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HOOKERS & BLOW, FEATURING DIZZY REED OF GUNS N ‘ ROSES, RELEASES FIRST EVER STUDIO SINGLE AS A FREE DOWNLOAD

Hookers & Blow, the band featuring Guns N’ Roses keyboardist Dizzy Reed and Quiet Riot guitarist Alex Grossi, have released their first ever studio recording, a cover of the Elton John classic Saturday Night’s Alright for Fighting.
The track is currently available as a free download starting on October 22nd, exclusively online and in-store at Forgotten Saints L.A..

The band recruited veteran producer Ron Mancuso (Iggy Pop, Ace Frehley, Jake E. Lee) and features drummer Les Warner, best known for his iconic drumming on The Cult’s critically acclaimed album Electric as well as session work for Johnny Thunders & Julian Lennon, Bow Wow Wow among others)

“We figured we might as well record a cover song that has been a staple in our live set since the band’s inception in 2004 and give it away with the newest line of Hookers & Blow merchandise” says guitarist Alex Grossi. “We are very excited to have taken the Hookers & Blow brand to where the whole concept has become somewhat legendary over the past decade. The one thing that has been constant throughout, is the demand for new merchandise and recorded music, So we figured, let’s kill two birds birds with one stone and release both at the same time…”

Hookers & Blow has also just announced a string of December tour dates, including an In-Store Hollywood Holiday party at Forgotten Saints LA on Friday, December 23rd, followed by a live performance at the legendary Whisky A Go Go later that evening.

The band is currently in negotiations with multiple labels to put out a full-length cover record as well.

Forgotten Saints online store ships worldwide from its world-renowned Melrose Avenue boutique in Hollywood, California.

For more information about Hookers & Blow, please visit the band’s Facebook page.

Hookers & Blow tour dates:

12/2 Tony V’s Garage Everett, WA
12/3 Rock Hard PDX Portland, OR
12/21 St. Rocke Hermosa Beach, CA
12/22 Maui Sugar Mill Saloon Tarzana, CA
12/23 Forgotten Saints LA (In Store Appearance) Hollywood, CA (6pm)
12/23 Whisky A Go Go – Hollywood, CA (10pm)

BASSIST MICHAEL ANTHONY TELLS EDDIE TRUNK HE SPOKE WITH ALEX VAN HALEN, THEIR FIRST CONVERSATION IN MORE THAN A DECADE

Bassist Michael Anthony was a recent guest on Eddie Trunk’s Sirius/XM show, Trunk Nation heard on the newly launched, Volume channel.

When asked when the last time the bassist had any contact with his former bandmates, the Van Halen brothers, Anthony responded (as per blabbermouth.net), “You know what? This is pretty interesting. There’s a mutual friend of Alex’s and mine. His name’s Craig DeFalco. And this is a guy who was a tech for me for a while, and he actually was Eddie’s tech… I don’t know if it was the 2007 tour, but he teched for him one of the tours. And he stays in touch with Alex, basically. I got a relatively new place out there at the beach in Southern California, and this guy Craig, he had never seen my house, so he came out. He was on tour with Lenny Kravitz or someone, doing… teching and had a break. And so we went out on my boat. I’m, like, ‘Yeah, we’ll cruise you around the bay and you can check the place out.’ So, as it goes, I had a couple of cocktails, and next thing you know, we were talking about the band and the good old days and all that stuff. ‘Cause he did, I think, at least two or three Van Halen tours with me back in the ’80s. So we’re talking, and next thing you know, I’ve got him holding his iPhone up and I’m shooting a video going, ‘Hey, Alex, man…’, just talking about the good times and everything that’s going on now. All these heroes of ours, people I grew up listening to, they’re, like, starting to drop left and right now. It’s, like, ‘Oh, my God!’ And so later on, we were at my house, my buddy and myself, Craig, and his phone rings, and it was Alex. And he’s, all, ‘Hey, tell Mike I said hi.’ Next thing I know, [Craig] is handing me the phone and goes, ‘Here, Al wants to talk to you.’ And I’m, like, ‘What?’ And this was this past May. And I hadn’t spoken to Alex in, like, ten years, I think — ten or eleven years.”

While Anthony explained that “nothing heavy” was discussed during his conversation with Alex, Michael added, “But it was just great to talk to him. We talked for about twenty minutes, and had a great conversation — just about life in general and getting older and what’s going on around us in the music industry. And it was actually really great talking to him.”

…When asked if he still thinks there is “unfinished business” between him and Van Halen and if he believes there is a chance that he will reunite with his former bandmates one day, Anthony told Trunk, “You know what? In some ways, I’m kind of over it, only because you can only hold your breath for so long. But it’s kind of interesting that you say ‘any unfinished business,’ Van Halen being one of the biggest bands there ever was, it’s kind of sad to see how everything kind of dwindled down like it did, kind of with a whimper. Which, this band, if we were gonna go out, we should have gone out killing it all over the world. And, you know, I’m always a never-say-never guy. If the circumstances were right, I have no problem… I love going out and playing the music. And if we did it, though, it would have to be none of this four separate planes and four separate this and that, and you only see them on stage. It’s gotta be kind of like… I don’t know if it can ever be a brotherhood like it was before.”

Listen to more below.

LAST IN LINE RELEASE LYRIC VIDEO FOR “ALREADY DEAD,” “HEAVY CROWN” TOUR KICKS OFF TOMORROW

Last In Line, the band featuring former Dio band members Vivian Campbell (guitar) and Vinny Appice (drums) along side singer Andrew Freeman have released a lyric video for the song, Already Dead. The band posts that they have posted it to celebrate the beginning of their Heavy Crown tour this week. Watch the clip below.

Joining Last In Line on their tour dates is bassist Phil Soussan, who replaces the late Jimmy Bain, and keyboardist Erik Norlander.

Last In Line Heavy Crown tour dates are as follows:

October:

22 – Costa Mesa, CA (Tiki Bar)
23 – Los Angeles, CA (Whisky A Go-Go)
28 – Sacramento, CA (The Boardwalk)
29 – Reno, NV (Rock Bar)
30 – Las Vegas, NV (Count’s Vamp’d)

November:


10 – Gwynedd, UK (Hard Rock Hell)
13 – Zwolle, Holland (Hedon) – w Saxon (Official)
14 – Paris, France(Le Trianon) w/ Saxon
16 – Strasbourg, France (La Laiterie) w/ Saxon
17 – Stuttgart, Germany (LKA Longhorn) w/ Saxon
18 – Telfs, Austria (Rathaussaal) w/ Saxon
19 – Zlin , Czech Republic (Masters Of Rock Winter Festival,
21 – Warsaw, Poland (Progresja) w/ Saxon)
22 – Berlin, Germany (Huxleys) w/ Saxon)
23 – Cologne, Germany (Luxor Köln)
25 – London, UK (O2 Academy Islington)
26 – Winter Storm Festival, Troon, UK
27 – Bristol, UK – (Bristol Bierkeller
28 – Nottingham, UK (Rescue Rooms)
30 – Wolverhampton, UK (Wolverhampton Civic Hall)

December:


1 – Newcastle, UK (O2 Academy Newcastle)
2 – Sheffield, UK (Corporation)
3 – Belfast, NI (Limelight Belfast)

Last In Line’s Heavy Crown was released on February 19th, 2016 through Frontiers Records.

For more information, please visit lastinlineofficial.com.

ACCEPT TO RELEASE “RESTLESS AND LIVE” EARLY NEXT YEAR

Accept will release a new live recording called, Restless And Live, on January 13th, 2017 through Nuclear Blast. This package will include the entire show played at 2015’s Bang Your Head!!! festival in Balingen, Germany on Blu-ray/DVD plus two CDs.

Comments Accept guitarist Wolf Hoffmann, “We didn’t know exactly what would happen back in 2010, what happens if… But this was six years ago and we’ve released three records since then. With Blind Rage, we had our first No. 1 chart record! There can be nothing nicer!”

The package’s title, chosen by the band couldn’t be more suitable, “Restless And Live simply fits what we experienced at Bang Your Head!!! and for what we stand for until today!” Wolf says. “It goes on and on and on! We’re already working on a new production. The thought of being on the road again soon gets our blood flowing and it is possible to overcome everything that happened before.”

To give their fans a taste of what to expect from this forthcoming live release and to make the waiting more tolerable, the live clip for Stampede can be seen below.

KIX POST PERFORMANCE VIDEO OF “LOVE ME WITH YOUR TOP DOWN”

As previously reported, platinum-selling Maryland hard rock icons, Kix will release, Can’t Stop The Show: The Return Of Kix, a two-disc DVD/CD set, October 21st, 2016 on Loud & Proud Records. The band has released a video performance of the song, Love Me With Your Top Down, from the release. Watch it below.

Can’t Stop The Show: The Return Of Kix will be released on October 21st, 2016 through Loud & Proud Records. But, it can be pre-ordered through Amazon by click here.

To learn more about this release and to view a track listing, please go here.

Kix tour dates:

11/12 Harrah’S Resort W/ Skid Row Atlantic City, NJ
12/10 Bomb Factory W/ Slaughter, Lynch Mob,… Dallas, TX

OVERKILL POST LYRIC VIDEO FOR “OUR FINEST HOUR”

Overkill have posted a lyric video for the song, Our Finest Hour, from their forthcoming album, The Grinding Wheel due February 10th. Listen to it below.

The single is also available for purchase on black, clear and splatter vinyl at the Nuclear Blast store.

For all information about Overkill, visit the band’s official website at wreckingcrew.com.