Hammer Swings Down

Is "Hammer Swings Down" by Babylon A.D. the most underrated Glam tune of all time?

If you don't know the song, you're about to be in for a real treat. The song truly owns - and is basically everything that's great about Glam Metal.

Babylon A.D. for Rocklahoma 2009 I say!

Crue Fest 2 Announcement Today

Motley Crue are making the Crue Fest 2: The White Trash Circus announcement before their concert tonight at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The press conference will be broadcast live on FUSE TV.

Finally, we will officially learn the touring lineup for Crue Fest 2. You might recall the possible lineup leaked a couple weeks ago. The rumored bands are Godsmack, Theory of a Deadman, Saving Abel and Drowning Pool. Saving Abel are touring with Hinder and Papa Roach this summer, so I guess they are out. I've been saying for awhile now that Charmed City Devils will be on the bill. We'll know for sure in a few hours I guess.

 
Speaking of Motley, the band is set to debut Crue Fest 1: The Movie later this week. The concert features all the Crue Fest 1 bands: Buckcherry, Papa Roach, SIXX: AM, Trapt and, of course, Motley. Click the link above to see if the film is being screened in your area. The one night only premiere is this Thursday, March 19.

When Motley make their announcement - I'll post here and we can discuss.

Holy Glam - Hot Leg!

Holy Glam, batman! Our friend Lucifer sent me an email back on January 19 telling me to investigate Hot Leg. Ok, so I forgot...until a few hours ago. My goodness, Hot Leg are hilariously Glam!

Now, Hot Leg is Justin Hawkins new band. Does that name sound familiar? It should, because he was the lead singer of The Darkness. As you know, The Darkness was supposed to be the second coming of Glam. Things didn't really seem to work out that way, but I'm glad Hawkins is plugging along nonetheless.

Hot Leg are definitely a parody band, but it's all good because there is some real Glam talent here. Red Light Fever came out last month. There are already a couple singles and videos out to support the debut disc.

Here's the clip for "Cocktails"

Hot Leg - Cocktails

I've Met Jesus

AOL Launches 'Noisecreep' - Read Me There Too!

The Glam Mistress got her a fancy job writing for AOL music. The site is called Noisecreep and it's all Metal - all the time. The link is on the left navigation bar of this site, where it will remain for easy access. Please visit Noisecreep and make it a daily stop. Oh yeah, comment my articles and make me look good so they'll keep me!

So far, only one of my stories has posted. More are coming next week. Click here for the first one.

Here's an article about the Noisecreep launch.

Headbanging at AOL Music By Maria Russo

 ...Let’s focus on the official launch today of Noisecreep, the company’s new heavy metal/hard rock portal. It will be part of one of the few recent success stories at AOL, the MediaGlow division, a collection of blogs and content sites.

Noisecreep will follow the path blazed by three other AOL genre-specific music sites: theboot.com (country), spinner.com (straight down the middle rock), and theboombox.com (hip hop and r &b). These sites all wear their AOL branding lightly -- so a hard-core metalhead will likely be spared the knowledge that he is hanging out on an AOL site

As AOL entertainment head Mike Rich explained the company’s entertainment content strategy: “We’re embracing fragmentation on the web. We believe consumers are starting their day in many places, so we want to make sure we have enough front portals for them to enter into that connect with something very specific and passionate for them.”

With all of its music content combined, AOL Music is at the top of the web music category, with 23 million unique visitors last month, according to Comscore.

Noisecreep, then, was a natural. The site hopes to give the heavy metal audience a fully fleshed-out experience, with categories like “metal dictionary” and “female rock report” as well as concert tour info and news.

There will be AOL studio sessions. And the site hopes to promote some lesser-known acts, giving them a shot at the big time. “We like Mastodon, Killstwitch Engage ... Right now with heavy metal and hard rock, unless you’re AC/DC or Metallica, you’re not getting much play. These bands really haven’t had a big platform to say hey, here we are, here’s our music.”

In Case You've Never Seen a Bobby Dall Bass Solo...

Just push play.

Here's the Rocklahoma Press Release About Bands

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

ROCKLAHOMA ANNOUNCES ADDITIONAL BANDS

PRYOR, OK—Rocklahoma, the premier eighties music festival being held July 9-12 in Pryor, Oklahoma has announced thirty-two of over ninety of the bands that will be playing at the Third Annual Rocklahoma.

Signed on to appear at the 3rd Annual Rocklahoma is Twisted Sister, Great White, Vixen, Saxon, Hurricane Alice, Helix, Danger, Danger, Warrant, Night Ranger, Gypsy Pistoleros, Nelson, KEEL, KIX, Bang Tango, Beautiful Creatures, LA Guns, Britny Fox, Faster Pussycat, Lillian Axe, Dirty Penny, Legendary Scorpions Drummer Herman Rarebell and Bonfire. Icon, Big Cock, Baton Rouge, Lord Tracy, featuring ex-Pantera vocalist Terry Glaze, Silent Rage, Warrior, Pair-a-Dice, Julliet, Wild Street, Vougan

More bands are to be announced in the upcoming weeks including the other three main stage headliners.

Over ninety bands will be performing over four days on four different stages. On three of the four stages, Rocklahoma has partnered with Retrospect records to showcase bands of the eighties.

Rocklahoma is one of the largest Rock Festivals of its type featuring music from the eighties. Attendance has come from all fifty states and six out of seven continents.

Both Playboy and Rolling Stone in 2008 called Rocklahoma one of the top festivals that should not be missed.

Catch The Fever Festival Grounds is located four miles north of Pryor, Oklahoma and has 6,200 assigned and numbered seats, as well as general admission on the lawn for over 50,000 people. The grounds also feature over 4,000 campsites, on-site parking, bathroom facilities, a convenience store, Rocklahoma also has a Picture Alley that allows anyone in attendance to approach the stage during any performance and take photographs of a favorite artist at close range.

Rocklahoma offers a one-day and four-day general admission passes, along with V.I.P. Passes that includes all the food and drink, including Free Miller Lite for all four days. Rocklahoma offers a layaway program on all ticket plans that enables fans to reserve their ticket at the current price.

The public can also order tickets online at http://www.feverfest.com, charge by phone at 1-866-310-2288, or any of the 3,200 O’Reilly Auto Part Stores across the United States.

Big Rocklahoma 2009 Announcement Today

Finally we're getting a significant Rocklahoma announcement. Today, we learn 25 more bands playing the third annual event. Don't get too excited - no headliner announcements today.

Just to refresh your memory, Rocklahoma already has signed:

Kix
Twisted Sister (Sunday, July 12 headliner)
Keel
Gypsy Pistoleros
Great White
Nelson
Herman Ze German and Friends
Saxon

So who do I expect today? Here's the list of Internet rumors:

Warrant (three different singers in three years - must be a record!)
Big Cock
Mr. Big
Pair A Dice
Harlow
Baton Rouge
Lillian Axe
Icon
L.A. Guns (as a side stage headliner)
Hericane Alice

When the actual list hits the wires, I'll post here and we'll discuss.