May 6 :
SHAMELESS unveil video for Simmons cover of “Love Is
Blind” From
:
Pride & Joy Music / Shameless / Alexx Michael
SHAMELESS unveiled a video for their cover of the Gene Simmons'
unreleased 1977/1978 song “Love
Is Blind” from their upcoming new
studio album “So Good, You Should
...” which will be released on
May 20th, 2022. Also
Kiss legend
Bruce Kulick
is featured in the song and video.
For “So Good, You Should…”, Michael again teamed up with
guitarist partner BC, Charlotte Tybalt, Dennis Post, Stevie
Rachelle (Tuff), Frankie Muriel and Tod T Burr to release their
first ever covers album which also includes 2 brand-new tracks.
Due to the pandemic making in-person studio recording
impossible, Shameless recorded the recorded the record at 12
different locations all over the world including Munich, Los
Angeles, Las Vegas, St. Louis, Copenhagen and Auckland, New
Zealand.
The band already released the single “Live
Your Dream”
with Charlotte last year in conjunction with Michael's book
“Looking Inside: The Stainless Sensation”, a 500 page deluxe
bound definitive history of John DeLorean, the DMC 12 and the
DeLorean Motor Company.
Charlotte sings 5 of the new tracks plus adding backing vocals
on almost all the other tracks. Like on all Shameless releases, Tuff
singer Stevie Rachelle, sang on a couple of the songs. Kiss legend
Bruce Kulick is featured on a total of 4 songs including
their version of the unreleased
Gene Simmons song “Love is
blind” and the cover of “East Bound And Down” where the band was
joined by Jaret Reddick of Bowling For Soup on vocals. Tracii
Guns appears as well on the new release.
Three more singles and videos will be released in advance to the
album “So Good, You Should” - starting with the track “Shout Out
Loud” on February 4th, 2022!
March 14 :
rare GLAMNATION (Eric Singer) video footage found From
:
Tolvis
A friend of mine just found his old master video tapes from when
GLAMNATION
toured Scandinavia in April 2000. He kindly lent me the tapes to
transfer and upload, they're not spectacular by any means but (like
most of you) I never thought I'd see film and sound footage of Eric
Singer performing with
GLAMNATION.
From
:
KISS Related Recordings
GLAMNATION was a L.A. Glam covers band formed
in 1999 by Ryan Roxie (Electric
Angels).
The fun glam band used to play around the L.A. area in summer of 1999
and even did play Scandinavia April 2000. The 2000 line up was Eric Singer
(drums, lead vocals),
Ryan Roxie (guitars),
Eric Dover (lead vocals, guitars),
Stefan Adika (bass) and
Teddy Zig Zag (keyboards).
Except for bass player Stefan Adika (L.A. Guns,
Gilby Clarke), the 2000 line up of GlamNation
became Alice Cooper 2001 backing band, and with Chuck Garric on bass
they recorded "The Eyes Of Alice Cooper"
(2003).
video filmed by SC April 23, 2000 - Sweden,
Helsingborg, The Tivoli Rock and Roll Part 2 / Ballroom Blitz /
Ziggy Stardust / 20th Century Boy / Shock Me
Hells Bells / You Shook Me All Night Long / Girl from Ipanema (jam)
/
I Wanna Be Your Dog / Beth (Eric Singer)
00:00 video filmed by SC April 21, 2000 -
Norway, Oslo, Tors Hammer Rock and Roll Part 2 / Ballroom Blitz / No
More Mr. Nice Guy / 20th Century Boy / Shock Me 21.10 April 22, 2000 - Sweden, Göteborg,
Sticky Fingers - soundcheck Fox On The Run / It's Only Rock 'n Roll /
Nothin' To Lose
March 13 :
A quick update about recent releases and reissues From
:
KISS Related Recordings
UNION featuring former Mötley Crüe,
The Dead Daisies and The Scream frontman John Corabi and ex-KISS
lead guitarist Bruce Kulick will be having their studio albums
Union
(1998) and
The Blue Room
(2000) released on vinyl via
Deko Entertainment / Blackbird Entertainment
and went on sale March 1, 2022.
Track List for
Union
on vinyl:
Side One
01. Old Man Wise
02. Around Again
03. Pain Behind Your Eyes
04. Love (I Don’t Need It Anymore)
Side Two
05. Heavy D…
06. Let It Flow
07. Empty Soul
08. October Morning Wind
Side Three
09. Get Off My Cloud
10. Tangerine
11. Robin’s Song
12. Oh Darling (Bonus Track)
Side Four 13.
Walking In Your Sleep (Bonus Track)
14. For You (Bonus Track)
15. Love (I Don’t Need It Anymore)
(Acoustic Bonus Track)
‘Union’ has not been released on vinyl since its original release
and will now be a 180 Gram vinyl double album in two beautiful
versions, featuring bonus tracks, and a gatefold sleeve.
The Premier Edition - Crystal Clear Heavy Smoked Vinyl (limited to
250 copies pressed), featuring a signed Album Flat with signatures
from all four members.
The Silver Edition - comes on opaque silver 180 gram vinyl and a
beautiful gatefold sleeve (limited to 500 copies pressed).
Side One
01. Do Your Own Thing
02. Dead
03. Everything’s Alright
04. Shine
Side Two
05. Who Do You Think You Are?
06. Dear Friend
07. Do You Know My Name?
08. Hypnotized
Side Three
09. I Wanna Be
10. No More
11. October Morning Wind (Acoustic Bonus Track)
12. Hypnotized (Acoustic Bonus Track)
Side Four
12. Do Your Own Thing (Radio Edit) (Bonus Track)
13. Who Do You Think You Are? (Radio Edit) (Bonus Track)
14. Dead (Live Bonus Track)
‘The Blue Room’ will be available for the first time as a 180 Gram
vinyl double album that comes with 5 bonus tracks, the radio edits
for “Do Your Own Thing” and “Who Do You Think You Are?”, along with
acoustic versions of “October Morning Wind” and “Hypnotized”, and
live version of The Blue Room album cut “Dead”.
The Premier Edition - Comes with a signed 10”x10” band photo, and is
on a black & blue 180 gram vinyl hand pour (limited to 250 copies
pressed), featuring all new artwork, 5 bonus tracks, and a beautiful
gatefold sleeve.
The Royal Edition - comes on transparent blue 180 gram vinyl,
features all new artwork, 5 bonus tracks, and a beautiful gatefold
sleeve (limited to 500 copies pressed).
Montreal-born and New York-based singer
Karine Hannah
recently have released a cover of KISS "I Was Made For Lovin'
You'. Take a listen
clicking here.
On March 11
Eonian Records have released
two separate CD albums by
MISS CRAZY
entitled "Covers - Volumes 1" and "Covers - Volumes 2". Markus
Allen Christopher (Trixie, Amsterdam, and Freakshow), a songwriter,
vocalist & guitarist, and producer brought together an all-star
lineup of guest musicians and engineers to join
MISS CRAZY
in breathing new life and recording a near-perfect time capsule
of some of the greatest classics of the ’70s and ’80s. ‘Covers’
feature classics by A Flock of Seagulls, AC/DC, Billy Squier, Cheap
Trick, Def Leppard, Fastway, Guns N’ Roses, KISS, Led Zeppelin,
Modern English, Mötley Crüe, Mr. Hyde, Ramones, The Partridge
Family, The Police, The Rolling Stones, and The Trammps.
KISS' "Detroit Rock City" is the opening song on ‘Covers - Volume
1’, while 'Covers - Volume 2’ features "All Canadian Man" and "Two
Timer"
Marking
its 40th anniversary this year, Metal Blade Records presents its
debut release, "Metal Massacre Volume One", for the first time since
1984 on limited-edition vinyl.
Originally released on June 14, 1982, "Metal Massacre" showcased the
best of Los Angeles' unsigned acts of the time such as METALLICA,
STEELER, RATT and MALICE, and has since become a cornerstone of
Metal Blade Records. On the 1982 second pressing of the album the
STEELER song was removed and the (demo version of)
BLACK 'N BLUE's
"Chains Around Heaven" included. This special release will be
available worldwide on April 22.
The 40th anniversary reissue tracklisting includes all songs
originally featured on the first and second pressing. Two limited
variants have been pressed. 5000 copies of the Ruby Red vinyl at the
Metal Blade shop
and 2000 Clear vinyl copies exclusively at
Metallica.com.
February 13 :
detail page for Mr. GEE WHIZ
featuring Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley 1973 session work added From
:
KISS Related Recordings
Thanks to Julian Gill
and Jon-Robert Solbakken I was able to fix a detail page for a
rare KISS related recording.
In the "Nothin' to Lose" book, Gene Simmons suggests that
members of the band did session work for this "bizarre, eclectic
pop" project in 1973.
One of the writers (Alessandro Longo) was a house-writer for
Dick James. A single was released in (at least) the UK in Sept.
1974, but the copyright for the songs had been registered with a
batch of other songs in Sept. 1973.
click here for more details
