Get Your Own Freddie Mercury Bust

Got some cash to spare? Love Queen? You can get a replica Freddie Mercury bust for around two thousand euros, give or take a few. All profits are donated to the Mercury Phoenix Trust - Fighting AIDS Worldwide. Christmas and Hanukkah are coming - be sure to fulfill the dreams of the biggest Queen fan on your list! Ready to buy? Click to order.

“I won't be a rock star. I will be a legend.” - Freddie Mercury

Experience the legend up close and personal with your own replica bust. 100% of profits are donated to the @The_MPT fighting AIDS worldwide.

Further details here ⬇️https://t.co/fcQCMxNPrU pic.twitter.com/Lc8Oaqapc0

— Freddie Mercury (@freddie_mercury) October 9, 2019

Vinnie Vincent 'Merry Metal Christmas' Promo Film

Enjoy the promo film below. It celebrates Vinnie Vincent's two-day holiday event in Nashville, Tennessee on December 14 & 15.

Tickets for "Vinnie Vincent's Merry Metal Christmas" are priced at $500.00 each. The ticket link is on Vinnie's website.

'Same Ol' Situation (S.O.S.)' -- New Video

"Same Ol' Situation (S.O.S.)" is a track from the Motley Crue album Dr. Feelgood. Now there's a new video for the song using clips from the film The Dirt. Motley bassist tweeted out a link to the clip. A smart way to continue to promote the film and remind people to watch on Netflix if they haven't done so yet.

'The Dark Side of the Moon'

Is Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon the best rock album of all time? Perhaps. I've been listening to this album a lot lately and thinking about it a little more deeply. Anyone with access to classic rock radio has heard "Time" and "Money" approximately 1,000 times. The brilliance of The Dark Side of the Moon comes when listening to the album in its entirety - from beginning to end.

Age has made me appreciate Pink Floyd in a whole new way. I wish I could go back in time and see them live in the 70s. What a miracle that must have been to witness! David Gilmour may well be the best guitarist ever. At any rate, he's giving Jimi Hendrix a run for his money. Gilmour is a master at solos. 

DSOTM made Pink Floyd very famous and very rich. It also cemented their place in the Rock Hall of Fame and spot on all those "best of" lists music magazines like to produce from time to time.

For me, the depth, layers and complexity of DSOTM is what makes the album so special to me. The harmonies and guitar solos are inventive and beautiful. The song lyrics totally bizarre yet brilliant and haunting.

My favorite songs on the album are "Time," "Any Colour You Like" and "Brain Damage/Eclipse" but really I prefer to just start at the beginning and let the album play. I like having it on in the background when I'm trying to write at work. I swear, even all these years and listens later I think I still discover something new each time I press play. I'd argue Dark Side of the Moon is one of those albums you can just listen to over and over and not get burned out. This is not the case for me when it comes to a lot of other really famous albums from bands we love. I can't listen to AC/DC Back in Black much anymore at all for example.

I think the lyrics to "Time" are some of the most beautiful in all of rock - and the most poignant too:

"Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day/
Fritter and waste the hours in an offhand way/
Kicking around on a piece of ground in your home town/
Waiting for someone or something to show you the way/
Tired of lying in the sunshine staying home to watch the rain/
And you are young and life is long and there is time to kill today/
And then one day you find ten years have got behind you/
No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun" 

Enjoy your Monday. Don't miss your starting gun today! 

Farewell Ginger Baker

Ginger Baker, drummer for Cream, has died. He was 80 and suffering from a critical illness. The news was confirmed on Facebook. See post below.

Ginger Baker, Hall of Famer, Cream co-founder and one of rock's most influential drummers, has died at age 80 https://t.co/k6yTgPJ8ao

— Rolling Stone (@RollingStone) October 6, 2019

Rob Halford, 'Hark! The Herald Angels Sing'

Rob Halford has released another song from his upcoming album Celestial. It's a version of the Christmas classic "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing." I'm not one for Christmas music but I will add this to my Amazon music library. I would rather listen to Rob Halford sing holiday tunes than most others.

Pre-order 'Celestial' Here

Aerosmith Honored As MusiCares 'Person of the Year'

This is great! The news was announced on CBS this morning - Aerosmith has been chosen as the MusiCares "Person of the Year."

MusiCares helps musicians and those in the music industry battling mental health issues. Aerosmith will get their award in January.

We are so honored to officially announce that we are the 2020 @MusiCares #PersonoftheYear! We are beyond thrilled to celebrate this honor with MusiCares, the @RecordingAcademy and our fans at the 30th annual Person of the Year gala January 24, 2020! https://t.co/57tx26Q3NM

— Aerosmith (@Aerosmith) October 4, 2019