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John Sykes, a former member of both Thin Lizzy and Whitesnake, has died at age 65. An official statement confirmed that Sykes had been diagnosed with cancer.
"He will be remembered by many as a man with exceptional musical talent but for those who didn't know him personally, he was a thoughtful, kind and charismatic man whose presence lit up the room," according to the statement. "He certainly marched to the beat of his own drum and always pulled for the underdog."
Sykes appeared on Thin Lizzy's harder-edged 1983 album Thunder and Lightning, the group's Top 5 U.K. hit studio finale with the late frontman Phil Lynott. Sykes then joined Whitesnake for a two-album mid-'80s stint that began with the reworked 1984 edition of Slide It In.
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]]> Wed, 01 May 2024 07:30:09 -0500 https://localbandz.com/localbandz/blog/413/zoees-first-release-of-2024 https://localbandz.com/localbandz/blog/413 "Jackie" is coming to you on April 5th.

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The end result is a unique interpretation of rap music infused with elements of true hip hop, the sounds of Japan, and a grittiness that only real life experiences in streets on US soil can provide. Atypical mannerisms collide with a presumed stereotype and crushes that theory with " StereoAtypical ." 

Tokyo Metano is a Japan based producer, composer, songwriter, and topliner focusing on Hip Hop, Reggaeton, ]]> Sat, 14 Oct 2023 06:57:02 -0500 https://localbandz.com/localbandz/blog/397/across-the-swarm-new-lyric-video https://localbandz.com/localbandz/blog/397
ENGLISH VERSION (italian version below)
Italian death metallers ACROSS THE SWARM share a bass video playthrough for the song “Own Life” from the new Projections album released last September 4th via Time To Kill Records.
The playthrough video is now available here !
 
The album was produced by Simone Mularoni and Simone Bertozzi at Domination Studios (Rhapsody, Labyrinth, Gory Blister) and mixed by Steve Wright (Dying Fetus, Misery Index). All songs feature Raphael Saini (Iced Earth, Cripple Bastards) on drums.
 
Formed in 2013, ACROSS THE SWARM‘s exhilarating brand of death metal and charged live shows have quickly earned them a reputation as one of the most exciting acts to emerge from the Italian metal scene.
The group’s complex and dynamic sound along with their resonating live performances helped the band quickly rise to prominence. Following the release of their self-titled EP in December 2013, they took to the road sharing the stage with acts such as Fleshgod Apocalypse, The Modern Age Slavery, Electrocution, Hideous Divinity and Hate.
In 2016 the band released the “Waiting for the Hyenas” single to considerable acclaim. It wasn’t long before they caught the eye of Time To Kill Records who welcomed them to their roster. The band’s new album“Projections” was released on 4th September 2020. Its diverse sound defies categorization while delivering a blend of aggressive attitude, emotive expression and modern flair, garnering a range of stylistic comparisons from classics like Suffocation to modern heavy hitters such as Despised Icon and Decapitated.
Orders:
https://timetokillrecords.bigcartel.com/products
https://acrosstheswarm-ttk.bandcamp.com/album/projections
 
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https://www.instagram.com/acrosstheswarm/
Time To Kill Records
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VERSIONE ITALIANA
I death metaller italiani ACROSS THE SWARM pubblicano un playthrough video di basso per la canzone “Own Life” contenuta nel loro nuovo album Projections uscito lo scorso 4 settembre su Time To Kill Records.
Il video è visibile qui!
“Projections” è stato prodotto da Simone Mularoni e da Simone Bertozzi presso i Domination Studios (Rhapsody, Labyrinth, Gory Blister), mentre il mixaggio è stato affidato allo statunitense Steve Wright (Dying Fetus, Misery Index). Tutti i brani vedono il contributo di Raphael Saini (Iced Earth, Cripple Bastards) alla batteria.
 
Attivi dal 2013, gli ACROSS THE SWARM si sono fatti largo nel panorama underground italiano con la loro dinamica proposta di matrice death metal e con una lunga serie di concerti.
Un sound compatto e al contempo ricco di influenze, così come delle prove live di alto livello, hanno contraddistinto il gruppo sin dalla pubblicazione dell’omonimo EP del 2013. Da allora la band ha calcato e condiviso il palco con realtà del calibro di Fleshgod Apocalypse, The Modern Age Slavery, Electrocution, Hideous Divinity e Hate.
Nel 2016 gli ACROSS THE SWARM hanno rilasciato il singolo “Waiting for the Hyenas”. L’ottimo responso generato dal brano ha destato l’interesse della Time To Kill Records, la quale ha recentemente accolto il gruppo nella propria scuderia. Il nuovo album “Projections” è uscito il 4 settembre 2020. Il contenuto musicale dell’opera rifugge le facili catalogazioni e si fa notare per la sua natura aggressiva abbinata ad una spiccata emotività e ad atmosfere moderne, per un risultato che può ricordare sia classici come i Suffocation, sia gruppi più recenti come Despised Icon e Decapitated.
Ordina qui:
https://timetokillrecords.bigcartel.com/products
https://acrosstheswarm-ttk.bandcamp.com/album/projections
 
Band:
https://www.facebook.com/acrosstheswarm
https://www.instagram.com/acrosstheswarm/
Time To Kill Records
https://www.facebook.com/timetokillrecords/
https://www.instagram.com/timetokillrecords/
http://www.timetokill-records.com/


]]> Mon, 28 Dec 2020 06:39:41 -0600 https://localbandz.com/localbandz/blog/396/serpents-karyn-crisis-luciano-lamanna-new-album-release https://localbandz.com/localbandz/blog/396  
“ANIMA is not an album for people who need to remain in their comfort zone. It’s an album of spells, protections, and healings, and likely it will take listeners on a journey into the subconscious… that dreamy world where only the brave allow their awareness to open up reveal secrets often kept from themselves.
The spiritual journey is a solitary one that sometimes feels like drowning and sometimes feels like flying, and this album is a soundtrack to the grief and discoveries that inevitably result from these experiences.
Turn off the lights, lie on the floor, and let these electronic atmospheres and layers of voices wash over your ears, flow into your heart and take you where you dare to go.”
 
TRACKLIST:
Ecate Celeste
Incantesimo
AlphaOmega
Requiem
Your Cold Embrace
Centrum
 
Pre-orders available via our Bandcamp shop:
https://bloodrockrecords. bandcamp.com/album/anima

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]]> Tue, 03 Nov 2020 06:50:13 -0600 https://localbandz.com/localbandz/blog/395/eddie-van-halen-hall-of-famer-who-revolutionized-the-guitar-dead-at-65 https://localbandz.com/localbandz/blog/395
“My father … lost his long and arduous battle with cancer this morning,” Wolfgang Van Halen wrote. “My heart is broken and I don’t think I’ll ever fully recover from this loss”

Eddie Van Halen, the legendary guitar innovator and virtuoso who led Van Halen through five decades and three lead singers, establishing himself as one of the all-time great players in rock history, died Tuesday after a long battle with cancer. He was 65.
“I can’t believe I’m having to write this, but my father, Edward Lodewijk Van Halen, lost his long and arduous battle with cancer this morning,” his son Wolfgang Van Halen wrote. “He was the best father I could ever ask for. Every moment I’ve shared with him on and off stage was a gift. My heart is broken and I don’t think I’ll ever fully recover from this loss.”
“40 years ago my life changed forever when I met you,” Van Halen’s ex-wife Valerie Bertinelli wrote. “You gave me the one true light in my life, our son, Wolfgang. Through all your challenging treatments for lung cancer, you kept your gorgeous spirit and that impish grin. I’m so grateful Wolfie and I were able to hold you in your last moments. I will see you in our next life my love.”

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]]> Wed, 07 Oct 2020 06:15:05 -0500 https://localbandz.com/localbandz/blog/393/rip-eddie-van-halen https://localbandz.com/localbandz/blog/393 Born in Amsterdam to Jan van Halen and Eugenia van Halen, Edward was part of a musical family. His father was a clarinetist, saxophonist and pianist. The family moved to Pasadena, California in February 1962 and Eddie and his brother Alex gravitated toward music at a young age, with both siblings starting on piano at the age of six. Eddie eventually picked up guitar, admitting years later in an interview that he did not read music. The guitarist learned from watching and listening, making his improvisational skills all the more impressive.
Eddie and Alex formed their first band in 1972, eventually adopting the Van Halen family name for the group in the mid-'70s and landing a record deal with Warner Bros. in 1977. The band, which by that point featured David Lee Roth on vocals and Michael Anthony on bass, released their self-titled debut album in 1978, bolstered by Eddie's ear-catching guitar playing on their introductory cover of The Kinks' "You Really Got Me." The album also featured "Eruption," a track displaying Eddie's nimble guitar playing that made him an instant favorite as a new guitar hero in the hard rock scene.
During his time with Van Halen, the band released 12 studio albums, including the Diamond certified 1984 , which has sold over 10 million copies in the U.S. Other accolades included a Grammy in 1992 for Best Hard Rock Performance With Vocal for their album For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge . Van Halen were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2007.
Eddie's skills were also heavily sought out by many of his peers. He famously delivered the guitar solo for Michael Jackson's "Beat It" off the Thriller album. He's also worked with KISS, Black Sabbath, Brian May, Roger Waters, Steve Lukather and LL Cool J among others.
The guitarist made headlines in 1981 when he wed One Day at a Time actress Valerie Bertinelli. The couple are the parents of Wolfgang Van Halen. In 2005, the couple split. He remarried, tying the knot with Janie Liszewski in 2009.
In 2000, Eddie underwent treatment for tongue cancer and had a portion of his tongue removed. He was declared cancer free in 2002.
Van Halen is widely recognized as one of the greatest guitarists in rock history, with his influence felt across players of a whole generation.


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]]> Wed, 07 Oct 2020 05:55:55 -0500 https://localbandz.com/localbandz/blog/392/abbey-road-studios-shut-down-for-the-first-time-in-89-years-now-its-thriving https://localbandz.com/localbandz/blog/392
The iconic studios have started welcoming more livestream events, like the one post-punks Idles recently played, and have adopted new measures to adapt to social distancing.
Abbey Road Studios was prepared when they closed their doors for nearly three months in March due to Covid-19 restrictions. Many of the artists and orchestras had already started moving their bookings, and the staff had begun working on an operational strategy. But still, the shuttering gave them pause. “Abbey Road had never closed before,” Mark Robertson, the studios’ Head of Brand & Communications, tells Rolling Stone . “We’re 90 years old next year, and this is the first time that the studios have closed. It was a really significant deal.”
Today, as Robertson and Abbey Road’s manager, Fiona Gillott, walk from the building’s entrance, where a contactless check-in system greets guests, to Studio Three, the halls look unusually empty. The studios reopened on June 4th, but with reduced capacities. There are signs encouraging people to stay two meters apart, and both Gillott and Robertson, who speak with Rolling Stone via Zoom, wear masks until they’re a safe distance from each other in the studio.

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]]> Wed, 16 Sep 2020 08:38:03 -0500 https://localbandz.com/localbandz/blog/391/the-dml-conspiracy-new-music-friday-hear-it-today https://localbandz.com/localbandz/blog/391  
But... You don't have to wait until Friday!! We are going to give you an Exclusive "Sneak Peak" at both the song & the lyric video right NOW!!
 
You can go to our Home page at https://dmlconspiracy.com/home .  This is our way of saying Thank You for all of your support.  We couldn't do any of this without you.
 
This has been an incredible year for us in spite of all of the current world events.  Unfortunately, we haven't been able to play out live, but we have been able to continue to write and record new music.  And for this, we are grateful.
 
The new lyric video for Poison In Your Well is available to preview on our Video page at https://dmlconspiracy.com/videos . Special thanks to Rich Ravarino for creating the new video for us.
 
This Friday, both the song and video will be available to everyone else, in the meantime, we hope you enjoy.
 
In other great news, An Act Of Defiance has been submitted for Grammy consideration for the 63rd Annual Grammy's in 2021.  So please cross your fingers and wish us luck.  We will definitely be representing all of our fans should we get a nomination.

In addition to that, our last single, Hello Superman, has already been streamed over 1000 times on Spotify within its first month!!   We have been getting a lot of traction for this song and we hope to keep the momentum going with Poison In Your Well next.
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]]> Wed, 16 Sep 2020 08:09:53 -0500 https://localbandz.com/localbandz/blog/390/foo-fighters-scrap-25th-anniversary-tour https://localbandz.com/localbandz/blog/390
Foo Fighters have cancelled their upcoming 25th anniversary Van Tour.
Dave Grohl and his bandmates were scheduled to hit the road this spring but the trek was rescheduled due to the coronavirus crisis.
And after initially postponing the tour to October, the group has now decided to axe the dates altogether.
"Foo Fighters have cancelled the Van Tour 2020," a statement posted on social media reads. "For further information, please visit your point of purchase. We look forward to seeing you all as soon as it is safe for everyone to do so."
The Van Tour was scheduled to revisit the venues from the Best of You band's first U.S. tour in 1995.
The rockers' titular debut album celebrated its 25th anniversary in July, frontman and Grohl reflected on the record in a new interview with Matt Wilkinson on Apple Music’s Beats 1, and revealed that he recorded an cassette tape version by himself “for fun”.
“I actually recorded the whole thing in sequence,” he shared. “I was really, really excited to do this. I mean, it was almost like a school project. I was preparing, I had charts.”
Grohl also revealed his favourite song from the album was Exhausted.
]]> Mon, 10 Aug 2020 07:01:09 -0500 https://localbandz.com/localbandz/blog/389/jimi-hendrixs-japanese-sunburst-electric-guitar-sells-for-over-160000 https://localbandz.com/localbandz/blog/389
Jimi Hendrix's Japanese sunburst electric guitar has sold for more than £160,000 ($209,000) at auction.
The late music icon - who chocked on his own vomit and died at the age of just 27 in September 1970, and was one of the first rock stars to join the famous cult 27 club - used the popular instrument after being discharged from the army in 1962 and when he performed for acts including the Isley Brothers.
The classic piece went under the hammer at GWS Auctions and was only expected to fetch £38,000 ($50,000), but it sold for £138,000 ( $180,000), plus fees, meaning the total spent on the sought-after instrument by the winning bidder was £165,000 ( $216,000).
As per the description of the guitar on GWS' website, Hendrix used the instrument when he "played on the Chitlin’ Circuit with the likes of Wilson Pickett, Slim Harpo, Sam Cooke, Ike and Tina Turner and Jackie Wilson before moving to Harlem, New York in early 1964."
Hendrix's friend Mike Quashie - who influenced the 'Purple Haze' rocker's music - signed a letter confirming the electric sunburst belonged to the rock legend before his passing last year.
The listing stated that the guitar is “in well-loved condition” and was “keep it in its original state” without any strings on it.
The Hendrix sale comes just two months after Kurt Cobain's acoustic guitar from Nirvana's iconic 1993 'MTV Unplugged in New York' performance sold for a record-breaking $6 million (£4.85 million) at auction.
The 1959 Martin D-18E - which was often out of tune - was expected to fetch between $1million (£810,835) and $2 million (£1.62 million) at the online 'Music Icons' sale hosted by Julien's Auctions, but it ended up breaking the record for the most expensive guitar ever.
The priceless instrument - which was bought by an Australian businessman - succeeded the black Stratocaster owned by Pink Floyd's David Gilmour, which sold for $3.95 million in 2019, as the most expensive guitar.
]]> Mon, 10 Aug 2020 06:58:01 -0500 https://localbandz.com/localbandz/blog/387/actress-kelly-preston-dies-after-breast-cancer-battle-at-57 https://localbandz.com/localbandz/blog/387
“She fought a courageous fight with the love and support of so many,” said husband John Travolta

Kelly Preston, the actress best known for her role as the fiancée of Tom Cruise’s character in Jerry Maguire , died Sunday. She was 57.
The actress’s husband, John Travolta , shared the news on Instagram  Monday. “It is with a very heavy heart that I inform you that my beautiful wife Kelly has lost her two-year battle with breast cancer,” he wrote. “She fought a courageous fight with the love and support of so many.”
Born October 13th, 1962, in Honolulu, Hawaii, Preston studied acting at the University of Southern California and began her career with minor roles on television shows like, For Love and Honor. In 1985, she landed her first major movie role with the teen comedy  Mischief .
Preston’s breakthrough came a few years later when she portrayed Arnold Schwarzenegger’s love interest in the 1988 comedy film Twins . That same year, Preston met Travolta while they worked on the film The Experts . The couple would marry in 1991.
Preston worked steadily on various film and TV projects during the early Nineties, before landing  Jerry Maguire in 1996. It wasn’t a huge role, but Preston made the most of it, particularly a scene where she tells off Cruise’s Maguire with a few punches to the face and a knee to the gut after he unceremoniously dumps her.
In addition to  Jerry Maguire , Preston portrayed Jane Aubrey in 1999’s For Love of the Game , and made a cameo appearance in the 2000 sci-fi film  Battlefield Earth , starring Travolta. Her final film role was in the Travolta-helmed  Gotti , in 2018, as the wife to Mafia boss John Gotti. To prepare for the role, Preston met with the real-life Victoria Gotti and formed a relationship with her.
“We sat there for hours, just talking and eating,” Preston said at a press meeting during the 2018 Cannes Film Festival. “I spent the whole day with her family. I also had an email relationship with her, and she would tell me everything.”
Preston is survived by Travolta and their children, Ella Bleu and Benjamin. Their eldest son, Jett died in 2009 at age 16 after having a seizure.
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]]> Wed, 08 Jul 2020 17:20:20 -0500 https://localbandz.com/localbandz/blog/383/kurt-cobains-unplugged-guitar-headed-to-auction https://localbandz.com/localbandz/blog/383

The guitar Kurt Cobain played during Nirvana ’s famed MTV Unplugged in New York concert is headed to auction with a starting estimate of $1 million.
The guitar will be part of the “Music Icons” sale at Julien’s Auctions, taking place June 19th and 20th in Beverly Hills and on the Julien’s Auctions website . Prior to the sale, the guitar will be on display at the Hard Rock Cafe in Piccadilly Circus, London, May 15th through 31st, and at Julien’s Auctions in Beverly Hills, June 15th through 19th.
The guitar is a 1959 Martin D-18E, and the auction lot also comes with the original hard-shell case that Cobain had adorned with a flyer for the band Poison Idea’s 1990 album, Feel the Darkness. (The case is also stamped with three baggage-claim ticket stubs and an Alaska Airlines sticker.) Inside the case is a half-used pack of Martin guitar strings, three picks, and a “suede ‘stash’ bag” that’s decorated with a small silver spoon, fork, and knife.
“This important guitar has earned its rightful place in rock & roll history as the instrument played by one of rock’s most influential musicians and icons in one of the greatest and most memorable live performances of all time,” Darren Julien, president and CEO of the auction house, said in a statement.
Along with the Unplugged guitar, the “Music Icons” sale will feature other Nirvana lots, including a smashed Fender Strat Cobain used during the 1994 In Utero tour, the silver lamé shirt he wore in the “Heart-Shaped Box” video, the typed set list from the Unplugged concert, and the lyric sheets he used for “Plateau,” “The Man Who Sold the World,” and “Lake of Fire.” Last October, the cardigan Cobain wore during Unplugged  sold at Julien’s Auctions for a record $334,000 .

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]]> Thu, 14 May 2020 08:24:36 -0500 https://localbandz.com/localbandz/blog/371/5rand-italian-melodic-death-metallers-unleash-release-details-of-upcoming-album-dark-mother https://localbandz.com/localbandz/blog/371
Italian melodic death metallers 5RAND return with their second album "Dark Mother". The effort is set for a release on 6th September 2019 with powerhouse label Time To Kill Records.
"Dark Mother" has been produced by longtime collaborator Marco Mastrobuono (FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE, HOUR OF PENANCE) at Kick Recording Studio and Bloom Recording Studios, while mastering has been handled by famous Swedish producer Jens Bogren (ARCH ENEMY, KATATONIA, AMORPHIS and more) at Fascination Street Studios. The epic album artwork has been designed by the talented Hans Trasid and the graphic layout by Roberto Toderico (SODOM, ASPHYX, PESTILENCE).
Watch a short video trailer with a closer look at the artwork HERE !
"Dark Mother" shows the band staying true to their diverse and catchy style, taking elements from melodic death metal and industrial throughout the album's 11 tracks. The song "Silent Spring" features arrangements by Francesco Ferrini, keyboardist and songwriter of FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE.

"Dark Mother" Tracklist: 01. Collapsing Theory 02. Embrace the Fury 03. Several Injuries 04. The Awakening 05. Black Ocean 06. Cold Deception 07. Feel the End 08. Old Angel Midnight 09. Blind Addiction 10. Before the Flood 11. Silent Spring
Pre-orders available HERE . Bio: 5RAND is a metal band from Italy: their sound combines Julia Elenoir's clean and growling vocals, melodic, ethereal elements and the aggressive riffing of extreme metal, evoking a dark, disturbing violent, and yet captivating, atmosphere, often conjuring comparisons to acts such as Slipknot, Fear Factory and Dark Tranquillity. Following on the heels of the widely hailed debut album “Sacred/Scared” (2017), 5RAND toured Italy and Europe supporting Vader and Immolation and openened for bands such as Behemoth and Sepultura in several occasions. In 2018 the band toured Europe supporting Dark Tranquillity and Equilibrium and played many more headlining shows all over Italy. The second album "Dark Mother" will be released worldwide on 6th September 2019 via Time To Kill Records. The release will be once again followed by an intense live activity. 5RAND line-up: Julia Elenoir – Vocals Pierluigi Carocci – Guitar Riccardo Zito – Bass Andrea De Carolis– Drums www.5RAND.net https://www.facebook.com/5RANDofficial/ https://twitter.com/5rand_official http://www.instagram.com/5RAND_Official https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0NYNP2eGJ9VrDrNYuNvG7w Time To Kill Records https://www.facebook.com/timetokillrecords/ http://www.timetokill-records.com/ ]]> Sat, 29 Jun 2019 05:51:20 -0500 https://localbandz.com/localbandz/blog/370/david-gilmours-guitar-auction-breaks-numerous-records https://localbandz.com/localbandz/blog/370
By
Jackson Maxwell
Guitars from the Pink Floyd frontman's collection fetched millions.
Yesterday, June 20, Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour auctioned off over 120 guitars from his personal collection in New York City through Christie's. Highly anticipated throughout the guitar community, the auction shattered numerous records.
Gilmour's legendary 1969 Black Strat  took in  $3,975,000 ,   establishing a new world auction record for any guitar sold at auction — ever. Of course, this was the axe heard on “Comfortably Numb,” “Shine on You Crazy Diamond,” “Money” and many other Pink Floyd classics.
The 1969 Martin D-35 Gilmour used on "Wish You Were Here" was up first, and—after selling for  $1,095,000 —immediately became the most valuable acoustic guitar ever sold,  according to Christie's.  The pre-auction estimate for the guitar? $10,000-$20,000. 
Gilmour's Olympic White "#0001" Fender Stratocaster —which he used on “Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)”—was sold for  $1,815,000 , making it, a ccording to Christie's,  the most valuable Strat ever sold at auction.
Speaking of Strats, Gilmour's Candy Apple Red 1984 Fender Strat —which he used throughout the A  Momentary Lapse of Reason and The Division Bell  era—brought in  $615,000 . 
Not content with merely setting records for Strats and acoustics, Gilmour also set an auction record for a Les Paul, after his  1955 Gibson Les Paul Goldtop fetched $447,000 .
This page will be updated as the auction continues.  
"These guitars have been very good to me and many of them have given me pieces of music over the years," Gilmour said in a statement announcing the auction. "They have paid for themselves many times over, but it’s now time that they moved on. Guitars were made to be played and it is my wish that wherever they end up, they continue to give their owners the gift of music. By auctioning these guitars I hope that I can give some help where it is really needed and through my charitable foundation do some good in this world. It will be a wrench to see them go and perhaps one day I’ll have to track one or two of them down and buy them back!”

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Source: Guitar Player



By: Jackson Maxwell
David Gilmour is downsizing his personal collection for a good cause.


David Gilmour has announced that he will auction off more than 120 guitars from his personal collection through Christie's.
The auction, which will take place in New York City on June 20, 2019, will feature some of Gilmour's most prized and iconic guitars, some of which are valued at as much as $150,000. All sales proceeds will benefit charitable causes.
“These guitars have been very good to me and many of them have gifted me pieces of music over the years," Gilmour said in a statement. "They have paid for themselves many times over, but it’s now time that they moved on. Guitars were made to be played and it is my wish that wherever they end up, they continue to give their owners the gift of music. By auctioning these guitars I hope that I can give some help where it is really needed and through my charitable foundation do some good in this world. It will be a wrench to see them go and perhaps one day I’ll have to track one or two of them down and buy them back!”
Some highlights from the collection can be seen here .
]]> Wed, 30 Jan 2019 05:03:53 -0600 https://localbandz.com/localbandz/blog/324/led-zeppelin-inside-the-bands-landmark-debut https://localbandz.com/localbandz/blog/324
Source: RollingStone
The members barely knew each other when they began recording their first LP, but all the pieces were in place: blues, power and incredible musicianship.

By Jon Dolan
It only takes the first two seconds of the first song on their first record for Led Zeppelin to make crystal clear exactly what they intend to do — and exactly what they intend to do to you . In the opening to “Good Times Bad Times,” the band drops a two-note attack that falls like a cartoon safe, clearing the air for John Bonham ’s syncopated groove, Jimmy Page ’s swift-sword guitar and Robert Plant ’s high-end howling about sex so loud it gets the neighbors talking. “It really wasn’t a pretty thing,” Plant later said. “It wasn’t supposed to be a pretty thing. It was just an unleashing of energy.”
He could’ve been talking about the entire album. Recorded in 30 hours of studio time stretched over a three-week period (“I know because I paid the bill,” Page said), Zeppelin’s debut was hardly a high-concept affair; its making has been compared to the breakneck daylong session the Beatles pulled to cut Please Please Me in 1963. Yet the essential elements the band would expand on over the next decade are all in place: There’s a miasmic psychedelic blues trip (“Dazed and Confused”), high-def Fifties revisionism (“Communication Breakdown”), shifts from tender ballad to metal body slam (“Babe I’m Gonna Leave You”), and rips-cum-retooling of folk, blues and even classical on John Paul Jones ’ Bach-bitten organ intro to “Your Time Is Gonna Come” — all unified by the band’s undeniable brute force.
Zeppelin had rehearsed the material (all selected by Page) on a brief tour of Scandinavia in the summer of 1968, shortly after Page had left the Yardbirds. In many ways, they were a collection of opposites: Page was the London-scene superstar on par with Jeff Beck and Eric Clapton; Jones was also an established studio pro; folkie Plant and wild-man wild card Bonham were unknown outlanders who’d previously played together in a group called Band of Joy. “I knew exactly what I wanted to do with these fellows,” said Page, who might have had his pick of post-Yardbirds supergroups (one possibility included Keith Moon and Beck) but wanted a band where he could enjoy “artistic control in a vise grip.”
One of the first songs Page suggested to Plant was “Babe I’m Gonna Leave You,” a tumultuous reimagining of an American folk standard Page learned from a Joan Baez live record — a unique choice for four British blues studs. On “Black Mountain Side,” Page turned to English folk for inspiration, modeling the song on guitarist Bert Jansch’s recording of a Gaelic traditional song called “Black Water Side.” Led Zeppelin is rife with these kinds of nicks and allusions, and it’s where the notion of Zeppelin as unapologetic kleptos was born — from the Howlin’ Wolf–inscribed wrecking ball “How Many More Times” to the Eddie Cochran–biting rocker “Communication Breakdown.” (Decades later, Jansch told journalist Mick Wall that Page still couldn’t look him in the eye.)
In this case, though, part of the reason for the grab-and-go aesthetic was the band’s utter newness. Led Zeppelin was recorded with almost no overdubs in London’s Olympic Studios by musicians still looking for a shared language. “Nobody really knew each other,” said Plant, who had never been in a high-caliber studio before. “I’d go back to the playback room and listen. It had so much weight, so much power — it was devastating. I had a long way to go with my voice then, but the enthusiasm and sparking of working with Jimmy’s guitar … it was so raunchy.” That raunch was rendered overwhelming and spectral by Page, who placed mics all over the studio to get a vérité sound that might recall the raw, big-room ambience of old Chess and Sun records. Uncredited engineer Glyn Johns added to the effect by putting Bonham’s drum kit on a riser to enhance his “phenomenal” sound. Much has been made of Bonham’s power (the beat on “Communication Breakdown” is nearly punk-speed), but Jones was just as impressed by his restraint: “John kept a really straight beat on slow numbers like ‘You Shook Me,’” he recalled. “To play slow and groove is one of the hardest things in the world.”
Communication Breakdown
This rarely acknowledged sense of restraint is a big key to the album’s intensity. Zeppelin weren’t the only band to merge heaviness and expansiveness, but where Cream and the Who pushed rock’s boundaries into opera and jazz-touched improv, Zeppelin honed their virtuosity into compositions; even the eight-minute “How Many More Times” was designed for maximum impact. “There was very little free-form anything,” said Johns. “They were very hard-working. The Stones took nine months to make a record; these guys took nine days — including mixing.”
When Led Zeppelin was released in January 1969, it went to the Top 10 in the U.S. and the U.K. charts, despite lukewarm reviews. The enormity of Zeppelin’s innovation wasn’t entirely easy to recognize. In an era of spiritual transcendence and tales of brave Ulysses, they’d flipped teenage rock & roll’s sex-zonked mania into something huge and seething and mythic-bestial. Eastern mysticism and Mordor and prom-ruling radio gold would all come later. This was something purer: Zeppelin as all-id power station. It was heavy metal.
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By Andy Greene
Listen to lesser-known gems from the band’s catalog

Most everyone knows Pearl Jam’s early hits like “Jeremy” and “Better Man,” and their first few albums sold in the millions. But starting in the mid-1990s, they did everything possible to back away from the spotlight. Albums like Binaural and Riot Act came and went without much notice, even as their massive cult fanbase grew to insane proportions. They recorded a ton of amazing songs after No Code , and here’s a guide to 15 songs that only the hardcore fans love. (A special shout-out to Pearl Jam super fans Hillary and Kate for helping with the song selection.)
1. ‘Long Road’

Eddie Vedder's contributions to the 1995 Pearl Jam/ Neil Young collaborative album Mirror Ball were pretty minimal, but he did write the haunting ballad "Long Road" during the sessions and it was later released on the EP Merkin Ball . Vedder wrote the song as a tribute to his high school drama teacher Clayton Liggett, but it works as an all-purpose tribute to lost loved ones. It took on a new meaning days after 9/11 when Vedder sang the song with Young at the Tribute to Heroes telethon.
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Source: RollingStone



From Bing Crosby to Bob Dylan, Motown to Death Row, we rank the best Yuletide listens ever

By   Jon Dolan
It’s no surprise that a Christmas song – Bing Crosby’s “White Christmas”– is in the Guinness Book of World Records as the best-selling single ever. There’s a universality to Christmas music that even transcends religion. Just ask Bob Dylan, who was raised Jewish but loved Yuletide tunes enough to record an album of them in 2009. From gangsta rap to jazz to reggae to indie-pop, from crooners to rockers, the impulse to knock out a “Blue Christmas” or a “Santa Claus Is Coming to Town” knows no boundaries. Read on for our list of the 25 greatest Christmas albums of all time.


25. Weezer, ‘A Weezer Christmas’ (2008)



If there's one thing the centuries-old tradition of holiday music has always lacked, it's irony. Weezer bring it by the sleigh-load on this six-song EP. Hilariously, they choose only the most Jesus-y tunes to bash out in their vaunted flat-lined power-pop style. When Rivers Cuomo sings "Oh, come let us adore him" on "O Come All Ye Faithful," his creepily deadpan vocals sound like he's stalking the Baby Jesus, not celebrating him, and on the pooch-metal rendition of "We Wish You a Merry Christmas," he's like a Dickensian droogy ready to burn his crummy Victorian orphanage if he doesn't get some figgy pudding, stat!



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Source: RollingStone



Def Leppard, the Cure, Roxy Music and the Zombies also set to enter the Cleveland institution

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The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has officially announced next year’s inductees: Radiohead , Janet Jackson , Stevie Nicks , Def Leppard , The Cure , Roxy Music and the Zombies will all join the class of 2019.
The induction ceremony will be held at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center on March 29th. An edited version of the event will air later on HBO alongside a SiriusXM radio broadcast. Ticket details will be announced in January.
Artists are eligible for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 25 years after the release of their first album or single. Kraftwerk, Todd Rundgren, Rage Against the Machine, Rufus & Chaka Khan, MC5, LL Cool J, John Prine and Devo were all nominated, but failed to make the cut. No newly-eligible acts made it in this year, but this was the first time that Def Leppard and Nicks appeared on the ballot (though Nicks was inducted as a member of Fleetwood Mac in 1998). She will become the only woman to enter the Hall of Fame on two occasions.
“I have a lot to say about this,” Nicks says in a statement, “but I will save those words for later. For now I will just say, I have been in a band since 1968. To be recognized for my solo work makes me take a deep breath and smile. It’s a glorious feeling.”
Jackson also released a statement reacting to the honor. “Thank you Rock and Roll Hall of Fame,” she says. “I am truly honored and I am happy to be in there with my brothers.”
Joe Elliott of Def Leppard is equally thrilled by the news. “Now we can stop holding our breath,” he tells Rolling Stone . “How wonderful to be in the same club as the Rolling Stones and the Beatles and the Who and Queen … It’s a nice badge of honor.”
For Colin Blunstone of the Zombies – who have been eligible since 1989 and have appeared on three previous ballots – this was the result of incredible patience and persistence. “You do start to doubt that it could happen,” he tells Rolling Stone. “I’ve tried to be fairly philosophical about it and tell myself that if we don’t get inducted, it’s just a bit of fun. Don’t take it too seriously. But of course when you’re actually inducted, everything changes. You think, ‘This is a career-defining [and] life-defining moment.'”
His longtime bandmate Rod Argent echoed Blunstone’s sentiment. “I know it’s fashionable in some circles to say, ‘I don’t mind whether I get into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame or not,'” he tells Rolling Stone. “But that is not how I’ve ever felt. When we were first nominated, that felt like a huge honor in its own right. And this time to turn the corner and get inducted, feels fantastic … I’m just so delighted.”
In a statement, a cordial Radiohead said that “the band thanks the Hall of Fame voting body and extends congratulations to this year’s fellow inductees.” But when we spoke to them in 2017, they were a little skeptical about the institution. “I don’t want to be rude about the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame because for a lot of people it means something, but culturally I don’t understand it,” said guitarist Ed O’Brien . “I think it might be a quintessential American thing. Brits are not very good at slapping ourselves on the back. It seems very show-biz and I’m not very show-biz.”
Roxy Music frontman Bryan Ferry had a different take. “We are delighted to accept this prestigious award on behalf of everyone who has been involved in the world of Roxy Music,” he wrote in a Tweet , “musicians, engineers, producers, designers and numerous people behind the scenes… and of course our loyal fans.”
Many Hall of Fame inductions have wrapped up with an all-star jam where each inductee lets loose on a single song, but finding one that works for all seven inductees might be a challenge. “That’s a bit of a tricky one, isn’t it?” asks Blunstone. “If you were to ask me off the top of my head, I’d go with ‘I Saw Her Standing There’ by the Beatles. Everyone knows that.”
Elliott has a different take. “I suppose older folk would be thinking [Chuck Berry’s] ‘Johnny B. Goode’ and younger folk would be thinking [David Bowie’s] ‘Heroes,'” he says. “It might one of those awkward moments where I’m saying, ‘I’m uncomfortable. I’m not doing it. Do they really want to play with us? Do we want to play with them?’ I don’t know. It depends on the Kumbaya-ness of the evening.”
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