PLAYLIST – June 22 – June 28, 2009

PLAYLIST June 22, 2009 – June 28, 2009

• SCORPIONS   BIG CITY NIGHTS
• UFO   ONLY YOU CAN ROCK ME
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• RARE HAIR
• KING’S X   OVER MY HEAD
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• TESLA   HEAVEN’S TRAIL/NO WAY OUT
• JACKYL   DOWN ON ME
• VAN HALEN   AND THE CRADLE WILL ROCK
AC/DC    DIRTY DEEDS DONE DIRT CHEAP
• METAL CHURCH   HIGHWAY STAR
• SLAUGHTER   UP ALL NIGHT
• LYNCH MOB   WICKED SENSATION
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• 3RD DEE-GREE
• RATT   WANTED MAN
• WARRANT   DOWN BOYS
• WINGER   SEVENTEEN
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• BON JOVI   IN AND OUT OF LOVE
• LOUDNESS   CRAZY NIGHTS
• ACCEPT   BALLS TO THE WALL
• JUDAS PRIEST   TURBO LOVER
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• GREASY ROOTS OF METAL
• STARZ   CHERRY BABY
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• MOTORHEAD   ACE OF SPADES
• BRITNY FOX   LONG WAY TO LOVE
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• HAIR PAIR
• QUEENSRYCHE   ANOTHER RAINY NIGHT
• QUEENSRYCHE   REVOLUTION CALLING
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• SKID ROW   I REMEMBER YOU
• WHITESNAKE   SLOW AN’ EASY
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• REQUEST OF THE WEEK
• RAINBOW   STREET OF DREAMS
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• MSG   ANYTIME
• JUNKYARD   HOLLYWOOD
• BONHAM   WAIT FOR YOU
• Y & T   MEAN STREAK
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• REQUEST OF THE WEEK
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• Hey Dee,
  Just sitting at computer and my husband hollered out “Street of Dreams” by Rainbow. We both love listening to your show. Make our evening and play the song for for Mike and Dee (that’s me, too!) Thanks!
  –Deidre “Dee” in Asheville, NC, listening to 105.9 The Mountain

What’s New – Week of June 29, 2009

Heavy metal: we live by it, party by it and some of you maniacs even get arrested by it –but try not to do that– because the best of the old school is headed your way on this week’s House of Hair!

I’ve got all the adrenaline-fueled hard stuff you can possibly take with Twisted Sister, Quiet Riot, Dokken and the list goes on and on.  Also going on this week: an all-expenses paid trip to Rock Gone Wild in August and a chance to HOH your ride!  I’m going straight-jacket-lock-me-up-and-feed-me-through-a-tube crazy and you’re all coming with me!!  Haha!!  So be there for this week’s House of Hair!

Another Fan shows us his HOH!

Another HOH’er sporting the one and only headbanger tshirt…

DEE

JUST GOT MY NEW H.O.H. SHIRT AND FIGURED I WOULD WALK AROUND DOWNTOWN
DETROIT SPORTING IT. I HAD MY PICTURE TAKEN IN FRONT OF THE SPIRIT OF DETRIOT
AND E-MAILED IT TO YOU. I HOPE YOU GOT IT. I WAS WONDER IF I COULD HEAR
SOMETHING FROM STRUT.
MAYBE CHEAP THRILL LOOKS. I DARE YOU. REMEMBER IF IT AIN’T METAL IT’S
CRAP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
–Henry S. from Eastpointe, who listens to WRIF 101.1

The SaltyRockz Blog – Trust HoJo

Mark Rumble has just sent me a great photo of himself from this year’s Download Festival wearing his Saltyrockz Trust line-up T-shirt, then followed it up with a fine e-mail outlining his love for the French rockers. Now I know that French hard rock from the late ’70s and early ’80s may be an acquired taste, but what the hell? The reason the T-shirt was on Saltyrockz in the first place is sort of self-indulgent, because it just so happens that Saltyrockz designer Hunnsy and myself are both pretty obsessive about Trust. So much so that we trekked down to Toulouse in France together to see them on their last French tour in October of last year.

My love of the band dates back to 1980, when I managed to get hold of their soon-to-be-classic second album ‘Répression’ – in Germany of all places. Now for a confirmed rocker like myself it was a weird old package. The photo on the back of the album featured the group mingling with a load of English punks, a shot presumably taken on a night off while recording the album in London. Lead singer Bernie looked right at home, his short hairdo and pink punk tee shirt blending in perfectly with the style of the hour. The rest of the band, though, especially guitarist Nono, looked well out of place, yer archetypal rock stars with long curly hair cascading down over leather jackets bedecked with AC/DC pin badges.

This wasn’t the norm, but the whole offbeat style of the thing appealed to me. And once I’d had a listen to what was in the grooves I was totally sold. Has there ever been a band that sounded so angry? Trust’s sound was the purest of hard rock riffing. Those AC/DC pins really stood for something. But the intensity and ire that came from Bernie’s throat – part singing, part political hectoring – gave this band a whole other dangerous dynamic. With my A-level French put to the test I was able to work out that Bernie was writing lyrics that railed against injustice and, yes, repression in all its forms. Sword and sorcery? Do me a favour! This was hard rock that lived in the streets, not on the silver mountain! Trust was rock stripped to its taught and sinewy best and I thought they were the absolute bollocks.

Iron Maiden’s Steve Harris had the good taste to offer them the support slot for the ‘Killers’ tour of the UK (and not just because he fancied knicking their drummer Nicko McBrain, though that might have helped!) and I could hardly contain my excitement. Even better when they announced a headlining date at a little-known venue in Manchester’s Belle Vue area. I was 15 and more than ready to rock.

The rest of Manchester didn’t agree with me. At a time when Trust were massive, massive, massive in their native country the band pulled (and I really did count them) nine people to the show! It was a shock to me, but not as seismic as the shock it must have been to the group. No matter, Trust performed like they were at Madison Square Garden, putting in a stint that is still for me one of the greatest rock concerts I’ve ever seen. To this day I remember Vivi playing bass while sipping on a pint at the bar. He had one of those new-fangled radio mics, you see. Bloody marvellous! The height of cool.

Clearly the band took such rejection to heart and the next Trust album, ‘Marche Ou Crève’ featured a song called ‘Angleterre’ on the French version lambasting jolly old England. I took it very much to heart at the time, but not enough to fall out of love with the band. They didn’t put it on the English version, mind!

Trust has always been something of an exclusive club, a place where real aficionados of the genre could get serious about their hard rock. Snobbery? Maybe. But what the hell, the music was awesome. I remember spending a night with Samson guitarist Paul Samson (God rest…) round at his house years and years ago and all we could talk about was how awesome Trust were. Paul had got hold of a ‘no vocals’ mix tape of the album simply titled ‘Trust’ and without Bernie’s voice you only got more of a sense of how dynamic, tight and loose, raw yet refined the band were. It was, without getting too dewy-eyed, a quasi-religious experience.

Now of course as they say, all things must pass, and sure enough so did Trust. The band kept going, but by the time the album titled ‘Rock ’n’ Roll’ came out the fire had gone out too. Instead of raw energy and taut riffs there was a wimping out and a commercialisation that had nothing to do with the band’s original credo. I was saddened, but not distraught. Your heroes always let you down, after all. But at least these guys had left one hell of a legacy.

The trip down memory lane that was Hunnsy’s and my trip to see the band live in Toulouse last October was even more disastrous. The band had lost all heart, all passion, all drive. They had a bloke on stage with turntables scratching along to the tunes, for God’s sake! The old songs sounded perfunctory and the new songs sounded desperately like old men trying to be relevant and totally missing the point. We left after about 45 minutes alongside a fair number of equally disenchanted punters saying it was nothing short of a scandal. Perhaps it was as good a reminder as any that sometimes memories are better left where they are.

As I write this I’m listening to an awesome live album of the band at their rockingest peak back in 1980. It’s a thing of absolute joy, which means I can forgive any of the rubbish that passes for Trust these days. Trust marked my youth like few others and it’s for that reason alone that I’ll always be a fan! So thanks Mark, for the reminder of a classic hard rock band. Maybe you’ll enjoy the ‘Répression Dans L’Hexagone’ Trust tee that we’ve just released on Saltyrockz. It’s the name of that infamous 1980 tour of France when the Trust juggernaut crushed all before it and marked hard rock history for ever…

Want to email me about this blog? Get in touch at hojo@saltyrockz.com

HoJo rocked as a top journalist on legendary UK metal magazine
Kerrang! and now runs a way-cool rock T-shirt site at www.saltyrockz.com.

PLAYLIST – Week of June 15 – June 22, 2009

PLAYLIST June 15, 2009 – June 21, 2009

• ANVIL   METAL ON METAL
• DIO   WE ROCK
• JUDAS PRIEST   RIDING ON THE WIND
• TED NUGENT   HOMEBOUND
• DANZIG   MOTHER
• DEEP PURPLE   KING OF DREAMS
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• REQUEST OF THE WEEK
• IRON MAIDEN   DIE WITH YOUR BOOTS ON
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• FIREHOUSE   REACH FOR THE SKY
• DOKKEN   JUST GOT LUCKY
• L.A. GUNS   I WANNA BE YOUR MAN
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• 3RD DEE-GREE
• GUNS N’ ROSES   SWEET CHILD O’ MINE
• METALLICA   ENTER SANDMAN
• AC/DC    SHAKE A LEG
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• DEF LEPPARD   WASTED
• EUROPE   ROCK THE NIGHT
• HELIX   R.O.C.K. YOU
• KISS   ROCK AND ROLL ALL NITE
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• GREASY ROOTS OF METAL
• BLACK OAK ARKANSAS   JIM DANDY
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• MOTLEY CRUE   TAKE ME TO THE TOP
• TRIXTER   GIVE IT TO ME GOOD
• MEGADETH   ANGRY AGAIN
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• HAIR PAIR
• OZZY OSBOURNE   I DON’T KNOW
• OZZY OSBOURNE   MIRACLE MAN
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• TWISTED SISTER   YOU CAN’T STOP ROCK N’ ROLL
• SAIGON KICK   WHAT YOU SAY
• SCORPIONS   TEASE ME PLEASE ME
• ELECTRIC BOYS   ALL LIPS N’ HIPS
• CATS IN BOOTS   SHOTGUN SALLY
• POISON   CRY TOUGH
• SAMMY HAGAR   EAGLES FLY
• RATT   ROUND AND ROUND
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• REQUEST OF THE WEEK
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• Dee, you rock! Just want to send a song out to my boy Randall at the Pizza Gourmet in Providence. Every Sunday we close the shop listening to you and the House of Hair. This week, however, I’m not there to help him out, so give him something I know he’ll rock to. Keep rock’n, Dee!
  
  –Tom in Providence, RI, listening to WHJY

What’s New – Week of June 21, 2009

Now pull on those cutoff spandex shorts and break out the extra hold hairspray because the metal is always coming down hard in the House of Hair!  This week I’ll be scorching the airwaves with AC/DC, the Scorpions, Queensryche and…hey, I’m not giving it all away just yet!  But I am giving away three awesome prize packages – and it’s all headed your way on this week’s House of Hair!  Be there!

Queensryche Rocks The Troops at Fort Benning

On Monday, May 18, Queensryche — Geoff Tate, Michael Wilton, Scott Rockenfield, Eddie Jackson and Parker Lundgren — rocked the troops at Fort Benning, Georgia in between tour dates in support of their new Rhino Records CD, American Soldier. The post welcomed Queensryche with “open arms” as they gave all band members and their crew an exhilarating ride in an M1A1 Abrams tank and an M2 Bradley tank. In addition to that experience, the band dined with the troops earlier in the day and gave a concert performance on Sledgehammer Field, Kelley Hill in the afternoon. To commemorate the day, the band was given a personalized sledgehammer by the 3HBCT / 3 ID Sledgehammer Brigade (3rd Brigade of the 3rd Infantry Division). Queensryche will continue to tour throughout the year in support of American Soldier and plan to visit and perform for more troops along the way. For more information, please see the band’s official website at www.queensryche.com.

FOGHAT GOES GOLD WITH RHINO’S ‘BEST OF’ CD, WILL TOUR THROUGHOUT SUMMER

British classic rockers Foghat continue to experience an incredible resurgence
throughout the world – but especially the U.S., where their sixteen-track
compilation, ‘The Best of Foghat,’ recently obtained gold-certification (500,000
copies sold).

The collection, which was originally issued in 1989, includes all of Foghat’s
hits and rock radio standards, including such anthems as “Slow Ride,” “I Just
Want to Make Love to You,” “Fool for the City,” “Drivin’ Wheel,” and “Ride,
Ride, Ride,” among others.
As a result of this latest landmark accomplishment in the history of Foghat, the
band – which consists of Charlie Huhn (vocals, guitar), Bryan Bassett (guitar),
Craig MacGregor (bass), and Roger Earl (drums) – recently received gold plaques
for ‘The Best of Foghat,’ presented by DJ Adam Furious from the New Hampshire
radio station WGIR ROCK 101 and Noisy SOD management.
This is the group’s eleventh gold or pl
atinum award overall. Footage of the
event can be viewed here:

“My wife told me that I could have a new Aston Martin with my next gold record,”
says Earl, “But apparently this one doesn’t count! But on a serious note, I am
very grateful to our fans – both old and new. It’s so cool to see all of those
young faces out there, and showing them how a bunch of old bastards can really
rock. And to still be rockin’ with my co-captain, Craig MacGregor, after 35
years, and especially to Charlie and Bryan. They are such a blast to play with,
and they had some big shoes to fill. And in the immortal words of Lonesome Dave,
‘We’re gonna roll ’til we’re old, and rock ’til we drop.’ Thanks!”

While MacGregor and Earl are the longest-tenured Foghat members in the line-up
(all the way back to the ‘70s), both Huhn and Bassett have been Foghat members
for nearly a full decade by this point, and for their contribution for keeping
the Foghat legacy alive, also received gold plaques for ‘The Best of Foghat.’
Much can be attributed to Foghat’s long-lasting popularity and increased
album/ticket sales of late, as the quartet continues to tour relentlessly – as
evidenced by such strong recent live releases ‘Live II’ [2007] and ‘Live at the
Blues Wa
rehouse’ [2009], and strong concert reviews. Foghat has also reached a
whole generation of young fans due to their all-time classic road anthem, “Slow
Ride,” being the first song on the popular ‘Guitar Hero III’ videogame, in
addition to recently being sung by Adam Lambert and Allison Iraheta on ‘American
Idol’ to millions of viewers, as well as being used in various commercials
(Honda Odyssey, Carl’s Jr, Ace Hardware) and movies (
‘Wild Hogs’). And Foghat refuses to stand still, as the group continues to tour
– as evidenced by their live summer and fall schedule – and is hard at work on a
blues CD and a new DVD, both of which will be issued by the end of year.

Foghat U.S. Live Dates:

WED 6/17/2009 SAN DIEGO CA THE PADDOCK CONCERT SERIES
FRI 6/19/2009 CHICAGO IL BEVERLY ARTS CENTER
SAT 6/20/2009 OSWEGO IL PRAIRIE FESTIVAL
SAT 6/27/2009 FESTUS MO MUNICIPAL AIRPORT
WED 7/1/2009 MILWAUKEE WI SUMMERFEST-Classic Rock Stage
FRI 7/3/2009 AVON CO AVON TOWN PARK
SAT 7/4/2009 PENNSAUKEN NJ COOPER RIVER PARK
THU 7/9/2009
PENTICTON, BC CN SO. OKANAGAN EVENT CENTRE
FRI 7/10/2009 ABBOTSFORD, BC CN ABBOTSFORD ENTRMT & SPORTS CTR
THU 7/16/2009 WALKER MN MOONDANCE JAM 18
FRI 7/17/2009 SLOAN IA WINNAVEGAS CASINO
SAT 7/18/2009 MODESTO CA XCLAMATION FESTIVAL
SAT 7/25/2009 CLATSKANIE OR BIKER RALLY – RUN 21
FRI 7/31/2009 AURORA IL DOWNTOWN ALIVE! Rocks the Fox
SAT 8/1/2009 BILLINGS MT BONES BREWING PUB
MON 8/3/2009 STURGIS SD BROKEN SPOKE SALOON COUNTY LINE
FRI 8/7/2009 PITTSBURGH PA SOUTH PARK AMPHITHEATRE
SAT 8/8/2009 KETTERING OH FRAZE PAVILION FOR THE PERF.ARTS
SUN 8/9/2009 SCITUATE MA SCITUATE HARBOR HERITAGE FEST
SAT 8/15/2009 ELIZABETHTOWN KY FREEMAN LAKE PARK
SAT 9/5/2009 OMAHA NE SEPTEMBERFEST – SALUTE TO LABOR
MON 9/7/2009 DENVER CO A TASTE OF COLORADO
SAT 9/12/2009 HOT SPRINGS AR HOT SPRINGS RALLY -BIKER EVENT
FRI 9/18/2009 UNCASVILLE CT
MOHEGAN SUN CASINO – 2/SHOWS
SAT 9/19/2009 WEST SPRINGFIELD MA THE BIG “E”
SAT 10/10/2009 GULF SHORES AL 33RD ANNUAL NATL SHRIMP FESTIVAL
SAT 10/17/2009 ORMOND BEACH FL BROKEN SPOKE SALOON
SUN 10/18/2009 STUART FL LYRIC THEATRE
FRI 2/5/2010 MORRISTOWN NJ THE COMMUNITY THEATRE

Win VIP tickets to see Anvil perform at Rocklahoma 2009!

WINNERS ANNOUNCED!

Congrats to Don Renick our Anvil VIP Ticket winner! Last weekend, Rocklahoma rocked Pryor, OK with a headlining appearance by our own Dee Snider with Twisted Sister. The HOH got a lot of our radio affiliates back to meet the band, AND of course our prize winners.

Here’s Don with Anvil, and making a bit of fun of their poster…

Seen here is our Anvil/VH1 winner Don Renick with Twisted Sister at Rocklahoma. Hell, he looks like he could be IN the band! Great pic Don!

Thanks to all our HOH Metalheads who entered this contest, and to VH1 for this awesome prize!

At fourteen years old, best friends, Lips and Robb Reiner, made a pact to rock together forever. Their band Anvil, hailed as the “demi-gods of Canadian metal,” influenced a musical generation including Metallica, Slayer and Anthrax. Though Anvil never made it, they never stopped playing or believing. Following a calamitous European tour, Lips and Robb, now well into their fifties, set off to record their thirteenth album, “This is Thirteen,” in one last attempt to fulfill their boyhood dream. See it all in “Anvil! The Story of Anvil” – open in theaters nationwide now. For tickets, visit anvilmovie.com.

Enter below to win an autographed “Anvil! The Story of Anvil” poster and for your chance to see Anvil perform LIVE at Rocklahoma, Thursday, July 9th , with a pair of VIP tickets to this year’s event! VIP Tickets include the following: Free Food, Free Drink including Free Beer, Reserved Seats and access to all VIP areas. Rocklahoma is July 9-12 (Thursday-Sunday) in Pryor, OK.

Thanks to VH1 for providing this awesome prize!

For more information please visit:
Anvil the Movie website www.anvilmovie.com
Official Rocklahoma website www.rocklahoma.com

Awesome Autographed Anvil Poster

ENTER TO WIN: Contest Entry Form

What do you win?

15 Winners each get:

(1) one autographed “Anvil! The Story of Anvil” movie poster.

AND

1 Grand Prize Winners gets:

Two (2) VIP tickets to Rocklahoma for all 4 days, plus the chance to meet Anvil!

VIP Tickets include the following: Free Food, Free Drink including Free Beer, Reserved Seats and access to all VIP areas.

Rocklahoma is July 9-12 (Thursday-Sunday) in Pryor, OK.

PLEASE NOTE: NO HOTEL OR TRANSPORTATION IS BEING PROVIDED WITH THIS CONTEST. WINNER(S) MUST GET TO ROCKLAHOMA AND FIND LODGING ON HIS/HER OWN.

ENTER TO WIN: Contest Entry Form

How to Enter:

Fill in the Entry Form. ONE ENTRY PER PERSON ONLY, please. Incomplete entries will be tossed out – all address fields, station (or how you heard about the contest) field, and name fields must be 100% complete!

How we choose the winner:

Only entries received by 7/1/09 will be considered. The HOH staff will choose the winners in a random drawing.

Contest Start Date: Monday, June 17, 2009

Contest End Date:Wednesday, July 1, 2009 at midnight

Read the HOH Contest Rules.

ANVIL ROCKLAHOMA TICKETS ADDITIONAL CONTEST RULES

Winner and guest will have to sign the legal disclaimer forms. Major rules include:

1. Winner and guest must be 21 or over – no exceptions! Faxed copies of driver’s licenses or other official ID will be required if you are picked as the winner. Winner and guest will also need to supply social security numbers for tax purposes.

2. All applicable local, state and federal laws apply.

3. Prize is non-transferable, non-substitutable and has NO cash value in the event of cancellation for any reason.

4. VIP tickets include seats, food, drinks and meet and greet with Anvil. Sponsor reserves the right to cancel meet and greet if winner and/or guest is intoxicated or otherwise impaired.

5. This contest is open to residents of the U.S. and Canada only. PLEASE NOTE: TRANSPORTATION AND LODGING IS NOT PROVIDED FOR THIS CONTEST!!

Good luck! And remember, only enter ONCE! You have until July 1st, 2009 to enter.

Did I win the prize? Winners will be announced FIRST in the HOH newsletter and then on the website.
The HOH CD contest is open to residents of the USA and CANADA only.
Register for our weekly spam-free HOH Newsletter

Questions? Email us at info@houseofhaironline.com

PLAYLIST – Week of June 8 – June 13, 2009

PLAYLIST June 8, 2009 – June 14, 2009

• MOTLEY CRUE   Looks That Kill
• LOVE/HATE    Blackout In The Red Room
• Y&T   Summertime Girls
• VAN HALEN   Cabo Wabo
• WARRANT   Cherry Pie
• KIX   Blow My Fuse
• WHITE LION   Radar Love
• KISS   Shout It Out Loud
• RUSH   Closer To The Heart
• SCORPIONS   Loving You Sunday Morning
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• 3RD DEE-GREE
• DIO   Rainbow In The Dark (live)
• WHITESNAKE   Now You’re Gone
• QUIET RIOT   Mama Weer All Crazee Now
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• WINGER   Madalaine
• ENUFF Z’NUFF   Fly High Michelle
• GREAT WHITE   Face The Day
• ARMORED SAINT   Reign of Fire
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• GREASY ROOTS OF METAL
• ALICE COOPER   I’m Eighteen
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• MONTROSE   Rock Candy
• W.A.S.P.   I Wanna Be Somebody
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• HAIR PAIR
• LITA FORD   Hungry
• LITA FORD   Only Women Bleed
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• AXE   Rock + Roll Party In The Streets
• DAMN YANKEES   Coming Of Age
•  
• RARE HAIR
• TNT   10,000 Lovers
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• VANDENBURG   Burning Heart
•  
• REQUEST OF THE WEEK
• METALLICA   Master of Puppets
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• TESLA   Lady Luck
• DANGEROUS TOYS   Scared
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• REQUEST OF THE WEEK
•  
• Hey, Dee!
  I’m 13 and I love your show. I listen to it every week! I just recently purchased a pair of Metallica tickets to see them when they come around to Idaho. I love them almost as much as I love you and your band (well, okay, I probably love them more but if I told you that you wouldn’t play my song). Well anyway, I was wondering if you would play “Master of Puppets” because that’s one of my personal faves and Metallica doesn’t get enough airplay! Thanks Dee, and ROCK ON!
  P.S. If it ain’t metal it’s crap!
  –Ryan in Meridian, IA, listening to J105

What’s New – Week of June 14, 2009

Heavy metal just how you love it–hard and loud with a thick Spanish accent!  Wait a minute.  That’s not right (reread)…hard and loud…oh!  With a thick coating of mascara!  That’s better. Either way, the House of Hair is on the march, headbangers!

I’ll be pinning the volume meters again this week with my band Twisted Sister, Dio, Danzig, Dokken and…well, I’m not givin’ it all away!  Sheesh!  But I am giving away a trip to Rock Gone Wild in August, some highly rockin’ custom HOH accessories for your car or truck from Truckermats.com and a chance for you to hang with the band Anvil at Rocklahoma!  Metal on metal, baby!  So do you wanna piece of this?  Then climb aboard – the House of Hair is headin’ your way!

Catch the Fever Music Festivals is looking for Miss Rocklahoma

PRYOR, OK—Catch the Fever Music Festivals who organizes the largest Eighties Rock Festival in the United States is looking for that special lady who can be called “Miss Rocklahoma.”

The First Annual “Miss Rocklahoma” must be a lady who exhibits a true passion for Eighties Metal. The winner will win an all access and two VIP Passes for the entire four days of Rocklahoma. The Five Runners Up will receive two all access passes and VIP Privileges for Opening Night of Rocklahoma.

Of all the entries submitted the top ten will be chosen by a panel of judges. The ten finalists’ profiles will appear on the Rocklahoma website where rock fans from across the world will have an opportunity to vote for their favorite. The top five will be chosen by the online voting. Those five will appear live on stage Thursday Night, when the winner will be announced and crowned as “Miss Rocklahoma.”

Entrants must email a recent photo to www.feverfest.com . Fill out an online questionnaire. Ladies must be over twenty one years of age and already attending Rocklahoma. All entries must be received by June 22, 2009 by midnight.

The Miss Rocklahoma contest is not just about beauty and sexuality, but about an energizing, fun loving and amiable individual who truly represents and encapsulates the spirit of what Rocklahoma is all about.

Rocklahoma July 9-12 in Pryor, Oklahoma has been called by many throughout the world as the “Woodstock” of Eighties Rock Music

The lineup on each of the four days is as follows:

Thursday: Anthrax, Saxon, Overkill, Anvil, Metal Church and Leatherwolf.

Friday: RATT, Night Ranger, Warrant, Danger Danger, Helix and Hericane Alice

Saturday: Stryper, Thin Lizzy, KIX, KEEL, Lizzy Borden and Gypsy Pistoleros

Sunday: Twisted Sister, Skid Row, Great White, Nelson, Bonfire and Vixen

Rocklahoma features attendance from all over the world, already selling tickets throughout Europe, Asia, Australia, Africa, South America and throughout North America including every state in the United States!

The Third Annual Rocklahoma will have over ninety bands on four stages, including favorites from previous Rocklahoma festivals, Beautiful Creatures, LA Guns featuring Tracii Gun, Britney Fox, Bang Tango, Lillian Axe and Faster Pussycat. Included on the side stages are bands from all over Europe.

Rolling Stone recently called Rocklahoma one of the top festivals of the Summer.

Catch The Fever Festival Grounds is located four miles north of Pryor, Oklahoma and has 6,200 assigned and numbered seats, as well as general admission on the lawn for over 50,000 people. The grounds also feature over 4,000 campsites, on-site parking, bathroom facilities and a convenience store. Rocklahoma also has a Picture Alley that allows anyone in attendance to approach the stage during any performance and take photographs of a favorite artist at close range.

Rocklahoma offers a one-day and four-day general admission passes, along with V.I.P. Passes that includes all the food and drink, including Free Miller Lite for all four days. Rocklahoma offers a layaway program on all ticket plans that enables fans to reserve their ticket at the current price.

The public can also order tickets online at www.feverfest.com, charge by phone at 1-866-310-2288, or any of the 3,200 O’Reilly Auto Part Stores across the United States.

Bret Michaels Gets Flattened at the Tony Awards – UPDATED!

UPDATE – June 17, 2009

We got this note from Bret’s peeps about the incident!

BRET MICHAELS OFFICIAL STATEMENT AFTER TONY’S INCIDENT
I am trying to remain very positive and somewhat humorous about the whole situation. I apologize that I did not make a statement earlier as I have been feeling pretty beat up over the last few days. The fact is I was honored to be asked to perform at the event. The entire “Rock of Ages” production were awesome and even though I was completely out of my element I was really enjoying myself prior to my injury. In fact all involved at the awards show treated me good.

I had a great time at the Tonys right up until I got blindsided, I must admit it was a little blurry after that. In hindsight, there is no doubt I got my bell rung, unfortunately it has been posted and perhaps funny to watch, but I can assure you it has been painful to experience. In all honesty I had absolutely no idea what struck my head. Upon impact I thought a piece of the lighting rig had fallen out of the ceiling and as I fell back it seemed like my head struck the stage and I blacked out for a second. When I opened my eyes I noticed a large set prop coming down straight for me. I immediately pushed myself out of the way and amidst the chaos I laid on the floor and asked “what the hell just happened?”

My nose, mouth and the back of my head felt numb. I vaguely remember asking Big John, ‘do I have any teeth left in my mouth?’ I knew I could move my arms and legs and that was an instant relief. Somebody handed me a towel to wipe the blood from my face and in my dazed state I recall staring at what seemed to be Shrek, a talking goat head and several monkey like creatures.

Over the last few days a lot of speculation as to what happened and who is to blame have surfaced. I need to make clear at no point since the incident occurred do I feel like the accident was malicious in any way and I feel this will all work itself out. However I must state I found it a little strange that the only statement released by the Tony organization was that I missed my mark and that I was completely fine. First, I thought, ‘what mark?’ as there was no official mark, just a retracting drum riser and an overhead prop being rapidly lowered which was out of my view. Second, I think it was slightly irresponsible for them to report that I was fine without full knowledge of my condition, when a doctor hadn’t even looked at me yet and I surely don’t remember any X-Ray machines backstage. I am not looking for an apology, I only hoped that on a human level that the Tony organizations’ representative would have expressed some concern for injury in their statement or at the very least claim they would be looking into the matter.

Whether it was a miscommunication, missed cue or missed mark no matter what the situation was the prop should have been stopped or at least slowed for a few more seconds until I cleared the stage. I apparently had less than two seconds to avoid being hit. It was evident I was backing up and moving in the direction to exit the stage for at least 30 to 40 feet and it is plain to see I had no clue this prop was descending. For God sake, they have at least a five second delay to prevent the airing of unapproved expletives and nudity!

For the record never at any point during my Sunday morning rehearsal was I ever instructed that the piece was coming down and that I had very little time to get off the stage, otherwise believe me I would have stopped or at least ducked so as not to be knocked out at the Tonys. Trust me I never wanted any of this to happen. I was simply doing as I was told which was to exit the stage as Poison’s song “Nothin’ but a Good Time” came to a close.

I feel for the actors and actresses who put in so much time and hard work on or off Broadway to get to the Tonys. This is their moment and I am sorry that some of it may have gotten overshadowed by my thick rocker cranium being struck by a stage prop. On a high note I hear it was the highest rated Tonys they have had in years. However, I was bummed that I did not get to see any of the acts perform during the Tonys as I have never seen a play on Broadway before, probably would have enjoyed it, and even more bummed that I did not get to attend the after parties, cuz rumor has it Anne Hathaway was going to be there and she is hot.

I would like to personally thank Bobby and C.C., Mark Hogue, Larry Morand and my crew along with Liza Minnelli, Mark Indelicato and Carole Propp for rushing to my dressing room to check on my condition.

In closing I truly appreciate everyone’s concern. I thank the Good Lord I have a thick skull and I have a feeling this may have been my first and final curtain call at the Tonys.

Sincerely,
Broadway Bret Michaels

The word is Bret missed his stage mark… hey, they should know better than to expect metal heads to follow instructions!

Aerosmith Tour Update: Brad Whitford Sitting Out Tour

AEROSMITH guitarist Brad Whitford will be sitting out part of the band’s upcoming Guitar Hero: Aerosmith Presents Aerosmith tour dates with special guests ZZ Top as he recuperates from recent surgery. Bobby Schneck (who has played with Green Day, Weezer and Slash) will be filling in for the guitarist. AEROSMITH–STEVEN TYLER, JOE PERRY, BRAD WHITFORD, TOM HAMILTON and JOEY KRAMER–regret any inconvenience to their fans and thank everyone for their support.

FIREHOUSE GUITARIST BILL LEVERTY RELEASES NEW CD

BILL LEVERTY GETS BLUESY AND FUNKY ON ‘DEEP SOUTH’
With his guitar work as a member of FireHouse, Bill Leverty set the rock world ablaze with his fiery riffs and solos. But Leverty is no one-trick pony, as evidenced by his new solo release, ‘Deep South.’ Instead of focusing on the arena-ready rockers that his full-time band specializes in, ‘Deep South’ is steeped in tough blues and southern rock sounds – bringing to mind such legendary names as ZZ Top, Lynyrd Skynyrd, and the Allman Brothers. “When you hear the songs in context, you’ll hear that this is not a typical hard rock/heavy metal album,” explains Leverty. “On this one, I tried to let the music tell ME how to sound, not the other way around. There are so many different instruments on this album that I have never recorded before. This album is a chance for me to stretch out as a musician, singer, producer and engineer.”

In addition to supplying guitar, Leverty also handles lead vocal duties, as well as incorporating such uncommon instruments as a guitarelele and dobro into the mix. Instead of whipping up a batch of tunes that replicate the sounds of the south, Leverty opted to go right to the source. “Most of these songs have been around for about 100 years,” says Leverty. “I have a great new appreciation for the American music of the late 1800’s and early 1900’s, and I wanted to put my twist on it.” Featured is the album-opening “Trouble So Hard” (of which was made popular by Moby, who sampled some of the original in his hit single, “Natural Blues”), as well as the album’s first video, “Boll Weevil,” the sweet acoustic strum of “Walk Beside Me,” the muscular blues rock of “Samson and Delilah,” and a finger-snappin’ jazzy reading of the Ray Charles classic, “Hit the Road Jack” (which includes some impressive piano playing from Leverty, as well as vocals from his wife, Kris). Additionally, Le
verty’s grandfather’s artwork adjourns the album’s front cover.

You will find yourself playing this album over and over again. It is destined to become a classic, possibly creating a new musical swath, and the CD belongs in the collection of every person who loves music, especially guitar. The album is very deep, and it seems Leverty has aptly entitled it, ‘Deep South.’

Confirmed Tracklisting for ’Deep South’
Trouble So Hard
Run On
Boll Weevil
Nine Hundred Miles
Samson And Delilah
Walk Beside Me
Hit The Road Jack
Rain And Snow
Wade In The Water
Man Of Constant Sorrow

For more information (as well as song samples and ordering info), visit:

 www.leverty.com
To view the album’s first video, “Boll Weevil,”click here http://infobot.com/youtube/watch?v=1fm4nR_gkPA

Review: IAN GILLIAN – One Eye to Morocco

Far be it from this writer to suggest what a living rock legend should or shouldn’t do with his career. After all, when you’ve fronted Deep Purple and Black Sabbath, not to mention played the lyrical role of Jesus Christ, you really don’t have to answer to anyone. Still, what is this enigma known as One Eye to Morocco?

For Ian Gillan’s purposes, the malleable vocalist brings his own distinct timbre much less a well-known array of chops to whatever he wants to do, be it to belt out “Space Truckin’” for the billionth time or to pull off “Mr. Universe” from his eighties unit Gillan.

Bringing forth his first solo venture in a decade, Ian Gillan went on a veritable tear of songwriting in his downtime outside of Deep Purple, which went on momentary hiatus early last year when Roger Glover paused to mourn his passed mother. The time elapsed during this short recess was amazingly enough time for Ian Gillan to kick back and write an onslaught of 30-some songs.

Devoid of the superfluous guitar andkeyboard solos Gillan has customarily surrounded himself with, his newest album One Eye to Morocco (reportedly based on a Polish proverb) isn’t so much a pure rock album as it is world music planted inside of a knee-swishing, breezy light rock record.

Recorded in a meager three days, One Eye to Morocco is certainly as polished an album as spawned by those artists working relentlessly for weeks. Through One Eye to Morocco, Gillan offers his listeners a glimpse inside of his mind which accommodates (as Sting has historically done in a solo capacity) for the usage of earthy percussion, saxophone and adult contemporary modes into an album that will require a lot of patience.

Sure, you’ll get a chance to rock out with Gillan on the pumped-up “No Lotion for That” and the blues rawky “Texas State of Mind.” Beware, however, because One Eye to Morocco isn’t about keeping your neck bobbing and screaming “My Woman from Tokyo” at lung’s capacity.

What you’re going to get from this record is caliente conga grooves on “Don’t Stop,” a shuck ‘n jive percussive number in spirit to Duran Duran and eighties Stones with “Change My Ways” and calypso outpourings on the slinky “Deal With It.” As usual with Ian Gillan, expect some blues dabbling on one of the album’s cooler cuts, “Better Days” and the midtempo shuffle guiding “Ultimate Groove.”

Keeping in his stable from projects past Michael Lee Jackson (also associated with Animal Planet and Greg Lake of Emerson, Lake and Palmer), and an entire ensemble of players, Ian Gillan should be commended for making an album this rich in tone and this natural in so quick a time. On the other hand, One Eye to Morocco is so anti-rock as much as it operates within a rock framework it’s hard to digest the first couple spins.

If you’re open-minded to what Gillan has teeming within his apparentlyhassle-free body and mind, One Eye to Morocco is a befuddling though reasonably entertaining project. If this doesn’t apply to you, you’re well-advised to turn tail and yank Fireball or Machine Head off of your shelf.

IAN GILLIAN
One Eye to Morocco
Label: Eagle Records

Article by Ray Van Horn, Jr.

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