Posted on: August 25th, 2009 Alice in TV Land
Cooper sells (out) Bravias in this new spot for Sony.
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Posted on: August 24th, 2009 Rocks Biggest Whores Hit The Road…Again
At least they’ve dropped the farewell tour bullshit. Kiss kicks off the Kiss Alive 35 tour, in Detroit……Rock City, to commemorate the 35th anniversary of the classic live album, Kiss, Alive.
Click through for tour dates.
Posted on: August 6th, 2009 Steven Tyler Takes A Tumble
Steven Tyler was airlifted to a hospital earlier today after falling off the stage while performing at the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally. He reportedly has minor head and neck injuries. We’ll keep you posted if more info. becomes available.
Posted on: February 10th, 2009 Star Children
KISS’ Paul Stanley has fathered a new starchild. The 57 year old Stanley seems to have no plans of slowing down. With KISS planning their 35 year anniversary tour and his wife pumping out KISS Army soldiers, the Rock And Roll (is definitely not) Over.
Posted on: February 10th, 2009 Heaven And Hell
The Ronnie James Dio-led version of Black Sabbath, now known as Heaven And Hell are set to release their first album under that moniker. “The Devil You Know” will mark the first studio effort from Dio, Geezer Butler, Tony Iommi and Vinny Appice, since the Sabbath album, “Dehumanizer” from 1992. With song titles like, “Bible Black”, and “Eating the Cannibals”, it’s good to know that these metal gods are still leaning towards hell.
Posted on: December 3rd, 2008 Ooh La La
A possible Faces reunion is a story we’ve been following very closely here at the Heap. And nothing would make us happier. I’m sure our minds could be changed, but right now, we’re higher on this reunion than on the debacle that has become the Zep reunion tour. Ronnie Wood was quoted in Rolling Stone saying, “We had a few fantastic rehearsals last week and we’re ready to go. It’s like no time has passed by.” Wood went on to say, “We just have to sort out when and where and drop all of the management egos and just do what we can. We know we can do it. It’s just a matter of getting everyone’s availability sometime next year.” He also mentioned some possible new studio work, as well as having guest bassists to fill Ronnie Lane’s spot. Holy shit, is basically all we can say about a tour in 2009. The Heap is feeling very psyched.
Posted on: November 17th, 2008 Bruce Keeps Runnin’
They don’t call him the Boss for nothing. Bruce and The E Street Band will be following up 2007’s kick ass “Magic” with “Working On A Dream”, slated to hit stores on January 27, 2009. The album will be Bruce’s 24th and was produced and mixed by Brendan O’Brien, who also helmed “Magic”. Springsteen is quoted as saying “Towards the end of recording Magic, excited by the return to pop production sounds, I continued writing,” “When my friend, producer Brendan O’Brien, heard the new songs, he said, ‘Let’s keep going.’ Over the course of the next year, that’s just what we did, recording with the E Street Band during the breaks on last year’s tour. I hope Working on a Dream has caught the energy of the band fresh off the road from some of the most exciting shows we’ve ever done. All the songs were written quickly, we usually used one of our first few takes, and we all had a blast making this one from beginning to end.” Check out the track listing after the jump.
Posted on: November 6th, 2008 Excel AC/DC
The above clip claims to be the world’s first music video created in Excel. Don’t ask me. I have no clue. Check it out for yourself.
Posted on: October 6th, 2008 Will KISS Ever Stop Whoring?
The answer is no. KISS announced their own line of sneakers is now on sale. The set of 4 KISS Vans features a pair for each member with the album covers from their four 1978 solo albums. And if RockHeap catches you wearing a pair, you will get your ass kicked.
Posted on: October 6th, 2008 Van Hagar Strikes Back
Sammy Hagar and Michael Anthony are in the studio with guitarist Joe Satriani and Red Hot Chili Peppers’ drummer Chad Smith for a new supergroup called Chickenfoot. Could we get an “I Can’t Drive (My Walker) 55?”
Posted on: October 1st, 2008 Bruce, Billy & Barack
Billy Joel and Bruce Springsteen will join forces for a Barack Obama benefit concert at NYC’s Hammerstein Ballroom on October 16th. Tickets range from $500 for the balcony to $2,500 for premium seats to $10,000 for “lounge tickets.” For 10G, i hope there’s some sort of lap dance involved. Needless to say, with prices like these, normal human beings will not be in attendance.
Posted on: September 30th, 2008 Super Bowl Bruce
After Janet Jackson’s Titgate scandal back in 2004, the NFL has turned to classic rockers to rock the always insipid and incredibly cheesy and quite lame half-time show. Following in the footsteps of The Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney, Prince, U2 and Tom Petty, The Boss will pick up the mantle and run with it, as he and The E Street Band will perform live at Super Bowl XLIII’s Halftime show on February 1st 2009, in Tampa Bay.
Posted on: September 25th, 2008 AC/DC Says No To iTunes
AC/DC has announced it won’t release it’s new album, Black Ice, on iTunes on October 20th. The groups guitarist Angus Young was quoted as saying, “We don’t make singles, we make albums.” Ohhh, excuse us, you have integrity! Hmmm, considering you have also made a deal with the world’s largest retailer, Wal-Mart, to be the exclusive seller of this upcoming CD of yours, you’ll excuse us while we vomit on ourselves. Hey Angus and Co., fuck you and your sanctimonious bullshit preaching. Did you ever think about people who don’t live near a Wal-Mart or perhaps all the independent mom and pop record stores out there who will lose business because you slack ass jackals have sold out to the man. So don’t lecture us you dipshit. Maybe we would buy the album if 8 out of the 10 songs didn’t suck.
Posted on: September 25th, 2008 Steven Tyler Sues Anonymous
Steven Tyler of Aerosmith is suing a group of unknown bloggers for impersonating the frontman on the internet. Huh? How exactly do you sue someone who is unknown? In the lawsuit, Tyler complains that bloggers writing as Tyler provided intimate details concerning the singer’s actual life, including discussing the death of Tyler’s mother and impersonating Tyler’s girlfriend. Double huh?? How exactly does this person or persons know such intimate details? This isn’t the first time Tyler was hit by fake blogs. In 2007 Google shut it down. In 2008 Blogspot was the host of the “Fake” Tyler blogs, but those sites have since been shut down. The lawsuit accuses the unknown bloggers of “public disclosure of private facts, making false statements and misappropriation of likeness.” The suit also seeks an injunction to prevent the bloggers return in 2009. Yet again we ask, who exactly is Tyler suing?
Posted on: September 19th, 2008 New Journey Lead Singer Cries Like A Bitch
According to Rolling Stone magazine, Journey’s new lead singer, Arnel Pineda, isn’t finding touring the world nearly as fulfilling as his bandmates are. He misses his girlfriend and son, and the grueling pace is grinding him down. “It’s very, very sad,” he says. “There are days I just break down and cry. This is a job I’m doing for my family. That’s all the consolation I’m getting.” Traveling around America isn’t what he expected. “It’s all buses, stage, microphone,” he says. “I never really get to go around and walk. They wake me up for soundcheck, then I wait until the show at nine. It’s a fantastic job, but at the same time it’s a curse. . . I told Neal that the only thing that will make me quit this is if I get sick. I guess that’s the same reason Steve Perry bailed out.” Are you fucking kidding me? Grow some balls Arnel. When are the morons in Journey and that monkey’s ass Steve Perry gonna bury the hatchet and do it up right already, this is just getting silly, don’t ya think? RockHeap sure does.
Posted on: September 17th, 2008 Republican Ticket: Nugent - Palin?
Self-proclaimed Republican Rocker Ted Nugent has sent a copy of his new book “Ted, White & Blue: The Nugent Manifesto”, to Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin. Palin was at the top of Nugent’s list to receive an advance copy of the book, which documents Uncle Ted’s ideas on “how to fix America.” In a letter to Palin, the Nuge writes, “As a proud fellow American hunter, fisherman and lover of Alaska’s soul cleansing magnificent Spirit of the Wild, we who live our American Dream by God, truth, logic, goodwill and decency, thank you for bringing such defiant common sense and self evident truth back to the GOP and politics.” Rockheap would like The Nuge to send America an apology for the two Damn Yankees albums he released in the 90’s.
Posted on: September 11th, 2008 Get A Date With AC/DC
AC/DC have scheduled the North American leg of their upcoming Black Ice world tour, the band’s first since 2001. How Angus still fits in his school boy outfit still amazes us and creeps us out. The “Rock N Roll Train” opens in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania on October 28th and wraps up on December 18th in Charlotte, NC (more North American dates will be added soon). AC/DC will then take the train to South America, Asia and Europe before returning to the U.S. for a run through stadiums in the summer of 2009. Tickets go on sale September 20th. Click below to see all the dates.
Posted on: September 5th, 2008 Classic Clips: Heart, “Barracuda”
I couldn’t resist making this our classic clip. Check this performance out from Cal Jam 2 in March of 1978. Look at the size of the crowd! Other notables that performed at this show were Ted Nugent, Aerosmith, Santana, Dave Mason and Foreigner.
Posted on: September 5th, 2008 Cat Fight Between Heart and the Republicans
Republican Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin has the nickname “Barracuda”. So the brain trust at the McCain campaign figured they would use the Heart rocker of the same name as her theme song. The only problem? No one asked the ladies of Heart. The band released a statement Thursday afternoon announcing they had sent a cease-and-desist letter asking the campaign to stop using the song. “The Republican campaign did not ask for permission to use the song, nor would they have been granted that permission. We have asked the Republican campaign publicly not to use our music. We hope our wishes will be honored.” Their wishes were not honored, as after John McCain’s RNC-ending speech last night, Palin joined him onstage to the sound of “Barracuda”.
This set off Nancy Wilson, who told EW.com, “I think it’s completely unfair to be so misrepresented. I feel completely fucked over.” Soon after, they issued another, more scathing statement: “Sarah Palin’s views and values in NO WAY represent us as American women. We ask that our song “Barracuda” no longer be used to promote her image. The song “Barracuda” was written in the late ’70s as a scathing rant against the soulless, corporate nature of the music business, particularly for women. (The ‘barracuda’ represented the business.) While Heart did not and would not authorize the use of their song at the RNC, there’s irony in Republican strategists’ choice to make use of it there.” Ouch. RockHeap would like to see it settled in a hot oil bikini match between Palin and Nancy Wilson. Ann not so much.
Posted on: September 4th, 2008 New U2 Pushed Back to 2009
U2 have penned roughly “fifty to sixty” tracks during their recent studio sessions that stretch from Morocco to Dublin to France. Bono wrote in to U2.com to discuss the band’s new album, now due out in the early stages of 2009 rather than this coming holiday season. We’ll take 10 good tracks. Leave the 50 shitty ones in the vault please, Thank you…. “We’ve hit a rich songwriting vein and we don’t want to stop,” Bono said. “This is our chance for us to defy gravity once again.” Bono said this new album — coming on the heels of two “very personal” albums in All You Can’t Leave Behind and How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb — attempts to recapture “the transition that took us from The Joshua Tree to Achtung Baby.”