Heavy Metal PhD

It's all happening! The University of Newcastle in New South Wales Australia is now offering a fully funded PhD program in Heavy Metal. There are only two funded seats available (for Australian residents) or just one seat if the school selects an international candidate.

I've long considered studying heavy metal an anthropological exercise. After all, metal fans are a very distinct group of people - kind of like a tribe with a set of rituals and acceptable behavior. It will be interesting to see the research that comes from this program.

A university is offering a PhD in heavy metalhttps://t.co/SfgKVILKiz

— Newsweek (@Newsweek) June 28, 2019

Win A Backstage Meet and Greet With Def Leppard

Rick Allen's Raven Drum charity is raising money for Project Resilience. The charity works to inspire growth and transformative healing for veterans and people in crisis. To enter you must donate at least $10. The winner gets flights, a hotel in Las Vegas, VIP tickets to the Def Leppard show on September 1 and backstage access for a meet and greet and photos. To enter click through the tweet below.

Want to win a free trip for 2 to Vegas to see @DefLeppard and meet me backstage?? Support a great cause by making a donation to @ravendrum's Project Resiliency & be entered to win! You'll get flights, hotel, and VIP access backstage! https://t.co/1kyARuZfsp

— Rick Allen (@rickallenlive) June 26, 2019

'The Dirt' Audio Book Available

You can now get The Dirt in audio form. Frankly, I'm stunned it took this long. Nikki released a little social media teaser earlier this week. I'm so glad it is Friday - I have so many things to catch up on this weekend. Make it a great day!

The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band

Confess - New Glam From Sweden

A recommendation from our friend Metalbaoy! Check out Confess from Sweden. Their latest single is called "My Vicious Way." What do you think?

Spread Eagle Releases New Music

It's been a minute but Spread Eagle is back with new music! The video for "Sound of Speed" is below. It is from the album Subway to the Stars via Frontiers. If you like what you hear, just click the Facebook below to pre-order. 

Be In The Next Tesla Video

Tesla wants you to be in their video for "California Summer Song." Just read the directions below and click through the tweet to submit photos of your family and friends having some summer fun! A very cool concept by Tesla, and probably very cheap too!

Wanna be a part of TESLA new video for “California Summer Song”? ☀️

Send yours photos here ► https://t.co/bsCN9XcYoH

We want to know your favorite summer activity or vacation chill out spot and feature your photos in our new video! Please RT pic.twitter.com/ANmT0RTxiE

— TESLA™ (@TeslaBand) June 24, 2019

80s Metal Workout - Playlist

Amazon has a playlist called 80s metal workout. Actually, they have a whole slew of workout playlists, but the 80s metal one caught my eye for obvious reasons. There's good stuff here, featuring tracks from Exodus, Slayer, Poison and RATT... plus "Silent Lucidity" from Queensryche. Why? I have no idea why that song is on the playlist (five songs in) other than to remind you to stretch or something. Maybe I'll cue this playlist up for my run tomorrow morning. I'll skip the 'Ryche though. I need all the help I can get running up hills!