This from ultimateclassicrock.com; Tim Tronckoe/ Foreigner One of classic rock’s greatest songwriting teams will be celebrated in June when Foreigner guitarist Mick Jones is inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame with his former longtime collaborative partner, vocalist Lou Gramm. Although they might have been like oil and water at times on a personal level, there’s no arguing the f
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Very sad news. Here's more from Classic Rock; Long-time Uriah Heep bassist and Spiders From Mars icon Trevor Bolder has died of cancer at the age of 62, it’s been confirmed. He’d been locked in a battle with the disease for years, but it finally sidelined him from work in February. Bolder joined David Bowie’s backing band in 1971, alongside guitarist Mick Ronson – with whom he’
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Always interesting how a different position in the hall/personal opinions differ. I was there last night too. To me Thunder we very excellent - the majority of those in the hall engaged, and the applause seemed to reflect that. I am a huge Whitesnake fan, albeit favouring pre ’87. My view (and that is all it is) was that they were poor. I liked the setlist which included Ready and Willing
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Article from http://www.classicrockmagazine.com/features/malloy-eddie-told-me-i-was-in-van-halen/ Born in Dickinson, North Dakota, Mitch Malloy found cult fame with a self-titled debut in 1992. Later the same decade the singer/guitarist auditioned for the job later awarded to Gary Cherone in Van Halen. Malloy now has six studio records to his name, the most recent of which being last yea
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http://ow.ly/l2YtZ
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Dahling!
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Perhaps that's the plan?
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Should also say, poorly handled by City. Almost as shabby as the way Mark Hughes lost his job to, er, Mancini.
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That's the sort of sacking we could all do with - multi million pound contract paid up and you can walk away. Football eh, bloody hell. Also, whilst we are on the footie banter, where's that MCFC poster when you need him? The Forza revolution has begun eh...
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From http://www.classicrockmagazine.com/news/acdc-bon-scott-statue-plan-for-birthplace/ Fans of AC/DC have launched a Kickstarter campaign that aims to create a permanent memorial to iconic frontman Bon Scott in his home town of Kirriemuir, Scotland. And if they reach the £50,000 target, renowned sculptor John McKenna has a design for a statue ready to go. Ronald Belford Scott, who emig
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http://youtu.be/tKxKtqB6zAM
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Test transmissions apparently, presumably before they launch fully. They've got Nicky Horne on board, who is a great broadcaster.
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You're right about that Steve. DAB has always struggled to compete with a good FM signal sonically. Is the web stream likely to be any improvement? Sound aside, nice to have another outlet promoting rock.
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This from classicrockmagazine.com ; Team­Rock – the new owner of Clas­sic Rock and Metal Ham­mer mag­a­zines – is gear­ing up for the launch of a nation­al dig­i­tal radio sta­tion. The sta­tion will broad­cast on the nation­al dig­i­tal audio broad­cast­ing (DAB) plat­form Dig­i­tal One and will not carry any spot adver­tis­ing. The music kicks off from 4pm Thu
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From Guitar World ; http://www.guitarworld.com/heavens-basement-headline-aftermath-after-party-revolver-golden-gods-awards-show UK hard rockers Heaven’s Basement have been tapped as headliners for the “Aftermath,” the official after-party of the Fifth Annual Revolver Golden Gods Awards Show Presented By Epiphone. The quartet will perform at The Viper Room in Los Angeles on Friday,
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Appreciate not everyone is in the UK (and it does not seem to have surfaced on YouTube as yet), but anyone catch Eric Church on Jools Holland this week ? Usually a desert for rock and metal, here is a pretty lively performance from 19m 40 sec; http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/bigscreen/tv/episode/b01s63j8/Later..._with_Jools_Holland_Series_42_Episode_3 It's repeated this evening on BBC2 @11.05
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Great, thanks for that.
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’The Blue Revolution has begun'? Er, no. It's over. ;-)
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Poor sound, overpriced food and drink? Welcome to outdoor festivals chaps! We have been ’enjoying' these in the UK for years! ;-)
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Seen this ? Strange setting and a slowish start as he gets the monitor sound sorted out, but a terrific live vocal. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1taKttejZo
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Live in Aberdeenshire Scotland, hail from Kent, England.
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This from Guitar World; http://www.guitarworld.com/interview-guitarist-dave-amato-talks-les-pauls-touring-and-reo-speedwagon Also, his playing credits include Ted Nugent, Jimmy Barnes, Mötley Crüe (G,G,G's album appearance was news to me), Beckett, Petra, Mastedon, Cats In Boots.
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Great, good to hear from you.
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I may be wrong, but didn't they fire him on the Hysteria sessions, and get Mutt in again. Not sure if anything ever surfaced
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Yes, Pretty good Bon effort I thought !
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Duff sound quality aside(it's that filming at gigs chestnut again), when Brian Johnson finally packs it in, Angus and Malcolm could do worse than follow JRNY, get on YouTube and get this guy in! Spaniards I gather. A cracking riff too isn't it. http://youtu.be/IkNqpj4ZmdI
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From classicrockmagazine.com ; http://www.classicrockmagazine.com/music_and_videos/van-halen-cover-you-really-got-me/ "Van Halen have released a video of the band per­form­ing Kinks clas­sic You Real­ly Got Me in a live acoustic ses­sion. In a sep­a­rate intro­duc­to­ry video front­man David Lee Roth explains that due to licens­ing restric­tions it couldn’t be includ�
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This from Dave's blog. He is a tremendous supporter and fan of this genre; Friday 12th April It’s pretty shocking to think that three years have flown by since my last live sighting of the Swedish melodic hard rockers H.E.A.T, then still with their previous singer Kenny Leckremo, in a Holloway boozer called The Gaff. I admit, their decision to appoint Erik Grönwall, a former Swedish Id
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Agree about Story of My Life, Paul. Struck me that it could easily have been written by Gary Barlow - has a Take That feel to my ears (and would no doubt be a worldwide hit).
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An interesting piece. I had better get working through that stack of new releases, instead of my UFO box set! http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22096764 New music 'rewarding for the brain' By Rebecca Morelle Science reporter, BBC World Service Listening to new music is rewarding for the brain, a study suggests. Using MRI scans, a Canadian team of scientists found that ar
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