5SoS...Aussie Punk Power Pop is in good hands

Firstly to all those who read my blogaroos..DONT PANIC...I aint stopped rocking out to 
Lemmy, Quo, Blackberry Smoke, Avantasia and Toby Keith....BUT talent is talent and chops are chops and young Aussie power pop/punkish band 5 Seconds of Summer are pretty fkn impressive ...and I dont impress easy !....As a matter of fact I think its safe to say that Aussie rock/power pop is in pretty good hands cause these lads can get it done .....SO, here is their tale of arrival and subsequent attack of the chicky babes....

5SOS Website

5 Seconds of Summer began in 2011 when Luke Hemmings, Michael Clifford and Calum Hood, who all attended Norwest Christian College, started posting videos of themselves performing covers of popular songs together on Hemmings' YouTube channel. Hemmings' first video, a cover of Mike Posner's "Please Don't Go", was posted on 3 February 2011. Their cover of Chris Brown's "Next to You" received over 600,000 hits  In December 2011, they were joined by drummer Ashton Irwin, and the four-man line up was completed.

The band attracted some major interest from big time music labels and publishers, and signed a publishing deal with Sony ATV Music Publishing.  

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[2015]

Despite having had no promotion apart from on Facebook and Twitter, their first music release, an EP entitled Unplugged, reached number 3 on the iTunes chart in Australia  and the Top 20 in both New Zealand and overseas. Their international following increased significantly once again when One Direction member Louis Tomlinson posted the link to their YouTube video of their song "Gotta Get Out", stating that he'd been a fan of 5 Seconds of Summer "for a while". 5 Seconds of Summer were once again the subject of interest for One Direction following the release of their first single, "Out of My Limit", on 19 November 2012, this time with Niall Horan tweeting the link to the video clip.

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5 Seconds of Summer spent the second half of 2012 writing and developing their sound with Christian Lo Russo and Joel Chapman of Australian band Amy Meredith, with whom they wrote two of the songs that feature on the Somewhere New EP: "Beside You" and "Unpredictable". The EP was also co-produced by Joel Chapman.

 5 Seconds of Summer released their first single "Out of My Limit" on 19 November 2012, with the video clip for the song receiving over 100,000 views within the first 24 hours. In December 2012, the boys embarked on a songwriting trip to London, where they wrote with various artists including McFly, Roy Stride of Scouting for Girls, Nick Hodgson of Kaiser Chiefs, Jamie Scott, Jake Gosling, Steve Robson and James Bourne of Busted.

On 14 February 2013, it was announced that 5 Seconds of Summer would support One Direction on their worldwide Take Me Home Tour. The tour kicked off at the O2 Arena in London on 23 February 2013, and 5 Seconds of Summer joined One Direction for shows in the UK, US, Australia and New Zealand, including seven shows at Allphones Arena in 5 Seconds of Summer's home town of Sydney.  

Whilst on a break from the Take Me Home Tour, 5 Seconds of Summer returned home to Australia where they played a National headlining tour, with all dates selling out within minutes. It was around this time when the band began to gain popularity and become more well-known. On 21 November 2013, the band announced that they had signed to Capitol Records.

Members of the band have said the group is not a boy band.  Unlike many boy bands, they write their own songs, play their own instruments, and they are 99 % NOT a dance group. Nevertheless, the band has attracted a fanatical following of chicky babes.
Ashton Irwin has compared the band's female following to Fall Out Boy which also has a sizable female fanbase. John Feldmann, frontman of Goldfinger and producer on 5 Seconds of Summer, attributes 5 Seconds of Summer's fan base to "a fundamental change in the pop punk demographic

On 13 May 2014, the band announced that their debut self-titled album, would be released on 27 June 2014 in Europe and Australia with other releases coming later. The album won a Kerrang! award; Luke Hemmings said it was a real honour to win one, as all the band's idols are in Kerrang!. The album impressively debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Chart and peaked at No. 1 in 13 countries as well as the Top 10 in 26 countries.

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On 15 July 2014, the band released their third single, "Amnesia", which was the only song not written by the band members themselves, but by Benji and Joel Madden of Good Charlotte, the American pop punk band. Billboard said of the track, 'With a surprisingly affecting vocal performance and the most searing lyrics on the album, new single "Amnesia" establishes itself as 5 Seconds of Summer's successful Serious Pose.  "Amnesia" demonstrates the versatility of 5SOS, cant figure out why its buried at the bottom of the album

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On 12 October 2014, the band released their fourth single, "Good Girls", and the music video logged over two millions views within 48 hours, making it their highest debut to date. The band released a cover song "What I Like About You" by American rock band The Romantics as the first single from their live album LIVESOS.....which was released on 15 December 2014.

ADAM WILKINSON  - the boys first manager
 In April 2011, Wilkinson met the as yet unsigned Sydney band 5 Seconds of Summer while they were visiting Studios 301. Wilkinson recognised potential in the young band, and endeavoured to contact them, doing so via Facebook.  In February 2012, Wilkinson set up his own band management company, AWM Management.  

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He did a co-management deal with Matt Emsell from UK based Wonder Management  and under Wilkinson's and Emsell's management, 5 Seconds of Summer grew in popularity, amassing over 1000,000 fans across social media networks. Wilkinson worked to secure the support slots for the Australian leg of Hot Chelle Rae's Whatever world tour  as well as One Direction's Take Me Home Tour Wilkinson was involved in the signing of 5 Seconds of Summer to EMI and Capital Records in the USA....In late 2013, Wilkinson turned over direct management of 5SOS to Emsell. 5SOS was subsequently signed to Modest Management out of London – the same management group for One Direction

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In May 2015, the band embarked their first headlining tour "Rock Out With Your Socks Out Tour" of Europe, Australia, New Zealand and North America. On 17 July 2015, 5 Seconds of Summer released the first single "She's Kinda Hot" .....On 12 August 2015, the band announced that their second studio album is called Sounds Good Feels Good. It was released worldwide on 23 October 2015. On 28 August 2015, the band released She's Kinda Hot EP in UK and Ireland only.  On 9 October 2015 the band released Hey Everybody! as the second single from the album.

On the Hi or Hey Records website, the band explained that not only would they be releasing all of their music through Hi Or Hey Records in conjunction with Capitol Records, but they would also be signing a roster of their own bands and releasing them via the label.

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Band members

Luke Hemmings  – lead vocals, rhythm guitar

Michael Clifford  – guitar, vocals

Calum Hood  – bass guitar, vocals

Ashton Irwin  – drums, vocals

Discography

5 Seconds of Summer (2014)

LIVESOS (2014)

Sounds Good Feels Good (2015)

Extended plays

She Looks So Perfect , Don't Stop,  Amnesia,  She's Kinda Hot

Singles

"She Looks So Perfect" "Don't Stop" "Amnesia" "Good Girls" "What I Like About You" "She's Kinda Hot" "Hey Everybody!"

SO...there you go,, the 5SoS story, hope you dug it..... Loud fkn rock shall resume shortly

.Coop presents the Hollywood Vampires...to all his dead drunk friends

I do enjoy a Supergroup...if its done properly, and thats all subjective,  and by crikeys The Hollywood Vampires is spot on....When I heard that Alice was gonna do a cover album of all his favourite songs, some of which had been done by all his dead drunk friends, WELL, I was highly interested and keen for a copy....then he announced Joe Perry, a couple of original Alice Cooper band members, Sir Paul Macca AND Johnny Depp would be playing on it, all being produced by legend producer, Bob Ezrin,  I just had to buy the dang thing...so I did, here is the story......

In one interview club president Alice Cooper listed members as including Bernie Taupin, Harry Nilsson, Micky Dolenz, John Lennon, Ringo Starr and Keith Moon....

one photograph of the original lunatics  includes Micky Dolenz, Keith Moon, Harry Nilsson, Alice Cooper, Marc Bolan, Keith Allison of Paul Revere & the Raiders and Jack 

Coop said ....The Speakeasy and Tramps were the place to be in London. There was a little loft at the Rainbow Bar and Grill in LA (W. Hollywood), they only had that for the club:

 the club was myself, Keith Moon, Ringo, Micky Dolenz, Harry Nilsson, it was that crowd, every night those same people. Every once in a while John Lennon would come into town or Keith Emerson and they would be honorable members of the night. They still have a plaque there at the Rainbow, where it says 'The Lair of the Hollywood Vampires."

Then came 2015, and Alice decided to do a homage to "all his dead drunk friends"   The Hollywood Vampires was formed . . The Hollywood Vampires released their debut studio album on September 11, 2015, as a tribute to the music of the original club members of the '70s. 

The album features appearances by Sir Paul Macca, Robby Krieger, Dave Grohl, Slash, Brian Johnson, Perry Farrell, and Zak Starkey amongst others, and is composed 98% of covers from the '70s with the exception of two new tracks written by Cooper and Depp titled "My Dead Drunk Friends"and "Raise the Dead".  

Also included is a voice-over titled "The Last Vampire" voiced by Christopher Lee. Being recorded shortly before his death, this marks Lee's final appearance on a musical record.  

Their debut performance was  held at the Roxy Theatre in Los Angeles on September 16 and 17 of the same year, they then went on to play a slot at Rock in Rio and what a sterling job the boys did with Gunners Duff McKagan and Matt Sorum laying down the beat for the Vamps to do their thing.

Hollywood Vampires tracklist and credits thereof

The Last Vampire 

 (Christopher Lee)

Raise the Dead 

 (Johnny Depp, Bruce Witkin, Tommy Henriksen, Alice Cooper, Bob Ezrin, Rob Klonel)

My Generation  

(Pete Townshend)

Whole Lotta Love

 (John Bonham, Willie Dixon, John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant)

I Got a Line on You 

 (Randy California)

Five to One / Break On Through (To the Other Side) 

 (Jim Morrison / Jim Morrison, Robby Krieger, Ray Manzarek, John Densmore)

One / Jump into the Fire 

 (Harry Nilsson)

Come and Get It 

(Paul McCartney)

Jeepster 

 (Marc Bolan)

Cold Turkey 

(John Lennon)

Manic Depression 

 (Jimi Hendrix)

Itchycoo Park

 (Steve Marriott, Ronnie Lane)

School's Out / Another Brick in the Wall pt. 2

 (Alice Cooper, Michael Bruce, Glen Buxton, Dennis Dunaway, Neal Smith / Roger Waters)

My Dead Drunk Friends 

 (Johnny Depp, Bruce Witkin, Tommy Henriksen, Alice Cooper, Bob Ezrin)

Band Members

(Touring)

Alice Cooper – vocals

Joe Perry – guitar

Johnny Depp – guitar

Tommy Henriksen – guitar, vocals

Duff McKagan – bass

Matt Sorum – drums

The Muso's on the album

Alice Cooper – vocals, harmonica, backing vocals

Johnny Depp – guitar, backing vocals, keyboard

Dennis Dunaway – bass

Bob Ezrin – piano, keyboard, backing vocals

Perry Farrell – vocals, backing vocals

Dave Grohl – drums

Tommy Henriksen – guitar, backing vocals, programming

Brian Johnson– vocals

Charlie Judge – keyboard

Robby Krieger – guitar

Abe Laboriel Jr. – drums, backing vocals

Paul McCartney – vocals, piano, bass

Orianthi – guitar

Joe Perry – guitar

Slash – guitar

Neil Smith – drums

Glen Sobel – drums

Zak Starkey – drums

Joe Walsh – guitar

Kip Winger – bass guitar, backing vocals

Duff McKagan – bass guitar

Bruce Witkin – guitar, bass guitar, keyboard, piano

so there you go...now go buy a copy ;)

seeya next time

RECENT RECKANISM'S

Righto to start off this blogaroo of awesome newness, I shall begin with, using the clarity of perception that Lem himself is wont to use, quite possibly the final Motorhead album BAD MAGIC..and its a deadset cracker, the great man may be feeling all of his 70 years now, but Lem can still pen and play a ripper when required....

Bad Magic is Motorhead’s 22nd studio album. Their sound doesn’t deviate much from record to record. You know you’re going to get a boisterous dose of straightforward  rock ‘n’ roll played at maximum volume. It’s a formula that has served Lem and his various co-horts well over their career, and there is no reason to change....AND THEY HAVENT

 Rock or Bust, had a difficult birth. During recording, the band revealed that founding guitarist Malcolm Young was suffering from dementia, leaving his brother Angus in full charge of the band. Angus and producer Brendan O'Brien, who helmed the group's 2008 predecessor, Black Ice, enlisted the Young brothers' nephew Stevie to fill out some parts and the band whipped the record into shape in short order (admittedly with not much help from drummer Phil Rudd, who was hardly in the studio and left the band in a cloud of criminal allegations prior to the album's release). 

Malcolm may have been missing but his presence is felt. Angus completed the songs from old riff tapes he and his brother demoed, so Rock or Bust doesn't feel much different than any other AC/DC album. If anything, it's light on its feet, with "Got Some Rock & Roll Thunder" and "Hard Times" containing some swing and air in their rhythms and "Sweet Candy" feeling like part of a line of nasty bubblegum rock that stretches back to the early days of Harry Vanda and George Young...ALL IN ALL i RECKON ITS A CRACKER 

A treat for all of you who love power chords! A favorite from first listen is "Electric Blood", a extremely well crafted, crunchy and hooky rock and roll song performed with a classic rock sensibility. The approach throughout is basic rock and roll, yet so few bands can execute this simple genre . In fact no track on the entire album tries to venture into new sonic ground or get experimental. 

you should support the efforts of Biters and pick up "Electric Blood", or no longer complain about the Biebers of the world.

There aren't many bands that get back together (for the most part) after several decades and succeed in recapturing the elements that made them successful in the first place , one of the first things Rick Rubin did when he got Black Sabbath together was to play them their first album, presumably in the hope that they could recapture the vibe that basically invented heavy metal. 

The good news for Sabbath fans is that they've come pretty close on what may be their last album. On a mix tape/playlist, the songs on 13 would sit pretty comfortably alongside the first four Sabbath albums - especially Black Sabbath and Paranoid. Songs on 13 are mostly medium-slow tempo and, with one exception, very heavy and unmistakably Black Sabbath.

Bon Jovi had a rough time when Richie Sambora left the band. I thought that Bon Jovi was done but then Jon Bon Jovi made an announcement.

 This is an album that is the end of an era (the era with Sambora). This is an album to say goodbye to Sambora by releasing some songs that were meant for past albums. Everyone needs to realize this album is being released as the final album with Mercury records to fulfill their contract. The songs are mostly leftovers from other albums. Burning bridges song is also written about the record company and clearly the relationship is not good.

The Purple Album features revved-up versions of songs from Coverdale's tenure in Deep Purple some 40 years ago, from 1973 to 1976. The idea took hold after the death of Purple keyboardist Jon Lord in 2012, when Coverdale reached out to guitarist Ritchie Blackmore to share his grief and make amends.

 The two hadn't spoken in 30 years, and their last meeting had ended in a fistfight, but they started talking. Eventually they discussed doing a c It's a tribute to Jon Lord, but talks broke down when they could not agree on the musical direction....so Coverdale went off and recorded them with his fellow snakes...lotta fans crapped on the idea, but as Coverdale said F**k em...couldn't agree more

The veteran German hard rock band, Scorpions are back with " Return to Forever." the three classic faces of this band, Klaus Meine, Rudolf Schenker and Matthias Jabs along with James Kottak, have banged out  "Return to Forever,"

it  originated  from ideas unused from song ideas in the '80s . the veteran team have not forgotten what made them famous and this stands right next to any of the classic Scorpion albums

Part of the lure of DragonForce is seeing the band’s guitarists delivering their blistering licks live. And come this summer, you’ll be able to watch some of that fret board mastery from the comfort of your living room as the band will issue a new concert DVD titled In the Line of Fire.

This marks the group’s first live DVD and it’s scheduled for a July 10 release. The film was shot in high definition and features footage from the band’s Ultimate Stage headline show at 2014′s Loud Park Festival in Japan.
Guitarist Herman Li says, “We always held the opinion that if we ever did a DVD we wanted to do it properly. Now, having released six studio albums we thought we had a great cross section of material to pick from and we knew the facilities at Loud Park made it a great place to film a show. Everything just came together and we’re very pleased with the results and hope the fans will be also.”...Fans can look for a mix of the DragonForce’s older favorites and songs from their most recent Maximum Overload album added in for good measure. In addition, viewers will be taken backstage, behind-the-scenes and given some insight into the band’s off-the-road life

"Tearing Down the Walls" marks the second H.E.A.T record with Eric Gronwall on vocals; Gronwall replaced the terrific Kenny Leckremo several years back and H.E.A.T has been churning out the amazing records ever since. While I undoubtedly liked Leckremo, Gronwall brings a swagger and cockiness that makes the band more edgy and less 80's soundtrack sounding. 

The songs still hold that ingredient of 80's pop music, but they have infused a more modern sound and production to make it more appealing to a mass audience. The production on the album, and the songwriting is top-of-the-line as expected from any Swedish band, and the songs range from hard rockers to soft and intimate ballads. Admittedly I'm not the biggest fan of cheesy ballads, but H.E.A.T write some of the prettiest and heart-wrenching songs you'll ever set your ears to. Nothing on the album wreaks of filler to me; in fact, I'd argue that just about every track could be a single from the record.

Some critics have already (unfairly) blasted this album for being bombastic, over the top, and a bit cheesy. But this is what 80's melodic metal was all about. While it does contain tracks that border on the socially conscious, it is for the most part a fun album. The blistering opener "Heroes" is epic, and it recalls their earlier works. Some of the lyrics do border on the cheesy ("If God Loves Rock and Roll" and "Stay Crazy") but you can't argue with the songwriting.

 In their own way, even the lesser tracks on the album hit their mark to some degree. There is plenty of metal guitar, and the melodies you will be humming for days. Consider that 30 years into their incredible career, this band is still going this strong. That is quite an accomplishment. And while this may not be their greatest album ever, it has all the elements that made the original Helloween great, and the genre of 80's power metal they not only created but expanded upon is represented well here on "My God Given Right."

Holding All the Roses captures what i like about the Smokers, the energy, attitude, and honesty that have already made them one of America's hottest live rock 'n' roll outfits, a truly grass-roots phenomenon with a large and fiercely loyal fan base. 

The 12-song set produced by Grammy-winner Brendan O'Brien, whose previous production clients have included AC/DC, Aerosmith, Pearl Jam, Bruce Springsteen and Neil Young, showcases the Atlanta-based quintet's mix of bluesy rock, gospel soul, and country, with Charlie Starr's raspy twang matched by his and Paul Jackson's snarling guitars, Brandon Still's expressive keyboards, and the ridiculously good brotherly rhythm section of Richard and Brit Turner. Holding All the Roses demonstrates how Blackberry Smoke has evolved from rough-edged club act to arena-ready rock 'n' roll juggernaut as well as continues to steadily extend and expand the Southern rock tradition.

I may very well be byast as all hell,BUT, this is an incredible album! gauranteed to please most Wednesday 13 fans. This is easily Wednesday's heaviest album, but it's also top heavy with melody. 

There are a lot of catchy songs and it has great lyrics and word play which W13 is known for and why I consider him the Alice Cooper for this millenium....stand tand out tracks are "I Aint Got Time To Bleed", "Keep Watching The Skies", "Serpent Society", and "Monsters of the Universe".

The alledged bad boys of Hollywood sleaze metal, take on the gods of New York glam on the bombastic tribute album "Kiss Of Death". Featuring 15 supercharged versions of KISS classics, including "Shout It Out Loud", "Detroit Rock City" and "I Love It Loud", 

 PRETTY BOY FLOYD founding member Kristy Majors leads the attack with his razor sharp guitar alongside vocalist Steve Summers who together breathe new life into the classic metal anthems of Gene Simmons & Co.

You can tell by the name - and the names involved - that Revolution Saints is not going to be your average rock n roll band....Deen Castronovo, Jack Blades and Doug Aldrich. Put these three rock monsters together in a band and you have REVOLUTION SAINTS. Handling drums and lead vocals is Dean Castronovo. 

Already known for his drum talents and backing vocals in Journey, Bad English and more, his vocal talents on this release are impeccable. On bass,  Jack Blades  known for his hard rocking approach to songwriting and playing via multiple classic albums by Night Ranger, as well as with the Damn Yankees and the Shaw/Blades releases. On guitar, Doug Aldrich , who just left Whitesnake after a fruitful 12 year run (including co-writing 2010s critically acclaimed "Forevermore" release) and also of Burning Rain and formerly of DIO, has a deep pedigree and is one of todays most respected guitarists...... The record brings back the classic melodic rock style to where it should be: inspiring, uplifting vocals, soaring melodies and musicianship to die for. Simply put, it is completely badass.

This is what real authentic rock 'n' roll should be like. The Darkness make it seem to damn easy to create catchy songs. Every song fits right in with the rest of their catalogue & could be a hit single especially Mudslide. It's just a shame that decent albums like this in these times fall way under the radar. But lucky for us The Darkness don't give a sh*t and provided us with more proof that they are the real deal....

Every song on this album ranges from strikingly good to downright awesome. The second single "Open Fire", in particular, actually showcases Justin Hawkins' diverse range. He sounds like a mix of Freddie Mercury, Ian Astbury and Vince Neil all rolled into one, combined with a very The Cult meets Motley Crue - esque riff chugging in the background. Great way to truly kick things off on the album having two back-to-back tracks full of awesome

In 2011, the band reunited for a one off live show at High Voltage Festival and since then, the band members have has never been fully able to let go of the band, playing Christmas shows and a triumphant return to Wacken Open Air in 2013. They got the itch again and the result is their landmark tenth studio album Wonder Days ....The groups first studio album in six years, Wonder Days reminds us why Thunder are now more revered than ever before.  the band s sound is a cohesion of unforgettable melodies and sheer rock . Their long awaited return with Wonder Days should ensure that Thunder are elevated to their rightful place in the pantheon of truly great British bands.....

In parts a rumination and reflection on the dreams and desires of young men growing up in the 70 s that inspired the band members to form their first band in their early teens, Wonder Days is also a potent mix of blues, soul and rock n roll ....From the epic Zeppelin esque title track, through the no holds barred pop prowess of The Thing I Want , Resurrection Day and BlackWater , to the big ballad Broken , Thunder have delivered one of the finest rock albums of recent years.



SO...there you go, there is what i got recently...hope i inspire you somewhat