NEWSDESK, 15th October 2009
> HARDREAMS CALLING EVERYWHERE
Perris Records is re-releasing Hardreams' Calling Everywhere debut CD due to high demand from fans wanting to capture this melodic master piece. This release will feature 3 bonus bonus tracks, “Pain” a demo version, “Si tu tevas” (Live) and “Two Shots” (Live). Both live tracks were recorded at the Ripollet Rock Festival in August 2006. The Calling Everywhere cd was originally released in 2002 on Vinny Records for Europe.
Hardreams, a Hard Rock/AOR. band was born in the middle of 2000 in Barcelona, Spain. They released The Road Goes On... on Perris Records in 2008, and received numerous rave reviews worldwide. The band has been featured in many issues of Rocknation newspaper and have a video on regular rotation on Rocknation TV. The band has also shared the stage with artists such as Bob Catley (Magnum), Danny Vaughn (Tyketto), Firehouse and Jim Peterik (Survivor, Mecca, Pride of Lions).
Track Listing: 1. Intro, 2. Wings Of Fire, 3. The Crime Of Loving You, 4. Soul Dancer, 5. Calling, 6. The Right Side Of Mine, 7. I Don’t Know Why, 8. A Place For Our Love, 9. Million Miles Away, 10. Pain, 11. After Hell BONUS, 12. Pain (demo version), 13. Si tu te vas (Live), 14. Two Shots (Live)
> VISIT THE S.E.X. DEPARTMENT
Italy’s glam sleaze rockers S.E.X. Department are BACK!!! S.E.X. Department's Rock ‘n’ Roll Suicide is the follow up to their debut “Self Titled” cd that received rave reviews in the glam scene in 2007.
S.E.X. Department recruited Pedro Ferreira, famed producer of the multi platinum The Darkness and recorded the album at the world famous Chapel Studios in Lincolnshire, UK (Napalm Death, The Darkness, Simply Mind...). The band will be appearing at famous clubs in Hollywood such as the Vodka Club and the Whisky A Go-Go, and also at the biggest USA festival Rocklahoma.
Track Listing: 1. Heroin, 2. Wasted In Texas, 3. Back My Uniform, 4. Don’t You Chance My Life, 5. Sexy Cab, 6. Gypsy Nazi, 7. Memories Of The Sea, 8. L’italiano, 9. S.E.X. Department (remix)
http://www.myspace.com/sexdepartment
> CHRISTMAS METAL MEETING TOUR - 2009
Dates for this tour - including Six Feet Under, Illdisposed, Black Out Beauty + Supports - are:
02.12. Flensburg (Ger) Roxy Music Hall
03.12. Rostock (Ger) Alte Zuckerfabrik
04.12. Berlin (Ger) K 17
05.12. Leipzig (Ger) Hellraiser
06.12. Ludwigsburg (Ger) Rockfabrik
07.12. Lindau (Ger) - Club Vaudeville
08.12. Würzburg (Ger) Posthallen
09.12. Vienna (Aus) Viper Room
10.12. Klagenfurt (Aus) Stereo Club
11.12. tba
> JAKKS FIRE
The debut album from JAKKS which currently has the working title of Fire will be released on November 27th. The band are currently mixing the final tracks.
If you're a fan of early Bon Jovi and Bonfire with a mix of Dokken, XYZ and others then this album will blow you away.
Track Listing: 1. Just an obsession, 2. Break Them, 3. Nothing else tonight, 4. Come back to me, 5. Everything, 6. Endless night, 7. Making me burn, 8. For your love, 9. Dreams, 10. Don't hold you back, 11. Angel (Acoustic version)
Click here to have a listen to a full length MP3 taster of 'Break Them'
> ALL STAR WIZARDS
Todd Rundgren's all-star band line-up for the British Premiere of A Wizard, A True Star on 6th February 2010 at the HMV London Hammersmith Apollo includes former members of Utopia, The Cars and The Tubes.
The line-up consists of Todd Rundgren (vocals, guitar), Jesse Gress (guitar, vocals), Greg Hawkes (keyboards, vocals), Ralph Schuckett (keyboards, vocals), Prairie Prince (drums), Bobby Strickland (saxophone, vocals) and Kasim Sulton (bass, vocals).
Jesse Gress (guitar) tours and records with Todd Rundgren and the Grammy-nominated Tony Levin Band. Greg Hawkes is the famed keyboardist and co-founder of The Cars (1977-1987). Prairie Prince (drums) has been a founding member of art-rock band The Tubes since 1969.
Ralph Schuckett was a member of the band Utopia and played keyboards for the band from 1972 to 1975. He appeared on the albums Todd Rundgren's Utopia (1974) and Another Live (1975).
Bobby Strickland played saxophone and toured Rundgren's albums Nearly Human (1989) and '2nd Wind' (1991). Kasim Sulton (bass) was member of Utopia and has worked with Meat Loaf, Joan Jett, Patti Smith, and Hall and Oates.
Todd Rundgren performs the British Premiere of A Wizard, A True Star at the HMV London Hammersmith Apollo on Saturday 6th February 2010. Box Office: 08700 603 777. Book Online: http://www.seetickets.com/
