domingo, 27 de octubre de 2013

Muere Lou Reed, la voz salvaje del rock

Reed es una de las voces más célebres de la historia del rock, autor de una obra en solitario excelsa y nada convencional pero también conocido y respetado por ser el fundador de The Velvet Underground, una de las formaciones más influyentes de todos los tiempos.
Lewis Allan 'Lou' Reed (Nueva York, 1942) sentó las bases del rock alternativo con su banda The Velvet Underground en la década de los 60 con temas como 'Sweet Jane' y 'I'm waiting for the man'.
Junto al músico galés John Cale en 1964, Reed renovó el lenguaje del rock and roll con sus canciones caracterizadas por una inusual mezcla de ruido y melodía. En ellas relataba la vida bohemia del Nueva York de las décadas de 1960 a 1970, con letras llenas de lirismo y crudeza.
Su álbum de debut 'The Velvet Underground & Nico' de 1967, con portada del artista Andy Warhol, se ha convertido en una de las obras de referencia de la música contemporánea.

miércoles, 16 de octubre de 2013

AFTERSHOCK

El tío Lemmy y su banda tienen un nuevo álbum en la calle y no esta nada mal. Rock N Roll del bueno.
Aftershock, para darle un poca mas de tralla con su nuevo marca-pasos ha este Viejo Rocker.
Tracklist
01. Heartbreaker
02. Coup De Grace
03. Lost Woman Blues
04. End Of Time …
05. Do You Believe
06. Death Machine
07. Dust And Glass
08. Going To Mexico
09. Silence When You Speak To Me
10. Crying Shame
11. Queen Of The Damned
12. Knife
13. Keep Your Powder Dry
14. Paralyzed

jueves, 14 de marzo de 2013

UFO en Bilbao

Este ultimo Sábado tuve ocasión de ver al grupo UFO, en lineas generales fue una grata sorpresa oír  a este interesante grupo, que después de tantos años de carrera siga en forma ,su alma mater todavía continua dando guerra,  y este viejo dinosaurio del Rock, el vocalista Phil Mogg, estuvo bastante bromista todo el concierto con momentos que parecía estar en otra parte ( que por cierto casi duro 2 horas y para este abuelete de 65 años no estuvo mal), el guitarra Vinnie Moore hizo una buena actuación,  los demás componentes  tanto el batería y teclas (y a la vez guitarra) muy buenos, el bajo baja un poco el nivel. Tocaron temas de su ultimo álbum "Seven Deadly" con sus grandes éxitos. Os dejo una muestra con este vídeo y alguna foto .  

viernes, 8 de marzo de 2013

Alvin Lee of Ten Years After Dead at 68

Ha muerto un genial guitarra y cantante de Rock con mayusculas, El mundo de rock pierde uno de los referentes en Woodstock con su banda Ten Years After. Descanse en paz. (breve bio)
La aparición en 1966 de grupos como Cream y el resurgimiento del blues más avanzado, superando la etapa inicial de rhythm and blues y configurándose en base del rock más psicodélico, propiciaron la aparición de nuevas bandas inglesas en esta línea.

Entre estos grupos pronto destacó Ten Years After, formada por Alvin Lee.
En mayo de 1967, debutaron en el séptimo festival de jazz y blues de Windsor. Su fama se disparó entre ese año y 1969.
La consagración les vino en el festival de Woodstock, donde ejecutaron el tema I'm Going Home,1 que colocó a Alvin Lee entre los líderes de la guitarra de su tiempo.

Participaron también en el Festival de la Isla de Wight de 1970, y luego publicaron los álbumes Cricklewood Green y A Space in Time. Este último disco marcó su declive,fue tal éxito en Estados Unidos que el grupo no paraba de hacer giras por todo el país, ese fue el factor que les hizo decaer, pues, según palabras de Alvin Lee, se negaban a ser una gramola andante.

miércoles, 6 de febrero de 2013

VICTORY


Victory was a German heavy metal and hard rock band from Hanover, most successful in the 1980s. With extensive tours and radio airplay, the band also made a breakthrough in North America.
History

Emergence

Victory was formed in 1984 from the remnants of the band Fargo. Bassist Peter Knorn, the two guitarists Tommy Newton and John Lockton and drummer Bernie Van de Graaf had all previously worked together in that band. After originally working with singer Pedro Schemm, former Gary Moore- and Ted Nugent-singer Charlie Huhn became the band's singer. Recommended by Scorpions' guitarist Rudolph Schenker, the band sign a management deal with David Krebs (who managed, among others, Scorpions and Aerosmith).

Taking Place

A self-titled album appeared in 1985 on CBS Records to mild controversy because of the cover art: a scantily-dressed woman lying on her back with her legs spread, forming a V. The hype worked and the album made the charts. But before the first US tour, drummer Van de Graaf was replaced by Fritz Randow (ex-Eloy). Apart from playing 60 concerts, the band was also in the two largest festivals of the country, Day In The Green in Oakland before 60,000 and the Texxas Jam in front of over 80,000 spectators. After his return to Germany, John Lockton was replaced by the former Accept guitarist, Herman Frank.

With their second album Don't Get Mad... Get Even the band again toured through Europe and America and the single Check's In The Mail gave them a radio hit in the USA. The third album Hungry Hearts came out in 1987 leading to yet more European and North American live work. A concert in Hamburg was recorded for a live album, which appeared in 1988 under the title That's Live. After its release, Huhn left the band, in order to join Humble Pie. For his replacement the band auditioned, among others, later Thunderhead-frontman Ted Bullet, but eventually decided for a 22-year-old Swiss, Fernando Garcia.

The fourth album Culture Killed The Native achieved #19 in the German charts and also entered the charts in the USA again. A Europe tour as support for Gary Moore followed, before Victory started their first headline tour through America, as well as their first concert in Canada. Both Singles Never Satisfied and Don't Tell No Lies again received airplay on Radio and MTV. By 1990 a second studio album with Garcia was released: Temples Of Gold appeared in the top 20 in Germany and the first edition of it added a six song live EP, of recordings made in Los Angeles. An additional US-Tour followed, before 1992 the Album You Bought It You Name It was released.

Victory now ranked alongside Scorpions, Accept and Helloween as the most successful German band but announced their split in 1994 with the double live album Liveline. But two years later they returned with the new album Voiceprint. Frank was replaced by the new, then Los Angeles based guitarist Jake Paland (who has also worked with PFL, Timo Maas and Jimmy Somerville amongst others), and Randow by Matthias Liebetruth (who some years later would play for Running Wild). The album's release was accompanied by an extensive tour and the single releases Deep Inside The World and Cyberia, of which the latter again received airplay on all major music-tv channels. Varying personal interests among the band members though led to the final dissolution for the band.

 Later Years

Newton made a name as a producer (he worked on Helloween's Keeper of the seven keys), Knorn became manager of Uli Jon Roth, Glenn Hughes and Michael Schenker. Huhn joined (in 2000) Foghat and Garcia (from 2004) sang for Swiss metal band Godiva. Randow in the meantime played for Saxon, Liebetruth became drummer for Running Wild and Paland continued working as a studio guitarist and focusing on his own projects.

Reunion

In 2002, rumours of a reunion of Victory started. Garcia declined to participate, which made it all the more surprising that in 2003, the album Instinct appeared with the almost original lineup of Huhn, Newton, Frank, Knorn and Randow. Victory played some concerts in Russia and Bulgaria as well as Wacken Open Air - a festival in northern Germany. Since Huhn was living in America, tour activities were difficult and he was again replaced, now with Jioti Parcharidis, the singer of Human Fortress.

With Parcharidis, the band released the album Fuel To The Fire, containing re-recordings of their best known songs in January 2006. Thereafter yet another line-up change followed. Randow left Victory and was replaced by former Sanvoisen drummer Achim Keller. Appearances followed at Bang Your Head!!! and Sweden Rock-festival as well as a European tour in support of Metal Church in May and June 2007. Four years later the band released Don't Talk Science in what they were calling their final album. The album was recorded in 2009.


Discography

 Studio Albums

  • 1985 Victory
  • 1986 Don't Get Mad... Get Even
  • 1987 Hungry Hearts
  • 1989 Culture Killed the Native
  • 1990 Temples of Gold
  • 1992 You bought it – You name it
  • 1996 Voiceprint
  • 2003 Instinct
  • 2006 Fuel to the Fire (Re-recordings of older songs)
  • 2011 Don´t Talk Science (recorded in 2009)

 Live albums & Compilations

  • 1988 That's Live (Live)
  • 1992 The Very Best of – Rock'n'Roll Kids Forever (Best of)
  • 1994 Liveline (Live)

 Singles & EPs

  • 1986 Check's in the Mail
  • 1987 Feel the Fire
  • 1989 Never Satisfied
  • 1989 Don't Tell No Lies
  • 1990 Rock'n'Roll Kids Forever
  • 1992 Rock-o-Matic
  • 1992 Lost in the Night
  • 1996 Deep inside the World
  • 1996 Cyberia
  • Victory - Temples of gold


martes, 1 de enero de 2013

MALICE

Malice es una banda estadounidense de heavy metal formada en los años 80. Su sonido es comparable al de Judas Priest, con un metal poderoso y contundente, magníficos rifs a la guitarra y un gran vocalista y que se caracterizan por haber viajado con el popular grupo de metal (Slayer). la banda desapareció de la escena musical en 1990 y volvió a aparecer en 2012. UN NUEVO ÁLBUM EN EL 2013