Check out why Finland is Funland!

Hevisaurus

Now I know why Finland is called Funland. 

Not only do they have Moomin and a lot of good music, they also have ”Hevisaurus”. 

A kid friendly metalband where the members are dinosaurs. All lyrics are in Finnish, but it’s real metal music made by Finnish metal musicians with the idea that both kids and parents can like the music. Behind the costumes there is a bit of a mystery where the members can be replaced and some well known artists have featured Hevisaurus. The dino-members are Riffi- Raffi, guitar, Komppi Momppi, drums, Herra Hevisaurus, vocals, Milli Pilli, keyboard and Muffi Puffi, bass. They released their latest album ”Soittakaa Juranoid!” (”Play Juranoid!”) in 2015. 

Who knows, this might be the next big thing. We hope that they’ll start singing in english so we all can enjoy their music. 

You can see Hevisaurus performing the song ”Jee Hevisaurus” in the clip below. 
For more about Hevisaurus you can go to their website.

Steven Adler's Birthday!

Happy Birthday to Steven Adler!

Today we are celebrating Guns N’ Roses first and original drummer, Steven Adler on his birthday! 

Instead of playing or writing something from Guns N’ Roses I will tell you about Steven’s own band, named ”Adler”. The band have been around since 2011 after Steven’s other band ”Adler’s Appetite” broke up. ”Adler’s Appetite” is worth looking up, they have some good songs too, for example ”Alive” and  ”Fading”.

The band ”Adler” are Hollywood based, with four members, Jacob Bunton, on lead vocals and guitar who also writes most of the lyrics, Johnny Martin, bass and vocals, Lonny Paul, guitar and vocals and of course, Steven Adler on drums. In 2012 the band released their first album, ”Back From The Dead”. It’s my new favorite album! It dosen’t have one bad song on it and ”Back From The Dead” is an album where you don’t have to skip any songs. 

It’s a perfect mix of cool guitars, great drumming, nice lyrics and vocals. This is pure rock music with energy, the right amount of attitude and punch in the music, while still being fresh and interesting. 

Something I’m missing in todays music scene. 
I think it's a good mix of music and lyrics. Sometimes the lyrics seems to be inspired by Steven Adler’s book, Adler’s Appetite. If you hope to find Guns N’ Roses here, you will be disappointed. I think Adlers solo album is much better then Slash solo album, because the singer doesn’t (try to) sound like Axl Rose. No hard feelings to Myles Kennedy, who is great live. Steven Adler said in an interview how he like to be in this band and the energy this band have hasen’t he felt since the earlier days of Guns N’ Roses. 

Since the whole album is so good it’s hard to choose one song that stands out, but if I had to choose one, it would be the title track ”Back From The Dead”. This song is one of the best songs I’ve ever heard. They have not made so many videos to go a long with the music. But here is the video for the song ”The One That You Hated” in the clip below.

Adler will play at the M3 Festival in Columbia, Maryland, US in April, 2016. 

For more news about Adler check out the bands Facebook , twitter or blog/site.

Latest News From The Rockworld!

The Van Desh are working on a new EP

The Van Desh have been very successful on the international music scene lately and are being played on radiostations all over the world, with their album ”It Reminds Me” and the single”By The Light”. 

The Van Desh are currently in the studio working on a new EP. They have also some news to be announced when the EP is released.

The Van Desh music is for those who like 70’s music, but in a modern touch. This music takes you back in time and slows you down a bit, it’s so refreshed to hear some good solid rock for a change. So just lean back and enjoy. 

Meanwhile waiting for the new EP to be finished, we continue to listen to the great songs that have already been released.
In this mini player you can hear the title track from the album ”It Reminds Me”. 

Crashdïet’s guitar player = the new bassist for Sister

Crashdïet’s guitar player Martin Sweet are taking over the bass playing in the Swedish band ”Sister”. This after Rikki Riot, who have been with the band Sister for 9 years, decided to move on. ”Sister” released their latest album ”Disguised Vultures” in 2014, the album was produced by Martin Sweet. Martin Sweet has been working with Sister for many years. 
We are wishing Rikki good luck for the future and Martin good luck with the new job. 
Crashdïet fans, there is no reason to be worried, in his own words, Crashdïet is still Martins main band.
Check out this Sister teaser. 

Hidden Treasure

Hidden Treasure by Crashdïet

This Hidden Treasure is a tribute to Dave Lepard, the lead singer, guitarist and founder of Crashdïet, who sadly passed away ten years ago today 20th of January. He had a great rock voice and went silent way to early, but we can hear him on the album ”Rest In Sleaze”. A great album that celebrated it’s 10th anniversary last year.

In memory of Dave I choose the song ”Chemical” from the album ”Generation Wild”, 2010, also the first album where we can hear Simon Cruz sing. He was the third singer in Crashdïet and he also sang on Crashdïet’s latest album ”The Savage Playground” 2013, before he left the band in 2015. Simon Cruz replaced Olli Twisted who took over the vocals after Dave, late 2006 - 2008.

This song was released as ”Generation Wild’s” second single and it’s one of my absolute favorite Crashdïet songs. I like the drum intro that actually reminds me of something from Stone Sour, but the song are less metal and more rock. I like the guitar melody that runs through the song, it has a great energy and it’s just one of those songs that you will like and want to hear over and over again. I’d love to hear this song being played live, it would be perfect for that, it’s singalong friendly too so it would be great. This song is in my meaning one of the best songs on the album. I also think this song deserves to be played on the radio. 

Thanks Dave for starting one of Swedens best bands. Hope to hear more from Crashdïet soon. Rest in sleaze, Dave.

You can hear ”Chemical” in this mini-player below and you can also get the song on iTunes. For more info about Crashdïet go to their FaceBookpage, website or follow them on twitter. 

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