Wanna See Rammstein in Berlin?

You've seen the clips and you've heard the stories of what the band's live shows are all about. Now here's your opportunity to see it in a sold-out, hometown venue with 12,000 fellow Rammstein lovers.

The contest kicks off today, Nov. 11, and runs through Nov. 25 with entry forms available on Rammstein's MySpace page (myspace.com/Rammstein). The prize package includes a pair of roundtrip tickets to Berlin from a U.S. airport, ground transportation to and from the airport in both cities, a three night hotel stay, a pair of tickets and VIP passes to their sold out Dec. 19 performance at the Velodrome. The winners will have the opportunity to meet the band prior to Rammstein's performance that evening. - more on this story

MxPx EP

(PR) After a wildly successful 17th anniversary summer, complete with a fan "favorites" live broadcast performance, the punk-pop gurus of Bremerton, WA are back at it again. Now, MxPx are set to release Left Coast Punk, their latest EP (the band's first in five years), through their very own label, Rock City Recording Company.

MxPx has always been the harder-and-faster variety of punk playing bands, the band coined the phrase "Left Coast Punk" as a simple way to describe their sound, and those similar, residing from the Left Coast. It is that particular sound that is evident within the new tracks and MxPx vocalist and bassist, Mike Herrera felt the name just seemed to fit, "It just made sense to use the term, it's been around awhile, something I believe we coined, but it perfectly describes the clash of pop sensibility with the fast and hard playing that we are known for."

That clash of sounds is what hardcore MxPx fans will get; however the band did add in a melodic soft touch on a couple of tracks including the first single, "End," a tribute to some great punk and rock shows of the past. Using a style of play not performed by the band very often, melodic and fast, mid tempo and powerful, but fans will notice the signature MxPx sound. Other tracks, like "Broken," carry a more serious, personal tone, a rhythm that drives the lyrics - peering deep into feelings of being, well, broken inside. And then there's "Desperate to Understand" featuring classic MxPx style lyrics about lifting each other up and by sound alone, "One Step Further" kick starts the EP with its fast tempo, while the lyrics delve into becoming a better person. - more on this story

Timothy B. Schmit Goes West

The Eagles' Timothy B. Schmit has added West Coast concerts to showcase songs from new solo album Expando, his first in eight years.

Fans in Portland, Seattle, Sacramento, San Francisco, Santa Barbara, Los Angeles and San Diegohave the chance to see Timothy and his band in club settings perform new songs from Expando as well as classic hits and fan favorites.

Expando was recorded entirely at Timothy's home studio near Los Angeles with musicians hand-picked by Timothy, including Keb' Mo', Graham Nash, Kid Rock, The Blind Boys of Alabama, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, The Band's Garth Hudson, Van Dyke Parks, Dwight Yoakam, The Heartbreakers' Benmont Tench, and Timothy's son, Ben. Hank Linderman, who recorded Schmit's 2001 Feed The Fire, engineered and performs on Expando. - dates

Ramones: Soundtrack Of Our Lives Book Coming

(Sleazeroxx) New Ramones book entitled Ramones: Soundtrack Of Our Lives is the result of nearly 5 years worth of work. It is full of poignant stories that reflect what Joey Ramone (RIP 2001), Dee Dee Ramone (RIP 2002), Johnny Ramone (RIP 2004), as well as the rest of the Ramones family have impacted their fans worldwide.

Ramones: Soundtrack Of Our Lives has interviews and text written by 90 contributors and has 224 pages, and 295 photos/drawings. This book brings together the Ramones family as never before, there are interviews by every surviving Ramones member: Ramones drummers (Tommy Ramone, Marky Ramone, and Richie Ramone), bassist CJ Ramone, and Johnny Ramone's wife Linda Cummings. The introduction is written by Tommy Ramone.

Reluctant to offer fans stories which have been relayed thousands of times before, author and Ramones webmaster Jari-Pekka Laitio-Ramone provides new information about the band. His focus is on the Ramones impact on the history of Rock N'Roll. - more on this story

Status Quo HD

UK hit-makers Status Quo have enjoyed success in 2009 with Eagle Rock Entertainment's releases of studio album In Search Of The Fourth Chord (September 15) and Pictures: Live at Montreux (October 27) on DVD. In 2010, Eagle will now make Quo's music available to the Blu-ray market, when Pictures: Live at Montreux is released on January 19.

This concert, filmed in July 2009 at the famed Montreux Jazz Festival, was part of the tour supporting the release of their album Pictures (released November 2008). It was truly a time worth celebrating, as the band were enjoying a 40-year anniversary and the instant success of Pictures, which charted #8 and sold over a quarter of a million copies in the UK alone.

Frying up some delicious pop riffage on their duel Telecasters, guitarists/vocalists Francis Rossi and Rick Parfitt led band members Andrew Bown (keyboard, guitars, vocals), John "Rhino" Edwards (bass guitar, vocals), and Matthew Letley (drums, percussion) through a set list hailed as the band's best ever. - more on this story

Davy Knowles and Back Door Slam Back on The Road

Davy Knowles and Back Door Slam resume their North American tour on November 20 in Indianapolis in support of the Blix Street Records album Coming Up For Air, produced by Grammy Award-winning guitarist Peter Frampton.

The band has been touring non-stop since the album's release in June, most recently making its Australian debut with shows in Perth, Melbourne and Sydney following a stop in London and a triumphant homecoming to Knowles' native Isle of Man (in the Irish Sea between Belfast and Liverpool).

Prior to departing for the U.K., the band completed a three-month-long run of U.S. dates opening for rock supergroup Chickenfoot (Sammy Hagar, Michael Anthony, Joe Satriani, Chad Smith). - more on this story

Obituary Guitarist Launches BBQ Sauce

Trevor Peres, guitarist of long running Florida death metal legends Obituary, recently launched his own Bar-B-Que sauce line. Dubbed T-Bone's Famous, Peres' "Original Rib'Licous Bar-B-Que Sauce" has "a sweet and tangy flavor with a blend of mild spices and a hint of hickory smoke." In a word: Awesome. Peres will be releasing additional flavors -- Spicy Rib Rub, Sweet Chicken Rub and Spicy Hot Bar-B-Que -- in the coming weeks.

Elaborated Peres of his new venture: "My nickname came from the band Agnostic Front on our tour together back in 1992. Ever since then everyone has called me T-Bone.

The passion for cookin' began when I was a child in Jacksonville, Florida, with my grandpa John Landregan, who was a cook in the U.S. Navy. He was always cookin' up somethin' good in the kitchen. Naturally, this gave me the desire to learn. After a few years in the kitchen, I turned to the great outdoors and started to bar-b-que. In Florida, we bar-b-que all year round from sun up to sun down. - more on this story

Mississippi Sheiks Tribute CD Radio Special

The 24/7 global internet radio station allmemphismusic.com will air a one-hour special on the new Mississippi Sheiks tribute CD, Things About Comin' My Way, this Friday, November 13 at 10:00 PM Central Time; and repeating the following morning on November 14 at 10:00 AM Central Time.

In addition to playing all 17 tracks of Things About Comin' My Way, which showcases such artists as John Hammond, The North Mississippi Allstars, Bruce Cockburn, Geoff Muldaur, Bill Frisell, Madeleine Peyroux, Danny Barnes and The Carolina Chocolate Drops, the special includes an in-depth interview with Steve Dawson, who conceived the project, produced most of the tracks on the album, played various instruments throughout, and is also the featured artist on one track.

To hear the special, just click on this link at 10PM Central Time on November 13 or 10AM Central Time November 14: - allmemphismusic.com

Hurricane Bells Has Arrived

The debut album from Hurricane Bells, Tonight Is The Ghost, is out digitally now via Vagrant Records.

The band - a new project from Steve Schiltz of Longwave - is also confirmed to headline The Living Room in New York, NY, on December 2nd. The show will be with friends and fellow Brooklyn bands Falcon, Scout, and The Library, with members of all bands guesting in one another's sets throughout the night.

Hurricane Bells will also perform tomorrow at the Boston stop on The Twilight Saga New Moon Talent Tour, as an album b-side, "Monsters," is on The Twilight Saga: New Moon soundtrack. This is the band's second show with the Talent Tour, following yesterday's show at the Cherry Hill Mall in Philadelphia, PA. - more on this story

. On The Record: New Tales to Tell---A Tribute to Love & Rockets- Wax Tailor

A whos who of music greats team up to pay tribute to Love & Rockets and Kevin pays tribute to the color vinyl LP release and 7 color single. Plus he reviews the new vinyl disc from Wax Tailor featuring ASM. - Read the full New Tales to Tell---A Tribute to Love & Rockets- Wax Tailor review

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