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CALIFORNIA BREED PREMIERE “MAKING OF THE ALBUM” SERIES ON GUITAR WORLD.COM, SELF-TITLED DEBUT ALBUM OUT MAY 19TH

California Breed, the powerful new rock trio featuring legendary vocalist-bassist Glenn Hughes, drummer extraordinaire Jason Bonham and 23-year-old newcomer guitarist-singer-songwriter Andrew Watt, have premiered the first in a series of “making of” clips from the recording of their self-titled debut album, out May 19th on Frontiers Records. Watch the first clip today from Guitarworld.com below and tune into Guitarworld.com every Tuesday for the next five weeks for another interview with the band.

Mixing massive riffs, gutsy vocals and gale force rhythms, the hard-hitting trio’s first single Sweet Tea has hit number seven on the Classic Rock chart and continues to climb. The band also recently debuted an animated lyric video for the new song Midnight Oil. Midnight Oil and Sweet Tea are available as instant tracks by pre-ordering the album exclusively from iTunes.

California Breed will be available as a CD, digital download and a Deluxe Edition CD + DVD featuring the bonus song Solo, two video clips and a documentary. Fans that pre-order the digital download on iTunes will receive an instant download of the first single, Sweet Tea upon ordering. The iTunes and Amazon pre-order links are as follows: iTunes, Amazon CD and CD Deluxe Edition CD + DVD.

AMERICAN HEAD CHARGE ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM AND INDIEGOGO CAMPAIGN

Following their highly successful US/UK tours in support of their most recent Shoot EP, Minneapolis industrial mob American Head Charge announce their long-­‐awaited fourth full length studio album, set for release in 2014. In connection with the new record, the band have announced an Indiegogo campaign to give fans the chance to contribute to their first studio album in nine years,and the band are offering some incredible incentives.

The incentives include signed CD’s, guitar lessons, a night out on the town in Las Vegas with the band, band members coming to your house to cook you dinner and even the chance to have the band play a show just for you.

The link to the Indiegogo campaign and a list of the brilliant offers can be found here.

Vocalist Cameron Heacock commented: “We are more than excited to get into the studio and work with producer Dave Fortman (Slipknot, Mudvayne) on our upcoming crowd-­‐funded record. The music industry is such a different place these days, and we’d much rather have our fans in charge of the record as opposed to a bunch of suits whose only interest is the bottom line. Indiegogo, and crowd-­‐funding options, have made this a possibility, and we’re taking full advantage of it.” American Head Charge were  formed in 1998 by bassist, Chad Hanks and vocalist, Cameron Heacock and since their formation they’ve released three records, one compilation/DVD, and one EP, the most successful being the Rick Rubin produced The War Of Art. They’ve shared stages with the likes of Slipknot, Rammstein, Ministry, System Of A Down and Slayer, headlined sell-­‐out tours across the world and played as part of countless high profile festivals, and will be appearing at Download 2014.

LILLIAN AXE TO RELEASE LIVE ACOUSTIC ALBUM THIS MAY

Louisiana Music Hall of Fame members, Lillian Axe, will be releasing their thirteenth album, the acoustic live, One Night in the Temple, produced by Steve Blaze, on May 27th via CME Records / Sony Music (RED) in the USA and Canada and on Melodic Rock Records/Cargo for the rest of the world on May 19th.

Performed acoustically in an intimate setting housed in a Masonic Temple in the Bayou, with their most die-hard fans, One Night in the Temple, features all their hits including, True Believer, Show A Little Love, Crucified, Misery Loves Company, Ghost of Winter, The Great Divide, Bow Your Head, Waters Rising and the crowd favorite Nobody Knows.

Lillian Axe founder Steve Blaze reflects; “ when I first had the idea of putting this show together, it was originally going to be a private 20 person show with acoustic guitars, vocals and no production, however, it took on a life of its own.”

One Night in the Temple; will be released as 3 disc set (2CDs/1DVD and 2CDs/1Blu-Ray), housed in an elaborate digipack. Filmed in high definition, the Blu-Ray will contain the acoustic performance, fan question and answer session, videos for the songs Caged In and Death Comes Tomorrow, featuring 3 songs live in concert from their July 4th, 2013 performance at the Paragon Casino and behind the scenes footage while the DVD will contain one song from the Paragon Casino and the video for Death Comes Tomorrow.

One Night in the Temple track Listing:

Disc 1: Waters Rising, Death Comes Tomorrow, Ghost of Winter, See You Someday, The Great Divide, Nocturnal Symphony, Sad Day On Planet Earth, Bow Your Head, Show A Little Love and Misery Loves Company.

Disc 2: Crucified, The World Stopped Turning, Dyin’ to Live (Shades of Blue), Until The End Of The World, The Day I Met You, The Promised Land, Nobody Knows, My Apologies, True Believer and Nobody Knows (Crowd Version).

Lillian Axe is Brian Jones (lead vocals), Steve Blaze (guitar and vocals), Sam Poitevent (guitar and vocals), Eric Morris (bass guitar) and Ken Koudelka (drums).

Lillian Axe will be touring to support this release this summer beginning in the middle of July.

Confirmed dates with more to be announced:

4/18 in Houston, TX @ Concert Pub North
4/19 in Dallas, TX @ Red Blood Club
5/9 in Jackson, MS @ Duling Hall
7/19 in Pekin, IL @ Goodfellas
9/27 in Melbourne, FL @ 80’s In The Park Festival

For more information on Lillian Axe, please visit lillianaxe.com and facebook.com/lillianaxe.

JOE SATRIANI RELEASES CAREER-SPANNING BOX SET TODAY, APPEARS IN USA TODAY, ON ARSENIO HALL SHOW TONIGHT AND ON ROCKLINE TOMORROW NIGHT

Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, has released Joe Satriani: The Complete Studio Recordings, a 15 CD library box housing the rock guitar virtuoso’s most comprehensive anthology ever, out today (April 22nd).

To read all about this comprehensive box set, please click here.

Satriani appears tonight on The Arsenio Hall Show where he will sit in with their award-winning band, and tomorrow, Joe will be the featured guest on Rockline.

On the print side, Joe is featured today in the Life Section of USA Today, on the current cover of Guitar World Magazine, and on April 5th, Joe appeared on the season 13 finale of VH1’s, That Metal Show.

One of the most influential and respected instrumental rock guitarists to emerge in the past three decades, Joe Satriani is that rare “musician’s musician” who’s crossed over into the mainstream with music sublime and complex, appealing to a wide variety of tastes.

A true master of the six-string, Satriani worked as a guitar teacher in his early career, with a number of his students—among them Steve Vai, Kirk Hammett (Metallica), Larry LaLonde, David Bryson (Counting Crows), Charlie Hunter and more—achieving their own considerable successes.

While in considerable demand as a sideman throughout his career—he’s toured with Mick Jagger, Deep Purple and many others—Satriani has pursued his own musical vision over the years through a series of instrumental rock albums (many of them Grammy nominated) which chronicle his evolution as an artist and his eloquence as a guitarist.

*UPDATED* BLACK STAR RIDERS ANNOUNCE U.S. TOUR DATES

Supergroup Black Star Riders have added eight additional headlining shows throughout the Midwest and East Coast on their first run of the U.S. this spring in support of their debut album, All Hell Breaks Loose. Launching in San Antonio, Texas on May 1st and winding their way to Birmingham, Alabama on June 15th, BSR will co-headline six of the twenty shows with Skid Row.

Featuring veteran rock musicians Ricky Warwick (Thin Lizzy, The Almighty) on vocals, Scott Gorham (ThinLizzy, 21 Guns) on guitar, Damon Johnson (Thin Lizzy, Alice Cooper, Brother Cane) on guitar, Marco Mendoza (Thin Lizzy,Ted Nugent, Whitesnake, Blue Murder) on bass, and Jimmy DeGrasso (Alice Cooper, Megadeth, Y&T) on drums, All Hell Breaks Loose was produced by the legendary Kevin Shirley (Led Zeppelin, Iron Maiden, Aerosmith, Rush) and debuted last May on the American Billboard Heatseekers chart at number five and the Billboard Hard Music chart at #19.

Black Star Riders tour dates are:

5/01/14 The Aztec Theater – San Antonio, TX
5/02/14 Queen City Music Hall – Fort Worth, TX
5/03/14 Concert Pub North – Houston, TX
5/04/14 Juanita’s Café & Bar – Little Rock, AR
5/05/14 Neumeier’s – Fort Smith, AR
5/08/14 Rialto Theater – Tucson, AZ*
5/09/14 The Marquee – Tempe, AZ*
5/10/14 M15 Concert Bar & Grill – Corona, CA*
5/12/14 Harlow’s Night Club – Sacramento, CA*
5/13/14 DNA Lounge – San Francisco, CA
5/15/14 Canyon Club – Agoura Hills, CA*
5/16/14 The Coach House – San Juan Capistrano, CA*
5/26/14 Altar Bar – Pittsburgh, PA
5/27/14 Agora Theatre – Cleveland, OH
5/29/14 Turner Hall – Milwaukee, WI
6/03/14 Exit/In – Nashville, TN
6/04/14 The Orange Peel – Asheville, NC
6/05/14 Amos Southend – Charlotte, NC
6/08/14 The Masquerade – Atlanta, GA
6/15/14 Workplay Theatre – Birmingham, AL
6/17/14 BB Kings – New York, NY
6/19/14 The Chance – Poughkeepsie, NY
*co-headlining with Skid Row

Additional dates coming soon.

Details for VIP Package upgrades (which do not include a concert ticket) will be announced soon & will be available for all shows.

To purchase All Hell Breaks Loose, please click here.

TOM KEIFER ON THE POSSIBILITIES OF A NEW CINDERELLA ALBUM: “IF THE RIGHT OPPORTUNITY COMES ALONG, WE WOULD GO FOR IT”

Greg Prato of Brave Words spoke with Cinderella frontman Tom Keifer. Excerpts from the Q&A appear below.

BraveWords: What do you have planned for 2014?

Tom Keifer: We are just starting to ramp up for some touring, behind The Way Life Goes, the solo record. Just did our first show of the year last weekend in West Virginia, and we’ve got one in Connecticut (April 26th at the Wolf Den the Mohegan Sun, in Uncasville). A couple of one-offs. And then the tour is probably going to kick off around Rocklahoma (May 23rd-25th) – we’re on that show this year, and looking forward to that. And then I think we’re probably going to be on the road from that point on. The label is looking to release some new singles, so just more touring in support behind the record.”

BraveWords: Any plans with Cinderella?

Tom Keifer: We just did the Monsters of Rock Cruise, and that’s the only thing we’re doing this year.

BraveWords: How did the cruise go?

Tom Keifer: It was a lot of fun. We hadn’t played in probably 18 months. The last tour we did was in 2012. So we had a lot of fun. A couple of good shows on there, and that’s always a good time hanging with the fans and all.

BraveWords: I remember last year I asked if you saw a possibility of a fifth studio album with Cinderella. Are there any updates with that?

Tom Keifer: Still pretty much at the same place that I’ve been with it. If the right opportunity comes along, we’re certainly open to the idea. But right now, everyone’s doing their own side things. We’ve had a lot of success touring, and we love doing that. Obviously, there’s no record companies and lawyers involved in that aspect of the business, which makes it more pleasurable. (Laughs) But if the right thing comes along and the right opportunity, we certainly would go for it. There’s been a couple of things that have come along that ended up not being what they were cracked up to be, so, you’ve always got to keep you eye out for that.

Read more at Brave Words.

source: bravewords.com