Custom Jimmy Page Les Paul Released

Produced in strictly limited numbers, with two levels of aging, this guitar captures the look, feel, sound, and versatility of one of the greatest artist-owned Les Pauls of all time, and it is likely to disappear from authorized Gibson dealers in record time. - more on this story

Horse The DVD

Horse The Band presents We Flooded It, and There's Yoghurt Everywhere aka 48 Hours in Ukraine, their new feature-length film chronicling the band's now infamous stay in Ukraine in the midst of Earth Tour 2008. The DVD is available exclusively at Hot Topic stores nationwide and online through Horse The Band's webstore.

The DVD features: exclusive HD, live-action footage from the band's wild trek across Romania, the narrow escape from the rogue nation of Transnistria with the help of the Moldovan Army, the heartbreaking aftermath of a missed show on the shores of the Black Sea, wild parties, infinite vodka, communal bathing, live shows, 24-hour nonstop techno, gratuitous male nudity, flooding, misplaced yoghurt, a fan, manic episodes, an onstage full mental breakdown at a misogynistic goregrind festival... the highest of highs... and the lowest of lows.

The DVD serves as a "sneak-peek" for the forthcoming Earth Tour 2008 box set, a 15-hour DVD release with footage from the entire 45-country, 3-month round-the-world tour. The Eearth Tour 2008 box set is scheduled for release in early Spring 2010. Both releases are a joint project by visionary underground filmmaker/party-planner Gary LaChance and Horse keyboardist Erik Engstrom. - more on this story

Live Frontman To Headline Light of Day Concerts

The Light of Day Foundation, Inc. is proud to announce the 10th annual Light of Day concerts, to be held Friday, Jan. 15 at the Stone Pony, Saturday, Jan. 16 at the Paramount Theatre and the Wonder Bar, and Sunday, Jan. 17 at the Watermark, Langosta Lounge and Tim McLoone's Supper Club, all in Asbury Park, N.J.

The concerts will aid the ongoing fight against Parkinson's disease by supporting research into more effective treatments and a cure, as well as supporting people who suffer from Parkinson's and related degenerative neurological disorders.

On Saturday, January 16th Ed Kowalczyk will headline the show at the beautiful Paramount Theatre on the Boardwalk. Kowalczyk, widely known as the lead-singer, frontman, and guitarist of the band Live, has built an impressive résumé with his bandmates that includes eight full-length albums, total CD sales exceeding 20 million, a huge international fan base and extensive touring all over the world.

Hosting the weekend's events will be Sopranos star Vincent Pastore, who will serve as emcee. Pastore played Sal "Big Pussy" Bonpensiero in the HBO series.

The Saturday night show will be Light of Day's second at the Paramount Theatre. The concert will feature performances by Kowalczyk, Joe Grushecky & The Houserockers, Jesse Malin, Willie Nile, Joe D'Urso & Stone Caravan and others. - more on this story

Santa Comes Early For Hypocrisy

(Metal Underground) Hypocrisy, have issued the following statement: "It seems Santa has come early this year for Hypocrisy! As previously reported, we were forced to cancel our recently scheduled tour with Ensiferum due to problems with work visas. Today we received the good news that we are now all cleared to enter the country.

"We are currently planning to come back to the US sometime in early 2010! We will let everyone know very soon when the tour and line up is confirmed. Thanks to all our fans for supporting Hypocrisy all these years!"

Hypocrisy had enlisted the help of Children Of Bodom guitarist/frontman Alexi Laiho to temporarily fill the vacant 2nd guitarist spot on their tour alongside Ensiferum, Ex Deo, Blackguard and Swashbuckle. Previously Hypocrisy had been in holding mode, fully expecting to join the tour that was already in progress at the time at a later date. - more on this story

Brett Dennen's New Year's Eve Show To Be Webcast

Bay-Area native Brett Dennen has partnered with Livestream to broadcast an exclusive New Year's Eve performance at the Fox Theater in Oakland presented by Life is good and Another Planet Entertainment. Starting December 31th at 8:30PM PST, fans can tune in to Brett's Facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/brettdennen), Website (http://www.brettdennen.net), or Livestream (http://www.livestream.com/brettdennenalolive) to view the broadcast." Joining Brett are Brushfire Recording artist and neighbors ALO, plus several local musicians at a party destined to be the Bay-Area kick-off to 2010.

To kickoff this special New Years Eve performance, Brett will also interact with his fans on Livestream, with a special Q+A session from his rehearsals on December 30th at 3PM PST. The performance at the newly renovated theater marks Brett's first local headline since selling out two nights at the legendary Fillmore. He also recently engaged thousands at the Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival in Golden Gate Park and supported Jason Mraz for a sold out show at Berkeley's Greek Theatre.

This show completes a highly successful year for Brett supporting his most recent release Hope For The Hopeless, which appropriately begins with Bay-Area homage "San Francisco". Closing the year with a broadcast presented by Life is good makes perfect sense. Brett's 54-city winter-spring tour was featured Life is good as a partner, and both Brett and ALO played for tens of thousands at Life is good Festivals in Boston, St. Louis and San Francisco in the summer and fall. Their vocal support for the Life is good Kids Foundation throughout the year helped this nonprofit raise over $900,000 in 2009 for children facing life-threatening conditions. - more on this story

Derelict Lineup Change and Tour Dates

Montreal based Derelict have announced they have parted ways with bassist Louis-Phillipe Roy and replaced him with bassist Joey Sciacchitano. The band released the following statement:

"A significant change has been slowly occurring in our camp over the last few months. After weighing his priorities, Louis-Philippe has decided to move on from being in Derelict and focus on his studies and other potential career paths," commented frontman Eric Burnet. "He was kind enough to play the last few months of shows we had booked at the time and did not leave us in any kind of trouble.

"His leaving comes as a blow to us, as his two-and-a-half year run with the band included our first shows outside Montreal, the writing and recording of Unspoken Words, our two first national tours, and our signing with Year Of The Sun Records. Needless to say, the man is our brother and he shall be missed. On the bright side, we are replacing one longtime comrade with another. Our new bass player is Joey Sciacchitano. Montreal concert-goers may know him as one of the driving forces behind Moshcore Productions, an organization that for many years put on multiple shows in Montreal, including large fund raising events for the Canadian Cancer Society that Derelict was part of on two occasions. Joey has already shown much focus and dedication on the bass and we can't wait to hear the sweet lines he's going to spin around our new riffs. Stay tuned for new promo shots and live photos with Joey in them!" - more on this story

. Top Albums and Songs of the Decade: J Simpson's Picks

To celebrate the end of the decade, some of our writers will be sharing their picks for their favorite albums and songs of the past ten years. We continue today with J. Simpsons picks. Here is his list! - Read the full Top Albums and Songs of the Decade: J Simpson 's Picks review

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