Friday, February 26, 2010 at 12:01AM Have you heard Vince Neil's new solo single yet? If not, there's no excuse! Grab "Tattoos & Tequila" free right now! I like the song - it's classic Vince. With him, you know what you're going to get: a party anthem. Let me know your thoughts on the track in the comments section.
Thursday, February 25, 2010 at 12:01AM 
Maybe it's an answer to the new direction Rocklahoma is taking or maybe not, but the promoters of San Antonio-based South Texas Rock Fest blasted out a Myspace bulletin last night that reads:
"SOUTH TEXAS ROCK FEST 2010! Updates coming soon! Get Ready To Rock! Glam Slam Thank You Ma'am!"
The festival is scheduled for May 28 and 29 - yes, that's the same weekend as Rocklahoma. Memorial Day weekend for us Americans. Hmmm....
Apparently this year's event will be all 80s bands. We'll see I suppose. We're getting into that three month mark of when festivals need to announce or they run the risk of losing major ticket sales.
Past acts include Saxon, Queensryche and Dangerous Toys.
Wednesday, February 24, 2010 at 12:01AM I recently talked to Mike Portnoy of Dream Theater for a little article on the band's upcoming South American tour. This chat put me in a progressive sort of mood so I popped on a little Dream Theater. I know these guys are huge in their respective circle...but it doesn't seem like anyone here every mentions them in comments as a favorite band or live experience. I've never seen a Dream Theater show so I can't comment - but I'm assuming it's pretty awesome.
With that - some of my fave Dream Theater live clips.
"The Glass Prison"
"Metropolis"
Tuesday, February 23, 2010 at 12:01AM Monday, February 22, 2010 at 04:50PM Here's the poster of bands playing Rocklahoma 2010! 
Monday, February 22, 2010 at 09:43AM Pricing details and ways to book have not yet been released, but here's the announcement regarding Cinderella and HAIL! for Shiprocked 2010:
It’s been a long, cold winter for all of us and now it’s time to focus on sun and fun. So if you made a resolution to rock in 2010, then get ready…Cinderella is finally back and stronger than ever and this November, the Pennsylvania quartet will bring their working class, blues-based rock n’ roll to ShipRocked.
The supergroup HAIL! featuring Dave Ellefson (Megadeth), Mike Portnoy (Dream Theater), Andreas Kisser (Sepultura) and Tim “Ripper” Owens (Judas Priest, Yngwie Malmsteen), will hit the high seas with a mix of songs from a “who’s who” list in metal!
Who else will rock the boat? The Letter Black, Lynam, Broken Teeth, the Niki Barr Band, and even the unique metal piano stylings of Pianotarium are all confirmed to rock onboard. And that’s just our initial lineup! We’re not even close to done adding ShipRockers! So stay tuned for additional lineup announcements soon!
ShipRocked 2010 will set sail from Ft. Lauderdale, Florida November 11-14, 2010 onboard the MSC Poesia. This year’s cruise will feature two Bahamas port stops in both Nassau and the amazing private island of Coco Cay! Cabin prices will of course vary, but start at only $499 per passenger this year!
Monday, February 22, 2010 at 12:01AM 
At the end of last week I interviewed Tom Keifer of Cinderella for Noisecreep. While I wrote four articles for the AOL site, I made sure to keep some content for all of us here at Bring Back Glam! Here’s some transcription from that chat with Tom.
Bring Back Glam!: Why did you decide to leave Philadelphia for Nashville?
Tom Keifer: “I had been working with some songwriters back in the 90s after Cinderella – around ‘95 Cinderella had left Polygram and the band wasn’t doing anything and I was going to do a solo record and I’d been working down here [Nashville] and I liked the music scene so I decided to move down here to be closer to all the resources Nashville provides. So many musicians and songwriters! Just a great place to be if you’re trying to create music. No matter the music you’re trying to play, the musicians and songwriters here are very gifted and can do pretty much anything you throw at them. It’s funny, I moved here to – bought a house and built a studio - and was about to start delving into making a [solo] record and we got a call to put Cinderella back together. They wanted us to do a record on Portrait which was on Sony records. So my solo record got put on hold at the time and we ended up putting Cinderella back together and writing and doing demos for John Kalodner for that Portrait record that never happened because it ended up in some legal issues. That accounted for four years of time between writing and demoing for that record and preparing to make the [Cinderella] record and we were about to make it - and then it ended up in a lawsuit and it kind of got nasty. It’s a shame the record didn’t end up happening. Honestly it was a catalyst to some creativity because it was a major label giving us a second shot and John Kalodner is a great A&R person and he really inspired and encouraged me as a writer and it was probably one of the most creative periods for writing for me, so in that sense it was great. We also got the band back together and toured which we’ve continued to do. Since then we’ve probably done six tours since we reunited back in ‘98 – that’s when all this took place with Sony. There were some bad things that happened but probably more positive things came out of it. All the material I wrote for that record – a lot of it ended up being songs I recorded for my solo record that I’m finishing up now. If you look at the bright side of things, there were really a lot of positive things that came out of it and I don’t [have] regrets.”
BBG!: Describe the fear your faced after the vocal issues three years ago.
TK: “The root problem with my voice issues started in 1991 when I was diagnosed with a paresis but what it is a partial paralysis. A partial paralysis of one side of my voice box. You have to train it to learn how to sing again. It took me a few years back then. That’s why there was such a long period of time between our third and fourth record. And I regained enough strength to make our fourth record and we toured a little – it kind of was always a struggle and high maintenance and I had to do a lot of therapy and I injured myself a lot. When you injure yourself, you have to have surgery because they go in and laser the vessels – it’s a mess. I got back strong enough where I could work and tour and I was having a good time but it kind of hit me again tenfold on the last tour we were on in 2006. It just – I was diagnosed with a second one on the right side of my voice box …and it just …it hit me halfway through the ‘06 tour and by the end of that tour, I had no voice. I mean, my speaking voice – it was hard to speak. I worked for almost two years . We [Cinderella] took off the road to try and get my voice strong and I worked with a voice coach and had another surgery and we booked the ‘08 tour because I thought I was ready and I realized as soon as I got into rehearsals I wasn’t. It was a struggle and I finally ended up popping a blood vessel during rehearsal and that’s why we canceled that tour. So, it’s real scary. It’s the only way I can describe it.”
BBG!: So the voice issues really have nothing to do with your chosen raspy, style?
TK: “The partial paralysis is a neurological thing and it’s caused by viruses, even a common cold virus. The virus gets into the nerve and it can degenerate it. It’s rare but it happens. Once degenerated, you can’t – there’s no surgery or medicine that fixes it. You have to retrain it and it is very tedious and time consuming and it’s not a lot of fun. In a lot of cases, it is career ending. The singing voice is such a fine tuned instrument and any subtle change can throw it off. The left nerve which controls the left side of my voice box was degenerated by 20% - which is pretty significant. It has taken years to teach it to come back but the new coach focuses on breathing and air which makes the degenerated nerve less of an issue."
BBG!: How did you end up playing guitar on Lynam’s most recent record Tragic City Symphony?
TK: Lynam is managed by the same management that does Cinderella: Union Entertainment Group. I met Jacob [Lyman, lead singer of Lynam] through our management and I loved one of their records they had released back a few years ago. He [Jacob] opened a couple dates for Cinderella in Birmingham, Alabama and we got to talking and became friends and he asked me to come down and play on his record so I did. I think he’s a really talented guy – I don’t usually just play on things but I think he’s great.”
In my Noisecreep pieces, you’ll learn more about Tom’s vocal problems, details on a possible new Cinderella studio album and yes, there’s even a word game between me and Tom. Plus, an in-depth piece on Tom's solo record. Those stories will post soon so stayed tuned.