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Day 9 of 12 Days of Bands You Have to Know goes to Road Crew

December 17, 2013

Day 9 of our 12 Days of Bands You Have to Know goes to Road Crew from Santa Rosa. Road Crew maybe a local band but they have their eyes on the big Rock’n Roll prize. They have a big sound that from the first time I heard them, I had my faith restored in music and now know that Rock n Roll will NEVER DIE! You can read more about that first time here. Road Crew delivers non stop adrenaline filled rock, high energy shows that will have you thinking you are back on the Sunset Strip in 1984. They are the true “adrenaline junkies”. Check out a teaser for their upcoming video of “Lost”: Nikki Scott is the rebel on vocals whose gritty voice you will soon fall in love with. He can not only sing the lows and hit the high notes. Jakki Dee is the bass wielding wild man who is pounding out the bass and delivers some sweet backing vocals. Tommy Lee… No, I mean… Derrick (D-Rock) the madman on [Read More]

Countdown of 14 Bands that will rule in 2014, #8 goes to While She Waits

December 17, 2013

Today we are at #8 on the countdown of 14 bands that will rule in 2014. We are pleased to bring you While She Waits, a Hard Rock Rock band with some Southern flare from Phoenix, Arizona that are rapidly gaining attention in the music scene. They have been signed to TMG Records and are currently working on their next album. 2013 has brought them a lot of much deserved attention. With their Southern Rock sound that rumbles in like a rock n roll freight train, you just have to hop on board and enjoy While She Waits. Their music is filled with catchy hooks, powerful lyrics, nice thunderous double bass drums like cannons being set off, amid some crunchy slamming bass lines. From first listen, their music enters, and you literally feel all your senses awaken and you are held captive by their songs. Check out their video for one of their bad ass rockin songs, “Stars and Bars” here: We spoke to singer,James Ryan Cole and he was telling us about what [Read More]

Day 8 of 12 Days of Bands You Have to Know goes to BlackRain

December 16, 2013

Let’s get down and dirty for Day 8 of 12 Days of Bands You Have to Know. How about some French glam rockers, BlackRain for Day 8?? These bad ass rockers first started in 2006 and quickly rose to fame in Europe and have become one of the most noted French rock bands. You have Swan on Vocals and Guitars, Max on lead guitar and Mat on Bass and Frank on Drums. The first time I heard BlackRain is when my son Rockin Ryan played Overloaded for me and I was instantly transformed back to my nights spent on the Sunset Strip in the ’80s. At first I thought I was listening to an old Motley Crue track!! Swan on vocals just blows you away with his powerful voice and he has perfected the high vocal ranges of the ’80s. They have some shredding guitar with off the hook riffs. You have to check out Overloaded here: Last year, BlackRain showed an excellent display of their risk-taking as they dared to take part in [Read More]

Countdown of 14 Bands that will rule 2014. #9 goes to Art of Dying

December 16, 2013

Today on our countdown of 14 Bands that will rule in 2014 goes to Art of Dying. Rockers, Art of Dying from Canada have a constant spot on my daily music playlist. Their music not only kicks ass in rock n roll but also have such emotionally charged lyrics that many can connect and relate to. I don’t think a day goes by where I didn’t listen to an Art of Dying song. As I mentioned before, I personally, have experienced the power of healing through music by listening to my favorite Art of Dying songs at one of the hardest times in my life. It truly is music to feed your soul wrapped in blazing rock and roll. It has been great to watch Art of Dying become one of everyone’s favorite bands and their fans all have great stories to share. Art of Dying is Jonny Hetherington on Vocals, Greg Bradley on Guitar, Jeff Brown on Drums, Cale Gontier on Bass/Vocals and Tavis Stanley on Guitar and Vocals. These guys are on fire and [Read More]

Day 3 of 12 Days of Guitarists goes to J.R. Bareis of Love and Death

December 16, 2013

For our Day 3 of 12 Days of Guitarists, I bring you one of most talented teens to the hit the stage in a very long time. J.R. Baries of Love and Death. J.R. was picked by Korn guitarist, Brian Head Welch to join his band, Love and Death when he was only 15 in March 2011. J.R. has been playing guitar since he was 11 and it is amazing to know that he never took any lessons, completely self taught. He shreds on the guitar and has quite impressive skills that definitely qualify him as our guitarist extraordinaire. J.R. uses PRS Guitars, Mesa Boogie, GHS Strings, 1964 Ears, In Tune Guitar Picks and Best-Tronics Guitar Cables. J.R. also shows how to play tutorials on his Youtube channel and you can learn how to play many of the Love and Death songs. We got to see J.R. play at Aftershock Festival earlier this year and I was excited to watch was Love and Death. I have really enjoyed their album “Between Here & Lost” as it has some of my favorite [Read More]

White Stallion release first single, “Livin High” featuring Brian Tichy on drums

December 15, 2013

White Stallion from Sydney, Australia release their first single “Livin’ High” featuring special guest, Brian Tichy on drums. Their single was mixed by local producer and mix engineer Darren Jenkins of Jenk Music Productions. White Stallion is KC Venom on Lead Vocals, Blaze on Guitars and Vocals and Randy Roxxx on Bass. “Livin’ High” featuring Brian Tichy on drums is a bad ass that you have to check out. The band says about having Brian play with them, “Having Brian (Tichy) playing drums on “Livin’ High” is just awesome! We’ve all admired his work for a long time, and to have the opportunity to work with him on our own music has been an excellent experience!” Brian is an excellent drummer whose work with Whitesnake, Ozzy Osbourne, Billy Idol, and I love seeing him at the Bonzo Bash during NAMM week (highlight of the year)!! The song starts right off with a killer riff and then those strong, engaging vocals take right over. Brian Tichy’s drumming is precise and exactly what you would want in a rock anthem [Read More]

Dellacoma Rio releases his first debut single “Dead Will Rise”

December 15, 2013

Earlier this year, I told you about an awesome band that I fell in love with from Australia, Sunset Riot. You can read that post here. They really caught my eye and couldn’t wait to hear more from them. Of course, I learned about them a little too late since they did disband later in the year. I was excited to hear that singer Dellacoma Rio was still pursing his passion for music in the aftermath of Sunset Riot’s disbanding. Dellacoma has such an amazingly unique voice that draws you in to his musical world. Dellacoma has recently released his lyric video for his debut single, “Dead Will Rise” and you can check it out here: Dellacoma explains more about the song, “Dead Will Rise”, “The song is pretty much an anthem for those who feel like they’ve been written off. Coming off the back of Sunset Riots breakup I felt like a lot of people were expecting that my career was finished musically, that I was effectively dead as an artist. I guess [Read More]