Archive for November, 2013

Jake E. Lee Teams Up With Cheap Trick Vocalist On Lyric Video

Posted: November 21, 2013 in Rock news

The newest band ready to take aim at the creative void in the hard rock world, Red Dragon Cartel, are set to release their debut album via Frontiers Records. The self-titled debut by the band made up of guitar legend Jake E. Lee, bassist Ronnie Mancuso, singer D.J. Smith and drummer Jonas Fairley is set for release on January 24th in Europe and January 28th in North America.

Jake E. Lee is best known for his work in Badlands and as guitarist for Ozzy Osbourne on ‘Bark At The Moon’ and ‘The Ultimate Sin’ albums. Red Dragon Cartel also features various guest appearances from some of music’s most notable faces including legendary Cheap Trick vocalist Robin Zander, original Iron Maiden vocalist Paul Di’Anno, Kill Devil Hill/Pantera bassist Rex Brown, Slash’s Conspirators Todd Kearns and Brent Fitz and In This Moment front woman Maria Brink. The album was produced by Ronnie Mancuso and Jake E. Lee and was executive produced, mixed and mastered by Kevin Churko (In This Moment, Ozzy Osbourne, Five Finger Death Punch).

From the opening riff of “Deceived” to final sustained piano chord of “Exquisite Tenderness”, it is clear Red Dragon Cartel has created an album that stands amongst some of the greatest hard rock albums of all time. Infectious songs such as “Shout It Out”, “Wasted” and “Slave” showcase the band’s ability to write memorable hooks and vocal melodies. Robin Zander of Cheap Trick lends his voice to the track “Feeder” and a lyric video for the song has now been posted online. Maria Brink of In This Moment lends her unique vocals to the track “Big Mouth.” Paul Di’Anno and Sass Jordan also lend their talents to the band’s debut. Jake E. Lee’s trademark playing style instantly shines through and picks up right where he left off.

The entire album is available for pre-order and preview at Amazon.com. More details on Jake E. Lee and Red Dragon Cartel can be found at reddragoncartel.com and www.facebook.com/reddragoncartel.

‘Red Dragon Cartel’ track listing:
1. Deceived
2. Shout It Out
3. Feeder (with Robin Zander)
4. Fall From The Sky (Seagull)
5. Wasted (with Paul Di’Anno)
6. Slave
7. Big Mouth (with Maria Brink)
8. War Machine
9. Redeem Me (with Sass Jordan)
10. Exquisite Tenderness

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Judas Priest, Scorpions And Triumph Featured On Upcoming ‘US Festival 1983’ DVD

Posted: November 21, 2013 in Rock news

The US Festival (US is an acronym for “Unite Us In Song”) held on Memorial Day of 1983 was a massive three-day celebration of music and culture sponsored by Steve Wozniak, formerly of Apple Computer. ‘US Festival 1983: Days 1 – 3’ will be released to iTunes on November 19th with a DVD to follow on December 3rd.

Wozniak financed the entire thing himself (approximately 10 million dollars), and his motivation quoted as “to throw a big party in the middle of nowhere” is quite an understatement. This festival was a follow up to 1982 Labor Day inaugural Us Festival events. The festivals were intended to be the celebration of evolving technologies; a marriage of music, computers, television and people.

‘US Festival 1983: Days 1 – 3’ includes the three days of new wave, heavy metal and rock in 1983 with performances from Judas Priest, the Scorpions, Triumph, U2, the Clash, Stevie Nicks, INXS, Men at Work, Stray Cats, Missing Persons and more. This includes the legendary U2 performance of “Sunday Bloody Sunday”, The Clash’s final performance with Mick Jones, a seminal performance for INXS in the US, and many other landmark moments in music history. It is estimated that over 670,000 fans attended.

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The festivals included large air-conditioned tents featuring the US Festival Technology Exposition, a dazzling display of then-cutting edge computers, software, and electronic music devices. Also making a debut were installations of “out-door rain”, perforated PVC nozzles that sprayed water to fight the fierce hundred-degree heat.

The US Festival interest remains strong 30 years later in pop culture with mentions in The Simpsons, Malcom In The Middle, Dharma & Greg and other popular TV shows. US Festival 1983 is produced by Icon Television Music, Inc. and Unuson Corporation with the cooperation of Steve Wozniak. This is the only Unuson sanctioned official release of US Festival 1983 at iTunes and on DVD.

US Festival 1983 is directed by award winning filmmaker and music biographer Glenn Aveni and includes insight from Mark Goodman, one of the original VJ’s that covered the Us Festival in 1983 for the newly launched MTV Channel.

‘US Festival 1983’ track listing:
INXS – The One Thing
Divinyls – Boys in Town
English Beat – Jeanette
Stray Cats – Rock This Town
Stray Cats – Please Make Up Your Mind
Men At Work – It’s A Mistake
Men At Work – Who Can It Be Now
The Clash – Should I Stay or Should I Go
Judas Priest – Breaking The Law
Judas Priest – You’ve Got Another Thing Comin’
Triumph – Magic Power
Triumph – Fight The Good Fight
Triumph – Lay It On The Line
Triumph – A World Of Fantasy
Scorpions – The Zoo
Scorpions – Can’t Get Enough
Berlin – Sex
Quarterflash – Find Another Fool
U2 – Sunday Bloody Sunday
U2 – The Electric Co.
Missing Persons – Words
Stevie Nicks – Stand Back
Stevie Nicks – Outside The Rain

Courtesy of www.sleazeroxx.com

Swedish band CrashDiet

Posted: November 20, 2013 in Rock news

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A leading force in the Swedish “sleaze rock” scene of the 2000s — a revival of the glam metal (or hair metal) of the 1980s, but with a more pronounced punk element, often rawer in sound and raunchier in style — CRASHDÏET formed in 2000, taking inspiration from Skid Row, Guns N’ Roses, Kiss, W.A.S.P., and G.G. Allin, and vowing to bring back the big shows and big songs of “unpredictable and dangerous” rock & roll.

In April of 2010 they will release their third album entitled “Generation Wild“, a masterpiece that pretty much sums up the extraordinary but yet tragic history of a band, determined to never give up their dream.

CRASHDÏET has become known as a band with a huge following of diehard fans, and although its their third time around with a new singer (Simon Cruz), the massive interest for the band never seems to fade.

The group was signed by Universal in 2004 — making them, by their reckoning, the first sleaze rock act on a major label in over ten years — and released their debut, Rest in Sleaze, the following year. The album hit number 12 on the national charts and spawned the singles “Riot in Everyone,” “Breaking the Chainz,” “Knokk ‘Em Down,” and “It’s a Miracle,” and the band launched an auspicious tour of Sweden to support it in the fall of 2005.

In January 2006, however, the band’s lead singer and guiding light, 25-year-old Dave Lepard, committed suicide in his apartment after a bout of depression. His three surviving bandmates decided they couldn’t continue the band without Lepard, but given an unexpected outpouring of sympathy and support from fans worldwide, they performed one final tribute gig in February. Several months later, the ex-members of Crashdïet met to discuss future plans, decided to continue on as a new band, and began searching for a new singer.

By October, the trio announced they had decided to continue under the name Crashdïet after all, with the approval of Lepard’s family, so as to keep his spirit alive and continue to spread the band’s message. In January of 2007, a year after Lepard’s suicide, Crashdïet debuted with their new singer, H. Olliver Twisted. A sophomore album, The Unattractive Revolution, was released in October, preceded by the single “In the Raw,” and reached number 11 on the Swedish albums chart. But their collaberation turned out to be short-lived. Due to his lack of commitment, Olliver was fired in the summer of 2008.

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In April of 2010 they released their third album entitled “Generation Wild“, an album that pretty much sums up the extraordinary but yet tragic history of a band, determined to never give up their dream. CRASHDÏET has become known as a band with a huge following of diehard fans, and the massive interest for the band never seems to fade.

There has been extensive touring during the course of “Generation Wild” and the absolute highlights saw the band conquer Hollywood and New York City with sold out shows at Whisky A Go Go and Webster Hall. The band also supported heroes Motley Crüe and Ozzy Osbourne.

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With the new studio album “The Savage Playground”, recorded during summer/autumn 2012 in native Sweden, the band has their minds set to break through on a world-wide basis with a tour that is being penned as we speak but that will see the band doing their first full-on US tour as well as going to Japan for the first time.

 

– THE SAVAGE PLAYGROUND is reality as we see it. The place where we eat and breed, says Simon Cruz

About the lead single “Cocaine Cowboys”:

– The cocaine cowboys is the providers we meet in our business and the godmother is an example of an initial supply, says Martin Sweet.s

Courtesy of  http://www.crashdiet.org