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26
May

MelodicRock 20th Anniversary - USB3 DIGITAL DOWNLOAD - Limited Edition

Release Year: 
2015
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MR.com 20th ANNIVERSARY - USB3 - DIGITAL DOWNLOAD - AVAILABLE FOR 1 WEEK ONLY
 
 
MelodicRock.com celebrates 20 years online with the release of a super limited edition commemorative USB Drive.
 
The drive sold out immediately but for those that don't mind a digital download, I am making it available for ONE WEEK ONLY. Links will be sent out after purchase.
 
 
MR "USB3" Content as Digital Download is priced at $85
 
 

 

MR "USB3" Digital Download Content only - $65

 
 
 
USB3 CONTENTS:
 
MelodicRock Fest Australia – Official Bootleg Footage (3-4 camera mix) featuring:
 
SISTERS DOLL – Full Set!
VANISHING POINT – 3 Tracks
PAUL LAINE – Select Tracks
THE RADIO SUN – Full Sets! (Electric & Acoustic!)
BB STEAL – Select Tracks
WHITE WIDDOW – Full Set!
TEARGAS – Full Set!
 
Complete 2-Day High-Res Photo Galley of all artists
 
MelodicRock Music –
 
New MRCD Digital Compilation – Best of MelodicRock featuring participating artists
 
MRCD – the COMPLETE set of MRCD Compilations, Volume 1 – Volume 13. In HiQ 320kbps MP3 and also featuring the bonus tracks offered for select compilations at the time
 
MelodicRock Records – Best Of – Volume 1, 2 and 3 (#3 coming up…)
 
BONUS!! MRF1 – More concert footage from the weekend back in 2007!
 
 
 
ADDITIONAL CONTENT – USB1 and 2
 

USB2 CONTENTS & DETAILS:
 
MRF4 Footage -
 
Friday
7th Heaven – FULL set! 2hrs / 6 Camera Mix
Stan Bush – FULL set! 60 mins / 5 Camera Mix
Adriangale – FULL set! 65 mins / 6 Camera Mix
Johnny Lima – FULL set! 45 mins / 5 Camera Mix
Grand Design – 3 Tracks / 5 Camera Mix
Maxx Explosion – 4 Tracks
Madman's Lullaby – FULL set! 44 mins / Single Camera Shoot
The Radio Sun – FULL set! 42 mins / Single Camera Shoot
 
Saturday
Heat – 2 Tracks (Point Of No Return & Living On The Run) 6 Camera Mix
Heaven’s Edge – FULL set! 65 mins / 4 Camera Mix
Guardian – FULL set! 64 mins / Single Camera Shoot
Tango Down – 5 Tracks / 6 Camera Mix
Paul Laine – FULL set! 78 mins / 6 Camera Mix
Bombay Black – FULL set! 43 mins / 5 Camera Mix
House Of Shakira – 3 Tracks / 4 Camera Mix
Talon – 5 Tracks / 5 Camera Mix
 
Acoustic
Jim Peterik – FULL set! 35 mins
Talon – 5 Tracks
Gary Moon – FULL set! 32 mins
 
Sample a little of the footage via YouTube now!
 
https://youtu.be/5p0rNQGQEdU - Guardian – Lead The Way
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_N5EMX4us4 Adriangale – Over Said And Done
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCEM3zkfw0A Paul Laine – One Step Over The Line
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nY2CVaJHylo Johnny Lima – Hate To Love You
 
https://youtu.be/qXmYU9k0z0I H.E.A.T – Point Of No Return
 
 
BUT WAIT! There’s more!
 
As well as all this fine video footage, you will also get the following:
 
- MP3 versions of the 2 MRF VIP Compilations – 1) Digital Download Pre-Show Comp and 2) Show Day CD Sampler.
 
- Glen Burtnik – Live at MRF3 – AUDIO - Full set, soundboard recording.
 
- Additional Photos, Graphics and promotional material from the event.
 
- Audio of the entire 86 Happiness set.
 
 
USB1 contents:
 
MRF1 –
- Event Doco (60 minute video)(Behind the scenes and live footage)
- Promo Graphics
- Personal Photos
- Radio Spots (2 adverts & Radio Interviews with Gunnar Nelson, Jeff Scot Soto, Joe Lynn Turner)
- Talon Personal Video Footage (9 minutes)
- Fan Footage: Scrap Metal – Sing Me Away & Jeff Scott Soto – Stand Up
- Jeff Scott Soto Band – Live Video (Entire Set, Balcony Footage)
- Martie Peters Band – Live Video (Entire Set, Balcony Footage)
- Official Event Photos - Entire Line-Up in High-Def Photos (453 Photos!)
 
MRF2 –
 
 - 10 Live Fan Videos (Rock Sugar, Winger, Ted Poley, Pride Of Lions, Terry Brock, Y&T, Jimi Jamison)
 - Show Promos (Video and Audio Promo Spots)
 - High-Res Artist Photos (163 Photos)
 - Talon Personal Video Footage (17 minutes)
 
MRF3 –
- All the personal band videos (14 Videos)
 - All the Audio and Video Promo Spots (Radio & Poster Graphics)
 - High-Res photos from Firefest of Steve Augeri, Ted Poley, Newman & WET)
 - High-Res Artist Promo Pics & Files used for Event Book
 - NEW - ColdSpell fan recorded set footage
 - NEW - Harem Scarem - Audience recording of their full set
 - NEW - W.E.T. - Audience recording of their full set
 
Extras –
- Music Videos (19 recent video clips from MRF artists – WET, Jimi Jamison, Fergie, ColdSpell, Eclipse, House Of Lords etc)
- Harem Scarem – The MelodicRock EP (5 track acoustic EP in MP3 form + Art files)
- MelodicRock Records – The Best Of: Volume 1 (17 track MP3 Compilation)
 
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Fri
26
May

CREYE Find Home For Debut AOR Album

Artist: 
Creye
Categories: 
News Feed
 
Frontiers Music Srl is pleased to announce the signing of one of the most exciting AOR newcomers to the scene, CREYE! Hailing from Sweden (of course!), Creye was founded by Grand Slam guitarist Andreas Gullstrand. The band recently released a debut EP which shows enormous potential and immediately sparked interest from Frontiers. With soaring vocals and harmonies and melodies that seem to have been taken straight from the 80’s masterpieces of AOR music, Creye are here to stay and the multi-album deal signed with leading Italian rock label Frontiers Music Srl will help them pursue the goals they are determined and very serious to achieve for their career.
“We were very picky when it came to choosing a suitable label for us,” says Andreas. “The options were many, but at the end of the day we were looking for a label with muscles big enough to help us get to the next level. When the question arose from Frontiers, it immediately felt like this was exactly the kind of label that we were searching for!”
CREYE debuted in late 2016 with the single "Never Too Late," which caused some stir in the AOR scene with outstanding reviews and immediate talk of the “next big thing” to come out of Sweden. Andreas worked hard to recruit a strong line-up of full-time members as well as continuing to put together new material. In March 2017, the 3 song EP, "Straight To The Top" was released by the band, showing off a much more mature and evolved sound. And finally, in May 2017 vocalist Robin Jidhed (son of ALIEN singer, Jim) joined the band and thereby added the final piece to the puzzle.
This is just the beginning and you can be sure that CREYE will definitely live up to the initial hype!
If you are into bands such as Work of Art, Art Nation, One Desire, and early H.E.A.T, then this band is for you. If you have not yet had the chance to review them, hit the play button below NOW and have a listen to “Never Too Late,” a feel good, breezy uptempo AOR track which can only put a big fat smile on your face: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QuNriyyeJo
CREYE is:
Vocals - Robin Jidhed
Lead Guitar - Andreas Gullstrand
Rythm Guitar - Fredrik Joakimsson 
Bass - Gustaf Örsta
Keyboards - Joel Rönning
Drums - Arvid Filipsson

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Fri
26
May

QUIET RIOT Complete New Album For The Second Time

 
Quiet Riot has wrapped up recording their new album, "Road Rage" with James Durbin on vocals! Full information about the release coming next week with the first song to follow shortly thereafter!
 
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Thu
25
May

DIRTY THRILLS Sign Multi-Album Deal with Frontiers

Artist: 
Dirty Thrills
Categories: 
News Feed
 
Frontiers Music Srl is pleased to announce the signing of British hard rock quartet DIRTY THRILLS for a multi-album deal.
 
Dirty Thrills have recently been hard at work in the studio recording their upcoming new album, “Heavy Living”. A highly anticipated first release for their new label home, Frontiers Music Srl, that is going to be full of explosive, pull-no-punches new songs. "Heavy Living" serves as the follow up to their well received EP releases and 2014 self-titled debut. The release will be accompanied by festival dates this summer and a full headline tour this fall.
 
Renowned producer, engineer, and mixer James ‘Lerock’ Loughrey is producing the album at Monnow Valley Studio in North Wales. Opened in 1975, the studio has played host to many a legend (like Black Sabbath and Robert Plant, to name a few) and James Loughrey himself has his own impressive track record including work with a diverse array of artists ranging from Skindred (official) to Lionel Richie to Manic Street Preachers to Björk and not to mention, Page and Plant and Def Leppard.
 
“The first time I saw the Dirty Thrills live I was blown away!” says James Loughrey. “I knew straight away that we needed to get into a studio to capture that raw energy and give them a record which would do their live show justice.”
 
The band’s live work has been building an impressive reputation as a perfect musical blend of sex, riffs, and lung-busting vocals and the aim is to capture that synergy in the studio, where according to bass player Aaron Plows, “the new album is shaping up to be a real treat.”
 
“We are honoured and beyond excited to be signing a multi-album deal with Frontiers,” says the band. “Many of the legendary bands on the label have hugely influenced our music and direction. We can't wait to spread the Dirty Thrills sound around the globe, make new fans to share our music with and hopefully inspire the next generation in the way we have been. Here's to the future with our new family at Frontiers!”
 
See a trailer for the new album here: https://youtu.be/618ZGTS4BFQ
 
Upcoming Shows (More To Be Announced Soon):
 
May 28th - Lechlade Festival
June 1st - Brighton, Sticky Mikes (supporting Slydigs)
June 3rd - Camden Rocks Festival
June 4th - Guildford, Boiler Room (supporting SlyDigs)
June 24th - Wildfire Festival
July 29th - Ramblin' Man Fair
 
Check out the band’s website for a full list of dates, and ticket sales details: http://www.dirty-thrills.com/
 
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Thu
25
May

SNOW 'At Last' On Escape Music July 21

Artist: 
Snow
Friday, July 21, 2017
Categories: 
News Feed
 
Snow – At Last… Limited edition with first pressing only will include a full length live CD recorded in LA at the Starwood back in May 1981! with complete liner note written by Dave Reynolds. 
 
Release Date: 21 July 2017 
 
Band is: 
Doug Ellison – All Vocals
Carlos Cavazo – All guitars  (Quite Riot)
Tony Cavazo – Bass  (Hurricane) 
Stephen Quadros - Drums
CD 1 (Studio):
 
1. We're Gonna Make It 4:06
2. Oh, Baby  3:30
3. Steal A Kiss  4:34
4. Mannequin Eyes  3:57
5. Stop The Music  5:01
6. Trying To Survive  3:25
7. Fever  3:56
8. Crack The Whip  3:42
9. No Way To Treat A Lady  3:37
10. Hell No  4:32
11. Don't Want Anymore  4:26
12. Bad Generation  4:04
 
CD 2 (Live)
 
1. Fire  4:43
2. Shame On You  4:00
3. No Way To Treat A Lady  3:54
4. I Really Don't Care  3:25
5. Throw Me A Line  4:34
6. Makes Me Cry  3:42
7. Break Your Neck  6:25
8. Don't Want Anymore  4:26
9. Full Auto (Drum Solo)  4:11
10. Crack The Whip  4:39
11. White Noize (Guitar Solo) 2:59
12. No More Booze  7:12
 
The Live CD was Mixed by Duane Barron (Ozzy Osborne, Quite Riot, Dream Theatre, Cinderella, Alice Cooper),   
The Story goes:
Formed from the ashes of Speed Of Light by the Cavazo brothers – guitarist Carlos and bassist Tony – SNOW should've been as huge as Van Halen. Sadly, the quartet (the line-up completed by vocalist Doug Ellison and drummer Stephen Quadros) just couldn't get signed for love or money. However, as you will discover, the Californian band would still have a great deal of influence on the early 80s American metal scene....
'My brother Tony and I formed Speed Of Light with a drummer by the name of Perri Strong in 1973,' explains Carlos Cavazo. 'Tony and I did all the vocals. I hated singing, but we couldn't find anyone who could sing at the time, so we were stuck doing the vocals. We were a cover band, but we nevertheless were able to gain some local notoriety.'
'We were a hard rock band playing backyard keg parties and thirty minute lunchtime shows at High Schools,' adds Tony Cavazo. 'When we first put the band together we were both guitarists and we had a bass player, but he went on vacation with his parents for a month. He had left his bass and amp at Perri's house where we rehearsed. I picked it up and from that moment on the bass became my instrument. When our bassist came back we had to tell him that I was playing bass in the band now.'
The search for a lead singer had ended with the recruitment in 1976 of Fred Dehut, who joined alongside new drummer Roger Singer. Dehut would last until mid 1977, at which point the legendary Doug Ellison came on board. The name change to SNOW occurred soon after.
'We met Doug through a musicians contact service in Hollywood,' recalls Carlos. 'At that time Tony and I were sharing a house in Newport Beach. When Doug joined the band he moved in with us. It was definitely a party house!'
 'I auditioned and moved in the house shortly thereafter,' adds Ellison, having relocated to California from New York City. 'I had been in a band called the Flying Tigers and played in Manhattan with the likes of the Ramones, Blondie and Talking Heads at CBGB's and Max's Kansas City. I moved west to get serious.'
In the summer of '78 Roger Singer left the band, and SNOW decided to move to L.A.
 'I was living in a very dangerous neighbourhood in Hollywood at the time,' remembers Stephen. 'I think either I had an ad in the 'Recycler' newspaper or the band did. I was out of practice at the time but their music was right up my alley. So when we got together, in their garage, the chemistry was immediate. And when we launched into an impromptu version of Montrose's 'Space Station #5' we all knew.' 
'We started out playing clubs and backyard parties; basically any gigs that were paying money,' recalls Carlos. 
'We did our share of backyard parties, and getting them raided by the police because we were so loud!' Stephen chuckles. 'But it wasn't long before we were playing clubs like The Whisky A Go Go, The Troubadour and The Starwood.'
Becoming regulars on the L.A. club circuit over the next two years, SNOW built up a healthy and fervent following, playing alongside contemporaries as Smile, Pretty Poison, Eulogy, A La Carte, White Sister, Pegasus, The Boyz, Quiet Riot and London. The latter's bassist Nikki Sixx would also open for SNOW on two occasions in Motley Crue's formative club daze. SNOW also opened up for Johnny Winter, Starz, Spirit and Canned Heat
'Like any other band it took us a while to garner a following and to tighten up our live presentation,' recalls Quadros. 'We definitely paid our dues and slowly began to reap the rewards. One thing that was a constant however was that we always had loads of raw energy! Thus our tagline 'Pure Uncut Rock'! This was a result of the natural or unnatural, whichever way you look at it, chemistry between all of us.'
By this point SNOW had begun to gather together recordings of their original material.
'Our first demos were recorded in our rehearsal studio with a 4 track,' states Carlos, 'but I think the first pro- recordings we made were for the EP. We managed to build a large following and our EP helped immensely. When the EP came out, I noticed the crowds getting bigger. And we did have a pretty cool stage show. Between what we had, and what our management invested into the band, we were pretty fortunate to have decent gear.' 
The Snow EP was something of legend, even in the early 80s. Released on their own Dynamic imprint, it was extremely limited, with distribution appearing to centre solely on the L.A. area and particularly the band's gigs. Consisting of five tracks ('No Way To Treat A Lady', 'Hell No', 'Crack The Whip', 'Bad Generation' and the absolutely skull crushing 'Don't Want Anymore') , the EP found SNOW in utterly ferocious form. What it lacked in state of the art production it more than made up for with its sheer 'take no prisoners' attitude and 'pure uncut' energy. 
More you can read inside the booklet……...
Words: Dave Reynolds
 

 

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Thu
25
May

SEBASTIAN BACH Australian Tour 2017

Artist: 
Sebastian Bach
Categories: 
Tour News
 
The Original Voice of SKID ROW, Musical Royalty SEBASTIAN BACH returns to Australia this October! Hailed as one of the finest front men to come out of the late 80’s / early 90’s with one hell of a voice, he is the personification of pure rock and roll at its finest!
 
“Bach doesn’t just sing; Bach howls, Bach yells, Bach shouts, Bach growls, Bach screams, Bach roars, all of it with the utmost conviction.” – Spotlight Report (Metro Theatre 2015 Review)
 
Having joined SKID ROW at the ripe young age of 18, BACH began a whirlwind career fuelled with sex, drugs and rock and roll alongside large amounts of touring and Gold & Platinum accolades. In 1996 when he ventured off on his own where he created acclaimed solo material and his various collaborations with musicians across all genres. Last year he released his book “18 And Life on Skid Row”, an exhilarating, whip-smart and brutally honest memoir.
 
“Swinging his mic ferociously by the chord, windmilling and jumping around, whilst never struggling to hit a high note, the crowd were euphoric.” – Metal As Fuck (Metro Theatre 2015 Review)
BACH's live shows are a non-stop party filled with all the SKID ROW classics such - “18 and Life”, “Youth Gone Wild", "I Remember You", "Monkey Business", "Slave To The Grind" plus more.
 
“Still one of the greatest voices in rock history… a legendary frontman” BACH is not your ordinary rock star!
 
“The crowd ate it up as he sang classic Skid Row tunes… his voice is still there sounding better than ever!”-- National Rock Review
 
Sebastian Bach TOUR DATES
Saturday 21st October – Perth – Astor Theatre
Sunday 22nd October – Adelaide – The Gov
Thursday 26th October – Brisbane – The Tivoli
Friday 27th October – Sydney – Manning Bar
Saturday 28th October – Melbourne – Forum Theatre
 
Tickets:
Forum + Manning Presale Wednesday 24th May 12pm
General Pre-Sale Thursday 25th 9am local
On-Sale Friday 26th 9am local
 
VIP Meet & Greet Upgrades available here https://sebastianbach.wun.io/
 
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