Monday, October 28, 2013

TRICK OR TREAT YOU FUCKERS


I was going to start this weeks blog with a rant, but I thought to myself that would be douchey considering Halloween is only a few days away, so I have toned it down but promise to have a full blown rant ready for my next instalment. So anyways, I just finished hosting my 4th annual Halloween party at my house. This years theme was Wrestling stars of the 80’s. We had a lot of fun with this genre. Costumes were killer and everyone really got into their characters. The boys of Desolate Rage were in attendance and we had an unofficial listening party to our upcoming release “Evolutions Mistake” I must say it was pretty cool listening to it with all our friends for the first time.
So did any of you see Lamb of God this week for those of you who live in the GTA? They played back to back shows in Toronto this past week. I myself was not in attendance but some of my buds and members of DR were and they all said it kicked ass. I have seen LOG a few times but I would have loved to have seen supporting act “Testament” one of my fav thrash bands of all time.

Well that’s it for me,

Everyone have a safe and fun Halloween.

Jeff

Desolate Rage

Monday, October 21, 2013

Virtuoso King


Hello everyone,

Today I just wanted to talk about music and how it stays with us throughout the years. Ever since I was a little kid music was a big part of my life. I grew up listening to Zeppelin, Sabbath, and Grand Funk, to name a few. My dad was a big part of that due to the fact that this was the music he listened to and it got me into that style of music as I grew. About a week ago, I took my dad to see Joe Satriani live at Massey Hall. I had seen Satriani twice before so I knew how crazy the show was going to be, but my dad was blown away! I could tell he was feeling like a teen again when he and a bunch of older guys watching the concert were going nuts, and all we did was talk about all the bands he had went to go see growing up and how he sang in a band for a while back in his days. I also remember the time my dad insulated the whole garage for my band to play so that we wouldn't freeze our asses off in the dead of winter:) I always had that support to pursue my music and it helped me stick to it over the years.
I must say, it was great to hear Satriani play again and I can honestly say he is the best guitar player I have ever heard or seen live! His balance of paying with feeling and technicality is what makes him so unique in my opinion. I think my main point here is that it's a nice thing to be able to share that connection of music with my dad, and as a whole, with everyone around me including DESOLATE RAGE.

    We've decided that we would like to give you all a sample of what's to come on Evolution's Mistake (with you're input). We know that none of you have heard any of the new material but we'd like you to choose a song that you want us to stream for you all on Oct. 31!! 

Choose from the following list, vote at our website, and let us know....the most requested song will be posted on all our media locations for 24hrs for you all to hear!!

Until next time
Marco

Here is the list from our poll: www.desolaterage.com
1. Horns To Hell
2. Straight Jacket
3. You Are Not Alone
4. Hook, Line And Sinker
5. Mentally Deranged
6. One, Two, Many


Monday, October 14, 2013

The 411...or any other expression you care to use



It's finally here.....The track listing for EVOLUTION'S MISTAKE:

1. Evolution & Transformation
2. Horns to Hell
3. Straight Jacket

4. Hook, Line & Sinker
5. Truth Be Told (Tables Turned)
6. Mentally Deranged - feat. Graham Daniel Gaudreault from "My Hollow"
7. 2012
8. One, Two, Many 
9. Serve Thy Master
10. Control
11. You Are Not Alone

- Bonus Songs : From 2007 "Live" in Hell demo -
12. Lethal Injection
13. God of War
14. Just Another Number
15. Fallen Angel

There will be more stuff to come over the next little while but hopefully this will keep you all intrigued until then.

DR

Tuesday, October 08, 2013

Because The Greatest....Love Of All......

"Oh. Man, you lying, you ain't never meet no Frank Sinatra....
Fuck You, fuck you, and fuck you....who's next?"

    As I sit here listening to the rough mix of our album, (I'm not going to lie) I'm a little excited about what I hear and the whole thing. It's not often that what you envision being the final product comes so close to the real thing that you end up with. Most people end up just accepting what they have and living with it but I can honestly say that this is not one of those times (truth be told I've also never met Frank Sinatra, but I'm sure he was a bad mother-fucker!!). We're coming down to the wire and the next steps will be (hopefully) underway shortly and if everything works according to plans hopefully we'll be able to spill the beans on the track listing of the album for you within the next couple of weeks. 
    On a more personal note I found out last week that my CT scan is showing good progress and my oncologist doesn't want to see me for 6 months as my body seems to be doing what it's supposed to do so things are looking good on the health front which is amazing news!! It really just means that I have more time to belt out some more vocals and hopefully hit the stage soon. 
Much luv to you all, 
J

"Sexy Chocolate……(feedback)…..Sexy Chocolate!!! 
Goddamn, that boy can sing....You must be crazy"