From
the time they could sound out notes and move their fingers, Danny and
Noelle, an ambitious sibling duo, began crafting music in basements and
attics with the hometown heroes of Waltham, Massachusetts. With his
second-hand drum set, Danny began his descent into the world of Boston
hardcore, playing with several local bands while Noelle spent the next
several years recording pop songs in her neighbor’s home recording
studio.
Those pop songs would eventually generate the mildly successful
record, “From the Attic”, launching the career of a successful
Waltham-based band called Damone. With the album’s success, Damone
began touring throughout the U.S. and Asia with the shy, inimitable
16-year-old Noelle as front women, and her 18-year-old brother Danny as
tour manager. Within the year, Danny had returned home to attend
college, leaving Noelle to promote Damone’s blossoming popularity and a
successful second album.
After a blissful 9-year journey of dissonance, misfortune, and
evolution, Damone ended their relationship, liberating Noelle on an
enlightening journey deep into the woods of Vermont to find her soul
and purpose. She returned home with a broadened perspective of life:
“Humanity will inevitably destroy itself and cockroaches will reign
with blazing pincers, so why the fuck are we wasting any time?!”
Back under the city lights, on a night of swinging and dancing in
the midst of the chaotic scene, beer and whiskey flung high across the
night sky and music pierced the air with a sense of childish freedom.
Reconvening in the attic of their childhood home with their friend
Sean, a virtuoso renowned for his artistic creativity, Danny and
Noelle, brought to life an eclectic collection of acoustic songs that
Noelle had written over the past few years. The trio began
collaborating musically, introducing her organic, whimsical melodies to
the percussive and gritty fervor that would become the blue print for
The Organ Beats.
Emerging onto the Boston rock scene, the three-piece encountered a
Texan named Mikey. Destined to fill the rhythmic void and complete the
band’s evolution, his fiery rhythms and elegant melodies encapsulated a
natural musical ability that would fuse the deep silence that had
remained.
In mind’s eye a spotlight had affixed on the four of them. There
were no questions. There was no doubt. There was only the time for them
to begin their musical feat that had been awaiting them from the very
beginning.
Thus the quest begins. The Organ Beats have arrived.
It was announced today that in conjunction with the new movie Iron Man 2, that a “unique collaboration between Marvel Studios and Columbia Records” AC/DC will be featured prominently in the movie, as well as getting their own Iron Man 2 branded soundtrack for the movie. AC/DC: Iron Man 2 will be released on April 19, 2010, and feature 15 classic AC/DC tracks from the bands history, covering all studio albums between 1976-2008.
Pre-orders are available now from both Amazon and Walmart in three different versions:
The Amazon version is available as either a CD/DVD collection or as a two vinyl set. The Walmart version is just CD only.
To go along with today’s announcement is the debut of a video for the collection of the AC/DC classic “Shoot To Thrill”. The video features footage of AC/DC’s performance in Buenos Aires during their recent Black Ice tour. Check out the video below:
AC/DC’s Music to be featured in “IRON MAN 2″
Band to Release AC/DC: Iron Man 2 Album on Monday April 19, 2010
Los Angeles, CA. January 26, 2010 – Through a unique collaboration between Marvel Studios and Columbia Records, AC/DC’s music will be featured in Marvel Studios’ “IRON MAN 2,” the sequel to the 2008 blockbuster film. In addition, Columbia Records will release the album AC/DC: Iron Man 2 on Monday, April 19, 2010. AC/DC: Iron Man 2, features 15 classic AC/DC songs selected from ten of the band’s studio albums, ranging from 1976 to 2008. The complete track listing can be found below. Read the rest of this entry →
A download only charity compilation launches today to raise money for the relief efforts following the Earthquake in Haiti.
A message from Ginger’s manager, Gav, who’s behind it:
Upon arriving back in the UK a few weeks ago at Heathrow (and being a little too wrapped up in seemingly important things like whether the plane would land in the snow or if my train would be running) I was immediately greeted and numbed by the horrific and shocking news reports that followed after the Haiti Earthquake. As the magnitude of the disaster continues to grow by the day, I was very keen (like most people) to do ’something’.
Thus The Haiti Project – a charity download album – was born. Within a few days of sending emails and calls to my nearest and dearest friends an album quite literally ‘came together’.
The album is spearheaded by the anthemic debut track from The Sonic Graffiti, a new band from LA put together by Ginger, Billy Morrison, Michael Butler & Scott Lipps. The track entitled Mystery Number was recorded at Matt Sorum’s studio in August 2009 & was produced by the legendary Mike Clink.
I’d like to personally say a big thankyou to Ginger, Billy, Michael, Scott & Mike for donating this exclusive track, and allowing The Haiti Project to (hopefully) raise even more money.
I would love for everyone to spread word around the internet world via their Twitterings, Facebookings, Myspacings, bloggings and other ‘ings’. Lets raise some money.
1) The Sonic Graffiti – Mystery Number (Exclusive)
2) Eureka Machines – Being Good Is Ok, But Being Betters Better
3) Electric Six – Newark Airport Boogie
4) Jackdaw 4 – Jesus Wants My Soul Back
5) The Loyalties – Sofa Surfin’ UK (Acoustic)
6) Antiproduct – When We Find Love
7) The Organ Beats – Happy Birthday/Come On Home
8) The Wildhearts – Unbroken
9) Tragedy: All Metal Tribute To The Bee Gees – Nights On Broadway
10) Radio Dead Ones – Take It On Trust
11) Ricky Warwick – Love Owes
12) Brijitte West (Feat. Jesse Malin) – How To Be Good
13) Moi? – This Is All That I Wanted
14) Laika Dog – Piano Song
15) Sorry & The Sinatras – Riverside
16) Children of The Unicorn – Nightshark
The download album costs just £5 and is available from MusicGlue.
16 songs for £5!? Oh yes!
All of the money will be donated directly to the ongoing relief efforts and you’ll end up with 16 great tracks. Good deal.
This story almost sounds like a hoax or an Onion News Bit. First we hear about Steven Tyler singing Karaoke Aerosmith songs and now he’s perofming at Home Depot.
If this is true, we are witnessing the fall of one of rocks greatest icons.
TMZ.com reports that Steven Tyler sang two of AEROSMITH‘s biggest hits a cappella over the loudspeaker this past weekend at a Home Depot in Rancho Mirage, California.
“Multiple employees” at the store tell TMZ.com that Tyler randomly picked up the microphone on Saturday and belted out snippets of “Dude Looks Like a Lady” and “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing” for all the shoppers to enjoy.
MICHAEL MONROE UNVEILS NEW BAND AT HOLLYWOOD PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY, MONDAY, JANUARY 25
MICHAEL MONROE MOBILE BACKSTAGE APPLICATION FOR MOBILE DEVICES NOW AVAILABLE FOR FREE VIA APPLE’S IPHONE APPLICATION STORE AND THROUGH MICHAELMONROE.COM
SXSW & U.S. TOUR DATES CONFIRMED FOR THIS SPRING
Legendary rocker MICHAEL MONROE has long been at the forefront of breaking music barriers. This spring he returns with a highly anticipated new group that was announced today, Monday, January 25 at a press conference hosted by pro-skater, video director and MTV personality Bam Margera at Swing House Rehearsal & Recording Studios in Hollywood, CA. News about an upcoming album and U.S. tour dates, plus details about the Michael Monroe Mobile Backstage application for mobile devices–the personal hotline between the fans and MONROE’s band anywhere in the world at any given time—was unveiled as well.
The MICHAEL MONROE band features bassist SAMI YAFFA who has played with a remarkable variety of bands including Hanoi Rocks, New York Dolls and Joan Jett & the Blackhearts; guitarist GINGER who has dazzled audiences over the world with his band The Wildhearts. Also on guitar is TODD YOUTH, the master fretman who has played with many top-tier hard rock ensembles including Danzig, Motorhead, Glen Campbell, Samhain, D Generation and most recently Chelsea Smiles. Rounding out the band is drummer JIMMY CLARK, whose resume includes providing rhythm for the likes of Deborah Harry (who would later introduce him to Michael Monroe), Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, Glen Burtnick, Rick Derringer, Wynonna, Blackhawk and The Van Zant Brothers. Jimmy also played in Michael´s band Demolition 23 which also included Sami Yaffa.
Coming off the Hanoi Rocks rebirth from 2002-2009, MICHAEL MONROE makes his long-awaited mark on America starting with SXSW and West Coast U.S. dates in March with his incredible team of players. In addition to a schedule of exclusive live performances, which also includes Finland, Sweden, UK in April and east coast dates in May, MICHAEL MONROE and his band are set to enter the studio in the spring to record a new album for the fall.
Fans can keep up with MONROE and his players via the Michael Monroe Mobile Backstage mobile application available now for free through Apple’s iPhone/iPod application store and at www.michaelmonroe.com. With this, MONROE’s followers everywhere can experience everything that happens on the road and backstage exclusively in real time through their mobile phone. In addition to viewing and sharing videos, pictures and messages both ways directly with the band, they can comment and rate all material and also connect with other fans. The application works in iPhone, iPod Touch, most of Nokia & Sony Ericsson phones and many of LG’s & Samsung’s models.
Mobile Backstage is a mobile fan community platform that provides individually branded social applications for artists and bands. It’s not about conventional web-based social media like Facebook or Twitter where brands are competing with each other for everyone’s attention. Instead, it is hand-crafted to gather the artist’s most devoted followers into one dedicated mobile social environment. The internationally awarded mobile fan community service Mobile Backstage is now on the launch pad. Behind the product is Steam Republic Ltd. Several international pilot cases will be paving the way and one of the first pilots is the Michael Monroe Mobile Backstage. For more information relating Mobile Backstage, visit www.mobilebackstage.com.
Catch the one and only MICHAEL MONROE on tour this spring at:
On Monday, Jan 25th at 12pm PST former Hanoi Rocks singer (and one of the top 2 singers in the world in my opinion) will be holding a press conference to announce the lineup of his new band. It has already been announced that Sam Yaffa will be on bass. You can watch the press conference live below.
Word on the street is that the rest of the band will consist of Ginger (Wildhearts) on guitar, Jimmy Clarke (Demolition 23) on drums and Todd Youth(Chelsea Smiles) on guitar.
Monroe previously stated about his new group, “The band is sounding killer and we’re having a really good time working and stuff. I’m really happy and excited about this.
“We’ve already got about an album’s worth of material written and rehearsed, but we’re still gonna write some more, as we’re in no hurry to get into the studio until sometime during the spring to record the album. We do wanna release something
before the summer, though. If not the whole record, at least a couple of songs or so. We’re also rehearsing the live set and I must say I’ve really missed playing a lot of my solo stuff over the past few years. Especially songs from ‘Not Fakin’ It’ and ‘Demolition 23′.
“The plan is to start playing live shows in March.”
RJD2 is back with his highly anticipated 4th solo album “The Colossus”. Marking the 10th year of his career, the album showcases the myriad of styles RJD2 has spanned as a maverick, respected producer.
Collaborating with MC’s, vocalists and various instrumentalists, it displays an urgency and sophistication rarely seen. Weaving together RJD2’s rock solid drums, soulful vibes and horns, samples and everything else available, the album is a kaleidoscopic look both forward and back. “The Colossus” is out now via his own label, RJ’s Electrical Connections.
Emerging from an extended holiday slumber, Raveonettes frontman Sune Rose Wagner has created a visually-charged video for In And Out Of Control’s most controversial track, “Boys Who Rape (Should All Be Destroyed).” Put together in his New York apartment, the clip is a sober take on a grave issue, featuring archival images of both victims and perpetrators. Like the song itself, which relies on sugar-sweet harmonies and a ba-ba-ba outro, the video closes by finding hope amidst despair. Considering the sensitive subject matter, Wagner has offered up a heartfelt letter detailing both the song’s origin and the impetus for the video. The message is included in full below.
“I penned this song in the later stages of recording “In And Out Of Control”. At the time I wanted to add an up-tempo song to the album but had no idea what I was getting myself into. The words started pouring and suddenly I realized I was writing about something very important and close to me. An anger stored in me for as long as I can remember. An anger triggered in me by personally witnessing the effect of rape on various individuals and the cowardice of the perpetrators. The immense hatred for someone savagely robbing another girl’s innocence. The disgust for someone brutally forcing a girl to succumb to horrendous acts of violence and sexual humiliation, scarring her for life.
The video was done in the same fashion as the songwriting. Quick and spontaneous. Anger and frustration was cast upon the images and thrown together in a disorderly fashion mimicking the violent behavior of rapists. The song is also a celebration of life and the fact that life does move on even after tragic events such as these. I chose to incorporate several “happy” moments, such as the best guitar solo ever, into the video to leave a sense of hope amidst all this tremendous despair.
Be warned, some images are quite strong but I felt it necessary to portray the evilness in this barbaric act.”
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