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)

Here 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'
 here. 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
and 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.