Coming up next year is a fantastic new series hosted by Brian Johnson. Cars that Rock will air in the UK in Spring 2014 on Quest, Freeview Channel 38. Cars are a life long passion of Brian’s as evidenced by his fantastic book and audio book “Rockers and Rollers”, and this series takes his interest in the coolest cars to the next stage. Stay tuned to http://www.brianjohnsonracing.com/ for more details.
As reported by Alessandro Del Vecchio, Via Frontiers Records:
I’m proud to say that I’m working with these amazing musicians. We’ve written some great stuff that fans of Blue Murder and Rainbow will love. Ladies & Gentlemen please welcome Legacy X! I’ll be producing and playing keyboards. See you on the road 🙂
December 10, 2013 – Hey, did you hear that Louis St. August, the longtime front-man for rockers MASS, was invited into Tom Scholz of BOSTON studio to sing on the new single “Heaven on Earth” that hit #3 on the Classic Rock Charts last week!
St. August, a longtime front-man for the band MASS said, “I was thrilled to be asked to sing a song on BOSTON’s first studio album in 11 years, “Life Love & Hope” (Available now!) St. August contributes his signature polished metal voice on back-up harmonies on the Scholz penned and produced single.
Louis St. August
WBCN radio personality Mark Parenteau, who conducted the very first on-the-air radio interview with St August, listened to “Heaven on Earth” last night and commented exclusively to the Boston Globe Names column: “Wow instantly comfortable! Like a new visit from an old friend. Indeed the song lives up to its name!!”
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While the band MASS is gearing up for the recording studio and live shows in 2014, St. August is once again raising funds for Toys For Tots as he has annually since 2011. His heartfelt rendition of the David Foster classic, “Grown Up Christmas List” that appears on MASS “A Very Merry X-MASS” 2 song EP is available exclusively on iTunes. All proceeds go to the “Toys For Tots” organization. “No child should go without a gift on Christmas Morning,” said St. August.
Here are the latest KISS action figures from the Figures Toy Company. These Dressed to Kill figures will be released in about three weeks.
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Stone Says: Metal be thy name!! I just don’t have enough loot to keep up with my KISS Kollectibles collection! These KISSDressed To Kill action figures are very cool too. I do own a few of the KISS McFarlane (Toys) action figures from years back; as well I have the KISS (Super Stars) mini action figures, which were released in the last few years. I wish I owned the first line of KISS (Mego) action figures from the 70’s! Whoa.
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Nominees: Online Fan Poll
Congratulations to the 2014 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Nominees! To learn more about the nominees, click here.
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is offering fans the opportunity to officially participate in the induction selection process. The public has the opportunity to vote for the five nominees they believe to be most deserving of induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The top five artists, as selected by the public, will comprise a “fans’ ballot” that will be tallied along with the other ballots to choose the 2014 inductees, who will be announced soon.
More than 10 years in the making, BOSTON’s new studio album, “Life, Love & Hope” is ready for release! Finally emerging from his Hideaway Studio II, Tom Scholz says, “These are songs from the heart, each of them taking many months of effort to write, arrange, perform and record, always up to the demands of BOSTON’s harshest critic, me. They have all been meticulously recorded to analogue tape on the same machines and equipment used for BOSTON’s hits for the past 35 years.”
Available on December 3 on Frontiers Records, this album includes lead vocals from Brad Delp, Tommy DeCarlo, Kimberley Dahme, David Victor, and Tom Scholz, and features tracks with the classic BOSTON sound, as well as the latest in the evolution of Scholz’ musical artistry. “I intentionally stayed close to the early BOSTON style on some of the songs, even using the same amps and instruments; on others I let my imagination run wild,” says Tom.
All the tracks have the characteristic BOSTON trademark guitars, harmonies, and immaculately crafted sound. Tom worked very hard to fulfill the expectations of BOSTON fans new and old, and has created a diverse yet cohesive album that truly has something for everyone.
Deep Purple “Above And Beyond” – The new single from the album “NOW What?!” will be available October 25th, 2013 as a limited edition CD, limited Vinyl and digital download.
CD single and 7″ cover based on the original graphic work of Black Dwarf Designs.
The Single “ABOVE AND BEYOND” will be released in two formats:
1) 7” Purple Vinyl Limited Edition:
B-side: “Space Truckin´” live in Majano, Italy, recorded in July during the NOW WHAT?! Tour
2) CD Single:
B-sides:
– “Things I’ve Never Said”
(studio out-take from the now deleted limited edition of the studio album RAPTURE OF THE DEEP)
– “Space Truckin´” (recorded live during the NOW WHAT?! Tour, 24 July 2013 in Rome)
– “Hush” (recorded live during the NOW WHAT?! Tour, 6th August 2013 in Lokerse Feestem)
The cover of the single has been chosen by the band and their record label earMUSIC among many artwork submissions by fans and young independent artists.
“ABOVE AND BEYOND” is an affectionate homage to founding member Jon Lord to whom the band dedicated the whole “NOW WHAT?!” album (“Souls Having Touched are Forever Entwined”)
In Europe: order by clicking on links below! Whoa!
MAGNUM – Hugely influential British Melodic Hard Rock group MAGNUM have confirmed the release in 2014 of their upcoming nineteenth studio album, ‘Escape From The Shadow Garden’ on Steamhammer / SPV on March 19th in Scandinavia, March 21st in Germany, March 24th in Europe and March 25th in the US/Canada.
‘Escape From The Shadow Garden’ will be available as a limited digipak edition with bonus material, as a double coloured vinyl LP, standard jewel case CD and download.
The cover is once again created by famous fantasy artist Rodney Matthews (Asia, Nazareth, Eloy).
‘Escape From The Shadow Garden’ follows the success of ‘On The 13th Day’, which charted at #28 in Germany, #36 in Sweden, #43 in the UK national album charts, #57 in Switzerland, and at #3 in the UK rock charts and #5 in the UK Indie Charts at the beginning of October 2012.
Three weeks after the release of ‘Escape From The Shadow Garden’, MAGNUM set off on an European Tour.
Hey Fans – Halloween is fast approaching and here is your chance to join in the KISS Halloween fun.
Grab a pumpkin and your creative spark and carve the KISS logo and/or the band’s likeness into it and send a photo our way using Instagram and the hashtag #kisspumpkin.
We’ll showcase the best entries on the KISS Facebook page and choose a random winner to take home a $100 Amazon gift card and a Monster CD.
MONSTER TRUCK – Firstly, I want to thank my friend Maria Haskins for telling me about this mighty Canadian Hard Rock band that call themselves MONSTERTRUCK. As a fellow twitter fiend and ultra terrific writer/reviewer for the legendary Brian Basher over at Hard Rock Nights, Maria without question, knows her Heavy Rock ‘N Roll!
MONSTER TRUCK calls Hamilton, Ontario, Canada their home. Their new full-length studio album, Furiosity, was released on May 28th, 2013, via dine alone records. Please believe me, when I tell you I am extremely hard pressed to find anything I don’t like about this Furiosity album. This album could very well have been titled: Bad Ass Heavy Rock Rules. Hell yes, I’m not kidding. As 2013 (and any year for that matter) has rolled out more Hard Rock and Metal albums than I can possibly keep up with, Furiosity has risen to the top of my personal favorites heap.
A masterful fusion of Classic Hard Rock and Hard Rock 2013 is this album. The guitar shredding of Jeremy Widerman is mind-blowing! This is one guitarist of Hard Rock that should be on the cover of Guitar World… now. The vocals of Jon Harvey are tough as nails and give this band at least 50% of its bad ass character and sound. Jon Harvey plays a mean bass as well! Brandon Bliss on organ and vocals gives this album a downright wonderful Classic Hard Rock feel, sound and vibe. Steve Kiely on drums and vocals plays the songs and not for himself, making for a fabulous listen to just him alone. What a band!
The twelve songs on Furiosity are a listen into what steak and potatoes Hard Rock is supposed to sound like; both in yesteryear and in 2013. The riffs are there, the old school jams are there and the Hard Rock total package is exploding from Furiosity! Do not ponder purchasing Furiosity! MONSTER TRUCK is a band that has arrived, especially with their opening slot on the Canadian dates for the iconic Alice In Chains this past Summer, the reality of it all speaks for itself. Metal be thy name.
STRYPER Will Be Recording This Concert For Their Upcoming Live CD/DVD!
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STRYPER – Live At The Whisky! Stryper records their live CD/DVD at The Legendary Whisky A Go Go! Don’t miss this opportunity to be a part of history as they perform classics along with all new material from the new release, “No More Hell To Pay”.
Fancy getting your hands on a signed BLACK STAR RIDERS vinyl banner? It measures in at almost 40 inches x 40 inches and is signed by ALL of the band. Get involved over on Classic Rock Magazine‘s website, here: http://bit.ly/14yRY4u
Be sure to catch the band live on their upcoming UK / EU tour – dates and tickets can be found, here: http://bit.ly/BSRTour
BLACK STAR RIDERS All Hell Breaks Loose Is Out NOW!
EUROPE – This concert which was captured at Sweden Rock Festival on the 7th of June 2013, is not only a massive greatest hits show in front of 30,000 people, it also marks the 30th anniversary of Europe’s existence. They celebrate this by playing 28 songs spanning their whole career including songs never before performed.
Between the heavy rock songs they also sit down for an emotional accoustic set which brings a unique intimate feel to this otherwise massive arena show.
To pay tribute to their own heroes they invite legendary guests artists Scott Gorham (Thin Lizzy) and Michael Schenker (UFO, MSG) to join them on stage.
The band has made nothing short of a remarkable return since they started up again in 2004. Their latest album BAG OF BONES was awarded the 16th best Rock album in the world by the prestigious Classic Rock Magazine in 2012.
Together with the four latest CD releases to come out this side of the millennium and the five albums they produced in the eighties and nineties. They sit on an enormous song treasure.
The DVD Includes The Songs:
Seven doors hotel, Open Tour heart, Rock The Night, Carrie, Superstitious, Prisoners in Paradise. Always the pretenders, Last look at Eden, New love in town, Not supposed to sing the blues, Firebox, Lights out (with MichaelSchenker), Jailbreak (with Scott Gorham) and many more.
Over two hours and fourty minutes of concert footage, behind the scenes material and an exclusive interview with the band, makes this the definitive Europe Live DVD. Also released as Blu-Ray and live CD.
Mic Michaeli – Keys
John Levén – Bass
Joey Tempest – Vocals
John Norum – Guitars
Ian Haugland – Drums
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NORDIC CUSTOMERS, PRE-ORDER YOUR CD / DVD & BLU-RAY BY USING THE FOLLOWING LINKS!
BURNING KINGDOM – Watch the official video for Watching As It Burns, (below), from the (forthcoming) new Burning Kingdom release Simplified, available worldwide on October 22nd, via Avispa Records. Simplified, is Burning Kingdom’s third studio album, marking their first with vocalist DannyVaughn of Tyketto (and Waysted) fame.
The Melodic Hard Rock sound of BURNING KINGDOM is 100% contagious to my senses! With Danny Vaughn’s soaring, clean and inspiring vocals, coupled with the totality of meritable musicianship from the band, the official video for Watching As It Burns is:
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