The Allman Family Revival

On December 8, 2017, Devon Allman invited a couple dozen of his closest musical compadres onto the hallowed stage of The Fillmore to perform a three-hour, multi-set monster of a concert for the sold-out crowd that filled the historic San Francisco venue in tribute to Allman’s late father, Gregg.  The date was bittersweet; what would’ve been Gregg’s 70th birthday.  For Allman, in a year when the award-winning musician lost both parents within a few months of each other, what started as a simple idea of music as medicine had given birth to The Allman Family Revival: a happy and healing cosmic experience celebrating the life, spirit, and indelible musical legacy of Gregg Allman.

The format for this ambitious undertaking, Allman says, was inspired by one of rock’s most famous concerts (and film).  “I had recently re-fallen in love with The Band’s The Last Waltz and thought that would be perfect: let our band come out and serve as the appetizer; then one-by-one welcome our special guests; have them do a song they are known for and also do an Allman-centric song.”

Year one, the newly-formed Devon Allman Project with Duane Betts indeed welcomed a slew of heavyweights to the tribute: G. Love; Robert Randolph; Luther and Cody Dickinson; Alex Orbison; and Samantha Fish, to name a few.  In 2018, The Allman Betts Band acted as the Revival’s house band, adding wunderkind Marcus King to the already-impressive guest list for another sold-out affair at The Fillmore.  By 2019, Allman extended the scope of the now-annual event, and the invites (including Cheap Trick’s legendary singer, Robin Zander), slating Allman Family Revival shows in San Francisco, Denver’s Mission Ballroom, and New York City’s Beacon Theatre.  In 2020, the global pandemic forced Allman to pivot to a February 2021 date, adapting the Revival to a single, socially-distanced performance at Nashville’s famed Ryman Auditorium and included Jimmy Hall (Wet Willie) and JD Simo among the now-familiar faces of Allman’s ever-expanding musical family.

“I like having artists that knew Dad, played with him, maybe were an opening act, or were really influenced and inspired by him,” Allman says.  “As for a venue, I prefer those turn-of-the-century to mid-20th century, old-school theatres. They are just gorgeous inside, sculpted for sound, and provide the perfect location for these very special shows.  I love for this concert to feel like a night at the theatre for our audience.”

Once envisioned as a single celebration in San Francisco, the Allman Family Revival, in its sixth year, it will again be a full-fledged, coast-to-coast tour.  As curator, host, and performer, Allman remains true to the painstaking mission of providing an epic event worthy of its inspiration.   “I really enjoy working with the guests individually on setlists to make each show a very special night.  It’s a daunting task, for sure, but a labor of love every time.”

The 2021 coast to coast Revival Tour was a one for the ages.  It included eighteen shows and debut appearances by Ivan Neville, George Porter, Kenny Aronoff, Kenny Wayne Shepherd and Karl Denson to name a few but was admittedly and understandably a complicated adventure as waves of Covid were still reeking havoc on the live music business.

Among the marquee names scheduled for 2022’s Revival are The Devon Allman Project, Duane Betts, Donavon Frankenreiter, Maggie Rose, Jimmy Hall, Larry McCray, Alex Orbison and The River Kittens, plus, of course, more surprises to come.                                                                                                                 

“My favorite part is just the joy of the audience.  I can tell they are touched and getting every penny’s worth,” Allman says.  “Knowing Dad is looking down saying, ‘Damn, son, all that hot jammin’ for me?!’ I know he’s tickled that we celebrate him.  Because none of us has to do this.  We all have busy careers.  This is a ‘want to’ situation; absolutely, 100% about music and celebration and tribute.”   

The Allman Family Revival

On December 8, 2017, Devon Allman invited a couple dozen of his closest musical compadres onto the hallowed stage of The Fillmore to perform a three-hour, multi-set monster of a concert for the sold-out crowd that filled the historic San Francisco venue in tribute to Allman’s late father, Gregg.  The date was bittersweet; what would’ve been Gregg’s 70th birthday.  For Allman, in a year when the award-winning musician lost both parents within a few months of each other, what started as a simple idea of music as medicine had given birth to The Allman Family Revival: a happy and healing cosmic experience celebrating the life, spirit, and indelible musical legacy of Gregg Allman.

The format for this ambitious undertaking, Allman says, was inspired by one of rock’s most famous concerts (and film).  “I had recently re-fallen in love with The Band’s The Last Waltz and thought that would be perfect: let our band come out and serve as the appetizer; then one-by-one welcome our special guests; have them do a song they are known for and also do an Allman-centric song.”

Year one, the newly-formed Devon Allman Project with Duane Betts indeed welcomed a slew of heavyweights to the tribute: G. Love; Robert Randolph; Luther and Cody Dickinson; Alex Orbison; and Samantha Fish, to name a few.  In 2018, The Allman Betts Band acted as the Revival’s house band, adding wunderkind Marcus King to the already-impressive guest list for another sold-out affair at The Fillmore.  By 2019, Allman extended the scope of the now-annual event, and the invites (including Cheap Trick’s legendary singer, Robin Zander), slating Allman Family Revival shows in San Francisco, Denver’s Mission Ballroom, and New York City’s Beacon Theatre.  In 2020, the global pandemic forced Allman to pivot to a February 2021 date, adapting the Revival to a single, socially-distanced performance at Nashville’s famed Ryman Auditorium and included Jimmy Hall (Wet Willie) and JD Simo among the now-familiar faces of Allman’s ever-expanding musical family.

“I like having artists that knew Dad, played with him, maybe were an opening act, or were really influenced and inspired by him,” Allman says.  “As for a venue, I prefer those turn-of-the-century to mid-20th century, old-school theatres. They are just gorgeous inside, sculpted for sound, and provide the perfect location for these very special shows.  I love for this concert to feel like a night at the theatre for our audience.”

Once envisioned as a single celebration in San Francisco, the Allman Family Revival, in its sixth year, it will again be a full-fledged, coast-to-coast tour.  As curator, host, and performer, Allman remains true to the painstaking mission of providing an epic event worthy of its inspiration.   “I really enjoy working with the guests individually on setlists to make each show a very special night.  It’s a daunting task, for sure, but a labor of love every time.”

The 2021 coast to coast Revival Tour was a one for the ages.  It included eighteen shows and debut appearances by Ivan Neville, George Porter, Kenny Aronoff, Kenny Wayne Shepherd and Karl Denson to name a few but was admittedly and understandably a complicated adventure as waves of Covid were still reeking havoc on the live music business.

Among the marquee names scheduled for 2022’s Revival are The Devon Allman Project, Duane Betts, Donavon Frankenreiter, Maggie Rose, Jimmy Hall, Larry McCray, Alex Orbison and The River Kittens, plus, of course, more surprises to come.                                                                                                                 

“My favorite part is just the joy of the audience.  I can tell they are touched and getting every penny’s worth,” Allman says.  “Knowing Dad is looking down saying, ‘Damn, son, all that hot jammin’ for me?!’ I know he’s tickled that we celebrate him.  Because none of us has to do this.  We all have busy careers.  This is a ‘want to’ situation; absolutely, 100% about music and celebration and tribute.”   

Black River Delta is blues-rock band originating from Bollnäs, Sweden. The foursome have released three studio albums – Devil on the Loose (2016), Vol. II (2018), and Shakin’ (2021).

The band’s gritty blues-rock sound draws from classic blues legends like Robert Johnson, the raw style of R. L. Burnside and modern artists as The Black Keys, Gary Clark Jr. and Black Rebel Motorcycle Club.

Their ability to combine age-old blues with modern rock has taking them on several tours across Europe and North America, and has caught the attention of artists like blues legend Joe Bonamassa, calling Vol. II one of the best albums of 2018 and even inviting the band to perform on his annual cruise festival.

Black River Delta’s new album Shakin’ is available NOW via Sofaburn Records.

Black River Delta is blues-rock band originating from Bollnäs, Sweden. The foursome have released three studio albums – Devil on the Loose (2016), Vol. II (2018), and Shakin’ (2021).

The band’s gritty blues-rock sound draws from classic blues legends like Robert Johnson, the raw style of R. L. Burnside and modern artists as The Black Keys, Gary Clark Jr. and Black Rebel Motorcycle Club.

Their ability to combine age-old blues with modern rock has taking them on several tours across Europe and North America, and has caught the attention of artists like blues legend Joe Bonamassa, calling Vol. II one of the best albums of 2018 and even inviting the band to perform on his annual cruise festival.

Black River Delta’s new album Shakin’ is available NOW via Sofaburn Records.

GO BIG OR GO HOME

It has been the motivational “catchphrase” for the Swedish boys in CRASHDÏET ever since they started out back in the beginning of 2000.

They’ve clearly gone through turbulence a number of times their career, with deaths, line-up changes and a history of abuse that would make Mötley Crüe's “The Dirt” sound like a children's book. However, the boys have become known for picking up the pieces and returning to the scene, every time they crash. Their undeniable flirt with the 80s big arena rock bands like Guns N’ Roses, Kiss, Skid Row etc., combined with a notable element of punk, has made them a significant name in the revival of the sleaze and glam (or hair metal) genre. CRASHDÏET released their critically acclaimed debut album “Rest in sleaze” in the fall of 2005 through Universal Music, giving them a spring of success in their home country. But shortly after, in January of 2006, their frontman and founder Dave Lepard, was found dead in his home after committing suicide. The surviving members have carried on the torch ever since, recruiting new frontmen, touring the world and releasing studio albums for their widespread fans.

GO BIG OR GO HOME

It has been the motivational “catchphrase” for the Swedish boys in CRASHDÏET ever since they started out back in the beginning of 2000.

They’ve clearly gone through turbulence a number of times their career, with deaths, line-up changes and a history of abuse that would make Mötley Crüe's “The Dirt” sound like a children's book. However, the boys have become known for picking up the pieces and returning to the scene, every time they crash. Their undeniable flirt with the 80s big arena rock bands like Guns N’ Roses, Kiss, Skid Row etc., combined with a notable element of punk, has made them a significant name in the revival of the sleaze and glam (or hair metal) genre. CRASHDÏET released their critically acclaimed debut album “Rest in sleaze” in the fall of 2005 through Universal Music, giving them a spring of success in their home country. But shortly after, in January of 2006, their frontman and founder Dave Lepard, was found dead in his home after committing suicide. The surviving members have carried on the torch ever since, recruiting new frontmen, touring the world and releasing studio albums for their widespread fans.

DeWolff are a young Hammond/guitar/drums three-piece from The Netherlands making an explosive mix of electrified southern bluesrock with a dash of soul and psychedelica. They are some of the meanest, energetic, road-hardened and virtuosic musicians around and have been playing together for half their lives.

Now, still in their mid twenties, they have already released 9 studio albums (7 of which hit the Dutch Top 20), 3 live albums, 2 EP's and even recorded an album with Black Keys-producer Mark Neill. Furthermore they have their own fully analog studio where they not only produce their own but also produced many other critically acclaimed albums, and which has already become a cornerstone in the new chapter of Dutch roots-rock history. Even Luther Dickinson regularly comes over to record some songs together.

They have already played over a 1000 shows in Europe, Australia, Indonesia and Russia and since 3 years they even organise their own festival 'DeWolffest'. In 2019 the band picked up the prestigious Edison Award (Dutch Grammy) for ‘Best Rock’ and in 2020 they received a Buma Award for "Best Sync". Their last tour saw the band play over a 100 shows across 13 countries – The Netherlands, Switzerland, France, Spain, Germany, Belgium, Lithuania, Italy, Denmark, United Kingdom, Czech Republic, Austria and their first trip to Indonesia!

They also toured with the likes of Toto, The Black Crowes, The Black Keys, Deep Purple, Ten Years After and Wolfmother and picked up fans in e.g. Seasick Steve, who once woke up backstage at a festival to hear them play, thinking he heard the Allman Brothers playing from 1972, and Roger Glover who has openly declared his love for the band.
Even though they're already blasting for more than a decade, these guys are just starting...

In May 2024 DeWolff travelled to Muscle Shoals, Alabama to record their 10th studio album with Grammy Award winning producer Ben Tanner at two legendary studios: FAME and Muscle Shoals Sound Studio. Heroes like Wilson Pickett, Aretha Franklin, Little Richard, the Stones, Leon Russell, the Black Keys and hundreds of other legendary artists recorded world-renowned albums at these studios. "You can really feel some kind of rock 'n roll magic in the air there. Right when we played our first notes there I got goosebumps: here was that sound I've been hearing on all those classic albums! This definitely was one of the best recording experiences we've ever had. Even the grand piano Leon Russell used was still there, just like the electric Wurlitzer piano that was used on "I Never Loved A Man" by Aretha Franklin!" says Pablo van de Poel. It will come as no surprise that this 10th DeWolff album shows influences of the rich musical history that was literally written in those same studios 50 years ago. But still, DeWolff will always sound like DeWolff: a fiery wayward steam engine blasting right through its own time zone, leaving you spellbound and speechless at the crossroads of blues, soul, psychedelic and southern rock, with a Dutch twist.

DeWolff are a young Hammond/guitar/drums three-piece from The Netherlands making an explosive mix of electrified southern bluesrock with a dash of soul and psychedelica. They are some of the meanest, energetic, road-hardened and virtuosic musicians around and have been playing together for half their lives.

Now, still in their mid twenties, they have already released 9 studio albums (7 of which hit the Dutch Top 20), 3 live albums, 2 EP's and even recorded an album with Black Keys-producer Mark Neill. Furthermore they have their own fully analog studio where they not only produce their own but also produced many other critically acclaimed albums, and which has already become a cornerstone in the new chapter of Dutch roots-rock history. Even Luther Dickinson regularly comes over to record some songs together.

They have already played over a 1000 shows in Europe, Australia, Indonesia and Russia and since 3 years they even organise their own festival 'DeWolffest'. In 2019 the band picked up the prestigious Edison Award (Dutch Grammy) for ‘Best Rock’ and in 2020 they received a Buma Award for "Best Sync". Their last tour saw the band play over a 100 shows across 13 countries – The Netherlands, Switzerland, France, Spain, Germany, Belgium, Lithuania, Italy, Denmark, United Kingdom, Czech Republic, Austria and their first trip to Indonesia!

They also toured with the likes of Toto, The Black Crowes, The Black Keys, Deep Purple, Ten Years After and Wolfmother and picked up fans in e.g. Seasick Steve, who once woke up backstage at a festival to hear them play, thinking he heard the Allman Brothers playing from 1972, and Roger Glover who has openly declared his love for the band.
Even though they're already blasting for more than a decade, these guys are just starting...

In May 2024 DeWolff travelled to Muscle Shoals, Alabama to record their 10th studio album with Grammy Award winning producer Ben Tanner at two legendary studios: FAME and Muscle Shoals Sound Studio. Heroes like Wilson Pickett, Aretha Franklin, Little Richard, the Stones, Leon Russell, the Black Keys and hundreds of other legendary artists recorded world-renowned albums at these studios. "You can really feel some kind of rock 'n roll magic in the air there. Right when we played our first notes there I got goosebumps: here was that sound I've been hearing on all those classic albums! This definitely was one of the best recording experiences we've ever had. Even the grand piano Leon Russell used was still there, just like the electric Wurlitzer piano that was used on "I Never Loved A Man" by Aretha Franklin!" says Pablo van de Poel. It will come as no surprise that this 10th DeWolff album shows influences of the rich musical history that was literally written in those same studios 50 years ago. But still, DeWolff will always sound like DeWolff: a fiery wayward steam engine blasting right through its own time zone, leaving you spellbound and speechless at the crossroads of blues, soul, psychedelic and southern rock, with a Dutch twist.

Dregen is a pioneering Swedish rock guitarist and songwriter, best known for his roles in the bands Backyard Babies and The Hellacopters. Growing up in Nässjö, Sweden, he co-founded Backyard Babies, a band that became a significant force in Scandinavian rock with its energetic blend of punk and glam. The band's debut album in 1994 garnered a loyal following and critical acclaim, setting the stage for a successful music career.

In addition to Backyard Babies, Dregen gained widespread recognition through his work with The Hellacopters, a band he co-founded with Nicke Andersson. With The Hellacopters, Dregen helped to shape the Swedish garage rock revival, earning a Swedish Grammy and touring internationally. After leaving The Hellacopters, he re-focused on Backyard Babies while also working with Finnish rock legend Michael Monroe, further expanding his influence and reach.

In 2013, Dregen released a solo album, showcasing his unique style and versatility. Beyond music, he has explored other creative avenues, including art and even launching his own beer. With recent reunions of The Hellacopters for tours, Dregen continues to leave his mark on the rock world, connecting with fans and remaining a dynamic figure in music and culture.

Dregen is a pioneering Swedish rock guitarist and songwriter, best known for his roles in the bands Backyard Babies and The Hellacopters. Growing up in Nässjö, Sweden, he co-founded Backyard Babies, a band that became a significant force in Scandinavian rock with its energetic blend of punk and glam. The band's debut album in 1994 garnered a loyal following and critical acclaim, setting the stage for a successful music career.

In addition to Backyard Babies, Dregen gained widespread recognition through his work with The Hellacopters, a band he co-founded with Nicke Andersson. With The Hellacopters, Dregen helped to shape the Swedish garage rock revival, earning a Swedish Grammy and touring internationally. After leaving The Hellacopters, he re-focused on Backyard Babies while also working with Finnish rock legend Michael Monroe, further expanding his influence and reach.

In 2013, Dregen released a solo album, showcasing his unique style and versatility. Beyond music, he has explored other creative avenues, including art and even launching his own beer. With recent reunions of The Hellacopters for tours, Dregen continues to leave his mark on the rock world, connecting with fans and remaining a dynamic figure in music and culture.

EL*KE: Die Wiedergeburt einer RocklegendeIm unaufhörlichen Wandel der deutschen Rockszene gibt es wenige Bands, die so nachhaltig Eindruck hinterlassen haben wie EL*KE. Ursprünglich aus Haren im Emsland stammend, nahmen sie die Musiklandschaft mit ihrem unverkennbaren Stil und ihrer explosiven Energie im Sturm. Ihr Name, inspiriert von einem markanten Autokennzeichen, das bei ihren Auftritten stets präsent war, steht heute synonym für rohe, unverfälschte Rockmusik. EL*KE begann ihre Reise in den frühen 2000er Jahren und zog Ende 2002 nach Berlin, um dort ihre musikalischen Ambitionen zu verwirklichen. Ihre Karriere nahm rasch Fahrt auf, mit kraftvollen Alben und mitreißenden Live-Auftritten machten sie sich schnell einen Namen. Ihr Debütalbum "Wilder Westen", produziert von Olaf O.P.A.L. und veröffentlicht im August 2005, setzte einen neuen Standard für deutsche Rockmusik. Bekanntheit erlangte die Band durch zahlreiche Auftritte bei renommierten Veranstaltungen wie der Boarderweek in Val Thorens und dem Taubertal-Openair-Festival. Ein besonderer Höhepunkt ihrer Karriere war der Auftritt am 10. September 2005 beim Abschlusskonzert der "Friss oder stirb"-Tour von Die Toten Hosen, wo sie als Vorband neben New Model Army und den Beatsteaks die Bühne rockten. Ihr zweites Album, "Wir müssen hier raus", erschien im Januar 2007 und zeigte die Band in Höchstform. Mit Songs wie "Ich mag dich" und "Traumfrau" bewiesen sie erneut ihre Fähigkeit, kraftvolle und eingängige Rockhymnen zu schaffen. Ein besonderes Highlight ihrer Karriere war die Beteiligung am Soundtrack des Films "Die Welle" im März 2008. EL*KE lieferten eine beeindruckende Coverversion des Ramones-Klassikers "Rock 'n' Roll High School", die von Schauspieler Jürgen Vogel im Film performt wurde.
Das dritte Album "Häuser stürzen ein" wurde am 4. Juli 2008 veröffentlicht und zeigte die Band von ihrer besten Seite. Mit Beiträgen wie dem von Farin Urlaub geschriebenen Stück "Warum auch immer" und der Begleitung von Billy Idol auf seiner Deutschland-Tour im Sommer 2008, sowie Auftritten bei Rock am Ring und Rock im Park, bewies EL*KE erneut ihre Vielseitigkeit und ihren unermüdlichen Tatendrang. Nach der Veröffentlichung ihres dritten Albums "Häuser stürzen ein" im Juli 2008 und Auftritten mit Größen wie Billy Idol und Iggy Pop & The Stooges, sowie Festivals wie Deichbrand, Rock am Ring und Rock im Park, legten EL*KE 2009 eine längere Pause ein. Doch das Jahr 2023 markierte eine aufregende Wende in der Geschichte von EL*KE. Mit neuer Band-Besetzung kehrten sie im Juni 2023 auf die Bühne zurück und feierten ihr LIVE-Comeback vor 10.000 begeisterten Fans auf dem Lautfeuer-Festival in Lingen. Dieser triumphale Auftritt zeigte, dass die Leidenschaft und die Energie, die EL*KE ausmachen, nichts von ihrer Intensität verloren haben. 2024 wird ein besonderes Jahr für die Fans von EL*KE. Die Band plant die Veröffentlichung einer Tribut-EP mit dem Titel "EL*KE spielt Gundermann". Diese EP ist eine Hommage an den legendären deutschen Liedermacher Gerhard Gundermann. Bekannt für seine tiefgründigen und sozialkritischen Texte, hat Gundermann die deutsche Musikszene nachhaltig beeinflusst. EL*KE's Interpretation seiner Songs wird sicherlich eine spannende Mischung aus Gundermanns poetischer Tiefe und EL*KE's energetischem Rocksound bieten. Diese EP zeigt die Vielseitigkeit und das musikalische Können der Band, indem sie sich neuen Herausforderungen stellt und gleichzeitig ihre Wurzeln ehrt. Doch damit nicht genug: 2025 wird EL*KE ein brandneues Album veröffentlichen. Details zum neuen Album sind noch spärlich, aber die Fans können sich sicher sein, dass EL*KE ihren typischen kraftvollen und unverfälschten Rocksound beibehalten werden, angereichert mit frischen Einflüssen und neuen musikalischen Ideen. EL*KE sind mehr als nur eine Band – sie sind ein Phänomen, ein lebendiger Beweis dafür, dass echter Rock 'n' Roll niemals stirbt. Mit ihrer unverwechselbaren Mischung aus kraftvollen Riffs und tiefgründigen Texten, ihrer ungebrochenen Leidenschaft und ihrem authentischen Stil, haben sie eine neue Ära ihrer Karriere eingeläutet und sind bereit, ihre Geschichte weiterzuschreiben.

EL*KE: Die Wiedergeburt einer RocklegendeIm unaufhörlichen Wandel der deutschen Rockszene gibt es wenige Bands, die so nachhaltig Eindruck hinterlassen haben wie EL*KE. Ursprünglich aus Haren im Emsland stammend, nahmen sie die Musiklandschaft mit ihrem unverkennbaren Stil und ihrer explosiven Energie im Sturm. Ihr Name, inspiriert von einem markanten Autokennzeichen, das bei ihren Auftritten stets präsent war, steht heute synonym für rohe, unverfälschte Rockmusik. EL*KE begann ihre Reise in den frühen 2000er Jahren und zog Ende 2002 nach Berlin, um dort ihre musikalischen Ambitionen zu verwirklichen. Ihre Karriere nahm rasch Fahrt auf, mit kraftvollen Alben und mitreißenden Live-Auftritten machten sie sich schnell einen Namen. Ihr Debütalbum "Wilder Westen", produziert von Olaf O.P.A.L. und veröffentlicht im August 2005, setzte einen neuen Standard für deutsche Rockmusik. Bekanntheit erlangte die Band durch zahlreiche Auftritte bei renommierten Veranstaltungen wie der Boarderweek in Val Thorens und dem Taubertal-Openair-Festival. Ein besonderer Höhepunkt ihrer Karriere war der Auftritt am 10. September 2005 beim Abschlusskonzert der "Friss oder stirb"-Tour von Die Toten Hosen, wo sie als Vorband neben New Model Army und den Beatsteaks die Bühne rockten. Ihr zweites Album, "Wir müssen hier raus", erschien im Januar 2007 und zeigte die Band in Höchstform. Mit Songs wie "Ich mag dich" und "Traumfrau" bewiesen sie erneut ihre Fähigkeit, kraftvolle und eingängige Rockhymnen zu schaffen. Ein besonderes Highlight ihrer Karriere war die Beteiligung am Soundtrack des Films "Die Welle" im März 2008. EL*KE lieferten eine beeindruckende Coverversion des Ramones-Klassikers "Rock 'n' Roll High School", die von Schauspieler Jürgen Vogel im Film performt wurde.
Das dritte Album "Häuser stürzen ein" wurde am 4. Juli 2008 veröffentlicht und zeigte die Band von ihrer besten Seite. Mit Beiträgen wie dem von Farin Urlaub geschriebenen Stück "Warum auch immer" und der Begleitung von Billy Idol auf seiner Deutschland-Tour im Sommer 2008, sowie Auftritten bei Rock am Ring und Rock im Park, bewies EL*KE erneut ihre Vielseitigkeit und ihren unermüdlichen Tatendrang. Nach der Veröffentlichung ihres dritten Albums "Häuser stürzen ein" im Juli 2008 und Auftritten mit Größen wie Billy Idol und Iggy Pop & The Stooges, sowie Festivals wie Deichbrand, Rock am Ring und Rock im Park, legten EL*KE 2009 eine längere Pause ein. Doch das Jahr 2023 markierte eine aufregende Wende in der Geschichte von EL*KE. Mit neuer Band-Besetzung kehrten sie im Juni 2023 auf die Bühne zurück und feierten ihr LIVE-Comeback vor 10.000 begeisterten Fans auf dem Lautfeuer-Festival in Lingen. Dieser triumphale Auftritt zeigte, dass die Leidenschaft und die Energie, die EL*KE ausmachen, nichts von ihrer Intensität verloren haben. 2024 wird ein besonderes Jahr für die Fans von EL*KE. Die Band plant die Veröffentlichung einer Tribut-EP mit dem Titel "EL*KE spielt Gundermann". Diese EP ist eine Hommage an den legendären deutschen Liedermacher Gerhard Gundermann. Bekannt für seine tiefgründigen und sozialkritischen Texte, hat Gundermann die deutsche Musikszene nachhaltig beeinflusst. EL*KE's Interpretation seiner Songs wird sicherlich eine spannende Mischung aus Gundermanns poetischer Tiefe und EL*KE's energetischem Rocksound bieten. Diese EP zeigt die Vielseitigkeit und das musikalische Können der Band, indem sie sich neuen Herausforderungen stellt und gleichzeitig ihre Wurzeln ehrt. Doch damit nicht genug: 2025 wird EL*KE ein brandneues Album veröffentlichen. Details zum neuen Album sind noch spärlich, aber die Fans können sich sicher sein, dass EL*KE ihren typischen kraftvollen und unverfälschten Rocksound beibehalten werden, angereichert mit frischen Einflüssen und neuen musikalischen Ideen. EL*KE sind mehr als nur eine Band – sie sind ein Phänomen, ein lebendiger Beweis dafür, dass echter Rock 'n' Roll niemals stirbt. Mit ihrer unverwechselbaren Mischung aus kraftvollen Riffs und tiefgründigen Texten, ihrer ungebrochenen Leidenschaft und ihrem authentischen Stil, haben sie eine neue Ära ihrer Karriere eingeläutet und sind bereit, ihre Geschichte weiterzuschreiben.

BIOGRAPHY

In an era where pedalboards, laptops and samples have become commonplace, Eric Steckel goes against the grain and harkens his listeners back to the days when great guitars were played loudly through great amps. Hailed by many as the top rising star of Blues/Rock, Eric delivers a powerhouse performance that has left audiences in 25 countries (and counting) mesmerized. He brings an energy and passion to the stage that never disappoints and is a must see for fans of vintage guitar rock.

Few young guitarists can improve on Eric Steckel's impressive resume. Eric's debut CD, "A Few Degrees Warmer", was recorded live in April 2002 when he was just 11 years old. It wasn’t long until he appeared at the 2003 Sarasota Blues Festival where Eric's powerful set became the talk of the day. Before the night was over Eric was introduced by British Blues/Rock legend, John Mayall as the youngest guitarist ever on stage with the Bluesbreakers. Eric left a lasting impression on Mayall and, in 2004 Mayall invited Eric to appear in Sweden, Norway and Denmark during The Bluesbreakers’ Scandinavian Tour. In early 2005, Eric traveled to Los Angeles where he joined Mayall for session work on the "Road Dogs" record.

Eric then spent the following years filled with marquee festival dates and sold out concert tours in Holland, Germany, Belgium and Italy. He opened for Johnny Winter at The Paradiso in Amsterdam, thrilled audiences at the Tegelen Bluesrock Festival and shared the prime-time bill with Gregg Allman at the legendary Pistoia Blues Festival.

Throughout his teens and young adulthood, Eric released several critically acclaimed live and studio albums. 2006's "Havana" was a hit among Blues guitar lovers and tracks from this album are still featured often on SiriusXM's Bluesville station. 2008's "Feels Like Home" featured the talented Duane Trucks on drums and recalled the 70's southern rock era. Hits from this album such as "The Ghetto" and "Just Walk Away" receive regular airplay to this day. In 2012, after years on the road, Eric entered the studio once again to record a powerful modern Blues record. "Dismantle The Sun" emerged. In 2015, Eric embarked on a quest to record a fully transatlantic studio album with some of the finest producers, engineers and musicians he knew. This led to "Black Gold" being recorded in both Nashville, Tennessee and Amsterdam, Netherlands. Eric's current album "Polyphonic Prayer" is his most successful album to date and features Eric on every instrument besides the drums.

Road-tested and seasoned from 20+ years on stage and in the studio, Eric delivers his signature blend of Bluesmetal worldwide to appreciative guitar lovers in 25 countries and counting.

Eric has been featured in Top Guitar Magazine, Guitar World Magazine, Classic Rock Magazine, Blues Rock Review Magazine, Maxazine, Nightwatcher's House of Rock, The Allentown (PA) Morning Call, The Doylestown (PA) Intelligencer, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The (NY) Times-Herald Record, Music Head Magazine, The Warren (NJ) Reporter Forum, The Easton (PA) Express, The Bridgewater (NJ) Courier Times, The Sarasota (FL) Herald-Tribune, the Lancaster (PA) Sunday News and The Florida Times Union. International press includes features in the Haagshe Courant, De Telegraaph, BluesMagazine (NL) and a MusikMaker (NL) feature. Eric was also featured in a Comcast CN8 TV News Extra and he has appeared on NBC 10 in Philadelphia, Comcast CN8, Fox Philadelphia, SNN6 in Sarasota and Reuters TV.

BIOGRAPHY

In an era where pedalboards, laptops and samples have become commonplace, Eric Steckel goes against the grain and harkens his listeners back to the days when great guitars were played loudly through great amps. Hailed by many as the top rising star of Blues/Rock, Eric delivers a powerhouse performance that has left audiences in 25 countries (and counting) mesmerized. He brings an energy and passion to the stage that never disappoints and is a must see for fans of vintage guitar rock.

Few young guitarists can improve on Eric Steckel's impressive resume. Eric's debut CD, "A Few Degrees Warmer", was recorded live in April 2002 when he was just 11 years old. It wasn’t long until he appeared at the 2003 Sarasota Blues Festival where Eric's powerful set became the talk of the day. Before the night was over Eric was introduced by British Blues/Rock legend, John Mayall as the youngest guitarist ever on stage with the Bluesbreakers. Eric left a lasting impression on Mayall and, in 2004 Mayall invited Eric to appear in Sweden, Norway and Denmark during The Bluesbreakers’ Scandinavian Tour. In early 2005, Eric traveled to Los Angeles where he joined Mayall for session work on the "Road Dogs" record.

Eric then spent the following years filled with marquee festival dates and sold out concert tours in Holland, Germany, Belgium and Italy. He opened for Johnny Winter at The Paradiso in Amsterdam, thrilled audiences at the Tegelen Bluesrock Festival and shared the prime-time bill with Gregg Allman at the legendary Pistoia Blues Festival.

Throughout his teens and young adulthood, Eric released several critically acclaimed live and studio albums. 2006's "Havana" was a hit among Blues guitar lovers and tracks from this album are still featured often on SiriusXM's Bluesville station. 2008's "Feels Like Home" featured the talented Duane Trucks on drums and recalled the 70's southern rock era. Hits from this album such as "The Ghetto" and "Just Walk Away" receive regular airplay to this day. In 2012, after years on the road, Eric entered the studio once again to record a powerful modern Blues record. "Dismantle The Sun" emerged. In 2015, Eric embarked on a quest to record a fully transatlantic studio album with some of the finest producers, engineers and musicians he knew. This led to "Black Gold" being recorded in both Nashville, Tennessee and Amsterdam, Netherlands. Eric's current album "Polyphonic Prayer" is his most successful album to date and features Eric on every instrument besides the drums.

Road-tested and seasoned from 20+ years on stage and in the studio, Eric delivers his signature blend of Bluesmetal worldwide to appreciative guitar lovers in 25 countries and counting.

Eric has been featured in Top Guitar Magazine, Guitar World Magazine, Classic Rock Magazine, Blues Rock Review Magazine, Maxazine, Nightwatcher's House of Rock, The Allentown (PA) Morning Call, The Doylestown (PA) Intelligencer, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The (NY) Times-Herald Record, Music Head Magazine, The Warren (NJ) Reporter Forum, The Easton (PA) Express, The Bridgewater (NJ) Courier Times, The Sarasota (FL) Herald-Tribune, the Lancaster (PA) Sunday News and The Florida Times Union. International press includes features in the Haagshe Courant, De Telegraaph, BluesMagazine (NL) and a MusikMaker (NL) feature. Eric was also featured in a Comcast CN8 TV News Extra and he has appeared on NBC 10 in Philadelphia, Comcast CN8, Fox Philadelphia, SNN6 in Sarasota and Reuters TV.

Five Alarm Funk is a horn-powered, percussion-fuelled sonic and visual assault. Over 17 years of hard funking, the band hasburned up stages on four continents, released eight studio albums and received two Juno Award nominations.

Their latestalbum "Big Smoke" gets right to the roots of what Five Alarm Funk is all about: epic, intense arrangements, heavy grooveand a ton of fun. As drummer, vocalist, and band leader Tayo Branston puts it, “Big Smoke is the tightest, funkiest and mostenergized album we've ever created, it's the culmination of 17 years of creating, recording and performing together. We call itPunk Funk – it’s got the punch of heavy hitting dance music with the energy of a ruckus live concert.”

The album features two collaborations, the first with the legendary Bootsy Collins delivering hook-laden, funktastic vocalsover a heavy swung groove on We Play The Funk. Next, bari sax phenom Leo P of Too Many Zooz lays down his trademarksquawks and melodic squeals for Wake the Funk Up, a supremely syncopated, chromatic laden jam.

Five Alarm Funk’s epic live show is still what defines the band. The sweat-drenched concerts are infused with an intensespirit of fun that breaks down barriers between band and audience and moves both into a manic dance party. Wildcostumes, props, and choreography compliment the seriously tight arrangements and genre-mashing grooves. That liveshow has taken Five Alarm Funk on dozens of North American coast to coast tours, performing at over 100 festivals in thelast three years alone. The band has also begun to break ground abroad, with performances in Taiwan, Mexico, and aperformance for international peacekeeping forces in Mali. Five Alarm Funk plans to keep the momentum going in 2020 withanother busy summer of festivals and the band’s first European tour.

Five Alarm Funk is a horn-powered, percussion-fuelled sonic and visual assault. Over 17 years of hard funking, the band hasburned up stages on four continents, released eight studio albums and received two Juno Award nominations.

Their latestalbum "Big Smoke" gets right to the roots of what Five Alarm Funk is all about: epic, intense arrangements, heavy grooveand a ton of fun. As drummer, vocalist, and band leader Tayo Branston puts it, “Big Smoke is the tightest, funkiest and mostenergized album we've ever created, it's the culmination of 17 years of creating, recording and performing together. We call itPunk Funk – it’s got the punch of heavy hitting dance music with the energy of a ruckus live concert.”

The album features two collaborations, the first with the legendary Bootsy Collins delivering hook-laden, funktastic vocalsover a heavy swung groove on We Play The Funk. Next, bari sax phenom Leo P of Too Many Zooz lays down his trademarksquawks and melodic squeals for Wake the Funk Up, a supremely syncopated, chromatic laden jam.

Five Alarm Funk’s epic live show is still what defines the band. The sweat-drenched concerts are infused with an intensespirit of fun that breaks down barriers between band and audience and moves both into a manic dance party. Wildcostumes, props, and choreography compliment the seriously tight arrangements and genre-mashing grooves. That liveshow has taken Five Alarm Funk on dozens of North American coast to coast tours, performing at over 100 festivals in thelast three years alone. The band has also begun to break ground abroad, with performances in Taiwan, Mexico, and aperformance for international peacekeeping forces in Mali. Five Alarm Funk plans to keep the momentum going in 2020 withanother busy summer of festivals and the band’s first European tour.

Garret T. Willie is an old soul masquerading as an uncommonly wise, weathered, witty and world-weary 23-year-old and he's about to give rock 'n' roll a formidable 21st-century kick in the ass.
He hails from Cormorant Island, off the coast of British Columbia but while Willie’s Indigenous backstory also gives him more right than most to sing the blues – he’d rather that not be the whole story.
Willie is the personification of an open book in the lyric sheet to his debut record Same Pain. What he offers the world is something it has genuinely been missing for awhile: a contemporary take onhardscrabble blues and the purest and rawest rock 'n' roll to follow its teachings thereafter.
He’s studiously schooled in all the right source material, from Howlin’ Wolf, Albert King and Muddy Waters to Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley and Jerry Lee Lewis to The Rolling Stones, AC/DC, Stevie RayVaughan, and everyone else who’s carried the torch into the present, with a little Johnny Cash andHank Williams thrown in for some outlaw-country flavour on the side.
And that’s why, on Same Pain, Garret T. Willie can not only really rip it up on the guitar, but also with the gut-busting honesty of someone who understands that if you ain’t lived it, you shouldn’t sing it.

Garret T. Willie has absolutely no interest in emulating the musical past and his heroes. His interest isonly in channeling every ounce of the classic blues and rock 'n' roll he venerates so deeply intosomething new.

Garret T. Willie is an old soul masquerading as an uncommonly wise, weathered, witty and world-weary 23-year-old and he's about to give rock 'n' roll a formidable 21st-century kick in the ass.
He hails from Cormorant Island, off the coast of British Columbia but while Willie’s Indigenous backstory also gives him more right than most to sing the blues – he’d rather that not be the whole story.
Willie is the personification of an open book in the lyric sheet to his debut record Same Pain. What he offers the world is something it has genuinely been missing for awhile: a contemporary take onhardscrabble blues and the purest and rawest rock 'n' roll to follow its teachings thereafter.
He’s studiously schooled in all the right source material, from Howlin’ Wolf, Albert King and Muddy Waters to Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley and Jerry Lee Lewis to The Rolling Stones, AC/DC, Stevie RayVaughan, and everyone else who’s carried the torch into the present, with a little Johnny Cash andHank Williams thrown in for some outlaw-country flavour on the side.
And that’s why, on Same Pain, Garret T. Willie can not only really rip it up on the guitar, but also with the gut-busting honesty of someone who understands that if you ain’t lived it, you shouldn’t sing it.

Garret T. Willie has absolutely no interest in emulating the musical past and his heroes. His interest isonly in channeling every ounce of the classic blues and rock 'n' roll he venerates so deeply intosomething new.

Garrison Keillor did “A Prairie Home Companion” for forty years, wrote fiction and comedy,
invented a town called Lake Wobegon where all the children are above average, even
though he himself grew up evangelical in a small separatist flock where all the children
expected the imminent end of the world. He’s busy in retirement, having written a
memoir and a book of limericks and is at work on a musical and a Lake Wobegon
screenplay, and he continues to do “The Writers Almanac” sent out daily to Internet
subscribers (free).

He and his wife Jenny Lind Nilsson live in Minneapolis, not far from the YMCA where he
was sent for swimming lessons at age 12 after his cousin drowned, and he skipped the
lessons and went to the public library instead and to a radio studio to watch a noontime
show with singers and a band. Thus, our course in life is set.

“Fans laughed, applauded and sang along throughout Sunday night’s two-hour show” -
Jeff Baenen, AP News

“His shows can, for a couple of hours, transform an audience of even so-called coastal
elites into a small-town community with an intimacy only radio and its podcast
descendants can achieve” -Chris Barton, LA Times

“[Keillor is] an expert at making you feel at home with his low-key, familiar style.
Comfortable is his specialty.” -Betsie Freeman, Omaha-World Herald

Garrison Keillor did “A Prairie Home Companion” for forty years, wrote fiction and comedy,
invented a town called Lake Wobegon where all the children are above average, even
though he himself grew up evangelical in a small separatist flock where all the children
expected the imminent end of the world. He’s busy in retirement, having written a
memoir and a book of limericks and is at work on a musical and a Lake Wobegon
screenplay, and he continues to do “The Writers Almanac” sent out daily to Internet
subscribers (free).

He and his wife Jenny Lind Nilsson live in Minneapolis, not far from the YMCA where he
was sent for swimming lessons at age 12 after his cousin drowned, and he skipped the
lessons and went to the public library instead and to a radio studio to watch a noontime
show with singers and a band. Thus, our course in life is set.

“Fans laughed, applauded and sang along throughout Sunday night’s two-hour show” -
Jeff Baenen, AP News

“His shows can, for a couple of hours, transform an audience of even so-called coastal
elites into a small-town community with an intimacy only radio and its podcast
descendants can achieve” -Chris Barton, LA Times

“[Keillor is] an expert at making you feel at home with his low-key, familiar style.
Comfortable is his specialty.” -Betsie Freeman, Omaha-World Herald

The Gems, a Swedish rock trio formed in early 2023, consist of former Thundermother members Guernica Mancini (vocals), Emlee Johansson (drums), and Mona "DeMona" Lindgren (guitar/bass). Their debut album "Phoenix" was released on January 26, 2024, on Napalm Records. The album features a blend of classic rock influences with modern production and visuals, aiming to revitalize the genre.Prior to forming The Gems, the trio toured with bands like the Scorpions and performed at major international festivals such as Wacken Open Air, Sweden Rock Festival, and Alcatraz Open Air. Their experience and dedication have established them as a formidable presence in the rock scene.

The Gems' mission is to evolve the music they love by combining classic rock elements with modern production techniques and futuristic visuals. Their debut single "Like a Phoenix" released in the summer of 2023, reached No. 2 on the German Rock Radio Airplay Charts, showcasing their potential and resonating with rock fans worldwide.

Following the album's release, The Gems embarked on a European tour, further solidifying their reputation as rising stars in the classic rock scene. Their commitment to hard work and innovation continues to drive their success and influence in the music industry.

The Gems, a Swedish rock trio formed in early 2023, consist of former Thundermother members Guernica Mancini (vocals), Emlee Johansson (drums), and Mona "DeMona" Lindgren (guitar/bass). Their debut album "Phoenix" was released on January 26, 2024, on Napalm Records. The album features a blend of classic rock influences with modern production and visuals, aiming to revitalize the genre.Prior to forming The Gems, the trio toured with bands like the Scorpions and performed at major international festivals such as Wacken Open Air, Sweden Rock Festival, and Alcatraz Open Air. Their experience and dedication have established them as a formidable presence in the rock scene.

The Gems' mission is to evolve the music they love by combining classic rock elements with modern production techniques and futuristic visuals. Their debut single "Like a Phoenix" released in the summer of 2023, reached No. 2 on the German Rock Radio Airplay Charts, showcasing their potential and resonating with rock fans worldwide.

Following the album's release, The Gems embarked on a European tour, further solidifying their reputation as rising stars in the classic rock scene. Their commitment to hard work and innovation continues to drive their success and influence in the music industry.

Celebrated guitarists, producers, band leaders and sonic shamans Luther Dickinson and JD Simo join forces in a trailblazing collaboration. The duo, known for their individual successes, mutual admiration, and deep friendship, have finally come together to create a musical project that transcends genres.

Luther Dickinson, one half of the 5-time Grammy-nominated North Mississippi All Stars and former Black Crowes lead guitarist has extensive production and session credits for artists like John Hiatt, Cedric Burnside, and William Bell.  JD Simo, the leader of his own solo project, boasts session and production credits for Jack White, Beyoncé, Chris Isaak, Stevie Nicks, Phil Lesh, and Baz Luhrmann's Elvis movie.

United by shared loves and a strong friendship, Luther and JD found themselves collaborating in the winter of 2022. The creative alchemy unfolded in JD's House Of Grease studio in Nashville, TN, where they were joined by JD's longtime partner, Adam Abrashoff. Together, they delved into a rich musical tapestry of old spirituals and hill country blues, infused with Afrobeat rhythms and psychedelic abandon. – melodies that float on the edge of danger in a beautiful and mystical dance.

Luther expresses the profound connection, stating, "We found our tribe in each other," while JD adds, "It's like turning on a faucet. It's so easy for us because we have the same sensibilities and influences, but we play nothing alike somehow. It's so beautiful and special."

What sets this collaboration apart is the dynamic interchange of bass, baritone, and guitar duties between Luther and JD, creating a unique sonic landscape, at once daring and seductive. JD predicts, "It's gonna be a fun show to watch, with these fat grooves and Luther and I switching instruments and such!"

The project will debut with digital singles in the spring of 2024, offering a taste of the magic these two maestros have conjured. A full-length album is set to follow later in the year, promising a musical experience built on love, truth, and GREASE!  

Join Luther, JD, and Adam on this extraordinary journey – keep it greasy!

Celebrated guitarists, producers, band leaders and sonic shamans Luther Dickinson and JD Simo join forces in a trailblazing collaboration. The duo, known for their individual successes, mutual admiration, and deep friendship, have finally come together to create a musical project that transcends genres.

Luther Dickinson, one half of the 5-time Grammy-nominated North Mississippi All Stars and former Black Crowes lead guitarist has extensive production and session credits for artists like John Hiatt, Cedric Burnside, and William Bell.  JD Simo, the leader of his own solo project, boasts session and production credits for Jack White, Beyoncé, Chris Isaak, Stevie Nicks, Phil Lesh, and Baz Luhrmann's Elvis movie.

United by shared loves and a strong friendship, Luther and JD found themselves collaborating in the winter of 2022. The creative alchemy unfolded in JD's House Of Grease studio in Nashville, TN, where they were joined by JD's longtime partner, Adam Abrashoff. Together, they delved into a rich musical tapestry of old spirituals and hill country blues, infused with Afrobeat rhythms and psychedelic abandon. – melodies that float on the edge of danger in a beautiful and mystical dance.

Luther expresses the profound connection, stating, "We found our tribe in each other," while JD adds, "It's like turning on a faucet. It's so easy for us because we have the same sensibilities and influences, but we play nothing alike somehow. It's so beautiful and special."

What sets this collaboration apart is the dynamic interchange of bass, baritone, and guitar duties between Luther and JD, creating a unique sonic landscape, at once daring and seductive. JD predicts, "It's gonna be a fun show to watch, with these fat grooves and Luther and I switching instruments and such!"

The project will debut with digital singles in the spring of 2024, offering a taste of the magic these two maestros have conjured. A full-length album is set to follow later in the year, promising a musical experience built on love, truth, and GREASE!  

Join Luther, JD, and Adam on this extraordinary journey – keep it greasy!

JD Simo’s talent has no boundaries.  His love of music is just that - a love of ALL music - and he has mastered every genre he’s explored.  His remarkable talent and versatility has led to recording sessions with artists including  Beyoncé, Dolly Parton, Tommy Emmanuel, Jack White, Joe Bonamassa, The War and Treaty, Chris Isaak and Stevie Nicks.   He’s also been blessed to share the stage with folks like the Grateful Dead’s Phil Lesh and collaborate with BlackBerry Smoke, Luther Dickinson and Anson Funderburgh. As a further testament to the depth of his talent, the world of film came calling when JD was chosen to flesh out and perform every single guitar note on the soundtrack to  Baz Lurhman’s film “Elvis”.
 
Like many artists and creators during the COVID shutdown, JD found a liberating outlet through social media, releasing a relentless treasure of exploratory jams from “The House of Grease” . With each installment he reached a growing audience of roots music fans as well as guitar gearheads wanting the latest on that JD Simo rig rundown.  While this tour will feature songs from his recently released album, Songs From the House of Grease, fans will also be rewarded as Simo digs deep into the inspiration he has found in everything from Afrobeat to Maxwell Street era Chicago Blues, from soulful funk jams to psyched out jazz-rock.  Come early, stay late…the show will show will be presented in two sets.

JD Simo’s talent has no boundaries.  His love of music is just that - a love of ALL music - and he has mastered every genre he’s explored.  His remarkable talent and versatility has led to recording sessions with artists including  Beyoncé, Dolly Parton, Tommy Emmanuel, Jack White, Joe Bonamassa, The War and Treaty, Chris Isaak and Stevie Nicks.   He’s also been blessed to share the stage with folks like the Grateful Dead’s Phil Lesh and collaborate with BlackBerry Smoke, Luther Dickinson and Anson Funderburgh. As a further testament to the depth of his talent, the world of film came calling when JD was chosen to flesh out and perform every single guitar note on the soundtrack to  Baz Lurhman’s film “Elvis”.
 
Like many artists and creators during the COVID shutdown, JD found a liberating outlet through social media, releasing a relentless treasure of exploratory jams from “The House of Grease” . With each installment he reached a growing audience of roots music fans as well as guitar gearheads wanting the latest on that JD Simo rig rundown.  While this tour will feature songs from his recently released album, Songs From the House of Grease, fans will also be rewarded as Simo digs deep into the inspiration he has found in everything from Afrobeat to Maxwell Street era Chicago Blues, from soulful funk jams to psyched out jazz-rock.  Come early, stay late…the show will show will be presented in two sets.

Described as “a gift to those of us who still believe in magic” (The Observer), London siblings Kitty, Daisy & Lewis Durham are awesomely talented songwriters and multi-instrumentalist musicians.

They have sold over a quarter of a million albums worldwide, sold out headline tours, played Bestival and Glastonbury numerous times, they’ve opened shows for some big names -hello Mark Ronson and Coldplay. Starting out young, they have inspired audiences and gathered an impressive fan base from Amy Winehouse and Eagles Of Death Metal to David Lynch.
Kitty, Daisy & Lewis have come a long way since they broke through in 2006 with their second single, ‘Mean Son Of A Gun’. The trio of siblings, from a musical family – dad, Graeme Durham, an engineer at London’s Exchange studio, mum, Ingrid Weiss, the former drummer in post punkers ‘The Raincoats’ – have since then cemented their reputation with three critically acclaimed albums, 2008’s self titled debut, 2011’s ‘Smoking In Heaven’ and 2015’s ‘The Third’, and their most recent fourth, ‘Superscope’, which is quite frankly their most accomplished to date.

"Superscope is an addictive album, shooting clean and pure into your veins. Add this to your party mix and just try to keep your hips from shaking." - Soundblab

Their third album Kitty Daisy & Lewis The Third is a sparkling analogue production, produced by Mick Jones of The Clash, and recorded in a derelict Indian restaurant in Camden Town.

Each rotating on different instruments with a set that includes R&B, jazz, soul, blues, ska, country, rock 'n' roll and more, Kitty, Daisy & Lewis mix up genres to perfection!

Described as “a gift to those of us who still believe in magic” (The Observer), London siblings Kitty, Daisy & Lewis Durham are awesomely talented songwriters and multi-instrumentalist musicians.

They have sold over a quarter of a million albums worldwide, sold out headline tours, played Bestival and Glastonbury numerous times, they’ve opened shows for some big names -hello Mark Ronson and Coldplay. Starting out young, they have inspired audiences and gathered an impressive fan base from Amy Winehouse and Eagles Of Death Metal to David Lynch.
Kitty, Daisy & Lewis have come a long way since they broke through in 2006 with their second single, ‘Mean Son Of A Gun’. The trio of siblings, from a musical family – dad, Graeme Durham, an engineer at London’s Exchange studio, mum, Ingrid Weiss, the former drummer in post punkers ‘The Raincoats’ – have since then cemented their reputation with three critically acclaimed albums, 2008’s self titled debut, 2011’s ‘Smoking In Heaven’ and 2015’s ‘The Third’, and their most recent fourth, ‘Superscope’, which is quite frankly their most accomplished to date.

"Superscope is an addictive album, shooting clean and pure into your veins. Add this to your party mix and just try to keep your hips from shaking." - Soundblab

Their third album Kitty Daisy & Lewis The Third is a sparkling analogue production, produced by Mick Jones of The Clash, and recorded in a derelict Indian restaurant in Camden Town.

Each rotating on different instruments with a set that includes R&B, jazz, soul, blues, ska, country, rock 'n' roll and more, Kitty, Daisy & Lewis mix up genres to perfection!

Kitty Liv has fired up music lovers around the globe from a very early age, co-fronting family band ‘Kitty, Daisy & Lewis’ selling overa quarter of a million records. The band toured the world numerous times, gaining fans by the likes of Amy Winehouse, MarkRonson and Coldplay.
She is now gearing up to storm an even broader fan base with a solo album project that marks a completely different direction forher. As a songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist, Kitty is resonating with a more expansive set of her influences, from ErykahBadu and D’Angelo to Al Green and blues legend Howlin’ Wolf, to produce a body of personal songs that evoke the primal depths of Soul, Gospel blues & Rock and Roll.

There's a deeper vocal riding over the songs, almost channeling her demons. Kitty has been developing her ideas over several yearsand is currently capturing some stunning performances in the studio.

Born and bred in Camden Town, Kitty lives and breathes music, founding Durham Sound Studios and collaborating with othermusicians and artists, to capture magical moments on sparkling analogue recording gear. When someone has been playing music, recording and writing from the age of seven, it’s only a matter of time before they take aquantum leap into a new paradigm.

Yes she can play guitar, piano, banjo, drums, upright bass and harmonica, but her solo project sees her fronting handpicked musicians and singing her own songs. Whether she’s with the band or taking to the stage solo, Kitty’s live performances promise athrilling mix of original tunes, packed full of solid grooves and charming melodies, leaving the audience feeling they have witnessedthe real, breathing, authentic deal.

Her new adventure sees the singer and highly skilled multi-instrumentalist stepping into previouslyuncharted musical territory.

Her debut album is about to be unleashed.

Kitty Liv has fired up music lovers around the globe from a very early age, co-fronting family band ‘Kitty, Daisy & Lewis’ selling overa quarter of a million records. The band toured the world numerous times, gaining fans by the likes of Amy Winehouse, MarkRonson and Coldplay.
She is now gearing up to storm an even broader fan base with a solo album project that marks a completely different direction forher. As a songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist, Kitty is resonating with a more expansive set of her influences, from ErykahBadu and D’Angelo to Al Green and blues legend Howlin’ Wolf, to produce a body of personal songs that evoke the primal depths of Soul, Gospel blues & Rock and Roll.

There's a deeper vocal riding over the songs, almost channeling her demons. Kitty has been developing her ideas over several yearsand is currently capturing some stunning performances in the studio.

Born and bred in Camden Town, Kitty lives and breathes music, founding Durham Sound Studios and collaborating with othermusicians and artists, to capture magical moments on sparkling analogue recording gear. When someone has been playing music, recording and writing from the age of seven, it’s only a matter of time before they take aquantum leap into a new paradigm.

Yes she can play guitar, piano, banjo, drums, upright bass and harmonica, but her solo project sees her fronting handpicked musicians and singing her own songs. Whether she’s with the band or taking to the stage solo, Kitty’s live performances promise athrilling mix of original tunes, packed full of solid grooves and charming melodies, leaving the audience feeling they have witnessedthe real, breathing, authentic deal.

Her new adventure sees the singer and highly skilled multi-instrumentalist stepping into previouslyuncharted musical territory.

Her debut album is about to be unleashed.

Kyle Gass of Tenacious D is finally back on tour in October! After a one-year "vacci-cation" on his Californian farm, posting tons of fun videos on his social channels while waiting for his shot, Kyle Gass of Tenacious D did what he does best: Killing time by writing great songs. When he finally got the call, Kyle got really, really nervous which resulted in the new single release of "Vaccinated" - a parody of the Ramones classic "I Wanna Be Sedated" with a video featuring longtime friends like Jack Black, Amy Lee, John C Reilly, Steve Lukather, and many others. 

Not only because of the incredibly great response to the "Vaccinated" release, but rather because he was tired of drinking home-squeezed orange juice all day, Kyle went for it again. He knew the time was as ripe as the fruits on his citrus trees for the world needs to be saved with his super rock power. So, he rounded up the most virtuosic musicians in California to put on a rock show the world has never seen. Kyle and his band of bros will blow the thick layers of dust off your ears like a rock ‘n’ roll hurricane you have never experienced before. 

The couch apocalypse is over, it’s the beginning of a new era: The Kyle Gass Must Save The World Tour 2021 is on. You’re welcome. 

Kyle Gass of Tenacious D is finally back on tour in October! After a one-year "vacci-cation" on his Californian farm, posting tons of fun videos on his social channels while waiting for his shot, Kyle Gass of Tenacious D did what he does best: Killing time by writing great songs. When he finally got the call, Kyle got really, really nervous which resulted in the new single release of "Vaccinated" - a parody of the Ramones classic "I Wanna Be Sedated" with a video featuring longtime friends like Jack Black, Amy Lee, John C Reilly, Steve Lukather, and many others. 

Not only because of the incredibly great response to the "Vaccinated" release, but rather because he was tired of drinking home-squeezed orange juice all day, Kyle went for it again. He knew the time was as ripe as the fruits on his citrus trees for the world needs to be saved with his super rock power. So, he rounded up the most virtuosic musicians in California to put on a rock show the world has never seen. Kyle and his band of bros will blow the thick layers of dust off your ears like a rock ‘n’ roll hurricane you have never experienced before. 

The couch apocalypse is over, it’s the beginning of a new era: The Kyle Gass Must Save The World Tour 2021 is on. You’re welcome. 

What does KG do when he’s not playing with the Greatest Band in the World? He assembles an otherworldly super-team of badass dudes to back him up in his own project, The Kyle Gass Band. Along with The D’s longtime electric guitarist, John Konesky, resident Sasquatch and guitarist/vocalist, Mike Bray, mythical bass legend, „Uncle Jazz“ and percussion genius/international heart-throb Tim Spier, the rollicking gentlemanly ensemble traverses hill and dale to bring earth-shattering rock and roll to the wanting 100’s. If you’re lucky enough to catch this man-herd on the road, you’ll surely count it as one of your finest living days. If you’re less lucky (but still quite fortunate) to have only cast ears on the debut recording, then consider yourself nothing short of pregnant. 2 years off-and-on, and in between Tenacious D mega-tours, the accomplished men honed their sound and forged a master-work only craft-able by the deepest knowledge of a master.
Men, women, children, domesticated house pets, earth roaming wild mammals, sea-dwelling creatures of the deep, insects, species yet unknown, gods and leaders, universal truths, and earthly lies; all lay wanting in subjugation to the new interstellar constant that is the Kyle Gass Band. Get the record today, throw on some headphones, and take the journey, friends, for you have something the band can never have… The ability to listen, with child-like wonder, to the magic of song, while having no earthly clue how to create such brilliance… Such is the albatross of genius.. Such are the chains of unparalleled skill… Such is the KGB.

What does KG do when he’s not playing with the Greatest Band in the World? He assembles an otherworldly super-team of badass dudes to back him up in his own project, The Kyle Gass Band. Along with The D’s longtime electric guitarist, John Konesky, resident Sasquatch and guitarist/vocalist, Mike Bray, mythical bass legend, „Uncle Jazz“ and percussion genius/international heart-throb Tim Spier, the rollicking gentlemanly ensemble traverses hill and dale to bring earth-shattering rock and roll to the wanting 100’s. If you’re lucky enough to catch this man-herd on the road, you’ll surely count it as one of your finest living days. If you’re less lucky (but still quite fortunate) to have only cast ears on the debut recording, then consider yourself nothing short of pregnant. 2 years off-and-on, and in between Tenacious D mega-tours, the accomplished men honed their sound and forged a master-work only craft-able by the deepest knowledge of a master.
Men, women, children, domesticated house pets, earth roaming wild mammals, sea-dwelling creatures of the deep, insects, species yet unknown, gods and leaders, universal truths, and earthly lies; all lay wanting in subjugation to the new interstellar constant that is the Kyle Gass Band. Get the record today, throw on some headphones, and take the journey, friends, for you have something the band can never have… The ability to listen, with child-like wonder, to the magic of song, while having no earthly clue how to create such brilliance… Such is the albatross of genius.. Such are the chains of unparalleled skill… Such is the KGB.

Larry McCray is no stranger to the deep and endless world of the jam band universe.
Releasing his first two albums on Virgin records in the early 1990’s, Larry has toured the world, sharing the stage with some of the most important performers in the history of Rock and Roll. BB King, Albert King, Freddie King, Bobby Blue Bland, The Allman Brothers, Dickie Betts and Great Southern, Warren Haynes, Phil Lesh, and on and on. Allman Brother fans have relished in his recording of the Warren Haynes penned “Soulshine” first recorded on Larry’s second Virgin release, Delta Hurricane. McCray fans will not have to wait much longer for new music as the recently recorded, and soon to be released Larry McCray record produced by none other than Joe Bonamassa will hit the universe in March of 2022. The record is filled with amazing songs, guitar solos, and fantastic performances by Joe B’s backing band including the legendary keyboardist Reese Wynans !

Larry McCray is no stranger to the deep and endless world of the jam band universe.
Releasing his first two albums on Virgin records in the early 1990’s, Larry has toured the world, sharing the stage with some of the most important performers in the history of Rock and Roll. BB King, Albert King, Freddie King, Bobby Blue Bland, The Allman Brothers, Dickie Betts and Great Southern, Warren Haynes, Phil Lesh, and on and on. Allman Brother fans have relished in his recording of the Warren Haynes penned “Soulshine” first recorded on Larry’s second Virgin release, Delta Hurricane. McCray fans will not have to wait much longer for new music as the recently recorded, and soon to be released Larry McCray record produced by none other than Joe Bonamassa will hit the universe in March of 2022. The record is filled with amazing songs, guitar solos, and fantastic performances by Joe B’s backing band including the legendary keyboardist Reese Wynans !

After the recent release of the first pre-single, "One Of These Days," the new and fifth studio album by Mother’s Cake, titled “Ultrabliss”, has been released on October 18, 2024, via Embassy of Music.

Inspired by Stanley Kubrick's cult film “A Clockwork Orange” (1971) and largely free from structural constraints of traditional songs, the Austrian band unleashes their musical imagination with the finest jams and dancefloor fillers. “Ultrabliss” unites nine extremely varied tracks with elements of classic rock, krautrock, and prog-rock that are sure to please fans of Jimi Hendrix and Pink Floyd, as well as followers of the Red Hot Chili Peppers or British indie icons like Franz Ferdinand, the Arctic Monkeys, or Kasabian. Like its predecessor “Cyberfunk!”, “Ultrabliss” was recorded at Sevenarts Studio, Überlärm Studio, and Moonwalker Productions Studio, and once again sonically brought to life by singer, guitarist, and songwriter Yves Krismer in collaboration with Manuel Renner and Raphael Neikes. Neikes, who plays guitar and keyboards live, has become the fourth band member. Founding drummer Jan Haußels has amicably left the band after the album sessions and will be replaced by Alex Kerbl on drums from now on.

Mother’s Cake are:

Yves Krismer – Vocals, Guitar

Raphael Neikes – Guitar, Keyboards

Benedikt Trenkwalder – Bass

Alex Kerbl – Drums

Studio Discography:

Creation’s Finest (2012)

Love the Filth (2015)

No Rhyme No Reason (2017)

Cyberfunk! (2020)

Ultrabliss (2024)

After the recent release of the first pre-single, "One Of These Days," the new and fifth studio album by Mother’s Cake, titled “Ultrabliss”, has been released on October 18, 2024, via Embassy of Music.

Inspired by Stanley Kubrick's cult film “A Clockwork Orange” (1971) and largely free from structural constraints of traditional songs, the Austrian band unleashes their musical imagination with the finest jams and dancefloor fillers. “Ultrabliss” unites nine extremely varied tracks with elements of classic rock, krautrock, and prog-rock that are sure to please fans of Jimi Hendrix and Pink Floyd, as well as followers of the Red Hot Chili Peppers or British indie icons like Franz Ferdinand, the Arctic Monkeys, or Kasabian. Like its predecessor “Cyberfunk!”, “Ultrabliss” was recorded at Sevenarts Studio, Überlärm Studio, and Moonwalker Productions Studio, and once again sonically brought to life by singer, guitarist, and songwriter Yves Krismer in collaboration with Manuel Renner and Raphael Neikes. Neikes, who plays guitar and keyboards live, has become the fourth band member. Founding drummer Jan Haußels has amicably left the band after the album sessions and will be replaced by Alex Kerbl on drums from now on.

Mother’s Cake are:

Yves Krismer – Vocals, Guitar

Raphael Neikes – Guitar, Keyboards

Benedikt Trenkwalder – Bass

Alex Kerbl – Drums

Studio Discography:

Creation’s Finest (2012)

Love the Filth (2015)

No Rhyme No Reason (2017)

Cyberfunk! (2020)

Ultrabliss (2024)

You must have a certain maturity to cope with a Motörhead Tribute Band. These three
musicians meet all demands.
Since 2012 Motörizer celebrate their "Motörhead Tribute Show" trying to achieve a suitable
tribute to their biggest musical influence of the last 35 years. A Motörizer Show lasts 60 - 90
minutes and contains the complete set of the legendary "No Sleep 'til Hammersmith" from
1981.
After Lemmy's death 2015 the life of Ian Fraser Kilmister and the music of Motörhead is
celebrated with every Motörizer Show to keep the memory alive.
("... don't forget us“)

You must have a certain maturity to cope with a Motörhead Tribute Band. These three
musicians meet all demands.
Since 2012 Motörizer celebrate their "Motörhead Tribute Show" trying to achieve a suitable
tribute to their biggest musical influence of the last 35 years. A Motörizer Show lasts 60 - 90
minutes and contains the complete set of the legendary "No Sleep 'til Hammersmith" from
1981.
After Lemmy's death 2015 the life of Ian Fraser Kilmister and the music of Motörhead is
celebrated with every Motörizer Show to keep the memory alive.
("... don't forget us“)

NESTOR are five childhood friends who formed a band over three decades ago in their hometown of Falköping, Sweden.

Now the rockstar dreams of their youth have been revitalised and once again the band embraces influences from the 80s with tongues-in-cheek and a lot of heart.

With three previously released singles this year and over a million plays combined for the songs and music videos, the hype is enormous for the album “Kids In A Ghost Town” from Swedish nostalgic rock band NESTOR, that was released on October 22nd.

The before mentioned singles “On The Run”, “1989” and latest single “Tomorrow” (featuring none other than 80s pop icon Samantha Fox) are accompanied on the album with seven more tracks, all of them equally worthy of recognition.

There are certainly no fillers on this AOR milestone in the making - three of the songs have also been co-written together with acclaimed song writer Andreas Carlsson, whose previous works includes songs for Bon Jovi, Europe, Paul Stanley and others.

The album is released through the band’s own label Black Diamond Music and is produced by Tobias Gustavsson, mixed by Sebastian Forslund (The Night Flight Orchestra), and mastered by Thomas “Plec” Johansson at The Panic Room.

NESTOR are five childhood friends who formed a band over three decades ago in their hometown of Falköping, Sweden.

Now the rockstar dreams of their youth have been revitalised and once again the band embraces influences from the 80s with tongues-in-cheek and a lot of heart.

With three previously released singles this year and over a million plays combined for the songs and music videos, the hype is enormous for the album “Kids In A Ghost Town” from Swedish nostalgic rock band NESTOR, that was released on October 22nd.

The before mentioned singles “On The Run”, “1989” and latest single “Tomorrow” (featuring none other than 80s pop icon Samantha Fox) are accompanied on the album with seven more tracks, all of them equally worthy of recognition.

There are certainly no fillers on this AOR milestone in the making - three of the songs have also been co-written together with acclaimed song writer Andreas Carlsson, whose previous works includes songs for Bon Jovi, Europe, Paul Stanley and others.

The album is released through the band’s own label Black Diamond Music and is produced by Tobias Gustavsson, mixed by Sebastian Forslund (The Night Flight Orchestra), and mastered by Thomas “Plec” Johansson at The Panic Room.

Rovar are known for their fresh approach to Alternative Rock and their unique mixture of musical styles.

Experimental, but with no frills, the new EP „Spotlight“ demonstrates the trio’s ability to merge different influences into captivating new music. Rovar create a magical energy with their symbiotic band-interaction and immense power on stage. After touring through Europe in 2022 they got the chance to support „Wolfmother“ in Germany 2023.

Now they will be touring with „The Brew“ in the autumn of 2024.

Rovar's new EP "Spotlight" is the next step on their journey of redefining the sound of contemporary Rock music. Fearlessly experimenting and branching out into other styles of music, the band's new release is, in itself, a musical voyage. Ranging from mellow Country vibes and Hip-hop influences to 80s Metal riffs with hints of Hardcore, "Spotlight" manages to create a captivating world of sound from the first song to the last.

Rovar are known for their fresh approach to Alternative Rock and their unique mixture of musical styles.

Experimental, but with no frills, the new EP „Spotlight“ demonstrates the trio’s ability to merge different influences into captivating new music. Rovar create a magical energy with their symbiotic band-interaction and immense power on stage. After touring through Europe in 2022 they got the chance to support „Wolfmother“ in Germany 2023.

Now they will be touring with „The Brew“ in the autumn of 2024.

Rovar's new EP "Spotlight" is the next step on their journey of redefining the sound of contemporary Rock music. Fearlessly experimenting and branching out into other styles of music, the band's new release is, in itself, a musical voyage. Ranging from mellow Country vibes and Hip-hop influences to 80s Metal riffs with hints of Hardcore, "Spotlight" manages to create a captivating world of sound from the first song to the last.

S8NT ELEKTRIC is a young rock band from Los Angeles, California, that is about pushing the limits in EVERY. POSSIBLE. WAY.

Everyone has heard the age old rock n’ roll cliche “Living on the edge,” but S8NT ELEKTRIC never quite fit into that stereotype. They’d rather live life “OFF THE EDGE,” pushing themselves to face their deepest fears and conquer their biggest dreams, all for the world to see on video. S8NT ELEKTRIC combines an adrenaline junkie attitude with honest songwriting. They’re a band about adventure, living life to its fullest, and expressing themselves unapologetically. Founded by frontwoman and powerful lead singer Bri Carbajal, and guitarist, songwriter, producer Niko Tsangaris, the band has toured Europe every summer, opening for artists like Wolfmother, Mammoth WVH, MC5, Dirty Honey, and WARGASM, as well as playing huge festivals such as Bottlerock, Rockville, Prague Rocks, and Azkena Rocks. "XTC" is the first single off S8NT ELEKTRIC’s debut album “OFF THE EDGE'' which will be released in 2025. 

"I came up with the original melodies and lyrics for 'XTC' after the first time I did Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu", comments guitarist Niko Tsangaris. "I had always wanted to fight, but I always felt that I was 'too weak'. However that day I pushed through my fear and had my first class. I got my ass kicked, to say the least. But I left with such excitement and joy because I had finally conquered my fear. In the car, I put on the instrumental track and the first lyric that came out of me was 'I feel so alive'. That feeling of pushing past my own limitations was so freeing. And since the beginning of this year it has become our mission statement as a band, to live 'Off the Edge'. To take the leap into the unknown, to adventure, and to realize our true potential! So we figured the most fitting way to express that would be to skydive with all our bandmates for the music video. It was all of our first time and it was exhilarating! The first thing we all said when we got down was 'We have to do that again'! That is the exact feeling that we aim to capture with everything we do, and we’re only upping the anti from here."

S8NT ELEKTRIC is a young rock band from Los Angeles, California, that is about pushing the limits in EVERY. POSSIBLE. WAY.

Everyone has heard the age old rock n’ roll cliche “Living on the edge,” but S8NT ELEKTRIC never quite fit into that stereotype. They’d rather live life “OFF THE EDGE,” pushing themselves to face their deepest fears and conquer their biggest dreams, all for the world to see on video. S8NT ELEKTRIC combines an adrenaline junkie attitude with honest songwriting. They’re a band about adventure, living life to its fullest, and expressing themselves unapologetically. Founded by frontwoman and powerful lead singer Bri Carbajal, and guitarist, songwriter, producer Niko Tsangaris, the band has toured Europe every summer, opening for artists like Wolfmother, Mammoth WVH, MC5, Dirty Honey, and WARGASM, as well as playing huge festivals such as Bottlerock, Rockville, Prague Rocks, and Azkena Rocks. "XTC" is the first single off S8NT ELEKTRIC’s debut album “OFF THE EDGE'' which will be released in 2025. 

"I came up with the original melodies and lyrics for 'XTC' after the first time I did Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu", comments guitarist Niko Tsangaris. "I had always wanted to fight, but I always felt that I was 'too weak'. However that day I pushed through my fear and had my first class. I got my ass kicked, to say the least. But I left with such excitement and joy because I had finally conquered my fear. In the car, I put on the instrumental track and the first lyric that came out of me was 'I feel so alive'. That feeling of pushing past my own limitations was so freeing. And since the beginning of this year it has become our mission statement as a band, to live 'Off the Edge'. To take the leap into the unknown, to adventure, and to realize our true potential! So we figured the most fitting way to express that would be to skydive with all our bandmates for the music video. It was all of our first time and it was exhilarating! The first thing we all said when we got down was 'We have to do that again'! That is the exact feeling that we aim to capture with everything we do, and we’re only upping the anti from here."

A formidable force in the realm of Power Metal, wielding a polished sound infused with grand symphonics and intricate layers of Prog-Metal intricacy.
Hailing from the vibrant music scene of Sweden, Saint Deamon emerged onto the stage in the late 2000s, boasting an impressive lineup of former members from acclaimed acts such as Highland Glory and Dionysus.

With their distinctive blend of musical prowess, the band quickly solidified their position as one of the European Power Metal icons, unleashing a series of hardcharging albums that have left an indelible mark on the genre. Notable releases in their discography include "In Shadows Lost from the Brave" (2008), "Pandemonium"(2009), "Ghost" (2019), and their most recent opus, "League of the Serpent" (2023). The inception of Saint Deamon dates back to 2006, and over the years, the band has evolved and refined their sound, reaching new heights with each album. The addition of Norwegian vocal powerhouse Jan Thore Grefstad (formerly of Highland Glory), guitarist extraordinaire Toya Johansson, bass virtuoso Nobby Noberg (formerly of Dionysus), and the recent inclusion of drummer Alfred Fridhagen has further strengthened their musical arsenal. In 2008, Saint Deamon unleashed "In Shadows Lost from the Brave" upon the world, featuring the unforgettable anthem "My Heart" as a single, catapulting the band to international acclaim. Beyond the studio, Saint Deamon's live performances are a testament to their mastery, showcasing exceptional musicianship and awe-inspiring vocals that few can rival.

Saint Deamon continues to push the boundaries of their genre, forging ahead with their powerful live shows and a commitment to creating music that resonates with the hearts and souls of fans worldwide. With their unwavering dedication to their craft, Saint Deamon is a band that stands as a beacon of excellence in the world of Power Metal.

A formidable force in the realm of Power Metal, wielding a polished sound infused with grand symphonics and intricate layers of Prog-Metal intricacy.
Hailing from the vibrant music scene of Sweden, Saint Deamon emerged onto the stage in the late 2000s, boasting an impressive lineup of former members from acclaimed acts such as Highland Glory and Dionysus.

With their distinctive blend of musical prowess, the band quickly solidified their position as one of the European Power Metal icons, unleashing a series of hardcharging albums that have left an indelible mark on the genre. Notable releases in their discography include "In Shadows Lost from the Brave" (2008), "Pandemonium"(2009), "Ghost" (2019), and their most recent opus, "League of the Serpent" (2023). The inception of Saint Deamon dates back to 2006, and over the years, the band has evolved and refined their sound, reaching new heights with each album. The addition of Norwegian vocal powerhouse Jan Thore Grefstad (formerly of Highland Glory), guitarist extraordinaire Toya Johansson, bass virtuoso Nobby Noberg (formerly of Dionysus), and the recent inclusion of drummer Alfred Fridhagen has further strengthened their musical arsenal. In 2008, Saint Deamon unleashed "In Shadows Lost from the Brave" upon the world, featuring the unforgettable anthem "My Heart" as a single, catapulting the band to international acclaim. Beyond the studio, Saint Deamon's live performances are a testament to their mastery, showcasing exceptional musicianship and awe-inspiring vocals that few can rival.

Saint Deamon continues to push the boundaries of their genre, forging ahead with their powerful live shows and a commitment to creating music that resonates with the hearts and souls of fans worldwide. With their unwavering dedication to their craft, Saint Deamon is a band that stands as a beacon of excellence in the world of Power Metal.

2022 is upon us. Another fresh new reset of the month odometer!

But this particular New Year is especially exciting and significant for Grammy-nominated, multi-platinum legends Smash Mouth...as it neatly coincides with a fresh new beginning for the San Jose rock/pop icons. This year welcomes a shockingly improved and utterly re-energized Smash Mouth with the proud introduction of their hugely-talented new frontman Zach Goode.

The New York City-born, Los Angeles-based Goode boasts a dazzlingly impressive, never ending list of stage credits as both actor and singer. His beautifully rough-and-tumble...yet pitch-perfect and rangy...vocal style instantly proving a perfect match for Smash Mouth’s beachy brand of high energy Alt-pop.

 A look back at Smash Mouth’s formative years shows a band determined to make an impact from the get-go. Formed in late 1994, the band immediately begins recording demos and showcasing in both San Jose and Hollywood. In June of 1997, Smash Mouth is signed to Interscope Records when label brass catch wind of an unknown (and unsigned) band being ADDED to monumentally influential L.A. radio station KROQ’s playlist after only one spin of their song “Walkin’ On The Sun”.

Smash mouth’s major-label debut “Fush Yu Mang” goes more than DOUBLE PLATINUM and sets the table for what most consider their masterpiece; 1999’s brilliant follow-up album “Astrolounge”. Boasting three top-ten hits (All-Star...Then The Morning Comes...Can’t Get Enough Of You Baby), sales for “Astrolounge” nearly double those for “Fush Yu Mang”. Approaching nearly QUADRUPLE PLATINUM status.

Several catch phrases come to mind with Smash Mouth at the dawn of 2022. Onward and upward! Bigger and better! New and vastly improved! But here’s the reality: Smash Mouth is now poised to consistently deliver the best live show you’ll see in 2022. And here’s why: Ammunition. Smash Mouth has the best songs. And more of them than any of our friendly competitors. Period. And in new recruit Zach Goode, Smash Mouth has landed the perfect commanding/veteran frontman who will return them to the top of the mountain. And keep them there.

So buckle your seatbelt and brace yourself for Smash Mouth in 2022.

It’s guaranteed to be a thrilling and fulfilling top-billing super-thing.

You’ll see...

...and hear.

2022 is upon us. Another fresh new reset of the month odometer!

But this particular New Year is especially exciting and significant for Grammy-nominated, multi-platinum legends Smash Mouth...as it neatly coincides with a fresh new beginning for the San Jose rock/pop icons. This year welcomes a shockingly improved and utterly re-energized Smash Mouth with the proud introduction of their hugely-talented new frontman Zach Goode.

The New York City-born, Los Angeles-based Goode boasts a dazzlingly impressive, never ending list of stage credits as both actor and singer. His beautifully rough-and-tumble...yet pitch-perfect and rangy...vocal style instantly proving a perfect match for Smash Mouth’s beachy brand of high energy Alt-pop.

 A look back at Smash Mouth’s formative years shows a band determined to make an impact from the get-go. Formed in late 1994, the band immediately begins recording demos and showcasing in both San Jose and Hollywood. In June of 1997, Smash Mouth is signed to Interscope Records when label brass catch wind of an unknown (and unsigned) band being ADDED to monumentally influential L.A. radio station KROQ’s playlist after only one spin of their song “Walkin’ On The Sun”.

Smash mouth’s major-label debut “Fush Yu Mang” goes more than DOUBLE PLATINUM and sets the table for what most consider their masterpiece; 1999’s brilliant follow-up album “Astrolounge”. Boasting three top-ten hits (All-Star...Then The Morning Comes...Can’t Get Enough Of You Baby), sales for “Astrolounge” nearly double those for “Fush Yu Mang”. Approaching nearly QUADRUPLE PLATINUM status.

Several catch phrases come to mind with Smash Mouth at the dawn of 2022. Onward and upward! Bigger and better! New and vastly improved! But here’s the reality: Smash Mouth is now poised to consistently deliver the best live show you’ll see in 2022. And here’s why: Ammunition. Smash Mouth has the best songs. And more of them than any of our friendly competitors. Period. And in new recruit Zach Goode, Smash Mouth has landed the perfect commanding/veteran frontman who will return them to the top of the mountain. And keep them there.

So buckle your seatbelt and brace yourself for Smash Mouth in 2022.

It’s guaranteed to be a thrilling and fulfilling top-billing super-thing.

You’ll see...

...and hear.

The Allman Betts Band includes Devon Allman & Duane Betts on guitars and vocals, Berry Oakley Jr. on bass, Johnny Stachela on slide guitar, John Ginty on Hammond B3 (Robert Randolph/Dixie Chicks) and Devon Allman Project percussionists R. Scott Bryan (Sheryl Crow) and John Lum.  The show features original music from their two recent BMG albums, songs from their solo projects as well as classic songs by The Allman Brothers Band, the legendary group founded by Devon and Duane’s fathers, Gregg Allman & Dickey Betts.

Their sophomore album, Bless Your Heart, was released on August 28, 2020.  Like their debut album, Bless Your Heart was recorded at the legendary Muscle Shoals Sound Studios and produced by Matt Ross-Spang (Jason Isbell, Margo Price, John Prine and Elvis Presley). 

"This is The Allman Betts Band's best offering yet, showcasing a band still tethered to their legacy but finding their own way with a sound that honors their roots without stepping all over them." - No Depression

The Allman Betts Band includes Devon Allman & Duane Betts on guitars and vocals, Berry Oakley Jr. on bass, Johnny Stachela on slide guitar, John Ginty on Hammond B3 (Robert Randolph/Dixie Chicks) and Devon Allman Project percussionists R. Scott Bryan (Sheryl Crow) and John Lum.  The show features original music from their two recent BMG albums, songs from their solo projects as well as classic songs by The Allman Brothers Band, the legendary group founded by Devon and Duane’s fathers, Gregg Allman & Dickey Betts.

Their sophomore album, Bless Your Heart, was released on August 28, 2020.  Like their debut album, Bless Your Heart was recorded at the legendary Muscle Shoals Sound Studios and produced by Matt Ross-Spang (Jason Isbell, Margo Price, John Prine and Elvis Presley). 

"This is The Allman Betts Band's best offering yet, showcasing a band still tethered to their legacy but finding their own way with a sound that honors their roots without stepping all over them." - No Depression

Nine albums in thirteen years, all albums have attained gold and platinum status, and have been in the Top 5 of the German Album-Charts.

The latest two albums in a row hit #1 in the German Charts. And “Dos Bros” sold over 300.000 copies. Winners of the ECHO award for Best National Band in the catargory Rock/Pop.

The BossHoss are one of Germany’s top live acts and have played more than 1,500 live shows since 2005 in 23 different countries. 300,000 concert-goers per year. Playing to arenas with a capacity of 10,000 upwards. Festivals like Rock am Ring/Park(G) Download (UK) Donauinselfest(A) Gurten(CH) Szigit (HUN) Woodstock (PL). The BossHoss have a huge and loyal fan following.

Massive presence and popularity in mainstream television. Three series as coaches on „The Voice of Germany“ Pro7 (4m viewers per show). 2016 & 2017 Guests and one time hosts of Germany’s most lauded music program „Sing Meinen Song“ Vox (2m viewers per show). Double award winners „Goldene Kamera“ and also „Deutscher Filmpreis“.

Nine albums in thirteen years, all albums have attained gold and platinum status, and have been in the Top 5 of the German Album-Charts.

The latest two albums in a row hit #1 in the German Charts. And “Dos Bros” sold over 300.000 copies. Winners of the ECHO award for Best National Band in the catargory Rock/Pop.

The BossHoss are one of Germany’s top live acts and have played more than 1,500 live shows since 2005 in 23 different countries. 300,000 concert-goers per year. Playing to arenas with a capacity of 10,000 upwards. Festivals like Rock am Ring/Park(G) Download (UK) Donauinselfest(A) Gurten(CH) Szigit (HUN) Woodstock (PL). The BossHoss have a huge and loyal fan following.

Massive presence and popularity in mainstream television. Three series as coaches on „The Voice of Germany“ Pro7 (4m viewers per show). 2016 & 2017 Guests and one time hosts of Germany’s most lauded music program „Sing Meinen Song“ Vox (2m viewers per show). Double award winners „Goldene Kamera“ and also „Deutscher Filmpreis“.

The members of The Effect—Trev Lukather [guitar, producer], Nic Collins [drums] and Emmett Stang [lead vocals]—found each other at the perfect moment. Beyond serendipity, similar experiences cemented an instant bond between these musicians. Each member had logged miles on the road and countless hours in the studio on his own. Trev shined as a touring guitarist and producer and writer for the likes of Halestorm and Dorothy, Nic held down the drums on tour alongside Phil Collins, Genesis, and Mike + The Mechanics and Emmett exploded with consistent viral success. Taking the connection one step further, Trev and Nic each grew up as the sons of rock icons—Steve Lukather of Toto and Phil Collins, respectively. They forged a friendship in 2023 and decided to write and record together, welcoming Emmett to the fold shortly after. The musicians congregated at Trev’s home studio in Los Angeles for “band camp” and immediately gelled, rallying around a signature sound infusing stadium rock energy and spirit with pop palatability. Now, they come together as The Effect, introducing their vision with singles “Unwanted” which hit the #1 spot on AXS TV’s The Power Hour countdown “Something Wrong" and "Toxic Envy" They worked with Steve Perry on their new, reimagined version of the Journey song "It Could Have Been You" which reached #2 on the ITunes rock chart and #1 on ITunes music video chart. The Effect recently toured with Billy Idol in the US and embarked on their very first European tour which consisted of packed headline club shows, a performance at Isle Of Wight Festival and 7 shows with the legendary TOTO in Germany. They have been featured in Rolling Stone, People Magazine, Classic Rock Magazine, Ultimate Classic Rock, Consequence, American Songwriter, Loudwire and others. Full length album to be released in the fall of 2024. 

The members of The Effect—Trev Lukather [guitar, producer], Nic Collins [drums] and Emmett Stang [lead vocals]—found each other at the perfect moment. Beyond serendipity, similar experiences cemented an instant bond between these musicians. Each member had logged miles on the road and countless hours in the studio on his own. Trev shined as a touring guitarist and producer and writer for the likes of Halestorm and Dorothy, Nic held down the drums on tour alongside Phil Collins, Genesis, and Mike + The Mechanics and Emmett exploded with consistent viral success. Taking the connection one step further, Trev and Nic each grew up as the sons of rock icons—Steve Lukather of Toto and Phil Collins, respectively. They forged a friendship in 2023 and decided to write and record together, welcoming Emmett to the fold shortly after. The musicians congregated at Trev’s home studio in Los Angeles for “band camp” and immediately gelled, rallying around a signature sound infusing stadium rock energy and spirit with pop palatability. Now, they come together as The Effect, introducing their vision with singles “Unwanted” which hit the #1 spot on AXS TV’s The Power Hour countdown “Something Wrong" and "Toxic Envy" They worked with Steve Perry on their new, reimagined version of the Journey song "It Could Have Been You" which reached #2 on the ITunes rock chart and #1 on ITunes music video chart. The Effect recently toured with Billy Idol in the US and embarked on their very first European tour which consisted of packed headline club shows, a performance at Isle Of Wight Festival and 7 shows with the legendary TOTO in Germany. They have been featured in Rolling Stone, People Magazine, Classic Rock Magazine, Ultimate Classic Rock, Consequence, American Songwriter, Loudwire and others. Full length album to be released in the fall of 2024. 

The Grand East - Biography

It was the summer of 2020. Two years after their latest release, DIY-psych-soul-rockers The Grand East drop their new single ‘Absolute’. It took a bit, while the band was playing
an enormous amount of festivals and radio/tv-shows throughout Europe in the last years. Now drummer Ima quit and Corona threw a spanner in the works of a large Eastern Euro- tour, Arthur Akkermans, Niek Cival en Teun Eijsink retreated theirselves in a new build studio to work on new songs.

‘Absolute’ defines the new The Grand East, still their musical outbreaks can feel like
psychedelical trips, in 'Absolute' the band found a more electronic and meditative sound.
'Absolute' got it's poppy chillness by it's subtile surprises that leads you by the edges of the river Saint John. Like Kevin Morby meets Warhaus in the bedroom.
Originally the foundations of the song were recorded as part of the band’s appearance in
‘Wolffcast’ a podcast made by their musical friends DeWolff. The single is a reflection of the actual state the band is in at this very moment. Not restricted by the absence of a drummer, they downloaded a HTML Drum Machine which brings in it's ongoing cadence. The artwork has been designed out of charcoal by vocalist Arthur Akkermans.

The Grand East got to know eachother as kids, playing the fields and forests in far East part of The Netherlands. Rider dirt bikes, drinking their first beers together. During highschool this brotherhood formed a band that now musically sticks together like glue. Over the last 5 years The Grand East is playing shows throughout Europe. In their home country The Netherlands, the band hits many famous clubs like Paradiso and AFAS Live and gets to play the main stages of festivals like Zwarte Cross, Dauwpop and ESNS.

The Grand East - Biography

It was the summer of 2020. Two years after their latest release, DIY-psych-soul-rockers The Grand East drop their new single ‘Absolute’. It took a bit, while the band was playing
an enormous amount of festivals and radio/tv-shows throughout Europe in the last years. Now drummer Ima quit and Corona threw a spanner in the works of a large Eastern Euro- tour, Arthur Akkermans, Niek Cival en Teun Eijsink retreated theirselves in a new build studio to work on new songs.

‘Absolute’ defines the new The Grand East, still their musical outbreaks can feel like
psychedelical trips, in 'Absolute' the band found a more electronic and meditative sound.
'Absolute' got it's poppy chillness by it's subtile surprises that leads you by the edges of the river Saint John. Like Kevin Morby meets Warhaus in the bedroom.
Originally the foundations of the song were recorded as part of the band’s appearance in
‘Wolffcast’ a podcast made by their musical friends DeWolff. The single is a reflection of the actual state the band is in at this very moment. Not restricted by the absence of a drummer, they downloaded a HTML Drum Machine which brings in it's ongoing cadence. The artwork has been designed out of charcoal by vocalist Arthur Akkermans.

The Grand East got to know eachother as kids, playing the fields and forests in far East part of The Netherlands. Rider dirt bikes, drinking their first beers together. During highschool this brotherhood formed a band that now musically sticks together like glue. Over the last 5 years The Grand East is playing shows throughout Europe. In their home country The Netherlands, the band hits many famous clubs like Paradiso and AFAS Live and gets to play the main stages of festivals like Zwarte Cross, Dauwpop and ESNS.

The Last Internationale, also known as TLI, is a NY band formed by singer Delila Paz and guitarist Edgey. Their debut album, We Will Reign, was released on Epic Records in 2014. The record was produced by Grammy Award-winning rock producer Brendan O'Brien and features drummer Brad Wilk (Rage Against the Machine), who joined and toured with the band throughout the duration of that record cycle. The Last Internationale's second album Soul On Fire was released October 2019. The album was executive-produced by Tom Morello with Joey Castillo (Queens of the Stone Age) on drums. The album's first single, "Hard Times," reached #1 on the iTunes blues charts in the UK and hit the top 20 in many different countries around the world.
In 2020, the band released Live at Arda Recorders, a live studio album that was recorded during the covid lockdowns. In June 2021, TLI’s Delila Paz was featured in Tom Morello’s song "Radium Girls” alongside Aimee Interrupter of The Interrupters, Nadya Tolokonnikova of Pussy Riot, and Mish Way of White Lung. The Last Internationale’s long-anticipated 3rd studio album, Running for a Dream, was released on march 31, 2023. It features Joey Castillo and Eloy Casagrande of Sepultura on drums. Especially known for their powerful live performances, TLI has shared the stage with acts such as Robert Plant, Neil Young, The Who, Kings of Leon, Slash, Scott Weiland, Weezer, One Republic, Tom Morello, Lenny Kravitz, Incubus, Royal Blood, The Cult, Rival Sons and many more. This past summer, they toured with KISS, Deep Purple, and opened for Guns and Roses and played most of the major festivals throughout Europe, including Pink Pop, Rock Werchter, Hellfest, Mad Cool, Lollapalooza, and Hyde Park. TLI was featured on David Letterman and more recently on the hit tv show Taratata in France. The Last Internationale recently finished their summer tour in Europe, opening for Guns N’ Roses and playing various festivals. Their music can be heard on TV shows such as The Blacklist, Banshee, True Detective, and others.

*** Tom Morello (Rage Against The Machine, Audioslave): "The Last Internationale are one of my favourites in the next wave of rebel rockers. They're raw and real and mix East Village rock sensibilities with Battleship Potemkin firepower."

The Last Internationale, also known as TLI, is a NY band formed by singer Delila Paz and guitarist Edgey. Their debut album, We Will Reign, was released on Epic Records in 2014. The record was produced by Grammy Award-winning rock producer Brendan O'Brien and features drummer Brad Wilk (Rage Against the Machine), who joined and toured with the band throughout the duration of that record cycle. The Last Internationale's second album Soul On Fire was released October 2019. The album was executive-produced by Tom Morello with Joey Castillo (Queens of the Stone Age) on drums. The album's first single, "Hard Times," reached #1 on the iTunes blues charts in the UK and hit the top 20 in many different countries around the world.
In 2020, the band released Live at Arda Recorders, a live studio album that was recorded during the covid lockdowns. In June 2021, TLI’s Delila Paz was featured in Tom Morello’s song "Radium Girls” alongside Aimee Interrupter of The Interrupters, Nadya Tolokonnikova of Pussy Riot, and Mish Way of White Lung. The Last Internationale’s long-anticipated 3rd studio album, Running for a Dream, was released on march 31, 2023. It features Joey Castillo and Eloy Casagrande of Sepultura on drums. Especially known for their powerful live performances, TLI has shared the stage with acts such as Robert Plant, Neil Young, The Who, Kings of Leon, Slash, Scott Weiland, Weezer, One Republic, Tom Morello, Lenny Kravitz, Incubus, Royal Blood, The Cult, Rival Sons and many more. This past summer, they toured with KISS, Deep Purple, and opened for Guns and Roses and played most of the major festivals throughout Europe, including Pink Pop, Rock Werchter, Hellfest, Mad Cool, Lollapalooza, and Hyde Park. TLI was featured on David Letterman and more recently on the hit tv show Taratata in France. The Last Internationale recently finished their summer tour in Europe, opening for Guns N’ Roses and playing various festivals. Their music can be heard on TV shows such as The Blacklist, Banshee, True Detective, and others.

*** Tom Morello (Rage Against The Machine, Audioslave): "The Last Internationale are one of my favourites in the next wave of rebel rockers. They're raw and real and mix East Village rock sensibilities with Battleship Potemkin firepower."

‘If a wry smile was a sound’

Known for their high energy sets and hypnotic melodies, The Love Buzz describe themselves as the scuzzy power pop princes of Ireland. They are the tongue in cheek beacon of hope blending their hyper-caustic pogo punk with timeless pop bangers. ‘Their guitars are crunchy, their drums are bullying and their basslines knit it all together like a middle child hatching a plan.’ With their first EP Candyflip the band explored different variants in style and challenged the genre locked norms of today's scene, breeding a caustic hyper-saturated concoction of Punk Pop and Indie. Hot Press Magazine cited them as “Pure off the bone punkadelic pleasure!” In a review of their Single ‘The Picky Eater’.

After gigging extensively around the country and beyond, the guys put their heads down again, worked on new songs and headed back to the studio with the finished creation being their EP 'Here Comes the Scum' in 2021. Harp, it's first single was hotly tipped by DIY Magazine, citing it as “infectious'' , Ellis Dee was Featured in Hot Press' Track of the Day and Sainsbury was featured in Clash Magazine "Cork's The Love Buzz Rocket Back With Sainsburys"

An exciting year for the guys followed after the release, which saw them going from strength to strength and embarking on a tour of sold out shows throughout the country and even supporting rock legends The Darkness on their Irish tour early 2022 building a reputation as an unmissable live act and the release of their single Wild One.

2023 was another big year for the band with the release of their single Sing! Sing!, which will be on their next EP planned for April 2024. European and UK tours, festivals and being chosen for no less than five stages at Glastonbury as well as storming Ireland Music Week with their powerful live set. This year The Love Buzz have started with a bang, being chosen by several publications as one of their top bands at Eurosonic in the Netherlands. Watch out 2024!

‘If a wry smile was a sound’

Known for their high energy sets and hypnotic melodies, The Love Buzz describe themselves as the scuzzy power pop princes of Ireland. They are the tongue in cheek beacon of hope blending their hyper-caustic pogo punk with timeless pop bangers. ‘Their guitars are crunchy, their drums are bullying and their basslines knit it all together like a middle child hatching a plan.’ With their first EP Candyflip the band explored different variants in style and challenged the genre locked norms of today's scene, breeding a caustic hyper-saturated concoction of Punk Pop and Indie. Hot Press Magazine cited them as “Pure off the bone punkadelic pleasure!” In a review of their Single ‘The Picky Eater’.

After gigging extensively around the country and beyond, the guys put their heads down again, worked on new songs and headed back to the studio with the finished creation being their EP 'Here Comes the Scum' in 2021. Harp, it's first single was hotly tipped by DIY Magazine, citing it as “infectious'' , Ellis Dee was Featured in Hot Press' Track of the Day and Sainsbury was featured in Clash Magazine "Cork's The Love Buzz Rocket Back With Sainsburys"

An exciting year for the guys followed after the release, which saw them going from strength to strength and embarking on a tour of sold out shows throughout the country and even supporting rock legends The Darkness on their Irish tour early 2022 building a reputation as an unmissable live act and the release of their single Wild One.

2023 was another big year for the band with the release of their single Sing! Sing!, which will be on their next EP planned for April 2024. European and UK tours, festivals and being chosen for no less than five stages at Glastonbury as well as storming Ireland Music Week with their powerful live set. This year The Love Buzz have started with a bang, being chosen by several publications as one of their top bands at Eurosonic in the Netherlands. Watch out 2024!

Splitting their time between music, Skateboards, Motorcycles and sharing every moment along the way; The Picturebooks have become more than a band.

This two-piece, slide heavy Rock/Blues/Alternative/Country HAMMERFIST of a band has cultivated a rabid and loyal fanbase that gravitates to the band as much for their lifestyle as they do for the music. With five albums under their belts and relentless touring worldwide with over 400 shows in the last five years alone, Fynn Grabke (Guitar/Vox) and Philipp Mirtschink (Drums/Percussion) have truly paid their dues; playing venues of all sizes to sharing the big stages with the likes of Clutch, Wolfmother, Pretenders, Black Stone Cherry, Monster Truck, Highly Suspect, Kadavar, Iron Maiden’s Steve Harris, and more.

With their 5th album "Albuquerque" now officially released, the boys cannot wait to hit the road again.

Splitting their time between music, Skateboards, Motorcycles and sharing every moment along the way; The Picturebooks have become more than a band.

This two-piece, slide heavy Rock/Blues/Alternative/Country HAMMERFIST of a band has cultivated a rabid and loyal fanbase that gravitates to the band as much for their lifestyle as they do for the music. With five albums under their belts and relentless touring worldwide with over 400 shows in the last five years alone, Fynn Grabke (Guitar/Vox) and Philipp Mirtschink (Drums/Percussion) have truly paid their dues; playing venues of all sizes to sharing the big stages with the likes of Clutch, Wolfmother, Pretenders, Black Stone Cherry, Monster Truck, Highly Suspect, Kadavar, Iron Maiden’s Steve Harris, and more.

With their 5th album "Albuquerque" now officially released, the boys cannot wait to hit the road again.

The Protomen are more than just a concept rock band from Nashville, TN... they are messengers, riding atop an Iron Stallion (read: inside a mildly shitty tour bus) on their way to deliver the most vicious rock 'n' roll fable that the world has ever known. With several planned albums, and a live show that can crumble mountains, the future is in their hands.

Their first record, Act I, includes elements of Ennio Morricone, Queen, and Black Sabbath, that culminate in a listening experience unlike anything you've ever heard. If you're afraid of lo-fi sky cracking distortion and epic chaos, you won't survive this album.

Act II is a departure from the signature distorted sound of the first record. It focuses on a time before “the world fell under darkness.” It’s a brighter and more optimistic look at the world The Protomen have created. The album is split into two separate eras (and sounds) and gives the feeling of two distinct albums in one. Act II was co-produced by Alan Shacklock (Meatloaf, The Alarm, Bonnie Tyler, Babe Ruth, Roger Daltry) and The Protomen.

The Protomen have spent the last 15 years building a large and fiercely devoted fan base by kicking some major ass, playing some of the largest US festivals, occasionally opening for the likes of Tenacious D and Andrew W.K., and headlining their own tours across the US and choice parts of Canada, Australia, and Europe.

Most recently, their cover of Phil Collins’ “In The Air Tonight,” from their 2015 release, The Cover Up, was used in Season 3 of Netflix’s COBRA KAI. That’s right. The Protomen were in a scene with Macchio.

As for the future, The Protomen are currently in the studio working on their more-epic-than-epic new album, Act III. When that drops in the very near future, they’ll hit the road on a huge Act III world tour. 

The Protomen are more than just a concept rock band from Nashville, TN... they are messengers, riding atop an Iron Stallion (read: inside a mildly shitty tour bus) on their way to deliver the most vicious rock 'n' roll fable that the world has ever known. With several planned albums, and a live show that can crumble mountains, the future is in their hands.

Their first record, Act I, includes elements of Ennio Morricone, Queen, and Black Sabbath, that culminate in a listening experience unlike anything you've ever heard. If you're afraid of lo-fi sky cracking distortion and epic chaos, you won't survive this album.

Act II is a departure from the signature distorted sound of the first record. It focuses on a time before “the world fell under darkness.” It’s a brighter and more optimistic look at the world The Protomen have created. The album is split into two separate eras (and sounds) and gives the feeling of two distinct albums in one. Act II was co-produced by Alan Shacklock (Meatloaf, The Alarm, Bonnie Tyler, Babe Ruth, Roger Daltry) and The Protomen.

The Protomen have spent the last 15 years building a large and fiercely devoted fan base by kicking some major ass, playing some of the largest US festivals, occasionally opening for the likes of Tenacious D and Andrew W.K., and headlining their own tours across the US and choice parts of Canada, Australia, and Europe.

Most recently, their cover of Phil Collins’ “In The Air Tonight,” from their 2015 release, The Cover Up, was used in Season 3 of Netflix’s COBRA KAI. That’s right. The Protomen were in a scene with Macchio.

As for the future, The Protomen are currently in the studio working on their more-epic-than-epic new album, Act III. When that drops in the very near future, they’ll hit the road on a huge Act III world tour. 

“Castro is one of the brightest stars in the blues-soul genre. Voracious blues energy and ultimate soul power...impassioned vocals and pure inventiveness in his stellar guitar solos.” – Blues Music Magazine

“Sizzling, slow-burning, gritty blues and rock...shimmering, swampy, downright funky vibes drenched with Castro’s stinging, pure and crisp lead runs and fluid, jet-fueled solos.” – Living Blues

“Soul-baring, roadhouse-meets-church, Memphis guitar licks...gritty voice...Southern colors and rootsy textures.” – Washington Post

“The hardest thing to do,” says internationally beloved soul-blues rocker Tommy Castro, “is be yourself, take some chances and bring your fans along with you.” Throughout his long, constantly evolving career, guitarist, singer and songwriter Tommy Castro has always remained true to himself while exploring, growing and creating new music, and he has taken his thousands of devoted fans right along with him. Since his solo debut in 1994, he’s made 16 albums—the last seven for Alligator—each its own unique chapter in the book of Tommy Castro. Ranging from horn-fueled R&B to piping hot blues to fiery, stripped-down rock ‘n’ roll, each release is solidly built upon Castro’s unshakable musical foundation—a dynamic mix of 1960s-influenced guitar-fueled blues, testifying Memphis-soaked blue-eyed soul and Latin-tinged East San Jose funk, all driven by Castro’s grab-you-by-the-collar vocals and passionate guitar work. Blues Revue declared, “Tommy Castro can do no wrong.”

For Castro’s new album, a roots music odyssey entitled Tommy Castro Presents A Bluesman Came To Town, he tells a timeless story. This special project was composed by Castro along with Grammy Award-winning producer Tom Hambridge. Through its 13 songs, A Bluesman Came To Town tells the tale of a young man working on his family farm who gets bitten by the blues bug. He masters the guitar and heads out on the road seeking fame and fortune, only to find what he’s left behind is the treasure he’s been looking for. Each memorable song—from the blistering title track to the pleading Child Don’t Go to the hopeful I Caught A Break to the emotional Blues Prisoner—stands on its own, as well as contributing to the larger story.

“I like to keep things fresh and interesting,” says Castro, “Tom and I have talked about making a record together for a long time. Collaborating with him was even better than I imagined. I had an outline for the story and then Tom and I talked it out and the songs just started to organically grow out of each other.” Castro continues, “A Bluesman Came To Town isn’t a story about me. It’s pulled from some of my friends’ and my experiences though. I’ve seen first-hand for a lot of years what it’s like out there on the road.”
The road has always been Castro’s home away from home. He’ll instantly ignite a crowd, turn them into loyal fans and then keep those fans coming back for more. He has traveled hundreds of thousands of miles and performed thousands of gigs, leading his bands at clubs, concert halls, and festivals all over the world. Famed guitarist Joe Bonamassa says, “Tommy has always been top of the heap among blues guitar players. He always puts on a great show.”

Born in San Jose, California in 1955, Tommy Castro first picked up a guitar at age 10. He fell under the spell of Elvin Bishop, Taj Mahal, Mike Bloomfield and other blues artists of the day. Almost every major rock and soul act, from Ike and Tina Turner to Janis Joplin to the J. Geils Band to Tower Of Power, toured through the area, and Castro was at every show. He saw John Lee Hooker, Albert King, and Buddy Guy and Junior Wells at the same local blues bar, JJ’s, where he often jammed, dreaming of one day busting out. Mixing the blues and rock and roll he loved and the soul music he heard blasting from lowriders in his neighborhood Tommy started to create his own personal sound and style. He honed his guitar skills and intense, gritty vocals, learning how to capture an audience as he performed on San Francisco’s highly competitive club scene. As his reputation spread, Tommy played in a variety of Bay Area bands, soon making a name for himself as a hotter-than-hot live artist bursting at the seams with talent. In 1985, he was recruited to become lead singer and guitarist for the regionally popular blues band NiteCry, gigging regularly throughout Northern California. Castro joined Warner Brothers’ artists The Dynatones in the late 1980s, performing all over the country. He formed the first Tommy Castro Band in 1992 and has not stopped touring since. In 1995, soon after releasing his first album on Blind Pig Records, The Tommy Castro Band was selected as the house band for three seasons on NBC Television’s Comedy Showcase (airing right after Saturday Night Live). The show brought him in front of millions of viewers every week and cemented his reputation as a not-to-be-missed, nationally touring live performer.

After a series of successful releases on the Blind Pig, Telarc and 33rd Street labels, Tommy Castro joined Alligator Records in 2009. His label debut, Hard Believer, was released to massive popular and critical acclaim. With the album, Castro won four of his six career Blues Music Awards, including the coveted B.B. King Entertainer Of The Year Award (the very highest award a blues performer can receive). In 2012, Castro stripped his music down to its raw essence, creating a high-energy, larger-than-life sound with the formation of The Painkillers. Tommy Castro & The Painkillers’ initial release, The Devil You Know, was embraced by his legion of fans and discovered by hordes of new ones. With the current version of The Painkillers (bassist Randy McDonald, drummer Bowen Brown and keyboardist Michael Emerson), Castro released Method To My Madness in 2015, Stompin’ Ground in 2017, and the irresistible Killin’ It–Live in 2019, with critics shouting praise and admirers cheering the group’s every move. The band has coalesced into one of the telepathically tightest units Castro has ever assembled, making them one of the most in-demand live roots music acts performing today, delivering soul-shaking, muscular music.

Castro’s relentless road-dog approach—gig after gig, night after night—has won him loyal, lifelong fans everywhere he plays. The Washington Post says Castro is “phenomenal and funky” with “soulful vocals and inspired blues guitar.” The San Francisco Chronicle describes Castro’s music as, “funky Southern soul, big city blues and classic rock...silvery guitar licks that simultaneously sound familiar and fresh.” No Depression says “Castro plays gritty, string-bending blues like a runaway train...a glorious blend that rocks the soul and lifts the spirits.”
Upon release of A Bluesman Came To Town, Castro will hit the road with The Painkillers, performing fan favorites as well as songs from the new album. “I’ve made seven albums for Alligator,” Castro says, “and I’ve never made the same record twice. I will always try to be my most authentic self. I give it all I’ve got every time we hit the stage!

“Castro is one of the brightest stars in the blues-soul genre. Voracious blues energy and ultimate soul power...impassioned vocals and pure inventiveness in his stellar guitar solos.” – Blues Music Magazine

“Sizzling, slow-burning, gritty blues and rock...shimmering, swampy, downright funky vibes drenched with Castro’s stinging, pure and crisp lead runs and fluid, jet-fueled solos.” – Living Blues

“Soul-baring, roadhouse-meets-church, Memphis guitar licks...gritty voice...Southern colors and rootsy textures.” – Washington Post

“The hardest thing to do,” says internationally beloved soul-blues rocker Tommy Castro, “is be yourself, take some chances and bring your fans along with you.” Throughout his long, constantly evolving career, guitarist, singer and songwriter Tommy Castro has always remained true to himself while exploring, growing and creating new music, and he has taken his thousands of devoted fans right along with him. Since his solo debut in 1994, he’s made 16 albums—the last seven for Alligator—each its own unique chapter in the book of Tommy Castro. Ranging from horn-fueled R&B to piping hot blues to fiery, stripped-down rock ‘n’ roll, each release is solidly built upon Castro’s unshakable musical foundation—a dynamic mix of 1960s-influenced guitar-fueled blues, testifying Memphis-soaked blue-eyed soul and Latin-tinged East San Jose funk, all driven by Castro’s grab-you-by-the-collar vocals and passionate guitar work. Blues Revue declared, “Tommy Castro can do no wrong.”

For Castro’s new album, a roots music odyssey entitled Tommy Castro Presents A Bluesman Came To Town, he tells a timeless story. This special project was composed by Castro along with Grammy Award-winning producer Tom Hambridge. Through its 13 songs, A Bluesman Came To Town tells the tale of a young man working on his family farm who gets bitten by the blues bug. He masters the guitar and heads out on the road seeking fame and fortune, only to find what he’s left behind is the treasure he’s been looking for. Each memorable song—from the blistering title track to the pleading Child Don’t Go to the hopeful I Caught A Break to the emotional Blues Prisoner—stands on its own, as well as contributing to the larger story.

“I like to keep things fresh and interesting,” says Castro, “Tom and I have talked about making a record together for a long time. Collaborating with him was even better than I imagined. I had an outline for the story and then Tom and I talked it out and the songs just started to organically grow out of each other.” Castro continues, “A Bluesman Came To Town isn’t a story about me. It’s pulled from some of my friends’ and my experiences though. I’ve seen first-hand for a lot of years what it’s like out there on the road.”
The road has always been Castro’s home away from home. He’ll instantly ignite a crowd, turn them into loyal fans and then keep those fans coming back for more. He has traveled hundreds of thousands of miles and performed thousands of gigs, leading his bands at clubs, concert halls, and festivals all over the world. Famed guitarist Joe Bonamassa says, “Tommy has always been top of the heap among blues guitar players. He always puts on a great show.”

Born in San Jose, California in 1955, Tommy Castro first picked up a guitar at age 10. He fell under the spell of Elvin Bishop, Taj Mahal, Mike Bloomfield and other blues artists of the day. Almost every major rock and soul act, from Ike and Tina Turner to Janis Joplin to the J. Geils Band to Tower Of Power, toured through the area, and Castro was at every show. He saw John Lee Hooker, Albert King, and Buddy Guy and Junior Wells at the same local blues bar, JJ’s, where he often jammed, dreaming of one day busting out. Mixing the blues and rock and roll he loved and the soul music he heard blasting from lowriders in his neighborhood Tommy started to create his own personal sound and style. He honed his guitar skills and intense, gritty vocals, learning how to capture an audience as he performed on San Francisco’s highly competitive club scene. As his reputation spread, Tommy played in a variety of Bay Area bands, soon making a name for himself as a hotter-than-hot live artist bursting at the seams with talent. In 1985, he was recruited to become lead singer and guitarist for the regionally popular blues band NiteCry, gigging regularly throughout Northern California. Castro joined Warner Brothers’ artists The Dynatones in the late 1980s, performing all over the country. He formed the first Tommy Castro Band in 1992 and has not stopped touring since. In 1995, soon after releasing his first album on Blind Pig Records, The Tommy Castro Band was selected as the house band for three seasons on NBC Television’s Comedy Showcase (airing right after Saturday Night Live). The show brought him in front of millions of viewers every week and cemented his reputation as a not-to-be-missed, nationally touring live performer.

After a series of successful releases on the Blind Pig, Telarc and 33rd Street labels, Tommy Castro joined Alligator Records in 2009. His label debut, Hard Believer, was released to massive popular and critical acclaim. With the album, Castro won four of his six career Blues Music Awards, including the coveted B.B. King Entertainer Of The Year Award (the very highest award a blues performer can receive). In 2012, Castro stripped his music down to its raw essence, creating a high-energy, larger-than-life sound with the formation of The Painkillers. Tommy Castro & The Painkillers’ initial release, The Devil You Know, was embraced by his legion of fans and discovered by hordes of new ones. With the current version of The Painkillers (bassist Randy McDonald, drummer Bowen Brown and keyboardist Michael Emerson), Castro released Method To My Madness in 2015, Stompin’ Ground in 2017, and the irresistible Killin’ It–Live in 2019, with critics shouting praise and admirers cheering the group’s every move. The band has coalesced into one of the telepathically tightest units Castro has ever assembled, making them one of the most in-demand live roots music acts performing today, delivering soul-shaking, muscular music.

Castro’s relentless road-dog approach—gig after gig, night after night—has won him loyal, lifelong fans everywhere he plays. The Washington Post says Castro is “phenomenal and funky” with “soulful vocals and inspired blues guitar.” The San Francisco Chronicle describes Castro’s music as, “funky Southern soul, big city blues and classic rock...silvery guitar licks that simultaneously sound familiar and fresh.” No Depression says “Castro plays gritty, string-bending blues like a runaway train...a glorious blend that rocks the soul and lifts the spirits.”
Upon release of A Bluesman Came To Town, Castro will hit the road with The Painkillers, performing fan favorites as well as songs from the new album. “I’ve made seven albums for Alligator,” Castro says, “and I’ve never made the same record twice. I will always try to be my most authentic self. I give it all I’ve got every time we hit the stage!

Trapt is an American rock band that formed in Los Gatos, California in 1995, best known for their chart-topping 2002 single “Headstrong”.[1] The group consists of lead vocalist Chris Taylor Brown, bassist Peter “Pete” Charell, drummer Brendan Hengle, and guitarist David Sudock. They have released nine studio albums to date: Amalgamation (1999), Trapt (2002), Someone in Control (2005), Only Through the Pain (2008), No Apologies (2010), Reborn (2013), DNA (2016), Shadow Work (2020), and The Fall (2024).

Trapt is an American rock band that formed in Los Gatos, California in 1995, best known for their chart-topping 2002 single “Headstrong”.[1] The group consists of lead vocalist Chris Taylor Brown, bassist Peter “Pete” Charell, drummer Brendan Hengle, and guitarist David Sudock. They have released nine studio albums to date: Amalgamation (1999), Trapt (2002), Someone in Control (2005), Only Through the Pain (2008), No Apologies (2010), Reborn (2013), DNA (2016), Shadow Work (2020), and The Fall (2024).

All of us are broken. But no one is beyond repair. It's a philosophy that Walter Trout has lived by during seven volatile decades at the heartof America's society and blues-rock scene. Even now, with the world more fractured than ever – by politics, economics, social media and culture wars – the fabled US bluesman's latest album, Broken, chronicles the bitter schisms of modern life but refuses to succumb to them.

"I've always tried to write positive songs, and this album is not quite that," considers the 72-year-old of an all-original track listing that rages and soothes. "But I always hold on to hope. I think that's why I wrote this album." For the last half-century, however rocky his path, hope and resilience has always lit the way. The beat of Trout's unbelievable story are well-known: the traumatic childhood in Ocean City, New Jersey; the audacious move to the West Coast in ྆ the auspicious but chaotic sideman shifts with John Lee Hooker and Big Mama Thornton; the raging addictions that somehow never stopped the boogie when he was with Canned Heat in the early-ྌs. Even now, some will point to Trout's mid-ྌs guitar pyrotechnics in the lineup of John Mayall's legendary Bluesbreakers as his career highpoint. But for a far greater majority of fans, the blood, heart and soul of his solo career since 1989 is the main event, the bluesman's songcraft always reaching for some greater truth, forever surging forward, never shrinking back. It's a peerless creative streak underlined by the guitarist's regular triumphs at ceremonies, including the Blues Music Awards, SENA European Guitar Awards, British Blues Awards and Blues Blast Music Awards. The iconic British DJ 'Whispering' Bob Harris spoke for millions when he declared Trout "the world's greatest rock guitarist" in his 2001 autobiography, The Whispering Years. If he were a less questing artist, Trout could mark time and dine out on those past glories, leaving the polemics and calls-to-arms to a younger generation. But that's not enough, considers the still-hungry veteran. "I have to grow. I want to be a vital contributing artist. I feel young. I know I'm not. But in my head, I'm still 25, wanting to get better and do something I haven't done before. I have more to say." The album was recorded at Kingsize Soundlabs in LA with producer Eric Corne. "This is our 15th album together," calculates the bluesman. "Eric and I just have a way of working, man. A friend who came into the studio and watched us and said, 'Man, you guys are like a machine'. It's unspoken." A few collaborators joined Trout for the first time. "I thought my friend Beth Hart could relate to the title track, Broken," he says of the warrior princess whose fiery vocals coil with his own. "Dee Snider from Twisted Sister put up a live cut of me on his Twitter and said: 'Listen to this fucking guitar hero'. We started talking and became friends. He came into the studio, and I knew I had to write him a song. Bleed came about when we were pretty much done. My drummer Michael Leasure said to me, 'Hey, Walter, you played with John Lee Hooker and Canned Heat, this is your 31st album and you've never played a boogie. What's the deal?' So I said, 'OK, fuck it, let's do a boogie'. I can kinda play harmonica, but I thought, 'Let's elevate this thing'. There's a young harmonica player in England who's the best I've ever heard, Will Wilde. He has the soul and the power of Paul Butterfield but couples that with blinding virtuoso technique." Elsewhere, the wistful Talkin' To Myself, Trout took inspiration from the hits that crackled from AM radio in his youth, and no words were required for the tender instrumental Love Of My Life ("Of course, it'sabout Marie"). With gallows humour, Trout notes that his new album opens with a track called Broken and ends with one called Falls Apart. He can't deny the link between the personal and the socio-political mood in the air, and as such, between those two book ends lie some of the most raw and bruised songs of his career. Still hope leads the way with the notionthat music can help us overcome brokenness - one note at a time.

All of us are broken. But no one is beyond repair. It's a philosophy that Walter Trout has lived by during seven volatile decades at the heartof America's society and blues-rock scene. Even now, with the world more fractured than ever – by politics, economics, social media and culture wars – the fabled US bluesman's latest album, Broken, chronicles the bitter schisms of modern life but refuses to succumb to them.

"I've always tried to write positive songs, and this album is not quite that," considers the 72-year-old of an all-original track listing that rages and soothes. "But I always hold on to hope. I think that's why I wrote this album." For the last half-century, however rocky his path, hope and resilience has always lit the way. The beat of Trout's unbelievable story are well-known: the traumatic childhood in Ocean City, New Jersey; the audacious move to the West Coast in ྆ the auspicious but chaotic sideman shifts with John Lee Hooker and Big Mama Thornton; the raging addictions that somehow never stopped the boogie when he was with Canned Heat in the early-ྌs. Even now, some will point to Trout's mid-ྌs guitar pyrotechnics in the lineup of John Mayall's legendary Bluesbreakers as his career highpoint. But for a far greater majority of fans, the blood, heart and soul of his solo career since 1989 is the main event, the bluesman's songcraft always reaching for some greater truth, forever surging forward, never shrinking back. It's a peerless creative streak underlined by the guitarist's regular triumphs at ceremonies, including the Blues Music Awards, SENA European Guitar Awards, British Blues Awards and Blues Blast Music Awards. The iconic British DJ 'Whispering' Bob Harris spoke for millions when he declared Trout "the world's greatest rock guitarist" in his 2001 autobiography, The Whispering Years. If he were a less questing artist, Trout could mark time and dine out on those past glories, leaving the polemics and calls-to-arms to a younger generation. But that's not enough, considers the still-hungry veteran. "I have to grow. I want to be a vital contributing artist. I feel young. I know I'm not. But in my head, I'm still 25, wanting to get better and do something I haven't done before. I have more to say." The album was recorded at Kingsize Soundlabs in LA with producer Eric Corne. "This is our 15th album together," calculates the bluesman. "Eric and I just have a way of working, man. A friend who came into the studio and watched us and said, 'Man, you guys are like a machine'. It's unspoken." A few collaborators joined Trout for the first time. "I thought my friend Beth Hart could relate to the title track, Broken," he says of the warrior princess whose fiery vocals coil with his own. "Dee Snider from Twisted Sister put up a live cut of me on his Twitter and said: 'Listen to this fucking guitar hero'. We started talking and became friends. He came into the studio, and I knew I had to write him a song. Bleed came about when we were pretty much done. My drummer Michael Leasure said to me, 'Hey, Walter, you played with John Lee Hooker and Canned Heat, this is your 31st album and you've never played a boogie. What's the deal?' So I said, 'OK, fuck it, let's do a boogie'. I can kinda play harmonica, but I thought, 'Let's elevate this thing'. There's a young harmonica player in England who's the best I've ever heard, Will Wilde. He has the soul and the power of Paul Butterfield but couples that with blinding virtuoso technique." Elsewhere, the wistful Talkin' To Myself, Trout took inspiration from the hits that crackled from AM radio in his youth, and no words were required for the tender instrumental Love Of My Life ("Of course, it'sabout Marie"). With gallows humour, Trout notes that his new album opens with a track called Broken and ends with one called Falls Apart. He can't deny the link between the personal and the socio-political mood in the air, and as such, between those two book ends lie some of the most raw and bruised songs of his career. Still hope leads the way with the notionthat music can help us overcome brokenness - one note at a time.

Around March 2020 the world took a break from live music with the onset of a worldwide pandemic, incase you hadn’t heard? When the world stage shut down, Wolfmother's Andrew Stockdale took to the home studio playing all of the instruments, crafting out album #6, “Rock Out”. With mental health becoming one of the most prevalent issues during the pandemic, Stockdale used the majesty of rock with all of it’s chakra healing qualities to guide himself with the creation of “Rock Out”. The idea of Rock’n’Roll giving pure transportation to a better place amidst all of the monotony of daily covid life became a self help cathartic release delivered with a New York Cab driver twang. If you can’t travel during a pandemic, you can get in a cab straight to Hells Kitchen with this little number.

Moving along it’s time to go trans Atlantic back to the mother land of British Rock with the familiar yet unfamiliar “Feelin Love” it’s Cream, it’s Deep Purple, it’s some other band who knows but it’s 2021 and it’s fresh off the ranks in the form of Wolfmother. The track, swings and pumps along in it effortless, unaware manner, then leaves you hanging for a massive POG induced, riff laddened chorus with “Feelin Love”.  Then it’s time for some angst and existential crisis with the self imposed neurosis of “Humble”. Life has become extremely pragmatic and the world has been contact traced into the wrath of drop D relentless riffage. With enough tension to melt a Marshall amp the “waiting for Goddo” type theme entertains the daily musings of delusion and procrastination. This is resolved in humility to accept ones fate and do the best one can. It is a silent victory essentially over nothing except daily existence with a song to show for it. After completing this all on electric drums and plug in amps ... and everything very digitised and laptopish.

Stockdale contemplated the idea of re-tracking with live drums with over dubs. Rather than going to L.A to a fancy studio that looks good on paper, Stockdale went local and recorded the whole record for the most part in his home studio, with a local 19 year old second year student from SAE Insitute in Byron Bay. Yes the Grammy award winning, multi platinum artist put his creative vision in the hands of a  local, novice with little experience. Maybe there’s a side of Stockdale that achieved this success while being a novice with no experience himself, sometimes unbridled youthful enthusiasm will get the results un denounced to itself. Though the ears don’t lie and if it sounds good that’s all that matters. From here Stockdale called on longtime touring cohort Hamish Rosser to contribute drum duties. Most of the record was tracked in one day in Stockdale’s front room in time for school pick up. Did someone call this 'Dad rock' ... ?  So the drums were smashed out in one session. Then a few more songs were written just to beef it up and give it some extra  kick ... tracks such as “Outside”, “Only Way” and “Humble” were last minute creations, that were now rehearsed and fleshed out with a band at Stockdale's new Wolf Cave (which was a former art gallery up at “Bangalow Plaza”). A legendary veteran of many a great record, Paul Pilsnenks dropped in to engineer “Humble” which was completely tracked in about 3 hours one night in September 2021.

All in all, this record in it’s various incarnations from demo to live band recording was in it’s gestation period for about a year and a half. Also Alexx McConnell stepped in on bass duties for “Humble” and “Only Way”  becoming a local recruit for shows after all of the travel restrictions that were made throughout the year, which afforded Wolfmother to do online gigs and a handful of local shows. One could say this record was an ode to the front men and riff masters of yester year via, London, New Jersey, Birmingham through to Pasadena then Byron Bay and back;  it’s a soundtrack for an imaginary stadium tour of 1982 that never happened. Yet it exists none the less in Mp3 and WAV format on your chosen digital platform be it iTunes, Spotify, Apple Music etc. May the algorithms be kind and get this thing heard by many a fan and possible new fans, keeping the Rock’n’Roll dream alive. Remember when in doubt, 'Rock Out!'

Around March 2020 the world took a break from live music with the onset of a worldwide pandemic, incase you hadn’t heard? When the world stage shut down, Wolfmother's Andrew Stockdale took to the home studio playing all of the instruments, crafting out album #6, “Rock Out”. With mental health becoming one of the most prevalent issues during the pandemic, Stockdale used the majesty of rock with all of it’s chakra healing qualities to guide himself with the creation of “Rock Out”. The idea of Rock’n’Roll giving pure transportation to a better place amidst all of the monotony of daily covid life became a self help cathartic release delivered with a New York Cab driver twang. If you can’t travel during a pandemic, you can get in a cab straight to Hells Kitchen with this little number.

Moving along it’s time to go trans Atlantic back to the mother land of British Rock with the familiar yet unfamiliar “Feelin Love” it’s Cream, it’s Deep Purple, it’s some other band who knows but it’s 2021 and it’s fresh off the ranks in the form of Wolfmother. The track, swings and pumps along in it effortless, unaware manner, then leaves you hanging for a massive POG induced, riff laddened chorus with “Feelin Love”.  Then it’s time for some angst and existential crisis with the self imposed neurosis of “Humble”. Life has become extremely pragmatic and the world has been contact traced into the wrath of drop D relentless riffage. With enough tension to melt a Marshall amp the “waiting for Goddo” type theme entertains the daily musings of delusion and procrastination. This is resolved in humility to accept ones fate and do the best one can. It is a silent victory essentially over nothing except daily existence with a song to show for it. After completing this all on electric drums and plug in amps ... and everything very digitised and laptopish.

Stockdale contemplated the idea of re-tracking with live drums with over dubs. Rather than going to L.A to a fancy studio that looks good on paper, Stockdale went local and recorded the whole record for the most part in his home studio, with a local 19 year old second year student from SAE Insitute in Byron Bay. Yes the Grammy award winning, multi platinum artist put his creative vision in the hands of a  local, novice with little experience. Maybe there’s a side of Stockdale that achieved this success while being a novice with no experience himself, sometimes unbridled youthful enthusiasm will get the results un denounced to itself. Though the ears don’t lie and if it sounds good that’s all that matters. From here Stockdale called on longtime touring cohort Hamish Rosser to contribute drum duties. Most of the record was tracked in one day in Stockdale’s front room in time for school pick up. Did someone call this 'Dad rock' ... ?  So the drums were smashed out in one session. Then a few more songs were written just to beef it up and give it some extra  kick ... tracks such as “Outside”, “Only Way” and “Humble” were last minute creations, that were now rehearsed and fleshed out with a band at Stockdale's new Wolf Cave (which was a former art gallery up at “Bangalow Plaza”). A legendary veteran of many a great record, Paul Pilsnenks dropped in to engineer “Humble” which was completely tracked in about 3 hours one night in September 2021.

All in all, this record in it’s various incarnations from demo to live band recording was in it’s gestation period for about a year and a half. Also Alexx McConnell stepped in on bass duties for “Humble” and “Only Way”  becoming a local recruit for shows after all of the travel restrictions that were made throughout the year, which afforded Wolfmother to do online gigs and a handful of local shows. One could say this record was an ode to the front men and riff masters of yester year via, London, New Jersey, Birmingham through to Pasadena then Byron Bay and back;  it’s a soundtrack for an imaginary stadium tour of 1982 that never happened. Yet it exists none the less in Mp3 and WAV format on your chosen digital platform be it iTunes, Spotify, Apple Music etc. May the algorithms be kind and get this thing heard by many a fan and possible new fans, keeping the Rock’n’Roll dream alive. Remember when in doubt, 'Rock Out!'