Vagabond Cabaret

Vocals: Mr Matthew Mayhem
Bass N’ Vocals: Joe Truck
Guitar: Ricky Reckless
Lead Guitar: G#Sharp
Drums: David Harvey

As a GN’R fan, I have always wondered what it would be like if they didn’t have their break thru after Appetite for Destruction and kept playing gritty, sleazy Rock N Roll. How the album after that Appetite would sound like. And I think a lot of you guys have wondered that very thing at least one time. Wel.. I have got the answer. I think the album that comes very close to sounding like an “Appetite For Destruction II” is “Vagabond Cabaret” by Confederacy of Horsepower.

Fuck! This album rocks even my pants off of my arse. It starts with the National Anthem of the USA which gets interrupted by a great guitar riff which kills the anthem like a grizzly bear would schredding a little pink bunny. Beautiful! From that moment on it just feels like you’re on a rollercoaster on the loose, there’s no stopping unless you die because of the fast n’ heavy guitar licks, riffs and ace solo’s. And now I didn’t even mention the raw vocals by Mr. Matthew Mayhem, that guy sounds like the bastard child of Lemmy Kilmister and Axl Rose. I truly am in love with this band.

Oh and did I mention Dizzy Reed (Gn’r Keyboardplayer) plays on the album as well?

This album ain’t leaving my cdplayer for a long time!

Tracklist:
01. Crucify Me
02. Throttlerocket
03. Once if You’re Lucky
04. Bangkok and Back
05. Mirror Mirror
06. Hellbound and Hateful
07. Devildrive
08. Cat O’ Nine
09. High Priest of Love
10. Thunder Alley

New Backyard Babies album

A new Backyard Babies album will be released August 13, the band said themselfs:

“We have written the strongest songs Backyard Babies ever have written. And we will bang it on tape like it’s the last recording ever. This album WILL have it all. You will laugh. You will cry. You will dance. You’ll get high. I can’t wait until you can hear it!”

The album will be called “Backyard Babies” and will feature 13 tracks.

Drugdealer Cheerleader news:

Drugdealer*cheerleader news

The band have re-launched a new-look website at http://www.drugdealercheerleader.com and have a myspace site at http://www.myspace.com/drugdealercheerleader where you can listen to some of the tunes from the album ‘Enjoy the time you waste’ (buy online here http://hmv.com/hmvweb/displayProductDetails.do?ctx=280;-1;-1;-1&sku=710424 or pick up a copy in HMV).

Drugdealercheerleader release the first single ‘Gimme Some Love’ from the album – re-recorded and edited for the rock n roll dancefloor! The B-side features the controversial live favourite ‘Britain’s great’. Pre-order the single here – http://hmv.com/hmvweb/displayProductDetails.do?ctx=280;-1;-1;-1&sku=838487

The band are on the road in support of the single release. DdCL will have Laney from Teenage Casket company on bass duties, Sam singing BV’s and a bevvy of gorgeous cheerleaders at each show.

DRUGDEALER*CHEERLEADER UK ‘Gimme some love’ TOUR

25th July – Uxbridge Crown & Treaty (support Patchwork Grace)
26th July- Manchester Bar Academy (with Dear Superstar)
30th July – Glasgow Rockers (with Peep show & Dear Superstar)
1st Aug – Barnsley Arches (with Callus & Slash Vegas)
2nd Aug – Nottingham Salutation Inn (with Dear Superstar & Peep show)
3rd Aug – Grimsby Yardbirds, (with Dear Superstar & Peep show)
7th Aug – Leeds Cardigan Arms (with Peep show)
8th Aug – Basingstoke Great Western (with Peep show & Riot:Noise)
10th Aug – London, Kentish Town Bull & Gate (with Peep Show + Dead Monroe)
14th Aug – Bristol The Louisiana (with Riot:Noise)
15th Aug – Gillingham Beacon Court Tavern (with Thrashtown Thrillers and
Daz Rigo)

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..