Captain Howdy

I don't wanna get too excited, but going on the last two tracks he has put out, maybe just maybe the next album will deliver. If he included the last single prior to this one on the album, that would not be too upsetting.

NEW SINGLE, ALBUM RELEASE DATE, FINNISH SHOWS: We proudly announce our highly anticipated 3rd full length album will be released on August 12th, 2022. To celebrate the start of a new cycle, we give you the next single "Scream", which will be available on all relevant platforms on March 11th. "Scream" is a dark leap into the realm of mysteries hidden in the psychological depths of unconscious thoughts. It portrays the immense power of the mind and how it may overwhelm and turn against you if not nurtured. Despite the oppressive atmosphere it sends a message of hope and determination. Which leads to our determination to finally bring our live experience back on stage! We have included the following dates and locations on our tour list and we truly hope to see everyone of you elevating these evenings into something magical with us! Back to Life Tour 2022: 19.08. - FI - Helsinki, TAVASTIA-klubi 20.08. - FI - Seinäjoki, Rytmikorjaamo 26.08. - FI - Turku, Utopia Turku 27.08. - FI - Lahti, Möysän Musaklubi - Mössö 03.09. - FI - Tampere, Olympia-kortteli 17.09. - FI - Kouvola, Pato Klubi 23.09. - FI - Joensuu, Ravintola Kerubi 30.09. - FI - Kuopio, sawohouse_underground 01.10. - FI - Kajaani, Kulma - House Of Rock And Food Opening acts and special guests will be announced later. Between the Finnish tour dates, Shiraz Lane will be doing two shows in Europe; Indoor Festival on September 2nd and Glam Slam Festival on September 10th. And as announced earlier, Shiraz Lane will also be guest-starring CRASHDÏET on an extensive European tour starting in May. European Tour with Crashdïet: 04.05. - SE - Stockholm, Debaser Strand 06.05. - NO - Oslo, John Dee 08.05. - DK - Copenhagen, Pumpehuset 09.05. - SE - Gothenburg, Pustervik 12.05. - BE - Bilzen, South of Heaven 13.05. - BE - Roeselare, De Verlichte Geest 14.05. - NL - Rotterdam, Baroeg 15.05. - NL - Breda, Bel Air 17.05. - UK - Leeds, Key Club 19.05. - UK - Wolverhampton, Robin 2 20.05. - UK - Machynlleth, Lion 21.05. - UK - Call of the Wild Festival, Lincoln 22.05. - UK - Edinburgh, Bannermans 25.05. - ES - Madrid, Story Live 26.05. - ES - Barcelona, Bóveda 28.05. - BE - Wildfest, Geraardsbergen, JC De Spiraal 30.05. - DE - Münich, Backstage 31.05. - DE - Cologne, Helios 02.06. - DE - Hamburg, Bahnhof Pauli 03.06. - DE - Berlin, Badehaus 04.06. - DE - Lichtenfels, Paunchy Cats Ginger Vine Management & PR | Ranka Kustannus

santacruzbandofficial UNDER THE GUN OUT ON ALL STREAMING PLATFORMS NOW ⚡️ This track was recorded last Fall at @sonicpumpstudios Helsinki FIN, and it’s the first single from the 5th Santa Cruz record ”THE RETURN OF THE KINGS” due next Fall. The track was written, produced & all instruments in the studio played by the frontman @archiecruzz ⚡️ It was co-produced, engineered and mixed by @ottohalonen & mastered by @svanteforsback at @chartmakers FIN. The official line-up for Santa Cruz is as follows: @archiecruzz lead vocals, lead guitar 🎤🎯 @randymcdemian drums 🥁 @jerryjxde guitar 🎸 & @tommyxshreds bass 🎸. Come see us return to the stage at @thewhiskyagogo on April 6th. 🎟 The teaser was shot by @villejuurikkala & @velvettine and edited by @tonykaarlas 🎬 OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO due later in the Spring. It’s fucking go time baby. See you guys out on the road! ⚡️ #LFG - A xxx

Touring is a weird thing, as I live in the UK it's understandable that European bands will tend to make it over here, but when you consider how far away the likes of the US, Japan and Australia etc are, you would think we would not see much of them, but we get a pretty decent amount, from old school bands like Pretty Boy Floyd or Motley Crue (different ends of the spectrum as far as fame goes), to modern bands like Halestorm, Airbourne or Band Maid, yet there are still bands that could do big business if they toured Europe and still won't. Poison for instance (and we all know its down to Wiggy Michaels) would be able to fill some pretty decent sized venues, as they were one of the bigger 80s hair bands worldwide, yet they have not been to the UK (and probably the whole of Europe) since 1993. Even the likes of Winger, Cinderella, Lita Ford, Seb Bach and LA Guns made it over here in recent years, and they think its worthwhile. Consider the amount of festivals in Europe that a band like Poison could play, yet despite the fact that CC, Bobby and Rikki have all said they want to return to Europe, one man stands in their way. As I say though, while I have not been able to go to any gigs the last few years due to pandemics and health issues, I do consider us extremely lucky that we are so relatively close to all the great European countries and especially the Scandi countries. Fingers crossed I will be well enough by May so I can see my first gig in over 3 years and it does not get postponed or cancelled (Crazy Lixx & Chez Kane).

Michael Sweet l8h5mfm1h7uo4nugaed · Heading to LA right now to film 2 music videos for a new band project on Frontiers Music srl called “Iconic”. I co-wrote the album with Joel Hoekstra Alessandro Del Vecchio and Nathan James and if you like Whitesnake “1987”, you’re gonna love this;-) Of course the incomparable Tommy Aldridge is drumming and Marco Mendoza is playing bass. I’m very blessed to be a part of it and to be able to work with the best of the best. When I return, I sing the new Stryper album! It’s sounding absolutely stellar! Our best yet!! I’m very grateful for all that I’m allowed to do and never ever take it for granted

"Yeah, Steel Panther have been doing this for over a decade" ... closer to two decades.

Prefer her own version of the song as Lit is one of those bands that sounds like a million others of their era, with identical vocals. Nice for her to get some more exposure, but really not a fan of this version.

Frontiers Music Srl is pleased to present the debut single, 'Tom And Ms. Amy Lee' from the new international metal group Venus 5! The single serves as a preview for the band's upcoming debut album, which will be released this summer. Venus 5 is composed of five amazing singers hailing from different European territories. In alphabetical order, they are: Herma (also of Sick N' Beautiful, another Frontiers recording artist), Karmen Klinc, Jelena Milovanovic, Tezzi Persson (also of Infinite & Divine, another Frontiers recording artist), and Erina Seitllari. Each vocalist is a unique and outstanding vocal talent, while at the same time representing a killer, unique visual portraying a character created for Venus 5. You will simply have to experience them with your ears and eyes to believe it. Stream/Download 'Tom And Ms. Amy Lee' HERE: https://orcd.co/tamal Born from an idea developed by the always creative Serafino Perugino, Frontiers’ President & Head of A&R, Venus 5 is primed to be one of the most fresh and exciting new musical prospects to emerge from the European metal scene in recent years. The concept for Venus 5 started with the idea of creating a “metal” version of pop projects like Pussycat Dolls and the like. Assembling the vocalists and musicians required a tremendous amount of time and energy as the right talent had to be in place to work together cohesively with great chemistry and to bring musical credibility to the project. The end result is that five outstanding vocal stars in the making have been brought together from different musical environments (and countries) to work together with the vision of creating a monster album that could be unleashed on an unsuspecting public. While comparisons to this being a "metal version" of pop projects might lead one to think that the visual aspect of Venus 5 would take the lead, please make no mistake, the music here is front and center. There was zero interest in making this strictly about appearance, which needed to be secondary to talent. A team effort by producer Aldo Lonobile (Secret Sphere, Timo Tolkki’s Avalon, Sweet Oblivion, etc.) and his team of writers, including Jake E (Cyrha, ex-Amaranthe) who co-produced the vocals, Stefan Helleblad (Within Temptation, who also plays guitars on the album), and Per Aldeheim (Def Leppard, H.E.A.T, Stanfour, etc.) have created an approach to the music which offers a feast of musical goodness. Venus 5 is certainly and highly recommended for all the lovers of the sounds in the current European metal scene, taking influences from, for example, Within Temptation’s latest albums and Amaranthe, but adding addictive, catchy melodies. A unique flavor that only Venus 5 can offer with such an outstanding amount of vocal abilities within the band. Stay tuned for news about the band's debut full-length, which will be released this summer! Line-up: Herma - Vocals Karmen Klinc - Vocals Terese 'Tezzi' Persson - Vocals Jelena Milovanovic - Vocals Erina Seittlari - Vocals Stefan Helleblad - Guitars Aldo Lonobile - Guitars Gabriele Robotti - Guitars Dann Arisi - Bass Alfonso Mocerino - Drums Antonio Agate - Keyboards, Piano, & Electro arrangements Social Media: https://www.facebook.com/Venus5Music https://www.instagram.com/venus5music/

Single drops tomorrow.

Last Slash album I even remotely enjoyed was his first solo album, and the songs on that I liked the least were the ones with Kennedy (especially the live GNR stuff). I just find his vocals with Slash annoying as he seems to be trying to sing closer to Axl than what he sings like in Alterbridge.

Nah.

It's becoming common in the last couple of years. I bought the last Ozzy album and wanted a signed copy, but the only way to do it was buy it with the 3 different versions of the cassette. This was the first time I saw it. Since then I have seen Maiden, Slash, Avril Lavigne, Shameless, Hell In The Club and several other bands all offering cassettes as an option, but this is the first time I have seen a band willfully turn their back on their CD buying audience when offering them. There are several bands that do special vinyl only releases, but these are usually live albums so never worry me. But the only way its acceptable to release new material with no CD option in my opinion, is if you are just releasing digitally to save costs. I upgraded most of my collection from cassette to CD over the years, and the main reason is CD's sound better and CD's don't get chewed up and snapped.

Oh and Steel Panther have done it multiple times too.

May be a record label rights related thing. Loaded on YouTube has that its provided to YouTube by Universal Music Group, and this album is on AFM. It's been getting more and more common for artists to release odd tracks here and there between albums. Diamante did one between her two albums, Band Maid do it regularly & Santa Cruz has done it a few times too. There's probably more, but that's the first three I thought of as did not download those songs initially expecting them on the next album, and am now having to work out what songs I still need.

Reckless Love g71hSfp5mon3s57g90hd5a · 'TURBORIDER' RELEASE DATE POSTPONED BY A MONTH TO 25.03.2022 The album's release is pushed until the end of March due to the difficulties the record distributers have with shipments world wide. We did not want the people who have already ordered our record as a physical copy, to have to wait for a month while the album would be out already online and in some parts of the world. We wanted fairplay and the decicion was made together with our record company. Stay patient as we will come back with good news and awesome stuff leading up until the release!!

From FB: In 2021 We Had No Shows.. So rather than get bored, we made another record. It’s a double album, called Dopamine, with 16 stonking new tunes on it, including this one called The Western Sky. Dopamine is out on April 29th, but you can pre-order it now on CD & vinyl, with some cool extra goodies (while stocks last) via the link below. You can see the full video there too. https://thunderband.lnk.to/DopamineFA Thanks BDLH&C

Really annoys me with this shit. They are releasing on all formats except CD (yes even fucking cassette). When I commented on social media about no CDs, all they had to say is "no CD, but cassettes and vinyl are collectable" .. so are CDs for fucksake. Who the fuck actually gives a shit about cassettes and why has this started cropping up all of a sudden? I just got the new Slash album in the CD boxset and the extra tracks come on a fucking audio cassette that I will never play. If you are gonna release a new limited edition release like this EP, why cut out potential sales by excluding a much bigger number of people than those who buy cassettes?

Apparently the cross dressing bloke with the beard is Australian ... says everything ha ha

When I spoke to one of the band around the time the 2nd album came out he said that it was not available due to rights, so assume the label owned the songs but not the rights to sell them or something like that. All I could really take from the conversation is whatever deal was in place meant that when the contract ended, nobody could sell the music, not the band or the label.