YNGWIE MALMSTEEN To Perform "Star Spangled Banner" Tonight In Miami

Arguably the best guitarist in the world, Yngwie Malmsteen will be performing the "Star Spangled Banner" tonight in Miami, Florida, at the baseball game featuring the Miami Marlins and the Tampa Bay Rays. This is the second time the Malmsteen performs at a Miami Marlins game. Malmsteen is schedule to perform at 6 PM ET.

Other Malmsteen performances include:

- 6/2: San Juan, PR at Centro de Bellas Artes Luis A. Ferré
- 6/7: Dubai City at Dubai Rock Festival
- 7/13: Vizovice, Czech Republic at Masters of Rock Festival

Related links:
Yngwie Malmsteen's official site

Here Are The Top 20 Clubs In The United States!

        Photo by: Zulie Alvarez
 
According to a feature called "Venues That Rock" by Rolling Stone Magazine, this are the top 20 clubs in the United States Of America:

20) Brooklyn Bowl (Brooklyn, NY)
19) Middle East Club (Cambridge, MA)
18) 40 Watt Club (Athens, GA)
17) Union Transfer (Philadelphia, PA)
16) Belly Up (Aspen, CO)
15) Lincoln Hall (Chicago, IL)
14) Bluebird Theater (Denver, CO)
13) Doug Fir Lounge (Portland, OR)
12) Empty Bottle (Chicago, IL)
11) Largo (Los Angeles, CA)
10) The Bluebird Cafe (Nashville, TN)
9) Continental Club (Austin, TX)
8) Joe's Pub (New York, NY)
7) The Crocodile (Seattle, WA)
6) Great American Music Hall (San Francisco, CA)
5) Schubas (Chicago, IL)
4) Fox Theatre (Boulder, CO)
3) Maxwell's (Hoboken, NJ)
2) The Troubadour (West Hollywood, CA)                 

1) Bowery Ballroom (New York, NY)
 
Opened 15 years ago in a vacant jewelry store and haberdashery on the Lower East Side, the 550-capacity club is a must-play for bands on the way to stardom. David T. Viecelli, agent for Arcade Fire, says it's "another dressing room or two shy of perfection." It's both intimate and grand, with consistently great sound and sightlines, and touches of old-school class, like 84-year-old brass rails.

Congrats to our friends from the Bowery Ballroom! They totally deserve such a great accomplishment!

Related links:

Rolling Stone Magazine

Henry Rollins Comments on Obama's Defeat Over Romney: "I have never been so happy to see an American politician's career come to an end."

Henry Rollins has commented on President Barack Obama's defeat over Mitt Romney, to win the re-election that made Obama the 44th president of the United States:

"I have never been so happy to see an American politician's career come to an end. I didn't think anyone in that dismal world could offend me more than Bush and Cheney, but Romney and Ryan managed to do it. I never thought I would miss John McCain but Romney made me miss him every time I heard Romney speak."

Writing in his weekly column for the LA Weekly, Rollins added, "Republicans did the best they could to keep people from voting. From sending out mail with the wrong date to cast your ballot to actually attempting to intimidate people at the polls. It didn't work. The American people kicked your ass. That has to hurt a bit. To hurl all your bully bullshit with such force only to see people stand in line for hours to vote, undeterred. Your disrespect for the Constitution and law is incredible. Congratulations, you have no credibility and on top of that, you lost. After all that money you spent in an attempt to steal an election, you still got beat. The fact that you went through all this for the sake of Mitt Romney must make it all the more humiliating."

He continued, "Republicans, these are your people: gay-hating, vagina-fearing phonies with their strange idea of rape who double down on dumb at every given opportunity. Well, at least you've got Clint Eastwood, Meatloaf and some NASCAR-driving dipshits to keep you company. I know 1865 was hard to walk off but come on, y'all, stop embarrassing yourselves!

"Citizens United didn't work. Hey, Koch brothers, Karl Rove, Shellgame Adelson: DEMOCRACY TRUMPS MONEY SOMETIMES."

Here is our message to you: Never forget that the most powerful force in ANY nation is US THE PEOPLE! As Sick Of It All says it: "All roads lead the same direction, we all see eye to eye. Won't stand for a bad connection, we came to keep things tight. Prove this, prove that... proving is nothing! Let's all just be ourselves! Focused with the right aggression, turn to each other for help!"



Related links:
Henry Rollins
LA Weekly

How Yesterday's Election Results Benefit The Heavy Music World!

 
Yesterday (November 6th), the people of the United States voted Barack Obama as their 44th president. The people also voted for various legislation's that in way or another, benefit the Heavy Music world. Here is what we are talking about:

- Residents in two states (Colorado and Washington) voted to legalize recreational marijuana. Other states have legalized medical marijuana (including Massachusetts on Tuesday).

How does this benefit the Heavy Music world? Well, while we don't condone the use of marijuana, we believe that it is a much healthier vice than cigarettes, alcohol, and other controlled substances such as cocaine and heroine. Additionally, the medicinal aspects of marijuana help thousands of patients worldwide to cope with many diseases.

- Maine and Maryland became the first states in which voters approved gay marriage. It had failed previously in 32 states, including Maine as recently as 2009. In addition, Wisconsin elected the first openly gay U.S. senator in history, with Rep. Tammy Baldwin’s (D) victory over former governor Tommy Thompson (R).

How does this benefit the Heavy Music world? Our music is all about the unity of the masses regardless of sexual orientation, race, nationality and religion background.

We at Horns Up Rocks don't really care about politics, but we do care about US the people! Here is our message to you: Never forget that the most powerful force in ANY nation is US THE PEOPLE! As Sick Of It All says it: "All roads lead the same direction, we all see eye to eye. Won't stand for a bad connection, we came to keep things tight. Prove this, prove that... proving is nothing! Let's all just be ourselves! Focused with the right aggression, turn to each other for help!"



Related links:
Election results from A-Z

44th U.S. President Announcement In Times Square New York With A Sick Of It All Twist!

Yesterday (November 6th), the people of the United States voted Barack Obama as their 44th president. We at Horns Up Rocks don't really care about politics, but we do care about US the people! Here is our message to you: Never forget that the most powerful force in ANY nation is US THE PEOPLE! As Sick Of It All says it: "All roads lead the same direction, we all see eye to eye. Won't stand for a bad connection, we came to keep things tight. Prove this, prove that... proving is nothing! Let's all just be ourselves! Focused with the right aggression, turn to each other for help!"



Related links:
Sick Of It All