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John Oates Jams on Hall & Oates, Sly Stone Cuts on Jam Cruise

Rolling Stone: Rock n Roll blog - Mon, 01/16/2012 - 20:20

John Oates is known for his finely-crafted chart-toppers with Philly soul duo Hall & Oates but he spent all of last week in a much different capacity on Jam Cruise – as one of the ship's honored Artists at Large Now in its tenth incarnation this year's Jam Cruise set...

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Exclusive Download: ††† (Crosses)'s New Song 'Prurien†'

Rolling Stone: Rock n Roll blog - Mon, 01/16/2012 - 11:00

Click to listen to ††† (Crosses)'s 'Prurien†' In 2011 ††† (Crosses)'s EP † was named by Forbescom as one of the year's Best Free Albums and on January 24th they will follow that EP up with EP †† which the band considers to be a continuation of the musical landscape set...

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Week in Rock History: Ozzy Osbourne Bites the Head Off a Bleedin' Bat

Rolling Stone: Rock n Roll blog - Mon, 01/16/2012 - 09:05

This week in rock history Lesley Gore played a Batvillain Jimi Hendrix recorded one of rock's greatest covers the Beatles' White Album was played in the Manson Family's Sharon Tate murder trial Ozzy Osbourne bit the head off a live bat and Tom Waits won a lawsuit against a snack...

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Bruce Springsteen Plays Surprise Set at New Jersey Benefit Concert

Rolling Stone: Rock n Roll blog - Sun, 01/15/2012 - 12:25

To someone passing by the Paramount Theater in Asbury Park last night the sight of fans standing in the freezing cold desperately pleading with complete strangers for extra tickets probably seemed a little odd After all the biggest names on the bill for the Light of Day Parkinson's benefit were...

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Win a Schecter Damien Guitar Signed by the Misfits

Gearpipe - Sat, 01/14/2012 - 15:15

Any old-school punk fans out there? From the peeps at Record Store Day, enter to win a Schecter Guitars DAMIEN guitar, with bat inlays and autographed by the Misfits.

This contest has ended. Check out all current giveaways.

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A Star Is Bawse: Rick Ross at the Nokia Theater

Rolling Stone: Rock n Roll blog - Sat, 01/14/2012 - 12:58

Depending on the circumstance or song William Roberts II thinks he’s Rick Ross Big Meech Larry Hoover or MC Hammer The rotund 36-year old rapper also claims that he’s not a star – arguably his most brazen delusion of the bunch After all empirical evidence exists to the contrary with...

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Win a Giannini Electric Craviola Guitar

Gearpipe - Fri, 01/13/2012 - 18:51

There’s a “new” old guitar company, to be introduced at Winter NAMM next week, called Giannini. The guitars have a unique shape, which they call “The Shape of Things to Come.” You have a chance to not only win a Giannini guitar, but the winner will receive a Giannini Electric Craviola, Serial# 0001!

This contest has ended. Check out all current giveaways.

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Interview with Lucky Lou Remondelli [4OnTheFloor]

Gearpipe - Fri, 01/13/2012 - 18:42

I usually reserve my 4OnTheFloor interviews for musical instrument manufacturers and retailers, but with NAMM a week away, I gave them some time off to prepare.

Instead, I had a conversation Lou Remondelli, who is a regular on the Musical Instrument Giveaways Facebook page. Lucky Lou, as he’s known, has an uncanny knack for winning giveaways and a habit of posting less than tasteful comments.

Lou and I spoke about everything from his contest strategy, to his unique hairstyle, to Snooki.

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