Beck, Homme & Lanegan remix Jack White tracks for 7″ release

Alternative rock icons Beck, Josh Homme (Queens of the Stone Age, Them Crooked Vultures) and Mark Lanegan (ex-Screaming Trees, Queens of the Stone Age) have remixed a couple of tracks from ex-White Stripes/Dead Weather man Jack White’s back catalogue.

Beck has remixed a version of ‘The Hardest Button To Button’ from The White Stripes’ ‘Elephant’, while Homme & Lanegan remixed ‘Hang You From The Heavens’, a number from The Dead Weather’s debut LP.

Both track will appear on a strictly limited 7″ single, issued on Third Man Records as part of White’s record subscription club ‘The Vault’. Also included in package #10 is a limited coloured vinyl LP containing a Raconteurs live show and a DVD containing footage of a Third Man live party and behind the scenes footage.

Subscriptions for The Vault are $20 a month for three months.

More details here.

Chickenfoot announce European tour dates

Hard rock supergroup Chickenfoot – featuring Joe Satriani, Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith and ex-Van Halen men Michael Anthony & Sammy Hagar – have announced a handful of European shows.

In support of their second album ‘Chickenfoot III’, released in the autumn of 2011, the band will be appearing at the following venues in January 2012:

Jan. 12 – Manchester, UK @ Academy
Jan. 14 – London, UK @ O2 Academy Brixton
Jan. 16 – Paris, FRA @ Olympia
Jan. 17 – Tilburg, NETH @ O13
Jan. 19 – Dusseldorf. GER @ Mitsubishi Electric Hall

Tickets are on sale on Friday, October 14th.

Read a review of Sammy Hagar’s ‘Street Machine’ here.
Read a review of Red Hot Chili Peppers’ ‘I’m With You’ here.

Starship record voted worst of the 80s? Time for a recount!

In a poll conducted by Rolling Stone Magazine, Starship’s 1985 #1 smash ‘We Built This City’ was named the worst song of the decade.

The top ten chart of supposed duds ran as follows:

1 – Starship – ‘We Built This City’
2 – Europe – ‘The Final Countdown’
3 – Chris De Burgh – ‘Lady In Red’
4 – Wham! – ‘Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go’
5 – Men Without Hats – ‘The Safety Dance’
6 – Falco – ‘Rock Me Amadeus’
7 – Bobby McFerrin – ‘Don’t Worry Be Happy’
8 – Toni Basil – ‘Mickey’
9 – Taco – ‘Puttin’ On The Ritz’
10 – Rick Astley – ‘Never Gonna Give You Up’

Okay, Chris De Burgh’s ‘Lady In Red’ is sickly and a few of the other nominees are hopelessly disposable, but are these ten tracks really the worst of the decade? At REAL GONE, we disagree.  The 80s threw up so much bad music, Starship and Europe shouldn’t even qualify.

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My Ruin: UK tour dates

Goth/alternative rock duo My Ruin have announced a string of UK live dates.  In support of their seventh album, ‘A Southern Revelation’, you can catch the band at the following venues at the beginning of 2012:

Jan. 18 – Classic Grand – Glasgow, UK
Jan. 19 – Moho – Manchester, UK
Jan. 21 – Scala – London, UK
Jan. 22 – The George – Andover, UK
Jan. 24 – White Rabbit – Plymouth, UK
Jan. 25 – Tunnels – Bristol, UK
Jan. 27 – Legends – Newcastle, UK
Jan. 28 – Slade Rooms – Wolverhampton, UK
Jan. 29 – Hydrant -Brighton, UK
Jan. 31 – Leicester Square – Leicester, UK
Feb. 01 – The Well – Leeds, UK
Feb. 02 – Chinnery’s – Southend, UK
Feb. 07 – Waterfront – Norwich, UK
Feb. 08 – Arts Centre – Colchester, UK

‘A Southern Revelation’ is released on December 7th exclusively via myruin.com and will be available as a free download.

Slipknot & System of a Down confirmed for Australian festival

As the list of confirmed acts for the 2012 Soundwave Festival grows, Slipknot and System of a Down have been added to the line-up.  They join other recent confirmations Coal Chamber for what’s beginning to look like a not-to-be-missed bill.

The confirmed acts so far are as follows:

SYSTEM OF A DOWN
SLIPKNOT
LIMP BIZKIT
MARILYN MANSON
HOLE
A DAY TO REMEMBER
MACHINE HEAD
LAMB OF GOD
TRIVIUM
ALTER BRIDGE
LOSTPROPHETS
ANGELS & AIRWAVES
COBRA STARSHIP
THE USED
YOU ME AT SIX
DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT
UNWRITTEN LAW
COAL CHAMBER
DASHBOARD CONFESSIONAL
THURSDAY
FOREVER THE SICKEST KIDS
RAISED FIST
DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN
ZAKK WYLDE’S BLACK LABEL SOCIETY
MASTODON
UNDEROATH
SAVES THE DAY
CIRCA SURVIVE
STEEL PANTHER
JACK’S MANNEQUIN
MESHUGGAH
THE SISTERS OF MERCY
ENTER SHIKARI
FOUR YEAR STRONG
BLACK VEIL BRIDES
MADINA LAKE
ZEBRAHEAD
HATEBREED
BIOHAZARD
TIMES OF GRACE
CKY
STREET DOGS
DRAGONFORCE
GOJIRA
KVELERTAK
LETLIVE
HELLYEAH
CRO-MAGS
THE CAB
RELIENT K
VERSA EMERGE
HEROES FOR HIRE
KILL HANNAH
THE DANGEROUS SUMMER
CHIMAIRA
FRAMING HANLEY
WATAIN
ROYAL REPUBLIC
I AM THE AVALANCHE
TURISAS
RIVER CITY EXTENSION

…and the dates:

Feb. 25 – RNA Showgrounds – Brisbane
Feb. 26 – Olympic Park – Sydney
Mar. 02 – Showgrounds – Melbourne
Mar. 03 – Bonython Park – Adelaide
Mar. 05 – Claremont Showgrounds – Perth

Read a review of Devin Townsend’s ‘Ghost’ here,
Read a review of Devin Townsend’s ‘Ziltoid The Omniscient’ here.
Read a review of Limp Bizkit’s ‘Gold Cobra’ here.
Read a review of Relient K’s ‘Is For Karaoke’ here.