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Rockstar Mayhem Festival lineup announcement coming soon, Bay Area date confirmed

March 26, 2014

We are only days away from announcing the Lineup for this year’s Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival. I hope you are ready for this one, because it will definitely be one not to miss! Our lips are sealed but I know where I will on July 6th! Several dates for this year’s Mayhem Fest have already been announced. Northern California get ready and mark your calendar’s for July 6th at Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View, CA. Other dates are as follows: July 05 San Bernardino, CA San Manuel Amphitheater July 06 Mountain View, CA Shoreline Amphitheater July 08 Auburn, WA White River Amphitheatre July 11 Phoenix, AZ Ak-Chin Pavilion July 12 Albuquerque, NM Isleta Amphitheatre July 14 Denver, CO TBA July 16 Maryland Heights, MO Verizon Wireless Amphitheater July 17 Clarkston, MID TE Energy Music Theatre July 19 Noblesville, IN Klipsch Music Center July 20 Tinley Park, IL First Midwest Bank Ampitheatre July 22 Mansfield, MA Xfinity Center July 23 Saratoga, NY Saratoga Performing Arts Center July 26 Burgettstown, PA First Niagara Pavilion July 27 Hartford, CT Xfinity Theatre July 29 Darien Center, NY Darien Lake July [Read More]

The Sorry Lot is our Bottle Rock Napa 2014 Featured Band of the Day

March 26, 2014

Today our Bottle Rock Napa Featured Band is The Sorry Lot. You can’t have a successful festival in Napa without some fun Irish drinking music, can you? Definitely not! So we are glad to see that The Sorry Lot will be “performing renditions of traditional drinking songs, as well as a few modern ballads and original tunes, while keeping the music true to it’s roots in the pubs and bars of Ireland.” Now this sounds like a lot of rowdy fun that I am going to enjoy! You are treated to a variety of instruments form banjos, mandolin, fiddle, accordion, guitars and so much more. It is a fusion of musical delight in true Irish fashion. The Sorry Lot is a seven piece band from Napa and have played regularly all over the Bay Area at pubs and Breweries. What started as a St. Patrick’s Day side project with members from local bands in 2007 has turned in to a dedicated band who performs year round. They provide the fun music and create an atmosphere [Read More]

The Used stream entire new album Imaginary Enemy on Pandora or Amazon

March 26, 2014

The Used are set to release their sixth full length studio album on April 1st but you can stream the entire album NOW! The full album stream is available on Pandora and Amazon, before up until March 31st. You can also pre-order the album which will include an immediate download of Cry at Itunes here. Check out their music video for Cry here: Imaginary Enemy was produced by by the acclaimed John Feldmann, who has championed The Used the since their very inception in 2001, Imaginary Enemy, puts The Used’s political frustrations and commitment to social change at its forefront. The album opens with “Revolution,” where McCracken urges, “So from now on I pledge allegiance/ To a world that’s so much different / Where no one suffers, everyone is free / Revolution starts with me.” This passionate optimism lies at the core of Imaginary Enemy. “We the people, in order to form a more perfect planet, must question the way the world works – and where the world is heading,” says The Used frontman, Bert McCracken, [Read More]

The Used stream entire new album Imaginary Enemy on Pandora or Amazon

March 26, 2014

The Used are set to release their sixth full length studio album on April 1st but you can stream the entire album NOW! The full album stream is available on Pandora and Amazon, before up until March 31st. You can also pre-order the album which will include an immediate download of Cry at Itunes here. Check out their music video for Cry here: Imaginary Enemy was produced by by the acclaimed John Feldmann, who has championed The Used the since their very inception in 2001, Imaginary Enemy, puts The Used’s political frustrations and commitment to social change at its forefront. The album opens with “Revolution,” where McCracken urges, “So from now on I pledge allegiance/ To a world that’s so much different / Where no one suffers, everyone is free / Revolution starts with me.” This passionate optimism lies at the core of Imaginary Enemy. “We the people, in order to form a more perfect planet, must question the way the world works – and where the world is heading,” says The Used frontman, Bert McCracken, [Read More]

The Used stream entire new album Imaginary Enemy on Pandora or Amazon

March 26, 2014

The Used are set to release their sixth full length studio album on April 1st but you can stream the entire album NOW! The full album stream is available on Pandora and Amazon, before up until March 31st. You can also pre-order the album which will include an immediate download of Cry at Itunes here. Check out their music video for Cry here: Imaginary Enemy was produced by by the acclaimed John Feldmann, who has championed The Used the since their very inception in 2001, Imaginary Enemy, puts The Used’s political frustrations and commitment to social change at its forefront. The album opens with “Revolution,” where McCracken urges, “So from now on I pledge allegiance/ To a world that’s so much different / Where no one suffers, everyone is free / Revolution starts with me.” This passionate optimism lies at the core of Imaginary Enemy. “We the people, in order to form a more perfect planet, must question the way the world works – and where the world is heading,” says The Used frontman, Bert McCracken, [Read More]

The Amatory Murder “Exploiting our Dreams” EP awakens your dark side!

March 26, 2014

The Amatory Murder from Brooklyn, New York has been categorized as a Synth or Goth Rock Band. Many years ago, before the many classifications and genre borders, The Amatory Murder would have been just called Alternative or Modern Rock. Correction…. An awesome Alternative/Modern Rock Band. Band Members: Christian Peppas on Vox, Synth, Programming Joey Halimi on Lead Guitar Marios Drakos on Rhythm Guitar Ernest D’Amaso on Bass Guitar, Backing Vox Ben Tourkatonis on Drums The Amatory Murder are set to release their EP Exploiting Our Dreams on March 31st and it will be another must have album. It starts off with one of my favorite songs off it, A Haunting. It delivers some heavy guitars, powerful vocals and creates an energetic mysterious vibe. Need is up next and it has an addictive tempo with vocals that transition from commanding to melodic. Another highlight of Need is the drums and the electronics which create this ethereal edge to the song. They have just released a lyric video for A Haunting and you can check it out [Read More]

Pre-Order the new Kyng album and catch them out on tour with Kill Devil Hill and Crobot.

March 25, 2014

Kyng is one band that from the first time I saw them in January 2013 to now, just came out strong and have not stopped since. We first saw them perform at the Dean NAMM Jam in 2013 and they were incredible. I knew right away that this power trio was going to be a band that everyone would soon be talking about. Why? Because these three guys create a powerful dose of true rock and roll. Kyng is Eddie Veliz pn Vocals/Guitar, Pepe Clarke on Drums, and Tony Castaneda on Bass/Backup Vocals. These three guys mean business when it comes to delivering a kick ass rock concert. Even Eddie Trunk of That Metal Show mentioned Kyng as a band to check out that he loves during our recent interview here. They have a sound that might have you reminiscent of early Soundgarden or the classic Led Zeppelin and even take it heavy with hints of Black Sabbath. We just saw them for the 5th time on Sunday night at the Ace of Spades [Read More]