Formed in 1974, N.Y.C.'s Dictators were one of the finest and most influential proto-punk bands to walk the earth. Alternately reveling in and satirizing the wanton excesses of a Rock & Roll lifestyle and lowbrow culture, The Dictators played loud, fast Rock & Roll fueled by a love of '60s American garage rock, British Invasion pop, and the sonic onslaught of The Who. The band are represented in the "Punk Wing" of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, in Cleveland, Ohio. Steven Van Zandt called them "The connective tissue between the eras of The MC5, Stooges, NY Dolls, and the punk explosion of the mid to late 1970s"...

Dopo essersi aggiudicata la vittoria durante la finale di Amici 11 - Big, svoltasi sabato scorso all'Arena di Verona, Alessandra Amoroso torna con l'album Ancora di più-Cinque passi in più, disponibile nei negozi e negli store digitali. Il disco contiene 3 nuovi brani prodotti e arrangiati dal maestro Celso Valli e i 5 inediti estratti da Cinque passi in più...

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Metal Church was an American heavy metal band. They originally formed in San Francisco, California in 1980 before relocating to Aberdeen, Washington the following year and briefly using the name Shrapnel. Their eponymous first album was released in 1984, and their final, This Present Wasteland, in 2008. Original Japanese Press without OBI.

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In the late 1980s and early 1990s, director Michael Hampe and conductor Gianluigi Gelmetti, in connection with the Schwetzingen Festival, staged the four farsa’s (Il signor Bruschino, L’occasione fa il ladro, La cambiale di matrimonio, and La scala di seta) at the intimate Rococo theater. Fortunately for Rossini-lovers, these absolutely wonderful productions were videotaped. They are unpretentious stagings with beautiful, elaborate, realistic sets, extravagantly costumed, loaded with witty business, free of gratuitous shtick, and populated with a coterie of bel canto specialists. -- David L. Kirk, FANFARE

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"We've been trying to make this album more hard rock and heavy metal than our previous work and this time it meant doing it ourselves. We haven't been using an external producer but just listened to what we wanted out of this album, what we felt would be the right step to take and if you ask me, we've nailed it. Can't wait to let people hear our new stuff!" - says vocalist and sole remaining founding member Danny Rexon.

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Includes Two Live ConcertsThis film captures Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings on the road, in the studio and on stage during their 2004 European tour. Performing 'roots' music by some of the greatest artists of all time including Nina Simone, Ray Charles, and Chuck Berry. Featuring a host of talented musicians, today's Rhythm Kings line-up perform some of the greatest songs of the last 50 years alongside original material.

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"Funkadelic metamorphosed initially as the freakier, rock-ish, drug-friendly side of George Clinton's once standup, processed-haired, dressed-to-the-nines vocal group -- Parliament. They were the players, the band that became a self-entity through Clinton's advanced creative imaging. Kudos to Dressed-to-Kill for this pressure-cooking tight compilation. The soul and essence of Funkadelic is presented on 10 hardcore jollies." AndrewHamilton@allmusic.com

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Many valuable performances from the height of the bop era are included on this double CD. Subtitled "The Complete Blue Note and Capitol Recordings" and comprised of 23 songs and 13 alternate takes, the reissue features the great trumpeter Fats Navarro in peak form with three groups headed by pianist/arranger Tadd Dameron, in trumpet battles with one of his major influences, Howard McGhee, and on a remarkable all-star quintet with pianist Bud Powell and the young tenor Sonny Rollins; among the other sidemen are altoist Ernie Henry; tenors Charlie Rouse, Allen Eager, Wardell Gray, and Dexter Gordon; and vibraphonist Milt Jackson.

Public Image Ltd can confirm that their first new album in 20 years This Is PiL released on May 28th will contain 12 tracks (tracklisting below). The album is self-funded by PiL and will be released on PiL s own label PiL Official via Cargo UK Distribution. All the new material was recorded in the UK last year at Steve Winwood s studio in the Cotswolds. John Lydon talks about This Is PiL : Well, 12 songs, where do I begin? Everything and anything that attracts my attention. One Drop is about my early youth in Finsbury Park. Fantastic! Hello, we re all teenagers don t you forget it! At any age, stay young.