This is the precursor to the official Summer Concert Series announcement due in days - a chance to see the massive lineup we've assembled for our rock fans around the world. Here's a taste:
METALLICA SCORPIONS KISS ACCEPT TOOL VAN HALEN JIMMY PAGE & BLACK CROWES SEPULTURA KING DIAMOND ALICE IN CHAINS
Plus some great concerts from our historic valut including
NINE INCH NAILS QUIET RIOT RUSH BLACK SABBATH LED ZEPPELIN ASIA
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Stay tuned - dates for all shows to be announced in just days!
Last Updated on Thursday, 11 March 2010 18:32
W.A.S.P.: Foxboro Footage Posted Online
Written by Rob Rock
Thursday, 11 March 2010 17:23
The Noise Pollution has uploaded video footage of W.A.S.P.'s March 9, 2010 concert at Showcase Live in Foxboro, Massachusetts. Watch the clips above.
In a recent interview with Greg Olma of 69 Faces Of Rock, W.A.S.P. mainman Blackie Lawless was asked how he knows when a song is done. "Oh, it talks to you," he replied. "When you're writing, one of the things you learn after you've been doing it for a while is once it starts to take shape, get out of the way of it. You see, it will start talking back to you after a while.
"All songwriters who have been doing this for a while will tell you this; that they [the songs] will talk back to you and the trick is to get yourself out of the way. Stop blocking it. Let it say what it wants to say and let it take you in the direction that it wants to go. Now, when it's done, and here is the torturous part that all creative people will tell you, it's then once you believe it's done, of then at looking at what are the alternative possibilities. That can be a torturous process because it's a lot of work for maybe a miniscule change.
Video footage of ARMORED SAINT's John Bush (vocals) and Joey Vera (bass) showing off their skills in the kitchen and talking a little bit about their new album, "La Raza", can be viewed below (courtesy of Metal Blade TV).
"La Raza" will be released on March 16 via Metal Blade Records. The CD was recorded at Burbank, California's Tranzformer Studios, which is owned by Dave Jerdan (ALICE IN CHAINS, JANE'S ADDICTION), who produced ARMORED SAINT's 1991 classic "Symbol of Salvation" and Bryan Carlstrom, who engineered the same album. The band's first new release since 2001's "Nod to the Old School" was produced by Joey Vera and engineered by Carlstrom and his assistant John Nuss.
The song "Left Hook From Right Field" is available for streaming on the band's MySpace page.
The band's current lineup is the same as the one on 2000's "Revelation" and 1992's "Symbol of Salvation" LPs:
John Bush (vocals) Jeff Duncan (guitar) Phil Sandoval (guitar) Joey Vera (bass) Gonzo Sandoval (drums)
SERJ TANKIAN Performs With His Signature Acoustic Guitar; Video Available
Written by Sarah
Thursday, 11 March 2010 17:22
GuitarEdge.com has uploaded video footage of SYSTEM OF A DOWN frontman Serj Tankian performing the song "Baby" with his signature Taylor acoustic guitar, the STSM-T5, at the NAMM (National Association Of Music Merchants) show in January 2010 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Watch the clip above.
For the versatile rocker, no guitar can speak as loudly or as delicately as the award-winning Taylor T5, the industry's best-selling electric/acoustic hybrid guitar. Just ask Serj Tankian. Tankian, who released his first solo album, "Elect the Dead", in 2007, has played Taylor acoustic guitars for several years, and has spent the past two years touring with a Taylor T5. Now, Tankian brings his creative input, coupled with the expertise of Taylor's design team, to his own signature model, the STSM-T5.
The STSM-T5 is based on the popular T5-C and features a sleek, thinline opaque black body, crafted from sapele and paired with a maple top. Two stylized, unbound f-holes grace the top, and the fretboard and peghead feature a red "energy wheel" inlay design that was provided by Tankian. The same vibrant red binds the body, fretboard and peghead. Says Tankian of his T5: "The way the T5 is designed, especially when playing in an arena environment, sounds like a great acoustic and is by far superior to anything else in terms of sound, clarity, depth and tone. When I'm writing music or lyrics, I'm just pouring whatever comes out of me from the universe and channeling it and structuring it into a quality record."
'Violence And Chaos' At METALLICA's Bogota Concert
Written by Sarah
Thursday, 11 March 2010 17:09
ColombiaReports.com reports: Violence and chaos broke out around Bogota's Simon Bolivar park Wednesday night, when hundreds of frenzied fans tried to crash heavy metal band METALLICA's first Colombian concert in eleven years.
Three people were stabbed, a policeman injured, more than 50 people were arrested and property was vandalized and destroyed, as ticketless fans tried to storm the venue in order to catch a glimpse of their rock-god idols.
The policeman and three civilians were hospitalized for their injuries.
Radio Santa Fe reported that prior to the concert, there were posts on social networking site Facebook inciting fans to crash the METALLICA concert.
Estimates of audience numbers by Colombian media sources oscillate wildly between 20,000 and 70,000.
Authorities implemented security measures as heavy as the band's music, with some 1,500 police employed to stand guard during the event, as well as four tanks and several police trucks.
There were no reports in the Colombian media that the tanks had been deployed.
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