Music News & Notes

Warbringer Debut New “Severed Reality” Video, Releases Album

The much anticipated new WARBRINGER album, Waking Into Nightmares, is set for a May 19th release, and the group recently completed a new video for the track, “Severed Reality,” which was shot by the acclaimed David Brodsky (Black Dahlia Murder, GWAR). This is a frenetic, performance based clip that perfectly captures the band’s live, unrelenting stage show. This video can now be viewed exclusively at the link below.

John Kevill (vocals) further comments: “The video for ‘Severed Reality’ got done in the middle of a tour, and it was done mostly live at the venue we were playing at that night in Milwaukee. We did a couple shots on the stage before anyone showed up, and then just shot the whole show for the video. As it turns out the show was fucking insane, we couldn't even fit all the stage divers in the video! David Brodsky went to put the whole thing together and it came out great, I think it is the strongest video we have had so far.”

Waking Into Nightmares is set to be released in just under a month and have now launched a pre-order for the album online at the new CM Distro. There are packages available for both the CD and LP versions of the album and each contain an exclusive T-Shirt and a bonus disc featuring rough mixes from the record.

WARBRINGER - Severed Reality (OFFICIAL VIDEO)


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Megadeath LP Coming Soon

Megadeth front-man, Dave Mustaine, has issued a statement to TheLIVELine.com that the recording of Megadeth's forth coming album is done.

Recorded in Megadeth's studio coined "Vic's Garage," the still untitled album will be the twelfth studio release for the band.

Mustaine indicated that he's more excited about this album than any of his releases since the 1980's.

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And even more coverage of the controversial album cover art from the Manic Street Preachers

Asda defends album cover ban

by James McCarthy, South Wales Echo

ASDA has become the latest supermarket to defend its decision to ban the cover of the Manic Street Preachers’ new album from their shelves.

The retail giant, along with Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Morrisons, have been criticised for hiding the sleeve of the Blackwood band’s Journal for Plague Lovers behind a plain cover on the grounds it was “inappropriate”.

It features a painting by artist Jenny Saville of a girl with a large birthmark on the left side of her face.

Cardiff and Vale Coalition for the Disabled and Wales Liberal Democrat health spokesman, Peter Black, expressed concern the four retail giants had banned the image of a disfigured child.

But an Asda spokeswoman said: “It’s not really about that. If you first look at that picture it looks like a child that has been beaten up. Jenny Saville, her art, it’s deliberately designed to shock.”

“It’s a very shocking image and it may upset some of our customers.

“It’s not saying that we’re not (going) to look at people with facial disfigurements.

“People are not coming to Asda to look at art. They are coming to shop.”

SOURCE: http://www.walesonline.co.uk

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Ian Hunter Signs To New West Records

Legendary Mott the Hoople front man and renowned solo artist, Ian Hunter, has signed to New West Records. Man Overboard, due July 21.

With Mott the Hoople, Hunter quickly established himself as an incredibly inventive songwriter with his gritty and thought provoking songs which paved the way for the original wave of punk rock.

The 1972 David Bowie produced breakthrough album All The Young Dudes catapulted the band into the British Top 10 and the American Top 40. Additionally, the band was the first act to ever sell out a week of Broadway concerts in New York City. Ian Hunter's autobiography, Diary Of A Rock and Roll Star, waswritten during the band's 1972 US Tour and published in 1974. The original Mott The Hoople lineup of Hunter, Mick Ralphs, Verden Allen, Dale Griffin, and Overend Watts have announced five 40th anniversary reunion shows at the HMV Hammersmith Apollo in London on October 1-6.

As a solo artist, Mr. Hunter has been responsible for instantly recognizable classics as "Once Bitten, Twice Shy," "Cleveland Rocks" (which went on to be the theme song for ABC's hit series The Drew Carey Show), and many, many more. Hunter and Mott the Hoople have been cited as inspirations for numerous artists including The Clash, Kiss, R.E.M., Oasis, Jeff Tweedy of Wilco, Motley Crue, Blur and Primal Scream among others. Hunter's influence on modern rock and roll music has been immeasurable, with over 150 different cover versions of his songs.

Man Overboard is Ian Hunter's 13th solo album since his eponymous debut in 1975. Recorded in late 2008 in Pawling, NY. It was produced by Andy York (veteran guitarist for John Mellencamp) and Ian Hunter and features a backing band of superstar talent comprised of Steve Holley on drums and percussion (Wings, Joe Cocker), Paul Page on bass (Dion), Jack Petruzzelli on electric guitar (Rufus Wainwright, Joan Osbourne), James Mastro on electric guitar (Patti Smith, John Cale), Andy Burton on piano and organ (The Db's) and Producer Andy York on guitar and backing vocals. Many of the band members are returning from the Shrunken Heads sessions. Regarding Man Overboard, Ian Hunter stated, "When we did Shrunken Heads, I felt like we had a good thing going so I wanted to revisit the experience before anything changed, and that's what we did."

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Blur Compiles New Greatest Hits Collection

Now that they’ve got some serious headlining slots lined up—major festivals like T in the Park, Glastonbury and Oxegen—Blur have prepared a two-disc primer to their back catalogue. Dubbed Midlife: A Beginner’s Guide to Blur and due out June 15 in the UK, it features 25 tracks from throughout the band’s career, including some selections from their last LP, Think Tank.

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Iggy Pop & the Stooges

Iggy Pop talked to The Australian about plans to reunite the Stooges' Raw Power lineup without the recently passed Ron Asheton.

“There is always Iggy and the Stooges, the second growth of the band. I had a meeting in LA last week with James (Williamson). It was the first time we had seen each other in 30 years. So we talked about doing something together. Raw Power would be the repertoire.”

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Wolfmother News

Wolfmother are currently in the studio West Hollywood, Los Angeles working on their second album. They've been at it recording the album, entitled "Cosmic Egg," with renowned English producer Alan Moulder for a shade over six weeks now, according to the blog at Modular People.

"Back Round," the first piece from the new record to be revealed, was showcased at the MTV Australia Awards in March, and has been available from wolfmother.com for free ever since, encouraging fans to donate money to the Red Cross Bushfire appeal in lieu of payment for the new track. "Back Round" will be available from iTunes worldwide on June 2nd. It has also now been revealed that the Australian four piece will hit the road on what's set to be the biggest tour in Australia of 2010, that is the return of AC/DC. In February and March of next year Wolfmother will be on the road with the legends as part of the Black Ice World Tour.

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CCR Reissues

Fantasy Records continues its massive Creedence Clearwater Revival reissue program with the May 26, 2009, release of Creedence Covers the Classics, a compilation of the band's best cover tracks, plus a fully remastered version of The Concert, the band's 1970 live album. Last year, marking Creedence's 40th anniversary, Fantasy re-released the Rock ‘n' Roll Hall of Fame-inducted band's first six studio albums including rare never-before-released bonus tracks.

Creedence Clearwater Revival had developed a vast arsenal of covers during a lengthy apprenticeship in the local Bay Area music scene (as Tommy Fogerty & the Blue Velvets and later as the Golliwogs) by the time they emerged on the national stage in 1968. As fans of the 1950s "Golden Age of Rock ‘n' Roll," CCR hardly missed an opportunity to salute their musical heroes while making the songs their own. The Creedence Covers the Classics collection brings together for the first time these classic cover recordings.

Included are renditions of Dale Hawkins' "Susie Q" (CCR's very first hit single), Little Richard's "Good Golly Miss Molly," Marvin Gaye's "I Heard It Through the Grapevine," Ricky Nelson's "Hello Mary Lou," Leadbelly's "The Midnight Special" and "Cotton Fields," Roy Orbison's "Ooby Dooby," Ray Charles' "The Night Time Is the Right Time," Wilson Pickett's "Ninety-Nine and a Half," Bo Diddley's "Before You Accuse Me," Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup's "My Baby Left Me" (made a hit by Elvis Presley) and Screamin' Jay Hawkins' "I Put a Spell On You."