Posted March 5, 2011 at 4:23 pm | One comment
One of the most iconic rock’ n’ roll bands in history, Motörhead, is out touring the US to celebrate the band’s 35th anniversary and the release their new studio album The Wörld is Yours. This latest release sold 7,000 copies in US in its first week to land at No. 94 on The Billboard 200 chart, and to-date has sold over 100,000 copies, an achievement Lemmy was proud to point out during an interview prior to the show, saying it was the bands best-selling CD yet.
Posted in: '80s Rock, Concert Reviews, Reviews
Posted February 25, 2011 at 7:55 am | 7 comments
RATT, like many hard rock bands born out of California in the early ‘80s, were staples on MTV with such hits in heavy rotation like “Round and Round,” “You’re in Love,” “Way Cool Junior,” and “Wanted Man.” In 1984 they released their debut LP Out of the Cellar, and throughout the mid-to-late ‘80s, released a barrage of commercial hard rock LPs including Invasion of Your Privacy, Dancing Undercover and Reach for the Sky.
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Posted February 24, 2011 at 8:03 pm | No comments
Geoff Tate, Michael Wilton, Eddie Jackson, Scott Rockenfield and Parker Lundgren — collectively and collaboratively known as the rock band, Queensryche — recently entered the studio to lay down what will be the band’s first studio recording since their ambitious American Soldier project in March of 2009.
Posted in: '80s Rock, Guitar News, Rock News
Posted February 8, 2011 at 3:30 am | One comment
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History has recently acquired the Van Halen “Frank 2” guitar played and made famous by Eddie Van Halen through a partnership donation with Fender Musical Instruments. It was made in 2006 as part of a joint venture between the artist and Fender to produce a limited edition number of guitars for the EVH Brand. Known as the “Frankenstein Replica,” or “Frank 2,” it will be part of the museum’s Division of Culture and the Arts, which preserves a large and diverse collection of instruments.
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Posted December 27, 2010 at 10:52 am | 8 comments
Legendary singer for Iron Maiden’s first two studio LPs, Paul Di’Anno appeared at the Stone Pony in Asbury Park, NJ on this ice cold December evening, in part to support the 30th Anniversary of Maiden’s first LP but mostly just to kick our asses!
Posted in: '80s Rock, Interviews, Metal Interviews
Posted December 17, 2010 at 11:00 am | One comment
Mention the name Greg Howe to an aficionado of contemporary electric guitar music and aural visions of smooth legato runs, wah-laden solos and funky, syncopated rhythms will run through his or her head. Greg has garnered a well-deserved reputation as a guitar virtuoso with one of the most recognizable voices in the instrumental electric guitar pantheon.
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Posted December 10, 2010 at 12:00 pm | One comment
Mr. Big is back to announce their highly anticipated new studio album entitled What If… on February 8, 2011 on Frontiers Records.
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Posted December 3, 2010 at 10:00 am | One comment
Legendary rock band and Rock n Roll Hall Fame nominee rocked the Today Show performing some of their hits on Rockefeller Center in NYC on November 12. They are out promoting their greatest hits CD – “Bon Jovi Greatest Hits – The Ultimate Collection.” They rocked out to “Livin on a Prayer,” “It’s My Life,” and “You Give Love a Bad Name.”
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Posted December 1, 2010 at 10:00 am | One comment
Queensrÿche has released an expanded 20th Anniversary Edition of the band’s triple platinum-certified breakout album, Empire. The new 2 CD and digital packages both include the remastered album, featuring six hit singles, including the #1 smash “Silent Lucidity,” as well as 13 bonus tracks, among them 10 previously unreleased live performances recorded in 1990 at London’s Hammersmith Odeon.
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Posted November 26, 2010 at 1:00 pm | One comment
I met John Oates in 2005, backstage after my first show with Hall and Oates at the Greek Theater in Los Angeles. I was the opening act and relatively unknown, under the radar, which I didn’t mind at all for a couple of reasons. In fact, I kind of like it that way. But, I was more nervous than I’d been in years.
Posted in: '80s Rock, Interviews
