Partial “13” Track Listing

Earlier today there was a private record company listening party for a very small group of people, and the couple of remarks I’ve read about it are very positive.  Hope to have some more detail shortly.  But what I am seeing is a listing of some track names. End of The Beginning (8:07) God is […]

Black Sabbath to appear on CSI

Geezer Butler posted this on Twitter & Facebook a short while ago.. I’ve seen almost every episode of CSI, so it’s cool to say I’m actually in the season finale! Black Sabbath will be playing a track from the new album; watch out for it! That’s pretty cool, and envokes the kind of promotion that […]

“13” Cover Art Revealed

They did it in the form of a Youtube video, which also has a snippet of one of the new songs playing in the background.   Check it out below:

New Deep Purple Press Release

DEEP PURPLE CONFIRM NEW STUDIO ALBUM IN APRIL “The title of our new album is still a question mark to all of us… We have recorded a new album, and it’s a fantastic collection of songs. At the moment that’s the only affirmative point we can offer…” (Ian Gillan, December 2012) Eight years after the […]

Dream Evil Deluxe Edition

The next album in the series of Dio Deluxe Editions is about to be released – on March 4, 2013.  Last year we got the first three Dio studio albums (plus the first live one, Intermission).  I got a lot of emails asking when the next one was coming out, and today I got a […]

Black Sabbath release “In the Studio” video

On the same day that marks the 43rd anniversary of the release of the original Black Sabbath album, the band has released a new promotional video for the forthcoming “13” album.  It shows Tony, Geezer, & Ozzy in studio with Brad Wilk working on the new album.   Check it out below:

Snakecharmer Review

I live in the United States, and given my age, I was a “musical child of the 80’s”.  I was 15 in 1980, and music of that era is what dominated my rock listening style.   Like a lot of Americans, I was introduced to Whitesnake through the Slide it In album, and that crystallized […]

New Album Called “13”, due in June

Well, got some news tonight, including one piece I’m glad I don’t have to keep a secret anymore (the drummer).   I’ll just get to it, since you don’t want to hear my blathering…

Snakecharmer

Next month we will be getting an album of new material from Snakecharmer (that’s also the album’s name), a band made up of some former Whitesnake members (Micky Moody & Neil Murray), as well as a Black Sabbath connection (Neil again, and Adam Wakeman).   I should have some more promotional material available shortly, but […]

Deep Purple Playlist

I had a request or two to post my playlist for Deep Purple.  As it has been known, I tend to want to do these things the RIGHT WAY, which means to cover all eras and all albums.  My Deep Purple list is similar to the list I did for Ronnie James Dio’s career here […]