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Day in Rock Report for 01/12/2011



We Came As Romans Guitarist Hospitalized- iPhone Goes Verizon- Steven Tyler Denies Idol Censorship- Another Green Day Musical?- Brand New Glassjaw Song- more
The Day in Rock Digest for 1/12/11: We Came As Romans guitar player Joshua Moore is currently in a Nebraska hospital battling bacterial meningitis, a potentially life-threatening illness.

Billboard has good news for folks who don't like dropped calls but want an iPhone (though the EVO has surpassed the Apple devise in many users eyes). Verizon Wireless announced it will begin selling Apple's iPhone, ending rival AT&T's three-year exclusive on the iconic device. Verizon will carry the existing iPhone 4, not some new iPhone model. more

In reference to a promotional clip for American Idol in which Steven Tyler comes close to saying an inappropriate word, Tyler was asked at the Television Critics Association if he will have to go on a five-second delay for the Fox show. "F---, no," he said. more

On January 1st, Glassjaw released an EP called Our Color Green, compiling 5 "new" songs the band has been playing live since during the long wait for a new album since 2002's Worship And Tribute. We cynically figured it would be another year or two before anything more surfaced, but a brand new (truly new) track, called Gold, can be heard here

Glassjaw has also added a few new dates to its forthcoming headline tour of the United States. more

Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong feels inspired to write his own musical after enjoying the success of the band's American Idiot show on Broadway. He tells the New York Times, "I think I'd be interested in the future of really getting into writing specifically for a show, that's something I'd really love to do. more

Check out an interview with Alain Johnannes (Them Crooked Vultures, QOTSA, Eleven, Chris Cornell) on the Mark Strigl Podcast. He shares some great stories about Josh Homme, Soundgarden his solo Spark album and touring with John Paul Jones. Listen here

The Who's Roger Daltrey, former Grand Funk Railroad singer and guitarist Mark Farner, AC/DC bassist Cliff Williams, Mountain guitarist Leslie West, Free/Bad Company drummer Simon Kirke, 3 Doors Down and others will come together on Monday night January 17, 2011 in New York for a benefit concert for Farner's 21-year old son Jesse, who was seriously injured in a fall last summer. more

The Wonder Years and Fireworks will co-headline a spring tour with support from Such Gold, Make Do And Mend, and Living With Lions. more

The Strokes' new album set for 'March 22' release Leaked record label memo lists US release date more

Tim 'Ripper' Owens has revealed the dates for his forthcoming headline tour of Europe. The former Judas Priest and Iced Earth vocalist will be hitting seven cities across eastern Europe on his 'Screaming Through The East' trek. more

Drummer Michel "Away" Langevin of Voivod tells myTELUS in a new interview that the band is planning on releasing a live album and a new studio CD in 2011. In addition, the group is scheduled "to tour in Chile, USA, Europe and Russia." more

Fake Problems have launched a contest to give two people free tickets for each and every show in their upcoming tour more

Govt Mule, My Morning Jacket, the Warren Haynes Band, Michael Franti & Spearhead, The Avett Brothers, Bela Fleck and Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeroes are all on board for the 2011 Mountain Jam Music Festival. more

Francis Rossi has been forced to cancel his UK solo tour scheduled to run between February 1 and 8. Rossi requires urgent surgery for a hernia complaint. more

The Measure [SA] are breaking up. Over the course of 7 years, the band has released 18 records, on just as many record labels. The band recently release their final full length Notes on No Idea Records. more

The Kills to release new album 'Blood Pressures'. Alison Mosshart and Jamie Hince's fourth effort will be out April 4th in the UK. more

Johan Sohlberg has left Bloodbound in order to "focus on his career and family" and has been replaced by Anders Broman more

Toxic Holocaust has just finished recording new full-length at Dexters Lab in Milford, CT which is expected to be released in late spring. more

On this day in 1974, The Steve Miller Band were at #1 on the U.S. singles chart with "The Joker," the group's first of three #1 hits. It reached #1 on the U.K. chart when it was re-released in 1990.

On this day in 1983, Swedish percussionist with Traffic, Reebop Kwaku Baah, died from a brain hemorrhage in Stockholm, Sweden. Baah also worked with Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood, Ginger Baker's Air Force, Can and The Rolling Stones. Find out what else happened on this date in music history here

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RIP MySpace?
(Rock AAA) Once the focus of online activity for bands of all shapes and sizes, MySpace took another step closer to oblivion after owners NewsCorp slashed the staff down to a skeleton crew.

Out of 1100 employees worldwide 500 will lose their jobs in the coming weeks as Rupert Murdoch's media empire seeks to sell the service off as a slimmed-down going concern.

The move follows MySpace China laying off two thirds of its staff last month, although the news only broke yesterday. more on this story

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Arctic Monkeys Begin New Album
(Gibson) Arctic Monkeys have begun work on their fourth album, which will be produced by James Ford. NME.com reports that the sessions began in late 2010 in London and are continuing now in Los Angeles.

Frontman Alex Turner and the band are hoping the put out the record in late spring of this year. The album, as yet untitled, will be the Sheffield foursome's follow-up to 2009's Humbug, which was a co-production between Ford and Josh Homme. Ford also worked on the Monkeys' second album, Favourite Worst Nightmare, as well as Klaxons' Myths of the Near Future and Florence and the Machine's Lungs.

Expect Arctic Monkeys to tour in 2011, too. The band have already confirmed a headlining slot at Ireland's Oxegen Festival in July and are expected to participate in V Festival and other U.K. shows. more on this story

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Preaching Metallica
(Gibson) A pastor in Calgary, Alberta, Canada has been preaching the good word of… Metallica? Yes, and 49-year-old pastor John Van Sloten recently wrote about the experience in his new book, The Day Metallica Came to Church: Searching for the Everywhere God in Everything. Blabbermouth.net reports that The Miracle Channel's Ufonic recently conducted an interview with the "pop culture pastor," during which he told the story of how he began using Metallica lyrics in his sermons.

"Some kid asked me at church to preach Metallica. I sort of said, 'Yeah, sure,' and told him I'd pray about it, which is how we slough people off, and then the next day someone from our church called me with Metallica tickets," Van Sloten said. "So my wife and I went to Metallica and had an experience there, in a very deep communal sense that these people are all sharing a lament and a feeling of injustice about how screwed up the world is. That got my heart into it so I went back and read all the lyrics and as I was reading their lyrics I would have a biblical truth or a scriptural passage come at the same time."

Van Sloten was inspired to begin employing Metallica songs, including "Creeping Death," in his work as a pastor at the Christian Reformed New Hope Chuch. "Metallica wrote ['Creeping Death'] based on the 10 plagues and the Exodus," he said. "Basically you are quoting the same episode. I saw these connections between biblical truth and Metallica as heavy metal truth. When you put them side by side, it convinced me that Metallica had to be preached." more on this story

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One Armed Def Leppard Tribute
(hennemusic) It pays to put the word out. Just ask the Dallas-based Def Leppard tribute band, Pyromania – they were looking for a one-armed drummer for their lineup and now seem to have on in place.

According to the Dallas Observer, when they called the phone number listed on the ad, the newspaper got the following message:

"If you're calling about the Dallas-based Def Leppard tribute band Pyromania...we found our one-armed drummer, and I wanna thank everyone who auditioned, but the position is filled." more on this story

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Sorum Discusses Velvet Revolver's Plans
(hennemusic) Drummer Matt Sorum believes Velvet Revolver has something to prove. While there's hints that the band is close to making the final call on a certain singer – they've recorded demos of 9 songs with him - Jon Wiederhorn of AOL's Noisecreep talked to Sorum about the band's plans for the coming year.

Sorum says of auditioning new singers: "We tried out some fairly unknown guys and some guys that have been out there a little bit. But the guy we're really excited about know is a pretty known guy. I don't want to say anything yet because we're still in the dating phase. We haven't consummated the relationship or made a gentleman's agreement. So I can't let the cat out of the bag until there's an official stamp of approval on the deal."

When asked if he and Slash have already written material for the next album, he said: "Yeah, we've got some tunes. We've got some great riffs. We're trying to strip it down a little bit. There's some good stuff. I would say we've probably got about four or five pretty good contenders with lyrics for stuff I'd be happy on a record. It's definitely rocking. But overall, we don't have too much music yet, because we're gonna just get in there and do it. The beauty about being in a band with these guys for so many years is we know what we've all got to offer on that front. So we don't have to pre-think things a whole lot. Even though we can dabble in ballads and play in other styles, we're pretty much comfortable being in a rock 'n' roll unit. We don't have to make ourselves something that we aren't. We're traditional in that sense." more on this story

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Jesse Leach's New Album Streaming Online
Times of Grace's new album, The Hymn of a Broken Man, is streaming in full online at ARTISTdirect.

Times of Grace brings back together Jesse Leach (original Killswitch Engage singer) and Adam D. (original and current KsE member, guitars now, drums then). Stream the album here

Roadrunner sent this info over: Times of Grace's The Hymn of a Broken Man hits retail on January 18th. They will kick off their first tour in February and plan to remain active and in your face through 2011. more on this story

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Blink-182 Discover That Nice Guys Finish Late
(Rock AAA) Blink-182 were so cautious about reuniting they wound up being too nice to each other to inspire any new music, says bassist and vocalist Mark Hoppus.

The three-piece were more intent on preserving their relationship than being honest with each other, making it nearly impossible to develop a creative dynamic in the studio.

They reformed in 2009 after four years apart following a plane crash in which drummer Travis Barker nearly died, an event which brought the old friends back together. After a time they got over their initial over-sensitivity and the new record will be released later this year, along with a documentary detailing the process. Mark explains

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Singled Out: The Gray Lions
Today Marc Rubinstein of The Gray Lions tells us about "Smaug's Revenge" from their brand new album "Run Wild". Here is the story:

Asked to write about one of my songs for The Gray Lions off the new CD Run Wild, I came up blank! They're all so…me? But "Smaug's Revenge" is one of my oldest friends amongst them, written in the mid-seventies while in college. It's a ballad in the truest sense - a story song.

If you've ever read The Hobbit you know who Smaug is, if not: he's a dragon. My Smaug is one coexisting among humans and just sick and tired of the venomous little prigs. He talks to himself (and the audience) before finally getting the Hell out of here, while spreading some well deserved havoc and mayhem. It also is a strange song - besides the fact it's from the point of view of a dragon from space, of course - because he speaks in three distinct voices.

I've been doing this song like that for all these years and recently reworked it a little for this CD. My good friend (and our producer), Mark Hudson, added the repeating title to what's one of his favorites (he IS a bit strange, after all). He was afraid no one would get caught up in a song which had no distinct chorus/refrain to jog the memory and said I needed the title in there somewhere. So now it's there in 12 harmonized voices.

Now that you know the story behind the song, listen for and watch the video right here!

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Green Day Set March Release Date
(Gibson) Green Day have a new live album, titled Awesome as [Expletive], coming out. The release, recorded during the band's tour to support 21st Century Breakdown, is due on March 15.

Green Day recently released a trailer for the album (watch it below), featuring a 2009 performance of "Know Your Enemy." Billie Joe Armstrong and pals also revealed that Awesome as [Expletive] will come as a two-disc, CD/DVD set. This is the second time Green Day have done this, having released the CD/DVD set Bullet in a Bible in 2005.

A track list has yet to be announced, but "Know Your Enemy" and other 21st Century Breakdown tracks are a good bet. So is the unreleased "Cigarettes," which was played during Green Day's summer 2010 tour, and accompanied Armstrong's first hints about the live album when they were in Denver. more on this story

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Elton John Hitting The Road
(Gibson) Elton John has lined up more U.S. dates, including two shows at Madison Square Garden in New York. Popmatters.com reports that Elton John and his band will perform his best-known songs as part of the Greatest Hits Live concert tour.

After Elton John's critically acclaimed album with Leon Russell, The Union, the pair have recorded a Celebrity Podcast for iTunes.

The two rock and roll veterans discuss their collaboration, working with T-Bone Burnett and their views on Lady Gaga, Bob Dylan and eight-inch high heels. more on this story

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Late Night Social Distortion and Full Album Stream
Social Distortion will perform on late-night talk show Conan on January 18 (11/10PM CT), the release date of their new album, Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes.

In anticipation of the performance and upcoming release, Social Distortion are streaming the new record in its entirety beginning today at SocialDistortion.com.

For every 100,000 streams of the new album, the price of Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes will drop on Amazon.com's preorder by one dollar (up to 500,000 streams). more on this story

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Covers That Beat The Original
(Gibson) The fact is that there are some covers that build on the legacy of the original track to such a degree that you can hardly imagine the song performed any other way. Naturally, a great cover can't exist without a great song, but here are 10 covers that were so powerful in direction, popularity or just plain originality that they made listeners forget momentarily they were covers. Here are a couple:

9. "Am I Evil?" - Metallica: Originally by New Wave of British Heavy Metal band Diamond Head, "Am I Evil?" was an underground classic when Metallica grabbed it and made it a live favorite as well as the B-side to "Creeping Death." It also appeared on Metallica's Jump in the Fire EP, The $5.98 E.P.: Garage Days Re-Revisited, and Garage Inc., and Metallica celebrated the song's influence on the thrash genre when the band, along with Big Four cohorts Megadeth, Slayer and Anthrax, joined forces to cover the track live during the Sonisphere tour in Europe in 2010. The DVD featuring that performance has now gone double platinum, and a large part of its draw is the history-making performance of this song.

1. "All Along the Watchtower" - Jimi Hendrix: Some say Bob Dylan's vocal delivery is an acquired taste, but even if you can't quite find peace with his voice, you've got to respect his songwriting abilities. Hendrix was well aware of the power of Dylan's words and music, as evidenced by his cover of "All Along The Watchtower," which in Jimi's hands becomes a bona fide guitar classic. Read the full list here

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Free Mogwai
Check out Mogwai's "San Pedro," another track from their new album, Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will.

The album will be released on February 15, 2011 on Sub Pop Records in North America, and through the band's very own label in the UK, Rock Action Records.

The track "Rano Pano" from the upcoming album will also be released as a 7" single on January 18th via Sub Pop, with the non-album track "Hasenheide" as the B-side.
Grab the song here

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Bright Eyes Add Tour Dates
(Gibson) Bright Eyes will be releasing their latest (and possibly final) album in about a month. The People's Key is due internationally on February 14 and in the U.S. on February 15. To promote the new record, Conor Oberst and pals are hitting the road, and they've just announced a new batch of dates.

Bright Eyes already had New York's Radio City Music Hall, Nashville's Ryman Auditorium and London's Royal Albert Hall in their sights. Now they've added more European stops (Scotland, Germany and Sweden, among them) and more North American dates (including Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Portland, Oregon, and Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada).

The band have also announced openers for much of the tour, who include Cursive, Superchunk, Mynabirds, Wild Flag, Felice Brothers, Middle Brother and Man Man on different stops. more on this story

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Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros Frontman Alexander Ebert Sets Solo Release
Vagrant sent over word that Alexander Ebert, lead singer of Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros, will be releasing his debut solo album Alexander on March 1st via Community Music (Rough Trade will release the album in Europe on February 28th).

The album will include ten brand new songs that Alexander wrote and composed entirely himself.

During breaks from touring with the Zeroes over the past year, Alexander began building and recording the pieces that would become the songs for this album alone in his bedroom. Before this album, all of the music he worked on had been collaborative, especially with the 10-person Magnetic Zeroes. "I wanted to be able to build an album basically with my hands, like building a house by myself," Alexander remarked of his inspiration for making this album without outside help. more on this story

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Slash Talks Hendrix
(Gibson) Slash has always worn his influences on his sleeve, be they Aerosmith or the Stones or Cream. One artist who had a massive impact on his formative years was Jimi Hendrix. With songs like "Purple Haze" and "Machine Gun" constantly spinning on his parents' turntable, young Saul Hudson soaked in the energy and the feel of Seattle's favorite son until it became part of his musical D.N.A. The Chapeaued Shredder sat down recently with The Quietus for an extended interview specifically about Hendrix and his enduring influence.

"I think the attraction with Jimi was just that he had this uninhibited, fluid guitar style that basically screamed," recalled Slash. "It had this over-the-top sound to it that just kind of drew me in. I think all of my favorite guitar players have a sort of manic quality to them."

He continued, "The thing about Jimi is that he was American born and with a talent from on high, but was discovered by an English crew that brought him over to London where everything was really happening and they appreciated him for what he was. It's sort of funny, because you think of all the really amazing rock guitarists that were coming out at that time… basically the English rock guitarists were all a bunch of white kids who wanted to be black and play that kind of guitar, and then there's this black kid coming from America who kind of brings it part and parcel from over there and everybody just stands back and says, 'Wow!' Everyone was tripping out on Jimi, who's really the sort of embodiment of that young lead guitar player, using a lot of distortion, a lot of feedback… it must have been interesting being, say, Jeff Beck at the time." more on this story

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Does It Offend You, Yeah? Set New Release
Does It Offend You, Yeah? are set to release Don't Say We Didn't Warn You on March 15 on The End Records/Cooking Vinyl.

Subsequently, the band will be touring the states supporting Linkin Park starting January 20th.

Says frontman James Rushent, "I think it's about time we have a f***ing mess. We want to perform music that, if we heard it, we'd go 'oh, who's that?' rather than 'here's another f***ing '60s soul artist.' [The 18 months spent recording the album] was stressful, panicky and hard work. It's the nature of how we work. It's like trying to put a jigsaw together where you don't know what the picture is at the end." more on this story

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Why Eddie Van Halen Attended Ex Wife's Wedding
(hennemusic) When Valerie Bertinelli married longtime boyfriend Tom Vitale on New Year's day at the couple's Malibu home, some people wondered why her ex-husband – Eddie Van Halen – was in attendance.

"I think it's really important that you never, ever, hate your ex more than you love your children, and I've never hated Ed, so I'm lucky," Valerie told Access Hollywood at the "Hot In Cleveland" Season 2 premiere on Monday night in Los Angeles.

"I think, as adults, we need to — because we're disrupting their lives and they don't have any say about it — we're the ones that have to be grown ups and behave and treat each other with dignity and kindness, because it's for our children's sake." more on this story

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T-Model Ford Releases New Album
T-Model Ford's new album Taledragger hit stores yesterday (January 11, 2011) through Alive Records on color vinyl (limited to 900 copies), 180 gram vinyl (limited to 100 copies and available exclusively by mailorder through Alive Records), as well as CD and digital formats.

Recorded during a 14 show US tour this year, the groove on this new studio album is pure T-Model Ford. Backed by his regular touring band GravelRoad, and with stellar guest appearances by Brian Olive and Matthew Smith, Taledragger is a perfect party album with the feel and honesty of a night at the juke joint.

Despite a mild stroke in April 2010, T-Model still plays with an intensity and consistency that belies his age. Now 90-years old, the self proclaimed "Boss of the Blues" continues to show his strengths. Playing the blues is his life, he knows no other way. The well-documented Bad Man can be noted to, at times, simply have it bad, man.

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Egypt Central Going Soph
Egypt Central have announced the release of their sophomore album White Rabbit on May 17th 2011.

White Rabbit was produced by Skidd Mills (Saving Abel, 12 Stones, etc.) in early October 2010 and features twelve songs of heavy riffs, lyrics from the soul and strong melodic hooks. Threaded throughout this collection of songs is a story of consequences that occur when one accepts or declines the invitation from the White Rabbit.

"We knew we had solid songs, but when the opportunity came to work with Skidd, we found the person that could not only make a great sounding record, but also bring the best out of us." states lead singer John Falls. "We had a lot of growing to do as men and the time was right to give our fans what they deserved and what we knew we were capable of…Kick Ass Rock!" "Collectively this is the best group of songs we have ever written" adds bassist Joey Chicago. more on this story

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Michael Stipe Nearly Died
(Gibson) R.E.M.'s enigmatic frontman Michael Stipe has revealed the incident that caused his fear of the outdoors. According to the Daily Express, Stipe almost died at 14 years of age on a mountaineering trip with the Boy Scouts.

He told the New York Post, "I nearly died at 14. I was a Boy Scout lost on top of a mountain. It was very cold, wet and horrific. My father thought I was dead. First stage of hypothermia is uncontrollable shivers. Then, hallucinations. Then you fall asleep – then you're gone. I had the first two stages."

Stipe believes that the harrowing incident scarred him for life and contributed to his fear of the outdoors. "When I got home I went inside and almost never came out," he said. "I've since developed a fear of the outdoors." more on this story

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Norma Jean Explosions II Tour With Of Legends and Impending Doom
Norma Jean have announced a new headlining tour, "Explosions II," which will kick off in Dallas on February 24th at The Loft and conclude in their home town of Atlanta on March 25th.

Of Legends and Impending Doom will be supporting Norma Jean, with Stick To Your Guns joining the package starting March 3rd.

"We will be playing a lot of songs that we haven't played in a long time and some that have never been played at all, old and new. It will be one of the most eclectic sets we've ever played for sure," said vocalist Cory Brandan. "I think of any headlining tour we've done to this point, this is the show to come to if you are a true Norma Jean fan. Doesn't matter what record is your favorite, we'll be playing something from it. We're very excited and are working really hard to make sure it's going to be excellent." more on this story

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Anniversary of Maurice Gibb's Death
(Gibson) In the Bee Gees, Maurice Gibb was always known as "the quiet one." But it was his death, on this day in 2003, that silenced one of the most enduring and popular groups in music history. Although surviving brothers Barry and Robin Gibb have occasionally reunited since to perform together, most would agree that the Bee Gees will never be the same without Maurice.

Maurice was born on December 22, 1949 and was the fourth of five Gibb children, but only just barely. His twin brother Robin was born 35 minutes before him. Maurice (pronounced "Morris") grew up in England in the '50s, until the family moved to Brisbane, Australia in 1958 – just after the birth of youngest brother Andy. As a kid, Maurice, along with older brother Barry and twin brother Robin, began singing to make a little extra money. The trio first called themselves the Rattlesnakes and then Wee Johnny Hayes & the Bluecats. They were introduced to a radio DJ, Bill Gates, by Bill Goode, a racetrack promoter who had seen the boys perform at Brisbane's Speedway Circuit. Gates renamed the group the Bee Gees after his and Goode's initials (and not the Brothers Gibb, as some once thought).

The trio did pretty well for themselves in the early '60s in Australia, with the oldest brother Barry getting plenty of attention for his songwriting skills (hence the title of their 1965 debut LP, The Bee Gees Sing and Play 14 Barry Gibb Songs). The year after their debut, the boys decided to move back to the U.K. In advance of their arrival, their father had sent demos to Beatles manager Brian Epstein. He, in turn, passed them along to Robert Stigwood, who helped orchestrate a five-year contract with Polydor Records in England and ATCO Records in the U.S. more on this story

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Gypsy Pistolero Ink Deal For New Album Release
Gypsy Pistolero featuring front man Lee Pistolero has signed with Jamsync Music for the release of Duende - Last Of The Pistoleros, which is due out in May.

The first single from the effort, 'Stand and Deliver' (Adam and The Ants cover) is out now via iTunes.

Gypsy Pistolero will tour the U.S. and Europe to support the release in the spring/summer 2011. The touring band consists of Ryche Green-Drums, Danny Watts-Guitars, and Steve Payte-Bass. more on this story

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Earth Crisis Working On Next Album
Earth Crisis have entered the studio to begin work on their next studio album which is expected to be released this summer.

Scott Crouse comments, "So we began tracking our 6th full length album this week!

"We are really excited to work with Zeuss on this one, we have no doubt he will do this recording sonic justice! Hmm, maybe that's what we'll call the record? Stay tuned for some videos of the recording process!

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Devin Townsend and King's X NAMM Appearances
Devin Townsend and King's X will both be on hand to participate in this year's NAMM tradeshow in Anaheim, CA.

Townsend, who is currently finishing up work on his two new releases 'Ghost' and 'Deconstruction', will be at NAMM on Thursday, January 13th.

Devin had the following to say, "NAMM time again, and I'm very much looking forward to meeting up with folks who are able to attend as well as the companies whose generosity and understanding of my musical vision allows me to do my job. The guitar I have worked on with Peavey has quietly been released in it's first incarnation (the version I used all last year) and we are on the verge of releasing a fine tuned version in conjunction with 'Deconstruction'. Alvarez acoustics and Mackie have invited me to play an acoustic show at NAMM as well as several signings and DVD performances which will all be seeing the light of day around the release of the two records, 'Deconstruction' and 'Ghost'. more on this story

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Just The Fax From Ronnie Wood
(Gibson) Technology fan Ronnie Wood has been talking about his Rolling Stones bandmate's struggles with modern communication devices.

According to Music-News.com, he told Absolute Radio DJ Christain O'Connell that Richards' preferred mean of communication is the fax machine. He said: "Keith, he still communicates through fax, no other way but a fax. That's why I never hear much from him because I ain't got a fax machine. It's fantastic; you get a message from Keith on a fax. You get 'I don't know when, I don't know where, just get ready. Love, Keith.' It means we maybe touring sometimes in the next decade, I don't know."

Not all Ronnie's rocker mates are stuck in the'80s, however; Ronnie's old Faces pal Rod Stewart has embraced the art of the e-mail. Wood says: "I have had various e-mails, because Rod is getting very, very good on the e-mails, we've been doing to and fros lately, with sort of 'How you doing, mate?,' you know, blah blah blah. Who'd have thought that? Rod, I mean, it's like he was never any good on the telephone – let alone the laptop." more on this story

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British Library Give Fans Beatles Treasure Via New App
(Gibson) Some of England's greatest treasures can now be held in the palm of your hand, as the British Library is launching its own Treasures app for smartphones.

Included alongside a draft of the Magna Carta, an original copy of Beowulf and Admiral Horatio Nelson's handwritten battle plans for Trafalgar are handwritten lyrics by The Beatles.

But the Fab Four aren't the only musical legends in the collection. Original scores by Mozart, Schubert, Handel and Purcell are included, as well. more on this story

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Slash Joins Ozzy At Sunset Strip Event
(Gibson) On Monday afternoon, the Sunset Strip got a visit from the Prince of Darkness. Ozzy Osbourne visited the Strip's Guitartown and signed a one-of-a-kind, 10-foot-tall fiberglass Gibson Les Paul in front of the House of Blues.

The Ozzy guitar joins an impressive array of 25 giant Gibsons on Sunset Strip, honoring the rock stars, people and places that have made it such a legendary locale.

The signing also marked the launch of the second leg of Ozzy's U.S. arena tour, which includes a Los Angeles area performance at the Gibson Amphitheatre on February 1. Osbourne's longtime friend and occasional collaborator Slash, who will open that evening's concert, was also on-hand at the signing. Check out photos here

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Dominion Going Primortal In March
Dominion have set a March 22nd release date for their new album, Primortal, their first new studio album in five years.

The effort was produced by Sterling Winfield (who has previously worked with the likes of Mercyful Fate, Pantera, Damageplan, and Hellyeah).

As Winfield explains, "I really enjoyed the studio experience with Immortal Dominion, not only for the band and what they brought to the table as far as their material, and their professional attitude, but the facility, Backbone Studios, in Loveland Colorado, is unbelievable! A killer place that was made just for the creative person in all of us. The staff is there to help you with your vision, and never said no to ANY of our crazy ideas. Don't even get me started on the gear available to us. The best!" more on this story

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Nelson Set US Release Date
Nelson has announced the U.S. release date of their new album Lightning Strikes Twice, which is billed as a sequel to their debut album After the Rain.

EMI / Frontiers Records USA / Stone Canyon Records will release the album in the U.S. on February 15, 2011.

To coincide with the new release and 20th Anniversary of After the Rain, EMI / Frontiers Records USA / Stone Canyon Records will also release twin (2) NELSON catalog albums: Before the Rain the demo collection of songs that secured their recording deal with Geffen Records in 1990 and Perfect Storm – After the Rain World Tour 1991 live concert album.
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Long Distance Calling Offer Up Free Song Download
(Freeman) Instrumental rockers Long Distance Calling have made their brand new track "The Figrin D'an Boogie" available as free download.

"Dear friends, a new year just started, so we figured it was high time for a small, belated gift to you. We are a little proud about presenting a first song from our upcoming album to you, it's a track called 'The Figrin D'an Boogie'. Some of you might have already heard it during our shows in the fall of last year. However, we cannot wait for your feedback now that you can check it out in its full glory and as often as you like. It is definitely a representation of what you can expect from the new album.

"Short before Christmas we even found the time to shoot a video-clip for the opening track 'Into The Black Wide Open'. It is still a bit tough to say when we will be able to show it to you, but you can already check out a few behind the scenes underneath. It got damn late and cold during the shooting, but it was worth it." Check it out here

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. Clandestine - The Invalid (Features Ex-The Apex Theory)
The Invalid is a strong first step into the full-length arena by Clandestine, showing a knack for strong songwriting and a great mix of metal with more adventurous electronic sounds. (4 stars) - Read the full Clandestine - The Invalid (Features Ex-The Apex Theory) review

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