Monday, February 1, 2010

New Rock Releases

NEW ROCK RELEASES
February 2
New
ROB ZOMBIE...Hillbilly Deluxe 2 or vinyl and clean version
BRUCE KULICK...Bk3
Reissues
SANTANA...Supernatural (Legacy Edition, Extra Tracks)
JOE SATRIANI...Live in Paris: I Just Wanna Rock

February 9
New
SHANNON CURFMAN...What You're Getting Into
DAVE MATTHEWS BAND...Live In Las Vegas
THE PRETENDERS...Live In London
BLACKMORE'S NIGHT...Shadow Of The Moon

Reissues
DEEP PURPLE...Fireball (180 Gram Vinyl) (Ltd. Edition Gatefold Cover)

February 23

New
LIFEHOUSE...Smoke And Mirrors

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR FEBRUARY 1
Don Everly is 73; Mike Campbell from Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers is 60; Ron Welty, formerly with the Offspring, is 39;

ON THIS DATE
1964 The Beatles hit number 1 on Billboard's Pop Singles chart for the very first time with "I Want To Hold Your Hand"
1977 Led Zeppelin had to postpone their North American tour because Robert Plant is ill.
1988 The Cars call it quits
2004 Aerosmith and Kid Rock both perform at halftime for Super Bowl XXXVIII. However, I bet you don't remember that because that's the year we got to see Janet's tit
2006 A Hurricane Katrina benefit concert put together by former Eagle Don Felder occurs. Green Day drummer Tré Cool, ex-Guns N' Roses guitarist Gilby Clarke and Alice Cooper perform
2006 Brad Arnold of 3 Doors Down is injured in a car accident in Mississippi and he receives stitches to his face
2007 Don Henley says that that the Eagles business partnership with Walmart is good, stating "They can't be any more evil than a major record label"
2009 Dewey Martin, 68, the drummer and singer who'd helped found the country rock band Buffalo Springfield, was found dead in Van Nuys, California

IN THE NEWS

Exclusive: Steven Tyler Could Sue To Stop Aerosmith Replacement Singer
Noel Gallagher, Arctic Monkeys, The Who for Teenage Cancer Trust
Grammy ROCK Winners:
Best Solo Rock Performance: “Working on a Dream” — Bruce Springsteen
Best Rock Album: 21st Century Breakdown — Green Day
Best Hard Rock Performance: “War Machine” — AC/DC
Best Rock Instrumental Performance: “A Day in the Life” — Jeff Beck
Best Metal Performance: “Dissident Aggressor” — Judas Priest
Best Americana Album: Electric Dirt — Levon Helm
Best Contemporary Blues Album: Already Free — The Derek Trucks Band
Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package: Neil Young Archives Vol. I (1963-1972) — Gary Burden, Jenice Heo & Neil Young, art directors (Neil Young)
Best Long Form Music Video: “The Beatles Love – All Together Now” — (Various Artists)

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