NEW YORK, NY April 2, 2008 – Man Raze, a newly formed rock outfit featuring Phil Collen of Def Leppard, Simon Laffy from Girl and Paul Cook of The Sex Pistols, have announced the release of their full-length album “Surreal” on June 3, 2008 via VH1 Classic Records. 

Mixing the raw energy of the Pistols mixed with the immaculate pop rock of Def Leppard, Man Raze is a unique clash of 70’s simplicity with 80’s excess, punk clubs with stadium rock. Whether it’s the punk vibrancy of “Turn It Up”, the beautiful rock craftsmanship of “Every Second Of Every Day” or the reggae-soaked dub mix of “Runnin’ Me Up”, Surreal is an album that continuously pumps out the rock hits that these three members are most notorious for. Recently, Man Raze filmed a private show in Los Angeles that will premiere on VH1 Classic.com that will premiere later this year. The band plans to launch a U.S. tour in 2008.

„My deepest, darkest moments are out there.“ Soundtrack for a non-existing film. Prepare your mind, imagine a cruel word, push play…

My dear diary, I listened to a very unusual album today. I realy don´t know what to think about it. In one moment I was scared, in the other I had tears in my eyes.

It starts with a monologue about Xmas, about fucking Xmas (it reminds me lyrics of Radiohead´s Fitter happier). Following Van Nuys is very strong – lyrics and music. So emotional, I think! Next is Life is beautiful – song with great guitar parts, I can say it is a metal song (yes, I imagined different song with this poet name, shame). Pray for me is number four. I wanted to stop listening – so boring, so simmilar… But I didn´t! The next song – Tommorow is absolutely fabulous! Continuing with Accident will happen – this song is the best on this album, in my opinion. Next Intermission is again starting with monologue and again you can listen to long guitar parts. Dead man‘s ballet is whole about blaming God, dying, drugs… a bit depressing song. Piano opens Heart failure, but it is the next metal song on this album. Slow, sweet, sexy Girl with golden eyes contents next part of the Heroine diary – experience with methadone. Blistering song Courtesy call and intimate Permission is absolutely truth. The last Life after death is weird, I don´t want to life after death like this!

So what is the conclusion? Maybe my opinion is different from American’s (they like this album a lot!), maybe because of I´m not on the drugs… But I expect something better. Yeah, it´s not a bad album, definitely not! But… I feel only a tendency to write out the feeling from a bad period of Nikki Sixx´s life. Nothing else, sorry :(

With the hiatus of pop-punk superstars blink-182 in full effect by the fall of 2005, singer/guitarist Tom DeLonge revealed the formation of his new band -- one he'd already been working with for six months -- Angels & Airwaves.
With the notoriety of his previous group, much hype ensued after the announcement: in interviews with outlets like mtv.com, DeLonge proclaimed (among other things) that the new music would take elements of bands like U2 and Pink Floyd and ultimately be something of a revolution to change the face of rock & roll forever.
Rounding out brainchild and songwriter DeLonge were guitarist David Kennedy (Boxcar Racer, Hazen Street), drummer Atom Willard (Rocket from the Crypt, the Offspring), and bassist Ryan Sinn (the Distillers).

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AMONG the familiar tenets of successful musicians — play loud, live fast, blame the bad stuff on the drummer — there’s one that is rarely heard beyond the tour bus.

“It’s well known in the business that New Year’s Eve is amateur night for bands,” said Jerry Vivino, saxophonist in the Max Weinberg 7, the featured players on “Late Night With Conan O’Brien.” He is a veteran of many Dec. 31 gigs with his own jazz quartet. “People are out getting drunk,” he said, “so the music doesn’t matter. Anybody can play and people will have a good time.”
But Mr. Vivino — a Paterson native and brother of the rock guitarist Jimmy Vivino (who also plays in the Max Weinberg 7) and the comedian Uncle Floyd Vivino — was speaking broadly. For the third time since 2004, he and his band will play this New Year’s Eve at Shanghai Jazz in Madison, where revelers, he said, are respectful. “This is an educated crowd,” he said. “If people are looking for a certain type of party — loud, a lot of drunk people — they’re not going to find it in this setting.”
Across New Jersey, more than a few well-known clubs and the home-grown artists who love them are doing their best to erase the amateur-night designation. Like Jerry Vivino, who now lives in Nanuet, N.Y., the New Brunswick-based post-punk band Thursday will play the room they consider their home venue, according to Geoff Rickly, the front man: Starland Ballroom, in Sayreville.
Not that Thursday is expecting the same dressed-up, well-behaved crowd that Mr. Vivino is.
“We’ve done a holiday show the last four years, but never New Year’s Eve,” said Mr. Rickly, who just completed a tour with Thursday behind this year’s “Kill the House Lights” (Victory Records), a live CD partly recorded at Starland Ballroom. “This year we’re taking the plunge.”
What he expects, he said, is what he usually sees at the Sayreville haunt, only with “more of a buzz.”

The band SIXX: A.M. has prepared a holiday card for all their fans and people interested in great rock music! If you haven't heard, SIXX AM currently has the number 2 rock song, and has created the soundtrack to the New York Times bestselling book, The Heroin Diaries (9 weeks on the chart and counting!). The band has just debuted their music video for their single, "Accidents Can Happen," on iLike and Facebook (www.ilike.com/sixxam) , and has previously been featured on Spin.com, MySpace, IGN.com, AOL/Spinner, Blender.com, VH1, MTV2, Fuse, and more.

So don’t be shy and check it here:

The holiday season is when all the action takes place in the video game business, and this year has already pitted Microsoft’s Xbox 360 against Sony’s PlayStation 3, and sleek new software against sequels like Halo 3.
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But one of the most watched rivalries is between two games that are not first-person shooters or movie tie-ins. Instead, Activision’s Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock and MTV’s Rock Band put players in the role of rock musicians and allow them to play along with songs by bands like Metallica and the Who.

Both titles could be important to an industry that is trying to reach out to adults, women and anyone lacking interest in a fighting game. Like Nintendo’s Wii, the Guitar Hero games have found a receptive mainstream audience, and the earlier versions sold a total of six million copies. In its first week of release, Guitar Hero III had sales of $115 million. Rock Band was released last Tuesday.

Check out the new Arctic Monkeys' video for 'Teddy Picker' filmed by Roman Coppola, famed for previous works with The Strokes and Daft Punk as well as following the family tradition producing the upcoming Wes Anderson film - The Darjeeling Limited.

The video beautifully captures the energy and ease of the band's live performance and the intimacy and charm of the Arctic's unique dynamic.

'Teddy Picker' is released on Monday 3rd December, their 3rd single from album 'Favourite Worst Nightmare' and includes brand new B-sides 'Nettles' and 'The Death Ramps' and a version of 'Bad Woman', a cover of Pat Farrell And The Believers' 1969 track with the wonderful Richard Hawley on vocals.

The single will be released on 7", 10" , CD and as a download, new tracks 'Nettles' and 'The Death Ramps' will feature on the CD and 10".

Arctic Monkeys play 6 very special sold out UK shows in London, Manchester and Aberdeen in December.

It's definitely starting to get colder around these parts. Collars are turning up, bodies are being braced from the cold. We need something raw and energetic to bring that warm fuzzy feeling back.

Well, like a morning sunrise, the Archie Bronson Outfit return with their bare-boned, jagged desire to quake the walls and floor of the 229 in London on Friday 16th November.

We're giving away 5 pairs of tickets to their upcoming one-off show to the lucky brain boxes that know…

Which 'Wonder of the World' shares the name with the Archie Bronson Outfit side project?
1) The Great Wall of China
2) The Pyramids
3) The Northern Lights

Answers on a postcard please – actually, you can just email This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it and if your luck is in, you'll be the first to know.
Competition closes on Tuesday 13th November.

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