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It was tolerable until the wiggers started to rap...

ROCKLAHOMA ANNOUNCES ADDITIONAL BANDS PRYOR, OK—Rocklahoma, the premier eighties music festival being held July 9-12 in Pryor, Oklahoma has announced thirty-two of over ninety of the bands that will be playing at the Third Annual Rocklahoma. Signed on to appear at the 3rd Annual Rocklahoma so far is Twisted Sister, Great White, Vixen, Saxon, Hericane Alice, Helix, Danger Danger, Warrant, Bonfire , Night Ranger, Kix, Nelson, KEEL and Gypsy Pistoleros. Rocklahoma is also very proud to have partnered with Retrospect Records to bring you the following bands... Silent Rage , Warrior , Baton Rouge , Icon , Big Cock , Julliet , Herman ze German and Friends (Scorpions drummer) , Bang Tango, Beautiful Creatures, LA Guns, Britny Fox, Faster Pussycat, Lillian Axe, Dirty Penny, Lord Tracy featuring ex-Pantera vocalist Terry Glaze, Pair-a-Dice , Wild Street, Vougan More bands are to be announced in the upcoming weeks including the other three main stage headliners. Over ninety bands will be performing over four days on four different stages. Rocklahoma is one of the largest Rock Festivals of its type featuring music from the eighties. Attendance has come from all fifty states and six out of seven continents. Both Playboy and Rolling Stone in 2008 called Rocklahoma one of the top festivals that should not be missed. Catch The Fever Festival Grounds is located four miles north of Pryor, Oklahoma and has 6,200 assigned and numbered seats, as well as general admission on the lawn for over 50,000 people. The grounds also feature over 4,000 campsites, on-site parking, bathroom facilities, a convenience store, Rocklahoma also has a Picture Alley that allows anyone in attendance to approach the stage during any performance and take photographs of a favorite artist at close range. Rocklahoma offers a one-day and four-day general admission passes, along with V.I.P. Passes that includes all the food and drink, including Free Miller Lite for all four days. Rocklahoma offers a layaway program on all ticket plans that enables fans to reserve their ticket at the current price. The public can also order tickets online at http://www.feverfest.com, charge by phone at 1-866-310-2288, or any of the 3,200 O’Reilly Auto Part Stores across the United States.

System drive is going bad in the server, so support is wanting to take things down and archive while things are still functioning. Not sure how long the outage will last. -Dan

he is still listing as far as I know, but his email doesnt work for some reason........ Are you emailing him as you say, or are you sending him a message through eBay? If you're doing the former, I would try the latter, so at the very least your attempts to communicate are "on the record." -Dan

Ahh, frack. Another hour of sleep lost. Wonderful.

Better yet, samples from all 11 tracks available here: http://www.heavyharmonies.com/cgi-bin/glam...ng+the+End+Open

And poor T.O. has been booted by the Cowgirls... awwwww.....

Yup. Hardline debut album is a top-10 disc, IMO. That and the Blue Tears S/T are seminal works in what the genre is all about... Just got the new Hardline and am listening now. On first listen, it's closer to the quality of the debut than II, IMO. I'm hearing lots of things I like. Too soon to tell if it will even come close to the debut (that's a hard act to follow), but early impressions are quite positive. -Dan

NOW AVAILABLE FROM RETROSPECT RECORDS: SILENT RAGE - Shattered Hearts +1 (1988) -- Hailing from Los Angeles , this coveted debut release from Silent Rage produced by Paul Sabu showcased a classy slab of 80s Melodic Hard Rock / AOR that won fans over worldwide. Finally digitally remastered and including a brand new bonus track "Soul Survivor" (also produced by Paul Sabu) , this re-release makes all other versions of this disc obsolete. The band's sophomore release 'Don't Touch Me There' is soon to follow as well as some high-profile live dates... FOXX self-titled (1990) + Stick It Out (1991) - Two releases from this excellent early 90s Melodic Metal/Hard Rock act that featured none other than Bassist Allen McKenzie before he joined FIREHOUSE. BRIAN JACK - Promise Of Love (1992) - Child's Play vocalist's killer melodic collaboration with Bootcamp's Tim Camp is now available exclusively thru Retrospect - we have the remaining original issued CD's for sale in limited quantity! Awesome melodic rock/AOR that won't be so hard to track down anymore!! ORPHANN - Don't Say No (1980) -- Here it is! "Don't Say No" from ORPHANN is on CD for the first time in all its digitally remastered glory! This album topped many vinyl collectors want lists worldwide for years! This classic melodic rock music with a slight pomp rock flair has been touted by many as being "timeless" - and their certainly seems to be a particular freshness in this material which would make many believe this could have been recorded yesterday! From the smooth vocal harmonies, the rockin' hooks, to the vibrant musicianship as well as the wave on wave of tasty driving percussion and guitar breaks - this is simply one of those albums that draws you in more and more upon each listen. If you haven't heard of ORPHANN, check out the sound samples and preview what you have been missing - and then acquire this essential addition to your melodic rock collection! DOUBLETAKE – So Many Roads (1993) – One of the rarest and sought after CD’s on the planet gets a much-deserved re-issue by Retrospect! This Texas-based Melodic Hard Rock / AOR band were criminally overlooked by the majors due to the musical climate – but no doubt would have been huge in 1990. KRANK Hideous (1986) - Another cult Metal classic gets the official re-issue treatment it deserves. Philadelphia-based KRANK have been around for over 20 years and this album will appeal to fans of in-your-face Metal like WASP and Twisted Sister. THE JACKS 'In Danger' (1986) - Great Mid-west Melodic Rock / AOR sees daylight on cd for the first time. From the pure AOR of 'Love's in Danger' , the Hi-Tech stylings of 'Maria' to the monster ballad 'Que Linda' , fans and collectors of 80s AOR will quickly find a place in their collection for The Jacks. ANGELLIC RAGE 'Generation Enraged' (1988-1992) -- 14 Tracks of hi-powered Melodic Metal - A.R. is one of Colorado's best kept secrets and certainly one of the premier acts to emerge from Denver. With soaring vocals and top-notch musicianship this is 'thinking-man's metal' of the highest caliber. Queensryche, Fates Warning, Hittman, Heir Apparent fans take note! CRISS SEXX 'Bastard Barbie' (2003) - Our first South American artist - Brazilian-born Criss Sexx unleashes his glam/sleaze opus for the first time on cd and it's quite a corker! Definitely one for the merchants of sleaze! THICK RICHARD 'Back On Track' (1985-1988) - Another diamond in the rough - facetiously named Thick Richard hails from California and joins our ranks as a high quality Melodic Hard Rock act obviously influenced by Hard Rock legends Y & T. SPLIT IMAGE Sign of Aggression (1994) - Florida-based Hair Metal/Melodic Hard Rock that will appeal to fans of Danger Danger , Wildside and Roxy Blue. You can find all these titles and many more at http://www.retrospectrecords.com

Z ROCK 2009 CANADA OFFICIALLY CONFIRMED We are proud to announce that for the first time ever a European Melodic Rock label is staging an event outside of Europe. Z has already of course staged shows in Germany and Sweden in the past and notably stages the longest running Melodic Rock festival in Europe each year. Z Rock 09 Canada will be staged in Toronto Canada on August 23rd 2009 at elMocambo, 464 Spadina Ave, Toronto. tickets will be priced at $30.00 [Canadian $] advance. The line up is as yet not fully completed but so far the following acts are confirmed ARABIA D DRIVE [feat Phil Naro] SCREAM IN EDEN MAYCHILD Tickets will go onsale online only from March 6th at http://www.zrecords.net and www.myspace.com/zrockfest Bands wishing to apply to appear should email zrockagency@zrecords.net

r u srs? lol

Now it's being reported that the Eagles are *NOT* one of the teams negotiating for T.J. Houshmandzadeh. What the hell? Are they ever going to get McNabb a decent receiver? What are they waiting for? I do not get what they are doing (or should I say NOT DOING) this off season...

Looks like the Eagles are trading everyone away. Dawkins, Sheppard, Buckhalter, Considine... Rebuilding or imploding?

It's one for all the April Wine completists. It's from Greenway - Serious Business from 1988.

It's a traveshamockery!

Considering that my pension account is worth 50% of what it was 2 years ago, yeah I'd say the economy sucks...

Having the same problems here at work with the samples. In my case it's the fucking QuickTime plugin taking over all media in Firefox, despite my telling Firefox to use WMP for MP3 files. I. Hate. Apple. Just uninstalled Quicktime and now all is well with the sample. Bastards.

Hello Everyone, Massive news in this week and what a great way to start the new year, with another big coup for Suncity Records with the signing of the awesome American hard rock band, Jet Red. As time has gone on, Suncity Records has grown in stature, allowing us to attract bigger and better acts. It's been about 2-3 years of on and off negotiations with the Jet Red boys and finally we have got them digging through the old studios, where these tracks were originally recorded. We stuck in there and we wound up hunting down the original masters and let me tell ya, they sound amazing!! Most rockers will know Jet Red for their self-titled debut album released on Relativity/Sony Records in 1989. The debut offered some catchy and tasty tunes, but paper-thin production values prevented the band from major success. So, like any proud band when backed into a corner and up against a wall, Jet Red rebounded and came out swinging with their very own, self-produced second album titled Flight Plan. In the time between albums, Jet Red's brand of AOR/Hard Rock became quite unfashionable and therefore Relativity/Sony dropped the band resulting in Flight Plan being shelved for all this time. Until this year, loyal fans have been eagerly awaiting a release date for the infamous second album, and I'm here to tell you - that 2009 is the year!! Recorded in 1991, the results of what Jet Red came up with in round two was quite jaw dropping!! It is no surprise at how talented Jet Red are in terms of song writing ability, but what really will knock owners of the debut out is the stellar production on the second album! It's quite evident that the boys really grew as a group in between albums and developed into an amazingly tight professional unit. One other thing that really stands out for me, is the newly improved guitar solos courtesy of Mr. Johnny Feikert - WOW!! When listing to Flight Plan, the first thing that comes to mind is Winger's classic Heart Of The Young album. So if you dug Heart Of The Young, I have no doubt that Flight Plan will be a big hit in your CD collection. Flight Plan is a perfect fusion of guitar driven Hard Rock with just the right amount of Keyboards so that the music is still very rockin'! A little known fact about Jet Red is that in the mid/late 80's when the boys were starting out, their original axe man was the GREAT Marty Friedman who went on to record with many great bands, but most notably became apart of the legendary Megadeth. Jet Red recorded a bunch of tunes back in the day with Marty before Dave Mustane poached him and they will be featured on Flight Plan as bonus tracks. Flight Plan will include the full 11 tracks that were to be the second album plus 3 bonus tracks that Marty did with the band right at the start PLUS this package will include a bonus DVD of a killer live show that the boys did in San Jose in the early 90's. All that for the same price of US$18.00!! Here is your chance to get a sneak peek of what Flight Plan is all about, featured here is the stunning track "I Surrender" taken from the soon be released Flight Plan. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do! Sample: I Surrender Last but not least, our hearts go out to all those affected by the devastating Victorian bushfires that have ravaged our beautiful state in the last couple of weeks. It has been Australia's worst ever natural disaster.

Ahh yes... the so-called "enlightened" Middle East. Not.

Am going through my collection, pulling out stuff to sell on eBay, and came across this one that I've decided to keep for my single/EP/promo collection. Swedish group, has a mid-80s metal/rock sound to them. No year or label is listed anywhere. Reading the lyrics, they may be a Christian metal band (or the opposite end of the spectrum; while there are a lot of religious references, they're not blatantly praise). Can't find anything about them online. Here is a track from the EP: Colour of Truth Anyone know anything?

Absolutely! Holy Soldier's first 2 CDs are classic, and this cover is without a doubt the best version ever done... seriously.

Ok. Tonight was significantly better. It's growing on me...

The only one of those bands that I recognize is Anacrusis, but I enjoyed their later material. How well produced is this early material or is it basically demo quality? Thanks, -Dan

In many cases those "exclusive" deals are exclusive for the first X number of days, after which any vendor can carry the item. This may not be true of Wal-Mart releases though...