viernes, 31 de diciembre de 2010
Status Quo - Caroline 1973
Cuando se habla de los grupos más longevos del rock no se suele mencionar a Status Quo, cuyos orígenes se remontan al año 1962, aunque el nombre que les hizo famosos lo acuñaron en el año 1967. En fin, que son más de cuatro décadas dándole al boogie-rock trotón con suma dedicación y sin insinuar los menores indicios de modificación de la fórmula. Como otros grupos con mejor prensa (Motorhead, Ramones, AC/DC) Status Quo encontró su filón en un lenguaje sencillo, repetitivo y machacón, y ahí se quedó anclado su discurso musical. En Gran Bretaña hay una cantidad de bandas impresionante y ser la elegida como la más trabajadora del 2009 no es un logro poco importante.
Status Quo en wikipedia
Vídeos de Status Quo
Imágenes de Status Quo
The Official Website
culturaencadena
Status Quo en wikipedia
Vídeos de Status Quo
Imágenes de Status Quo
The Official Website
culturaencadena
jueves, 30 de diciembre de 2010
viernes, 24 de diciembre de 2010
Deep Purple video Made in Japan 1972 Rare (part 1)
El Made in Japan de Deep Purple es un disco imprescindible en la historia del rock, marcó un antes y un después, sobre todo en discos grabados en directo. Editado en el año 1973, grabado durante la gira del Machine Head en Japón. Machine Head fue lanzado en 1972 y rápido se puso en los primeros puestos de las listas inglesas y américanas, aún hoy sigue considerandose uno de los mejores discos de rock de todos los tiempos.
El Made In Japan de Deep Purple fue grabado en directo en Japón (Osaka y Tokio), entre el 15 y 17 de agosto de 1972. Lo hacen inconfundible la fuerza que transmite el público así como la interpretación que Ian Gillan y Ritchie Blanckmore le dan a todos los temas.
También podemos destacar uno de los mejores solos a cargo de Ian Paice en “Mule”, no apto para la gente que no les guste los solos de batería.
Deep Purple en wikipedia
Vídeos de Deep Purple
The Official Website
Imágenes de Deep Purple
The Original Deep Purple Web Pages
Club de adictos a DP
miércoles, 22 de diciembre de 2010
KISS - Detroit Rock City Dodger Stadium 1998
La canción "Detroit Rock City" ocupa el sexto lugar en las 40 mejores canciones del metal de la historia.
mama's boys - Mama Weer All Crazee Now
Mama's Boys
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| Mama's Boys | |
|---|---|
| Origin | County Fermanagh Northern Ireland, Ireland |
| Genres | Traditional Irish music (early) Hard rock/Heavy metal (later) |
| Years active | 1978–1993 |
| Labels | Jive |
| Associated acts | White Lion, MD.45, Megadeth, Alice Cooper, Lita Ford, Ozzy Osbourne, Y&T, Ministry, F5, Suicidal Tendencies, Indian, Celtus |
| Website | Pat McManus' Homepage |
| Past members | |
| Pat McManus John McManus Tommy McManus Rick Chase Keith Murrell Mike Wilson Alan Williams Jimmy DeGrasso | |
Biography
The McManus brothers, who grew up on a farm near the village of Derrylin, Co. Fermanagh, started off their musical career as award winning traditional Irish musicians, but were inspired by the legendary Irish celtic rock band, Horslips, as well as younger brother Tommy’s passion for the drums to form a rock band. In the late 70s the brothers had become big fans of Horslips and attended their gigs at every possible opportunity. They eventually got to know and became friends with the band members. It was around that time that they started their own band which was originally called Pulse before they changed it to Mama’s Boys. Barry Devlin of Horslips heard about their band and went to see them rehearse at their home. He was suitably impressed and offered them a support slot for Horslips’ 1979 tour.Although their heroes Horslips mixed traditional music with hard rock and the McManus brothers were top notch traditional musicians, Mama's Boys didn't really go for the celtic fusion sound, apart from the occasional fiddle solo by Pat, but went for a harder edged more heavy metal sound.
By 1980 Mama’s Boys had a bootleg circulating and were touring extensively in Ireland. In 1981 they were invited to support Hawkwind on their UK tour. They recorded and self-financed their first album, a raw blast of rock power entitled Plug It In in 1982 and achieved a hit single in Ireland with the most pop-oriented song on the album, "Needle in the Groove".
The second album Turn It Up was released in 1983. The same year they toured with Thin Lizzy on that band’s farewell tour, played at the Reading Rock Festival and signed a worldwide record deal with Jive Records. The first album released on Jive was a self-titled compilation of Plug It In and Turn It Up with a few new songs added. One of the new songs, a cover of Slade's "Mama Weer All Crazee Now" was released as a single and reached number 54 in the American charts. The video for the song got a lot of airplay on MTV and helped the band to become known in the US which they toured in 1984. Coincidentily, the American heavy metal band Quiet Riot also released their cover version of the song at the same time as Mama's Boys, but Quiet Riot's version gained more airplay.
1985’s Power and Passion album broke into the Billboard top 100 in the US and the band toured in the US, Europe and Japan. During the European leg of the tour Tommy had a relapse of leukemia which he had been treated for as a child and a replacement drummer Jimmy DeGrasso was brought in to complete the tour. The recovering Tommy rejoined the tour in Ireland but had to be rushed back to hospital after another relapse.
In 1987 vocalist Keith Murrell was brought in after Rick Chase started having trouble with his vocal cords and they recorded the album Growing Up the Hard Way. Jive Records chose Murrell with the idea of giving them a more polished commercial sound but it backfired as the unique raw sound of the band was replaced by a bland AOR type sound. This was also contributed by the Producer Phil Begley who produced the single "Pop music" by "M". The Jive contract, which ended that year, was not renewed and Keith Murrell was let go.
In 1989 with a new vocalist, Mike Wilson, and under new management they moved their base to the UK. The live album Live Tonite was released in 1991 and the band toured extensively in Europe. They released the album Relativity in 1992. While on tour in Italy in 1993, Tommy became ill again and the tour had to be cancelled. The following year Tommy underwent a bone marrow transplant but tragically he did not survive. His brothers were devastated and Mama’s Boys did not continue after this blow. On the first anniversary of Tommy’s death John composed a traditional lament on the low whistle for his brother and this led to himself and Pat revisiting their traditional Irish music roots and forming a celtic/new age group called Celtus.
In 2003, Pat McManus joined with Irish rock band 'Indian' for an album and live shows.
Pat McManus has his own band with Gordon Sheridan on bass and Paul Faloon on drums. They have just released a new live CD and DVD called Live and in time. The live recording features songs from Pat's previous CD In My Own Time and Mama's Boys songs.
John McManus is currently playing with Eddie Clarke in the re-united Fastway.
Band members
Former members
- Pat McManus – lead and acoustic guitars, fiddle, backing vocals (1978–1993)
- John McManus – bass, lead vocals, backing vocals, low whistle, tin whistle, uilleann pipes (Irish bagpipes) (1978–1993)
- Tommy McManus – drums, bodhran drum (Irish drum), backing vocals (1978–1993)
- Rick Chase – lead vocals (1986–1987)
- Keith Murrell – lead vocals (1987–1989)
- Mike Wilson – lead vocals (1989–1993)
- Alan Williams – Keyboards (1989–1993)
- Jimmy DeGrasso – drums (1985-1986)
[edit] Discography
Albums
- Plug It In (1982)
- Turn It Up (1983)
- Mama's Boys (1984)
- Power and Passion (1985)
- Growing Up the Hard Way (1987)
- Live Tonite (1991)
- Singles
- "Belfast City Blues" (1982)
- "In the Heat of the Night" (1982)
- "Needle in the Groove" (1982)
- "Too Little of You To Love" (1983)
- "Midnight Promises" (1984)
- "Mama Weer All Crazee Now" (1984)
- "Needle in the Groove" (1985)
- "Higher Ground" (1987)
- "Waiting for a Miracle" (1987)
References
External links
- History of Mama's Boys on Celtus website
- Mama's Boys on IrishRockers.com
- [www.myspace.com/needleinthegroove Mama's Boys Tribute page on myspace]
- Pat McManus Official Homepage
- (http://www.johnmcmanus.biz John McManus Official Homepage)
- Mama's Boys at Allmusic
AC/DC - Jailbreak
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"Jailbreak" is a song by Australian hard rock band AC/DC. It is the ninth and final track of their third Australian album Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap, released in September 1976. It was written by Angus Young, Malcolm Young, and Bon Scott, at the Grafton Basketball stadium in the northern New South Wales town of Grafton during a soundcheck in 1975.[citation needed]
As "Jailbreak" was only included on the Australian version of Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap, and not on its international counterpart, it did not see a release in the United States, Canada, and Japan until October 1984 as part of the international '74 Jailbreak EP. A promo-only single, with "Show Business" as its B-side, was released to radio stations in the US at the time.
The version from the show featured on Live at Donington is included in the AC/DC Live: Rock Band Track Pack.
"Jailbreak" is one of the first videos to make the use of explosives and fake blood. Paul Drane, the director of the video, is quoted saying, "We didn't really know how much [explosive] we were going to need to make the doors fly open, and I had a couple of guys from props with sticks, trying to push the doors apart, so the hinges are not really there ..." "It was the first time we'd had access to anything like this, these exploding blood packs."
Additionally, the band acts out the section of the song that details the protagonist's escape from prison. The film shows the prisoners (Scott, A. Young and Rudd) doing hard labour under watch of the prison guards (M. Young and Evans). Later it shows the prisoners manage to blow open the gates to the prison. Rudd and Angus Young are able to escape. Scott, portraying the protagonist, is shot by Malcolm Young and Evans as he attempts to escape. The video is dubbed with the studio track from the Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap album.[3]
An alternate video, which features the band simply playing on a stage, was also filmed which is available in the Backtracks box set.
Jailbreak (AC/DC song)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| "Jailbreak" | ||||
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| Single by AC/DC | ||||
| from the album Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap | ||||
| B-side | "Fling Thing" (Australia and UK) "Show Business" (US) | |||
| Released | June 1976 | |||
| Format | 7 inch | |||
| Recorded | January 1976 | |||
| Genre | Hard rock | |||
| Length | 4:36 | |||
| Label | Albert Productions | |||
| Writer(s) | Angus Young Malcolm Young Bon Scott | |||
| Producer | Harry Vanda, George Young | |||
| AC/DC singles chronology | ||||
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Releases
It was first released as a single in Australia and the UK in mid-1976, with the non-album track "Fling Thing" as its B-side. The single was re-issued in the UK in 1980 with a picture sleeve (see photo).As "Jailbreak" was only included on the Australian version of Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap, and not on its international counterpart, it did not see a release in the United States, Canada, and Japan until October 1984 as part of the international '74 Jailbreak EP. A promo-only single, with "Show Business" as its B-side, was released to radio stations in the US at the time.
Live recordings
"Jailbreak" was included on the 1992 AC/DC live album Live: 2 CD Collector's Edition, sung by Scott's replacement Brian Johnson. This live recording also features extended guitar solos by Angus Young. Another version, recorded in Dallas in 1985 and also sung by Johnson, was released on the 2009 Backtracks album.The version from the show featured on Live at Donington is included in the AC/DC Live: Rock Band Track Pack.
Music video
The music video for "Jailbreak" was filmed in March 1976 for the Australian music programme Countdown, and was directed by Paul Drane. It was filmed in a quarry in the Melbourne suburb of Footscray[1] and featured the band's then-current lineup. Phil Rudd and Bon Scott dressed as prisoners (blue uniform covered with typical Australian Broad Arrow), Mark Evans and Malcolm Young as guards, and Angus Young dressed in what he later described as "little convict pajamas".[2] The Young brothers, Evans and Rudd all appeared while playing their instruments, while Scott sang. This video was featured on AC/DC's Family Jewels DVD."Jailbreak" is one of the first videos to make the use of explosives and fake blood. Paul Drane, the director of the video, is quoted saying, "We didn't really know how much [explosive] we were going to need to make the doors fly open, and I had a couple of guys from props with sticks, trying to push the doors apart, so the hinges are not really there ..." "It was the first time we'd had access to anything like this, these exploding blood packs."
Additionally, the band acts out the section of the song that details the protagonist's escape from prison. The film shows the prisoners (Scott, A. Young and Rudd) doing hard labour under watch of the prison guards (M. Young and Evans). Later it shows the prisoners manage to blow open the gates to the prison. Rudd and Angus Young are able to escape. Scott, portraying the protagonist, is shot by Malcolm Young and Evans as he attempts to escape. The video is dubbed with the studio track from the Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap album.[3]
An alternate video, which features the band simply playing on a stage, was also filmed which is available in the Backtracks box set.
Personnel
- Bon Scott – lead vocals
- Angus Young – lead guitar
- Malcolm Young – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
- Mark Evans – bass guitar, backing vocals
- Phil Rudd – drums
Black Sabbath Iron Man(Live in Paris 1970)
Black Sabbath en wikipedia
Black Sabbath
puesto en el UK Albums Chart
el
ha sido certificado como disco de platino en Estados Unidos y en el Reino Unido
, el álbum debut de la banda, salió al mercado el viernes 13 de febrero de 1970. Alcanzó el octavo[25] y, tras su publicación en Estados Unidos en mayo d.e 1970, alcanzó el veintitrés enBillboard 200, donde permaneció durante más de un año. El disco fue un éxito comercial pero fue duramente criticado por los medios; así, Lester Bangs, el crítico de la revista Rolling Stone, llegó a definirlo como «improvisaciones discordantes con el bajo y la guitarra rodando como obsesos de la velocidad pasados de rosca". Desde entonces
Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath (live paris 1970)
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| El 20 de diciembre se han cumplido 40 años de este concierto; no pude estar allí, pero me han contado que fue único |
domingo, 19 de diciembre de 2010
Motörhead, rock para tiempos duros
La formación británica arrasó en un Sant Jordi Club a rebosar y volverá en verano con Judas Priest
Tuvo que ser una banda de rock duro tan cavernícola, cejijunta y ajena a las modas como Motörhead la que rompiera las marcas de asistencia en el Sant Jordi Club: 4.500 personas se reunieron el viernes en la sala de Montjuïc, que desplegó su aforo completo, sin el telón negro que, generalmente, oculta un extremo del recinto. Baño de masas para un grupo que ha regenerado su base de fans y que volverá muy pronto a Barcelona: la promotora anunció a este diario que Motörhead actuará el próximo verano en un recinto por confirmar e integrando un doble cartel con Judas Priest, que en el 2011 realizará su gira de despedida.Ante aquella máxima de que, en la vida, solo comete errores aquel que toma decisiones, Lemmy Kilminster optó hace mucho por ajustarse el cinturón de balas, colgarse el bajo Rickenbecker a la altura del pecho y seguir disparando metralla desde el mismo punto y hacia la misma diana. «Somos Motörhead y tocamos rock'n'roll», soltó al inicio del show. We are Motörhead nos dio la bienvenida, y Stay clean puso el punto de anclaje histórico. Bienvenidos al disco en directo No sleep 'til Hammersmith... tres décadas después.
CLÁSICOS DE AYER Y HOY/ Pero el grupo no se limitó a un repertorio de clásicos y ofreció canciones de todas sus épocas: de Metropolis y Over the top a piezas de discos modernos como
Rock out y The thousand names of God. Lemmy presentó con humor I got mine, de Another perfect day, como «una canción de 1983, antes de que nacierais, jua, jua», y la aplastante In the name of tragedy como «una bonita pieza para relajarnos». Hubo breves momentos solistas de Phil Campbell y Mickey Dee (más que nada, para que el cabecilla, que el día 24 cumplirá 65 años, tomara aire unos minutos), y una bélica recta final con Going to Brazil, Killed by death, Ace of spades y la propina de Overkill. No hubo baladas, ni set acústico. Viva.
Los Suaves
Resulta curioso que Los Suaves hayan editado su DVD antológico en vivo 29 años, 9 meses y 1 día con un sello asturiano, Santo Grial, y que otra compañía, la Sociedad Fonográfica Asturiana, fue la que publicó en 1982 su álbum de debut, Esta vida me va a matar. Y el círculo se cerró siendo Gijón, donde grabaron aquél disco en los Estudios Norte con René de Coupaud y el desaparecido Pedro Bastarrica como ingenieros de sonido, la ciudad elegida para iniciarla gira de presentación de su último lanzamiento.
Así fue, la Sala el Jardín, a las afueras de la villa de Jovellanos, fue el escenario de un concierto multitudinario en el que varias generaciones de rockeros se dieron cita en la ciudad para certificar que Los Suaves son mucho más que toda una institución dentro del panorama rockero estatal.
viernes, 17 de diciembre de 2010
Aerosmith - Dream On - Live at Rio 1994
"Dream On" is the first single by Aerosmith from their 1973 debut album, Aerosmith. Written by lead singer Steven Tyler, this blues-influenced power ballad became their first major hit. Released in June 1973, it peaked at #59 nationally but hit big in the band's native Boston, where on the less commercial top 40 station WBZ-FM it was the #1 single of the year (#5 for the year on WRKO-AM and #16 on WMEX-AM). The album version of "Dream On" (4:28 as opposed to the 3:25 1973 45rpm edit) was used for a 1976 single re-release, which climbed to #6 on Billboard's national chart in the first half of the year. This song was first played live in Willimantic, CT at the Shaboo Inn.
Aerosmith en wikipedia
The Official Website
Vídeos sobre Aerosmith
Imágenes de Aerosmith
Aerosmith en Los Simpson
Aerosmith en wikipedia
The Official Website
Vídeos sobre Aerosmith
Imágenes de Aerosmith
Aerosmith en Los Simpson
martes, 14 de diciembre de 2010
Nightwish
Nightwish es un grupo de Symphonic Power Metal procedente de Finlandia, conocidos por sus fuertes y melódicos riffs de guitarra, atmósferas de órgano y sintetizador, potente batería y claro sonido de bajo que hace un buen contraste con su apoyo filarmónico/orquestal. Nightwish es considerada la banda más representativa y pionera de este género musical, conocida en toda Europa, Latinoamérica y Asia donde han realizado sendos conciertos.
Su género musical es bastante discutido. Cabe señalar que son muy reconocidos por haber brindado una gran diversidad de cualidades de power metal llevándolo a un nivel muy potente y a la vez combinando el género con metal sinfónico, algunos toques de folk, thrash metal y algunos vestigios de heavy metal siendo éstos los que ponen a debatir la etimología de su música. Nightwish es la banda más exitosa de Finlandia con más de 7 millones de copias vendidas a nivel mundial, 1 disco de plata, 11 discos de oro y 30 discos de platino.
Nightwish, nace en la cabeza de Tuomas Holopainen (teclados) en el verano de 1996 durante una salida de campamento. Más tarde, Tuomas convoca a sus amigos Tarja Turunen (voz,soprano de la Sibelius-Akatemia en Helsinki) y Emppu Vuorinen (guitarra). Tiempo después llegarán a la banda Jukka Nevalainen (batería) y Sami Vänskä (bajo). En 2001 Sami Vänskä es expulsado del grupo, siendo sustituido rápidamente por Marco Hietala (Tarot, Sinergy, Northern Kings,Delain), quien consigue dar aún más versatilidad al combo aportando también su voz además del bajo.
El 22 de octubre de 2005, día después del último concierto de la gira Once Upon a Tour 2004-2005, presentado en el Hartwall Areena, en Finlandia, Tuomas Holopainen, el frontman de la banda, publicaba en la web oficial del grupo una carta abierta. El escrito, que la noche anterior le habían entregado a Tarja Turunen, comunicaba a todos los fans (y a ella misma) que la vocalista estaba expulsada del grupo. Tras la grabación de un concierto que posteriormente se editará en DVD bajo el título de "End of an Era", el grupo decide finalmente poner punto y final a la etapa con Tarja Turunen debido, según ellos, a su codicia y su actitud de diva. Fue esta la salida más traumática del grupo, dado el carisma de Tarja entre los fans y su prácticamente insustituible registro vocal. Al grupo le llevó casi dos años encontrar una sustituta con garantías en la persona de la cantante sueca Anette Olzon con la que actualmente desarrollan su actividad desde Mayo de 2007.
Os dejo un video instrumental en directo en el que aún aparece Sami Vänskä al bajo.Músicos geniales en estado puro. Hablaremos de las dos cantantes que ha tenido el grupo en sucesivos posts dentro de "Princesas del Metal".
domingo, 12 de diciembre de 2010
Judas Priest dice adiós con una última gira
Después de 40 años tocando heavy metal por todo el mundo, Judas Priest ha decidido poner punto y final a su trayectoria musical. Desde su web oficial han anunciado una gira mundial de despedida (“Epitaph tour” la han llamado) que comenzará en Europa en 2011. Por el momento han confirmado su presencia en los siguientes festivales europeos:
■9 de junio: Sweden Rock Festival, Suecia
■11 de junio: Sauna Festival, Finlandia
■17 de junio: Copenhell Festival, Copenhague, Dinamarca
■19 de junio: Hellfest, Nantes, Francia
■22 de junio: Gods of Metal Festival, Milán, Italia
■25 de junio: Graspop Festival, Bélgica
■23 de julio: High Voltage Festival, Londres, Reino Unido
■5 de agosto: Wacken Festival, Alemania
Tras la publicación de Nostradamus el verano de 2008, la banda no ha vuelto a publicar material nuevo y no parece que tenga intención de lanzar una última obra. Sería un buen colofón retirarse con un trabajo discográfico, pero quizá no tengan ni la necesidad ni las ganas de hacerlo (16 discos de estudio, 5 en directo y 4 recopilatorios parecen suficientes).
Además, queda en el aire si sus miembros dirán adiós también a sus respectivas carreras musicales o si se embarcarán en proyectos alternos. El más activo de todos es el vocalista Rob Halford, que este mismo año ha publicado nuevo álbum Halford IV: Made Of Metal. ¿Qué opináis vosotros?
sábado, 11 de diciembre de 2010
Helix-Gimme Gimme Good Loving
Crazy Elephant was a short-lived American bubblegum pop band noted for their 1969 hit single, "Gimme Gimme Good Lovin'". Crazy Elephant was a studio concoction, created by Jerry Kasenetz and Jeff Katz of Super K Productions. Former Cadillacs member Robert Spencer was widely utilized on lead vocals, though future 10cc member Kevin Godley took lead vocals on "There Ain't No Umbopo", recorded at Strawberry Studios in Stockport, England, and released on the Bell label in May 1970.[1] A touring group was formed later for promotional purposes. The bassist on "Gimme Gimme Good Lovin'" was Gary Gaynor, a local studio musician who also worked with Laura Nyro. The song was covered by Detroit band Adrenalin featuring vocalist David Larson in 1979 and later by Helix.
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