Velvet Rumours

Just read something interesting on Wikipedia about Velvet Revolver:

On July 18th a former member of the band “Tomahawk” Kevin Rutmanis stated that he has spoken to Michael Patton(Mike Patton former Faith No More)about the idea of him joining the band.He turned down the band once before but he might change his mind this time around says, Kevin Rutmanis.

Vains of Jenna back in Europe!

 

Do you want Vains of Jenna to play in your Europian country as well? Here’s your chance:

From their official site:

Jul 17 2008

VAINS OF JENNA IS COMING TO EUROPE!!!

VAINS OF JENNA is coming to Europe! Do you want to see us play your country or city???

We’ll be arriving back in Sweden in early October and will be touring everywhere.

Call your local clubs and promoters and DEMAND VAINS of JENNA in your city now!!!

See ya this fall!
// LIZZY, NICKI, JACKI & J.P

Switchblade Serenades

Just got an interesting e-mail from the people of Sister Sin:

sister sin

Hello friends, lovers, enemies and everything in between!
-Our debut album titled “Switchblade Serenades” will hit the streets of Europe on the 26´th of September. US citizens, aswell as our Aussie friends will find it in stores on the 14´th of October!

A new track called Make My Day has been added to our Myspace player. Its a swinging Motörhead cover and can be found at www.myspace.com/sisterssin

-Stay tuned to www.sistersin.com for upcoming pre-order info!

CHEERS

Too Drunk To Make A Video..

Here it is ladys and gents, the new Buckcherry video for the song “Too Drunk…” of their upcoming album “Black Butterfly”
I must say, it does fit the song pretty good, I love lowbudget video’s anyway..

Blame it on/Thank the Internet..

I just read Saints of Los Angeles has sold about 99,000 copies in its first week of release. And that got me wondering.. would they have sold more albums if the internet wasn’t here here yet, or as big as it is at the moment.

Let’s say S.O.L.A. was released in a time and place where internet does not excist!
*Whoa! Shocker!*
Would the album have sold 99,000 copies, or more/less? Allthough a lot of people say the album would have sold more without internet, because people wouldn’t be able to download it, I think it would have sold less. Because I found out about the making of, and the release date and etc. of Saints of Los Angeles, thanks to the internet. I live in Holland and I have to admit, Holland wouldn’t give a shit about Mötley Crüe or other hardrock bands anymore.

So I just kept on thinking.. if there was no internet where I can find news about bands and their new albums and stuff.. How the fuck would I ever know anything about it? You see? I wouldn’t have bought the album because I wouldn’t know it excisted.. And I wouldn’t know about a lot of bands I found on the internet. The internet opened my eyes(ears) when it comes to music. Before we had internet at home, all the music I would know about was the populair music, the hiphop and shit like that.

Thanks to the internet I found out about cool (old) bands like Guns N’ Roses, Motörhead, AC/DC, Nirvana, Mötley Crüe and many more. I already knew I liked the loud and hard music because some radio stations still play a little GNR, AC/DC and ofcourse Aerosmith. But I wouldn’t know who it was I was listening to! I liked it, but I didn’t know who that was, or what the song was called. I just remembered the terms I heard, like hard rock, heavy metal, metal, classic rock and whatever label they put on it. Then we got internet, and I just started Googeling the terms and downloading a lot of music from the bands that were labeled like that… and that’s how I think the internet only helps selling albums instead of decreasing it.

For the people I just pissed off in this story because I said I just started downloading a lot of music, I have bought albums of almost all the bands I have downloaded from (check out the “Collexion” page for my.. well.. collection..) , or have a shirt or other merchandising.

Too Drunk To Buck

http://buckcherry.com allows us to download a song from the upcoming album “Black Butterfly”. The website said the songtitle is “Too Drunk…”, though on various blogs, forums and etc the song is called “Too Drunk To Fuck”. And that pissed off many Dead Kennedys fans. But hell.. As if every band/artist has to have original song titles, that would be kinda impossible..

Back to the song. I think it sounds pretty cool, it’s a very Buckcherryish song so what else could you expect right? The guitar riff in the verses sounds very funky and kind of reminds me of the intro of “Mellowship Slinky in B Major” by the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Josh sounds like the good-ol’ Josh.. I think the best way to describe this songs is “a mix between Mellowship Slinky in B Major and Next 2 You”. I like it. 

Though I’m just wondering.. I thought this band was pretty much sober but they’re still making songs about alcohol, gettin’ drunk and doing drugs…

Black Butterfly (new Buckcherry album this fall!!)

So I was surfing the internet looking for news/bands and etc. When I thought.. “Hmm would there be any news about the new Buckcherry record?”. Then I went to http://buckcherry.com/ and I was happy to see that the band announced the new record, the followup of the mutli hit album “15″, will be out this fall! The album is probably gonna be called “Black Butterfly” because you can see what is the expectable artwork for the album.

Black Butterfly will be the fourth record by the band.
I am hoping for another classic Buckcherry record, like “Buckcherry” and “15″ mixed and blended to another masterpiece. Though I am thinking the record will sound more like “15″ the album cover has the same feel to it as the “Buckcherry” artwork.

So tell me! What are you expecting/hoping to hear with this new record?

I tell you folks.. 2008 is a good year for rock n’ roll..

The Saints Swingin’

Okay people, two reviews today, two reviews of two great fucking records..

Let’s start with Saints of Los Angeles by, ofcourse, Mötley Crüe.

I had heard the title track “Saints of Los Angeles” already, so I was really looking forward to this album. ‘Cause that song just sounded so classic Mötley Crüe, yet very fresh, I loved the song from the moment I heard it.. So two days ago this record was released, but I have to confess, I couldn’t wait so I downloaded it befor that time, though I never had the chance to really listen to it. I was still a bit unsure wether S.O.L.A. was gonna blow my mind or dissapoint me. Because some of these song titles just gave such a modern impression to me that it made me wonder if the record was gonna sound like that as well.. (and I don’t like modern music that much..)

But I bought the record yesterday, and I just fucking love it! When I sat down and just let the music take me over I was amazed how fresh yet familiar this record sounds.. As if I have owned this disc for years already. Nikki had all the right to say: “I think we’re onto some of the better songs we’ve had in years”. on his blog some time ago. Though I really love “New Tattoo” I think S.O.L.A. is even better.

The songs that spoke to me the most are: “Down at the Whisky”, “Saints of Los Angeles”, “Chicks = Trouble” and “White Trash Circus”. The entire record is great, but these songs are my favorites so far.

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The other record I want to review right now is “Swingin’ at the Fences” by these badboys from Sweden called “The Cowboy Prostitutes.

SIMON SOLOMON - Lead Guitar
LUCA ISABELLE - Vox/Bass
TOBBE JOHANSSON - Guitar/Backing Vox
PER WIDELL - Drums

This record is packed with rock n’ roll with a big splash of dirty punkrock. The song “Rock ‘n’ Roll Jail” is just a fucking great opener for this album ’cause the song starts with a guitar riff that somehow says to me “Here we are, Fuck you!”. And that’s a good thing! Swingin’ at the Fences has a great attitude to it, the proud-side of, heck, almost every rock star, and the “I don’t give a fuck” feel of punk.

Most songs start with a fast riff/solo and gut-pounding beats which is accompanied with the raw vocals of singer Luca Isabelle at the start of the verses. The chorusses are very melodic, yet they don’t take away the raw attitude of the songs. They just make you want to get out of your chair, put your fist in the air and sing along like you just don’t care. There ain’t one song on this record I don’t like.

And as a great suprise, the second-last song “Roseline”, is a ballad, a very beautifull ballad. You can feel lot of emotions in this song and still feel like a bad-ass motherfucking hardrocker. My compliments to this song guys!

Motörizer Tracklist!

The official Motörhead website announced the tracklist of Motörhead’s 20th studio album “Motörizer”.

Check it out:

(Teach You How To) Sing The Blues
Time Is Right
Heroes
Runaround Man
English Rose
Rock Out
1000 Names
When The Eagle Screams
Don’t Die Ashamed
Back On The Chain
Buried Alive

Lemmy Interview

You can read a new interview with Lemmy about the forthcoming Motorhead album “Motorizer” and see some cool new picture on this webisite: http://poprockcandymountain.com/?p=940