DEVIL CITY ANGELS SIGN WITH CENTURY MEDIA RECORDS–DCA To Dominate !

DEBUT ALBUM TO BE RELEASED SEPTEMBER 18TH - RUDY SARZO JOINS ON BASS !

Devil City Angels, the band originally formed by Rikki Rockett (Poison), Tracii Guns (L.A Guns), Eric Brittingham (Cinderella), and vocalist Brandon Gibbs, has signed a worldwide deal with Century Media. Their debut self-titled album was produced by the band in Los Angeles and mixed in Nashville by Anthony Focx.  The album is scheduled for worldwide release on September 18th.  Following the recording of the album, bass player Eric Brittingham decided not to continue with the project and his spot has been taken by Rudy Sarzo (Quiet Riot, Ozzy Osbourne, Whitesnake).

The band just completed a video for their first single Boneyard. The video was shot in Los Angeles and directed by Marco De Molina. The video will debut in early July.

Devil City Angels online:

https://www.facebook.com/DevilCityAngels

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Album Review: American Mafia- Rock N’ Roll Hit Machine

There’s a New Syndicate in town, having a Good Time is their only Crime!

Review By Joseph Timmons: Xombiewoof Magazine

What happens when you take Hard Rock Mega power hitters Freddy Villano (of Quiet Riot/Widowmaker/Holy Water) , Tom Jude (of Doro Pesch/Holy Water), Bobby Marks (of Dokken) and an all-star lineup of outstanding rock vocalists lending their superb vocal talents in the form of John West (of Badlands/Artension/Royal Hunt), Jimmy Kunes (of Cactus/Flood the Engine), Don Chaffin (of VOX/Red Lamb), Mike DiMeo (of Riot/Masterplan/The Lizards), Ed Terry (of Rondinelli/Rage & Beyond) & David Knight?

 

Get Ready to Do Some “Good” Time….

 

AMERICAN MAFIA

You get an outstanding and Hard Rock awesome debut album by from New York based Rock bosses known as American Mafia!

Rock N' Roll Hit Machine, featuring 12 tracks of Hard Rockin’, Holy Mother of Hell Goodness, American Mafia have what would be a new dynasty in music, and in their own words “Make you a nice round "deal" that you can't refuse”. Rock N' Roll Hit Machine is killer mix of original material and some sweet cover tribute, - classic, supreme, hard rock excellence that is highly recommended to fans of Bad Company, Foreigner & Whitesnake.

Rock N' Roll Hit Machine by American Mafia, on the Grooveyard Label is a call to attention the music scene has been waiting for, no cheery pop pap or gloomy drivel, just get you but to the club, get out to the show, play your Air Guitar and Live the Rock N’ Roll Dream Music that we know and loved, and can love again. Every song hit a straight through the heart hit, song titles like OBSESSION, YOUR GOOD LOVIN’, DEATH & SATISFACTION, RESURRECTION and a cover of my favorite NY Theme Song LIVING FOR THE CITY make this a must have from an act that will be the name takers and the rule breakers to set the new gold standards.

Find American Mafia and other soon to be Guitar Rock Icons at Grooveyard Records and Follow them on Facebook.

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Passion and Impulse!

 

The Revival of the Impulse! Record Label and a Review of 3 offerings for your Jazz Desires

 

Article and Review by Joseph Timmons: Xombiewoof Magazine

Albums:

• Self-Titled Album: Charlie Haden & Jim Hall
• Henry Butler & Steven Bernstein – Viper’s Drag
• Kenny Barron & Dave Holland – The Art Of Conversation

First, a History…

** Impulse! Records, American jazz record label, originally established in 1960 by producer Creed Taylor as a subsidiary of ABC-Paramount Records, was based in Santa Monica. John Coltrane was among Impulse!'s earliest signings and thanks to the consistent sales and critical kudos generated by his recordings, the label came to be known in retrospect as "the house that Trane built.

Being almost exclusively an album-based label, Impulse! was able to exploit the new format to the fullest and its LPs are noted for their distinctive visual style. During the 1960s, Impulse! covers and disc labels featured variations on this their color scheme (a notable exception to this scheme is the John Coltrane album A Love Supreme, possibly the most iconic release of the label's catalogue, which uses the usual design in black and white only); for most of the 1960s the front cover of Impulse! albums typically featured the Impulse logo, usually (but not always) in orange letters in a white circle, with black-and-orange exclamation marks above it and the album catalog number below it. The classic design of the disc label, used for most of the 1960s, featured alternations of the Impulse name and the "i-and-exclamation-mark" logo in white-and-orange, set in a black ring, which encircled the label details, most of which was printed in bold black lettering on an orange circle, with some details printed in white.

Like its contemporaries Blue Note and Verve, the front covers of Impulse's LPs often featured stylish large-format photographs or paintings, usually in full color, which were typically 'bled out' to the edges of the cover and printed on glossy laminated stock. Many of the best-known Impulse! covers were designed by photographed by a small group of talented artists. The distinctive, sparse black and white back cover designs bore the slogan "The New Wave of Jazz is on IMPULSE!"; most Impulse! LPs were issued in a gatefold sleeve with photographs and liner notes or an essay inside or, in some cases, multi-page insert booklets.

Impulse!, a label rich in musical history was soon to become part of the Universal Music service brand, unfortunately, in my opinion it was not featured enough, and even though it stood tall as a Jazz Music powerhouse in Europe, it’s American following felt somewhat disappointed by the lack of marketing and promotion, until recently (within the past 3 years) when Universal Music, which also controls both Verve and Blue Note, the present major Jazz supporting Labels, as well as a full gambit of title holdings, rebuilding the Impulse! Brand to full glory. **

Now in its “Renaissance” the Impulse! Record Label is once again a major label for artists that have Jazz flowing through their bodies and out into our ears. In a recent New York Times article “Reviving the House Coltrane Built”, writer and critic Nate Chinen was quoted to say “Impulse’s reactivation reflects a larger turnaround for major-label jazz divisions, most of which had struggled or been shuttered within the past decade or so.” - continuing on in this article to tell of Impulse!’s revival and of good things forth coming. It is safe to say that Jazz is Back, and with labels like Impulse!, Verve and Blue Note, we have many great artists to discover.***

We will now discuss the 3 albums we reviewed to coincide with this lesson of longevity and renewal, we contacted Impulse!, about a review and they sent 3 impressive albums for us to enjoy and report to you.

The self-titled Album: Charlie Haden & Jim Hall, much like the black cats on the cover is a whimsical yet seething and mysterious trip through the senses. Well-rehearsed and performed Haden and Hall make a masterful pair, performing with an ease that would make one think the pieces were fully improvisational. My faves on this album is the opening track Bemsha Swing, followed by Down From Antigua, Skylark and In The Moment. Recording this album must have been, as would be said “A Gas”, just great fun to hear. In Jazz, timing Is Everything, and Charlie Haden & Jim Hall is on the cut, well done gentleman, well done.

 

Henry Butler & Steven Bernstein’s album Viper’s Drag is upbeat, high tempo and has an Orleans feel, mix of Dixie swing and the of time tempos that make Jazz so exciting. The piece Henry’s Boogie is piping hot and snappy, just imaging some sweet hot creole gumbo on the tip of the tongue, that crazy need a drink of a tall cool glass of water, yeah, that’s it. While pieces like King Porter Stomp have a Sultry & Smokey speakeasy feel, this takes you down to Bourbon Street.

 

 

The final album is an open audio dialog, an exchange of ideas and communication without words. The Art Of Conversation by Kenny Barron & Dave Holland take the marriage of Piano and Double Bass beyond the equality of strings, taking turns in the lead and pointing out the truth in the notes. If people spoke in notes, this would be the debate of the century. Kenny Barton’s playing is superb, wistful and spritely, while Dave Holland’s Bass carries power in even its softest notes. Though The Art Of Conversation is their first album together, this Duo has the makings of 2 cut from the same sheet of the finest silk known, smooth and intricate, bold and expressive, while having a softness and demure quality that makes you perk up your ears and listen intently to each hammer fall and pluck.

 

With the advent of modern technology you can get the inside scoop on these and all of the Impulse! Artists at the Impulse! Web Site and on their Facebook Page. Visit the Impulse! YouTube Channel and witness the greatness, expand your mind, your horizons and your collection with these and more great Impulse! Artists.

** - Taken from Wikipedia, checked for accuracy via research

***- Quote taken from article present on NY Times web site, printed as stated from public source.

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Psychedelic Music Legends The Electric Prunes Release New Live CD 'WaS'

Electric Prunes fans are buzzing with excitement about the release of a new CD of unreleased live material titled 'WaS'! Featuring 15 slamming cuts to keep you up at night! American psychedelic rock group The Electric Prunes first achieved international attention in the late 1960s.

The band performed their 1966 hit song “I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night)” on American Bandstand, and were also recognized for the song “Kyrie Eleison”, which was featured on the 'Easy Rider' soundtrack. After a period in which they had little control over their music, they disbanded for several years.

In 1999, much to the delight of their fans worldwide, The Electric Prunes reformed, and resumed recording and touring!

And now an interplanetary message from James Lowe of the Electric Prunes...

“The Electric Prunes invite you, our closest friends, to a new adventure! WaS. That WaS the Electric Prunes! It has been a long journey here and we have waited till the planetary alignment was correct for a new release. The lunar eclipse signaled the start of something, tho no one is sure exactly what? We offer WaS as the saucer to fast forward you to the cosmic finish.

There is a fine line between 'IS' and 'WAS'. If what you did is more important than what you are doing, you WAS. One moment you is and then you was. Somehow 1967 doesn't seem much different from today; tastes change but I think people are always on the lookout for some fresh ideas from the 'is' that makes them remember the 'was'.

Mark Tulin and I were collecting ideas and songs for our last adventure when he went through the door. I am not sure he is really gone because I hear his voice as clearly as if he were standing beside me. Usually, Mark and I would send each other song ideas back and forth until we had the rough story line and music in hand, then we would meet and pound everything into submission. This CD is a collection of those final ideas and messages between us and that is all we set out to present here; but a funny thing happened on the way to the recording studio. A new idea emerged behind a gig in Tokyo in an unusual snowstorm, and then someone sneezed on a girl in the subway, and a frozen winter chilled the planet; suddenly there were new thoughts, fresh ideas and new places to sketch our story in song. Everyone in the band felt it. Like a blast of energy. The 'was' became 'is'.

The Electric Prunes have always been a little on the outside. Maybe it was the name? Maybe the music? In all, we have released 8 actual album offerings from the band (there are a few pretenders from the record company that we discount). Our legitimate recordings represent our thinking and, in some cases, lack of thinking. We were never mainstream enough to fret over what went on the records; witnessed by some of the goofy cuts we have released, we were just happy to be able to record our thoughts. It seems fitting that we release this 9th offering with the same abandon. This is a garage band and is not meant to be taken seriously. The music here is from all layers of the band from 1966 to 2014. This is a cool album, maybe the last we will ask you to support. But we do hope you will post it on the web and dance to it in the moonlight on 11! There is even a music video by the band for TOKYO floating around! Please bring your friends because the band wants to go out and play live one more time and we need you for that. Tell your local club to invite us. We will come.... We WaS but we still Is ....”

The 15-track CD features a throwback version of “Smokestack Lightning” from 2000 that was the band's reunion call-to-arms with Ken Williams on lead guitar, Quint back up on drums, Mark Tulin on bass and an occasional harmonica by James Lowe. Original noise! There is also a live version of “Bullet Thru The Backseat” from a night in Bristol England featuring Williams, Lowe, Tulin, Dooley, more original fare.

That leaves 13 original new songs to be explored. “Earwash” for the initiated!

'WaS' - Track List

• 1) Smokestack Lightning
• 2) TOKYO
• 3) Beauty Queen
• 4) Like Getting High
• 5) The Girl Who Crashed My Dream
• 6) Frozen Winter
• 7) Circles
• 8) Between The Cracks
• 9) Blue Sky / Red Dress
• 10) Love Fade Away
• 11) Bullet Thru The Backseat
• 12) Adoration Stuck
• 13) Hollywood Hype
• 14) Don't Sneeze On Me
• 15) Oh My My

Featuring:

• James Lowe – vocals, guitar, harmonica, autoharp
• Mark Tullin – vocals, bass, guitar, organ, piano
• Steve Kara – guitar, vocals
• Jay Dean – guitar, vocals
• Ken Eros – guitar, ebow, mellotron
• Ken Williams – guitar
• Cameron Lowe - organ
• Walter Garces – drums
• Joe Dooley – drums
• Bubu Bop – drums
• Quint - drums

Check out the new Electric Prunes video for “Tokyo”: 

http://vimeo.com/94782940#at=0

For more infomation:

www.electricprunes67.com - www.electricprunes.net - Contact: band@electricprunes.net

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DOXY RECORDS TO RELEASE “ROAD SHOWS, VOL. 3,” FIRST SONNY ROLLINS ALBUM UNDER NEW DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT

 

DOXY RECORDS TO RELEASE “ROAD SHOWS, VOL. 3,”  - FIRST SONNY ROLLINS ALBUM UNDER NEW DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT WITH SONY MUSIC MASTERWORKS/OKeh ON MAY 6. CD CONTAINS SIX TRACKS RECORDED IN JAPAN, FRANCE, AND THE U.S. BETWEEN 2001 AND 2012.

Since launching his Doxy label in 2006 with the Grammy-nominated studio album Sonny, Please, the great tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins has been turning to his vast archive of his own concert recordings to compile superior performances for release in Doxy’s acclaimed Road Shows series. The selections in Volume 1 (2008) spanned nearly 30 years and included a trio track from the saxophonist’s 50th-anniversary Carnegie Hall concert, while Volume 2 (2011) focused primarily on his epic 80th-birthday concert at New York’s Beacon Theatre.

Road Shows, vol. 3, to be released May 6 as part of a distribution agreement with Sony Music Masterworks and its jazz imprint OKeh, draws its six tracks from concerts recorded between 2001 and 2012 in Saitama, Japan; Toulouse, Marseille, and Marciac, France; and St. Louis, Missouri. “Patanjali,” a recent-vintage Rollins composition, is given its debut recording on the new disc. The performances, says Rollins, “present parts of me I want to have presented.”

ROLLINS TO PARTICIPATE IN A GOOGLE+ HANGOUT, “SONNY ROLLINS MEETS HIS FANS,”MAY 5 AT 12:00 NOON EDT !

On May 5 at 12:00 noon EDT, Rollins will expand his forays into social-media territory (and CD promotion) by participating in an unprecedented video conference, “Sonny Rollins Meets His Fans,” broadcast live on YouTube and Google+. Ten members of Sonny’s global community of listeners and fellow musicians, chosen from the winners of a video contest on his Facebook page, will interact with Sonny, one by one, in real-time video, utilizing Google’s popular Hangout platform. Immediately after the live broadcast, the program will be available for viewing on demand on Sonny’s web site and Facebook page. In addition to the ten guests (each of whom will receive a copy of Road Shows, vol. 3), moderator Bret Primack will be choosing questions from Google+ viewers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOmclIi0CnU

“As one of the few jazz musicians able to fashion a career exclusively as a concert artist,” writes Bob Blumenthal in his CD notes, “[Rollins] has made his appearances events that blend the soul-baring seriousness of a ‘classical’ recital with the participatory release of a music that has always drawn on various kinds of call and response. At his best, which Rollins presents to us here and in the previous Road Shows, he rides the spontaneity of the moment into unique collections of moods, grooves, and feelings.”

Road Shows’ material reflects an artist who has become as enthralled by narrative lines as melodic. Noel Coward’s “Someday I’ll Find You” - which he first recorded on 1958’s Freedom Suite and then on Sonny, Please - takes him back to his boyhood days, when it was the theme for the long-running radio show, Mr. Keen, Tracer of Lost Persons.

The infectious “Biji,” introduced on the 1995 album, Sonny +3, was written “back in the days when guys had nicknames like Rahsaan and Famoudou. I adopted Brung Biji as mine. It was sort of African style.”

“Patanjali” is named after the sage whose Yoga Sutras, he says, “lay down everything you need to know” about a discipline and philosophy that “has helped me get through life and kept me trying to be a better human being.”

The nearly 24-minute rendering of Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II’s masterwork, “Why Was I Born,” is as moving as it is breathtaking - a monument to Rollins’s emotional powers. He won a 2006 Grammy for his version of it on Without a Song: The 9/11 Concert, performing it in Boston five days after the terrorist attack on New York, which forced him to evacuate his apartment.

“I’ve played it a lot,” he says. “So I was wondering whether I should put it out again. I decided to because it captured me going in certain directions I felt needed to be put on record. I actually had two versions to choose from. On one of them, everything was quite clean. On this one, I played something I might be the only one who likes. But I liked the groove and a lot of other things. It represents Sonny Rollins at a certain point of creation." 

Rounding out the program, there’s an eight-minute, stand-alone cadenza taken from a 2009 St. Louis show and a brief, album-closing dose of his perennial crowd-pleaser, “Don’t Stop the Carnival.”

Road Shows, vol. 3 was produced by Rollins and his longtime engineer, Richard Corsello. Trombonist Clifton Anderson and bassist Bob Cranshaw are heard throughout, joined on selected tracks by pianist Stephen Scott; guitarists Bobby Broom and Peter Bernstein; drummers Kobie Watkins, Perry Wilson, Steve Jordan, and Victor Lewis; and percussionists Kimati Dinizulu and Sammy Figueroa. “All of these people in my bands are top of the line in their own right,” says Rollins. “It’s a privilege and pleasure to play with them.” 

Sony Music Masterworks comprises Masterworks, Sony Classical, OKeh, Portrait, Masterworks Broadway, and Flying Buddha imprints. For email updates and information, please visit www.SonyMasterworks.com.

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KIX TO RECORD NEW ALBUM–BREAKING NEWS

 

KIX SIGNS WITH LOUD & PROUD RECORDS; FIRST NEW ALBUM IN 19 YEARS, CURRENTLY IN THE WORKS AND SET FOR JULY 22 RELEASE

 

 

The Wait is OVER!

Look for KIX-- Steve Whiteman (lead vocals), Jimmy Chalfant (drums, vocals), Ronnie Younkins (guitars), Brian Forsythe (guitars) and Mark Schenker (bass)—to release their first new album in almost two decades on July 22, thanks to their new partnership with Loud & Proud Records.  What makes the project even more exciting and anticipated is that the album features the band’s original line-up, with the exception of Schenker on bass.

“The boys and I are so happy that our old friend, Tom Lipsky, has invited us to join the Loud & Proud family,” exclaims Whiteman.  “We worked with Tom and Madelyn Scarpulla on our last studio album, SHOW BUSINESS, and we’re looking forward to working with them again with the release of the first new KIX album in almost 19 years!  We'll still be coming to a dump near you very soon!”

Loud & Proud Owner & President Tom Lipsky adds, “What I have always loved about KIX is they make rock ‘n roll fun.  What I love about their new music is that it’s pure, genuine KIX music, straight up guitar rock with no compromise.  They’re not chasing trends or trying to re-invent themselves.  They’re simply doing what they do best...and now they can do it Loud and Proud!”

Marking the re-emergence of KIX in early-2000’s, the band had teamed up a few times a year to test the waters with reunion shows in the Maryland/Pennsylvania, which were very well received.  Then in the summer of 2008, KIX performed outside the mid-Atlantic for the first time in 13 years at two of the biggest rock festivals in the U.S.  Rocklahoma in Pryor, OK and Rock the Bayou in Houston, TX.  The band was hailed by many music websites and attendees as “Best Performance” at both festivals, where they played alongside Sammy Hagar, Alice Cooper, Tesla, Queesryche, Ratt, and more.

As the demand for new music has never subsided and in fact has only increased over the last few years, the band decided that they can no longer ignore the overtures from their fans and are currently recording new KIX songs.  The new album, due out summer 2014, is produced by Taylor Rhodes, who last worked with KIX on 1991’s HOT WIRE album.  Rhodes has also written hit songs for Aerosmith, Ozzy Osbourne and Journey.

Stay tuned for new album news, which will be announced in the coming weeks, and check out KIX on tour at any of the following stops (with more to be announced soon):

DATE                CITY                              VENUE

Fri 4/25             Columbia, MD              M3 Festival

Sat 5/24            Pryor, OK                     Rocklahoma

Sat 5/31            Sandusky, OH              Ohio Bike Week

Fri 6/6               Vernal, UT                   Thunder Rocks

Sat 6/21            Idaho Falls, ID              Rock The Falls

Fri 7/25             Royalton, MN               Halfway Jam

Thu 7/31            Leemore, CA                Tachi Palace Casino

 

About Loud & Proud Records:

Loud & Proud Records is an independent record label founded in 2007 by Tom Lipsky whose mission is to provide a true and transparent partnership between artists and their record label.  Labels under Lipsky's direction in the past (CMC International, Sanctuary Records Group) have been among the market leaders in the veteran artist space with releases by Neil Young, Lynyrd Skynyrd, KISS, Robert Plant, Morrissey, Earth Wind & Fire, The Allman Brothers Band, Widespread Panic, Iron Maiden, Megadeth, Bad Company and more.  In a previous joint-venture with Roadrunner Records, Loud & Proud was responsible for new albums by Rush, Lenny Kravitz, Rob Zombie, Lynyrd Skynyrd, KISS, Kenny Wayne Shepherd and The Steve Miller Band.  Loud & Proud’s current roster includes five-time Emmy Award winning actor and musician Jonathan Jackson and his band Enation, supergroup rock band The Winery Dogs, renowned jam band The String Cheese Incident, multi-platinum country artists BlackHawk, Seattle’s alternative Walking Papers, critically-acclaimed singer/songwriter Willie Nile, powerhouse rockers KIX and the classic Starship featuring Mickey Thomas.  Loud & Proud Records is a registered trademark of Lipsky Music, LLC, and is distributed in the U.S. and Canada by RED and in the rest of the world by earMUSIC/Edel AG.

FOR MORE INFO AND BREAKING NEWS

www.kix-band.com - www.facebook.com/OfficialKIX - www.twitter.com/KIXtheband

www.loudandproudrecords.com - www.facebook.com/LoudandProudRecords

www.twitter.com/LoudProudLabel

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NONPOINT signs to Metal Blade Records worldwide

Metal Blade Records is excited to announce that Nonpoint will join its global roster of artists! Metal Blade will serve as the label home for the band worldwide, in addition to the band's label partner in North America. Since their debut album, "Statement," Nonpoint has done nothing but prove, record after record, they can still dominate stages and radio airwaves everywhere. Their most current "self-titled" release was their most critically-acclaimed and landed them their two highest charting singles. Now, with their recent signing to label powerhouse, Metal Blade Records, they are making the biggest statement of their careers. They now want WORLD DOMINATION. Updates on the new album, including new music and more, will be posted within the following weeks on http://www.metalblade.com.

"This is a dream situation for us. Just getting an offer from Metal Blade. We've always needed a team behind us outside of the U.S. It's a great feeling knowing you now have the best team possible." says Elias Soriano, the band's vocalist.

Drummer Robb Rivera comments: "We are excited to not only get THE worldwide label of labels to release our album outside of the US, but to be part of a family now that has pretty much set the bar for metal releases for 30 plus years. Needless to say, extremely excited to be able to get our music to the fans outside of the US through the team that helped launch Metallica."

Brian Slagel of Metal Blade Records adds, "All of us at Metal Blade are happy to welcome Nonpoint to the Metal Blade family. We are excited to work with them and the bit of new material I heard sounds great!!"
Nonpoint's eighth full-length album is scheduled for release this Fall. Be prepared to watch them destroy and dominate stages now on a worldwide scale and convert droves of overseas fans now thanks to the support of Metal Blade Records.

Follow Nonpoint on-line:
http://www.nonpoint.com/
https://www.facebook.com/nonpointworld
http://www.twitter.com/nonpoint
http://www.youtube.com/nonpointworld

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BEATLES YELLOW SUBMARINE ANIMATOR AT SXSW

RON CAMPBELL, BEATLES YELLOW SUBMARINE ANIMATOR & BEATLES SATURDAY MORNING TV CARTOON SERIES DIRECTOR TO MAKE RARE LIVE APPEARANCE DURING SXSW

PAINTING, EXHIBITING & TALKING CARTOONS AT WILD ABOUT MUSIC ON 6^TH STREET NEAR CONGRESS IN AUSTIN ON SATURDAY, MARCH 8^th THROUGH SATURDAY, MARCH 15^TH

LEGENDARY ANIMATOR/DIRECTOR WILL BE EXHIBITING HIS ORIGINAL BEATLES CARTOON ART AND PAINTING NEW WORKS LIVE DURING HIS APPEARANCE

ALL WORKS ARE AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE

AUSTIN, TX - It was 50 years ago that the Beatles invaded the United States, performing for 73 million people on the Ed Sullivan Show and began dominating the US pop charts for years. Now five decades later, the Fab Four continue to be the most celebrated musical group in Rock history. Beatles celebrations are continuing throughout the country including many television, radio and live concert tributes.

RON CAMPBELL, director of the 1960s Saturday Morning Beatles Cartoon TV series and animator of the Beatles film Yellow Submarine, will mark the historic Anniversary by appearing live during SXSW at Wild About Music, 115 E. 6^th Street from Saturday, March 8^th through Saturday, March 15^th.

Ron will showcase his original Beatles cartoon paintings created specially for the show and create new Beatles pop art paintings live at the exhibit.

Ron Campbell will be offering for sale dozens of original cartoon paintings of the Beatles both in their ABC Cartoon and Yellow Submarine roles. These works of art were created specially for the SXSW showcase.

The Saturday Morning Beatles Cartoon series received monstrous ratings in its time slot….a 67 share! It continually fueled new music to the young kids of America as they followed the bouncing drumstick to each Beatles tune. Campbell also wrote the forward to the definitive book on the Beatles cartoon series “Beatletoons.”

Yellow Submarine, recently celebrating its 45^th anniversary, has become a permanent fixture in pop culture, defining the psychedelic 60s for generations to come. In his book, Up Periscope, Yellow Submarine Producer Al Brodax gives Ron Campbell a great deal of credit for saving the movie Yellow Submarine and tying it all together at the last minute.

Campbell has also been involved with some of the most beloved cartoons including, Scooby Doo, Winnie The Pooh, Krazy Kat, George of the Jungle, The Jetsons, The Flintstones, the Smurfs, Goof Troop, Rugrats, Winnie the Pooh, Ed, Edd & Eddy and dozens more. Campbell’s former studio was awarded a Peabody and an Emmy for his work in children’s television. Since retiring after a 50 year career, he has been painting subjects always based on the animated cartoons he has helped bring to the screen.  With particular emphasis on The Beatles, he shows his Cartoon Pop Art in galleries worldwide.

WHERE: Wild About Music, 115 E. 6^th Street, Austin, TX

WHEN: Saturday, March 8 – Saturday, March 15

  1:00 pm – 9:00 pm (except Sunday 1:00 pm – 6:00pm)

See more at www.RonCampbellAnimator.com.

Wild About Music is Austin’s independently owned unique music lifestyle shop and gallery since 1991.  The 5,000-sq-ft gallery is located on 6^th street, near Congress, in the heart of Austin's downtown entertainment district.  http://www.wildaboutmusic.com

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Hessler Has A New Voice - Jessikill

Chicago, Illinois Heavy Metal band Hessler, would like to welcome their new singer, Jessikill.

Following former vocalist Lariyah Daniels departure, she was the perfect fit for the music and personality of the band.

Jessikill, a native of San Antonio, Texas is a classically trained vocalist and appeared on the national X-Factor television show in 2012, where she received critical acclaim from the panel of judges which included show creator Simon Cowell, international superstar Britney Spears, Disney recording artist Demi Lovato and record industry mogul L.A. Reid.

The band began rehearsals in late January 2014 and entered the studio on February 1st. They recorded three songs for an upcoming Maxi-single to be released in late March, which will be followed by the March Metal Madness midwest / east coast U.S. tour.

The bands new music video for the single "Never Lost My Way", was released on February 21, 2014 and is the first recording with Jessikill.

Watch The New Video by Hessler - "Never Lost My Way"

Hessler is currently working on more new material and planning for extensive domestic and international touring throughout 2014.

HESSLER have performed at SXSW and Rocklahoma in 2012 and 2013, Summerfest in 2012 and shared the stage with Slash, Buckcherry, All That Remains, Steel Panther, W.A.S.P., Sebastian Bach, RATT, Mushroomhead, U.F.O., Cinderella, Loudness, Doro Pesch, U.D.O., Skid Row, L.A. Guns, Blaze Bayley (Iron Maiden), Sister Sin, Crashdiet, Otep, Butcher Babies, Wednesday 13, The Last Vegas, Vampires Everywhere, and many more.

Tour dates:

March Metal Madness:

3/20/2014 Chicago, IL - (1st cd release show)
3/21/2014 Janesville, WI - with Jake E. Lee's Red Dragon Cartel
3/22/2014 Minneapolis, MN - with Jake E. Lee's Red Dragon Cartel
3/24/2014 Fort Wayne, IN
3/25/2014 Pittsburgh, PA
3/26/2014 Philadelphia, PA
3/27/2014 NYC, NY
3/28/2014 Pennellville, NY
3/29/2014 Cleveland, OH

Official websites:

http://www.hesslerchicago.com
https://www.facebook.com/Hesslerchicago

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