Happy Birthday Today John Steel (The
Animals/sessionist)71 -
Alice Cooper/Vincent Furnier,64
- James Dunn
(Stylistics)61
Phil Ehart (White
Clover/Kansas)61 -
Jerry Shirley (Humble Pie/Fastway)60
- Clint Black
(US country singer)50
Noodles/Kevin Samuel Wasserman
(The Offspring)49 - Rick
Burch ( Jimmy Eat World)37 - Natalie
Imbruglia,37
Kimberly Wyatt (Pussycat
Dolls)30 Further Birthdays - here
Further Celebrity Birthdays Today Charles
A.Lindbergh
(Flugpioneer,
110, +)
- Arthur
Cohn (Hollywood-Producer
from Switzerland,
85
Passed Away This Very Day ...37 years ago:
Louis
Jordan (66)US pioneering
jazzmusician
...30 years ago: Alex Harvey
(46) Scottish rock and roll singer (heart attack)
...29 years ago: Karen Carpenter (32)
The Carpenters (anorexa nervosa)
...28 years ago: Paul Gardiner
(35) Tubeway Army (drugs)
...25 years ago: Liberace/Wladziu
Valentino Liberace (67) American
pianist (Aids)
...12 years ago: Doris Coley
(58) The Shirelles (cancer)
...3 years ago: Steve Dullaghan (45)
The Primatives (heart attack)
...3 years ago: Lux Interior/Erick
Purkhiser (62) The Cramps (heart
problems) Further Trivia - here
Today 23 years ago: Guns N'Roses become
the first act for fiteen years to place two LPs in US Top 5 -
Appetite for Destruction in at No.2 and Guns N'Roses Lies at No
5.
Further Trivia - here
New
CD/DVD releases in week 03.02.-10.02.2012:
VAN
HALEN, FOX, SYNDICATE, EISBRECHER, CHRIS ANTBLAD, TRAVERS &
APPICE -- LANA LANE, MUSTASCH,
DOOGIE WHITE & LA PAZ, IAN GILLAN, EUROPE, TOKYO
... more in CD
/ Latest & more
releases& NEW
SPECIAL OFFER
03.02.
2012
Happy Birthday Today Giovanni Pierluigi da
Palestrina (Italian Renaissance
composer)487+ - Luigi
Dallapiccola (Italian composer)108+
Johnny 'guitar' Watson
(US virtuoso blues guitarist)77+ -
Bobby Durham
(American jazz drummer)75
Eric Haydock
(The Hollies)69 - Stan
Webb (Chicken
Shack)66 -
Melanie,65
- Dave Davies
(The Kinks)65
Tony Butler (Big
Country)55 - Matt
Johnson (Jamiroquai)43
- Richie
Kotzen (US
guitarist)42
Further Birthdays - here
Further Celebrity Birthdays Today Norman
Rockwell
(US-Painter,
118, +) - Joachim
'Jogi' Löw (trainer
of the german soccer team,
52
Keith
Gordon
(US-actor,
51)
Passed Away This Very Day ...53 years ago: Buddy
Holly(22) / The
Big Bopper/Jiles Perry (28)/ Ritchie
Valens (17)
(Plane crash)
...13 years ago: Gwen Guthrie
(48) American singer-songwriter (cancer)
...3 years ago: Tom Brumley
(73) American steel guitarist (heart attack)
...1 year ago: Don Butler
(80) American gospel singer Further Trivia - here
Today 51 years ago: Bob Dylan
made his first recording in
New York,"San Francisco Bay Blues" and
Jesus Met the Woman at the Well
Further Trivia - here
Due to a 5 hours Internet hiatus in Southern Munich - no more
updates today
02.02. 2012
Happy
Birthday Today
Fritz
Kreisler
(Austrian-born violin
virtuoso)138+
- Stan
Getz/Stanley Gayetzky (US
jazzmusician)85+
Graham
Nash
(The Hollies, Crosby Stills Nash)70 - Peter
Macbeth
(The Foundations)69
Howard
Bellamy (Bellamy
Brothers)66 - Alan
McKay (Earth
Wind and Fire)64 - Ross
Valory (
Journey)63
William
King
( The Commodores)60 - Hansi
Hinterseer
(Austrian singer)58 -
Eva Cassidy
(US singer)49+
Charlie
Heather (Levellers)48
- Ben
Mize
(Counting Crows)41 -
Shakira,35
- Further Birthdays - here
Further Celebrity Birthdays Today Valéry Giscard d´Estaing
( President of 1974–1981, 86) - Bob
Hopkins (70) - Farrah
Fawcett (65, +)
Brent Spiner ("Data"
from Star Trek TNG, 63) - Christie
Brinkley (58)
Passed Away This Very Day ...418 years ago:
Giovanni
Pierluigi da Palestrina
(67) Italian composer
...33 years ago:
Sid Vicious/John
Simon Ritchie
(21) Sex Pistols (drugs)
...29 years ago:
Sam Chatmon
(86)
American Delta blues guitarist
...10 years ago: Paul
Baloff (41)
Exodus (stroke)
...5 years ago: Billy
Henderson
(67) The Spinners (diabetes)
...5 years ago: Eric
von Schmidt (75) American folk/blues singer-songwriter
Further Trivia - here
Today 49 years ago:
The Beatles
began their
first British tour supporting Helen Shapiro
Further Trivia - here
David
Lee Roth has
confirmed to LA Times, that the Song Material on the new
Van
Halen album
'A Different Kind Of Truth' is very old.. He says :
"It's material that Eddie and I generated in 1975,
1976 and 1977."
Read more here......
The american presidental candidat Newt
Gingrichhas
been sued by Rockband Survivor
because of using
the song 'Eye Of The Tiger' in his election battle without
permission. - However, but it is indeed some sort of
promo for the band who have just recruited old singer Jimi
Jamison
for a new start.
Samples from the complete new Eluveitie
Album 'Helvetios' can be heard here
. And there is Making
Of Footage
for the Videoclip
for 'A Rose For Epona'
2 Days ago Lord
of War
have released their new Album 'Celestial Pestilence' - More
Band Infos are shown on
their Facebook
page.
Chris
Cornell of
Soundgarden is helping US President Obama
in his election battle. What that looks like can be
checked out - here
.
Neil Young
has posted on his website a 37 minute Clip named "Horse
Back" which was filmed on Jan 06. at the
Casa Blanca Studios. This can be viewed here
.
Thin
Lizzy
have announced new England Tour-dates for may. More infos at : www.thinlizzyband.com.
Epica
have announced their upcoming summer festival touring schedule
- here.
According to Metal
Sludge Lynch
Mob have
again recruited singer Oni
Logan
. Recently at the NAMM
George Lynch has told press, that Jesse
Forte
of Vains
Of Jenna is
the new man.
Paganmetal heads
Hamm Horde
from Ohio, US, have a Videoclip
for the Song ‘Midgårdian Revelry’
And the Single 'Riders Of Annihilation' can be heard here
. And here
you find a Trailer for the new 'Vilander' Album.
The
Darkness
have started their US Tour yesterday. Therfore the band gives
away hier
the Track
"Nothin's Gonna Stop Us," for free
Aerosmith
guitarist
Joe
Perry
has appeared live witht he Song 'Man Of Peace' in the
Tonight Show With
Jay Leno
Therefor a Videoclip
is available.
Jethro
Tulls Ian Anderson
is coming with 'Thick As A Brick 2' Find a Trailer
therfore. This a a sequel of the
original from 1972 Here
you find all tourdates for 2012
The
Cult
giving fans a teaser of their new upcoming Album with one
Song entitled "Lucifer", which can be
downloaded for free - hier
. This record was written by
Ian Astbury
and Billy
Duffy
and recorded in New York City and
Los Angeles between July and Decmber 2011
Foo
Fighters Dave Grohl
has
joined forces with Slipknots
Corey Taylor
and Cheap
Tricks Rick Nielsen
for a new
project. Here
you find a Videolclip.
Megadeths
David Ellefson
has checked in within this Video
from the current Gigantour Stop In Glens Falls, NY
Sweden's
Fatal Smile are
release a new yet untitled Album in April. All Infos at: Fatalsmile.com.
Guitarist
Leslie
West hit
the stage 2 days again for the first time since his leg
amputation at zwar im New York’s
BB King Blues Club. Therefore a Videoclip
is available where he talks about his desease. And s Here
and here
you
find 2 Liveclips.
Warrant
have
posted the 'The
Road To Heaven' Clip Featuring
Jani Lanefor
his birthday
On Aug 11 last year,
Lane was found dead in a hotelroom in Woodlands Hill, CA
he did not leave a last will. And now his family is
fighting for the heritage including a house worth $ 600.000,--
More to read here....
Lisa
Marie Presley
intends to make a film about her dad Elvis
Presley.
More on the subject - here.....
For this year's Download
Festival
at
engl. Donnington Park from June 08. - 10. Megadeth,
Black
Label Society and
Slash
are confirmed. All Event Infos at: Downloadfestival.co.uk.
Ringo
Starr has
now confirmed within a new Interview that there is no
disagreement between him and
Paul
McCartney
Ringos
neew CD 'Ringo 2012'was released yesteray McCartneys
new Album
'Kisses On The Bottom' is coming on Feb. 06.-
The Report can be found here....
01.02. 2012 Happy
Birthday Today
Bob Shane/Robert
Castle Schoen
(Kingston
Trio)78 -
Ray Sawyer
(Dr. Hook
&the Medicine Show)75
Don Everly
(Everly
Brothers)75 - Jimmy
Carl Black/James Inkanish
(Zappa/Farrell&Black Band)74
Rick James,64+
- Rich
Williams
(Kansas/freelance)61 -
Jani Lane/John Kennedy Oswald
(Warrant)48+
Lisa
Marie Presley,44
- Joshua
Redman
(US jazz saxophonist, composer)43 - Patrick
Wilson (Weezer)43
Ron
Welty (Offspring)41
- Andrew
VanWyngarden
(MGMT)29 Further Birthdays - here
Further Celebrity Birthdays Today Boris
Jelzin (81,
+) -
Stéphanie
von Monaco (47)
- Brandon
Lee (47,
+) -
Passed Away This Very Day ...26 years ago:
Dick James
(65)engl.singer (heart attack)
..23 years ago:
Paul Robi/Paul
Irvin Roby
(57) The
Platters (cancer)
...10 years ago:
Hildegard
Knef (76)
German actress, singer (Cancer)
...7 years ago: Franco
Mannino
(80) Italian film composer
...3 years ago: Lukas
Foss (86)
German-born American composer Further Trivia - here
Today 53 years ago: RCA Records issued the first ever 45rpm
single,
the invention of this size record made
jukeboxes possible
Further Trivia - here
Tyketto,
Gotthard and Danger
Danger
are the latest Acts, confirmed for the Firefest 2012 in
Nottingham
England. All Event Infos - here....
Paul
Stanley
of Kiss
has
talked to Wallstreet Journal - Watch it in this Videoclip.
Amanda
Somerville
has posted Part
5 of her Video Blog from the Rock Meets Classic Tour
AC/DC's
Brian Johnson finished
his participation at the 32. At Daytona Race For Highway
To Help. Therefore a Videoreport
is available.
The Biohazard
Album Reborn In Defiance' has jumped into the AlbumCharts on pos
80
Original
Kiss Drummer Peter
Criss
talks in this Video
about his new upcoming memoir.
Edguy,
Grand Magus
and Madball
are the latest Bands,beeing confirmed for the Metalcamp
in Slowenia
And there is a new Metalcamp
Trailer.
For the 5. Birthday of the Nomad Recording Studio King
Diamond
appeared live with 3 songs, but without make up.
Therefore a Videoclip
is available.
Happy
Birthday Today Franz
Schubert (Austrian
composer)215 - Roosevelt
"Honeydripper" Sykes
(Jazz Pianist)106+
Mario
Lanza
(Opernsänger)91+ - Chuck
Willis/Harold Willis
(Blues, R&B singer)84+
Charlie
Musselwhite
(US blues singer)68 - Phil
Manzanera
(Roxy Music)61 - Adrian
Vandenburg (Dutch
guitarist)58
Johnny
Rotten/John Lydon
(Sex Pistols)56 - Lloyd
Cole,51
- Jeff
Hanneman
(Slayer)48 - Al
Doughty(Jesus
Jones)46
Jason
Cooper
(The Cure)45 - Justin
Timberlake
(N'Sync/solo)31 Further Birthdays - here
Further Celebrity Birthdays Today
Quee Beatrix
of the Netherlands
(74
- Minnie
Driver (engl.
actress, 42)
Passed Away This Very Day ...42
years ago:
Slim
Harpo/Harmonica Slim/James Moore (46)
Bluesmusician (heartattack)
...31 years ago: William
"Cozy" Cole (71)
US jazz
drummer (cancer)
...5 years ago:
Kirka
Babitzin
(56) Finnish singer
...3 years ago: Dewey
Martin/Walter Milton Dwayne Midkiff (68)
Buffalo Springfield
...1 year ago: Doc
Williams/Andrew John Smik, Jr (96)
US country singer Further Deaths -
here
Today
55 years ago: Decca Records announced that
Bill
Haley & His Comets,
'Rock Around The Clock' had sold over
a million copies in the UK, mostly on 10inch 78's.
Further Trivia - here
For the Loud
Festival on June 02./03.at Sofia Airport Park,
Terminal 2 are confirmed so far:
Slayer,
Behemoth und Meshuggah
and W.A.S.P.
- All Event Infos - here.
Ex-Nevermore guitarist Jeff
Loomis
releases his new Album Plains Of Oblivion on April 09.
-More infos here....
Marky
Ramone and
his Band
Blitzkrieg
feat: ex-Misfits
Frontman Michale
Graves,
guitarist Crazy
Joe
and Bassist Graham
vanderVeen are going on a US-Tour in march followed by
Greece in March and Southeast Asia.
In May and June the band is touring Spain and England. http://www.markyramone.com/
New Jerseys
Riotgod release their new Album 'Invisible Empire'
today. Here
you can listen to the whole thing
George
Michael is going to reschedule his cancelled dates due to
illness last year - for this year -
here.
Singer James
Rivera has
a new band project named Metal
Asylum
featuring Marc
Petillon (Winters
End) - guitars
Scott
Fisher (Winters
End) - guitars - Michael
Millsap (Six
Minute Century) - bass - Mikey
Lewis -
(Helstar) - drums
Further Infos- here.
Sleazerocker Hollywood
from
South Carolina are currently streaming the Track "Here's
Lookin' At You" hier.
www.myspace.com/hotwood
Here Dave
Grohl
of the Foo
Fighters talks about his new project togehter with band
members of Ratt
John
Sykes comment
to the seperation from
Mike Portnoy:
"The project I was putting together with
Mike Portnoy didn't work out, and I wish him all the best for
the future. I'm continuing to work on my new
album, and I look forward to putting out some great new music in
2012"
Jack
White(White Lies) is
coming with a new Soloalbum "Blunderbuss" on april 24
Here
you find an Interview at the NAMM with Ozzy/Firewind
Guitarist Gus.G.
Ex-Supertramp
Singer Roger
Hodgsonis starting his Breakfast In America Tour next
month. Infos are available here.
Guitarist Adam
Carroll
has left the Band Warbringer
A friend of the group fills in - Andrew
Bennnett
for the current US Tour - supporting Iced
Earth
And here
you find a brandnew Interview with the new
Gotthard Singer Nic
Maeder.
In this Comedy Show Sharon
Osbourne takes the piss outta Zakk
Wylde in the road show. A fan has filmed some of
this - here
Madonna has
set release date for her new album 'MDNA'
for March 26
30.01.
2012 Happy
Birthday Today Ruth
Brown
(US R&B singer)84+ - Horst
Jankowski (German
jazz & easy listening pianist)76
Tony
Levin
(British jazz drummer)72+ - Marty
Balin
(Jefferson Airplane)70 - Steve
Marriott (Small
Faces/Humble Pie)65+
William
King
(Commodores)63 - Phil
Collins,61
-
Jody Watley (Shalamar)53
-
Josh Kelley (US
singer, songwriter)31
Further Birthdays - here
Further Celebrity Birthdays Today Gene
Hackman
(82) - Vanessa
Redgrave
(75) - Richard
Cheney
(US Vizepräsident, 71)
Abdullah
II. bin Al Hussein (King
of Jordany, 50) - Felipe
de Bourbon (span.
Prince, 44)
Passed Away This Very Day ...32 years ago: Professor
Longhair/Roy "Bald Head" Byrd /Henry Roeland Byrd
(61) US New Orleans blues singer
...30 years ago: Sam
"Lightnin" Hopkins
(70) US blues guitarist, singer (cancer)
...28 years ago: Luke
Kelly
(43) Irish folk singer (short illness)
...10 years ago: Carlo
Karges
(50) Nena Band (liver failure)
...7 years ago: Martyn
Bennett (33)
Scottish-Canadian musician (cancer)
...3 years ago: Mike
Francis
(47) Italian pop musician (cancer)
...1 year ago: John
Barry/John Barry Prendergast OBE
(77) Engl. film score composer (heart attack)
Further Deaths -
here
Today
42 years ago:
Beatles
film
and record 'Get Back' on the roof of the Apple Building in Baker
Street, London. It lasted
for just over 40 minutes and was the last time The Beatles
as a band performed live together
Further Trivia - here
Little Caesar
are
currently working on a new Album, schedulef for a summer
release. And in June the band will tour
Spain, Switzerland and Germany. Last year's live show at
Germany's WDR Rockpalast can still be watched in it's
entirelx here
- And that this band is something special indeed, was already
hinted in the last musicmirror Live
Review
2 days ago Alice
Cooper and
his Band, consisting of - Chuck
Garric, Steve Hunter, Tommy Henriksen, Keri Kelli
and Glen
Sobel
played Montreal at the 2012 Show Harley Event. Therefore a
Fan-Videoclip
is available.
The Happy Mondays
will reunite for a month's tour in may - here.
Here
you now find Audiosamples from the entire new Van
Halen
Album 'A Different Kind Of Truth' And the entire song
'The Trouble With Never'can be heard here
.
Polish Band Stillhammer
have a new Videoclip
for the Song ‘Stillborn II’. The Track comes from the
current release
'Los Asesinos del Sur'.
On Jan 20 guitarist Steve
Vai
was honored with the 'Les Paul Award'
at the27th annual Technical Excellence &
Creativity Awards Therefore a Videoclip
is available.-
Here
you have got a Clip of Annihilator
live at the 70.000 Tons of Metal tour with 'Clown Parade'
Find a new Video-
Interview with Dragonforce
guitarist Herman Li and
Singer Marc Hudson.
Sabaton
have posted their third
Carolus Rex Studio Webisode
29.01. 2012 Happy
Birthday Today Sacha
Distel/Sacha Alexandre
(French singer)79+ - Tony
Blackburn
(UK radio, pirate, & TV DJ)69
Steve
Reid (US
jazz drummer)68+ - Tommy
Ramone
(The Ramones)60 - Peter
Baumann
(Tangerine Dreams)59
Louie
Perez
( Los Lobos)59 - Rob
Manzoli (Right
Said Fred)58 - Eddie
Jackson
(Queensrÿche)51
Richard
Battersby (The
Wildhearts)44 -
Adam Lambert (US
actor, singer)30 Further Birthdays - here
click
on pic and watch & listen to one of the funniest
Radio DJ's ever, - the legendary Chuck
Geiger
at
KFRC San Francisco. You don't know him? -
Never mind,
just have a look. It's heavenly! If we
had DJ's
like him in Europe, - radio would be fun
to listen again..... (2
min. download time)
But
it's worth it...
If ever Aliens
would discover us and our planet -
the effect would be about the same, as the
discovery of America by Kolumbus. And that
one didn'd do any good to the natives, did it?...
Stephan Hawkings
Further Celebrity Birthdays Today Tom
Selleck (US
Actor67) - Oprah
Winfrey (US-TV
Host 58) - Romario
(bras.
soccer player, 46)
Heather
Graham (US-actress
"Austin Powers", 42 - Martin
Schmitt (dt.
ski jumper, 34) -
Athina
Roussel-Onassis (Onassis- heiress, 27)
Passed Away This Very Day ...50 years ago:
Fritz
Kreisler (86)
Austrian violin virtuoso and composer
...46 years ago: Pierre
Mercure (38)
Canadian composer (car accident)
...20 years ago: Willie
Dixon
(76) US blues musician
...3 years ago: John Martyn/Iain David
McGeachy
OBE (60) British singer-songwriter
...1 year ago: Milton
Byron Babbitt (94)
US composer Further Deaths -
here
Today
34 years ago:
David
Coverdale
formed Whitesnake
Further Trivia - here
Guns'n'Roses confirmed
more european tourdates - here.
Blue
Öyster Cult performed
at the NAMM past satureday. Find here
and here
Videoclips of this event.
Suicidal
Tendencies have
posted their first Video-Update
from the Persistence Tour
Past weekend on the NAMM guitarists Paul
Gilbert and
Steve
Vai and Steve
Morse jammed
together to
Led Zeppelins
'What It Is And What Should Never Be',
at the Ernie Ball 50th Anniversary in NAMM 2012. Find a
Videoclip of this
Amanda
Somerville has
posted her 4.
Blog from the Rock Meets Classic Tour
The Rory
Gallagher Albums
- “Rory Gallagher” (1971), “Deuce” (1971), “Live In
Europe!” (1972)
, “Blueprint” (1973), “Tattoo” (1973) und “Irish Tour
’74” (1974) have got reworked and get re released.
more here..
"From a Twinkling Star to a Passing Angel," is an
unreleased Song from the Seventies by ABBA,
getting newly
and officially released now. Read more here.
Unisonic,
the new Band of Michael
Kiske and
Kai
Hansen (both
Ex-Helloween) have issued their new single
'Unisonic' as a limited Edition 7" coloured Vinyl
Edition - which is available here
Here
you find some Impressions at Etta
James funeral
incl. a Videoclip, in which Christina
Aquilera performs
live
for the great lady of Soul the Song 'At Last'
Kelly
Clarksons latest
Single "Stronger," is the no. 1 in the iTunes Charts
for 532,000 sold units - hier.
Hier
Sebastian
Bach is
talking again about his split from Skid
Row.
and he says:
“I Was 100% Fired From The Band"
Lady
Gaga has
launched her very own Social Network named LittleMonsters.com
Below
you find a complete
Lynyrd
Skynyrd concert
from Nov 13. 2011 live at the SWU Music and Arts Festival
in the USA - for a taster for the upcoming european
shows in early summer.
28.01. 2012 Happy
Birthday Today
Arthur
Rubinstein
(Polish
pianist)125+ - Ronnie
Scott/Ronald Schatt
(UK
jazzmusian)85+ - Acker
Bilk
(UK jazzm.)83
Dick Taylor
(Rolling
Stones/The Pretty Things)69 - Rick
Allen
(Box
Tops)66 - David
Byron
(Ex-Uriah
Heep)65+
George Green
(US
songwriter)60+ - Dave
Sharp
(The
Alarm)53 Dan
Spitz
(Anthrax)49
- Matt
DeVries
(
Chimaira)35
Joseph
"Joey" Fatone
(N'SYNC)35
-
Nick Carter
(Backstreet
Boys)32 -
Brian Fallon
(The
Gaslight Anthem)32
Further Birthdays - here
Further Celebrity Birthdays Today Ernst
Lubitsch (US-movie
director/actor,
120, +) - Jackson
Pollock (US-painter,
100, +) -
Elijah
Wood (US
Actor31)
Passed Away This Very Day ...38 years ago: Ed
Allen
(76) American jazzmusician
...29 years ago: Billy
Fury/Ronald Wycherley (43)
engl. pop singer (heart failure)
...9 years ago: Keven
"Dino" Conner (28)
H-Town
...8 years ago:
Mel Pritchard (56)
Barclay James Harvest (heart attack)
...7 years ago: Jim
Capaldi
(60) Traffic (cancer)
...5 years ago: Karel
Svoboda
(68) Czechoslovakian composer (suicide)
...3 years ago: Billy
Powell (56)
Lynyrd Skynyrd. (heart attack) Further Deaths -
here
Today 47 years ago: The
Who made
their first appearance on the British TV, on the rock show
"Ready Steady Go!"
Further Trivia - here
New
CD/DVD releases in week 20.01.-27.01.2012:
LILLIAN
AXE, IRON FIRE, SYLVAN, RAM, AOR, HOUSE OF SHAKIRA, BATTLE
BEAST, METALLICA, UNISONIC,
PROPHET, VOICES OF DESTINY, EISBRECHER, ANCARA, STYX, THIN LIZZY
-- VAN HALEN, FOX,
CHRIS ANTBLAD, EISBRECHER, TRAVERS & APPICE...
more in CD
/ Latest & more
releases&
NEW SPECIAL OFFER
Lt. Wall
Street Journal geht Facebook
jetzt an die Börse. Die Platform hat inzwischen einen Wert von
$ 10 Bill.
Skid
Row want
Sebastian
Bach as
a singer
But it's not Skid
Row, what
you might think of, this is the same named band
of Gary
Moore
back in the Sixties. More to read
here.....
Ratt
have
scheduled a new album for this summer followed by a tour. More
infos soon.
On jan 14
Tool
played in
Reno, Nevada. Here
you can watch the complete concert.
Van
Halen
have another Song
Preview for theTrack 'China Town', which again comes from
the album
'A Different Kind Of Truth'
Since April 2010 The Ronnie
Wood Show
is running on engl. Absolute Radio. This program hosted by
the
Rolling
Stones guitarist
has received several awards since then which are: 2011
Arqiva Commercial Radio Award für "Best
Newcomer" and "Specialist Programme of the Year,"
as well as the 2011 Sony Radio Academy Gold Award for
"Music Radio Personality of the Year. And from Jan
29.
the Radioshow is also going USA on to Q104.3/WAXQ-FM in
New York.
Born
To Osiris have
a new Videoclip
for the Track 'Follow The Signs', which comes from the current
release
'The Discovery'
Bassist Dick
Kniss,
who played with Peter,
Paul and Mary for
the past 40 years and co wrote the John
Denver Hit
"Sunshine on My Shoulders" has passed away 74 Jahren -
More to read here
On
June 21
Manowar
will
be headlining the Gods Of Metal Festival at the Arena Fiera in
Milan. Therefore a personal Video-Message
by Joey
DeMajo
is available.
Lenny
Kravitz has
started work to his next
Album named 'Negrophilia' There is no definate release
date set - here.
Visions Of Atlantis
have entered the Artesonika Studios in Pordenoe near
venice to record their fifth album named
'Ethera'. This is scheduled for a release later this year.
The death hoax around Jon
Bon Jovi, have
just been dissolved, now it's Cher,
who was rumoured to be dead on
the internet. She herself took care to prove that she's still
very much alive. - here.
German Thrashmetal band Bleeding
Red will
release their new Album 'Evolution's Crown' on March 23. For the
Song 'Frequencies' there is a Promoclip
available.
The current Nighwish
Album 'Imaginaerum v'has now been also awarded gold in
Switzerland and in Slowakia.
According to Loudwire.com
Scott
Ian of
Anthraxhas
to be taken to hospital for feeling ll during their
US Tour
Drummer Charlie
Benante left
also the tourtrek due to a serious illness of his mother. But
members of Death
Angel
and Testament
fill
in, so no show has to be cancelled.
According to this report
swed. sleazerocker Vains
Of Jenna have
called it a day after 7 years.
Heidevolk
are coming out with their new CD in March. The Track 'Een Nieuw
Begin' (Edit) can here
be downloaded
for free.
Deathstars
have announced further Support-dates with Rammstein
and also a string of headliner tourdates. Here
you find the Videoclip for the Song ‘M.E.T.A.L.’.
Grammy awarded Jazz composer Clare
Fisher,
who worked with the
likes such as
Dizzy Gillespie,
has passed away
aged 83 - here.
Hier
you can watch Madonna
at her work in the studio.
27.01. 2012 Happy
Birthday Today Wolfgang
Amadeus Mozart (Austrian
composer)356+ - Elmore
James/Elmore Brooks
(US blues guitarist)94+
Helmut
Zacharias (German
violinist)92+ - Bobby
"Blue" Bland
(US R&B singer)82 -
Nick Mason (Pink
Floyd)68
Nedra
Talley
(Ronettes)66 - Brian
Downey
(Thin Lizzy)61 - Seth
Justman
(J. Geils Band)62
Janick
Gers (Iron
Maiden)55 - Gillian Gilbert (New Order)51
- Margo
Timmins
(Cowboy Junkies)51
Mike
Patton
(Faith No More)44 - Michael
Kulas
(James)43 - Mark
Owen
(Take That)40 Further Birthdays - here
Further Celebrity Birthdays today Edward
John Smith (Captain
of the "Titanic", 162, +) - Mohamed
Al-Fayed (engl.
Businessman owner of Harrods , 79)
Bridget
Fonda (US
Actress48)
Passed Away This Very Day ...111 years ago: Giuseppe
Verdi (87)
Italian composer (stroke)
...40 years ago: Mahalia
Jackson (60)
African-American gospel singer
...11 years ago: Friedrich
Gulda
(69) Austrian pianist (heart failure)
...6 years ago:
Gene McFadden
(57) US singer, songwriter (cancer)
...2 years ago: Shirley
Caddell (78)
US country, rockabilly singer Further Deaths -
here
Today
44 years ago:
The
Bee Gees
play their first American gig at California's Anaheim Convention
Center,
making $50,000.
Further Trivia - here
Roadrunner
Records has a
Official
Lyric Video for the Song 'Build Me Up, Break Me Down' from DreamTheater
This
is coming from the current Album 'A Dramatic Turn Of
Events.'
Former Harem
Scarem guitarist Pete
Lesperance is
offering a new Solo-Song 'The Ride' for Free-Download
Reg
Presley,
Singer of legendary Sixties Band The
Troggs
has to quit his carriere as a musician due to lung cancer
More to read here....
Kiss
have increased
their Merchandise with the 'Mount KISSmore'. And this can
be purchased here
or here
According to TMZ.com
on Jan 21 Journey
Drummer Dean
Castronovo was
arrested in Oregonby police, because of
assaulting his girlfriend. He then was released on bail for
$ 52,500.00
Cats
In Boots classic
Album 'Kicked & Klawed' has been reworked and re-released.
This can be purchased here.
Below you find the Videoclip for their Paradesong 'Shotgun
Sally'
Megadeth
Bassist David
Ellefson and
Drummer Shawn
Drover are
sending Video-Welcome
Greetings from the
Giantour from Camden, NewJersey.
Rushs longterm
photographer Andrew
MacNaughtan has
passed away due to a heart attack - here.
Biohazard
have hier,
hier
and hier
posted some Videos of their Reborn Tour within the current
european
Persistence tour. Instead of Drummer Danny
Schuler,
who wanted to be with his wife, when his baby was born,
he is temporarley replaced by Danny
Lamagna (Sworn Enemy)
Here you
find a brandnew Video-Interview with Steven
Tyler of Aerosmith
for Access Hollywood.
Franz
Ferdinand
will be headlining the Open'ers Festival in Gdynia-Kosakowo
Airfield in Gdyniaf rom July 04. - 06.
in Poland - here.
In England the Cover of SteelPanthers
neuem
Album 'Balls Out', which is also used as poster and concert
placad
is banned because of thoo much sexism - here....
Joe
Satriani has
a - 'War'
Video from the Satchurated 3D Concert Film. Further
Infos - here.
On Jan 25 Tarja
Turunen appeared live in Sala Palatului in Bukarest,
Romania. Therefore find Videoclips , here,
here,
here, here
and here
.
AC/DC's Brian
Johnson has reveiled, that one of the bandmembers is pretty much
ill, so the
work to the new album
will take a little longer as planned. More to read here.....
All Axess reveil Lamb
of Gods guitarist Willie
Adlers new
Website WillieAdler.com.
And within this Video
Willie does introduce his new site personally.
Van
Halens
new Single, "Tattoo," has jumped on No #1 in the
Billboard's Hard Rock Singles Charts Since the song
came out on jan 10. it was played by more than 160
Radiostations throughout the USA - more to read here..
Korpiklaani
are giving away theTrack 'Metsälle' from the upcoming new Album
'Kunnia' here
for free.
Hangfire
feat
ex-Tigertailz
Drummer Matt
Blakout, have
a new Videoclip
for the Song 'For Crying Out Loud'
Further Band Infos at: www.hangfire-rocks.co.uk
Red
Fang
are out with the Videoclip for the Song 'Hank Is Dead' form
their 'Murder The Mountains' Album.
The Band is currently supporting Mastodon
on
their european tour
EL
Cacos new
Album 'Hatred, Love & Diagrams' is out today. There is a new
Videoclip for
the song ‘Hatred’.
Bluesman Sherman
Robertson had to cancel his upcoming european touring
dates due to health issues.
Norwegians Tears
Of Trail
have parted ways with Longterm Drummer Cato
Jensen
and are currently seeking for
replacement. Interested parties should contact ronny@trailoftears.no
. And there is a Teaser
for the new upcoming album.
According to Soundscan Systems Country Superstar Garth
Brooks has
sold since 1991 - 68.561.000 CDs this is about
5 Million more than the The
Beatles.
And germanPaganmetal bandBlack
Messiah
have a
Videoclip
for the Song 'Windloni' from their new Album
'The Final Journey'
On Jan 24 Lacuna
Coil played
a Special Acoustic Show and did a Q & A at Vintage Vinyl in
Fords, NJ
Therefore many Videoclips - here,
here,
here,
here,
here,
here,
here,
here
and here
are available.
The newest Punk-News
are
shown within this Potcast
.
26.01. 2012
Happy
Birthday Today Corky
Laing/Laurence Gordon Laing
(Mountain)64 - Derek
Holt (Climax
Blues Band)63
David
Briggs (Little
River Band)61 - Eddie
Van Halen,57
- Norman
Hassan
(UB40)54 -
Anita Baker,54
Tom
Keifer
(Cinderella)51 - Andrew
Ridgeley
(Wham)49 -
Jazzie B /Beresford Romeo (Soul
II Soul)49
Andrew
McDermott (Threshold/Powerworld)46+
-
Willie Adler
( Lamb of God)36 Further Birthdays - here
Further Celebrity Birthdays Today Louis
Favre (architect
and builder of the Swiss Gotthard-Tunnel, 186, +)
Akio
Morita ( jap. founder of Sony, 91, +) -
Paul
Newman (US
actor.87, +)
Passed Away This Very Day ...39 years ago:
Jay
C. Higginbotham
(66) American jazz musician
..30 years ago: John
"Jack" Owens
(69) American singer-songwriter
...23 years ago: Donnie
Elbert (53)
American soul singer (stroke)
...14 years ago: S.P.
Leary
(67) Texan drummer (cancer)
...1 year ago: Charlie
Louvin
(83) American country singer Further Deaths -
here
Today
42 years ago: Australia's first rock festival
"Pilgrimage
for Pop"
was held at Ourimbah, NSW, with a lineup including
Billy
Thorpe and The Aztecs
and Tully.
More than 11,000 attended over the weekend, with 26 arrested for
misbehaviour.
Further Trivia - here
Van Halen
have a new Teaser
for another new Song named 'Blood & Fire'. And here
you find some taster of the
Track 'Stay Frosty'. Both Songs are included on the new upcoming
album 'A Different Kind Of Truth' enthalten.
Riot
guitarist and founder of the Band Mark
Reale,has
passed away aged 57yesterday due to his Chron desease,
he was suffering for a long time. He was already in
intensive care during the last week. http://www.riotsweb.com/
After Etta
James the album sales increased up to 378 percent.
according to Billboard
Amanda
Somerville has
posted the 3.Video
Blog from the europ. Rock Meets Classic Tour 2012
Slipknot
have a
new Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival Promo
Videoclip
Santanas
show at the
Montreux-Festival last year is now available on CD & DVD - here.
Megadeth
have a – Behind-The-Scenes Of ‘Public Enemy No. 1’ Video.
Here
Judas
Priest Singer Rob
Halford is talking about the good old Times.
Within the new http://therighttorock.com/
Potcast James
Christian
of House
of Lords
is featured, talking about the
upcoming european tour and other
As already reported yesterday Drummer
Mike Portnoyand guitarist John
Sykes
have parted ways again, now
according to unconfirmed reports, Richie
Kotzen
is taking the place of Sykes.
More
infos hopefully soon.
In a recent
Interview AC/DC
Singer Brian
Johnson
reveiled,
that the Band is intending to enter the studio for work on
a new album this year.
Fear Factorys
new
Album will carry the title 'The Industrialist' and is
scheduled for later this year. the band will play
at the Metal Fest Open Air dates. All Infos and dates are
available here.
Saxon
are shortly starting to work on their new Album, and also on an
orchestral project.
Soulfly have
put the Track 'World Scum', from the 'Enslaved' Album for
48 hours here
for free download.
Jack
Russels Great
White have appeared live at the Pre-Namm Show in Anaheim CA, Pink
Floyds 'Wish
You Were Here'
gecovert. Therefore a Videoclip
is available.
