BLACK 'N BLUE

Le groupe est de retour en 2008 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :bien!: :bien!: :bien!: :peaceandjoice: :peaceandjoice: :peaceandjoice: :peaceandjoice: :peaceandjoice:

Extrait tiré du site MelodicRock.com

BLACK 'N BLUE CONFIRMED AS HEADLINE ACT FOR Z ROCK 08:
Press Release / After months of negotiations we are very proud to announce the headline act for Z Rock 08 on May 17th has been fully confirmed. Black 'N Blue have signed contracts for the event which will be the bands first European appearance since 1983! The band will feature all original members except for Tommy Thayer. Everybody at Z is excited about the bands appearance which will lay to rest much speculation about the band and their forthcoming release which has been banded about by uninformed sections of the press over recent years.
Jaime St James issued the following comment re the bands appearance on European shores: "We have not rocked on any European soil since 1983, so if you weren't at Hammersmith Odeon when we opened for Whitesnake then you missed us...wow, hitch up your panties and get ready for an Autoblast you lovely bastards....I cant wait."
The line up for Z Rock 08 is now Black 'N Blue, Bonfire, Britny Fox, Von Groove, Shy, Stormzone & Redline, with further acts to be announced.
Tickets on sale now via www.zrecords.net and www.myspace.com/zrockfest only.

Nouvel album à paraître le 13 mai chez Frontiers :

“Hell Yeah!” is a proud comeback statement for a band that wrote the pages of hard rock history in the 80’s. Black ‘N Blue released four successful and critically-acclaimed albums through Geffen Records: their self-titled debut (1984), “Without Love” (1985), “Nasty Nasty” (1986), and “In Heat” (1987), with the latter two albums produced by the legendary Gene Simmons of KISS. Catalogue sales in the US were in excess of one million units and the band’s original guitar player Tommy Thayer went on to replace Ace Frehley in the current KISS lineup.

Black 'N Blue reunited for the first time in 2003 under the initiative of singer Jaime St. James, when he began writing tracks for a new album along with original member, Jef "Woop" Warner. The process came to a halt when St. James joined Warrant as their new lead vocalist in February of 2004. In recent years, Jaime has been releasing records and touring the world with Warrant.

In late 2008, plans to get back into the studio and finish the “Hell Yeah!” album were underway, as well as festival appearances and other touring. “The band’s line-up is all original except Shawn Sonnenschein”, tells Jaime St. James “but he has been in the band now for about 8 years. Still the new guy... Jeez!”. Black ‘N Blue recently joined the ever-expanding roster of Frontiers Records.

“Hell Yeah!” goes back to the roots of the “classic” Black ‘N Blue sound, mixing tight and hard rocking songs with a sleazy attitude. “This new album is a real thrill for us and all of the BNB fans” says St. James. “Our last studio recording was in 1988 so it's a big deal. This is a classic BNB-sounding CD and could be described as a cross between all our previous records. It is heavy for the most part, but I like to think it reminds me of our first album. That's why we brought back the original logo. We just modernized it”.

Black ‘N Blue will make a special live appearance at the M3 Rock Festival at the Merryweather Post Pavilion in Columbus MD on May 14th. More shows and festivals to be announced.

The new album “Hell Yeah!” will include the following tracks: Monkey; Target; Hail Hail; Fool's Bleed; C'mon; Jaime's Got The Beer; Angry Drunk Son Of A Bitch; So Long; Trippin'; Falling Down; Candy; Hell Yeah!; World Goes Round.

BLACK ‘N BLUE
Jaime St. James - chant/Jef “Woop” Warner - Shawn Sonnenschein guitars/Patrick Young - bass/Pete Holmes - drums

Produced by Jef “Woop” Warner

Merci Phil pour l'info ,Tommy Thayer etait le principal compositeur du groupe , donc à voir comment cela va sonner maintenant ! un bon groupe des années 80 qui n'a pas réussi a s'imposer !!!! dommage !!!

En termes de hard US , la concurrence était âpre à cette époque-là.

Bonne nouvelle que ce retour, j'ai de ce groupe un album vinyle qui est malheureusement un peu trop usé.

BLACK 'N BLUE : One Night Only

Réécoute de ce live intitulé One Night Only paru en 1998, ma foi, fort sympathique. Agrémenté de titres accrocheurs, un peu à la Kiss mais sans maquillage, j'avais connu le groupe en 1984 par le biais de ce cousin aujourd'hui décédé (dans un accident de voiture) qui s'était procuré le tout premier opus. Un opus qui, en temps, avait eu un certain retentissement. L'ami Tommy Thayer, futur Kiss, s'y était illustré d'une brillante façon. Ce 1er album, je ne l'ai toujours pas mais je compte bien en faire l'acquisition un de ces quatre. Sur ce live, nous est proposé un hard rock US classique certes mais qui accroche bien l'auditeur. Parmi les titres à retenir : Does She Or Doesn't She, Violent Kid, Rockin' On Heaven's Door, Autoblast.....