UDO DIRKSCHNEIDER SAYS “CLEVER” MARKETING HELPED ACCEPT’S “BLIND RAGE” GARNER A NUMBER ONE POSITION ON THE GERMAN CHARTS
According to Blabbermouth.net, Singer Udo Dirkschneider says that “clever” marketing on the part of the band’s record label helped the current version of Accept land its first-ever Number one album in Germany with last year’s Blind Rage. When asked by Rock Online if he is bothered by the fact that Accept took the top position […]
AC/DC RELEASE VIDEO FOR “ROCK THE BLUES AWAY”
AC/DC premiered the video for Rock The Blues Away, the third video from their latest studio album Rock Or Bust. The video was shot in Los Angeles in February immediately after the band delivered an explosive performance at this year’s Grammy Awards. Watch it below. AC/DC recently announced North American tour dates starting on August […]
DEF LEPPARD FRONTMAN JOE ELLIOTT SAYS THE BAND HAS COMPLETED RECORDING THEIR NEW ALBUM
Def Leppard frontman Joe Elliott reports the band have completed the recording of their eleventh studio album. Originally planned as an EP, the follow-up to 2008’s Songs From The Sparkle Lounge developed into a full album when the band completed a run of writing sessions last spring. Elliott said on his Planet Rock radio show, […]
GUITARIST RICHIE KOTZEN RELEASES TEASER FOR LIVE DVD
Guitarist, singer, songwriter Richie Kotzen has released an 18 minute preview of his upcoming solo live DVD, see it below. Kotzen says, “Something that’s going to be appearing soon is a live DVD. I’ve got a very rough cut here – so rough that you can see the time code – but I figured, why […]
3/9: TMS RECAP & UPDATE, PODCAST AWARDS, RADIO TONIGHT, BATTLE CREEK FRIDAY
Hope everyone had a great weekend. Thanks for all the great response to this past weekends TMS. Again everyone freaking aver the ability of John 5. The bit he did playing up by the tuning pegs was something he thinks might have never been done before. Of all the amazing players we have had on […]
3/6: ROGER EBERT & SPEAKING YOUR MIND.
Watched a great documentary last night on late film critic Roger Ebert of Siskel & Ebert fame called Life Itself. I was a big fan of that TV show for many years because I loved seeing them debate and discuss films with such unfiltered passion. If I agreed or not I loved watching and appreciated […]