Ted är en galen redneck. Dock har han genom åren berikat jorden med en hel del coola riff.
Idag fyller Ted 62 pilbågar. Grattis Tedster!
Btw, bilden ovan hade utan tvekan platsat i Playgirl.
Teds hemsida med allehanda galenskap
/Niclas
måndag 13 december 2010
"Appetite for destruction", bäst på vinyl eller cd?
En läsare ställer den stora och viktiga frågan till Duff Mckagan.
Duff svarar här
/Niclas
En läsare ställer den stora och viktiga frågan till Duff Mckagan.
Duff svarar här
/Niclas
Intervju med Mike Levine i Triumph!
För någon vecka sedan hade jag nöjet att åter få en pratstund med den mycket trevlige Mike Levine. Sist vi pratades vid nådde jag honom på mobiltelefonen på Jamaica och fruktade då en gigantisk telefonräkning, men det visade sig inte alls bli speciellt dyrt.
Nu, två år senare, når jag honom åter på mobilen, men denna gång sittandes vid sidan av vägen någonstans utanför Toronto.
Vi pratade bl a om kommande livedvd, remasterskivorna och första giget med Triumph.
Hi, this is Niclas from Sweden!
Mike Levine: Hi Niclas, how are you?
I´m good! How are you?
ML: I´m excellent, thank you!
Are you in Canada?
ML: I am. I´m in Toronto sitting on the side of the road on my cell phone.
I actually talked to you two years ago and then I caught you on your cell phone in Jamaica.
ML: I remember, yeah. Everything good with you?
Yeah, I´m all god but it´s getting hysterically cold over here. It´s been snowing all day and it´s freezing, but that´s just the way it is this time of year.
ML: Yeah, we have no snow but it´s cold.
I´m kind of wondering about these re-releases? How much work was done remastering and stuff like that?
ML: Frontiers did all the work. This was basically their idea, to put these out and get them back on the street. We contributed whatever they asked us to contribute, which was some art they didn´t have and we reworked a lot of the interiors and they´re obviously remastered to reflect what´s going on in today´s world. I haven´t even seen them! (laughs) Other than the art, right. Everything was done there and we´ve been going back and forth. They really wanted to make sure the band was happy with the artwork and stuff. The music files are fine as far as I´m concerned.
How long have you been involved with Frontiers Records?
ML: It´s been about… let´s see, when did we get in bed together? Back in January I guess. Yeah, the deal was done and then the put out the “Greatest hits” remix package and also at the same time they took rights for the catalog and also for another dvd that we´re working on.
Ok. Did they approach you or you them?
ML: No, the president of the company, Serafino, got in touch directly with me. Actually I think he called Rik first or sent Rik an e-mail and then Rik sent it over to me and then he and I spent a few months chatting and trying to arrive at some kind of agreement that we were both happy with, which we finally did in January.
What´s this dvd that you´re working on then?
ML: That´s gonna be a combo of, at least I think, the Sweden Rock show and the Roklahoma show with a lot of backstage documentarish type stuff on it. Yeah, it should be really neat! We really didn´t get enough of each show that´s really high quality. We didn´t really have a separate film crew, we just used the cameras for the big screens, so the cameras are pointed at the ground sometimes. (laughs) But we did the entire audio of the Sweden Rock show, that´s all finished, but Roklahoma we haven´t really touched yet. It´s a work in progress. Actually this week we´re gonna hire an editor that is just gonna go through all the… because just from Sweden we have like probably 10 or 15 tapes, digi beta tapes from the camera guys that were just following us around and the same kind of thing for Roklahoma. All that stuff has to be gone through and figured out what we can put in and what we can´t and hopefully there´s a lot of swearwords and stuff. (laughs)
How involved are you as a band in that process? I mean, do you watch everything and say “I want that or cut that!” or do you leave that to the editor?
ML: We leave it to the editor and then we´ll go in and say “I hate that!”, “Fix that”, Do that!”. (laughs) It would just be to tedious to sit there and look at film from five cameras. I mean, a good shot is a good shot and he´s gonna know what that is. It´s just a question of how they´re cut together or whether… I mean, editors have a way of taking stuff and moving it around. There was one shot he used of Gil doing a drum roll and it was in the middle of a guitar solo and I´m going “He´s not playing a drum roll, what are you focusing on?” (laughs) He said “I thought it´ll look cool there!” and I say “it looks very bad there!”. (laughs)
Any thoughts of writing a new album?
ML: You know, we´ve danced around that a little bit, but we´re all of the inclination that if we were to go into the studio we´re like “Let´s get three incredible songs!”. Like incredible songs, not just songs. Stuff that we think is exceptional and do three songs and sit back, look at it and see and then move on from there, kind of thing. But we don´t really have a serious plan of recording an entire album, at this stage anyway.
Are You writing music constantly or…?
ML: On and off. I´ll sit at the piano or pick up the guitar and work on some stuff and I´ll phone Gil and play it for him. We go back and forth every now and then, but everybody´s busy with their own stuff unfortunately.
When you started out writing songs and then compare it to today when you´ve been through things and you´re older, do you still have that same fire so to speak, as you had when you were young or ist it more difficult writing songs now?
ML: It was always difficult! (laughs) Let me tell you, to answer your question honestly, it´s a lot easier to write a song, period, than it is to write a song for Triumph. You can go “I really like where I´m going with this, but it´s so good for the band, I wanna record it!”. It might be good for Mariah Carey or who ever, you know. The only way to really write for Triumph is for the three of us to sit down. You have an idea but you don´t finish it and then you take it to the other guys like we used to do it. Sometimes it was a whole song and the we´d just rip it apart and rewrite it because it had some good thing in it but not enough good things. If you know you have some good things that are gonna happen or if you were to know that you were gonna put something out and if we for sure were gonna go on the road or something like that, I think you get more fire out of the band than if just “Let´s just do it for the heck of it!”.
Makes sense. There´s been some talk and talk earlier this year of a possible Van Halen/Triumph tour? How much truth in it was there and was it even an idea from the beginning?
ML: You´d have to speak to Live Nation about that. I think it came out of their camp. (laughs) That was a concert promoter’s wet dream that would´ve done huge business. I think Van Halen is still planning to go out, I think. We have had really no communication with them or with Live Nation. As far as I know right now, it´s still a rumor.
You´ve never toured with them, have you?
ML: We played with Van Halen at the US Festival.
I know!
ML: That´s the only time, but that´s not a tour. That was Dave with a bunch of headliners. (laughs)
Alright! I found some stuff from the past. I read that you´re first paid concert as Triumph, was at some place called Simcoe High School in 1975. Do you have any memories of that?
ML: Sure. (laughs)
How old were you back then?
ML: A lot younger than I am now. (laughs) I had probably turned into my 20´s at that point. It was fun. Back then the stage was like a 6 inch riser kind of thing and we had totally unsophisticated gear to be able to pull it off. We had pyro that didn´t work properly, light would fall over. (laughs). But I do remember that the audience went absolutely nuts. It was kind of satisfying to do that gig and have people that paid to see you and really love it.
Did you go to school there?
ML: No, that school is about 75 miles outside of Toronto, so it´s in a whole different area.
Was that a common thing back then, playing gigs at high schools?
ML: Yeah, there was a really big business actually. That´s how bands survived here, high schools and colleges. Every high school would have a dance on a Friday or Saturday night at least once a month. And they had good budgets to buy talent with, so I think they paid us 750 bucks and that was our first gig, which was a lot of money in those days. A lot of money! But we just said “The name of the band is Triumph and we´re great!”, we made a poster and said “Our price is a 1000 bucks!”. They offered 750 and the agent took it.
Nice! It wasn´t recorded, like on a tape recorder or something?
ML: No. We didn´t think about that. We were much to worried just playing and having enough gear to play the gig. We had roadies even. I think we had two roadies. As I remember it, it was at that gig… it might be that gig where a strobe light fell on Rik´s head or my head. (laughs)
What is the earliest live recording you guys have got of Triumph?
ML: I guess we probably… that was decently done, I guess in 1979. We did a couple of… I think there was a couple of King Biscuit Flower Hour for radio and then another company called Westwood One. There were three or four and they used to compete with each other, so one would offer you more money than the other and get more stations to play it. I think we ended up making our bed with nobody and just said “No, it´s not your turn this time!”.
I read that you were approached by Ted Nugent for the band that would become Damn Yankees. What made you turn it down?
ML: Actually it wasn´t Ted, it was John Kalodner who was the A&R guy at Geffen Records. He and I were friends and he called me and said “We´re gonna put this band together with Nugent and Tommy Shaw and would you be interested?”. I said “No, I don´t like those guys!”. (laughs) Nah, I´m just kidding! I love Ted and I love Tommy and jack Blades who ended up in the band, is a very good buddy of mine. I love him dearly too! So all that being said, it was really too soon for me to think about going into another band, especially one that wasn´t located… it was on the west coast or the east coast or whatever and it just didn´t feel right for me. I thanked John very much for the offer, but that was kind of a no go.
Finally! If you would record some new stuff, do you think you would end up producing it yourselves or use a hot shot producer?
ML: I don´t know! The experience we´ve had with hot shot producers were just that. They were hot shots, you know, and it was more about them than about the band. I don´t know how exactly we would do it. If there was a really good guy that we really thought was the right guy, I don´t think anybody would object to it. Finding that guy would probably take longer that write the songs. (laughs)
Wouldn´t Nick Raskulinecz, who did Rush´s latest, be good?
ML: Yeah, probably would, you know. When it came time we would certainly at least take a meeting with him.
Cool! The Sweden Rock show, any plans of releasing it as a live album as well?
ML: I haven´t thought about it. Maybe that´s a good idea? I haven´t thought about it.
Well, you should!
ML: Yeah, I´m writing it down now. (laughs) We´ve got the audio for it just sitting there.
Yeah, a lot of people would probably buy it.
ML: Yeah, Sweden Rock audio… right. Yes indeed. Thank you! You see, in every conversation you always learn something good. Oh, we didn´t talk about the box set!
Yeah, right!
ML: That´s very cool! That package looks fantastic! It´s gonna be a very limited edition. I don´t have the final numbers yet, but it´s looking like 500 for Europe only and 300 for North America, that we´re gonna sell off our website. It won´t be a general release over here.
Wow! Is that Frontiers as well?
ML: Yeah, it´s Frontiers as well. I thought it was very smart of them to help promote the catalog. It´s a really good idea and they´ve done a beautiful job on all the original artwork and stuff. We´ve never done a box set so I think it´s a really nice piece for a fan and it will be a collector´s item too. It ain´t gonna be many of them around!
Really cool! Well, thank you so much Mike!
ML: Thank you Niclas! I really appreciate it and I hope we talk again soon!
/Niclas
För någon vecka sedan hade jag nöjet att åter få en pratstund med den mycket trevlige Mike Levine. Sist vi pratades vid nådde jag honom på mobiltelefonen på Jamaica och fruktade då en gigantisk telefonräkning, men det visade sig inte alls bli speciellt dyrt.
Nu, två år senare, når jag honom åter på mobilen, men denna gång sittandes vid sidan av vägen någonstans utanför Toronto.
Vi pratade bl a om kommande livedvd, remasterskivorna och första giget med Triumph.
Hi, this is Niclas from Sweden!
Mike Levine: Hi Niclas, how are you?
I´m good! How are you?
ML: I´m excellent, thank you!
Are you in Canada?
ML: I am. I´m in Toronto sitting on the side of the road on my cell phone.
I actually talked to you two years ago and then I caught you on your cell phone in Jamaica.
ML: I remember, yeah. Everything good with you?
Yeah, I´m all god but it´s getting hysterically cold over here. It´s been snowing all day and it´s freezing, but that´s just the way it is this time of year.
ML: Yeah, we have no snow but it´s cold.
I´m kind of wondering about these re-releases? How much work was done remastering and stuff like that?
ML: Frontiers did all the work. This was basically their idea, to put these out and get them back on the street. We contributed whatever they asked us to contribute, which was some art they didn´t have and we reworked a lot of the interiors and they´re obviously remastered to reflect what´s going on in today´s world. I haven´t even seen them! (laughs) Other than the art, right. Everything was done there and we´ve been going back and forth. They really wanted to make sure the band was happy with the artwork and stuff. The music files are fine as far as I´m concerned.
How long have you been involved with Frontiers Records?
ML: It´s been about… let´s see, when did we get in bed together? Back in January I guess. Yeah, the deal was done and then the put out the “Greatest hits” remix package and also at the same time they took rights for the catalog and also for another dvd that we´re working on.
Ok. Did they approach you or you them?
ML: No, the president of the company, Serafino, got in touch directly with me. Actually I think he called Rik first or sent Rik an e-mail and then Rik sent it over to me and then he and I spent a few months chatting and trying to arrive at some kind of agreement that we were both happy with, which we finally did in January.
What´s this dvd that you´re working on then?
ML: That´s gonna be a combo of, at least I think, the Sweden Rock show and the Roklahoma show with a lot of backstage documentarish type stuff on it. Yeah, it should be really neat! We really didn´t get enough of each show that´s really high quality. We didn´t really have a separate film crew, we just used the cameras for the big screens, so the cameras are pointed at the ground sometimes. (laughs) But we did the entire audio of the Sweden Rock show, that´s all finished, but Roklahoma we haven´t really touched yet. It´s a work in progress. Actually this week we´re gonna hire an editor that is just gonna go through all the… because just from Sweden we have like probably 10 or 15 tapes, digi beta tapes from the camera guys that were just following us around and the same kind of thing for Roklahoma. All that stuff has to be gone through and figured out what we can put in and what we can´t and hopefully there´s a lot of swearwords and stuff. (laughs)
How involved are you as a band in that process? I mean, do you watch everything and say “I want that or cut that!” or do you leave that to the editor?
ML: We leave it to the editor and then we´ll go in and say “I hate that!”, “Fix that”, Do that!”. (laughs) It would just be to tedious to sit there and look at film from five cameras. I mean, a good shot is a good shot and he´s gonna know what that is. It´s just a question of how they´re cut together or whether… I mean, editors have a way of taking stuff and moving it around. There was one shot he used of Gil doing a drum roll and it was in the middle of a guitar solo and I´m going “He´s not playing a drum roll, what are you focusing on?” (laughs) He said “I thought it´ll look cool there!” and I say “it looks very bad there!”. (laughs)
Any thoughts of writing a new album?
ML: You know, we´ve danced around that a little bit, but we´re all of the inclination that if we were to go into the studio we´re like “Let´s get three incredible songs!”. Like incredible songs, not just songs. Stuff that we think is exceptional and do three songs and sit back, look at it and see and then move on from there, kind of thing. But we don´t really have a serious plan of recording an entire album, at this stage anyway.
Are You writing music constantly or…?
ML: On and off. I´ll sit at the piano or pick up the guitar and work on some stuff and I´ll phone Gil and play it for him. We go back and forth every now and then, but everybody´s busy with their own stuff unfortunately.
When you started out writing songs and then compare it to today when you´ve been through things and you´re older, do you still have that same fire so to speak, as you had when you were young or ist it more difficult writing songs now?
ML: It was always difficult! (laughs) Let me tell you, to answer your question honestly, it´s a lot easier to write a song, period, than it is to write a song for Triumph. You can go “I really like where I´m going with this, but it´s so good for the band, I wanna record it!”. It might be good for Mariah Carey or who ever, you know. The only way to really write for Triumph is for the three of us to sit down. You have an idea but you don´t finish it and then you take it to the other guys like we used to do it. Sometimes it was a whole song and the we´d just rip it apart and rewrite it because it had some good thing in it but not enough good things. If you know you have some good things that are gonna happen or if you were to know that you were gonna put something out and if we for sure were gonna go on the road or something like that, I think you get more fire out of the band than if just “Let´s just do it for the heck of it!”.
Makes sense. There´s been some talk and talk earlier this year of a possible Van Halen/Triumph tour? How much truth in it was there and was it even an idea from the beginning?
ML: You´d have to speak to Live Nation about that. I think it came out of their camp. (laughs) That was a concert promoter’s wet dream that would´ve done huge business. I think Van Halen is still planning to go out, I think. We have had really no communication with them or with Live Nation. As far as I know right now, it´s still a rumor.
You´ve never toured with them, have you?
ML: We played with Van Halen at the US Festival.
I know!
ML: That´s the only time, but that´s not a tour. That was Dave with a bunch of headliners. (laughs)
Alright! I found some stuff from the past. I read that you´re first paid concert as Triumph, was at some place called Simcoe High School in 1975. Do you have any memories of that?
ML: Sure. (laughs)
How old were you back then?
ML: A lot younger than I am now. (laughs) I had probably turned into my 20´s at that point. It was fun. Back then the stage was like a 6 inch riser kind of thing and we had totally unsophisticated gear to be able to pull it off. We had pyro that didn´t work properly, light would fall over. (laughs). But I do remember that the audience went absolutely nuts. It was kind of satisfying to do that gig and have people that paid to see you and really love it.
Did you go to school there?
ML: No, that school is about 75 miles outside of Toronto, so it´s in a whole different area.
Was that a common thing back then, playing gigs at high schools?
ML: Yeah, there was a really big business actually. That´s how bands survived here, high schools and colleges. Every high school would have a dance on a Friday or Saturday night at least once a month. And they had good budgets to buy talent with, so I think they paid us 750 bucks and that was our first gig, which was a lot of money in those days. A lot of money! But we just said “The name of the band is Triumph and we´re great!”, we made a poster and said “Our price is a 1000 bucks!”. They offered 750 and the agent took it.
Nice! It wasn´t recorded, like on a tape recorder or something?
ML: No. We didn´t think about that. We were much to worried just playing and having enough gear to play the gig. We had roadies even. I think we had two roadies. As I remember it, it was at that gig… it might be that gig where a strobe light fell on Rik´s head or my head. (laughs)
What is the earliest live recording you guys have got of Triumph?
ML: I guess we probably… that was decently done, I guess in 1979. We did a couple of… I think there was a couple of King Biscuit Flower Hour for radio and then another company called Westwood One. There were three or four and they used to compete with each other, so one would offer you more money than the other and get more stations to play it. I think we ended up making our bed with nobody and just said “No, it´s not your turn this time!”.
I read that you were approached by Ted Nugent for the band that would become Damn Yankees. What made you turn it down?
ML: Actually it wasn´t Ted, it was John Kalodner who was the A&R guy at Geffen Records. He and I were friends and he called me and said “We´re gonna put this band together with Nugent and Tommy Shaw and would you be interested?”. I said “No, I don´t like those guys!”. (laughs) Nah, I´m just kidding! I love Ted and I love Tommy and jack Blades who ended up in the band, is a very good buddy of mine. I love him dearly too! So all that being said, it was really too soon for me to think about going into another band, especially one that wasn´t located… it was on the west coast or the east coast or whatever and it just didn´t feel right for me. I thanked John very much for the offer, but that was kind of a no go.
Finally! If you would record some new stuff, do you think you would end up producing it yourselves or use a hot shot producer?
ML: I don´t know! The experience we´ve had with hot shot producers were just that. They were hot shots, you know, and it was more about them than about the band. I don´t know how exactly we would do it. If there was a really good guy that we really thought was the right guy, I don´t think anybody would object to it. Finding that guy would probably take longer that write the songs. (laughs)
Wouldn´t Nick Raskulinecz, who did Rush´s latest, be good?
ML: Yeah, probably would, you know. When it came time we would certainly at least take a meeting with him.
Cool! The Sweden Rock show, any plans of releasing it as a live album as well?
ML: I haven´t thought about it. Maybe that´s a good idea? I haven´t thought about it.
Well, you should!
ML: Yeah, I´m writing it down now. (laughs) We´ve got the audio for it just sitting there.
Yeah, a lot of people would probably buy it.
ML: Yeah, Sweden Rock audio… right. Yes indeed. Thank you! You see, in every conversation you always learn something good. Oh, we didn´t talk about the box set!
Yeah, right!
ML: That´s very cool! That package looks fantastic! It´s gonna be a very limited edition. I don´t have the final numbers yet, but it´s looking like 500 for Europe only and 300 for North America, that we´re gonna sell off our website. It won´t be a general release over here.
Wow! Is that Frontiers as well?
ML: Yeah, it´s Frontiers as well. I thought it was very smart of them to help promote the catalog. It´s a really good idea and they´ve done a beautiful job on all the original artwork and stuff. We´ve never done a box set so I think it´s a really nice piece for a fan and it will be a collector´s item too. It ain´t gonna be many of them around!
Really cool! Well, thank you so much Mike!
ML: Thank you Niclas! I really appreciate it and I hope we talk again soon!
/Niclas
söndag 12 december 2010
Those were the days...
Charmerande och delvis falerande tv som inte görs längre. Var det bättre förr? Tja, ibland kanske. Lite mer jordnära, lite mer oskyldigt. Oavsett så njuter jag av klipp som detta. Kul hur Paul säger "We were in Scandinavia, but now we´re Finnish(ed)", vilket bara susar förbi programledaren.
/Niclas
Charmerande och delvis falerande tv som inte görs längre. Var det bättre förr? Tja, ibland kanske. Lite mer jordnära, lite mer oskyldigt. Oavsett så njuter jag av klipp som detta. Kul hur Paul säger "We were in Scandinavia, but now we´re Finnish(ed)", vilket bara susar förbi programledaren.
/Niclas
"Pissing people off is supposed to be one of the prime elements of rock!"
Jag skrev ju nyligen om att senaste Guitar World har en stor artikel om Soundgarden och en längre intervju med Chris Cornell och Kim Thayil.
En vänlig själ vid namn Jeff Garden har scannat in sidorna och lagt upp dem för läsning.
Soundgarden i GW här
/Niclas
Jag skrev ju nyligen om att senaste Guitar World har en stor artikel om Soundgarden och en längre intervju med Chris Cornell och Kim Thayil.
En vänlig själ vid namn Jeff Garden har scannat in sidorna och lagt upp dem för läsning.
Soundgarden i GW här
/Niclas
None more black!
Rock and roll ain´t what it used to be! Ozzy ger hälsotips i bl a Rolling Stone och nu leker Duff McKagan hobbypsykolog och svarar på förvirrad killes kärleksproblem.
Helt plötsligt känns "Welcome to the jungle" väldigt långt borta...
Duff leker Bullen här
/Niclas
Rock and roll ain´t what it used to be! Ozzy ger hälsotips i bl a Rolling Stone och nu leker Duff McKagan hobbypsykolog och svarar på förvirrad killes kärleksproblem.
Helt plötsligt känns "Welcome to the jungle" väldigt långt borta...
Duff leker Bullen här
/Niclas
En intervju med författaren Greg Prato!
Greg Prato har tidigare bl a skrivit den mycket läsvärda "Grunge is dead", som jag recenserat här och rekommenderar varmt.
Nu har han gett sig i kast med historien om Eric Carr och den verkar också intressant, speciellt för ett gammalt KISS-fan som mig själv. Jag hoppas på ett recex, men alla hans böcker är "print on demand", så det blir kanske till att köpa den.
Nåväl, nedan hittar ni en bra intervju med Prato om just hans senaste bok.
Prato om Eric Carr här
Beställ boken här
/Niclas
Greg Prato har tidigare bl a skrivit den mycket läsvärda "Grunge is dead", som jag recenserat här och rekommenderar varmt.
Nu har han gett sig i kast med historien om Eric Carr och den verkar också intressant, speciellt för ett gammalt KISS-fan som mig själv. Jag hoppas på ett recex, men alla hans böcker är "print on demand", så det blir kanske till att köpa den.
Nåväl, nedan hittar ni en bra intervju med Prato om just hans senaste bok.
Prato om Eric Carr här
Beställ boken här
/Niclas
10 håriga band!
Vi lägger bombdådet i huvudstaden bakom oss och fokuserar på "the real stuff".
Fullkomligt objektiva och patriotfria Fox News listar "Top 10 hair metal heroes", dock med lite underfundig text. Poison plockar andra platsen och ettan är lite av en överraskning.
Se slideshow här
/Niclas
Vi lägger bombdådet i huvudstaden bakom oss och fokuserar på "the real stuff".
Fullkomligt objektiva och patriotfria Fox News listar "Top 10 hair metal heroes", dock med lite underfundig text. Poison plockar andra platsen och ettan är lite av en överraskning.
Se slideshow här
/Niclas
lördag 11 december 2010
Van Halen 180 g Vinyl Deluxe reissue!
"Van Halen II", "Women and children first" och "1984" släpps på måndag och du kan beställa dem via excellenta Hot Stuff för 279 kr styck!
Bra musik kommer nu låta ännu bättre för alla audiofiler!
Van Halen på Hot Stuff här
/Niclas
"Van Halen II", "Women and children first" och "1984" släpps på måndag och du kan beställa dem via excellenta Hot Stuff för 279 kr styck!
Bra musik kommer nu låta ännu bättre för alla audiofiler!
Van Halen på Hot Stuff här
/Niclas
Dansk hårdrock i bokform!
Jens "Jam" Rasmussen har skrivit en ny bok om hårdrockens historia med dansk hårdrock delvis i fokus. Verkar helt klart vara en intressant läsning. Tror nog att jag får maila och be om ett recex omgående.
Info om boken och författaren nedan från Informations Forlag:
Heavy Metal – 40 år med hård rock er det første danske værk om heavy metals musik- og kulturhistorie. Bogen binder dansk og international metalhistorie sammen og skildrer heavy metals udvikling fra udskældt fænomen i sen-60'erne og start-70'erne frem til i dag, hvor heavy metal er en populær, omfangsrig og global størrelse, der forener generationer, nationer og folkeslag.
Heavy Metal – 40 år med hård rock fortæller historien om genre-grundlæggerne Black Sabbath og Led Zeppelin, 70'er pionerer som Judas Priest, AC/DC og Motörhead og definerende 80'er bands som Iron Maiden, Metallica og Guns N' Roses og videre til de mange metalliske subgenrer som thrash, death- og black metal, rap- og nu metal, glam og grunge.
Bogen fortæller også historien om den danske metalscenes udøvere og ildsjæle som blandt andre Lars Ulrich, Brats/Mercyful Fate, King Diamond, Mike Tramp, Pretty Maids, D-A-D, Artillery, Invocator/Jacob Hansen og Michael Poulsen i Danmarks aktuelt største rocknavn, Volbeat.
Heavy Metal – 40 år med hård rock tager os tilbage til de første "øvere" med Black Sabbath i Birmingham, Led Zeppelins debutshows i Danmark, de første koncerter med Mercyful Fate og Artillery i Taastrup, Metallicas premierebesøg i København, på Japanturné med Pretty Maids og til Michael Poulsens tidligste dage som metalfan og -musiker i Ringsted og København.
Bogen er baseret på en lang række specifikke interviews og forfatterens fyldige interviewarkiv med kunstnere som AC/DC, Ozzy og Metallica og mange, mange flere. Desuden er den rigt illustreret med ca. 300 fotos (inkl. 16 siders farveindlæg) fra fortrinsvis to af landets bedste metalfotografer, John Mortensson og Jacob Dinesen.
ANMELDERCITATER
"Ambitiøst værk om heavy metallens historie." ****
Keld Rud, Gaffa
"Til tider står man med et produkt i hænderne og undrer sig over, hvorfor dette ikke er udviklet tidligere. Sådan har man sikkert haft det med ilden, titalssystemet og internetporno, og sådan har man det med 'Heavy Metal – 40 år med hård rock'" *****
Anders Molin, Devilution
"En tour de force gennem fire årtiers headbanging ... gennemgedigen og tiltrængt bog om metallens historie" ****
Simon Staffeldt Schou, Jyllands-Posten
"Han kender sit stof" ****
"Heavy Metal – 40 år med hård rock er en glimrende og dybdegående bog, der for første gang cementerer og beskriver genren set fra en dansk synsvinkel. Et spændende og underholdende stykke rock-læsning, som favner alle facetter af den tunge rock."
Jakob Schultz, Metalized
OM FORFATTEREN
Jens "Jam" Rasmussen: Født på Frederiksberg den 6. i 6. på ugens 6. dag,1964 og opvokset i Brøndbyøster. Er cand. mag., forfatter og journalist. Mødte den hårde rockmusik med Deep Purple, Black Sabbath og Led Zeppelin i start-70'erne og har skrevet om heavy metal siden 1986 for bl.a. Gaffa, Mix, Metalized, Wild, Zoo, Heavyjam.dk, Musik.bt.dk, engelske Classic Rock og japanske Burrn! Har desuden medvirket i flere radio- og TV-udsendelser om hård rock og som tidligere studievært på Z-TV. Er samboende og far til to små døtre. Forfatter til bøgerne: Lars Ulrich - Forkælet med Frihed (2004), Slaget om København (med Michael Rachlin, 2005) og Formanden - Historien om Per Bjerregaard og Brøndby IF: To bind (2009)
/Niclas
Jens "Jam" Rasmussen har skrivit en ny bok om hårdrockens historia med dansk hårdrock delvis i fokus. Verkar helt klart vara en intressant läsning. Tror nog att jag får maila och be om ett recex omgående.
Info om boken och författaren nedan från Informations Forlag:
Heavy Metal – 40 år med hård rock er det første danske værk om heavy metals musik- og kulturhistorie. Bogen binder dansk og international metalhistorie sammen og skildrer heavy metals udvikling fra udskældt fænomen i sen-60'erne og start-70'erne frem til i dag, hvor heavy metal er en populær, omfangsrig og global størrelse, der forener generationer, nationer og folkeslag.
Heavy Metal – 40 år med hård rock fortæller historien om genre-grundlæggerne Black Sabbath og Led Zeppelin, 70'er pionerer som Judas Priest, AC/DC og Motörhead og definerende 80'er bands som Iron Maiden, Metallica og Guns N' Roses og videre til de mange metalliske subgenrer som thrash, death- og black metal, rap- og nu metal, glam og grunge.
Bogen fortæller også historien om den danske metalscenes udøvere og ildsjæle som blandt andre Lars Ulrich, Brats/Mercyful Fate, King Diamond, Mike Tramp, Pretty Maids, D-A-D, Artillery, Invocator/Jacob Hansen og Michael Poulsen i Danmarks aktuelt største rocknavn, Volbeat.
Heavy Metal – 40 år med hård rock tager os tilbage til de første "øvere" med Black Sabbath i Birmingham, Led Zeppelins debutshows i Danmark, de første koncerter med Mercyful Fate og Artillery i Taastrup, Metallicas premierebesøg i København, på Japanturné med Pretty Maids og til Michael Poulsens tidligste dage som metalfan og -musiker i Ringsted og København.
Bogen er baseret på en lang række specifikke interviews og forfatterens fyldige interviewarkiv med kunstnere som AC/DC, Ozzy og Metallica og mange, mange flere. Desuden er den rigt illustreret med ca. 300 fotos (inkl. 16 siders farveindlæg) fra fortrinsvis to af landets bedste metalfotografer, John Mortensson og Jacob Dinesen.
ANMELDERCITATER
"Ambitiøst værk om heavy metallens historie." ****
Keld Rud, Gaffa
"Til tider står man med et produkt i hænderne og undrer sig over, hvorfor dette ikke er udviklet tidligere. Sådan har man sikkert haft det med ilden, titalssystemet og internetporno, og sådan har man det med 'Heavy Metal – 40 år med hård rock'" *****
Anders Molin, Devilution
"En tour de force gennem fire årtiers headbanging ... gennemgedigen og tiltrængt bog om metallens historie" ****
Simon Staffeldt Schou, Jyllands-Posten
"Han kender sit stof" ****
"Heavy Metal – 40 år med hård rock er en glimrende og dybdegående bog, der for første gang cementerer og beskriver genren set fra en dansk synsvinkel. Et spændende og underholdende stykke rock-læsning, som favner alle facetter af den tunge rock."
Jakob Schultz, Metalized
OM FORFATTEREN
Jens "Jam" Rasmussen: Født på Frederiksberg den 6. i 6. på ugens 6. dag,1964 og opvokset i Brøndbyøster. Er cand. mag., forfatter og journalist. Mødte den hårde rockmusik med Deep Purple, Black Sabbath og Led Zeppelin i start-70'erne og har skrevet om heavy metal siden 1986 for bl.a. Gaffa, Mix, Metalized, Wild, Zoo, Heavyjam.dk, Musik.bt.dk, engelske Classic Rock og japanske Burrn! Har desuden medvirket i flere radio- og TV-udsendelser om hård rock og som tidligere studievært på Z-TV. Er samboende og far til to små døtre. Forfatter til bøgerne: Lars Ulrich - Forkælet med Frihed (2004), Slaget om København (med Michael Rachlin, 2005) og Formanden - Historien om Per Bjerregaard og Brøndby IF: To bind (2009)
/Niclas
Dear guitar hero...
Från "Guitar World" angående Mick "Gamlingen" Mars:
Got a question for your favorite guitarist? Let us be your go-between. The concept is easy--you submit your queries and we pass them on to some of the world's greatest guitarists. Only the sharpest and funniest questions will be used.
Email: Just send to dearguitarhero@guitarworld.com and put the guitarist's name in the subject line. Remember to include your name in the e-mail body, so you can get credited in the magazine, and impress and annoy your jealous friends!
/Niclas
Från "Guitar World" angående Mick "Gamlingen" Mars:
Got a question for your favorite guitarist? Let us be your go-between. The concept is easy--you submit your queries and we pass them on to some of the world's greatest guitarists. Only the sharpest and funniest questions will be used.
Email: Just send to dearguitarhero@guitarworld.com and put the guitarist's name in the subject line. Remember to include your name in the e-mail body, so you can get credited in the magazine, and impress and annoy your jealous friends!
/Niclas
För alla blivande Jimmy Page-kloner!
Tidningen "Guitar World" har satt ihop en riktigt snygg och innehållsrik Zeppelinbox som riktar sig till alla nuvarande och blivande riffmeisters.
Ultimate Guitar’s Giants of Rock: Led Zeppelin
Related tags: Led Zeppelin Jimmy Page $49.95
Guitar World Presents Ultimate Guitar’s Giants of Rock: Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin is widely considered one of the most influential bands in rock-guitar history, and now Guitar World and Ultimate-Guitar.com have joined forces to bring fans an extraordinary box set of Zeppelin tabs, magazines and collectibles. With more than three hours of video lessons, 10 song transcriptions and hours of reading material, this box set is the ultimate gift for Led Zeppelin fans and guitar players alike!
Guitar World Presents Ultimate Guitar’s Giants of Rock: Led Zeppelin is available now in the Guitar World Online Store for $49.95—reserve your box set today!
This Box Set Includes:
- Guitar World November 2010 issue featuring Led Zeppelin in 3D, glasses included
- How to Play the Best of Led Zeppelin DVD from Guitar World, songs include “Rock and Roll”, “The Song Remains the Same,” “Stairway to Heaven” and “Since I’ve Been Loving You”
- Guitar World presents Ultimate Guitar’s Giants of Rock: Led Zeppelin Tab Book, tabs include “Black Mountain Side,” “The Crunge,” “Celebration Day,” “Whole Lotta Love,” “Good Times Bad Times” and “Misty Mountain Hop”
- Guitar World presents Ultimate Guitar’s Giants of Rock: Led Zeppelin The Complete Story booklet, available only in this box set.
- Dunlop custom Led Zeppelin pick pack
/Niclas
Tidningen "Guitar World" har satt ihop en riktigt snygg och innehållsrik Zeppelinbox som riktar sig till alla nuvarande och blivande riffmeisters.
Ultimate Guitar’s Giants of Rock: Led Zeppelin
Related tags: Led Zeppelin Jimmy Page $49.95
Guitar World Presents Ultimate Guitar’s Giants of Rock: Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin is widely considered one of the most influential bands in rock-guitar history, and now Guitar World and Ultimate-Guitar.com have joined forces to bring fans an extraordinary box set of Zeppelin tabs, magazines and collectibles. With more than three hours of video lessons, 10 song transcriptions and hours of reading material, this box set is the ultimate gift for Led Zeppelin fans and guitar players alike!
Guitar World Presents Ultimate Guitar’s Giants of Rock: Led Zeppelin is available now in the Guitar World Online Store for $49.95—reserve your box set today!
This Box Set Includes:
- Guitar World November 2010 issue featuring Led Zeppelin in 3D, glasses included
- How to Play the Best of Led Zeppelin DVD from Guitar World, songs include “Rock and Roll”, “The Song Remains the Same,” “Stairway to Heaven” and “Since I’ve Been Loving You”
- Guitar World presents Ultimate Guitar’s Giants of Rock: Led Zeppelin Tab Book, tabs include “Black Mountain Side,” “The Crunge,” “Celebration Day,” “Whole Lotta Love,” “Good Times Bad Times” and “Misty Mountain Hop”
- Guitar World presents Ultimate Guitar’s Giants of Rock: Led Zeppelin The Complete Story booklet, available only in this box set.
- Dunlop custom Led Zeppelin pick pack
/Niclas
fredag 10 december 2010
DN recar Thrashfest!
Johanna Paulsson tycker till om konserten.
DN här
Även Werock.se recar och har även flera bilder.
Werock.se här
/Niclas
Johanna Paulsson tycker till om konserten.
DN här
Även Werock.se recar och har även flera bilder.
Werock.se här
/Niclas
Henry är åter i LA!
Ärligt talat förstår jag inte hur Henry Rollins orkar kuska runt världen som han gör. Efter ett mycket intressant besök i bl a Sudan, är han nu tillbaka i sitt gamla LA. Han tittar på Carrie "Prinsessan Leia" Fishers nya HBO-show "Wishful drinking" och imponeras stort.
Hans inlägg på LA Weekly är som alltid något av det mest intressanta du kan läsa.
Henry här
/Niclas
Ärligt talat förstår jag inte hur Henry Rollins orkar kuska runt världen som han gör. Efter ett mycket intressant besök i bl a Sudan, är han nu tillbaka i sitt gamla LA. Han tittar på Carrie "Prinsessan Leia" Fishers nya HBO-show "Wishful drinking" och imponeras stort.
Hans inlägg på LA Weekly är som alltid något av det mest intressanta du kan läsa.
Henry här
/Niclas
Och tiden den går...
"10122007, Led Zeppelin played their first concert in 19 years, at London's 02 arena. Original band members Jimmy Page, Robert Plant and John Paul Jones were joined on stage by Jason Bonham, the son of their late drummer John Bonham. More than one million people had taken part in a ballot for the 20,000 tickets available for the show."
Setlist:
Good Times, Bad Times
Ramble On
Black Dog
In My Time Of Dying
For Your Life
Trampled Under Foot
Nobody’s Fault But Mine
No Quarter
Since I’ve Been Loving You
Dazed and Confused
Stairway To Heaven
The Song Remains the Same
Misty Mountain Hop
Kashmir
Extranummer:
Whole Lotta Love
Rock and Roll
/Niclas
"10122007, Led Zeppelin played their first concert in 19 years, at London's 02 arena. Original band members Jimmy Page, Robert Plant and John Paul Jones were joined on stage by Jason Bonham, the son of their late drummer John Bonham. More than one million people had taken part in a ballot for the 20,000 tickets available for the show."
Setlist:
Good Times, Bad Times
Ramble On
Black Dog
In My Time Of Dying
For Your Life
Trampled Under Foot
Nobody’s Fault But Mine
No Quarter
Since I’ve Been Loving You
Dazed and Confused
Stairway To Heaven
The Song Remains the Same
Misty Mountain Hop
Kashmir
Extranummer:
Whole Lotta Love
Rock and Roll
/Niclas
Hade kunnat ge min vänstra hand...
... för att ha fått uppleva det här! KISS och Cheap Trick 1977 och för ynka $7,50.
För övrigt är Cheap Tricks senaste, med fyndiga titeln "The latest", riktigt bra. Och när vi nu ändå snackar om kungarna från Rockford.
Info saxat från Cheap Tricks hemsida:
DREAM POLICE FEATURING CHEAP TRICK
Premieres at Milwaukee’s Northern Lights Theater at Potawatomi Bingo Casino
on January 20th with Select Dates Through February 26th.
New Event featuring The Rhythmic Noise Philharmonic Orchestra & Mind Choir in 4D in Collaboration with Butch Allen, Bello Nock & Jim Yukich.
More than thirty years after the release of the internationally acclaimed album Dream Police, Cheap Trick is staging a multi-date show featuring songs from the platinum record. The Rhythmic Noise Philharmonic Orchestra & Mind Choir will perform alongside these and other hits from Cheap Trick’s extensive catalog. The run kicks off January 20th, 2011 and includes 12 dates through February 26th.
For Dream Police, the band teamed up with sought after production designer Butch Allen (Paul McCartney, Metallica, No Doubt) and comic daredevil/producer Bello Nock. World-class video and film director and longtime Cheap Trick collaborator Jim Yukich also contributed.
“Dream Police was the first record where we felt the songs were well-suited for orchestration; that was a very expansive time for us musically,” says bassist Tom Petersson.
“Since then, we’ve been fortunate to work with several world-class orchestras – live and in the studio,” adds lead vocalist Robin Zander, “and after 36 years together, our band is thrilled to have an opportunity to present our songs – both new and old – with an orchestra and a unique state-of-the-art production.”
The shows take place at Milwaukee’s recently renovated Northern Lights Theater at Potawatomi Bingo Casino, less than two hours away from Chicago. Retaining its intimate, up-close-and-personal atmosphere, the 500-seat theater ensures that there is not a bad seat in the house. The newly transformed, rich and modern space draws diverse internationally known musical and comedy acts with Dream Police being the premiere theatrical event in the venue.
Cheap Trick formed in the city of Rockford, IL in 1974. The multi-platinum band has sold over 20 million albums and had numerous hits including “Surrender,” “I Want You to Want Me” and “The Flame.”
/Niclas
... för att ha fått uppleva det här! KISS och Cheap Trick 1977 och för ynka $7,50.
För övrigt är Cheap Tricks senaste, med fyndiga titeln "The latest", riktigt bra. Och när vi nu ändå snackar om kungarna från Rockford.
Info saxat från Cheap Tricks hemsida:
DREAM POLICE FEATURING CHEAP TRICK
Premieres at Milwaukee’s Northern Lights Theater at Potawatomi Bingo Casino
on January 20th with Select Dates Through February 26th.
New Event featuring The Rhythmic Noise Philharmonic Orchestra & Mind Choir in 4D in Collaboration with Butch Allen, Bello Nock & Jim Yukich.
More than thirty years after the release of the internationally acclaimed album Dream Police, Cheap Trick is staging a multi-date show featuring songs from the platinum record. The Rhythmic Noise Philharmonic Orchestra & Mind Choir will perform alongside these and other hits from Cheap Trick’s extensive catalog. The run kicks off January 20th, 2011 and includes 12 dates through February 26th.
For Dream Police, the band teamed up with sought after production designer Butch Allen (Paul McCartney, Metallica, No Doubt) and comic daredevil/producer Bello Nock. World-class video and film director and longtime Cheap Trick collaborator Jim Yukich also contributed.
“Dream Police was the first record where we felt the songs were well-suited for orchestration; that was a very expansive time for us musically,” says bassist Tom Petersson.
“Since then, we’ve been fortunate to work with several world-class orchestras – live and in the studio,” adds lead vocalist Robin Zander, “and after 36 years together, our band is thrilled to have an opportunity to present our songs – both new and old – with an orchestra and a unique state-of-the-art production.”
The shows take place at Milwaukee’s recently renovated Northern Lights Theater at Potawatomi Bingo Casino, less than two hours away from Chicago. Retaining its intimate, up-close-and-personal atmosphere, the 500-seat theater ensures that there is not a bad seat in the house. The newly transformed, rich and modern space draws diverse internationally known musical and comedy acts with Dream Police being the premiere theatrical event in the venue.
Cheap Trick formed in the city of Rockford, IL in 1974. The multi-platinum band has sold over 20 million albums and had numerous hits including “Surrender,” “I Want You to Want Me” and “The Flame.”
/Niclas
Snackade med Zakk Wylde!
En helg kan ju starta bättre...
Hade nöjet att intervjua Zakk på fredagkvällen och det var en pratglad gitarrist som lyste upp höstmörkret. När intervjun är över inser jag dock till min stora ilska att något havererat i själva inspelningsutrustningen och bara min röst har spelats in. Vid denna upptäckt är jag redo att trycka telefonen genom väggen i sovrummet. Har sällan blivit så förbannad.
I korthet kan jag dock berätta att herr Wylde har en större bok på gång. Mängder med hans egna rock and rollstories och den beräknas nå allmänheten i maj nästa år. Många Spinal Tap moments skall den visst bjuda på. Titeln säger allt: "Bringing metal to the children - The complete beserker´s guide to world tour domination". Mer info här
Hans kära fru kom på att lägga till Society till Black Label. BL hade han från början och testade flera olika förslag, men det var som sagt frun som satte pricken över i. Tanken kretsade kring "familj".
Vi snackade om Elton John, i och med hans och även min, förkärlek till sagde mans 70-talsplattor. Han skulle absolut kunna jobba med Elton om möjligheten infann sig. Tyckte att hans senaste platta med Leon Russel och även plattan före den, var riktigt bra.
Jag frågade om hur han skrev låtar till nya plattan och då kom han in på den nyligen publicerade intervjun med John Lennon i Rolling Stone, där Lennon pratar om att det var smärtsamt att skriva låtar. Det där förstod Zakk inte alls och menade att smärta var att föda barn eller tappa ett bowlingklot på foten. Han hade aldrig upplevt låtskrivandet på sådant sätt.
Senaste plattan "Order of the black" tog sammanlagt 94 dagar att sepal in och det var inklusive mixning, skivomslag mm.
Hans nya studio, som han skämtsamt kallade "the black Vatican", ingår i ett större sammanhnag med eget skivbolag mm. Vem som helst kan spela in och de tänker sig även att om de hittar en ny Sara McLaughlin eller Dimebag, så kan de gå in i studion direkt och spela in. Nämnde även paketlösningar med skiva, merchandise mm.
Han tyckte att "the 12 steps program" var trams. Själv slutade han bara tvärt. Jämförde med att sitta på en restaurang och göra i byxan inför alla. Det är ju bara att gå på toaletten, inget annat.
Inga planer på att spela in under Pride & Glory-namnet igen. Han hade haft ett väldigt bra bootleg av en P&G-konsert, men visste dock inte vem som spelat in den.
Däremot förstod jag det som att en ny dvd var på gång. Gästartister och material från "Book of shadows", "Pride & Glory" och BLS skulle famföras. Delvis akustiskt.
Han berättade en kul story han hört om hur Rick Rubin producerade Mick Jagger och tydligen bad Rubin sir Mick att låta mer som Robert Plant. Mick hade bara tagit av sig hörlurarna och gått.
Vi pratade även om uppväxten i New Jersey och hur han som ung spelade i ett alldeles nysålt hus som stod tomt. Flickan, vars föräldrar sålt huset, bjöd in hela skolan och självfallet trashades huset. Han nämnde Prophet och TT Quick som coola band från hemstaten, när det begav sig. Alla menade att han då skulle se ut och låta som Bon Jovi, vilket han inte förstod och påpekade sin förkärlek till Zeppelin och Sabbath. Numera var han polare med Jon Bon Jovi, men musiken var inte hans grej. I samband med detta kom han in på hur vissa band börjar använda sig av utomstående låtskrivare senare i karriären, som just Bon Jovi och även Aerosmith. Detta förstod han inte alls då själva komponerandet var hela vitsen med att vara artist. Själva glädjen. Det skulle vara som om Salvador Dali tagit in några målare och bett dem måla hans tavlor.
Låtar skriver han alltid, oavsett humör. Han har aldrig spelat in full. Angående turneradet som nykter menade han att det inte vara några problem. Folk frågade "So what are you gonna do now?". På vilket han svarade "What do you want med to do?. Han gör precis samma saker som innan, dock utan ölen.
Ja, det var väl det mesta, neddraget till några få meningar. Jag hoppas på en ny chans till intervju, men vi får väl se vad som händer.
Nu ska jag dränka mina sorger med rödvin. Skål!
/Niclas
En helg kan ju starta bättre...
Hade nöjet att intervjua Zakk på fredagkvällen och det var en pratglad gitarrist som lyste upp höstmörkret. När intervjun är över inser jag dock till min stora ilska att något havererat i själva inspelningsutrustningen och bara min röst har spelats in. Vid denna upptäckt är jag redo att trycka telefonen genom väggen i sovrummet. Har sällan blivit så förbannad.
I korthet kan jag dock berätta att herr Wylde har en större bok på gång. Mängder med hans egna rock and rollstories och den beräknas nå allmänheten i maj nästa år. Många Spinal Tap moments skall den visst bjuda på. Titeln säger allt: "Bringing metal to the children - The complete beserker´s guide to world tour domination". Mer info här
Hans kära fru kom på att lägga till Society till Black Label. BL hade han från början och testade flera olika förslag, men det var som sagt frun som satte pricken över i. Tanken kretsade kring "familj".
Vi snackade om Elton John, i och med hans och även min, förkärlek till sagde mans 70-talsplattor. Han skulle absolut kunna jobba med Elton om möjligheten infann sig. Tyckte att hans senaste platta med Leon Russel och även plattan före den, var riktigt bra.
Jag frågade om hur han skrev låtar till nya plattan och då kom han in på den nyligen publicerade intervjun med John Lennon i Rolling Stone, där Lennon pratar om att det var smärtsamt att skriva låtar. Det där förstod Zakk inte alls och menade att smärta var att föda barn eller tappa ett bowlingklot på foten. Han hade aldrig upplevt låtskrivandet på sådant sätt.
Senaste plattan "Order of the black" tog sammanlagt 94 dagar att sepal in och det var inklusive mixning, skivomslag mm.
Hans nya studio, som han skämtsamt kallade "the black Vatican", ingår i ett större sammanhnag med eget skivbolag mm. Vem som helst kan spela in och de tänker sig även att om de hittar en ny Sara McLaughlin eller Dimebag, så kan de gå in i studion direkt och spela in. Nämnde även paketlösningar med skiva, merchandise mm.
Han tyckte att "the 12 steps program" var trams. Själv slutade han bara tvärt. Jämförde med att sitta på en restaurang och göra i byxan inför alla. Det är ju bara att gå på toaletten, inget annat.
Inga planer på att spela in under Pride & Glory-namnet igen. Han hade haft ett väldigt bra bootleg av en P&G-konsert, men visste dock inte vem som spelat in den.
Däremot förstod jag det som att en ny dvd var på gång. Gästartister och material från "Book of shadows", "Pride & Glory" och BLS skulle famföras. Delvis akustiskt.
Han berättade en kul story han hört om hur Rick Rubin producerade Mick Jagger och tydligen bad Rubin sir Mick att låta mer som Robert Plant. Mick hade bara tagit av sig hörlurarna och gått.
Vi pratade även om uppväxten i New Jersey och hur han som ung spelade i ett alldeles nysålt hus som stod tomt. Flickan, vars föräldrar sålt huset, bjöd in hela skolan och självfallet trashades huset. Han nämnde Prophet och TT Quick som coola band från hemstaten, när det begav sig. Alla menade att han då skulle se ut och låta som Bon Jovi, vilket han inte förstod och påpekade sin förkärlek till Zeppelin och Sabbath. Numera var han polare med Jon Bon Jovi, men musiken var inte hans grej. I samband med detta kom han in på hur vissa band börjar använda sig av utomstående låtskrivare senare i karriären, som just Bon Jovi och även Aerosmith. Detta förstod han inte alls då själva komponerandet var hela vitsen med att vara artist. Själva glädjen. Det skulle vara som om Salvador Dali tagit in några målare och bett dem måla hans tavlor.
Låtar skriver han alltid, oavsett humör. Han har aldrig spelat in full. Angående turneradet som nykter menade han att det inte vara några problem. Folk frågade "So what are you gonna do now?". På vilket han svarade "What do you want med to do?. Han gör precis samma saker som innan, dock utan ölen.
Ja, det var väl det mesta, neddraget till några få meningar. Jag hoppas på en ny chans till intervju, men vi får väl se vad som händer.
Nu ska jag dränka mina sorger med rödvin. Skål!
/Niclas
torsdag 9 december 2010
Duff fortsätter svara folket!
Denna gång ger Duff svar på Zeppelin eller Sabbath?, Jane´s Addiction och frugan.
Duff svarar här
/Niclas
Denna gång ger Duff svar på Zeppelin eller Sabbath?, Jane´s Addiction och frugan.
Duff svarar här
/Niclas
Final i Released - Live and unsigned!
"RELEASED - Live & Unsigned
Dags för final!
Sveriges rockscen ges en unik möjlighet genom tävlingen RELEASED - Live & Unsigned.
Ett av priserna är ett uppträde på Sweden Rock Festivals 20-års jubileum.
Totalt har över 200 band anmält sig till tävlingen vilket måste anses som succé första året tävlingen genomförs.
Juryn valde ut tolv band som under hösten har blivit fyra finalklara band via deltävlingar i Stockholm, Helsingborg och Göteborg.
Finalen avgörs på Göta Källare i Stockholm den 11:e dec.
Följande fyra band har via deltävlingar i Stockholm, Helsingborg och Göteborg kvalificerat sig för att göra upp om titeln Sveriges första RELEASED - Live & Unsigned -vinnare:
Seventribe - Västerås
Trashqueen - Lund
Days of Jupiter - Örnsköldsvik
Lucky Seven - Bollnäs
Hardcore Superstar avslutar kvällen!"
/Niclas
"RELEASED - Live & Unsigned
Dags för final!
Sveriges rockscen ges en unik möjlighet genom tävlingen RELEASED - Live & Unsigned.
Ett av priserna är ett uppträde på Sweden Rock Festivals 20-års jubileum.
Totalt har över 200 band anmält sig till tävlingen vilket måste anses som succé första året tävlingen genomförs.
Juryn valde ut tolv band som under hösten har blivit fyra finalklara band via deltävlingar i Stockholm, Helsingborg och Göteborg.
Finalen avgörs på Göta Källare i Stockholm den 11:e dec.
Följande fyra band har via deltävlingar i Stockholm, Helsingborg och Göteborg kvalificerat sig för att göra upp om titeln Sveriges första RELEASED - Live & Unsigned -vinnare:
Seventribe - Västerås
Trashqueen - Lund
Days of Jupiter - Örnsköldsvik
Lucky Seven - Bollnäs
Hardcore Superstar avslutar kvällen!"
/Niclas
Money, money, money!
Från LA Weekly:
Have you seen KISS, now available in potato form? And by "now" I mean as of last year. Sold individually or as a set, the KISS Mr. Potato Head spuds include Gene Simmons (The Demon), Ace Frehley (The Spaceman), Peter Criss (The Catman) and Paul Stanley (The Starchild). I take issue with the price--$59.99 (seriously?!) and with some finer points of design. A few things that could have made the dolls better:
1. Removable makeup.
You should be able to paint that stuff on.
2. Sexy Female Mr. (or I guess Miss) Potato Head Groupie Dolls.
Ideally, you'd swap their breasts out for bigger and bigger cup-sizes. They'd also come with tiny little backstage passes on lanyards to wear around their neck.
3. Action Tongue.
It should pop in and out of the potato's mouth when you press a button on its head.
4. Real Hair.
Or, real plastic hair, that you can brush and comb and pet and love. Take a cue from Barbie. KISS was about makeup, but they were also about glorious, nasty hair. (Gendy Alumurung)
/Niclas
Från LA Weekly:
Have you seen KISS, now available in potato form? And by "now" I mean as of last year. Sold individually or as a set, the KISS Mr. Potato Head spuds include Gene Simmons (The Demon), Ace Frehley (The Spaceman), Peter Criss (The Catman) and Paul Stanley (The Starchild). I take issue with the price--$59.99 (seriously?!) and with some finer points of design. A few things that could have made the dolls better:
1. Removable makeup.
You should be able to paint that stuff on.
2. Sexy Female Mr. (or I guess Miss) Potato Head Groupie Dolls.
Ideally, you'd swap their breasts out for bigger and bigger cup-sizes. They'd also come with tiny little backstage passes on lanyards to wear around their neck.
3. Action Tongue.
It should pop in and out of the potato's mouth when you press a button on its head.
4. Real Hair.
Or, real plastic hair, that you can brush and comb and pet and love. Take a cue from Barbie. KISS was about makeup, but they were also about glorious, nasty hair. (Gendy Alumurung)
/Niclas
onsdag 8 december 2010
Snygga foton från svunna tider!
(Foto: Mark Weiss)
Tillsammans med Neil Zlozower och Ross Halfin var Mark Weiss ett av de namn som hela tiden återkom i tidningar som Faces, Rip, Circus, Hit Parader och Kerrang under 80-talet.
På hans hemsida finns en hel del roliga och snygga foton att fästa ögonen på. Som exempelvis bilden ovan på en ung Vince Neil 1984.
Mark Weiss här
/Niclas
(Foto: Mark Weiss)
Tillsammans med Neil Zlozower och Ross Halfin var Mark Weiss ett av de namn som hela tiden återkom i tidningar som Faces, Rip, Circus, Hit Parader och Kerrang under 80-talet.
På hans hemsida finns en hel del roliga och snygga foton att fästa ögonen på. Som exempelvis bilden ovan på en ung Vince Neil 1984.
Mark Weiss här
/Niclas
Döda hjältar!
08121984, Vince Neil from Motley Crue was involved in a car accident in Redondo Beach, Ca, which killed Nick Dingley from Hanoi Rocks and injured two other passengers. Neil was jailed for 20 days and paid $2.6 million in compensation.
08122004, Former Pantera guitarist Dimebag Darrell was one of five people killed after a man stormed the stage during a Damageplan show at the Alrosa Villa Club in Columbus. Nathan Gale, aged 25, began firing at the band and crowd, was then shot and killed by a police officer who arrived shortly after the first shots were fired.
08121980, John Lennon was shot five times by 25 year old Mark Chapman outside the Dakota building in New York City where John and Yoko lived. Chapman had been stalking Lennon for days outside the Dakota apartments and asked for an autograph as Lennon walked through the courtyard. As he signed a piece of paper Chapman fired. Lennon was pronounced dead from a massive loss of blood at 11.30pm.
/Niclas
08121984, Vince Neil from Motley Crue was involved in a car accident in Redondo Beach, Ca, which killed Nick Dingley from Hanoi Rocks and injured two other passengers. Neil was jailed for 20 days and paid $2.6 million in compensation.
08122004, Former Pantera guitarist Dimebag Darrell was one of five people killed after a man stormed the stage during a Damageplan show at the Alrosa Villa Club in Columbus. Nathan Gale, aged 25, began firing at the band and crowd, was then shot and killed by a police officer who arrived shortly after the first shots were fired.
08121980, John Lennon was shot five times by 25 year old Mark Chapman outside the Dakota building in New York City where John and Yoko lived. Chapman had been stalking Lennon for days outside the Dakota apartments and asked for an autograph as Lennon walked through the courtyard. As he signed a piece of paper Chapman fired. Lennon was pronounced dead from a massive loss of blood at 11.30pm.
/Niclas
PJ + Cameron Crowe = bok
Info från Amazon.com:
"Pearl Jam Twenty" is an intimate and lavishly illustrated portrait of one of the world’s most influential and successful bands—by the band itself.
Hardcover: 256 pages
Publisher: Simon & Schuster (September 13, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1439169217
ISBN-13: 978-1439169216
/Niclas
Info från Amazon.com:
"Pearl Jam Twenty" is an intimate and lavishly illustrated portrait of one of the world’s most influential and successful bands—by the band itself.
Hardcover: 256 pages
Publisher: Simon & Schuster (September 13, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1439169217
ISBN-13: 978-1439169216
/Niclas
Tommy Lee VS. Sea World!
NME och en del annan media rapporterar om det offentliga brev som Tommy Lee skrivit till Sea World i Florida, om hur de behandlar späckhuggaren Tilikum. Jag bevittnade själv späckhuggare på Sea World i San Diego för två år sedan och en mer sjuk och ultraamerikansk föreställning får man väl leta efter.
Hur som haver. Lee är pissed off att Tilikum bara används som spermabank. En liten mindre notis är att han i artikeln sägs vara extrummis i Mötley Crüe. Att den sedan påstådda valmasturbationen skulle vara värre än något han gjorde i sitt "exband" har jag lite svårt att tro.
Späckhuggare i NME här
/Niclas
NME och en del annan media rapporterar om det offentliga brev som Tommy Lee skrivit till Sea World i Florida, om hur de behandlar späckhuggaren Tilikum. Jag bevittnade själv späckhuggare på Sea World i San Diego för två år sedan och en mer sjuk och ultraamerikansk föreställning får man väl leta efter.
Hur som haver. Lee är pissed off att Tilikum bara används som spermabank. En liten mindre notis är att han i artikeln sägs vara extrummis i Mötley Crüe. Att den sedan påstådda valmasturbationen skulle vara värre än något han gjorde i sitt "exband" har jag lite svårt att tro.
Späckhuggare i NME här
/Niclas
tisdag 7 december 2010
Att sjunga "Don´t stop beliveing" kostar numera.
Journeys megahit kostar numera pengar att framföra och börjar få samma stämpel som "Stairway to heaven".
Läs den småroliga storyn här
/Niclas
Journeys megahit kostar numera pengar att framföra och börjar få samma stämpel som "Stairway to heaven".
Läs den småroliga storyn här
/Niclas
Ghost + P3 Guld = Victory?
Bandet hälsar:
"Kära P3,
Vi är ödmjuka inför det faktum att ni vill förära oss denna nominering och därmed också möjligheten att förhoppningsvis till om med tilldelas denna ärofyllda utmärkelse.
Detta till trots har vi valt att inte närvara idag då vi befinner oss på gravskändarseminarium utomsfärs.
Tack för ert stöd.
///
Ghost"
/Niclas
Bandet hälsar:
"Kära P3,
Vi är ödmjuka inför det faktum att ni vill förära oss denna nominering och därmed också möjligheten att förhoppningsvis till om med tilldelas denna ärofyllda utmärkelse.
Detta till trots har vi valt att inte närvara idag då vi befinner oss på gravskändarseminarium utomsfärs.
Tack för ert stöd.
///
Ghost"
/Niclas
Watain + P3 Guld = Victory?
Erik Danielsson om nomineringen:
"Med dessa nomineringar och listplaceringar har vi fått ett bevis för att allmänheten börjat inse att hårdrocken blivit intressant och kryddstark igen, efter många års uppförsbacke. Mycket av den fick ge vika för ett sinande intresse, en ännu större del drogs ned i medel-gyttjan, avbeväpnades och plastförpackades. Men nu börjar vindarna vända, och förhoppningsvis blåser de en gång för alla bort allt tvivel om värdet av en genre vars genuina skaparkraft har sina rötter i Helvetet! Låt detta bli en nagel i ögat på tvivlarna, och ännu en juvel i Djävulens krona”
/Niclas
Erik Danielsson om nomineringen:
"Med dessa nomineringar och listplaceringar har vi fått ett bevis för att allmänheten börjat inse att hårdrocken blivit intressant och kryddstark igen, efter många års uppförsbacke. Mycket av den fick ge vika för ett sinande intresse, en ännu större del drogs ned i medel-gyttjan, avbeväpnades och plastförpackades. Men nu börjar vindarna vända, och förhoppningsvis blåser de en gång för alla bort allt tvivel om värdet av en genre vars genuina skaparkraft har sina rötter i Helvetet! Låt detta bli en nagel i ögat på tvivlarna, och ännu en juvel i Djävulens krona”
/Niclas
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