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Niki Barr Band Gets ShipRocked

Niki Barr Band Gets ShipRocked

ShipRocked is very excited to announce the addition of Baltimore’s Niki Barr Band to our 2009 lineup! Niki and her band emerged like a diamond from the rough out of the hundreds of truly great artist submissions we received via our Sonicbids event listing. So get ready ShipRockers… because this November, Niki is bringing her amazing voice, kick... [Read more]

EndeverafteR World Premiere Video – Next Best Thing

EndeverafteR World Premiere Video – Next Best Thing

Check it out ShipRockers… As promised, EndeverafteR shot a brand new music video for Next Best Thing, which world premiered this morning. It looks and sounds great gentlemen… Can’t wait to see you all onboard in November!  Read More →

Rent Star Wants To Bring Operation Mindcrime To Broadway

Rent Star Wants To Bring Operation Mindcrime To Broadway

Just saw this on Playbill (via Google Alerts)… In your Captain’s humble opinion, something like this is LONG overdue. I’ve personally hoped for a movie (starring Tom Hulce of course) ever since the album came out. Can’t wait to see the finished show! Rent Star Pascal Wants to Put Operation: Mindcrime, the Musical, on Broadway By Kenneth... [Read more]

Broken Teeth Are Ready To Get ShipRocked!

Broken Teeth Are Ready To Get ShipRocked!

Broken Teeth are gearing up to get ShipRocked this November! Frontman Jason McMasters chimed in this week with a special video for ShipRockers everywhere, inviting them to come onboard! Be sure you visit their site today, and check them out on the road between now and November!  Read More →

Great News for Lynam

Great News for Lynam

(Via Bring Back Glam) My friends Lynam have exciting news: Tragic City Symphony will be re-released on Mascot/Megaforce records. Some other legal mumbo jumbo thrown in and the crux of the matter is that the album will be distributed by Sony/Red records. The band is giving fans/grassroots support all the credit: we made the single ‘Save My Soul’ go... [Read more]

Queensryche Get ShipRocked, Tour All Summer

Queensryche Get ShipRocked, Tour All Summer

“We’ve never played on a cruise ship before!’ exclaims Queensrÿche singer Geoff Tate of the band’s upcoming gig on ShipRocked in November. ‘We’ve played on flat bed trucks in the middle of deserts, huge soccer stadiums with 200,000 people, clubs, radio stations, festivals – but never a cruise. This is something new for... [Read more]

M3 Festival Recap & Winner

M3 Festival Recap & Winner

We had an awesome time at the M3 Rock Fest this past Saturday promoting the cruise. A special thanks goes out to everyone at 930 and Merriweather Post for taking care of us, and especially to ShipRockers Sydna and Kathryn who were on hand to help us throughout the day! We were able to catch bits and pieces of the main-stage shows, and saw nearly all of the... [Read more]

Metal Health: Head Banging

Metal Health: Head Banging

A couple of Niedermayers researchers for the British Medical Journal, recently studied “the risks of mild traumatic brain injury and neck injury associated with head banging, a popular dance form accompanying heavy metal music.” Their conclusion? “To minimise the risk of head and neck injury, head bangers should decrease their range of head... [Read more]

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