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11.03. 2010

Happy Birthday Today
Mark Stein (Vanilla Fudge)63  -  George Kooymans, Golden Earring,62  -  Bobby McFerrin,60
 Nina Hagen,55  -  Bruce Watson (Big Country),49  -  Lenny Wolf, Kingdome Come48 - Vinnie Paul, Pantera,46
Uli Kusch Masterplan,43  - Lisa Loeb - 42  -  Rami Jaffee [pianist, organist; Wallflowers].
Thomas Stauch, Blind Buardian ,40 - Benji & Joel Madden [Good Charlotte],41  -  LeToya Luckett [Destiny's Child],29
    More February Birthdays  

Further Celebrity Birthdays today
Henry Tate (engl. sugar-Tycoon;founder of the Tate Gallery in London, 191, +)  
Rupert Murdoch (TV tycoon 79)  -  Jerry Zucker (US-Regisseur, 60)

Passed Away This Very Day
 ..32 years ago: Claude Francois (39) French pop singer (electroluted)
..24 years ago:
Sonny Terry/Saunders Terrell (75) blues singer

Today 46 years ago: Elvis Presley premieres his fourteenth movie, Kissing Cousins
  More Trivia at the  Rock'n'Roll Diary



Live Review    Rage

Fan Report   -
Kickhunter 

A new finnish Film named Promised Land Of Heavy Metal - is available on  Apple App More infos at
promisedlandofmetal.com.

Tarot
the Band feat. Nightwish Bassist Marco Hietala will tour Finland in April . All infos can be found here
The new
Album 'Gravity Of Light' is due april 23.

After their latest
Reunionpast fall at the 25th Anniversary Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Concert  in New Yorks
 Madison Square Garden, 
Simon & Garfunkel
will embark on a US tour 

Nuclear Blast
and Amazon.com have joined forces for a new Sampler, which can be downloaded for free. 
On that one you find Sonata Arctica, Epica, Eluveitie and Exodus and many more. 
Downloading via
MP3 Files - here.

After
Cher has played her 100.Show at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas  2 months ago, she has already
signed on for further shows. All
Infos at: http://www.cher.com/ 

Arch Enemy
have announced new european live dates  (see Tourdates)

H
ere
you find a Video Interview with  Lynyrd Skynyrd recently in Berlin, Germany, including a short
acoustic performance.

Guitarist
Nibbs Carter will not join Saxon for the upcoming european dates due to a serious illness of his wife.
Jumping in is: Yenz Leonhardt (Kingdome Come, Lacrimosa, etc.) 


After
Beastie Boys frontman Adam Yauch is on his way better after he's been diagnosed with Cancer last fall,
the band will release their new album „Hot Sauce Committee Part I“ in September. More infos  here.


Avantasia
have a Track by Track description available  for their new Albums  , The Wicked Symphony 
and Angel Of Babylon.- here 

German Death Metal heads Disbelief are seeking a new guitarist. Interest parties should contact: 
guitaristdisbelief@online.de . Hier
you find the
Clip for the song Song'A Place To Hide'

The Gibson Interview: Steve Miller (Part 3)

Ted Nugent
recently visited the school where his granddaughter is goin to, holding a speech about drug abuse.
The
Report and the Videoclip can be found  here.

The
Touring Line up of Slash reads:
Myles Kennedy (Voc/Git)  -  Bobby Schneck (Rhythm.Gig)  -  Dave Henning (Bass) - Brent Fitz (Drums)

The Gibson Video Interview:
Slash
unleashes his
Appetite Les Paul and his new Album 

The Goo Goo Dolls
have announced new
US Live dates in support of their new and upcoming album 
"Something For the Rest of Us",
due later this spring.  


Jackson Browne
will embark together with 
David Lindley on a  US Tour starting off july 20. in Las Vegas
for a 16 dates tour. 
Both artists released their latest records back in  2008 http://www.jacksonbrowne.com/ 
 
and http://www.davidlindley.com/ 

 H.I.M. Side-Project Daniel Lioneye
are currently streaming the
Track  'I Have Never Wanted To Be Number One'
 h
ere
. More about this Band here

Finnish metallers
Turisas have entered the studio to record their 3.Album Therefore a Studioclip.
is available 
More infos  here.

Theatre Of Tragedy
are asking their fans to send them pictures taken at their concerts on and off stage - 
more

10.03. 2010

Happy Birthday Today
Dean Torrance (Jan and Dean)70  -  Tom Scholz, Boston  63  -  Ted McKenna (Sensational Alex Harvey Band)60
Tina Charles,56  -  Jeff Ament (Pearl Jam) - Neneh Cherry (Buffalo Stance) 46  -  Kari Kane, Pretty Boy Floyd41
Matthew Barlow, Iced Earth,  -  Timbaland/Timothy Z. Mosley,39     More February Birthdays  

Further Celebrity Birthdays today
Joseph "Sepp" Blatter (FIFA-President, 74)  -  Chuck Norris (70)  -  Sharon Stone (52)
Edward Antony Richard Louis Mountbatten-Windsor, Earl of Wessex named Prinz Edward (46)
Hany Ramzy (former egypt. soccerplayer, 41)  -  Eva Herzigova (czech. Top-Model, 37)

 Passed Away This Very Day
...22 Years ago: Andy Gibb (30) UK-Australian solo singer
...2 years ago:
Charles "Chuck" Day (65) American blues musician
...2 years ago:
Dennis Irwin (56) American jazz double bassist

Today 22 years ago:
Ian Gillan leaves Black Sabbath  More Trivia at the  Rock'n'Roll Diary

 

The Answer
will be playing 3 exklusive Shows in Spain. 
March
11. - Kafe Antzokia - Bilbao /  12. - Sala Bikini - Barcelona  / 13. - Joy Eslava - Madrid
The band is already working on their next album. 


Korpiklaani
are going to play 3 Shows in Chile - therefore a Videomessage is available. 

Destruction
have parted ways with Drummer Marc Reign 

Hier
you find another Clip from the new Film about  Rockband Runaways. The  Rolling Stone has also a
 Clip hier
available
. The Film will start in the USA on march 19. The Soundtrack of the movie is available here

Nevermore
are coming with their new Album 'The Obsidian Conspiracy' on june 08. On this CD also
 2 Coversongs
will be included
'The Crystal Ship' by The Doors, and 'Transmission' by 
The Tea Party. Nevermore
are appearing at this year's  Bang Your Head Festival in Balingen 

Life Of Agonys
appearance at the  Ancienne Belgique in Brussels,Belgium on april 03. will be recorded for a
future DVD/CD . More infos  here

Hier
Airbourne
discuss every Track of their current Album 'No Guts No Glory'

U.D.O.
has announced further show dates (see Tourdates)

The new Megaherz-Remix Album 'Loblieder' comes april 1 Infos therefore here and here

Tim 'Ripper' Owens
comes to Europe in the fall (see Tourdates) The Line up of his band is:
Chris Caffery (Savatage, TSO) - (Git)  -  John Comprix (Beyond Fear) - (Git)
David Ellefson (Megadeth, F5) - Bass  -  Simon Wright (AC/DC, DIO) - Drums
Further Infos - here and here 

Belgium rockers Thurisaz are currently at the CCR Studio in Zulte Belgium, to record their 3.Album.
A Demoversion of the Track 'Precious Scars' is available on the band's MySpace page 

June 11 sees the release of Anathema's new Album "We ´re Here Because We ´re Here" - Infos here and here.

Joan Jett & The Black Hearts Greatest Hits Album -
here. Further Infos available at: www.blackheart.com
a
nd www.joanjett.com

Krokus
have entered the Swiss charts on pos. 1 with their new  Album 'Hoodoo' If you don't know the album
yet, you can listen to soundsamples of all song 
here And here you find the EPK

Time Magazine
has published their Top Ten Supergroups - here

Roger Daltrey
has told according to reports that he'd luved to play more  Backcataloge  live as The Who
currently do. 
Daltrey will be appearing with Eric Clapton on:
March
09.. - Atlanta, GA - Gwenette Center  /  11. - Ft. Lauderdale, FL - Bank Atlantic Center
13.- Orlando, FL - Amway Arena


Shortly the new Sick Of It All Album 'Based On A True Story' will be released. The Track 'Death Or Jail' can
 be checked out here. More  Band Infos are available  here

Yesterday at the show of AC/DC in Perth's Subiaco Oval a fan was seriously injured within a fight. 
The whole report is available  here .

The Danzig Lyric book, 'Hidden Lyrics Of The Left Hand'is available here Danzig will appear on june10 
in Solvesborg, Sweden at  Sweden Rock Festival  and on june 11.at Tampere, Finland - Sauna Open Air

Death Angel have announced their Europen Tour-Dates. (see Tourdates).The band is currently still in the
Studio in Florida to record their new album. Here you find a Studioclip. 

International tourdates
Track of today
Lynyrd Skynyrd  - 'Preacher Man' 1999

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New Videoclips are available of:
Darkest Hour for their Song 'The Tides' from the Album 'The Eternal Return'
WigWam for the Song 'Do Ya Wanna Taste It' from the current Album Non Stop Rock And Roll - out now!
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09.03. 2010 

Happy Birthday today
Paul Hindemith [Ger. composer],105+  -  John Cale70  -  Robin Trower,65  - Robert N. Calvert [Hawkwind]65+ -  Trevor Burton (Move)61  -  Jimmy Fadden (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band)61 -  Martin Fry (ABC)52  -      More February Birthdays  
 
 
Further Celebrity Birthdays today
Linda Fiorentino (US-actress, 52)  -  Juliette Binoche (46)

Passed Away This Very Day
..25 years ago:
Robert Alexander "Bumps" Blackwell (62) American songwriter (Peumnia)
...17 years ago:
Bob Crosby (79) American dixieland bandleader (canc)
...13 years ago:
Notorious BIG/Biggie Smalls/Christopher Wallace (24) American gangsta-rapper
...11 years ago:
Mike Anthony (68) US guitarist with 5th Dimension (heart attack)
..5 years ago:
Chris LeDoux (56) American singer, guitarist (canceer)
...3 years ago:
Brad Delp (55) American multi-musician (suicide)
..1 year ago:
Jimmy Boyd (70) US actor, singer (cancer)

Today 36 years ago:
Bad Company play their first concert, in Newcastle, UK.  More Trivia at the  Rock'n'Roll Diary



Past friday Fear Factory were guest in Bruce Dickinsons Friday Night Rockshow on BBC6 Therefore is a  Replay available

Rhandy Rhoads new Documentary  - Trailer


Billy Idol has introduced his new Powerhouse Band. Next to Steve Stevens there is Bassist Stephen McGrath and Derek Sherinan on Keyboard, Drummer Jeremy Colson and guitarist Billy Morrison (The Cult(Circus Diablo) There is a worldtour in the plans. The european dates can already be found in the tourdates. 

Lenny Kravitz
is playing a role in the movie  'Selma' with director Lee Daniels.Kravitz has worked with Daniels before for the film 'Precious'. More tor read - here

Bassist
Eric Avery
has officially lfte Jane's Addiction The band will shortly go to the studio to reocrd their new album - More here

According to a report from  Roadrunner America, 
Dragonforce have parted ways with singer ZP Theart Here you find the whole Story!!

Steve Miller
Interview -
Part 2 

Franz Ferdinand S
inger Alex Kapranois planning to write a musical  - more

Foo Fighters have started work on their  7. CD . And in addition Dave Grohl will be recording a new  Them Crooked Vultures Albumin summer - more

From april  15. - 18. 04. Vienna is the first place to present the "European Forum On Music". All infos at:  http://www.europeanmusicforum.com/ 


08.03. 2010

Happy Birthday Today
"Mississippi" John Smith Hurt,118+  -  Ralph Ellis (Swinging Blue Jeans)68 - Mickey Dolenz, Monkees,65 - Randy Meisner, Eagles,64  
Andrew Semple (Fortunes) 63  -  Michael Allsup (Three Dog Night)63 - Mel Galley (Whitesnake)62+  -  Little Peggy March/Margaret Battavio,62  -  Cheryl Baker (Bucks Fizz) 56 - Clive Burr (Iron Maiden),52  -  Gary Newman,52  -  Steve Grantley [Stiff Little Fingers/Alarm/the Big Wheel)48
 
Salt (Cheryl James) (Salt n'Pepa),46  -  Peter 'Ped' Gill (Frankie Goes to Hollywood)46 - Gareth "Gaz" Coombes [Supergrass],33  -  Tom Chaplin [Keane],31     More February Birthdays  

Passed Away This Very Day
...37 years ago: Ron "Pigpen" Mckernan (27) founding member The Grateful Dead
...17 years ago:
Billy Eckstine (79) US jazz singer and band leader
...7 years ago:
Adam Faith/Terence Nelhams-Wright (62) English singer (heartattack)
...1 year ago:
Hank Locklin (91) American country singer

Today 48 years ago:
Beatles perform for the first time on BBC on the 5 p.m. show Teenagers Turn, playing Dream Baby.   More Trivia at the  Rock'n'Roll Diary



Live Review   Lamb Of God

07.03. 2010

Happy Birthday Today
Maurice Ravel [French pianist, composer]135+  -  Chris Taylor White (Zombies)67 - Townes Van Zandt,66+ - Peter Wolf, J. Geils Band,64  -  Matthew Fisher (Procol Harum)64  -  Ernie Isley [The Isley Brothers],58 - Taylor Dayne,47  -  Randy Guss (Toad The Wet Sprocket)43  -  Warrel Dane (Nevermore)  -      More February Birthdays  
 
 Further Celebrity Birthdays today
Joseph Nicéphore Nièpce (developer of the 1 photocamera, 245, +)  -  Bret Easton Ellis (US-writer "American Psycho", 46)

Passed Away This Very Day
...44 years ago: Mike Millward (23) The Vegas 5 (leukemia)
...25 years ago:
Gordon Huntley (54) British pioneer pedal steel guitarist (cancer)
...22 years ago:
Divine/Harris Glenn Milstead (42) US impersonator, actor, singer (heart failure)
...19 years ago:
Al Klink (74) American swing jazz tenor saxophonist

Today 93 years ago: First jazz record released in US. Recorded by
Nick La Rocca's original Dixieland  Jazz Band,  it is called The Dixie Jazz Band One Step   More Trivia at the  Rock'n'Roll Diary



Metallica
- Pro-Shot Live And Behind-The-Scenes Footage
from their Guadalajara Show at the Estadio Tres de Marzo on march 1 are available
here here and here

Shatter Messiah
have parted ways with Singer  Greg "Wags" Wagner and guitarist  Dusty Holt due to personal rifts
Here you find the Clip for the Song 'idiolator'.

Fuck The Facts
have a new
EP "Unnamed" here to listen to (see also Tourdates)

The 4.Studio-Video of Angra is online. The new Album is scheduled for mid year. 

Tankard
are currently working on their 14. Album named “Vol(l)ume 14". Release date is set for Dec. 17.

Eric Martin
of Mr.Big has lined up some european tour dates  (see Tourdates)

Alan Parsons - EYE 2 EYE Live in Madrid Trailer 

Stone Sour
are heading to the studio on march 15. to record their new album. Release is set for summer. 

Circle II Circle
are currently recording their new Cd named "Consequence Of Power" 

April 6. sees the release of  Jeff Healeys final Jazz Studioalbum 'Last Call' in the US and Canada 

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