Day in Rock Report for 07/19/2010
The Day in Rock Digest for 7/19: a quick roundup of the top rock news stories from across the web: Who wants a free download of the title track from Disturbed's new album, Asylum (out Aug 31st)? The band is offering fans who signed up for their email list an immediate download of the song. Go grab it hereStone Temple Pilots will perform live on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno on Thursday, July 29th. The Tonight Show airs on NBC TV at 11:35 EST more Johnny Rotten a.k.a. John Lydon stunned fans at a Spanish music festival on Sunday, July 18 by starting an onstage feud with his Public Image Ltd. bandmates which culminated with the band walking off stage and abandoning Lydon, leaving him to rant to the crowd. more Here is an update on Aerosmith's Joe Perry following his motorcycle accident late last week: "Just found out my dad is ok and already back home," his son Tony Perry wrote on his Twitter page. "He was hit from behind on the motorcycle and the lady was not going very fast. Also my brother Aaron was on his bike at the scene of the accident. He is also ok and was not hit by the car." more Back On Black will release the classic debut album from Dio, "Holy Diver", on 180-gram limited-edition gatefold red vinyl on July 30th. more If you play guitar and have ever wanted to ask Mike Ness of Social Distortion a question in regard to his set up, playing technique, etc., now's your chance. Guitar World Dot Com is featuring Mike Ness in this months segment "Dear Guitar Hero." more Bassist Bobby Burns has left Soulfly after seven years and four albums with the Max Cavalera-led band. He writes on his Twitter profile, "To all the fans... Soulfly and I have decided to part ways." more Earlier this week, midway through an extensive tour of Europe, Ramming Speed were robbed in Italy. Drummer Jonah Livingston sent us the following: "At 2pm on Tuesday we parked our van on a busy main street in Florence, Italy and walked three blocks away to get lunch. We came back 45 minutes later to see that a window had been smashed." more Beatle John Lennon could be immortalized forever on a commemorative coin if he takes the lead in a groundbreaking poll. more Avenged Sevenfold has now posted the unedited version online of the new 'Nightmare' music video. The video clip can be viewed here Sammy Hagar has a new DVD in the works entitled Go There Once, Be There Twice more 40 Below Summer will reunite for a one-off concert on Saturday, October 2 at the Starland Ballroom in Sayreville, New Jersey. The band will perform its 2001 debut album, "Invitation to the Dance", in its entirety at the show more Robert Randolph's T Bone Burnett produced album 'We Walk This Road' came out June 22nd and you can now check out the first video from the album for the track, "If I Had My Way." Watch it here DJ Muggs & Ill Bill have released the first video from their forthcoming album ' Kill Devil Hills,'(out August 24 through Fat Beats Records). Check out the Jonny Quest themed video for "Cult Assassin" here Ted Leo And The Pharmacists have announced a six week Fall tour with shows before and after their upcoming appearance at Matador's 21st anniversary. more Tigertailz and drummer Matt Blakout have gone their separate ways. However, the Welsh glamsters have wasted no time in replacing him. They've brought back original drummer Ace Finchum more Technical death metallers Pyrrhon have just inked a deal in blood with The Path Less Traveled Records, who have signed on to release their debut EP, Fever Kingdoms. The label also plans to release their debut album next year. more Todd Kerns of Sin City Sinners, currently playing bass on tour with Slash, issued the following update on Friday: Everyone is full of questions so I'm here to answer what I can. I go into surgery Friday for a retinal detachment in my right eye. The recovery time is longer than I would like but the outcome looks good." more The upcoming batch of tracks for the Rock Band series of games come from two pioneering and classic bands. First, The Stooges will contribute three songs from the band's 1969 debut, The Stooges. The second set of songs come from Bad Religion will contribute two of their tracks to the game more Impaled Nazarene have announced that they have decided to part ways with guitarst Jarno Anttila. Jarno Anttila had been with the band for 18 years but has left on good terms. more Saviours were recently in the studio recording two tracks for an upcoming EP. more Erasing about $423 million in market capitalization, Live Nation's stock plunged 21.4% over Thursday and Friday due to a warning of weak ticket sales made on Thursday, according to Billboard.biz here The outrageous and popular '80s-style "hair" band Steel Panther has been added to the U.K. edition of Ozzy Osbourne's travelling festival, Ozzfest, which will be held on September 18 at London's O2 Arena. more Peter Green and The Pretty Things will both be on the bill for The Great British R&B Festival, which happens in Colne next month. more For those that care about such things, Def Leppard guitarist Phil Collen wed his fiancee on the beach in Florida on Friday. more Smoke or Fire are currently on their way to Chicago, IL where they'll be recording their next full-length. They'll again be working with Matt Allison at Atlas Studios more Noctem will be composing new material this summer 2010 for their follow-up to "Divinity." more Lord will release a new EP, "Return Of The Tyrant", later in the year. more Tora Tora vocalist Anthony Corder is gearing up to release two solo, one project album more On this day in 1954, Sun Records released the first single from a young truck driver named Elvis Presley: "That's All Right"/"Blue Moon of Kentucky." Many say it's the moment that signified the beginning of rock and roll. In 1967, The Beatles shot to No. 1 on the U.K. singles chart with their "Summer of Love" anthem "All You Need is Love." Find out what else happened on this day in music at Gibson.com
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Long ago AC/DC's Bon Scott sang "it's a long way to the top if you wanna rock and roll." Bon would be proud because not only has AC/DC reached the top, they continue to stay well ahead of every other band. Michael Wright of Gibson.com has the details: Gross has sorted and ranked the world's biggest tours over the last six months (compiled by Boxscores) and the results show the final leg of AC/DC's nigh interminable Black Ice Tour more than doubling the closest competition in dollars and total attendance.In the period from November 28, 2009 through June 19, 2010, AC/DC grossed more than $118 million and played to nearly 1.1 million fans. Bon Jovi came in second, grossing just less than $52 million. Metal symphony sensation Trans-Siberian Orchestra ranked third, with more than $47 million. Metallica and Taylor Swift finished out the top five, each hovering at just less than $40 million. Other rock acts include The Eagles at #8, Nickelback at #11, Depeche Mode at #12, John Mayer at #16, Guns N' Roses at #17, Elton John and Billy Joel at #20, KISS at #21 and Muse at #23.
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It's been a great couple weeks for Roxy Music fans. Last week we learned the details of Bryan Ferry's upcoming solo album and now we learn that Roxy Music will be touring the U.K. for the first time in nearly a decade. Michael Wright of Gibson.com reports: Though the band will not be joined by Brian Eno, who played keyboards for the band in the early '70s, the touring lineup will feature frontman Bryan Ferry, along with multi-instrumentalist Andy Mackay, guitarist Phil Manzanera and drummer Paul Thompson. The band will be coming off a summer tour, which has, thus far, taken them to Finland, Spain and Switzerland. The seven-date, Four Your Pleasure U.K. tour dates can be found
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Daughtry have premiered their new video for the song "September," the third single from the group's platinum album Leave This Town. They have also announced an upcoming TV appearance.
Directed by Chris Sims, the highly personal video features singer Chris Daughtry, bassist Josh Paul, drummer Robin Diaz, and guitarists Brian Craddock and Josh Steely playing live and looking back at their the past.
Chris Daughtry and Josh Steely wrote September together, a bittersweet ballad that draws on the singer's experiences growing up in a North Carolina town of 100 people.
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(Gibson) MGMT have announced a tour of the southeastern U.S. in October and November. The Brooklyn-based band, which released their sophomore album Congratulations earlier this year, will begin the trek in Orlando and finish up at the storied Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, TN. Along the way, MGMT will play Ashville, NC's Moogfest – a three-day music festival to honor Moog synthesizer inventor Robert Moog. The group will perform October 29 at the fest, which also features Massive Attack and Thievery Corporation.
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Thirty Seconds To Mars have added new dates to the U.S. leg of their "Into The Wild" world tour. The new U.S. leg will start on August 30th in Syracuse, NY at the New York State Fair and run through Oct. 16th in Pensacola, FL at Deluna Festival. The band has also revealed that Neon Trees, Violent Soho and New Politics will be opening on select dates
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Instead of a Singled Out today we decided to feature Gibson.com's great new interview with Claude Nobs where we learn what inspired the Deep Purple classic "Smoke On Water". Here is that part of the feature: Claude Nobs founded the Montreux Jazz Festival, which is still held annually deep among the snow-capped mountains of his hometown. The festival has become internationally beloved and is now, in its 44th year, running through this Saturday along the shore of Lake Geneva. A handsome, bespectacled 74-year-old with a wide smile, Nobs remains the driving force behind the festival and a faithful music fan, enthusing about both modern artists ("Joe Bonamassa is one of the most amazing guitar players I've heard in a long time") and classic rock acts like The Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd and his old pals Deep Purple, who alluded to Nobs with a "Smoke On The Water" lyric: "Funky Claude was running in and out / Pulling kids out the ground." Nobs vividly remembers the day the fire began at the Frank Zappa concert he had organized. Deep Purple had come to town to record their next album at the Montreux Casino. Staying in a hotel across the water from the venue, the band watched in horror as it caught fire and burned to the ground after a Zappa fan fired a flare gun into its opulent ceiling. Nobs not only rescued concertgoers from the blaze, but also helped Deep Purple regroup afterwards, offering them a new place to record and informing what would become their biggest hit. From the side stage of most every Montreux concert of note, he has changed the course of rock and roll. As he himself says, "I wanted to be a guitar player, but I found out very quickly I was not good enough for it. So I said, 'Maybe I can do a festival. I can do something more interesting for the crowd than try to be a guitar player.'"
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The Postelles have just announced new tour dates with Interpol and Kings of Leon. These dates are in addition to their hometown headlining show at Bowery Ballroom on July 28th. The tour comes in support of their forthcoming debut, self-titled record, co-produced by Albert Hammond Jr., due this October 12th on Astralwerks/Capitol Records. "The opportunity to open for Interpol is like a dream come true for any rock band from New York," said frontman Daniel Balk. "We couldn't be more thrilled to be playing with them, and with Kings of Leon, two bands that we're huge fans of!"
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U.S. Idlewild fans will not only have a new album to enjoy this fall but also some will be able to witness the band live. Here is the announcement:Idlewild's sixth studio LP, Post Electric Blues, will be released stateside October 12 via Nice Music Group. The band will follow this up with their long-awaited return to the U.S. this fall, for the first time in five years. The tour will launch with a two-night stand at The Echo in Los Angeles on November 16 and 17 and snake its way up the West Coast for several dates before heading east to New York for back-to-back nights at the Bowery Ballroom on November 22 and 23, then finally wrapping in Chicago.
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(Gibson) Just because MTV doesn't play music anymore doesn't mean there's not tons of live music on television these days. Consider Gibson's weekly feature "Live Wire," your guide to performances, concerts and rock star appearances on the tube. All times are ET.Live Wire Spotlight – Classic Concert: The Who: Live at the Isle of Wight (10 p.m. Friday, VH1 Classic) This document captures Thee 'oo at the height of their turn-of-the-'70s glory. On August 30, 1970, Pete Townshend and the boys performed at the Isle of Wight Festival, rampaging through live classics like "Summertime Blues" and "My Generation" in the early morning hours. The purveyors of "maximum R&B" also performed their rock opera Tommy in (nearly) its entirety.
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Michael Schenker Group kicked off their 28-date US 30th Anniversary Tour last week in Southern California (don't worry So Cal fans that missed them, MSG are swinging back around to your neck of the woods next month). If you don't get the chance to catch them on tour, you can still witness this landmark tour in the comfort of your home. Here is how: The "Live In Tokyo: 30th Anniversary Japan Tour", to be released on October 19, was recorded in January 2010 during the 30th Anniversary Japan Tour. On this tour, the Michael Schenker Group consisted of Michael Schenker, Gary Barden, Simon Phillips, Wayne Findlay, and Neil Murray. The band, in impectable form, blasts through a track list highlighting all stages of Schenker's career: from UFO and Scorpions hits, through MSG classic tracks, to his solo compositions.
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The Metal Den have posted an extremely rare unmixed version of the classic KISS song "Rock And Roll All Nite" from their third studio album, Dressed To Kill. As the story goes, "Rock and Roll All Nite" was written by Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons. It was recorded at Electric Lady Studios in New York City during February of 1975. The listener will experience KISS in the studio in their most raw form ever and will hear a lot of existing vocal echo on this truly historic 'unmixed' version.
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Fear Factory have released a web only video for the song "Powershifter," taken from their latest album Mechanize. Filmed in England earlier this year, the video was created by noted English videographer Myles Dyer with assistance from producer Tom Bacon and cameraman David Bass. Presented in high definition, it captures the band on stage in front of an enthusiastic audience. Commenting about the video, Burton C. Bell says, "I am very curious to see the reaction to this video. It was filmed by a good friend of ours, Myles Dyer. He has been a great supporter of FEAR FACTORY for a long time, and now he has become a prominent videographer. He traveled with us for about a week during the UK portion of the Fear Campaign tour earlier this year."
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You may have seen Young The Giant on the road with Minus The Bear, and opening up for the likes of Kings of Leon, The Whigs, Ghostland Observatory. Today you'll be able to get a free download of a band new song form the band. Their first piece of newly released music since 2008 comes in the form of "My Body," the first track from their upcoming debut album. Starting today Monday July 19th, you can get "My Body" as a free download on the band's official site more. Be sure not to miss your opportunity to see Young The Giant live during their California residencies in August when they are playing in Los Angeles, Orange County, San Diego and San Francisco.
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Honor Bright is currently streaming their new album 'Action! Drama! Suspense!' online. To celebrate the release of the album, the band will also be playing a series of 8 special CD release shows on the East CoastThe full-length, produced by former A Day To Remember guitarist Tom Denney and Go Radio front man Jason Lancaster (ex‐Mayday Parade), is set for release this Tuesday, July 20th on Triple Crown Records (Brand New, Hit The Lights). Listen to it here Honor Bright ‐ who've drawn comparisons to bands like Taking Back Sunday, Mayday Parade, and All Time Low ‐ began in 2006, following a short‐lived hardcore stint between founding front man Liam DiCosimo and guitarist/vocalist Tim Paige. "We didn't want to just call it quits, so we decided we were going to start playing the kind of music we grew up listening to, like Green Day and MXPX. Something closer to a pop‐punk sound," explains DiCosimo. "But, because we all came from rock & roll and hardcore bands, we wanted to still have that rock edge to it." By the close of 2006, bassist Anthony Merritt, drummer Curt Henry, and guitarist Ryan Gilmore joined the fold, solidifying the band's lineup.
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Bonded By Blood have finished shooting a music video for the song "Prototype: Death Machine", from their forthcoming album, Exiled To Earth.The video for the track sees Bonded By Blood gearing up as a group of rebels as they fight to reclaim planet Earth from the grasp of an alien race called The Crong. The video was filmed with director Dave Vorhes. Bonded By Blood frontman Jose Barrales discusses the video shoot: "Working with Dave Vorhes was a great experience. Coming into this shoot we didn't know what to expect, but I'm glad it turned out the way it did. First day we did a performance shoot, 2pm till 9pm straight, of Prototype: Death Machine. After listening so much I'm still not tired of the song.
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Apocalyptica have announced a co-headlining tour with Dir En Grey. The trek begins in Toronto on August 23 and concludes September 12 in Seattle, Washington. The band's new album, 7th Symphony will be released August 24th through Jive Recods. The first single off the album is the song "End of Me" which features lead vocals from Bush frontman Gavin Rossdale. Check out the video here. 7th Symphony was produced by Joe Barresi (Coheed and Cambria, Queens of the Stone Age, Bad Religion). The album features eight instrumentals plus four tracks with guest vocals including "End Of Me" featuring lead vocals by Bush's Gavin Rossdale. In addition, producer Howard Benson (Three Days Grace, Creed, My Chemical Romance) returns for production duties on two tracks on the forthcoming album.
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Black Veil Brides have posted a brand new song from their forthcoming debut album, We Stitch These Wounds, on MySpace. The dark anthem, "Never Give In", is now available for streaming, along with the debut record's first single, "Perfect Weapon", here. We Stitch These Wounds hits stores on July 20th on Standby Records. Black Veil Brides are currently on the road, headlining the The Sacred Ceremony tour, which kicked off in San Diego on July 2nd.
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Jesus Makes The Shotgun Sound have released "Janessa Sais Quoi," the second single and video from their "Damnant Quod Non Intelligunt" EP. Here is a little background their PR sent over: Hailing from the heart of Southern California's desert wasteland, Jesus Makes The Shotgun Sound brings their apocalyptic message to mass attention by any means necessary. Influenced by the likes of radio host Art Bell, Robert Anton Wilson, Teddy and Terry Riley (no relation), Jesus Makes The Shotgun Sound merges noisy synths, discordant guitars, and percussive machinery with the precision and transcendence of dark ritual.
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We received this announcement and just couldn't resist: So you're one of those who couldn't wait to grip the new iPhone before the second generation came out (ignoring Apple's general track record of not getting it right until G2 or later), and now you have a semi-functioning smartphone... with the possibility of getting a case, so your semi-functioning smartphone won't break any further. A bummer, yes, but San Francisco's Stripmall Architecture are here to make some lemonade. The group is pleased to announce the Stripmall Architecture iPhone 4 Trade In Program, whereby you can replace your flawed mobile phone with a pristine, fully-functional copy of our their newest release Feathersongs For Factory Girls album. Why? Apple claims to 'care' about its customers. Maybe. Well, we're willing to put our music where your ears are by going right ahead and giving you something useful (new music, yay!) for something useless (that iPhone4 that has been doing nothing but frustrating you for the last few weeks). How? Simply contact us at altruism@stripmallarchitecture.com with the subject line "PLEASE, SMA, TAKE MY PHONE BEFORE I HURT SOMEONE." Our team of crack customer-care experts will help you set up the exchange as well as working through any psychological issues that may linger from your brief time as an iPhone4 'victim.'
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Darryl Holter's sophomore album, West Bank Gone, will be released on September 21st by 213 Music. The album features special guest musicians Benmont Tench (Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers) on keyboards, pedal and lap steel guitar master Greg Leisz and renowned percussionist Nate Wood. West Bank Gone was produced by Grammy nominee Ben Wendel, recorded at Conway Studios. Darryl Holter will celebrate the release of West Bank Gone with a series of September dates in both Los Angeles (including a show at Hotel Café) and Minneapolis/St. Paul. (dates not provided in the announcement)
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Atom Smash have kicked off their summer tour dates in support of their forthcoming debut album Love Is The Missile, which hits stores via Jive Records on August 31st. Atom Smash will rock fans across the country with stops that include Dallas, Houston and Little Rock and will join Filter, Cavo, 12 Stones, RED, Shaman's Harvest, and Black Sunshine on tour.
"Do Her Wrong" is the first single from Love Is In The Missile and is now available at iTunes.
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Fallen From The Sky have announced they will be leaving thier home of Boca Raton and heading out to California later this month to begin tracking for a yet-to-be-titled follow up to their debut, Tonight We Radiate (Eulogy Recordings). The effort will be produced by Shaun Lopez (Far, Deftones) sharing time at both his own Airport Studios in Burbank as well as Hurley Studios in Costa Mesa. Drummer Giancarlo "Jim" Aservi notes: "We've spent the last 7+ months hard at work writing, practicing and demoing and the outcome is some of the strongest material our band has ever written." He adds, "We've all been long time fans of Shaun's work, both as a producer and musician, and we feel he is exactly what we need to create an album that will set us apart from our peers. A good producer can have a tremendous affect on the end result [of a record] and we feel this experience will definitely have a major impact on the band. We want Shaun to feel like the 6th member of FFTS, adding in his knowledge and expertise to songs we are already very confident about, hoping to take this album to the next level."
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New Music Seminar have announced the NMS Artist on the Verge project finalists: Comic Book Heroes, Hotspur and Yonas.
All three finalists will perform live at the NMS Artist on the Verge Party at Santos Party House on Tuesday, July 20th in New York City. The Grand Prize Winner will receive the NMS Reflection Award, an award worth over $50,000 in prizes, at NMS on Wednesday, July 21st.
The three NMS Artist on the Verge Project finalists were chosen from more than 600 acts that were submitted and voted on by the NMS Music Committee, with the help of the OurStage.com fan community. All artists were selected with the input of NMS's partners-as well as tastemakers, music bloggers and key industry executives-to determine the best artist with the greatest chance of success to break nationally. Criteria are based on music sales, touring history, merchandise sales, media (both online and in print) and other factors as determined by the NMS Music Committee.
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