The Hella Mega Tour With Green Day, Fall Out Boy and Weezer will be at Oracle Park in San Francisco on Tuesday, July 21st 2020.
The ticket presale is Thursday, September 19th at 10am through 10pm.
Use the code word: HELLA
Tickets go on sale Friday, September 20th at 10am.
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LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES SEPTEMBER 19, 2019- IT WAS ON THIS DAY IN 1981 TRIUMPH RELEASED THE ALBUM ‘ALLIED FORCES.’ THIS WAS THE CANADIAN POWER TRIO’S FIFTH ALBUM AND IT WAS HUGE, SPORTING TWO TOP TWENTY SINGLES ‘MAGIC POWER’ AND ‘FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT.’ CONSIDERED THE BAND’S SIGNATURE ALBUM, IT HIT #23 ON BILLBOARD’S ALBUM CHART AND HAS BEEN REMASTERED AND REISSUED TWICE, BOTH IN 1995 AND AGAIN IN 2004.
HERE’S TRIUMPH WITH THE OFFICIAL VIDEO FOR ‘MAGIC POWER’
LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES SEPTEMBER 19, 2019-HARD TO BELIEVE BUT TODAY LITA FORD TURNS 60. FORD WAS THE FORMER LEAD GUITARIST FOR THE RUNAWAYS BEFORE EMBARKING ON A SOLO CAREER IN THE 1980’S. HER BIG BREAK CAME WHEN SHE SIGNED WITH SHARON OSBOURNE MANAGEMENT. UNDER OSBOURNE SHE RELEASED THE SELF-TITLED ALBUM ‘LITA.’ THE RECORD WAS POWERED BY SOME GREAT TRACKS ‘KISS ME DEADLY’ ‘BACK TO THE CAVE’ ‘FALLING IN AND OUT OUT LOVE’( A SONG CO-WRITTEN BY THE CRUE’S NIKKI SIXX) AND THE HUGE HIT ‘CLOSE MY EYES FOREVER,’ THE DUET WITH OZZY OSBOURNE.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO LITA FORD, STILL ROCKING AT 60 ! THIS IS LITA FORD WITH HER BIGGEST HIT
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LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES SEPTEMBER 19, 2019- TODAY WE LOOK BACK AT 2015’S BONE BASH. OFFICIALLY DUBBED BONE BASH XVI, IT WAS A GREAT PARTY FEATURING TESLA, STYX AND THE HEADLINER DEF LEPPARD.
THE NIGHT STARTED OFF WITH TESLA AND MY ONLY WISH IS THEY COULD HAVE PLAYED LONGER BECAUSE EVERYONE WAS INTO THE VETERAN ROCKERS FROM SACRAMENTO.
THIS IS THE SETLIST FROM TESLA:
Edison’s Medicine (Man Out of Time)
Hang Tough
Heaven’s Trail (No Way Out)
Signs
Love Song
Little Suzi
Modern Day Cowboy
HERE’S A VIDEO OF THE SONG THAT BROUGHT THE HOUSE DOWN (OFFICIAL TESLA VIDEO)
VIEW FROM BACKSTAGE-STYX
photo thanks -the incredible jimmy o’sheehan https://www.facebook.com/jimmyosheehan/NEXT UP STYX. IT’S NOT OFTEN WHEN YOU HAVE A BAND THAT HAS SOLD 35 MILLION ALBUMS WORLDWIDE AS A SUPPORT BAND. STYX WAS OUTSTANDING AND HAD THE CROWD ON THEIR FEET AND SINGING ALONG WITH THEIR ENTIRE SET AND ENCORE.
HERE’S THE SETLIST FROM STYX:
The Grand Illusion
Too Much Time on My Hands
Fooling Yourself (The Angry Young Man)
Miss America
Lady
Blue Collar Man (Long Nights)
Rocket Man (I Think It’s Going to Be a Long, Long Time) / Bohemian Rhapsody / (Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay
Come Sail Away
Encore:
Rockin’ the Paradise
Renegade
THIS IS GREAT VIDEO OF STYX PERFORMING AT BONE BASH XVI COURTESY OF BONE LISTENERS:
THE SOUND IS ACTUALLY PRETTY GOOD ON THIS VIDEO:
DEF LEPPARD
photo thanks -the incredible jimmy o’sheehan https://www.facebook.com/jimmyosheehan/DEF LEPPARD WAS THE HEADLINER AND THE CROWD WAS THERE TO PARTY WITH THE BAND. FROM AN OILED UP PHIL COLLEN AND HIS GUITAR MASTERY, TO THE VOCALS OF JOE ELLIOT, AND THE MINDBLOWING STORY OF RICK ALLEN ON DRUMS (I STILL CAN’T TAKE MY EYES OFF ALLEN…INCREDIBLE THAT HE RETAUGHT HIMSELF TO DRUM WITH ONE ARM..UNFREAKING-REAL) !!! LEPPARD PLAYED A 17 SONG SET INCLUDING THE ENCORE. HERE’S THE DEF LEPPARD SETLIST:
Disintegrate (Taped intro)
Rock! Rock! (Till You Drop)
Animal
Let It Go
Foolin’
Promises
Love Bites
Armageddon It
Rock On
Two Steps Behind
(Acoustic/Joe Only)
Rocket
Bringin’ on the Heartbreak
Switch 625
Hysteria
Let’s Get Rocked
Pour Some Sugar on Me
Encore:
Rock of Ages
Photograph
Kings of the World (Taped extro )
THIS IS DEF LEPPARD AT THEIR BEST. A GREAT VERSION OF ‘LET IT IT GO’ AT BONEBASH XVI
LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES SEPTEMBER 18, 2019-FORTY NINE YEARS AGO BLACK SABBATH RELEASED THEIR ICONIC ALBUM ’PARANOID.’
HERE IS SOME PARANOID TRIVIA:
– THE BAND RELEASED THIS ALBUM ONLY 7 MONTHS AFTER THEIR SELF-TITLED DEBUT HIT THE CHARTS
– SABBATH WANTED TO CALL THE ALBUM “WAR PIGS” BUT THEIR LABEL DIDN’T WANT TO PISS OFF VIETNAM WAR SUPPORTERS.
– WHILE THE BAND CHANGED THE NAME TO “PARANOID” THEY REFUSED TO CHANGE THE COVER ART, WHICH SHOWED A PIG WITH A SWORD
– ‘IRON MAN’ WAS ORIGINALLY CALLED ‘IRON BLOKE.’ OZZY CAME UP WITH IRON BLOKE AFTER SAYING THE TRACK SOUNDED LIKE “A BIG IRON BLOKE WALKING AROUND.” THE BAND LATER CHANGED THE TITLE TO ‘IRON MAN.’
– GEEZER BUTLER ONCE SAID THAT ‘FAIRIES WEAR BOOTS’ WAS INSPIRED BY A BAD ENCOUNTER OZZY HAD WITH SKINHEADS! TONY IOMMI CLAIMED IT WAS DERIVED FROM AN INCIDENT WHERE GEEZER AND OZZY WERE SMOKING POT AND SAW FAIRIES IN BOOTS RUNNING AROUND A PARK.
– ‘WAR PIGS’ WAS ORIGINALLY TITLED ‘WALPURGIS’, THE STANIC VERSION OF CHRISTMAS. GEEZER SAID BECAUSE WAR WAS LIKE SATAN SINCE IT’S ONLY ABOUT EVIL.
– PARANOID IS SABBATH’S BEST SELLING ALBUM, HAVING SOLD MORE THAN 4 MILLION COPIES IN THE US.
HERE’S THE ORIGINAL MUSIC VIDEO FROM 1970 FOR ‘PARANOID’
AND HERE’S SABBATH PERFORMING ‘FAIRIES WEAR BOOTS’ CIRCA 1970
LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES SEPTEMBER 18, 2019-ON THIS DAY IN 1970 THE WORLD LOST A GUITAR GOD. JIMI HENDRIX WAS OFFICIALLY PRONOUNCED DEAD ON ARRIVAL AT ST. MARY’S HOSPITAL IN LONDON AFTER CHOKING ON HIS OWN VOMIT. HENDRIX HAD LEFT A MESSAGE ON HIS MANAGER’S ANSWERING SERVICE EARLIER THAT NIGHT. RUMOURS AND CONSPIRACY THEORIES GREW AND PERSIST AROUND HENDRIX’S DEATH. ERIC BURDON CLAIMED THAT JIMI HAD COMMITTED SUICIDE, BUT THAT IS CONTRADICTED BY REPORTS THAT HE WAS IN A GOOD STATE OF MIND. IN 2009, A FORMER ROADIE FOR THE ANIMALS PUBLISHED A BOOK CLAIMING THAT JIMI’S MANAGER HAD ADMITTED TO HIM THAT HE ARRANGED FOR THE MURDER OF HENDRIX, SINCE THE GUITARIST WANTED OUT OF HIS CONTRACT.
THIS WAS THE OFFICIAL STATEMENT FROM THE CORONER’S REPORT:
“The cause of death was clearly inhalation of vomit due to barbiturate intoxication, but there is no evidence as to intention to commit suicide … If the question of intention cannot be answered, then it is proper to find the cause of death and leave it an open verdict.”
JIMI HENDRIX PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 27. THE 27 CLUB HAD ANOTHER MEMBER.
HERE’S EXCELLENT FOOTAGE OF HENDRIX THAT WAS RECORDED IN 1969
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LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES SEPTEMBER 17, 2019-TWENTY THREE YEARS AGO NEIL YOUNG PLAYED THE CONCORD PAVILION. THE ELECTRIC PORTION OF THE SHOW WAS SPECTACULAR (IS THERE ANYTHING BETTER THAN CRAZY HORSE !?) AND THE ACOUSTIC SEGMENT WAS WARM AND TOUCHING. AND LET ME SAY, STARTING OFF A CONCERT WITH ‘HEY HEY MY MY (INTO THE BLACK)’ MIGHT BE THE GREATEST ROCKIN’ START EVER.
HERE IS THE SETLIST FROM CONCORD:
Hey Hey My My
Pocahontas
Big Time
Slip Away
The Needle and the Damage Done
Comes A Time
Sugar Mountain
Heart of Gold
Cinnamon Girl
Fuckin’ Up
Cortez The Killer
Music Arcade
Like a Hurricane
Encore
Sedan Delivery
Roll Another Number For The Road
Rockin’ In The Free World
HERE’S LIVE FOOTAGE OF HEY HEY MY MY (INTO THE BLACK)
AND NOW THE FULL SHOW
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LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES SEPTEMBER 17, 2019- ON THIS DATE IN 1998, THE VIDEO FOR QUEEN’S SINGLE ‘BICYCLE RACE’ WAS FILMED AT WIMBLEDON STADIUM. THE VIDEO FEATURED 65 NAKED PROFESSIONAL MODELS RACING AROUND THE TRACK ON BICYCLES. THE BIKES WERE ALL RENTED FOR THE DAY BY THE VIDEO PRODUCTION COMPANY. THE BIKE RENTAL COMPANY REQUESTED PAYMENT TO HAVE ALL THE BIKE SEATS REPLACED WHEN THEY FOUND OUT HOW THEIR BIKES HAD BEEN USED !!!! HAHAHAHA !
THIS IS THE OFFICIAL VIDEO FOR ‘BICYCLE RACE’
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LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES SEPTEMBER 17, 2019-ON THIS DATE IN 1991 GUNS N’ ROSES RELEASED TWO ALBUMS DOUBLE ALBUMS ‘USE YOUR ILLUSION I’ & ‘USE YOUR ILLUSION II’. HERE ARE SOME QUICK FACTS SURROUNDING BOTH ALBUMS:
-THE SHIPPING OF THE ALBUM SET A RECORD IN 1991, WITH 4 MILLION COPIES OF THE ALBUMS SHIPPED FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY RELEASED FOR RETAIL SALE . THAT MARKED THE LARGEST SHIP OUT IN POP HISTORY IN THE US.
-AS OF MARCH 2018 EACH ALBUM HAS SOLD OVER 18,000,000 COPIES.
-HIDDEN IN THE LINER NOTES IS “F*** YOU ST. LOUIS.” THE CITY CHARGED AXL ROSE FOR INCITING A RIOT IN 1991 WHEN HE CUT A SET SHORT AND ALL HELL BROKE LOOSE.
-SLASH IS THANKED IN THE LINER NOTES FOR “KILLER GUITAR MELODIES”
-THE ALBUM WAS RACKING UP RECORD SALES DESPITE THE FACT MAJOR RETAILERS LIKE WALMART AND KMART REFUSED TO SELL THE RECORDS BECAUSE THEY CONTAINED PROFANITY
-CLOCKING IN AT 8:57 MAKES ‘NOVEMBER RAIN’ THE LONGEST SONG EVER TO MAKE THE TOP TEN OF THE BILLBOARD HOT 100 CHART. THE SONG PEAKED AT # 3
-EVEN THOUGH THEIR VERSION OF ‘KNOCKIN’ ON HEAVEN’S DOOR’ WAS ON THE ALBUM, IT ACTUALLY CAME OUT A YEAR EARLIER WHEN IT APPEARED ON THE ‘DAYS OF THUNDER SOUNDTRACK.’
-GN’R’S VERSION OF ‘LIVE AND LET DIE’ WAS NOMINATED FOR A GRAMMY AWARD IN 1993
-‘CIVIL WAR’ IS A PROTEST SONG ON WAR AND INCLUDES THE LINE “WHAT’S SO CIVIL ABOUT WAR,ANYWAY?”
-‘CIVIL WAR’ IS THE LAST GN’R SONG TO FEATURE STEVEN ADLER. ADLER WAS KICKED OUT OF THE BAND DUE TO HIS DRUG ADDICTIONS.
– ‘DON’T CRY’ IS A SONG THAT WAS WRITTEN ABOUT MONIQUE LEWIS. HER FACE IS TATTOOED ON AXL’S RIGHT BICEP. SHE WAS ONCE HIS GIRLFRIEND AND WAS ALSO ROMANTICALLY LINKED TO IZZY STRADLIN.
– ‘YOU COULD BE MINE’ IS ABOUT IZZY’S FAILED RELATIONSHIP WITH ANOTHER EX-GIRLFRIEND, ANGELA NICOLETTI
– ‘YOU COULD BE MINE’ WAS FEATURED IN “TERMINATOR 2:JUDGEMENT DAY.”
IT WAS ADDED TO THE MOVIE ON THE INSISTENCE OF ARNOLD SCHWARTZENEGGER. IT WAS NOT INCLUDED ON THE SOUNDTRACK.
-‘RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO HELL’ WAS WRITTEN AS A RESULT OF AXL ROSE’S BEEF WITH A NEIGHBOR. GABRIELLE KANTOR. SHE HAD AXL ARRESTED, CLAIMING HE HIT HER WITH A WINE BOTTLE. HE DENIED THE CHARGE, CLAIMING SHE WAS A CRAZY FAN. THE CONDO WAS LATER GIVEN AWAY IN MTV’S “EVICT AXL” CONTEST.
– IZZY STRADLIN WAS INSPIRED TO WRITE ‘ALL TIED UP’ AFTER VISITING A DOMINATRIX. WHEN HE AND A BUDDY WENT TO VISIT HER, SHE HAD A FAT MAN IN WOMEN’S UNDERWEAR TIED UP WITH DUCT TAPE AGAINST THE WALL. THE MAN WAS ALSO WEARING HIGH HEELS AND HAD AN ONION STUFFED IN HIS MOUTH.
BOTH ALBUMS WERE FULL OF GREAT SONGS. HERE’S A TREAT FROM ‘ILLUSION I’
AND ANOTHER GREAT SONG FROM ‘ILLUSION II’
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LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES SEPTEMBER 16, 2019- IT WAS 1983 AND DEF LEPPARD WAS ON “THE PYROMANIA WORLD TOUR.” THE ALBUM PYROMANIA HAD JUST BLOWN UP IN TERMS OF SALES ( IT EVENTUALLY WENT ON TO SELL OVER 10 MILLION COPIES) AND THIS WAS ONE OF THE BIGGEST TOURS IN THE COUNTRY. IT WAS ALSO DEF LEPPARD’S FIRST TOUR AS A HEADLINER.
IT ALSO MARKED THE FIRST TOUR WITH GUITARIST PHIL COLLEN ( HE REPLACED ORIGINAL MEMBER PETE WILLIS, KICKED OUT OF THE BAND FOR ALCOHOL ABUSE). IT WAS 36 YEARS AGO AND THE BAND WRAPPED UP THE TOUR WITH 2 CONSECUTIVE SHOWS AT THE OAKLAND ARENA.
HERE IS THE SETLIST FROM THE SHOW:
Rock! Rock! (Till You Drop)
Rock Brigade
High & Dry (Saturday Night)
Another Hit and Run
Billy’s Got a Gun
Mirror, Mirror (Look Into My Eyes)
Foolin’
Photograph
Rock of Ages
Bringin’ on the Heartbreak
Switch 625
Guitar Solo
Let It Go
Guitar Solo
Wasted
Encore:
Stagefright
Encore 2:
Rock and Roll
Travelin’ Band
HERE’S VIDEO FROM A DEF LEPPARD TV APPEARANCE CIRCA 1983 (GREAT QUALITY)
