Proving that today's hellraisers still have a lot to learn about true rock and roll behaviour, Mötley Crüe's Nikki Sixx is publishing The Heroin Diaries, a no-holds barred account of a drug crazed year in the mid-eighties. As one of the hardest-living rock stars ever, the diary is likely to prove shocking to say the least.
Hugely respected metal label Roadrunner Records has announced the worldwide signing of metalcore titans Atreyu, whose last album A Death Grip On Yesterday exploded into the US Billboard chart at number 9 last year.
This year's nominees for the Mercury Music Prize have been announced with previous winners Arctic Monkeys appearing on the list for the second year running. This year they find themselves competing against Amy Winehouse, whose star has risen considerably in the last twelve months.
Metal favourites Porcupine Tree are set to return to the UK in November
for two dates in Oxford and London. Further dates are also expected to follow
in December.
Orange Amplification has announced the launch of its new Thunderverb 50 head, described as a lower powered and punchier version of the its already popular Thunderverb 200.
20/07/2007
The Thunderverb 200 was released last year to acclaim
and it has already found a home with internationally
successful rock band Wolfmother. The Thunderverb 50
is reportedly lighter than its sibling but just as rugged.
Boasting 2 x 3 stage channels into 50 watt RMS, the
amp can travel from pure clean tones, through Brit-style
crunches to low down scooped growls.
The amp can also be preset with two different levels
on either channel by using Orange’s footswitchable
attenuator, offering a total of four footswitchable
levels.
