‘Tis the season to curl up by the fire and watch Christmas movies, listen to Christmas songs, and eat Christmas Cookies. This is also the time to watch funny Christmas videos!!! Like this animated version of a Beatle’s Christmas!
It’s a little weird and a little random but festive none the less. There’s nothing like a homage to one of the best Rock Bands of all time!
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays Everyone!

It’s that time of year again when Victory Records calls upon Santa(Mosh) to rock out in the streets with his spin-kicks, two-steps, and stage drives to spread holiday cheer!!! This year their annual Santa Mosh video features OTEP and be prepared to want to jump out of your seat and mosh wherever you are!
Happy Holidays from The Rock Dose and of course Victory Records!
You can also score some sick Mosh attire from the Victory Records site! These shorts are a must have!

Image Credit: Victory Records

This video should definitely bring back some memories! Remember Band Aid? That charity group from the 80’s made up of British and Irish musicians such as Sting, Phil Collins, and Bono, just to name a few, who got together to sing ‘Do They Know It’s Christmas?’ in an attempt to raise funds and awareness of world famine. To their own surprise the song became the number one Holiday song. To this day it’s a classic that many look forward to catching on TV each year.
Happy Holidays Everyone!

Early Sunday morning on Oct. 25th, the van carrying members of Sugar Red Drive was involved in a serious accident near Kalamazoo, MI. The vehicle hit a guardrail, spun out, and flipped over. Miraculously, no one was killed. Bass player Dave Alexander suffered the most serious injuries, breaking his arm, dislocating his elbow, and also breaking his thumb. He underwent surgery in a Kalamazoo hospital Sunday afternoon. Incredibly, the other 3 band members and tour manager only suffered bruises and abrasions. Check out a photo of their van after everyone was safely removed:

The band has cancelled their remaining tour dates …read more

Queen’s Brian May has confirmed in a BBC video interview that a film version of the band’s musical We Will Rock You is currently in the works. Stage play writer Ben Elton has completed a “grittier” script for film adaptation. According to May, the recent success of the film Mama Mia was the inspiration behind this film.

A lot of music lovers have vinyl of some sort. I have a small collection of Vinyl of some reprints of classic metal albums and even some vinyl dating back to the early 70’s. I pick up vinyl every now and then at metal shows and at record stores of modern bands when I like an album even if I already have the cd. It’s the physical aspect and the art of the album that I dig. Sometimes you can find records at thrift shops and pawn shops. My latest acquisition has been Judas Priest’s classic Screaming For Vengeance …read more

Converse is celebrating 100 years of converse with a new line of the Classic “Chuck Taylor” All Stars. 100 years, really? That’s right. Converse started up 100 years ago in 1908 as Converse Rubber Corporation. Nine years later the Converse All Star basketball shoe was born. Still a timeless classic that has survived through almost a century of changes in footwear fashion and design. Very few things have lasted so long without deviating too far from the original design.
As part of their new designs celebrating their 100th anniversary, Converse started unveiling a line of rock band inspired All Stars …read more

Ted Nugent has a book that came out last Tuesday. It’s called Ted, White, And Blue. I admire some of the things The ‘Nuge says because he speaks his mind…but this is a crazy man. You can say whatever you feel, just think about what exactly your saying.
Popeater.com (which should be called “poopeater”) posted a few things that Ted said in regards to what he would do if he were in charge. I’ve thrown in my two cents.

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Ultimate Guitar interviewed Def Leppard Guitarist Phil Collen. Here he talks about various things from touring, the record industry and the elements of a good song.

Ultimate-Guitar.com: What do you think are the elements that make up a great song?
Phil Collen: It could be many different things. But lyrically if you create an image of some sort of… like for example Hotel California, that song actually puts you in a place every time you hear it, even from the very first time you hear it. You have an image of what it is going to be …read more

Where would rock be without The Beatles? Would there be Rock N Roll? I imagine there would be, but maybe it would be a bit different from what it is today? This past week The Beatles released the Hey Jude single on a 45 rpm with Revolution. The original single wasn’t released with the album cover to the right. It was released on Apple Records in a plain black sleeve. This was yet another great step in the success of The Beatles. So what inspired this song? Let’s Find out…