Chris Cornell, former front man of Audioslave and Soundgarden will be heading out on tour in support for his upcoming album release, “Scream“. Scream will be released on March 10th on Interscope records and was produced by Timbaland. Chris is the next rock front-man to ditch his rock roots for a pop approach. Probably in an effort to sell more records in this day of slow moving sales. Tour dates after the fold.
Mar. 27 - Austin, TX - Stubbs Bar-B-Q Mar. 28 - Dallas, TX - House of Blues Mar. 29 - Houston, TX - Warehouse Live Mar. 31 - New Orleans, LA - House of Blues Apr. 01 - Atlanta, GA - CW Center Stage Apr. 03 - Atlantic City, NJ - Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa Apr. 04 - Philadelphia, PA - Electric Factory Apr. 05 - Washington, DC - 9:30 Club Apr. 07 - New York, NY - Webster Hall Apr. 08 - New York, NY - Webster Hall Apr. 10 - Boston, MA - House of Blues Apr. 11 - Montclair, NJ - Wellmont Theatre Apr. 13 - Cleveland, OH - House of Blues Apr. 14 - Ann Arbor, MI - Michigan Theater Apr. 15 - Indianapolis, IN - The Vogue Theatre Apr. 17 - Milwaukee, WI - Pabst Theater Apr. 18 - St Paul, MN - MYTH Apr. 19 - Chicago, IL - Riviera Theater
In case you missed my review of Bigelf’s Cheat The Gallows, you can read that Here. You will find that Bigelf’s Cheat The Gallows was a rock genre melting pot of pure amazement. Here, let me remind you:
Imagine if you will the pop rock genius of the Beatles mixed with the psychedelic brilliance of Pink Floyd with a hint of the darkness of Black Sabbath riffage and that will pretty much sum up the rock and roll roller coaster acid trip of Bigelf.
Bigelf are taking it to the road starting on February 11th to March 5th that will take them from Dallas, Texas to Los Angeles. If you can catch Bigelf on one of these dates, you’re in for a treat. Tour dates after the fold.
February 2009 11 Dallas, TX Lounge on Elm Street 13 Columbus, OH Ravari Room (evening with) 14 Harrisburg, PA Music Millennium Conference 15 New York, NY Mercury Lounge 16 Baltimore, MD Fletcher's 19 Pittsburgh, PA Diesel Nightclub 20 Cleveland, OH Peabody's 21 Chicago, IL Double Door 24 Omaha, NE Saddle Creek Bar 25 Kansas City, MO Riot Room 26 Denver, CO Larimer Lounge 28 TBA, Las Vegas, NV Wasted Space March 2009 05 Los Angeles, CA Key Club
Well, Satriani didn’t actually win the Grammy, but his melody helped Coldplay win Song Of The Year for Viva La Vida. Along with Coldplay winning 3 grammys, Alison Krauss and Robert Plant took home 5 Grammy’s in various categories. Here is a list of the rock category bands/Grammy’s after the fold.
Coldplay
Rock Album: Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends
Song of the Year: Viva La Vida
Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals: Viva La Vida
Radiohead
Alternative Music Album: In Rainbows
Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package: In Rainbows
John Mayer
Solo Rock Vocal Performance: Gravity
Kings Of Leon
Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals: Sex on Fire
The Mars Volta
Hard Rock Performance: Wax Simulacra
Zappa Plays Zappa
Rock Instrumental Performance: Peaches En Regalia
Bruce Springsteen
Rock Song: Girls in Their Summer Clothes
The Eagles
Pop Instrumental Performance: I Dreamed There Was No War
Alison Krauss & Robert Plant (Not really rock, but c’mon, it’s Robert Plant)
Country Collaboration with Vocals: Killing the Blues
Contemporary Folk/Americana Album: Raising Sand
Album of the Year: Raising Sand
Record of the Year: Please Read The Letter
Pop Collaboration With Vocals: Rich Woman
B.B. King (Without The Blues we would not have rock)
According to Blabbermouth.net, a “fan” asked former Guns N Roses guitar player Gilby Clark what he thought about Chinese Democracy. Here is Gilby’s opinion.
“Yes, I listened to it on a long drive to Phoenix, Arizona,” Gilby replied. “I think it’s very good and very imaginative. Axl’s [Rose] vocals sound great and there’s some creative guitar playing on it also. But there was too many slow, to mid-tempo songs on it for my taste and some of the solos are a little overdone; they don’t match the song. Some of the lyrics are a little redundant. I expected some resolution since it’s taken so long.”
That’s a quick, yet fair opinion of the album. If you think about it, everything he said is spot on. Axl’s voice does sound great, there are too many slow to mid-tempo songs in it and well…the solos? He couldn’t be more correct on this one. They don’t fit the songs well and sound a little too engineered in as if the song was completely done and they suddenly wrote up a quick solo and did an “Insert here” type thing. Other than that, I was pretty wrong in assuming that the album would suck. Musically it was a pretty decent piece of work…but it just didn’t feel like a Guns N’ Roses album.
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