Dave Grohl's Sound City Band

This popped up in my news feed this morning - Dave Grohl Sound City Players All-Star Band To Play Sundance Film Fest. I have been enjoying Dave Grohl's radio show 'Dave Grohl Presents Sound City' on the rock.

The Sound City Radio show focus on a specific time period at Sound City telling the story of a recording studio in Van Nuys, CA. After buying the studio’s famously custom-built analog recording console last year, Grohl had the idea to produce a film about its storied history. Bands such as Nirvana,Rage Against the Machine, Slipknot, Nine Inch Nails, Metallica, Neil Young, Fleetwood Mac, Tom Petty, Cheap Trick,Guns N Roses and many more recorded there, using that very control board for the past 40 years.
Episode one covers 1970-75 and features music from artists like Neil Young, Elton John and Fleetwood Mac. The episodes go up to 2011, with music from Tom Petty, Santana, the Grateful Dead, Jimmy Eat World, Metallica, Arctic Monkeys and Grohl's former group Nirvana, who recorded some of their seminal Nevermind at Sound City.

Now I here that Dave Grohl has announced the first live show from the Sound City Players on the Sound City film Facebook. Grohl said, “Hey guess what? Sound City Players. Rock Show. Jan. 18th Park City Live. Yup. That’s totally happening.” This will coincide with the Sound City film’s premiere at the Sundance film festival. It is not known who will actually be part of the band/perform with Grohl, but the Sound City soundtrack includes: Krist Novoselic, Pat Smear, Paul McCartney, Josh Homme, Trent Reznor, Stevie Nicks, Tim Commerford, Brad Wilk, Corey Taylor, Taylor Hawkins, Nate Mendel, Rick Springfield, and others.


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20 Years today since Guns 'N' Roses - Use Your Illusion I & Use Your Illusion II was released

Use Your Illusion I is the third studio album by hard rock band Guns N' Roses. It was the first of two albums released in conjunction with the Use Your Illusion Tour, the other being Use Your Illusion II. The album debuted at #2 on the Billboard charts, selling 685,000 copies in its first week. Each of the Use Your Illusion albums have been certified 7x platinum by the RIAA. It was nominated for a Grammy Award in 1992.


Use Your Illusion II is the fourth studio album by hard rock band Guns N' Roses. Bolstered by the lead single "You Could Be Mine", Use Your Illusion II was the slightly more popular of the two albums, selling 770,000 copies in its first week and debuting at #1 on the U.S. charts, ahead of Use Your Illusion I's first week sales of 685,000. It was also #1 on the UK Albums Chart for a single week.


What do you think is it still as good as it was 20 years ago, or  songs like, You could be mine & November rain past their used by date? - Let us know what you think in the comments below.



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Deal lines up big acts for Taranaki

Taylor Swift rumored to play at the bowl

Taranaki is set to have several international A-list artists perform at the TSB Bowl of Brooklands over the next three years. The New Plymouth District Council has an agreement with promoter Andrew McManus, who brought Fleetwood Mac in December 2009, to have six events featuring A-list artists between now and the end of 2013.

While Ms Thurston would not be drawn on which artists could perform in New Plymouth, there are several options for summer 2011.

One potential artist is American country singer Taylor Swift who announced she would perform in New Zealand at the end of the year as part of her world wide tour.

R.E.M. Might play at the Bowl

Other possible performers are R.E.M, Coldplay and Radiohead, who are all set to release albums this year.

Mr McManus has signed on with the council following the success of the two Fleetwood Mac shows.

Each concert will be exclusive to Taranaki, with the solo artist or band playing no other North Island shows while in New Zealand.
 
Andrew McManus Presents promotes artists such as ZZ Top, Chris Isaak, Motley Crue, Alice Cooper, Jethro Tull, Kelly Clarkson, Snoop Dog, Korn and Guns N Roses.


FELICITY ROSS - Taranaki Daily News

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