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Day in Rock reports: We're celebrating the
recent release of Tesla's 'Reel to Reel' this week. Frank Hannon will be
giving us some insight into the making of several songs from the new CD
with his studio diary. We kick things off with the Tesla version of the
Led Zeppelin classic "Thank You". Here is Frank:
Tues, Nov 21, 2006 at 10:12:55 PM - This
is the last day of recording before we go home for Thanksgiving break.
We had a dreaded band meeting trying to decide which songs to record for
2 hours. We had originally thought of recording the "Song Remains The Same,"
but felt this song would really be a great song for JK to sing. ZUT tried
to tell me it wasn't possible to track this song tonight, so when he and
Jeff left to make dinner, I worked with the band and we recorded it. (Thank
God you don't hear my scratch vocal!) Troy nailed the Bonham drum fills
and we ended up breaking for dinner. I knew we had a great take of the
song and I was psyched for Zut to hear it since he said it was impossible.
After dinner at about 3am Mike and I recorded the acoustic part in 1 take.
The guitars solos I played are from the scratch track and are live. JK
sang the song beautifully and we made a hybrid of the original Zep 2 version
and the "un-ledded" version to make our own.
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Punkbands reports: Several audience members
have been hurt at the Heineken Jammin' Festival in Italy yesterday after
a lighting and sound system collapsed. According to early reports from
the site, following strong winds and heavy rain, the ground under the delay
towers on site, which support the lights and amps, became unsteady and
fell down.
"I've never seen weather like it," one
eyewitness said "My Chemical Romance were due to play but then the sky
just went black. There were really strong winds and massive hailstones
and everything just got blown away. The sound desk, tops of stages, everything.
It was really shocking."
Ambulances have been called to the site,
and it is believed at least nine people have been hurt and have been taken
to hospital, suffering leg fractures and head injuries.[see full story
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Jam! reports: Avril Lavigne may revive the
Christmas album some day.
And Lavigne's take on a potential Christmas
album will surprise some people.
"I would make it completely traditional,"
Lavigne said.
Talk of a possible Christmas album came
up when it was pointed out to Lavigne that at this stage of her career
-- having "made it," so to speak -- the 22-year-old really can do whatever
she wants, musically or otherwise. [see full story for more]-
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Sleazeroxx.com reports: Better finish the
books on your summer reading list by the end of August. That's when Everybody
Wants Some: The Van Halen Saga (Wiley Publishing) hits bookstore shelves.
Written by noted metal journalist and radio host Ian Christe, the book
recounts the life and times of the L.A. group that rose to hard rock dominance
in the late Seventies.
The book begins with an account of Van
Halen's explosive arrival on the California hard rock scene in 1978, revealing
the powers of lead singer David Lee Roth, wunderkind guitarist Eddie Van
Halen, good-natured bassist Michael Anthony and complex drummer Alex Van
Halen.
The story follows the band's development
and success, through Sammy Hagar's replacement of Roth in 1985, and his
own replacement by former-Extreme singer Gary Cherone in the late Nineties.
Along the way, appearances are made by
prominent supporting players, including Eddie Van Halen's wife Valerie
Bertinelli, musical collaborator Michael Jackson and business partner Gene
Simmons of Kiss.[see full story for more]- Click
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Sleazeroxx.com reports: Former Static-X star
Tripp Eisen has been released from custody after serving time for allegedly
sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl in January 2005. The guitarist,
real name Tod Rex Salvador, served his time at the Mid-State Correctional
Facility in New Jersey.
He was arrested in Orange County, California
after courting a New Jersey girl on the Internet, and then meeting her,
and reportedly assaulting her in a shopping center. The unnamed teenager
girl told her mother about the encounter and the worried mum called the
police.[see full story for more]- Click
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CMJ reports: Centenary Music Holdings, a subsidiary
of the Universal Music Group, announced today that it has agreed to purchase
the UK-based Sanctuary Group for a sum of approximately 44.5 million pounds
(roughly 88 million US dollars). The deal comes on the heels of an announcement
this past April that the struggling Sanctuary would cease to release new
music in the United States, though their cataloging operations would continue
as normal.[see full story for more]- Click
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KNAC reports: Starting today, June 16th, Rudy
Sarzo joins Blue Öyster Cult as bassist for the balance of 2007. Former
bassist with Quiet Riot, Ozzy Osbourne, Whitesnake and long time friend
of the band, Rudy will play until Ronnie James Dio returns from touring
with Heaven And Hell. (Rudy is the current bassist in Dio). [see full story
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Lambgoat reports: Dillinger Escape Plan has
officially acknowledged the departure of drummer Chris Pennie, who will
apparently dedicate his time to Coheed and Cambria. Taking his place is
drummer Gil Sharone, who has previously performed with Fishbone and Plus-44,
among others. [see full story for more a message from the band and a link
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Lambgoat reports: Carlos (aka C-Loc), singer
for Northern California hardcore band On A Warpath (Hand Of Hope Records)
passed away on Friday night following a brief coma. His untimely death
was reportedly linked to diabetes. Carlos was 22 years-old. RIP.[see full
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punkbands reports: There's been progress with
the upcoming Ramones double DVD release It's Alive; 1976 - 1996 which is
based to the bands live shows. The DVD is being made by the same people
people behind "inside the Ramones family". The double DVD is scheduled
for release on September 24, 2007. The two discs will hold about 5 hours
of material.- Click
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SMN reports: LENG TCHE have issued the following
statement:
It has come to our attention that our
ex-drummer Svencho has been contacting several festival promoters to force
us off the bills. Not only did he screw us over by cancelling our appearances
at Summer Blast and Queens of Metal in Germany, but hes also succeeded
in getting us off the bill at Flanders Fields of Death and Caos Emergente
in Portugal. Since we are grown men we feel no need to start an Internet
war but its fairly obvious that this is blatant sabotage. Therefor please
contact us directly concerning all future shows.
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SMN reports: MEN WOMEN AND CHILDREN, featuring
former members of GLASSJAW, have hung up their dancing shoes and announced
their departure from Warner Bros. Records:
"Men women & children would like to
proudly proclaim our freedom from our now former home at warner/reprise
records. We are free to explore the best options for the future of the
band. Our forthcoming album will NOT be affiliated with WBR nor will it
suffer from the poor distribution our debut endured. We are very lucky
for this freedom to explore the right options for us since most contractually
obligated bands can end up crippled by a lack of both passion and resources.[see
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TuneLab reports: Atreyu will release their
Hollywood Records debut 'Lead Sails and a Paper Anchor' on August 28th.
The first single "Becoming the Bull" will impact radio on July 23rd.
The track can currently be pieced together
on their website.
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TuneLab reports: Black Label Society have
announced they have parted ways with Roadrunner Records. An "exciting announcement"
will be made in the coming weeks.[see full story for more metal news]-
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