The 60th Annual Grammy Awards is taking place today at New York’s Madison Square Garden. Leonard Cohen posthumously took home the award for Best Rock Performance for ‘You Want It Darker’ from his 2016 album of the album of the same name. Cohen passed away late in 2016 at age 82. Continue reading
The 60th Annual Grammy Awards are taking place today at New York’s Madison Square Garden. Foo Fighters took home the award for Best Rock Song ‘Run’ from their 2017 album Concrete and Gold.
The 60th Annual Grammy Awards is taking place today at New York’s Madison Square Garden. Mastodon took home the award for Best Metal Performance for ‘Sultan’s Curse’ from their album Emperor Of Sand (Reprise). The award was their first win for their career.Continue reading
Guns N’ Roses brought their current tour to New York City last night for their first of four shows here in the area, and had a special surprise for the sold out audience at Madison Square Garden. During the encore, Axl invited Pink on stage to perform ‘Patience’ with the band, and as you’ll see in the fan footage, the pop star absolutely killed it on stage with the legends. Continue reading
All photos by Jonathan Arevalo.
All photos by Jonathan Arevalo.
All photos by Jonathan Arevalo.
Rammstein fans have reason to be optimistic. Frontman Till Lindemann confirmed this year that they have started work on a new album (anticipated to arrive in 2017) which will no doubt prompt a world tour. I’m already exited by the prospect.
In the meantime, you can whet your appetite with In Amerika (Spinefarm Records), a concert film of their triumphant 2010 show in Madison Square Garden and features two extras – a 21-minute short showing the making of Liebe Ist Für Alle Da and the star of the show: Rammstein In Amerika – a 2-hour rockumentary chronicling the career of this famously private band.
Following the a well-established rockumentary formula, the most surprising thing about it is its duration. It genuinely doesn’t feel like 2 hours and never once gets boring. This suggests some serious skill on the part of the director, and quick check on IMDB shows that Austrian Hannes Rossacher is an old hand at documentary and working with bands. Indeed, he has worked with Rammstein before (in 2003, on Lichspielhaus – a collection of videos, gig footage, featurettes & TV ads) and deftly delivers a story that’s true to the band’s culture and endearing in its portrayal.
The story starts with the band members in East Berlin, covers their meeting and formation of the band that was to become the Rammstein that has remained unchanged (in terms of members) since 1994 and takes us through the apprenticeship of their early German shows and the release of Herzleid.
The origin story, however, (this is “In Amerika” after all) is treated as preamble. The film’s meat begins with the recording of Sensucht and the band’s first US tour in 1997 with fellow Germans KMFDM, follows their journeyman phase, explains their 10-year absence from the Land of The Free and culminates with their masterful return where they sold out The Garden in less than 30 minutes of pre-sale.
The outstanding quality of the engaging film-making provides extra colour and depth to the band for existing fans and serves to expose some of the cerebral and emotional qualities of Rammstein that’s hidden from those less familiar behind the shock-rock stories and stage hype. It’s not all about the pyromania.
Wisely avoiding overuse of purpose-shot band footage, Rossacher relies heavily on the band’s own archive footage and interviews from an array of well-known (and not so well-known) faces. This serves to keep the piece grounded and prevents it from becoming the self-parodying fluff that many music DVDs become. Excellent.
In Amerika is available on DVD or Blu-Ray and has the following tracks:
Disc 1 – Madison Square Garden
01 Rammlied
02 Bückstabü
03 Waidmanns Heil
04 Keine Lust
05 Weisses Fleisch
06 Feuer Frei!
07 Wiener Blut
08 Frühling in Paris
09 Ich tu Dir weh
10 Du riechst so gut
11 Benzin
12 Links 2 3 4
13 Du hast
14 Pussy
15 Sonne
16 Haifisch
17 Ich will
18 Engel
Disc 2 – Documentary
01 Rammstein In Amerika
02 Making of Liebe Ist Für Alle Da
8.0/10
PHILIP PAGE
Rammstein have officially announced a new DVD/Blu-Ray package dubbed In Amerika: Live From Madison Square Garden, for release on October 25th via Island/Ume. The documentary and concert film details the bands return to the USA with a stunning concert at New York’s famed Madison Square Garden. The concert was filmed in high-definition with 14 cameras in 5.1 surround sound and will include a feature-length documentary covering their return to America that lasted over a decade following the 9/11 attacks on America. You can watch the official trailer at this link or below.
In addition to the band themselves the documentary directed by Hannes Rossacher features a who’s who of names discussing the band such as Iggy Pop, Chad Smith (Red Hot Chili Peppers), Moby, Melissa Auf der Maur, Marilyn Manson, Kiefer Sutherland, Steven Tyler (Aerosmith), Jonathan Davis (Korn), CJ Ramone, Scott Ian (Anthrax), Slipknot, System of a Down, KISS, and Taylor Momsen. The package also includes director Paul Landers’ 20-minute Making Of Liebe ist für alle da documentary, which takes viewers into the studio during Rammstein’s November/December 2008 recording sessions.
Rammstein: Live From Madison Square Garden
1. Rammlied
2. B********
3. Waidmanns Heil
4. Keine Lust
5. Weisses Fleisch
6. Feuer Frei!
7. Wiener Blut
8. Frühling In Paris
9. Ich Tu Dir
10. Du Riechst So Gut Weh
11. Benzin
12. Links 2 3 4
13. Du Hast
14. Pussy
15. Sonne
16. Haifisch
17. Ich Will
18. Engel
Legendary songwriter, vocalist, guitarist and 19-time Grammy Award winner Eric Clapton will be release a brand new Best Of compilation entitled Forever Man via Reprise Records on April 28, 2015 in the US.
Featuring 51 tracks over three CDs, Forever Man spans three decades of Clapton’s Reprise Records years and features classic studio tracks and a Blues-themed disc.
The release of Forever Man coincides with an upcoming tour, which includes nine concert dates in celebration of his 70th birthday on March 30th. The shows will take place at New York City’s famed Madison Square Garden on May 1st and 2nd and at London’s Royal Albert Hall on May 14th, 15th, 17th, 18th, 20th, 21st, and 23rd. The shows will feature Clapton, accompanied by his band members Paul Carrack, Steve Gadd, Nathan East, Chris Stainton, Sharon White, and Michelle John, with opening support act Andy Fairweather Low and the Low Riders.
3CD and Digital Download Edition:
CD1- Studio
Gotta Get Over
I’ve Got A Rock ‘N’ Roll Heart
Run Back To Your Side
Tears In Heaven
Call Me The Breeze
Forever Man
Believe In Life
Bad Love
My Father’s Eyes
Anyway The Wind Blows – with J.J. Cale
Travelin’ Alone
Change The World
Behind The Mask
It’s In The Way That You Use It
Pretending
Riding With The King – with B.B. King
Circus
Revolution
CD2 – Live
Badge
Sunshine Of Your Love
White Room
Wonderful Tonight
Worried Life Blues
Cocaine
Layla (Unplugged)
Nobody Knows You When You’re Down & Out (Unplugged)
Walkin’ Blues (Unplugged)
Them Changes – with Steve Winwood
Presence Of The Lord – with Steve Winwood
Hoochie Coochie Man
Goin’ Down Slow
Over The Rainbow
CD3 – Blues
Before You Accuse Me
Last Fair Deal Gone Down
Hold On, I’m Comin’ – with B.B. King
Terraplane Blues
It Hurts Me Too
Little Queen Of Spades
Third Degree
Motherless Child
Sportin’ Life Blues – with J.J. Cale
Ramblin’ On My Mind
Stop Breakin’ Down Blues
Everybody Oughta Make A Change
Sweet Home Chicago
If I Had Possession Over Judgement Day
Hard Times Blues
Got You On My mind
I’m Tore Down
Milkcow’s Calf Blues
Key To The Highway – with B.B. King
2CD and Digital Download Edition:
CD1
Gotta Get Over
I’ve Got A Rock ‘N’ Roll Heart
Anyway The Wind Blows – with J.J. Cale
My Father’s Eyes
Motherless Child
Pretending
Little Queen Of Spades
Bad Love
Behind The Mask
Tears In Heaven
Change The World
Call Me The Breeze
Forever Man
Riding With The King – with B.B. King
It’s In The Way That You Use It
Circus
Got You On My Mind
Travelin’ Alone
Revolution
CD2 – Blues
Before You Accuse Me
Last Fair Deal Gone Down
Hold On, I’m Comin’ – with B.B. King
Terraplane Blues
It Hurts Me Too
Little Queen Of Spades
Third Degree
Motherless Child
Sportin’ Life Blues – with J.J. Cale
Ramblin’ On My Mind
Stop Breakin’ Down Blues
Everybody Oughta Make A Change
Sweet Home Chicago
If I Had Possession Over Judgement Day
Hard Times Blues
Got You On My mind
I’m Tore Down
Milkcow’s Calf Blues
Key To The Highway – with B.B. King
Vinyl Edition:
Side 1
Gotta Get Over
I’ve Got A Rock ‘N’ Roll Heart
Anyway The Wind Blows – with J.J. Cale
My Father’s Eyes
Motherless Child
Side 2
Pretending
Little Queen Of Spades
Bad Love
Behind The Mask
Side 3
Tears In Heaven
Change The World
Call Me The Breeze
Forever Man
Riding With The King – with B.B. King
Side 4
It’s In The Way That You Use It
Circus
Got You On My mind
Travelin’ Alone
Revolution
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