January 2014 | Music Junkie Press

Black Label Society to headline Revolver Golden Gods Tour 2014!

January 28, 2014

The boys in Black Label Society have been quite busy lately! Just last week during the NAMM 2014 Convention they headlined the 12th annual Schecter Party at the Grove in Anaheim as well as released their new single My Dying Time. They have just announced that they will be headlining the Revolver Golde Gods Tour presented by Epiphone and is set to start on April 16th in Seattle, Washington and end on June 7th in Los Angeles, California. Their new single is now available on Itunes, My Dying Time is off of their upcoming album, Catacombs of the Black Vatican” which is set for an April 8th release. You can pre-order the album Itunes here. Check out the new song: You can check out the tour dates for the Revolver Golden Gods Tour below and make sure to mark your calendars for the new album release on April 8th! ~ Crank it up loud, Marisol Revolver Golden Gods Tour Dates: Wed/Apr-16 Seattle, WA @ Showbox Sodo Thu/Apr-17 Portland, OR @ Roseland Fri/Apr-18 [Read More]

Prayers and Condolences go out to Jake Pitts for the loss of his mom, Carolyn

January 28, 2014

Yesterday was the funeral for the beautiful mother of Jake Pitts (Black Veil Brides) Carolyn Marie Carlson-Pitts. Carolyn died unexpectedly at the young age of 58 on January 18th, 2014. We all know that we someday will have to endure the loss of our parents and it is quite painful and devastating. I, myself lost my best friend, my father just over 2 years ago on September 2nd, 2011 and not a day goes by that I don’t think about him. Jake posted the photo below on his instagram with the following caption: ‘Words cannot describe the feelings, thoughts, prayers, cries, and laughter today. I had to face something everyone will have to one day but I didn’t expect this for another 20 years. Today my mother Carolyn was laid to rest while I’ll wear a piece of her around my neck and take her to places she’s never been. My mother wasn’t normal, just like me, and so many others. But she was a musical genius and taught me the things my small brain [Read More]

TRAGIC FAN DEATH AFTER STAGE DIVE AT SUICIDAL TENDENCIES CONCERT

January 28, 2014

On January 22, Suicidal Tendencies performed in Solothurn, Switzerland with Terror, Strife and Evergreen Terrace. It was a night full of high energy, moshing, stage diving and loud kick ass music. Unfortunately, a 28 year old man from Solothurn attempted a stage dive and the crowd didn’t exactly catch him correctly as he fell to the floor. All seemed to be ok as the man got up and walked around. The venue security quickly acted to insure the man was alright as they insisted on him being evaluated at the hospital. “Our team decided, however, that he is immediately taken to hospital care,” Pipo Kofmehl explained. Sadly, complications arose for the young man and he died after a seizure on January 24th. Although the prosecutor’s office has launched an investigation into the incident, a spokeswoman for the state police, Thalia Schweize was certain that the death was accidental. It is quite a sad story and definitely reminds us of the tragic death of Daniel Nosek at the Lamb of God concert in 2010 in which [Read More]

deadmau5 set to perform FREE show at Ice Palace in Miami

January 27, 2014

Deadmau5 is set to return to Miami to perform a free show for his fans. Earlier in the year, deadmau5 expressed his grievance about an event of his which featured VIP/table crowd. The Ice Palace in Miami is a 60,000 square foot studio space and warehouse and can accommodate 4,000 guests for an all access show. The venue reached out to deadmau5 in an open letter which reads: ************************ AN OPEN LETTER FROM SPACE Dear Joel deadmau5 We read with great interest about your recent show in Miami, and your concerns about fans being placed in the back of the venue while trust fund kids paid premium prices to be placed in front of the DJ booth… We would like to extend an invitation for you to make these fans happy by hosting a free show for them at our legendary venue, Space. We will extend complimentary admission to all your fans and they will be able to enjoy your music on our huge dance floor without trust fund kids or anything else between you and [Read More]

THE PRETTY RECKLESS CANCELS SNOCORE TOUR DUE TO ILLNESS

January 27, 2014

We just received the news that The Pretty Reckless has pulled out of the SnoCore Tour which was set to start on January 29th in Lincoln, NE. The Pretty Reckless was to headline the SnoCore Tour. They have announced that due to vocalist Taylor Momsen illness, they will be cancelling their appearance on the tour. Taylor has been confirmed to have acute laryngitis and walking pneumonia and has been placed on vocal rest. The Pretty Reckless had quite a year with touring last year in pre-support of their new album Going To Hell which is set to release everywhere on March 17/18th, 2014! You can pre-order the album on their site: www.goingtohell.me/hell. We featured The Pretty Reckless on the number 4 spot of our Countdown of 14 Bands that will rule 2014. You can read more about that here. Touring can definitely take a lot out on you. Singer Taylor Momsen once was quoted about touring,“For me, there’s nothing better than playing a show every night. You can call it a job, I just call it a [Read More]

The NAMM-Over Begins

January 27, 2014

Well, here we are on the Monday after NAMM 2014. What a great week it was for Musicians. The trade industry convention, NAMM brought in an estimated 100,000 to the Anaheim Convention where dealers, musicians and gear heads could check out the latest and greatest in the music technology and products. Music Junkie Press was there and it was a wild week. We just got back home tonight and this week will be putting together all of our NAMM coverage, highlights, concert reviews, photographs, and much more. From shows at the Whisky a-Go-Go in Hollywood, to Stevie Wonder jamming out some tunes on a show visitor’s harmonica, to interviewing all kinds of bands; Switchblade Serenade, Farewell My Love, Harlot, Bloody Mary, Emperors and Elephants, Tempting Fate and so many more. We have a lot to go through but we will have our first batch of write-ups coming to you tomorrow, so stay tuned!! If you were at NAMM, send us your highlights, we just might feature it in our NAMM 2014spotlight. After every NAMM…. the NAMM-over [Read More]

Steel Panther stream new song on Soundcloud, has us all wanting MORE!!

January 22, 2014

So everyone has been very excited about the new Steel Panther and they recently revealed their album cover art for it, “All You Can Eat“. The first time we heard the new song, Party Like Tomorrow is the End of the World we all went wild and knew that their new album would have us with our fists in the air, ready to PARTY Steel Panther style. Check out the album cover art here: This new album promises to deliver more of the raunchy, sleazy, Glam Metal/Rock that we love from Steel Panther. With song titles like, Party Like Tomorrows The End Of The World, The Burden of Being Wonderful, Glory Hole and Gang Bang at the Old Folks Home they are definitely going to be in prime form and we can’t wait for the release in Spring 2014. Today Steel Panther gave us Fanthers another treat… You can head over to their Soundcloud page and stream another of their new songs, “The Burden of Being Wonderful”. This song is pure larger than life, arena style ballad that [Read More]