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In the annals of rock n’ roll no other rock band has a more checkered or colored existence other than Kiss. Whether you love them or hate them, Kiss is undeniably one of the most influential rock bands on the planet. It’s funny to think that if not for a double live album, they may have potentially disappeared into obscurity. In 1975 on the heels of three poorly selling studio albums, the band and their record label, Casablanca, made the gutsy decision to release a double live album. It was not only a wise choice but to this day “Alive!” is viewed as the essential Kiss album and the one by which all others are judged.

Universal Music recently released a 4-disc live box set entitled ‘Alive 1975-2000′. Housed inside this package are the first three ‘Alive’ albums and an unreleased one from their 1999/2000 Millennium show. This fourth album was to have been ‘Alive IV’ and put out in support of the band’s farewell tour in 2000, however, it never saw the light of day until now. If one were to buy this box it would most likely be a double dip for most fans, so I’m here to break down the contents for you so you can make a decision.

Read full story: http://blog.mp3adrenalin.com/2007/08/10/kizz-new-fan-oriented-albom/

Singer, songwriter, arranger and record producer Lee Hazlewood died Saturday (Aug.4). In 2005 he was diagnosed with terminal renal cancer, yet undertook an extensive round of interviews and promotional activities in support of his latest album, Cake or Death.

Hazlewood is best known for writing the 1960s Nancy Sinatra hit, “These Boots Are Made for Walkin’”. He also wrote “Houston,” a hit recorded by Dean Martin. He was for a time a mentor to Phil Spector in the late 1950s. However, his own output also achieved a cult status in the underground rock scene, with songs covered by artists such as Lydia Lunch, Primal Scream, Einstürzende Neubauten, Nick Cave, Anita Lane, Megadeth, and Boyd Rice.

Read full story: http://blog.mp3adrenalin.com/2007/08/08/lee-hazlewood-dead-due-to-cancer/

Interestingly how we all kind of intuited this before long, even if it was nothing we thought to articulate. The use of the word “album” diminished as the CD era progressed. Instead of saying, “Did you get the new Radiohead album?” you maybe, more often, said, “Did you get the new Radiohead CD?”

Bonus tracks were but the first step. Once music fans had pretty much abandoned the vinyl LP, by the early ’90s, the industry found itself released once and for all from the time restriction of the vinyl LP. After which point albums, sure enough, became longer. Quite a bit longer.

Read full story: http://blog.mp3adrenalin.com/2007/08/07/the-fingerprints-cd-broke-the-spell-of-the-record-album/

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Twelve Girls Band Biography:

It wasn’t the like-minded, classical-meets-pop band Bond that gave Wang Xiao-Jing the idea for Twelve Girls Band, it was Chinese numerology according to the man himself. When the “father of Chinese rock music” decided he wanted to create a female ensemble, he knew it needed 12 members. In ancient Chinese mythology it’s the 12 jinchai (12 hairpins) that represent womanhood. The 12 women that Xiao-Jing brought together were veterans of the People’s Republic of China’s top orchestras, played ancient Chinese instruments, and all were in their twenties.

Read full story: http://blog.mp3adrenalin.com/2007/08/01/12-girls-band-new-album/