D-Money Presents ROCK THE BALL - coming back for July
 

It started last year during the XBiz Summer Forum, we had Metal Skool rock our crowd all night.

So I'm going to bring it back for the same show. At least, that's what I'm planning at the moment.

I'll need sponsors of course, then I need to get lucky with the right artist for the right price.

I was born and raised in the Rock N Roll Hall Of Fame city of Cleveland, so I know my rock music.

Any suggestions? Metal Skool was so awesome, I'd almost like to do them again, but I'll change it up with someone else. Or would you all rather see Metal Skool come back again?

Thoughts?

are real rock bands more expensive to book then rappers?

What about April Wine? :)

Yeah - April Wine would be very cool (are they doing a reunion tour?). Metal Skool is fun even for the peeps that are not into hard rock though.

Post a list of who you could afford to get and I will tell ya what to do :-)

yes.. Bands take more crew, members and gear then a rapper. Also its harder to get the right sound quality with a rock band then a rapper generally.

I thought Metal school was great

Maybe RUSH is available...

I never heard of Metal Skool.

80's hair metal and the Rock The Ball kicks ass!!

I'm in for whatever..its still gonna Rock..

How about Boogie Nights... They are a great show to watch.

rock bands you need to take care of the roadies, rappers you need to take care of the entourage

For the money that Little Jon received you can pretty much get any old school Rock Band.

I know from owning bars and clubs you can get Foghat, KIX, Cheap Trick etc...for that price.

For me, I can do a band no problem. We've done George Clinton and P-Funk, Third World, Fishbone, B-Side Players, Digital Undergrounds live band and Too Shorts live band, Long Beach Dub Allstars (Sublime basically at that time), Eek-A-Mouse and Half Pint with Dubcat.

It's a matter of who's available and for what price.

Most major rock bands want around $100k each. That's might be too much for our webmaster advertisers of today.

I'll post a list of artists in a sec, I'll at least give you all options.

That's the problem, you're left with Foghat.

Cheap Trick wants around $50k to $100k, been trying for years to get them.

And no offense to AVN, but I think Everclear sucked as a live party band.

So you have to find a party band that will rock the crowd through the whole set. Not an easy task.

But I can find a project group, like Tommy Lee with DJ Scribble, or Dave Navarro with DJ AM, or Travis Barker with a DJ like that.

I happen to think if we get lucky, I'll get Camp Freddy. We almost did them once before. Do a google search on who they are and you'll be very impressed with the rock gods in this group.

I volunteer to sponsor the following band as the opening act - Smash Up Derby. Thye play mash-ups of songs everyone has heard, and have a pretty kickass stage show too...

Here they are preforming "Billy Jean" to the melody of "Smells Like Teen Spirit", I think they call it "Smells Like Billy Jean".

BTW, this was an obviously amateur video - I have better footage from some shows I shot for them last year that I can capture and compress if you are interested in seeing it.

Here are some mp3's of other mash-ups they perform live:

Talking Heads vs Franz Ferdinand - Talking Franz

Billy Idol vs The Cult - She Sells White Weddings

Their version of Run DMC vs Metallica titled "Tricky Sandman" is awesome.

Well, check them out and if you're interested in having them appear, I'll talk to them about it...

ADG

The project group sounds like a great idea.

ha i remember that (camp freddy) that would still be cool, you know I am down for whatever, but hey lets be creative we know we can get metal skool!!

Cheap Trick is $50,000
Foghat's Lonesome Dave died and the band is not even Foghat anymore
and KIX???

LOL

Dan these webmasters weren't born when all these bands were around:1orglaugh

Few suggestions who might not cost an arm and a leg but can rock the party:

Pepper
Eagles of Death Metal
Badfish

I know Badfish are only in the 15K-20K price range (plus expenses).

They are not rock...

Get Atomic Punks to open for Metal Skool and we will all have a great time. Both Ralphs bands

True, Metal Skool is nice to have as a back up.

But I'd still like to do someone new. I'd even consider making it a Players Ball if the right talent isn't available. The goal is to at least do 1 Rock The Ball per year. Makes sense to do it with the XBiz summer show at the Hard Rock.

Camp Freddy would rock... I remmeber when you tried to get them in vegas a couple years ago... I'd love to see them in person..

I do my research everytime I do these. Here's a list of some of the bands I've researched. Most of the big name ones are pretty expensive, some are $250k plus. I just want to see if any of these you guys like.

For the dollar, I think The Strokes would be a great live show. I've looked into many others, these were just the names I pulled out from when I researched last years Rock The Ball.


Alexisonfire
Clutch
Incubus
Mad Caddies
Goldfinger
Mars Volta
Queens of the Stone Age the Roots
Lilly Allen
Trapt
Shiney Toy Guns
Yellowcard
Rise Against
Plain White T's
Peaches
CKY
Kings Of Leon
Dropkick Murphys
Muse
AFI
Bad Religion
Pepper
Flogging Molly
Deftones
Static X
Arctic Monkeys
The Strokes
Tenacious D
Plus 44
System of a Down
Social Distortion
Staind
Pennywise
NOFX
Rob Zombie
Korn
Rancid
Chris Daughtry
INXS
LINKIN PARK
White Stripes
Death Cab for Cutie
Tool
Motley Crue
Nickleback
GWAR
Guns N Roses
Godsmack
Foo Fighters
Velvet Revolver
Smashing Pumpkins
Lenny Kravitz
Kid Rock
Mickey Avalon
Ozomotli
Maroon 5
Jet
Chris Cornell
Def Leppard
Dave Mathews Band
Steve Miller Band
Evanescense
Linkin Park
Foghat
Gregg Allman
Godsmack
Megadeath
Poison
REO Speedwagan
Rush
Steely Dan
Smashing Pumpkins
Slayer
Marilyn Manson
Roger Waters
Ted Nugent
Buddy Guy
Bo Diddley
Allman Brothers Band
Guess Who
Joan Jett
Joe Walsh
Rush
Scorpions
Squeeze
Stevie Nicks
Maniacs
30 Seconds to Mars
Alien Ant Farm
America Hi-Fi
Anthrax
Bad Brains
Better Than Ezra
Candlebox
Chris Cornell
Clutch
Concrete Blonde
Cowboy Mouth
Days of the New
Dee Snider
Dokken
Eddie Money
Fishbone
Hatebreed
Juliet & The Licks
Kenny Wayne Shephard
Less Than Jake
Lit
Loverboy
Marcy Playground
Oleander
Papa Roach
Queens of the Stoneage
Ratt
Seven Mary Three
Slaughter
Sponge
SR-71
Starship w/Mickey Thomas
Suicidal Tendecies
Tesla
Circle Jerks
Flaming Lips
Hives
Marshall Tucker Band
Osmond Brothers
Presidents Of The United States Of America
Smithereens
Tonic
Violent Femmes
Vixen
Zak Wilde

Metal Skool was GREAT!

have MiniKiss open for them

:)

Guns and Roses??!

I thought Axl Rose was working at the Burger Hut in Gardena... :1orglaugh

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I vote Metal Skool. :321GFY

Metal Skool was GREAT!

have MiniKiss open for them

:)

If only you knew how long I have been trying to get them for one of our events...

Saw Lenny Kravitz open for Aerosmith last year. He has a great band and put on a hell of a show. I didn't think he would be in the price range...but if he is that would be a great headliner. And wtf is up with Cheap Trick wanting so much money? I opened up for them in clubs all over the country back in the day. They were getting $7,500, and then "The Flame" came out and re-ignited their career. But hell, that's been 20 years. I can't see anybody paying them big bucks... not that they aren't worth it (they are a great band). But I don't see any big demand for them anymore. No albums, no tours. Seems like they would be: (pardon the pun) Cheap. Damn it.

time to grow my hair long!



NOT :1orglaugh

you could put a pretty nice punk show together with some of the bands listed there

How about ZZ Top?? The nice thing about Metal School, is they covered a wide range of songs that everyone enjoyed and they were good at it. More so than just a cover band:thumbsup

Atomic Punks is a great choice, DLR era Van Halen
Moving Pictures - Russ (Metal Skool Guitarist) and Scott (Atomic Punks drummer) is a Rush tribute band, haven't seen them live though.
Which one's pink - Pink Floyd Cover

If you go with metal skool again, maybe perhaps see if they'll play a longer set with a break and skip an opener? Due to their great variety of tunes and how well they do.. just a thought..

I would pay good money to see that... (A real photo, don't you loosers launch your Photoshop and post that shit :1orglaugh )

Incubus
Mars Volta
the Roots
Lilly Allen
Rise Against
Peaches
Kings Of Leon
Dropkick Murphys
AFI
Bad Religion
Pepper
Flogging Molly
Deftones
Static X
Arctic Monkeys
The Strokes
Tenacious D
System of a Down
Social Distortion
Pennywise
NOFX
Rob Zombie
Korn
Rancid
Tool
GWAR
Guns N Roses
Mickey Avalon
Jet
Dave Mathews Band
Marilyn Manson
30 Seconds to Mars
Candlebox
Juliet & The Licks
Less Than Jake
Queens of the Stoneage
Suicidal Tendecies
Flaming Lips
Hives

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I've seen all of the above, and they almost all put on great shows... Bolded are my fav's of course, and the ones that should have the best crossover appeal. :thumbsup

PRIMUS Or if ya lookin for neat and clean rock Joe Satriani

hit me up, i have their home number

A nice mix of old and new rock might be good ;P

see if you can get Velvet Revolver :)

I just saw them at concert in Arizona the night before superbowl.. They Rock!

How in the hell does Cheap Trick get $50,000.

I saw them at the old Shark Club in Vegas when they just jumped on stage and started jamming with some other band. I can't remember the other band, too many youthful indisrections.

If you can get Ted Nugent that would be awesome.

KIX was one of my favorite bands, feel free to laugh at me.

Metal Skool was killer. They played tunes from so many bands. The dancing and rocking never stopped that night. I'd be totally happy to see them again.

But it is nice to mix it up. I like the DJ mix idea.

DJ's are NOT ROCK. no way.

Metal Skool best bet. Rock is pretty easy, of those bands listed, most are not rock.

God please no Tenacious D

stp is getting back together a bunch of reunion concerts.you should see if they want to make your thing their warm up

Im 43 and foghat was before my time lol .

iron maiden was like $17k 4 years ago

I hope you are having a ball in Miami this year!

If you could get peaches....

hey man, I told you we'd love to play it. Won't even charge you 50k :winkwink: hit me up - would love to put something together :pimp

I VOTE FOR the LEGEND

RONNIE JAMES DIO!!!!!