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Alter Bridge and Slash vocalist Myles Kennedy is streaming a mini-documentary about his debut solo effort, Year Of The Tiger. The LP is a concept record inspired by the loss of Kennedy’s father, Richard Bass, in 1974 when he was a child. Bass was a Christian Scientist and refused medical treatment and passed away from appendicitis when the future rocker was just four years of age. Year Of The Tiger recently reached Number 63 on the Billboard 200 album chart. Story Source: Antimusic




BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG’S NEW ACT RESUMES TOURING

Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong‘s new band The Longshot resumed touring in New York City on Tuesday night (May 22nd) after a “family emergency” for one of the band members forced the group to cancel a string of West Coast shows. The band’s first New York performance featured all 11 songs from its debut LP, Love Is For Losers, a number of covers and one Green Day tune, the obscure “Stay The Night” from 2012’s Uno! album.

Among the covers the band played were Ozzy Osbourne’s “Goodbye to Romance,” the Ramones’ “Rockaway Beach,” the Rolling Stones’ “As Tears Go By,” Generation X’s “Kiss Me Deadly,” and the frequently-covered “I Fought the Law.”

Story Source: Brooklyn Vegan

 


JOURNEY’S JONATHAN CAIN REMEMBERS CHICAGO SCHOOL FIRE ON NEW ALBUM

Journey‘s Jonathan Cain will release his latest solo album, titled Songs You Can’t Leave Behind, on June 8th. The collection, which features 19 tracks — including two new songs — was recorded as a companion piece to Cain’s acclaimed new memoir, Don’t Stop Believin.’ The song “The Day They Became Angles” salutes the deceased from the infamous December 1st, 1958 school fire at Chicago’s Our Lady of the Angels church which took the lives 92 of Cain’s classmates and three teaching nuns. Joining him on the song, which Cain first performed in 2008 at the 50th anniversary tribute to the fallen, is guitarist Miles Schon — son of Journey co-founder Neal Schon.

Journey/Def Leppard Tour
  • August 11- Boston, MA – Fenway Park
    August 13 -Virginia Beach, VA – Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater
    August 15 – Columbia, SC – Colonial Life Arena

DAVE GROHL ISN’T INTERESTED IN RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT

Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl revealed in a new interview with GQ that he has no interest in getting into politics or running for president someday. Grohl explained, “Taylor (Hawkins, drummer) and I talked about this the other day. He said, ‘You need to be president and run for office.’ F**k that. And that’s my quote right there. I’m not doing an Oprah. I’m not going to go, ‘Well, you never know.’”

Story Source: Ultimate Classic Rock

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