Sammy Hagar Re-ignites Montrose

Without a doubt! Barely three months deep into 2013 and its proving to be the year of the comebacks. Classic Rockers are fueled up and ready to feed massive amounts of concert fans with the metal that made America. Either that or there's a lot of rent money due. Being that Van Halen just announced their tour and it didn't include Sammy Hagar or Michael Anthony. True fans of Hagar know he ain't sitting around waiting for the sun to set over a bottle of tequila. Critics have always said Sammy doesn’t “record albums” so much as he simply invites some bros over to have fun and get down. Well according to Classic Rock Magazine; it looks like one of his most recent recording sessions has reconnected with some old friends. Hagar broke the news on his Facebook page (via Blabbermouth), posting a snapshot of himself (pictured above) with fellow former Montrose members Bill Church and Denny Carmassi above the caption, “Denny and Bill in town. We recorded some new music last week. It was amazing. We still have that Montrose chemistry. Keep ya all posted.” Both Church and Hagar quit Montrose before the band finally imploded in 1976, and their records were never huge sellers, but they scored a handful of AOR hits that continue to enjoy mainstay status on classic rock stations — and more importantly, they remained friendly over the years, with the once-contentious relationship between Hagar and Montrose leader Ronnie Montrose eventually thawing to the point where they occasionally played together over the last 15 years of Montrose’s life. Given Hagar’s recent comments about recording a new album in 2013, it’s easy to assume that his recent reunion with Church and Carmassi is a sign of what we can expect to hear from his next batch of material — but then again, given how frequently Hagar seems to be in the studio, this could very well be the beginning of yet another band project.

Uncut Raw And Totally Richie Sambora Interview

Richie Sambora of Bon Jovi has earned more than just a paragraph in the chapters of Classic Rock. The lead guitarist is more than a just riff. Those Jersey born fingertips swipe concert fans from reality and place them in whatever state he's made available. The digital evolution of music has turned many Classic Rock writers and performers into out of control fan eating Metal Monsters. Richie Sambora of Bon Jovi separates himself from the pack: How far can a single guitar riff rock before it tumbles from the radio speakers that brought it fans? Richie Sambora of Bon Jovi is still blown away by wanted dead or alive The uncut, keeping it raw, unplugged break it down like it is interview.... The interview

Bob Seger Did Elvis Before Detroit

Bob Seger is back on the road. How much do you already know about Detroit's true Rock n Roll Kid? Kid Rock talks about Seger like a hero. Bob shares his journey through music which includes how it all of sudden became giant jets. The interview

Album or CD. MP3 or Wav The Allman Brother's Band Has New Music On The Way

In an age of music where cutting albums and flopping out compact discs like warped Frisbees seems pointless and disconnected. The proud masters of songwriting and performance use the terms loosely while still funneling out a few of the music terms in physical form. Hell Neil Young throws down album listening parties. If he had his way he'd turn it all back into a vinyl format world. The problem isn't artist. It's based on meeting the demands of fans. When preachers walk into my recording studio hoisting tunes around in an Iphone you know there's no way the industry of music is gonna pick up and start from the beginning. So long live the terms cutting an album, dropping tracks or flat out recording music. Although I feel completely out of tune talking about new albums on the air. It's a way of life. It's a style that set the standard. Plus saying, "Wanna go beat mix an mp3 like David Lee Roth and Bret Michaels" just sounds worn out before it arrives. If you're a backer of some seriously cool stacks of wax then rightfully you should know the Allman Brothers Band‘s most recent studio album will turn 10 next month, which is a long time even for a group of guys that would rather play live than record new music. Fortunately, according to drummer Butch Trucks, another record might be on the horizon. Classic Rock Magazine reports Trucks touched on the topic of new music during a wide-ranging recent interview with Jambase, revealing that Gregg Allman “is in the best shape he’s probably been in for decades” — not only in terms of his health, which was endangered due to complications with his liver, but creatively too. “The word is that he’s got a bunch of new songs ready to go,” said Trucks, “and that right there in itself is something we haven’t had in a few years.” As it turns out, “the word” Trucks is referring to came directly from Allman himself. “I just got an email from Gregg a couple weeks ago — and it’s not something he does very often — so you know something special is going on,” he pointed out. “You could just feel it in the email that he was beaming. He said, ‘I got all these new songs ready to go, I can’t wait. See you guys in New York.’ That just made my day — it made my year and maybe the next three or four years.” Asked if the band might actually start working on a new album in the foreseeable future, he responded, “Yeah, I think we might.” First, though, the band is focused on their annual Beacon Theatre run, where they plan to play some of the new songs, as well as seven new covers. Then, they may finally release the long-overdue 40th anniversary live album, of which he said, “We’ve been pounding on people for four years. We recorded that thing in 2009 and here it’s 2013 and it’s not even out yet.”

AC/DC Beer Is TNT Shook Me All Night Long She's Got Balls Delicious

Beer! Love it or hate it. Beer makes the bed spin. I sat on so many empty kegs as a Montana teen that no man or taste can outperform what once made my heart race. Wait a second. Ten dings on the news maker hotline. While Anheiserbush prepares to rid the world of a few of its flavors of barley and rush...The guys of AC/DC have introduced the perfect brew for the Mancave Keg-a-rator Classic Rock Magazine has poured the perfect glass of drink-for-mation. Having already successfully introduced a line of wines suitable for sipping while headbanging, the guys in AC/DC have moved on to the next logical step: brewing their own beer. Sadly, AC/DC beer isn’t yet available here in the States; it’s currently limited to a select few countries, like Germany — which is why the beverage’s official site is written in German, leaving us with a rough translation of its marketing text. Which is fine, really, because if there’s a beer in the world that deserves to be called “the roadie for the rock group of friends” and advertised with phrases like “Ignites on the tongue like a ton of TNT — and taste every beer lover,” it’s AC/DC’s beer. No word yet on how quickly this stuff will make it to the U.S., but there’s no need to be alarmed just yet — the band’s wine wasn’t originally available on our shelves at first either. And just looking at those cans, which come in tallboy and mini-keg varieties, leaves us fairly certain that some enterprising soul is going to come along and do whatever it takes to import it for our thirsty American gullets as soon as possible. If Keyshawn Johnson can have his own wine, there’s definitely room for this.

New Bob Seger Song Introduced On Stage

Bob Seger. You gotta love a man and his guitar. I just can't figure out which one talks first. The guitar or Bob? Two nights ago The Detroit Kid broke rank and pulled off a stunt he's never done. Picked up his six string and plucked out a new Seger tune. Yes I have the video to prove it. Yes you can watch it right now. The video Bob calls the song ‘All The Roads,’ a mid-tempo guitar fully capable of grabbing the wheel of your ride and driven you home perfectly set for a new weekend. .

Zappa In the Note Of Philharmonic

Growing up in a pair of Montana made cowboy boots placed in fresh cow patties and chicken droppings is probably no place to locate a vinyl album featuring Frank Zappa. Yeah right. Before 2 Live Crew and Gangsta junkin up the lyrics with bent sentences and dirty words; the world of music picked up the street sweetened bliss of Zappa's creative mist. If you weren't pumping up the voltage at Sage 4 Drive In on the west side of Billings then your four on the floor tilted high in the back Nova with wheels wider than your momma's butt was hitting the point downtown. Zappa was and still is raw. There's a side of me that still believes a major part of him has yet to be discovered. Or should I say uncovered? Classic Rock Magazine reports more than 40 years after its initial release, Frank Zappa‘s ’200 Motels’ is scheduled to make its orchestral world premiere thanks to the Los Angeles Philharmonic. The L.A. Philharmonic will perform Zappa’s song suite on Oct. 23 at the Walt Disney Concert Hall, coming full circle with a musical saga that started in 1970, when the Philharmonic bowed songs from the album at UCLA’s Royce Hall. The LP, which accompanied a film with the same name, incorporated a bewildering array of styles to tell the partially autobiographical tale of a band losing its mind on the road. While a fair number of critics (and Zappa fans) weren’t really sure what to make of it at the time, both the music and the film have acquired a cult audience over the years. “I believe in my heart of hearts that someone on the board (of the Philharmonic) said it’s about time,” Frank’s widow Gail Zappa told Billboard. “This music was written before our children were even conceived and they have never had a chance to hear his music in a proper concert hall.” Saying the songs’ arrangements have been refined for the orchestra, she pointed out that the upcoming ‘Motels’ revival underscores how far ahead of his time Zappa often was. “Musicians now are very familiar with the composers of their time, which I am glad about,” she said. “Frank wrote music that challenges your playing ability, and I think musicians embrace that.”