Beasto Blanco’s brand-new album KINETICA, their first since 2019, has been released via COP International Records and available now through Bandcamp. In celebration of the new record, Beasto Blanco also releases a new single/video for ‘Diamond in the Dirt,’ their most explosive and apocalyptic yet.
Beasto Blanco features the electrifying collaboration of Nashville-based shock rockers Chuck Garric…
Supergroup KILLINGTON PIT Release Video For Cover Of "Riding On The Wind" From Judas Priest
As Killington Pit prepare to release their first original material later in 2024 and play their first live shows, the band recently released another of their hugely popular cover songs. On Friday, February 16th the band released a stunning cover of the Judas Priest classic “Riding On the Wind”. The track comes from Priest’s seminal 1982 “Screaming For Vengeance” album and is another perfect…
Gene Loves Jezebel - Twenty Killer Hurts - Live 1988
Gene Loves Jezebel are a British rock band formed in the early 1980s by brothers, Michael Aston and Jay Aston. Gene Loves Jezebel's best-known songs include "Heartache", "Desire (Come and Get It)" (1986), "The Motion of Love" (1987), "Jealous" (1990), and "Break the Chain" (1993), as well as alternative club hits "Bruises" (1983), "Influenza (Relapse)" (1984), "Shame", "Screaming for Emmalene" and "The Cow" (1985). "Desire" and "Heartache" were the most successful UK singles.
Split and brief reunion: 1990–1997
While Michael Aston went solo, the rest of the band continued as Gene Loves Jezebel and recorded two albums, Kiss of Life (1990) and Heavenly Bodies (1992). The band were dropped by Geffen Records and Beggars Banquet due to poor sales and lack of interest from the what was left of the fan base. Heavenly Bodies was the final nail and Jay's solo Gene Loves Jezebel efforts, But in 1993, the brothers reformed the band with a new lineup; Francois Perez replaced James Stevenson and drummer Robert Adam was retained.
While Jay Aston performed occasional acoustic shows under his own name, Michael Aston formed a new band called the Immigrants (renamed Edith Grove) and later released a primarily acoustic solo album, Why Me, Why This, Why Now. The brothers began working together again that same year and recorded two songs with Stevenson, Bell, and Rizzo for a compilation album, The Best Of, released in September 1995. Jay Aston also recorded a solo album, Unpopular Songs, produced by Stevenson.
The brothers reconciled in the mid-1990s, wrote some new songs together, and shared a house in Los Angeles. They initially used Michael Aston's band from the Why Me album era. In 1997, the band embarked on the Pre-Raphaelite Brothers tour, in which Gene Loves Jezebel material and songs from the brothers' solo careers would be performed.
Members
Jay Aston (1980 – present)
Michael Aston (1980 – present)
James Stevenson (1985 – present)
Julianne Regan (1981 – 1993)
Marcus Gilvear
Chuck Garric
UrRock Music Festival 2024 gibt die ersten Bands bekannt
Das UrRock Music Festival hat in diesem Jahr pausiert um dann im Jahr 2024 mit der fünften Ausgabe voll aufzutrumpfen. Nun wurden heute völlig überraschend auf der Webseite des Festivals die ersten Bekanntgaben gemacht. Und wie man es sich in den letzten Jahren gewöhnt ist, präsentiert das Zentralschweizer Festival wieder ein paar echte Leckerbissen und dies erst noch exklusiv.
Mit dabei die von Chuck Garric und Chris Latham im Jahre 2012 gegründete Beastö Blancö. Chuck dürfte einigen schon bekannt sein von der Alice Cooper Band und wenn er schon einmal bandtechnisch fremdgeht, nimmt er auch gleich die Tochter seines Chefs mit in die Band, Calico Cooper. Beastö Blancö kommen exklusiv für ein einziges Konzert in die Schweiz und mit im Gepäck auch gleich ein neues Album.
Ein neues Album nimmt auch die nächste Bestätigung mit auf die Reise in die Schweiz. Evergrey, die schwedische Progressiv Metal Macht, ist im Begriff ihr bereits 14. Album zu veröffentlichen und wird ihren Ruf als erstklassige Liveband exklusiv am UrRock Music Festival zementieren. Auch sie werden 2024 nirgends sonst in der Schweiz spielen als in der Aula Cher.
Als kleine Sensation darf jedoch die dritte Verpflichtung angesehen werden. Das Lingua Mortis Orchestra feat. Rage kommt exklusiv in die Schweiz und wird 2024 in unserem Land ebenfalls nur diese eine Show spielen. Zusammen mit Musikern von Klassik Nuevo hat Peavy und seine Mannen das brandneue Doppelalbum im Gepäck. Zudem feiert Rage 40 Jahre Bühnenjubiläum (die Avenger Jahre mitgerechnet). Wenn schon gefeiert wird, Peavy darf im nächsten Jahr auch noch seinen runden 60. Geburtstag feiern.
Das 5. UrRock Music Festival findet vom 07.-09. November 2024 in der Aula Cher statt. Tickets gibt es hier
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KILLINGTON PIT Release Second Single 'Kill The King'
L to R – Chuck Garric, Terry LeRoi, Troy McLawhorn, Will Hunt – Photo Credit: PR Brown / Josh Nesmith
Following the release of their hugely successful debut single – a cover of Accept’s “Balls To The Wall” in August 2023 – KILLINGTON PIT return with a remake of the Rainbow classic “Kill The King.”
This recording sees the band joined by rock music veterans, guitarist Stef Burns (Alice…
Friday, August 25, 2023 4pm ET: Feature LP: Alice Cooper - Road (2023)
Road is the twenty-second solo and overall twenty-ninth studio album by American rock musician Alice Cooper, released through Earmusic on August 25, 2023. It was recorded live in the studio by Cooper and his touring band—guitarists Nita Strauss, Ryan Roxie and Tommy Henriksen, bassist Chuck Garric and drummer Glen Sobel. The album was announced on June 14, 2023, alongside the release of the lead…
Interesting, talking about getting replaced by Peter.
Makes it sound like no big deal, but I’ve seen he and Paul tell a story that differs from this. I like this one better, but I feel like the other story is truer.
Side note: Sounds like Chuck Garric is there with him. I got a couple of Chuck’s picks when I saw Alice play in Pittsburgh. As a bass player, I especially like getting other bass player’s picks!