My World of Music – est. 2013
L.A. Guns, the line-up with Tracii Guns and Phil Lewis, have finished work on the successor of the 2021 release ‘Checkered Past’. The newest effort is called ‘Black Diamonds’ and what the album contains are shining hard rock songs with a sleaze rock note. As with the latest records also the new longplayer showcases a... Continue Reading →
L.A. Guns, veterans in the field of sleaze rock, has an upcoming album ‘Black Diamonds’ in the making and the soulful ‘Diamonds’ is a next single, taken from this longplayer, which will be released on April 14th, 2023 via Frontiers Music. Tracklist: You Betray Wrong About You Diamonds Babylon Shame Shattered Glass Gonna Lose Got... Continue Reading →
Svart Records released today the 40th anniversary edition of the second Hanoi Rocks album, called 'Oriental Beat'. The original was recorded in London in January 1982 and since the debut album was only released in Sweden and Finland, it was this record that paved the way for the band's international success. It was in the... Continue Reading →
John Diva & The Rockets Of Love is, contrary to expectations, a German band that is dedicated to glam rock. If you listen to the songs of the band, you feel like being on a time travel to the 80s when bands like Bon Jovi, Ratt, Mötley Crüe,… had their heyday. At the same time,... Continue Reading →
From the beginning, Steel Panther was only partly about music. Entertainment was what stood in focus since the first days of the comedy glam rock band and this has not changed in 2023. With 'On the Prowl' the band of four make-up fanatics release their sixth album and don't change the trademarks. Sleaze rock and... Continue Reading →
Chip Z'Nuff and his bandmates are releasing a new album called 'Finer Than Sin'. The band, which celebrated its first successes in the golden era of sleaze rock, had never stopped releasing more or less good albums. While other hyped bands of the time have fallen into troubled waters or ceased to exist, bandleader Enuff... Continue Reading →
Santa Cruz is a band with an interesting history. The starting point of Santa Cruz is not in California, as one might think. The home of the band is much further north-east from the US west coast. Santa Cruz come from Finland and started in 2007. Arttu Kuosmanen and Joonas Parkkonen founded the band, which... Continue Reading →
Finland's goth'n'rollers The 69 Eyes have been in business for more than 30 years now and man, time flies. The band debuted in 1999 with the 'Wasting the Dawn' album, which marked the beginning of an impressive career. The last studio album was released three years ago and now it was time to please fans... Continue Reading →
Not only because of AC/DC Australia is known for its vibrant rock and metal scene. One of the bands from Down Under are Dead City Ruins, who set a first exclamation mark with 'Midnight Killer' in 2012. Ten years later, the five Australians delight the rock community with their fourth longplayer 'Shockwave' and once again... Continue Reading →
On June 17th this year, Michael Monroe will celebrate his 60th birthday and shows that the spirt of rock’n’roll isn’t a matter of age. Monroe joined Hanoi Rocks back in 1980, the springboard for the iconic frontman to a career that impresses. In the meantime, Monroe also released several solo albums with ‘Old Man gang’... Continue Reading →
The Cruel Intentions, that is Lizzy DeVine (vocals & guitar), Kristian Solhaug (guitar), Mats Wernerson (bass) and Robin Nilsson (drums). What inspired the guys is the dirty hard rock of the bands like Hanoi Rocks as well as the earlier days of Guns’n’Roses. It is the oldschool sleaze rock that not only inspired frontman DeVine... Continue Reading →
One of the big players in Swedens glam rock scene is Crashdïet. The band was founded back in 2000 and in a way is a kid of a new century with roots in the ‘80s. Sleaze- and glam are the source of inspiration for the band that not only had a look on the sunny... Continue Reading →
Glam rockers Crashdïet announce a new album. ‘Automaton’ is scheduled for a release on April 29th, 2022 and comes through Crusader Records / Golden Robot Records. The album will feature a 12-song tracklist of which ‘Together Whatever’ has been revealed already and can be enjoyed here: https://youtu.be/Xhj1UKTji4o Tracklist: AutomatonTogether Whatever Shine OnNo Man's LandDarker MindsDead CrusadePowerline... Continue Reading →
Love/Hate pushed with ‘Wasted in America’ a well-crafted hard rock album to the record stores. Still, things didn’t go right at the time and even though the band supported Ozzy Osbourne on a tour through Europe, timing might not have been right for Love/Hate. The upcoming grunge- and nu metal era gained momentum and sleaze... Continue Reading →
Jizzy Pearl’s Love/Hate will release a new album called ‘Hell, CA’ on February 11th, 2022. With ‘Wanna be Somebody’ and ‘Soul Mama’, two songs have been revealed already and a next song, ‘Gonna Take You Higher’, is available now. ‘Hell, CA’ will come via Golden Robot Records and the songs refer back to the ‘80s... Continue Reading →
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