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Thursday's Playlist
Friday, December 29, 2006
Prize Dumpster Winners 12/29/06!!!
Congrats to this weeks winners, who will enjoy various coupons to Hardees, Arby's, and also get a 1075 The Rock window sticker!!!
Gary Gehrke of Owen
Cindy Craig of Neillsville
Thanks for registering!
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Wednesday's Playlist
Thursday, December 28, 2006
A Deep Purple Update
Wednesday, December 27, 2006
The everchanging landscape of Deep Purple...how are we supposed to keep up with this stuff!
from blabbermouth.net
Charlie Steffens of KNAC.COM recently conducted an interview with DEEP PURPLE frontman Ian Gillan. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow:
KNAC.COM: Your relationship with most of your mates from DEEP PURPLE is good, obviously. Do you ever talk to Ritchie Blackmore?
Gillan: No, I don't talk to him at all. That a**hole - I will never speak to him again, as far as I'm concerned. I loved Ritchie, though. I used to be his roommate and everything was fine. We all respect Ritchie for what he did - the foundation. But he turned into a weird guy and the day he walked out of the tour was the day the clouds disappeared and the day the sunshine came out and we haven't looked back since. And there are certain personal issues that I have with Ritchie, which means that I will never speak to him again. Nothing I'm going to discuss publicly, but deeply personal stuff. As far as I'm concerned, the divorce came a long time ago. I never want to see or hear of him again.
KNAC.COM: Joe Satriani came on board in '94, but you never actually had a release with his recordings, right?
Gillan: Joe came in at the last minute. Ritchie walked out and the tour was taking off to Japan-it was all very dramatic. He said, "Alright, that's the end of the band," and assumed because he left that we were going to fold up. The fact is, we were approaching terminal velocity in that moment. The band had never played so badly, the audiences had never been so small and the atmosphere was absolutely terrible. It was horrible. We could see the end in sight. We thought, "This is going to be our last tour. This is the end of the world." What an ignominious end to what was once a glittering band, you know? Anyway, he walked out and things picked up and recovered unbelievably, remarkably well and the band's in great shape now. Satriani never did anything other than help us out. He had an album to make and he had his own tour booked, so he only had a limited time with us. But I do remember spending many happy hours on the bus and on planes and in dressing rooms and in hotels with him. We're still friends now. He's a great guy. All the other guys, even Jon Lord — he retired from touring about five years ago. The band's a really close-knit family. We've got fantastically good friendships and relationships that have developed after all these years-40-odd years. In a day or two I'm going into the studio to sing a track on Jon Lord's new record so there's a great deal of friendship. But Ritchie-we wish him well. The wounds have healed. We're doing fine and we respect him for what he did. But personally speaking-forget him. His end of the road was a long time ago.
KNAC.COM: Are you friends with David Coverdale and Glenn Hughes?
Gillan: No. I know them, obviously, and I get on fine with them. I've only met David a couple times in parting. I've met Glenn a couple of times and I have great respect for him. He's a great musician, a great singer. Glenn's an extraordinarily talented man. But I wouldn't classify them as friends because I didn't develop any relationship with them because I was doing different things when they were in DEEP PURPLE. And to be honest, that was a weird period anyway, because I take these things extremely personally and I get quite emotional about things. When I left the band I didn't pay much attention to what PURPLE was doing - it's like watching your ex-Missus making love to some other guy. That doesn't turn me on.
Read the entire interview at KNAC.COM.
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Tuesday's Playlist
Tuesday, December 26, 2006
Prize Dumpster Winners 12/22/06!!!
Friday, December 22, 2006
Congrats to our winners this week:
Rhonda Lisiecki of Neillsville
Greg Johnson of Black River Falls
The extravanganza of coupons is yours!!!
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New Journey Vocalist!!!
Wednesday, December 20, 2006
from melodicrock.com
JOURNEY PRESS RELEASE
Jeff Scott Soto has been formally announced as the new vocalist for Journey and Steve Augeri has stepped down after 8 years fronting the band. Here is the long awaited official press release from band management:
JOURNEY NAMES JEFF SCOTT SOTO OFFICIAL NEW LEAD SINGER
December 19, 2006 -- Jeff Scott Soto has been officially named the new lead singer of Journey. He had been filling in for Steve Augeri, who had to leave the U.S. tour with Def Leppard shortly after it began on June 23 due to illness.
"We are so grateful to Steve for all the years he dedicated to Journey," says Journey in a joint statement. "We thank Steve for all his hard work and we wish him only the best in his future endeavors. Over the past few months, we've come to realize that Jeff has proven himself above and beyond that he can sing the hell out of our songs and we're happy to officially welcome him as part of the family. We're excited to start a new chapter with Jeff and we're excited about what the future may bring."
Steve Augeri states: "Singing for Journey these last eight years have been the most challenging and the most rewarding of my career. I would like to take this opportunity to thank the band, and especially the fans, for the privilege of being part of a musical legacy that has touched so many hearts and souls. I wish my fellow bandmates success and happiness as they continue to make great music in the future, as I will strive to do the same myself."
Jeff Soto also adds, "With delight & pleasure, I am accepting the offer to continue my tenure with Journey now as their permanent vocalist after the amazing past months we've spent together on tour. I also pay high respect to Steve Augeri for coming in and helping Journey continue their legacy for nearly the last decade and to Steve Perry for co-creating this legacy. I hope to now add and help drive Journey into the next stage of this band's future."
Since Soto's first appearance with Journey on July 7 in Bristow, VA, his performances have been garnering rave reviews. To wit:
"Right off the bat, Journey's new lead singer is fantastic. Jeff Scott Soto is a supremely talented vocalist who handled with ease the many sky-high notes and the mile-long range in Journey's repertoire. Steve Perry fans have never gotten over the original lead singer's departure from the band, but I'm here to tell you this guy rocks the role. And yes, if you close your eyes he sounds just like Perry, but -- dare I say it? -- maybe even more passionate and full of verve. Hits such as 'I'll Be Alright Without You' and 'Wheel in the Sky' showcased his mighty voice." --Lorilee Craker, Grand Rapids Press
"The one-time Yngwie Malmsteen vocalist channeled (Steve) Perry flawlessly, nailing all the high notes and then some…Soto's got it going on." --Christopher John Treacy, Boston Herald
"Could Soto cut it? Yes. And then some. His vocals and stage presence were impressive." --Dave Ferman, Ft. Worth Star-Telegram
"Soto is a really strong vocalist, so instead of struggling to emulate (Steve) Perry's laser-beam vibrato, he can get away with a style that mixes grainy power with effortless key changes." --Johnny Loftus, Metro Times Detroit
Steve Augeri is currently recording his debut solo album, In The Moment, due out the summer of 2007. He's also putting the finishing touches on the much-anticipated follow-up to the AOR classic Tall Stories album, launching early next year. For more info, visit www.steveaugeri.com
Journey--Neal Schon (guitar), Ross Valory (bass), Jonathan Cain (keyboards), Deen Castronovo (drums) and Jeff Scott Soto (vocals)—are currently mapping out plans for 2007.
WebLink: www.journeymusic.com
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New Rush!!!
Monday, December 18, 2006
from melodicrock.com
NEW RUSH IN 2007:
A new Rush album - and before mid-2007! Great news for fans, with drummer Neal Peart talking at great length about his year in a new update posted to his website. Towards the end of the update Neal writes:
"The important thing is that all of that energy, excitement, and activity have sped the project along, and now it looks as though the recording will be finished by the end of the year—far ahead of schedule. We are planning on doing the final mixing early in the New Year, but have made no commitments beyond that. No doubt our manager, Ray, has plans of his own, but we simply haven't gotten to that yet. We all know by now that you can't take anything for granted, or be truly sure what's going to happen—in news, weather, or sports."
Like I said - great news - and perhaps the band can deliver a killer album with a killer production this time around and set straight the mixed response Vapor Trails received.
WebLink & Full Story: www.neilpeart.net
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Friday's Playlist
Friday, December 15, 2006
Thursday's Playlist
More Guns N Roses news...
from melodicrock.com
THE GUNS N ROSES SAGA CONTINUES:
As the headline states - the Guns N Roses saga continues with this message just posted to the GNR fansite message board by the site administrator:
Thursday, December 14th 2006
An open letter to our fans:
Guns N' Roses regrets to announce that the following concert tour dates have been cancelled:
January 10th Sacramento
January 11th Bakersfield
January 13th Reno
January 16th San Diego
Due to the schedule of these particular shows valuable time needed by the band and record company for the proper setup and release of the album Chinese Democracy would be lost. Rather than delay the album yet again all involved have decided to remove these shows from GNR's schedule. We sincerely hope our fans understand and we apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused anyone. Tickets may be refunded at local point of purchase.
To say the making of this album has been an unbearably long and incomprehensible journey would be an understatement. Overcoming the endless and seemingly insanity of the obstacles faced by all involved, not withstanding the emotional challenges endured by everyone: the fans, the band, our road crew and business team has at many times seemed for all like a bad dream where one wakes up only to find they are still in the nightmare and unfortunately this time it has been played out for over a decade in real life.
The true ongoing behind-the-scenes triumphs and casualties are much more complicated than any negative speculation that media or otherwise has managed to hit upon. For much of the time some form or another of legalities have been taking place that really the best way to deal with publicly was to keep our mouths shut in an attempt to ensure the best outcome and especially one that wouldn't jeopardize the band or the album. One can easily point to how others have done things or how they themselves feel that they would were they in the same situations but without full knowledge of the various dynamics and circumstances involved, again these types of comments or commentary are uninformed, outside, generally useless and often hindering speculation.
When I agreed to do our recent North American tour I agreed with the understanding that I and my manager Merck Mercuriadis were in full agreement as to our strategy, touring plans and most importantly that any and all things needed to release the album at the latest by Dec. 26th were to be in place. Unfortunately this turned out not to be the case and not only do I regret to say that again the album will not be released by the end of the year but that though many things went extremely well and were very exciting there were in our opinion unnecessary and avoidable complications on our tour having to do with the tour routing, scheduling and album and video plans that played hell on all involved especially our crew. This was compounded by an overall sense of a lack of respect by management for the band and crew and each individual's particular expertise that has resulted unfortunately in the end of both Guns and my relationship in having a management or sense of band involvement with Merck Mercuriadis.
In regard to a release date for the album itself certain minor and by that I do mean minor things and or additions as well as contract negotiations need to be completed and barring any unforeseen complications these things have now been adequately scheduled. Both the band and I along with our record company feel that this record deserves the proper setup and promotion not the “13 Tuesdays left” and “it may just appear in your record store” approach offered by management. We believe this strategy may have been used in order for management to sell this latest tour to the various promoters. We feel that if this was so, this was obviously unfair to them. The stress of dealing with this situation has been considerable for everyone as well as to the band themselves as a whole but that this was more importantly in our opinion something utterly insane to do to our fans. Our apologies and please know we have been laboring over this with management for the entire North American tour.
It takes approximately 8 weeks for an album to hit the shelves once it has been turned in to the record company. For whatever reasons it appears it may have been mistakenly inferred by management that this could be condensed to three. That being said this is not a promise, a lie or a guarantee but we do wish to announce a tentative release date of March 6th. This is the first time we have done this publicly for this album. Any and all other dates have been made up by others for their own reasons. We would like to assure the fans that though tentative everything in our power will be done to meet this date. Once it is finalized and official you will be notified. If we are delayed for unseen reasons you will also be notified as soon as possible in regard to a new date and the album will be released as shortly thereafter as is possible. We thank you for your patience.
In the end it's just an album and one that I, the band, our record company and all involved believe and feel is a true Guns N' Roses album. Ultimately the public will decide and regardless of the outcome our hearts, lives and our passion has been put into this project every step of the way. If for no other reason we feel those elements alone merit your consideration. We do hope you can hold on just a bit longer and if not we hope you would please feel free to take a break and we'll be more than glad (if you so choose) to see you again later.
Once again, our sincere apologies and our deepest thanks, Guns N' Roses would also like to thank all the fans who attended the 70 concerts in 21 different countries for their support in 2006. All the best to each and every one of you over this holiday season, thank-you and God bless.
Sincerely, Axl Rose.
posted by Paul Dickinson at 9:34 AM | Email Us
More on the "new" Van Halen
from melodicrock.com
MORE ON THE VAN HALEN RE-UNION FROM ROSS HALFIN:
This just in from photographer Ross Halfin's website diary:
"Head off to meet up (for photo shoot) with Edward Van Halen. It is hot today and I'm in black which doesn't help my thumping head. I feel like I'm being cooked in the sun - tortured...
Edward is in a great mood, he's easy to work with. And I'm not saying who or what I shot, but I will tell you Edward played a couple of cds which I thought were from 1978 (it was from two days ago) of Van Halen rehearsing with Wolfgang Van Halen on bass. It was jaw-droppingly amazing. They played On Fire, I'm The One, Atomic Punk. I'm not listing the rest, but I will tell you the band sounded untouchable. On Jamie's Crying they did a long bass-lead jam on the intro - the band rocked. I don't like that word (too American) but the band rock - really rock. It was as exciting as the first time I saw them. They will come back and destroy the world. One of the tightest, freshest sounding groups ever. I want to go and play the first album as soon as I get home. Had a blast listening to them, it made me remember why I liked music in the first place. Having Edward's son on bass has rejuvenated them.
They were rehearsing later that afternoon. I was invited - I wish I was staying...Got to LAX and got moved to the front of the plane. I was going to shoot the night sky, but couldn't get motivated. I'm still feeling ill - I should have stayed and watched Van Halen."
Interesting!
posted by Paul Dickinson at 9:29 AM | Email Us
Prize Dumpster Winners 12/15/06!!!
This weeks prize package includes:
3 1075 The Rock download music cards to use at the 1075 The Rock Music Store!
A coupon for the Chili-Cheese Thickburger at Hardees.
A 1075 FM The Rock window sticker.
An Arby's Large Roast Beef sandwich coupon.
Congrats to:
Andy Rueth of Neillsville
Steve Vieth of Norwalk
Thanks for registering!
posted by Paul Dickinson at 9:15 AM | Email Us
Oh, Tuesday's Playlist
Wednesday, December 13, 2006
Wednesday's Playlist
Monday's Playlist
Monday, December 11, 2006
Prize Dumpster Winners
Friday, December 08, 2006
Ahhh... the Old Prize Dumpster opened up again on Friday, blessing another pair of loyal listeners with a cornucopia of Holiday Goodness.
Scott Swita of the Granton area picked up "The Worst Noel: Hellish Holiday Tales" and a coupon from Subway.
Jolene Krause of Willard wins the "Worst Noel: Hellish Holiday Tales" and a coupon from Arby's
Congrats and HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
posted by Paul Knoff at 10:10 AM | Email Us
Friday, December 8th, 2006
Thursday, December 7th, 2006
Thursday, December 07, 2006
Tuesday, December 5th
Tuesday, December 05, 2006
Monday's Playlist
Monday, December 04, 2006
Friday's Playlist
Friday, December 01, 2006
Prize Dumpster Winners 12/1/06!!!
Here's our 2 lucky Prize Dumpster winners this week!
Jeff Moore of Thorp
Barbara Oertel-Kress of Stratford
Coupons, coupons, and more coupons...not to mention, some free song download cards to use at the 1075 The Rock music store.
Thanks for registering!
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