Dirty Rig Book NYC Date and Stream New Tracks on MySpace

Kory Clarke is gone but new singer Tom Morrissey sounds great. He has a deeper, raspier voice than Kory which gives the band more of a hard rock sound. There are two new tracks, with Tom singing, streaming on the band's MySpace page . Kickin' Screamin' sounds great and Don't You is a fun cover of the Simple Minds hit from the 80's.


The Simple Minds cover will be included on the CD sampler that comes with the September 22 issue of Classic Rock magazine. The magazine wanted the band to cover a song that was in a movie so the members of the band decided to run a promotion/contest with MySpace and let the fans determine the outcome of the cover song.

(from Blabbermouth) "There are so many great songs out there and everyone in the band had a different idea of what song to cover," says guitarist Chris. "I wanted to do something by WAYLON JENNINGS or AC/DC, Dave wanted to cover a RUSH track, Tom wanted to do a CHEAP TRICK tune and Buckshot wanted to cover 'Cockroaches' from 'Killing Technology' by VOIVOD even though that song was never in a movie. So we just said let the fans on MySpace decide. We dont know how this particular song got picked but what ever. We said we would do what ever song was chosen and we did. We always keep our word If you don't keep your word, then you ain't worth squat."

The band is (finally) playing a show in NYC and their upcoming show is at Crash Mansion on Oct. 26th.

Beers Up!

The Rentals Play "Free" Show Tonight/ Discounted Paul Stanley Tickets Still Overpriced

I am beginning to like the promoters at Nokia Theatre. When a show doesn't sell well, they essentially give away tickets. (You have to pay the "service charge" which ranges between $5 - $7 per ticket). It looks like the free link is now down but it is a pretty cool idea to try and pack the crowd in. There is nothing worse than a sparsely attended arena show.


ROCK 'N ROLL FANTASY CAMP is playing B.B. King's on September 3rd. The show features Paul Stanley (KISS), Mark Farner from Grand Funk Railroad, David Letterman Show Horn Section + Special Guests. So, if you use the special offer code "OFFER", you can get $65 tickets (no wonder they weren't selling tickets - way too high a price for this weak of a lineup) for $40. In my mind, $40 is still too high a price! When you add back the $7.50 per ticket convenience charge and B.B. King's minimum (at the last show I was at, the charge was $10 per person per set) to sit at a table, you are basically back up to $65/ticket.

Dirty Rig @ Escapi Music Showcase, Snitch, NYC Nov. 1, 2006

Dirty Rig was the second act to play the Escapi Music showcase. Dirty Rig are rapidly becoming one of my favorite bands to see live and they did not disappoint last Wednesday night. They started with a sloppy (drunken?) version of "Drunk Again" but settled down after this for a great set.


Korey Clarke/Dirty Rig - Snitch, NYC Nov. 1, 2006


Buckshot/Dirty Rig - Snitch, NYC Nov. 1, 2006


Chas/Dirty Rig - Snitch, NYC, Nov. 1, 2006


Dirty Rig - Snitch, NYC Nov. 1, 2006

I have some additional pictures of Dirty Rig along with the other bands (Mahavatar & Tokyo Dragons) that played on Wednesday which I will post to Flickr in the next day or two.