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Feb

Monsters Of Rock Cruise Approaches Sellout

Artist:

Night Ranger

Wednesday, April 22, 2015

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THE MONSTERS OF ROCK CRUISE, the world’s largest and longest running Heavy Metal and Hard Rock cruise, has only 34-cabins available before selling out its fourth consecutive year. Tickets for the remaining 34-cabins aboard this musical playground will be sold on a first-come, first-served basis, starting at $1,099 per person (double occupancy) and are available at MonstersOfRockCruise.com.

Sailing the Bahamas this April 18-22 aboard the MSC Divina, the four-day-and-night cruise celebrating the original legendary Castle Donington music festival held in England in 1980, will showcase Heavy Metal and Hard Rock music icons (including artists on the original festival bill)--such as Tesla, Europe, Night Ranger, Tom Keifer of Cinderella, Extreme, KIX, Queensryche, Krokus, Stryper, Lita Ford, Black Star Riders, Y&T, plus many more (full lineup below)--and feature a full schedule of events and activities designed to encourage interaction between artists and fans.

This year’s cruise itinerary is kicked off by a two-night pre-party event at Miami’s Magic City Casino on April 15, featuring performances by Queensryche and Lillian Axe, and April 17, featuring performances by Stryper, Tyketto, Gabbie Rae and a special surprise guest artist. The fun continues the moment fans board the ship, meeting new friends poolside during the kickoff Sailaway Concert featuring cruise alumni, Tesla. This will set the tone for the next four days of events, including: Artist Meet & Greets, all-day stops at the private Monster Beach at Poseidon’s Grotto and the cosmopolitan resort mecca of Nassau, Bahamas, the Hot Tub Time Machine 80s Prom, “So You Think You Can Shred” fan competition, Fantasy Night Masquerade, “Rock Anthems Fan Jam” hosted by Izzy Presley, Cooking With Rock Stars, plus more events to be announced.

The official line-up for the 2015 MONSTERS OF ROCK CRUISE is as follows: Tesla; Europe; Night Ranger; Tom Keifer of Cinderella; Extreme; KIX; Queensryche; Krokus; The Winery Dogs; Stryper; Lita Ford; Black Star Riders; Y&T; Zebra; Black ’N Blue; Faster Pussycat; Honeymoon Suite; Tyketto; Keel; John Corabi; Kip Winger; Michael Sweet; Richie Kotzen; Mike Tramp; Joel Hoekstra; Derek St. Holmes; Ron Keel; Leatherwolf; Babylon AD; Bang Tango; Heavens Edge; Frank Hannon Band; Lillian Axe; Rhino Bucket; Pamela Moore; Gabbie Rae; Atomic Punks; and AJ’s Bravehearts.

Says Larry Morand of ON THE BLUE, “The Monsters of Rock Cruise has always been about fan and artist interaction and we have more bands and events this year than ever before. Fans don’t just watch the artists perform, they make music with the artists. If you’re looking for all things Hard Rock and Heavy Metal, this is the cruise for you.”

Visit monstersofrockcruise.com or connect on Facebook and Twitter to be the first to know about upcoming announcements.

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Feb

DEF LEPPARD Announce Summer Tour with STYX & TESLA

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Def Leppard

Tuesday, June 23, 2015

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– Tickets on Sale Starting Feb. 20 at LiveNation.com –

– Styx and Tesla Set To Join The Tour As Special Guests –

“…the greatest power-pop band ever to masquerade as metal."

- New York Magazine

LOS ANGELES (Feb. 12, 2015) – Def Leppard returns to the road this summer for an extensive North American tour. The Live Nation-promoted tour hitting nearly 50 cities across the U.S. and Canada will kick off on June 23 in Tampa, Fla. at MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre. Joining Def Leppard on their massive summer outing are rockers Styx and Tesla. Please see full tour routing below. Citi® cardmembers will have access to pre-sale tickets beginning Wednesday, Feb. 18 at 12 p.m. local time through Citi's Private Pass® Program. For complete pre-sale details, visit www.citiprivatepass.com. General tickets for the tour go on sale starting Friday, Feb. 20 at 10 a.m. on www.livenation.com. Please see below for full details and on sale information.

Def Leppard’s influential career includes numerous hit singles and ground-breaking multi-platinum albums—including two of the best-selling albums of all time, Pyromania and Hysteria, capturing the group’s legendary tracks, bringing together classic Leppard hits such as “Rock of Ages,” Pour Some Sugar on Me” and “Foolin.” The upcoming tour follows on the heels of the band’s massive 2014 co-headlining tour with KISS, last summer.

2015 TOUR DATES

All dates, venues and cities below subject to change.

All shows on sale Feb. 20 unless otherwise noted.

June 23 - Tampa, FL (MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre)

June 25 - West Palm Beach, FL (Cruzan Amphitheatre)

June 27 - Birmingham, AL (Oak Mountain Amphitheatre)

June 28 - Atlanta, GA (Aaron’s Amphitheatre at Lakewood)

June 30 - Charlotte, NC (PNC Music Pavilion)

July 2 - Bristow, VA (Jiffy Lube Live)

July 3 - Virginia Beach, VA (Farm Bureau Live)

July 5 - Uncasville, CT (Mohegan Sun Arena)

July 7 - Gilford, NH (Bank of NH Pavilion at Meadowbrook)

July 9 - Mansfield, MA (Xfinity Center)

July 11 - Bethel, NY (Bethel Woods Center for the Arts)

July 12 - Darien Center, NY (Darien Lake Performing Arts Center)

July 14 - Toronto, ON (Molson Canadian Amphitheatre)

July 15 - Youngstown, OH (Covelli Centre)*

July 17 - Clarkston, MI (DTE Energy Music Theatre)

July 21 - Mt. Pleasant, MI (Soaring Eagle Resort & Casino)*

July 23 - Wantagh, NY (Nikon at Jones Beach Theatre)

July 24 - Saratoga Springs, NY (Saratoga Performing Arts Center)

July 25 - Holmdel, NJ (PNC Bank Arts Center)

Aug 7 - Sturgis, SD (Buffalo Chip Campground)**

Aug 8 - Sioux Falls, SD (Sioux Falls Arena)

Aug 10 - Oklahoma City, OK (Chesapeake Energy Arena)*

Aug 11 - Kansas City, MO (Starlight Theatre)

Aug 14 - Sedalia, MO (Missouri State Fair)

Aug 15 - Des Moines, IA (Iowa State Fair)

Aug 17 - Cincinnati, OH (Riverbend Music Center)

Aug 18 - Nashville, TN (Bridgestone Arena)

Aug 21 - Dallas, TX (Gexa Energy Pavilion)

Aug 22 - Woodlands, TX (Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion)

Aug 23 - Austin, TX (Austin360 Amphitheater)

Aug 27 - St. Paul, MN (Minnesota State Fair)

Aug 28 - Grand Forks, ND (Alerus Center)

Aug 30 - Noblesville, IN (Klipsch Music Center)

Sept 1 - Allentown, PA (Allentown

Sept 3 - Louisville, KY (KFC Yum! Center)

Sept 4 - Maryland Heights, MO (Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre)

Sept 5 - Tinley Park, IL (First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre)

Sept 16 - Auburn, WA (White River Amphitheater)

Sept 17 - Ridgefield, WA (Northwest Amphitheater)

Sept 19 - Mountain View, CA (Shoreline Amphitheater)

Sept 22 - Chula Vista, CA (Sleep Train Amphitheatre)

Sept 23 - Phoenix, AZ (Ak-Chin Pavilion)

Sept 25 - Albuquerque, NM (Isleta Amphitheatre)

Sept 26 - Denver, CO (Pepsi Center)

Sept 28 - West Valley City, UT (USANA Amphitheater)

Sept 30 - Spokane, WA (Spokane Arena)

Oct 2 - Bozeman, MT (Brick Breeden Fieldhouse)

Oct 4 - Bismarck, ND (Bismarck Civic Center)

* - Def Leppard & Tesla Only

** - Def Leppard Only

Tickets/VIP Onsale Dates & Times:

- Rock Brigade Concert Club VIP Presale begins Feb 17th at 10am

JOIN the Rock Brigade Concert Club HERE

- VIP Presale: Begins Feb 18th at 10am

- Citi Cardmember Presale: Begins Feb 18th at 10am

- LiveNation Presale: Begins Feb 19th at 10am

- Facebook & Local Venue Presale: Begins Feb 19th at 10am

- General Public On-sale: Begins Feb 20th at 10am

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Mon

Feb

Double Stop Podcast - DAVE RUDE (Tesla)

Artist:

Tesla

Monday, February 9, 2015

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Podcasts & Radio

On The Double Stop Podcast this week, Dave Rude (Tesla, Dave Rude Band) discusses how he got started as a guitarist and singer, and we learn how he got his big break with Tesla (it's really rather remarkable luck!). He discusses the making of Tesla's Real to Reel, Forever More and Simplicity. As well as the Dave Rude Band self-titled release, plus "Carry Me Home" and "The Key". He also gives his thoughts on Spotify, discusses a possible guitar instrumental album, an upcoming Tesla box set and his work as a writer for other artists, as well as TV and film.

https://soundcloud.com/thedoublestop/ep-47-dave-rude-tesla

http://thedoublestop.com/ep-47-dave-rude-tesla-dave-rude-band/

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Tue

Dec

One On One With Mitch Lafon - TESLA & HEAT

Artist:

HEAT

Tuesday, December 2, 2014

Categories:

Podcasts & Radio

http://www.spreaker.com/user/talkingmetal/one-on-one-73-tesla-h-e-a-t

TESLA's Troy Lucketta and H.E.A.T's Erik Grönwall join Mitch for Episode 73 of One On On With Mitch Lafon. Troy discusses his new project, Saville Row, and their new album The Way Around It. He also talks about Jeff Keith's recent medical procedure that has kept Tesla off the road and the band's upcoming return to touring, making new music and much more. In the episode's second interview H.E.A.T's Erik Grönwall discusses the band's most recent album Tearing Down The Walls, replacing the band's original singer, the pros and cons of being on 'Swedish Idol', the band's upcoming LIVE IN LONDON album, touring and much more.

The Killer Dwarfs, RUSS DWARF, co-hosts this episode.

Listen and subscribe to the One On One With Mitch Lafon Podcast on iHeartRadio, iTunes, Spreaker, TuneIn and Stitcher.

For more about about TROY's Saville Rowvisit: http://savillerowmusic.com on TWITTER: @SavilleRowMusic

For more about H.E.A.Tvisit: http://www.heatsweden.com on TWITTER: @heatsweden @erikgronwall

Follow Mitch Lafon on Twitter: @mitchlafon

Follow RUSS DWARF on TWITTER: @RussDWaRf and his band the KILLER DWARFS: @KillerDwarfs

One on One With Mitch Lafon's Official Twitter is: @1On1WithMitch

And Official Facebook page is: http://www.facebook.com/OneOnOneMitchLafon

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Thu

Oct

SAVILLE ROW Debut Featuring Troy Lucckette, Marc Bonilla & Mika Greiner

Artist:

Saville Row

Thursday, October 30, 2014

Categories:

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Saville Row began in 2011 when Troy Luccketta, drummer for the legendary band, Tesla, introduced Mika Greiner, former lead singer of the West Coast band, Redline 5, to Marc Bonilla (Toy Matinee, Keith Emerson Band), a prominent guitarist and composer in the L.A. Music scene. Marc and Mika began writing material in between television and movie projects and brought in Troy to handle drums and assist with the recording process.

The trio was now ready to expand to a full band and needed to recruit a fourth member to complete the lineup. After an exhaustive search, they found bassist, Travis Davis, who had responded to a national ad. The newly-founded Saville Row have spent the last 3 years honing their musical chemistry through recording and live performance and are preparing for the August release of their debut album, The Way Around It, with producer, Ryan Greene (Dishwalla).

Currently, the band’s song, “Last Goodbye,” has been featured twice on the hit show, Justified, and they have also been internationally featured on the NBC hit show, Las Vegas, with their ballad, “Hard To Let Go,” both of which have created a groundswell of reaction from viewers coast to coast and overseas.

Saville Row is:
Marc Bonilla: Guitars, Keyboards, Backing Vocals
Troy Luccketta: Drums, Percussion

Mika Greiner: Lead & Backing Vocals

Travis Davis: Backing Vocals

Track List:
1. Insight
2. Out Of Reason
3. Lying To Myself
4. Everlasting Low
5. Hard To Let Go
6. Mayfly
7. Blessings
8. Deep Inside
9. Tidal Wave
10. Last Goodbye
11. Between The Eyes

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Aug

Sex Drugs & Rock N Roll Show - Featuring TESLA

Artist:

Tesla

Thursday, August 14, 2014

Categories:

Podcasts & Radio

Sex Drugs & Rock N Roll Show - Featuring TESLA

http://www.thesdrshow.com/show-11-tesla-band-not-car-company/

We had 6,000 listeners in the first month.
Then 5600 listeners in week #5!
Hit #6 in iTunes new and noteworthy
#57 in overall comedy (out of about 100,000 podcasts)

Really want to continue to build the momentum.

The logo is attached.

www.theSDRshow.com

iTunes: www.theSDRshow.com/ios
Android: www.theSDRshow.com/stitcher

Upcoming guests:

Russell Allen of Symphony X/Trans Siberian Orchestra
Dave Z of Zrock/Rubix Cube/Trans Siberian Orchestra
Bobby Blitz of Overkill & John Garcia of Kyuss.

Upcoming guests include

Porn stars, rock stars, actors, celeb chefs and more!

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Mon

Aug

TESLA Returns to the Canyon Club with Simplicity

Artist:

Tesla

Monday, August 4, 2014

Categories:

Tour News

From Joe Dolan in LA:

Touring in support of their seventh studio release, Tesla performed to a sold out crowd at the Canyon Club in Agoura Hills, CA on August 2nd, 2014. The new album, titled Simplicity, features 14 original songs with two bonus tracks on the Japanese released version of the CD. Gaining immediate traction upon release, the straight forward hard rockers landed on the Billboard Top 200 at number 24 with first week sales boasting over 14,000 copies; a more than admiral feat for a band that got it's legs during the MTV Headbanger's Ball generation.

Simplicity was released to the general public on June 10th through all music retail outlets. The bands easily identifiable logo graces the jacket in black and white and the songs feature founding guitarist Frank Hannon's unique and straight from the gut blues laden rhythms and melodious solos. Throughout the CD, songs offer hook laden acoustic guitar rhythms that delicately blend with clean distortion to create an evolution of sound for the band that holds true to their history in creating hard rock classics.

Front man and vocalist Jeff Keith shares, 'We always make a record we love and you guys say, we don't like it, but we like it and that's good enough for us.'

When asked about the recording sessions, where rumors have circulated about the band having recorded 28 tracks for CD, Keithshares, 'We decided on the bus the other day that all these demos songs that didn't make the record, for our 30th anniversary we can put out a box set. The problem is, we have to find all those old recordings.'

On June 7th, the band released a video for the song So Devine, a chilling homage to a close friend of the band that had recently passed away. Response to the video has earned more than 86,000 views on YouTube and Vevo in the first two months and has gained a new following for the band in both listenership and concert turnout.

On stage, four of the founding five members of the band performed with guitarist Dave Rude who has been the consistent rhythm guitarist in the band since replacing Tommy Skeoch, who took time off for personal reasons in 2006. The set list offered tracks from the new album and a friendly reminder of the music that broke the band in the 80's, ending with three tracks from the bands first CD,Mechanical Resonance.

The set was performed as follows:

01. MP3
02. Edison's Medicine
03. I Wanna Live
04. Hang Tough
05. So Devine
06. Heaven's Trail
07. Mama's Fool
08. Life Is A River
09. The Way It Is
10. Burnout To Fade
11. What You Give
12. Signs
13. Love Song
14. Getting' Better
15. Modern Day Cowboy
16. Little Suzi

The show at the Canyon Club marks the end of the western leg of the tour and offers the band an eight day reprieve before continuing at the Hampton Beach Club Casino in New Hampshire and crossing the Midwest to bring the band back to California, and as scheduled, a finishing performance in Las Vegas at the East Side Cannery Casino.

Tesla is also scheduled to perform as part of the line-up on the Monster's Of Rock Cruise Miami on April 22nd, 2015.

Follow the band online by visiting their official website at www.TeslaTheBand.com. Social media links are available on the website.

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Jul

FRONTIERS RECORDS - June PR Spot

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TESLA - Simplicity (Review)

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A few classic Tesla tracks, and a few great ballads also, but too few rockers that deliver and way too many tracks overall – and slow ones at that.

Coupled with the stripped back production, Simplicity isn’t good enough to match what is otherwise a very consistent and impressive catalogue of albums over the years.

I remain a huge Tesla fan, but won’t be coming back to this album too often. Just a few individual tracks.

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· MP3
· Ricochet
· Rise and Fall
· So Divine...
· Cross My Heart
· Honestly
· Flip Side!
· Other Than Me
· Break of Dawn
· Burnout to Fade
· Life is a River
· Sympathy
· Time Bomb
· 'Til that Day
· Burnout to Fade (writing demo version)*

*Deluxe Edition Only

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As a longtime fan of this band – since the very beginning actually – I feel that I’m more than qualified to call this new album the band’s weakest to date.

The essential quadrilogy of Mechanical Resonance (one of the best debut albums in history), The Great Radio Controversy, Psychotic Supper (again, utterly essential) and Bust a Nut are four of the best American hard rock albums I own.

I’ve not rushed into this review hoping the album would grow on me more than it has. But I’m still stuck in a middle ground of appreciating some of the tracks on here as classic Tesla brilliance, but overall, there are several tracks that fall flat and simply drag.

Simplicity is a case of what could and should have been rather than what is.

Style wise the band has stripped the sound right back. This is a pretty raw affair, with a live in the studio feel.

That in itself is ok, but the album is way too bloated at 15 tracks. An 11 track album would have flowed better and maintained a better tempo. As it is, the album drags through too many slower tracks and a couple of true fillers.

I don’t think they do themselves any favors leading off with the plodding MP3 as an opening track. It’s an ok song, but it is a mid-album track I think. The faster and more classic sounding Ricochet would have made a much better opening track.

Rise And Fall is another pretty decent track and is reminiscent of the classic Tesla sound, but I’m not sure about the sequencing at all as this track also has that mid-tempo pace.

So Divine is a uptempo rocker. Better for rocking, but let down by not being one of the band’s better tracks.

The slow bar room boogie of the acoustic driven Cross My Heart again affects the flow of the album.

The heartfelt rock ballad Honestly is a great track, but this album really has no flow.

Flip Side is another bar room boogie track that highlights the back and forth nature of the style and tempo within the album.

Other Than Me is another ballad and a pretty decent track in many ways, but as a die-hard Tesla fan, I’m hanging out for a classic rocker at this stage.

Break Of Dawn delivers the tempo, but perhaps not the song quality. It’s pretty raw and does grow on you and might have fared better in a revised shuffle of the running order.

Burnout To Fade is yet another slower track – another acoustic ballad which is one of my preferred slower tracks on the album, but I’m really suffering from lack of tempo.

And what do we get now, yes, another slow ballad. Life Is A River is once again, a decent enough track, but to many slow tracks are killing this album.

Sympathy picks up the pace with a heavy, but it’s a modern rocker with little redeeming value.

Time Bomb is almost there – the twin guitar attack and frantic pace is great and long overdue on the album.

Closing out the 14 new studio tracks is yet another acoustic driven ballad. Fortunately for the band it is the album’s best ballad. Classic Tesla all the way.

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May

ONE ON ONE WITH MITCH LAFON - TESLA

Artist:

Tesla

Wednesday, May 28, 2014

Categories:

Podcasts & Radio

Episode 15 of One On One With Mitch Lafon: In part one Mitch sits down Tesla from man, Jeff Keith. The two discuss the band's latest album, Simplicity, as well as the band's storied history, The Mechanical Resonance album, Jeff's country & Bar 7 albums and much more.
In part two, Mitch sits down with legend George Thorogood. The pair discuss George's longevity, his 40th anniversary tour, the pros and cons of Bad To The Bone, his health, plans for a new album, bands with gimmicks and much more.
The episode of One On One With Mitch Lafon was co-hosted Talking Metal's Mark Strigl.
WebLink: www.spreaker.com/user/talkingmetal/one-on-one-with-mitch-lafon-episode-15.

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