Win a Rocktober Bring Back Glam! Prize Pack

To celebrate Rocktober and the most Metal month of the year, I'm giving away a very special Bring Back Glam! prize pack.

One winner will receive a Stryper DVD, mystery CD, BBG! T-shirt and something else totally top secret. So, that's four awesome prizes. Basically, you're getting $50 worth of merch for nothing.

Wanna win? Just send a email to allyson@bringbackglam.com. Put "Rocktober" in the subject line. Any email without the correct subject line will be eliminated. Do not send more than one entry. Please use your full name and mailing address when entering. Any entry without the correct information will be eliminated. Send your entries by 11:59pm ET on Friday, October 9. This contest is open to readers everywhere. Good luck.

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Update on Tuesday, October 13, 2009 at 02:01PM by Allyson B. Crawford

Congratulations to Chad Wedlake for winning the prize pack!

Drive It To Ya Hard!

It don't get much more obscure on a Sunday than Roxxi. I don't know much about Roxxi except the band did exactly one album, Drive It To Ya Hard and had one video for a song of the same name. You can find the CD on eBay I suppose...something tells me this one goes for a premium since it's so rare. The good (and odd) news is that the band has a Myspace age. Seriously. Just click here.

Clicking around on that Myspace reveals that lead singer Glenn Stewart has been in a ton of equally obscure acts including: Disciple, Thoren, Lucky Stiff, Suicide Squeeze, Mundo Mojo, Play Rough, Uncle Wally, SpitShine and some more. So, Mr. Stewart asks fans to visit his new website, I oblige, and discover he's now a country act. Yep. In his new "official" bio, Glenn mentions some "success with a band in the 80s" but that's it. I guess Glenn determined he could earn a better living off the twang than the Glam. I can't fault a man for earning a living, that's for sure.

No matter the present - we enjoy the past. Here's the video for "Drive It To Ya Hard."

The Top Ten Heavy Metal Bands of All Time (According to the New Times Blog)

Once a week, I try to make a pass and see what other media outlets are saying about Metal acts. The New Times blog of Broward-Palm Beach, Florida just posted their picks for the ten best Metal bands of all times. Some of the picks make sense, some are just out of whack. Here's the list:

1. Black Sabbath
2. Metallica
3. Judas Priest
4. Slayer
5. Mastodon
6. Motorhead

7. Iron Maiden
8. Megadeth
9. Death
10. Pantera

Iron Maiden should be at the top of the list, then Black Sabbath. I'd keep Judas Priest in the number three slot.  Who doesn't belong? Mastodon, Death and maybe even Slayer.

I'll give the writer of the post credit: each band included on the list is true Metal...still, there's one big act missing: AC/DC. I have to admit astonishment at any "best of Metal list" that fails to include the mighty AC/DC.

What say you?

Tommy Lee's New Project is Genius

By now you may have heard that Tommy Lee is working on a new Methods of Mayhem record. The cool thing is that Tommy is asking any of us with any musical ability to contribute. Last night I spoke with Tommy about the The Public Record, a "contest" of sorts where you can add your music to the next Methods CD.

The marketing tag, "The first large-scale, truly interactive recording process" is accurate. My conversation with Tommy will post Monday on Noisecreep and I hope you all go there to read about it - and I sincerely hope those of you who are musically inclined will participate in this.

For eleven weeks, you can add your voice, beats, riffs, or whatever to "song skeletons" sketched out by Tommy. The best of the best will  be used - and then will be released during February 2010 via RoadRunner. 

Sweden Rock 2010 Tickets Available Now

If you 100% plan on attending this summer's Sweden Rock Festival, you might as well buy your tickets today. The festival just released the tickets - the first 3,000 sold are at a reduced rate.

Here's the info from the promoters:

Today, Thursday October 1st at 09:00 hrs, the 4-day tickets for next year's Sweden Rock Festival are released.  

The first 3000 tickets will be sold at a reduced price and the maximum number of visitors has been limited to 33000 (this year, the festival had 35200 visitors). So, if you have already decided to visit Sweden Rock Festival next year, there are good reasons to get your ticket early.   There will not be a kick off party in Stockholm this year. Instead, bands will be announced as soon as they have been confirmed. No bands will be presented today, but we have several interesting negotiations going on and we hope to be able to make the first announcements very soon.

The 1- and 3-day tickets will be released early next year. The exact date will be announced once it has been set.   Tickets can be purchased on our website, www.swedenrock.com. There, you can also find more info about the festival. Information about accommodation can be found at www.visitsouthsweden.se.   The 2010 edition of the Sweden Rock Festival will take place in Sölvesborg on June 9th-12th.

Happy Rocktober!

It's October: the air is getting cooler, the leaves are changing...and it's time for Halloween! October is easily the most Metal month of the year...and the best time to listen to Helloween.

The German Metal act has been around since our beloved 80s, regularly cranking out pretty heavy tunes. There have been a lot of member changes, but that hasn't stopped the albums...and another one is supposedly coming out soon. A page on Vh1.com says the new Helloween is out November 24...and Amazon agrees. Apparently there's no set title or really clear info about the album just yet, but I'll keep you posted.

For now, one of my fave Helloween songs: "Kids of the Century." While I'm excited for Halloween and the new Helloween, I am *not* pleased about the cold weather - heat bills suck!

Wait, Halford is Doing a Christmas Album?

Rob Halford of the mighty Judas Priest is ready to release another solo album - of holiday tunes. Seriously.

The album, to be called Halford III - Winter Songs will include some traditional holiday songs as well as some originals. The backing bands consists of Roy Z.  on guitar, Metal Mike Chlasciak on guitar, Mike Davis on bass and Bobby Jarzombek on drums. 

Every regular reader here knows I despise holiday music - it's generally too saccharin for my taste - but I may be interested in this. Any holiday album with Halford and Metal Mike *must* be heavy. Two of the songs, "Get Into the Spirit" and "We Three Kings" are available for purchase now, but I think I'll wait for the entire disc. Click to buy and read more about the album.

Winter Songs is available October 26th.