed on stage as Radio Birdman's Deniz Tek, a longtime Asheton friend, spelled Williamson for "T.V. Eye," "Loose," "Dirt" and "Real Good Time," while Williamson returned for a new acoustic composition called "Ron's Tune," in which Pop sang that "the music says you'll be my friend to the end" and "because you were my friend, I always think of you again." The night finished with everyone, including more audience members, onstage for "No Fun" -- whose title, of course, was the antithesis of the experience."
The complete story can be read HERE.


Preorder:  http://www.seeofsound.com/p.php?s=MVD5711D

 
Cover Art:  http://mvdb2b.com/i/300dpi/MVD5711D.jpg

 
Clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HoYsFD2wDw

 
Track Listing

I Got a Right (with Henry Rollins)

Raw Power

Search and Destroy

Gimme Danger

Shake Appeal

1970

L.A. Blues

Night Theme

Beyond the Law

Fun House

Open Up And Bleed

Your Pretty Face Is Going To Hell

I Wanna Be Your Dog

TV Eye

Loose

Dirt

Real Cool Time

Iggy's Speech

Ron's Tune

No Fun

CRADLE OF FILTH FORCED TO CANCEL HEADLINING "28 DAYS CLOSER TO HELL" NORTH AMERICAN TOUR

Management issues statement on canceled dates 
 

ENGLAND - U.K. heavy metal act, Cradle of Filth, has been forced to cancel its headlining North American "28 Days Closer to Hell Tour" due to U.S. immigration issues. No immediate plans to reschedule the dates have been revealed.

 
The band's management has issued the following statement about the canceled shows...

 
"Cradle of Filth are really sorry to tell all of their fans that their U.S. tour '28 Days Closer to Hell' is going to have to be canceled, due to U.S. immigration issues beyond the band's control. They have been desperately trying to solve these problems, but it has become evident they are not going to be resolved in time for the band to embark on a tour that starts next week.

 
"The band sincerely apologize to all their fans and to the other acts on the tour and want to assure people they have made every effort possible to go ahead with the tour."

Cradle of Filth released its 10th album, The Manticore and Other Horrors, last Halloween on Nuclear Blast.

Stay tuned for more information on Cradle of Filth. 
 

Cradle of Filth online... 

 
http://www.cradleoffilth.com

http://www.theorderofthedragon.com

http://www.facebook.com/cradleoffilth

http://www.youtube.com/cradleoffilth

http://www.twitter.com/OfficialCoF

http://www.nuclearblastusa.com  

MULTI-PLATINUM ROCK BAND WHITESNAKE TO RELEASE NEW DVD/LIVE CD PACKAGE: "MADE IN JAPAN" DUE OUT APRIL 23RD IN NORTH AMERICA VIA FRONTIERS RECORDS

New York, NY) - Frontiers Records is pleased to announce the release of legendary rock band Whitesnake's new DVD/live CD package, MADE IN JAPAN.  MADE IN JAPAN is set for release on April 23rd in North America and will be available in several formats: a deluxe 2CD/DVD edition, Blu-ray and a standalone DVD.  The performance footage is shot in stunning HD in 5.1 and stereo and is taken from Whitesnake's co-headlining set at the "Loud Park" festival on October 11th, 2011 held at Saitama Super Arena in Japan during their "Forevermore World Tour."  The performance was initially recorded only for Japanese TV and future Loud Park promotions, but after three songs were broadcasted on a Loud Park highlights program in Japan, Whitesnake received unprecedented requests for this performance to be made available to the general public.  Click here to download the cover art for the deluxe combo version, here for the DVD edition and here for Blu-ray edition.

 
MADE IN JAPAN contains songs from Whitesnake's most recent studio album, FOREVERMORE, as well as classic hits such as "Is This Love," "Still Of The Night" and "Here I Go Again."  The bonus CD also includes never-before-heard outtakes and acoustic versions of material from the award-winning FOREVERMORE album that were recorded during soundchecks on the 2011 Japanese tour.  Additional DVD content includes various band photo slideshows and fan-shot videos.  Please see below for the full content listing.

 Formed in 1977, and steered by the legendary David Coverdale, Whitesnake carry a rightful reputation as one of the world's leading rock bands. Coverdale's blues roots, combined with a feral sense of rock and roll, have consistently shaped the 'Snake's sound along with Coverdale's love and appreciation of impeccable musicianship. Whitesnake's ascent to the very top of the rock n' roll heap was confirmed with 1987's self-titled mega-platinum album, which saw two massive Top 10 hits, two #1 singles with "Here I Go Again" and "Is This Love" and a virtual 24-hour domination of MTV around the world.  David Coverdale was recently named one of Revolver's "100 Greatest Living Rock Stars" and the UK's Kerrang voted Coverdale the "Last Great Rock Star."  Musicians on MADE IN JAPAN include David Coverdale (vocals), Doug Aldrich (guitars), Reb Beach (guitars), Michael Devin (bass), Briian Tichy (drums) and special guest Brian Ruedy (keyboards). 

 
MADE IN JAPAN track listing:

 
CD 1

1.    Best Years

2.    Give Me All Your Love Tonight

3.    Love Ain't No Stranger

4.    Is This Love

5.    Steal Your Heart Away

6.    Forevermore

7.    Six String Showdown

8.    Love Will Set You Free

9.    Drum Solo

10.  Fool For Your Loving

11.  Here I Go Again

12.  Still Of The Night

 

BONUS CD 2

1.    Love Will Set You Free 

2.    Steal Your Heart Away 

3.    Fare Thee Well (acoustic)

4.    One Of These Days (acoustic)

5.    Lay Down Your Love

6.    Evil Ways 

7.    Good To Be Bad (acoustic)

8.    Tell Me How (acoustic)

 

DVD & BLU-RAY: TRACK LISTING

1.    Best Years

2.    Give Me All Your Love Tonight

3.    Love Ain't No Stranger

4.    Is This Love

5.    Steal Your Heart Away

6.    Forevermore

7.    Six String Showdown

8.    Love Will Set You Free

9.    Drum Solo

10.   Fool For Your Loving

11.   Here I Go Again

12.   Still Of The Night

13.   Forevermore (fan video)

14.   Steal Your Heart Away (fan video)

 
For more information, please visit:

www.whitesnake.com

www.facebook.com/Whitesnake.official

www.twitter.com/davidcoverdale

www.frontiers.it

THE MERCILESS BOOK OF METAL LISTS: The Most Opinionated Compendium Ever Written about Heavy Metal Hits Bookstores on April 9, 2013

Written by NYC Music Scene Veterans Howie Abrams and Sacha Jenkins

Featuring Contributions from Kerry King (Slayer), Philip Anselmo (Pantera/Down), Scott Ian (Anthrax) and More!

“You want to know about album covers that feature goats on them? What MOTORHEAD icon Lemmy's warts might tell you if they could speak? The achievements IRON MAIDEN would never have reached had their original vocalist Paul Dianno remained in the band? Well then, this book is for you.”

THE MERCILESS BOOK OF METAL LISTS, written by NYC music scene veterans Howie Abrams and Sacha Jenkins, is set to be released on April 9, 2013. Touted as being “the most opinionated compendium ever written concerning Heavy Metal”, THE MERCILESS BOOK OF METAL LISTS is comprised of 208 jam-packed pages representing all that is glorious across the world of Heavy Metal.

Presented in the form of dozens of factual, random and often outrageous lists, this book flies the flag for true metalheads, as well as the curious observer. Where others have ventured to simply focus on who is best, THE MERCILESS BOOK OF METAL LISTS dares to call many out for being the worst. It points out the triumphs, as well as the miserable failures concerning metal, and recklessly opines on each and every aspect of it, from a diehard fan's point-of-view.

The requisite collections of the mightiest guitarists, drummers, vocalists etc. are in there, however, TMBML leaves no stone unturned, often blurring the lines separating fact and hilarity. You want to know about album covers that feature goats on them? What Motorhead icon Lemmy's warts might tell you if they could speak? The achievements Iron Maiden would never have reached had their original vocalist Paul Dianno remained in the band? Well then, this book is for you.

The foreword for THE MERCILESS BOOK OF METAL LISTS comes from one of the most respected names in the genre, Slayer guitarist extraordinaire Kerry King, with a candid and passionate afterword from Pantera/Down frontman Philip Anselmo. There are numerous other contributions from band members the likes of Scott Ian (Anthrax), Gary Holt (Exodus), Max Cavalera (Sepultura/Soulfly), Danny Lilker (Nuclear Assault/Brutal Truth), Katon W.DePena (Hirax) and many others. Additionally, several lists have been contributed by industry luminaries such as Jon & Marsha Zazula; the very people responsible for first bringing groups like Metallica, Anthrax and Testamant to the world at large, Metal Blade Records CEO Brian Slagel, radio personality Eddie Trunk, former Roadrunner Records (current Nuclear Blast) A&R guru Monte Conner and more. Hell, even rapper MC Serch is featured talking about his days weeding through Slayer's fan mail while working at Def Jam.

There is no music community on earth quite like that of Heavy Metal, and THE MERCILESS BOOK OF METAL LISTS is its bible. Metal fans thrive on debating each and every  detail about the music and it's performers, from recording production, to album cover art, to band members' appearance - no stone is left unturned...EVER. TMBML is designed for the lot, who enthusiastically engage in and thrive on such arguments.

To pre-order THE MERCILESS BOOK OF METAL LISTS, please visit Amazon.com. You can learn more about the book at the official Facebook page or Abrams Books.

 
About the Authors

HOWIE ABRAMS:

Howie is a former...lots of things, including record label A&R rep, music publisher and artist manager. Abrams grew up in his beloved NYC as part of its Metal and Hardcore scenes and has always carried the torch for aggressive music. He was the co-founder of the influential hard music label In-Effect Records, where he signed bands such as Agnostic Front, Nuclear Assault and Sick of it All among others. Later, as the Senior Director of A&R at Roadrunner Records, he inked Vision of Disorder, Madball, Shelter and others, plus, he handled marketing duties for groups such as Sepultura, Type O Negative, Biohazard and more. Howie also worked at Jive Records/Zomba Music, as well as Warner Music.

 
SACHA JENKINS:

Sacha Jenkins loves heavy music. He grew up in New York City, and has produced books about both hip-hop and also graffiti, including ego trip’s The Book of Rap Lists, and Big Book of Racism. He’s produced some television too, and plays guitar in a band called The White Mandingoes along with Darryl Jenifer of the legendary Bad brains. 

SPEND PRESIDENTS DAY WEEKEND WITH ALICE COOPER, ACE FREHLEY
AND ROCK ‘N’ ROLL FANTASY CAMP
AT MGM GRAND LAS VEGAS FEB. 14 - 18

Annual Presidents Day Weekend Camp Features Additional Special Guests
Jordan Rudess, Mike Portnoy and George Lynch, Among Others

LAS VEGAS, (January 18, 2013) – Rock ‘n’ Roll Fantasy Camp announced today the next installment of its highly successful music immersion experience is scheduled Feb. 14 – 18 at MGM Grand Hotel & Casino as well as the camp’s facility located west of the Las Vegas Strip. Headlining the camp will be theatrical rock legends Alice Cooper and Ace Frehley, joined by icons Jordan Rudess (Dream Theater), Mike Portnoy (Adrenaline Mob, formerly of Dream Theater) and George Lynch, among others.

 
The rock camp provides music fans the opportunity to jam nightly with legendary rock stars, write and record original songs, participate in master classes and perform live on stage in front of family and friends.

 
Registration is open now, offering campers the option of purchasing a three-day rock star package or five-day headliner experience. Both packages include hotel accommodations, breakfast and lunch daily, an opening night cocktail reception, scheduled classes and daily jam sessions and a DVD of the final concert performance.* To celebrate the camp’s culmination Monday, Feb. 18, campers and counselors will host a live concert at Rouge Lounge at MGM Grand. For registration and additional camp information, call 1-888-762-2263 or visit www.rockcamp.com. *Daily activities fluctuate between the two locations. Please consult the camp registration packet or visit www.rockcamp.com for detailed information.

“Our annual Presidents Day Weekend camp is always a hit and we couldn’t be more thrilled to have superstars like Alice, Ace, Jordan, Mike and George joining us this year,” said David Fishof, Rock ‘n’ Roll Fantasy Camp founder, veteran music producer and author of Rock Your Business: What You and Your Company Can Learn from the Business of Rock And Roll.

Past rock star camp counselors have included Gene Simmons (KISS), Warren Haynes (Allman Brothers, Gov’t Mule), Bill Wyman (The Rolling Stones), Slash, Bret Michaels (Poison), Brian Wilson (The Beach Boys), Cheap Trick, Dr. John, George Thorogood, Jack Bruce (Cream), Mark Farner (Grand Funk Railroad), Jane Wiedlin (The Go Gos), Joe Satriani, Joe Walsh, Meatloaf, Mickey Hart (The Grateful Dead), Lita Ford (The Runaways), Steve Vai, Todd Rundgren, Vince Neil (Motley Crue), Duff McKagan and Matt Sorum (Guns N’ Roses, Velvet Revolver), Michael Anthony (Van Halen) and Rudy Sarzo (Ozzy Osbourne, Quiet Riot), among others.
 
In addition to the three- and five-day camps, Rock ‘n’ Roll Fantasy Camp now offers the ultimate rock star program, “Rock Star for A Day.” Locals and visitors alike can participate in a two- or three-hour jam session with famous musicians. The package includes everything necessary to provide the full “Rock Star Experience.” Rock ‘n’ Roll Fantasy Camp also offers Corporate Team Building experiences sure to rock any business.

Punk Legends D.O.A. Say Farewell After 35 Years
 
Final US Shows Announced  Legendary punk's D.O.A have travelled the globe almost continuously since they formed in 1978 and released their first snarling piece of vinyl, the "Disco Sucks" EP. That slab of plastic opened the door to international prominence, 14 studio albums and three generations of fans. 2013 marks the band's 35th and final year as Canada's godfather of punk Joe Keithley embarks on a political career seeking the New Democratic Party (NDP) nomination in Coquitlam, British Columbia.  

Punk and politics are historically linked and D.O.A. have always worn their politics on their sleeves. Their blatant slogan: TALK-ACTION=0 sums it all up. D.O.A. have played benefits for Rape Relief, Anti-Racism, Education, Anti-Globalization, Anti-War, OXFAM, First Nations Rights, Anti-Censorship and environmental causes amongst many others. "I've been working on trying to change Canada and this world into a better place from outside the system for the last 35 years," reflects Keithley, "now I will do my utmost to effect that change from inside the system. That's why I am running for the only progressive party, the NDP"  

Eastern Canada packed venues in the fall 2012 for final D.O.A. shows and now the final dates have been announced for B.C,, Alberta and California . Celebrating 35 years and their 14th studio album We Come In Peace, fans will be treated to 2 hours of D.O.A. songs old and new. Watch for special appearances from many ex band members at the final Vancouver shows on January 18th and 19th at The Rickshaw.   Don't miss this final opportunity to catch the legendary band that influenced a ton of bands ranging from The Red Hot Chili Peppers to Green Day to Rancid to The Offspring.  

D.O.A. FINAL TOUR DATES:   California:

Thursday Jan. 31st - Phoenix Theatre Petaluma, CA
Friday Feb. 1st - The Observatory Santa Ana, CA
Saturday Feb. 2nd - Brick By Brick, San Diego, CA
Sunday Feb. 3rd - Weber's, Reseda, CA   Alberta:
Wednesday Feb. 20th - Studio Nightclub, Lethbridge, AB
Thursday Feb. 21st - The Vat, Red Deer, AB
Friday Feb. 22 - Pawn Shop, Edmonton, AB
Saturday Feb. 23rd - The Republic, Calgary, AB
Sunday Feb. 24th - Wild Bill's, Banff, AB   

ANTHRAX CONFIRMS "ANTHEMS" EP

LOS ANGELES, CA - TUESDAY, January 15, 2013 -- Anthems, Anthrax's long-awaited, eight-track EP that pays tribute to the classic songs by some of Anthrax's favorite bands from the 1970s, will be released in North America on March 19 (MRI/Megaforce), and on March 22 in Europe (Nuclear Blast).  Anthems's track listing features Rush's "Anthem," Thin Lizzy's "Jailbreak," "TNT" by AC/DC, Boston's "Smokin'," "Big Eyes" by Cheap Trick, Journey's "Keep on Runnin," as well as the album version and a special remix of Anthrax's "Crawl" from the band's critically-acclaimed 2011 album Worship Music.        

Said the band's vocalist Joey Belladonna, "These are all bands I grew up with and have listened to forever.  It's just great music.  I had fun singing these songs and I was happy recording together with Anthrax, doing classic rock songs.  Fun stuff!"  

On Boston's "Smokin'," Anthrax brought in a special guest to play keyboards - Fred Mandel, who has played with Alice Cooper, Queen, Elton John, Cheap Trick, Supertramp and on Pink Floyd's The Wall. 

About the track, drummer Charlie Benante said, "If ever there were a perfect first album, it's Boston's first album.  The harmony leads they did would later be heard by Iron Maiden, which of course would lead to thrash metal."  

The EP will be available on CD as well as digitally via iTunes and other online retailers.  In addition to Anthems' cover art (attached), Benante and artist Stephen Thompson have subtly redesigned each track's original album cover art to "Anthrax" it.  The Anthems EP will first be housed in one of the "re-imagined" digipak covers, and then inserted inside the main CD cover sleeve.  The main cover sleeve has been designed in such a way so fans will be able to see which one of the six "re-imagined" covers is inside.  

Anthems was produced by Anthrax, Jay Ruston and Rob Caggiano, and recorded for the most part throughout 2012 literally all over the world:  at Benante's home studio, in Ruston's New York studio, on the band's tour bus while on last summer's Mayhem Tour, in hotel rooms, and backstage at their Berlin show last December.  

The Grammy-nominated Anthrax - Belladonna, Benate/drums, Scott Ian/guitar and Frank Bello/bass - will hit the road in support Anthems on February 16 with dates in India and Australia, and then return to North America to headline the Metal Alliance Tour that kicks off March 22.  For all of these dates, Anthrax will be joined by Shadows Fall guitarist Jon Donais.   

Elvis Presley's ALOHA FROM HAWAII VIA SATELLITE: LEGACY EDITION Announced For Elvis' Birthday, January 8

DOUBLE-CD PACKAGE CELEBRATES 40th ANNIVERSARY OF LANDMARK HAWAII CONCERTS

CD ONE: Aloha From Hawaii via Satellite, remastered edition of soundtrack from world's first full-length concert satellite broadcast of January 1973; CD TWO: The Rehearsal Show, remixed and remastered edition of early 'dress rehearsal' show PLUS: 5 bonus songs recorded at 3 a.m. in behind-closed-doors sessionLatest entry in Sony Music's 'Legacy Edition' series available everywhere March 19, 2013, through RCA/Legacy

NEW YORK, Jan. 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The 40th anniversary of the historic one-hour satellite broadcast of Elvis Presley from the Honolulu International Center Arena in January 1973, viewed by over 1.5 billion people worldwide, is now commemorated with the release of ALOHA FROM HAWAII VIA SATELLITE: LEGACY EDITION .  This deluxe double-CD package will be available everywhere March 19, 2013, through RCA/Legacy, a division of SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT.


ALOHA FROM HAWAII VIA SATELLITE: LEGACY EDITION marks the first time that both shows performed by Elvis, as released separately in 1973 (the original double-LP Aloha From Hawaii via Satellite ) and 1988 (the CD The Alternate Aloha ), have been coupled together in one package.  At the same time, the show that The Alternate Aloha was based on has been completely remixed from the original multi-track tapes.

Accompanying the two-CD set will be a booklet with rare photos and a new liner notes essay written by BBC presenter, producer and musician Stuart Colman.  This new Legacy Edition was produced by Rob Santos and Ernst Mikael Jorgensen, who along with Roger Semon, are the respected directors of RCA's Elvis catalog for over two decades. 

"Aloha From Hawaii via Satellite" was the first time that a full-length concert was broadcast around the world and it was the most expensive up until then.    

Over 6,000 fans were in attendance for both shows at the H.I.C. (now known as the Blaisdell Arena).  His love for Hawaii had first been demonstrated in March 1961, when he raised $62,000 with a concert at the Bloch Arena, toward the funding of the USS Arizona Memorial.

The "Aloha From Hawaii via Satellite" show that was actually broadcast was a second show, that started at 12:30 a.m. in Hawaii on Sunday morning, January 14, 1973.  Clearly at the top of his game, Elvis delivered a 24-song tour de force that pulled songs from every phase of his career.  It was a painstaking process to develop material that did not duplicate very much of his Live At Madison Square Garden concerts of June 1972 (as heard on RCA/Legacy's most recent Prince From Another Planet commemorative 2-CD+DVD package, released November 2012).  Nor did Elvis want to duplicate very much of his then-current MGM theatrical release, Elvis On Tour , filmed in March-April 1972, the Golden Globe award-winning film which turned out to be the final motion picture of his lifetime.

Following the 12:30 show, at about 3:00 a.m., the ensemble regrouped (without an audience) to record five additional songs exclusively for the U.S. broadcast, four of which originated on Elvis' old Blue Hawaii movie soundtrack of 1961: "Blue Hawaii," "Ku-U-I-Po," "No More," and "Hawaiian Wedding Song."  The fifth was Gordon Lightfoot's "Early Morning Rain," emblematic of the contemporary folk-rock singer-songwriter boom to which Elvis was surprisingly well attuned in the '70s.

"Aloha From Hawaii via Satellite" was broadcast to more than 40 nations, and broke viewing records in Japan, the Philippines, Korea, Hong Kong and Australia.  Aloha From Hawaii via Satellite , the double-LP containing all 24 songs from the broadcast, was rush released to arrive in stores the first week of February, 1973.  It debuted in the February 24 th Billboard 200 albums chart, and sold a half-million units in its first four weeks.  The single from the concert, Elvis' version of James Taylor's "Steamroller Blues," debuted in April and reached the Top 20, selling in excess of 400,000 copies, #10 in Cashbox and #17 in Billboard.

In the U.S., the broadcast was in fact postponed so as not to conflict with MGM's Elvis On Tour .  When "Aloha From Hawaii via Satellite" was finally aired in the U.S. on April 4 th, the Nielsen ratings had the show in 33.8% of homes and reaching 51% of those watching television.  The double-LP immediately vaulted up the charts, taking the #1 spot in Billboard's May 5 th issue, knocking Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon out of the top spot.  It stayed on the chart for 52 weeks, and was certified 5-times platinum by the RIAA.  The album was Elvis' first #1 since the Roustabout movie soundtrack from January 1965. 

It was not generally known at the time that the Friday evening (January 12 th) dress rehearsal had also been recorded, as a safety backup.  Fifteen years later in June 1988 (more than a decade after Elvis' death), the show was finally issued on CD as The Alternate Aloha . 

In early 1973, Elvis Presley was performing at one of the highest peaks of his career, and ALOHA FROM HAWAII VIA SATELLITE is proof positive of that.  As Ernst Mikael Jorgensen writes in his essential research guide, Elvis Presley: A Life In Music (St. Martin's Press, 1998): "The immense pressure of being beamed live to one billion people didn't seem to faze Elvis a great deal; showing little evidence of nerves, he was highly focused, and he executed a flawless set that sparkled with all the flash of his image.  The unparalleled media attention and size of the audience, not to mention the worldwide number one album that followed, were perhaps the most effective statement ever engineered of one artist's worldwide power."

ALOHA FROM HAWAII VIA SATELLITE: LEGACY EDITION by ELVIS PRESLEY (RCA/Legacy 88765 43389 2 1)

Disc 1: The "broadcast" [second] show recorded January 14, 1973 (originally issued February 1973, as Aloha From Hawaii via Satellite , RCA 6089)

Selections : 1. Introduction: Also Sprach Zarathustra (Theme From 2001: A Space Odyssey) • 2. See See Rider • 3. Burning Love • 4. Something • 5. You Gave Me A Mountain • 6. Steamroller Blues • 7. My Way • 8. Love Me • 9. Johnny B. Goode • 10. It's Over • 11. Blue Suede Shoes • 12. I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry • 13. I Can't Stop Loving You • 14. Hound Dog • 15. What Now My Love • 16. Fever • 17. Welcome To My World • 18. Suspicious Minds • 19. Introductions by Elvis • 20. I'll Remember You • 21. Medley: Long Tall Sally/ Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On • 22. An American Trilogy • 23. A Big Hunk O' Love • 24. Can't Help Falling In Love.

Disc 2: The "dress rehearsal" [first] show recorded January 12, 1973 (originally issued June 1988, as The Alternate Aloha , RCA 6985)

Selections : 1. Introduction: Also Sprach Zarathustra (Theme From 2001: A Space Odyssey) • 2. See See Rider • 3. Burning Love • 4. Something • 5. You Gave Me A Mountain • 6. Steamroller Blues • 7. My Way • 8. Love Me • 9. It's Over • 10. Blue Suede Shoes • 11. I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry • 12. Hound Dog • 13. What Now My Love • 14. Fever • 15. Welcome To My World • 16. Suspicious Minds • 17. Introductions by Elvis • 18. I'll Remember You • 19. An American Trilogy • 20. A Big Hunk O' Love • 21. Can't Help Falling In Love • 22. Closing Riff  •  Bonus songs: 23. Blue Hawaii • 24. Ku-U-I-Po • 25. No More • 26. Hawaiian Wedding Song •  27.  Early Morning Rain.

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Entire Upcoming WARBEAST Tour with DOWN Dedicated to the Memory of Mike Scaccia - Donate to the Mike Scaccia Family Fundraiser

 
Sadly, as many music fans across the globe learned last week, celebrated Rigor Mortis and Ministry guitarist Mike Scaccia passed away while doing what he loved best—playing music. While it is with a very heavy heart, WARBEAST will be hitting the road for their West Coast tour with Down as planned. Mike would not expect anything less from them, so they will be dedicating the upcoming tour to the memory of Mike Scaccia—one of our generation’s greatest guitarists and certainly one of their closest friends.

 
Last week, WARBEAST vocalist Bruce Corbitt shared his condolences and thoughts with the community. “Mike Scaccia left this Earth doing what he loved to do. Tragically, the music world has lost an extremely talented, gifted and unique guitar virtuoso. His music and his legend will live on forever. But a loving husband, father, son and brother etc. can never be replaced. Mike would be overwhelmed with this outpouring of emotion that has risen from his passing, but he would mainly be proud of the enormous support that everyone has shown towards his family during this devastating time in their lives.

We can and we will make sure that Mike’s wife and his kids are taken care of. So, I would like to ask anyone that can make a donation… big or small… do it now. Please understand that this is what would mean the most to Mike.”

 
To donate to the Mike Scaccia Family Fundraiser, head here and follow the link: http://www.warbeast.org/?p=156


In addition to the fundraiser effort, Philip Anselmo of Housecore Records came up with the idea for WARBEAST to team up and write some lyrics about Mike Scaccia. WARBEAST already has two songs recorded and in the vault. One of them is the song about Bruce Corbitt’s brother Jeff Corbitt (RIP), of which Bruce has mentioned many times publicly. The other will be a song written about Mike Scaccia. The two songs will be released together with a picture of Mike on one side and a picture of Jeff Corbitt on the other.

Also, Sarah Scaccia (Mike’s daughter) is putting a beautiful book together to honor her father. If everyone would please email her your personal stories about her Dad, she can be contacted at sjska21@gmail.com. She will compile them together for the book. Let’s share and keep him alive in spirit. 

 
Join WARBEAST and DOWN in honoring the memory of Mike Scaccia’s life on their upcoming tour dates.

 
DOWN and WARBEAST 2013 U.S. Tour Dates:

1/5 – Fort Worth, TX @ The Rail Club (WARBEAST ONLY, War of the Gargantuas Release Show)

1/11 – Houston, TX @ Warehouse Live – Ballroom

1/12 – San Antonio, TX @ Backstage Live

1/14 – Tempe, AZ @ The Marquee

1/15 – Las Vegas, NV @ Fremont Country Club

1/16 – West Hollywood, CA @ Key Club

1/18 – Anaheim, CA @ City National Grove of Anaheim

1/19 – Sacramento, CA @ Ace of Spades

1/20 – San Francisco, CA @ Regency Ballroom

1/22 – Seattle, WA @ Showbox at the Market

1/23 – Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater

1/24 – Boise, ID @ Knitting Factory Concert House

1/26 – Denver, CO @ The Summit Music Hall

1/28 – Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue

1/29 – Milwaukee, WI @ The Rave

1/30 – Cincinnati, OH @ Bogart’s

2/1 – Chattanooga, TN @ Track 29 

World-Renowned Surrealist VINCENT CASTIGLIA Nominated in “Tattoo Artist of the Year” Category by ThisisHorror.co.uk’s “This Is Horror Awards 2012”

 
Vote NOW - Voting Closes at 12:01am GMT on Friday, January 4th!

World-renowned surrealist VINCENT CASTIGLIA was recently honored with a nomination in the “Tattoo Artist of the Year” category by ThisisHorror.co.uk’s “This Is Horror Awards 2012”. Vincent needs your votes to win the category! Make sure to vote now— voting closes at 12:01am GMT on Friday, January 4, 2013. 

Please email your votes to awards@thisishorror.co.uk with the subject line ‘Awards 2012 Votes’ and Category: Tattoo Artist of The Year. You can read about how to specifically submit your vote at this link: http://www.thisishorror.co.uk/awards/.

VINCENT CASTIGLIA is known for his striking paintings that are created exclusively in his own human blood. A successful gallery showing of his work  recently appeared at Sacred Gallery NYC and was featured by the likes of CNBC, FOX News, BBC, The Huffington Post, New York Daily News, Art Business News and more.

 
Vincent is the first American artist to receive a solo exhibition invitation from Oscar Award-winning artist H.R. Giger in the history of the H. R. Giger Museum Gallery. Vincent’s art has been praised by fellow artists, musicians, and other notables throughout his career.

 
“With such precise technique, his depiction of human musculature is nothing short of outstanding.”  

– Paul Booth / World-renowned Tattooist, Artist, Gallery Owner, Fanatical Nihilist

 
“If the body is the temple, then the heart is the altar and the blood is the sacred flame that enlightens the shrine. Vincent is painting with holy light.” – Martin Eric Ain / Musician, Celtic Frost

 
“The ominous truth that his art confronts, along with the exquisiteness in which it is portrayed, provides a timeless revelation into human existence.” – Joe Sopkowics, Forensic Photographer

 
VINCENT CASTIGLIA’s impressive work has seen many sides of the entertainment world, as well. MTV New Media's Horror-Slasher Film, Savage County, featured his art as its official movie poster, depicting the three murderers in the film. Prior to the film, Vincent painted album art for heavy metal band Triptykon's 2010 debut release, Eparistera Daimones. Triptykon is founded by former Hellhammer / Celtic Frost singer and guitarist Tom Gabriel Fischer.

 
His work has been featured on New York 1 News, Spike TV, as well as the television series, Miami Ink. His work has been explored by countless art and culture, and media publications, in the US and internationally, including the New York Post, New York Daily News, and the recently released, Lexikon Der Phantastischen Künstler “The international encyclopedia of fantastic, surrealistic, symbolist, & visionary artists”.

 
His work hangs in many distinguished international collections; one of his most celebrated works of 2006, “Gravity” was recently acquired by Rock legend Gregg Allman.  Vincent’s paintings have been exhibited at museums and galleries in the US, and internationally, including CoproGallery, (Santa Monica, California), Last Rites Gallery (New York) The Museum of Sex (New York), The Museum Of Porn In Art, (Switzerland), The HR Giger Museum Gallery, (Switzerland), , The Mall Gallery (London, England) Canvas Los Angeles (Los Angeles California), Fuse Gallery (New York), Sidney & Berne Davis Art Center (Ft. Myers, Florida), Art @ Large Gallery (New York) Gallery Lombardi (Austin Texas), L’imagerie Gallery (Hollywood, California), Museo De La Cuidad De Mexico, (Mexico), C-Pop Gallery (Detroit, Michigan), Shooting Gallery (San Francisco, CA), Seed Gallery (Newark, New Jersey), The 7th Annual Dirty Show (Detroit, Michigan),  as well as The Congregation Gallery (Hollywood, California).

 
For more information on VINCENT CASTIGLIA, please visit www.vincentcastigliaart.com.

Rock Photographer JEREMY SAFFER Teams Up with SoundCheck Hollywood for “Capturing Music: A Music Photography Seminar” – NEW DATES: February 9-10, 2013 

 
After a busy year culminating with shoots for Megadeth, Coheed and Cambria, Motionless in White, The Misfits, GWAR, Arsis and Epica, spreads in Alternative Press Magazine, Revolver Magazine AND Outburn Magazine, as well as time well spent raising over $1,500 for late Suicide Silence singer Mitch Lucker’s daughter Kenadee with a legacy print series (all proceeds went to Kenadee’s education fund), JEREMY SAFFER can now announce the new dates for his first west coast music photography seminar in conjunction with SoundCheck Hollywood. 

 
The seminar will take place on February 9th and 10th at Soundcheck Hollywood, located at 8872 Sunset Blvd. in West Hollywood, CA.

 
SEMINAR DETAILS:

The two-day seminar and workshop will focus on portrait work with musicians and will cover the entire process—from setting up the photo shoot, scouting locations, posing, different types of lighting and lighting equipment for different situations, shooting endorsements, promotional images, CD layouts, and magazine layouts, to walking attendees through the process of what to do post-shoot, invoicing, getting repeat business, and even how to price yourself. Many other business aspects of being a professional photographer within the music industry will be discussed.

 
The first day will be the official seminar day, where all of the above is taught in the morning, as well as a lightroom and photoshop post processing tutorial. In the afternoon of day one, attendees will complete mock-photo shoots experimenting with different types of lighting equipment, lighting set-ups, poses, etc. Jeremy has also expanded the music photography business section even more, and will also include private portfolio critique for attendees that specifically request it.

 
On the second day of the seminar, attendees will experience a hands-on photo shoot of special guest bands done first by Jeremy (as a real-life example), and next by themselves! Attendees will take over and complete a real photo shoot with the band in various locations.

 
Hopeful attendees must act now; there are only 10 tickets available to this seminar!

 
On February 9th at 6pm, SoundCheck Hollywood will re-open to the public for a brief meet and greet/signing where Jeremy will be signing his copies of his book Bring The Noise and will have exclusive limited edition prints available for purchase at a special one-time only price.

 
For more information and tickets, please visit www.jeremysaffer.com/soundcheckseminar.

CRADLE OF FILTH ANNOUNCES HEADLINING "NORTH AMERICAN TOUR 2013" WITH THE FACELESS, DECAPITATED AND THE AGONIST

Ticketless VIP packages available through ArtistArena.com 
 
ENGLAND - The U.K.'s infamous heavy metal act, Cradle of Filth, has announced a headlining February/March North American tour with The Faceless, Decapitated and The Agonist. Cradle of Filth "North American Tour 2013" will mark the band's return to North American shores in nearly two years. A list of confirmed dates can be seen below.

Ticketless VIP packages for most dates will go on sale tomorrow (12/21) through ArtistArena.com at: http://packages.artistarena.com/cradleoffilth/. Each package includes a meet-and-greet with the band, signed Cradle of Filth poster and commemorative VIP laminate. General ticket information for Cradle of Filth "North American Tour 2013" is available online at: http://theorderofthedragon.com/page/on-the-road. 

Cradle of Filth is touring in support of The Manticore and Other Horrors, its 10th studio release, out now on Nuclear Blast. The Manticore and Other Horrors entered the Billboard Top 200 at #96 with its first-week sales this fall.

Fans can order The Manticore and Other Horrors online via the Nuclear Blast web-store at: http://bit.ly/cofnbusa and digitally through iTunes at: http://bit.ly/cofhoritun. Click here: http://bit.ly/cofspecials to find out where you can purchase The Manticore and Other Horrors at a local music retailer.

The band's latest music video for "Frost on her Pillow," directed by Stuart Birchall, can be seen on YouTube at: http://youtu.be/9Nw_9meXYic.

Lyric videos for two additional new songs, "Manticore": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGxF0eDNWwQ and "For your Vulgar Delectation": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDgouqQrctk, are also streaming online.

Stay tuned for more information on Cradle of Filth and the impending North American tour, and be sure to upload band photos, CoF art, tattoos and more at: https://www.webdoc.com/documents/C5697C31-3CD0-0001-55B7-1AB486801B96. 

Cradle of Filth "North American Tour 2013" dates...

 2/22 - New York, NY @ Irving Plaza
2/23 - Worcester, MA @ Palladium
2/24 - Philadelphia, PA @ Theater Of Living Arts
2/27 - Charlotte, NC @ The Fillmore
2/28 - Lake Buena Vista, FL @ House Of Blues
3/01 - Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade
3/03 - Houston, TX @ House Of Blues
3/04 - Dallas, TX @ House Of Blues
3/06 - W. Hollywood, CA @ House Of Blues
3/07 - Tempe, AZ @ The Marquee
3/08 - Anaheim, CA @ House Of Blues
3/09 - San Diego, CA @ House Of Blues
3/10 - San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore
3/12 - Seattle, WA @ Studio Seven
3/13 - Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom
3/14 - Spokane, WA @ Knitting Factory
3/16 - Denver, CO @ Summit Music Hall
3/20 - Cincinnati, OH @ Bogart's
3/21 - Chicago, IL @ House Of Blues
3/22 - Cleveland, OH @ House Of Blues
3/23 - Detroit, MI @ St Andrews Hall
3/25 - Toronto, ON @ Phoenix Concert Theatre
3/26 - Guelph, ON @ Guelph Concert Theatre

DARKTHRONE TO RELEASE "THE UNDERGROUND RESISTANCE" THIS FEBRUARY

Latest studio album from legendary duo out February 26th via Peaceville Records

NORWAY - Norwegian legend, Darkthrone, has completed work on its latest album The Underground Resistance, which is set for release on Peaceville Records on February 26th.
  
The Underground Resistance is Darkthrone's latest venture through the metal cosmos, and first new album since the 2010 opus Circle the Wagons. The Underground Resistance contains Darkthrone's trademark masterful riffing in a broad range of styles, effortlessly bounding through the annals of classic metal, taking in thrash, speed and black metal, and not forgetting a dose of punk. All in all a ferocious and dynamic set of tracks drenched in Fenriz's and Nocturno's rich and diverse tastes in all things metal, primarily those rooted firmly in the spirit of the 80's. Six tracks long, and each one an epic in itself, this is undoubtedly Darkthrone's strongest outing of late.  

 
The Underground Resistance was written and recorded spring 2010 to summer 2012 at Necrohell 2 studios by the band themselves. The album was mastered by Jack Control at Enormous Door in Texas. Cover artwork also comes courtesy of the iconic and celebrated artist Jim Fitzpatrick. 
 

Commented Fenriz, "Three songs each, Ted's are flown from the universe of metal with his strongest voice ever so far. Songs of mine are torn from the wombs of the riders of rohan of metal, safely cradled in 1985 style."

 
Darkthrone began life in the late 80's as a thrash/death metal act and progressed through technical death/doom metal experimentation to become a legend of the black metal world and one of the original leading bands of the Norwegian scene, as well as inspiring a whole generation of metal bands.

  
Stay tuned to www.peaceville.com for more information on Darkthrone and The Underground Resistance, out this winter on Peaceville Records.

Godflesh To Release Hymns Deluxe Remaster

Available In Deluxe 2CD/2LP Packaging – Remastered With Bonus Tracks, Liner Notes, Lyrics And Never Before Seen Images

Out February 19th On The End Records
'Hymns' Deluxe Remaster Tracklisting

Disc 1: 2012 Remaster

1.     Defeated
2.     Deaf, Dumb & Blind
3.     Paralyzed
4.     Anthem
5.     Viodhead
6.     Tyrant
7.     White Flag
8.     For Life
9.     Animals
10.   Vampires
11.   Antihuman
12.   Regal
13.   Jesu

Disc 2: Bonus Material

1.     Voidhead (Demo 2012 Mix)
2.     Vampires (Demo 2012 Mix)
3.     Deaf, Dumb & Blind (Demo 2012 Remastered)
4.     Anthem (Demo 2012 Remastered)
5.     Paralyzed (Demo 2012 Remastered)
6.     For Life (Demo 2012 Remastered)
7.     If I Could Only Be What You Want (2012 Remastered)


"The angst and the cold, mechanical feel are still present and correct, but the band sounds better than ever. This is the best album the band have released in recent years" – AllMusic

”This record is a terrific swansong for Godflesh with perfected production values that allow every ounce of the passion that was put into it to be audibly heard and one I have grown to treasure. Dynamic.” – Encyclopaedia Metallium

Godflesh is classic, ballsy, catchy, and mean.  Justin Broadrick (the band’s frontman, and ex member of Napalm Death) manages to craft catchy riffs and choruses into the mix without losing a drop of originality. Even though ”Hymns” is the band’s swan song, it still sounds just as passionate as their first record "Streetcleaner".   Often called their finest album, “Hymns” was released on 2001, and is now being re-issued by The End Records as a Special Edition 2CD Deluxe Remaster with Bonus Tracks, Liner Notes, Lyrics and Never Before Seen Photos and Images.  Always a few steps ahead of the pack, Godflesh have once again reinvented themselves, providing their audience with a challenging and inspirational slab of crushing industrial metal.

ANTHRAX'S STUNNING "COMEBACK" CONTINUES
WITH SURPRISE 2012 GRAMMY NOMINATION

LOS ANGELES, CA - The surprise isn't that Anthrax's "I'm Alive" received a Grammy nomination last night for Best Rock/Metal Performance; the surprise is that it comes more than a year after the track's September 13, 2011 release on the band's critical smash, Worship Music, which was named was of the best metal albums of 2011 by numerous media outlets, and provided the band with the rock'n'roll comeback story of the year.  This is the fourth Grammy nomination for Anthrax - Charlie Benante/drums, Scott Ian and Rob Caggiano/guitars, Frank Bello/bass, Joey Belladonna/vocals.


"I was watching The Dave Matthews Band perform when I received a text saying 'Congrats on the Grammy nomination!'," said Benante.  "Huh?  I had lost all hope of ever being nominated for another Grammy, but I guess I was wrong.  We put so much hard work into 'Worship Music,' and I am so honored to be nominated with a group of bands that have also sustained the Test of Time like the legendary Maiden and Megadeth.  Heavy Metal is a Force, it has fans that range from six to 66, and I'm so proud to be a part of this Force...it's in all of us."

 
Anthrax fans waited eight long years for Worship Music, the band's first studio album since 2003's We've Come For You All, that features the return of "classic era" vocalist Belladonna making his first Anthrax album in twenty years.  Since its September 13 release and subsequent debut at #12 on Billboard's Top 200 Albums chart, Worship Music has received glowing praise from numerous critics and music tastemakers, including That Metal Show's Eddie Trunk and Alexander Milas, editor of the UK's Metal Hammer.  Loudwire named it the #1 Metal Album of the Year.

 
The return of Belladonna and Anthrax's remarkable renewal began in 2009 in a Cleveland hotel bar. Anthrax's Benante and Ian, and Metallica's Lars Ulrich were in town for the Rock'n'Roll Hall of Fame when Lars first brought up the idea of The Big Four - Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax, the four bands that served as the original architects for the "thrash/speed-metal" scene," yet had never shared the same stage before.  The first of (so far) fourteen Big Four events took place on June 16, 2010, culminating in what was Anthrax's New York homecoming concert - The Big Four at Yankee Stadium on September 14, the day after Worship Music hit stores.  "We came into The Big Four as the underdog," said Benante.  "We were the band that had the most to prove, and we've worked really, really hard to do that."  

 
Anthrax continues touring in support of Worship Music having just completed a European tour with Motorhead, and will be announcing North American plans for 2013 shortly.

The Doors Perform Live on Facebook ** December 5th 8:30pm EST - 5:30pm PST Qello and Eagle Rock Entertainment Host a Facebook Digital Premiere of the Restored LIVE AT THE BOWL '68 Concert Film. PLUS LIVE Q&A with Ray Manzarek at 10PM EST - 7PM PST

NEW YORK, Nov. 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- On December 5 th, fans of The Doors will have the opportunity to watch Jim Morrison, Robby Krieger, Ray Manzarek, & John Densmore like never-seen-before live in concert on Facebook. Qello, the music entertainment digital streaming service, along with Eagle Rock Entertainment are hosting a Facebook Digital Premiere of The Doors 1968 live concert at the Hollywood Bowl, which is considered to be the band's finest concert on film.

The film of this historic concert has been meticulously restored using the original camera negatives; the audio has been remixed and mastered and three unreleased tracks have been resurrected, marking the first time the concert can be seen in its entirety. 

The Doors keyboardist, Ray Manzarek says, "The quality is stunning, mind-blowing; it's like being there right on that Hollywood Bowl stage with me, Jim, John, and Robby."

A ticket to the Facebook Digital Premiere comes with a trove of treats for music fans; for $4.99 ticket holders get: Access to watch LIVE AT THE BOWL '68 for 30-days. Access to participate in the *LIVE Q&A with Ray Manzarek on Dec. 5 th (immediately following the premiere) hosted by legendary Rolling Stone editor, Ben Fong-Torres, who was the last known reporter to interview Jim Morrison before his death. Access to The Doors Box Set, including When You're Strange, The Doors Live in Europe '68, and The Doors Classic Album. Free 30-day All-Access Pass to Qello's entire library of HD Concerts and Music Documentaries available on up to five devices.

All of the above is FREE for Qello All-Access subscribers.

Tickets are available on the Facebook Digital Premiere page at: http://apps.facebook.com/thedoorslive

Qello CEO, Brian Lisi says, "This Digital Premiere of LIVE AT THE BOWL '68 is a groundbreaking event where music history merges with modern technology, allowing music fans the opportunity to experience the shockingly masterful performance of the one of the greatest and most influential American rock bands of all time, in incredible audio and visual quality, streamed through the world's most ubiquitous social media platform." 

*The Live Q&A with Ray Manzarek is available to anyone who purchases a ticket to the Digital Premiere or anyone who is a Qello All-Access subscriber.  Questions can be posted to the Facebook Digital Premiere page as early as November 28.  Hosting the event is legendary Rolling Stones reporter Ben Fong-Torres, who conducted the last interview with Jim Morrison before he died. Underscoring his history as a renowned rock and roll editor, Ben Fong-Torres' character was featured in the movie Almost Famous.

ENCORE SCREENINGS FOR LED ZEPPELIN: CELEBRATION DAY
ARE BEING ADDED FOLLOWING THE HUGE DEMAND
BY FANS FOR MORE SCREENINGS
 
FANS CAN NOW EXPERIENCE THIS MOMENTOUS EVENT AGAIN
ON THE BIG SCREEN WITH 5.1 SURROUND SOUND
ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2012
 
Please Refer to the Led Zeppelin Website for a List of Theatres and Show Times
 
 
THE BAND’S WEBSITE HAS RECEIVED OVER 1.7 MILLIONS HITS
IN THE LAST 2 WEEKS
 
Led Zeppelin’s website has been getting 100,000 hits a day from fans - 46,000 searches for local show times and 4,000 requests - to bring the band’s historic 2007 reunion concert at London’s O2 Arena to a screen near them
 
 
(Los Angeles)  Following the worldwide success of LED ZEPPELIN: CELEBRATION DAY, the cinema concert event which presented live footage of the band’s 2007 reunion concert at London’s O2 Arena, there has been an enormous response from fans – 1.7 million fans have visited the fan’s website. The film was screened in 15,000 cinemas around the world for a strictly limited engagement on Wednesday, October 17, 2012. Fans who were unable to attend the original tribute concert for Atlantic Records founder Ahmet Ertegun in 2007, when more than 20 million fans applied for the 18,000 available tickets in a worldwide lottery, finally had the opportunity to see it as if they had front row tickets. The film earned $2 million in a single night and was a phenomenal success.
 
Omniverse Vision, the UK-based distribution company that released Led Zeppelin: Celebration Day, a two-hour-plus tour de force of the band’s signature blues-infused rock ‘n’ roll, has been working with online marketing specialist Distrify to track the response from fans online via an interactive platform on the Led Zeppelin website. With 100,000 hits a day, including 46,000 searches for show times and 4,000 requests for local screenings, Distrify has been able to compile the information needed for Omniverse Vision executives to agree to schedule encore performances in select markets to meet the demands of Led Zeppelin’s fans. There has been overwhelming interest in additional screenings from the U.S., the UK, Japan, Brazil, Canada, Italy, Germany, France, Mexico and Australia.
 
For younger fans, this film may be the first time that they will see founding members John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page and Robert Plant, along with Jason Bonham, son of the late Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham, together on stage. For older fans, this might be their last chance to see these iconic rockers perform 16 songs from their iconic catalogue. The band made it all too clear in press conferences announcing Led Zeppelin: Celebration Day that there were no plans for a reunion tour. The set list for the cinema concert event includes:
 
1. Good Times Bad Times
2. Ramble On
3. Black Dog
4. In My Time Of Dying
5. For Your Life
6. Trampled Under Foot
7. Nobody’s Fault But Mine
8. No Quarter
9. Since I’ve Been Loving You
10. Dazed And Confused
11. Stairway To Heaven
12. The Song Remains The Same
13. Misty Mountain Hop
14. Kashmir
15. Whole Lotta Love
16. Rock And Roll
 
Led Zeppelin: Celebration Day will be presented in high definition with surround sound in movie theatres for an encore performance on Tuesday, November 13. Tickets are limited. For a list of theatres and show times, please refer to the Led Zeppelin website.
 
Led Zeppelin: Celebration Day will then be available in multiple video and audio formats on November 19, 2012 from Swan Song/Atlantic Records.
 
Led Zeppelin has also been selected as one of the recipients of the 2012 Kennedy Center Honors. The band is set to receive the Honors at the annual gala on December 2, 2012 in Washington, DC.
 
 
"It’s just four guys playing their heart out, as Jimmy Page attested during today’s press conference:
'In every rehearsal leading up to (the reunion concert), Jason [Bonham] really played his heart out.
We all played our hearts out, to be honest.'"
-- VH1.com
 
“The viewer is witness to full-on Led Zep sonic fury. Jimmy Page, Robert Plant and John Paul Jones’ performances, combined with Jason Bonham’s powerhouse drumming,
just leap from the screen. Stellar 14-camera cinematography takes you onstage with the band, so every glance, wink and nod gives witness to their chemistry as the set unfolds.
This is a film that needs to be seriously watched, digested and enjoyed over and over again.  Younger fans
that weren’t alive when the group was in its prime can see and experience what a magnificent band Led Zeppelin actually was.”
-- UltimateClassicRock.com
 
 
DOWNLOADABLE CONTENT:
 
Use this link to view the London Press Conference
Use this link to view the Led Zeppelin: Celebration Day Trailer
Use this link to view  the "Black Dog" Clip from Celebration Day
Use this link to view the “Kashmir” Clip from Celebration Day
 
Use this link to access 5 video clips from the New York Press Conference:
 
1.         Getting Back Together - Robert Plant talks about the effort it took in 2007 and the difficulties getting back together would entail
2.         Atlantic Records - Robert Plant talks about the thrill of being signed to Atlantic Records
3.         Set List - Jimmy Page talks about putting together the set list for the reunion show
4.         The Feeling - John Paul Jones talks about the feeling of playing together again and regaining their chemistry as a band
5.         Super Bowl - the band addresses the rumor of their plans to play the Super Bowl halftime show
 
www.ledzeppelin.com
 
Omiverse Vision’s cinema events include theatre and sports events, as well as amazing cinematic concert events, such as Peter Gabriel: New Blood, Bon Jovi: The Circle Tour, The Chemical Brothers: Don’t Think, and the 25th anniversary performance of Andrew Lloyd Weber’s The Phantom of the Opera at Albert Hall. A full list of their past projects and future events can be found online at www.omiversevision.com.

Heidi Klum, Lady Gaga, Marilyn Manson, Taylor Lautner, Mila Kunis, Johnny Depp, Drew Barrymore, “THE Vampire Diaries,” “THE Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1,” “Scream” AND M&M’s AMONG HALLOWEEN’S WINNERS OF “FRIGHT NIGHT AWARDS” PRESENTED BY CANCER BITES

 
Celebrity Winners Announced as Part of New Health Initiative Launch Aimed at Heightening National Awareness of Blood Cancer  

 
NEW YORK (October 31, 2012) – Fright Night Awards, presented by Cancer Bites, aims to take a HUGE bite out of cancer. In the spirit of Halloween, a powerful new initiative, Cancer Bites in conjunction with Fright Night Awards, is  harnessing the nation’s adoration of vampire pop culture, along with the hottest TV shows and films, such as The Twilight Saga, HBO’s True Blood and CW’s The Vampire Diaries, to announce celebrity winners of the first-ever, fan-driven Fright Night Awards  at www.cancerbites.tv. The public showed their record-breaking support in voting for their favorite frights at www.frightnightawards.com and now can view the winners and view the most comprehensive web education platform available to blood cancer patients and caregivers at www.cancerbites.tv. The nation's leading blood cancer patient advocacy organizations have announced a series of scary facts this Halloween season to heighten awareness around blood cancer: every four minutes someone is diagnosed with blood cancer and it is the fourth most common cancer type known in the U.S. 

 

The Fright Night Awards is a virtual awards show that was held throughout October in which America voted for their favorite frights in film, television and more to bring greater awareness to blood cancer and help survivors and their loved ones “bite back.”

 

For Cancer Bites and Fright Night Awards, blood cancer survivor Mike Burg, who is also creator/co-executive producer of FOX Teen Choice Awards, the Fright Night Awards platform presents a unique opportunity to raise awareness for blood cancer programs and to generate a broad national dialogue. “Bringing a touch of entertainment and fun together during a time that celebrates Halloween is really rewarding,” Burg says. “Our ultimate goal is to rally the public to increase overall awareness of blood cancers.” 

 

 

FRIGHT NIGHT WINNERS

 

1.       Favorite Scary Movie of the Year:   The Woman In Black (2012)

2.       Most Anticipated Movie of the Halloween Season: Sinister

3.       Favorite Vampire Movie of the Year: The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part I

4.       Favorite Supernatural TV Show (2012): The Vampire Diaries

5.       Favorite Female TV or Movie Vampire:  Deborah Ann Woll – True Blood

6.       Favorite Male TV or Movie Vampire:  Ian Somerhalder – The Vampire Diaries

7.       Favorite Movie or TV Werewolf:  Taylor Lautner as Jacob – The Twilight Saga

8.       Favorite Actor in a Horror Film (2011-2012): Daniel Radcliffe – The Woman In Black (2012)

9.       Favorite Actress in a Horror Film: Ashley Greene – The Apparition (2012)

10.   Favorite Actor I would like to “Sink my Teeth Into”:  Johnny Depp

11.   Favorite Actress I would like to “Sink my Teeth Into”: Mila Kunis

12.   Favorite Celebrity who Dresses for Halloween Every Day: Marilyn Manson

13.   Favorite Celebrity who Dresses for Halloween Every Day: Lady Gaga

14.   Favorite Celebrity in Costume (2011): Heidi Klum – “Visible Woman”

15.   Favorite Talk Show Host Halloween Costume: Carrie Keagan as Jem from Jem & The Holograms (VH1 Big Morning Buzz Live)

16.   Best Scream in a Horror Movie Scene: Scream (Drew Barrymore)

17.   Most Frightening Horror Movie Villain of All Time: Michael Meyers (Halloween Series)

18.   Favorite Series of Horror Movies of All Time: Scream

19.   Favorite Male Halloween Costume for 2012: Christian Grey

20.   Favorite Female Halloween Costume for 2012: Anastasia Steele

21.   Favorite Halloween Candy of All Time: M&M’s

 

Harnessing the Halloween season and the public’s obsession around the mystique of vampires and the supernatural, Cancer Bites has assembled a powerful team to educate the public about the prevalence of blood cancers.  Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS), Lymphoma Research Foundation (LRF) and the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation (MMRF) have been enlisted to help fuel the campaign’s mission. As the nation's leading blood cancer patient advocacy organizations, LLS, LRF and MMRF will play an integral role in the campaign at every level: funding research to find effective new treatments and cures; connecting patients and their families to free educational information; and providing support services for patients at every stage of their cancer journey. The awareness campaign will encourage the public to support their efforts to beat cancer.

 

“Our goal with Cancer Bites is to provide those living with blood cancer, caregivers and their loved ones access to critical information and support tools they need to navigate a very difficult journey,” says Dr. Julie Vose, chair of the Cancer Bites expert panel and chief of Hematology/Oncology at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. “There are more than 70 types of blood cancer; it is among the most common cancers in our country. It is time to raise the level of public awareness and rally support.”

 

Cancer Bites will roll out a series of programs and events in the coming year, all designed to create a broad national dialogue on the importance of funding life-saving research. 

 

People are encouraged to join the Cancer Bites social community by visiting the website and joining the conversation on Facebook and Twitter and by following the hashtag #cancerbites.

 

Blood cancers are diseases of the blood, bone marrow, and/or lymphatic systems, including leukemia, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, Hodgkin lymphoma and myeloma. Newly diagnosed patients, survivors, caregivers and loved ones are encouraged to visit www.cancerbites.tv to access information about the various types of blood cancer, inspirational stories of survivors and caregivers, advise on how to offer support to someone battling blood cancer, tips on navigating the treatment journey and much more. The online Cancer Bites community is intended to educate, inspire and empower all those that visit.

 

ABOUT EDGE HEALTH 
Edge Health (www.edgehealth.com), a health care marketing company, and the creator of educational initiatives including On The Line (www.ontheline.com) – a prostate cancer awareness campaign and (www.kaleidoscope.org) – an initiative celebrating cancer survivorship, is dedicated to communicating key information that is understandable and useful to the everyday consumer. Through these national programs and its newest campaign Cancer Bites, Edge Health hopes to inform, inspire and entertain. Together with its partners, Edge Health endeavors to make the toughest of journeys that much easier, one step at a time.

 

CANCER BITES PARTNERS

The breadth and scope of the Cancer Bites campaign is made possible in part by the contributions of campaign sponsors committed to the well-being of patients with blood cancer and their loved ones. With longstanding histories of discovering and developing treatments for those living with blood cancer, Pfizer Oncology, Sigma Tau Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Ariad Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Allos Therapeutics, Inc., Abbott and Gilead are all committed to empowering patients throughout their journey. 

Rolling Stones: 50 Rocks The Paley Center in New York with Exhibit of Photos Never Seen Before in the U.S.

-- Gallery Exhibit includes seventy rare prints ranging from reportage photography, live concert and studio session images, to contact sheets, negative strips and outtakes from every period of the band's history – from performing in the smallest blues clubs to the biggest stadium tours of all time

-- Exhibit on display in the U.S. for limited time only at The Paley Center for Media

NEW YORK, Oct. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On July 12, 1962, the Rolling Stones first went on stage at the Marquee Club in London's Oxford Street. To celebrate this fiftieth anniversary milestone, The Paley Center for Media in New York will explore how the Stones used media to reach a mass audience with a photographic exhibition documenting the last half-century and a video tribute highlighting the band's most iconic performances. 

Starting November 7 and closing on January 6, 2013, the Spielberg Gallery at the Paley Center will display seventy photos ­-- never before exhibited together in the U.S. -- illustrating the Rolling Stones' astounding career through rarely seen material from every period of the band's history.  The gallery will also feature video highlighting the Rolling Stones' most impressive TV appearances, from their first appearance on Hollywood Palace to classic Ed Sullivan shows to the Super Bowl in 2006, all from the Paley Center's unique collection. The exhibit is included with General Admission ($10 for adults; $8 for students and senior citizens; $5 for children under fourteen) and free to Paley Center Members with advance tickets available now at paleycenter.org . 

Merchandise commemorating this exhibit will be available for purchase at the Paley Center Gift Shop and at rollingstones.com .  For more information about admission and tickets, please visit www.paleycenter.org

More about Rolling Stones 50th Anniversary

In celebration of five decades the Rolling Stones will hit the road with four concerts, two at London's O2 Arena on November 25 th and 29th and two at the Prudential Center, in New Jersey on December 13 th and 15th.  The London dates sold out in seven minutes.  Tickets for the New Jersey dates go on sale October 26 th.  The final New Jersey show will be telecast live via pay-per-view at 9pm ET.  The pay-per-view entitled "One More Shot" will be distributed by WWE. 

On November 13 th the Rolling Stones will release GRRR!, a Greatest Hits collection, which includes two new songs 'Doom and Gloom' and 'One More Shot'.  

A new film, 'Crossfire Hurricane', directed by Brett Morgen, chronicling the key periods of the Stones' career received its worldwide premiere on  October 18 th at the London Film Festival and was simultaneously screened in 250 cinemas across UK and Ireland. 'Crossfire Hurricane' will premiere in the U.S. at the HBO Premiere at the Ziegfeld Theatre in New York on November 13 th. 'Crossfire Hurricane' will air on HBO in the U.S. on November 15 th, and broadcast on BBC Two in the UK the same month.

The Museum of Modern Art in New York City will host "The Rolling Stones: 50 Years on Film", a comprehensive film retrospective that chronicles the band from the mid-1960s until today. This exhibition will be open November 15 th through December 2 nd.


For more information about admission and tickets, please visit www.paleycenter.org

LED ZEPPELIN: CELEBRATION DAY Opens Worldwide Todayfor a Strictly Limited Engagement

Don't miss the chance see to LED ZEPPELIN: CELEBRATION DAY, featuring the legendary group's 2007 London O2 Arena tribute concert for Ahmet Ertegun, on the silver screen. In theatres for a limited time beginning Wednesday, October 17, 2012,

LED ZEPPELIN: CELEBRATION DAY captures a two-hour-plus tour de force of the band’s signature blues-infused rock ’n’ roll. Founding members John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page and Robert Plant were joined by Jason Bonham, the son of their late drummer John Bonham, to perform 16 songs from their celebrated catalog including landmark tracks “Whole Lotta Love,” “Rock And Roll,” “Kashmir,” and “Stairway To Heaven.”
Click here for a listing of showtimes and theatres near you.

CRADLE OF FILTH POSTS BEHIND-THE-SCENES FOOTAGE FROM "FROST ON HER PILLOW" MUSIC VIDEO10th album "The Manticore and Other Horrors" out October 30th on Nuclear Blast Records 
 

ENGLAND - Heavy metal's most sinister act, Cradle of Filth, has uploaded some behind-the-scenes footage from the forthcoming "Frost On Her Pillow" music video to YouTube at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uazbLsZfGOY. The "Frost On Her Pillow" video will premiere this Friday on GuitarWorld.com.


Cradle of Filth is gearing up for the release of its 10th album, The Manticore and Other Horrors, on October 30th in North America via Nuclear Blast.

 
Fans can pre-order The Manticore and Other Horrors today via the Nuclear Blast web-store as a standard or deluxe edition CD, or a standard or deluxe edition CD plus t-shirt bundle package, at: http://bit.ly/cofnbusa.

 
Check out the lyric videos for "Manticore": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGxF0eDNWwQ and "For Your Vulgar Delectation": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDgouqQrctk for a preview of the impending album.


1. The Unveiling of O
2. The Abhorrent
3. For Your Vulgar Delectation
4. Illicitus
5. Manticore
6. Frost On Her Pillow
7. Huge Onyx Wings Behind Despair
8. Pallid Reflection
9. Siding With The Titans
10. Succumb To This
11. Nightmares Of An Ether Drinker


12. Death, The Great Adventure *Deluxe Edition Digipak
13. Sinfonia *Deluxe Edition Digipak

 
Recorded in eight weeks at both Springvale and Grindstone studios (where it was also mixed by Scott Atkins) in Suffolk, UK, the album is a testament to the longevity of The 'Filth, as not only does it reek of Cradle's (feared or revered) brand of delicious metal vamperotica, but this thoroughly modern album places the band firmly in fresh killing fields anew.

 
The Manticore and Other Horrors itself possesses an altogether new atmosphere for the band, incorporating a heavier, faster NWOBBM punk vibe that is both current and cruel, blended with ornate orchestration and the quirky immediateness of 2000's Midian opus.

 
The album's title can be likened to a bestiary, a collection of stories on monsters -  personal demons, Chimeras, literary fiends and world-enslaving entities to blame but a few.

 
Artwork for the impending release comes courtesy of Matthew Vickerstaff of Darkwaveart.

Commented front-man, Dani Filth, "This is our 10th commandment in metal. We have diversified and kept alive the spirit of this band and breathed it into something that I can proudly say, slays like an absolute motherf**ker. The Manticore is coming... Long live the filth!"

Cradle of Filth will spread its darkness upon European lands with a tour throughout November and December.

Stay tuned for more information on Cradle of Filth and The Manticore and Other Horrors.

Legendary House of Blues 20Th Anniversary Celebration Kicks Off 20 Months Of Festivities To Commemorate 20 Years Of Music And Over 20,000 Amazing Live Music Performances

Celebration Kicks Off December 4 With Colossal House of Blues Sunset Strip Party And Concert Headlined By Legendary Rock Band ZZ Top With Flogging Molly And Others

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- House of Blues, the country's pre-eminent live music venues are set to kick off a 20th Anniversary extravaganza to commemorate 20 years of music and over 20,000 amazing live music performances at their world-famous venues.  The 20-month long celebration commences December 4 at its renowned Sunset Strip location featuring Rock and Roll Hall of Famers and legendary rock band ZZ Top.

As part of the 20th Anniversary celebration featuring major sponsors Citi and Hertz, House of Blues tours are being scheduled throughout the U.S featuring bands such as Flogging Molly.

Additionally, in the spirit of the founding values of House of Blues, venues across the nation will be providing 20,000 Thanksgiving meals to the needy. 

International House of Blues Foundation, dedicated to bringing the arts to schools and communities through its "Action For The Arts" program that promotes cultural understanding and encourages creative expression, will be offering numerous HOB 20th Anniversary activities.

For every ticket sold for HOB's 20th Anniversary concerts, $1 will go towards supporting "Action For The Arts."

House of Blues celebrity chef, Aaron Sanchez (Food Network's "Heat Seekers" and "Chopped"), will be dishing up items from his newly-created menu during a pre-show reception at Crossroads at House of Blues as well as host a 3-course fine dining experience in Foundation Room during the December 4th event.

The first House of Blues was established in Harvard Square and in the ensuing 20 years House of Blues has accumulated countless musical highlights including producing the Super Bowl XXXI Halftime Show, presenting the first-ever live-music, broadband-pay-per-view event on the Internet and forever changing the landscape of the world-famous Sunset Strip when House of Blues Los Angeles opened to a star-studded crowd featuring Dan Aykroyd, Jim Belushi, Bruce Springsteen, Steven Spielberg, James Brown amongst many others.

Performers like Eric Clapton, Aerosmith, Jay-Z, Aretha Franklin, Elton John, Deadmau5, Mary J. Blige, Kanye West, Stevie Wonder, Foo Fighters, John Mayer, Prince, Rihanna, D'Angelo, Elvis Costello, Duran Duran, Carlos Santana, Beastie Boys, Eminem, Justin Timberlake, B.B. King, Brad Paisley, Ozzy Osborne, Tupac and countless others have given legendary performances at House Of Blues.

House of Blues Chief Executive Officer Ron Bension said, "For two decades House of Blues has been a special home for fans and performers to share musical moments and memories unlike any others.  As we head in to our next 20 years and the next 20,000 performances, we wanted to make sure we celebrate in the way we know best:  Showcasing the greatest music of today and tomorrow."

Citi cardmembers will have access to presale tickets beginning tomorrow  (October 17, 10:00 a.m.) through Citi's Private Pass Program.  For complete presale details visit www.citiprivatepass.com. Citi is the official credit card of the December 4 20th Anniversary concert. 

Public tickets go on sale Saturday, October 20 th at 10:00 a.m.

The Rolling Stones: Brand New Single 'Doom And Gloom'WORLD EXCLUSIVE FIRST AIRPLAY ON BBC RADIO 2 THURSDAY OCTOBER 11th AT 8:15AM

SINGLE TAKEN FROM FORTHCOMING ABKCO MUSIC/INTERSCOPE RECORDS/UMe RECORDS RELEASE GRRR! Greatest Hits

AVAILABLE TO DOWNLOAD ON ITUNES FROM THURSDAY OCTOBER 11th 2012

SANTA MONICA, Calif., Oct. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Rolling Stones are pleased to announce the WORLD EXCLUSIVE first airplay of the brand new single from The Rolling Stones, ' Doom And Gloom ' will take place on Thursday October 11th at 8:15am . The single can be downloaded on the same day from iTunes.

'Doom And Gloom ' marks the first time that Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts and Ronnie Wood have been in the studio together for seven years. Taken from the forthcoming album GRRR! Greatest Hits, 'Doom And Gloom ' was recorded in Paris and produced by longtime Rolling Stones producer Don Was, who has worked with the band on five previous albums (Voodoo Lounge/ Stripped/ Bridges To Babylon/ Live Licks/ A Bigger Bang), with the radio mix produced by Jeff Bhasker.

GRRR! Greatest Hits, out November 13th from ABKCO/Interscope/UMe, is a must for Stones fans featuring a second brand new recording 'One More Shot ', as well as classic tracks Gimme Shelter, (I Can ' t Get No) Satisfaction, Jumpin ' Jack Flash, Street Fighting Man, Start Me Up, Beast of Burden, Tumbling Dice, Love Is Strong and more.

GRRR! Greatest Hits will also be available to pre-order on iTunes. Fans who pre-order the album will receive an instant download of single 'Doom And Gloom'.

' Doom And Gloom ' is available for download at iTunes from Thursday October 11th

GRRR! Greatest Hits , The Rolling Stones album is brought to you by ABKCO Music/Interscope Records/UMe Records and is released November 13th

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Halloween Comes Early: KISS Celebrates the Release of Monster Live from the SiriusXM Studios During "SiriusXM's Town Hall with KISS"

KISS channel, "Scare Nation," to launch on October 26

The legendary, multi-platinum selling band to do private sit down Q&A with SiriusXM listeners for a "Town Hall" special

NEW YORK, Oct. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Sirius XM Radio (NASDAQ: SIRI) announced today that it will celebrate the release of Monster, the 20th studio album by rock legends KISS, as the band members sit down for an intimate Q&A session with a select group of SiriusXM listeners at the SiriusXM studios in New York City.
 
"SiriusXM's Town Hall with KISS," the two-hour broadcast event, will air live on Hair Nation, channel 39, on Thursday, October 11 at 12:00 pm ET.

The KISS special is part of SiriusXM's "Town Hall" series, intimate gatherings with iconic musicians and a studio audience of SiriusXM listeners. Previous "SiriusXM Town Hall" specials have featured Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty, Coldplay, Ringo Starr, Roger Waters, Ziggy Marley and the surviving members of Nirvana.

Hosted by SiriusXM's Jose Mangin, the "SiriusXM Town Hall with KISS" will feature all four members of the globally-known band answering questions from the studio audience about their career, including their new album Monster, released on October 9.

"No band has more embodied the spectacle side of rock and roll than KISS.  Whether in makeup or not, KISS has represented the party attitude of rock and roll for generations of fans," said Scott Greenstein, President and Chief Content Officer, SiriusXM. "They have some stories to tell from their years on the road, and fans will have the chance to get the uncensored truth when they step into our latest Town Hall at SiriusXM."

Additionally, SiriusXM will launch "Scare Nation," an all-KISS limited-run channel scheduled to air Friday, October 26 starting at 6:00 pm ET through Monday, October 29 at 3:00 am ET on channel 39. From their 1974 self-titled debut through their 20th studio album, "Scare Nation" will showcase the music from the band's entire career. Listeners will also hear the band members talking about their new album, touring, their fans and more. "Scare Nation" will also feature an encore broadcast of "SiriusXM's Town Hall with KISS" on Saturday, October 27 at 12:00 pm ET.

After the live broadcast, "SiriusXM's Town Hall with KISS" will be available on SiriusXM On Demand for subscribers listening via the SiriusXM Internet Radio App for smartphones and other mobile devices or online at siriusxm.com. Visit www.siriusxm.com/ondemand for more info on SiriusXM On Demand. And, "SiriusXM's Town Hall with KISS" will air on SiriusXM's Halloween channel, "Scream Radio," Sirius channel 123 and XM channel 142 on Halloween, Wednesday, October 31, at 12:00 pm ET.

For more information on KISS, please visit www.kissonline.com.

For more information on SiriusXM, please visit www.siriusxm.com.

Slash Gets Intimate At Mouche Gallery

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., Oct. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- .... Slash is humbled!  Joe is honored!  What's going on here?

After the crowded excited book launch at Keiko's Mouche Gallery in Beverly Hills, of Iconic rock photographer Robert Knight's book, "Slash: An Intimate Portrait"… Slash who arrived later at the event to stand beside Robert Knight tweeted:  "I am not worthy!!", regarding forwards from Joe Perry of Aerosmith and Ronnie Wood of the Rolling Stones, in the book.

Joe Perry is also honored in photography at Robert Knight's Exhibition at Mouche Gallery in Beverly Hills, from October 5th to October 19th.

"Finally the great American Rock & Roll photographer Robert Knight, and I am in his show. WOW!,Thanks Man"  
-Joe Perry

Joe Perry wrote the forward for Slash.  There was a time that Slash stood outside the Beverly Hills Hotel in his teens to meet Aerosmith, to have a glimpse of his idols, now to be honored by a forward by Joe Perry .  Rock & Roll dreams do come true…

The passion of Robert Knight, continues on as the latest guitar heroes march forward.  At the event for Slash, Josh Gooch (just picked up by Shania Twain for Caesars, Beth Hart & the BZ's) Michael Lemmo (played for Van Halen & John Mayer) played at the public event.   Both in Robert Knight's "Brotherhood of Guitar" members sponsored by Guitar Center & Fender – will they make the trek to the top of the heap, who knows?  But we do know while many photographers have laid their camera to rest, Robert clicks on, not to miss a riff.

Mouche Gallery, Maestro (Owner)  Keiko Noah, The Gallery has assembled a stunning collection of works from celebrities and public figures. Some have achieved broad recognition among art critics, others remain unknown awaiting discovery. All remarkable and extraordinary. There has never been a presentation featuring these works of art… until now.  Legendary featured artists include: Ronnie Wood (Rolling Stones), Steven Tyler (Aerosmith), Slash, Jimi Hendrix, Grace Slick (Jefferson Starship), Jerry Garcia (Grateful Dead) and Mick Fleetwood (Fleetwood Mac). Fine Art Photography by: Terry O'Neill, Lynn Goldsmith, Elliott Landy, Michael Joseph, Robert Knight, Andee Nathanson, and Maryanne Bilham.

Exhibition:  
October 5 th – 19th  Exclusively at Mouche Gallery 

Location:  
Mouche Gallery  
340 N Beverly Dr. Beverly Hills, CA, 90210  
424.354.8008  
www.mouchegallery.com

CRADLE OF FILTH FRONT-MAN DISCUSSES "THE MANTICORE AND OTHER HORRORS" IN NEW VIDEO INTERVIEW10th album "The Manticore and Other Horrors" out October 30th on Nuclear Blast Records
 

 ENGLAND - Heavy metal's most infamous front-man, Dani Filth, of world-renowned act, Cradle of Filth, recently answered some questions about the band's upcoming album, The Manticore and Other Horrors, calling the group's 10th release, "the pinnacle of what Cradle of Filth are now." The video is now live on YouTube at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9yrLb3qLuM.

 
The Manticore and Other Horrors is due out on October 30th in North America via Nuclear Blast. Fans can pre-order The Manticore and Other Horrors today via the Nuclear Blast web-store as a standard or deluxe edition CD, or a standard or deluxe edition CD plus t-shirt bundle package, at: http://bit.ly/cofnbusa.

 
Stream the brand new track, "Manticore," on Soundcloud at: http://soundcloud.com/nuclearblastrecords/cradle-of-filth-manticore, as well the "For Your Vulgar Delectation" lyric video on YouTube at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDgouqQrctk for a preview of Cradle of Filth's latest spawn.

 

1. The Unveiling of O
2. The Abhorrent
3. For Your Vulgar Delectation
4. Illicitus
5. Manticore
6. Frost On Her Pillow
7. Huge Onyx Wings Behind Despair
8. Pallid Reflection
9. Siding With The Titans
10. Succumb To This
11. Nightmares Of An Ether Drinker


12. Death, The Great Adventure *Deluxe Edition Digipak
13. Sinfonia *Deluxe Edition Digipak

 
Recorded in eight weeks at both Springvale and Grindstone studios (where it was also mixed by Scott Atkins) in Suffolk, UK, the album is a testament to the longevity of The 'Filth, as not only does it reek of Cradle's (feared or revered) brand of delicious metal vamperotica, but this thoroughly modern album places the band firmly in fresh killing fields anew.

 
The Manticore and Other Horrors itself possesses an altogether new atmosphere for the band, incorporating a heavier, faster NWOBBM punk vibe that is both current and cruel, blended with ornate orchestration and the quirky immediateness of 2000's Midian opus.

 
The album's title can be likened to a bestiary, a collection of stories on monsters -  personal demons, Chimeras, literary fiends and world-enslaving entities to blame but a few.

 
Artwork for the impending release comes courtesy of Matthew Vickerstaff of Darkwaveart.

 
Commented Dani Filth, "This is our 10th commandment in metal. We have diversified and kept alive the spirit of this band and breathed it into something that I can proudly say, slays like an absolute motherf**ker. The Manticore is coming... Long live the filth!"

 
Cradle of Filth will spread its darkness upon European lands with a tour throughout November and December.

 
Stay tuned for more information on Cradle of Filth and The Manticore and Other Horrors.   
 

Cradle of Filth online...

http://www.cradleoffilth.com

http://www.theorderofthedragon.com

http://www.facebook.com/cradleoffilth 

http://www.youtube.com/cradleoffilth

http://www.twitter.com/OfficialCoF

http://www.nuclearblastusa.com

WIN A TRIP FOR TWO TO NYC FOR THE PREMIERE
OF LED ZEPPELIN: CELEBRATION DAY
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2012
 

Win Airfare, Hotel, and Spending Money to attend the premiere in New York City
which will be attended by Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones and Jason Bonham!
 
You can win an trip for two to attend the world premiere of Led Zeppelin‘s ‘Celebration Day’ concert film on Oct. 9 in New York City — complete with airfare, hotel, movie tickets and spending money — courtesy of Ultimate Classic Rock and Omniverse Vision.
Led Zeppelin electrified the rock world in 2007 when the legendary group’s three surviving members reunited for their first full-length concert since their 1980 breakup. Millions of fans across the world applied for tickets to this special event, but only 18,000 got to see it all go down inside London’s O2 Arena — until now!

Last month, the group announced they would release ‘Celebration Day,’ a concert film shot that historic evening. And now you can be among the first to see the finished result. We’ll fly you and a guest to New York City, put you up in a hotel for two nights, hand over two tickets to the premiere, and lay $250 in spending money on you as well. Oh, and did we mention the band is planning to attend this event?

‘Celebration Day’ will be making a one-night-only appearance in movie theaters across the world on Oct. 17. For a complete listing of screenings, visit Led Zeppelin.com or check out the widget at the bottom of this page.
‘Celebration Day’ will be available on multiple CD, DVD and Blu-ray based formats on Nov. 19.

If you’re a true rock fan, you’ve probably got all those dates circled in your calendar anyway. So sign up below — be sure to include your phone number — for your chance be among the first to watch Led Zeppelin’s ‘Celebration Day!’ 

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Celebration Day Premieres In Four Countries Announced
Film To Debut At Ziegfeld Theater In New York On October 9;
Press Conference With John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant,
And Jason Bonham To Precede New York Premiere
Hammersmith Apollo To Host London Premiere On October 12
 
Premieres In Berlin And Tokyo Also Scheduled In Advance Of
Global Theatrical Release On October 17
 
Led Zeppelin have announced upcoming premieres in four countries for Celebration Day, which documents the band’s 2007 concert at London’s O2 Arena.
 
The film will make its U.S. debut at the historic Ziegfeld Theater in New York’s theater district on October 9. Prior to the premiere, founding members John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page, and Robert Plant will be joined by Jason Bonham, the son of their late drummer John Bonham, for a press conference at New York’s Museum of Modern Art.
 
Celebration Day will then have its U.K. premiere at London’s legendary Hammersmith Apollo on October 12. Jones, Page, and Plant will also be attendance for this special event and a limited number of tickets will be made available to fans for £20. More ticket info can be found at http://bit.ly/UyfMN0.
 
Premieres for the film will follow in Berlin on October 15, where Jones is confirmed to attend, and Tokyo on October 16, which will have Page in attendance.
 
Led Zeppelin took the stage at London’s O2 Arena on December 10, 2007 to headline a tribute concert for dear friend and Atlantic Records founder Ahmet Ertegun. What followed was a two-hour-plus tour de force of the band’s signature blues-infused rock ’n’ roll that instantly became part of the legend of Led Zeppelin. Although 20 million people applied for tickets, the band’s first headline show in 27 years was seen only by the 18,000 ticket holders who were fortunate enough to have secured seats through the worldwide lottery.
 
The film of Celebration Day will see a worldwide theatrical release by Omniverse Vision on 1,500 screens in over 40 territories on October 17. Tickets for the public screenings are available now via ledzeppelin.com.
 
Celebration Day will then be available in multiple video and audio formats on November 19 from Swan Song/Atlantic Records. Available for pre-order now, the details on all configurations of Celebration Day are listed below.
 
·         Standard Editions – 1-DVD/2-CD set and 1-Blu-ray/2-CD set
·         Deluxe Editions – 2-DVD/2-CD set and 1-Blu-ray/1-DVD/2-CD set featuring exclusive bonus video content including the Shepperton rehearsals, and BBC news footage.
·         Music Only CD Edition – 2-CD set
·         Music Only Blu-ray Audio Edition – Blu-ray Audio release featuring high-resolution 48K 24 bit PCM stereo and DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 surround sound audio only, no video
·         Vinyl Edition – 3 LPs, 180-gram, audiophile quality vinyl (Available December 11)
·         Digital Edition – Audio will be available at all digital retail outlets
 
A trailer for Celebration Day can be viewed here: youtu.be/HRa3ASVxwfA
 
Led Zeppelin has also been selected as one of the recipients of the 2012 Kennedy Center Honors. The band is set to receive the Honors at the annual gala on December 2 in Washington, DC.
 
LED ZEPPELIN: Celebration Day
Track Listing
 
1. Good Times Bad Times
2. Ramble On
3. Black Dog
4. In My Time Of Dying
5. For Your Life
6. Trampled Under Foot
7. Nobody’s Fault But Mine
8. No Quarter
9. Since I’ve Been Loving You
10. Dazed And Confused
11. Stairway To Heaven
12. The Song Remains The Same
13. Misty Mountain Hop
14. Kashmir
15. Whole Lotta Love
16. Rock And Roll

AXL ROSE SET FOR FIRST LIVE BROADCAST INTERVIEW

IN MORE THAN TWO DECADES

Rose Makes First Jimmy Kimmel Live Appearance

On Wednesday, October 24

 
Los Angeles, CA (October 1, 2012) – Global music icon Axl Rose is known to spend his nights on the road playing to sold-out audiences worldwide, but in an unprecedented move Rose has scheduled his first sit-down, live television broadcast interview in more than 20 years with Jimmy Kimmel on Wednesday, October 24.  The appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live is another in a series of firsts for the celebrated Guns N’ Roses frontman who will spend this fall at The Joint inside Hard Rock Hotel & Casino for a 12-night run of shows.  The historical “Appetite For Democracy” residency will run October 31 thru November 24, dates listed below.

 
Fans who would like to participate in Rose’s appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live can visit the website for ticket information, www.jimmykimmellive.com.  Jimmy Kimmel Live airs weeknights at 12am PT/11pm CT on ABC.

 
“Appetite For Democracy” ticket purchase or for more information, visit the Hard Rock Box Office, all Ticketmaster locations, www.ticketmaster.com, www.thejointlasvegas.com or charge-by-phone at 800.745.3000. Ticket and room packages are available at www.hardrockhotel.com.  Exclusive meet and greet VIP package information available at gunsnroses.com.

 
Appetite for Democracy schedule:

·         Wednesday, Oct. 31

·         Friday, Nov. 2

·         Saturday, Nov. 3

·         Wednesday, Nov. 7

·         Friday, Nov. 9

·         Saturday, Nov. 10

·         Wednesday, Nov. 14

·         Saturday, Nov. 17

·         Sunday, Nov. 18

·         Wednesday, Nov. 21

·         Friday, Nov. 23

·         Saturday, Nov. 24

 

For more information regarding Guns N’ Roses, visit www.gunsnroses.com, www.facebook.com/gunsnroses and www.twitter.com/gunsnroses. 

The Beatles' Acclaimed Studio Album Remasters To Be Released Worldwide On 180-Gram Vinyl

LONDON, Sept. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Beatles' acclaimed original studio album remasters, released on CD in 2009 and in 2010 for digital download exclusively on iTunes, will make their long-awaited stereo vinyl debut on 12th November (13th November in North America).

Manufactured on 180-gram, audiophile quality vinyl with replicated artwork,  the 14 albums return to their original glory with details including the poster in The Beatles (The White Album), the Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart Club Band's cutouts, and special inner bags for some of the titles.  Each album will be available individually, and accompanied by a stunning, elegantly designed 252-page hardbound book in a lavish boxed edition which is limited to 50,000 copies worldwide.

The book, exclusive to the boxed edition, is authored by award-winning radio producer Kevin Howlett and features a dedicated chapter for each of the albums, as well as insight into the creation of the remasters and how the vinyl albums were prepared.  The 12"x12" book showcases a wealth of photographs spanning The Beatles' recording career, including many images which were not included in the 2009 CD booklets.

The titles include The Beatles' 12 original UK albums, first released between 1963 and 1970, the US-originated Magical Mystery Tour, now part of the group's core catalogue, and Past Masters, Volumes One & Two, featuring non-album A-sides and B-sides, EP tracks and rarities.  With this release, The Beatles' first four albums make their North American stereo vinyl debuts.  In 2013, the remastered albums will make their mono vinyl debuts.

Since it was recorded, The Beatles' music has been heard on a variety of formats – from chunky reel-to-reel tapes and eight-track cartridges to invisible computer files. But there has never been a more romantic or thrilling medium for music than a long-playing twelve-inch disc. We 'play' records. The process of carefully slipping the disc out of the sleeve, cleaning it and lowering the stylus provides a personal involvement in the reproduction of the music.

When The Beatles' albums were first released, the listener enjoyed a tangible relationship with the music in the grooves of a record. There was an emotional connection to the artifact carrying the sound, and this bond was strengthened by the LP sleeve. Rather than a merely functional object to protect the disc, it was elevated to a stylish accessory. Certainly, the cover of a Beatles album conveyed a message about the music it was wrapped around. For example, the dominant orange and brown hues and elongated faces on the front of Rubber Soul seem to embody the sound of the record. With the advent of the cassette tape in the seventies and the compact disc in the 1980s, album artwork was reduced in size and importance, losing much of its charm. That is partly why vinyl LPs have not, as predicted, been discarded.

None of that would really matter, were it not for the enduring power of The Beatles' music. In September, 2009, The Beatles' remastered albums on CD graced charts around the world. Seventeen million album sales within seven months was resounding evidence of the timeless relevance of their legacy. Through five decades, the music of The Beatles has captivated generation upon generation.

For producer Rick Rubin, surveying The Beatles' recorded achievements is akin to witnessing a miracle.  "If we look at it by today's standards, whoever the most popular bands in the world are, they will typically put out an album every four years," Rubin said in a 2009 radio series interview. "So, let's say two albums as an eight year cycle.  And think of the growth or change between those two albums.  The idea that The Beatles made thirteen albums in seven years and went through that arc of change... it can't be done.  Truthfully, I think of it as proof of God, because it's beyond man's ability."

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Omniverse Vision Releases
Led Zeppelin: Celebration Day
to Movie Theaters Worldwide.
Experience it from Wednesday, October 17, 2012
 
 
Led Zeppelin’s historic 2007 reunion concert at London’s O2 Arena
opens on 1,500 screens in 40 markets worldwide for an encore performance on October 17, 2012
 
When Led Zeppelin came together in December of 2007 to perform a one-night-only reunion concert at London’s O2 Arena in tribute of their friend and Atlantic Records founder Ahmet Ertegun, more than 20 million fans applied for the 18,000 available tickets in a worldwide lottery. It was the first headline show for the band in 27 years, and what fans had hoped would kick off a reunion tour would instead become a part of the Led Zeppelin mythos.
 
Omniverse Vision is set to release Led Zeppelin: Celebration Day, a two-hour-plus tour de force of the band’s signature blues-infused rock ‘n’ roll, on 1,500 screens worldwide for a one-night-only encore performance on Wednesday, October 17, 2012. Fans in 40 territories around the globe will now be able to experience the legendary 2007 reunion concert from a front-row vantage. Founding members John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page and Robert Plant, along with Jason Bonham, son of the late Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham, perform 16 songs from their iconic catalogue. The set list includes:
 
1. Good Times Bad Times
2. Ramble On
3. Black Dog
4. In My Time Of Dying
5. For Your Life
6. Trampled Under Foot
7. Nobody’s Fault But Mine
8. No Quarter
9. Since I’ve Been Loving You
10. Dazed And Confused
11. Stairway To Heaven
12. The Song Remains The Same
13. Misty Mountain Hop
14. Kashmir
15. Whole Lotta Love
16. Rock And Roll
 
“Led Zeppelin makes more rock 'n roll history with the phenomenal concert film of their 2007 London reunion,” says Grant Calton, Omniverse Vision’s CEO. “Omniverse Vision is hugely excited to be the global theatrical distributor of Led Zeppelin: Celebration Day - it promises to be the cinema event of 2012.”
Led Zeppelin: Celebration Day will be presented in high definition with surround sound in movie theatres for a limited time. Tickets are limited. A list of theatres that will be showing this extraordinary concert event can be found online at www.ledzeppelin.com.
 
Led Zeppelin: Celebration Day will then be available in multiple video and audio formats on November 19, 2012 from Swan Song/Atlantic Records. Specific product details will be announced soon.
 
Led Zeppelin has also been selected as one of the recipients of the 2012 Kennedy Center Honors. The band is set to receive the Honors at the annual gala on December 2, 2012 in Washington, DC.
 
Watch the Led Zeppelin: Celebration Day trailer on YouTube.
 
Watch the live press conference with John Paul Jones, Robert Plant and Jimmy Page in London to announce the release of Led Zeppelin: Celebration Day on YouTube.
 
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"GHOST ADVENTURES" ZAK BAGANS

AND LORDS OF ACID'S PRAGA KHAN

COLLABORATE WITH THE SPIRIT WORLD FOR

SUPERNATURAL ALBUM, "NECROFUSION"


"Spirits want to be heard, that's why they're not at rest."

WEDNESDAY, September 19, 2012 -- Zak Bagans, host of Travel Channel's popular paranormal series "Ghost Adventures," has joined forces with Lords of Acid's Praga Khan for one of the most intriguing music releases ever produced, NecroFusion, due out October 23, just in time for Halloween.

 
Each one of the eleven tracks on NecroFusion not only tells the story of a departed soul who, for whatever reason, has not crossed over, but includes an actual audio message from the spirit - "electronic voice phenomena," or EVP.  Armed with his SB7 Spirit Box, a recording device well-known by devotes of the "Ghost Adventures" series, Bagans has encountered inhabitants of the spirit world during his paranormal investigations, reached out to communicate with and question them, and then, when a spirit chose to communicate, he recorded the spirits' EVPs.


For NecroFusion, Bagans worked closely with Praga Khan, a legendary pioneer of post-industrial-electronic dance music.  The two structured every song around a specific incident when Bagans had a ghostly encounter, and worked to have the music and lyrics reflect the tone of the spirits' voices.  Bagans wrote the lyrics and provided the earthbound spoken word/vocals for the tracks, while Khan wrote and recorded the music at his Brussels studio between mid-2011 and early summer 2012.

 

"Working on this album was one great experience from start to finish," said Khan.  "When Zak came up with the idea to record an album with EVPs, I was both surprised and excited.  I had absolutely no idea what to expect.  When he sent me the audio files that he had recorded with his Spirit Box and I listened to them, I really freaked out.  This was scary stuff."

 

"For me," said Bagans, "spirit communication is the most powerful communication I've ever encountered.  The most powerful messages are delivered through music, and music truly influences the way you feel, it stimulates the emotional memories of your life.  With 'NecroFusioin,' we've blended together these two powerful forms of communication - spirit and music.  And the earthbound spirits have a lot to say."

 

The result is abstract, sinister, illuminating and haunting.

 
"Poor Pearl" tells the tale of 22-year old Pearl Bryan from Indiana who was murdered and decapitated in 1896.  Her headless body was found not far from a slaughterhouse, a site that some speculate was a place of devil worship and dark rituals, and is haunted by one of her killers.  Today it is a club called Bobby Mackey's Music World, near Cincinnati, and known as "the most haunted nightclub in the USA."  Bagans and his "Ghost Adventures" crew have spent a fair amount of time there, and during one of his Spirit Box sessions, he stated to a spirit, "I think Pearl is safe now from her killers."  The spirit's chilling response was recorded:  "Is she?" and that original audio is woven into this track.

 

At 3AM every night for three weeks, Bagans conducted recording sessions in his "home dungeon" where Poltergeist activity is common.  He recorded two spirits there, and what they communicated is what the track "In My Dungeon" was built upon.  For "Good and Evil," Bagans established intelligent, two-way communication with a spirit, and he carries on an extended conversation with another spirit on "Immortal Portal."

 

"On some of the songs," Bagans explained, "you'll hear me communicating with the spirits.  Probably the most emotional track on the album for me is 'Sing with Me.'  I deliberately asked a female spirit to sing for me, and she did, we actually got her to sing."

 

"Room 20," "Dark Frequency," "Eleven Heaven," and "Dead Awaiting" and just some of the other spooky musical offerings.

 

"Maybe it was a coincidence, but a lot of strange stuff happened during the making of the album," added Khan.  "Audio files started to disappear, files that I never deleted, the computer started to crash daily, my sound technician got really sick a few days after the start of the album and ended up in the hospital.  But the strangest thing of all was that the cat who practically lived at our studio, simply refused to enter the building while we were working on the 'NecroFusion' album."

 

Big fans of each other's work - Khan catches "Ghost Adventures" on Travel Channel in Belgium, while Bagans discovered Lords of Acid while in high school - they connected via Twitter last year and began to discuss working together.  For their first collaboration, Bagans recorded vocals for "Paranormal Energy," a song for the Lords of Acid album Deep Chills (2012), working with Grammy-winning producer Chris Vrenna (Nine Inch Nails, Marilyn Manson).  The song hit the Top 5 on iTunes' Electronic Music Dance chart.

 

"I want more people to hear what the spirits have to say," said Bagans.  "Spirits want to be heard, that's why they're not at rest.  They want to be heard."

Aerosmith Returns for Newly Announced Second Leg of 'The Global Warming Tour' Tickets Go On Sale September 24

BAND'S NEW ALBUM 'MUSIC FROM ANOTHER DIMENSION' STREETS NOVEMBER 6

NEW YORK, Sept. 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --  "Brad Whitford and Joe Perry are playing better guitar than ever. Steven Tyler is playful, happy, and singing all of those impossible high notes. Joey Kramer has a drum groove like no other. And Tom Hamilton...continues to be the steady anchor to this ship."

-- Duff McKagan (Guns N' Roses, Velvet Revolver, Loaded)
SEATTLE WEEKLY , August 10, 2012

AEROSMITH ain't messing around.

America's greatest rock band delivered absolutely killer sets on the first leg of their triumphant, sold-out The Global Warming Tour this past summer, with critics dropping comments like (we kid you not, see below) "stunning...jaw-dropping...impassioned intensity...seamless swagger...epic rock moments...a wonder to behold...Aerosmith always managed to reinvent itself for the masses without losing its inherent musicality...Make no mistake, Aerosmith remains king."

They ain't done yet.  More prisoners will be taken when Steven Tyler (vocals), Joe Perry (guitar), Brad Whitford (guitar), Tom Hamilton (bass) and Joey Kramer (drums) return for the second leg of The Global Warming Tour launching November 8 . The month-long, 14-city arena tour will take the band to New York City (Madison Square Garden), Los Angeles (Staples Center) and Las Vegas (MGM Grand Garden Arena), among other cities.  They're fully armed with career-defining hits and blazing songs from their new album MUSIC FROM ANOTHER DIMENSION , out November 6 on Columbia Records. They're the only band of their stature with all-original members and who are playing better than ever before.

The Live Nation-produced tour will include support act Cheap Trick.  Tickets go on sale Monday, September 24 at 10:00 AM (local time) at www.LiveNation.com.  American Express card members can get advance tickets beginning this Wednesday, September 19 at 10:00 AM (local time).  For VIP ticket packages, including opportunities to meet band members, backstage tours, great tickets and more, visit www.Aeroforceone.com.  In addition, a Facebook pre-sale begins Friday, September 21 ; fans who visit www.livenation.com/aerosmith and RSVP to the pre-sale will have early access to tickets.

MUSIC FROM ANOTHER DIMENSION -- recently chosen by PEOPLE magazine (9-17-12) as one of "5 Must Have Albums For Fall" -- marks AEROSMITH's 15th studio album and their first studio album of all-new material in 11 years. There has been a witch's brew boiling for 10 years, and they're about to blow the cover off. The album was recorded in Los Angeles and at the band's studio in Massachusetts ; it was produced by Jack Douglas , Steven Tyler and Joe Perry , with the exception of three tracks produced by Tyler and Marti Frederiksen . The album abounds with one highlight after another, including "Out Go The Lights," "Oh Yeah," "Luv XXX," "We All Fall Down," "Street Jesus" and "Can't Stop Loving You," on which Tyler duets with Carrie Underwood .  The album also includes "Freedom Fighter" which features Johnny Depp on backing vocals. The album's first two singles have been released simultaneously to radio and are now lighting up the airwaves: "What Could Have Been Love" is now impacting at Hot AC and "Lover A Lot" at Rock, Active Rock, and Classic Rock.

The Global Warming Tour dates are as follows:
DATE CITY VENUE
*Thu    11/8 Oklahoma City, OK Chesapeake Energy Arena
*Sun    11/11 Wichita, KS INTRUST Bank Arena
Wed    11/14 Kansas City, MO Spring Center
*Fri      11/16 Austin, TX Frank Erwin Center
Tue      11/20 New York, NY Madison Square Garden
Fri        11/23 Atlantic City, NJ Revel Resorts – Ovation Hall
Sun      11/25 Columbus, OH Nationwide Arena
Tue      11/27 Toronto, ON Air Canada Centre
Sat      12/1 Las Vegas, NV MGM Grand Garden Arena
Mon     12/3 Los Angeles, CA STAPLES Center
Thu      12/6 New Orleans, LA New Orleans Arena
Sun      12/9 Fort Lauderdale, FL BB&T Center
Tue      12/11 Tampa, FL Tampa Bay Times Forum
Thu      12/13 Nashville, TN Bridgestone Arena

AC/DC Live At River Plate Available November 20 FIRST LIVE ALBUM IN 20 YEARS

NEW YORK, Sept. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Columbia Records – AC/DC will release AC/DC Live At River Plate , their first live album in 20 years, on Tuesday, November 20 th. AC/DC Live At River Plate was recorded in Buenos Aires in December 2009 when nearly 200,000 fans (over 3 sold-out nights) thunderously welcomed AC/DC back after a 13-year absence from Argentina.  AC/DC Live At River Plate captures the legendary grandeur, excitement and energy that AC/DC's live performances are renowned for.  This ultimate live recording chronicles one of the largest shows from their massively successful Black Ice World Tour (where they performed to over 5 million fans in 108 cities in over 28 countries).  The 19 tracks on AC/DC Live At River Plate span AC/DC's extensive repertoire, including old and new classics like "Back In Black," "Thunderstruck," "You Shook Me All Night Long" and "Rock N Roll Train" (see below for full track listing).   AC/DC Live At River Plate will be available as a special 3 disc red vinyl package as well as a special 2-CD package featuring multiple covers and a special 24-page booklet.

Released in 2011, the AC/DC Live at River Plate DVD detailed the fan excitement of AC/DC's arrival in Argentina and documented the construction of their massive stage production.  The DVD debuted at #1 in 17 countries and cemented the fact that fans just cannot get enough of AC/DC.  Clips of "Thunderstruck" and "Shoot To Thrill" from AC/DC Live at River Plate have garnered 14 million and 22 million views respectively on YouTube.  To date AC/DC's videos have over 72 million views online, with an average 600,000 views per week. 

AC/DC Live At River Plate is available for pre-order at www.ACDC.com.

AC/DC Live At River Plate track listing is as follows:Rock N Roll Train Hell Ain't A Bad Place To Be Back In Black Big Jack Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap Shot Down In Flames Thunderstruck Black Ice The Jack Hells Bells Shoot To Thrill War Machine Dog Eat Dog You Shook Me All Night Long T.N.T. Whole Lotta Rosie Let There Be Rock Highway To Hell For Those About To Rock (We Salute You)

World-Famous Surrealist VINCENT CASTIGLIA Announces Retrospective Art Exhibition ‘Resurrection’ – Appearing at Sacred Gallery NYC, October 4th – 31st

 
Opening: Thursday, October 4th from 8 PM – 11 PM


H.R. Giger Museum Honored NYC Native Displays Collection Utilizing his Own Blood as a Medium

 
World-famous surrealist and New York City native VINCENT CASTIGLIA is pleased to announce his upcoming solo art exhibition entitled ‘Resurrection’, taking place from October 4th-31st at Sacred Gallery NYC (located at 424 Broadway 2nd Floor between Canal and Howard, NYC).  The gallery will host an opening reception on October 4th from 8-11pm. This retrospective encompasses all of Vincent’s available work from the beginning of his career and aims to examine the congruency of life and death. Propelled by correlated personal experiences just this year, his deep and continually renewed understanding of the consistency between the two themes will come to prominence at this haunting and memorable exhibition.

 
‘Resurrection’ will include a striking collection of Vincent’s paintings, which are created exclusively in his own human blood. Vincent’s figures, their musculature and skin, are painted with what could be thought of as “liquid flesh”. Its tendency to quicken the subjects is likely inapproachable by any other medium---as it is actual tissue with which it is being rendered. In this way the subject’s realism is not merely an optical illusion due to its level of detail, but rather is an actual transference of flesh and blood to each work.

 
In the privacy of his studio, Vincent practices a kind of modern-day phlebotomy, siphoning the life force which contains his own psychic energy, while giving it an outlet and form. In doing so, he dissolves the barrier between artist and art in a most literal and immediate sense.

 
In a personal statement, Vincent states, “This exhibit is the culmination of a lifetime of searching and posing many questions through images, making declarations of truths uncovered and pouring a myriad of emotions, conflicts, and bliss' into these coagulations which delineate all aspects of the past decade of my life.”

 
For more information on Sacred Gallery NYC, please visit www.sacredgallerynyc.com or contact Kevin@SacredGalleryNYC.com. 

 
VINCENT CASTIGLIA is the first American artist to receive a solo exhibition invitation from Oscar Award-winning artist H.R. Giger in the history of the H. R. Giger Museum Gallery. Vincent’s art has been praised by fellow artists, musicians, and other notables throughout his career.

 
“With such precise technique, his depiction of human musculature is nothing short of outstanding.”  

– Paul Booth / World-renowned Tattooist, Artist, Gallery Owner, Fanatical Nihilist

 

“If the body is the temple, then the heart is the altar and the blood is the sacred flame that enlightens the shrine. Vincent is painting with holy light.” – Martin Eric Ain / Musician, Celtic Frost

 

“The ominous truth that his art confronts, along with the exquisiteness in which it is portrayed, provides a timeless revelation into human existence.” – Joe Sopkowics, Forensic Photographer

 
VINCENT CASTIGLIA’s impressive work has seen many sides of the entertainment world, as well. MTV New Media's Horror-Slasher Film, Savage County, featured his art as its official movie poster, depicting the three murderers in the film. Prior to the film, Vincent painted album art for heavy metal band Triptykon's 2010 debut release, Eparistera Daimones. Triptykon is founded by former Hellhammer / Celtic Frost singer and guitarist Tom Gabriel Fischer.

 
His work has been featured on New York 1 News, Spike TV, as well as the television series, Miami Ink. His work has been explored by countless art and culture, and media publications, in the US and internationally, including the New York Post, New York Daily News, and the recently released, Lexikon Der Phantastischen Künstler “The international encyclopedia of fantastic, surrealistic, symbolist, & visionary artists”.

 
His work hangs in many distinguished international collections; one of his most celebrated works of 2006, “Gravity” was recently acquired by Rock legend Gregg Allman.  Vincent’s paintings have been exhibited at museums and galleries in the US, and internationally, including CoproGallery, (Santa Monica, California), Last Rites Gallery (New York) The Museum of Sex (New York), The Museum Of Porn In Art, (Switzerland), The HR Giger Museum Gallery, (Switzerland), , The Mall Gallery (London, England) Canvas Los Angeles (Los Angeles California), Fuse Gallery (New York), Sidney & Berne Davis Art Center (Ft. Myers, Florida), Art @ Large Gallery (New York) Gallery Lombardi (Austin Texas), L’imagerie Gallery (Hollywood, California), Museo De La Cuidad De Mexico, (Mexico), C-Pop Gallery (Detroit, Michigan), Shooting Gallery (San Francisco, CA), Seed Gallery (Newark, New Jersey), The 7th Annual Dirty Show (Detroit, Michigan),  as well as The Congregation Gallery (Hollywood, California).

 
For more information on VINCENT CASTIGLIA, please visit www.vincentcastigliaart.com.

***Extended By Popular Demand*** Now Open Through Sunday, October 21, 2012 WHO SHOT ROCK & ROLL: A Photographic History, 1955 - Present

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Due to overwhelming popular demand, the Annenberg Space for Photography is pleased to announce that their current exhibit –WHO SHOT ROCK & ROLL – will be extended two weeks, through October 21, 2012. 

The exhibit, which has drawn record-breaking crowds, is a group show featuring the work of over 100 photographers.  An original short documentary film includes interviews with photographers Ed Colver, Henry Diltz, Jill Furmanovsky, Lynn Goldsmith, Bob Gruen, Norman Seeff, Mark Seliger and Guy Webster; and recording artists Alice Cooper, Henry Rollins, Noel Gallagher and Debbie Harry.  Originally shown and created by the Brooklyn Museum with guest curator and author Gail Buckland, WHO SHOT ROCK & ROLL is the first major museum exhibit on rock and roll to spotlight the creative and collaborative role that photographers played in the history of rock music.

The Annenberg Space for Photography will be closed from October 22 through November 16 to prepare for the next show – no strangers – which will open November 17 and close February 24, 2013.

no strangers: ancient wisdom in a modern world is about the wonder of culture and the plight of indigenous people throughout the world.  The exhibit is guest curated by esteemed anthropologist, author and photographer Wade Davis.  Photographers featured in no strangers are Carol Beckwith & Angela Fisher, Wade Davis, Chris Johns, Lynn Johnson, Steve McCurry, Randy Olson, Chris Rainier and Hamid Sardar.  Also included are Timothy Allen, Caroline Bennett, James P. Blair, Edward Burtynsky, David Hiser, Aaron Huey, Thomas Kelly, Mauricio Lima, William Fernando Martinez, James Stanfield, Brent Stirton, Amy Toensing, Jeroen Toirkens, A Yin and Gordon Wiltsie.

Annenberg Space for Photography, 2000 Avenue of the Stars, Century City, CA 90067.

Tel:  213.403.3000.  Hours—Wednesday through Friday:  11 am – 6 pm, Saturday: 11 am – 9 pm, Sunday: 11 am – 6 pm, closed Monday and Tuesday.  Admission is free.  www.annenbergspaceforphotography.org. 

Megadeth's Double Platinum 'Countdown to Extinction' Album Remastered And Expanded For 20th Anniversary Edition, To Be Released November 6th By Capitol/EMIDave Mustaine Oversees Commemorative Edition of Megadeth's Best-Selling 1992 Album Megadeth will Perform the Album Live on 2012 "Countdown to Extinction Tour"

HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Sept. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Megadeth's Dave Mustaine has personally overseen a new 20th Anniversary Edition of the band's most popular album, 1992's double Platinum-certified Countdown to Extinction, to be released November 6 th by Capitol/EMI. After wrapping up their "TH1RT3EN World Tour" this fall, Megadeth will perform the acclaimed album in its entirety on their "Countdown to Extinction Tour" this November and December (dates and pre-sale / on sale details below).

Presented in a 2CD lift-top box and digitally, Countdown to Extinction's new commemorative edition pairs the remastered original album with a 1992 concert, recorded live at San Francisco's Cow Palace, which has never before been released in its entirety. The concert audio has been newly remixed for this release. The physical and digital versions both include a booklet with a new liner notes essay by music journalist Kory Grow, and the 2CD box also contains a 24" x 36" poster and four collectible postcards.

Countdown to Extinction, Megadeth's fifth studio album, was recorded in Los Angeles in 1992 as rioting raged across the city in response to the Rodney King trial verdicts. American tensions weren't limited to LA, by any means, as the Gulf War was still fresh in people's minds, the state of the environment was becoming headline news, and President George H.W. Bush was seeking reelection in a heated campaign season.

Out of this turmoil, Megadeth was inspired to create Countdown to Extinction, considered by many to be the band's best and most accessible album. The group's previous albums, including So Far, So Good…So What! and Rust in Peace, included songs that tackled topics like censorship and religious bloodletting in the Middle East. But none were as polemical as the sonic missiles launched by 'Countdown.'  Megadeth laced the songs with acid-tongued commentary about subjects ranging from the futility of war ("Architecture of Aggression") to the senseless brutality of caged hunting ("Countdown to Extinction"). "Foreclosure of a Dream" sampled George Bush's infamous "Read my lips" speech, making a statement about taxation endangering the American Dream.

Thanks to a perfect balance of hard-rock song structures, epic choruses, and fleet-fingered guitar work, Countdown to Extinction became an instant classic, benefiting from copious MTV and radio play. Spin magazine raved that 'Countdown' "may just be the finest thrash-metal album ever made," and before long, songs like "Symphony of Destruction," "Sweating Bullets," and "Skin O' My Teeth" had entered metal's canon of essential recordings.  The album shot to No. 2 on the Billboard chart (it may have hit No. 1, if not for Billy Ray Cyrus' long chart-topping reign with Some Gave All), and it was certified double Platinum in the U.S. within two years, with sales of more than two million copies. 

Megadeth was in top form, with Mustaine, the band's then 31-year-old singer and guitarist leading the album's assault with lyrics like "You know your worth when your enemies praise your architecture of aggression," not to mention his venomous rhythm guitar attack. His band mates completed the picture, as lead guitarist Marty Friedman blazed with memorable solos, bassist David Ellefson jammed dizzying arrays of low-end thunder, and drummer Nick Menza attacked his kit. Megadeth sounded hungry, and the band was rewarded when the album earned a GRAMMY Award nomination (Best Metal Performance) and when its title cut garnered a Genesis Award from the Humane Society for raising awareness for animal rights issues.

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Megadeth:  Countdown to Extinction (20th Anniversary Edition) [2CD, digital]

CD 1 Skin of My Teeth Symphony of Destruction Architecture of Aggression Foreclosure of a Dream Sweating Bullets This Was My Life Countdown To Extinction High Speed Dirt Psychotron Captive Honour Ashes In Your Mouth

CD 2 – Live At Cow Palace, 1992 Intro Holy Wars  . . . The Punishment Due Skin O My Teeth Wake Up Dead Hangar 18 Countdown to Extinction Foreclosure Of A Dream This Was My Life Lucretia Sweating Bullets In My Darkest Hour The Conjuring Tornado Ashes In Your Mouth Symphony Of Destruction Peace Sells Anarchy In the UK

Megadeth:  "Countdown to Extinction Tour"
Pre-sale starts Wednesday, September 12
Local pre-sales start Thursday, September 13
On sale Friday, September 14

NOVEMBER


9 Providence, RI          Lupo's at the Strand
10 Huntington, NY          Paramount Theatre
11 Worcester, MA          The Palladium
13 Wallingford, CT         Oakdale Theatre
14 Sayreville, NJ            Starland Ballroom
16 Atlantic City, NJ          House Of Blues
17 Niagara Falls, NY       Rapids Theatre
19 Stroudsburg, PA       Sherman Theater
20 Columbus, OH            LC Pavilion
24 Myrtle Beach, SC      House Of Blues
25 Charlotte, NC           Fillmore
26 Atlanta, GA            The Tabernacle
28 Kansas City, MO   Midland Theatre
DECEMBER


1 Salt Lake City, UT    Great Salt Air
2 Boise, ID              Knitting Factory
4 Reno, NV            Grand Sierra Theatre
6 Las Vegas, NV  House Of Blues
7 Pomona, CA     Fox Theatre

Legendary Guitarist and Hit Songwriter Dick Wagner, "The Maestro of Rock," Releases Rock'n'Roll Memoirs. Foreword by Alice Cooper"NOT ONLY WOMEN BLEED, Vignettes from the Heart of a Rock Musician

"SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Sept. 10, 2012  Honored by Gibson.com for one of the Top 50 Guitar Solos of All Time, legendary lead guitarist and hit songwriter Dick Wagner releases his highly-acclaimed memoirs, Not Only Women Bleed, Vignettes from the Heart of a Rock Musician .

Wagner shares a lifetime of experience as lead guitarist and songwriter for Alice Cooper, Aerosmith, Lou Reed, Air Supply, and more. In his captivating, witty, literate, and often touching memoir, Wagner delivers colorful tales of reckless behavior and intimate debauchery with an emotional reverberation that resonates with a wide audience. It's not just "Sex, Drugs and Rock & Roll." From industry successes and failures to personal struggles with family and relationships, "Not Only Women Bleed" is a hard-driving, heart-driven life scripture, vividly and joyfully conveyed. 

Early encounters with Little Richard, Roy Orbison, BB King and Les Paul highlight moments of personal musical achievement. Poignantly recounted stories of days on the road and years of hit recordings contrast with emotional tales of drug abuse that led to near fatal health issues. After two heart attacks, a stroke and brain surgery leave him disabled and "drying up in the desert," Wagner finds enlightenment in the intensive care unit and takes the reader on a miraculous journey of courage and commitment. His return to live performance is an inspirational celebration of packed venues, overjoyed fans and critical media acclaim.

Alice Cooper: "Dick isn't JUST a guitar player...He's a gifted writer, and I wrote most of the Alice Cooper Hits with him....Most all Top 40 Hits. My personal and musical friendship with Dick goes on and on, and thankfully it's not over yet."

James Campion, Huffington Post: "The invisible virtuoso, guitar legend Dick Wagner bears his soul in his tightly presented new memoir, Not Only Women Bleed."

"It's witty, artful, literate, sometimes cheeky, often philosophical and profound, gentle and loving, wistful and exuberant but, above all, musical." Bob Ezrin, Producer (Pink Floyd, Alice Cooper, Kiss)

Producer David Foster (Celine Dion, Josh Groban): "Name your all time favorite rock guitar solos and chances are at least one of them will include the legendary Dick Wagner."

Anonymous Church Lady: "It's wicked, but I loved it."

Barnes & Noble, Amazon.com, www.notonlywomenbleed.com , and fine booksellers.

www.notonlywomenbleed.com

www.wagnermusic.com

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum Announces the Initial Tribute Concert

Lineup and Ticket Onsale Dates for the 17th Annual American Music Masters® Series Honoring Chuck Berry

Roll Over Beethoven: The Life and Music of Chuck Berry

Will Tell the Story of a Modern Music Pioneer

 
CLEVELAND (September 6, 2012) - The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum and Case Western Reserve University are pleased to announce the initial lineup of artists that will honor Chuck Berry at the 17th annual American Music Masters® tribute concert on Saturday, October 27, 2012 at 7:30 p.m. at PlayhouseSquare's State Theatre. Chuck Berry will appear to accept the American Music Masters® honor and is scheduled to perform.

Tribute concert performers scheduled to appear include Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees Ernie Isley and Darryl McDaniels,  Joe Bonamassa, Rosie Flores, John Fullbright, David Johansen, JD McPherson, Lemmy Kilmister, Bucky Pizzarelli, Chuck Prophet, Duke Robillard, Earl Slick and M. Ward. Additional guests will be announced soon.

Tickets to the October 27th tribute concert range from $30 - $80. Tickets go on sale to Rock Hall members on Monday, September 17 at 10 a.m. via online sale only at www.playhousesquare.org. Tickets to the public go on sale Wednesday, September 19 at 11 a.m.  Public tickets are available at www.playhousesquare.org, by calling (216) 241-6000 and at the PlayhouseSquare ticket office. A limited number of Friends of American Music Masters® VIP packages are available beginning at $250 by contacting the Rock Hall's development office at (216) 515-1201 or development@rockhall.org.

 
Roll Over Beethoven: The Life and Music of Chuck Berry, a weeklong celebration, will tell the story of the first artist to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Berry has had a lifetime of brilliant musicianship and has inspired nearly every rock artist to date.  John Lennon once said "If you tried to give rock and roll another name, you might call it 'Chuck Berry'."

The full schedule of the 17th annual American Music Masters® series events will feature additional performances, interview programs and films the week of October 22 - 27. A full schedule will be announced in the coming weeks.

 
The series is sponsored by Republic Steel and Panasonic Automotive.

CROSSFIRE HURRICANE,

A NEW FILM FROM THE ROLLING STONES, TO DEBUT NOV. 15 ON HBO

 
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 30, 2012 – The Rolling Stones, the rock ‘n’ roll icons who have defined creativity, daring and durability, are to be chronicled in a kaleidoscopic new film that will debut Nov. 15 on HBO, it was announced today by Michael Lombardo, HBO’s president of Programming.  The film documents the key periods in their career and their incredible adventures.  

 
CROSSFIRE HURRICANE, directed by Brett Morgen, provides a remarkable new perspective on the Stones’ unparalleled journey from blues-obsessed teenagers in the early ‘60s to rock royalty. It’s all here in panoramic candour, from the Marquee Club to Hyde Park, from Altamont to “Exile,” from club gigs to stadium extravaganzas.

 
In addition to the U.S. premiere on HBO, in the UK  the film will receive a theatrical release and can be seen by Stones fans in selected cinemas across the country in the fall. It will also broadcast on BBC 2 later in the year.

 
With never-before-seen footage and fresh insights from the band themselves, the film will delight, shock and amaze longtime devotees, as well as another generation of fans, with its uniquely immersive style and tone. CROSSFIRE HURRICANE places the viewer right on the frontline of the band’s most legendary escapades.

 
Taking its title from a lyric in “Jumping Jack Flash,” CROSSFIRE HURRICANE gives the audience an intimate insight, for the first time, into exactly what it’s like to be part of the Rolling Stones, as they overcame denunciation, drugs, dissensions and death to become the definitive survivors. It’s the backstage pass to outdo them all.

 
The odyssey includes film from the Stones’ initial road trips and first controversies as they became the anti-Beatles, the group despised by authority because they connected and communicated with their own generation as no one else ever had. “When we got together,” says Wyman, “something magical happened, and no one could ever copy that.” 

 
From the outset of the film, viewers know they’re in for a white-knuckle ride. No sooner had the early Stones line-up first played live under that name in the summer of 1962 than they were bigger than the venues that tried to hold them. Wyman remembers how the crowds were soon inspiring manic behaviour, especially among screaming girls, whose uncontrollable excitement was obvious as stardom beckoned for the band already earmarked as the bad guys with press headlines like ‘Would you let your daughter marry a Rolling Stone?’

 
Riots and the chaos of early tours are graphically depicted, as is the birth of the Jagger-Richards songwriting partnership. The many dramas they encountered are also fully addressed, including the Redlands drug bust, the descent of Brian Jones into what Richards calls “bye-bye land,” and the terror and disillusionment of 1969’s Altamont Festival. 

 
The band’s rock ‘n’ roll lifestyle is also discussed with extraordinary forthrightness, including the time of their seminal 1972 album “Exile on Main St.,” which topped the British charts both then and 38 years later in its deluxe reissue. Their very survival repeatedly under threat, we see how the Stones survived with a backs-to-the-wall spirit. “We may be going down,” says Keith, “but we’re not going down your way.”  

 
The film illustrates the Stones’ evolution from being, as Mick vividly describes it, “the band everybody hated to the band everybody loves,” through the hedonistic 1970s and Keith’s turning-point bust in Canada to the spectacular touring phenomenon we know today. Richards also reveals the song that he believes defines the “essence” of his writing relationship with Jagger more than any other.   

 
Asked in a formative interview in the film what it is that sets them apart from other groups, Jagger says with quiet understatement, “A chemical reaction seems to have happened.” Keith Richards added, “You can't really stop the Rolling Stones, you know when that sort of avalanche is facing you, you just get out of the way”. It’s been happening ever since, and the life and times of the Rolling Stones have never been as electrifyingly portrayed as they are in CROSSFIRE HURRICANE.

 
Director Brett Morgen added, “CROSSFIRE HURRICANE invites the audience to experience firsthand the Stones' nearly mythical journey from outsiders to rock and roll royalty. This is not an academic history lesson. CROSSFIRE HURRICANE allows the viewer to experience the Stones' journey from a unique vantage point.  It's an aural and visual roller coaster ride.”


Worldwide distributors of CROSSFIRE HURRICANE are Eagle Rock Entertainment in London, with Tremelo Productions and Milkwood Films as the production companies.


Eagle Rock Entertainment Chairman and CEO, Terry Shand said, “We are very pleased to continue our association with the Rolling Stones visual rights agenda and their collaboration with such great filmmakers.”

 
As befits the first rock band to reach the 50-year milestone with their global stature now greater than ever, the film combines extensive historical footage, much of it widely unseen, with contemporary commentaries by Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts, Ronnie Wood and former Stones Bill Wyman and Mick Taylor. Period interviews, extensive live performance material and news archive give the production a truly kinetic aura and no-holds-barred approach. CROSSFIRE HURRICANE has taken over a year to make and produce with the full cooperation of The Rolling Stones and will be released in November.  

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ANTHRAX'S AMONG THE LIVING "AUDIOBIOGRAPHY" EPISODE LAUNCHES ON GOOGLE PLAY

LOS ANGELES, CA - Tuesday, August 28, 2012 -- Thrash-metal masters Anthrax and what is arguably the band's signature album, Among the Living, will be featured on Google Play's "Audiobiography" series starting today.  Anthrax's Scott Ian and Joey Belladonna recently pulled back the curtain exclusively for Google Play, discussing at length stories behind the making of their Gold-certified 1987 album that includes some of the band's most popular tracks - "I Am The Law," "Indians," and Caught in a Mosh."  Log onto http://bit.ly/Opbo3T to check it out.

 
The "Audiobiography" feature launches in tandem with a special catalog sale of some of Anthrax's best-loved albums:  Spreading the Disease (1985), Among The Living (1987), I'm the Man EP (1987), State of Euphoria (1988), Persistence of Time (1990), Attack of the Killer Bs (1991), We've Come for You All (2003), Caught in a Mosh:  BBC Live in Concert (2007), and the band's most recent release, the critically-acclaimed Worship Music (2011). All albums are priced at $6.99; two tracks, "Indians" and "Madhouse," are available for only $.49, while "Caught In A Mosh" is being offered as a free download.

 
Among the Living was released at a time when the thrash-metal genre was exploding - Metallica's Master of Puppets, Slayer's Reign In Blood and Megadeth's Peace Sells had just hit the streets, birthing what came to be known as The Big Four.  The cover art for Among the Living is an original painting that some say features a rendition of the maleficent Rev. Henry Kane from the "Poltergeist" films.  As the band's Charlie Benante explained, "the album is basically about Good and Evil...how much evil there is among us."

  
Anthrax is about to hit the road, co-headlining Leg Three of the Anthrax/Testament/Death Angel "thrash-fest," marking the first time the band has toured Canada since the release of Worship Music. Dates are below.


SEPTEMBER

14   Ace of Spades, Sacramento, CA

15   Roseland Theatre, Portland, OR

16   Toyota Arena, Kennewick, WA

17   Knitting Factory, Spokane, WA

19   The Showbox @ The Market, Seattle, WA

20   Vogue Theatre, Vancouver, BC

21   MacEwan Hall Ballroom, Calgary, AL

22   Events Center, Edmonton, AL

24   The Odeon, Saskatoon, SK

25   Burton Cummings Theatre, Winnipeg, MB

27   Vic Theatre, Chicago, IL

28   Harpo's Concert Theatre, Detroit, MI

29   Danforth Hall, Toronto, ON

30   Capitole du Quebec, Quebec City, QC

 

OCTOBER

 2   Metropolis, Montreal, QC

 3   State Theatre, Portland, ME

 4   Webster Theatre, Hartford, CT

 5   Wellmont Theatre, Montclair, NJ

 6   House of Blues, Atlantic City, NJ

IGGY POP Bobblehead, Available for Pre-order

Limited to 1000 Numbered Units
  
   
Drastic Plastic Collectibles and Impact Merchandising Present: Iggy Pop, the second of their limited edition bobbleheads.


Since his raucous proto-punk, peanut butter smearing days with The Stooges, few "street walking cheetahs" have mastered the maniacal with as much grit, gusto and flair as Iggy Pop. This rare figure is hand-numbered and limited to 1000 pieces. It stands 7-inches high and is made of durable polyresin. Get yours today as they are sure to go fast..  

 Pre-order here:http://aggronautix.com/products.cfm?productid=67

7" TALL, polyresin bobblehead * Limited Edition with numbered packaging* Punk Rock collectibles retain value! Some of the AGGRONAUTIX limited edition Throbbleheads have gone for hundreds on eBay on a few months after release!

Adult Swim Announces Details for Highly-Anticipated

METALOCALYPSE: DETHKLOK DETHALBUM III

Adult Swim’s Animated Aggressors to Release New Album in North America with CD/DVD Combo and

Clean Version on October 16, 2012; Limited Edition Vinyl Follows on November 6

 
DETHKLOK returns this fall with Metalocalypse: Dethklok Dethalbum III, the highly-anticipated follow up album that fans of the animated band have been begging for. The stars of the Adult Swim series Metalocalypse will unleash 12 brand new tracks that are more brutal than ever before in this fall’s release, set to hit stores throughout North America on October 16, 2012 from Williams Street Records. The Dethalbum III is once again co-produced by Metalocalypse co-creator Brendon Small and Dethklok producer Ulrich Wild (The Dethalbum and Dethalbum II). The cover art was also illustrated by The Dethalbum and Dethalbum II cover artist Antonio Canobbio.

Dethalbum III will not only be released in its original CD and digital format, but also as a Deluxe Edition CD/DVD and a clean version of the CD. The Deluxe Edition CD/DVD will include a 32-minute behind-the-scenes documentary of the making of Dethalbum III, as well as music videos and much more. A vinyl edition of the album with special etching will be released on November 6, 2012.


The full track listing for Dethalbum III includes:

1.      I Ejaculate Fire

2.      Crush the Industry

3.      Andromeda

4.      The Galaxy

5.      Starved

6.      Killstardo Abominate

7.      Ghostqueen

8.      Impeach God

9.      Biological Warfare

10.  Skyhunter

11.  The Hammer

12.  Rejoin

 
The fourth season of Metalocalypse, created by Brendon Small and Tommy Blacha with Small executive producing, recently wrapped on Adult Swim and will be released on DVD and Blu-ray Disc on October 30. Along with all 12 episodes from the series’ fourth season, the Metalocalypse Season 4 DVD and Blu-ray releases will feature more than two hours of special features. Highlights from those features include a 90-minute feature film of Nathan Explosion tackling his latest Shakespeare reading, in “Nathan Reads Shakespeare 4: Comedy of Errors,” a series of band member “StaresDowns,” a look at Dethklok Fan Art, “MurderThoughts,” a “Pickles Flyby” and much, much more.

For more information on DETHKLOK and Dethalbum III, please visit http://metalocalypse.tv/ or http://www.adultswim.com/music/, and more details, including pre-order information and a corresponding fall tour for Dethklok, are set to be released shortly. Stay tuned for an assault of new information, multimedia and exclusives coming very soon.

GUNS N’ ROSES TAKES OVER SIN CITY IN NOVEMBER

WITH FIRST-EVER RESIDENCY, APPETITE FOR DEMOCRACY,
AT THE JOINT INSIDE HARD ROCK HOTEL & CASINO LAS VEGAS 

 
Tickets on sale Friday, Aug. 17 at 10 a.m.

 
Las Vegas, NV (August 13, 2012) – Las Vegas will never be the same as the world’s most iconic rock band, Guns N’ Roses, takes over Sin City with their first-ever residency Appetite for Democracy at The Joint inside Hard Rock Hotel & Casino this fall. The band will play 12 mind-blowing shows starting Wednesday, October 31 through Saturday, November 24.

 
Guns N’ Roses has teamed up with Hard Rock Hotel & Casino to invade Las Vegas with a never-before-seen, one-of-a-kind music experience. Each night, the band will perform an electrifying show featuring a set list created exclusively for The Joint. Appetite for Democracy will span the band’s biggest hits from their debut album Appetite for Destruction (1987) through their platinum-selling record Chinese Democracy (2008). Exact details about the show are being kept under wraps but fans can expect the raw and gritty heavy metal Guns N’ Roses is known for along with a few surprise elements. Produced exclusively by AEG Live, Appetite for Democracy is unlike any show the band has ever done before or will ever do again.

 
The history-making residency comes on the heels of Appetite for Destruction’s 25th anniversary. The groundbreaking record propelled Guns N’ Roses into rock music history with songs including “Welcome to the Jungle,” “Sweet Child O’ Mine,” and “Paradise City.” Named as one of the “500 Greatest Albums of All Time” by Rolling Stone, Appetite for Destruction enjoyed one of the longest runs of any hard rock record, remaining on Billboard’s “Hot 100” for nearly three years. To date, the album has sold more than 18 million copies in the United States, with worldwide sales in excess of 30 million.

 
“We are ecstatic to announce Guns N’ Roses as our newest residency at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino,” said Paul Davis, vice president of entertainment at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino. “This is what The Joint is all about, bringing fans up close and personal with one of the most iconic bands in the world. It will be a truly unique Guns N’ Roses experience!”

 
"This past New Year's Eve, Guns N' Roses tore the roof off The Joint with two sold-out shows. They were incredible; we watched them perform their timeless hits and soon-to-be legendary songs off Chinese Democracy. Immediately following, AEG Live and Hard Rock began turning our fantasy of having them as a resident artist into a reality,” added Bobby Reynolds, vice president of booking at AEG Live, Las Vegas. “To hear one of the biggest bands in the world rip through their catalog of hits is going to be amazing. There is no better way to celebrate the anniversary of their iconic album Appetite for Destruction than to present Appetite for Democracy at The Joint."

 
Started by Axl Rose in 1985, Guns N’ Roses is one of the most popular music acts in history and has sold more than 100 million albums worldwide. The band consists of frontman and founder Axl Rose, DJ Ashba (guitar), Dizzy Reed (keyboards), Tommy Stinson (bass), Richard Fortus (guitar), Ron “Bumblefoot” Thal (guitar), Chris Pitman (keyboards) and Frank Ferrer (drums). In addition to Appetite for Destruction and Chinese Democracy, Guns N’ Roses has released albums including GN’R Lies (1988), double album Use Your Illusion I and Use Your Illusion II (1991) and The Spaghetti Incident? (1993). 

 
Ticket prices start at $45 (plus applicable services fees) and go on sale to the public at 10 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 17. To purchase tickets or for more information, visit the Hard Rock Box Office, all Ticketmaster locations, www.ticketmaster.com, www.thejointlasvegas.com or charge-by-phone at 800.745.3000. Ticket and room packages are available at www.hardrockhotel.com.

 
Appetite for Democracy schedule:

·         Wednesday, Oct. 31

·         Friday, Nov. 2

·         Saturday, Nov. 3

·         Wednesday, Nov. 7

·         Friday, Nov. 9

·         Saturday, Nov. 10

·         Wednesday, Nov. 14

·         Saturday, Nov. 17

·         Sunday, Nov. 18

·         Wednesday, Nov. 21

·         Friday, Nov. 23

·         Saturday, Nov. 24

 
For more information regarding Guns N’ Roses, visit www.gunsnroses.com, www.facebook.com/gunsnroses and www.twitter.com/gunsnroses. 

Legacy Recordings & AEG Celebrate 40 Years Of Blue Oyster Cult Monumental Columbia Albums Collection Out Tuesday, October 30, 2012

BOC Ready To Rock Times Square's Best Buy Theater On Sunday, October 28 NEW YORK,

Aug. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, will celebrate the 40th anniversary of Blue Oyster Cult--unleashed in 1972, the eponymous debut album from America's heaviest psychedelic metal band presaged punk, thrash and hardcore--with the release of Blue Oyster Cult - The Columbia Albums Collection, a monumental career-spanning BOC library comprised of 16 CDs (the full official canon plus two discs of rarities) and the mythic Some OTHER Enchanted Evening DVD (a blistering concert video from 1978). The highly-collectible boxed set will be available Tuesday, October 30.

Blue Oyster Cult (led by founding members Eric Bloom and Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser) will perform an historic New York City/Times Square show--featuring special guests and other surprises--at the Best Buy Theater (44th & Broadway, Manhattan) on Sunday, October 28 (doors at 7pm). Tickets go on sale, Friday, August 17. Reserved seating is available for the show.

A limited number (100) of individual deluxe VIP packages for the Times Square Show will also be offered. Designed to provide the ultimate BOC experience, each deluxe VIP package includes Blue Oyster Cult - The Columbia Albums Collection (in advance of street date!) in addition to a guaranteed seat in the first five rows of the Best Buy Theater for the BOC Times Square concert; a pre-show meet & greet with the band; an autographed limited edition Blue Oyster Cult event poster and an exclusive commemorative laminate.

Blue Oyster Cult - The Columbia Albums Collection brings together the group's 14 official Columbia Records albums--including newly-mastered editions of On Your Feet or on Your Knees, Fire of Unknown Origin, The Revolution by Night, Mirrors, Cultosaurus Erectus, Extraterrestrial Live, Club Ninja and Imaginos--alongside two newly-curated bonus discs: Rarities and Radios Appear: The Best of the Broadcasts (a special collection of classic live performances).

In addition, the Blue Oyster Cult - The Columbia Albums Collection box set comes with a special download code good for four live concert broadcasts as well as as a forty page booklet chock full of photos and liner notes from celebrated music writer and guitarist Lenny Kaye.

Blue Oyster Cult - The Columbia Albums Collection includes:

1. Blue Oyster Cult (1972 - studio - with 2001 CD bonus tracks)

2. Tyranny and Mutation (1973 - studio - with 2001 CD bonus tracks)

3. Secret Treaties (1974 - studio - with 2001 CD bonus tracks)

4. On Your Feet or on Your Knees (1975 - live) - 2012 Remaster

5. Agents of Fortune (1976 - studio - with 2001 CD bonus tracks)

6. Spectres (1977 - studio - with 2007 CD bonus tracks)

7. Some Enchanted Evening CD (1978 - live - with 2007 CD bonus tracks)

8. Some OTHER Enchanted Evening DVD (1978 - live)

9. Mirrors (1979 - studio) - 2012 Remaster

10. Cultosaurus Erectus (1980 - studio) - 2012 Remaster

11. Fire of Unknown Origin (1981 - studio) - 2012 Remaster

12. Extraterrestrial Live (1982 - live) - 2012 Remaster

13. The Revolution By Night (1983 - studio) - 2012 Remaster

14. Club Ninja (1985 - studio) - 2012 Remaster

15. Imaginos (1988 - studio) - 2012 Remaster

16. Rarities

17. Radios Appear: The Best of the Broadcasts

Originally formed in Long Island as Soft White Underbelly in 1967, Blue Oyster Cult combined adventurous lyrical themes with an aggressive instrumental sound. With passion and intelligence on display in equal measure, Blue Oyster Cult became the thinking fan's rock band and a sign of life in a sea of dull, anemic soft-pop. Anthems like "Godzilla," "Harvester of Eyes" and "Don't Fear the Reaper" stretched the boundaries of rock topics while lead guitarist Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser became a hero to legions of budding axe-wielders. The band's mystique extended to their album artwork, resulting in some of the most distinctive and iconic LP covers of the rock era. Blue Oyster Cult - The Columbia Albums Collection gathers the essential pieces of the Blue Oyster Cult story into one mind-boggling totality

ROB ZOMBIE'S SPECIAL VIP GOLDEN TICKET PACKAGES NOW AVAILABLE FOR "TWINS OF EVIL" U.S. TOUR

LOS ANGELES, CA - THURSDAY, August 2, 2012 - If you're planning to attend this fall's "Twins of Evil" U.S. tour, co-headlining Rob Zombie and Marilyn Manson, there is no doubt that you'll have a night that will be the ultimate abomination.  But, Rob Zombie, teaming up with The One and Only Golden Tickets, is going even one step further to help insure you have a seared-into-your-brain-forever-experience by making available special VIP Golden Ticket packages. 

 
The Rob Zombie VIP Golden Ticket Package One includes a GA ticket to the show, priority early entry to help guarantee a great spot for the show, a limited edition poster pre-signed by Rob, a commemorative VIP laminate, and Golden Ticket Rep Concierge Service.  The VIP Golden Ticket Package Two includes everything in Package One plus a meet & greet with Rob Zombie, a high-quality photograph with Rob, a Rob Zombie autograph, a customized Zombie bag, a limited edition poster and an exclusive T-shirt.

 
For more information on the Rob Zombie One and Only VIP Golden Tickets - OR - if you've already purchased a ticket for the show and would like to upgrade to one of these VIP packages, log onto robzombie.com or www.thegoldentickets.com

 
For the "Twins of Evil" tour, Zombie and his band of maniacs - John 5/guitar, Piggy D/bass and drummer Ginger Fish - will close all shows with their elaborate, multi-media production, complete with hair-raising theatrics, animatronic robots, oversized LED screens, a non-stop collage of psychotronic monster film clips, a spectacular light show, a gigantic robot with flames shooting out of its body, pyrotechnics, insane guitar riffs and vicious beats.  Next Tuesday, August 7, Mondo Sex Head, an album featuring new and unique remixes of Rob Zombie classics by some of today's top DJs, including KoRn's Jonathan "JDevil" Davis, Photek, the Bloody Beetroots, Kraddy, Drumcorps, and Ki: Theory will be released (Universal Music Enterprises/UMe).  Fans can download one of the new songs, "Thunder Kiss '65 (J-Devil Number of the Beast Remix)," from iTunes.

 

With more to be announced, U.S. dates for the "Twins of Evil" tour are as follows:

 

SEPTEMBER

28   Desert Uprising Festival, Ashley Pavilion, Phoenix, AZ

29   Rocks Vegas Festival @ Mandalay Bay Resort, Las Vegas, NV

 

OCTOBER

 1   USANA Amphitheatre, Salt Lake City, UT

 2   1st Bank Center, Denver, CO

 4   Kansas Expocentre, Topeka, KS

 8   Pershing Auditorium, Lincoln, NE

 9   Verizon Wireless Center, Mankato, MN

11   Allstate Arena, Chicago, IL

12   DTE Energy Music Theatre, Detroit, MI

13   US Cellular Coliseum, Bloomington, IL

15   Covelli Center, Youngstown, OH

16   The Armory, Rochester, NY

17   Hammerstein Ballroom, New York, NY

19   Susquehanna Bank Center, Camden, NJ

20   Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, CT

21   Verizon Wireless Arena, Manchester, NH

23   Glens Falls Civic Center, Glens Falls, NY

25   Aaron's Amphitheatre at Lakewood, Atlanta, GA

30   Reliant Arena, Houston, TX

31   Verizon Theatre at Grand Prairie, Dallas, TX 

BROKEN HOPE: Carnival of Death Tour Dates Announced – Performing with Headliners OBITUARY with Support from DECREPIT BIRTH, JUNGLE ROT and ENCRUST 

 
Last week, Chicago, IL’s BROKEN HOPE announced that they will be performing on the upcoming Carnival of Death tour with headliners Obituary! Additional support will come from Decrepit Birth, Jungle Rot, and Encrust. The tour is brought to you by Rock the Nation and sponsored by Fender. Official tour dates have just been announced, so see below for all current dates and stay tuned for more updates coming from BROKEN HOPE in the coming weeks!

 
CARNIVAL OF DEATH TOUR 2012

Obituary, BROKEN HOPE, Decrepit Birth, Jungle Rot, and Encrust

9/08 - Orlando, FL - Haven Lounge

9/10 - Springfield, VA - Empire

9/11 - New York, NY - Gramercy Theatre

9/12 - Albany, NY - Bogie's

9/13 - Quebec City, QC - Imperial

9/14 - Montreal, QC - Foufounes Electriques

9/15 - Toronto, ON - The Opera House

9/16 - Cleveland, OH - Peabody's

9/17 - Chicago, IL - Reggie's Rock Club

9/18 - St. Paul, MN - Station 4 (no Obituary)

9/19 - Winnipeg, MB - Osborne Village Inn

9/20 - Regina, SK - The Exchange

9/21 - Edmonton, AB - Pawn Shop

9/22 - Kelowna, BC - The Level Nightclub

9/23 - Seattle, WA - Studio Seven

9/25 - Reno, NV - The Alley

9/26 - San Francisco, CA - DNA Lounge

9/27 - West Hollywood, CA - Key Club

9/28 - Albuquerque, NM - El Rey Theatre

9/29 - Dallas, TX - Trees

 
BROKEN HOPE was formed in 1988 by guitarist/chief-lyricist, Jeremy Wagner, while he was in high school. In 1991, after releasing two demo tapes, BROKEN HOPE secured a recording contract with an independent record label which released Swamped In Gore worldwide. Swamped In Gore was the first death-metal album to ever be recorded digitally. By 1993, BROKEN HOPE quickly signed to Metal Blade Records and released four albums: The Bowels of Repugnance, Repulsive Conception, Loathing, and the Metal Blade re-release of Swamped In Gore. The band's third album, 1995's Repulsive Conception, reached CMJ New Music Monthly's Metal Top 25 chart, as did the follow-up, 1997's Loathing.

 

The first four albums during the Metal Blade years are great examples of BROKEN HOPE’s original fury and they are the albums that etched BROKEN HOPE’S place in death-metal history. The first ten years of BROKEN HOPE’s existence were filled with non-stop writing, touring, and constant visibility with these albums. By the end of the ‘90’s, BROKEN HOPE parted ways with Metal Blade and went through lineup changes. The band produced one last album before the decade closed, the 1999 release, Grotesque Blessings. After North American and European tours for the album and a few unsatisfactory line-up changes, the band went on hiatus in 2000.

 

On January 20, 2010, original BROKEN HOPE vocalist Joe Ptacek committed suicide. Before his death, Ptacek met with Jeremy Wagner and Shaun Glass to discuss the resurrection of BROKEN HOPE. A plan was in motion with these three members to make the band a functioning reality. After taking some time off after Ptacek’s death to reconsider their next moves, BROKEN HOPE signed with Hard Impact Management and Booking with the intention to make the band a full-time monster again. Now, BROKEN HOPE continues onward with main songwriters Jeremy Wagner and Shaun Glass keeping the beast alive…brutal as ever…and with live tour dates worldwide. 

 
To learn more about BROKEN HOPE and the upcoming Carnival of Death tour, please visit www.brokenhope.com.

ROB ZOMBIE AND MARILYN MANSON JOIN FORCES
FOR "TWINS OF EVIL" U.S. AND EUROPEAN TOUR
KoRn's Jonathan "J Devil" Davis will Provide Support on Many U.S. Dates 


LOS ANGELES, CA (Thursday, July 12, 2012) -- It had to happen.  Marilyn Manson and Rob Zombie are hitting the road together this fall, co-headlining the "Twins of Evil" tour.  Debauchery, theatrics, ghoulish imagery, and a full-on assault of all the senses are what's in store for fans when the tour kicks off, first in the U.S. and then with a 10-country sweep through Europe.

 
Kicking off September 28 when both Zombie and Manson co-headline the first day of the Desert Uprising Festival in Phoenix, Arizona, expect defiant rock'n'roll showmanship in the form of these unholy rollers with the first U.S. date wrapping in Dallas on Halloween, October 31.   For ticket on-sale and purchasing info, log onto www.marilynmanson.com or www.robzombie.com  

 
"Finally!  Why did the most obvious tour take so long to happen?  Who knows?  Who cares?  It's happening now," stated Zombie.  "If good taste is the chief enemy of great art, then we should be able to fill the Louvre with this f***ing tour.  Be prepared for something wicked this way a-coming."

 
"I have sympathy for the Whore of Babylon that gave birth to these twins of evil, and this abomination of a tour," says Marilyn Manson. "There is no babysitter, and there is no repairing her womb. If Rob Zombie doesn't f*** you up, than I surely will.  Hide all drugs and firearms...I'm coming to town."

 
J Devil, the DJ alter ego of KoRn's frontman Jonathan Davis, will support the Manson/Zombie dates with his chaotic electro-metal. "I like to think of J Devil as the 'anti-christ' of EDM," he said. "To play alongside Zombie and Manson is going to be a f***ing sinister night all around, and an unbelievable theatrical experience. I can't wait."

 
Marilyn Manson's eighth full-length album Born Villain debuted in the Top 10 on the Billboard Top 200 Album Chart, also grabbing the #1 spots on both the Heavy Album Chart and the Independent Album Chart. "This is Manson at his best," says ARTISTdirect. "Elegantly, he slices throats and puts up a middle finger to everyone once more."

 

For the "Twins of Evil" tour, Zombie and his band of maniacs - John 5/guitar, Piggy D/bass and drummer Ginger Fish - will bring their elaborate, multi-media production, complete with hair-raising theatrics, animatronic robots, oversized LED screens, a non-stop collage of psychotronic monster film clips, a spectacular light show, a gigantic robot with flames shooting out of its body, pyrotechnics, insane guitar riffs and vicious beats.  On August 7, prior to the kick off of the "Twins of Evil" tour, Mondo Sex Head, an album featuring new and unique remixes of Rob Zombie classics by some of today's top DJs, including KoRn's Jonathan "J Devil" Davis, Photek, the Bloody Beetroots, Kraddy, Drumcorps, and Ki: Theory will be released (Universal Music Enterprises/UMe). Fans can download one of the new songs, "Thunder Kiss '65 (J-Devil Number of the Beast Remix)," from iTunes.

 
With more to be announced, dates for the "Twins of Evil" tour are as follows:

 
(U.S. Leg)

SEPTEMBER

28   Desert Uprising Festival, Ashley Pavilion, Phoenix, AZ

29   48 Hours Festival, Las Vegas, NV

 

OCTOBER

 1   USANA Amphitheatre, Salt Lake City, UT

 2   1st Bank Center, Denver, CO

 4   Topeka Expo Center, Topeka, KS

 8   Pershing Auditorium, Lincoln, NE

 9   Verizon Wireless Center, Mankato, MN

11   Allstate Arena, Chicago, IL

12   DTE Energy Music Theatre, Detroit, MI

13   US Cellular Coliseum, Bloomington, IL

15   Covelli Center, Youngstown, OH

16   The Armory, Rochester, NY

19   Susquehanna Bank Center, Camden, NJ

20   Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, CT

21   Verizon Wireless Arena, Manchester, NH

23   Agganis Arena, Boston, MA

25   Aaron's Amphitheatre at Lakewood, Atlanta, GA

30   Reliant Arena, Houston, TX

31   Dallas, TX 

 
(European Leg)

NOVEMBER

26   London, UK

27   Manchester, UK

28   Glasgow SECC, UK

29   Birmingham, UK

 
DECEMBER

 1   Luxembourg

 2   Bochum, Germany

 3   Amsterdam, The Netherlands

 5   Stockholm, Sweden

 6   Copenhagen, Denmark

 8   Vienna, Austria

 9   Munich, Germany

10   Basel, Switzerland

12   Bologna, Italy

MOTLEY CRUE OFFER 24 HOURS OF FREE "SEX" THIS MONDAY FOLLOWING SIRIUS XM'S SEXCLUSIVE WEEKEND DEBUTING THE BAND'S NEW SONG

 
Los Angeles, CA - International rock icons, Mötley Crüe will be offering up 24 hours of free "Sex" with their first new original song in almost 4 years on Monday, July 16th via their website www.motley.com. Sirius XM will be giving Motley fans a SEXclusive sneak peak of the track as they debut it all weekend long starting on Friday, July 13th. 

 
Nikki Sixx asks, "What better way to give back to our loyal fans who have been with us for over 3 decades than free 'Sex?'" Sixx adds, "We can't wait to play the new song every night on The Tour this summer."

 
Mötley Crüe will be launching The Tour, their co-headlining jaunt with KISS and arguably the biggest rock spectacle of the summer, on July 20th in Bristow, VA. The more than 40-city North American trek marks the first time Mötley Crüe and KISS are sharing the same stage since 1982. For more information and tickets, please visit www.motley.com/tour.

 
Mötley Crüe began 2012 at the top of their game with a sold-out residency in Las Vegas, and first ever for the hard rock genre, at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino. The band was featured in an award-winning and highly televised Superbowl commercial for Kia. The band is currently wrapping up a European tour.

 
About Motley Crue:

After over 80-million albums sold worldwide, Mötley Crüe returned to the top of the charts in 2008 with Saints of Los Angeles, their first studio album with the original line-up -- Nikki Sixx, Mick Mars, Tommy Lee and Vince Neil -- in a decade and the ninth studio album in their career.  Based on the band's New York Times bestseller The Dirt, the disc debuted at #1 on the Independent Album chart and was the top debut of the week on the Billboard Top 200 albums at #4.  "Saints of Los Angeles," which was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance was also noted as the #1 Rock Song of the Year in 2008 by iTunes critics. 

 
Half a million rock fans old and new celebrated Crüe Fest, the top touring rock festival in the summer of 2008, featuring Mötley Crüe, Buckcherry, Papa Roach, Sixx:A.M. and Trapt. Continuous touring around the world brought the band back to the U.S. for 2009's Crüe Fest 2, which featured ten bands on two stages as well as treated fans to a show comprised of two separate sets -- the complete track listing from the hit album Dr. Feelgood (for the first time ever) followed by the best of the rest. 

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AVERTING A FLIP ON A BRIDGE NEAR ZAGREB,

THE SHOW GOES ON FOR THE CULT IN EASTERN EUROPE


LOS ANGELES, CA - July 6, 2012 -- The members of The Cult, currently on tour in Europe, experienced a terrifying crash just before 6:00AM local time earlier this week while in their tour bus traveling from Split, Croatia to Ljubijana, Slovenia.   

 
"I was the only one awake," said the band's vocalist Ian Astbury, who was seated in the bus's front lounge.  "All of a sudden, the bus veered violently, hit the guard rail and tipped on a 45-degree angle, then righted itself and came to a halt.  The guard rail was the only thing that prevented us from going over an 80-foot drop."

 
Astbury was thrown into the aisle and suffered injuries to his neck, back and shoulder.  The rest of the band and crew were asleep in their bunks, so no one else was badly hurt.  

 
Limping down the highway, the driver was able to get the bus to a service station a few miles up the road.  Astbury's injuries were iced and he received pain medication.  After some temporary patching up of the bus, the band was able to make it to the venue for that night's show, and played a full concert.  But it wasn't until 5:00AM the next morning that their fully-repaired bus arrived to take them on the 20+ hour trip to the next gig.

 
"No one has had any sleep, so the guys are pretty beat, and we are still in shock, to be honest," admitted Astbury. "You never think something like this is going to happen to you, and it just did."  

 
The Cult - Astbury, guitarist Billy Duffy, bassist Chris Wyse and drummer John Tempesta - are on tour to support their new release, Choice of Weapon, hailed as the band's best work in 20 years.  The remainder of The Cult's European tour dates are below.  Following this European trek, The Cult will kick off Leg Two of their North American tour.

 
The Cult's Official Website:  http://www.thecult.us/

The Cult Press Assets Site:  http://bit.ly/ygKRGf 

 
JULY

 7     Zottegem, Belgium, Rock Zottegem Festival

 8     Weert, Netherlands - Bospop Festival (w/ Patti Smith)

10     Utrecht, Netherlands - Tivoli (headline)

13     Pizzola Sul Brenta, Italy - Contarini Festival (headline)

14     Rimini, Italy - Velvet Rock (headline)

15     Milano, Italy - Carroponte (headline)

17     Barcelona, Spain - Razzmatazz (headline)

18     Madrid, Spain - La Riviera (headline)

19     Porto, Portugal - Mares Vivas Festival (with Garbage)

 
AUGUST

18     Ventura Theatre, Ventura, CA

19     Concord, CA - Sleep Train Pavilion 

20     Portland, OR - Roseland

21     Seattle, WA - Neptune Theatre

22     Vancouver, BC - Commodore Ballroom

24     Edmonton, AB - Edmonton Events Centre

25     Medicine Hat, AB - Esplande Theatre

26     Calgary, AB - Cowboys Calgary

28     Regina, SK - Event Plex at Evraz Place

31     Toronto, ON - Phoenix Concert Theatre

 
SEPTEMBER

 1     Montreal, QC - Metropolis

 2     Quebec City, QC - Grand Theatre 

Monster Invasion - Biggest Band In America -- KISS -- Announce New Album Monster In Stores October 15, Internationally, October 16 In North AmericaWorldwide Premiere of Lyric Video July 3, 12 Noon EDT across VEVO

"We're a real, flesh-and-blood rock and roll band with people who've spent 40 years doing what we believe in." - Paul Stanley, 2012


LOS ANGELES, July 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Rock legends KISS return with Monster , the 20th studio album in their historic career, set for release on October 15 (October 16 in North America) through Universal Music Enterprises. The band's first single, the full-throttle, autobiographical rocker "Hell or Hallelujah," is available digitally today, July 3, and makes its worldwide premiere with the lyric video across VEVO, the world's leading all-premium music video and entertainment platform, which includes VEVO.com, mobile, connected devices and syndication partners like YouTube. 

Monster , the 12-track, straight-ahead rock 'n' roll album features collaborations among all four members—including co-founders Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons and longtime members guitarist Tommy Thayer and drummer Eric Singer—in an album that shows the band at the top of its game. And that's saying something, considering their illustrious, 40-plus year history—28 U.S. gold albums, the most gold records for any American rock band, 40 million sales in the U.S., and a total exceeding 100 million worldwide.

Monster represents KISS' nod to the music that first inspired them to pick up their guitars and flame-throwers and don makeup to entertain millions. The group goes back to their own beginnings. "There are no symphony orchestras, boy choirs, keyboards, outside producers or songwriters on this album," promises Gene Simmons. "The best thing we did was to turn inwards to ourselves. Tommy and Eric have revitalized this band, with a work ethic and the talent to back it up. This is a real band effort. KISS has become a behemoth. We're going where no bands have gone before."

On July 4, the day after "Hell or Hallelujah" hits digital retail in North America, KISS crosses the ocean for its very own Tea Party, performing an Independence Day show at The Forum in London, a holiday most certainly not celebrated in the U.K., though this show might just offer some reparation for that bitter defeat in 1776. The concert will serve as a benefit for the British "Help for Heroes" organization, which raises money for its wounded, sick and injured troops.  

NIKKI SIXX TO CHAT LIVE WITH FANS JULY 6, 2012

 
Nikki Sixx and Sixx Sense have teamed up with Best Buy to host Sixx on the Sixth, a live chat with fans on Friday, July 6, 2012 from 5-6pm PST. The chat will be hosted on Best Buy's Facebook page [http://bit.ly/SixxBBChat]. Taking time away from his duties as founder/bassist/songwriter of the world-renowned band Mötley Crüe and chart-topping band Sixx:A.M. (Sixx, Dj Ashba and James Michael), two-time New York Times best-selling author, clothing designer, philanthropist, photographer and father, fans will have the rare opportunity to interact directly with the international rock icon to discuss all things Sixx.

 
Monday through Friday from 7 p.m. to midnight local time on his syndicated radio show Sixx Sense, which is about to celebrate the addition of its 100th affiliate station, Sixx discusses music and lifestyle topics as he gives listeners a backstage look at the world and mind of a rock star.  Joined by co-host Kerri Kasem, Sixx provides his unique perspective and attitude as the duo welcomes celebrity guests, recording artists and fascinating characters from all walks of life.  All this and more are packaged with a rock playlist. Nationally syndicated by Premiere Networks, the program can also be heard internationally by approximately 2.7 million weekly listeners. Sixx Sense celebrated its two-year anniversary in February 2012 and experienced tremendous ratings growth, which lead to its command of radio's most competitive time slot in Dallas. In May, Sixx Sense took over morning drive on 97.1 The Eagle/KEGL-FM, airing a customized show for Dallas - Ft. Worth listeners weekday mornings from 6-10 a.m.

 
Sixx Sense is complemented by The Side Show Countdown with Nikki Sixx, which is available for air on weekends between 6 a.m. and midnight local time.  Each weekend, the radio host and tastemaker introduces his personal new music picks, plays an array of what's happening on the rock charts, and shares his own special brand of talk radio with celebrities and other guests. The Side Show Countdown airs on nearly 50 stations worldwide.  In addition, the Sixx Sense with Nikki Sixx channel is available on Clear Channel Radio's digital platform iHeartRadio and XM Channel 164.

 
www.motley.com

http://sixxammusic.com/

www.sixxsense.com

www.facebook.com/nikkisixxofficial

@NikkiSixx

ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL Announces 2012 METAL OF HONOR Programs – Honoring our U.S. Troops with TEXT TO DONATE and HIRING OUR HEROES!

 
The World’s Largest Touring Heavy Music Festival Gives Back to Our Servicemen and Women

 
The ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL is proud, once again, to announce the METAL OF HONOR program, an awareness and fundraising effort focused on the needs and challenges of our active military, veterans and their families. The ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL believes strongly in honoring our country’s servicemen and women with these efforts as a way to say thank you for the services they provide on a day-to-day basis, overseas and on U.S. soil. 

 
ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL producers John Reese and Kevin Lyman stated, “Giving back and showing gratitude to those that have sacrificed for all of us and those who continue to sacrifice is the message we want to spread.”

 
As a major part of the program this year, the ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL will be making lawn tickets available that will have a direct impact on a charity in your local market! Beginning Friday, June 22 at 10am and continuing for 72 hours, a donation will be made to your local charity for each individual lawn ticket sold through the TEXT TO DONATE program! Text MAYHEM to 41518 to make a $5 donation to METAL OF HONOR and be entered to win a METAL OF HONOR Meet & Greet with Slipknot (details coming soon)! 

 
Additionally, as part of the 2012 METAL OF HONOR program, the ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL is helping promote the goal of HIRING OUR HEROES. The METAL OF HONOR tent, located in the festival area, will have a local US Chamber of Commerce representative at each venue providing information on local companies actively seeking to hire veterans. 

 
All military veterans attending the festival are invited to go to the METAL OF HONOR tent, located in the festival area, to obtain their METAL OF HONOR wristband. The METAL OF HONOR wristband will identify them as veterans for the crew, bands and fellow patrons. The METAL OF HONOR tent will provide information on the various ways the tour, sponsors and bands are showing their appreciation to them that day. Each veteran will receive a raffle ticket to win a personalized commemorative plaque to be presented to one of these hometown heroes, on the main stage, to thank them for their service and sacrifice!

 
To get your tickets and make a difference, visit www.rockstarmayhemfest.com, www.livenation.com, the Box Office at your local 2012 ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL venue, or charge by phone and use the password HONOR.

ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL, the world’s largest touring heavy music festival is back for its fifth year, spiralling through the U.S. with a killer line up!

 
MAIN STAGE:

SLIPKNOT

SLAYER

MOTORHEAD

(daily opening rotation of AS I LAY DYING, THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA, ASKING ALEXANDRIA)

 
Jägermeister Stage:

ANTHRAX

AS I LAY DYING

THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA

ASKING ALEXANDRIA

WHITECHAPEL

(opening rotation of UPON A BURNING BODY (6/30 – 7/11), I THE BREATHER (7/25 – 8/04), BETRAYING THE MARTYRS (7/13 – 7/24))

 
Sumerian Stage:

UPON A BURNING BODY

I THE BREATHER

BETRAYING THE MARTYRS

DIRTFEDD

 
The 5th annual ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL will also feature ROCKSTAR METAL MULISHA JUMP TEAM, the World’s Greatest Freestyle Motocross team. ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL attendees can enjoy a plethora of festival activities, including perusing vendors, attending autograph signing sessions and a slew of other interactive activities that enhance the concert experience.  

 
In 2008, the ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL bulldozed onto the scene and quickly made itself known as the preeminent summer destination for the hard rock and metal community.  ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL boasts the most powerful artist line-ups in heavy music.  Artists who have performed on the ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL have included hard music legends SLAYER, SLIPKNOT, KORN, ROB ZOMBIE, DISTURBED, GODSMACK, MEGADETH, LAMB OF GOD, MARILYN MANSON, MACHINE HEAD, IN FLAMES, TESTAMENT, HATEBREED, CANNIBAL CORPSE, BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE, MASTODON, FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, KINGDOM OF SORROW, DETHKLOK and many more.  All have pummelled the stage, while delivering the intensity and heaviness that fans have grown to expect year after year.

 
For more information on the ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL, visit www.rockstarmayhemfest.com. 

THE TREATMENT Sets U.S. Album Release Date for ‘This Might Hurt’ – Video for Single ‘Nothing to Lose’ Premieres Today with Revolver Magazine

 
KISS & MOTLEY CRUE Tour to Follow

 
In anticipation of their first visit to North America as the opening act on the 43 date Kiss and Motley Crue tour, THE TREATMENT will release their debut album, This Might Hurt on July 17, 2012.  The album, released by Spinefarm Records outside of North America in the fall, received critical acclaim around the world:

 
“What [THE TREATMENT] also possess is a surprisingly mature approach to writing and performing songs. Which is why This Might Hurt sounds vibrant, even after several listens. They’ve been called the new Def Leppard. In truth, the album suggests THE TREATMENT are their own masters.” - Classic Rock Magazine, January 2012

 
“These young Brits delivered a brash, Jager-swilling, all night party of a debut that fizzed with endless energy and power.” – Kerrang!, December 2011

 
Since the release of the album outside of North America, the band has done extensive touring in the UK and Europe—supporting Alice Cooper, Motorhead, Steel Panther, and Thin Lizzy.  The band is appearing this month at UK’s Download festival, Belgium’s Grasspop Festival, Germany’s Reload Festival, and Switzerland’s Earshaker Days Festival.

The new video from This Might Hurt, ‘Nothing to Lose’, premieres today with Revolver Magazine at Revolvermag.com in the United States and can be viewed elsewhere at this location. 

 
The Kiss and Motley Crue tour runs July 20 to September 23, 2012.  See all current dates below:

 
Friday, July 20, 2012 Bristow, VA @ Jiffy Lube Live

Saturday, July 21, 2012 Virginia Beach, VA @ Farm Bureau Live

Sunday, July 22, 2012  Raleigh, NC @ Time Warner Cable Pavilion at Walnut Creek

Tuesday, July 24, 2012 @ Atlanta, GA @ Aaron's Amphitheatre at Lakewood

Wednesday, July 25, 2012 Charlotte, NC @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre

Friday, July 27, 2012 West Palm Beach, FL @ Cruzan Amphitheatre

Saturday, July 28, 2012 Tampa, FL @ 1-800-ASK-GARY Amphitheater

Tuesday, July 31, 2012 Pelham, AL @ Oak Mountain Amphitheatre

Wednesday, August 1, 2012 Louisville, KY @ KFC Yum! Center

Friday, August 3, 2012 The Woodlands, TX @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion

Saturday, August 4, 2012 Dallas, TX @ Gexa Energy Pavilion

Sunday, August 5, 2012 San Antonio, TX @ AT&T Center

Tuesday, August 7, 2012 Albuquerque, NM @ Hard Rock Pavilion

Wednesday, August 8, 2012 Englewood, CO @ Comfort Dental Amphitheatre

Friday, August 10, 2012 Phoenix, AZ @ Ashley Furniture Home Store Amphitheatre

Saturday, August 11, 2012 Las Vegas, NV @ Mandalay Bay Events Center

Sunday, August 12, 2012 Chula Vista, CA @ Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre

Tuesday, August 14, 2012 Irvine, CA @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheater

Wednesday, August 15, 2012 Mountain View, CA @ Shoreline Amphitheater

Thursday, August 16, 2012 Concord, CA @ Sleep Train Pavilion

Saturday, August 18, 2012 Auburn, WA @ White River Amphitheatre

Sunday, August 19, 2012 Ridgefield, WA @ Sleep Country Amphitheater

Friday, August 24, 2012 Grand Junction, CO @ Rock Jam

Sunday, August 26, 2012 Tulsa, OK @ BOK Center

Monday, August 27, 2012 Maryland Heights, MO @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheater

Wednesday, August 29, 2012 St Paul, MN @ Minnesota State Fair

Friday, August 31, 2012 Cincinnati, OH @ Riverbend Music Center

Saturday, September 1, 2012 Noblesville, IN @ Klipsch Music Center

Sunday, September 2, 2012 Burgettstown, PA @ First Niagara Pavilion

Tuesday, September 4, 2012 Nashville, TN @ Bridgestone Arena

Wednesday, September 5, 2012 Clarkston, MI @ DTE Energy Music Theatre

Friday, September 7, 2012 Tinley Park, IL @ First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre

Saturday, September 8, 2012 Elkhorn (East Troy), WI @ Alpine Valley Music Theatre

Tuesday, September 11, 2012 Allegan,MI @ Allegan County Fair

Wednesday, September 12, 2012 Cuyahoga Falls, OH @ Blossom Music Center

Thursday, September 13, 2012 Toronto, ON @ Molson Canadian Amphitheatre

Saturday, September 15, 2012 Darien Center, NY @ Darien Lake Performing Arts Center

Sunday, September 16, 2012 Mansfield,MA @ Comcast Center

Tuesday, September 18, 2012 Scranton, PA @ Toyota Pavilion at Montage Mountain

Wednesday, September 19, 2012 Camden, NJ @ Susquehanna Bank Center

Friday, September 21, 2012 Holmdel, NJ @ PNC Bank Arts Center

Saturday, September 22, 2012 Wantagh, NY @ Nikon at Jones Beach Theater

Sunday, September 23, 2012 Hartford, CT @ Comcast Theatre

 
For more information on THE TREATMENT, please visit these websites:

 
www.facebook.com/TheTreatmentOfficial

www.youtube.com/user/TheTreatmentVEVO

www.twitter.com/TheTreatmentUK

www.myspace.com/needsometreatment

www.reverbnation.com/thetreatmentofficial  

HANK3 Announces Third Leg of Full U.S. Tour, Beginning August 10th in Fort Worth, TX!

 
Hank3, the most infamous hellbilly rock n’ roll outlaw of all time, is announcing the third leg of his already-popular 2012 U.S. tour. The first two legs of Hank3’s U.S. tour have succeeded in assembling massive amounts of country, hellbilly and metal fans alike at each stop—and he’s not stopping there! The next leg of the tour kicks off on August 10th in Fort Worth, TX at the Rail Club, and will blaze through several western states up until September 4th when it comes to a stop in Boulder, CO at the Boulder Theater. See below for all current tour dates and stay tuned for updates.

Late last year, music legend Hank3 released four new records to fans simultaneously—an action unprecedented in his career. These titles include Ghost to a Ghost/Guttertown, Attention Deficit Domination and 3 Bar Ranch Cattle Callin. The records were released through his own record label, Hank3 Records, in distribution partnership with Megaforce Records (MRI). Hank3’s U.S. tour is his chance to commemorate these new albums and share a personal, candid set with his dedicated fans. The only way fans can be sure to witness this rare opportunity is to get tickets now through their local venue!

HANK3 TOUR DATES:

8/10 – Ft. Worth, TX @ Rail Club

8/11 – Austin, TX @ Emos

8/14 – Albuquerque, NM @ Sunshine Theater

8/15 – Tempe, AZ @ Marquee Theater

8/17 – Santa Cruz, CA @ The Catalyst

8/18 – Las Vegas, NV @ House of Blues

8/19 – San Diego, CA @ House of Blues

8/22 – Los Angeles, CA @ House of Blues

8/24 – San Francisco, CA @ Regency Ballroom

8/25 – Reno, NV @ Knitting Factory

8/29 – Missoula, MT @ Wilma Theater

8/30 – Spokane, WA @ Knitting Factory

9/3 – Salt Lake City. UT @ Club Vegas

9/4 – Boulder, CO @ Boulder Theater

 
For more information on Hank3 and his upcoming tour, please visit http://www.hank3.com/.

DUBLIN DEATH PATROL – Featuring CHUCK BILLY, WILLY LANGE, STEVE ‘ZETRO’ SOUZA and More – To Release Long-Awaited Albums ‘Death Sentence’ and ‘DDP4Life’ with Mascot Records

 
DUBLIN DEATH PATROL is set to release two long-awaited albums on the Mascot Records label, 2005’s previously unreleased old-school trash metal records DDP4Life and 2011’s follow up Death Sentence, on August 14, 2012. The collaboration of longtime friends and members of  the DUBLIN DEATH PATROL started in 1980, and eventually led to Testament vocalist Chuck Billy teaming up with fellow Dublin California ragers Willy Lange (Rampage, Laaz Rockit), Steve ZETRO Souza (original Testament vocalist/Exodus vocalist) and three of the Billy Brothers as well as some other local Dublin boys.

 
After six months of writing, arranging and restructuring new and old songs from several years of performing together, the guys went into the studio in 2005 to record the first DUBLIN DEATH PATROL album, DDP4Life, through strains and pains with Vinnie Wojno. 

 
Steve Zetro Souza boldly claims, “This is what we have to give to the metal world, a kick ass straight up aggressive in your fucking face album of music by guys from Dublin, California. Represented by members of Testament, Legacy, Exodus, Vio-Lence, Laaz Rockit, Tesla, Heist and a group of headbanging Dubliners that deserved status.”

 
In 2011, DUBLIN DEATH PATROL went back into the studio with the same team to record their crushing second album, Death Sentence.  In that same year, DDP played the famous Belgian metal festival ‘Graspop Metal Meeting’. Needless to say, the crowd went completely nuts. 

DUBLIN DEATH PATROL is ready to crush audiences all over the world with the release of these highly-anticipated records and show what a tiny little town with an attitude profound has to offer. 

 
DUBLIN DEATH PATROL is:

Chuck Billy - Lead Vocals

Steve Souza - Lead Vocals

Willy Lange - Bass

Andy Billy - Rhythm/lead guitar

Steve Robello - Lead/ Rhythm Guitar

Greg Bustamante - Rhythm Guitar

Danny Cunningham -Drums

Troy Luccketta - Drums

John Hartsinck - Lead Guitar

John Souza - Bass

Eddie Billy – Bass

 
For more information on DUBLIN DEATH PATROL, please visit these websites:

 
www.dublindeathpatrol.com

www.facebook.com/dublindeathpatrol

www.twitter.com/ddpband

www.myspace.com/dublindeathpatrol

ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL Announces More Contests and Giveaways

 
Win a Bludgeoned Autographed Keg from SLIPKNOT's Clown!

 
Win an Exclusive Guitar or Bass from SLAYER!

 
Get Nine FREE Songs from iTunes Featuring this Year’s Bands!

 
The 2012 ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL is offering more chances for fans to win special contests and take part in free giveaways this year!

 
2012 festival performer Clown of headlining band SLIPKNOT is known worldwide for intimidating crowds by using his baseball bat to bludgeon kegs on stage as part of the band’s performances. Now, fans can take home part of the band’s signature stage spectacle in conjunction with a new ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL contest; fans will enter to win a SLIPKNOT fan’s prize of a lifetime—an exclusive autographed, Clown-beaten keg to call their own! Contest details will vary in each market, so interested fans should check their local listings and radio station announcements for more contest details.

 
Another amazing contest has just been announced, giving fans the chance to win a guitar or bass straight from the hands of SLAYER! Very simple—again, fans should simply check their local listings and radio station announcements in conjunction with ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL for more contest details.

 
Additionally, the ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL is offering a great giveaway deal right now, presenting fans with FREE music! Fans can get NINE free songs from iTunes featuring bands playing the festival this summer, including SLIPKNOT, ANTHRAX, MOTORHEAD, AS I LAY DYING, ASKING ALEXANDRIA, WHITECHAPEL, HIGH ON FIRE, UPON A BURNING BODY, and I, THE BREATHER! To learn more about the giveaway, head to this location: http://rockstarmayhemfest.com/itunes-download

 
For more information on the ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL, visit www.rockstarmayhemfest.com.

DAVID BOWIE’S ‘THE RISE AND FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST AND

THE SPIDERS FROM MARS’ (40TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION) RELEASED TODAY

VH1 Classic & Palladia to Air D.A. Pennebaker’s Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars: The Motion Picture’;

GRAMMY Museum Hosts Screening Event Tonight in Los Angeles


Special Promotions include a Crowd-Sourced Music Video Competition with Genero TV


Hollywood, California – June 5, 2012 – The remastered 40th Anniversary Edition of David Bowie’s groundbreaking and hugely influential 1972 album, The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders From Mars, was released today by EMI Music.


Remastered by original Trident Studios engineer Ray Staff at London’s Air Studios, the album’s commemorative edition is available on CD and digitally, and in a special, limited edition vinyl LP/ DVD package, featuring the new 2012 remaster with a 5.1 mix and high resolution audio.  The limited edition’s DVD also features previously unreleased 5.1 and stereo bonus 2003 Ken Scott mixes of “Moonage Daydream” (instrumental), “The Supermen,” “Velvet Goldmine,” and “Sweet Head.”


In celebration of the landmark album’s 40th anniversary, VH1 Classic and Palladia,  MTV Networks' high-definition music channel, will present D.A. Pennebaker’s ‘Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars: The Motion Picture.’  The 1973 film documents the final show David Bowie performed in his Ziggy Stardust persona at the Hammersmith Odeon in London on July 3, 1973.  Palladia will air the film on Saturday, June 9 at 12PM ET/PT, and VH1 Classic will air it on Tuesday, June 5 at 1AM ET/PT and Wednesday, June 6 at 3PM ET/PT.  For additional airdates and times check palladia.tv and VH1Classic.com.  Tonight, the GRAMMY Museum in Los Angeles will host a public screening of the classic film, followed by a Q&A with the album’s co-producer, Ken Scott.


Other special promotions around the release include the launch of an interactive web application at www.IAmZiggyStardust.com, allowing fans to include their faces in the iconic album cover, while Genero TV has partnered with EMI to offer fans the opportunity to create the music video for one of the album’s songs, “Ziggy Stardust.”  Create your full-length music video showcasing your visual interpretation of this iconic song and upload it to Genero.tv before June 8, 2012, 23:59 GMT.  Visit www.genero.tv/DavidBowie for details.

Originally released through RCA Victor on June 6, 1972, Ziggy Stardust was David Bowie’s fifth album, co-produced by Bowie and Ken Scott.  Incredibly, the album was conceived and written while Bowie was recording 1971’s Hunky Dory album, with recording beginning months before that album’s release.  Recording took place at Trident Studios, London between November 8, 1971 and February 4, 1972, with the line-up of Mick Ronson (guitar, piano, backing vocals), Trevor Bolder (bass), Mick Woodmansey (drums) and Rick Wakeman, harpsichord on “It Ain’t Easy” with backing vocals by Dana Gillespie on same.  In addition to performing vocals, Bowie played guitar and saxophone on the album, with arrangements by Bowie and Ronson.


The album eventually peaked at #5 on the UK Album Chart on July 22, 1972, having entered the chart at #15 on July 1.  Key to the album’s rise in the UK were the two TV performances of “Starman” on Granada TV’s “Lift Off With Ayshea” and nationally on the BBC’s “Top Of The Pops.”  The album’s influence is immeasurable – it converted legions of fans, becoming the zeitgeist and a major influence on the next generation, particular those who were involved in the punk movement – musicians, artists, designers – and the subsequent re-birth of rock and pop.


Bowie famously killed Ziggy at his peak at London’s Hammersmith Odeon, on July 3, 1973, though Ziggy Stardust’s influence was to redefine popular culture forever: pop music was never the same again.

SIXX:A.M. JOINS RYAN SEACREST, VINCE GILL AND SUGARLAND TO SUPPORT CITY OF HOPE 

DONATIONS TO CITY OF HOPE UNLOCK THE BAND'S NEW MUSIC VIDEO FOR

"ARE YOU WITH ME NOW" 

May 14, 2012 - Rock hit-makers Sixx:A.M. (vocalist and famed rock producer James Michael , Motley Crue bassist and radio personality Nikki Sixx and Guns n' Roses guitarist Dj Ashba ) announced today their support of City of Hope through an initiative designed to help raise money for research, treatment and education for the fight against cancer, diabetes and HIV/AIDS. Joining other celebrities such as Ryan Seacrest, Vince Gill and Sugarland in their support of City of Hope, Sixx:A.M. have offered their new music video for "Are You With Me Now" exclusively to the charity. Beginning today, fans who make a donation to City of Hope via www.cityofhope.org/radio will receive a code to unlock the never-been-seen-before video. 

 
Check out a short preview of Sixx:A.M.'s new "Are You With Me Now" video here: 

http://bit.ly/LKeUCk . 

"Are You With Me Now" is the third single from the band's latest album, This Is Gonna Hurt . The album gave the band their first Top 10 debut on The Billboard 200 chart and has already produced the #1 hit "Lies of the Beautiful People." The 11-track CD that Billboard proclaimed "redefines the meaning of beauty" and AOL added is "boasting 11 radio-baiting tracks" is also the soundtrack to Nikki Sixx's New York Times bestselling book "This Is Gonna Hurt," which debuted at #4. 

Sixx:A.M. is the rock band formed in 2007 by Nikki Sixx (bass), Dj Ashba (guitar) and James Michael (vocals). Their debut album, The Heroin Diaries Soundtrack , sold over 300,000 copies, and the single, "Life Is Beautiful," became radio's most played rock song of 2008. 

www.sixxammusic.com

www.facebook.com/sixxammusic

Metalocalypse’s DETHKLOK and LAMB OF GOD Announce North American Tour 

Special Guest GOJIRA Joins for 34-Show North American Tour Beginning August 1

 
This summer, two of the biggest names in metal, LAMB OF GOD and DETHKLOK, will join forces for a 34-show North American tour kicking off on August 1 in Seattle, Wash. The three-time Grammy® Award-nominated band from Richmond, VA and the world’s most brutal animated death band from Adult Swim’s Metalocalypse animated series will shred their way through cities throughout in the U.S. and Canada ending September 15 in San Francisco, CA. 

 
The upcoming DETHKLOK and LAMB OF GOD with GOJIRA summer tour marks the return of LAMB OF GOD to North American stages where they will support their latest album Resolution, which debuted at #3 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart when it was released earlier this year. As in tours past, Brendon Small, the co-creator and composer behind DETHKLOK, will bring the animated band to life on stage each night alongside an all-star band including the legendary Gene Hoglan, Bryan Beller and Mike Keneally. Building on the success of Dethklok: The Dethalbum and Dethklok: The Dethalbum II from Williams Street Records, Small is currently in the studio working on the band’s third album release scheduled for later this year. Additionally, new episodes from the fourth season of Metalocalypse currently air on Adult Swim Sundays at 12:15 a.m. (ET/PT).

 
Joining the co-headliners at each stop along the tour will be special guest GOJIRA, the French metal band that will perform songs from its upcoming album release, L'Enfant Sauvage, which will be released in the U.S. on June 26 with Roadrunner Records. Pitchfork describes the new album as "breathless and awesome."

 
Tickets to the DETHKLOK and LAMB OF GOD with GOJIRA tour will go on sale beginning Friday, May 18 and will include the following stops:

 
Date Venue City/State
8/1/12 WaMu Theater Seattle, WA
8/2/12 Queen Elizabeth Theater Vancouver, BC
8/4/12 Big 4 Calgary, AB
8/5/12 Shaw Conference Centre Edmonton, AB
8/7/12 Convention Centre Winnipeg, MB
8/9/12 Eagles Ballroom Milwaukee, WI
8/10/12 LC Pavilion Columbus, OH
8/11/12 Heavy TO Toronto, ON
8/12/12 Heavy MTL Montreal, QC
8/14/12 Delta Plex Grand Rapids, MI
8/15/12 Family Arena St. Louis, MO
8/19/12 Midland Theater Kansas City, MO
8/21/12 Congress Ballroom Chicago, IL
8/22/12 Compuware Arena Detroit, MI
8/23/12 Stage AE Pittsburgh, PA
8/24/12 Time Warner Cable Uptown Amphitheater Charlotte, NC
8/25/12 Constant Convocation Center Norfolk, VA
8/26/12 Pier 6 Pavilion Baltimore, MD
8/29/12 Roseland Ballroom New York, NY
8/30/12 Tsongas Arena Lowell, MA
8/31/12 Toyota Presents Oakdale Theater Wallingford, CT
9/1/12 Outside at the Electric Factory Philadelphia, PA
9/2/12 Asbury Park Convention Hall Asbury Park, NJ
9/4/12 Hard Rock Live Orlando, FL
9/5/12 Tabernacle Atlanta, GA
9/7/12 Bayou Music Center Houston, TX
9/8/12 Sunken Garden San Antonio, TX
9/9/12 Verizon Wireless Theater Dallas, TX
9/11/12 The Fillmore Denver, CO
9/13/12 Comerica Theater Phoenix, AZ
9/14/12 Gibson Amphitheater Los Angeles, CA
9/15/12 Bill Graham Civic San Francisco, CA
*Schedule is subject to change.

For more information about the tour including ticket info and how to order, please visit www.adultswimpresents.com or www.lamb-of-god.com. 

The 5th Annual ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL Announces VIP Charity Ticket Auctions – Putting Fans Onstage with SLIPKNOT, SLAYER, MOTORHEAD or ANTHRAX

Proceeds to Benefit ‘Metal of Honor’

 
The 5th Annual ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL, the country’s largest touring heavy music festival experience, is proud to announce the 2012 VIP Charity Ticket Auction that will put fans onstage with their favorite bands.  Proceeds will benefit Metal of Honor and Living The Dream Foundation. 

 
Beginning Thursday, May 17, 2012 and running for ten-days, fans can bid on eBay for a once-in-a-lifetime chance to receive two (2) VIP passes to the ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL.  In addition, the top bidder and their guest will watch their favorite band perform from the best seats in the house: ONSTAGE!  They will also receive: Level 1 premium reserved seats OR General Admission ‘Pit’ tickets, a backstage guided tour to see the "inner workings" of a large scale concert festival (who knows who you’ll meet?), all-day access to the Rockstar Energy Drink VIP Lounge, a one-of-a-kind ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL custom artwork drum head autographed by all members of one (1) of their favorite bands on the tour, and front-of-the-line access to all band signings. 

 
The ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL eBay ticket auctions will begin on Thursday, May 17, 2012, at 8:30 p.m. PST, CST and EST, when 26 pairs of tickets with accompanying VIP credentials for all 26 festival dates will be posted to eBay as TEN-Day Auctions.  Fans interested in bidding on these very special ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL VIP tickets and credentials can access the eBay ticket auctions from the Metal of Honor Charity Auction Button at www.rockstarmayhemfest.com or by searching for “MAYHEM Charity” on www.eBay.com.

 
The 5th annual ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL will make a 27 date trek across the U.S. beginning on June 30th at the San Manuel Amphitheater in San Bernardino, California. The tour line-up features SLIPKNOT, SLAYER, and MOTÖRHEAD on the main stage as well as a ferocious rotation of today’s best artists, including THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA, AS I LAY DYING and ASKING ALEXANDRIA.  This year the JAGERMEISTER STAGE will feature a special headline set by ANTHRAX, supported by a rotation of THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA, AS I LAY DYING and ASKING ALEXANDRIA, along with WHITECHAPEL, HIGH ON FIRE and the JAGERMEISTER opener. Please note that bands may vary per market.

 
Also recently announced: Presented by Headbang For The Highway, the SUMERIAN RECORDS STAGE is joining the festival and features UPON A BURNING BODY, I THE BREATHER, and DIRTFEDD, as well as the Headbang For The Highway “Battle of the Bands” winners. The tour will also feature ROCKSTAR METAL MULISHA JUMP TEAM, on select dates. To learn more about the ROCKSTAR METAL MULISHA JUMP TEAM head to this link: http://www.metalmulisha.com/. 

 
See below for all current tour dates and log on to www.rockstarmayhemfest.com and www.livenation.com for up-to-date ticketing information.

 
ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL TOUR DATES:

6/30 San Bernardino, CA @ San Manuel Amphitheater

7/1 Shoreline Amphitheater @ San Francisco, CA

7/3 Seattle, WA @ White River Amphitheater

7/4 Boise, ID @ Idaho Center Amphitheater

7/6 Phoenix, AZ @ Ashley Furniture Home Store Pavilion

7/7 Albuquerque, NM @ Hard Rock Casino Albuquerque Presents The Pavilion

7/8 Denver, CO @ Comfort Dental Amphitheatre

7/10 Dallas, TX @ Gexa Energy Pavilion

7/11 Houston, TX @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion

7/13 Tampa, FL @ 1-800-Ask-Gary Amphitheatre

7/14 Atlanta, GA @ Aaron's Amphitheatre at Lakewood

7/15 Indianapolis, IN @ Klipsch Music Center

7/17 Bonner Springs, KS @ Capitol Federal Park at Sandstone

7/18 Oklahoma City, OK @ Zoo Amphitheatre

7/20 St. Louis, MO @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheater

7/21 Chicago, IL @ First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre

7/22 Detroit, MI @ DTE Energy Music Theatre

7/24 Cincinnati, OH @ Riverbend Music Center

7/25 Cleveland, OH @ Blossom Music Center

7/27 Philadelphia, PA @ Susquehanna Bank Center

7/28 Pittsburgh, PA @ First Niagara Pavilion

7/29 Washington, DC @ Jiffy Lube Live

7/31 Saratoga Springs, NY @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center

8/1 Buffalo, NY @ Darien Lake PAC

8/3 Boston, MA @ Comcast Center

8/4 Scranton, PA @ Toyota Pavilion

8/5 Hartford, CT @ The Comcast Theatre

For more information on the ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL, visit www.rockstarmayhemfest.com.

ANTHRAX CHOOSES MAYHEM'S JAGERMEISTER STAGE

FOR SPECIAL "BARE BONES, GORILLA" PERFORMANCE

 
LOS ANGELES, CA - (Tuesday, May 8, 2012) - When Anthrax was given the choice of playing this summer's Mayhem Main Stage or the festival's Jagermeister Stage, the band opted to headline the latter, and to do something special for the crowd. 


Explained Anthrax's Charlie Benante, "We decided to pattern the Mayhem set on the kind of shows The Ramones used to do:  a high-energy, non-stop barrage of hit, hit, hit, hit, hit.  No lulls, no filler, totally in your face.  We're going to be playing a supersonic-paced set loaded with the best of our best."

 
"We really like the idea of not 'playing to seats,'" added Scott Ian, "and we want our crowd to have the freedom to move around, to go crazy with us.  Plus, we've been on the road together now for about two years, so we're tighter as a band than we've ever been.  Our Mayhem set will be a fun, fast and furious 45-minutes, so they'd better have the EMTs on hand."

 
Since vocalist Joey Belladonna rejoined the Anthrax line up a little more than a year ago, Anthrax - Belladonna/vocals, Charlie Benante/drums, Scott Ian/guitar, Rob Caggiano/guitar, and Frank Bello/bass - has made one of the most impressive comebacks in rock'n'roll.  As one of The Big Four, the original architects of speed and thrash-metal, Anthrax joined Metallica, Slayer and Megadeth during the summer of 2010 on a series of Big Four shows in ten European cities, followed by a Big Four show outside of Los Angeles at the Coachella site (April 2011), and the big "homecoming" event for the New York-born-and-bred band members at Yankee Stadium last September.

 
The band released Worship Music on September 13, 2011, its first new album in eight years and the first with Belladonna on vocals in twenty years.  Worship Music debuted at #12 Billboard's Top 200 Albums chart, received stellar reviews that included being named one of the best albums of the year in media outlets such as Revolver, Guitar World, SPIN, Metal Assault, Metal Sucks, the UK's Classic Rock and Metal Hammer, Canada's Lithium, Lou Brutus' HardDrive, Eddie Trunk/VH1's "That Metal Show," and SiriusXM's Jose Mangin.  

 
Dates for this summer's Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival are below; Main Stage artists include Slipknot, Slayer, Motorhead, and a rotation of The Devil Wears Prada, As I Lay Dying and Asking Alexandra.

 
JUNE

30   San Manuel Amphitheatre, San Bernardino, CA

 
JULY

 1   Shoreline Amphitheater, San Francisco, CA

 3   White River Amphitheater, Seattle, WA

 4   Idaho Center Amphitheater, Boise, ID

 6   Ashley Furniture Home Store Pavilion, Phoenix, AZ

 7   Hard Rock Casino Amphitheater, Albuquerque, NM

 8   Comfort Dental Amphitheater, Denver, CO

10  Gexa Energy Pavilion, Dallas, TX

11  Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, Houston, TX

13  1-800-Ask-Gary Amphitheater, Tampa, FL

14  Aaron's Amphitheater @ Lakewood, Atlanta, GA

15  Klipsch Music Center, Indianapolis, IN

18  Zoo Amphitheatre, Oklahoma City, OK

20  Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, St. Louis, MO

21  Firs Midwest Bank Amphitheater, Chicago, IL

22  DTE Energy Music Theatre, Detroit, MI

24  Riverbend Music Center, Cincinnati, OH

25  Blossom Music Center, Cleveland, OH

27  Susquehanna Bank Center, Philadelphia, PA

28  First Niagra Pavilion, Pittsburgh, PA

29  Jiffy Lube Live, Washington, DC

31  Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, NY

 
AUGUST

 1   Darien Lake PAC, Buffalo, NY

 3   Comcast Center, Boston, MA

 4   Toyota Pavilion, Scranton, PA

 5   Comcast Theatre, Hartford, CT

THE CULT KICKS OFF WORLD TOUR

WITH APPEARANCE ON "JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE!"


Press Release For Immediate Release

LOS ANGELES, CA - Monday, May 7, 2012 --  The Cult will be the musical guest on ABC-TV's "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" on Friday, May 18, marking the band's second appearance on the late-night network television show.  "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" airs at 12:00AM ET and PT/11:00PM CT.  Fans are invited to attend the taping - go to www.1iota.com for information on obtaining tickets, or log onto www.thecult.us/ for more information. 

For the telecast, The Cult will perform a track from their new album, Choice of Weapon, due out May 22, as well as one of the band's classics.  In addition, the band will play three more songs that will be made available exclusively on the "Kimmel" website.

Choice of Weapon has already begun to get stellar press reviews, with the consensus being that it's the band's best album since their Platinum-selling Sonic Temple.  Both the UK's Mojo and Record Collector gave it a 4-Star review with Record Collector proclaiming it to be "their best album in years - probably decades;" Q magazine called it "brilliant," and response from U.S. outlets has been as enthusiastic:  "...the group's most incisive, infectious, and irresistible album ever..." "...Choice of Weapon captures the best essence of the band's sound from Electric and Sonic Temple while pushing it forward..." "...pretty sensational..." 

The Cult's appearance on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" precedes the band's busy summer touring schedule that kicks off May 25 in San Diego, CA with the first leg of its 2012 North American Tour.  The 20-date trek will take the band to major and secondary markets across the continent, and includes shows in New York and Los Angeles.  A three-week European trek, where the band will headline their own concerts as well as share stages with Ozzy and Guns N' Roses, begins in Belgrade on June 28.

Confirmed dates are as follows:

 MAY

25   San Diego, CA - Humphreys By the Bay

26   Las Vegas, NV - M Resort

27   San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore

30   Denver, CO - Ogden Theatre

 JUNE

 1   Chicago, IL - Congress Theatre

 2   Windsor, ON - Great Canadian Beaverfest, Riverfront Festival Plaza 

 3   Pittsburgh, PA - Stage AE - Indoor Stage

 5   Boston, MA - House of Blues

 8   New York, NY - Terminal 5

 9   Hampton Beach, NH - Ballroom

10   Philadelphia, PA - Electric Factory

12   Washington, D.C.  - The Fillmore

13   The Norva, Norfolk, VA

15   Myrtle Beach, SC - House of Blues

16   Orlando, FL - House of Blues

17   Atlanta, GA - The Tabernacle

19   Houston, TX - House of Blues

20   Dallas, TX - House of Blues

22   Tempe, AZ - Marquee Theatre

23   Hollywood Palladium, Hollywood, CA 

(European Tour Dates):

 JUNE  

28   Belgrade, Serbiz - USCE Park (with Ozzy & Friends)

29   Graz, Austria - Schwarzl Freizeit Zetrum (with GN'R)

 JULY

 1   Bucharest, Romania - Rock the City Festival (with GN'R, Faith No More)

 3   Split, Croatia - Spaladium Arena (headline)

 4   Ljubljana, Slovenia - Kino Siska (headline)

 7   Zottegem, Belgium, Rock Zottegem Festival

 8   Weert, Netherlands - Bospop Festival

10   Utrecht, Netherlands - Tivoli (headline)

13   Pizzola Sul Brenta, Italy - Contarini Festival (headline)

14   Rimini, Italy - Velvet Rock (headline)

15   Milano, Italy - Carroponte (headline)

17   Barcelona, Spain - Razzmatazz (headline)

18   Madrid, Spain - La Riviera (headline)

19   Porto, Portugal - Mares Vivas Festival (with Garbage)

the metal community rejoice!!!!

the return of Leather Leone and Sandy Sledge on 

“Imagine Me Alive”

In absence for more than two decades, we embrace new material from   Leather Leone (Chastain, Rude Girl, Malibu Barbi) and drummer Sandy Sledge (Rude Girl, Malibu Barbi, Warbride, WeaponsVan) in their new project Sledge Leather .   

The Sledge Leather debut album “Imagine Me Alive” was inspired in 2010 when   Leather Leone called Sandy Sledge to collaborate on the Ronnie James Dio track “Egypt”for a demo tribute recording.   Due to the overwhelming response for more material, Sledge Leather was born and were confirmed for Germany’s Keep it True Festival, April 30, 2011. 

Sledge Leather entered the studio in 2011 to record their comeback album “Imagine Me Alive”, engulfing the listener in an onslaught of heavy metal with 11 cohesive tracks that resurrects a classic HEAVY metal sound with Dio's former band members Scott Warren (keyboards), and Jimmy Bain (bass).

“We wanted to finish what we started with Rude Girl in the ‘80s – straight up heavy a** metal,” Sandy Sledge explains, “This album truly shows the different ways that Leather’s voice can create music.”

Leather Leone comments: "It's great for me to finally have a huge say in what's written and how it's written. With Sledge , I feel like it's writing with a soulmate — same beliefs, same ideas — because we are writing what comes to us naturally and what comes to us naturally is HEAVY music. This is metal. It's just 'metal.' Heavy, metal." 

Respected industry friends Mike Varney and Monte Connor comment on Sledge Leather . 

" Sledge and Leather are the most powerful team of female rockers on the metal scene today,” says Mike Varney , founder of Shrapnel Records.

” Leather sounds as great as she ever did and kicks even more ass than she did in the ‘80s!,” says Monte Connor of Roadrunner Records.

Sledge Leather's album line-up includes: Leather Leone (vocals), Sandy Sledge (drums), Matthias Weisheit (guitars), Scott Warren (keyboards/orchestration), and Jimmy Bain (bass).

“Imagine Me Alive” is currently available from the band and soon through all on-line outlets.  

For more information, please visit:
http://sledgeleather.com
https://www.facebook.com/SledgeLeatherProject
http://youtube.com/sledgeleather
http://twitter.com/SledgeLeather

PRETTY BOY FLOYD HEADLINE RAINBOW 40 TH ANNIVERSARY PARTY

Dokken, Phil Soussan and others will play this Sunday outside of storied venue 

 
Los Angeles - Hollywood rock stalwart Pretty Boy Floyd will be headlining the 40th anniversary party of rock music’s most celebrated venue, the Rainbow Bar and Grill, on April 15th .

“To simply say that it’s an honor to have been selected to headline this gig would be an understatement,” say Pretty Boy Floyd guitarist Kristy Majors . “When I first came out here from New York City in the late 80s, the Rainbow was already the stuff of legends, the place where Led Zeppelin, the Beatles and the Who used to hang out. Everybody who’s anybody has been to the Rainbow. I can’t tell you what an honor it is to have been chosen to headline this event." 

The Rainbow’s clientele is a veritable “Who’s Who” of rock music, including Elvis Presley, the Beatles, Led Zeppelin, the Who, Janis Joplin, Lemmy, Motley Crue, Guns N’ Roses, Poison, the Red Hot Chili Peppers and many, many more. 

Other bands scheduled to perform: Hurricane, Cold Blue Rebels (featuring former members of the Zeroes and Jetboy ), London and more. 

The event is free to attend, and will take place in the Rainbow and their parking lot this Sunday from 5:00 pm til 2:00 am. 

Pretty Boy Floyd was formed in Los Angeles in the late 80s. They have toured globally and released several albums, selling over a million copies internationally. The group is currently in the studio completing work on their new self-titled album, scheduled for a late Spring release.

X JAPAN NOMINATED FOR A GOLDEN GODS AWARD

LOS ANGELES, CA - April 5, 2012 - X Japan has been nominated for Best International Band at the fourth annual Golden Gods Awards.  The band has been nominated alongside Rammstein (Germany), Lacuna Coil (Italy), Sepultura (Brazil), Behemoth (Poland), and Meshuggah (Sweden). X Japan is the first band from Asia to ever be nominated for a Golden Gods Award, and the band's Yoshiki will be in attendance when the winners are announced. The Revolver Golden Gods Award show will take place on Wednesday, April 11th at Club Nokia in downtown Los Angeles.  


As America's only hard rock and heavy metal awards show, this year's event will include special performances by Marilyn Manson, Evanescence, Korn, Slash, and more.

 
The event will also coincide with the launch of a special Metal Exhibition at the Grammy Museum, located next to Club Nokia. The Golden Gods Award Black Carpet and Show presented by Epiphone® will be broadcasted live on X Box Live at 6pm PT. The show begins at 8pm PT.  The 2012 Golden Gods Awards will also air on VH1 later in the year. 

 
X JAPAN

X Japan is one of the most successful rock bands in Japanese history, having sold more than 30-million albums, singles and videos, and filled the 55,000-seat Tokyo Dome a record 18 times.  The popularity of the band in Japan has made them a cultural phenomenon in music, fashion and business.  X Japan made its North American debut at the 2010 Lollapalooza festival, and sold out their New York City debut at the famed Roseland Ballroom as part of their first American tour in 2010. In 2011, they kicked off the European portion of their tour by selling out Shepherd's Bush Empire in London within 30 minutes. They continued their sold-out tour by performing in Latin America and Southeast Asia. X Japan plans to release their first English language album and is currently scheduling their next world tour.

 
THE GOLDEN GODS AWARDS

The Golden Gods Awards was created in 2009 by Revolver, one of music's most influential magazines. Each year, the show features performances and appearances from the world's biggest rock and metal stars, including Ozzy Osbourne, Metallica, and more. It is considered America's biggest hard rock and heavy metal awards show, and it airs on VH1 Classic every year.

What Are You Waiting For? The 2012 ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL 72 Hour “Get Off Your Ass” Ticket Pre-Sale Starts Tomorrow – VIP Packages Available Tomorrow!

 
Featuring:

Slipknot

Slayer

Motörhead

Anthrax
As I Lay Dying

Asking Alexandria

The Devil Wears Prada

and many more!

 
ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL, the world’s largest touring heavy music festival experience, kicks off the 72 hour “Get Off Your Ass” ticket pre-sale tomorrow at 10am local time! A limited amount of tickets are available with a $5 discount during the 72 hour ‘Get Off Your Ass” pre-sale (this includes pit, reserved, and lawn tickets). Should the allotment of pre-sale tickets sell out, don’t worry; you will still have the chance to purchase regularly priced tickets. The pre-sale ticket is a 3D commemorative ticket that also doubles as a jump the line pass that permits early entrance to the venue (while supplies last). Please note that there is a maximum limit of six (6) tickets per order. Please also note that this offer does not apply to Boise, Bonner Springs and Oklahoma City tour stop tickets. Boise tour stop tickets are available now.

 
Additionally, this year VIP packages will be made available for the first time as part of the pre-sale, so get yours tomorrow before they are all gone! There will be two packages available: A Reserved Seat package and a General Admission package. Details of what is included in each package can be found here. A special collector’s item new for 2012 is this specially designed, limited edition Mayhem mini statue (with custom box) pictured below.

 
Check out a new promotional video created by SLIPKNOT’s Clown to celebrate the pre-sale at this location. 

 
The ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL recently announced the addition of MOTÖRHEAD to the 2012 line-up! This marks the first summer tour that MOTÖRHEAD has taken part in for a long time. The legendary metal veterans join the already stellar 2012 main stage line-up, featuring multi-platinum Iowa cult metal groundbreakers SLIPKNOT in the headlining position, as well as legendary thrash metal kings SLAYER—both returning to the ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL for a second turn at pummeling fans. 

 
This year, in addition to SLIPKNOT, SLAYER, and MOTÖRHEAD, the main stage will also spotlight a ferocious rotation of today’s best artists, including THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA, AS I LAY DYING and ASKING ALEXANDRIA.  In 2012 the ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL has upgraded the production on the festival stage and this year the JAGERMEISTER STAGE will feature a special headline set by New York metal masters ANTHRAX supported by a rotation of THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA, AS I LAY DYING and ASKING ALEXANDRIA, along with WHITECHAPEL, HIGH ON FIRE and the JAGERMEISTER opener. Please note that bands may vary per market.

 
Also recently announced: Sumerian Records is joining the ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL! Headbang For The Highway will be presenting the Sumerian Records Stage at the ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL this year. Sumerian Records, who are known for some of the most cutting-edge bands in heavy music today, will be bringing UPON A BURNING BODY, I THE BREATHER and Headbang For The Highway “Battle of the Bands” winners along for the ride. DIRTFEDD will also be performing on the festival. The fun doesn’t end there, as Headbang For The Highway will be holding contests all over the U.S. for unsigned bands to win opening spots on the Sumerian Records Stage at the festival. Stay tuned to www.facebook.com/sumerianrecords for more info coming soon on the line-up and how you can enter your band!

 
The 5th annual ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL will make a 27 date trek across the U.S. beginning on June 30th at the San Manuel Amphitheater in San Bernardino, California. The tour will also feature ROCKSTAR METAL MULISHA JUMP TEAM, on select dates. To learn more about the ROCKSTAR METAL MULISHA JUMP TEAM head to this link: http://www.metalmulisha.com/. 

 
ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL is produced by Rockstar Taste of Chaos organizer John Reese, Vans Warped Tour founder Kevin Lyman, Live Nation, and Creative Artists Agency.  The team has made the ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL a standout on the summer concert circuit by following the proven model of utilizing sponsorship to deliver a lower ticket price and an enhanced concert experience. This year sees them joining forces once again with ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK as the title sponsor.

           
In 2008, the ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL bulldozed onto the scene and quickly made itself known as the preeminent summer destination for the hard rock and metal community.  ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL boasts the most powerful artist line-ups in heavy music.  Artists who have performed on the ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL have included hard music legends SLAYER, SLIPKNOT, KORN, ROB ZOMBIE, DISTURBED, GODSMACK, MEGADETH, LAMB OF GOD, MARILYN MANSON, MACHINE HEAD, IN FLAMES, TESTAMENT, HATEBREED, CANNIBAL CORPSE, BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE, MASTODON, FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, KINGDOM OF SORROW, DETHKLOK and many more.  All have pummeled the stage, while delivering the intensity and heaviness that fans have grown to expect year after year.

 
See below for all current tour dates and log on to www.rockstarmayhemfest.com and www.livenation.com for up-to-date ticketing information.

 
ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL TOUR DATES:

6/30 San Bernardino, CA @ San Manuel Amphitheater

7/1 Shoreline Amphitheater @ San Francisco, CA

7/3 Seattle, WA @ White River Amphitheater

7/4 Boise, ID @ Idaho Center Amphitheater

7/6 Phoenix, AZ @ Ashley Furniture Home Store Pavilion

7/7 Albuquerque, NM @ Hard Rock Casino Albuquerque Presents The Pavilion

7/8 Denver, CO @ Comfort Dental Amphitheatre

7/10 Dallas, TX @ Gexa Energy Pavilion

7/11 Houston, TX @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion

7/13 Tampa, FL @ 1-800-Ask-Gary Amphitheatre

7/14 Atlanta, GA @ Aaron's Amphitheatre at Lakewood

7/15 Indianapolis, IN @ Klipsch Music Center

7/17 Bonner Springs, KS @ Capitol Federal Park at Sandstone

7/18 Oklahoma City, OK @ Zoo Amphitheatre

7/20 St. Louis, MO @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheater

7/21 Chicago, IL @ First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre

7/22 Detroit, MI @ DTE Energy Music Theatre

7/24 Cincinnati, OH @ Riverbend Music Center

7/25 Cleveland, OH @ Blossom Music Center

7/27 Philadelphia, PA @ Susquehanna Bank Center

7/28 Pittsburgh, PA @ First Niagara Pavilion

7/29 Washington, DC @ Jiffy Lube Live

7/31 Saratoga Springs, NY @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center

8/1 Buffalo, NY @ Darien Lake PAC

8/3 Boston, MA @ Comcast Center

8/4 Scranton, PA @ Toyota Pavilion

8/5 Hartford, CT @ The Comcast Theatre

For more information on the ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL, visit www.rockstarmayhemfest.com.

‘Metalocalypse’ Co-Creator BRENDON SMALL and GuitarSquid.com Unveil a New ‘BRENDON SMALL’s GALAKTIKON’ Track Today – New Album Available on April 24th, 2012

 
Season 4 of ‘Metalocalypse’ Premieres Sunday, April 29 at 12:15 a.m. (ET/PT)

 
Today, Premier Guitar’s GuitarSquid.com and BRENDON SMALL are releasing the second brand new track from the METALOCALYPSE co-creator’s new side project, BRENDON SMALL’s GALAKTIKON. This track, entitled ‘Dangertits’, is the only instrumental track on the album and features rapid soloing, pummelling drums, and soaring melodies— an impressive sound that insatiable fans have come to identify with BRENDON SMALL. Log on to GuitarSquid.com now to stream the track and read an exclusive interview with Brendon.

The release date for BRENDON SMALL’s GALAKTIKON is finally revealed! The new album will be released on April 24th, 2012, but don’t fret about these few long weeks—you can pre-order your copy starting next week! More details on the official pre-order will be announced on Monday, April 9th.

BRENDON SMALL and Revolver Magazine are pleased to share that Brendon will again be in attendance as a presenter at the fourth annual Revolver Golden Gods Awards (presented by Epiphone) at Club Nokia in Los Angeles, CA on April 11th, 2012. Along with heavy metal greats Scott Ian, Vinnie Paul, Robb Flynn and Corey Taylor, Brendon carries the distinct honor of being a fourth-year presenter at the award show. 

 
BRENDON SMALL's GALAKTIKON: "A High Stakes Intergalactic Extreme Rock album", will be released on April 24th, 2012, slated to coincide with the Season 4 premiere of METALOCALYPSE on Sunday, April 29 at 12:15am (ET/PT) on Adult Swim. Brendon Small is responsible for writing and performing all of the music on METALOCALYPSE, as well as the Billboard chart-topping albums DETHKLOK: THE DETHALBUM and DETHALBUM II, released by Williams Street Records. The latter album is now known as the fastest-selling death metal album to date. 

For all up-to-date information and to purchase BRENDON SMALL’s GALAKTIKON, please visit www.brendonsmall.com: your one-stop-shop for everything involving this new project. You can also catch more intermittent updates on Facebook at www.facebook.com/brendonsmallgalaktikon and follow Brendon Small on Twitter at www.twitter.com/_brendonsmall.

THE CULT ANNOUNCES
NORTH AMERICAN CONCERT DATES
Tour in Tandem with New Album, 'Choice of Weapon'
Against Me! and The Icarus Line to Support


LOS ANGELES, CA - WEDNESDAY, April 4, 2012 - Venerable rock band The Cult will hit the pavement hard this summer with the first leg of its 2012 North American tour.  The 20-date trek is set to kick off on Friday, May 25 in San Diego, CA bringing the band's incendiary rock energy to major and secondary markets across the continent.  In addition, the tour will include headline dates at the Great Canadian Beaverfest in Windsor, ON, and at Buffalo, NY's Erie Canal Harbor Central Wharf Concert Series (see itinerary below).  For most of the dates, The Cult will be supported by Against Me! and The Icarus Line.  Ticket on-sales begin later this week; log onto http://thecult.us/main/shows/ for all details and to purchase tickets.

 
"This is going to be a very intense, high-energy tour," said The Cult's vocalist, Ian Astbury.  "We are really looking forward to the time we spend on stage connected to our music and our audience.  That's our purpose."

 
The Cult - Astbury, Billy Duffy, called one of the post-punk era's greatest guitarists, Chris Wyse on bass, drummer John Tempesta, and touring member Mike Dimkich on rhythm guitar - is touring in support of Choice of Weapon, the band's first new studio album in five years, due out May 22 (Cooking Vinyl). Featuring The Cult's signature sounds of Astbury's vocals and Duffy's guitar, the album was produced by Chris Goss (Queens of the Stone Age, U.N.K.L.E. Masters of Reality) and Bob Rock (Metallica, Bush, The Cult's Sonic Temple), recorded in New York City, Los Angeles, the California high desert and the band's Witch Mountain studio between July and December 2011, and written by Astbury and Duffy.  

 
Early praise for the record came from the Toronto Star's Ben Rayner who wrote that Choice of Weapon "feels like the work of the cosmically inclined outfit responsible for such durable records as 1985's Love, 1987's Electric and 1989's smash hit Sonic Temple than anything the band has done in years."  And, from Rock's Back Pages: "...a sea

ring blend of cleanly distorted guitars, pummeling rhythm, and lyrics that channel an inner landscape reflective of a personal journey and descriptive of the state of the world, simultaneously."

 
"When we were writing and recording 'Choice of Weapon,'" explained Astbury, "we had no agenda, there was no particular destination, no place to be, and no chart position to aim for.  We took our time, we went in, we grabbed the jewels, and stayed focused on keeping everything as fresh and as raw as possible.  The new songs are a sharpened and heightened extension of everything we have ever done."

 
Choice of Weapon reflects the survival in today's volatile world where the sense of entitlement is growing, where we are constantly bombarded by "ones and zeros," and where the "have-nots" increase on a daily basis.  The album poses the questions, "how do we survive and still keep our integrity and humanity? What weapons do we choose to insure a sane future for ourselves and our children, and not de-evolve into a 'Hunger Games' scenario?"

 
On these North American dates, The Cult will play many of their classics as well as introduce fans to some of their new songs, including "Lucifer" - not a song about the devil, but a reference to the morning star, the idea of a journey through darkness and decadence to find the road to wisdom - "Honey From a Knife" - based on the Buddhist teaching about the seductiveness of addiction - and "For The Animals," the first official single from Choice of Weapon.  "For The Animals" asserts the rising tensions, the rage and hostility of the growing group of disenfranchised youth in our society.

 
"Again, we find ourselves with our backs against the wall," Astbury continued, "and we like that, we like being outside the perimeter.  We're the long shot, so place your bet on us."

 
Confirmed dates for The Cult's 2012 North American tour are as follows:

 

MAY

25        San Diego, CA - Humphreys By the Bay

26        Las Vegas, NV - M Resort

27        San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore

30        Denver, CO - Ogden Theatre

 

JUNE

 1         Chicago, IL - Congress Theatre

 2         Windsor, ON - Great Canadian Beaverfest, Riverfront Festival Plaza 

 3         Pittsburgh, PA - Stage AE - Indoor Stage

 5         Boston, MA - House of Blues

 7         Buffalo, NY - Erie Canal Harbor Central Wharf

 8         New York, NY - Terminal 5

 9         Hampton Beach, NH - Ballroom

10        Philadelphia, PA - Electric Factory

12        Washington, D.C.  - The Fillmore

13        Norfolk, VA - The Norva

15        Myrtle Beach, SC - House of Blues

16        Orlando, FL - House of Blues

17        Atlanta, GA - The Tabernacle

19        Houston, TX - House of Blues

20        Dallas, TX - House of Blues

22        Tempe, AZ - Marquee Theatre

OVERKILL DEBUT BRAND NEW MUSIC VIDEO FOR ELECTRIC RATTLESNAKE, CHART POSITION REVEALED

(New York, NY) - OVERKILL have debuted a brand new video for their hit single "Electric Rattlesnake" today. Click HERE or the image above to view. Directed by veteran Kevin J. Custer, the video is the first we've seen since the band released the "Bring Me The Night" video in 2010.

"Damn, this one BITES hard! Kevin Custer did it again! So plug us in yeah, set us free, this is a thrashing vid the way it’s supposed to be!  Here we go kids ELECTRIC RATTLESNAKE!" says front man Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth.

The new OVERKILL record "The Electric Age" has debuted on the BILLBOARD TOP 200 Chart at #73 with approximately 6,700 units sold. To compare, the band's last release "Ironbound" sold roughly 4,500 copies first week and debuted at #192 making "The Electric Age" the highest charting first week album since their 1994 record "W.F.O."


The single comes from their newest record "The Electric Age" which came out last week. If you haven't had a chance to pick it up, the Amazon MP3 store is has it available for $7.99 

"Young bands coming out today that are emulating the ’80s thrash scene should certainly be taking notes from the masters of the genre like Overkill on what it takes to deliver some of the best work of your career over 30 years into it." - Popblerd.com

"Sixteen albums in, these dudes are not only still fired up; they’re practicing their craft at the peak of their skills, with no signs of slowing down." - Decibel

In support, the band will head out on the "ELECTRIC AGE TOUR." Supporting will be GOD FORBID, DIAMOND PLATE and SUDIKARA. Dates will stretch coast to coast and run through April and May, click HERE for up to date ticket information.

LOS ANGELES, CA - (TUESDAY, January 31, 2012) - One of the finest British rock acts to have enjoyed worldwide success over the last few decades, The Cult has wrapped up recording Choice of Weapon, the group's first studio album in five years. The album is set for a May 22, 2012 U.S. release on the band's new label Cooking Vinyl, and its 10 tracks reveal the band at its rawest and most visceral, encapsulating cinematic visions and themes of love, revolt, and redemption.  Fans can get an early taste of the album by logging onto the band's website - www.thecult.us  - where the track "Lucifer" is now available as a free download.

Choice of Weapon is the follow up to the critically-acclaimed 2007 release Born Into This that the UK's Mojo magazine called "a wholehearted, utopian and irrefutably exciting record." Long-time Cult collaborator and producer Bob Rock (Metallica, Bush), who produced one of The Cult's most successful albums, the Platinum-certified Sonic Temple, put the finishing touches on the foundations that were laid by co-producer Chris Goss (Queens of the Stone Age, U.N.K.L.E., Masters of Reality). 

The album was written by Ian Astbury and Billy Duffy, recorded in New York City, Los Angeles, the California high desert, and the band's Witch Mountain studio between July and December 2011. The new release features founding members Astbury on vocals and Duffy on guitars, with drummer John Tempesta and bassist Chris Wyse. "We have had the opportunity to work with two of the most influential and talented producers in the world today," said Astbury. "They pushed us beyond our comfort zone, and helped us craft 'Choice of Weapon.'" 

Choice of Weapon is aimed at the heart of The Cult's loyal following. It reflects the current discontent and destruction of our eco systems, the search for individual meaning against a tide of rampant materialism, narcissism and disconnected lives. "We went deeper . . . we worked a bit harder on this record. We have great fans and they deserve our best," added Duffy, "and I feel this is as strong as any album we have ever released.

The Cult is working on film and graphic elements to accompany the album's release, and plans are being confirmed for the band's 2012 World Tour.

GUNS N’ ROSES PLAN NEW YORK TAKEOVER

WITH HISTORIC RETURN TO THE RITZ

LOS ANGELES, CA (January 30, 2012) – Seminal rock icons, Guns N’ Roses, are set to invade New York during fashion week with a series of intimate shows then continue with additional stops through the northeast, announced today.  Six shows confirmed so far including the historic return to The Ritz (now Webster Hall), 24 years after the filming of their heralded “Live At The Ritz” – the MTV concert continues to be one of the most sought after trades in bootleg circles.  For the Webster Hall date, GN’R will celebrate their return by reclaiming the venue as The Ritz with signage and the name appearing on the marquee.  The New York takeover in February marks the first time the band will appear at Roseland and Terminal 5, beginning on February 10, 2012.  Full list of dates below.

Ticket presale is set for Tuesday, January 31 at 10:00am ET for the NY run, public on-sale is Wednesday, February 1.  Chicago, Silver Spring and Atlantic City presale is Wednesday, February 1 at 10:00am EST, with public on-sale Friday, February 3. Tickets and VIP packages for all six dates will be available at gunsnroses.com.

Guns N’ Roses have just come off their sold-out global 2011 arena tour, with more than 30 shows in the US, visits to Latin America and multiple festivals, having played to millions of fans around the globe.

Celebrated worldwide as one of the most important rock acts in musical history, Guns N’ Roses are Axl Rose, DJ Ashba (guitar), Dizzy Reed (keyboards), Tommy Stinson (bass), Richard Fortus (guitar), Ron “Bumblefoot” Thal (guitar), Chris Pitman (keyboards) and Frank Ferrer (drums).  Founder Axl Rose started Guns N’ Roses over 25 years ago and since that time, they have become one of the biggest bands in music history, selling more than 100 million albums worldwide.  GN’R’s major-label debut, “Appetite For Destruction,” has sold over 28 million albums in the United States alone.  The ground-breaking album changed the course of music with such classic hits as “Welcome The Jungle,” “Paradise City,” and the chart-topping single, “Sweet Child of Mine.”   The band’s third studio release, Use Your Illusion I and Use Your Illusion II, was the first double album release in history to nab both the top spots on the Billboard chart and went on to remain on the charts for more than 108 weeks while the band spent more than 2 years on the road to support. The ‘Illusion’ releases found the band charting new territory in the video arena with the theatrical trilogy, “November Rain,” “Don’t Cry” and “Estranged.”  The band’s most recent release, Chinese Democracy (Black Frog/Geffen Records), released in November 2008 and debuted #1 on the charts in thirteen countries, going platinum in 15 countries!

Tour Dates:

February 10  Roseland Ballroom            New York, NY

February 12  Terminal 6                       New York, NY

February 15  The Ritz (Webster Hall)      New York, NY

February 19  House of Blues                 Chicago, IL

February 23  The Fillmore                     Silver Spring, MD

February 24  House of Blues                 Atlantic City, NJ

N O W      A V A I L A B L E ! 
Johnny and Dee Dee Ramone Wacky Wobblers by FUNKO
 Together, legendary guitarist Johnny Ramone, and legendary punk-rock bassist Dee Dee Ramone created a wall of sound that defined the driving force of the Ramones. For the first time ever in their history making legacy, Johnny and Dee Dee have been rendered as bobblehead figures, or as FUNKO calls them, Wacky Wobblers. Both of these stylized 6-inch tall figures come decked in traditional Ramones leather jackets, and armed with their weapons of choice, (guitar and bass respectively). They're detailed right down to Johnny's infamous frown, Dee Dee's enigmatic glare, and the matching shoulder chains that bookended them on stage while changing the face of rock 'n' roll. Both can be ordered now for $14.95 each at: http://aggronautix.com/products.cfm

2011 - A Hell of a Year for Anthrax

Big Four Shows, New Album, Critical Raves,

and Placement on an Abundance of "Best of 2011" Lists

2012 Will See Anthrax Touring Extensively Beginning with U.S. Trek on 1/22

LOS ANGELES, CA - WEDNESDAY, January 4, 2012 -- Having made one of 2011's most impressive rock'n'roll comebacks that included the 9/13/11 release of the band's long-awaited new album Worship Music that landed on boatloads of "Best of 2011..." lists, metal masters ANTHRAX will keep the pedal to the metal in 2012.  The band launches the New Year with the delivery to radio of a second single from Worship Music, "I'm Alive," and plans to tour extensively beginning January 22 with round two of a U.S. co-headline tour with fellow thrash titans, Testament (dates are below).

Worship Music debuted on Billboard's Top 200 Albums charts at #12; the album and the track "Fight'em 'Til You Can't" both went to #1 on Mediaguide's Metal charts.  Worship Music was named one of the year's best albums in media outlets including Revolver, Guitar World, SPIN, Metal Assault, Metal Sucks, Blistering.com, the UK's Classic Rock and Metal Hammer, Canada's Lithium, the Copenhagen Post, JAM Magazine, Powerline, Lou Brutus' HardDrive, Eddie Trunk/VH1's That Metal Show, and SiriusXM's Jose Mangin.  In addition to naming Worship Music the #1 Metal Album of the Year, Loudwire singled out the track "The Devil You Know" as the site's #1 Metal Song of the Year, SiriusXM's Mangin named "Earth on Hell" as the #1 track on his Liquid Metal/Octane Countdown, About.com named Joey Belladonna as its "Man of the Year," and Revolver celebrated Anthrax as one of the Top 10 Stories of the Year.

Twenty-eleven also saw Anthrax play two Big Four shows in the U.S. with fellow thrash/speed metal architects Metallica, Slayer and Megadeth, the second taking place at New York's Yankee Stadium, making it an emotional hometown show for the New York born-and-bred members of Anthrax.

Last fall, immediately following The Big Four show at Yankee Stadium and in support of Worship Music, Anthrax played to SRO crowds from Philadelphia to Los Angeles, entertaining fans with brand-new songs and favorites from throughout the band's 30 year history.  Anthrax will head back out on the road in late January for Leg Two of its U.S. tour with Testament and Death Angel - Leg One was included on a number of "Best Live Shows of 2011" lists.  Worship Music, the band's first new album in eight years, and first with "classic era" vocalist Joey Belladonna in two decades, has received stellar reviews, as evidenced below.

As Anthrax's Scott Ian summed it up, "2011 was the best year of my life."

Dates for Leg Two of the Anthrax/Testament U.S. tour are as follows:

JANUARY

22  House of Blues, Las Vegas, NV

23  House of Blues, Anaheim, CA

24  Marquee Theatre, Tempe, AZ

26  Midland Theatre, Kansas City, MO

27  Egyptian Room @ Murat Center, Indianapolis, IN

28  Piere's Entertainment Center, Fort Wayne, IN

29  Expo Five, Louisville, KY

30  The Orange Peel, Asheville, NC

 

FEBRUARY

 1  Green Iguana - Stadium, Tampa, FL

 2  Tabernacle, Atlanta, GA

 3  Promowest Pavilion, Columbus, OH

 4  Bogart's, Cincinnati, OH

 6  Crocodile Rock, Allentown, PA

 7  Rams Head Live!, Baltimore, MD

 8  Best Buy Theatre, New York, NY 

Wayne Kramer and James Williamson Guitar Gods 

Limited Edition Collectible Figures Released

 
Numbered limited-edition 7-inch "riffing" figures with rocking heads 

 
Arriving this month are the next figures in the GUITAR GODS series... 

 

Brother Wayne Kramer, founder of Detroit's radical rock group MC5, and James Williamson, best known for co-writing and playing on "Raw Power" in the protopunk rock band Iggy & The Stooges and his contributions "Kill City" with Iggy Pop, as well as producing "New Values" for Iggy Pop.

 

Both guitarists were named in Rolling Stone Magazine's "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time". Both figures deliver a signature riff at the push of a button and are displayed in a multi-panel box, stand at 7 inches tall, are made of a lightweight polyresin, and retail for $24.95.


The Wayne Kramer figure is limited to 750 numbered units. Wayne dons his White Panther Party threads, curly hair, and American flag guitar. Brother Wayne's inimitable style was the first to combine rock with free jazz to create the genre's most unique result -- high-energy sci-fi hard rock and roll.

Order and sound clip: http://www.seeofsound.com/p.php?s=GRTGODS102

 

The James Williamson figure is limited to 500 numbered units. James is accurately sculpted right down to his signature threads, hipster hair, and Sunburst Solid Body Guitar. James' guitar style is widely acknowledged to have been an influential guitar style for 100's of  guitarists from the Sex Pistols to the Red Hot Chili Peppers to Green Day. James was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of fame in 2010 along with the other members of the Stooges.

Order and sound clip: http://www.seeofsound.com/p.php?s=GRTGODS103

BLACK SABBATH
REUNITES TO RECORD FIRST NEW STUDIO ALBUM IN 33 YEARS
AND LAUNCH MASSIVE WORLD TOUR IN 2012

OZZY OSBOURNE, TONY IOMMI, GEEZER BUTLER AND BILL WARD
UNVEIL PLANS ON 11/11/11
AT A LOS ANGELES PRESS CONFERENCE
AT THE WHISKY A GO-GO,
WHERE THE BAND PERFORMED THEIR FIRST LOS ANGELES DATE EXACTLY
41 YEARS AGO

After much speculation, the original four members of BLACK SABBATH–OZZY OSBOURNE (vocals), TONY IOMMI (guitar), GEEZER BUTLER (bass) and BILL WARD (drums)–have reunited to record their first new studio album in 33 years with producer Rick Rubin (seven-time Grammy winner, two of those as Producer of the Year) and to embark on a massive world tour in 2012.

OSBOURNE, IOMMI, BUTLER and WARD as well as Rubin all gathered today on 11/11/11 to announce the news at a Los Angeles press conference at the legendary club, the Whisky A Go-Go, the site of the groundbreaking and influential band’s first L.A. concert exactly 41 years ago (Nov 11, 1970).  The event was hosted by the revered musical and spoken word artist Henry Rollins who has said that “Any band worth their weight in napalm wishes they had written ‘War Pigs.’”

Selling over 70 million albums together, the Grammy-winning, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees have signed a new record deal worldwide with Vertigo and Vertigo/ Universal Republic in the U.S., the band’s original label.  BLACK SABBATH is now in the studio recording the as-yet-untitled new album for release in the fall of 2012 (exact date TBA).  It will mark their ninth studio album together and their first since 1978’s Never Say Die!

Next summer, BLACK SABBATH will headline the mammoth multi-day UK Download Festival in the U.K. on June 10. The new album will then be supported with a worldwide headline arena tour (dates TBA).

BLACK SABBATH also announced today the launch of www.blacksabbath.com, the first-ever official BLACK SABBATH website for all authorized BLACK SABBATH news.  In addition, the band’s online presence will also be supported by social media via Facebook and Twitter–again, marking the band’s first-ever foray into the social media world.

BLACK SABBATH released their self-titled debut album in 1970. “Black Sabbath is credited with creating heavy metal,” according to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.  “The success of their first two albums–Black Sabbath and Paranoid–marked a paradigm shift in the world of rock. Not until Black Sabbath upended the music scene did the term ‘heavy metal’ enter the popular vocabulary to describe the denser, more thunderous offshoot of rock over which they presided.”  The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame also noted, “…they remain one of the most misunderstood bands in rock history,” adding: “The band’s musicality was generally overlooked, but they possessed an inventiveness and fluency that, in hindsight, makes them seem as much of a progressive-rock band as a heavy-metal one.”

In 1998, BLACK SABBATH released Reunion from their 1997 concerts in Birmingham, England, a two-CD live set that featured two new studio songs.  The band has also sporadically reunited for shows in 1999, 2002 and 2004; in 2005, the four performed concerts together when they toured Europe and then headlined the 10th anniversary of Osbourne’s namesake festival OZZfest. Also in 2005, they were inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame by Brian May of Queen. This was followed by their induction in 2006 into the U.S. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, an honor bestowed on them by Metallica’s James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich.

ROADRUNNER TO RELEASE TYPE O NEGATIVE'S LABEL CATALOG AS VINYL BOX SET

IT WILL BE SOLD EXCLUSIVELY AT INDEPENDENT RETAIL OUTLETS ON BLACK FRIDAY 

New York, NY: What better way to celebrate Black Friday, the biggest shopping day of the calendar year, with the black-humored, doom 'n' gloom goth of Type O Negative? Fans can inject a little fun into the drudgery that is holiday shopping, courtesy of Type O! 

Roadrunner Records will release a special vinyl box set exclusively via independent retailers on Black Friday, which lands on November 25th this year. Go here for more information on who is selling this incredibly limited piece. 

As the first band to achieve platinum status on the Roadrunner Records roster, Type O Negative didn't rewrite the rules. They simply tore the rule book up, burned what was left of it and did whatever the hell they wanted with the smoldering ash. The result was nothing short of brilliant, as they combined dirge-like doom with head down, gothy grooves, all the while retaining the sort of signature melody that made their songs utterly memorable, infesting your brain like a virus. 

Of the box set, Type O’s Johnny Kelly said, “This looks great but we’re disappointed that Roadrunner couldn’t get it together to do the scratch ‘n’ sniff cover we wanted for The Origin of the Feces .” 

The vinyl box includes all Roadrunner released Type O Negative material contained within one collector's box. Each album will be issued on double green vinyl, with the album art recreated, including the controversial, rarely seen original cover of The Origin of the Feces. Type O fans know all about that cover and the anatomy which it features. 

Each album will also have new, branded liner notes documenting the genesis and completion of each album.

An exclusive sticker sheet with six mini bumper stickers will also be included in this "must own" set for Type O Negative diehards. It's an instant collector's item. 

This set includes the following releases:


Slow, Deep and Hard
The Origin of the Feces
Bloody Kisses

October Rust

World Coming Down

Life Is Killing Me

“ARE YOU READY? SWEET LIVE” WILL BE RELEASED ON VARESE SARABANDE RECORDS ON OCT. 18

The UK Rock Band Behind Hits Ballroom Blitz, Fox On The Run, Love Is Like Oxygen, Little Willy, Hellraiser, Teenage Rampage, Blockbuster And Action Continues “Are You Ready? Sweet Live” Tour With Kick-off Show At Key Club in Hollywood, CA on Wednesday, October 26th 

LOS ANGELES, CA—September 22, 2011—“ Are You Ready? Sweet Live , the first live Sweet CD in the last 20 years, will be released by Varese Sarabande Records on October 18, 2011, it was announced today.  This album captures the band at its absolute best and features all Sweet’s hits including “Ballroom Blitz,” “Fox On The Run,” “Love Is Like Oxygen,” and “Little Willy,” as well as heavier numbers like “Set Me Free,” “Sweet F. A.” and “Windy City.”

“It has been a great experience for me to continue to fly the flag high for my band Sweet which was one of the best bands to come out of England in the 70s, in my humble opinion.” commented Priest. “I have surrounded myself with amazing musicians to bring these songs alive with the recording of this album.  The band has the energy and aggressiveness that we started out with, and I hope that I have helped it reach its most authentic peak as one of the songwriters and the only living original founding member of the group. I feel we have captured the nature of the beast as it were and we will continue to bring these songs to you live and in person so we can share this Sweet experience together.  See you on the road!” continued Priest.

The CD will include a previously unavailable studio recording of The Beatles “I Saw Her Standing There.” “Are You Ready? Sweet Live” was recorded in 2008 in Southern California and has been featured on radio station KLOS in Los Angeles.

Sweet is currently on the road and are kicking it off with a special CD release performance at the Key Club on Hollywood’s Sunset Strip on Wednesday, October 26 th , 2011. Tickets are available to be purchased via: http://www.keyclub.com/event/67229/

W.A.S.P.  – “30 Years of Thunder”

Twenty Nine years ago, on September 21 st 1982, W.A.S.P. played their first show at the Troubadour in Los Angeles. On September 21 st 2012 W.A.S.P. will begin the “30 Years of Thunder” anniversary Tour starting in the United Kingdom and continue Worldwide!! This World Tour will be the biggest spectacle W.A.S.P. have ever created. The two hour show will consist of three parts. A one-hour set contains songs from the first four albums. The second set will be a 25 minute shortened version of “The Crimson Idol” complete with the movie accompaniment. A third set will consist of material from the New Studio Album, older material and everything in between. This show will see multiple video screens, pyrotechnics, and elements from the early W.A.S.P. shows (maybe even an exploding cod piece) and Blackie’s moving microphone stand “Elvis”!!

The “30 Years of Thunder” World Tour - This promises to be the Greatest W.A.S.P. Show Ever !!!

For more information, please visit:   http://waspnation.com

BRONX BOROUGH PRESIDENT PRESENTS PROCLAMATION TO ANTHRAX BAND MEMBERS

Names Today, 9/14, "Anthrax Day" In The Bronx
Pre-Taped Presentation Will Play Today
at The Big Four at Yankee Stadium 

WEDNESDAY, September 14, 2011 - Today, big dreams come true for the members of thrash-metal band Anthrax, as they return to their hometown of New York and step on the stage at Yankee Stadium.  As the only one of The Big Four bands whose members are from New York, a number of the band have many childhood memories of attending Yankees games, making today's concert especially significant.
If that's not enough, The Big Four concert takes place the day following the release of Worship Music, Anthrax's first new album in eight years, already receiving some of the best reviews the band has ever had in its career.

And to make September 14, 2011 even more special, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr. has given the band its very own day - today is "Anthrax Day" in the Bronx.  President Diaz, Jr. made the official presentation at Yankee Stadium's Hard Rock Cafe, which was taped to be played back today at Yankee Stadium for the 50,000-strong crowd, just before Anthrax takes the stage, proclaiming:

"For over 30 years, Anthrax continues to 'Bring the Noise' through the 'Persistence of Time' in the Bronx, New York City and across the world; and
WHEREAS:  Anthrax, a band with strong Bronx roots, is worshipped by their fans worldwide for giving them a 'Fistful of Metal,' both by touring and selling albums in the millions; and
WHEREAS:  Today, I welcome Anthrax back home, as they 'Keep It in the Family' 'Among the Living' of the Bronx, while bringing a 'State of Euphoria' through the 'Sound of White Noise' to tens of thousands of people in Yankee Stadium;
NOW, THEREFORE, I Ruben Diaz Jr., President of the Borough of The Bronx, do hereby proclaim September 14, 2011
ANTHRAX DAY IN THE BRONX
And urge my fellow citizens to take appropriate recognition of the occasion and get 'Caught in a Mosh.'"
Ruben Diaz Jr.

You can see the presentation clip here:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qv3Zq1MAimA

ANTHRAX, TESTAMENT, DEATH ANGEL TO HIT THE ROAD

WITH THIS FALL'S DON'T-MISS

THRASHFEST EXTRAVAGANZA

LOS ANGELES, CA - Tuesday, September 6, 2011 -- Thrash titans Anthrax and Testament, who haven't toured together in more than a decade, are set to co-headline a U.S. tour beginning Friday, October 14 in Grand Rapids, MI (itinerary below).  Anthrax will close all shows, and Death Angel will be main support for the entire tour.  The coast-to-coast trek will figure to decimate more than two dozen cities over a five-week period, with both Anthrax and Death Angel debuting brand new material from their new albums, both set for summer/fall release; Testament's new album is set to be released in 2012.  The Anthrax fan club presale begins today at www.anthraxarmy.com, and the public on-sale kicks off Friday, September 9 at 10AM local time.  For more information or to purchase tickets, log onto http://anthrax.com  http://www.testamentlegions.com/ or http://deathangel.us/

 "We've been tight with the guys in Testament for a long, long time," said Anthrax's Charlie Benante.  "so we're really looking forward to hanging out with them on the road.  And all of us in Anthrax are big Death Angel fans, so this is going to be a monster of a good time - for all of us and for the fans.  Plus, with the incredible success of The Big Four shows over the last year, we wanted to tour with some of the 'second wave' of thrash bands."  The tour will follow Anthrax's Big Four "hometown" appearance at Yankee Stadium on September 14, with Metallica, Slayer and Megadeth.    "We're excited to do this tour because Anthrax was actually the first band we ever toured with," adds Testament vocalist Chuck Billy.  "It's an accomplishment 20 odd years later that we're going to do it again.  The tour kick-off date is actually about five days difference from the kick off date of the first tour 20 years ago.  The first time we performed with Anthrax, we only had a total of ten songs, so obviously now we have many songs to pick from so it will be very different. It's good to see that a lot of the faces in the bands are the same as back when we first did this original tour 20 years ago."  

Dates are subject to change and more will be announced - the itinerary for the Anthrax/Testament/Death Angel Fall 2011 tour is as follows:

 OCTOBER 14    Orbit Room, Grand Rapids, MI15    Congress Theatre, Chicago, IL16    First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN18    The Cotillion, Wichita, KS19    Summit Music Hall, Denver, CO22    Nokia LA Live, Los Angeles, CA23    Warfield Theatre, San Francisco, CA24    House of Blues, San Diego, CA26    Sunshine Theatre, Albuquerque, NM28    South Side Music Hall, Dallas, TX29    Emo's East, Austin, TX30    Warehouse Live, Houston, TX  NOVEMBER  1     House of Blues, Orlando, FL 2     Revolution, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 4     House of Blues, Myrtle Beach, SC 5     Fillmore Charlotte, Charlotte, NC 6     The Fillmore, Silver Spring, MD 8     Northern Lights, Clifton Park, NY10     Electric Factory, Philadelphia, PA11     Palladium, Worcester, MA15     Town Ballroom, Buffalo, NY17     Stage AE, Pittsburgh, PA19     Rave, Milwaukee, WI  

Welcome 2 My Nightmare

Alice Cooper Returns with a New Album, New Nightmare  

The Long-Awaited Sequel to his 1975 classic out on September 13, 2011 

Alice Cooper’s widely anticipated new album, Welcome 2 My Nightmare, will be released September 13, 2011, by Universal Music Enterprises. Recorded with longtime collaborator Bob Ezrin, who produced the original multi-platinum Welcome To My Nightmare album in 1975, the album picks up right where they left off, with Alice trapped in his own warped mind.   The original release is an all-time rock classic that spawned a worldwide theatrical tour and pioneering U.S. TV special, and certified Alice Cooper as a visionary trailblazer whose influence persists today in rock, metal, pop, punk, theatre, television, film and much more.

More than 35 years later, Alice and Ezrin have resurrected the horror and humor for a new generation. “This is Alice’s nightmare 35 years later,” explains Alice, “Bob and I created this character and we know how to write for him. I play the part but we’re not writing for me, we’re writing for Alice. We kept the first Nightmare album very personal to us, on this one we found more humor and we were more open. This was our world and we want to present it to the fans. The original album was my first solo album after all those huge hit records with the original band and now that nightmare is exposed, this one can be a little bit more open. The music crosses all sorts of boundaries; we went where the lyrics took us.” There is an array of collaborators on the new album, including original Alice Cooper members Denis Dunaway, Michael Bruce and Neal Smith reunited on 3 tracks; global pop superstar Ke$ha, who affectionately calls Alice “dad”; and legendary Alice and Lou Reed guitarist Steve Hunter, who is part of Alice’s current touring band and featured prominently on the first Nightmare album. 

Musically, the album ranges far and wide, from trashing disco to garage punk, pop balladry to a rocking number, very much in the spirit of the Rolling Stones. And then there’s the ballad “Something To Remember Me By,” described by Alice as “the prettiest song we have ever released.” Glimpses of themes from the original album are intertwined throughout, each track representing a different aspect of Alice’s nightmare. From the opener, “I Am Made Of You,” through the already established live favorite and first single “I’ll Bite Your Face Off,” to the surprising duet with Ke$ha, “What Baby Wants,” this album is a reminder that albums just aren’t made this way anymore. And musicians do not play together like Dennis Dunaway, Michael Bruce and Neal Smith anymore. “I wanted a ‘70s feel for ‘When Hell Comes Home , ’ says Alice, “and I didn't even have to ask for it, it's just how they play and they did it live in the studio. When they got done playing the basic track, Bob and I just looked at each other, that sound is built into their DNA. We didn't need to go and fix anything. The way they finished was a little bit ragged, and that's the way we used to finish songs, that's what I like about it.”

Co-writers on various songs include the aforementioned Bob Ezrin, Ke$ha, Dunaway, Bruce and Smith, plus Buckcherry’s Keith Nelson, Desmond Child (who famously co-wrote and produced “Poison” with Alice), longtime collaborator Dick Wagner, current touring band member Chuck Garric, and film composer Jeremy Rubolino. “That’s my rebellion,” says Alice of the more surprising guests, “I like people that don't belong and yet what they're doing works perfectly. I don't care where it comes from, as long as it's right. If you tell me something doesn't work, I’ll work my head off until it does then shove it down your throat.” “I think a lot of my audience is going to go 'KE$HA!?', but she probably wrote the most wicked lyrics in the song – we had to rein her in. I like people to know that just because artists are put in a pigeon hole, that doesn't mean that's what they are. Give people a little room.”

With Steve Hunter, one of rock's great guitarists, added to the band's lineup of guitarists Orianthi and Tommy Henriksen, bassist Chuck Garric, and drummer Glen Sobel, Alice has been tearing up venues worldwide on his 2011 “No More Mr. Nice Guy” tour. Alice gave fans an up close and highly personal experience in June with a surprise performance at London’s legendary 100 Club, when actor Johnny Depp joined the band on guitar. Alice showcased the powerful band that had blown away the Download Festival crowd the previous weekend. This year, the original Alice Cooper group was inducted into the Rock ’n’ Roll Hall of Fame, and Alice was honored with both the Kerrang! Icon Award in the U.K. and the Revolver Golden God Award in the U.S. 

Tracklist :   1. I Am Made Of You  2. Caffeine  3. The Nightmare Returns  4. A Runaway Train  5. Last Man On Earth  6. The Congregation  7. I’ll Bite Your Face Off  8. Disco Bloodbath Boogie Fever  9. Ghouls Gone Wild 10. Something To Remember Me By 11. When Hell Comes Home 12. What Baby Wants 13. I Gotta Get Outta Here 14. The Underture

ANTHRAX TO MAKE APPEARANCE ON
"LATE NIGHT WITH JIMMY FALLON"
Fans Could Win a "Band Bench" Seat on the Show
Anthrax Single, "The Devil You Know,"

 #2 Most Added at Active Rock Radio This Week

ANTHRAX will be the musical guest on "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon," Wednesday, September 7.  The show airs on NBC at 12:30 ET/PT and 11:30 CT.

 For broadcast, the band will perform "The Devil You Know," currently the #2 Most Added track at active rock radio, and the first single from Worship Music, Anthrax's new album due out September 13.  Anthrax will also perform a surprise "classic" song that will be available exclusively at www.latenightwithjimmyfallon.com

 Fans who would like a chance to be close to Anthrax's performance on the show should click on this link - http://www.fallonbandbench.com - that will direct you to "Late Night's" "Band Bench" Sweepstakes entry form.  Enter for a chance to win seats on the show's band benches and an opportunity to surround the stage during Anthrax's performance.

 Please make sure to include the following band code:  RAX, in your entry form.

 Anthrax is set to play Yankee Stadium on Wednesday, September 14 as part of The Big Four - Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth, Anthrax.

 For more information on Anthrax, go to www.anthrax.com

ROCK BAND ANTHRAX'S 9/14 "BIG FOUR" CONCERT AT NEW YORK'S YANKEE STADIUM TO BE A TRIUMPHANT, BITTERSWEET HOMECOMING

WEDNESDAY, August 31, 2011 - When The Big Four - Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax, the four bands that defined the speed/thrash/metal music genre - play Yankee Stadium on September 14, the concert will be a celebratory and emotional experience for the five New York born-and-bred members of Anthrax, the only New York band on the bill.  To begin with, Anthrax's hometown gig will be preceded by the  9/13 release of  Worship Music,  the band's first new album in eight years, and already called "the metal album of the year" by numerous music critics.

Drummer Charlie Benante, bassist Frank Bello, and guitarist Rob Caggiano are all from the Bronx, guitarist Scott Ian was born in Queens, and vocalist Joey Belladonna is an Oswego native.

Bello is a self-proclaimed, diehard Yankees fan who attended games at the original Stadium while growing up.  Ian, also a lifelong Yankees fan who frequented Yankees games as a kid, was at the Stadium in '77 when Reggie Jackson hit three home runs in Game 6 of the World Series against the L.A. Dodgers.  Ian recently told  Rolling Stone,  "We're a New York band, I'm a crazy Yankee fan, and we're playing Yankee Stadium, those three things add up to a perfect storm of insanity."

Benante's father, who was scouted by the majors, would regale a four-year-old Charlie with all the stats and facts about the Yankee players while the two played catch in the backyard.  "My dad was a huge Yankees fan," Charlie recalls.  "I remember he always had the TV or radio on, listening to every Yankees game he could.  He died when I was five, so he never knew about my success as a musician, but I know he would have been so proud of me playing Yankee Stadium.  I know that in some way, he'll be there, giving me the power I'll need to knock it out of the park."

MICHAEL MONROE To Release SENSORY OVERDRIVE August 23 RD 

WORLD TOUR TO FOLLOW 

HOLLYWOOD, CA (July 26, 2011) - Iconic rock front man, Michael Monroe , will release his new cd Sensory Overdrive in the U.S and Canada on August 23 rd   on Spinefarm/ Universal.   The new cd from the former front man of the influential band Hanoi Rocks was produced by legendary producer Jack Douglas (Aerosmith, John Lennon, Cheap Trick).    The cd also features guest performances from Americana artist Lucinda Williams and Motorhead front man Lemmy .   The first single and video from Sensory Overdrive is the track “78”.   The video will have its world premiere on AOL on August 1 st .   

In support of the CD, Monroe will head out September 30 th on a 16 date U.S and Canadian tour with his all star band featuring guitarists Steve Conte (New York Dolls) and Dregen (Hellacopters , Backyard Babies), bassist Sami Yaffa ( Hanoi Rocks, Jetboy, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts), and drummer Karl “Rockfist” Rosqvist (Danzig). 

Following the U.S run, the band will head to Japan for the V Rock festival to be followed by shows in Michael’s home country of Finland.   The band will then end 2011 with a run of shows in the U.K co-headlining with Wednesday 13.   Tour dates are as follows: 

TOUR DATES: 

WED , Sep 7                             Stockholm Debaser Medis, Sweden

FRI, SEP 9                      NAANTALI, FINLAND

SAT, SEP 10                  FINLAND                                               RADIO ROCK CRUISE,

Fri, Sep 30                    Philadelphia, PA                               Trocadero    

Sat, Oct 1                   Baltimore, MD                                   Sonar            

Sun, Oct 2                  New York, NY                                        Bowery Ballroom  

Tue, Oct 4                    Boston, ma                                         Great Scott

Wed, Oct 5                 Montreal, QC                                    Les Foufounes Electriques            
Thu, Oct 6                   Toronto, ON                                       Mod Club Theater   

Fri, Oct 7                     Cleveland, OH                                  Peabody's      

Sat, Oct 8                   Chicago, IL                                       Reggie's Rock Club

Sun, Oct 9                  St Paul, MN                                         Station 4        

Mon, Oct 10             St Louis, MO                                       FuBar  

Wed, Oct 12                Denver, CO                                        Moe's  

Sat, Oct 15                 Seattle, WA                                         El Corazon  

Sun, Oct 16                 Portland, OR                                    Dante's           

Tue, Oct 18                  Santa Clara, CA                              Avalon Theater       

Wed, Oct 19                Santa Ana, CA                                  Galaxy Theatre        

Thu, Oct 20                 Hollywood, CA                               Whisky A Go Go      

SUN, OCT 23                 V-Rock festival                                Saitama Super Arena Japan 

FRI, Nov 4                    Lahti Finland                                     FINLANDIA CLUB

SAT, Nov 5                  Tavastia Finland (2 shows)            TAVASTIA CLUB

THU, Nov 24                ENGLAND        WOLVERHAMPTON      WULFRUN HALL

FRI , Nov 25                 ENGLAND        MANCHESTER               RITZ

SAT, NOV 26                 ENGLAND        NOTTINGHAM             ROCK CITY

SUN, NOV 27                SCOTLAND       GLASGOW                   GARAGE

MON,   NOV 28              ENGLAND                                             NEWCASTLE ACADEMY

TUE,   NOV 29                ENGLAND                                            LEEDS   ACADEMY 

THU, DEC 1                   ENGLAND                                            BRISTOL ACADEMY

FRI,   DEC 2                    ENGLAND, LONDON                           ELECTRIC BALLROOM

SAT, DEC 3                      WALES   PRESTATYN                              HRH 

 
The band will continue to do extensive touring in 2012 in support of Sensory Overdrive .   For more information go to www.michaelmonroe.com  

Glenn DANZIG “Legacy” Performance featuring Danzig, and rare onstage reunion with Samhain Members & Doyle Von Frankenstein of The Misfits at Riot Fest 2011

Friday, October 7th at Congress Theater

Since 2005, Riot Fest has presented some of the best bands from every genre under the umbrella of rock punk and metal, with epic reunions being a hallmark of the festival. After announcing headliners Weezer, Descendents, Social Distortion and X on June 20 for the Chicago edition, Riot Fest is beyond excited to announce its final headliner. On Friday, October 7, a very special Danzig “Legacy” performance with Glenn Danzig reuniting for Performances with Samhain Members, an onstage Reunion with Doyle from The Misfits as well as a blistering Danzig set will take place at Congress Theater during Riot Fest 2011 (Chicago).

“Everyone in music has a band or a musician that changed them. For me, it is Glenn Danzig.  I am in music because of Danzig, Samhain and The Misfits.  I remember being a 10-year-old when my friend handed me Danzig, and it blew me away.  It was different…it was the first album for me, now looking back, where form matched content. Soon after, I found this entire wealth of music he wrote before 1988 and I became an even bigger fan. Musically, it opened my world to punk, metal and hardcore,” said Michael Petryshyn, founder of Riot Fest.  “To have Glenn perform his solo works, to go on stage with Samhain for a set and, lastly, to play Misfits songs with Doyle will always be the one show I remember.”
 
Thus far, Riot Fest has announced: Weezer * Social Distortion *Danzig * Samhain * Misfits set (Doyle and Danzig) *Descendents * X (play "Los Angeles") * Youth of Today * Suicide Machines * ALL (Scott, Chad and Dave) * Helmet * D Generation * Down By Law * 7Seconds * Leftover Crack * The Business * Strike Anywhere * The Tossers * Macabre* Nachtmystium * The Flatliners * Flatfoot 56 * The Menzingers * Banner Pilot * The Pavers * Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band * Shot Baker * The Copyrights* Cheap Girls * Larry and His Flask * Chines Telephones * The Crombies * The Holy Mess * Van Buren Boys * Neutron Bombs * The Infected  AND MANY MORE WILL BE ANNOUNCED THROUGHOUT THE WEEK...

Multiple-day passes and individual tickets go on sale Friday, June 24 at 10:00 a.m. CST. Visit www.ticketfly.com to purchase tickets for Congress Theater, Bottom Lounge, Double Door, Cobra Lounge and the AAA Warehouse will hold Riot Fest shows – a shuttle bus will take fans from venue to venue and a variety of ticket options are available.

Red Bull Riot Fest Chicago October 5-9th

Congress Theater

Bottom Lounge

Double Door

Cobra Lounge
AAA Warehouse
& more

Danzig * Samhain * Misfits set (Doyle and Danzig) * Weezer * Social Distortion * Descendents * X (play "Los Angeles") * Youth of Today * Suicide Machines * ALL (Scott, Chad and Dave) * Helmet * D Generation * Down By Law * The Business * Strike Anywhere * The Tossers * Mabacre* Nachtmystium * The Flatliners * Flatfoot 56 * The Menzingers * Banner Pilot* The Pavers * Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band * Shot Baker * The Copyrights* Cheap Girls * Larry and His Flask * Chinese Telephones * The Crombies * The Holy Mess * Van Buren Boys * Neutron Bombs * The Infected…. AND MANY MORE WILL BE ANNOUNCED THROUGHOUT THE WEEK...

Early Bird Festival Passes - $99 (sold out)
Festival Pass - $145
(Includes access to all Riot Fest 2011 shows October 5-9, grants access to exclusive secret shows beginning in Summer 2011)
Congress Pass - $135
(Includes access into the October 6-9th Congress T

ROB ZOMBIE'S SPOOKY WOOLITE COMMERCIAL -
"TORTURER" - IS LIVE

Check out musician/film director/screenwriter Rob Zombie's first-ever TV commercial  Zombie directed the 30-second ad for the laundry detergent, "Woolite" in Vancouver this past April.  "It's a very bizarre TV commercial for a product like this," said Zombie. "Honestly, I was shocked when they called me to do it."

Click here to view the ad:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1qot7sMx6M

Rob Zombie hits the road beginning July 14 with new drummer, Ginger Fish joining guitarist John 5 and bassist Piggy D in the Zombie fold.  The North American summer dates include the "Hell on Earth" co-headline trek with Slayer.  Dates are as follows:


JULY
14       Chippewa Valley Rock Festival, Cadott, WI
15       KRROFest IV, Sioux Falls Stadium, Sioux Falls, SD
17       Hot As Hell Music Festival, Brady Theatre, Tulsa, OK
 
(Hell on Earth tour with Slayer)
20       Sovereign Center, Reading, PA
22       DTE Energy Music Theatre, Detroit, MI
23       Stage AE, Pittsburgh, PA
24       Heavy T.O. Festival, Downsview Park, Toronto, ON
27       MTS Centre, Winnipeg, MB
29       Credit Union Centre, Saskatoon, SK
30       Pengrowth Saddledome, Calgary, AB
31       Rexall Place, Edmonton, AB

AUGUST
 2       Save-On-Foods Center, Victoria, BC
 3       Rogers Arena, Vancouver, BC
 5       Rose Quarter Memorial Coliseum, Portland, OR
 6       WaMu Theatre, Seattle, WA

Adler’s Appetite - Good To Be Alive Tour 2011

With new episodes of the popular Celebrity Rehab series taped, a fresh studio album in the works, and July 2010 release of his New York Times bestselling book My Appetite for Destruction: Sex, and Drugs, and Guns N’ Roses. The paperback release is due out May 17th 2011 through Harper Collins, with select book signings
soon forthcoming.

Steven Adler is ready to put the past behind him and make 2011 a banner year for the veteran rocker. “I made a 180 degree turn in my life,” Adler says of his most recent appearance on Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew Pinskey and Bob Forrest, “It was the best thing I ever did for myself. I have a wonderful wife, a house, 2 cars in the garage, 3 dogs and money in the bank. It genuinely feels like I’m living the ultimate American
dream, not only that, but I’m loving it!”

Adler’s autobiography tracks the roller-coaster years since he and junior high classmate Slash joined Izzy Stradlin, Duff McKagan and W. Axl Rose to form Guns N’ Roses and create some of the most indelible heavy music of the late 20th Century. “That book shows all the warts and tattoos and scars of my life in rock and roll,” Adler says. “I’ve burned the candle with superstars and survived to share the story with you. My book
came out when we were on tour—I read the book, went home, built a big fire in my fireplace, and I threw my book in it. That’s my past. I want to leave it and move on to the future.”

Steven’s band, Adler’s Appetite, features Michael Thomas on lead guitar, Lonny Paul on rhythm guitar, Chip Z’nuff on bass, Adler on drums, and Patrick Stone on vocals. “We are all excited about bringing the big rock show to our fans on the upcoming tour!” While the live Appetite show rests solidly on G N’ R classics copenned by Adler, such as “Sweet Child O’ Mine,” the band has also released three new songs and are on sale
on iTunes. Their latest single is titled “’Alive,’ Adler says, as in “it’s good to be alive,” while the complete album should drop by the end of the year.
Tour dates are as follows:

May City/State Venue

05 Redondo Beach, CA Brixton
06 Santa Ana, CA Galaxy Theater
07 Las Vegas, NV Vamp’d
09 Kennewick, WA Rocker Reactor
10 Seattle, WA Hard Rock Cafe
11 Portland, OR Dante’s
12 Bend, OR Domino Room
13 Boise, ID Knitting Factory
14 Idaho Falls, ID Rock n’ Rally/Kingston Plaza
15 Fort Collins, CO Crazy Jacks
18 Wapakoneta, OH Route 33 Rhythm & Blues
19 Indianapolis, IN The Vogue
20 Greenberg, PA 42nd Street Sports Bar & Lounge
21 Bensalem, PA TD Amphitheater
22 Luzerne, PA Brews Brothers West
25 Mt. Clemens, MI Hayloft
26 Menasa, WI Waverly Beach
27 Danville, IL David S. Palmer Arena

SLAYER AND ROB ZOMBIE TO BRING HELL ON EARTH
TO NORTH AMERICA
The Two Metal Icons Will Together for the First Time in More than a Decade

LOS ANGELES, CA - MONDAY, March 28, 2011 -- Get ready for hell on earth, because for the first time since they tour together on Ozzfest 1999, Rob Zombie and Slayer are teaming up to hit the road, bringing a glorious purgatory to fans in 12 North American cities. The co-headline trek kicks off Wednesday, July 20 at the Sovereign Center in Reading, PA.  Tickets go on sale this Friday, April 1 at 10:00AM local time.  Tickets for all shows are available at the venues' box office, and via the online outlets as listed below.

"We haven't toured with Zombie since Ozzfest 1999, so you can expect no less than 'hell on earth,'" said Slayer's Kerry King.  "Total sonic annihilation and a visual bludgeoning.  Bring your own body bag..."

"Total destruction on stage and off is what this combination promises," states Zombie, "Seriously, how much more Hell could you ask for? The answer is none more Hell."

Both Zombie and Slayer will present their full headline sets at every show, and both bands will close shows over the course of the tour.  San Francisco's thrash-metal band Exodus has been confirmed to open all shows.

Slayer has been performing its classic 1990 Seasons In the Abyss album in its entirety over the past several months, but will instead draw from its entire 30-year catalogue for this tour's setlist.

Never one to play it safe, Zombie will be bringing his legendary stage show out in full force. Audiences can expect an exploding non-stop barrage of sin, sex and Satan guaranteed to rip your face off. This a true rock and roll spectacle at its finest.

Rob Zombie: With more than 15 million albums sold, seven Grammy nominations, the helming of five major motion pictures (including the #1 record-breaking "Halloween") and dozens of music videos under his belt, Zombie is truly a force to be reckoned with in today's entertainment landscape.  For over 25 years his unique meld of horror and hard rock has influenced his sound as a musician, and more recently, his vision as a director and writer.  After the tour, Zombie will be starting production on his sixth feature film, "The Lords of Salem," with the producers of the Paranormal Activity franchise.

Slayer:  The Chicago Tribune's Greg Kot wrote that the  four-time-nominated, two-time Grammy winning Slayer is "one of the great American rock bands of the last 30 years, forget about genre."  Indeed, few bands come close to matching the intensity that Slayer brings to its live shows, having been named "Best Live Band" by numerous media outlets including Revolver, SPIN, and Metal Hammer.  With songs that mirror the turmoil and aberrations of our society - God's terrifying global genocide, the chaos of our broken political system, chemical warfare, the hideous minds of serial killers, and the way-too-close proximity of world horrors that technology has brought us, Slayer remains crushing and brutal, steadfastly refusing to cater to the Mainstream.

Dates for the Slayer and Rob Zombie tour are as follows:

JULY
20    Sovereign Center, Reading, PA - ticketmaster.com and all Ticketmaster locations
22    DTE Amphitheatre, Detroit, MI - ticketmaster.com and all Ticketmaster locations
23    Stage AE, Pittsburgh, PA - ticketmaster.com and all Ticketmaster locations
24    Heavy T.O. at Downsview Park, Toronto, ON  Canada - ticketmaster.ca and all Ticketmaster locations
27    MTS Centre, Winnipeg, MB  Canada - ticketmaster.ca and all Ticketmaster locations
29    Credit Union Centre, Saskatoon, SK  Canada - ticketmaster.ca and all Ticketmaster locations
30    Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary, AB  Canada - ticketmaster.ca and all Ticketmaster locations
31    Rexall Place, Edmonton, AB  Canada - ticketmaster.ca and all Ticketmaster locations

AUGUST
 2    Save-On-Foods Memorial Center, Victoria, BC  Canada - SelectYourTickets.com
 3    Rogers Arena, Vancouver, BC  Canada - ticketmaster.ca and all Ticketmaster locations
 5     Rose Quarter Memorial Coliseum, Portland, OR - ComcastTix.com
 6    WaMu Theatre, Seattle, WA - ticketmaster.com and all Ticketmaster locations

X JAPAN'S YOSHIKI TO AUCTION OFF HIS "CRYSTAL" PIANO
TO AID JAPANESE EARTHQUAKE/TSUMANI VICTIMS

LOS ANGELES, CA - March 15, 2011 -- Yoshiki, leader of the Japanese rock band X Japan will put his favorite "crystal" piano on the auction block, donating all proceeds to help provide aid to the victims of Japan's earthquake and tsumani.

The custom-made, plexi-glass "Yoshiki Signature Piano by Kawai" with Yoshiki's name engraved on it, was used when the band played their legendary shows at the Tokyo Dome.

The Japanese-born Yoshiki, who lives in Los Angeles, felt the earthquake tremors while in a Tokyo recording studio working on X Japan's first North American album, and was shocked by the large-scale damage across Japan.  "It took awhile to locate my mother, but she is, thankfully, OK," said Yoshiki, "and I've spoken with [band members] Toshi, Pata, Sugizo and Heath, and they are all safe as well.  I am praying for the people here who are still trying to locate their family and friends."

X Japan has decided to postpone the release of their first U.S. single, "Jade," that had been scheduled to be released today, so that they may focus on their time and energies on helping with the recovery.

In addition to raising money by auctioning his "crystal" piano, Yoshiki will collect donations for the Japanese disaster relief through the Yoshiki Foundation America, his California non-profit, public benefit corporation with tax-exempt status as a section 501(c) (www.yoshikifoundation.com).  The Yoshiki Foundation has already donated to American organizations such as the Make-A-Wish Foundation of America, the Grammy Foundation, and St. Vincent's Meals on Wheels.

Mötley Crüe TO HEADLINE SUMMER TOUR WITH SUPPORT FROM POISON AND SPECIAL GUESTS NEW YORK DOLLS

SUMMER’S BIGGEST ROCK TOUR KICKS OFF JUNE 7TH IN DALLAS; TICKETS ON SALE STARTING MARCH 11TH

Los Angeles, CA (March 1, 2011) – Mötley Crüe, one of the world’s most iconic rock bands, have announced initial details today for their summer headlining tour with support from Poison and special guests New York Dolls (not to be confused with Poison’s solo tour, “Glam-A-Geddon 25”). The official announcement by Nikki Sixx, Tommy Lee and New York Dolls’ David Johansen was made on the syndicated radio show, Sixx Sense with Nikki Sixx Tuesday March 1st at 7:00pm local time (check www.sixxsense.com for a list of stations). Additionally, the announcement can be heard on SixxSense.com, iheartradio and on the new Sixx Sense XM 161 Channel. The trek will kick off June 7th in Dallas, TX and hit approximately 40 cities before coming to a close in early August.  Tickets will be available to fan club members beginning March 11th and a national on sale starts the weekend of March 18th. All tour information can be found at www.motley.com.  

To view the announcement video, please visit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Odj3xWrrYPs

Mötley Crüe has played to millions of fans around the world, adding this summer’s tour to recent successful outings including Crüe Fest 1 and 2 taking out such notables as Sixx:AM, Godsmack, Buckcherry, Papa Roach, Theory Of A Deadman and many others. For ticket and tour information and information about Mötley Crüe, please visit: www.motley.com.  

For more information on Poison, please visit: www.poisonweb.com.

For more information on New York Dolls, please visit: www.nydolls.org.

Mötley Crüe, Poison and New York Dolls Summer Tour Dates

JUNE

7          Dallas, TX                                Gexa Energy Pavilion

9          San Antonio, TX                       AT&T Center

10         Houston, TX                             Toyota Center

12         Albuquerque, NM                     Hard Rock Pavilion

14         Los Angeles, CA                      Hollywood Bowl

15         San Francisco, CA                   Bill Graham Civic Auditorium

17         Phoenix, AZ                             Desert Sky Pavilion

18         Las Vegas, NV                          Venue TBD

19         Salt Lake City, UT                     USANA Amphitheater

21         Kansas City, MO                       Sprint Center

22         Maryland Heights, MO              Verizon Wireless Amphitheater

24         Minneapolis, MN                      Target Center

25         Milwaukee, WI                          Bradley Center

26         Cincinnati, OH                          Riverbend Music Center

28         Toronto, ON                             Molson Amphitheater

29         Clarkston, MI                            DTE Energy Music Theatre

 

JULY

1          Tinley Park, IL                          FMB Amphitheater

2          Noblesville, IN                          Verizon Wireless Music Center

3          Nashville, TN                            Bridgestone Arena

5          Hollywood, FL                          Seminole Hard Rock Live Arena

6          Tampa, FL                                St. Pete Times Forum

8          Biloxi, MS                                Mississippi Coast Coliseum

9          Pelham, AL                              Verizon Wireless Music Center (Mötley Crüe & NY Dolls Only)

10         Atlanta, GA                               Aaron’s Amphitheater at Lakewood

12         Charlotte, NC                            Verizon Wireless Amphitheater

13         Hershey, PA                             Star Pavilion at Hershey Park

15         Uncasville, CT                          Mohegan Sun Arena

16         Camden, NJ                             Susquehanna Bank Center

19         Mansfield, MA                          Comcast Center

20         Uniondale, NY                          Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum

22         Darien Center, NY                     Darien Lakes Performing Arts Center

23         Saratoga Springs, NY               Saratoga Performing Arts Center

24         Pittsburgh, PA                         Stage AE

27         Cheyenne, WY                          Frontier Days (Mötley Crüe Only)

29         Youngstown, OH                      Covelli Centre

30         Frederick, MD                           Outlaw Jam 2011

31         Scranton, PA                            Toyota Pavilion at Montage Mountain

 

AUGUST

5          Tomah, WI                               Fort McCoy

 

**ADDITIONAL DATES TO BE ANNOUNCED**

SLAYER NAMES GUEST GUITARIST FOR UPCOMING TOUR DATES

LOS ANGELES, CA - February 15, 2011

SLAYER - guitarists Jeff Hanneman and Kerry King, bassist/vocalist Tom Araya, and drummer Dave Lombardo - announce that Gary Holt from the band Exodus will be Slayer's guest guitarist, temporary filling in for Hanneman who is currently recovering from surgery.  Holt will immediately join Araya, King and Lombardo for their five-date Australian Soundwave Festival tour that begins February 26.

Hanneman underwent emergency surgery on his right arm late last month after contracting a serious infection, possibly caused by a spider bite.  He is now recuperating at home and is expected to make a full recovery.  He will return to the Slayer line-up as soon as he has fully recovered.

SLAYER'S JEFF HANNEMAN CONTRACTS ACUTE INFECTION

Band Will Bring On a Guest Guitarist for Upcoming Tour Dates

LOS ANGELES, CA - February 12, 2011 -- Jeff Hanneman, guitarist and founding member of Slayer, was hospitalized late last month where he underwent emergency surgery on his right arm after contracting a serious infection, according to his band mates Kerry King, Tom Araya and Dave Lombardo.

While Hanneman's doctors were not able to definitively identify the infection's origin, they diagnosed  necrotizing fasciitis, and indicated it likely was rooted in a spider bite.  The guitarist is now recuperating at home, has already begun the process of subsequent medical procedures including skin grafts, and is expected to make a full recovery.

In light of this situation and Slayer's upcoming participation in the Australian Soundwave Festival tour that is set to kick off on February 26, the band has made the tough decision to play the dates without Hanneman, and will bring on a guest guitarist to fill in for him until such time as he has fully recuperated and is ready to return to the line-up.  The band will announce details about the guest guitarist shortly.

"Jeff is our brother, we've all been friends and together as a band for almost 30 years," said Araya, "so we just want him to completely recover as soon as possible."

"After everything that happened last year," King added, "we all agreed that we just can't let our fans down again," referring to Araya's severe back and neck pain that prompted his January 2010 surgery, unfortunately leading to the band's postponement or cancellation of numerous shows in 2009 and 2010.  "Jeff is totally on board with this decision, so we will tour as planned.  At this point, we can't pinpoint exactly what day he'll be back, but he'll be back as soon as he possibly can.  And we can't wait for Jeff to get better and get his ass back on the road."

THE WÖRLD IS YOURS…SO SAY MOTÖRHEAD!

MOTÖRHEAD, the loudest, coolest and most iconic rock'n'roll lifestyle around, will
release their new studio album, The Wörld Is Yours, on February 8, 2011. Written and
performed by Lemmy Kilmister, Philip Campbell and Mikkey Dee in both Los Angeles, CA
and Wales, UK, The Wörld Is Yours, was made with longtime producer Cameron Webb, who also worked on Motörizer, Kiss Of Death and Inferno.
The Wörld Is Yours continues a worldwide addiction to the Motörhead sound and lifestyle
which saw 2008's Motörizer break both the band's own sales records and the Billboard Top
100 chart.

Being the true road warriors they are, Motörhead will kick off their worldwide live assault in
Europe with a major headline tour between November 8th and December 21st. They then hit the North American tarmac, starting on January 25th, 2011 at the House Of Blues, Anaheim and climaxing in Los Angeles at Club Nokia on March 11th. They will then continue to once again conquer the globe, visiting Australia and South America in April/May, before returning to Europe between June and August.
If that isn't enough, the critically-acclaimed documentary about Motörhead's iconic
founding-frontman, titled LEMMY, which has been tearing up the worldwide film festival
circuit from New York to Melbourne to London and beyond, will premiere nationally in
January.

In other Motörhead news:
- The band will perform on the Conan O'Brien show on January 26.
- Motörhead have debuted the video for their new song, “Get Back In Line.” Footage of the
band performing is interspersed with fat cat executives showing their greed and gluttony.
Motörhead put an end to that though by beating up all the suits.
- Motörhead Wine - you heard that right! It launched in Europe last month and already sold
out!
- Ozzy Osbourne listed his top ten metal albums of the year and Motörhead's The Wörld Is
Yours was #3, even though the record hasn't been released yet in the U.S.
- If you ever had a desire to remix a Motörhead song, now you can - on your iPhone or iPod.

A Motörhead Remixer app lets you put your own touch on classic hits like “Ace Of Spades”
and “Overkill.” You can even share your versions on Facebook.
All in all, the lifestyle that is Motörhead, one of the world's greatest Grammy-winning
rock'n'roll acts, will be making sure that if in 2011 you're finding them too loud, then you are
simply too old!
The Wörld Is Yours track listing:
1. Born To Lose
2. I Know How To Die
3. Get Back In Line
4. Devils In My Head
5. Rock 'N' Roll Music
6. Waiting For The Snake
7. Brotherhood Of Man
8. Outlaw
9. I Know What You Need
10. Bye Bye Bitch Bye Bye

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MOTÖRHEAD ANNOUNCES 2011 U.S. TOUR

MOTÖRHEAD, the loudest, coolest and most iconic rock'n'roll lifestyle around, announce
their 2011 U.S. tour dates to celebrate the band's 35th anniversary and the release their new studio album, The Wörld Is Yours, on February 8, 2011.

Motörhead are a mindset, a belief, a way to live your life, a way to both survive and beat a
society that sometimes seems intent on trying to grind you down. Which is why Motörhead
have chosen now, in what might be some of the most tense times in recent global history, to release a hell-raising, rebel-rousing rock'n'roll statement known as The Wörld is Yours.
If that isn't enough, the critically-acclaimed documentary about Motörhead's iconic
founding-frontman, titled LEMMY, which has been tearing up the worldwide film festival
circuit from New York to Melbourne to London and beyond, will premiere nationally in
January.

“We don't fit into anything!” roars founder and heartbeat Lemmy Kilmister,"the only thing
we fit into is 'Motörhead' because we are Motörhead music and that's what we do!"

THE WÖRLD IS YOURS TOUR:
Tue 25 Jan
Anaheim CA
House of Blues
Fri 28 Jan
Reno NV
Knitting Factory
Sat 29 Jan
Las Vegas NV HOB
Mon 31 Jan
San Diego CA HOB
Wed 02 Feb
San Francisco CA
Warfield
Fri 04 Feb
Seattle WA Sodo
Sat 05 Feb
Portland OR
Roseland
Mon 07 Feb
Vancouver BC Vogue
Wed 09 Feb
Edmonton AL EEC
Thu 10 Feb
Calgary AL
Flames Central
Sat 12 Feb
Winnipeg MT Burton
Sun 13 Feb
Fargo, ND
The Venue
Tue 15 Feb
Minneapolis MN
1st Ave
Wed 16 Feb
Milwaukee WI
Rave Ballroom
Thu 17 Feb
Kansas City MO Midland Theatre
Sat 19 Feb
Chicago IL
Congress
Sun 20 Feb
St. Louis MO Pops
Tue 22 Feb
Grand Rapids MI Orbit
Wed 23 Feb
Detroit MI
Royal Oak
Fri 25 Feb
Kitchener ONT
Elements
Sat 26 Feb
Toronto ONT
Koolhouse
Mon 28 Feb
New York NY Best Buy
Tue 01 Mar
Boston MA House of Blues (AVALON)
Thu 03 Mar
Sayerville NJ
Starland Ballroom
Fri 04 Mar
Atlantic City NJ House of Blues
Sat 05 Mar
TBA
TBA
Tue 08 Mar
Austin TX Stubb's
Thu 10 Mar
Tempe AZ Marquee Theatre
Fri 11 Mar
Los Angeles CA
Nokia Live

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SLAYER TO RELEASE NEW SONG ON
LIMITED EDITION 7-INCH SINGLE
FOR THE METAL CLUB'S "BLACK FRIDAY"

Los Angeles, CA - October 28, 2010 -- Wrapping up one of the most memorable years of the band's career, SLAYER will make available a previously unreleased track, "Atrocity Vendor," as
part of a special limited-edition 7-inch single.  Written by Kerry King, the track was recorded during the 2009 "World Painted Blood" sessions, and will be released on "Black Friday," November 26, exclusively through Metal Club, the North American indie store consortium that works to connect the metal community with their local "brick and mortar" record stores. 

"Atrocity Vendor" will be paired with the Tom Araya/Jeff Hanneman-penned track "World Painted Blood," and released in a clear sleeve on a red vinyl disc.  Go to http://www.mymetalclub.com/ to find a Metal Store record shop near you.

Slayer's Twenty-Ten has indeed, been quite a year for the band and its fans, beginning with Tom Araya's successful neck surgery that now has him pain-free, the group's fourth Grammy nomination, the band's co-headline "American Carnage" tour with Megadeth, the historical summer series of "Big Four" Sonisphere European concerts, and the recently completed "Jagermeister Fall Music Tour" that Slayer co-headlined with Megadeth and featured Anthrax, the first time in two decades that those three band shared an American stage.

Plans for the band's 2011 are currently being confirmed, but look for more touring, more music, and more S-L-A-A-A-Y-E-R!!!!!

ANTHRAX TO SUPPORT THE METAL CLUB ON BLACK FRIDAY
WITH LIMITED-EDITION 10-INCH SINGLE

LOS ANGELES, CA - October 28, 2010 -- The multi-Platinum rock band Anthrax will release its first recording in 20 years with Joey Belladonna on vocals.  "Live at the Sonisphere" (Megaforce Records), a limited-edition, 10-inch picture disc single, will feature the tracks "Medusa" and "Only," both recorded this past June 22 in Sofia, Bulgaria, where Anthrax performed as part of The Big Four - Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth, and Anthrax.  "Live at the Sonisphere" will be released on "Black Friday," November 26, exclusively through Metal Club, the North American indie record store consortium that works to connect the metal community with their local "brick and mortar" record stores.  Go to http://www.mymetalclub.com/ to find a Metal Store record shop near you.

About the importance of independent record stores, Anthrax's Charlie Benante said, "Indie stores are our only hope!  People should cherish these wonderful treasures.  Go, get lost in an indie record store, you may discovery a band or record that could blow your mind."

"The Sonisphere concerts were some of the greatest shows for us," added Belladonna, "and to have shared it with Metallica, Slayer and Megadeth was just the best.  It's an experience none of us will ever forget, and we're happy that our fans can share a little of that, and that Anthrax can be part of the Metal Club with this single."

Anthrax just wrapped up the 20-date North American Jagermeister Fall Music Tour with Slayer and Megadeth, and will head to South America in November for a handful of dates.  They will then return to the U.S. to finish recording a new album - their first with Belladonna on vocals since 1990's "Persistence of Time" - set for a 2011 release.

With worldwide sales in excess of 10-million, Anthrax is about to celebrate its 30th year as a band.  Over its career, Anthrax has received multiple Gold and Platinum albums, multiple Grammy nominations, and a host of other accolades from the press, industry and fans.

LEMMY KILMISTER CONFIRMED FOR:

MARKY RAMONE’S BENEFIT CONCERT OF RAMONES MUSIC WITH ALL-STAR BAND

BILLY SHEEHAN, MICHALE GRAVES, JEFF DUNCAN, MARKO DESANTIS & ANDY HILFIGER 

Friday, October 8th - In Hollywood, CA @ Musicians Institute

HOLLYWOOD, CA (September 7, 2010) – Lemmy Kilmister (Motorhead)has confirmed
to play along with Billy Sheehan (Mr. Big, David Lee Roth), Michael Graves
(The Misfits), Jeff Duncan (Armored Saint), Marko DeSantis (Sugarcult), Andy
Hilfiger (bassologist/Fashion Guru) and Marky Ramone himself for a full concert
of The Ramones. You will hear the music that defined many generations and inspired
many bands. Marky’s set list is comprised of 31 historical Ramones songs such
as SEDATED, K.K.K., PSYCHOTHERAPY, BLITZKREIG BOP, PINHEAD and more!   

The legendary Rock Hall of Fame drummer for The Ramones is performing a special
all-star fund-raising concert on Friday, October 8, 2010 at 8pm in the MI Concert
Hall. Doors open at 7:30pm. The concert is in benefit for the newly-created
Marky Ramone Drum Scholarship for Musicians Institute in Hollywood, CA. “I
am much honored to be chosen as an artist for the scholarship program. Music
for kids is very important to have,” explains Marky. 100% of the event proceeds
will fund the newly-created Marky Ramone Drum Scholarship at MI.

ONLINE ADVANCE SALE: General Admission seats (festival seating) are $30, VIP
seating is $45 (guaranteed first 3 rows), $99 VIP Backstage (First 3 rows seating
guaranteed | Backstage Pass | After-Show Meet & Greet | Special Marky Ramone
Gift bag).

click here To Buy MARKY RAMONE Concert Tickets or go to www.Ticketweb.com  

WALK-UP (day of show): General Admission seats (festival seating) are $35,
VIP seating is $50 (guaranteed first 3 rows), VIP Backstage not available.

Musicians Institute Concert Hall
1655 N. McCadden Place
Hollywood, CA 90028

Marky Ramone is a member of the Rock ‘N’ Roll Hall of Fame, and is best known
for the 15 years he spent drumming for The Ramones. The Ramones formed in 1974,
and are often cited as the first punk-rock group. Marky is the only living
member of the longest running Ramones line-up – which featured Johnny, Joey,
Dee Dee, and Marky. He has performed over 1700 shows and more than 15 album
releases during his tenure (starting in 1978) as a member of The Ramones.

For more info on MarkyRamone or the concert click www.myspace.com/markyramone,
www.mi.edu or http://musiciansfoundation.wordpress.com.  

COMBICHRIST
Takes Their Monsters on Tour
Announce US Dates with Aesthetic Perfection, Ivardensphere
New Album Out 9/28

Atlanta, GA - With the release of their fifth studio album MAKING MONSTERS coming on September 28, 2010, Metropolis recording artists COMBICHRIST have announced dates for Monsters on Tour with support from Aesthetic Perfection and Ivardensphere. Tickets for the tour go on sale this weekend (tour dates below).

Kicking off on November 3rd in New Orleans and circling around the States, this is the band's first tour of the US after four months on the road supporting Rammstein in Europe. Combichrist's much lauded and respected live shows are, as Crypt Magazine describes, "known for tons of energy, blood, and a rock n' roll attitude." BlogCritics also warns it's "not for the faint of heart - you wouldn't bring your grandmother to this show." 

MONSTERS ON TOUR
COMBICHRIST w/ Aesthetic Perfection, Ivandensphere
Nov 03 Howlin' Wolf New Orleans, LA
Nov 04 Elysium Austin, TX
Nov 06 Venue of Scottsdale Scottsdale, AZ
Nov 07 Henry Fonda Theater Los Angeles, CA
Nov 08 Slim's San Francisco, CA
Nov 10 Wonder Ballroom Portland, OR
Nov 11 El Corazon Seattle, WA
Nov 13 Gothic Theatre Englewood, CA Nov 15 The Cabooze Minneapolis, MN
Nov 16 The Bottom Lounge Chicago, IL
Nov 17 Phoenix Concert Theatre Toronto, ONT
Nov 19 Webster Theatre Hartford, CT
Nov 20 Gramercy Theatre New York, NY
Nov 21 Polaris Philadelphia, PA
Nov 22 Fur Nightclub Washington, DC
Nov 24 Masquerade Atlanta, GA

Fueled by expressions of lust, anger, pain and hate, Making Monsters is the sound of Combichrist mastermind Andy LaPlegua ripping out his heart and plugging its still-beating deathkicks into his music, rife with hook-heavy choruses, speaker-crushing beats, and dark aggressive vocals. The first single “Never Surrender” is bound to rule the dance floors along with other floor stompers “They” and “Throat Full of Glass”. The baretoothed aggression of “Follow the Trail of Blood” (featuring Brendan Schiepatti of Bleeding Through) will immediately become a crowd favorite while the brooding “Through These Eyes of Pain” takes a much subtler approach and shows us another side of Combichrist, that of the man inside the monster.

Recorded in Totprod Studios in Atlanta, GA and produced by LaPlegua, Making Monsters takes the band beyond the aggressive techno and electro rhythms and propels them into much more primal and raw territory. "It's beyond my personal demons, and extremely honest," says LaPlegua.

Making Monsters will be released via Metropolis Records physically on September 28, 2010 (digital release is slated for August 31, 2010). The live incarnation is comprised of LaPlegua, longtime live drummer Joe Letz (Amen, Genitorturers, Emigrate), keyboardist Z_Marr (Hell Trash), and Trevor Friedrich (Eighteen Visions, Imperative Reaction).

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