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When You’re Strange

admin — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 21:13:48 +0000

After reading about that sick looking Doors box set from the Felt Forum shows in 1970, we felt compelled to post the above trailer. It’s for the upcoming Doors documentary directed by Tom DiCillo and narrated by Johnny Depp. We neglected to post this when it first made the rounds. So here it is. Peace…Frog.

Left on Positively 4th Street

admin — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 17:30:48 +0000

Bob Dylan is in talks with multiple car companies to possibly voice their GPS system. Good luck understanding that nasally mumble on the way to grandma’s for Thanksgiving.

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The Lizard King Lives

admin — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 17:14:51 +0000

On record, at least. Apparently Ray Manzarek has gotten his head out of his ass and stopped embarrassing himself by touring with a Doors cover band and gotten back to the real Doors. The final NYC concerts recorded with Jim Morrison before his death, will be released in a six-disc collection on November 10th. The shows were recorded on January 17th & 18th, 1970 at Madison Square Garden’s Felt Forum. Man, that takes it back. The Felt Forum was awesome. Sorry, got side tracked. In more Doors news, Rhino Records will also re-release all The Doors albums on vinyl on September 15th. Click through to the track listings for the live box set.

Live in New York
Disc 1
January 17, 1970 (First Show)
1. Start Of Show
2. “Roadhouse Blues”
3. “Ship Of Fools”
4. “Break On Through (To The Other Side)”
5. Tuning
6. “Peace Frog”
7. “Blue Sunday”
8. “Alabama Song (Whisky Bar)”
9. “Back Door Man”
10. “Love Hides”
11. “Five To One”
12. Tuning/Breather
13. “Who Do You Love”
14. “Little Red Rooster”
15. “Money”
16. Tuning
17. “Light My Fire”
18. More, More, More
19. “Soul Kitchen”
20. End Of Show

Disc 2
January 17, 1970 (Second Show)
1. Start Show 2
2. Jim “How Ya Doing?”
3. “Roadhouse Blues”
4. “Break On Through (To The Other Side)”
5. “Ship Of Fools”
6. “Crawling King Snake”
7. “Alabama Song (Whisky Bar)”
8. “Back Door Man”
9. “Five To One”
10. Pretty Neat, Pretty Good
11. “Build Me A Woman”
12. Tuning/Breather
13. “Who Do You Love”
14. Tuning/Breather
15. “Wild Child”
16. Cheering/Tuning
17. “When The Music’s Over”

Disc 3
January 17, 1970 (Second Show) continued
1. Tuning/Breather
2. “Light My Fire”
3. Hey, Mr. Light Man!
4. “Soul Kitchen”
5. Jim’s Fish Joke
6. “The End”
7. End Of Show

Disc 4
January 18, 1970 (Third Show)
1. Start Show 3
2. “Roadhouse Blues”
3. “Ship Of Fools”
4. “Break On Through (To The Other Side)”
5. Tuning/Breather
6. “Universal Mind”
7. “Alabama Song (Whisky Bar)” – False Start
8. “Alabama Song (Whisky Bar)”
9. “Back Door Man”
10. “Five To One”
11. Tuning/Breather
12. “Moonlight Drive”
13. “Who Do You Love”
14. Calling Out For Songs
15. “Money”
16. Tuning/Breather
17. “Light My Fire”
18. More, More More
19. “When The Music’s Over”
20. Good Night – End Show

Disc 5
January 18, 1970 (Fourth Show)
1. Start Show 4
2. “Roadhouse Blues”
3. “Peace Frog”
4. “Alabama Song (Whisky Bar)”
5. “Back Door Man”
6. “Five To One”
7. We Have A Special Treat
8. “Celebration Of The Lizard”
9. Alright Let’s Boogie
10. “Build Me A Woman”
11. “When The Music’s Over”
12. More, More, More

Disc 6
January 18, 1970 (Fourth Show) continued
1. “Soul Kitchen”
2. For Fear Of Getting Too Patriotic
3. Petition The Lord With Prayer
4. “Light My Fire”
5. Only When The Moon Comes Out
6. “Close To You”
7. The Encore Begins
8. “Rock Me”
9. What To Do Next?
10. “Going To N.Y. Blues”
11. Tuning/Breather
12. “Maggie M’Gill”
13. Tuning/Breather
14. “Gloria”/End Of Show

Daily Playlist: 09/27/09

admin — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 16:26:40 +0000

Pusherman - Curtis Mayfield
Glamour Profession - Steely Dan
Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite - The Beatles
Skating Away (on the thin ice of a new day) - Jethro Tull
It’s Just Too Much (Live) - The Velvet Underground
Cancel Everything - Ronnie Wood
Don’t Know Why - Eric Clapton
Surrender - U2
Old Man - Neil Young
Madman Across The Water - Elton John

Alice in TV Land

admin — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 19:09:47 +0000

Cooper sells (out) Bravias in this new spot for Sony.

Rocks Biggest Whores Hit The Road…Again

admin — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 20:32:24 +0000

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.

Sept. 25 - Detroit, MI @ Cobo Arena
Sept. 26 - Detroit, MI @ Cobo Arena
Sept. 28 - Cleveland, OH @ Quicken Loans Arena
Sept. 29 - London, ON @ John Labatt Centre
Oct. 1 - Montreal, QC @ Bell Centre
Oct. 2 - Toronto, ON @ Air Canada Centre
Oct. 3 - Uncasville, CT @ Mohegan Sun Arena
Oct. 5 - Boston, MA @ TD Garden
Oct. 9 - Uniondale, NY @ Nassau Coliseum
Oct. 10 – New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden
Oct. 12 - Philadelphia, PA @ Wachovia Center
Oct. 13 - Washington, DC @ Verizon Center
Oct. 16 - Hampton, VA @ Hampton Coliseum
Oct. 17 - Greenville, SC @ Bi-Lo Center
Oct. 19 - Pensacola, FL @ Civic Center
Oct. 21 - Tampa, FL @ St. Pete Times Forum
Oct. 22 - Sunrise, FL @ Bankatlantic Center
Oct. 24 - Birmingham, AL @ BJCC
Oct. 26 – Atlanta, GA @ Phillips Arena
Oct. 28 - Nashville, TN @ Sommet Center
Oct. 29 – Little Rock, AR @ Verizon Center
Nov. 6 - Chicago, IL @ United Center
Nov. 7 - Minneapolis, MN @ Target Center
Nov. 9 - Winnipeg, MB @ MTS Centre
Nov. 10 - Saskatoon, SK @ Credit Union Centre
Nov. 12 - Calgary, AB @ Pengrowth Saddledome
Nov. 14 - Vancouver, BC @ GM Place
Nov. 15 - Seattle, WA @ Key Arena
Nov. 17 - Portland, OR @ Rose Garden
Nov. 20 - Sacramento, CA @ ARCO Arena
Nov. 21 - Oakland, CA @ Oakland Arena
Nov. 24 - Anaheim, CA @ Honda Center
Nov. 25 – Los Angeles, CA @ Staples Center
Nov. 27 – San Diego, CA @ Sports Arena
Nov. 28 – Las Vegas, NV
Dec. 1 - Glendale, AZ @ Jobing.com Arena
Dec. 2 – El Paso, TX @ UTEP
Dec. 4 - Austin, TX @ Frank Erwin Center
Dec. 5 - Houston, TX @ Toyota Center
Dec. 6 - Dallas, TX @ American Airlines Center

Les Paul Dead at 94

admin — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 21:22:08 +0000

The inventor of the electric guitar and rock ‘n’ roll pioneer, Les Paul, has sadly passed away of respiratory failure due to complications from pneumonia. His manager issued a statement confirming his death. You will be missed.

Check out Les Paul’s wikipedia page for insight into his amazing life and career: Les Paul.

Pearl Jams a Stone

admin — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 20:56:34 +0000

Pearl Jam, playing a rare club gig last night at London’s Shepherd’s Bush Empire, wowed the 2,000 seat venue with a rip-roaring set, of classics, new songs and b-sides But the biggest surprise was the covers. When the band ripped into Dylan’s “All Along The Watchtower”, Ronnie Wood rolled out on stage to join the band for what we hear was an incredible rendition. Also appearing was Simon Townsend, Pete’s older brother, as Pearl Jam launched into The Who’s “The Real Me” (check the short clip above). Pearl Jam continues their short jaunt through Europe, up next is Rotterdam.

Click through for the full set list

“Sometimes”
“Interstellar Overdrive”
“Corduroy”
“The Fixer”
“All Along The Watchtower”
“Why Go”
“Dissident”
“Severed Hand”
“Given To Fly”
“Low Light”
“Even Flow”
“Present Tense”
“Save You”
“Down”
“Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town”
“Brother”
“Do The Evolution”
“Got Some”

Encore:
“The End” (Eddie Solo)
“Inside Job”
“Betterman”
“Alive”

Encore Two:
“Soldier Of Love”
“State Of Love And Trust”
“The Real Me”
“Yellow Ledbetter”

Led Fighters of the Stone Age

admin — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 21:10:11 +0000

We love our supergroups here at Rockheap. From CSN, to Bad English, to the more recent garbage known as Chickenfoot, how can one resist the mixing of musical ingredients to form supergroup stew. Well Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters jumps back behind the drums, Josh Homme of Queens Of The Stone Age, grabs the guitar and John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin picks ups his bass and we have…Them Crooked Vultures. From the 14 seconds of music embedded above, it sounds a helluva lot better than Chickenshit i mean Foot. Check out their cryptic website here: themcrookedvultures.com. More details to come.

Steven Tyler Takes A Tumble

admin — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 17:42:30 +0000

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.

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