Mevio Music

On Mevio Music Today:
Hairbangers Ball – Butler’s Vault – AC/DC
Top 5 Countdown – Wedding music alternatives
Dirty Penny Interview
Triple Cobra – “Live Fast and Die Beautiful” music video
KISS – On Tour
Grace Potter and The Nocturnals – “Stop The Bus” Music video

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For you fanatical fans of plastic instrument gaming, there is another in the LONG line of Guitar Hero games coming soon. This is of course another band branded entry in the series featuring the one and only Van Halen. Check out the trailer above.

Of course I should say only partly featuring Van Halen, as it omits a very large portion of the band’s history, that being the part with Sammy Hagar. Now I know that a lot of people won’t see that as a big deal since most people are fans of the classic David Lee Roth years of the band. Personally, while I do enjoy a lot of the songs of that period, I am more a fan of the Sammy Hagar years (yeah I know, sue me). That being said, I think it is a shame that Eddie and Alex can’t get past their own egos and make a Van Halen game that encompasses the band’s entire history. And of course, to add insult to injury, not only do they omit Hager, but they also cut out Michael Anthony from the game as well, just because he has sided with Hagar, and because they play together in Chickenfoot.

A lot of people are going to buy this game, because people just do. I for one won’t be among them. Mostly because I can’t see getting another Guitar Hero game right now (although I will probably get Guitar Hero 5, but that is a more full fledged game), but mostly I am not going to get this because in isn’t an accurate portrayal of this legendary band.

James Montgomery of MTV News posted his annual mid-year best of the albums that have been released so far this year. He has a pretty good list with a top ten and some honorable mentions.

A couple of the choices in his top ten include:

• Lily Allen, It’s Not Me, It’s You
• Wilco, Wilco (The Album)
• Kelly Clarkson, All I Ever Wanted

Some of his honorable mentions include:

Blogger Kevin Cogill, who pleaded guilty to leaking part of Guns ‘n Roses’ “Chinese Democracy”, was sentenced to one year’s probation. Also he is sentenced to two months of house arrest, having his computers subjected to government scrutiny, and he will have to record a PSA for the RIAA.

Cogill said that the nine songs he posted from “Chinese Democracy” was meant to help promote the band, not hurt it. Prosecutors had wanted Cogill to serve jail time, but U.S. Magistrate Judge Paul Abrams determined that Cogill had learned his lesson.

Tonight I had the privilege of being invited to a listening party for the upcoming Alice In Chains record, Black Gives Way To Blue. ( Thanks to Chelsea from High Voltage Magazine)

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It was an industry only event at the Montalban Theater in Hollywood. There was an open bar and food catered by In N Out Burger. I got to the theater, grabbed a free Bass Beer, a burger and sat down next to my friend Chealsea. About 15 minutes later, some guy from Virgin Records came up on stage and said how Alice in Chains was the reason he got into the music business and how he felt so privileged to be a part of this “amazing” record. Then he said “Enjoy the Record” and walked off stage.

On comes the music. The boys in Alice in Chains snuck in from the back and stood by the soundboard and rocked out to the first song as it was playing. The audience looked like a bunch of zombies, staring at the stage with blank stares on their faces.
I don’t know what the name of the song was but it was a riff that sounded like it was tuned down to C that repeated over and over and over and over and over and over for what seemed like 5 minutes. It sounded like an album intro that should have been about 30 seconds. It went nowhere fast. After the song ended, the audience of music industry douchebags applauded politely. I looked back at the band and they had big smiles on their faces that looked like they were thinking “Yes! they loved the first tune!”

2nd song comes on. It sounded really heavy but really boring. It had a classic Alice in Chains sound except there was no chorus. At this point I’m thinking that the record label guy is either deaf or stupid or blowing smoke up the band’s ass or all three.

3rd song comes on. It sounded exactly like the 2nd song. I looked back at the band by the soundboard and they were banging their heads and playing air guitar. Their girlfriends were standing next to them trying to act like they liked the music. The song faded out and I said out loud, “They probably couldn’t think of another part so they faded it out” The guy in front of me turned around and said he was thinking the same thing. At this point several people got up and left.

4th song comes on. It started off with a nice acoustic melodic guitar. I’m thinking that if this is the single and has a catchy chorus, it could put the band back on the map. 2 minutes later, I’m still waiting for the chorus. Too bad. It had potential.

5 song comes on. I don’t remember how it sounded. I think it was very similar to the first 3. Chelsea got up to leave and I followed.

So 4 1/2 songs into the record, I give it a 0 out of 4 1/2.

Maybe the rest of the album got great but some how, I doubt it.