ALTERNATIVE LUMINARIES PORNO FOR PYROS’ FIRST-EVER GREATEST HITS COLLECTION PYROTECHNICS: PORNO FOR PYROS’ LATEST & GREATEST ARRIVES OCTOBER 25, 2024

AVAILABLE ON LIMITED-EDITION CLEAR ORANGE SPLATTER VINYL FOR RHINO’S 2024 ROCKTOBER

(September 25, 2024 - Los Angeles, CA) Reflecting on one of the wildest creative journeys in music history, alternative rock luminaries Porno For Pyros excitedly present their first-ever greatest hits collection, Pyrotechnics: Porno For Pyros’ Latest & Greatest, out exclusively on vinyl, October 25. Limited to only 5,700 copies, the record will be pressed on special 1-LP clear vinyl with orange splatter and new artwork. Speaking to every era of the band, Pyrotechnics notably collates classic songs alongside new material.

The iconic collective—Perry Farrell [vocals] and Stephen Perkins [drums] of Jane’s Addiction alongside Peter DiStefano [guitar], Martyn Lenoble [bass], and additional bassist Mike Watt—have outfitted this body of work with signature staple anthems a la “Pets” and “Tahitian Moon.” They expanded the set with three recent reunion recordings: “Fingernail,” “Little Me,” and “Agua.” The latter suite of songs notably marked the group’s first music since 1997. Plus, Pyrotechnics also features a brand new Remix of the hit “Pets” by Daniel Avery and a cover of the Lou Reed classic “Satellite of Love.”

Check out the full tracklisting below.

Pyrotechnics arrives in the wake of the group’s triumphant farewell tour Horns, Thorns, en Halos. Of the new material, Chicago-Tribune hailed “Little Me” as “a darkly comic, high-energy funk rock track” and “Agua” as “a pretty song about wanderlust and cavorting with marine life (specifically dolphins).” Revolver highlighted their ethos as “a considerably different beast in terms of sonics.” Beyond in-depth conversations with Forbes, Consequence of Sound, and more, Esquire traced the frontman’s impact, going on to profess, “Farrell had earned a moniker as the Godfather of Alternative Music. He built on that resume by leading the band Porno For Pyros and founding the music festival Lollapalooza.” New Noise Magazine summed up the ride best, “Porno For Pyros had a great run that ended on a high note.”

Porno For Pyros left an indelible imprint on alternative rock with an influence that has only magnified over the last three decades. As the story goes, the group materialized out of Los Angeles in 1992, weaving a tapestry of climactic rock and otherworldly funk threaded together with seductive psychedelia, off-kilter Latin stylings, and evocative lyrical conjurations. Their 1993 self-titled debut, Porno For Pyros, bowed at #3 on the Billboard 200, housed the gold-certified “Pets,” and claimed a place in the alt rock pantheon. 1996 saw the musicians dive even deeper down the rabbit hole with Good God’s Urge highlighted by “Tahitian Moon” and “Kimberly Austin.” An impressive cohort of guests partook in this sonic ritual, including Flea of Red Hot Chili Peppers, Dave Navarro of Jane’s Addiction, and Daniel Ash, David J, and Kevin Haskins of Bauhaus, Love and Rockets, and The Bubbleman. The group broke up a long hiatus with one-off appearances—whether it be at Farrell’s birthday or the Lolla2020 livestream. Finally, they returned in 2023 with a handful of tunes and tour.  

TRACKLISTING

Side A

1. Pets (From Porno For Pyros)
2. Fingernail
3. 100 Ways (From God’s Good Urge)
4. Pete’s Dad 
5. Cursed Female (From Porno For Pyros)

Side B

1. Tahitian Moon (from God’s Good Urge)
2. Little Me
3. Satellite Of Love
4. Agua (new 2024 track)
5. Pets - Daniel Avery Remix

Rock And Roll Hall Of Famer’s First And Latest Solo Albums To Be Reissued On Vinyl And CD

Available From Rhino On November 15

LOS ANGELES— As the Eagles’ acclaimed Sphere residency continues in Las Vegas, Nevada, Rhino will be reissuing two of Don Henley’s solo albums this fall—his first, I Can’t Stand Still (1982), and his most recent, Cass County (2015).

Both albums will be released on November 22, with pre-orders available now at donhenley.com and Rhino.com. I Can’t Stand Still has been remastered from the original analog tapes and will be available on CD, 180-gram vinyl LP, and digitally. Cass County will be available as a deluxe, 16-track version on CD and as a double 180-gram vinyl set.

With the Eagles on hiatus, Henley released his first solo album in 1982, the gold-certified I Can’t Stand Still. The record included the smash hit “Dirty Laundry,” a sharp critique of the media that launched his solo career and established his voice as a singer-songwriter. Listen to the remastered version of “Dirty Laundry” HERE.

More than 30 years later, in 2015, Henley returned to his country roots with Cass County. Named after the Texas county where he grew up, the album features collaborations with legends like Vince Gill, Merle Haggard, Mick Jagger, Alison Krauss, Martina McBride, Dolly Parton, and Trisha Yearwood, among others. Cass County debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart, earning praise for its authenticity and heartfelt songwriting.

Best known as co-founder of the legendary rock band the Eagles, as well as an influential solo artist, Don Henley has maintained an extraordinary commitment to music and various philanthropic efforts throughout his career, including a dedication to environmental issues and artists’ rights.

Raised in a small East Texas town, Henley was drawn to the sounds of exotic music broadcast from distant radio stations in New Orleans, Nashville, and Ciudad Acuna, Mexico. These stations introduced him to the blues, bluegrass, gospel, jazz, and rock and roll, paving the way for his future as an artist.

As a solo artist and member of the Eagles, Don Henley has received countless accolades, numerous gold and platinum records, and performed sold-out concert tours worldwide. A highly-respected musical artist, Henley launched his solo career in 1982 with his debut album, I Can't Stand Still. 1984's Building The Perfect Beast followed with four hit singles, including “The Boys Of Summer, which earned Henley a Best Rock Vocal GRAMMY® Award. The artist's track record continued unabated with 1989's The End Of The Innocence, which yielded three more hits, including the title track, and brought Henley another Best Rock Vocal GRAMMY Award. Henley is a founding member, drummer, vocalist, and songwriter of the Eagles.  The group was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1998 and continues to perform sold-out concerts all over the world.

Formed in 1971, the Eagles pioneered a uniquely American musical style, blending elements of country, folk, R&B, rock, and pop. Since then, it has become one of the most creative and commercially successful bands of all time. Despite today’s fractured rock ’n’ roll landscape, the Eagles retain a timeless appeal that transcends both generations and genres, solidifying the band’s status as a musical icon.

The Eagles have sold more than 150 million albums worldwide, scoring six #1 albums and five chart-topping singles. They have earned six GRAMMY® Awards, were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1998, and received the Kennedy Center Honors in 2016. Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975 stands as the best-selling album in history (certified 38x platinum), while Hotel California ranks as the third best-selling U.S. album in history (certified 26x platinum). Check Eagles.com for full band and tour information, including the band’s current residency at Sphere in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Due to a manufacturing delay, the previously announced reissue of Building The Perfect Beast has been rescheduled for November 15.

I CAN’T STAND STILL

LP Track Listing

Side One

1. “I Can’t Stand Still”
2. “You Better Hang Up”
3. “Long Way Home”
4. “Nobody’s Business”
5. “Talking To The Moon”

Side Two

1. “Dirty Laundry”
2. “Johnny Can’t Read”
3. “Them And Us”
4. “La Eile”
5. “Lilah”
6. “The Unclouded Day”

CASS COUNTY

2-LP Track Listing

LP One

Side One

1. “Bramble Rose” (featuring Mick Jagger and Miranda Lambert)
2. “The Cost Of Living” (featuring Merle Haggard)
3. “No, Thank You” (featuring Vince Gill)
4. “Waiting Tables” (featuring Jamey Johnson and Lee Ann Womack)

Side Two

1. “Take A Picture Of This”
2. “Too Far Gone” (featuring Alison Krauss and Jamey Johnson)
3. “That Old Flame” (featuring Martina McBride)
4. “The Brand New Tennessee Waltz” (featuring Alison Krauss)

LP Two

Side One

1. “Words Can Break Your Heart” (featuring Trisha Yearwood)
2. “When I Stop Dreaming” (featuring Dolly Parton)
3. “Praying For Rain” (featuring Molly Felder, Vince Gill, Alison Krauss, Ashley Monroe and Trisha Yearwood)
4. “Too Much Pride”

Side Two

1. “She Sang Hymns Out Of Tune” (Court Yard Hounds and Ashley Monroe)
2. “Train In The Distance” (featuring Lucinda Williams)
3. “A Younger Man”
4. “Where I Am Now” (featuring Trisha Yearwood)

The Doors Celebrate 60th Anniversary In 2025

 The Doors 1967-1971 6-LP Set - Latest Installment in Label’s Acclaimed High Fidelity Audiophile Vinyl Series 

The Doors - Live in Detroit - Arrives On 4-LP Vinyl For the First Time Ever For Record Store Day’s Black Friday 

The Doors Anthology Book Night Divides The Day Available Now For Pre-Order

RIAA Officially Certifies 12 of The Doors’ Singles Multi-Platinum, Platinum & Gold

Much More to Come as The Doors Break On Through To 2025

In the Summer of 1965, Ray Manzarek had a chance encounter on Venice Beach with Jim Morrison, a young poet whom he knew when they were both students at UCLA’s film school. Jim told Ray he had been living on a friend’s rooftop writing songs. Though Morrison had never intended to be a singer, he sat down on the beach and sang the new songs to Ray, including “Moonlight Drive.” Manzarek thought they were the best rock and roll lyrics he ever heard. At that moment, they both agreed to start a rock band and call it The Doors, taking their name from Aldous Huxley’s psychotropic monograph The Doors of Perception and William Blake’s The Marriage of Heaven and Hell. Guitar player Robby Krieger and drummer John Densmore, who’d played together in the Psychedelic Rangers, were recruited soon thereafter. After months of rehearsals, they landed a gig as the house band at a small Sunset Strip club called the London Fog. By May 1966, they had graduated to their dream gig – house band at the Whisky a Go Go. Soon after, Elektra Records president Jac Holzman and producer Paul A. Rothchild saw the band performing at the Whisky and signed The Doors to the label. Over the course of a week, The Doors recorded their debut album at Sunset Sound Recording Studios in Hollywood, putting on tape the songs they had been playing night after night at the Whisky. With an intoxicating, boundary-pushing sound, provocative and uncompromising lyrics, and mesmerizing stage presence, The Doors would go on to have a transformative impact on both music and culture. 

Beginning next month, The Doors will kick off the 2025 60th Anniversary with a new anniversary logo, a series of physical releases, an extraordinary anthology book, and much more to come. 

The Doors 1967-1971 6-LP set will arrive as the latest installment in Rhino’s acclaimed High Fidelity audiophile vinyl series on November 22nd, featuring all six of the band’s original studio albums cut from the original analog master tapes by Kevin Gray at Cohearant Audio. The vinyl was pressed at Optimal Media and the box includes a heavyweight gatefold jacket featuring rare photos and liner notes by Doors archivist David Dutkowski. Only 3,000 copies of the limited-edition set will be available exclusively at thedoors.com and rhino.com. 

Additionally, for Record Store Day’s Black Friday on November 29th, The Doors will release The Doors – Live in Detroit, featuring the band’s performance from the Cobo Arena in Detroit, Michigan on May 8, 1970. This 4-LP set will be available on vinyl for the first time. 

Captured on tape during the band's 1970 US tour, it was one of the band's longest performances. In fact, the band played for an hour past curfew and were then banned from the Cobo Arena on future tours. The fiery set includes a number of Blues covers, including "Back Door Man," Junior Parker's "Mystery Train," and "Crossroads" by Robert Johnson. The Doors also tear through a 17-minute-plus version of "The End," as well as an over 19-minute version of "Light My Fire" and other rare tracks such as "Love Hides." This collection captures the band at their absolute zenith.

The Doors’ eponymous debut album - which the BBC and Rolling Stone have each hailed as one of the greatest debuts of all time - released in January 1967 and features the chart-topping smash-hit “Light My Fire,” the bluesy, growling “Back Door Man” and seminal live-set showstopper “The End,” with its legendary Oedipal spoken word section. 

Having cemented their place in the rock pantheon and the psychedelic rock revolution, The Doors returned to the studio resulting in the anticipated follow-up, Strange Days, which went to number three on the US Billboard 200 and featured “Love Me Two Times” and “People Are Strange.”

In 1968, the band released Waiting for the Sun, their first number one album featuring the chart-topping single “Hello, I Love You,” along with “Love Street” and “Five to One.” 

The Doors then dove further into uncharted psychedelic territory with 1969’s string and horn-laden album The Soft Parade, which included the Krieger-penned hit “Touch Me.”

1970’s Morrison Hotel, which boasts fan favorites “Roadhouse Blues” and “Peace Frog,” took the band back to its bluesy roots. 1971’s L.A.Woman, the band’s final album with Morrison and recorded in the band’s rehearsal space, features “Riders on the Storm,” “Love Her Madly” and the title track.

During their brief time together, The Doors delivered six studio albums before Morrison’s untimely death in Paris in 1971. Their electrifying achievements in the studio and onstage remain unmatched in the annals of rock, and today they remain as one of the best-selling bands of all time with over 100 million records sold worldwide. 

In 1993 the band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Several years later, the songs “Light My Fire” and “Riders on the Storm” along with The Doors’ debut album were inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. The Library of Congress also recognized the band, selecting their self-titled album for inclusion in the National Recording Registry in 2014. The Doors also received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2007.

Created to commemorate the upcoming 60th anniversary, The Doors’ first-ever complete anthology book Night Divides the Day will illuminate the band’s archives like never before with rare photography, intimate interviews with Robby Krieger and John Densmore, and meticulously sourced archival text from Jim Morrison and Ray Manzarek. With unlimited access granted by the band, Night Divides the Day includes a unique collection of historical ephemera – including childhood photos, song lyrics, poster artwork, movie stills, and much more – which adds context to the wealth of rare photography that documents the band’s musical odyssey.

Joining Robby and John are a host of contributors, with a foreword by Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic, and afterword by maestro Gustavo Dudamel. The anthology is presented in a limited-edition of only 2,000 numbered box sets, each hand-signed by Densmore and Krieger. Each set includes the 344-page signed edition, a 7” vinyl record with rare demos of “Hello, I Love You” and “Moonlight Drive,” and other assorted historical memorabilia. 

Stay tuned for more news coming soon from The Doors and Rhino this year, and as the 60th Anniversary kicks off in the new year.

WAR Announces The Vinyl 1977-1994, 5LP & 5CD Box Sets Capturing The Band’s Most Dynamic Era

Five Remastered Albums Include Platinum Funk (1977), Galaxy (1977), The Music Band (1979), Outlaw (1982) & Peace Sign (1994), Available on Black Friday

The World Is a Ghetto 50th Anniversary Tour Continues at Greek Theatre & Beyond This Fall, Ahead of Hollywood Walk of Fame & More Planned for 2025

Today, WAR announces two new box sets, each capturing SoCal’s legendary street band at the height of their most dynamic era. Arriving for Black Friday on November 29th, The Vinyl 1977-1994 and The CD Collection 1977-1994 both feature five definitive albums that further show why WAR has been hailed as “a sophisticated pop machine, slicker than Sly and the Family Stone and more down to earth than Funkadelic” (Pitchfork). With newly remastered audio by award-winning engineer Bernie Grundman, Platinum Funk (1977), Galaxy (1977), The Music Band (1979), Outlaw (1982) and Peace Sign (1994) all come together in one beautiful package, right as WAR prepares to celebrate its 55th Anniversary next year – and receive its official star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, among numerous other milestones. 

Purchase WAR’s limited-edition The Vinyl 1977-1994, available exclusively via Record Store Day Black Friday. Pre-order The CD Collection 1977-1994, available worldwide via Rhino on November 29th.

The Vinyl: 1977-1994 is the first time since their original pressings that these five albums are being released on vinyl, and each LP has been pressed in a rainbow of spinning colors – Platinum Funk in silver, Galaxy in yellow, The Music Band in red, Outlaw in purple, Peace Sign in orange, nestled in a boss slipcase illustrated by Grammy-winning artist Dave Van Patten. WAR’s The Vinyl: 1977-1994 and The CD Collection 1977-1994 are the next installments in a series of special edition releases. Building on the band’s previous five-LP, decade-spanning compilation, The Vinyl: 1971-1975, this next compendium arrives on the heels of 2023’s The World Is a Ghetto: 50th Anniversary Collector’s Edition. Named one of the year’s best box sets by The New York Times and Variety, with rave reviews by Pitchfork, AP, Paste and SPIN, a Goldmine cover story and more, the project honored the #1 Billboard top-selling album of 1973, and cemented WAR’s legacy as “one of the most seminal bands in music” (Billboard). 

All of the records included in the 1977-1994 collection continue to highlight WAR’s career-long perfection of universal street music, delivered by way of the band’s innovative arrangements and seamless blend of diverse styles, as well as their master musicianship, and the sheer quantity, quality, depth and breadth of grooves, melodies and messages. Produced by Jerry Goldstein, in associated with Lonnie Jordan, Howard Scott and Jeremy Levine for Avenue Records/Far Out Productions, The Vinyl 1977-1994 and The CD Collection 1977-1994 share the same tracklist of songs, and while each album is wildly different, they all contain WAR’s signature sound and soul. 

Spanning 18 years, the new set begins with the rare Platinum Funk release from 1977. Originally a half-new, half-compilation double album issued under the title Platinum Jazz, it became the first Platinum album in the history of Blue Note Records, and includes #1 R&B single “L.A. Sunshine,” as well as the title song from the film The River Niger, starring James Earl Jones and Cicely Tyson. Now included in The Vinyl: 1977-1994 and The CD Collection 1977-1994 is the UK-only reissue of Platinum Funk from the Island Records label, which was never before available in the US except as an import. This special version features just the original material from Platinum Jazz – six cuts of mainly instrumental jazz-based flavors, unlike any of the other music WAR was known for up until that time, once again demonstrating to the world just how broad and deep their musical chops really were.

Having sold over 50 million records worldwide, WAR has amassed more than 20 platinum, multi-platinum, and gold records, including Galaxy and The Music Band, which led to the unforgettable music video for “Good, Good Feelin’,” choreographed and directed by the iconic Lester Wilson. 1982’s Outlaw follows The Music Band – led by classic tracks like “Cinco De Mayo,” “You Got The Power” and the titular “Outlaw,” before WAR reassembled most of its surviving members for 1993’s Peace Sign, carrying on WAR’s mission of love, harmony and brotherhood, with a guest appearance from José Feliciano on “East L.A.,” and a touching dedication to late bandmates Papa Dee Allen and Charles Miller. 

WAR is currently performing across California and beyond this fall, as part of The World Is a Ghetto 50th Anniversary Tour. Upcoming dates include The Greek Theatre, and more on-sale now at war.com/tour. 

Stone Temple Pilots Celebrate 30 Years Of Purple With An RSD Black Friday Exclusive: Purple Rarities

1LP Purple Vinyl Features Studio And Live Recordings Rarities From The Multi-Platinum Album’s 2019 Super Deluxe Edition

Available At RSD Black Friday Participating Record Stores On November 29

LOS ANGELES—-When Stone Temple Pilots returned to the studio in 1994 to record the band’s second album, the quartet was facing the high expectations set by its debut Core (1992), which sold more than eight million copies and earned a GRAMMY® Award. The release of Purple on June 7, 1994, would cement their place as one of the definitive bands of their generation as the album debuted at No.1 on the Billboard album chart on its way to selling more than six million copies.

Today, Rhino announces the upcoming release Purple Rarities, a 1LP purple vinyl with studio and live recordings broken out from the 2019 Super Deluxe Edition. Available exclusively for RSD Black Friday on November 29 at participating indie record stores. For more information, visit: www.recordstoreday.com

Purple Rarities explores the making of the album with a mix of unreleased tracks that includes demos (“Unglued” and “Army Ants”) and early versions of album tracks (“Meat Plow” and Interstate Love Song”), plus acoustic recordings (“Big Empty”). 

Scott Weiland, Dean DeLeo, Robert DeLeo and Eric Kretz recorded most of Purple in Atlanta with producer Brendan O’Brien. The album features some of the group’s most iconic tracks, including “Interstate Love Song” and “Vasoline” – which both topped the Mainstream Rock chart in 1994. 

Purple Rarities

Tracklist

Side A

1. Meat Plow (Early Version)

2. Interstate Love Song (Early Version)

3. Big Empty (Acoustic Version)

4. Army Ants (Demo)

Side B

1. Unglued (Demo)

2. Kitchenware & Candybars (Demo)

3. Dancing Days

4. She Knows Me Too Well (Demo)

5. Interstate Love Song (Acoustic Version)