Hollywood Undead Live Review

Hollywood Undead played the Kellogg Arena on Friday night sharing the stage with New Medicine, Stone Sour, and Avenged Sevenfold. This California rap-rock outfit brings the noise and then some with their in your face lyrics and crushing beats. Their live show is a charismatic carnival of energy and the band members each wear crazy tripped out looking masks. The masks were donned for the first three songs and were taken off for the remainder of the set. The zany antics of the guys on stage got the crowd revved up and everywhere that you looked you could see fans singing along and rocking to the beat. The drummer was showing some Detroit love by wearing a Defend Detroit shirt. Defend Detroit is a local clothing company that sells their wares in a number of different locations around the Metro-Detroit area.

Hollywood Undead's debut album Swan Songs came out in 2008 and reached #22 on the Billboard 200 in the first week of its release. They are currently working on their follow-up album American Tragedy which is due to come out soon. They have released a single from the new album called "Hear Me Now" which is currently in rotation on 89X. The guys that make up this wild fusion of sound are Danny, Funny Man and Johnny 3 Tears on vocals, Charlie Scene on lead guitar and vocals, J-Dog works it with rhythm guitar, keyboards, synths, vocals and bass, and Da Kurlzz hits hard on the drums.

For more info on Hollywood Undead visit http://www.hollywoodundead.com/

Full Setlist:

1. Undead
2. Sell Your Soul
3. Battle and a Gun
4. City
5. Paradise Lost
6. Hear Me Now
7. Everywhere I Go

Check out full photo slideshow on Examiner.com: Hollywood Undead Live Review & Photos - Detroit Music | Examiner.com http://www.examiner.com/music-in-detroit/hollywood-undead-live-review-photos#ixzz1DWU40tZa

Uproar Festival Review

Uproar Festival Review 

This summer I've been to so many amazing concerts, but I've found myself traveling great distances because some of the best tours are not coming to Detroit. Two in particular were Ozzfest and Uproar. I don't get it, Detroit loves rock and metal! The Mayhem festival sold out here and that's the same genre as these other ones. Why are we being skipped and why do I have to keep putting so many miles on my car?!

The drive to Columbus, Ohio for the Uproar Tour was worth it based on Avenged Sevenfold alone. The fact that so many other great bands played too was an added bonus. The line-up for the festival included; New Medicine, Hail The Villain, and Airbourne who played the second stage or rather the first venue of the day; the LC Pavilion. This festival ended up being in two separate venues due to ticket sales being higher then expected. The Nationwide Arena was a hop skip and a jump from the LC Pavillion and a where the heck are my tickets that are supposed to be at will call? They were not at the first venue when we arrived, which would of been the logical place for them to be.They were at the Nationwide Arena, after running back and forth in the heat and getting into the venues I was able to enjoy an amazing day of music. In the Nationwide Arena on the Main Stage the bands that played lit the arena on fire. Halestorm, Stone Sour, Avenged Sevenfold (they literally had flames reaching towards the sky with their amazing pyrotechnics), and Disturbed. 

My favorite performances at the first venue were Hail The Villain and Airbourne. Hail The Villain is an up and coming alternative metal band from Canada. You may have heard their song "Take Back The Fear," played on the radio. These boys are full of energy and put on a great live show. Airbourne are those wild Aussie rockers and their singer has a penchant for climbing things. During the show he succumbed to this pastime by climbing a wall next to the stage. He then walked balance beam style on a ledge before finally climbing down and running around some more.

For the Main Stage my favorites were Stone Sour and Avenged Sevenfold, both of these bands absolutely blew me away. Disturbed was great, but you'll have to excuse my disposition due to the fact that Avenged Sevenfold is my favorite band and I think they stole the show. (They did, it's true!) Corey Taylor of Stone Sour had his heart and energy at all systems go and blazed the stage with rock god status. He also let everyone know that their new album Audio Secrecy will be coming out on September 7th.

When it came time for Avenged to come onstage, I got chills. This is my eighth time seeing them and my first without 'The Rev'. There was a sadness in the air and you could catch glimpses of it in their eyes. Their performance and the fact that they are moving forward as a band is done out of love and respect for Jimmy. Mike Portnoy of Dream Theater humbly plays the drums on this tour, he was one of 'The Rev's' all time favorite drummers.

Their stage setup was the biggest I've seen yet. Towering gates and brick pillars were set up as the entrance to a dark and gothic graveyard. The beginning of their set entered with full force dramatics. As we looked up above in the rafters there was a man standing there with a rope... He glances downward. Slowly and methodically he winds the rope around his neck. As the opening chords of "Nightmare" are struck, he jumps. (Don't worry this was all staged). This began our wild dark ride through Avenged Sevenfold's performance. They played a lot of songs off of Nightmare and their self-titled album Avenged Sevenfold. They also played "Beast and the Harlot" from City of Evil. The blood, sweat, tears, and dedication that these boys brought to life was felt by all and crushed the arena. The blazing pyrotechnics got our hearts pounding along with their 'Synyster' brand of metal. After their set I was energized and in awe of how this band has come so far and never fails to put on an amazing show.  

RIP Rev we miss you!

For more info on the Uproar Tour visit http://www.rockstaruproar.com/

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When Avenged Sevenfold lost their drummer Jimmy Sullivan (The Rev) in December of last year they lost a friend, a brother, and an integral part of their band and family. At first the shock of losing The Rev put everyone at a stand still, how could they go on after his passing away? Then they realized that Jimmy would never want them to stop on his behalf and out of love and respect for him they carried on. What transpired was the creation a heartbreaking masterpiece with raw emotion and dark shadows laced throughout and it is absolutely spellbinding. 

“It’s about how we were feeling at the time and are still feeling,” Shadows says. “When it first happens it’s much more intense. I realize now that we’re going to have to live with it and it’s never going to go away. The record is a lot different than if we hadn’t opened ourselves up right when it happened. We were more vulnerable and willing to put it out on the line.”

The Rev had played an integral role in writing the album and just days before he died, he'd completed the song "Fiction" that now seemed to have foretold his own death and assured his friends in no uncertain terms that they had to carry on. “I know you’ll find your own way, when I’m not with you tonight,” Sullivan wrote.

It was “Fiction,” the song The Rev had just finished, that helped lift any doubts about carrying on.
“He wouldn’t have wanted us to stop, and if it had been any one of us, it would be the same,” says bassist Christ. “Especially since he had written the song. ‘Fiction’ is one hundred percent his. You want people to hear how brilliant Jimmy really was, his songwriting as well as drumming. A lot of people know how great a drummer he was, but few know what a big part he played in the writing.”

From the first notes of the elegiac bells on the title track "Nightmare" to the epic ending track "Save Me" this album runs deep with passion that electrifies the auditory senses and draws you into Avenged Sevenfold's Nightmare.

Full Track Listing:

1. Nightmare
2. Welcome To The Family
3. Danger Line
4. Buried Alive
5. Natural Born Killer
6. So Far Away
7. God Hates Us
8. Victim
9. Tonight The World Dies
10. Fiction
11. Save Me

ITUNES PRE-ORDER FOR AVENGED SEVENFOLD'S UPCOMING NEW ALBUM

Photo Credit: Clay Patrick McBride

ITUNES PRE-ORDER FOR AVENGED SEVENFOLD'S UPCOMING NEW ALBUM NIGHTMARE BEGINS TUESDAY, JUNE 29TH

ITUNES EDITION INCLUDES FULL DIGITAL ALBUM, NON ALBUM EXCLUSIVE BONUS TRACK AND PHOTOS, THE "NIGHTMARE" MUSIC VIDEO AND MORE

Burbank, CA – An exclusive digital edition of Avenged Sevenfold's upcoming album Nightmare will be available for pre-order beginning on Tuesday, June 29th, on the iTunes Store. The Southern California band's fifth studio album, produced by Mike Elizondo, is due from Warner Bros. Records on July 27th.

In addition to the full Nightmare digital album, this very special iTunes edition is jam-packed with features including a non album exclusive bonus track ("Lost It All"), 20 exclusive photos, the "Nightmare" music video plus its written treatment, behind the scenes footage from the video shoot, the "Nightmare" lyric video, an audio interview with album producer Mike Elizondo, type-set lyrics with hand-written notes for "Lost It All," and sketches of the album art concept.

Avenged Sevenfold are riding high on the success of Nightmare's first single and title track, which has enjoyed airplay at Active Rock, Mainstream, and Modern Rock radio stations across the country and was the No. 1 Rock Song on iTunes in the U.S. and the U.K. in its debut week. A lyric video of "Nightmare" that premiered via YouTube on the band's website received more than 275,000 plays in 24 hours and has since racked up more than two million views.

In August, Avenged Sevenfold will set out co-headlining the first annual Rockstar Energy Drink UPROAR Festival with Disturbed. Also on the bill are Stone Sour, Halestorm, and Hell Yeah. The UPROAR tour, which will hit amphitheatres and arenas, marks the band's first tour since the passing of beloved friend and drummer Jimmy "The Rev" Sullivan. Mike Portnoy from Dream Theatre plays drums on Nightmare and will also tour with the band for UPROAR. Please visit

Pre-order Nightmare here:

 Nightmare (Deluxe Version)

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Avenged Sevenfold To Release Special Limited Edition of Upcoming Album

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AVENGED SEVENFOLD TO RELEASE SPECIAL LIMITED EDITION OF UPCOMING ALBUM NIGHTMARE AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER NOW AT AVENGEDSEVENFOLD.COM

BOOK OF NIGHTMARES EDITION INCLUDES FULL ALBUM, EXPANDED BOOKLET WITH LYRIC SHEET AND EXCLUSIVE ARTWORK, SPECIAL LITHOGRAPH, PLUS INSTANT DOWNLOAD OF CURRENT SINGLE, “NIGHTMARE”

BAND ANNOUNCE TRACK-LISTING FOR NIGHTMARE, DUE JUY 27TH, 2010, FROM WARNER BROS. RECORDS

DATELINE — Burbank, CA — Southern California’s Avenged Sevenfold will release a special limited edition of their upcoming album Nightmare on July 27th, the same day their fifth studio album is due from Warner Bros. Records. Nightmare was produced by Mike Elizondo (Dr. Dre, Eminem) and mixed by noted engineer Andy Wallace. Please see below for full track-listing.

Book of Nightmares includes the full Nightmare album on CD, plus an expanded booklet featuring lyric sheets from the band and exclusive artwork — all packaged in a bound book with a silver-plated “Nightmare” crest. The package also includes a limited 24” x 36” lithograph entitled “Death Bat Anatomy” featuring original artwork on textured paper embossed, as well as an instant digital download of Avenged Sevenfold’s current single “Nightmare.” Book of Nightmares is only for sale from the band’s official website, www.avengedsevenfold.com, where it is currently available for pre-order for $49.99.

The album’s first single and title track has enjoyed airplay at Active Rock, Mainstream, and Modern Rock radio stations across the country and was the No. 1 Rock Song on iTunes in the U.S. and the U.K. in its debut week. A lyric video of "Nightmare" that premiered via a Youtube on the band’s website received more than 275,000 plays in 24 hours and has since racked up nearly 1.7 million views.

In August, Avenged Sevenfold will set out co-headlining the first annual Rockstar Energy Drink UPROAR Festival with Disturbed. Also on the bill are Stone Sour, Halestorm, and Hell Yeah. The UPROAR tour, which will hit amphitheatres and arenas, marks the band’s first tour since the passing of beloved friend and drummer Jimmy "The Rev" Sullivan. Mike Portnoy from Dream Theatre plays drums on Nightmare and will also tour with the band for UPROAR. Please visit http://www.rockstaruproar.com for details.

The track-listing for Nightmare is as follows:

1. Nightmare
2. Welcome To The Family
3. Danger Line
4. Buried Alive
5. Natural Born Killer
6. So Far Away
7. God Hates Us
8. Victim
9. Tonight The World Dies
10. Fiction
11. Save Me

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Avenged Sevenfold: "Nightmare" Single

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Sometimes Stereos Eat Things!

So the other day my stereo decided that it was time to go and join the great sound waves in the sky. Which means that it died and in the process decided to eat two of my favorite CDs (Band of Heathens One Foot in the Ether and Avenged Sevenfold's City of Evil. What a bastard! So... I armed myself with a screwdriver and took that stubborn hunk of metal apart. I was able to rescue my CDs and then set about screwing the stereo back together so that I could take it to a place to be recycled. I ended up with five extra screws of which I have no idea where they go. For some reason I decided to turn it on for one last go. Guess what?! Damn thing has worked great ever since!!!!

Uproar Festival Lineup Featuring Avenged Sevenfold

First Annual Rockstar Energy Drink UPROAR Festival Kicks Off August 17 in Minneapolis, MN and Wraps October 4 in Madison, WI

TREK FEATURES STELLAR ROCK LINEUP INCLUDING: DISTURBED, AVENGED SEVENFOLD, STONE SOUR, HALESTORM, HELLYEAH, AIRBOURNE, HAIL THE VILLAIN AND NEW MEDICINE

DISTURBED, AVENGED SEVENFOLD, STONE SOUR AND HELLYEAH ALL SET TO RELEASE NEW ALBUMS COINCIDING WITH TOUR

NATIONAL ON SALE SET FOR JUNE 12

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LOS ANGELES, May 3 /PRNewswire/ -- The first annual Rockstar Energy Drink UPROAR Festival is set to rock North America with a late summer trek featuring a stellar active rock lineup including multi-platinum headliners Disturbed and Avenged Sevenfold, along with Stone Sour and Halestorm featured on the main stage.  The potent rock lineup for the touring music and lifestyle jaunt also features performances from Jagermeister Second Stage headliners Hellyeah, as well as Airbourne, Hail The Villain, New Medicine and the Jagermeister Battle of The Bands Winner in each city.  The 36-date tour launches August 17 in Minneapolis, MN and will visit arenas and amphitheatres across North America before wrapping October 4 in Madison, WI.  

The national on sale for the Rockstar Energy Drink UPROAR Festival is Saturday, June 12 and tickets will be available via www.RockstarUproar.com and www.LiveNation.com.  A special pre-sale will commence Tuesday, June 8.  Go to www.RockstarUproar.com for details.  Tickets for the September 19 Tempe Beach Park Amphitheatre show go on sale Saturday, May 15. Information is available at www.luckymanonline.com.

The Rockstar Energy Drink UPROAR Festival is produced by John Reese, John Oakes and CAA. This team has co-founded and continues to co-produce the Rockstar Taste Of Chaos and the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival.  All of the amphitheater dates are being produced in conjunction with Live Nation.

Disturbed have sold 11 million albums and six million digital tracks worldwide, and have scored eight #1 singles at Active Rock radio over the course of their career. Disturbed are currently in the studio recording their new CD entitled Asylum, which will be released by Reprise Records in late summer.  The group's last studio album, the platinum self-produced Indestructible, debuted at #1 on Billboard's Top 200 album chart in June 2008 and remained in the Top 10 for five weeks.Indestructible is the band's third consecutive #1 album, following their platinum-sellers Believe (2002) and Ten Thousand Fists (2005), making Disturbed one of only six rock bands in history to score three consecutive #1 debuts with studio albums.  "We are truly looking forward to being part of a lineup this strong," says Disturbed's David Draiman.  "It's always good to tour with friends." In 2008, the song "Inside the Fire" was nominated for a Grammy in the Best Hard Rock Performance category for the 2009 award show and is the longest running #1 single in history at Active Rock Radio.

Southern California's Avenged Sevenfold recently finished tracking their highly anticipated fifth studio album, slated for release later this year.  The group, once an integral part of the independent underground rock scene, achieved worldwide success with their platinum 2005 breakthrough City Of Evil (Warner Bros. Records).  The album featured the wildly popular single "Bat Country."  The band quickly became known for their spectacular live shows and continues to sell out arenas worldwide.  They are the only band to have headlined the Vans Warped Tour and Ozzfest while simultaneously hitting #1 on MTV's "TRL."  In 2006, they won the award for fan-voted Best New Artist category for "Bat Country" at the MTV Video Music Awards.  In 2007, their self-titled Avenged Sevenfold album debuted at #1 on the Billboard Alternative, Hard and Rock Charts and #4 on the Billboard Top 200 album chart.  It spawned the singles "Almost Easy," "Afterlife" and "Scream," and has sold over a million units worldwide.  In 2008, the band captured their magnificent stage show on Live in the LBC & Diamonds in the Rough, a live CD/DVD that has since been certified platinum.  This tour marks Avenged Sevenfold's first tour since the passing of beloved friend and drummer Jimmy "The Rev" Sullivan, and frontman M. Shadows shares, "After recently finishing up our new record we were not sure if we were going to continue touring.  We got a call from our friends at UPROAR and decided this would be the best way to introduce our fans to the new album.  We are excited to share the new music with you and our friends on tour."

Stone Sour's passionately pulsing second album, Come What(ever) May found the band firing on all cylinders and capturing the attention and the hearts of the rock 'n roll masses. The album was a massive success, already gold and approaching platinum status while the band is currently holed up in Nashville, Tennessee working on their much anticipated, as-yet-untitled third effort, due out on Roadrunner Records in summer 2010. Grammy-winning Come What(ever) May producerNick Raskulinecz is once again onboard as producer.  "Me and the boys are really looking forward to the UPROAR Festival this fall," comments the group's Corey Taylor. "Not only is it another chance to tour the great States, but it's also a chance for us to play the new material that we've been working on. It's going to be no holds barred every night, and we hope everyone is ready for it."

"With UPROAR, our goal is to bring fans a late summer celebration featuring awesome rock bands, lifestyle attractions and activities.  Disturbed, Avenged Sevenfold and Stone Sour along with the rest of the bill deliver one of the best rock touring packages in recent times," says tour producer John Reese. "The album sales success of Disturbed has been unprecedented and they have the opportunity to be one of the only rock bands in history to have an album debut at #1 on theBillboard Top 200 four consecutive times. "In my opinion, Avenged Sevenfold with this new album are set to take their career to a massive place and Stone Sour's career is on a path to hugeness."

"The creative duo behind UPROAR, John Reese and CAA, are incredibly talented at pulling together a stellar lineup of great bands, combined with great activities, in a fun-filled summer environment, at a great price.  Our current partnership on Mayhem has been a huge success drawing more than 600,000 fans to our amphitheaters in 2008 and 2009, and given the great roster of bands on UPROAR, we anticipate another big hit with fans this summer," said Jason Garner, CEO of Concerts for Live Nation.

"At Rockstar Energy Drink we are committed to the music fan and with UPROAR we are ready to unleash one of the best rock packages in recent memory on North America," says Rockstar Energy Drink Marketing Director Mike Kelso.  "A plethora of great music and fan friendly surprises will be unveiled at the 2010 Rockstar Energy Drink UPROAR Festival."

"Jagermeister is once again thrilled to be working with John Reese and his team on UPROAR," comments Rick Zeiler, Director of Strategic Marketing for Jagermeister. "Our company takes great pride in working with the best in the business and UPROAR has all of the elements to be one of the best tours this year. We're also very excited to have Hellyeah headline the Jagermeister Mobile Stage."  

The Rockstar Energy Drink UPROAR Festival will feature a full afternoon and night of activities, including a concourse midway filled with vendors and activities and a daily wrestling tournament featuring the Detroit-based Blue Collar Wrestling Alliance.  The Blue Collar Wrestling Alliance UPROAR lineup will feature eight of the finest, fastest rising wrestlers in the world who will put their skills to the ultimate test during the BCWA UPROAR Invitational.  The 36-event tournament will encompass 245 matches over seven weeks throughout North America.  The athlete that perseveres over injuries and adversity will be named King of the Tournament.  

UPROAR TV launches today and a new episode will air every Tuesday from May 11 through the end of the tour.  UPROAR TV can be found at www.RockstarUproar.com.  Fans can expect exclusive behind the scenes footage and surprises from bands on the tour.  In addition, Guitar Player magazine will produce the official festival program which will be distributed free at each show.

The itinerary for the Rockstar Energy Drink UPROAR Festival is as follows.  For complete ticket and tour information, visit www.RockstarUproar.com and www.LiveNation.com.

Date	City
Tue 8/17	Minneapolis, MN	Target Center
Wed 8/18	Kansas City, KS	Capitol Federal Park at Sandstone
Fri 8/20	Omaha, NE	WestFair Amphitheater
Sat 8/21	Chicago, IL	First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
Sun 8/22	Buffalo, NY	Darien Lake Performing Arts Center
Tue 8/24	Toronto, ON	Molson Canadian Amphitheatre
Wed 8/25	Cleveland, OH	Time Warner Cable Amphitheater at Tower City
Fri 8/27	Scranton, PA	Toyota Pavilion at Montage Mountain
Sat 8/28	Wantagh, NY	Nikon at Jones Beach Theater
Sun 8/29	Saratoga Springs, NY	Saratoga Performing Arts Center
Tue 8/31	Washington, DC	Jiffy Lube Live
Wed 9/1	Charlotte, NC	Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
Fri 9/3	Birmingham, AL	Verizon Wireless Music Center
Sat 9/4	Tampa, FL	Ford Amphitheatre
Sun 9/5	TBA
Tue 9/7	TBA
Wed 9/8	TBA
Fri 9/10	Dallas, TX	Superpages.com Center
Sat 9/11	Corpus Christi, TX	Concrete Street Amphitheater
Sun 9/12	Houston, TX	Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
Tue 9/14	Denver, CO	Comfort Dental Amphitheatre
Wed 9/15	Salt Lake City, UT	USANA Amphitheatre
Fri 9/17	Sacramento, CA	Sleep Train Amphitheatre
Sat 9/18	San Diego, CA	Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre
Sun 9/19	Tempe, AZ	Tempe Beach Park Amphitheatre
Tue 9/21	TBA
Wed 9/22	Irvine, CA	Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
Fri 9/24	Portland, OR	Clark County Government Center Amphitheatre
Sat 9/25	Seattle, WA	The Gorge Amphitheatre
Sun 9/26	Vancouver, BC	Pacific Coliseum
Tue 9/28	Edmonton, AB	Rexall Place
Wed 9/29	Calgary, AB	Saddledome
Thur 9/30	Saskatoon, SK	Credit Union Centre
Sat 10/2	Winnipeg, MB	MTS Centre
Sun 10/3	Fargo, ND	Fargodome
Mon 10/4	Madison, WI	Alliant Energy Center Memorial Coliseum

About Rockstar Energy Drink UPROAR Festival

The Rockstar Energy Drink UPROAR Festival is produced by John Reese, John Oakes, CAA's Darryl Eaton and Ryan Harlacher and Live Nation's Perry Lavoisne.  Reese and Eaton co-founded and continue to produce the Rockstar Taste Of Chaos, now in its sixth year and the only worldwide traveling music/lifestyle festival. They also co-produce the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival, now in its third year and the largest heavy music traveling festival in America. The team has also produced many other successful music/lifestyle festivals and concert tours including the Samsung Music as A Weapon Festival and the Curiosa Festival, among many others.

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