Prog Fetish

Phil turns 57 today.

Zappa.com has announced the “Beat the Boots” show, that will air Thursdays 10AM to 11PM, and Fridays 1AM to 3AM PST. Learn more here.

Sony/BMG have confirmed the release of three “expanded” APP albums; Pyramid, Turn of a Friendly Card and Stereotomy. The international release date is March 10th.

To celebrate the general release of ‘Nil Recurring’ on February 18th, Peaceville Records have created a new mini-site at peaceville.com/porcupinetree.
The site features info, downloads, audio samples and will also premiere the new video by Lasse Hoile for the track ‘Normal’ on February 15th.
Fans can also download a special ‘Nil Recurring’ banner from the site which [...]

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View all the clips at their official YouTube page: youtube.com/user/Nightwishofficial

Admit it. You’ve always wondered what it would sound like for Queensryche to cover Sabbath’s Neon Knights…right? The clip above is from their January 26th show at the Myth nightclub in Maplewood, Minnesota. They are joined by Rick Forsgren, the lead singer of the Minneapolis tribute act Rockfist!. Read the full story at Blabbermouth.net

Apparently the Zeppelin vocalist prefers Captain Beefheart over, say, more current musical fare. Read the full story over at The Sun. We prefer Beefheart too.