whiplash1972
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I lmao every time he blows him the kiss 🤣
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Billion Dollar Babies
Operation: Mindcrime
Escape
Departure
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Last in Line
20th Century Boys
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Heard "Six" a couple times through now, and it is quite excellent, with only one or two songs not instantly grabbing me. Repeated listens will most likely push this one towards the top of year end lists.
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John Corabi is back on vocals
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Tesla Shamans released their debut album "Electric Storm" back in 2021, releasing vids for "Shamans" and "Believe"
Here is "Rattlesnake's Dance" from their upcoming release "Mother Gaia Father Time"
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7 hours ago, KarpetRydOFunk said:
This album's definitely a grower. I'm liking it a lot more today than I did three weeks ago.
Me too. I was initially underwhelmed, but it has gotten muuuuuch better with repeated listens. 👍
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Looks like the lawsuit is moving forward…
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For me, the new one, "Lighting Up the Sky", is the best thing they've done since those first 3 releases, and is an excellent mix of modern metal and a more traditional hard rock sound. "When Legends Rise" was qood, but just didn't grab me the way the new one has. Solid band, who when I look up and down their discography, I don't really see what I'd call a "bad" release.
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1,215 videos from the heyday of hard rock-
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4 hours ago, tts42572 said:
I like that song....good tune and nice contrast to the other singles released so far. Reminds me a bit of the early 80's and sounds like something bands like Kansas or .38 Special might've done.
I've never been much into Extreme but planning to check out the new album as the new songs all sound pretty good to me.
New track “Other Side of the Rainbow “ is excellent!
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RIP to one of the all time greats
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Tempt - Roses 🥀
I like it 👍
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Crashdiet- Sick Mind
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I only recently became aware of this lawsuit via several videos that popped up in my YouTube feed. Good on Ed for not simply caving and fighting the lawsuit. As he says in one of the vids, it's great that you can copyright a song, but how do you copyright a chord progression?
First, and article: Ed Sheeran cleared of infringing copyright in Marvin Gaye lawsuit | Ed Sheeran | The Guardian
A jury in New York has ruled that British singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran is not liable for copyright infringement in a case that has been closely watched by the global entertainment industry.
The case centered on whether Sheeran ripped off Marvin Gaye’s Let’s Get It On and will be seen as a major victory for recording artists.
Sheeran had made an earlier claim that he would quit the industry if he lost the case. “If that happens, I’m done, I’m stopping,” he said. “I find it really insulting to devote my whole life to being a performer and a songwriter and have someone diminish it.”
After the verdict had been delivered Sheeran hugged his lawyer. His wife, Cherry Seaborn, and co-writer, Amy Wadge, were reportedly in tears.
Outside court, Sheeran told reporters: “I am obviously very happy with the outcome of the case and it looks like I am not having to retire from my day job after all. But at the same time I’m unbelievably frustrated that baseless claims like this are allowed to go to court at all.”
He said it was “devastating” to be accused of stealing someone else’s song and called himself “just a guy with a guitar who loves writing music for people to enjoy” and will never allow himself to be “a piggybank for anyone to shake”.
Sheeran’s lawyer, Ilene Farkas, had told the jurors in Manhattan federal court that similarities in the chord progressions and rhythms of Gaye’s classic and Sheeran’s hit Thinking Out Loud were “the letters of the alphabet of music”.
“These are basic musical building blocks that songwriters now and forever must be free to use, or all of us who love music will be poorer for it,” she said.
But Keisha Rice, who represents the heirs of Gaye’s co-writer Ed Townsend who are suing Sheeran and his record label, said her clients had not claimed to own basic musical elements but rather “the way in which these common elements were uniquely combined”.
“Mr Sheeran is counting on you to be very, very overwhelmed by his commercial success,” she said as she had urged the jurors to use their “common sense” to decide whether the songs are similar.
The judge had sent the jury into deliberations, saying: “Independent creation is a complete defense, no matter how similar that song is.” The jury reached its decision after three hours.
Townsend’s heirs in 2017 sued Sheeran, his label Warner Music Group and his music publisher Sony Music Publishing, claiming infringement of their copyright interest in the Gaye song. Kathryn Townsend Griffin, Townsend’s daughter, said she had to protect her “father’s legacy”.
Sheeran and Wadge, both testified during the trial that they did not copy Let’s Get It On. Sheeran said he had only passing familiarity with the song and that Thinking Out Loud was inspired by Irish musician Van Morrison.
A video was shown of Sheeran merging the two songs on stage. “If I had done what you’re accusing me of doing I’d be quite an idiot to stand on stage in front of 25,000 people,” he argued.
The singer is also facing claims over Thinking Out Loud in the same court from a company owned by investment banker David Pullman that holds copyright interests in the Gaye song.
Sheeran won a trial in London last year in a separate copyright case over his hit Shape of You.
Gaye’s heirs in 2015 won a $5.3m judgment from a lawsuit claiming the Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams song Blurred Lines copied Gaye’s Got to Give It Up.
The singer is the subject of a new Disney+ documentary docuseries Ed Sheeran: The Sum of It All which premiered earlier this week. In a promotional interview on CBS he revealed that he missed his grandmother’s funeral as a result of the trial.
“These trials take a significant toll on everyone involved,” he added outside court today.
This Friday sees the release of Sheeran’s fifth studio album, Subtract. To date, he has sold more than 150m records, making him one of the biggest-selling artists of all time.
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You Can’t Stop the Rock
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7 hours ago, Fat Freddy said:
How can you not love Dolly? She's like everybody's cool aunt. She's a god damn national treasure.
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1 hour ago, Captain Howdy said:
No guess work needed. Anyone who watched Tango & Cash in 1989 knows what it means.
Fucked Up Beyond All Recognition
I always hoped there would be a sequel to that movie where they both wound up joining a band. It would’ve been titled “Bang Tango & Cash”. 😂
Its also Fucked Up Beyond All Repair (military) and Fucked Up Beyond All Reality in different instances 👍
And it’s also a new Netflix series…
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1 hour ago, Thomas/Coastline said:
Nice pussy 👍
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New album coming later this year!
01. Out Of Pocket
02. Screamin’ At The Sky
03. Nervous
04. When The Pain Comes
05. Show Me What It Feels Like
06. R.O.A.R.
07. Smile, World
08. The Mess You Made
09. Who Are You Today?
10. Not Afraid
11. Here’s To The Hopeless
12. You Can Have It AllChris Robertson – Lead Vocals/Guitar
Ben Wells – Guitar/Backing Vocals
Steve Jewell Jr. – Bass
John-Fred Young – Drums/Backing Vocals
New single "Nervous"
"Out of Pocket"
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Hurricane working on new album
in AOR and Hard Rock
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HURRICANE
Hurricane is an American heavy metal band formed in 1983, originally featuring current Foreigner lead vocalist Kelly Hansen (vocals/ rhythm guitar), Robert Sarzo (guitar), Tony Cavazo (bass), and Jay Schellen (drums) currently with Yes. Cavazo and Sarzo are the brothers of Quiet Riot's Carlos Cavazo and Rudy Sarzo. Hurricane released four albums: Take What You Want (1985), Over the Edge (1988), Slave to the Thrill (1990), and Liquifury (2001). Over the Edge was their album featuring the charting song, "I'm on to You", which peaked at No. 33 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart in 1988.
In 2010, Robert Sarzo and Tony Cavazo, founding members, reunited and recruited drummer Mike Hansen. In 2021, Dan Schumann an Australian-born singer best known as a member of the Las Vegas Headliner vocal group, Tenors of Rock joined Hurricane. They are now set to release their first new album in over 20 years, “Reconnected”.