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Autograph

I like to go back a few years in time and dig up a real good ”oldie” and quite often it’s something from the 80’s era… The song ”Turn Up The Radio” is from the album ”Sign In Please” 1984, by the Californian glam-rockers Autograph. The band were formed by the lead singer and guitarist Steve Plunkett, guitarist Steve Lynch, drummer Keni Richards and the keyboard player Steven Isham in 1983. 

I think the song ”Turn Up The Radio” is a mix of Van Halen’s melodic guitars and the nice rhythm that is in Def Leppard songs (like their hit ”Pour Some Sugar”) with a catchy lyric and good vocals on top of it all. The song holds the good parts of the early 80’s that made music of that era good and fun to listen to.

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Autograph split up in 1989 but reformed/restarted the band in 2011. Starting with guitarist Steve Lynch and bassits Randy Rand meeting up at NAMM (a music convention in Anaheim, California) after mending their relation Steve and Randy decided to start jamming together again. They also reached out to the original singer, Steve Plunkett. Sadly he was tied up with his own business and didn't had time to join them. But he gave them his blessing to restart Autograph again. They contacted Simon Daniels, (the lead singer and guitarist of the band Jailhouse) after have seen videos of him on YouTube and with Marc Wieland on drums the new line-up where completed.

With the current line-up featuring: Simon Daniels, Steve Lynch, Marc Wieland and Randy Rand Autograph are back and last year, 2015, they released three new songs digital and a five song EP. They held a release party for the EP at the Whisky a Go Go. The EP are only available at Autograph's website and at their live shows.

For more info about Autograph and their gigs you can head over to their FaceBook page, twitter or website.  

      Songs on the ”Louder” EP: 

    1. ”You Are Us, We Are You”

    2. ”I Lost My Mind in America”

    3. ”Every Generation” 

    4. ”Watch It Now”

    5. ”Turn Up The Radio” (Live)

Axl Rose's Birthday!

Axl Rose

Axl Rose dosen’t need much of a presentation. Guns N’ Roses is one of the most iconic rockbands, with songs that everyone knows and they created one of rock n’ rolls most epic albums, ”Appetite For Destruction”. 

Now, I know there’s a lot of opinions to the bespoken Guns N’ Roses reunion. Some thinks they should do a ”Mötley Crüe” and end it before they become a bunch of watered down, old has beens. 

Me, on the other hand, are quite exited about this reunion. 

Most people wants to see Axl and Slash on the same stage again. I would love to see the original line up reunite. This reunion will, so far, ”officially” only feature Duff McKagan and Slash as ”original” members, apart from Axl Rose, but he is Guns N’ Roses. Who knows, Izzy and Adler might join them... Fingers crossed. 

If you’re a bit tired of Guns N’ Roses (how can you possible be?) and you’d still like to hear Axl Rose sing, you can hear him on Sebastian Bach’s (first lead singer in Skid Row) second solo album, ”Angel Down” from 2007. Axl Rose participated on three songs on the album. He actually wrote and sang on the song ”Stuck Inside” and sang on a cover of the Aerosmith song ”Back in the Saddle” and he sings on the song I think is the best one on the album, ”(Love Is) A Bitchslap”.
It’s a swingy and appealing rock song with great music and lyrics filled with attitude. It’s perfect if you’re a fan of both Skid Row and Guns N’ Roses.  

Happy Brithday Axl Rose! 





I couldn’t resist, it can never be to much of Guns N’ Roses!

Mötley Crüe reached the end

Mötley Crüe reached the end

An era has ended. December 31th was a sad day for the fans of Mötley Crüe as they played together for the very last time.  
But you can say, ”all bad things must come to an end” and quote the song that was the soundtrack for Mötley Crüe’s final tour when they sealed their fate as a band. 

A band that have been around since the 80’s, when the whole glam-metal-scene was a big thing and they stood thru the end of the glam era when most bands of the 80’s faded.

They also made it thru the obstacles that have been the members very own decadent way of life and even wrote a book about it. A book that will become a movie shortly. 

The last show I saw with Mötley was in Stockholm, Sweden November 2015, and I think they ended on the right note, so to speak. 

Everything I thought was lacking at their gig at Sweden Rock Festival 2015, they had now. I have never seen Mick Mars move around that much on stage. Vince Neil was smiling, Nikki Sixx gave the crowd his ”be the knife speech” and Tommy Lee slides over the crowd upside down in the sealing while drumming. 
People in the audience where crying as this was the last gig ever for Mötley in Sweden. The fact that Nikki Sixx will be back in Sweden by the summer of 2016 with his own Sixx:am, didn’t bring any comfort to heartbroken fans. And I must admit, it did sting a bit to see the four members that are Mötley Crüe take a final bow in Sweden, as a band, even for me. They really delivered on that gig, with all the pyro-effects, confetti rain, dancers, costume changes, Mick's guitar solo, Tommy's drum solo, Nikki's fire shooting bass and so on. 
They had Alice Cooper to play as a very special guest before Mötley went on stage. Alice and his band are a good live act as always and got the crowd going. 

As an opening act they also brought along the Canadian-American band Saint Asonia, that where formed in 2014. 

Thank you, Mötley Crüe, for all the good rock music!