May 2013 | Music Junkie Press

The Doors, Ray Manzarek dies after long battle with cancer

May 20, 2013

Ray Manzarek Feb. 12, 1939 to May 20, 2013 Rest in Peace The Doors founding keyboardist, Ray Manzarek died earlier today in Germany at the age of 74. Ray had been suffering from bile duct cancer and at the request of his family, in lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the www.standup2cancer.org foundation. Ray was not only the iconic keyboardist of one of the most controversial rock bands of the 1960’s but he went on to achieve best selling author status as well as becoming Grammy nominated in his own right. In 2002, Ray set out with Doors’ guitarist Robby Krieger. “I was deeply saddened to hear about the passing of my friend and bandmate Ray Manzarek today,” said Krieger. “I’m just glad to have been able to have played Doors songs with him for the last decade. Ray was a huge part of my life and I will always miss him.” We will all miss the great Ray Manzarek. Tonight put on your favorite Doors albums and let’s all toast [Read More]

Black Veil Brides ‘We Don’t Belong” Fan Made Video

May 19, 2013

My son made this video for Black Veil Brides song, “We Don’t Belong”. You can read more about his video he created at his blog. http://rockinryansgarage.wordpress.com/2013/05/18/168/ ~ Enjoy, Marisol

Black Veil Brides ”We Don’t Belong”

May 19, 2013

Here is my son Ryan’s post on the Black Veil Brides and a video which he put together for their song, “We Don’t Belong” ~ Enjoy, Marisol

Prepare to be blown away by Centerlink

May 16, 2013

People ask me all the time how do I find my new music. There are so many ways, I get submissions daily, facebook messages, twitter and so much more. Sometimes you just happen to be in the right spot at the right time and you find a treasure! Today I have to tell you about the treasure I found completely accidental. As you know we went to Revolver Golden Gods Awards and we had bestowed upon the great David Draiman (Device and Disturbed) and his wife the award of Best Dressed Couple. I was on Twitter and ran across a tweet (you can see it in the photo slideshow) from a band that sent David Draiman a message about their music. I went to watch it and was BLOWN AWAY. Seriously just BLOWN AWAY. I thought I had found the lost recording of Metallica of 1985! I went back to check the message so I could see the band name only to see David’s response to them about how the singer had some Hettfield in [Read More]

Check out some new Rock and Roll with Station from New York!

May 16, 2013

Station We have another great rock band from the Rocklahoma lineup to tell you about. They are Station, and even though they sound like they are right off the Sunset Strip in Hollywood, to my surprise they are from New York. You have Patrick Kearney on Vocals, Chris Lane on guitar, Mike Anderson on Bass and Brian Karl on Drums. I just got their CD “Wired” in the other day after returning from the craziness of Golden Gods Awards/That Metal Show, etc so I was glad to be back and looking forward to new music. First, when I opened the envelope, I pulled out the CD and really liked the Cover. It is simple but just screams ROCK. Secondly, I opened it up to see some pictures of the guys and shots of them at live shows. These guys definitely have a great rock look to them and I was really excited to continue on as I popped in the CD, hoping they wouldn’t disappoint. Then, right off the start is their first song, “Everything” [Read More]

Stardog Champion new EP, Exhale draws out emotion and great rock!

May 15, 2013

Stardog Champion and their new EP, Exhale will have you craving more and more! You might have been hearing a buzz recently about a new band, Stardog Champion. Well their musical roots are definitely not new and are now stronger than ever. You have two former members of Breaking Benjamin; Aaron Fink and Mark James. They then reunite with their old bandmate from Lifer, Nick Coyle and completed their band with the addition of Josh Karis. Together you are treated to a great rock band that everyone will soon be talking about. We had the chance to talk with Aaron Fink and here is that interview: * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Music Junkie Press: Hi Aaron, Thank you for talking with us here at Music Junkie Press. We are very excited about your new band, Stardog Champion. I understand that you and Mark teamed up with your band mate from Lifer, Nick Coyle. During your time with Breaking Benjamin, did you see yourself playing with Nick in [Read More]

Randy Blythe and his personal plea to you!

May 15, 2013

Randy Blythe of Lamb of God has recently put out a plea to all. Randy is set to embark back on tour on May 16th with his first stop at The Orange Peel in Asheville, NC. This will be one of the first shows since being found not guilty of manslaughter charges by Czech judges that stems from a 2010 concert in which a 19 year old fan died, Daniel Nosek. Today Randy took his tumblr account with a plea to all: Be Carefully. When I was a little boy, just learning to talk and still figuring out the intricacies of the English language, I would caution others to “be carefully”. Little kids say the funniest things, and they say these things with the sincerity and urgency of those whose possess an extremely limited vocabulary. I don’t remember ever saying “be carefully”, but my 92 year old grandmother loves to tell me about it. “I would be getting in the car to go to the grocery store, and you would look at me and say [Read More]