Billy Corgan working with Jessica Simpson !!!

Billy & Jessica working together
© Kristin Burns ( Hope she doesn't mind if we're using her pics )

Billy Corgan ( Smashing Pumpkins ) & Country star Jessica Simpson are dating for some time now.
They've began working on some songs together.
Here's what Jessica is writing on her twitter page : "I am blessed. Going over a song w [with] @billy"

Kerry Brown, is producing and was the first to tell about the couple working together via his twitter page.

Note : the Judas Priest's poster on the right

What to expect from this collaboration ?!?

One Shot Not recording with Natalie Merchant, Andrew Roachfoard, Natalie Williams, Lisa Hannigan, Kurt Elling & Jehro Paris Dec 12th 2010

Natalie Merchant, Andrew Roachfoard, Natalie Williams,
Lisa Hannigan, Kurt Elling & Jehro
One Shot Not Paris Dec 12th 2010

Complete setlist above

Second show of the year 2010 for ROCKERPARIS and it's another Tv Show, this time for French-German tv Arte.
In front of 300 people, several artists are performing a couple of songs one after another, this time there is a House Band so the artists invited are all singers.
No stage as the audience is seating down around the musicians , so it' s a really cool setting.

• French singer Jehro is the first ( singing in english & Spanish ) a mix of Funk & Acoustic Spanish music , really cool songs and warm voice. Nice set
• Folk Irish beauty Lisa Hannigan is next ( she played a few years ago with Damien Rice and is now on her own ) she could easily play an Oliver Peel session. Great voice , great songs and really good looking too.
• English beauty Natalie Williams ( another sexy looking gal) is bewitching us with her soulfull voice & music.
• Another soul English artist with Andrew Roachford, on his own on the piano for the first song. It's obvious he listened to Stevie Wonder a lot in his youth ... and guess what ? He's doing a Stevie Wonder cover just after.
• Natalie Merchant ( former 10 000 Maniacs singer ) first song is very soft , second is New Orleans jazz and groovy.
• Then we have crooner Kurt Elling, it's obvious he listened to Frank Sinatra a lot.
• Encore is a Motown medley with Roachfoard doing a ... Stevie Wonder cover ( "uptight") while Natalie Merchant is dancing like a maniac backstage followed by Kurt Elling (another Stevie Wonder cover: " Golden Lady") & Natalie Williams ending the set.

I've been to a few One Shot Not recordings and this one is by far the best I've been to.
There's always one or two boring artists but this time they were ALL absolutely great from Folk to Soul to Jazz...
They've made a special show with the House Band as the songs that were played were re-arranged specially for the show with a classical quartet and 4 guys on brass plus rythm section and guitar.

There's another recording tomorrow ( with Gush, Karima Francis, Beat assailant, Corinne Baley Rae.... ) and the day after, not sure if I'll be able to go.
We shall see...

Hindi Zahra @ l' Album de la semaine Canal+ Jan 11th 2010

First gig of 2010 for ROCKERPARIS with World-Folk artist Hindi Zahra @ L' Album de la semaine.

Already saw her a few months ago @ One Shot Not recording in Nov 2009 and opening for Suzanne Vega on june 26th 2007, so I knew what to expect.
After the first 2 slow tempo songs on a reggae rythm I was a bit afraid that the show would be like this all the time but then things started to move a bit more with uptempo songs always with an african "heart" with guitars à la Tinariwen ( from Niger ) or à la music from Mali (homeland of Amadou & Mariam ) but always with a bit of rock.
Really cool set to start the year with.

Tomorrow is the recording of Arte tv show One Shot Not with Natalie Merchant among many other artists.

English Pop/ R&B female singer VV Brown will be playing @ L' Album de la semaine on Jan 18th ( 8:00 Pm )on the same night American indie-rockers Local Natives will be doing a C'est Lenoir Black Session ( 10:00 Pm ).

Favorite Pictures of 2009 Part 2

Part 2 of our selection of Patrice Guino 's Pics from 2009
Click on links for dozen of great Pics , review , setlist & videos

• AC/DC @ Stade de France in June 2009: once AC/DC put on a great show, Cool Pic by Patrice once again, Angus rocking on the platform during the "Let there be rock" solo.

• BB King @ Palais des Congres : BB is 81 and still playing gigs around the world, lots of talking between songs but he sure can play ( not like poor Chuck Berry). He always has a funny face on stage , not obvious here.
  

• Tina Turner @ Paris Bercy March 16 & 17th & April 29th ( click for dozens of great pics) stunning shows by Tina, She's here on a platform several meters above the audience. Let there be light (Part1 )
  
• AC/DC @ Paris Bercy Feb 25th & 27th : Angus on top form here at the first show in Bercy.Favorite Pic of 2009. Let there be Light. ( Part 2 )

• Tina Turner once again surrounded by the audience in bercy ( Click above for more)
  

• Madonna @ Bercy in July : Nice show not really a concert as she's not singing live but she's physically perfectly fit. Great Pic once again she's 'standing' at the end of the catwalk.
  

• Anthony & the Johnsons @ Grand Rex in april : His records are great and his voice very emotional, It was a nightmare to take pics as he was in the dark for the whole show. Nice silhouette for this one.
  

Favorite Pictures of 2009 Part 1

Selection of some of Patrice Guino 's favorite Pics from 2009
For this Part 1 , we've selected only heavy shit from Patrice's collection.
Check the links with much more Pics , video, setlist, review ...

• Metallica @ Bercy 01st & 2nd April ( click for dozens of other great Pics ) These shows were stunning , even if their records are shit for the last 10 (15 ?) years Metallica are killing machines on stage. All looking forward with audience around them.
• Dead Weather @ Cigale in June : the record is not very good but live they're kicking ass , this picture represents perfectly DW live , VV is a lion.
  

• Judas Priest & Megadeth @ Zénith in March ( click for more Pics ) Double bill , Megadeth has done a killer 45 min best of...set. Here is Dave Mustaine rocking, stealing the show. Judas did a very good set too but Rob Halford's voice was very weak. Great Pic of Glenn & KK headbanging.
  

• The one & only Tony Iommi, the master of Riff from black sabbath and now Heaven & Hell @ Casino de Paris ( click for more... ) in june of this year. The black & blue diptych.

In fact we 'borrow' Oliver Peel's idea for this selection of the favorite Pics of 2009.
Check his website if you like almost-unknown Indie-folk-rock trendy bands that most people have never heard of..., @ Rockerparis we're more Classic Rock.

Watch Vanessa Paradis Live video from her private gig @ La Cigale in Nov 2009

Vanessa Paradis played a private acoustic gig @ Cigale to promote her new cd on Nov 22nd 2009.
Watch the whole concert HERE.

Next gigs in Paris Jan 2010

Well , things are starting to move a bit in Paris.
Nothing really fantastic, even with the freezing cold weather outside, it's time to go out and party !!!

• 11th: Hindi Zahra @ L' Album de la semaine
• 12th, 13th & 14th One Shot Not tv recording ( artists ??? )
• 12th to 16th French singer Jacques Dutronc @ Zénith.
• 14th Ian Brown @ Trabendo
• 16th & 17th Emilie Simon @ Casino de Paris
• 23rd Archive @ Zénith
• American writer James Ellroy will be in Paris to promote his new book American Madness with signing sessions in several book stores between the 12th & 17th Jan.
  

Elvis, It was 75 years ago

Elvis Presley would have been 75 years old today

The Elvis ' In concert' revue will be in Paris @ Zénith on March 9th.

Courtney Love's HOLE is back

Courtney backstage @ CHANEL Paris Oct 2007

After Soundgarden it's time for HOLE to get back on a stage.

3 European shows are already on the map for 2010:

• London's Shepherd's Bush Feb 17th ( first gig in more than 10 years )
• Milan ( Italy ) on the 19th
• Amsterdam ( Holland ) on the 21st.

Courtney will be the only "survivor" of the last line-up of the band ( No Mellissa, no Eric )
New line-up is : Micko Larkin on guitar, Shawn Dailey on bass, Stu Fischer on drums.

Several videos were posted online TODAY HERE

Here's another video from a "real" rehearsal HERE

Here's a brand new video from informal rehearsals :

Al Green producer Willie Mitchell dead at 81

Sad to hear that Willie Mitchell who produced the best Al Green records died yesterday following a heart attack.
Willie also work recently with Rod Stewart & Buddy Guy.

His most famous work as an arranger & producer for Al Green:

Vampire Weekend streaming new album "Contra" online

It's on their Myspace page ( click on link ) to listen to their new cd " Contra" out next week in stores.

We @ Rockerparis, were lucky to hear these songs performed live at famous Canal+ tv show L' Album de la semaine ( click for review & setlist ).
I don't know if it's been broadcasted yet.

Here's a cover "Ca plane pour moi" recorded at French Tv show Taratata:

Josh Klinghoffer new guitar player for The Red Hot Chili Peppers

Well ... the title says it all.

Josh Klinghoffer already played with... John Frusciante , Beck, Butthole Surfers, PJ Harvey, Sparks, Perry Farrell & many others...

The Rolling Stones won't tour in 2010: Official statement.

The Rolling Stones @ Stade de France in June 2007

The Rolling Stones issued an official statement yesterday.

The statement read :"Following recent UK media speculation, The Rolling Stones would like to make it clear, there are no plans at the moment for the band to tour in 2010."

Too bad as a lot of people were expecting them to tour this year.
Maybe Ronnie needs to clean up his act first , his former Russian girlfriend is giving lots of interviews these days in English tabloids saying that Ronnie's a coke-head and a alcoholic.

Snippet & Trailer from French Movie "Gainsbourg (Vie Héroique) " to be out on Jan 20th 2010

The official trailer is HERE ( In French )

Serge Gainsbourg telling W. Houston he wants to "Fuck her" live on tv:

Rencontre Whitney Houston et Serge Gainsbourg
envoyé par ina. - Regardez plus de vidéos comiques.

Snippet with Laetitia Casta as Brigitte Bardot:

Listen to (and download) "GUNS N ROSES" Audio recording of Tokyo show Here

Christmas is not over on ROCKERPARIS

"GUNS N ROSES" longest ever show took place in Tokyo, Japan on December 19th 2009.
They've played for 3 Hours and 37 min.

The whole show is available for streaming HERE. ( thanks to GNRFrance)
It's a very good audience source.

You can download it :
Whole show (mp3 , 128kbps)
CD1 (mp3, 256 kbps)
CD2 (mp3, 256 kbps)
CD3 (mp3, 256 kbps)

Setlist :
01. Chinese Democracy
02. Welcome to the Jungle
03. It's So Easy
04. Mr. Brownstone
05. Catcher in the Rye
06. Sorry
07. Band Jam (I Want You Back, Jackson 5)
08. If the World
09. Richard Fortus Solo (James Bond Theme)
10. Live and Let Die
11. Dizzy Reed Solo (Ziggy Stardust)
12. Street of Dreams
13. Band Jam
14. You Could Be Mine
15. Rocket Queen
16. My Michelle
17. DJ Ashba Solo
18. Sweet Child O' Mine
19. Shackler's Revenge
20. I.R.S.
21. Band Jam
22. Axl Rose piano solo
23. November Rain
24. Band Jam
25. Whole Lotta Rosie
26. Knockin' on Heaven's Door
27. Scraped
28. Prostitute
29. Jam
30. This I Love
31. Frank Ferrer Solo (We Will Rock You)
32. Out Ta Get Me
33. Ron Thal solo (Pink Panther Theme/Don't Cry)
34. Don't Cry (Axl, Ron and DJ)
35. Nightrain
Encore:
36. Madagascar
37. There Was a Time
38. My Generation
39. Better
40. Patience
41. Nice Boys
42. Paradise City

Enjoy "You downloadin' motherfuckers !" !

Yes , we've changed a few things on Rockerparis.
We'll keep you inform with worlwide news as there's nothing at all right now in Paris.

"Michelle" video mix from Paul McCartney @ Bercy Dec 2009

French Websites Yellow-Sub & Maccablog are about to release a DVD from Paul McCartney's gig in Bercy last month. ( click on licks for setlist, review & lots of great Pics )

Here's a mix ( Courtesy of YannD ) from "Michelle" done with different sources including the one recorded by our photographer Patrice Guino.

YannD mix:


Patrice's original recording is HERE.

SOUNDGARDEN is back !!!

At last : A good news
Soundgarden is reforming

"The 12 year break is over and school is back in session" That's what you can read on the official Soundgarden website.
Chris Cornell sais a few years ago 'We have to have an agreement that we will never tour as Soundgarden _ Soundgarden will never exist – without it being a unanimous decision and that everyone who was in the band is in the band'

My question is : What will happen to Pearl Jam ?
Matt Cameron is playing with them for a few years now.

What kind of music will they play ? Chris Cornell has become such a pussy since he's living part time in Paris : playing shitty music , hanging out with models in posh clubs , having his breakfast in 5 * hotels and so on ... and talking about his puppy on his Twitter page.
Come On Chris !!!

New video of Troy Von balthazar @ Oliver Peel session in Nov 2009

Brand new video from Troy ( Courtesy of Stéphane Douillard )
Here it is :

TROY VON BALTHAZAR Heroic Little Sisters @ Oliver Peel Session from stephane DOUILLARD on Vimeo.

Check our review HERE & HERE ( Pics & Videos )

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2010 !!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2010 !!!
from Johnny... Rotten

Them Crooked Vultures Live Video @ Rockpalast Dec 8th 2009 Koln germany

TCV @ Rock en Seine, August 2009 Paris

It's still Christmas @ ROCKERPARIS !!!

90 min of live concert from THEM CROOKED VULTURES on video

Koln Germany Dec 8th 2009

Click HERE ( in streaming and ... It's legal )

Don't forget our great Pics from The Rock en Seine Fest in Paris (click on link)
Our review from the Canal+ Tv Show in Paris on Dec 4th.
And this great video from Stéphane D. @ Rock en Seine: