THIS WEEK'S CLASSIC ALBUM...

LED ZEPPELIN III
Released 5 October 1970. Doesn't half sound good on the original pressing too - vinyl beats CDs and MP3s anyday!

Note the 1st pressing Red/Plum Atlantic labels. These changed over to the more familiar Green/Orange labels in late 1971.

And you just can't beat the tactile, touchy-feely scale of a gatefold album. CD inlays are pathetic by comparison.

Track Listing:
1. IMMIGRANT SONG
2. FRIENDS
3. CELEBRATION DAY
4. SINCE I'VE BEEN LOVING YOU
5. OUT ON THE TILES

1. GALLOWS POLE
2. TANGERINE
3. THAT'S THE WAY
4. BRON-Y-AUR STOMP
5. HATS OFF TO (ROY) HARPER

wikipedia.org/wiki/Led_Zeppelin_III

AXE ATTACK GIG NEWS

New gig just added! First return to The Moses Gate in Farnworth (probably the best music venue in the world, according to them!) since the very last ever Deepest Purple show! Always a packed venue and always a great crowd on the receiving end of a cracking night's entertainment. Looking forward to it!


FORTHCOMING GIGS:

Saturday 28th June
NEW BRIDGE INN, MOSSLEY
Micklehurst Road, Mossley, Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire, OL5 9HT

Saturday 5th July
RAILWAY HOTEL, RAMSBOTTOM
2 Bridge Street Ramsbottom Bury BL0 9AQ

Friday 11th July
MOSES GATE, FARNWORTH
5 Bolton Road, Farnworth, Bolton BL4 7JU

Friday 31st October - HALLOWEEN SPECIAL!
RAILWAY HOTEL, RAMSBOTTOM
2 Bridge Street Ramsbottom Bury BL0 9AQ

CLASSIC ROCK RULES AT DONINGTON!

70'S ROCKERS STILL RULE THE FESTIVALS AFTER 30+ YEARS!
Vintage rock and metal is still the biggest draw on the festival circuit - what other type of music from the 1970's still pulls that kind of crowd?
Classic rock from KISS, Motorhead, Judas Priest stole the show on the Friday night of this year's Download, proving the timeless appeal to all generations of rock fans.

www.planetrock.co.uk/article.asp?id=749036

I still remember Donington being the best festival for 6 bands in one day, rather than the Reading style 3 day eventer - 6 quality bands vs 3 days of loads of bands you generally couldn't give a toss about and a few decent headliners. Call me old-fashioned if you like!
Best Donington ever...? 1st one perhaps?



Iron Maiden's 1988 appearance was a cracker, complete with Guns N' Roses, Dave Lee Roth and Kiss - unfortunately, marred by the tragic deaths of two fans who slipped in the mud and were accidentally crushed to death. 1989's Monsters Of Rock was cancelled out of respect...

AXE ATTACK GIG NEWS

FORTHCOMING GIGS:

Saturday 28th June
NEW BRIDGE INN, MOSSLEY
Micklehurst Road, Mossley, Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire, OL5 9HT

Saturday 5th July
RAILWAY HOTEL, RAMSBOTTOM
2 Bridge Street Ramsbottom Bury BL0 9AQ

Friday 31st October - HALLOWEEN SPECIAL!
RAILWAY HOTEL, RAMSBOTTOM
2 Bridge Street Ramsbottom Bury BL0 9AQ

CHECKING OUT TOO SOON...A ROCK 'N' ROLL WAY TO DIE...

There's been some classic 'deaths' as far as rock stars go, "live fast, die young, leave a good looking corpse!" Here's a list of the biggest names in rock who managed to quit while they were ahead. Also some interesting facts on what's the 'best' age to go, the 'safest' job in a band and the most/least common ways to hit the Highway To Hell or Stairway To Heaven...

Natural causes have been left out as far too many old codger rockers are due to shuffle off any time soon. To qualify, these artists have had to go before their time:

youngest vs. oldest
Sid Vicious, SEX PISTOLS - 21 (heroin overdose)
Freddie Mercury, QUEEN - 45 (AIDS related pneumonia)

most common age to go - 27
Brian Jones, ROLLING STONES - 27 (drowned in swimming pool)
Jimi Hendrix - 27 (choked on vomit from drugs overdose)
Janis Joplin - 27 (heroin overdose)
Jim Morrison, DOORS - 27 (drug induced heart failure)
Kurt Cobain, NIRVANA - 27 (shotgun suicide)
Peter Ham, BADFINGER - 27 (hanged himself)

most likely to go - GUITARIST!
Brian Jones, ROLLING STONES - 27 (drowned in swimming pool 1969)
Jimi Hendrix - 27 (choked on vomit from drugs overdose 1970)
Duane Allman, ALLMAN BROTHERS - 24 (motorcycle crash 1971)
Tommy Bolin, DEEP PURPLE - 25 (heroin overdose 1976)
Paul Kossoff, FREE - 25 (drug overdose 1976)
Steve Gaines, LYNYRD SKYNYRD - 28 (plane crash 1977)
Randy Rhoads, BLIZZARD OF OZZ - 25 (plane crash 1982)
Stevie Ray Vaughan - 35 (helicopter crash 1990)
Steve Clark, DEF LEPPARD - 31 (drugs and alcohol overdose 1991)
Steve Marriot, SMALL FACES - 44 (house fire 1991)
Dimebag Darrell Abbott, PANTERA - 32 (shot by fan 2004)
Peter Ham, BADFINGER - 27 (hanged himself 1975)
Marc Bolan, T.REX - 29 (car crash 1977)
John Lennon, BEATLES - 40 (shot by fan 1980)
Kurt Cobain, NIRVANA - 27 (shotgun suicide 1994)

least likely to go - KEYBOARDS - NONE!, so next likely - BASSIST
Berry Oakley, ALLMAN BROTHERS - 26 (motorcycle crash 1972)
Sid Vicious, SEX PISTOLS - 21 (heroin overdose 1979)
Cliff Burton, METALLICA - 24 (bus crash 1986)
Phil Lynott, THIN LIZZY - 36 (drug induced heart failure)

most common way to go - drug/alcohol overdose
Sid Vicious, Tommy Bolin, Janis Joplin, Layne Staley (Alice In Chains), Steve Clark
followed by next most common - vomit inhalation
John Bonham (Led Zeppelin), Bon Scott (AC/DC), Keith Moon (The Who), Jimi Hendrix
or plane/air crash
Steve Gaines and Ronnie Van Zant (Lynyrd Skynyrd), Randy Rhoads, Stevie Ray Vaughan

most common month is April and scarily, April 5th is VERY COMMON...!
Cozy Powell, April 5, 1998 (car crash)
Layne Staley, April 5, 2002 (drugs overdose)
Kurt Cobain, April 5, 1994 (gunshot suicide)
Gary Driscoll (Rainbow drummer before Cozy Powell) - April 5, 1987 (murdered in own home, still unsolved)
Peter Ham, April 24 1975 (hanged)
Steve Marriott, April 20, 1991 (house fire)

so, if you're the guitarist in a rock band, aged around 26 now,
do not, under any circumstance have a lot to drink or take any drugs or get on a plane next April 5th!

AXE ATTACK GIG REVIEW - 16/5/08

GIG REVIEW - RAILWAY HOTEL, RAMSBOTTOM
FRIDAY 16TH MAY, 2008

Special thanks to Steve Woolly for helping get the gig in the first place!
A storming night for a first timer, great crowd with some very enthusiastic participation after a few beers! Ian (lead vocals) was just recovering from a severe chest infection so all vocal help was greatly appreciated.

The Railway is a well-known Friday night venue for rock bands in Ramsbottom. A good reputation ensures a reasonable turn out amongst the locals. It's a tight squeeze to fit the band and the gear into the corner of the pub, but at least it's cosy and stops anyone from wandering off!

SET LIST
Highway Star
White Room
Breaking The Law
Born To Be Wild
Can't Get Enough Of Your Love
Gimme All Your Lovin'
Ziggy Stardust
Drive My Car
Delilah
Mr Blue Sky

(beer break!)

Basket Case
Jilted John
My Generation
Play That Funky Music
Wishing Well
Radar Love
Bad Moon Rising
Black Night/Paranoid/Paint It Black medley
Tie Your Mother Down
Live And Let Die
Pinball Wizard

You Really Got Me
Boys Are Back In Town
Live And Let Die (again! at the insistence of Tracey!)

Once again, a cracking night. Thanks to all for being there. A return is on the cards soon...

Best Use Of A Classic Rock Song In A Movie...

AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON
David and Jack have just left The Slaughtered Lamb pub, and despite having been warned to "stay on the road, keep clear of the moors", they decide to shortcut across the moor.

BAD MOON RISING (Credence Clearwater Revival)
"I see a bad moon rising,
I see trouble on the way,
I see earthquakes and lightnin',
I see bad times today."

Chorus:
"Don't go around tonight,
Well, it's bound to take your life,
There's a bad moon on the rise."

Other songs used in the film are a couple of versions of 'Blue Moon' and also Van Morrison's 'Moondance', but 'Bad Moon Rising' is just so appropriate, doncha think?!

It's also now part of the AXE ATTACK setlist and was first performed by the band live as a special tribute to the recent gig for The Rising Moon Motorcycle Club - even more apt!

Other great movie songs to follow...

Manchester's First Rock Radio Station

WELL DONE TO ROCK RADIO 106.1FM!

It's coming up to the end of their first month's broadcasting and I can only say congratulations to the team who've finally pulled this together. It's about bleedin' time! Great shows and superb music. I'm convinced they've nicked my iPod and are playing that! It sounds amazing to finally hear some decent, quality tunes on the wireless. Some of it is a little predictable, but I suppose they're still finding their feet. Would be great to hear some equally great but perhaps less obvious tunes from the classic bands. Some new stuff would be awesome too, but then does that contradict the station ethos - define classic...now there's a subjective can of worms to open up...!

Rock Radio 106.1FM also sounds just like the set list of my band! Check out Axe Attack at a local pub in the Manchester/North West area soon and you'll see exactly what I mean...keep the music live and rockin' on the radio.

PS - they've even got a DJ whose voice is a deadringer for the late, great Tommy Vance! Awesome!

AXE ATTACK GIG - 28th June 2008

Next gig forthcoming for our classic rock covers band...

NEW BRIDGE INN, MOSSLEY
Micklehurst Road, Mossley, Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire, OL5 9HT
SATURDAY 28TH JUNE, 2008

Usual start time is around 9.30pm and depending on the venue itself we either play 2 sets (approx 45 mins each) or one long set, straight through and without a safety net!

Couple of new songs to throw into the set - turn up on the night to hear 'em for the first time. The usual crowd favourites will all be there, including classics from Bad Company, Thin Lizzy, Bowie, The Beatles, Deep Purple with a bit of Sabbath and Stones thrown in, as well as some punky stuff like Green Day, Jilted John and some superdaft stuff like a turbocharged rendition of Tom Jones 'Delilah' - you've gotta hear this one to believe it!

Ian, Neil, Tim, Steve and Colin look forward to seeing you there and hearing you sing along.