Day in Rock Report for 10/07/2022

Lamb Of God are celebrating today's release of their 9th album, "Omens", with the premiere of a music video for the song "Ditch", and will also be livestreaming their Aftershock Festival performance tonight (October 7th).

The Aftershock Festival performance will be livestreamed on the DWP Twitch channel here at 9:00pm PT / 12:00am ET. (read more)

From Ashes To New have released a brand new song and music video entitled "Until We Break", which features a guest vocals from Matty Mullins of Memphis May Fire.

Matty had this to say about the track, "I love this tune and I'm so stoked to be a part of it. We had such a killer time having From Ashes To New on tour with us and I can't wait for people to finally hear this collab!" (read more)

All Time Low have premiered the Eduoardo Ranaboldo directed music video for their brand new single, "Sleepwalking", which is the first new track from the band since last year.

Alex Gaskarth had this to say about the song, "'Sleepwalking' is a reflection on time spent away from whatever it is that makes you feel alive, on time lost to the weight of dragging feet and drifting thoughts. (read more)

She Wants Revenge have announced that they are adding a handful of dates in the Southeast and Texas to their forthcoming North American Tour this fall.

The trek will now include stops in Houston (Nov. 26th at White Oak Music Hall), Durham, NC (Nov. 29th at Motorco Music Hall) and Tampa, FL (Dec. 4th at The Orpheum). (read more)

The Summer Set have shared music video for the track "FTS" featuring Travie McCoy. The band gathered 15 fans and put together a feel-good video - complete with choreography - to perfectly go along with the track's call to take a breath, focus on yourself, and let the rest go.

"We wrote the first version of this song almost 8 years ago, so it's crazy to us that it's finally gonna see the light of day," explains vocalist Brian Logan Dales. "It's our own little gospel about how important it is to mind your own business, love who you love, and do whatever it is that makes you happy. Life is short. Do what you love and drown out the rest." (read more)

Travis Denning has premiered a new music video for his song "Buy A Girl A Drink." The song comes from his forthcoming "Might As Well Be Me" EP.

The video was directed by PJ Brown and in the clip, Denning performs as a young couple portrays Denning's real life love story as it is also told in the song. (read more)

Joe Cerisano (Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Silver Condor) and hit songwriter Marc Blatte (the Four Tops, Celine Dion, Kenny Rogers, Bruce Springsteen) have teamed up for The Distant Thunder.

The Distant Thunder album is out November 18 and the first single "Healing Hand" hits on October 14. Singer Joe Cerisano had this to say about what's coming, "I'm super excited for the release of The Distant Thunder album. (read more)

KILLBOY just released her new EP, "MY CRUSH", and to celebrate she tells us about the song "NEVERMIND". Here is the story:

Inspiration: I wrote "NEVERMIND" for my boyfriend, because i really liked him but we just couldn't seem to make it work so this was kind of a goodbye song. I was really trying to break things off but then I totaled my car and he was the only person in the world that answered the phone at 3am- and he came and picked me up. I wrote this a few days later and I gave it to him and we got back together haha. (continue)

Dead & Company have announced the dates for their final tour. The Grateful Dead offshoot featuring Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, John Mayer, and Bob Weir, with Oteil Burbridge and Jeff Chimenti, will be hitting the road for their farewell tour next spring.

They will be kicking off the tour with two nights at the Kia Forum in Los Angeles on May 19th and 20th, with the trek wrapping up with a two-night- stand San Francisco, CA at Oracle Park on July 14th and 15th. (read more)

(hennemusic) Guns N' Roses are streaming video of a 1991 club performance of their track, "You Could Be Mine", ahead of its inclusion in the forthcoming "Use Your Illusion I & II" box set.

The group were captured in concert at the Ritz Theatre in New York City on May 16, 1991, which served as the last of three warm up shows before the launch of a world tour in support of their third and fourth studio records, which would be released simultaneously in September of that year. (read more)

(hennemusic) Iron Maiden has announced the first series of dates for a 2023 European tour. Currently set to open in Krakow, Poland on June 13, The Future Past Tour will feature previously unperformed songs from the band's most recent studio album, "Senjutsu" along with a focus on 1986's "Somewhere In Time" record, plus other classic cuts.

"Following the release of our latest album, Senjutsu, we updated the current Legacy of the Beast Tour a little by opening the show with the first 3 songs from it, with the Japanese Palace stage set," says Steve Harris. " As it doesn't make a lot of sense to repeat this for a 'Senjutsu' album tour, we thought about other options and we've decided to revisit 'Somewhere In Time' as that tour didn't feature in the various retrospective history tours we've played over the years. They were based on our 80's concert videos and sadly we did not film that tour (blame the manager!!). (read more)

Legendary original Yes vocalist/songwriter Jon Anderson will be touring with The Band Geeks in the spring of 2023. The ensemble will be performing classic YES tracks including "And You and I," "Starship Trooper," "Heart of the Sunrise" and epic works like "Close To The Edge," "The Gates of Delirium," "Awaken" and others.

Anderson had this to say, "It's true, I never left YES in my heart and soul...ever!! Too many amazingly powerful memories... And of course the music never left me... So here I am, 77 years old, still wanting to sing the songs again, and bring MY true feelings to the lyrics... (read more)

(hennemusic) Motley Crue is sharing a remastered version of the video for their 1989 track, "Kickstart My Heart," as the latest HD upgrade for their classic music videos.

The second single from the band's fifth studio record, "Dr. Feelgood", was a US Top 30 hit while the Bob Rock-produced album went on to become the best-selling one in their career with US sales of more than 6 million copies. (read more)

Epiphone is proud to take the next step in its partnership with world-famous guitarist and guitar collector Joe Bonamassa and launch the Joe Bonamassa 1962 ES-335 in Sixties Cherry. The Epiphone Joe Bonamassa 1962 ES-335 is now available worldwide at authorized Epiphone dealers and on www.Epiphone.com.

"I used my Gibson 335 on my first solo album because I wanted to sound like Eric Clapton," says Joe Bonamassa. "A 335 makes you sound different because it's semi-hollow, but it also has a very unique, fat and warm sound that no other guitar has. I sold the guitar about three years later to finance a move from NYC to Los Angeles. For almost 17 years I searched for that guitar, but then I finally got it back and now I want to share it with you." (read more)

A Place To Bury Strangers have premiered a visualizer for the newly remastered B-side "Don't Save Your Love," off their forthcoming expanded 13th anniversary edition of their 2009 sophomore album "Exploding Head" (due out October 21st on Mute/BMG).

The video was created by bandleader, vocalist, and guitarist Oliver Ackermann, featuring tour footage from around the world that he recorded in 2009. (read more)

Nashville-based indie folk star Johnny Duke releases his new album, Sonic Valley", this week and to celebrate we asked him to tell us about the single, "Golden Light". Here is the story:

I wrote the lyrics to "Golden Light" during a time in my life when I was really exploring the nature of consciousness and opening my mind up to Eastern spiritual traditions. When the song idea first emerged I was reading a translation of the Upanishads, the ancient Vedic texts. The book was pointing to the light within that I was simultaneously experiencing in my daily practice of Transcendental Meditation. There was a confluence that happened for me that is represented on this track. My craft as a musician and songwriter merged with the unfolding of my inner quest for truth and wisdom. The message of "Golden Light" is that there is an omnipresent light of love that resides within us beyond the ever-changing forms of the external material world. This light is most fully experienced in meditation. So much of what I previously thought was real turned out to only be dancing illusory shadows in my mind. Waking up to this was a powerful realization for me, and continues to be, though I often forget. This song is in a way a reminder for me. I have the heart and mind of a seeker, constantly in search of an illuminating light of truth to dispel my own misconceptions. (continue)