DRUMMER MIKE PORTNOY COMMENTS ON TOURING WITH TWISTED SISTER, TOUR DATES ANNOUNCED

mikepornoy As previously reported, Twisted Sister has announced a farewell tour called Forty and F**k It, which will include drummer Mike Portnoy (Winery Dogs, ex Dream Theater and Adrenaline Mob) honoring the recently departed A.J. Pero.

Portnoy said, “As a teenager growing up on Long Island in the late 70’s/early 80’s, Twister Sister were local legends to me (this was years before the rest of the world discovered them via MTV). Along with KISS and The Ramones, they are the quintessential New York band…true Empire State Rock & Roll Royalty! Almost 40 years and 10,000 gigs later, they are still one of the greatest live bands on earth and Dee Snider one of the greatest frontmen in the history of Rock. When their fallen brother AJ Pero tragically passed away last month, I didn’t hesitate a single moment when asked if I could help out with the remaining shows on their calendar. Not only because I love the band and will always be an S.M.F. at heart…but most importantly, because AJ was my friend and I want to honor his memory and the band’s legacy. It’s a strange twist of fate as AJ had stepped in and helped my old band (Adrenaline Mob) when I left…so I’m glad that I can now return the favor and help out his band in their time of need! It is my absolute honor to help out my fellow Long Island Rock & Roll Saviors, Twisted Fucking Sister!”

Twisted Sister tour dates with Mike Portnoy:

May 30th – Las Vegas, NV – The Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel
June 13th – Sayreville, NJ – Starland Ballroom
June 19th – Halden, Norway – Tons Of Rock Festival
June 20th – Horsens, Denmark – State Prison Motorcycle Festival
June 27th – Piestany, Slovakia – TopFest
June 28th – Kavarna, Bulgaria – Kavarna Rock Festival
July 24th – Barcelona, Spain – Rock Fest

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IRON MAIDEN REMASTER ALBUMS FOR ITUNES

IRON MAIDEN ft Lauderdale 2010 Nineteen Iron Maiden albums have been remastered especially for iTunes.

Parlophone Records announced the move, which sees 15 studio albums, two best-of compilations and two live records remastered from their original analogue sources.

Bassist and founding member Steve Harris says, “The Mastering For iTunes procedure allows the listener to experience the music as close as possible to the way the artist intended it to be heard. So, of course, I was very keen for the Maiden albums to be mastered in this way. The records have been available digitally before, when this medium first became a platform for music distribution, but that was mastered with CDs in mind. The iTunes process involves a different approach and it’s great to finally deliver the music to our fans in as close to a pure and accurate sound as we could possibly achieve. For example, as most people know, I was never really happy with the sound on the first Maiden album, but listening to it now, the guitars are louder, the drums more substantial and the overall tone is so very much improved, in my opinion.”

He continues, “Tony Newton and Ade Emsley, who worked closely with me on the project, did a terrific job recapturing everything from the original masters, and together we’ve re- mastered them all digitally and I’m really happy with the results.”

Fans can download the albums now from iTunes.

Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson confirmed in February he was undergoing treatment for cancer. Last month he said his latest meeting with doctors revealed his treatment was going well and that he was on course for a full recovery.

Iron Maiden iTunes remasters include:

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Killers
The Number Of The Beast
Piece Of Mind
Powerslave
Somewhere In Time
Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son
No Prayer For The Dying
Fear Of The Dark
The X Factor
Virtual XI
Brave New World
Dance Of Death
A Matter Of Life And Death
The Final Frontier
Somewhere Back In Time
From Fear To Eternity (2CD)
Live After Death (2CD)
Rock In Rio (2CD)

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source: classicrock.teamrock.com

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WHITESNAKE STREAM THEIR VERSION OF DEEP PURPLE’S “LAY DOWN, STAY DOWN”

Whitesnake will be releasing their Purple Album, which is the re-imagination of Deep Purple’s Mark 3 and Mark 4 studio albums, on May 19th.

The band has been streaming songs online from this forthcoming release and have now released their version of Lay Down, Stay Down. Listen to it below.

Listen to other songs from this release, by clicking on the highlighted song titles:

Burn
Stormbringer

To view an electronic press kit about the album, please click here.

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MARILYN MANSON REPORTEDLY GETS PUNCHED AT A DENNY’S IN CANADA

marilynmanson640 Alyssa Toomey of E!Online reports:

Marilyn Manson is currently on tour in support of his latest album The Pale Emperor and on Saturday, the 46-year-old rocker held a concert in Alberta, Canada. After the show, the musician reportedly hit up a local Denny’s to grab a bite to eat…where he was allegedly punched in the face.

A spokesperson for the Lethbridge Regional Police tells E! News, “On April 5th around 2:45 a.m. Lethbridge Police responded to a report of an altercation at a Denny’s restaurant along the 400 block of Mayor Magrath Drive South in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. Investigation determined that three people had been involved in a physical altercation and sustained minor injuries. No charges were laid and the file has been concluded.”

Officials would not reveal the identity of those who were involved in the physical altercation, telling E! News, “As it is our policy not to identify victims (except in homicide/fatal collision files) or release the identity of an accused unless charges have been laid, we are not able to disclose further information with respect to the parties involved.”

According to TMZ, sources say that Manson took part in the scuffle, which allegedly began after the musician made a rude remark directed at a fellow patron’s girlfriend, causing the customer to punch him in the face.

However, Manson’s manager tells TMZ that the “The Beautiful People” singer never made an inappropriate comment and happily obliged when two female diners asked him to take a picture, claiming the man came out of nowhere and socked him for no apparent reason.

TMZ further reports, per Manson’s manager, that the recording artist is planning to press charges.

source: eonline.com

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TWISTED SISTER ANNOUNCE 2016 TOUR WITH DRUMMER MIKE PORTNOY

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Twisted Sister will be calling it day after one last tour, the hair metal heroes will unplug their amps in 2016.

A rep for the band tells us Dee Snider and the boys made the decision last month to call it quits — just one week before drummer A.J. Pero died from a heart attack on March 20th.

The band’s 2016 tour will be called Forty and F**k It — but before that we’re told they’ll be honoring A.J. with two tribute shows in the next few months.

The farewell tour will feature the core lineup of Dee, Jay Jay French, Mark Mendoza, and Eddie Ojeda plus drummer Mike Portnoy (Winery Dogs, ex Dream Theater and Adrenaline Mob) will handle the drumming.

On June 13th at Starland Ballroom in New Jersey, Twisted Sister will host and perform at A Concert To Honor The Legendary A.J. Pero. Tickets, priced at $45 each, go on sale April 8th; further details can be found at starlandballroom.com/events.

sources: tmz.com and bravewords.com

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FORMER VAN HALEN SINGER SAMMY HAGAR COMMENTS ON THE BAND’S NEW LIVE ALBUM, SAYS “THEY’VE GOT SOME PRETTY ROUGH VOCALS”

sammyhagar400pix Doug Elfman of the Las Vegas Review-Journal reports:

I knew Sammy Hagar was calling me Monday, so I kept saying to myself, “Don’t ask him how terrible the new Van Halen album is.” But then, Hagar brought up how terrible it is.

“I’m trying to tread lightly on the whole thing,” Hagar told me. “Every time they do something, I’m like, ‘Oh my god, can these guys do anything worse to their reputation and to the level of the music of the band?”

I can’t believe Van Halen even released the album with Roth’s voice sounding like it does.

“They’ve got some pretty rough vocals,” Hagar said of Roth.

I told Hagar I tried not to even bring up Van Halen.

“I’m glad you didn’t, but I did,” Hagar said and laughed. “I try to stay away from criticism, but here I am, already starting this interview with it. It’s impossible, Doug. It’s impossible to stay away from. Standing back, I’m just going, ‘What the (expletive) are these guys thinking?’”

…He continues, “The Van Hagar era — those great songs, ‘Poundcake,’ ‘When It’s Love,’ ‘Right Now,’ ‘Why Can’t This Be Love?,’ ‘Top of the World,’ ‘Finish What Ya Started,’ ‘Best of Both Worlds’ — you’ll never hear those songs again, unless I’m singing them.”

Read the entire article at the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

source: reviewjournal.com

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