Today's Day in Rock
Megadeth Supergroup Foiled By Dr. Phil
TV's Dr. Phil apparently prevented the live debut of the new supergroup featuring former Megadeth members Nick Menza, Chris Poland and James LoMenzo earlier this week.
The new unnamed group was scheduled to perform on the web video series Inside Metal on Tuesday (December 9th) but the performance was allegedly prevented by Dr. Phil who was filming in the next studio.
Nick Menza offered this apology on his here page, "To everybody that called or tuned in to the Inside Metal show on Tuesday. I'd like to apologize for the unfortunate circumstances that foiled our plans to perform the live jam session we promised. You could thank Dr. Phil, yea Dr. Phil, that guy who has that TV show where he invites guests to confront their problems, YAWN!!!"
He explains, "Apparently Dr. Phil was filming in the studio next us. The Dr. Phil producer, crew and Mr. Phil got wind we we're setting up to jam and asked if we not perform."
They did however sit down for an interview where they discussed the new project with host Bob Nalbandian. Watch that here.
Billy Corgan Slams Pearl Jam and Foo Fighters
(Classic Rock) Billy Corgan says he is amazed at the high profile Pearl Jam have maintained and described them as derivative and he also takes aim at Dave Grohl's Foo Fighters, accusing them of not evolving as musicians.
The Smashing Pumpkins frontman says Eddie Vedder's band "don't have the songs" to compete with his own work. On Pearl Jam's continued success, Corgan tells Howard Stern: "It's a mystery to me, because I just don't get it. They don't have the songs. People will take that the wrong way but speaking competitively, they are my competitors and I have to say who am I competing against and why."
Corgan praises Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain's legacy and says his songs will "stand the test of time," but he isn't as complimentary about Grohl. He says: "Dave is a great musician, a great songwriter and has done the work but to me, my criticism of the Foo Fighters, if I'm being a music critic, is that they just haven't evolved and that's sort of the recent wrap on them is, you know, making the same music.
"Obviously, I've put my whole life on the line for making different types music as I've gone along. I know it's not for everybody. Listen, Dave's getting it done so it's like, if you want to be competitive, my philosophy against his, he's the one winning."
Read more and stream the interview here.
Metallica 'Blueprinting' New Music
Metallica bassist Robert Trujillo gave an update on the songwriting progress the band is making for their next studio album. He gave the details during an interview with Rock Cellar Magazine about his new Jaco Pastorius film.
Trujillo was asked how the new songs were sounding and he replied, "We're just blueprinting everything right now. There are a lot of ideas, a lot of song bodies, you gotta go through the process. For me personally I'm really excited about what we've been able to jam out.
"I don't like to make predictions, but I'd like to think - at least for me - that I'm really happy with what's happening instrumentally. So let's see how that journey continues.
"Writing a Metallica song is a journey and a process, and it takes time. But that's what's special about it. Metallica likes to nurture a song, nurture an arrangement."
Read the full interview here.
AC/DC Land At No. 3 With Rock Or Bust
(hennemusic) AC/DC have debuted at No. 3 on the US Billboard 200 album chart with "Rock Or Bust." The US chart news follows a No. 1 debut for the project in Australia and a No. 3 start in the UK.
Billboard reports the band sold 174,00 copies of the new album during its opening week to land in the third spot behind Pentatonix ("That's Christmas To Me") and Taylor Swift ("1989").
"Rock Or Bust" is AC/DC's ninth US top 10; their previous release - 2008's "Black Ice" - delivered the group its first US No. 1 with first week sales of 784,000. Read more here.
Slipknot Star Compares Moshing To Bullying
(TeamRock Radio) Slipknot's Chris Fehn says moshing has become a form of bullying. The percussionist believes selfish fans are ruining the experience for others and turning the moshpit into an intimidating place - when it should create an inclusive atmosphere.
Fehn tells Music Review: "I think, especially in America, moshing has turned into a form of bullying. The big guy stands in the middle and just trucks any small kid that comes near him. They don't mosh properly anymore.
"It sucks because that's not what it's about. Those guys need to be kicked out. A proper mosh pit is a great way to be as a group and dance, and just do your thing."
Fehn adds that he is a fan of the current vinyl revival and says he feels the format brings listeners closer to the music. Read more here.
Ritchie Blackmore Wants To Rock Again Says Rainbow Frontman
(Classic Rock) Joe Lynn Turner claims former bandmate Ritchie Blackmore wants to return to rock music - and says the guitarist deserves the acclaim that's waiting for him if he does.
Blackmore has immersed himself in folk rock since quitting Deep Purple mid-tour in 1993, then splitting Rainbow four years later. His band Blackmore's Night released their ninth album in 2013.
The singer tells Rockin' Metal Revival: "I've been in touch with Ritchie's camp. Hopefully we'll get something a little bit further in the talks in December. Now is the time - 2015. Everybody's sitting there waiting for this to happen."
Turner reports he's had positive reactions from industry bodies including Live Nation and Universal Music Group and adds: "All we need is the nod from Richie to say, 'I'm ready to of it.'"
He continues: "I know he's got a trigger finger itchy to play some rock. Then he can go back to Blackmore's Night. He's different guy than he was but at the same time he's still Ritchie Blackmore and he needs to do this." Read more and check out a stream of the full interview here.
Korn Frontman Gets Personal Over Son's Disease
(TeamRock Radio) Korn frontman Jonathan Davis has made an emotional appeal on behalf of a diabetes charity. The singer's youngest son Zeppelin has Type 1 diabetes and needs daily injections of insulin and to test his blood sugar levels multiple times every day.
Davis penned new song So Unfair about his son's struggle with the condition. All proceeds will go to the American charity JDRF (Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation), which is working to find a cure for the condition.
Zeppelin, who is six, displayed symptoms including extreme tiredness and lethargy before doctors discovered high blood glucose levels which indicated Type 1 diabetes.
Davis says: "Zeppy has had Type 1 diabetes for now a over a year. It's a battle for the parents, it's a battle for him, it's a battle for everybody. I have to constantly monitor his glucose, I have to constantly hurt him and stick him with needles, and he doesn't understand.
"It's a horrible disease and I really wanna do whatever I can do to make a difference to help find a cure for this. Because it just doesn't affect my son. I feel for everyone who has this disease. It's not fair at all. And so I started writing this song, So Unfair, about it.
"Because you're asking a child not to eat candy. I've gotta watch his carbs, I've gotta watch the sugar count, I've gotta watch everything. And how do you tell a child, 'You can't eat this. You can't do this. You can't do that.' Read more here.
Judas Priest Expanding Defenders Of The Faith For 30th Anniversary
(hennemusic) Judas Priest have announced that they will release an expanded 30th anniversary edition of their 1984 album, "Defenders Of The Faith", on March 9 (March 10 in North America).
The 3CD package will include the original album, fully remastered and a complete live recording from the 'Defenders' tour, recorded at the Long Beach Arena in California on May 5, 1984.
The original album went platinum in the US with sales of more than 1 million and featured the singles "Freewheel Burning", "Some Heads Are Gonna Roll" and "Love Bites."
"It's 30 years since we released 'Defenders of the Faith'," says the band. "We're very proud to say it has become a classic that's beloved by Priest fans throughout the world" Read more including the tracklisting here.
Superjoint Ritual and Mastodon Added To Hellfest
(Classic Rock) Superjoint Ritual and Mastodon are among the second batch of acts to be added to next year's Hellfest bill. As the French festival confirms its weekend tickets have sold out, Phil Anselmo's Superjoint Ritual have confirmed their recent reunion will continue with an appearance in Clisson on the weekend of 19, 20 and 21 June.
A Day To Remember, Epica, Butcher Babies, Haken, Peter And The Test Tube Babies and Snot are also among the second batch of bands to be confirmed.
Organisers say: "It is with great excitement that we announce that the Hellfest three-day passes have already sold out. It's the first time in the festival's history that this is happened." Read more here.
Pink Floyd Star Takes Part In The Paddington Trail
(hennemusic) Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason is among the celebrities participating in The Paddington Trail this fall as a fundraiser for two children's charities in the UK.
Mason and others - including David Beckham, Emma Watson and Stephen Fry - have designed versions of the classic children's character Paddington Bear, now on display around London.
Mason's design uses Pink Floyd's 1975 album, "Wish You Were Here", as its inspiration (with his suitcase having various backstage passes affixed) and can be found at the O2 Arena.
The bears form The Paddington Trail, a fundraising effort to benefit the NSPCC (National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children) and children's charity Action Medical Research, for whom Paddington Bear has been the official mascot for over 35 years. Read more here.
10cc To Play Classic Album On Upcoming Tour
(Classic Rock) 10cc will perform their classic album Sheet Music on a widespread UK tour next year. The art-pop pioneers hit the road for 16 dates in February before a shorter run of three shows in May.
Sheet Music was released in 1974 and has been hailed as their best work by bassist Graham Gouldman and founding member Kevin Godley. Godley will contribute visuals to the upcoming tour, which kicks off in Reading on February 5 and celebrates the album's 40th anniversary. They will perform the record in its entirety before a second set of 10cc classics.
Led by 10cc co-founder Gouldman, the current line-up has been together for over a decade. Gouldman says: "Year on year we get busier and visit more countries. It's great, we love touring and playing together and the audiences these days are very gratifying. You get the people you would expect, who grew up with 10cc, but you also get young kids who know the songs too."
Read more and see the tour dates here.
Judas Priest Legend Launches Metal Fragrance Line
(hennemusic) Original Judas Priest guitarist K. K. Downing has announced the launch of his own fragrance line, Metal For Men, which he says are aimed at rock and metal fans.
"I thought it was about time that there were some quality products available for rock and metal fans," explains Downing. "The fragrances are extremely high quality and I am sure that you will enjoy them."
With the Metal For Men slogan, "Be Metal. Be Men.", Downing says the new line includes products for both men and women (Metal pour Femme). Read more here.
Electric Wizard Announce One-Off Show
(Classic Rock) Electric Wizard have confirmed a one-off show at the Roundhouse in London on May 15 next year. They're continuing to support eighth album Time To Die, launched via Spinefarm Records in September, which gave them the highest chart placings in their career.
They plan to release a single entitled Lucifer's Slaves ahead of the London show, complete with artwork designed by the band themselves, and additional unreleased material. They're also preparing to announce their first US tour in 12 years.
Mainman Jus Oborn recently told TeamRock: "You get to a certain age and you think, 'What am I going to do? Am I going to do sh*tty jobs and do the band part-time?' It's got be one or the other." Read more here.
Gamma Ray Announce Career-Spanning Retrospect
(Classic Rock) Gamma Ray have confirm they are to release a career-spanning compilation early in the new year. It includes tracks from the band's debut Heading For Tomorrow through to their latest effort Empire Of The Undead.
The Best Of Gamma Ray will be issued via earMusic on January 30 in a standard 2CD edition, as well as a 4LP version and a limited 2CD package with leather-style packaging.
All 25 tracks have been re-mastered by Eike Freese and the liner notes have been written by guitarist Kai Hansen. They also plan more releases for next year. Read more and see the cover art here.
Bonafide Releasing New Album Early Next Year
(Classic Rock) Bonafide have revealed their fifth album will be released in February. The Swedish rockers will issue Denim Devils on February 2 via Off Yer Rocka Recordings ahead of a summer European tour.
The follow-up to 2013's Bombo was recorded in bassist Martin Ekelund's own studio Lemon Recordings in Klippan, Sweden. Frontman Pontus Snibb says:
"This record has a tougher live vibe and sound than the previous one, as it was recorded almost live in the studio. We wanted to get as close to a live show as possible, to capture that magic that happens on stage when everything's coming together."
Read more here.
Onslaught Knew Within Seconds That Hiring Neil Turbin Was A Mistake
(Classic Rock) Onslaught's Nige Rockett says he knew within seconds that they'd made a mistake in hiring Neil Turbin. The thrash veterans hired the former Anthrax frontman to fill in for Sy Keeler on their US tour when Keeler took time off to deal with personal issues.
But Onslaught and Turbin had an angry parting of the ways with two shows still to go on the US jaunt. Turbin insisted he quit, while the band said he had been sacked.
Now guitarist Rockett says he knew the appointment was a mistake 30 seconds into their first gig together. Rockett tells Jimmy Cabbs: "Thirty seconds into the first song in New York, we all looked at each other and it was, like, 'For f*** sake, man.'
"And it was just a disaster, the whole show. It was being filmed. And it was sold out. We could have sold the show out twice last time, and it was just, like, 'Wow, you killed it, man.'" Read more here.
Former Sound Of Contact Star Dave Kerzner Releases Solo Debut
(TeamRock Radio) Former Sound Of Contact man Dave Kerzner has released his debut solo album New World. The double-length included guest appearances from Steve Hackett, Francis Dunnery, Keith Emerson, Nick D'Virgilio, Simon Phillips, Billy Sherwood, David Longdon, Heather Findlay, Durga McBroom, Colin Edwin and others.
New World is available now on iTunes, Amazon and other digital sites, while a CD edition will follow later this month via www.davekerzner.com and other distributors to be confirmed next month.
In the current edition of Prog, out now, Kerzner says: "My general thing is to be eclectic. You'll hear all sorts of stuff: Genesis, Queen, King Crimson, Beatles. I like to think in a way that serves the song, having one foot in nostalgia, one in the modern world." Read more here.
HIM Freshen Up Older Releases For Reissue
(TeamRock Radio) HIM frontman Ville Valo says the band decided to remaster a selection of their older releases as they wanted to freshen up their sound. The Finnish rockers have just released Lashes To Ashes, Lust To Dust: A Vinyl Retrospective '96-'03.
It features their first four albums: Greatest Love Songs Vol. 666, Razorblade Romance, Deep Shadows And Brilliant Highlights and Love Metal, along with their debut EP 666 Ways To Love: Prologue.
And Valo says while he was happy with the original albums, remastering them gave the band the opportunity to bring their sound up to date. He tells Artisan News: "I don't think there's anything wrong with the albums but the EP was done in 1996, the first album was in 1997, and it was 1999 when we recorded Razorblade Romance.
"That was a long time ago, and that was when the 'loudness wars' started, so people started to master everything so loud that rock albums started lacking dynamics. The best example was Death Magnetic by Metallica. It's terribly loud but it's probably what they went for, and it does sound aggressive, but at least in my ears it wears them out easy." Read more here.
Arjen Lucassen Plans More Shows With Anneke Van Gierbergen
(Prog) Arjen Lucassen has confirmed he'll play more acoustic shows than originally planned with Anneke Van Gierbergen. The notoriously private Lucassen recently completed work on The Diary, a collaborative album with Van Giersbergen under the name The Gentle Storm. But he'll only play one show with the band - their first, on March 26 in Amsterdam.
He says: "don't ask me how she did it, but somehow Anneke managed to convince this total recluse to join her as a special guest for some acoustic shows in February.
"If anyone else had asked I'd have turned them down flat - but to share the stage with Anneke is something I simply couldn't refuse. I'm slightly nervous, of course - but strangely excited at the same time. Hope to see you there." Read more here.
Blues Pills Launching UK Headline Tour
(Classic Rock) Blues Pills have confirmed a headline UK tour for April next year. It follows their debut headline run last month, and their current support slots on Rival Sons' sold-out trek.
The American-Swedish-French quartet launched their self-titled debut album in July via Nuclear Blast. They described it as "ten songs filled with feelings of love and hate, joy and sadness, relaxation and frustration, all balancing together to form a whole picture."
Elin Larsson and co say of the upcoming tour supporting the album: "We can't get enough of the UK so we're coming back for another tour. See you there!"
Check out the dates and a video here.
Van Halen Frontman David Lee Roth Releases Christmas Song
(hennemusic) David Lee Roth has released a new song for the season, "Happy Holidays." The Van Halen frontman delievers a fast-paced acoustic folk tune complete with harmonica and manages to name-drop Santa, Elvis and Oprah along the way.
"Happy Holidays from Diamond Dave's Tiki Bunker ..." says Roth. Earlier this year, the singer revealed that he had been working on a secret Van Halen project.
"Doing some catching up here, a little bit of a scrapbook," explained Roth. "We've been doing a lot of travelling. [I've been] working on a great Van Halen project - can't announce anything … or I'd have to come find you and swear you to secrecy."
At press time, there remains no official word from the Van Halen camp regarding an update on new music or further details about the project Roth referred to earlier this year. Check out the song here.
Canadian Prime Minister Rocks Guns N' Roses Classic
(hennemusic) Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper performed the Guns N' Roses classic, "Sweet Child O' Mine", at the Conservative Party of Canada's annual Christmas party in Ottawa Tuesday night.
Sun News Network reports the tune was one of several played by Harper and his band, the Van Cats, in a 7-song set that included tracks by Johnny Cash, John Denver and The Beatles.
The third single from 1987's "Appetite For Destruction", "Sweet Child O' Mine" delivered Guns N' Roses their first and only No. 1 hit on the US Billboard Hot 100. Check out video of Harper's performance here.
Ian Reflects On Rough Road For Anthrax
(Classic Rock) Anthrax mainman Scott Ian says the band won't ever be derailed by line-up changes or lack of record company support. The guitarist says the band's destiny is in their own hands and that they will decide when to call it a day - no matter what is going on behind the scenes.
Anthrax have survived a number of line-up changes, lawsuits and a difficult experience with their former label Elektra to find themselves once again as relevant an act as they were in their early days.
The band accused Elektra of not doing enough to support 1995 album Stomp 442 and they parted company soon after it release. Ian tells Hangar 19 (via Blabbermouth): "Nobody can take away what we're doing. The only way Anthrax ever stops is if we decide it stops. In the 90s, the business changed and things started to go awry for us, like at Elektra and then after that, all the way up to 2010.
"And it's not like people were out there trying to get rid of Anthrax, but it's just the business became a place where it was hard for a band like us to survive.
"And you know what, we just put our heads down and we said, 'Look, we were doing this before we were anything. Before we had a record deal, we were a working band, and that's all we did.'
"And we put our heads down and we just went to work. And we just continued touring and we wrote songs and we made records and we just continued doing what we were doing. The strength of people all around the world who dig what we do, and who enable us to do what we do - our fans - they kept us alive all those years until suddenly in 2010, there was a little shift and things started to change again." Read more here.
Steven Van Zandt and Jimmy Fallon Duet Frank Sinatra Classic
(Radio.com) Hours after Bob Dylan announced an album of "uncovers" of Frank Sinatra songs, E Street Band guitarist Steven Van Zandt joined Jimmy Fallon on NBC's Tonight Show to duet on a Sinatra classic.
The pair, backed by the Roots, performed "My Kind of Town" last night. The reason: Van Zandt covers the song, in character, on his Netflix series Lilyhammer, and it is now available as a digital single from Van Zandt's record label, Wicked Cool Records. Additionally, Van Zandt has curated Lilyhammer: The Score, a three-volume digital boxset of music that Van Zandt scored for the film.
Van Zandt is not only Lilyhammer's star and music supervisor, he also scored part of the first season and all of seasons two and three of the series--which explains why he missed much of Bruce Springsteen's recent tours (also, Lilyhammer films in Norway). Although Springsteen did give Van Zandt the mic to open the show on April 29, 2013, with a rendition of "My Kind of Town."
No Sinner Giving Away Christmas Song
(Classic Rock) No Sinner have offered a free download of seasonal track Baby Please Come Home. It's part of a 43-track playlist available free of charge to Amazon Prime users, with contributions from a range of artists across many genres.
The Canadian trio were nominated in the Best New Band category at this year's Classic Rock Roll Of Honour awards, following the release of acclaimed debut album Boo Hoo Hoo last year.
Frontwoman Colleen Rennison has been referred to as "the new Janis Joplin." She responded to the comparison by saying: "I want to bridge the gap between class and trash. I love the idea of these women who lived in a man's world on the road."
Stream the track and grab the download link here.
Jonny Greenwood Revamps Radiohead 'Spooks' For 'Inherent Vice'
(Radio.com) One of the biggest draws of the upcoming oddball ensemble movie Inherent Vice, set in the 1970s and based on the Thomas Pynchon novel of the same name, is the music. Aside from the fact that folk harpist Joanna Newsom is the film's narrator, its soundtrack was composed by Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood.
Today brings the first listen to the soundtrack, in the form of a two-and-a-half-minute spacey blues jam featuring narration by Newsom straight out of the script and instrumental work by Supergrass members Gaz Coombes and Danny Goffey.
The crew captures the feel of the time in their atmospheric track with softly wailing guitar riffs, sparse percussion and building basslines. It sounds exactly like the kind of record the story's protagonist--stoner-detective Doc Sportello, played by Joaquin Phoenix--would put on. The song was originally revealed in 2006 as a non-album track from Radiohead. Listen here.
Sworn Amongst Premiere New Song Kolin Nem
(TeamRock Radio) Midland metallers Sworn Amongst have unveiled the new lyric video for their song Kolin Nem, which is taken from the upcoming album Under A Titan Sky.
Kolin Nem is the first official single from the band's upcoming third full-length and is a politically, emotionally and socially charged piece of punishment.
Their forthcoming LP Under A Titan Sky is slated for a 2015 release via the band's new label Concept Sweden Records, no doubt with a tour to follow. Watch the video here.
Singled Out: Kingnaldo's Hollywood Blow
Today King of Kingnaldo who released their latest EP "Memorandum" tell us about their single "Hollywood Blow". Kingnaldo is a recording artist, musician, producer & engineer from Las Marias, Puerto Rico currently residing in Yorkville, Ga and Las Marias, Puerto Rico. His music is a mix of old and new rock. Here's is the story:
I spend about a little more than 2 years working as a damn extra in Hollywood movies in Atlanta, GA. What they called background artist, which is bull sh*t, cause you are just a damn extra, there is nothing artistic about it. So I'm the kind of person that likes to observe others behavior and study them. So by observing the behavior of the extras "their fantasy and mediocre hopes", the people that work in the productions "thinking they are the big sh*t, the superiors", and the f***ing famous Hollywood Elite stinky rich untalented MF… "thinking that they are some type of a God, or some type of a superior kind; you can't look at them, you can't touch them.. These people making a ton of money per day, while homeless hungry people from the city are surrounding the movie sets". And of course there are some exemptions but talking about the majority. All that kind of sh*t did blow me away, cause you don't believe it till you lived it, and honestly I never gave a sh*t, and most of the time didn't follow the rules on the sets, sometimes getting in trouble, cause they want you to behave like a kindergarten. So f*** that… Got tired, and never came back again, but I remember that in one of those sets I wrote a note, a title called Hollywood Blow…
Meanwhile I traveled to Los Angeles, CA. Hollywood area, to begin recording MEMORANDUM with Doug Grean, Producer that had worked with Scott Weiland, STP, Velvet Revolver, Slash, Crystal Method, among others… We were staying in Beverly Hills with Hollywood Elite neighbors, and later we stayed by Hollywood Blvd. very close from the Chinese theater… for about 3 weeks total. I remember reading a sticker that was on a drum in one of the studios that said "Hollywood Is Pretend". And that was it, cause that's how the mentality is, they are mentally ill, not just for those ignorant in Hollywood, but for the rest of the world. That's how powerful Hollywood has become, that a child from the states will have the same dreams, as a child from a third world country. They all want to be famous, they all want to be part of this Hollywood massive extreme media empire… "become a famous football player, or be the next Clint Eastwood, or the next super rock pop star"… Those are lies, the false hopes, the self destructive dream that the Hollywood Elite give to the world… And they are all mentally ill, and depressed. So by observing all that sh*t, for all that time, monster song Hollywood Blow was born. I remember writing the first verse "She is the inspiration, The exploitation of the World, She is the educator, The sensation of control, She is the machine, The creator Hollywood Blow"… And saying this is a monster… Then I remember, a song that was a jam by that time, that I had recorded in a rehearsal shack back in Puerto Rico the day before we opened for Latin Metal Band PUYA and ANKLA. And that was the one. I took it to my studio north of Atlanta, GA. and record it, structure it, and made it a song, we made a pre-production of the song. With that magical guitar riff, than later I invited Ramon Ortiz from Latin Metal Band PUYA to record a song in my album, he was living in L.A. at that time, he heard the songs and he picked Hollywood Blow… That was the last touch that song need it to become a super monster song in the studio. Is a song that could have one meaning, but honestly, your mind will take you to different situations with this car chase type of song. Thanks for reading and listening. Hope to see you around soon. \m/
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