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Friday, February 09, 2018

Pat Torpey, Drummer and Founding Member of Mr. Big, Dead at 64

Pat Torpey—longtime drummer and a founding member of Mr. Big—has died at age 64, the band confirmed on Twitter. He had been suffering from Parkinson's disease. 
"With breaking hearts we tell you that our brother, friend, drummer and founding member, Pat, passed away Wednesday, February 7 from complications of Parkinson’s disease," the band wrote. "Family, band and management request privacy at this very difficult time."
Torpey was a mainstay of Mr. Big, having been one of its founding members in 1989. He remained with the group until they broke up in 2002 and was a part of their reunion in 2009. Though he was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 2014, Torpey remained with the group as a percussionist and backing vocalist. 
"Pat Torpey has been my closest friend in music for over 30 years," Billy Sheehan, the group's bassist, said in a Facebook post. "Pat was one of the finest human beings I've ever had the privilege of knowing and the honor of working with. All of us in Mr. Big had nothing but the highest respect and admiration for him. He is loved by anyone and everyone who ever met him. And surely one of the finest rock drummers the world has ever known."
"So saddened to learn of the passing of my friend and former band mate Pat Torpey," Richie Kotzen, the band's guitarist from 1997 to 2002, said in an Instagram post. "We spent years touring the world, making music, family holiday gatherings, and even remodeled a house together. Pat’s sense of humor, wit, and smile lit up any room the moment he walked in. I am grateful and thankful to have had you as an incredibly important friend and influence in my life. You will be missed beyond words."

Friday, January 03, 2014

ALICE COOPER performs "Rock Candy" with Sammy Hagar and Richie Sambora

 
January 2, 2014 - Drummer Glen Sobel (IMPELLITTERI, ORIANTHI, SIXX A:M, PAUL GILBERT) has posted footage of the MONTROSE classic "Rock Candy" from the annual ALICE COOPER benefit for the Maui Food Bank which took place on New Years eve in Maui, Hawaii.
 
Alice Cooper and band were joined on stage by actors and rock legends performing their biggest hits, covers and some left field surprises with the AC band members serving as house band. Steven Tyler (AEROSMITH), Sammy Hagar (CHICKENFOOT, VAN HALEN), Richie Sambora (BON JOVI), 'Weird' Al Yankovic, Pat Simmons (DOOBIE BROTHERS), producer Bob Rock (METALLICA, MOTLEY CRUE) and actor Keith Carradine all performed along with actor Tom Arnold as the evenings emcee.
 
Original MONTROSE frontman Sammy Hagar and Richie Sambora took the stage with the band on "Rock Candy" which can be viewed at this location: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=di153Q83xaM. Alice's band for the night consisted of  Orianthi and Ryan Roxie on guitars, Chuck Garric on bass, and Glen Sobel on drums.

Saturday, April 27, 2013


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Tuesday, December 04, 2012

LISTENABLE HAS INKED A PACT WITH NEW WAVE OF BRITISH HEAVY METAL LEGEND : SATAN !

  
The band are currently in the studio putting the finishing touches to an album entirely of new material written over the last 18 months. This is the culmination of a process that began when the original ‘Court In The Act’ album line-up got together for an exclusive ‘one-off’ re-union show at Germany’s ‘KEEP IT TRUE’ Festival last year.
This line-up had not performed together in 28 years!

Wednesday, February 29, 2012

KATANA NEW ALBUM 'STORMS OF WAR' COMING SOON !

Tobias Carlsson (guitar/ songwriter) sent us an update about KATANA's new album 'Storms of war' to be released in May on Listenable records. "

Sunday, November 06, 2011

Siege Of Amida free Sampler

 
Siege Of Amida Records have now been slogging at it for 5 years…

To celebrate, the label have uploaded a 26 track free downloadable sampler 
for their website, which features exclusive new material from their roster 
as well as new signings Molotov Solution and Boris The Blade (ex The Red Shore).

Friday, October 28, 2011

Trillium Complete EPK (Official)

Release date: Europe - November 4th 2011 North America -- November 1st 2011

Wednesday, July 27, 2011

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Thursday, April 28, 2011

SARAH JEZEBEL DEVA new album and tour

After spending 14 years in Cradle Of Filth as a backing singer, she also spent 6 years in Therion and Mortiis. Sarah has sung on over 35 albums with bands including The Kovenant , The Gathering, Mystic Circle, Trigger The Bloodshed and many others. In 2005, joined forces with Chris Rehn and created Angtoria and received an amazing response in Europe.
Although under her solo name, SARAH JEZEBEL DEVA is a touring band and a tight one. "The Corruption Of Mercy"will be released in late June

Sarah comments:

"We are extremely proud and excited to announce that we have signed a 3 album deal with the mighty Listenable Records. We have slowly been writing the new album "The Corruption Of Mercy" over the last 12 months, in between shows and other musical priorities at Escape Route Studio's in Essex, England.

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

AT VANCE: digital single for Japanese tsunami victims!


The Japanese nation has suffered a lot lately under earthquakes and tsunami. AT VANCE´s Olaf Lenk, a man who had some of his biggest success in the land of the rising sun, was shocked to hear from the catastrophe, just like so many others:
“As soon as I heard the news from the things happening in Japan I felt the need of doing at least something little that could help these people and ease the pain. Actually Rick had the idea to release a track and donate everything to Japan. As we thought of a song the Track "Tokyo" came into my mind and I thought it would suit very well. So I hope lots of people buy this one and help these people to get over this horrible situation”, comments Olaf Lenk.

Because of the usual handling time for a CD release, it was decided to make “Tokyo” available as a digital single only. Purchasable NOW on Itunes and other digital stores.

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

NERVECELL “Psychogenocide” available for streaming in its entirety!


NERVECELL’s upcoming new opus “Psychogenocide” is now available for streaming at the band’s Facebook profile


(Note: the stream will only be available from April 18th until April 30th).
“Psychogenocide” is set to be released in Europe through Lifeforce Records on April 29, 2011 (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) and May 2, 2011 in the rest of Europe & UK.
After DEADLOCK and HACKNEYED being confirmed already we are happy to announce that now also NERVECELL is playing the this year edition of SUMMER BREEZE festival along with heavyweights such as HAMMERFALL, BOLT THROWER, ARCH ENEMY, AS I LAY DYING and many more!
“Psychogenocide” is produced & engineered by Rami H. Mustafa at Spellbind Studio in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Drums engineered by Joe Haley at Red Planet Studios in Australia. Mixed & mastered by Wojtek & Slawek Wieslawscy at Hertz Studios (Behemoth, Vader, Decapitated) in Bialystok, Poland. CD artwork & design by Björn Goosses at Killustrations.
The album also features a guest appearance by Karl Sanders (Nile) doing vocals on the song ‘Shunq (To The Despaired…King of Darkness)’.
“Psychogenocide” line up:
James Khazaal – Vocals & Bass
Barney Ribeiro – Guitar
Rami H. Mustafa – Guitar
Dave Haley – Drums (Session)

“Psychogenocide” track-list:

01. Anemic Assurgency (02:04)
02. Upon An Epidemic Scheme (04:56)
03. All Eyes On Them (05:14)
04. Amok Doctrine (05:25)
05. Psychogenocide (04:32)
06. Imprint (03:16)
07. Shunq (To The Despaired…King Of Darkness) (05:29)
08. The Taste Of Betrayal (03:39)
09. Driven By Nescience (04:35)
10. Nation’s Plague (05:41)


Thursday, March 10, 2011

Death Metal Cult legends ROTTREVORE return...

Over the past 16 years a lot has happened with Chris Weber (vocals/ guitarist), Chris Free (bass) and Christian Easley (drums). The band was on a hiatus for almost all of the years from Dec 1995 - Dec 2010. The unreleased tracks, which there are 10 of them, were actually preserved by Chris Weber and were only recently tapped into to reconstruct in Dec 2010. Four of those songs are now going to be recorded and they have the old feel from back when with a new modern feel for today. They have the old school chainsaw guitar rhythms, which they are known for, but also a more technical and of course heavy approach to ensure that they keep the heart of ROTTREVORE alive.

Wednesday, March 09, 2011

WHITESNAKE’S FORTHCOMING ALBUM “FOREVERMORE” DUE OUT IN MULTIPLE CONFIGURATIONS MARCH 25th; MORE TOUR DATES ANNOUNCED

FIRST SINGLE “LOVE WILL SET YOU FREE” HEATS UP AT RADIO; TRACK/VIDEO AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE NOW

Whitesnake’s brand new album FOREVERMORE, due out via Frontiers Records on March 25th in Europe and March 29th in North America, is set for release in four different configurations. FOREVERMORE will be available as:

- a single CD
- a CD+DVD combo: the DVD features the “Love Will Set You Free” video, the making of “Love Will Set You Free” video, as well as a behind-the-scenes documentary on the recording of FOREVERMORE; the CD includes three bonus tracks: “Love Will Set You Free” (alt mix), “My Evil Ways” (alt mix with drum solo) and “Forevermore” (acoustic version)
- a 2LP gatefold sleeve
- a special edition box set which includes the CD, DVD, 2LP, as well as a cover litho, a poster and a logo sticker.

Sunday, March 06, 2011

TORNADO ENTER STUDIO TO RECORD NEW ALBUM WITH PETER TAGTGREN


The Tornado boys are all set to travel to the cold north of Sweden where they will enter Abyss Studio with world famous metal producer Peter Tagtgren in control of Production duties.  Tornado will record 12 songs during a 2 week period. Commented singer Joey Severance, “We are all very excited to be going over to Peters spot and doing this album. For me personally, this is a dream come true and as a metal fan, I’m excited to be walking in the footsteps of my musical Heroes .  We’ve been talking  the talk for a long time, now it’s time to walk the walk so to speak…..”

Friday, February 25, 2011

 Frontiers Records announced the signing of Warrant, one of the most popular and successful American hard rock bands to come out of the Los Angeles musical scene. The band is currently in the studio recording a brand new album under the direction of Keith Olsen (Scorpions, Whitesnake and Night Ranger). The album tentatively titled “ROCKAHOLIC” is scheduled for a May 2011 Worldwide release.

Jerry Dixon commented, “The last few years has been like holding in a big “secret“ from the world and now we get to share it. I really think we captured a perfect mix of the past and present on this record. Each song has its own vibe that’s going to take people on a kick-ass Warrant rollercoaster ride. To help achieve an old school sound mixed with the flair of today, we called on the legendary Keith Olsen to do the production. There’s enough 80’s influence on songs like “Tears In The City” & “Sex Ain’t Love” to keep the die-hard Warrant fans rocking while introducing them to new material”.

Warrant has sold over 8 million records worldwide. The band first came into the spotlight with their debut multiplatinum album “Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich”, which included the smash hit single “Heaven.” The band continued its success in the 90's with the multiplatinum album “Cherry Pie” and the gold album “Dog Eat Dog”, both albums providing more hit singles in the Billboard Top 30.”ROCKAHOLIC” is sure to add more Billboard action for the band. With singer Robert Mason on lead vocals and original band members Erik Turner and Joey Allen on guitars, Jerry Dixon on bass and Steven Sweet on drums Warrant is ready to spread the ROCKAHOLIC addiction to the world.

2011 Rockaholic Schedule:
March: US Tour
April 29th – May 9th Australia Tour
May 13th - M3 Rock Festival
September: South America Tour
October: European Tour

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Veteran Hard Rockers KING KOBRA are back


Formed in 1984 by legendary drummer Carmine Appice (Vanilla Fudge, Rod Stewart, Ozzy Osbourne), Los Angeles heavy metal outfit King Kobra recorded two critically acclaimed albums for Capitol Records – the 1985 release 'Ready to Strike' and 1986's 'Thrill of a Lifetime'.

Along with Carmine, the band featured four relatively unknown musicians at the time – David Michael-Philips and Mick Sweda on guitar, Johnny Rod on bass and Mark Free on lead vocals. King Kobra toured the U.S., Canada, Europe and Mexico playing shows with Kiss, Iron Maiden, Quiet Riot, Ted Nugent, Queensryche and Autograph.

The band was featured regularly on MTV and performed the theme song for the #1 1986 motion picture "Iron Eagle". After disbanding in 1988, each member continued his career in other successful major-label groups - Carmine to Blue Murder (Geffen), Mark Free to Unruly Child (Interscope), Mick Sweda to the BulletBoys (Warner Bros.), Johnny Rod to W.A.S.P. (Capitol/EMI) and David Michael-Philips to Lizzy Borden (Metal Blade).

The year 2010 saw the band reunite the original classic '85 lineup, replacing original singer Mark Free (now Marcie Free) with veteran lead vocalist Paul Shortino (Rough Cutt, Quiet Riot). “This album captures all the great points we had in the 80's, but better” says Carmine Appice “The music is more traditional King Kobra music. Great lyrics, kick ass songs with cool hooks and really good playing. A really great hard rock/metal record with lots of energy”. David Michael-Phillips adds “It truly is an all-star album. Paul Shortino is amazing! I can honestly say he is one of the best vocalists in the business along with being one of the nicest and most generous people I have ever met”.

The band is planning to get on some targeted American and European summer festivals this year. Watch out: King Kobra is smokin' hot, back stronger than ever and "Ready to Strike" once again!

The new album “King Kobra” will include the following tracks: Rock This House, Turn Up The Good (Times), Live Forever, Tear Down The Walls, This Is How We Roll, Midnight Woman, We Got A Fever, Tope Of The World, You Make It Easy, Cryin' Turns To Rain, Screamin' For More, Fade Away.


KING KOBRA
* Paul Shortino - vocals
* David Michael-Philips - Guitar
* Mick Sweda - Guitar
* Johnny Rod - Bass Guitar
* Carmine Appice - drums

Sunday, February 06, 2011

Heaven's band has a brand new member on guitars...

Gary Moore has died in Spain, British media reported on Sunday. The Belfast-born musician was 58. According to the Irish Times website, Moore was found dead in his hotel room in Estepona early in the morning. A postmortem was due to be carried out in the nearby city of Malaga, the newspaper added.




A Foreign Office (Ministry) spokeswoman in London said: "We are aware (of Moore's death), and we stand ready to provide consular assistance. We are very sorry for his family's loss."

Wednesday, January 05, 2011

Jimmy Jameson, Bobby Kimball work with Matt Sinner and more..

Jimi Jamison (ex SURVIVOR singer) and Bobby Kimball (ex TOTO lead singer) are joining forces together in a duet album produced by Mat Sinner from the German Heavy Metal band Primal Fear. Jimi and Bobby are currently putting their finishing touches on the recording of the lead vocals in Los Angeles, while the musical tracks have been recorded in Germany.

Wednesday, September 29, 2010

New Jersey/New York’s ILL NIÑO iannounce the release of their VICTORY RECORDS debut, Dead New World, on October 26th, 2010. The album is self produced with co-production coming from Clint Lowery (Sevendust) and Sahaj Ticotin (RA) and mixed by Eddie Wohl (36 Crazyfists, Anthrax, Smile Empty Soul). 

NELSON twins are back!

NELSON celebrate the 20th Anniversary of "(Can't Live Without Your) Love and Affection” hitting n.1 in Billboard announcing the release of their new album “Lightning Strikes Twice”