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Feel sorry for those who were in the tornadoes in Tennessee. But why do people always come on there and say "God answered our prayers". How did he do that? He just destroyed everything you own. He uprooted your entire community. Because you didn't die, he answered your prayers?? I totally don't get it. Did the people who died..... did they not pray hard enough?

Wow.... we agree on something? :)

Man, I tried.... I really tried..... but my how this band has fallen since their first couple albums. The mix is a mess. There's some decent hooks and songs in there but it's so disjointed, I got very little from it. Those buried vocals ruin a pretty solid track in "Is It Love".

Colosal failure.

I'll still be the referee. The one that raises your arm in victory over karpetass.

I believe they were scheduled to play 2 days. One an acoustic set and one main show. I could be wrong.

I think Eclipse pulling out is what really upset people. They were probably the top headliner.

I loved Bang! Very strong album but several fillers hurt it.

Pretty good album. If only he could sing.

I dunno.

Every time I hear the title Change The World, the Dokken tune from Erase The Slate comes into my head.

I hate these countdown premiere thingys!!

That's the problem with selling a known brand to an unknown character. It's a shame it's being ruined this quickly by the new ownership.

Event poster before and now:

Anybody following along with this? Venue cancelled. Most of the headliners have pulled out. What a clusterfuck! Here's some of the stories: http://metalsludge.tv/uh-oh-melodic-rock-fest-loses-multiple-artists-a-week-out-from-event/ Metal Sludge — Sadly this is a story we’ve seen before, that a rock festival loses multiple bands as the event draws near.Melodic Rock Fest which is slated to happen March 6th, 7th & 8th 2020, down in Melbourne Australia is now experiencing some issues.In the last 72 hours, Eclipse, Crazy Lixx and former Danger Danger and current The Defiants frontman Paul Laine have all pulled out.And all of the artists are pointing fingers at the promoter, for failing to meet contractual obligations with a statement that looks something like this….“We regret to inform you that due to contractual obligations not being met on the part of MelodicRock Fest Australia …..”For what it’s worth, that usully means money, in the way of deposits, or in some cases the promoter paying for the artist’s flights.The promoter has now issued a long rambling statement on Facebook that begins with….“With all of the conjecture and false statements being spread freely over social media we here at Melodic Rock Fest wish to present the facts. At this stage, Crazy Lixx, Eclipse and Paul Laine will unfortunately NOT be performing at this year’s event…..”Comments on the new post are into the dozens, and many are fans questioning why, what happened, and voicing their displeasure.Usually where there’s smoke, there’s fire.Hopefully this doesn’t turn into Rock Harvest, Rock Gone Wild or Rock N’ Skull… but hey… anything can happen.Our friends over at Sleazeroxx wrote more in depth about it… read their story HERE.Hoping everyone has a happy March. http://sleazeroxx.com/eclipse-and-paul-laine-pull-out-of-upcoming-melodic-rock-fest-in-australia/ Eclipse and Paul Laine pull out of upcoming Melodic Rock Fest in Australiated on February 29, 2020 by Olivier Eclipse and Paul Laine pull out of upcoming Melodic Rock Fest in Australia The Melodic Rock Fest featuring headliners FireHouse and FM is scheduled to take place at The National Theatre in Melbourne, Australia on March 6 to 8, 2020. Unfortunately, two artists / bands have recently announced that they will no longer be performing at the event due to the promoter not meeting its contractual obligations. The following message was posted on Eclipse‘s Facebook page earlier today: “We regret to inform you that due to contractual obligations not being met on the part of MelodicRock Fest Australia, Eclipse will not be performing at the festival or any of it’s other scheduled events.” In addition to performing on two of the three days (a 30-minute acoustic set on March 6th and a one-hour set on March 7th) at the Melodic Rock Fest, Eclipse were scheduled to play the Prince Bandroom in St. Kilda, Australia on March 5, 2020 along with Reckless Love. Former Danger Danger and current The Defiants lead vocalist Paul Laine, who also was scheduled to perform on two of three days at Melodic Rock Fest, posted a similar post on Facebook on February 25, 2020 but with an inspiring story that includes The Radio Sun (with slight edits): “I have an announcement to make this morning, and rather than be negative in anyway, and go on a rant ( as so many do) I’d rather tell a story… It’s kind of a love story really… And one close to my heart. But, before I begin that – the announcement. It is with great sadness that I have to inform you due to contractual obligations not being met on the part of MRF, I will not be playing Melodic Rock Festival Australia 2020 or any of its side shows.. I wish all of the performers the best of luck with the shows, and I will be sad not to have my 2020 reunion, with so many of the folks who have come to my shows down under over the years..I am so fortunate to call a lot of you my friends.. I hold no ill will to the festival organizers and owners for their short comings in these matters, and only wish them the best with the festival as well.. Ok.. enough. Here goes.. A few years ago – 2012 to be exact, I had just spent the better part of a year living in my car 6 days a week, playing gigs every night in a city that I didn’t technically have a home in anymore.. I was in between closing down an unsuccessful studio business and waiting for renters to move out of my house on the island that I grew up on, and picking up the pieces of my life professionally and personally.. In short – I had hit a giant crossroad in my life. I had to come face to face with all of my successes ,and at this point, failures , in my life. I had to reassess everything. For awhile, I was a bit broken…. I knew in my heart, to truly move on, I had to accept my part in my failures… Ahhh pride… It’s a bitch to let go of.. It really is.. It took me awhile , but eventually I came to the realization of what a useless emotion pride is, when it comes to clarity in your life.. And… In time – I got clarity… I sought out my own truths. ..Things that made me tick. I had vowed not to “try” anymore, and just to “do”. To trust my instinct again and not overthink anything. Take risks like I did when I was young and not worry… And, basically, relearning to not give a fuck about stuff that didn’t matter… Just like I did when I was starting out. I was face to face again with 15 year old me. And… for the first time, in a long time, I was happy again. A bit scared, a lot broke, and with Rocky-like determination, I started clawing my way back into the business. Along the way, angels started appearing in human form. People like Simon Ali, who was the first person to tell me in a long time to tell me I still had a shot in this business… that people out there still cared about my music. He told me that they would want to hear more… Simon, at the time, was a student by day, and a nightclub bouncer at night.. tough as hell, but with a heart of gold.. He built me up and worked on my confidence like a true brother. Through all of this, the Darkhorse record was written and realized, and I was back on my way into this business that I love so much.. I am forever thankful. Not long after, one of the next angels to appear in my life, came in the form of Steve Janevski and the boys from The Radio Sun. I had just gotten on Facebook (hey..it was new to me!) to promote Darkhorse and I received a message from Steve… “Would I consider coming down to Australia”? Over the next little while I worked with Steve and mixing the new Radio Sun record, and Steve kept telling me that if I came to Australia and played a show, people would come. So… I did. And people came!! This led to more shows and more shows with The Radio Sun, all over the globe… America, Sweden, U.K and back to Australia. I was back on the map. Simon wasn’t wrong.. Within another year, the record labels came calling and I signed on with Frontiers and The Defiants. Major publications as well as social media outlets and e-zines started giving us Album of the year.. I had come a long way from sleeping in my car. And in my late 40’s, I had proven to myself that age doesn’t matter. And ,however small, I had my own music business “Rocky – comeback “ moment. I am forever grateful to Simon Ali, Steve Janevski and The Radio Sun. I would NEVER be here today without the leg up you all gave me during my comeback. I’m grateful to all of the folks in Australia and the rest of the world who come out to see me, and show me love every time I come to play. When you are my age, and still in this business, everything and every moment is so beautiful. Ahhhh the moments you get to share… Every song you write. Every show you play. Every time somebody sings along with you a million miles away from home. Every great musician you get to work with and make friends with. It all moves me. I have nothing but love for you all.. And Australia? I’ll see you soon… I promise.” http://metalsludge.tv/fans-angry-melodic-rock-fest-is-in-downward-spiral-as-event-headliner-firehouse-xyz-tony-harnell-and-the-national-theatre-all-pull-the-plug/ FANS ANGRY … Melodic Rock Fest is in Downward Spiral as event Headliner FireHouse, XYZ, Tony Harnell and The National Theatre all Pull the Plug March 3, 2020 • Posted under: News by Metal Sludge FacebookTwitter MELBOURNE, Australia — It’s only been 48 hours since our last post about the Melodic Rock Fest losing bands… ….but wait, it appears there is more. As in, more bad news. Headliner FireHouse have officially said bye, bye, baby, bye, bye. You read that right, FireHouse have officially pulled the plug and are pointing fingers at the promoters failure to comply with contractual obligations. “FireHouse is extremely sad to inform our fans that due to contractual obligations that were not met by Melodic Rock Fest, we will regrettably have to cancel our MRF performances in Australia.” — FireHouse March 1st 2020 That usually means…money folks, plain and simple. On the heels of this major blow to the festival, it seems now the venue, where the event was to be hosted at on March 6th, 7th and 8th 2020, has also said goodbye. The National Theatre have also pulled the plug. Now according to a recent post by Melodic Rock Fest, they are essentially scrambling with a little over 72 hours (before show time) to find a venue to host the event. This has a bit of a Rock N’ Skull 2020 feel to it… but what do we know. Adding insult to injury, the latest is that the voice of TNT, Tony Harnell has also pulled out. And in brand new news, the word is XYZ is pulling out next. Fans are furious, and have begun to voice their displeasure and demanding refunds. There are related Facebook posts from the promoters that angry fans have chimed in on and left comments totalling 200-300. We can’t keep up with all of the announcements, but have posted some of them below. This from Melodic Rock Fest promoters that reads as follows: “Our present focus is finding bands to fill the vacant positions. The existing line up still has iconic bands such as Enuff Z Nuff, Janet Gardner, Ron Keel, Reckless Love and Midnite City already in the country,…” Umm, no disrespect here but using the word “iconic” is a bit of a stretch isn’t it? We get it… Ron Keel, Chip Z’nuff & Janet Gardner, have all paid their dues, and earned many a stripes for sure, but iconic? And while we’re being dicks… Midnight City are a great newer band, but adding their name in the “iconic” category, well, someone is smoking crack. Own it… your event is tanking… you (way) over bid, over promised the fans, and have now under-sold your ticket goal – by a long shot. Now you are trying to post long winded bullshit excuses to back pedal. These cancellations are no fault of the bands, or the fans. This is on the promoter, 100%. If you can’t make it happen, don’t book it in the first place. Stay tuned…

Obviously, Steve Lee was an amazing songwriter. And contributed way more than just vocals to the band. Where are those harmony vocals? They seem to have lost their melodic side. The few that are melodic, like Miss Me are good but just doesn't reach the level of great.

Yeah, I feel the same way! I was a total late bloomer when it comes to them. I never paid much attention to them back in the 90's. I heard Lipservice and my life changed forever. That album blew me away completely. Of course, went through their whole catalog after that. I seem to like their later albums more than the early stuff. When Steve died, I was devastated. I thought their best years were yet to come!

Nic was that bad as front-man huh? That's a shame. I don't think the band has released anything close to as good as the Steve Lee years but I still hold out hope that they can release a solid album again.

Sounds like a drum machine. Not a bad song though. Pure 80's!

It's not horrible but I have a hard time trying to listen to it. Given this and Cats In Space multiple tries. Just doesn't do a thing for me. Glad you are enjoying them though. Can't wait for the new Gotthard!!

A HUGE nope on the music!

Speaking of pumping...... Geoff's cameo was amazing!!

Where's Claus!

Like maybe on your chin......