the ROCK & ROLL PSYCHO CIRCUS

670 - MOMENTO MORI

 
 
 
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FEUERSCHWANZ, LEE AARON, BLACK PAISLEY, VINNIE MOORE, ELVINKING, FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH, HELL IN THE CLUB, STEVIE VAI, LANSDOWNE, MONO INC, BEYOND THE BLACK, SLEAZER, ELECTRIC MAN, URIAH HEEP, PAUL SABU
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" BLIND"
FEUERSCHWANZ, LEE AARON, BLACK PAISLEY, VINNIE MOORE, ELVINKING, FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH, HELL IN THE CLUB, STEVIE VAI, LANSDOWNE, MONO INC, BEYOND THE BLACK, SLEAZER, ELECTRIC MAN, URIAH HEEP, PAUL SABU
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" BLIND "
ROCKSTORY
"(FEUERSCHWANZ BIOGRAPHY)"
"Feuerschwanz was created as a comedic counterpart to the German medieval rock/metal scene that, according to the band, was taking itself too seriously. They originally played medieval folk, but gradually integrated more rock and metal influences into their sound over time. The actual idea for "Medieval Folk Comedy" came to Peter Henrici as early as 2000. He found a large part of the medieval scene to be too humorless and taboo and decided to found a parody band in the tradition of JBO . The realization of the plans began when Tobias Heindl, the violinist of the folk-rock band Fiddler's Green , heard the first material and became enthusiastic about it. So the two founded the band Feuerschwanz together with bassist Andre Linke. All three gave themselves pseudonyms for the project: "Captain Feuerschwanz" (Henrici), "Walther von der Vögelweide" (Heindl) and "Eysye" (Linke). . In November 2005 the first album Prima Nocte was released. [10] In June 2007, the second album was released under the title Met und Miezen , on which former members also participated as guest musicians. The band's fourth studio album, entitled Wunsch ist Wunsch, was released on March 18, 2011 and reached number 95 in the German album charts. This was followed by a tour of Germany and Austria. On August 31, 2012, the fifth studio album Walhalligalli was released , which entered the German album charts at number 37. On April 25, 2014, the band gave their 10th anniversary concert in the E-Werk Erlangen, which was sold out after a short time. In May 2015, the band was uninvited from the Fairytale Festival , organized by the AStA of the University of Osnabrück, to prevent "security-endangering protests". The band had been accused of misogynist and sexist texts, and the AStA's compromise proposals were rejected by autonomous departments . The band reacted with incomprehension and outrage and emphasized the satirical aspect of their texts. She also spoke of "incredible allegations" and a restriction of artistic freedom. Feuerschwanz reserved the right to take legal action for character assassination and defamation. In August 2016, Feuerschwanz released their seventh studio album, Sex is Muss . The title of the album and individual songs and text passages should definitely be seen as an answer to the above allegations. The eighth studio album Methämmer was released in 2018 . As the band's most successful album to date, it reached number 6 in the German charts. In May 2020, the band released a song with English lyrics for the first time as an advance excerpt from the ninth album The Eleventh Commandment, which was released a little later, with a cover version of I See Fire , The tenth studio album Memento Mori ( Latin: "Be aware of mortality" ) was released on December 30, 2021. The album reached first place in the German album charts immediately after its release. "

669 - DONT STOP

 
 
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CHRISTINE McVIE, NICKELBACK, 17 CRASH, AUTOGRAPH, FASTER PUSSYCAT, TANZWUT, VINNIE MOORE, BLACK RAIN, WIG WAM, BLACK PAISLEY, URIAH HEEP, BEYOND THE BLACK, LEE AARON
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" BIRD"
CHRISTINE McVIE, NICKELBACK, 17 CRASH, AUTOGRAPH, FASTER PUSSYCAT, TANZWUT, VINNIE MOORE, BLACK RAIN, WIG WAM, BLACK PAISLEY, URIAH HEEP, BEYOND THE BLACK, LEE AARON
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" BIRD "
ROCKSTORY
"(CHRISTINE McVIE BIOGRAPHY)"
"Christine Anne Perfect or better known as Christine McVie was born on July 12th, 1943. Christine took classical music lessons from a youngster until the age of 15, when she heard Fats Domino which transformed her musical interest from classical music to rock n' roll. At collage christine joined a small blues band called "Shades Of Blue" in which she played bass, also in her spare she would sing with Spencer Davis. In 1968 she was invited to play keyboards/piano and sing backround vocals in the band Chicken Shack, a blues band which had difficulty finding mainstream success. Christine stayed with Chicken Shack for 2 albums and together they scored the top 10 British hit "I'd Rather Go Blind" with Christine on lead vocals. . Christine left Chicken Shack in 1969 after meeting Fleetwood Mac bassist John McVie. Encouraged to continue her career, she recorded a solo album, Christine Perfect, As Christine McVie, she joined Fleetwood Mac in 1970, just after marrying Fleetwood Mac bass guitarist John McVie. . McVie quickly became an essential member of the group, and the author of some of its finest songs. The early '70s was a rocky time for the band, with only the albums Mystery To Me and Bare Trees scoring any successes, . John McVie's alcohol drinking became unbearable; Christine had an affair with a music producer, and she nearly left John and the band to make a solo album with her lover. However, he went back to his spouse, so she did the same. In 1974, Christine McVie moved with the rest of the band to the US . Within a year, Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham of Buckingham Nicks joined the band. Their first album together, 1975's Fleetwood Mac, had several hit songs, with McVie's "Over My Head" and "Say You Love Me" both reaching Billboard's top-20 singles chart. In 1976, McVie began an on-the-road affair with the band's lighting director, which inspired her to write "You Make Loving Fun", a top-10 hit on the landmark smash Rumours, one of the best-selling albums of all-time. Her biggest hit was "Don't Stop", which climbed all the way to #3 . By the end of the Rumours tour, the McVies had divorced. The 1979 double album Tusk produced three more top-20 hits ("Tusk," "Sara," and "Think About Me). The group reunited three years later to record Mirage, which contained the top-5 hit "Hold Me". McVie's inspiration for the song was her tortured relationship with Beach Boys member Dennis Wilson who drowned in an accident a few years later, breaking McVie's heart. In 1984, McVie decided to take a risk and to record a solo album. She created hits with the songs "Got a Hold on Me" (Top 10 pop and #1 adult contemporary) and "Love Will Show Us How". She also met keyboardist Eddy Quintela , whom she married in October 1986. They divorced a decade later. In the meantime, they wrote several songs together, two of which, "Little Lies" and "As Long As You Follow," became hits for Fleetwood Mac. She rejoined Fleetwood Mac to record the Tango in the Night album. She had one of her hits, and one of the more widely played songs of the era, "Little Lies". In 1990 the band, , recorded Behind the Mask, but the sales were sluggish and the singles were only marginally successful. . Upon the death of her father, McVie made the decision to retire from touring altogether. , McVie remained loyal to Mick Fleetwood and her former husband, recording five songs for the band's 1995 effort Time. The album, was a flop. The members of the band seemed to have gone their separate ways until Christine McVie, John McVie, Mick Fleetwood, and Lindsey Buckingham got together again for one of Lindsey Buckingham's solo projects. They persuaded Christine to record and tour with them one last time. The live album, 1997's The Dance, went to #1 on the charts. McVie then performed for the group's 1998 induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, as well as the Grammy Awards show, and the Brit Awards. Thereafter, she retired from Fleetwood Mac altogether. In the years after The Dance, Christine McVie stepped out of public view almost completely Mid-2004 saw the release of McVie's new solo album, . Prior to her death on 30 November 2022 at the age of 79 (after a short illness), McVie lived in the south of England and rarely left her countryside home. "

668 - CELEBRITY SKIN

 
 
 
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HOLE, JIMI JAMESON, DESERT DRAGON, DOROTHY. ABSYNTHE GREEN, NLACK RAIN. FEURSCHWANZ, 17 CRASH, GIRISH & THE CHRONICLES, POWERWOLF, JOE LYNN TURNER, AUTOGRAPH, DEAD DAISYS, LORD OF THE LOST, NICKELBACK
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" BITCH "
HOLE, JIMI JAMESON, DESERT DRAGON, DOROTHY. ABSYNTHE GREEN, NLACK RAIN. FEURSCHWANZ, 17 CRASH, GIRISH & THE CHRONICLES, POWERWOLF, JOE LYNN TURNER, AUTOGRAPH, DEAD DAISYS, LORD OF THE LOST, NICKELBACK
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" BITCH "
ROCKSTORY
"(HOLE BIOGRAPHY)"
"Hole was an American alternative rock band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1989. It was founded by singer Courtney Love and guitarist Eric Erlandson. It had several different bassists and drummers, the most prolific being drummer Patty Schemel, and bassists Kristen Pfaff (d. 1994) and Melissa Auf der Maur. Hole released a total of four studio albums between two incarnations spanning the 1990s and early-2010s and became one of the most commercially successful rock bands in history fronted by a woman. Influenced by Los Angeles' punk rock scene, the band's debut album, Pretty on the Inside (1991), was produced by Kim Gordon of Sonic Youth, and attracted critical interest from British and American alternative press. Their second album, Live Through This, released 1994 by DGC Records, which featured less aggressive melodies and more restrained lyrical content, was widely acclaimed and reached platinum status within a year of its release. Their third album, Celebrity Skin (1998), marked a notable departure from their earlier punk influences, boasting a more commercially viable sound; the album sold around 2 million copies worldwide, and earned them significant critical acclaim. They disbanded in 2002, and the members individually pursued other projects. Eight years later in 2010, Hole was reformed by Love with new members, despite Erlandson's claim that the reformation breached a mutual contract he had with her. The reformed band released the album Nobody's Daughter (2010), which was conceived as Love's second solo album. In 2013, Love retired the Hole name, releasing new material and touring as a solo artist. Hole received several accolades, including four Grammy Award nominations. They were also commercially successful, selling over three million records in the United States alone, and had a far-reaching influence on contemporary female artists. Music and feminist scholars have also recognized the band as the most high-profile musical group of the 1990s to discuss gender issues in their songs, due to Love's aggressive and violent lyrical content, which often addressed themes of body image, abuse, and sexual exploitation. "

667 - WHY DONTCHA

 
 
 
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WEST, BRUCE & LAING, THE JOCKERS, SILVER PHANTOM, PATRICK JOHANSEN, OMNIMAR, JOE BONAMASSA, JOE LYNN TURNRER, JIMI JAMESON, WITHIN TEMPTATION, THE PRETTY RECKLESS, DESERT DRAGON, BLACK RAIN, NICKELBACK, SAINT
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" DOCTOR "
 
WEST, BRUCE & LAING, THE JOCKERS, SILVER PHANTOM, PATRICK JOHANSEN, OMNIMAR, JOE BONAMASSA, JOE LYNN TURNRER, JIMI JAMESON, WITHIN TEMPTATION, THE PRETTY RECKLESS, DESERT DRAGON, BLACK RAIN, NICKELBACK, SAINT
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" DOCTOR "
ROCKSTORY
"(West, Bruce & Laing (WBL) BIOGRAPHY)"
"West, Bruce & Laing (WBL) were a Scottish–American blues rock power trio super-group formed in 1972 by Leslie West (guitar and vocals; formerly of Mountain), Jack Bruce (bass, harp, keyboards and vocals; ex-Cream), and Corky Laing (drums and vocals; ex-Mountain). The trio agreed to work together in London in January 1972 near the end of Mountain’s 1971–72 European tour supporting their album Flowers of Evil (1971), after Mountain’s bassist/vocalist/producer Felix Pappalardi announced he would leave the band at the tour’s end. (Pappalardi had, by late 1971, become addicted to heroin.) Pappalardi had produced all but one of Cream's albums, and occasionally also performed with them in the studio. Subsequently, as Mountain's producer, Pappalardi would fashion his new band's sound after that of Cream, in particular scoring a 1970 hit with a cover version of Bruce’s song "Theme for an Imaginary Western" Upon signing with CBS, WBL began work on their first album, Why Dontcha (November 1972). The album took longer than expected to complete, in part from inefficiency due to drug use by the band and their production team; upon its delivery to the label, CBS was dissatisfied with the album's quality and did not heavily promote it. In spite of this, however, Why Dontcha performed respectably in the marketplace, peaking at #26 on the Billboard album chart and staying on the chart for twenty weeks. WBL continued to tour North America and Europe extensively during late 1972 and early 1973 in support of Why Dontcha. However, the band's heavy drug use hurt their performances, and apparently at times even influenced their tour schedule. The band took a break from touring in the spring of 1973 to record a second studio album, Whatever Turns You On, in London. The sessions became contentious – they became "really nasty because of the smack" according to the album's co-producer Andy Johns. The album was released in July 1973, peaking at #87 on the Billboard chart. The Whatever Turns You On sessions would be the last time West, Bruce & Laing would work together. However, news of the band’s breakup would be publicly withheld until early 1974, with the band’s posthumous live album Live 'n' Kickin' released shortly thereafter. Following the breakup of WBL, West and Laing would again reform Mountain in 1985 (without Pappalardi, who died in 1983), and sporadically played together in the band until 2010. Jack Bruce resumed a solo career after WBL's demise and sadly died in 2014. In 2009 West and Laing teamed up with Jack Bruce's son, Malcolm Bruce, and toured as West, Bruce Jr. and Laing. Leslie West died in 2020, leaving Corky Laing as WBL's only surviving member."

666 - MOST HIGH

 
 
 
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PAGE & PLANT, JOE LYNN TURNER, JOHN NORUM, DEAD CITY RUINS, MOTIONLESS WHITE, THE NEW ROSES, ASHES, THE JOCKERS, LACUNA COIL, OMNIMAR, SILVER PHANTOM, POWERWOLF, PRETTY RECKLESS, PATRICK JOHANSEN
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" WALK "
PAGE & PLANT, JOE LYNN TURNER, JOHN NORUM, DEAD CITY RUINS, MOTIONLESS WHITE, THE NEW ROSES, ASHES, THE JOCKERS, LACUNA COIL, OMNIMAR, SILVER PHANTOM, POWERWOLF, PRETTY RECKLESS, PATRICK JOHANSEN
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ROCKSTORY
"(PAGE & PLANT BIOGRAPHY)"
"Page and Plant (also known as Jimmy Page & Robert Plant) was an English rock band active between 1994 and 1998. The group consisted of guitarist Jimmy Page and vocalist Robert Plant (both formerly of English rock band Led Zeppelin), accompanied by bassist Charlie Jones and drummer Michael Lee. Formed in 1994 for an MTV Unplugged reunion, Page and Plant released the platinum-selling live album No Quarter, featuring both new material and middle eastern-influenced covers of classic Led Zeppelin songs. The initial plans for a reunion were made in 1993, with discussions between the two of collaborating emerging from casual small talk and then an invitation to perform on MTV Unplugged Following the success of the live album, they embarked on a world tour featuring a full orchestra. In 1998, Page and Plant released Walking into Clarksdale, comprising entirely new material and featuring the Grammy Award-winning single "Most High". Walking into Clarksdale was certified gold with over 500,000 copies sold. Despite the critical acclaim for "Most High", the album received mixed reviews from critics and was not as commercially successful as 1994's platinum-certified No Quarter. Following the album's release, they embarked on a second world tour before disbanding at the end of 1998. The band reunited for a final performance in 2001. "

665 - HELLRAISER

 
 
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OZZY OSBOURNE, LEMMY KILMISTER, SPEAK OF THE VOICELESS, BASSON LAUBSHER, RICK WAKEMAN, BLACK LABEL SOCIETY, DEAD CITY RUINS, THE NEW ROSES, GARY MOORE, ROB ZOMBIE, LEGUE OF DISTORTION, JOE LYNN TURNER, ELTON JOHN
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" EYE "
OZZY OSBOURNE, LEMMY KILMISTER, SPEAK OF THE VOICELESS, BASSON LAUBSHER, RICK WAKEMAN, BLACK LABEL SOCIETY, DEAD CITY RUINS, THE NEW ROSES, GARY MOORE, ROB ZOMBIE, LEGUE OF DISTORTION, JOE LYNN TURNER, ELTON JOHN
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" EYE"
ROCKSTORY
"(OZZY OSBOURNE & FRIENDS BIOGRAPHY)"
"John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne (born 3 December 1948)is an English singer, songwriter, and television personality. He rose to prominence during the 1970s as the lead vocalist of the heavy metal band Black Sabbath, during which period he adopted the nickname "Prince of Darkness". Osbourne was fired from Black Sabbath in 1979 due to alcohol and drug problems, but went on to have a successful solo career, releasing 13 studio albums, the first seven of which received multi-platinum certifications in the US. Osbourne has since reunited with Black Sabbath on several occasions. He rejoined in 1997 and helped record the group's final studio album, 13 (2013), before they embarked on a farewell tour that ended with a February 2017 performance in their hometown, Birmingham. His longevity and success have earned him the informal title "Godfather of Metal". Osbourne's total album sales from his years in Black Sabbath, combined with his solo work, are over 100 million. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Black Sabbath and into the UK Music Hall of Fame as a solo artist and as a member of the band. He has been honored with stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and Birmingham Walk of Stars. At the 2014 MTV Europe Music Awards, he received the Global Icon Award. In 2015, Osbourne received the Ivor Novello Award for Lifetime Achievement from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors. In the early 2000s, Osbourne became a reality television star, appearing as himself in the MTV reality show The Osbournes alongside wife and manager Sharon and two of their three children, Kelly and Jack. He co-stars with Jack and Kelly in the television series Ozzy & Jack's World Detour. The show's third season debuted in June 2018. Over and above all his achievements the Prince of Darkness also made a name for himself as one mean duet-singer taking up the role of guest star on other artists' work Ozzy rarely shied away from collaborating with other musicians. Still, his mastery over the underrated (in the rock & metal world, at least) art of singing duets has spawned some rather unique songs. Tonight we will take a deeper look into some of these iconic Ozzy Osbourne duets. "

664 - DARK DAYS

 
 
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PHIL CAMBELL & the BASTARD SONS, ELLEFSON-SOTO, ORIANTHI, JOE LYNN TURNER, IRON ALLIES, U.D.O., GOTHMINSTER, CHEZ KANE, SAHG, ORDEN ODIN, KID ROCK, UGLY KID JOE, AUTOGRAPH, LORD OF THE LOST, AVANTASIA
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" DARK "
PHIL CAMBELL & the BASTARD SONS, ELLEFSON-SOTO, ORIANTHI, JOE LYNN TURNER, IRON ALLIES, U.D.O., GOTHMINSTER, CHEZ KANE, SAHG, ORDEN ODIN, KID ROCK, UGLY KID JOE, AUTOGRAPH, LORD OF THE LOST, AVANTASIA
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" DARK "
ROCKSTORY
"(PHIL CAMBELL & the BASTARD SONS BIOGRAPHY)"
"Phil Campbell and the Bastard Sons is a Welsh rock band established in 2016 by longtime Motörhead guitarist Phil Campbell, following the 2015 death of Motörhead frontman Lemmy. After the inevitable disbandment of Motörhead, Campbell announced he was working on a solo album, recording with a plethora of guest artists including Rob Halford, Joe Satriani, and Slipknot percussionist Chris Fehn. Around the same time, he formed a new band, Phil Campbell & the Bastard Sons. Alongside former Attack! Attack! vocalist Neil Starr, the group featured Campbell's three actual sons: guitarist Todd, bassist Tyla, and drummer Dane. While still very much in an old-school rock vein, the new band's material was more stylistically varied than Motörhead's. In November 2016 the band released their first recording, a self-titled EP. The band has subsequently performed in supporting slots with Hawkwind, Guns N' Roses, Saxon and Airbourne. In August 2017, Phil Campbell and the Bastard Sons announced that they were to start recording their debut album. On 26 October 2017, Phil Campbell And The Bastard Sons announced the title of the debut album as The Age Of Absurdity, which was released on 26 January 2018 on Nuclear Blast Records. The album was produced by Romesh Dodangoda. At the 2018 Metal Hammer Awards ceremony in Germany, it won Best Debut Album. The band's line up for the album features Phil and his three sons, together with former Attack! Attack! vocalist from South Wales Neil Starr. On 21 April 2018, Phil Campbell and the Bastard Sons released a cover of "Silver Machine" for Record Store Day. The track was previously available as a bonus track on some CD versions of The Age of Absurdity. The band completed a headlining tour of the UK and Europe in the winter of 2018. On 4 September 2020, the band announced on social media that a new album We're the Bastards would be released on 13 November via Nuclear Blast. The album has been recorded during the Corona virus lockdown and was recorded and produced by Todd Campbell in Wales and mixed by Soren Anderson. Vocalist Neil Starr said: "It's definitely great to know that we have an audience now. We know there are people that want to hear it, but the truth is that we just had fun with it. Once again, we made the record we wanted to make and it's been really exciting. It was awesome to take our minds off everything and just concentrate on recording a kick ass album for the fans to enjoy." On 2 June 2021, the band announced they had parted ways with vocalist Neil Starr. On 18 January 2022 the band announced that Joel Peters had been made a permanent member of the band. "

663 - STANDING ALONE

 
 
 
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WHITE WOLF, BILLY IDOL, QUEENSHRYCE, RED HOT CHILLIE PEPPERS, JADED HEART, DOROTHY, BONFIRE, ELLEFSON-SOTO, ALTER BRIDGE, POWERWOLF, ORIANTHI, U.D.O., FREEDOM HAWK, JOE LYNN TURNER
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" STONE "
WHITE WOLF, BILLY IDOL, QUEENSHRYCE, RED HOT CHILLIE PEPPERS, JADED HEART, DOROTHY, BONFIRE, ELLEFSON-SOTO, ALTER BRIDGE, POWERWOLF, ORIANTHI, U.D.O., FREEDOM HAWK, JOE LYNN TURNER
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" STONE "
ROCKSTORY
"(WHITE WOLF BIOGRAPHY)"
"White Wolf is a Canadian heavy metal band from Edmonton, Alberta, led by Don Wolf. White Wolf originally formed in 1975 under the name Slamm, then changed to Warrior before settling on White Wolf. The group played locally for several years before landing a recording contract with RCA Records; their debut album, Standing Alone, was issued on the label in 1984. The band toured in Canada, the United States, Europe and Japan in support of the album. A second album, Endangered Species, was released in 1986. The album included one song which was made into a music video: "She". The group disbanded shortly after completing the album, in 1988. After a sabbatical Don Wolf and Cam MacLeod reformed the band in 2007 and released a third album with new material, Victim Of The Spotlight, later that year. They came together again for a tour of Germany that year; a concert from this tour was recorded live and released in 2008 by Escape Music as WHITE WOLF Live in Germany. As of 2016, White Wolf continues to perform occasionally at local venue "

662 - VILLAGE OF THE DAMNED

 
 
 
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HOLLYWOOD MONSTERS, DAVID PAICH, SIR GIBSON, SKIDROW, CAPTAIN BLACKBEARD, AD INFINITUM, BILLY IDOL, MONSTER TRUCK, MOTIVE BLACK, ELECTRIC CALLBOY, ALL FOR METAL, QUEENSHRYCE, BLACK RAIN, STREETLIGHT CIRCUS, RED HOT CHILLIE PEPPERS
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" RUNNING "
HOLLYWOOD MONSTERS, DAVID PAICH, SIR GIBSON, SKIDROW, CAPTAIN BLACKBEARD, AD INFINITUM, BILLY IDOL, MONSTER TRUCK, MOTIVE BLACK, ELECTRIC CALLBOY, ALL FOR METAL, QUEENSHRYCE, BLACK RAIN, STREETLIGHT CIRCUS, RED HOT CHILLIE PEPPERS
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" RUNNING "
ROCKSTORY
"(HOLLYWOOD MONSTERS BIOGRAPHY)"
"Hollywood Monsters was an American hard rock supergroup from Los Angeles, California, formed in 2013 by the frontman, Steph Honde, a French singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist he achieved great success in France as a guitarist. He started his musical career as the frontman of the French band Mamooth. Later Honde garnered a reputation as a guitar virtuoso when playing in the French hard rock band Café Bertrand in 2004-2010. Honde recorded two albums with Café Bertrand: Les Airs Empruntés (2005) and L'Art délicat du Rock'N'Roll (2008). He was the sole songwriter of the latter. Both albums were critically acclaimed and commercially successful. In 2010, after leaving the band Café Bertrand, Steph Honde toured with Paul Di'Anno (the original vocalist of Iron Maiden) and The Stars. In 2012 Steph Honde emigrated to California, U.S. and started working on his own project, the band Hollywood Monsters which features legendary guest musicians. Honde created the project in 2013 and is the only songwriter of the project, including the band's debut album Big Trouble. Steph Honde met Don Airey in 2006 when Honde's then-current band Café Bertrand was the opening band for the Deep Purple European leg of the Rapture of the Deep tour. Tim Bogert appreciated the demo recordings suggested to him by Steph Honde and agreed to play on three tracks of the album despite the fact he had been in retirement for several years prior to the recording of the album Big Trouble. Vinny Appice plays drums on most of the tracks on the album. Steph Honde wrote the song "Village of the Damned" as an homage to Vinny Appice before even meeting him. Paul Di'Anno (lead vocals on bonus track "Fuck You All") chose the song himself from the number of songs suggested to him by Steph Honde. They met in 2010 when Honde's then-current band The Stars accompanied Paul Di'Anno on tour across France. Hollywood Monsters were working on their third album called Thriving on Chaos. The album would have featured Steph Honde, Vinny Appice, Tim Bogert, Ronnie Robson, Danko Jones, Blitz from the band Overkill among others. Thriving on Chaos was an eleven track release; it also included a nine track bonus album titled A State of Nature, which is an acoustic album that includes songs from the earliest band's catalogue, new songs, and a few cover songs. Another bonus album called Isolated Incidents is available, and contains various demos, isolated tracks, and more. "

661 - BOYS NIGHT OUT

 
 
 
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SOUTHGANG, MEGADEATH, BLIND GAURDIAN, GRAVE DIGGER, TATOO, WILD AMERICA, JAX HOLLOW, DAVID PAICH, CROSSON, SHAKRA, HOUSE OF LORDS, SIR GIBSON, THE HELLICOPTERS, THE HU, SKIDROW
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" BRIDGE "
SOUTHGANG, MEGADEATH, BLIND GAURDIAN, GRAVE DIGGER, TATOO, WILD AMERICA, JAX HOLLOW, DAVID PAICH, CROSSON, SHAKRA, HOUSE OF LORDS, SIR GIBSON, THE HELLICOPTERS, THE HU, SKIDROW
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"(SOUTHGANG BIOGRAPHY)"
"SouthGang was a Los Angeles-based rock band , formed in the late 1980s. It wasn’t long before they headed to the bright lights of L.A.’s Sunset Strip and within a year of their arrival the band was headlining, garnering major label interest. Southgang had been taken under the wing of Desmond Child (after being introduced by Ratt), the legendary 80s song doctor consequently contributing a great deal to the group’s songwriting. The band's original name was Byte the Bullet, but this was changed to SouthGang before they released their first album, Tainted Angel. They had a similar style to many of the other "hair bands" of the era. The band is best remembered for their 1991 single "Tainted Angel," which received some MTV airplay, especially during Headbangers Ball. With a slamming rhythm section in bassist Jayce Fincher and drummer Mitch McLee, a wickedly wild guitarist in Butch Walker, and a powerful and wide-ranging lead singer in Jesse Harte, SouthGang seemed to have everything going for it, including aid from Desmond Child, Jeff “Skunk” Baxter (Steely Dan/Doobie Brothers), and Kane Roberts (Alice Cooper), who aided the band either during the songwriting, recording, and production processes. This was no “cookie cutter hair band” of the era, but a group that had not only big-time support, but mastery over its instruments. Plus, the musicians also had a knack for incorporating numerous surprises into each song, whether it be unexpected rhythm breaks or key changes, inventive drum, bass, or guitar fills, or the addition of a brass section, harmonica and cowbells, light Hammond organ and honky-tonk piano, acoustic and slide guitar and the aforementioned talk-box, even one instance of female background vocals, all giving SouthGang that “unpredictable factor” that set it apart from its contemporaries. And with the ultra-catchy choruses, a budding “guitar hero” in its midst, the overall energetic performances and rowdy atmosphere, and slick yet robust studio production, the band truly seemed destined for greatness. After the band's breakup in the mid-1990s, Butch Walker, Jayce Fincher, and Mitch McLee went on to form power pop band Marvelous 3, scoring a minor hit with "Freak of the Week" in 1998. "