The Messenger sent over the following excerpts from a new interview in which Wolfgang Van Halen shares how he's dealing with the nonstop chatter and bickering around the idea of a Tribute tour honoring his late father.
The idea of a tribute to your dad keeps coming up. Do you understand why it remains such an active conversation?
It's out of love and how many people my father's writing and playing touched around the world. But life isn't written to have a happy ending - some things just suck. And if I have to figure out how to have a life without my father in it, I think people can figure out how to live without Van Halen, because it can't happen. Dad's not here, Van Halen doesn't exist anymore as far as I'm concerned. The music and the legacy are there, and I'll be here to push that forth, through things like dad's guitar and amp company, and help in every single way. (continue)
New York Rockers King Falcon have been gaining momentum throughout 2023 with successful tracks "Cadillac" and "Ready Set Go"- the latter of which Guitar World Magazine called "a ruddy good two-and-a-half-minute rock romp". Both tracks have received support on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music and Pandora, as well as Alternative Radio airplay nationally.
They are now taking their frenetic live show on the road with new summer and fall tour dates as they ramp up for their self-titled debut album release this fall. (continue)
Crosses -Chino Moreno (Deftones) and producer/multi-instrumentalist Shaun Lopez - release their new single "Invisible Hand." It's the introduction to the duo's anticipated new album Goodnight, God Bless, I Love U, Delete., due October 13th with notable features from EL-P and Robert Smith. Along with the track comes a new music video and the announcement of a string of U.S. shows. Tickets for the live dates go on sale Tuesday August 8th 10am local time.
For the "Invisible Hand" video, Moreno and Lopez choose striking imagery to reflect the song's energy. The clip begins with a woman and child sitting across from each other in an interrogation room and continues to unfold in signature cinematic fashion. (continue)
Emerging Detroit-based rock outfit Eva Under Fire will celebrate the one-year anniversary of their critically acclaimed debut full-length album LOVE, DRUGS & MISERY with news of a deluxe edition due September 22 via Better Noise Music. The original album, which features tracks with guest performances from Spencer Charnas of Ice Nine Kills, Jonathan Dörr (formerly of Ego Kill Talent) and From Ashes To New, now gets the deluxe treatment with 10 bonus tracks including a cover of Black Sabbath's "War Pigs"; two acoustic tracks; four Noise Machine-remixed tracks; two reimagined tracks featuring country rocker Cory Marks; and more.
Today (August 4) ¸ the female-fronted EVA UNDER FIRE have released one of the LOVE, DRUGS & MISERY: DELUXE EDITION bonus tracks; it's a new version of their passionate single "Unstoppable" which has received a country flair courtesy of breakout country rockstar CORY MARKS. It will be serviced to radio and follows their latest official radio single "Blow (feat. Spencer Charnas of Ice Nine Kills)" which peaked at #11 on the Active Rock charts. Combining Marks' soulful twang with EVA UNDER FIRE vocalist EVA MARIE's entrancing melodic-yet-heavy rock vocals, "Unstoppable (Feat. Cory Marks)" tugs at listeners' heartstrings. (continue)
Roger Joseph Manning Jr., best known from Jellyfish and as Beck's keyboardist, announced his new record Radio Daze & Glamping will be released on September 22 via Omnivore Recordings. The album features four new studio tracks and the four songs from 2020's Glamping EP. The CD and Digital release will include the three live bonus tracks from Glamping's expanded edition, plus three new live tracks and two instrumentals that were previously unissued. Along with the announcement, Manning shared the lead single "Rockin' It Our Way."
Roger Joseph Manning Jr burst onto the music world's radar as co-founder of Jellyfish in 1990. After two critically acclaimed and now revered releases (1990's Bellybutton and 1993's Spilt Milk), the band parted ways, and Roger began a career that saw him in bands including Imperial Drag, The Moog Cookbook, and TV Eyes, as well as contributing to albums from Ringo Starr, Beck, Morrissey, Lana Del Rey, Blink 182, Johnny Cash, and Adele among others. (continue)
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Kill The Lights, which features former members of Bullet for My Valentine, Throw the Fight, Threat Signal, and Still Remains, released their debut album The Sinner, in 2020 via Fearless Records.
Earlier this summer, they dropped the new single "Broken Bones." Today, they are hurling another banger at metal fans in the form of "Hear You Scream." (continue)
Glenn Hughes, the former bassist, and singer of Deep Purple, known to millions as the 'Voice of Rock', Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, and the front man for rock super group Black Country Communion, is pleased to announce an evening celebrating music from BURN and other classic hits from Deep Purple's rich back catalog - during a tour that will mostly see him co-headlining with guitar great Yngwie Malmsteen.
Billed as "Glenn Hughes Performs The 50th Anniversary of Deep Purple's BURN Live", Hughes will perform classic hits from the legendary album, and the addition of Deep Purple MKIII and MKIV songs. Glenn's band will feature Soren Andersen (guitar), Ash Sheehan (drums) and Ed Roth (keyboards). (continue)
The orchestral version of "Innocence" is the first single from New Model Army's forthcoming new album Sinfonia. It's a stellar performance together with Sinfonia Leipzig of a long-loved song which has been originally released in 1990. This unique version sets the mood for what to expect from an album that enthralls from start to finish.
New Model Army are a band who continue to thrive outside of any singular genre. Throughout their long and storied career, they have taken the road less travelled, shunning fame and instead, with each successive album, pushing boundaries of creativity. (continue)
Before hitting the stage at the world famous Wacken Festival tomorrow, Swiss heavy metal band Burning Witches have revealed a blazing live performance video for the attacking track "Unleash The Beast", cut from their recent fifth full-length, The Dark Tower! After storming the charts with their new album and peaking at #3 in Switzerland, Burning Witches showcase their explosive live energy with the brand-new video, filmed at one of their album release shows in Oberhausen this spring.
But there is even more exciting news from the witches' hut: after stepping in for guitarist Larissa Ernst as stand-in during her maternity leave, shredder queen Courtney Cox (The Iron Maidens) has now joined the band as a full member. Welcome to the coven, Courtney! (continue)
Martin Kerr just released his new EP, "Don't Listen To Me". We asked him to tell us about one of the songs to celebrate and he selected "Your Hand In Mine." Here is the story:
This song started as a joke. I was literally sitting on the couch goofing around pretending to be another artist (I won't say who) trying to write the folkiest love song possible, and my manager said, "That's really good! You should finish that!". It was really fun to write and became one of my favorite songs. (continue)
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