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My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult will be releasing their new 13th studio album, “Spooky Tricks”, on May 6th. On the new album the band flirts with their passion for 70s electronic dance music and the new wave / no wave sound of the early 80s. The band has also announced a tour kicking off in Ramona, CA on May 28, 2014, winding through the United States and ending at the Whisky A Go-Go in Los Angeles, CA on July 2, 2014.

Full tourdates:

5/28 Ramona, CA @ Mainstage
5/29 Hermosa Beach, CA @ Saint Rocke
5/30 Corona, CA @ M15
5/31 Las Vegas, NV @ Cheyenne Saloon
6/01 Albuquerque, NM @ Low Spirits
6/03 Tulsa, OK @ IDL Ballroom
6/04 Dallas, TX @ Trees
6/05 Austin, TX @ Elysium
6/06 San Antonio, TX @ The Korova
6/07 Houston, TX @ Scout Bar
6/08 New Orleans, LA @ One-Eyed Jack’s
6/10 Jacksonville, FL @ Brewster’s Megaplex
6/11 Richmond, VA @ Fallout
6/12 Philadelphia, PA @ The Barbary
6/13 Cambridge, MA @ Middle East Downstairs
6/14 Stafford Springs, CT @ Stafford Palace Theater
6/15 New York, NY @ Santo’s Party House
6/17 Cleveland, OH @ Agora Ballroom
6/18 Detroit, MI @ The Shelter
6/19 Grand Rapids, MI @ Stache at Intersection
6/20 Columbus, OH @ Skully’s Music Diner
6/21 Chicago, IL @ Bottom Lounge
6/22 Milwaukee, WI @ Shank Hall
6/24 Denver, CO @ Gothic Theatre
6/25 Salt Lake City, UT @ Lo-Fi Café
6/27 Seattle, WA @ Studio Seven
6/28 Portland, OR @ Dante’s
7/01 San Francisco, CA @ DNA Lounge
7/02 Los Angeles, CA @ Whisky A Go-Go

Bloodshot Records Artist Lydia Loveless Live at Shubas, Friday 4/25 10 PM $12 cover

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Dennis Alcapone Mayne Stage, 6/14, 8 PM, all-ages.

Jason Aldean, Florida Georgia Line First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre, Tinley Park, 8/9, 7:30 PM, on sale Fri 4/25, 10 AM.

Big Freedia Empty Bottle, 6/4, 9 PM, on sale Fri 4/25, 10 AM.

Boyce Avenue the Vic, 11/1, 7:30 PM, all-ages, on sale Fri 4/25, 10 AM.

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Cyhi the Prynce the Shrine, 6/13, 9 PM.

Dead Kennedys Bottom Lounge, 6/27, 8 PM, on sale Fri 4/25, noon.

D.I. Reggie’s Rock Club, 6/19, 8 PM.

Echo & the Bunnymen Metro, 8/10, 8 PM, on sale Fri 4/25, 10 AM.
Bryan Ferry Chicago Theatre, 9/21, 7:30 PM, all-ages, on sale Fri 4/25, 11 AM.

Genitorturers Reggie’s Rock Club, 5/19, 8 PM.

Homeboy Sandman Subterranean, 6/6, 9 PM.

Ice Balloons, Babes Beat Kitchen, 5/11, 8:30 PM.

Jamestown Revival, Kris Orlowski Martyrs’, 6/11, 8 PM, on sale Fri 4/25, 10 AM.

Gabriel Kahane Schubas, 6/13, 7 PM, on sale Fri 4/25, noon.
Tommy Keene Mayne Stage, 7/2, 8 PM.

Ben Kweller Lincoln Hall, 7/10, 9 PM, on sale Fri 4/25, noon.
Low Subterranean, 6/14, 8:30 PM.

Lydia Lunch Reggie’s Rock Club, 6/26, 8 PM.

Marchfourth Marching Band Lincoln Hall, 6/10, 8 PM, on sale Fri 4/25, noon.

Shawn Maxwell’s Alliance City Winery, 5/25, 8 PM, all-ages, on sale Thu 4/24, noon.

Paul McCartney United Center, 7/9, 8 PM, all-ages, on sale Mon 4/28, 10 AM.

Modern Baseball Subterranean, 6/13, 8 PM, on sale Wed 4/23, 10 AM.

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Ben Ottewell Bottom Lounge, 6/12, 7 PM, on sale Fri 4/25, noon.

Passenger the Vic, 8/22, 7:30 PM, all-ages, on sale Fri 4/25, 9 AM.

Pomplamoose Lincoln Hall, 9/18, 7:30 PM, all-ages, on sale Fri 4/25, noon.

Gregory Porter Thalia Hall, 10/14, 7:30 PM, on sale Sat 4/26, 11 AM.

Quiet Company, Driver Friendly Beat Kitchen, 6/4, 8:30 PM.

Rixton Bottom Lounge, 5/20, 6 PM, all-ages.

Rush Midnight, Nightbox Empty Bottle, 6/7, 9 PM.

Joe Russo’s Almost Dead Concord Music Hall, 9/19-20, 9 PM.

Boz Scaggs the Venue at Horseshoe Casino, Hammond, 7/25, 8 PM, on sale Fri 4/25, 10 AM.

Ed Sheeran Allstate Arena, Rosemont, 9/16, 7:30 PM, all-ages, on sale Sat 4/26, 10 AM.

Shellac Lincoln Hall, 7/7, 8 PM, on sale Fri 4/25, noon.

Shy Girls Bottom Lounge, 5/13, 7 PM.

Nadia Sirota Constellation, 5/8, 8:30 PM.

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Subhumans Reggie’s Rock Club, 7/21, 6 PM, all-ages.

Sundowner, Mikey Erg Subterranean, 5/28, 8:30 PM.

Ten Foot Pole, Downtown Brown Reggie’s Rock Club, 7/15, 8 PM.

Thou & the Body Empty Bottle, 7/17, 8:30 PM.

Three Days Grace, Sick Puppies House of Blues, 7/22, 8 PM, on sale Fri 4/25, 10 AM.

Time for Three City Winery, 7/7, 8 PM, all-ages, on sale Thu 4/24, noon.

UPDATED LISTINGS
David Crosby City Winery, 7/21, 8 PM; 7/22, 8 PM, all-ages.

Justin Currie, Mike Benign Compulsion Schubas, 9/26, 8 PM, rescheduled from 4/24.

Justin Currie, Mike Benign Compulsion SPACE, Evanston, 9/25, 8 PM, all-ages, rescheduled from 4/25.

Suzanne Vega Maurer Hall, Old Town School of Folk Music, 5/15, 7 and 10 PM, all-ages, late show added, early show is sold out.

Dar Williams Maurer Hall, Old Town School of Folk Music, 6/14, 7 and 10 PM, late show added, early show is sold out.

Andrew Jackson Jihad Bottom Lounge, 7/16, 8 PM, on sale Fri 4/18, noon.

Marc Anthony Allstate Arena, Rosemont, 9/20, 8 PM, all-ages, on sale Thu 4/17, 10 AM.

Bad Company, Lynyrd Skynyrd First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre, Tinley Park, 7/23, 7 PM, on sale Sat 4/19, 10 AM.

Haley Bonar Hideout, 5/29, 8 PM.

Clairy Browne & the Bangin’ Rackettes Bottom Lounge, 6/22, 8 PM, on sale Fri 4/18, noon.

Bruce Cockburn City Winery, 8/10, 8 PM, all-ages, on sale Thu 4/17, noon.

Marc Cohn City Winery, 7/17-18, 8 PM, all-ages, on sale Thu 4/17, noon.

Cold Waves III: Fear Factory, Front 242, Die Krupps, Acumen Nation, Cocksure, and others Metro, 9/26-27, 6:30 PM, on sale Fri 4/18, noon.

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Melissa Etheridge Symphony Center, 6/16, 7:30 PM, all-ages.

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The Fray FirstMerit Bank Pavilion, 6/26, 7:30 PM, on sale Fri 4/18, 10 AM.

Fuck Buttons Bottom Lounge, 6/11, 9 PM, on sale Fri 4/18, noon.

Future, Rico Love Concord Music Hall, 5/25, 6:30 PM, all-ages.

Yonatan Gat Schubas, 6/3, 8 PM, on sale Fri 4/18, noon.

Curtis Harding Schubas, 6/14, 7:30 PM, on sale Fri 4/18, noon.

Matt Hires Wire, Berwyn, 6/7, 8:30 PM, on sale Fri 4/18, 10 AM.

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Talib Kweli Metro, 5/25, 8 PM, on sale Fri 4/18, 10 AM.

Lawrence Arms, Copyrights Metro, 6/7, 7 PM, all-ages, on sale Fri 4/18, 10 AM.

Lorelle Meets the Obsolete Hideout, 5/23, 9 PM.

Man Forever with So Percussion Constellation, 7/10, 9:30 PM.

Imelda May Park West, 8/3, 8 PM, on sale Fri 4/18, 10 AM.

Megadeth the Venue at Horseshoe Casino, Hammond, 7/18, 8 PM, on sale Fri 4/18, 10 AM.

Natalie Merchant Chicago Theatre, 7/24, 8 PM, all-ages, on sale Fri 4/18, 11 AM.

Mint Condition House of Blues, 7/11, 9 PM, on sale Fri 4/18, 10 AM.

Jon Mueller’s Death Blues Constellation, 7/13, 8:30 PM.

Nazoranai Empty Bottle, 5/20, 8 PM.

Red Elvises FitzGerald’s, Berwyn, 6/6, 9 PM, on sale Fri 4/18, 11 AM.

Xavier Rudd, Ash Grunwald SPACE, Evanston, 7/3, 7:30 PM, all-ages, on sale Fri 4/18, 10 AM.

Sharon Shannon City Winery, 8/12, 8 PM, all-ages, on sale Thu 4/17, noon.

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Spanish Gold Lincoln Hall, 6/8, 8 PM, on sale Fri 4/18, 10 AM.

Matthew Sweet City Winery, 7/25, 8 PM, all-ages, on sale Thu 4/17, noon.

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U.S. Royalty Empty Bottle, 5/18, 7 PM.

Veruca Salt Lincoln Hall, 7/12, 9 PM, on sale Fri 4/18, noon.

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UPDATED LISTINGS
David Crosby City Winery, 7/21, 8 PM; 7/22, 8 PM, all-ages.

Fleetwood Mac United Center, 10/2, 8 PM, all-ages, 10/3 show added, on sale Mon

SOURCE: Rolling Stone
By Andy Greene
April 10, 2014 8:40 PM ET

Kiss fans may not be getting the reunion performance they hoped for at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony, but the four founding members of the band did stand together at the podium to give their acceptance speeches, marking their first public appearance together since the conclusion of the American leg of their “Farewell Tour” in October of 2000.

Despite taking endless nasty shots at each other in the press during the past few months, the group — Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, Peter Criss and Ace Frehley — was remarkably courteous to each other. Peter Criss spoke first, thanking everyone from “the grips to the truck drivers” to the “doctor that saved me from breast cancer.” The former drummer also commemorated his iconic makeup. “In and out of make-up, I will always be the catman,” said Criss.

Guitarist Ace Frehley spoke next, recalling, “When I was 13 years old and picked up my first guitar, I always figured I’d be into something big. Life’s been good to me. Hopefully, I got another 10 or 20 years to go.”

Even Stanley – who recently accused his former bandmates of anti-semitism – took the high road, focusing on the band’s fans. “Here we are tonight, inducted basically for the things we were left out for,” said Stanley. “The people buy albums. The people who nominate do not.”

Current Kiss members Tommy Thayer and Eric Singer sat in the crowd near former Kiss guitarist Bruce Kulick. The Hall of Fame’s refusal to let them in, along with other former members of Kiss, incensed Stanley to no end. “I don’t need the Hall of Fame,” he recently told Rolling Stone. “And if there’s not reciprocity, I’m not interested. The Red Hot Chili Peppers, practically every member was inducted, and virtually all 175 members of the Grateful Dead. Rules need to apply to everybody.”

The group initially wanted to perform with their current lineup, but they were told that wasn’t an option. “We heard, ‘We would like Ace and Peter in makeup,’” said Stanley. “And we said, ‘That’s not going to happen.’ That band is long gone. I question what Ace and Peter would look like in those outfits. We’ve spent 40 years building something, and to dissipate what we’ve done, or confuse it by sending mixed messages? What we offered was to play with Tommy and Eric and then bring out Ace and Peter to play with us.”

Criss and Frehley made it very clear they would have boycotted the ceremony had other musicians played in their signature makeup. “I won’t be disrespected,” Criss told Rolling Stone. “How can you put me in the Hall of Fame and then tell me to sit over there in the corner while another guy puts on my makeup and plays? That’s an injustice. To the fans, too.”

The mere fact that all four of them stood together at the podium was a small miracle, and, in all likelihood, it’ll be the final time anyone sees the four of them together again.

 

 

PRONG’s new album, “Ruining Lives”, will be released through Steamhammer/SPV in Scandinavia on April 23, in Germany on April 25, in the rest of Europe on April 28 and in the U.S./Canada on May 13. It will be made available as a limited digipak version including one bonus track and poster, as a double gatefold colored vinyl version including one bonus track and the CD in cardboard sleeve, as a standard version and download.

Audio samples of all the tracks that are set to appear on “Ruining Lives” can be found at Amazon.de.

“Ruining Lives” is the follow-up to the acclaimed 2012 release “Carved Into Stone” and continues to show the band on an upward trajectory, proving that despite having a long, illustrious career PRONG can still make records that matter and re-invent themselves without negating their roots.

With Tommy Victor in the producer’s chair and Steve Evetts (HATEBREED, SICK OF IT ALL, SEPULTURA) once again coming in to put his trademark shine on the record, “Ruining Lives” has turned out to be a monster of an album. From the first riff assault of the opener “Turnover”, the album takes you on an angst-filled roller coaster ride that marries some very old-school “Beg To Differ” elements with post-punk, industrial metal, hardcore thrash, all the while retaining a modern and current feel. Fans of the bands legendary, genre-defining “Cleansing” era and new fans alike will be thrilled.

Says Tommy Victor: “This is the fastest written and recorded PRONG album ever and it has more great songs than any previous PRONG record. I am particularly proud of the vocal performance and I think we captured some outstanding sounds on this album.

“There’s a little bit of a throwback element here.

“‘Ruining Lives’ is almost a ‘Force Fed’ type of song.

“The album is a hybrid between New York hardcore and some very modern, song-oriented work.

“You will find some ‘Rude Awakening’ but also some solid, crushing riffs.

“I feel we have captured the best elements of PRONG on this album.

“‘Come To Realize’ is something new — we have never approached this kind of time signature. It really is math metal meets pure hardcore with a crazy-ass riff.

“What’s exciting about the whole album is you have your hooks, your riffs and something innovative that makes the album very current.

“This qualifies as the hybrid nature of PRONG: marrying post-punk, industrial metal, hardcore thrash and modern elements — all of that with hooks and not just a bunch of screaming.”

“Ruining Lives” digipak track listing:

01. Turnover
02. The Barriers
03. Windows Shut
04. Remove, Separate Self
05. Ruining Lives
06. Absence Of Light
07. The Book Of Change
08. Self Will Run Riot
09. Come To Realize
10. Chamber Of Thought
11. Limitations And Validations
12. Retreat (bonus track)

Jewel-case track listing:

01. Turnover
02. The Barriers
03. Windows Shut
04. Remove, Separate Self
05. Ruining Lives
06. Absence Of Light
07. The Book Of Change
08. Self Will Run Riot
09. Come To Realize
10. Chamber Of Thought
11. Limitations And Validations

Vinyl version track listing:

LP1 Side 1

01. Turnover
02. The Barriers
03. Windows Shut

LP1 Side 2

01. Remove, Separate Self
02. Ruining Lives
03. Absence Of Light

LP2 Side 1

01. The Book Of Change
02. Self Will Run Riot
03. Come To Realize

LP2 Side 2

01. Chamber Of Thought
02. Limitations And Validations
03. Retreat (bonus track)

On April 19, PRONG will release an exclusive single for “Record Store Day” celebration with the new track “Turnover” on side A and a pig remix version of “Revenge Best Served Cold” by Raymond Watts on Side B. The single is limited to 3,000 copies and comes in a green/white marbled vinyl version. The worldwide digital release of this single is April 21.

Ace Frehley will perform the AC/DC classic “Highway To Hell” during the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame’s signature all-star jam at the end of the ceremony on Thursday night (April 10).

During an appearance on yesterday’s (Tuesday, April 8) edition of a “The Artie Lange Show” on DIRECTV’s Audience Network and SiriusXM satellite radio , Frehley stated about how his participation in the jam came about: “I was taking my fiancée to the doctor and I was waiting in the waiting room and I get a call from [RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE guitarist] Tom [Morello]. He goes, ‘Hi, Ace’. He goes, ‘You wanna jam at the end?’ I said, ‘Sure.’ So I’m gonna jam. I don’t know if anybody else [from KISS] is. I haven’t heard. I don’t care.”

He added: “I really wanted to perform [the classic Russ Ballard song] ‘New York Groove’ [which appeared on Frehley's 1978 solo album]. Here we are in New York, it was my big hit, and the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame said, ‘No, you can’t do ‘New York Groove’.”

Morello will induct KISS into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame on April 10 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Joining KISS in the 2014 class of inductees are Peter Gabriel, HALL & OATES, Linda Rondstadt and Cat Stevens, while the E STREET BAND (Bruce Springsteen’s backing group) will be given the Award For Musical Excellence.

All four members of the current lineup of KISS will attend the band’s Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame induction ceremony. They will be accompanied at their table by guitarist Bruce Kulick, who played in KISS during from 1984 to 1996.

KISS leaders Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley have refused to perform with fellow co-founding members Ace Frehley and Peter Criss at the induction ceremony, unless the current members of KISS can also perform.

Current KISS members Tommy Thayer and Eric Singer will not be inducted along with the band’s original lineup, a decision by the Rock Hall which has angered Simmons and Stanley.

The 29th annual Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame induction ceremony will take place on Thursday, April 10 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.

The television broadcast will premiere on HBO on May 31.