Captain Howdy

Eh? Where is the nursery rhyme in this song?

Hmm, surprised people are still writing articles about this as it's been known for years why Japanese versions have extra tracks. Hell even back in the 90s magazines would write articles on this. What is pretty shit these days though is especially on Frontiers releases, the "bonus" tracks are basically just reworkings of songs already on the album (acoustic, piano, instrumental etc). Just a few years ago I was buying more and more Jap imports for the bonus tracks, including quite a few Frontiers releases, but over the last year or two I have just been buying the standard Euro or US releases as I could not care less about paying extra for a song I already own, in a format that I probably won't like as much. Only Jap imports I tend to buy these days are ones that are only released in Japan. With the extra cost of the CDs themselves, overpriced postage costs and potential import duty I want at least two entirely new songs that are not available elsewhere.

Halestorm - Back from the dead (signed)

I would say though that I am a big fan of Erik, so I hope for his sake it works out for him. And for me, more music featuring Erik is a good thing, even if it is with Douche Bag Central.

I'd have to agree, and it's one of the reasons that despite his well known attitude, I don't even think Seb was 100% guilty in their split, I think those two and maybe Scotti are just as much to blame as Rob Afuso won't work with them either (but has appeared live with Seb). They treated Solinger like shit. Treated Harnell like shit. And now treated Theart like shit. And by the sounds of it, were never man enough to fire them face to face. It took them what, 6 years to even record with him and then kicked him out half way through. I think they only recorded one remake of an older song with Harnell as well. And never did finish their so called trilogy of EPs. Shows a band who really could not give a shit.

I doubt Frontiers care. I mean, they released Quiet Riot albums with not a single original member on. (Frankie was not on the first two albums)

Thunder - Dopamine (signed) Scorpions - Virgin killer Scorpions - Best of rockers and ballads (somehow lost my copy) Scorpions - Love at first sting

Annoys me when bands do this. Promote a album/EP release then announce something like this a week later. They knew this was coming and kept quiet to make sure they got more sales. From FB With a very heavy heart we want to announce that Alexx Panza will be parting ways with COBRA SPELL. You may already saw it coming, since we have been performing with a different singer (Kristina Vega) on the latest shows. Alexx is an incredibly talented singer and a fantastic friend to us, and we love him terribly! He has been there since the beginning. Since COBRA SPELL recently became the main priority for the majority of the band, and Alexx can not commit to the current needs of the band, it is the best decision for both parties to split ways. We thank Alexx deeply for the amazing work he delivered in the band, being part of our 2 EP’s ‘Love Venom’ & ‘Anthems Of The Night’, and for being an awesome as hell falsetto singing maniac, delivering the best of vocal melodies!! Alexx states; "Unfortunately, due to force majeure I can't continue being Cobra Spell singer. I can't escape the fact that a day only has 24h and a week 7 days only, and having a daily job and being in two other bands doesn't leave me enough time that a band like Cobra Spell, with a tight schedule ahead, would deserve. I wish the best of luck to my mates in the Cobra Spell camp and to their new talented singer Kris. Thanking all of you who supported me so far, I invite you to keep following me with my other bands "Jack Starr's Burning Starr", and my main band "HITTEN", where I'll keep channeling all my efforts to deliver you the best Hard'n'Heavy your fine ears deserves. And don't forget to ROCK UNTIL YOU DROP!" It might seem clear already who will be our new singer, but we will make a separate special post for her! We all have huge dreams and aspirations therefor we need to stabilise the line-up with like-minded musicians and this is just for the very best! Alexx will play his last show with us at Headbangers Open Air on the 27/07!

I like it. Nothing hew or original, but I like Durbins vocals and some nice riffing. Looking forward to hearing some more.

I think that while that maybe they felt the electric drums fit the sound more, it may have also been out of necessity as Hessu had just had a huge back surgery and it may have been less taxing on him during his recovery to play the electric kit than traditional drums. Not a drummer myself, so cannot say for sure, but it does make sense that he would need less power for the electric kit.

I see he was on the last two albums, but seems he left in 2019

Steve Lynch still in the band. And as far as I know Steve Plunkett is still alive as well.

Like anything, I will give it a listen and make my judgement then as it does have several people in whose music I enjoy, but these team ups are no longer that special anymore as they do way too many. Black Swan at least gives hope that good things can happen, but then again the quality of the members of that group is pretty stellar. As much as I like Stryper/Firehouse, I can't say Robert Sweet or Perry Richardson excite me, and I am fairly new to James Durbin. The other guy, like Matt Starr in Black Swan, I have never heard of.

From FaceBook Autograph 42m · It is with great sorrow and heavy hearts to announce the unexpected passing of our cherished friend and founding member of Autograph, Randy Rand. At the time of death, Randy was surrounded by his beautiful and infinite love, Regina Rand and family. Although beyond devastated, we find some comfort and solace knowing the last couple of years have been some of his happiest as an artist and as a performer. Randy was the consummate optimist and was so excited to see the new direction, creativity and renewed energy with the band. You could feel his excitement- as it was quite palpable with his playing abilities, performances and the way he interacted with his beloved fans. As many of you know, Randy arrived in the late 70s Sunset Strip music scene and was an accomplished musician and seasoned studio musician when he rose to prominence as an original member of Autograph. Fast forward 40 years, our brother was still making an impact in the music arena with his charismatic stage presence, musical contributions, most notably, with our new album release and collaboration with Frontiers. Regrettably, there is only one Randy- a fabulous bassist band mate, brother, and human being. Collectively in the last couple of years with this formation, we spent numerous hours that turned into something magical while creating an unbreakable bond few bands are fortunate enough to ever experience. We had that…and with that, we will continue to honor Randy Rand, as he would want us to and honor our musical commitments and keep his legacy alive. At this time…we ask that you respect our privacy and we thank you for the continued love, support and light that all of you have shown him and us as we navigate these sad days ahead of us.

Yeah, ran CCleaner and now works fine.

Still giving me the same site. Gonna clear my cache to see if that rectifies it.

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Has the main site been hacked?

Don't really know much about musical direction or anything yet (although their FB page is CleanbreakMetal, so that might give a clue), but looks like Frontiers is doing another one of their "throw a bunch of random musicians together" type projects. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. Making a change from Michael Sweet joining pretty much most of these groups, we have two other Stryper members on board for this one. Cleanbreak is: James Durbin - Vocals Mike Flyntz - Guitar Perry Richardson - Bass Robert Sweet - Drums https://www.facebook.com/CleanbreakMetal/

James Durbin - Memories of a beautiful disaster Enuff Z Nuff - Brainwashed generation