AOR Heaven News 07.05.13
Release: Lost Weekend – Evermore
Label: AOR Heaven
Out: 21.06.2013
Lost Weekend have been together for 18 years. They are made up of musicians who over the last 35 years have rocked the stages of Britain, Europe and the world.
With the resurgence in guitar based music the band have been in huge demand, indeed they have performed alongside the likes of Gotthard, TNT, Dokken, Magnum, Saxon, Wishbone Ash, Jeff Scott Soto, Winger, Asia, Quireboys, Thunder, UFO and FM.
It was around the release of their third opus New Religion that legendary Magnum vocalist Bob Catley invited the band to support him on his solo tour of Britain and Europe for which the band again impressed from the start, this resulted in the band being asked to write Bob Catley’s next solo album Spirit Of Man.
The record has received worldwide critical acclaim, once again the band was invited on a tour with Catley. November 2006 has seen the release of the Lost Weekend’s fourth album, the acclaimed forever Moving On. 2007 has been a year spent promoting the latest CD with appearances at some of England’s premier rock festivals to great effect.
With a slight change in personnel the band became a twin guitar based band resulting in a heavier sound more akin to the likes of the Scorpions, UFO and Thunder to name a few.
2008 and a brand new album Fear And Innocence, with this release the added guitar and the re-introduction of keyboards gave the UK group a wonderful platform to create a heavier but also very melodic rock album, which again was widely applauded around the melodic rock circles.
2010/2011 was a time the band gave themselves a hiatus from performing together, in fact they did release a statement saying they were calling time on Lost Weekend, but as people know when you have a break from something you have loved for a long time, you miss those times desperately, and with that the band moved to new premises and decided to start rehearsing initially and just see what happens.
The result was renewed passion and creativity and the next thing they knew was an album had been written and one they are most proud of to date, with the inclusion of Irving Parratt on keyboards(he last worked with the band on Forever Moving On and Spirit Of Man) both of which he contributed the writing of.
The band is primed and ready to unleash their brand new album “Evermore” on June 21st, 2013 via AOR Heaven. Again it was produced by the incredible Martin Kronlund JM studios Sweden.
Tracklist: 1. Reach for the sky 2. Love will find you 3. Be who you wanna be 4. Got to make it through 5. Angel sublime 6. Perfect day 7. The real world 8. Live for tomorrow 9. Falling by the wayside 10. Do you remember 11. Evermore 12. Ain’t no friend of mine
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Release: Sideburn – Gasoline +3
Label: AOR Heaven Mailorder (Europe, excluding Switzerland)¸ Irascible (in CH)
Out: 24.05.2013
With a rich history, Swiss quintet Sideburn knows the power of rock well enough. They’ve been there, done that, and are possibly, one of the best-kept secrets in rock'n'roll. With six albums since the change of name in 1995, their discography talks by itself.
So it's no surprise that their song “Six feet under” was picked by 20th Century Fox Studios to be featured in an episode of the Fox Network TV show “24” with Kiefer Sutherland, or that they opened for some of the biggest acts in the industry (e.g. Def Leppard, Kiss, Krokus, Gotthard, Dio, Doro, Motörhead, Thin Lizzy, Uriah Heep, Meat Loaf and lots more).
Sideburn create that classic rock sound (a mix of AC/DC and ZZ Top) that is guaranteed to make you pump up the volume, dust off that air-guitar & tap your feet.
For the 10th anniversary of the album "Gasoline", a new pressing will be released on the 17th of May in Switzerland (Irascible), on the 24th of May for Europe (AOR Heaven Mailorder)
Originally released in October 2003, "Gasoline" featured 11 songs. Some of them are classics, like: "Gangster Lover", "Never kill the chicken", "Giov in LA" and "Black sheep" which all are still part of the current live set-list.
The reissue includes 3 bonus tracks recorded live on the 27th of October 2012 at the Brise Glace of Annecy (France):
- Slave to the core
- Crocodile
- Get that way
The band says: "For us it was a good way to present the new line-up, before the release of the new album which will be out in October on Metal Heaven".
Quelle: GerMusica Promotion & Management