Music News & Notes

SODOM – ‘IN WAR AND PIECES’ COVER ART

Sodom‘s new album, 'In War And Pieces' will be released via SPV/Steamhammer on November 23rd. It was produced by Grip Inc. guitarist Wade Sorychta. The cover art was done by Eliran Kantor, who is responsible for great cover art such as Testament‘s The Formation Of Damnation as well as album covers for recent releases by The Crinn (Dreaming Saturn), Gwar (Lust In Space) and Anacrusis‘ re-recordings called Hindsight: Suffering Hour And Reason Revisited.

Cool album cover art!







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New Senses Fail – The Fire Video Stream, Cover Art

Senses Fail is ready to unleash their new effort (their fourth studio release)'The Fire' on October 26. 'The Fire' will be the first album with guitarist Zack Roach, who replaced Heath Saraceno. As Senses Fail is known for its strong riffing and solos, this may have a noticeable effect, although, “The Fire” and “Saint Anthony” both sound like classic Senses Fail.

Singer Buddy Nielsen has said The Fire will be a passionate, creative album.

The Fire “is a reaction and a release of a whirlwind of emotions that came from fighting for what we love and dealing with change and growth both personally and creatively,” Nielsen said.

More cool cover art...




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Bon Jovi, Alice Cooper Nominated For Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame

Bon Jovi and Alice Cooper have been nominated for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Donovan, Neil Diamond and Dr John are among the other first-timers in contention for the prestigious roll of honor. Previous nominees LL Cool J, Donna Summer, Tom Waits and The Beastie Boys are also up for induction next year. Acts become eligible for inclusion to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twenty-five years after the release of their first recording.

The final list of inductees will be announced in December, while the ceremony is scheduled to take place in New York next year.

Five of the fifteen artists will be inducted based on the votes of over 500 industry members over the next couple of months. The announcement will be made later in the year.

The nominees are:

•Alice Cooper
•Beastie Boys
•Bon Jovi
•Chic
•Neil Diamond
•Donovan
•Dr. John
•J. Geils Band
•LL Cool J
•Darlene Love
•Laura Nyro
•Donna Summer
•Joe Tex
•Tom Waits
•Chuck Willis

Missing once again are such rock favorites as Rush and Kiss. Also overlooked again is any representative of the art and progressive rock genre such as the Moody Blues, Yes, Emerson, Lake and Palmer and King Crimson. However, people have been lobbying for Neil Diamond (among others) for years. You can't please them all......but you would think there could be a better way to get nominated and included than the way they do it now....

ALICE COOPER Comments On Nomination For ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME Induction:
Old-school shock-rocker Alice Cooper has released the following statement in response to the announcement that he and his band are among 15 artists who were nominated for induction into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in 2011:

"On behalf of Dennis (Dunaway), Neal (Smith), Michael (Bruce) and the late great Glen (Buxton), we are honored to be nominated for induction in to the Hall. Anytime you are nominated in your chosen profession, it's definitely a compliment to be recognized.

"It's hard to fathom possibly being in the same club as artists who inspired us originally, like THE BEATLES, THE [ROLLING] STONES, THE BEACH BOYS, THE WHO, THE YARDBIRDS, and Chuck Berry, and to be nominated the same year as legendary artists like my personal favorite songwriter of all time, Laura Nyro, as well as Donovan, who sang on our 'Billion Dollar Babies' record, and our good friends in Bon Jovi, is a great feeling.

"Five guys starting a band, just hoping to meet girls and drink free beer, rehearsing and playing local bars five hours a night for the first few years — that was us. We came up with the theatrics and made every effort not to sacrifice the music one bit; we thought it was like our job to bring theatrics to rock 'n' roll. And then, amazingly enough, we were having a bunch of massive hit records which was proof that theatricality and rock 'n' roll could, in fact, be joined successfully. We've been told that we revolutionized the live concert experience and if that's truly the case and it's led to this nomination for induction into the Hall of Fame, the only thing to say is, of course, 'There's no business like show business!'"