Category : LATEST NEWS

AIRBOURNE STREAM “BREAKIN’ OUTTA HELL,” NEW ALBUM DUE SEPTEMBER 12TH

Airbourne is streaming the title track to their forthcoming album, Breakin’ Outta Hell. Listen to it below.

The new album with be released on September 16th through Spinefarm Records. The band will also be North American tour starting on September 12th. See dates below.

Airbourne North American tour dates:

September:

12 San Diego, CA House of Blues
13 Los Angeles, CA The Roxy Theatre
14 San Francisco, CA Independent
16 Seattle, WA Tractor
17 Vancouver, BC Commodore
20 Victoria, BC Sugar
22 Kamloops, BC Cactus Jacks
23 Calgary, AB Gateway
24 Edmonton, AB Union Hall
25 Saskatoon, SK Saskatoon Events Center
28 Winnipeg, MB Pyramid
29 Minneapolis, MN Triple Rock
30 Chicago, IL Bottom Lounge

October:

1 Detroit, MI Smalls
4 Waterloo, ON Maxwell’s
5 London, ON London Music Hall
7 Toronto, ON Opera House
8 Montreal, QC Corona Theatre
11 Boston, MA The Middle East
12 New York, NY Gramercy
14 Baltimore, MD Soundstage

RAT PAK RECORDS SET TO RELEASE MICHAEL SWEET’S “ONE SIDED WAR” ON AUGUST 26TH

Stryper frontman Michael Sweet returns with his most intense solo release to date. One Sided War is Michael’s 7th studio solo album and is slated for release on August 26th via Rat Pak Records. Michael’s solo band is comprised of Whitesnake guitarist Joel Hoekstra, Evanescence drummer Will Hunt, bassist John O’Boyle and East Coast shred-master Ethan Brosh. The new album showcases a full plate of hard rock & classic metal riffs that Michael Sweet has come to be known for throughout his illustrious musical career. The album is available for pre-order at ratpakrecordsamerica.com/michaelsweet.

“Musically it’s my heaviest solo album. It’s not thrash metal but there are definitely some songs on there that will pop out at you. There are some songs that have a bit of the Iron Maiden/Dio feel to them, as well as some songs that have a little bit of a Van Halen influence to them. It’s a very guitar-oriented, hard rock/metal album with lots of melodies and hooks,” explains Michael Sweet.

The fast and furious opener Bizarre ignites the album’s pace with its lightning fast riffage, soaring vocals and blazing guitar solos. Tracks like Can’t Take This Life, One Sided War, Golden Age, I Am and Comfort Zone keep the metal fires ablaze, while tracks like Radio, One Way and You Make Me Wanna bring the hard rock vibe to the forefront. One Sided War features only one ballad, Who Am I?, a heartfelt, passionate song that reminds us of the softer side of Michael’s talents. Closing out the disc is a bonus track; it’s a different version of the song Can’t Take This Life, a duet with Michael and 16 year old up-and-coming female vocalist Moriah Formica. An EPK that talks about the CD and contains samples of Bizarre and Radio can be seen below.

The Track listing for One Sided War is:

1) Bizarre
2) One Sided War
3) Can’t Take This Life
4) Radio
5) Golden Age
6) Only You
7) I Am
8) Who Am I
9) You Make Me Wanna
10) Comfort Zone
11) One Way Up
12) Can’t Take This Life (*bonus track* featuring Moriah Formica)

SLASH JOINS WHITFORD/ST. HOLMES ON STAGE TO COVER A JIMI HENDRIX SONG

Slash took a break from playing guitar on Guns N’ Roses current stadium tour, to join Whitford/St. Holmes on stage in Nashville, TN.

Watch them all play on a cover of Jimi Hendrix’s, Red House.

Guns N’ Roses will be performing in Nashville, on the 9th, at Nissan Stadium. While Whitford/St. Holmes, will be at The Masquerade in Atlanta, GA, tonight (July 8th).

GUITARIST ACE FREHLEY SAYS WORKING WITH HIS FORMER KISS BANDMATE, PAUL STANLEY, ON HIS COVERS ALBUM WAS, “A LOT OF FUN”

As previously reported, KISS frontman Paul Stanley appeared on his former bandmate, Ace Frehley’s covers album, Origins, Vol. 1. Stanley sings, and appears in the video of Free’s, Fire and Water.

Todd Van Luling of the Huffington Post caught up with Frehley, who was promoting his upcoming October performance at Rock Carnival in New Jersey, to discuss the reunion. Portions of the article appear below.

Frehley was happy that his partnership with Stanley made so many headlines. The two even got along more or less. “We’re both professionals and seasoned professionals at that, so the whole process [was] really painless and a lot of fun,” said Frehley. “I just said, ‘Bring a couple different outfits, I’m going to bring a couple different outfits.’ But you know, we’re usually on the same page.”

Of course, the reunion was still unexpected for Frehley. “I was really surprised how receptive Paul was,” admitted Frehley. “How great the process was and fun and just a pleasure working with him again…”

…“Well, [the founding KISS members are] not sort of brothers, they are brothers in rock ‘n’ roll,” said Frehley of how he still has love for his former band. “Me, Paul, Peter and Gene started something really special that’s endured to this day. Even though I’m not playing with the band at this time, it’s …” Frehley paused for a laugh and then continued, “It’s a rock n’ roll circus.”

Read more at Huffington Post.

source: huffingtonpost.com

AC/DC BASSIST CLIFF WILLIAMS HINTS AT RETIREMENT

AC/DC bassist Cliff Willams hints that he may retire after the band’s current, Rock Or Bust, tour ends.

Williams tells Gulfshore Life “It’s been what I’ve known for the past 40 years, but after this tour I’m backing off of touring and recording. Losing [guitarist] Malcolm [Young], the thing with [drummer] Phil [Rudd] and now with [singer] Brian [Johnson], it’s a changed animal. I feel in my gut it’s the right thing.”

“When you start out, you kind of hope for success,” Williams says. “That’s what you are working for. But you never really know. It’s been surreal, really.

AC/DC’s rescheduled North American tour dates, with guest vocalist Axl Rose, resumes on August 27th in Greensboro, North Carolina. See full itinerary below.

August:

27 Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC
30 BB&T Center FT. Lauderdale, FL

September:

1 Phillips Arean Atlanta, GA
4 Nationwide Arena Columbus, OH
6 Quicken Loans Area Cleveland, OH
9 The Palace Detroit, MI
11 First Niagara Center Buffalo, NY
14 Madison Square Garden New York, NY
17 Verizon Center Washington, DC
20 Wells Fargo Center Philadelphia, PA

KISS FRONTMAN PAUL STANLEY ON RECORDING A NEW ALBUM, “IT’S ONLY WORTH DOING IT IF, ARTISTICALLY, YOU WANT TO DO IT”

KISS frontman Paul Stanley thinks the band should make another album – even though he admits fans are “not interested” in new material.

He says the follow-up to 2012’s Monster would only be worth making if the band felt a creative desire to do so – as fans simply tolerate new material from classic rock bands rather than anticipate it.

Stanley tells Miles Schuman, “It’s only worth doing it if, artistically, you want to do it. Every time we finish an album, I kind of go, ‘Well, that’s it.’ When we did Sonic Boom, it was because the band was so good that I just thought to not capture the band and do new material would be a shame. But once we did Sonic Boom, I said, ‘Well, we’ve made the point.’ Then, a few years later, it was, like, ‘Wow, why don’t we dig deeper and get a little closer to the roots and the people that we loved and kind of do something else,’ so we did that, and then I said, ‘We’re done.’ Lately I’ve been thinking, yeah, we should do another. But there’s no secret that when anybody who’s considered classic or of our generation does a new album, most people are not interested in hearing that stuff – they tolerate it at best.”

Stanley continues, “If you turn the sound off and you put on a live Rolling Stones concert or a live Paul McCartney concert, I’ll tell you every time they’re playing a new song, because the audience sits down. You tolerate the new song, because you wanna hear Brown Sugar. You tolerate the new song, because you wanna hear She Loves You, Strawberry Fields, whatever it is. So I’m aware that doing an album is more for my own satisfaction than anybody else’s. That being said, if I don’t feel the need to do it, then there’s no need to do it.”

additional source: Classic Rock via teasrock.com