Rock on the Range 2009

Duff McKagan's Loaded has been added to Columbus, Ohio's Rock on the Range Festival.

Motley Crue, Clutch, Slipknot, Alice in Chains, Avenged Sevenfold, Buckcherry and Korn are also on the bill.

The Festival takes place on May 16 and 17 at Columbus' Crew Stadium.

Rock on the Range is becoming one of the most prestigious American Music Festivals.

You may remember, last year, the re-united Stone Temple Pilots chose to make their debut at Rock on the Range 2008.

If you can't wait until May 16 to breathe the same air as Duff McKagan, you can head on over the this year's Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy Camp, which will be held from April 29 to May 3 in Hollywood.

Participants will record at Capitol Studios and play live at the Whiskey A Go Go.

This year's camp counselors include Duff McKagan, Steven Tyler, Todd Rundgren and Bruce Kulick.

By the way, other celebs who are amateur musicians are also signing up for this thing now, too.

In other news, the Hard Rock Cafe planned for downtown Seattle will open in July.

The cafe will feature the chain's signature rock 'n' roll memorabilia, including items from Seattle musicians such as Jimi Hendrix, Pearl Jam, Chris Cornell, Alice in Chains, Heart, Nirvana, Foo Fighters, and Duff McKagan.

-Mack

Velvet Revolver Demos with Gord Prior

This is Velvet Revover unreleased material with Gord Prior on vocals.

Gord Prior was sent the music for these songs, "Mutha Fucka" and "Clappy," from Velvet Revolver and asked to collaborate with the band. He was sent the music only and he wrote all of the vocal melodies, words and vocal arrangements.

That these demos leaked, tells me that Prior is not the one, and the band is that much closer to announcing their new singer.

Butthole Surfers - Hairway to Steven (1988)

1.JIMI
2.RICKY
3.I SAW AN X-RAY OF A GIRL PASSING GAS
4.JOHN E. SMOKES
5.ROCKY
6.JULIO IGLESIAS
7.BACKASS
8.FAST

Over the weekend I heard "Pepper" (You know, the Texan Strippers' anthem, "They were all in love with dying, They were doing it in Texas.") on Sirius/XM Lithium.

I forgot how much I used to listen to The Butthole Surfers.

This album, Hairway to Steven, in particular.

I first head “Rocky” on WPRB Princeton, and HAD to get the album out after hearing the title.

This record has been a mainstay in my collection ever since. It’s the Breakfast of Champions of Butthole Surfers records.

It’s true that, until this morning, I haven’t listened to it in a couple of years, but there was good decade there when it sat on the front passenger seat of my vehicle day in, day out. In fact, I actually got into a fist-fight at a party once over this whether to listen this record or Shady Grove by Jerry Garcia.

I guess I was really determined to have people hear this.

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Steven Adler is Everywhere

Steven's doing a lot of press lately, but March 10 is shaping up to be an exception - he's doing a TON of press that day!

Here's the schedule as it stands now:

March 10 - Danny Bonaduce 6:45am
March 10 - Howard Stern Show 8:30am
March 10 - Opie and Anthony 10am
March 10 - Free Wheeling with Road Dog 11:30am
March 10 - Morning Jolt 12pm
March 10 - Hair Nation 12:25pm
March 10 - Eddie Trunk 6:30pm

Check it out, yo!

Steven's MySpace Blog

Adler's Appetite Tour Dates

March 08 9PM Tailgators, Bolingbrook, Illinois
March 10 9PM Crocodile Rock, Allentown, Pennsylvania
March 11 9PM The Hard Rock, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
March 12 9PM GULLIFTYS UNDERGROUND, Harrisburg, PA
March 13 9PM CRAZY DONKEY, Farmingdale, New York
March 14 9PM JAXX, W. SPRINGFIELD, Virginia
March 15 9PM Big Mama's, Seymour, TN
March 17 9PM AMERICA’S PUB, Wichita, KS
March 18 9PM Mesa Theater, Grand Junction, Colorado
March 19 9PM BIG CITY NIGHT CLUB, Farmington, New Mexico
March 20 9PM O’Malley’s,Tuscon, Arizona
April 17 9PM The Galaxy Theater,Santa Ana, California
April 18 9PM 4TH & B THEATRE, San Diego, California
April 23 9PM SORG THEATER, Middletown, Ohio
April 24 9PM Club Fever, South Bend, Indiana
April 25 9PM Club Fever, South Bend, Indiana
May 22 9PM SOUTH TEXAS ROCKFEST, San Antonio, Texas

Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame Part 4

And, in case you missed them, Parts 1,2 and 3.

Also, according to Metal Sludge, both Ryan Roxie (Alice Cooper), and Michael Lee Firkins have recently auditioned for Robin Finck's guitar sopt in GN'R.

See you tomorrow.

-Mack

Slash Book Chat with Rainn Wilson

While looking for the Friday Phish Setlist, I found this very funny video.

It's very funny. Slash reads from his autobiography and plays his guitar a bit.

Rainn Wilson sings and acts strange. You'll like it I think.



-Mack

Some Acoustic Loaded

A 30 minute audio file containing the "Flatline" and "Wasted Heart" acoustic performances and Anne Carlini's WRIF interview with Duff McKagan is available for streaming here.

You can watch Video footage of "Flatline" live on Detroit's WRIF 101.1 FM below.





Related: Duff: "I Think We Have the Guy ... Yeah."
DUFF MCKAGAN'S LOADED: Acoustic Performance, Interview Available