After almost four years of biding their time, Memphis, Tennessee natives Egypt Central are finally back with their hard-hitting follow-up to their self-titled 2008 debut. White Rabbit, which features heavy guitars, jagged rhythms and catchy melodies, was produced by Skidd Mills (12 Stones, Saving Abel) and will be released on May 31st.
The members of Cloud Cult definitely brought their ‘A’ game to the Black Cat this past Saturday for a memorable, high-energy show. With a set list culled largely from their latest two releases, 2008’s Feel Good Ghosts and their most recent album, 2010’s Light Chasers, this is definitely a band that lives in the present.
At first glance, the signature leather hat, worn in true rock n roll fashion over black, stylish hair, along with the denim, leather and chains, could catch glances from across the room. Add a pair of Chuck’s (because they’re comfy and cool), a great sense of humor and you find there’s a fair amount of humility as well as fun-loving that’s undeniable. There’s lots of ink; intricate, detailed, colorful tattoos woven together that tell many stories from many years of his life adventures. He’s younger at heart than most people that have lived this life end up feeling at this point, that’s for certain.
The only song, so far, released by Pennsylvania Alternative Rock band Breaking Benjamin, to reach the number one spot on the charts, “The Diary of Jane” is one of the band’s biggest and well-known singles. The band is also known for the phobias that their lead singer Benjamin Burnley possesses, including a fear of flying that has prevented the band from ever touring outside of Canada and the U.S., is currently on hiatus while Burnley seeks treatment for an illness that is related to his alcoholism, which he has been open about in recent months, admitting that he wished he’d never drank a drop of booze in his life.
Simon Kirke began his long love affair with rock n roll back in 1968 when he helped found influential British rock band Free, in which he was the drummer. Moving onward and upward, he and Paul Rodgers formed the legendary Bad Company five years later, with Simon drumming and Paul singing.
Originally written for the band Loverboy, “You Give Love a Bad Name” would instead be recorded by Bon Jovi, going on to become the band’s fire Number 1 Hit on the Billboard charts. The song would return to the charts in 2009 after it was performed on American Idol by then contestant Blake Lewis. Listed by VH1 as the 20th Greatest Hard Rock of All Time, the song was supposedly written by Jon Bon Jovi as a tribute to his them girlfriend Diane Lane, but the iconic singer has never confirmed this in the press.
William Rory Gallagher, known by most simply as Rory Gallagher (pronounced “Gal-uh-her”), was born on March 2nd, 1948 in Ballyshannon, County Donegal, Ireland to Daniel and Monica Gallagher. Rory spent most of his young days in Cork, Ireland, where his family moved after the birth of his younger brother Donal Gallagher. Both brothers went to the North Monastery School in Cork.
After a long night of partying, Jon Bon Jovi woke up in his hotel room feeling highly hungover. Instead of taking aspirin and sleeping in, the singer grabbed a pen and paper, put his current state of mind and feelings into song form, and wrote on the band’s biggest hits, “Bed of Roses.” The song also marked a shift in the band’s image from their ‘80s Glam Band roots, to a more mature sound that would continue in their later releases. It is also one of the last successful Power Ballads, as Grunge would quickly erase any memory of Metal and ‘80s Rock only a few months later.
On June 7th, Def Leppard will release their first ever live CD, Mirrorball-Live & More exclusively at Wal-Mart. It will contain live performances and an intimate 50 minute DVD that contains live backstage footage of the band on the road. Mirror Ball was recorded across the world over the course of many of the band’s sold out shows, and features all the classic songs that have made them one of the most respected rock bands of the last 30 years. The CD captures the group’s legendary concert experience at their best. The CD also contains three new studio tracks, “Undefeated,” “It’s All About Believin” and “Kings of the World.”
With lyrics derived from a speech given by Marcus Garvey, Bob Marley’s 1980 hit song “Redemption Song” is one of his, and the Wailers’, most enduring classics. At the time he wrote the song, Marley had been diagnosed with Cancer, that would later cause his early death, and writing the song was seen as therapeutic as he was in a lot of pain at the time. The song was recorded in a solo, acoustic setting, which was rare for the Reggae star, but that allows the song to stand out in his enormously successful catalogue of releases.
