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DANKO JONES Live Down Under! SOUNDWAVE FESTIVAL Kicks Off on Saturday, February 23rd in Brisbane, Australia
DANKO JONES Live Down Under!
SOUNDWAVE FESTIVAL Kicks Off on Saturday, February 23rd in Brisbane, Australia
North American Tour with VOLBEAT Begins on March 6th in Dallas, TX
DANKO JONES – frontman, spoken word artist, journalist, radio DJ/podcast producer and beyond – will head out next week with bandmates Atom Willard and John ‘JC’ Calabrese to take on the Soundwave Festival! The fest kicks off in Brisbane, Australia on Saturday, February 23rd and will tour through major Australian cities into the month of March. All dates are currently SOLD OUT. Check out a personal Soundwave Festival greeting video from DANKO JONES at this link.
While in Australia, DANKO JONES will also be performing two dates with Duff McKagan’s Loaded in Sydney and Melbourne. See below for details.
After finishing their run with the Soundwave Festival, DANKO JONES will head out on their long-awaited full North American tour with headliners Volbeat! Get your tickets now – tickets are selling fast for this tour and many dates have already completely SOLD OUT! The tour kicks off in Dallas, TX on March 6th and features new drummer Atom Willard (The Offspring, Angels & Airwaves, Rocket from the Crypt) behind the kit for DANKO JONES for the first time on tour in the U.S. See below for all currently confirmed tour dates and stay tuned for more being added soon.
As mentioned above, DANKO JONES is known around the world as a literary and musical “jack-of-all-trades”! Make sure to check out hisoutspoken podcasts as well as his brutally honest weekly HuffingtonPost.ca blog encompassing every subject from “How Rock n’ Roll is Starbucks Coffee?” to “How American Idol Killed the Music Star”.
The first single cut from the band’s new album Rock And Roll Is Black And Blue, ‘Just A Beautiful Day’, is now DANKO JONES ‘s biggest single in the US to date! Since last week, the track climbed from #30 to #28 on the Active Rock charts. To purchase the new album visit iTunes or Amazon, or stream it on Spotify!
AUSTRALIAN TOUR DATES:
2/23 Brisbane @ Soundwave RNA Showgrounds ***SOLD OUT***
2/24 Sydney @ Soundwave Olympic Park ***SOLD OUT***
2/25 Sydney w/ Duff McKagan’s Loaded Manning Bar
2/28 Melbourne w/ Duff McKagan’s Loaded Gershwin Room
3/1 Melbourne @ Soundwave Flemington Racecourse ***SOLD OUT***
3/2 Adelaide @ Soundwave Bonython Park ***SOLD OUT***
3/4 Perth @ Soundwave Claremont Showground ***SOLD OUT***
DANKO JONES 2013 Direct Support Tour Dates with Volbeat:
3/06 Dallas, TX Palladium Ballroom
3/07 Oklahoma City, OK Diamond Ballroom
3/09 San Antonio, TX Freeman Coliseum
3/10 El Paso, TX Speaking Rock Entertainment Center – FREE SHOW
3/11 Lubbock, TX Lonestar Pavilion
3/12 Denver, CO Ogden Theatre
3/14 Las Vegas, NV House of Blues at Mandalay Bay
3/15 Los Angeles, CA House of Blues
3/16 Anaheim, CA House of Blues ***SOLD OUT***
3/17 Reno, NV Knitting Factory
3/19 Boise, ID Revolution Center
3/20 Missoula, MT The Wilma Theater ***SOLD OUT***
3/22 Seattle, WA Showbox At The Market ***SOLD OUT***
3/23 Spokane, WA Knitting Factory
3/24 Calgary, AB MacEwan Hall
3/25 Prince George, BC CN Centre
3/27 Dawson Creek, BC EnCana Events Centre
3/28 Edmonton, AB Shaw Conference Centre ***SOLD OUT***
3/29 Medicine Hat, AB Cypress Center ***SOLD OUT***
3/30 Regina, SK Brandt Centre
4/01 Saskatoon, SK Credit Union Center
4/02 Winnipeg, MB MTS Centre
4/03 Minneapolis, MN Mill City Nights ***SOLD OUT***
4/05 Chicago, IL Aragon Ballroom
4/06 Ft. Wayne, IN Piere’s
4/07 Toronto, ON Sound Academy
4/09 New York, NY Best Buy Theatre ***SOLD OUT***
4/10 Baltimore, MD Rams Head
4/11 Philadelphia, PA Trocadero
Make sure to keep up with DANKO JONES online:
Just in Time for Valentine’s Day! Pre-Order “Till Death: A Guide to Love and Loss” TODAY – A Twisted and Torrid Hardcover Photo Book by World-Renowned Photographer JEREMY SAFFER
Just in Time for Valentine’s Day!
Pre-Order “Till Death: A Guide to Love and Loss” TODAY – A Twisted and Torrid Hardcover Photo Book by World-Renowned Photographer JEREMY SAFFER
Featuring NEW YEARS DAY Lead Singer ASH COSTELLO and KRIZ DK of GENITORTURERS and DEADSTAR ASSEMBLY
Just in time for Valentine’s Day – buy your sinister sweetie a unique gift this year – “Till Death: A Guide to Love and Loss” is a brand new, 70-page, full color hardcover photo book that combines the creative and twisted minds of world renowned rock photographerJEREMY SAFFER and the to-die-for front woman of New Years Day, Ash Costello, in a goth culture romantic horror-comedy with an axe-sharp sense of humor. Our victim is portrayed by Kriz DK of the Genitorturers and Deadstar Assembly.
PRE-ORDERS KICK OFF TODAY! ***PRE ORDER HERE***
*Pre-orders are set to start shipping the week of March 18th.
*Pre-order packages detailed below.
Till Death… shows the trials and tribulations of a boy as he tries to win the heart of the girl of his dreams (or nightmares). His misadventures hilariously lead him to torture, beatings, loss of vital internal organs, and worse…all in the name of love. Follow Ash Costello as she (literally) catches the eye and captures the heart of an innocent boy in love!
“Till Death… shows what it might be like to date a gothic matriarch, like Morticia, Elvira, Lily, etc. prior to them meeting their Gomez or Herman,” states photographer JEREMY SAFFER. “What would a boy would have to go through and endure to win her heart? We really tried to capture the comedic aspects of romantic goth culture and horror, giving the book a Addams/Tales From The Crypt style sense of humor.”
“Jeremy is such a doll to work with,” adds Ash Costello. “I can be kind of a pain, as most girls tend to be, but he always made me feel so comfortable and confident and really excited about what we were doing. His vibe during the entire process made me so excited to share this project with the world! I cannot wait to shoot more!”
PRE ORDER DETAILS:
The book is a 70 page, 8.5 x 5.5 full color hardcover book with over 50 full page images.
ALL Pre-orders come with one of three anti-Valentine’s Day greeting cards made from the images and words of Till Death… (chosen at random).
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Pre-order (just the book)
– A copy of Till Death…
Pre-order pack 1
– A copy of Till Death…
– A limited edition metallic 8×12 of the cover printed on Kodak endura metallic paper signed by both Ash Costello and JEREMY SAFFER
Pre-order pack 2
– A copy of Till Death…
– 5 metallic 4×6 mini prints of images taken from Till Death…
Pre-order pack 3
– A copy of Till Death…
– all three anti- Valentine’s Day greeting cards made from the images and words of Till Death…
Pre-order pack 4
– A hand numbered and signed copy of Till Death… signed by both Ash Costello and JEREMY SAFFER.
– A limited edition metallic 8×12 print of the cover printed on Kodak endura metallic paper signed by both Ash Costello and JEREMY SAFFER
– 5 metallic 4×6 mini prints of images taken from Till Death…
– All three anti-Valentine’s Day greeting cards made from the images and words of Till Death…
– A limited edition 4×6 metallic mini print of the “its complicated” AD
– A double sided Till Death… postcard
– A double sided Ash Costello postcard
For more information and to buy the book, please visit http://jeremysaffer.com/tilldeath/.
New Years Day,
SCATTERED HAMLET – SKELETON DIXIE CD REVIEW!
Scattered Hamlet – Skeleton Dixie CD cover
1. Shelter
2. Outlaw Anthem
3. Warning
4. In Good Company
5. It’s Alright With Me
6. Falling Off The Wagon (Featuring Randy “The Arsonist” Cooper)
7. Guilty Plea
8. Mississippi Queen
9. Powder Kegs and Gasoline
10. Family Tree
11. Skeleton Dixie
I have anxiously awaited this CD for a while now. Now that I’ve had the chance to listen to it several times, it was worth the wait. This CD restores my faith in good old-fashioned guitar driven Rock N’ Roll. With nods to their various influences the members of Scattered Hamlet infuse this CD with the sound that makes Scattered Hamlet unique. This ain’t no pretty record, it’s loud, it’s dirty, and G-d bless it it’s ROCK N’ ROLL!!! These new songs coupled with their live performance makes Scattered Hamlet a band not miss when they invade a town near you. There is an outstanding guest on the track “Falling Off The Wagon” guitar great Randy “The Arsonist” Cooper. Randy’s guitar work in the track shows off his amazing playing skills. One of the earmarks for a great CD for me is that when I listen to it there is no need to skip tracks, there is no filler or throw away tracks on this. I cannot pick a favorite track because they are all worthy of that praise, I can, however, point out a couple of standout tracks: “Warning”, “Shelter”, “Powder Kegs and Gasoline”, and “Skeleton Dixie”. If you want a good time, feel good, driving down the road with the windows open, drinking beer with your buds, CD this is the one for 2013, look no further. Scattered Hamlet……HELL YES!!!! Pick it up here: http://scatteredhamletgeneralstore.bigcartel.com/
Whet your whistle on this track and get your “Outlaw Anthem” on:
https://www.facebook.com/ScatteredHamlet
http://www.scatteredhamlet.com/
the Hellion
WESFEST 8, Featuring Headliner BRENDON SMALL’s GALAKTIKON, Announces Concert Gear Giveaway: Epiphone “Thunderhorse” Explorer Guitar and Gallien-Krueger MB 500 Lightweight Bass Amp!
WESFEST 8, Featuring Headliner BRENDON SMALL’s GALAKTIKON, Announces Concert Gear Giveaway: Epiphone “Thunderhorse” Explorer Guitar and Gallien-Krueger MB 500 Lightweight Bass Amp!
WESFEST 8 is pleased to announce that sponsors EPIPHONE and GALLIEN-KRUEGER are giving away some awesome gear to two lucky attendees of the WESFEST 8 benefit concert featuring BRENDON SMALL’S GALAKTIKON on Sunday, March 3 at The Roxy in Los Angeles.
This year’s WESFEST 8 lineup features the live debut of headliner BRENDON SMALL’S GALAKTIKON, as well as Derek Frank, Ali Handal, Janet Robin, Joe Travers & Friends, Colin Keenan, and Danny Mo & The Exciters (featuring 2012 Wehmiller Scholarship winner Jed Lingat).
To win, all you have to do is buy tickets to WESFEST 8, show up, and you’ll automatically be eligible to win one of the two following items!
TO PURCHASE WESFEST 8 TICKETS AND FOR FULL SHOW DETAILS, JUST CLICK HERE!
First, for the guitarists:
THE EPIPHONE LTD. ED. BRENDON SMALL “THUNDERHORSE” EXPLORER OUTFIT GUITAR (pictured above)
EPIPHONE presents the Ltd. Ed. Brendon Small “Thunderhorse” Explorer Outfit, a one-of-a-kind signature guitar for one of the most eclectic and challenging artists working today. Do we mean Brendon Small? No! Dethklok, of course! Brendon Small is the co-creator and comedic–and musical–imagination behind Dethklok, the virtual metal band featured in the hit animated program produced by [adult swim], Metalocalypse. And now with the “Thunderhorse” Explorer Outfit, EPIPHONE and Brendon have collaborated to create the ultimate 6-string weapon packed with exclusive features only found on EPIPHONE. It’s a guitar worthy of “the world’s greatest cultural force” and in the hands of Dethklok lead guitarist Skwisgaar Skwigelf, a serious and potentially lethal musical weapon to be reckoned with. Billions of Dethklok fans have already noticed the EPIPHONE “Thunderhorse” is the ultimate Brendon Small Signature Explorer and have declared it totally metal times infinity. Retail price: $999.
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And, for the bassists (after all, this concert does go to benefit a bass scholarship at Berklee College Of Music!):
THE GALLIEN-KRUEGER MB 500 SUPER LIGHTWEIGHT BASS AMP
Weighing in at less than 4 lbs. and taking up less than one rack space, the MB500 delivers 500 watts of power in a package that will easily fit into your gig bag. Featuring GK’s legendary four band active EQ and contour control, the MB500 allows you to tweak your tone before hitting the digital power section. In addition to the generous tone shaping capabilities, the preamp section also features a foot switchable boost channel with independent volume control to dial in just the right amount of grind and level boost when needed. Retail price: $714.
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WESFEST 8 is a benefit concert whose net proceeds go to benefit the Wes Wehmiller Endowed Scholarship at Berklee College Of Music. The scholarship fund honors Wes Wehmiller (1971-2005), a Berklee graduate (’92) and highly accomplished bassist, athlete and photographer who died of thyroid cancer in January 2005. Established by his family and friends, the Wes Wehmiller Endowed Scholarship is awarded annually to a continuing student at Berklee who best exemplifies the excellence and grace Wehmiller showed as a bassist and as a human being. The WesFest concert series and related fundraising drive has raised more than $150,000 over the past seven years. Additional sponsors for WESFEST 8 include Mike Lull Custom Guitars, D’Addario Strings, and Studio Instrument Rentals.
SCATTERED HAMLET ASKS –ARE YOU READY FOR AN “OUTLAW ANTHEM”?
Scattered Hamlet – Skeleton Dixie CD cover
HERE IT IS!!! Track 2 off of the eagerly anticipated Scattered Hamlet release SKELETON DIXIE!!! I have to say this, THIS ALBUM WILL MAKE A HELL RIDER OUT OF YOU!!!! Be sure to like the Scattered Hamlet FB page: https://www.facebook.com/ScatteredHamlet?fref=ts if you want to join the Hell Rider Nation there are chapter page on FB. Want to start an official chapter in your area? Hit me up on FB @ https://www.facebook.com/rockinink now, here’s the link to “OUTLAW ANTHEM” :
INTERVIEW WITH GREAT WHITE FEATURING JACK RUSSELL DRUMMER DERRICK PONTIER!
When I saw Great White Featuring Jack Russell I was super impressed with his band. These group of musicians were well seasoned and a tight functioning unit. They played the Great White songs we all know and love with new light, energy, and clarity. The stage presence they exuded was infectious and the crowd showed it. I have been fortunate to have gotten to speak with bassist Dario Seixas and now drummer Derrick Pontier. Enjoy this interview we recently did.
CLIFF BURTON ARIA PRO II SIGNATURE BASS AT 2013 NAMM CONVENTION
at the Aria Booth – NAMM 2013
Several weeks prior to the NAMM show I had been talking to James Chen from Aria about this bass. We were fortunate to get an exclusive interview with Mr. Chen on the first day of NAMM:
I got the chance to hold the prototype bass and was rendered speechless at its awesomeness.
the Cliff Burton prototype bass
I was honored to meet the Executive Vice President of Aria, Toshi Matsumura as well. Mr. Matsumura was gracious and thanked us for stopping by. This was quite an honor to be thanked by such a man. All in all a fantastic experience. Thank you to Mr. Chen, Mr. Matsumura, Cliff Burton, Ray Burton, and NAMM 2013 for this once in a lifetime opportunity.
Ray Burton and James Chen – photo courtesy of James Chen
James Chen and Ray Burton – photo courtesy of James Chen
http://www.ariaguitars.com/english/
Tragically we lost Cliff on 09/27/1986 but his legacy lives on through his music and people like his father and the fine folks at Aria guitars. Happy Birthday Cliff I will always remember and respect you.
Clifford Lee Burton 02/10/62 – 09/27/86
Rest In Peace Brother
Albuquerque NM – March 1st – Come one, Come ALL!!!
https://www.facebook.com/events/470236299704227/
Coming up on March 1st here in Albuquerque NM there is going to be a stellar alignment of Rock N’ Roll. Three of Rocks greatest newcomers will be playing a show like no other. Rusty Tramp, Scattered Hamlet, and Scars Blue!!!
https://www.facebook.com/RustyTramp
https://www.facebook.com/ScatteredHamlet?fref=ts
https://www.facebook.com/scars.blue
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Scars-BLUE-Metal/101602066663883?fref=ts
Even if you can’t make the show, check out these AWESOME bands, like their pages and SPREAD THE WORD!!!
the Hellion
ZERO G FROM DEATH ALLEY MOTOR CULT!
Zero G and I are from the same mold, fans of old school punk/metal. We recently met up during NAMM weekend and it was like we had been friends for life. Check out this interview and you’ll see what I mean (oh yeah, gets funny at the end, but hey that’s Rock N’ Roll):
http://www.deathalleymotorcult.com/
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