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Mighty High – Legalize Tre Bags LP/CD

Racer — Fri, 11 May 2012 03:53:16 +0000

Track Listing – Legalize Tre Bags

I Don’t Wanna Listen to Yes
Mooche
The Ram
Speedcreep
Tokin’ N Strokin’
Cheap Beer, Dirt Weed
Drug War
Come On! I’m Holdin’
Loaded Loaded
Chemical Warpigs
High on the Cross

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Legalize Tre Bags is the second full-length album from Brooklyn-based hard rockers, Mighty High, and is a gritty journey through the 5 boroughs of New York City. 11 kick ass songs bashed out in 34 minutes and containing over 30 references to getting high, including the raucous classic, “I Don’t Wanna Listen To Yes” and the mind altering rock experiences of “Chemical Warpigs” and “High on the Cross”.

LP edition features the out-of-this-world artwork of Wayne “Braino” Bjerke in a gatefold jacket, including a fold out poster, and was mastered by T. Dallas Reed (Mos Generator/Stone Axe). Includes download card.

Limited pressing of 100 units on green vinyl!

RIPPLE MUSIC to Sponsor The 2012 Metroplex Heavy Fest, Featuring Headlining Performances From Wo-Fat and Earthen Grave

Racer — Fri, 11 May 2012 03:25:18 +0000

Ripple Music and Big Dude Productions are proud to announce that the California-based hard rock record label will be sponsoring the first annual 2012 Metroplex Heavy Fest in Dallas, Tx. on July 27th & 28th, 2012! The festival will be held at The Boiler Room, owned by Steve Benton of Drowning Pool, and will celebrate some of the regions hardest and heaviest acts, including special headlining preformances from Wo-Fat and Earthen Grave (featuring members of doom legends, Trouble). The event will be hosted by Dave Sherman (Spirit Caravan/Earthride/WeedisWeed) and will feature raffles, live recordings of the performances, and special guest appearances.

“To be approached by Big Dude Productions to be a part of this event was somewhat surrreal,” states John Rancik and Todd Severin of Ripple Music. “We love heavy music. We love supporting heavy music. We love the guys who create the music and have the hard stuff running through their veins. What better way to give back to the scene than get involved and help keep it vibrant and alive?”

Big Dude Productions is proud to announce:

The 2012 Metroplex Heavy Fest

With special MC for both nights
Dave Sherman of Spirit Caravan, Earthride and WeedisWeedHeld at Steve Benton’s (of Drowning Pool)
Boiler Room, in Dallas, TX.
Friday July 27^th & Saturday July 28^th

Sponsored By: Ripple Music

With Co-Sponsors:
Lace Music Products
Coffin Cases
Fourth Floor Graphics
Voodoo Harley Davidson of New Orleans

The showcase of talent that ranges from Doom, to Stoner, to Sludge, but is all heavy!!!

·         7 bands on each night!
·         The best of local, regional, national and globally known bands from the area, in one place!
·         $10. cover each night!
·         Raffles held for both nights on killer schwag and gear!
·         Live recording of both nights!
·         Pod-Cast taping for internet radio on both nights!

Lineup for both nights:
Friday July 27 @ The Boiler Room, Dallas, TX. / First band 7PM – Last band 1AM

The Velia Shrine – 7PM
Stone Machine Electric – 8PM
Big Sandy Gilmer – 9PM
Mothership – 10PM
Wo Fat (headliner) – 11PM
Hawk vs Dove – 12AM
Kin of Ettins – 1AM

Saturday July 28 @ The Boiler Room, Dallas, TX. / First band 7PM – Last Band 1AM

Black on High – 7PM
Pothead Goat – 8PM
World Beneath World – 9AM
Orthodox Fuzz – 10PM
Earthen Grave (headliner) – 11PM
Burn Down – 12AM
FTW – 1AM

Stone Axe, Grifter, and Iron Claw Ready for the Official North American Release of New Albums in the Wake of their Triumphant Appearances at Desertfest

Racer — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 01:26:38 +0000

By all accounts, the crowds were blown away. Rocking the Midlands hailed Stone Axe’s recent route through the U.K., as “the best kept secret in rock!” The Obelisk called Grifter’s Desertfest show “no bullshit rock n roll” and “the destination I’d been running to all day.” And famed rock critic, Mark Taylor, from Touchline Live Music andMetaltalk.net, claimed that finally seeing Iron Claw live as they took the Desertfest stage was a “skullcrushing joy.”

So, after planting the flag of hard-driving retro rock firmly in the heart of the U.K., what do the trifecta of Ripple bands do for an encore? They ready themselves for the official North American release of their latest albums! Officially released on April 10, Ripple Music is proud to unleash Stone Axe II Deluxe Edition 2 CD set, Stone Axe Captured Live at Roadburn, Grifter’s self-titled debut and Iron Claw A Different Game.

With the blazing resurgence of true retro-rock taking hold all over the world, these four releases will be at the top of every heavy music lover’s lists. Fans are ready to bask in the guitar heroics of Tony Reed, the gritty biker rock of Grifter and the true retro-resurrection of legendary U.K. doom-sayers, Iron Claw.

Released through Nail Distribution across the U.S. and Canada, with world-wide digital distribution through the Allegro Media Group, you can expect to find these releases at a record store near you, and as always through the Ripple Music Store. Add to this onslaught the critically-hailed Trucker Diablo album The Devil Rhythm and Mos Generator’s 10th Anniversary Deluxe reissue LP, and it’s clear that the time has finally come for real rock and roll to reclaim it’s rightful place upon the throne.

Here’s what the press is saying:

“This one helluva album, and with all the revived interest in 60′s – 80′s rock and metal going on at the moment this set will help mark out Stone Axe as one of the very best in their field. and long may they continue. Hell if you have already got this album its worth getting again for the bonus disc alone. 5/5″ — The BCFM Sunday Rock Show

“Grifter is the best classic rock band around” – Captain Zen Beyond

“Scotland’s Proto-Metal pioneers, Iron Claw, return with a long-awaited album of gritty, blues-based melodic heavy rock that is already garnering album-of-the-year accolades.” – Puregrainaudio

Racer — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 02:26:22 +0000

The trucker boys have teamed up with the awesome guys at Gedzilla to make their new video for “Voodoo” their third single from The Devil Rhythm. The video features Colin Geddis and Micky Barlett from “I AM FIGHTER” fame, check out the lad’s video’s

Stone Axe: Captured Live! Roadburn Festival 2011 LP and CD

Racer — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 01:54:03 +0000

Track Listing – Stone Axe: Captured Live! Roadburn Festival 2011

Stonin
On With the Show
Return of the Worm
Chasing Dragons
Diamonds & Fools
There’d Be Days
Old Soul
We Know its Still Rock and Roll
Skylah Rae
Just a Little Bit
Nightwolf

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From the blistering show openers to the exuberant “Diamonds & Fools” to the high-spirited “We Know It’s Still Rock ‘N’ Roll”, the quasi-psychedelic space narrative of “Skylah Rae”, and the inebriated “Just A Little Bit”, Captured Live! Roadburn Festival 2011 is a time capsule of the bands legendary performance in front of a packed house of passionate and vocal fans during the 2011 edition of the Roadburn Festival. This performance marks the final date of the 2011 Stone Axe European Tour and shows the band doing what they do best . . . bringing highly energetic rock n’ roll into the live arena for an incendiary event! The band’s mindset, at this point, is summed up best when they state, ‘Outta tune – outta time – a long way from home & outta our minds’, and this album certainly captures that sentiment!

Stone Axe Return to UK/Europe in Support of New Deluxe Release

Racer — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 23:55:51 +0000

The cream of the retro rockin’ resurgence crop has announced that they’re making their long anticipated return to the shores of the United Kingdom and northern Europe this April! Stone Axe are loading the road cases, fine tuning the live set, and packing fresh clothes for the 2012 edition of their European Tour with Stubb and Trippy Wicked, once again, performing in the support slots. Last year, Stone Axe went overseas to support the Expanded Edition of their first album and, in the process, turned heads and made a ton of new fans and friends. This year, Stone Axe is touring in support of the 2-disc Deluxe Edition of the band’s second album, featuring the highly regarded follow up to the debut, as well as a bonus disc packed with vinyl only releases and rare oddities from the Stone Axe vault.

The ten day tour will take these classic rock preservationists throughout England, Scotland, The Netherlands, and parts of Germany as they revisit some of the choice spots from the year before, and tackle new venues in search of new fans looking for a show with some substance. Of key note, Stone Axe will be performing two sets at the inaugural Desertfest held in London; one set being under the name Stone Free as the band performs a free set from the band’s greatest influence, Free!

Stone Axe II – Deluxe Edition will be available in the UK/Europe by or on April 2^nd, 2012 and on April 10^th, 2012 throughout the U.S.

STONE AXE on the road with STUBB & TRIPPY WICKED

April 5th Scrutty Murphy’s – Birmingham UK
April 6th Desertfest (2 sets) – London UK
April 7th Stereo Cafe Bar – Glasgow, Scotland
April 8th – TBA
April 9th The Star and Garter – Manchester UK
April 10th The Rambler – Eindhoven NL
April 11th Immerhin – Wurzburg DL
April 12th AJZ – Bielefeld DL
April 13th Oetinger Villa – Darmstadt DL
April 14th The Vortex – Siegen DL

Here’s what the press is saying:

“Stone Axe is an American analomy, maybe a treasure: resurrecting and revitalizing the best of classic Seventies rock in a modern context. They do it right and do it well. Fans should scoop this up, and newcomers, too. Recommended.” –Dangerdog

POOBAH’s Jim Gustafson Signs Endorsement Deals with Morley, EbTech, and Dr. Frets!

Racer — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 21:54:19 +0000

Some call him The Wizard of Psyche. Some call him Mr. Destroyer. Some just call him Jim Gustafson, the guy with endorsement deals from Morley Pedals, EbTech, and Dr. Fret’s Guitar Products! The Poobah lead man has been swearing by these products for a number of years and expresses a loyalty to a product that helps continue to make him sound killer!

“When it’s time to rock, it’s nice to know that I have dependable people and products in my corner,” states Poobah guitarist/vocalist Jim Gustafson. “Having gear crap out on you while performing in front of a packed house is a drag, so it’s nice to have someone I can rely on.”

When he’s not on stage tearing through numbers from the award-winning Poobah album, Let Me In, Jim Gustafson can be seen hob-nobbing with the likes of Billy Cox (Jimi Hendrix), Ray “Boom Boom” Mancini, and even Joyce DeWitt (Three’s Company). The recent engagement that had Billy Cox and Jim Gustafson meet up isn’t the first time that these two 70’s rock icons have crossed paths. In fact, Billy Cox produced the very first Gustafson album, which led to Gustafson opening for Cox’s band, Nitro Function in Nashville!

If you’d like to hob-nob with the Poobah great, well . . . you can! Check out Poobah live at the following locations in early Spring!

Mar. 3^rd – Outpost – Marrietta, OH – 8:00pm
Mar. 9^th – Pete’s – Sutton, WV – 8:00pm
Mar. 10^th – Pete’s – Sutton, WV – 8:00pm
Mar. 16^th – Spielers Club – Proctor, WV – 8:00pm
Mar. 31^st – Birdies Rec – Sebring, OH – 8:00pm
Apr. 7^th – Lemon Grove – Youngstown, OH – 9:00pm

www.poobahband.com

Here’s what the press has to say about Let Me In:

“You could go broke and mad trying to locate – and endure – every “great lost album” cherished by fanboys from the homegrown-pressing underground of the late Sixties and Seventies. The 1972 debut by the Ohio trio Poobah is one of the few that was – and still is, as hard Seventies boogie goes – great.” — David Fricke, Rolling Stone Magazine, Fricke’s Picks: Top 2010 Reissues from Under the Radar

“An unmissable slice of newly-refurbished rock history. Poobah were extraordinarily sharp and effective as a unit, peeling off semi-improvised jams that crackled with vitality and a healthy dose of mischief. This reclaimed curio gleams like a diamond.” – Classic Rock Magazine

“A psychedelic, proto-metal masterpiece! Gustafson’s sun-baked, bluesy playing is shockingly terse, especially for this kind of music. As long and convoluted as some of these songs are, he doesn’t waste notes, tossing off one brief, incisive riff after another with a heavy lidded leer. The whole thing ranks with Flower Marching Band, the original Iron Maiden and Sir Lord Baltimore as one of the classics of early metal.” – Lucid Culture

Jim Gustafson with Billy Cox Jim Gustafson with Joyce DeWitt

Trucker Diablo’s “Drink Beer, Destroy” Debuts on ROCK BAND™ for XBox

Racer — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 23:03:31 +0000

Ripple Music is proud to announce that the rising hard-rock band from Northern Ireland, Trucker Diablo, in addition to being scheduled to appear at Hammerfest next month, have just made their debut on the hit game ROCK BAND™ for XBox
The band’s epic party song “Drink Beer, Destroy” has been available for download and game play through the ROCK BAND™ Network Store. Fans have already been posting videos and photos of their attempts to master the high-energy Trucker Diablo track. You can check out a shot at the high-score courtesy of Vargtime on YouTube at this location. One fan went as far as to re-create the band members as ROCK BAND™ avatars and posted it on Facebook. Images can be seen here . . . Trucker Diablo

Ripple Music, the home of authentic, retro rock and metal, signed Northern Ireland’s most explosive rock n’ roll importafter hearing how the band blew away the crowds at 2011’s Download Festival where they also made fast friends with Def Leppard’s, Joe Elliot, Thin Lizzy’s Ricky Warwick and none other than Dee Snider.

Since then, there’s been no looking back for Trucker Diablo or Ripple Music as the band’s debut The Devil Rhythm has been garnering widespread accolades and lead off single/video “Drink Beer, Destroy” has been getting steady play on BBC Radio 1, Kerrang Radio and Kerrang TV. The Devil Rhythm has been converting rock fans the world over with it’s cohesive, unified, high energy rock tracks, slick and polished indelivery, but served up raw and forceful. “Drink Beer, Destroy” has proven to be an instant classic that has fans raisingtheir fists and singing along to the anthemic chorus. And it doesn’t stop there. “Juggernaut” features a guest appearance by vocalist, Ricky Warwick, the acclaimed voice of The Almighty and now Thin Lizzy. “Stand Up And Fight” is another song from the album that sounds as though it should be played before an arena-sized stadium crowd. The song “Voodoo” is a blues-rock number with a good groove. “Big Truck” is yet another example that TRUCKER DIABLO can compete with the best when it comes to hard rock, combining a massive chorus with chugging guitars.
And in case you haven’t had the opportunity to experience the Big Truck live, Trucker Diablo has announced a series of UK dates centered around Hammerfest that will see the band heading from Ireland over to England and beyond. Tour dates are below.
Lock up your daughters and hide your wives, cause when the big Truck rolls into town, high -octane rock mayhem will be sure to follow!
The Devil Rhythm is now available at the Ripple Music Store and world-widethrough Clearspot International in Europe and Code 7 Distribution in the UK on February 6th, 2012.

RIPPLE MUSIC

Also available at Amazon.com
TRUCKER DIABLO is:
Tom Harte – Guitar, Vocals
Simon Haddock – Guitar, Vocals
Glenn Harrison – Bass
Terry Crawford – Drums

Great interview with Rising Star, Trucker Diablo from Culture Northern Ireland. Org

Racer — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 20:12:52 +0000

Who/what/where/when/why are Trucker Diablo?

We are Tom Harte on guitar and vocals, Simon Haddock on guitar and backing vocals, Glenn Harrison on bass guitar and Terry Crawford on drums. We are a Northern Irish hard rock band from the Craigavon area: Moira/Lurgan/Portadown. We started the band at the start of 2008. And why? When you have been playing music most of your life, it is hard to stop…

What does your name mean?

The name is a trucker handle. When truckers contact each other on the road, they use a handle. Something like Trucker: Diablo over and out.

Your song ‘Drink Beer, Destroy’ was recently picked up by Kerrang! Radio and TV in the UK and MTV Headbangers Ball in Australia, and is now available on the computer game Rock Band. How did that happen?

We contacted a couple of authoring houses for the game. One of them, Alt Strum Pro, loved the song ‘Drink Beer, Destroy’ (watch the video, produced by Redcap Productions, above), so we decided to partner with them.
After that the song still had to go through testing and an approval process before it could be released onto the game. Thankfully we didn’t hit any bumps along the way, so now it is out there for everyone to play. When we heard the news, we were over the moon. It is an amazing achievement for us.

Was it a point in your career when you thought, ‘Right, now we’ve made it’?
Nope. We haven’t got there yet. We have achieved some amazing things, though, things that other bands dream of, like playing the Download Festival. We are really grateful for that, but we are still working hard towards the day when we can say ‘we’ve made it’. Until then though, we’ll keep on trucking.

Do any of you play Rock Band?
I’m more of a Guitar Hero man myself, but now that we’re on Rock Band I’ll definitely give it a go.
What’s the one song you would most like to beat on the game that isn’t your own?
Actually, I suck at these kind of games, so it would need to be something easy. ‘Holy Diver’ by Dio would be good.
If you had to be a video game character, which would you be?

Eddie Riggs – a roadie, modelled on Jack Black, transported into a fantasy world based on heavy metal album covers – from Brütal Legend. He rocks.

Do you have any tips for fans who are gearing up for a go at your song on Rock Band?
They should play together at parties to maximize skills. Oh, and they should go and tell everyone they know about it. That way we can get millions of downloads and I can say that ‘We’ve made it’.

So, now that you have cracked the world of musical gaming, what’s your next big goal?
We just want to increase the band’s profile as much as we can over the next few months. We love playing, especially live, and we want to be able to do it full-time. This year we are really pushing to do a big tour. So I hope we get to do that. If we do, then see ya out there!

Stone Axe/Mos Generator Main Man Signs Endorsement Deal With Lace Music Products

Racer — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:53:46 +0000

As the early days of 2012 rolled on by, Tony Reed, guitarist for both the heavy hitting, stoner-fied trio, Mos Generator, and the classic rock preservationists, Stone Axe, signed an endorsement deal with Lace Music Products. The good Mr. Reed now joins the likes of Scott “Wino” Weinrich (St. Vitus/Shrinebuilder), Matt Pike (Sleep/High On Fire), David Sullivan (Red Fang), Scott Kelly (Neurosis/Shrinebuilder), Ritchie Blackmore (Deep Purple/Rainbow), Eric Clapton, and a host of others who use the California-based companies pick-ups.

When asked what is was that he liked about the Lace pickups, Tony Reed had this to say, “With the Lace Hemi I can get a full range of tones just running direct into my amp. From a brilliant glassy clean to a very thick and aggressive heavy distorted tone and all I want in between.”

Follow the link to watch a short video of Tony Reed demonstrating the Lace Hemi pick-up:
Tony Reed/Lace Demo

Tony Reed’s sound can be heard on numerous recorded projects, most recently, the Mos Generator 10^th Anniversary Edition LP/CD, Stone Axe II – Deluxe Edition, and Stone Axe: Captured Live! Roadburn Festival 2011. Stone Axe can also be seen on the road through the UK and Europe in April!