vendredi 15 juillet 2011

Jimmy Page launches official website today


Jimmy Page launches official website today
Full discography, pictures from all era, previously unseen and unheard multimedia material from Jimmy's personal archives

The multimedia "On This Day" feast includes video footage, images and audio clips as well as unseen photos and previously unreleased tracks, demos and home recordings. Each entry is accompanied by a personal anecdote written by Jimmy Page and will be available for just 24 hours. There will be no archiving; if you miss it, it's gone!

jeudi 14 juillet 2011

Jimmy Page joined The Black Crowes yesterday on stage in London, July 13 2011

The Black Crowes played 2 shows @ the Shepherd's Bush Empire in London and yesterday night (July 13 2011) Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page joined them on "Shake your Money Maker":

The show was divided in two sets: 1 acoustic (9 songs) and 1 electric (10 songs) plus Encore ( 1 song) with Jimmy Page. Here's another video of the Jam with Jimmy
Full setlist HERE, click for videos "Thorn in my Pride", "Only Halfway to Everywhere".
Check this 7 min video of "Josephine" from the previous day July 12 @ Shepherd's Bush Empire.

lundi 11 juillet 2011

Slash @ Zénith, Paris July 12 2011

contact: irockinparis((@))yahoo((dot))fr
Updated with links to videos

Slash
@ Zénith, Paris July 12 2011
Sold -out show for Slash & Co, making it his biggest headling gig outside Guns N Roses in Paris.
Last time he played @ Bataclan (With Alice Cooper guesting on one song), with Velvet Rovolver he never made it to the Zénith as the gig was cancelled, they only played @ Bataclan (With Izzy guesting on a few songs). Even with The Snakepit he only played @ the Elysée Montmartre.
Of course he played last year opening for AC/DC @ Stade de France and @ Hellfest.

The pit is crammed and it's hot as hell so we're lucky we could secure Block Z tickets which is the best block, dead center.
Lots of youngsters, no stage for Slash , just a backdrop and one of the worst lightshow we've seen this year and no dry ice.
Most of the time Slash will play in the dark, why ?
Sound is loud and not too clear.
What about the show ?
Well, as a guitar player Slash is still on top, i'm not really fan of his solo album so live songs don't sound better, thankfully he played a few Guns N Roses songs (see setlist for details) and Velvet Revolver's"slither".
Myles Kennedy is doing a good job on vocals even if he tends to scream a bit too much.
Good choice for the Guns N Roses songs as he played some of my favourite " Civil War", "Rocket Queen", "Paradise City ( here on video) "Nightrain". Some of these songs were extended versions lasting more than 8 min. Here's "Patience" for ya & "We're all gonna die"
He played the song "Promise" for the first time on the tour and even Snakepit's "Sweet Parade" (?!?) which is far from being the best Snakepit song.
Great atmosphere in the audience with lots of GNR fans
Overall good show ( 120 min) as his solo songs are just above average.

Merchandising & setlist

"Paradise City":



ORANGE COUNTY HARDCORE SCENESTER Documentary projection @ Cabaret du Néant, Paris July 13 2011


13/07/2011 - Orange County HC Scenester – Projection (V.O)

20h30 - au Cabaret Du Néant (Paris) http://www.cantada.net

Cantada II - 13 rue Moret, 75011 Paris - 01.48.05.96.89 - M° Couronnes/Ménilmontant - Plan d'accès

ORANGE COUNTY HARDCORE SCENESTER est un documentaire écrit et réalisé par Evan Jacobs. Ce film retrace le parcours d’un homme au sein d’une scène musicale hardcore/punk indépendante qui est née dans le comté d’Orange en Californie durant les années 1990. La plupart de ces musiciens finiront par sortir de l’anonymat en attirant l’attention de grandes maisons de disques.

Un document unique composé essentiellement de très rares images d’archives de groupes tels que: Rage Against The Machine, Farside, Texas Is The Reason, Game Face, The Offspring, Inside Out (avec Zack De La Rocha), Quicksand, Outspoken, Insted, A Chorus Of Disapproval et bien d’autres encore…

dimanche 10 juillet 2011

A Horse... and a rider with no name


Guess who's the daylight rider ? LOL

After a difficult day at Sonisphere it's nice to have a break from the rock'n roll life in the country side.
Nothing can be more relaxing than riding a horse.

On July 12th Slash is playing the Zénith
On July 13th TV on The Radio @ Olympia (we're not going)
We'll have a few days off before Black Country Communion @ Bataclan on July 19th
Then Holidays until the end of August with The Rock en Seine Fest.
We're probably going to see Jerry Lee Lewis @ Béthune (free gig) on August 27th. Check before going just in case...