Hello people! I love seeing listener email! We got one from a listener in Rapid City, SD (you guys are getting slammed with snow!) who wrote in to Lou Brutus saying “Once again wanted to drop you a note that I continue to LOVE your show. I especially like that song by Gemini Syndrome that you played tonight. On a side note: your 50-year-old dental hygienist? You’d be (perhaps not) surprised by the number of 50 somethings that listen to serious rock and your show. I’m one, 52 – going on 53 in a couple of months as well as a couple of my friends that are also 50 somethings. Be afraid! Be very afraid. The 50 somethings are listening!!” And the 60 somethings, too! LOL Love it!….Pulse of Radio reports our friends in Five Finger Death Punch have released the music video for “Battle Born,” the group’s new single and first song released from its upcoming album, The Wrong Side Of Heaven And The Righteous Side Of Hell, Volume 2. The clip was described by USA Today as “a celebration of the band’s success and a thank-you of sorts to its fans, who include martial artists and members of the military and law-enforcement communities, all of which are represented.” Frontman Ivan Moody said about the song itself, “After getting off the road from two years of touring, I was physically and emotionally drained . . . Even though I was doing what I’d dreamed of doing, it took all the energy that I had. It was exhausting. That made me realize, everything worth fighting for you will actually HAVE TO fight for. Every wish, every dream, every idea comes to existence only through blood, sweat and sacrifice . . . We are all battle born.” Watch it here…..Also, speaking of Gemini Syndrome, their video for “Stardust” will debut today over on Revolver mag’s site at Noon eastern. At Noon ET, watch it here. The band is currently on the road with Five Finger Death Punch and Escape The Fate. I’m bummed I will out of town when they come to NYC! (I will be watching my boys in Korn in Las Vegas with our contest winner!)….3 Doors Down will stage the 10th annual The Better Life Foundation concert on Nov 16th at Horseshoe Casino in Tunica, MS. The long-term mission of the foundation is to make a positive change in the lives of children in need of food, shelter, and medical assistance, and to enhance the lives of children and young adults with special needs. Funds raised are distributed to organizations and hospitals that fulfill the band’s mission to enable children to develop their potential, achieve their goals, and become caring and responsible adults. Operating with the mission statement, “Changing the World, One Life at a Time,” 3 Doors Down has committed their energies over the past decade to make a tangible contribution for those in need through this annual event. Singer Brad Arnold shares, “This year marks the 10th anniversary of The Better Life Foundation and the weekend is going to be better than ever! Thank you to all the fans and sponsors who continue to support the foundation and the amazing work that it does.” The event is sponsored by Paul Benton and the Mississippi Army National Guard. The evening is all ages (anyone under 21 must be accompanied by an adult 21 or older), with general admission standing floor tickets priced at $50, while general admission balcony tickets are $150 (which includes hors d’oeuvres and bar). Special guests Black Stone Cherry and Kris Ford from Red Jacket Firearms will open the show. Tickets will be available Friday, October 4th at 10 a.m. local time through Ticketmaster. For more information visit www.3doorsdown.com. …Speaking of South Dakota, video has surfaced online of Slash performing with students at the Brennan Rock and Roll Academy in Sioux Falls last Saturday (Sep 28th), when three student bands who have been learning their instruments since the school opened in April gave their first concert. The school provides music education for kids from Boys & Girls Clubs and focuses on playing rock music. Slash told us why places like the Brennan Academy are important especially when public schools are cutting back on arts education: “You know, the thing about the arts for kids, it’s something that they feel comfortable doing and every kid has it, and you shut that off and that’s why you have a lot of issues with kids. So it’s great to see somebody put money into an institution where it’s free for kids to go in and practice and play. And it’s like we need people to go out and do that kind of stuff so that kids can go and seek it out themselves and they don’t have to spend a fortune doing it.” Good work! Our Pulse of Radio reporter hung out with Slash and the director of his first movie on Slasher Films “Nothing Left To Fear,” yesterday in LA. Looking forward to hearing that on the air in the coming weeks. This is the first feature film launched by Slash and Academy-Award winning producer Michael Williams and Rob Eric. Directing is Anthony Leonardi III, a Gore Verbinski protégé. The score was written and co-produced by Slash and Nicholas O’Toole and will include a total of 32 tracks – one is the title track “Nothing Left To Fear”, featuring Myles Kennedy on vocals…..Happy 51st today to Bad Boy Tommy Lee!
