In the next (probably Januari 2004) issue of the British magazine MOJO there will be a article about FZ.
september 23 2003
Yesterday I heard Mike Keneally´s new album that will be released in spring next year. It is fantastic. It is a recording made the last couple of weeks together with the Dutch Metropole Orchestra. I can advice everybody to get it. Also next spring Mike´s new rock album will be released.
august 12 2003
In a recent e mail from Zappa.com they mention:" the next-to-be-released DVD of Baby Snakes"
Hopefully we can look forward to this one.
july 20 2003
Mike Keneally plays on 1 song of the cd of Stumper called Sober.
More info on: www.pvhmusic.com
july 6 2003
Latest info about Thing Fish in London
june 12 2003
Simmons Taps Dylan, Zappa Songs For Solo Set
Gene Simmons' first solo record in 25 years will feature songs co-written by Bob Dylan and the late Frank Zappa, Billboard.com has learned. The as-yet-untitled disc will be among the first albums released through his recently revived Simmons Records' new deal with Sanctuary Records.
The Dylan co-write, "Waiting for the Morning Light," was born out of a one-day writing session at Simmons' home in Los Angeles six or seven years ago, the Kiss bassist/vocalist reveals.
"Bob came up with the chords, most of them, and then I took it and wrote lyrics, melody, the rest of it," says Simmons, adding that he kept urging Dylan through the years to put lyrics to the song. "I'd see him on tour, and I'd say, 'Bob, you wanna write the song? And he would say, 'No, man, you write it, Mr. Kiss.'"
Of the one-day session, Simmons says, "We understood each other right away. He picked up an acoustic guitar, and we just tossed it back and forth, 'How 'bout this, how 'bout that?' And he started to strum, because he -- at least with me -- tended to talk and strum guitar at the same time. And as soon as I heard the first three or four chords, I went, 'Wait, wait, what's that? Do that again.' So I went and started to write a lyric around that."
Simmons says he also plans to build a song around an unused Zappa riff titled, appropriately, "Black Tongue." "The plan is for [Zappa's children] Dweezil, Ahmet, and everybody to play on it, and to take Frank's voice and create a brand new song. It's very dark, very sort of King Crimson, 'In the Court of the Crimson King'-kind of sound, with 7/8 time."
The bassist, whose previous solo album was a 1978 self-titled set released the same day as solo sets from his three Kiss bandmates -- singer/guitarist Paul Stanley, singer Ace Frehley, and drummer Peter Criss -- is also courting the likes of John Mellencamp, Axl Rose, and Trey Anastasio for guest vocals.
The album, previewed to Billboard.com, will surely surprise many. The funky, acoustic guitar-laced "Dog" recalls Warren Zevon's "Werewolves of London" and the soulful, midtempo "Waiting for the Morning Light," a relationship song, is reminiscent of Daryl Hall. "Looking Out the Window" is a sentimental, Beatles-inspired number that features lap steel. Another cut, "A**hole," is more of a straightforward, rock guitar-driven track.
The solo set, for which no release date has yet been set, is just one of many projects Simmons is working on. Kiss is nearing the July 22 release of The Kiss Symphony: Alive IV," which captures the band's Feb. 28 performance with the Melbourne Orchestra, the first release from Kiss Records via Sanctuary. A summer co-headlining jaunt with Aerosmith begins Aug. 2 in Hartford, Conn.
"Sex, Money, Kiss," Simmons' second book, following the autobiography "Kiss and Make-Up," is due next week via his own Simmons Books (through New Millennium). Three more books are in the pipeline, "Groupies: Sex, Drugs, and Rock'n'roll," "Gene Simmons Mysteries," and "How to Raise a Rock Star," written by his longtime girlfriend, actress Shannon Tweed.
Simmons says he's also closing in on signing the first artists to Simmons Records in more than a decade. The label was last active in the late 1980s and was previously distributed through RCA/BMG. It released records by hard rock acts such as House Of Lords, Silent Rage, and Gypsy Rose with moderate success.
With the revived label, he says he's out to prove that "Van Halen wasn't a fluke." Simmons is credited with discovering the band.
june 7 2003
On 24 juni the next 2 cd´s of Steve Vai´s box will be released.
Archives Volume 3 is a compilation of Steve's bonus tracks featured on Japanese releases of his CDs, along with promotional tracks, songs featured on other albums and unreleased/demo tracks.
Tracklisting:
01. Speed
02. Just Cartilage
03. San-San-Nana-Byoushi
04. Sofa
05. Essence
06. Wipeout 2000
07. Feathers
08. Opposites Attract Part 1
09. Misfits
10. Selfless Love
11. Maple Leafs (Song for Canada)
12. The Murder
13. Opposites Attract Part 2 (The Indulgent Version)
The CD booklet features Steve's commentary on each track.
Archives Vol. 4 is a collection of songs Vai has contributed to other projects and records including Public Image Ltd., tracks from the Hendrix tribute In From The Storm with the London Symphony Orchestra, and a collaboration with Chick Corea from The Songs Of West Side Story, among others.
Tracklisting:
01. Sweet Lady Luck (Whitesnake)
02. Rumble (Various Artists - The Songs of West Side Story)
03. Ease (Public Image Limited - Compact Disc)
04. Home (Public Image Limited - Compact Disc)
05. Western Vacation (Western Vacation - Western Vacation)
06. Noah's Ark (Gregg Bissonette - Submarine)
07. Drifting (Various Artists - In From the Storm)
08. Bold As Love (Various Artists - In From the Storm)
09. There's Still Hope (Bob Harris - The Great Nostalgia)
10. Autumn In Nepal (Bob Harris - The Great Nostalgia)
11. Feed My Frankenstein (Alice Cooper - Hey Stoopid)
12. Der Holle Rache [Queen Of The Night] - (Various Artists - Angelica)
13. Gone (Lilly)
The CD Booklet features Steve's commentary on each track.
may 27 2003
About Ensemble Modern
may 27 2003
Info about Purple Cucumber
may 19 2003
From the site of Ensemble Modern
FRANK ZAPPA
Greggery Peccary & Other Persuasions
Release ca. September 2003
march 19 2003
This year Candy Zappa's book "My Brother was a Mother" Will be released.
march 19 2003
On May 5 2003 Warner Music will release the cd "A Grandmothers Night at the Gewandhaus".
march 8 2003
Arte will broadcast a Zappa item in the program Metropolis starting time 21:40.
march 4 2003
