March 11, 2010 Music News from the Rock Station, 92-7 WQLZ by Bishop Iraqi war metal These guys make Slayer look a bunch of bitches! They survived the brutality of the Saddam Regime and even witnessed the occupation of foreign troops on their homeland. With IEDs, roadside bombs and firefights surrounding them every day and night, Iraqi natives Acrassicuada found time and wherewithal to practice in dark, humid, and dingy basements. You begin to understand why the middle easterners are ready to make the big time with their unique brand of heavy metal. The band was featured in a very compelling 2007 documentary called “Heavy Metal in Baghdad” which may be available at your video store or you can check it out on Netflix. Well, the band's dream is surely coming true. Their first ever four song EP, titled “Only the Dead See the End of the War” is available streaming online at their MySpace page. The EP was produced by Testament's guitarist Alex Skolnick and the engineer of Lamb of God and System of a Down, Josh Wilbur. The band made it to the states this year to perform a January show at a New York night club. Show your support for metal and get online to buy this EP! Check out the video for "Garden of Stones" on YouTube. Open auditions Billy Corgan is holding auditions for a new bassist and keyboardist. Last summer, Corgan worked to find a new drummer and sure as S he found one. He's a bit young, at age 19, but there is no drama with this new guy. I mean, it's unlikely he will get down into a heroin fix at a hotel with the keyboardist like former Pumpkins drummer Jimmy Chamberlin did. Corgan is taking applications from now to March 31st. If you're interested, get a music resume together along with a bio, photos and a performance video and send it in. Corgan's plans are to finish releasesing track-by-track the remaining 41 tracks from “Teargarden by Kaleidoscope” then hitting up a world-wide tour with an entirely new and fresh Smashing Pumpkins lineup. For more information, check out the press release online. Catch the Music Minute every weekday with the Free Beer and Hot Wings Show on 92-7 WQLZ, the Rock Station. |
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March 10, 2010 Music News from the Rock Station, 92-7 WQLZ by Bishop Open auditions Dragonforce fans, you are surely going to be upset by this news. At first, it was written off as a rumor. But now it has been confirmed. Roadrunner Records initially had released the story about the departure singer ZP Theart. The reason given by the band for the departure of ZP was creative differences. In other words, the band wasn't clicking as it should have—especially when the band is preparing for a new album. The band released a statement about how the creative core is still grounded with the band and working on the fifth studio album. Now a worldwide search has begun to find a singer for the extreme epic power metal band that will be able to soar with a pure voice and a sword in hand. Get more information about the split and the ongoing auditions online at Dragonforce.com/auditions. Bringing it to the states If you're upset that Serj Tankian didn't bring his Grammy Award winning symphonic rendition of “Elect the Dead” to the states, well you'll have your chance to check it out soon. Two very special dates have been set aside in the states to allow for a performance of the wild front man's project. Travel down to Atlanta to catch the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Serj perform July 9th. The Greek Theater in LA will be will put together a symphony for a July 30th performance. Both of these shows follow several other performances Serj is doing of “Elect the Dead Symphony” in Europe. The Symphony debuted in New Zealand last year and has been in demand ever since. Yesterday, the CD/DVD release of the New Zealand performance was made available and several weeks ago it was released on iTunes. Catch the Music Minute every weekday with the Free Beer and Hot Wings Show on 92-7 WQLZ, the Rock Station. |
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March 9, 2010 Music News from the Rock Station, 92-7 WQLZ by Bishop Album update and new single streams The album will simply be called “Slash” and it's the first ever truly solo album from legendary shredder and top hatted rocker, Slash. A digital release of the first single, “By the Sword,” from the album will be available for download March 28th. Currently the single is streaming online through AOL Spinner. “By the Sword” was co-written by Slash and Wolfmother front man Andrew Stockdale, who also lends his vocals to the track. Listen to the song at Spinner.com “By the Sword” wasn't originally going to be the first single from the album. “Crucify the Dead” featuring vocals by Ozzy Osbourne was the track that was initially chosen to be the release. Why the change? No, not because “By the Sword” is better, but rather, Ozzy has a new album coming out and there could be confusion about which album any particular single came from. Slash said that because the record is entirely comprised of guest vocalists, it is difficult to get the release of the singles just right so not to confuse or disrupt the artists other material. Since Ozzy has a new album coming out, Slash didn't want to step on the dark prince's toes. Some of the other guest vocals on Slash's forthcoming solo album include Fergie of the Black Eyed Peas, M. Shadows from Avenged Sevenfold, Kid Rock, Chris Cornell, all-around musician Dave Grohl, Lemmy from Motorhead, and even Iggy Pop. Look for an April 6th release of the album. So, what about Velvet Revolver? After all, Scott Weiland is done with that project and has gotten back on board with Stone Temple Pilots with a new album just around the corner. Well, with Slash's upcoming tour taking most of his time, he did say afterwords the band will get back together in the search for a new singer. Catch the Music Minute every weekday with the Free Beer and Hot Wings Show on 92-7 WQLZ, the Rock Station. |
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March 7, 2010 Music News from the Rock Station, 92-7 WQLZ by Bishop Two drummers named Joey A couple of stories about drummers named Joey to pass along to you. It's reported that Aerosmith's drummer, Joey Kramer, sold his house for $2.7 million. The 17-acre South Massachusetts home with a recording studio built in took 19 months to sell on the market for 27% less than the asking price. Someone must have been hard up for cash. Not like that has any significant impact on your life. This next drummer story may, however. Slipknot's skin beater will be taking some time away from the maniacal 9, but only for the summer. It's reported that Joey Jordison will be touring with Rob Zombie for some of the spring and summer months. The story goes that John 5, Zombie's guitarist, called up Joey and asked if he had any recommendations for drummers and Joey jokingly said “Yeah, me!” Jordison will beat the skins for Zombie throughout the Gruesome Twosome tour and part of the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival where Zombie will co-headline with Korn. Concert gets crazy A bunch of police down in Guatemala fired warning shots in the air and then opened fire with pepper spray and rubber bullets into a crowd of crazy Metallica fans who were trying to bum rush a sold out show. 27,000 people attended the show Friday where Metallica rocked the country. Despite the clash of police and miscreants outside the show and a power problem that caused electricity to cut out during the second song, it's reported that Friday's Metallica show in the Central American country was pretty bad-ass. Catch the Music Minute every weekday with the Free Beer and Hot Wings Show on 92-7 WQLZ, the Rock Station. |
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