Category: Hard Rock News
0 Hard Rock News 1/22/07
David Coverdale called into the Eddie Trunk Live show on XM41, The Boneyard tonight. David is working with current Whitesnake Lead Guitarist, Doug Aldrich on new material for the upcoming album tentatively titled, Good to be Bad. David sounds pretty inspired to be working on new tunes with Doug. We could have a monster Whitesnake album on our hands come summertime.
On a side note. Coverdale and company is interested in touring the United States this June and July, but the tour promoters are wanting to lump them together with a bunch of other 80’s hard rock bands. Coverdale has no interest in doing that. He thinks Whitesnake is a headliner, and I do not disagree with that notion at all. They headline shows that book 100,000 people in the UK. When will the U.S. tour promoters and record companies get a clue?
David also mentioned that the DVD – Live In the Still of the Night has almost gone Gold (50,000 units sold) in the Unites States without any promotion.
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According to a posting on BLACK SABBATH guitarist Tony Iommi‘s official web site, MEGADETH and DOWN have been officially confirmed as the support acts on HEAVEN AND HELL‘s previously announced Canadian tour. The trek will feature 11 Canadian shows, along with an exciting one-night-only performance at one of the most prestigious venues in the world, New York’s Radio City Music Hall. HEAVEN AND HELL reunites Iommi with Ronnie James Dio (vocals), Geezer Butler (bass) and Vinny Appice (drums) for the first time in 15 years.
Currently there are 12 scheduled stops, starting on March 11 in Vancouver and ending on March 30 in New York City. The HEAVEN AND HELL world tour will continue until the end of the year with shows in the U.S., Asia and Europe. Additional dates will be announced shortly.
HEAVEN AND HELL North American tour dates:
Mar. 11 – Vancouver, BC @ Pacific Coliseum
Mar. 13 – Edmonton, AB @ Rexall Place
Mar. 14 – Calgary, AB @ Saddledome
Mar. 16 – Regina, SK @ Brandt Centre
Mar. 18 – Winnipeg, MB @ MTS Centre
Mar. 20 – Sault St. Marie, ON @ Steelback Centre
Mar. 22 – Toronto, ON @ Air Canada Centre
Mar. 24 – London, ON @ John Labatt Centre
Mar. 26 – Montreal, PQ @ Bell Centre
Mar. 27 – Quebec City, PQ @ Colisee Pepsi Arena
Mar. 28 – Ottawa, ON @ Civic Centre
Mar. 30 – New York, NY @ Radio City Music Hall ( Goes on Sale Friday 1/26/07 )
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Despite rumors of a forthcoming RATT reunion tour with original vocalist Stephen Pearcy, DiMartini answered “no” when asked if there are RATT tour plans for 2007.
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KROKUS vocalist Marc Storace recently spoke with “The Hairball John Radio Show” about the group’s new release, “Hellraiser”. Storace also spoke about a possible U.S. tour this summer.
Said Storace: “Our people are working on it right now. I don’t want to mention any names at this state, because I don’t want to disappoint anybody if it doesn’t work out. But it looks like a great tour. It would be a package tour and we would be able to reach a hell of a lot of our old fans as well as new ones.”
The entire conversation with Marc Storace is available in full streaming audio at the home site of “The Hairball John Radio Show”.
KROKUS‘s latest album, “Hellraiser”, entered the Swiss album chart at position No. 2. The CD, which was recorded with producer Dennis Ward (PINK CREAM 69), has already been certified “gold” in the band’s home country.
The KROKUS single “Angel of My Dreams” has been made available for download at this location.
KROKUS‘s current lineup is completed by Stefan Schwarzmann (drums), Tony Castell (bass), Mandy Meyer (guitar) and Dominique Fave (guitar).
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Frontiers salutes the multi-platinum metal artists Dokken with From Conception Live 1981 – A CD of an unreleased concert with 3 previously unreleased tracks.
Los Angeles rockers Dokken ruled the charts and airwaves in the 80s with a trio of platinum albums powered by an unforgettable mix of Metal and melody. With the band headed in the studio in January to record their ninth album Lighting Strikes Again due out summer 2007 Frontiers Records revisits the quartet’s early days with a Live CD from 1981, packed with unreleased material.
From Conception finds singer Don Dokken guitarist George Lynch, drummer Mick Brown and bassist Jeff Pilson ripping through 10 unreleased live performances of several songs that were eventually recorded for the band’s debut album, Breaking The Chains, including Live To Rock (Rock To Live), Knightrider, the title track, Paris Is Burning plus a showcase for Lynch’s formidable guitar heroics. The live disc also contains three previously unreleased tracks that didn’t make it onto the debut album because the label did not feel they were commercial enough at the time – Goin Down, Hit And Run and You’re a Liar.
0 Guns ‘N’ Roses Demo from Chinese Democracy
Some crafty fellow made a pretty solid video for one of the demo tracks off of the upcoming Chinese Democracy CD.
Take a listen to the video below and let me know what you think.
There is the Time
0 10 Days of JORN
For the Next 10 Days I will be posting new reviews on releases from Jorn Lande’s Discography, leading up to the reviews of the hot new January releases, Unlocking the Past and the Gathering. I am going to cover a lot of different material, so stay tuned to the Hard Rock Hideout and check back daily for more reviews, videos and music worth listening to!
Day 1 has now been posted. Check out the review for Ark’s Self Titled Debut from 1999 here.
Day 2 has now been posted. Check out the review for Jorn’s debut as a solo artist, Starfire.
Day 3 has been posted. Check out the review for Ark’s 2nd disc, Burn the Sun!
Day 4 has now been posted. There are some awesome videos to go along with this next review. Be sure to check back and check out the review for JORN – Worldchanger
Day 5 is up! Check out the review for debut by Masterplan!
Day 6 is now up! Check out the review for Jorn’s work on the Brazen Abbot disc, Guilty As Sin.
Day 7 has been posted! Check out the review for the Junior Solo Effort by Jorn, Out To Every Nation
Day 8 is up! Check out the 2nd Amazing Disc by Masterplan – Aeronautics.
Day 9 is here! Check out the incredible release Allen / Lande – The Battle.
Tomorrow night is the Grand Finale to the 10 Days of Jorn!! Be Here for not one but two new Jorn Lande reviews! Until then, check out the top 26 songs by Jorn Lande on Last FM here.
Check out the Day 10 Reviews JORN – The Gathering and JORN – Unlocking the Past !
I hope you all enjoyed this segment! I hope to do more things like this in the future at the Hard Rock Hideout!
2 Hard Rock News 1/15/07
OZZY OSBOURNE: New Album Is In The Same League As ‘Blizzard Of Ozz’, ‘Diary Of A Madman’
Ozzy Osbourne has told Dan Epstein of Revolver magazine (web site) that he has finally found the perfect setting for making records: the newly soundproofed guest house behind his Beverly Hills mansion, which he’s outfitted with a mixing desk and a ProTools rig.
“When I made records before, I’d have to get up, get in a cab or car, go to the studio, and wait for everyone to turn up,” Osbourne explained. “If you’re already inspired before you leave for the studio, you’re fucked by the time you get there! But now I have the luxury of working in my own home. I can play the music on my own sound system, and I can lie down in my room and watch my flat-screen TV whenever I like.”
Unlike 2001’s slickly produced “Down to Earth”, the last album of original Ozzy material, the new disc promises to be a rawer and heavier affair. Recorded with the same band that backed Osbourne on his scattered 2006 Ozzfest dates — Zakk Wylde on guitar, Mike Bordin on drums, and former ROB ZOMBIE bassist Rob “Blasko” Nicholson — the album has no official producer, although longtime Mutt Lange protégé Kevin Churko is serving as the engineer.
“Kevin‘s working the machines and helping me with the songwriting,” said Osbourne. “He really knows what he’s doing with the ProTools, which is good because I can’t work the fucking thing. I can barely work a light switch!”
“We just went in and jammed out the riffs, just like how they made ‘Back in Black’ and all the SABBATH record,” said Wylde. “I don’t need Bob Rock there to tell me what to do, like that ‘Vagina Monologues’ band METALLICA. When you know where you’re going, you don’t need to ask for fucking directions! It sounds like classic Ozzy — there’s piano ballads, there’s an acoustic thing, and then there’s the heavy shit. From the beginning, Oz kept saying to me, ‘Zakk, we need another ‘No More Tears’ — we’ve gotta piss all over that fuckin’ record. This thing’s gotta be able to hang with ‘Diary of a Madman’!'”
“I always try to make a great album,” says Osbourne. “It’s not like I go in there and go, ‘You know what? I’ve had a great run — I’m gonna do a piece of shit for my next album!’ But to be perfectly truthful to you, ‘Down to Earth’ was just a filler album to me. It did well, and some people liked it, and I loved the ballad on it ['Dreamer']. But this album I put in the same league as ‘No More Tears’, ‘Blizzard of Ozz’, and ‘Diary’. It’s definitely my influence of SABBATH coming out, here and there. But then again, I would have liked to see SABBATH put out an album like this at this stage of the game.”
For more on Ozzy Osbourne‘s new solo album, pick up the March 2007 issue of Revolver magazine, set to hit newsstands this coming Monday, January 15. More information is available at www.revolvermag.com.
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Former Rough Cutt and Quiet Riot singer Paul Shortino has a new CD coming out from his new band called The SideFX.
This band features Ira Black (Vicious Rumours) on guitar, Uriah Duffy (Whitesnake), and Patrick Johannson (Yngwie Malmsteen) on drums.
You can listen to a new track, Voice In Your Head, off their forthcoming disc here.
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House of Lords are on tour with Bang Tango have dates scheduled in the following cities:
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Frank Hannon from Tesla is opening for Winger in support of his solo CD, Guitarz from Mars.
Dates are scheduled as follows:
2 Hard Rock News 1/11/07
DC4 is hard at work on their new CD EXPLODE. They have posted a new demo track called Long Hard Road to Lost. You can listen to it here.
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Frontiers Records is very pleased to announce the release of two separate JORN records entitled “Unlocking The Past” and “The Gathering” on January 27th 2007.
The concept behind this dual release is to encounter the fans’ request for more material and to make some of Jorn’s earlier work more available.
“With “The Gathering””, Jorn says, “I’m removing dust from some of my earlier recordings because I believe some of these songs deserve a second chance in history”. “Some tracks have been rerecorded from scratch, simply because I felt they would sound better with new arrangements and approach” continues the Norwegian singer, adding “Others have been remixed and have this way been given a “face lift” due to the fact that the original recordings didn’t sound that great productionwise. All songs have been digitally mastered by my good friend Tommy Hansen and I hope that this album will please my old as well as my newer fans”.
“Unlocking the Past” includes some previously unreleased cover songs that were originally considered to be “leftovers” or additional bonus tracks for previous JORN albums. Many of them were never included on any official release. Some brand new covers were also recorded specifically for this release. Dust has been brushed from these recordings; the remix of “Burn”, “The day the earth caught fire” (which originally appeared on Jorn’s solo debut album “Starfire”), and the remastered version of “On and On” (which was supposed to appear on a Millennium covers album a few years back), complete the tracklisting of the album.
“I’m very excited about releasing these songs from the treasure chest” Jorn says and surely this is nothing less than a nice present for the numerous fans of one of the greatest Rock singers today.
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The new Masterplan CD MII featuring former Riot singer Mike DiMeo, and ex-Axel Rudi Pell, and Artension drummer Mike Terrana will be released on February 23.
0 Hard Rock News 1/10/07
ROCK STAR SUPERNOVA, the band featuring drummer Tommy Lee (MOTLEY CRUE), guitarist Gilby Clarke (ex-GUNS N’ ROSES), vocalist Lukas Rossi and bassist Johnny Colt (BLACK CROWES, TRAIN), took part in “CD USA”‘s broadcast of the “America’s Party” New Year’s Eve celebration from the famous Fremont Street in downtown Las Vegas. Watch the band’s performance at YouTube.com:* “Underdog” (video)* “Leave the Lights On” (video)* “Headspin” (video)* “Can’t Bring Myself to Light this Fuse” (
video) * “Be Yourself (And 5 Other Cliches)” (video) ROCK STAR SUPERNOVA frontman Lukas Rossi was videotaped accepting a gold record plaque at the SonyBMG Canada offices for Canadian sales in excess of 50,000 copies of the band’s self-titled debut album.******************************************************************************************
Universal Music has set up an alternative, free download site for fans who purchased the “Kiss Alive! 1975-2000″ box set without the bonus tracks — “2000 Man” and “God of Thunder”. If any KISS fans can’t get the replacement discs from Best Buy, they can use the following code from January 8 through January 14 ONLY to get the two tracks: P3Hw6qV6. Click here and enter the code to download the songs now.
As previously reported, the “Kiss Alive! 1975 – 2000″ box set sold just over 9,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to land at position No. 167 on The Billboard 200 chart.
“Kiss Alive! 1975-2000″ comes with the first three “Alive” albums from 1975, 1977, and 1993, as well as the December 31, 1999 Millennium show from Vancouver, British Columbia, which was supposed to be “Alive IV” but was never released.
The first “Alive!” album was a landmark for the band, becoming their first gold record, but singer-bassist Gene Simmons told Launch that their label wasn’t in favor of the idea. “We were on our last legs, Casablanca was gonna go belly-up,” he said. “We didn’t get paid for the album — in fact, when we told the record company we were gonna do a live record, they didn’t want to do that, because live records didn’t work. In those days, a live album was a liability. You did that after your career was over.”
1 Hard Rock News 1/8/2007
Jonathan Cohen of Billboard.com reports that VAN HALEN, R.E.M., PATTI SMITH, THE RONETTES and GRANDMASTER FLASH AND THE FURIOUS FIVE will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame March 12 during a ceremony at New York’s Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. To be eligible for induction, this year’s class had to release their first single no later than 1981.
VAN HALEN faces the decision of whether to perform at the ceremony with ex-members. The group is without a lead singer, although rumors are swirling that original frontman David Lee Roth will tour with the outfit this summer. In addition, Eddie Van Halen’s teenage son recently replaced longtime bassist Michael Anthony in the band.
In a recent interview with The Plain Dealer, former VAN HALEN frontman Sammy Hagar expressed doubt VAN HALEN’s members can put aside their differences long enough to get through the Rock Hall ceremony.
“I think it could be ugly,” he said. “This might be the best one ever! It’s what everybody wants. They want to see blows thrown and yelling and screaming and people making fools of themselves and trying to outshine each other.
“This could be a real comedy, man. This could be a reality series right here.
“I don’t think it’s gonna be a real friendly, beautiful scene. . . .I could go there and jam with them. Ed, Mike, Al and I probably could pull it off, ’cause we just did it [in 2004]. We were professional when we went onstage.
“But you throw Dave in that mix, and I just don’t see it working. Dave’s gonna want it to be all about him. Ed’s gonna want it to be all about him. And that’s a tough one right there. I’ll probably just be sitting over in the corner, cracking up.”
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According to the January 7, 2007 edition of the Las Vegas Review-Journal, GUNS N’ ROSES frontman Axl Rose is putting the final vocals down on the band’s new album that he has been working on at the Palms recording studios.
Rose announced last month on GUNS N’ ROSES‘ official web site a “tentative” March 6 release date for the band’s eternally delayed new CD, “Chinese Democracy”. In the posting, Rose also revealed he has split with longtime manager Merck Mercuriadis due to disagreements over the set up for the album release.
In order to properly plan for the release, GNR has canceled four January shows in Sacramento, Calif., Bakersfield, Calif., Reno, Nev., and San Diego.
“Chinese Democracy” is the first GUNS N’ ROSES album since the 1993 covers collection “The Spaghetti Incident”. In the ensuing decade, the group has lost every original member besides Rose and burned through a reported $13 million in recording expenses.
GUNS N’ ROSES‘ “Greatest Hits” collection, which was originally issued in March of 2004, was certified triple-platinum on April 11, 2006 by the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) for shipments in excess of three million copies. The CD sold 18,000 copies in the United States last week alone (week ending Dec. 31), bringing the total number of copies sold since its release to 3.39 million, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
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WARRANT will be releasing their first full length home DVD in March 07
The ALL new OFFICIAL DVD is titled: WARRANT Born Again D.V.D. Delvis Video Diaries. It features 12 NEW music videos from the 12 bombastic songs off of the Warrant CD Born Again. With video edits from Jerry Dixon, Steven Sweet & Tommy Thayer. Bonus features include: 30 minutes of in the studio recording sessions, the making of Born Again. Also backstage on tour funny video debauchery of The Down Boys. We have also added to two slide shows for your viewing pleasures. Feel free to enjoy all this video magic with your neighbor’s, cranking up your surround sound unit to 11!
0 Hard Rock News – 1/6/2007
You can hear some tracks off the side project from Jani Lane, Bobby Blotzer, Robbi Crane and Kerri Kelli here!
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KOTTAK (formerly KRUNK), fronted by singer/songwriter/guitarist Jimmy Ratchitt, who, in another life, as James Kottak, drummed for KINGDOM COME and, for the last 10 years, Germany metal legends SCORPIONS, have confirmed the following tour dates: January 4 – Universal City, CA – B.B. Kings 6 – Lancaster, CA – Schooners 18 – Fullerton, CA – Fender Ave Bar & Grill (with BLACK SYMPHONY) 20 – Tarzana, CA – Paladinos 27 – Fullerton, CA – Fender Ave Bar & Grill.
Kottak recently released their debut album, Therupy, via Escapi Music. His band also consists of his wife, and sister to Motley Crue’s Tommy Lee, Athena on drums.
0 Hard Rock News – 1/5/2007
You can listen to a demo of Gears of War off the up and coming Megadeth album, “United Abominations” here!
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Judas Priest is Looking At Mid-Year Release For ‘Nostradamus’ Concept Album
Launch Radio Networks reports: Things are going well with the recording of the new JUDAS PRIEST album. It’s a concept album about the 16th Century French prophet Nostradamus, and the band has started thinking about release dates. Frontman Rob Halford told Launch that everyone’s excited about the project. “The writing sessions were fantastic — some of the best writing that (guitarists) Glenn (Tipton) and K.K. (Downing) and myself have ever created, and we’re in good shape, we’re recording. And finger’s crossed, and with the belief that it’s ready when it’s ready, we should be out by the middle of 2007 with ‘Nostradamus’.”
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POISON has announced plans to go into the studio to record an album of classic rock songs and they want the fans’ input. Post your cover-song suggestions in the comments section of the band’s official MySpace page by January 10 and it just might show up on their new record coming in late spring.
0 Hard Rock News – 12/30/06
New Forum added to the site today! Go Check it out and Post!
I added a link in the menus to the right, or you can just go here .
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New Jani Lane project on the way in 2007.
I saw this over at Jani’s site, and thought I would post it here:
As quoted by Jani Lane, “I forgot to tell you I just finished my new project, Saints of the Underground. As I said previously the members include myslef, Keri Kelli on guitar (Alice Cooper), Bobby Blotzer on drums (Ratt). We have had the oppurtunity to mix our record with Andy Johns of Stones and Zeppelian fame to name two of hundreds.”
When this CD sees the light of day, I will be reviewing it here!
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John Soeder of Cleveland’s The Plain Dealer reports:
VAN HALEN scored a landslide victory in The Plain Dealer‘s seventh annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame poll. The newspaper asked readers and visitors to http://www.cleveland.com to tell it which nominees on the latest official Rock Hall ballot are most worthy of induction.
“Quite honestly, I’m not surprised,” singer Sammy Hagar said when he was informed of the mandate.
VAN HALEN‘s music “is holding up really well,” said Hagar, 59. “I’m not taking all the credit. I mean, the earlier stuff with Roth set the tone for the whole thing. Thank God when I joined the band, it didn’t go down. We kept going. It was awesome.”
Earlier this year, it was announced that Eddie Van Halen‘s 15-year-old son Wolfgang had replaced Michael Anthony on bass.
“I really have no idea — ppphhhttt! — what’s going on,” Hagar said. “Michael and I are friends, which is why he isn’t in the band anymore.”
VAN HALEN and Hagar went their separate ways in 1996. Eight years later, Hagar was back in the fold for a reunion tour. In the interim, he co-headlined a tour with Roth.
There has been buzz lately about VAN HALEN hitting the road again with Roth. Hagar, for one, doesn’t buy it.
“I’m not saying I don’t want a Dave reunion,” Hagar said. “I think their best bet after this would be to go out with Dave. But I don’t see it working.
“Ed, Wolfie, Alex and some new kid would be what I put my money on. That could happen.
“But Dave and Ed working together? I don’t see it in a million years. I know ‘em both.”
In fact, Hagar doubts VAN HALEN‘s members can put aside their differences even long enough to get through the Rock Hall ceremony.
“I think it could be ugly,” he said. “This might be the best one ever! It’s what everybody wants. They want to see blows thrown and yelling and screaming and people making fools of themselves and trying to outshine each other.
“This could be a real comedy, man. This could be a reality series right here.
“I don’t think it’s gonna be a real friendly, beautiful scene. . . .I could go there and jam with them. Ed, Mike, Al and I probably could pull it off, ’cause we just did it [in 2004]. We were professional when we went onstage.
“But you throw Dave in that mix, and I just don’t see it working. Dave‘s gonna want it to be all about him. Ed‘s gonna want it to be all about him. And that’s a tough one right there. I’ll probably just be sitting over in the corner, cracking up.”
Read the rest of the article at www.cleveland.com.
0 David Lee Roth ponders Van Halen Reunion
TMZ.com caught up with David Lee Roth in Manhattan last night (Wednesday, Dec. 27), and he warned that a potential VAN HALEN reunion could result in a NASCAR-style wreck. Or a “Jerry Springer”-like brawl. Or even a “Knots Landing”-esque bitchfight!
Diamond Dave, looking dapper and well-coifed outside of Marquee, said that he’s excited that VAN HALEN was nominated for a spot in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, but wondered whether the band would spontaneously combust if they reunited. For months, the band has hinted at a reunion, but Roth admitted in May that he hasn’t spoken to guitarist Eddie Van Halen for almost two years.
“A VAN HALEN reunion is a lot like NASCAR — are you there to see the winner or the crash?” mused Dave. “In this aspect, we’re a lot closer to ‘Jerry Springer’ meets ‘Knots Landing’, which, to me, sells T-shirts.”
Watch a video clip of David Lee Roth talking about a possible VAN HALEN reunion at this location.
Eddie Van Halen and his brother Alex are prepping for a VAN HALEN tour next year, with Eddie‘s 15-year-old son Wolfgang on bass instead of Michael Anthony, but no singer has been officially announced. Eddie recently told Guitar World magazine, “I’m telling Dave, ‘Dude, get your ass up here and sing, bitch! Come on!’… As it stands right now, the ball is in Dave‘s court. Whether he wants to rise to the occasion is entirely up to him, but we’re ready to go.”
There had also been talk recently that another member of the VAN HALEN clan would be the new singer, but most reports have said the job belongs to Roth, according to Launch Radio Networks.
As for having his son in the band, Eddie said, “Wolfgang breathes new life into what we’re doing. He brings youthfulness to something that’s inherently youthful. He’s only been playing bass for three months, but it’s spooky. He’s locked tight and puts an incredible spin on our (stuff). The kid is kicking my ass! He’s spanking me now, even though I never spanked him. To have my son follow in my footsteps on his own, without me pushing him into it, is the greatest feeling in the world.”
There’s no word on when the new lineup will be officially unveiled.
1 Hard Rock News – Christmas Day – 12/25/06
Miss Crazy has released a new single called Can’t Get Enough, that will be available for download for 99 cents at www.misscrazymusic.com Christmas Night.
You can preview this track at www.myspace.com/misscrazymusic.
You can also get a Christmas Call from their lead singer Marcus Allen Christopher if you leave them a message with your phone number in their inbox.
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Rob Halford has his own line music store. Halfordmusic.com
There is a new Halford song available (Forgotten Generation) and unreleased Fight tracks that can be purchased.
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Los Angeles-based hard rock band DC4, featuring former DIO guitarist Rowan Robertson alongside brothers Jeff Duncan (ARMORED SAINT, ODIN) on lead vocals and guitar, Shawn Duncan (ODIN, BIRD OF PREY) on drums, and Matt Duncan on bass, have recently finished recording the follow up to Volume I and the early results are positive. Shawn reports that “the recording has gone balls out and I couldn’t be happier with the energy”, while Matt adds that although he has “recorded with Jeff and Shawn a million times and know what to expect from them, they always seem to surprise me in some way or another.” The album is currently being mixed and produced by Joey Vera (ARMORED SAINT, FATES WARNING) who comments that “the band was very well rehearsed, which made for a smooth session. I’ve known Jeff, Shawn and Matt for quite some time now and it was really like a bunch of buddies just hanging out. Their recent addition of Rowan is a great shot in the arm, as he brings in unexpected influences, which makes for a more interesting sound in the end.”
The band is excited for fans to hear what the newest DC4 music has to offer and the enthusiasm shows through. Comments Matt, “I hope the fans hear the hard work and also the fun it was to make this record. We worked hard and laughed our asses off!” As for when the new music will be ready, Joey says that “We tracked 10 songs but we’re concentrating on 3 songs on a full production level. We’re hoping to have a 3 song sampler of the record by the end of the year. This is not a demo, these 3 songs will go to eleven!”
1 Rob Halford Invades The Boneyard
For you XM Radio Listeners out there, Rob Halford will be taking over the Boneyard on X-mas day. He will be playing anything he wants. If you have XM, tune into XM41 on X-Mas Day!!
0 Hard Rock News 12-19-2006
Eddie Ojeda and J.J. French were on the Eddie Trunk show last night for a couple of hours on XM Radio 41 the Boneyard. Twisted Sister is enjoying a moderate level of success with their Twisted Christmas Album. Sales have been surprisingly good, and their has been a demand for more live shows. The band only had 10 live shows planned. On 3 dates remain:
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This is supposed to be the last disc we see from Twisted Sister, but the great response from the fans may have changed their mind.
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Buckcherry 15 has gone Gold (RIAA certified 500,000 copies shipped.)
The Lost Christmas Eve by Trans Siberian Orchestra (featuring Savatage members) has gone Platinum. (RIAA certified 1,000,000 copies shipped.)
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Def Leppard Will Begin Recording Their New Album In January
Jonathan Cohen of billboard.com reports:
Def Leppard will begin recording its next studio album in January at frontman Joe Elliott’s house in Dublin. Basic ideas were hashed out on the road during the band’s extensive tour in support of this year’s covers album “Yeah!,” a first for Def Leppard.
“We’ve got about five or six songs on the go, and there’ll be 11 or 12 on the final version,” guitarist Phil Collen tells Billboard.com. “We’re trying to get it out for next summer, which for us would be amazing. But we’ve never been this far along. We come off tour, wait six months, then we start writing. We’ve already got that sorted out.
Collen says the songs thus far have “absolutely” been influenced by the process of making “Yeah!,” which featured Def Leppard’s spin on songs popularized by Thin Lizzy, the Faces and Mott The Hoople. “We did that so quick,” he says. “It was raw, and it didn’t demand we sit around for months or years. That really inspired us.”
“A lot of the songs are anthemic sounding,” Elliott adds. “I wouldn’t say they could have been on ‘Pyromania’ or ‘Hysteria’ but they’re in the vein. Sonically, it’s a little more like ‘Back in Black’ than, say, ‘Hysteria.’ It’s more driving. The songs we’ve got so far are leaning that way.”
Says Collen, “It’s a rawer kind of vibe — more menacing. More of a live sound. Not too glossy.”
0 Slave to the System – S/T (Release Year – 2006)
Slave to the System is one of the better CD’s released in 2006.
This group consists of Damon Johnson, and Roman Glick from Brother Cane, and Scott Rockenfeld and Kelly Gray of Queensryche.
I have always liked both bands, but I must admit that I haven’t been very fond of the Kelly Gray, Queensryche years.
After hearing this CD, I wonder how much Geoff Tate has been holding back Kelly, as he kicks ass on this CD. Damon Johnson and the rest of the guys are great as well. Some songs lean towards more album oriented radio friendly rock, others are a little harder. The slower tracks took two or three listens to digest, and have really grown on me. The CD does a good job of mixing the two up.
As a whole, this is a killer CD with no filler tracks. This is straight up hard rock all the way through. If you like either of the two bands, I mentioned above, you are going to like this. It may take you a couple of listens to get into this, but if you give this a chance, you will be pleasantly surprised.
This CD is one of my top picks in 2006.
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Rating: 
Out of 10
Track Listing:
- Stigmata*
- Ruby Wednesday
- Slave to the System*
- Live this Life
- Cruze out of Control*
- Abyss
- Disinfected*
- Gone Today*
- Will You Be There
- Leaves
- Ragdoll
- Walk the Line
*Best Tracks
Slave to the System is:
Damon Johnson – Vocals and Guitar
Roman Glick – Bass
Kelly Gray – Guitar
Scott Rockenfeld – Drums
