Mon
07
Jan

DIAMOND DOGS Announce Comeback; New Album And Tour In 2019

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Reload, Rewind & Recall Rock N Roll - Swedish glam boogie blue-eyed soul rockers DIAMOND DOGS are back to set things straight!
 
After the loss of saxophone player and longtime band member Magic Gunnarsson (who died in a drowning accident 2014) Sulo and the rest of DIAMOND DOGS called it a day. They released the album “Quitters & Complainers” in 2015 and went on a farewell tour ending in Oviedo in October together with Iggy Pop.
 
Since then Sulo’s been releasing 3 solo albums, working with Chris Spedding, Paul Young, The Crunch and the rest of the members been busy with other projects. During this time a lot of DIAMOND DOGS gig requests been dropping in from all over the world and when they found out that 4 of the 10 previous studio albums been out of stock for a long time and wasn’t available as download they started to make a plan.
 
Sulo & Honk (Henrik Widen), the remaining original members thought it was time to set things straight and release “that” compilation they’ve been talking about for many years. One thing led to another and soon they had a plan and even some new tracks to blend up the compilation with.
 
“RECALL ROCK & ROLL” (Cargo Records) will be a double album including 30 tracks. 25 old and 5 brand new songs. At the same time Cargo Records will re-release 4 previous albums on Vinyl/CD & download.
 
The albums are: “As your greens turn brown”, “Too much is always better than not enough”, “That’s the juice I’m on” and the split album “Atlantic Crossover” with legendary US Punkrock singer Jeff Dahl.
 
“RECALL ROCK & ROLL” will be released in September/October and DIAMOND DOGS planning to tour Europe.
 
DIAMOND DOGS 2019 are:
Sulo - Lead vocals
Lars Karlsson - Guitars
Martin Thomander (ex Electric Boys) - Guitar, Backing vocals
Henrik “Honk” Widen - Keys, Backing vocals
Stefan Bellnäs - Bass
Thomas Broman (ex Glenn Hughes) - Drums
 
DIAMOND DOGS have over the years delivered countless hard rockin’ shows worldwide, they have also been on tour sharing stage with: Nazareth, Ian Hunter, The Damned, Hanoi Rocks, The Cult, Sensational Alex Harvey Band, The Quireboys, Dan Baird, among others.
 
Members of Diamond Dogs also have associations with such fine artists as The Hellacopters, Johnny Thunders, The Solution, The Dogs D’amour, The Nomads, Lisa & the Lips, Ian Hunter and The Crunch.
 
 
Mon
07
Jan

ROCKPIT Turns 10 & Launches New Podcast

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Podcasts & Radio
 
The relaunch of The Rockpit podcast is here! Now titled The Heaven & Hell show…presented by The Rockpit.
 
The Rockpit is celebrating 10 years as an online rock and metal music media publication in 2019 and to help celebrate the anniversary, a brand new podcast show has been launched titled "The Heaven & Hell Show" featuring all new rock, metal and blues music, discussions, interviews and more.
 
Launched as an extension of The Rockpit's online media publication, The Heaven & Hell Show continues the company's focus on guitar oriented music from the underground and local scene along with the usual big hitters in the music world. The show is presented by members of the Rockpit team and is split into 2 segments - Heaven representing the melodic hard rock and blues side and Hell showcasing the more heavier side of music.
 
 
Mon
07
Jan

TUG OF WAR Debut 'Soulfire' Out Feb 22

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Friday, February 22, 2019
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News Feed
 
New from ESCAPE MUSIC
 
Release date 22 February 2019\
 
TUG OF WAR 'Soulfire'
 
BK Morrison - Lead vocals
Tommy Denander - Guitars & keyboards
Billy Orrico - Drums
George Hawkins Jr Bass
Brian Anthony - Bass
Chris Ousey - Backing vocals
Bill Champlin - Backing vocals
Joseph Williams - Backing vocals
 
Once in a while a new epic voice comes into the world of rock and roll! Let us introduce you to BK Morrison.
 
Canadian singer BK Morrison has been a well kept secret from the world and only once he started posting some videos on Youtube of himself singing to various tracks in his living room did he attract the attention of Swedish guitarist, song writer and producer Tommy Denander.
The two quickly became friends and Tommy felt that this amazing voice must finally be heard to everyone so he actually wrote a whole album of great songs.
BK flew over to Stockholm and recorded all vocals at the famous old EMI/Abbey Road Stockholm studio where Tommy worked.
 
Tommy played the album for Khalil Turk at Escape Music who really liked it and a deal was done. The plan in the future is to build a new band around BK so they chose the band name Tug Of war instead of doing a solo album. The album is solely written by Tommy Denander who plays guitars and keyboards plus also produced it together with Khalil Turk.
 
It features a great list of people like Chris Ousey, Bill Champlin (Chicago) and Joseph Williams (Toto) on backing vocals, Billy Orrico on drums and Brian Anthony on bass plus mix and mastering.
 
Get ready for a new favourite singer in the style of David Coverdale, Bob Seger, Richard Marx and Lou Gramm.
 
 
Fri
04
Jan

JOHN SYKES Signs To Aussie Start-up Label Golden Robot Records

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Golden Robot Records is very proud to have signed guitar legend and incredible songwriter John Sykes.
 
John is an English rock guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter who has played with Street-fighter, Tygers of Pan Tang, John Sloman’s Badlands, Thin Lizzy, Whitesnake, and Blue Murder. Sykes co-wrote the majority of the songs on Whitesnake’s 1987 self-titled album with David Coverdale. John is also a successful solo artist releasing five solo and live albums ranging from the critically acclaimed Nuclear Cowboy to Loveland.
 
John has had an incredible career starting with Tygers of Pan Tang where he released four albums, including Crazy Nights. He enjoyed short stints in Badlands and Streetfighter before joining Thin Lizzy and featuring on Thunder and Lightening which was the band’s 12th studio album and hit number four on the UK charts.
 
Most notably, John’s best known work was when he joined the infamous Whitesnake with David Coverdale and co-wrote the 40 million selling Whitesnake which was the band’s self-titled seventh studio album, released in 1987. It produced a major power ballad hit, “Is This Love”, along with the number one hit “Here I Go Again”. The album was a major crossover hit eventually selling over eight million copies in the US alone (and thus going eight times platinum). It peaked at number two on the US Billboard 200 and number eight on the UK Albums Chart. Its success in the US boosted its predecessor, Slide It In, from gold to double platinum status and would see the band receive a nomination for the Brit Award for Best British Group in 1988.
 
Over the past few years, John has played on numerous albums and released his own albums. His latest record is yet to be titled and will be coming out on GRR in 2019. After a long hiatus since 2004 this album is set to blow the world apart and keep all his old and new fans extremely happy- it will be well worth the wait. So get ready and strap yourself in for the 2019 album of the year. John is back and in full force – stay tuned!
 
 
Wed
02
Jan

ESCAPE MUSIC Announce 2019 Plans

On behalf of Escape Music, Barrie and myself (Khalil) we would like to wish everyone a Happy and Joyfull New Year for 2019
 
Will be coming on Escape Music 2019 the following:
 
Viana - Forever Free 25th January
Tug Of War - Soulfire 22 February
Lonerider - Attitude 26 April
 
Also to come in 2019:
 
Chris Ousey (Heartland) new album (Produced and Mixed by Mike Slamer)
Steve Overland new new album (On Drums Brian Tichy)
Mick Devine - New solo album (lead vocalist from 7)
Axe - Final Offering new album
Alliance - new album
Pinnacle Point - new album
Robert Hart - new solo album
 
And more surprises to follow…
 
TUG OF WAR is:
BK Morrison - Lead vocals,
Tommy Denander - Guitars & keyboards,
Billy Orrico - Drums,
George Hawkins Jr Bass,
Brian Anthony - Bass
Chris Ousey - Backing vocals
Bill Champlin - Backing vocals
Joseph Williams - Backing vocals
 
Lonerider is:
Steve Overland - All vocals (FM / Solo)
Simon Kirk - Drums (Bad Company / Free)
Steve Morris - All Guitars and Keyboards (Heartland / Ian Gillan Band)
Chris Child - Bass (Thunder and Tyketto)

 
Wed
02
Jan

Brian May - "New Horizons" (Ultima Thule Mix)[Official Music Video]

 
Celebrating the whole 12-year Journey of New Horizons probe.
 
This is Brian’s personal tribute to the on-going NASA New Horizons mission, which on New Years Day 2019 will achieve the most distant spacecraft flyby in history.
 
Stream/download - https://lnk.to/NewHorizons
 
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Nasa's New Horizons: Excitement ahead of Ultima Thule flyby Occurring some 6.5 billion km (4 billion miles) from Earth, the flyby will set a new record for the most distant ever exploration of a Solar System object by a spacecraft. New Horizons will gather a swathe of images and other data over the course of just a few hours leading up to and beyond the closest approach. This is timed for 05:33 GMT. At that moment, the probe will be about 3,500km from Ultima's surface and moving at 14km/s.
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Wed
02
Jan

Welcome To 2019

 
Some changes are planned...stay tuned.

 

 

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