Bands already booked include Queensryche, Tesla, Ratt, Skid Row, Lynam, Broken Teeth, Stereoside, Endeverafter, Stone Rider and the Niki Barr Band.

“ShipRocked a special kind of multi-day music festival,” explains promoter Alan Koenig. “You live at the venue, much like you would at other events around the country. But the difference with ShipRocked is that instead of having to sleep in a muddy tent and use public facilities, fans get to stay in a luxury floating hotel, with free room service, all you can eat buffets, swimming pools, spa services, plus a vacation to Jamaica and Grand Cayman in between the shows.”

ShipRocked ports from Fort Lauderdale, Fla. and makes stops at both Ocho Rios, Jamaica and Georgetown, Grand Cayman. Passengers can expect special parties and contests during the cruise in addition to the special, ShipRocked-only concerts and artist meet-and-greet sessions.

Pricing varies by cabin and starts at $799 (per person, double occupancy) for an interior stateroom. Prices include cruise, all concerts, and room and board. ShipRocked sails aboard the MSC Poesia. And don’t forget, a valid passport is required for each passenger.

For a limited time, you can save $100 on your cabin when making a new reservation, just by emailing proof of your Rock Gone Wild ticket purchase to rgw@getshiprocked.com, or by faxing it to 615-250-7983. If you’re already booked on Shiprocked but have a worthless Rock Gone Wild ticket, no worries! Simply send an email or fax and you’ll receive a $100 onboard credit, to spend as you wish during the cruise. A very generous, yet jilted Rock Gone Wild ticket holder (who wishes to remain anonymous), is sponsoring the cost of this special promotion as a way to “spread the rock” to fellow frustrated fans!

This offer is only valid through September 30th, so don’t wait! Cash in your discount today and get booked on the ultimate rock and roll vacation with a backstage pass, featuring intimate concerts, exclusive meet and greets with all artists, heavy metal karaoke, guitar hero competitions, theme nights, contests, charity auctions and so much more!

ShipRocked is a five day floating festival that departs from Ft. Lauderdale, Florida on November 15, 2009, and features onboard performances by Queensryche, Tesla, Ratt, Skid Row, Broken Teeth, EndeverafteR, Lynam, Niki Barr Band, Stereoside and StoneRider. ShipRocked sails November 15 -20, 2009 on the beautiful MSC Poesia. The Poesia is the third vessel in the MSC Cruise Line’s “Musica” family of ships. This ship features MSC Cruise Line’s signature Italian inspired decor, impeccable service, sumptuous cuisine in multiple restaurants, beautiful swimming pools, hot tubs plus a full-service spa and fitness center. Nearly two-thirds of the ship’s staterooms include private balconies!

Pricing varies by cabin and is subject to availability – and very few remain – but starts at only $799 (per person, double occupancy) for an interior stateroom. The price include your cruise (room and board), all the concerts, meet and greets and other exclusive events during the trip. For booking and more information, call 877-855-5502.

Throughout all four days of the festival, we will be on site registering fans for the chance to win a FREE trip for two on-board ShipRocked! Then on Sunday night, our good friend Eddie Trunk will do us the honor, and announce the winner live from the stage!

One winner and a guest will receive round-trip coach airfare to Ft. Lauderdale, FL, a hotel room at the luxurious Harbor Beach Marriot Resort & Spa the night before we sail, and a free Oceanview stateroom onboard ShipRocked, the ultimate rock and roll vacation and backstage pass!

Heralded by Rolling Stone as one of the top music festivals in the United States, and by fans as the “Woodstock of 80s Rock,” Rocklahoma is the largest of its type, with attendance from all fifty states and multiple continents. This year’s fest will have over ninety bands on four stages, including favorites from previous Rocklahoma festivals, Beautiful Creatures, LA Guns featuring Tracii Gun, Britney Fox, Bang Tango, Lillian Axe and Faster Pussycat. Included on the side stages are bands from all over Europe.

The main stage lineup on each of the four days is as follows:

Thursday: Anthrax, Saxon, Overkill, Anvil, Metal Church and Leatherwolf.
Friday: RATT, Night Ranger, Warrant, Danger Danger, Helix and Hurricane Alice
Saturday: Stryper, Jackyl, KIX, KEEL, Lizzy Borden and Gypsy Pistoleros
Sunday: Twisted Sister, Skid Row, Great White, Nelson, Bonfire and Vixen

Tickets are still available, so be sure to visit www.rocklahoma.com to buy yours today, or if you’ve already got tickets, consider upgrading them to VIP!

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Queensryche (L-R): Scott Rockenfield, Eddie Jackson, new guitarist Parker Lundgren, Geoff Tate, Michael Wilton, and new keyboardist/vocalist Jason Ames

Lisa and hubby will be taking a VIP cruise to the islands and headbanging en route to live concerts from Queensryche, Skid Row, Tesla, Broken Teeth, Endeverafter, Lynam, Stereoside, StoneRider and more! They’ll be flying to Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, checking onto their luxury liner and setting sale in a deluxe cabin with an ocean view and 24 hour partying all the way to Jamaica and Grand Cayman! You can check out Lisa’s winning entry, below!

Queensryche heard they were coming and have already rolled out the red carpet. The HOH caught up with them just this week at their show in Stamford, CT (where they ROCKED the new American Soldier CD) and they sent their best!

Winning Entry from WBWR/Columbus, OH listener Lisa Berger:

“When my husband and I first met, our first common interest was rock-n-roll. We’d talked for hours about our favorite bands and our first gifts to each other were concert tickets to various heavy metal bands, including Queensryche. Since then, we got married and have 3 lovely children but not a moment to spare to spend together other than our Sat. night ritual of listening to House of Hair and having a beer or two while the kids watch a movie. I would like to get shiprocked with my husband and go down memory lane. We’ve seen Tesla and Queensryche in the past years but are way over due to see them again. Actually the last time we saw Queensryche was in Columbus, OH at least 7 years ago and the biggest bummer was that Geoff Tate had a sore throat and only sang 3 songs then had to cancel the rest of the show. We totally understand his dilemma but we were really looking forward to the show. Since our kids have been born (our oldest is almost ten years old), we had “gotten away” from them once when my husband had his 20th year high school reunion this summer for one overnight. (Actually we had two other overnights if you count when we had our second and third child at the hospital which I do not count!) 

Sincerely,
Lisa Berger

I know it’s been awhile since we’ve blogged on here, we’ll try and be better about that. =)

Just wanted to let our fans know that we just finished shooting a music video for our Kiss or Kill track “Next Best Thing”. We shot the video in the hot Nevada desert. We rented out an entire ghost town for the shoot location and from what we’ve seen so far, the video looks amazing. We were privileged enough to work with the very talented director and all around great guy, Mr. Ray Schlogel. Thank you for understanding the vision of the band. The shoot went amazing. Besides getting sunburned and sweating like a filthy pig, it was an amazing experience. They even had mines we explored, ooooohhhhhh scary!!!!!! Indeed it was. We are all so excited for everyone to check out the video so check back here often. We will post it as soon as we get it

Thanks so much to the crew: Jim, Sean, Natalie, Richard, Edgar, Hunter and Muffin, Thank you all so much for all your hard work and help throughout the shoot. Without you guys… well you get it =)

We will be posting pictures from the video shoot in a few days. So check back here often

We’ve been hard at work writing our 2nd album here in Las Vegas. So… now you know what we’re up to. To all our fans, thank you. We miss you all and we’ll see you on the road soon enough. Happy 4/20 =P

Love,
Endeverafter

Michael Grant

(Via Endeverafter’s MySpace Blog)

EndeverafteR‘s song “I Wanna Be Your Man” will be featured on an episode of Scrubs this season – one of my all time favorite shows. You can watch a preview of the show with the song below, which premiers on ABC January 6th at 9pm-ET. I’ve never thought Courtney Cox was all that hot, but mix in an EEA soundtrack… yeah, I can see it.

And apparently MTV has been very supportive of Lynam‘s new CD “Tragic City Symphony,” and is using some of their music for the #1 reality show, Double Shot At Love.  A preview of that show is below (after an advert(… and exactly who is gonna argue with a show about bisexual twins? 

Congrats to both our ShipRockers on their successes!

Produced by Dave Buckner of Papa Roach, the recording also includes talent from the Deftones: Abe Cunningham on drums, FAR: Jonah Matranga at vocals and Shaun Lopez playing the vibe; and Day Care: Sonny Mayugba on guitar. Also involved were Brandon Tyler on piano and vocals; The Snobs Jason Boggs on saxophone; Aroarah, The Secretions, Last Angels (Buckners current project), Lonely Kings, The Hoods, Larisa Bryski, Phallucy, The Skirts, Rowdy Kate, Evelyn and Joe Getty of The Dead Flowers and Armstrong and Getty on Mandolin.

The song was released on December 10th by Nozzle Records, and is available on iTunes. Live footage of the recording can be found on YouTube and Vimeo.

The Sacramento Childrens Chorus is a world class training and performing group under the artistic direction of Lynn Stevens.

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BROKEN TEETH

With the release of the skull-scorching new album, Electric, (Textone Records) Austin, Texas-based rockers Broken Teeth keep the watts burning and all the heads turning with another lightning-bolt blast of hard rock, high voltage.

A hotwired merger of AC/DC meets Danko Jones, Electric crackles with all the warhorse riffage of Motorhead and Rose Tattoo fused to the underground, lights-out sounds of such circuit-breaking head knockers as Rhino Bucket, Airbourne and Hellacopters. Call it crude and classic, but don’t dare call it dated.

“It’s a cross between Screaming for Vengeance turning into Highway to Hell,” says singer Jason McMaster. “It’s timeless, screamin’ demon, barroom rock-n-roll for the denim-and-leather diehards who know that classic riffs don’t die, they just pick up steam and spit more venom every time they attack.”

Amped with 12 jolts of Broken Teeth, Electric was self-produced by guitarist Jared Tuten. Without losing a single bead of onstage sweat and snarl, Electric finds Broken Teeth finally capturing such live fan favorites as “Bonfire,” “Hell For Sale,” “Roll Over” and “Burns Like Love,” along with the chanting title track and the motormouth, airwave raid of “Blood on the Radio.”

“Broken Teeth destroys, pummels, demolishes, obliterates, slaughters and snuffs out all rock in its way,” raves Canadian torchbearer Danko Jones. “Fuckin’ Hell!”

Described as “AC/DC, but pissed!” by Wildhearts frontman Ginger and called a “force to be reckoned with” by Streetwalkin’ Cheetahs frontman, Frank Meyer, Broken Teeth brings added firepower to Electric by turbocharging familiar versions of such jagged gems as “Undertaker,” “Devil Money,” “She’s Gonna Blow” and “Hangin’ by the Skin.”

“These songs have been tightened to the breaking point after 150 shows a year on the road,” says McMaster, noting that Electric also features the sick and twisted, sly “love” song “Stick it In” and the chaotic screaming scat of “El Diablo.” “They’re road-tested, fan favorites and we want them be heard by the widest possible audience.”

Plug it in hard, flick the switch and get ready to ride the lightning, because in the fiery hands of Broken Teeth, rock-n-roll just got a hell of a lot more Electric.

STEREOSIDE

In early 2006, STEREOSIDE’S founding members, Chris York (Drums), Ben Foster (Guitar-Vocals) and David Oliver (Bass) added Jeff Shields (Vocals). Instead of pursuing a career in Country music, Jeff rejected many major label offers to become the front man for STEREOSIDE. With Jeff’s unique and powerful vocals, a tight rhythm section, and driving guitars, STEREOSIDE was bound to be a rock powerhouse.

In March 2007, STEREOSIDE signed with fast-growing, indie label Bieler Bros. Records and without hesitation, entered the Bieler Bros. studio to record their debut album, “So Long”. “We made the record we wanted to make. We feel as though the record shines with our tribute to rock influences along with our own style, therefore, creating timeless rock songs.” Quotes STEREOSIDE.

By summer, STEREOSIDE had finished production on their album, “So Long”, and it was released later that fall. The first single from the effort, “Sinner” impacted active and alternative rock radio and received overwhelming feedback from program directors across the country who deemed the track “a huge hit”.

As the single was released, there was a great response of support for the band. STEREOSIDE was invited by rock station WJBX to play alongside Buckcherry, Sevendust, and fellow label-mates Nonpoint. They have shared stages with the likes of Southern California Rockers and label-mates, Smile Empty Soul, plus Socialburn, The Exies, 10 Years, Kittie, 12 Stones, Buckcherry, Hinder, Papa Roach, Revelation Theory, Black Stone Cherry, Alterbridge, Saliva, Shinedown, POD, Filter. As a result of their powerful stage presence, STEREOSIDE has created a frenzy of fans nationwide.