'All My Friends Are Dead'

Sebastian Bach just released a video for his new single "All My Friends are Dead." The song is from Bach's new album Give 'Em Hell. Bach says his new work sounds just like classic Skid Row. I'm not sure I agree with that, but I dig the work nonetheless. Discuss.

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Band Splits For M3 2014

I can't believe it, but M3 Rock Festival is this weekend. I won't be heading to Columbia, Maryland this year because I will finally be moving into my new house! If you're attending the fest, you probably want the band set times. Here they are:

Blast From The Past

Hands up, who remembers this? Columbia House memberships ya'll! I was at my parent's house over the weekend and I went through some of my old junk. Mixed in with the photos, school papers and whatnot was this little gem, valid through 6/93.

Who else still has a Columbia House card laying around?

Brian Johnson, Billy Joel Duet

Happy Easter!

This is cool: AC/DC frontman Brian Johnson joined Billy Joel for a duet of "You Shook Me All Night Long." Now, I've said before that "Shook" is my least favorite AC/DC track: I've heard it way too many times. Still, I think this duet is cool because it does show the crossover appeal of the song and AC/DC period. Have a great Sunday!

Watch Coachella Live This Weekend

If you're into the bands playing the Coachella Festival in California this weekend, you might click your remote over to AXS TV if you have cable. You'll be able to watch the festival all weekend long from the comfort of your own home.

Some of the bands playing include LORDE, Beck, Arcade Fire, MUSE, The Pixies, Queens of the Stone Age and tons more. Broken Bells are on the bill and I really love them a lot. Not Glam bands but there's lots of diverse music tastes among our community here, so I wanted to pass along.

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Winger Release 'Tin Soldier' Video

This is pretty incredible. Winger just released a video for the song "Tin Soldier" off their upcoming album Better Days Comin.' The track doesn't sound like typical Winger -- it's very prog. I dig it.

KIX Sign Record Deal

April 16, 2014 -- Look for KIX-- Steve Whiteman (lead vocals), Jimmy Chalfant (drums, vocals), Ronnie Younkins (guitars), Brian Forsythe (guitars) and Mark Schenker (bass)—to release their first new album in almost two decades on July 22, thanks to their new partnership with Loud & Proud Records.  What makes the project even more exciting and anticipated is that the album features the band’s original line-up, with the exception of Schenker on bass.

 

 “The boys and I are so happy that our old friend, Tom Lipsky, has invited us to join the Loud & Proud family,” exclaims Whiteman.  “We worked with Tom and Madelyn Scarpulla on our last studio album, SHOW BUSINESS, and we’re looking forward to working with them again with the release of the first new KIX album in almost 19 years!  We'll still be coming to a dump near you very soon!”

 

Loud & Proud Owner & President Tom Lipsky adds, “What I have always loved about KIX is they make rock ‘n roll fun.  What I love about their new music is that it’s pure, genuine KIX music, straight up guitar rock with no compromise.  They’re not chasing trends or trying to re-invent themselves.  They’re simply doing what they do best...and now they can do it Loud and Proud!”

 

Marking the re-emergence of KIX in early-2000’s, the band had teamed up a few times a year to test the waters with reunion shows in the Maryland/Pennsylvania, which were very well received.  Then in the summer of 2008, KIX performed outside the mid-Atlantic for the first time in 13 years at two of the biggest rock festivals in the U.S.  Rocklahoma in Pryor, OK and Rock the Bayou in Houston, TX.  The band was hailed by many music websites and attendees as “Best Performance” at both festivals, where they played alongside Sammy Hagar, Alice Cooper, Tesla, Queesryche, Ratt, and more.

 

As the demand for new music has never subsided and in fact has only increased over the last few years, the band decided that they can no longer ignore the overtures from their fans and are currently recording new KIX songs.  The new album, due out summer 2014, is produced by Taylor Rhodes, who last worked with KIX on 1991’s HOT WIRE album.  Rhodes has also written hit songs for Aerosmith, Ozzy Osbourne and Journey.