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2002
Z Records News - December 24, 2002
DOUG GETS THE JOB ! :
Z records very own Doug Aldrich (Burning Rain) has just finished a world tour with Dio, and on the back of that was offered the
guitarist position in the legendary WHITESNAKE for their upcoming tour. Doug accepted the place and is in rehearsal now
for the tour which starts on Jan 31 stateside.
This is an acknowledgement of how highly
Doug is thought of as a guitarist, and something
we at Z believe is high praise indeed. Good
luck Doug.
December 24, 2002
The upcoming WHITESNAKE/SCORPIONS/DOKKEN
tour has confirmed two Quebec dates: Montreal,
QC on March 14th and Quebec City, QC on March
16th. The dates will be officially announced
on January 13th with tickets going on sale
on January 17th.
December 17, 2002
The confirmed tour dates of Whitesnake!
Wed-01-29 Jacksonville, FL Sports Complex
Fri-01-31 West Palm, FL Coral Sky Amph
Sat-02-01 Estero, FL TECO Arena
Sun-02-02 Tampa, FL St.Pete Times Forum
Tue-02-04 Pensacola, FL Civic Center
Wed-02-05 Bossier City, LA Century Tell Center
Fri-02-07 Grand Prairie, TX NextStage @ GP
Sat-02-08 San Antonio, TX Alamodome
Sun-02-09 Austin, TX Frank Erwin Center
Tue-02-11 Albuquerque, NM Tingley Coliseum
Wed-02-12 El Paso, TX UTEP
Fri-02-14 San Diego, CA Cox Arena
Sat-02-15 Las Vegas, NV Mandalay Bay
Tue-02-18 San Jose, CA Compac Center
Wed-02-19 Sacramento, CA Arco Arena
Fri-02-21 Phoenix, AZ Cricket Pavilion Amph
Sat-02-22 Los Angeles, CA Universal Amp
Tue-02-25 Denver, CO Magness Arena
Thu-02-27 Minneapolis, MN Target Center
Fri-02-28 Chicago,IL Allstate Arena
US Tour continuing through March 23
Cities and Venues to follow. They may
play in Japan also ... ?
(From David Coverdale Official Site)
Doug for Ken Tamplin's album
KEN TAMPLIN's "Wake The Nations" album will
be released in February 2003 via Frontiers/Now
& Then. Guests on the release include:
Marty Friedman (ex-MEGADETH), Reb Beach (WINGER), Doug Aldrich (WHITESNAKE, DIO), Richie Kotzen (MR. BIG, POISON), Jeff Scott Soto (YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, TALISMAN) and more
December 16, 2002
The Official Announcement of the lineup for
Whitesnake tour 2003!
The present the new members of Whitesnake...
David Coverdale (Whitesnake... Deep Purple... Coverdale
Page...) - Vocals
Doug Aldrich (Dio...Lion...Burning Rain) - Guitar / Vocals
Reb Beach (Alice Cooper... Dokken...Winger) - Guitar
/ Vocals
Timothy Drury (Eagles...Don Henley) - Keyboards / Vocals
Marco Mendoza (Ted Nugent... Thin Lizzy... Blue Murder...)
- Bass / Vocals
Tommy Aldridge (Whitesnake...Ozzy Osbourne...Thin Lizzy)
- Drums
Rehearsals will commence on January 2nd 2003,
10:00am... prompt, in LA, California... and
the Nice Package Tour will begin in Jacksonville,
Florida on January 29th, 2003... Whitesnake
will be co-headlining with the Very Excellent
Scorpions... and will be very special guested
by the Fab Dokken... More tour details will
be forthcoming...
(From David Coverdale Official Site)
December 13, 2002
Doug will join Whitesnake?
David Coverdale said on his official site that the lineup
for Whitesnake's upcoming reunion tour is like David Coverdale, bassist Marco Mendoza (THIN LIZZY, BLUE MURDER), guitarist Doug Aldrich (DIO, HURRICANE, LION) and drummer Tommy Aldridge (OZZY OSBOURNE, TED NUGENT, THIN LIZZY). And Warren DiMartini (RATT) was asked to fill the second-guitarist,
but nothing has yet been confirmed. And
David says Whitesnake will release the "Greatest HIts"
CD or DVD in 2003. The lineup of the
band seems to be announced officially around
Christmas.
November 8, 2002
Attention, Guitar Kids!
Please check out the MP3 and the tabs of
Doug's guitar exercises on Guitariste.com.
There are 4 samples, guitar phrases
and riffs of Minor Pentatonic and Minor Blues.
This site is in French, so click the
letters "Doug Aldrich" on the left
side. --->> GUITARISTE.COM
November 3, 2002
DIO To Record DVD at NYC Performance
Ronnie James Dio is heading back out on the road next week
with Kings X and Hammerfall. Touring in support of Killing The Dragon
(Spitfire) DIO will record the New York stop for an upcoming
DVD scheduled for release in April 2003 on
Eagle Vision, a division of Eagle Rock Entertainment.
The as yet untitled DVD will be directed
by Ken Botelho for Century Productions and
will consist of footage from band's performance
at the Roseland Ballroom on Friday, December
13th.
DIO will begin their trek in Portland, OR on
November 8th and will continue across the
country for the second leg of their tour
in support of Killing The Dragon, released
May 21st on Spitfire Records.
Spitfire has also recently released a Killing
The Dragon (Limited Edition) CD on October
22, 2002. The specially packaged release
contains bonus materal including live versions
of Ronnie singing "Fever Dreams" and "Rainbow
In The Dark" with Deep Purple, the video for "Push" featuring
Tencious D and a DIO screensaver. (Spitfire Records)
October 15, 2002
The US tour dates of Dio in November and December is announced. They
will open with Kings X and Hammerfall. Please check out here.
October 14, 2002
Doug had an interview at TWILIGHT ZONE ROCK RADIO
SHOW at 20:45 Spanich time. He talked
about his carrer like Lion, Bad Moon Rising, Burning Rain and Dio. And you can also hear some of his
songs. Please check out on Interview page.
September 30, 2002
The SOYOROCK Festival in Korea on October
13 and the Malaysia show on October 19 were
cancelled. And Dio will headline the US tour from November 8
till December 15. They will open with
Kings X and Hammerfall.
September 28, 2002
OLIVER DAWSON SAXON OPEN FOR DIO
Oliver/Dawson Saxon have been asked to be the special guests
to Dio on his forthcoming UK tour. The band,
which features original Saxon members Graham Oliver & Steve Dawson along with ex Saxon drummer Nigel Durham, guitarist Haydn Conway (ex Saracen) and vocalist Wardi (ex Shy) will be performing a set of Classic Saxon material and a few new songs from their
forthcoming new studio album.
The dates are:
October 4th London Astoria
October 5th Wolverhampton Wulfrun
October 6th Manchester Academy
October 7th Glasgow Barrowlands
October 9th Portsmouth Pyramids
September 22, 2002
Dio's "Killing The Dragon (Limited Edition)"iUKj will be released on October
7 in Japan. The track list is here. And you can hear the sound samples
here.
Z Records News - September 20, 2002
Burning Rain's singer, Keith St. John will
sing on Mark Ferrari's new album!
COLD SWEAT & KEEL STAR SIGNS TO Z RECORDS:
Former Keel & Cold Sweat axeman Marc Ferrari has joined the Z Records roster. It
is with great pleasure that Z Records are
able to announce the signing of Ex-Keel, Cold Sweat and Medicine Wheel axeman Marc Ferrari to an exclusive World-wide deal. Marc's new album Lights Camera Action! will be
released during early 2003 and features Paul Taylor, Keith St John, Steve Plunkett and many more.
Fans of Marc's earlier work with Cold Sweat and Keel will not be disappointed. Marc's career has earnt him the respect of many
within the industry and fans alike. For amore
detailed report visit www.zrecords.net
September 18, 2002
Halford and Dio are to headline the Soyorock 2002 Festival,
which happens on October 12 and 13 in Seoul,
South Korea. Halford will play with Gamma Ray and some Korean bands on the 12th, and Dio will play with Rage and some Korean bands on the 13th. Detail
info and line-up to SOYOROCK FESTIVAL website.
September 10, 2002
Doug is on the European tour now. Dio will play with Soul Doctor from September
11 to 15. Asian tour is added. More
info is here
August 20, 2002
Doug Aldrich appeared on AOL live chat! Here is the transript. Please check this
out if you missed it.
August 18, 2002
Doug will appear on AOL live chat on Monday,
August 19 at 9 p.m. ET. Join it if
you have time.
AOL Music: Doug Aldrich -- Aug. 19 -- 9PM
ET
August 17, 2002
Doug is now rehearsing for the European tour
started on the 27th. They will play
with Deep Purple and Soul Doctor. After the European tour in October,
they may come and tour in Japan. (The
tour dates are not fixed yet.)
August 1, 2002
Dio Special on USEN Broad Networks!!
BF-21ch@Masa Itoh's HEAVY METAL SOUNDHOUSE
- DIO
August's Artist Pick-up is Ronnie James Dio's DIO at "Masa Itoh's HEAVY METAL SOUNDHOUSE"
on BF-21 channel. It plays both old
and new songs. Please check it out
if you have USEN.
More info -->> USEN.com
July 24, 2002
Dio's new album "Killing The Dragon"
is released in Japan.
Z Records News - July 22, 2002
NEW BURNING RAIN DELAYED - BUT STILL COMING!
As many of you are aware Doug Aldrich recently joined the ranks of Dio for their latest album and US / European
tours, however this does not mean the end
of Burning Rain. The bands 3rd studio is
near completion and will be finished once
Doug's tour of duty with Dio has been completed.
Keith St John made the following statement:
"As many people are well aware of, Doug Aldrich, my partner in Burning Rain is currently performing on the Dio tour, and is therefore obligated to basically
live full time on the road right now. So
there's no telling exactly when we will be
able to complete the next BR record which has been in progress since
fall of 2001! I must say though that I am
still quite excited about the songs we've
written and the entire direction of the album.
There are some very ballsy and hard edged
grooves with aggressive tempos as well as
a few poppier metal tunes and a couple of
amazing ballads too! When the time comes,
we will announce who's playing drums on this
one but I think your obvious guesses are
about as close as mine are right now! The
release will still be with Z-Records.
By the way...Did anyone know Cherie Don't Break My Heart charted number one two weeks in a row at
a Berlin Rock Station?!!"
July 10, 2002
Young Guitar magazine is published. It
has Doug's interview and the guitar tabs of his guitar
solos on Dio's "Killing The Dragon".
June 23, 2002
Dio's "Killing The Dragon" seems to be sold well in USA and their
US tour is going well. Dio fans seem to welcome Doug. The Japanese version of
"Killing The Dragon" will be released on July 24, and it
has no bonus tracks.
May 31, 2002
Doug started playing on Dio's US tour as the guitarist for Dio. They are playing with Scorpions and Deep Purple. The tour continues till the early
August, then they are expected to tour in
Europe. The tour dates is here.
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Dio's new album "Killing The Dragon" featuring Doug Aldrich is released in USA.
Now & Then-Frontiers News - May 9, 2002
United - We All Come Together
Hard rock musicians from the New Jersey and
New York area, recently joined forces to
record a song called "Bridge Of Faith"
for a charity CD in aid of 9/11th called
"United -We All Come Together"
which has been put together in England by
journalist Nicky Baldrian.
"Bridge Of Faith" was written by
Jim Santos guitarist for New Jersey
melodic rock band Norway.
Joining Jim are fellow Norway members Glenn
Pierson, Marty Brasington, and Joe Slattery,
Tradia vocalist Dave Baldwin, solo artists
Phil Vincent, Laura Diamond, John Taglieri,
Johnny Lima, Atello's Larry Atello and Paul
D'ani, October Baby's Lisa Bouchelle, Silent
Witness' Anthony Fontayne and Glenn Taylor
from The Kootz.
The CD's which will be released in a series
of volumes will feature over a 100 artists
from all over the world including James Kottak
(Scorpions), Jason Becker (ex David Lee Roth/solo),
Brian May (Queen), Mike Chlasiak (Halford),
Marty Friedman (ex Megadeth/solo), Toby Jepson
(ex Little Angels), Mikkey Dee ({Motorhead),
Kee Marcello (ex Europe), Doug Aldrich (Dio/Bad Moon Rising/Burning Rain), Mike
Matijevic (Steelheart), Jeff Pilson (Dokken),
Barry Sparks (Dokken), Yngwie Malmsteen,
Andy Curran (ex Coney Hatch) Starz, Ken Tamplin,
Carmine Appice (Blue Murder/King Kobra),
Mark Boals (Yngwie), Tony O' Hara (Praying
Mantis), Andi Deris (Helloween), Doro Pesch,
Demon Drive, Uli Jon Roth, Pontus Norgren
(Talisman),Legs Diamond, Jaime St. James
(Black 'N' Blue), Lizzy Borden, Tracy G (Dio),
Melodica (Ted Poley), Mother's Army (Jeff
Watson - Nightranger), Frederiksen/Phillips,
Derek St.Holmes (Ted Nugent), Henry Small
(Prism) Stormwind, Robin McAuley (MSG), Jaime
Kyle, Fiona Flanagan, Stan Bush, Jean Beauvoir
(Crown Of Thorns) Lenny Wolf (Kingdom Come),
John Verity, Tony Franklin (Blue Murder/David
Coverdale), Jason Hook (Bulletboys), Bobby
Messano, Donna Cristy, Tommy Denander (Toto/Radioactive),
Phil Nario (24K), WIld Horses, Lynn Allen,
Rob Lamothe (Riverdogs), Mark Free (King
Kobra/Signal/Unruly Child), Flesh And Blood
(Danny Vaughn & Mark Mangold), Paul Nelson
(Liege Lord) and many more artists.
The CD will also include an instrumental
piano version of Scorpions mega hit "Wind
Of Change", a violin version of Journey's
mega hit "Open Arms", and classic
versions of songs orginally performed by
David Coverdale (Whitesnake), Poison, Queensryche,
Ben E. King, Abba, Aerosmith, The Beatles,
Bob Dylan, The Who and Heart.
"United" will be released in September
2002 through Frontiers/Now & Then Records.
If anyone still wishes to contribute then
for more info email : -
nikammusic.productions@ntlworld.com
March 26, 2002
The track list of Dio's new album is
...
1. Killing The Dragon
2. Along Came A Spider
3. Scream
4. Better In The Dark
5. Rock And Roll
6. Push
7. Guilty
8. Throw Away Children
9. Before The Fall
10. Cold Feet
iFrom Ronnie James Dio Official Site - You can see the picture at the recording.)
Z Records News - March 22, 2002
BURNING RAIN ARE FORCED TO CANCEL Z ROCK
2002 APPEARANCE
it is with deep regret that Z Records
announce that Burning Rain will not be appearing at Z Rock 2002.
Over the past two weeks the band has been
searching for a new drummer for the recording
of their third album for Z. Unfortunately
despite finding a drummer for the recordings
the band have been unable to find the right
man whom would be available for the
English show. With only a few weeks to go
Z Records made the decision to make the bands
new album the priority, the decision was
reached due to two factors namely a] the
band would be limited rehearsal wise prior
to the show and b] the album needs to be
completed by mid May due to Dougs touring commitments with Dio this coming summer.
We must stress that the decision was a hard
one, as both the label and especially the
band did not want to let their fans down,
however it was agreed by both parties that
the album was the priority at this time.
It has also been agreed that the band will
appear at Z Rock 2003 or before within Europe.
Doug Aldrich's made the following statement
"We where really looking forward to
Z Rock 2002 as we know it will be even better
than last year, and we would like to apologies
to the fans but we will see you soon".
Z Records already has another high profile
act ready to take part at this years show,
details are now being finalised and an announcement
will be made on April 5th
Z ROCK 2002 UK DETAILS:
LINE UP:
WESTWORLD, VON GROOVE, HUMANIMAL, BRIGHTON
ROCK, SILENT RAGE, ARABIA, SONS OF ANGELS,
1 FURTHER ACT TO BE ANNOUNCED APRIL 5TH
VENUE: RITZ, MANCHESTER UK
DATE: MAY 5TH 2002
TICKETS: 25 in advance / 30 on the door
if any remaining
TICKET HOTLINE NUMBERS: +44 1695 556302,
+44 1782 522370, +44 01342 300181, + 44 161
832 1111
also available over the counter at X RECORDS,
Bolton, UK and at the Tickets offices within
the
Virgin Megastores Manchester and Liverpool.
CHEQUES / MONEY ORDERS ETC PAYABLE
TO MJAP [MJAP, 2 FARRIERS WAY BUS PK,
LIVERPOOL, L30 4XL ENGLAND]
Z ROCK CANADA DETAILS:
line up:
BRIGHTON ROCK
VON GROOVE
BURNING RAIN
NARO
DANNY DANZI
ARABIA
M2
Date: Sunday 1st September 2002
Venue: Big Bop, Toronto,Canada.
Tickets are now on sale and to enable the
multi national audience to buy tickets easily
the following three Z Rock Canada tickets
outlets have been opened
Tickets purchased within Canada will cost
$30.00 [plus $5.00 booking fee] *** CANADIAN
FUNDS
via post only , Cheques payable to P Naro
Music [P Naro Music,Suite 104, 1840 Bathurst
St, Toronto, Ontario,M5P 3K7 CANADA]
Tickets purchased within the USA will cost
$20.00 [plus $3.50 booking fee] *** US FUNDS
Tel: +1 303 652 0199
Tickets purchased within Europe will cost
14.00 [2.50 booking fee] *** UK FUNDS
Tel +44 1695 556302 Cheques / money
order payable to MJAP ONLY to Z Rock
Canada, Z Records, PO Box 58, Skelmersdale,
Lancashire, WN8 6FN, ENGLAND.
Z Records News - February 8, 2002
THE FULL RUN DOWN Z ROCK UK 2002 - THE MELODIC
HARD ROCK FANS WET DREAM !
Z Records annual Festival Show is now
only three months away [doesn't time fly],
this years show is the companies boldest
high profile event to date.
The label also has plans for a special event
on May 4th details of which will be released
shortly. Tickets for the show have already
been selling quicker than anticipated, to
help with ticket sales further hotlines have
been opened.
VENUE: RITZ, MANCHESTER UK
DATE: MAY 5TH 2002
TICKETS: 25 in advance / 30 on the day
if any remaining
TICKET HOTLINE NUMBERS: +44 1695 556302,
+44 1782 522370, +44 1489 603549, + 44 161
832 1111 [also open Sundays] , + 44 1342
300181
also available over the counter at X RECORDS,
Bolton, The tickets offices at Virgin
Megastores, Manchester & Liverpool
Plus online at www.ticketline.co.uk
SPECIAL Z ROCK 2002 COMPETITION:
Courtesy of Z Records www.melodicrock.com and www.majesticmagazine.com have a pair of Z ROCK 2002 tickets
each up for grabs, the lucky winner will
also be allowed into the Z guest area
on the day !!!!
To enter the competition simply visit the
afore mentioned sites.
The fully confirmed line up is as follows....
WESTWORLD:
Currently recording their new studio album
Westworld are seasoned veterans, Z Rock 2002
will be a special one off appearance by the
band within Europe.
The band are not to be missed and may even
include the odd TNT or Riot classic in their
set !
[BAND: Tony Harnell - TNT, Bruno Ravel -
DANGER DANGER, Mark Reale - RIOT, John O'Rielly
- RAINBOW, BLUE OYSTER CULT]
VON GROOVE:
Will it really be a year since their last
UK appearance !! Those of you whom missed
them should not make the same mistake again,
ESSENTIAL !
BURNING RAIN:
LA's Burning Rain made a big impact with
their debut European appearance at Z Rock
2001,and Doug Aldrich and co are set to return
in support of their latest release [out April].
HUMANIMAL:
Full mark reviews all over Europe have already
made Humanimals debut one of the quickest
selling debuts within the hard rock genre
in recent years.
[BAND: Jeff Scott Soto, Pontus Norgren, Marcel
Jacob, Thomas Broman]
BRIGHTON ROCK:
Returning to Europe some 12 years since their
previous visit, Toronto's Brighton Rock will
be playing their classic numbers featured
on their three releases for WEA and new material
taken from their forthcoming studio release
for Z Records.
SILENT RAGE:
Originally signed to Simmons / RCA Silent
Rage where tipped for big things back in
the late 80's with their own style of stadium
hard rock. 2002 see's the band return with
their third album entitled "Still
Alive" [Out May 2002] not to be
missed.
ARABIA :
New Yorks Arabia screamed on to an unsuspecting
Hard Scene during February 2001 with their
hugely successful debut 1001 nights. A new
album will be released during
June. Z Rock 2002 will be the bands
debut appearance within Europe.
SONS OF ANGELS:
Fronted by Solli [ 21 Guns ] Sons Of
Angels will be playing such classics
as the MTV hit Cowgirl !
FRICTION:
The only English band to appear on the day
Friction will be set to blow the cobwebs
away bright and early.
[ BAND : Steve Grimmet LIONSHEART, Nick Burr
LIONSHEART, Gavin Cooper DIANNO]
Z Records News - January 24, 2002
DOUG ALDRICH JOINS DIO:
Doug Aldrich has joined Dio and is currently in the studio with the
band. All at Z Records office where extremely
happy that Doug was given the chance to play with the legendary
ex Rainbow and Black Sabbath singer. Doug will tour the US later this year in support
of the forthcoming Dio release.
Dougs involvement with Dio does not mean the end of the road for Burning Rain, the band will still appear at Z Rock 2002
UK and Canada as planned and recording will
start during February for their new studio
album. Titles that look set to be included
on the forthcoming Burning Rain album are "Dont leave your love
behind", "Licking the lap of luxury"
and Live for that Rush".The album is
as yet untitled