August 13, 2010 Music News from the Rock Station, 92-7 WQLZ by Bishop Back from the dead After taking the 2009 touring season off, the world will witness a revamping of Ozzfest tomorrow. But, it will not be as extensive as Ozzfests have been in the past. Ozzy will be joined by Motley Crue, Black Label Society and Rob Halford's solo act Halford, among others including Nonpoint. With only 6 dates across the country there has been a ton of criticism from all circles. Halford contends that people fly from all over the world to see Ozzfest and he believes that will be the case this time around. If you want to see the show, the closest place is Tinley Park in Chicago August 17th. The Big Four minus two The Big Four played a few shows overseas and there was speculation that they'd bring the epic show to the states for a cross country tour … but that's not the case. Instead, Megadeth and Slayer launched their own tour earlier this week. American Carnage will hit up Chicago August 20th at the UIC Pavilion. Tonight's the night Tonight, Springfield's face will get rocked off as the Prarie Capital Convention Center fills up with metal-heads pumped for the Capital City Rockfest! Head downtown tonight to see Avenged Sevenfold, Stone Sour, Hellyeah, Sick Puppies, Halestorm, Hale the Villian, Janus, and My Darkest Days. You seriously need to secure your tickets as soon as possible. Call the PCCC box office at 217.544.9400 to ensure you can get in tonight. WQLZ will broadcast live from the Convention Center for all the exclusive details. 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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August 12, 2010 Music News from the Rock Station, 92-7 WQLZ by Bishop Rock relic missing It's not every day that someone gets their hands on a classic rock relic like Tony Iommi's custom Gibson SG guitar. But, that's apparently what happened. According to a Black Sabbath fan site, the signature and unique guitar was stolen from a Heaven & Hell tribute concert in London July 24th where the boys from the band were paying special tribute to the late great Ronnie James Dio. So, if you see Tony's guitar pop up on eBay, you may either want to buy it right up as soon as possible and hold on to it till its value goes up exponentially or you could be a downer and contact the authorities or Iommi's webmaster. Three versions Stone Sour is offering up several different editions of their forthcoming album, “Audio Secrecy.” Pre-orders are going on now online. Be sure to get the limited-edition so that you can get the limited-edition bonus tracks. You can also shoot for the special-edition that will include the three bonus tracks and a DVD with a 45-minute in studio documentary and videos of three songs performed live at the UK Download Festival. Corey Taylor, James Root and the others from Stone Sour will be in Springfield Friday with Avenged Sevenfold, Hellyeah, Hailstorm and others for the Capitol City Rockfest at the PCCC. Single of metal Judas Priest fans will be happy about this one. Rob Halford new band Halford has released a new single. You can swing by HalfordMusic.com to download the new tune “Made of Metal.” Purchasing the tune will allow you to get an animated video for the track as well. 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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August 11, 2010 Music News from the Rock Station, 92-7 WQLZ by Bishop How much longer? So, last week news broke directly from Ozzy's mouth that a Black Sabbath reunion is in the works, but there was no timetable as to when that would happen. It was mentioned in passing during some radio interview with Ozzy last week that the band would do the ultimate Sabbath album and tour. Now Ozzy is saying that the reunion won't be happening for about another year or two. And the winner of the world's greatest drummer is ... About a week ago, “Rhythm” magazine began a poll of its readers to find out who the world's greatest drummer is from the past 25 years. Out of 102,000 poll participants, 37 percent voted for, non other than, Slipknot's drummer Joey Jordison. Dream Theater, and current Avengend Sevenfold drummer, Mike Portnoy was a close 2nd with Dave Grohl falling in 4th place (see the full list here). If you've had the privilage of seeing Slipknot live, especially back in/around 2005 when Joey pulled the whole Tommy Lee drum solo with a twist, it's easy to understand why Jordison was bestowed this honor. Take that Carl Buford! Bloody show Finally, who's up for going to GWAR? The out-of-this-world band takes their “Bloddy Tour of Horror” show to Pops in Sauget October 28th! 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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August 10, 2010 Music News from the Rock Station, 92-7 WQLZ by Bishop New vs. unreleased There is new Soundgarden! Stories and blogs online have hinted that there is an unreleased Soundgarden song. Well, the record must be set strait. This is new Soundgarden! You see, the difference between previously unreleased and new is previously unreleased means the song was recorded years ago and kept in a vault. That's not the case with this new song … well kinda. A new Soundgarden song that is going around is being compared to an old screen play that has been on the shelf for sometime, just with some fresh revisions. The new tune's guitars and vocals were just recorded making it indeed a new and fresh song. So, with that out in the open, it is safe to say that there will soon be new Soundgarden before we know it! Don't forget to secure a copy of the penultimate collection of Soundgarden classics, and some previously unreleased … I mean new songs. “Telephantasm” will be out September 28th. Changing the way business is done Rob Zombie gets it. Not many artists do, but Zombie joins the small list of those who do. People just don't want to buy music anymore, Zombie recently said. The horror rocker proclaimed that his last album would be the last CD he would release because the medium is dead. He told AOL's Noisecreep that there is “a different way to do business that's really sort of like the old way of doing things.” Zombie then referred to the 50s and 60s where artists weren't putting out albums, but rather 3 or 4 songs at a time. Something that Zombie proposed is for the band to write and release a handful of songs while out on the road, releasing them online, all to keep fans energized. Meanwhile, Zombie will join Alice Cooper and label mates Murderdolls for a Halloween Hootenanny tour. Basically it is the Gruesome Twosome tour revamped. You can catch the show October 7th down at the Family Arena in St. Charles, MO, or October 8th in Bloomington. On a related note, Murderdolls has new stuff on the way and you can get a bizarre preview of their new song “Summertime Suicide” below. 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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