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MICHAEL ANTHONY ON HIS ROCK HALL NIGHT

Former VAN HALEN bassist Michael Anthony has posted the following message on his official blog:

"Thanks for a GREAT week!!

"I just wanted to throw up a little post about last week and how great it was!! First of all I want to again thank all of you on the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction! It was a night I will NEVER forget. Sam [Hagar] and I had a great time. It obviously would have been perfect under better circumstances, but nonetheless it was an honor to be a part of it.

"On Wednesday after the induction ceremony, I flew to Puerto Vallerta to meet the cruise ship headed for Cabo. That night Vic Johnson, Dave Lauser and myself played a two-hour set of some of our favorites, including some 'old' VH stuff. I can't remember the last time I sang lead vocals for that long...It was GREAT!! I saw a couple of short clips on YouTube yesterday. If you want to check them out just type in Sammy Hagar 2nd annual cruise or follow these links:

Jesus Just Left Chicago [video]
The Immigrant Song [video]

"Sammy and I finished it off with a noon time show at the Cabo Wabo on Friday the 16th. A big THANK-YOU to everyone who was there and on the ship!! It was an awesone time meeting and hangin out with all of you. I needed a couple of days rest after that!! (DETOX TIME!!)

"One last thing: For those of you who can't get enough Michael Anthony hot sauce heat, we've just come out with a XXX RESERVE sauce that should be just what you're looking for. We have it available in my online store now. Check it out and let me know what you think. It's not scorching heat (I want you to be able to finish the meal!!) but just hot enough to maybe remove a few taste buds!!"

Source BBM

   

MARILYN MANSON ON NEW ALBUM "IT'S NOT A RECORD ABOUT ME CRYING, OR SONGS ABOUT MY WOES"

MARILYN MANSON spoke to Revolver magazine about his forthcoming album "Eat Me, Drink Me".

"This is the record I've worked all my life to get to," Manson said. "You always have to transform, or you can't continue as an artist, and this record has been the biggest transformation for me."

"Eat Me, Drink Me" — his first disc since 2003's "The Golden Age Of Grotesque" — was co produced by Manson and bassist/aide de camp Tim Skold, and is being mixed by Sean Beavan, who has worked on several other Manson projects, including 1996's "Antichrist Superstar", and 1998's "Mechanical Animals". According to the frontman, "Eat Me, Drink Me" "takes a totally different approach musically." While some sources have likened his new sound to QUEEN, Manson will only say "It's better heard than described." Still, he reveals, "On this record I really wanted to sing, and that has to come from a naked, emotional place.

"It's not a record about me crying, or songs about my woes, but I think this record will probably speak to more people in different ways, because of its total human element."

"Eat Me, Drink Me" is tentatively scheduled for a May release, after which Manson and his band (Skold, drummer Ginger Fish, keyboardist M.W. Gacy, and a guitarist to be named later) will hit the road for the first time since his "Against All Gods" tour in late 2004. "I've been laying dormant, but it's not going to be just a gradual sneaking back into society," Manson promised. "It's going to be a very large swarm of pestilence."

Source Revolver Magazine

   

THIN LIZZY CONFIRMED FOR GERMAN ROCK HARD FEST

THIN LIZZY has been confirmed for this year's edition of the Rock Hard Festival, set to take place May 25-27 in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order):

AMON AMARTH
ARMORED SAINT
AXEL RUDI PELL
BULLET
CATARACT
CRUCIFIED BARBARA
DARK FUNERAL
DEATH ANGEL
GRAVE DIGGER
HAMMERFALL
HARDCORE SUPERSTAR
HEAVEN SHALL BURN
KORPIKLAANI
MAROON
METAL INQUISITOR
NAGLFAR
PAUL DI'ANNO
(playing IRON MAIDEN set)
ROSS THE BOSS (playing MANOWAR set)
SABATON
SPOCK'S BEARD
TANKARD
THIN LIZZY
TURISAS

Source BBM

 

 

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