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Rock Against Dystrophy Announces 2016 All Star Benefit Line Up & More

Posted by tarjavirmakari on June 8, 2016
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In 2009 brothers and Internet radio DJs Turbo and Jay Scorpion (both of whom have Spinal Muscular Atrophy) decided to take their love of rock and metal music, support from the rock and metal community, and desire to find a cure for Muscular Dystrophy and turned it into Rock Against Dystrophy.

The purpose of Rock Against Dystrophy is raise to money and awareness about Muscular Dystrophy by holding benefit concerts featuring local area rock and metal bands and the occasional rock and metal star in the New York and New Jersey area with proceeds going to benefit the Muscular Dystrophy Association.

In 2013 Rock Against Dystrophy held its first ever All Star show at Crossroads and then at Dingbatz last year. The support from the rock and metal community for RAD continues to grow and 2016 has the show moving again.

On Sunday, August 21st 2016 the Rock Against Dystrophy All Star Edition 2016 benefit concert will be at The Headliner in Neptune, New Jersey. The show will have TattooTony return to MC the event. The benefit will feature performances by High Octane, Broken Past, New Day Dawn, a special set from New Jersey’s metal legends T.T. Quick and will wrap up with a performance from the RAD All Stars.

Returning to lead the RAD All Stars are Mark Tornillo (T.T. Quick / Accept) and Bobby Blitz (Overkill) and joining them are Chris Caffery (Savatage / Trans Siberian Orchestra), David DiPetro (T.T. Quick), Bob Pantella (Monster Magnet / The Atomic Bitchwax), Danny Watts (BulletBoys), Kenny Dubman and Scott Metaxas (Prophet) with more still to be announced.

Facebook Event page here.

Ticket sales information will be coming soon and if you’d like to donate to Rock Against Dystrophy you can visit http://www.rockagainstdystrophy.org. More information at https://www.facebook.com/MDARAD

Turbo with Mark Tornillo and Bobby Blitz

Turbo with Mark Tornillo and Bobby Blitz

ACCEPT: Mark Tornillo Interviews JUDAS PRIEST’s Rob Halford

Posted by aliblackdiamond on February 21, 2016
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Last year when metal giants ACCEPT were in Finland as part of their “Blind Rage” world tour, vocalist Mark Tornillo had an interview with Metal God Rob Halford from JUDAS PRIEST.

The interview has just been released via the official ACCEPT website here and you can check it out below:

With kind permission by Jayne Andrews, Holger Stratmann and Thomas Kupfer.

Mark Tornillo Rob Halford

 

Before ACCEPT embark on the next chapter of the band, writing new material, the band accepted invites to play two special US shows. On March 3rd, ACCEPT are heading to Sioux Falls to play at Badlands then make their way to The Arcada Theatre in St Charles, Illinois on March 5th!

“After touring so much, we thought it would be great to have a long break to write songs,” commented guitarist and main songwriter Wolf Hoffman. “But than – we changed our minds and thought – it would be great to do a few shows – just to stay sharp and keep up with the cool dynamics between us! May be – we just need to get hot and sweaty on stage again. See ya all very soon!”

Upon the completion of the US dates, ACCEPT will cross the Atlantic to play in Austria then make their way to South America where they will play in Argentina followed by five dates in Brazil! Don’t miss your chance to watch Accept live in all their glory.

Confirmed dates for the ACCEPT 2016 Blind Rage Tour are:
3/3/2016 Badlands – Sioux Falls, SD USA
3/5/2016 The Arcada Theatre – St. Charles, IL USA
4/2/2016 Full Metal Mountain – Hermagor-Presseggr See, Austria
4/6/2016 Teatro Vorterix – Buenos Aires, Argentina
4/8/2016 Carioca Club – Sao Paulo, Brazil
4/9/2016 Imperator – Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
4/10/2016 Music Hall – Belo Horizonte, Brazil
4/12/2016 Teatro Manauara – Manaus, Brazil
4/14/2016 Opera de Arame – Curitiba, Brazil

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ACCEPT: Wolf Hoffmann And Mark Tornillo To Appear On Sirius XM’s Trunk Nation

Posted by aliblackdiamond on August 17, 2014
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Metal legends ACCEPT have posted via their official website that vocalist Mark Tornillo and guitarist Wolf Hoffmann will be appearing live in the studio on Sirius XM’s Trunk Nation. The band stated:

“BLIND RAGE will be released in the USA on Tuesday! Mark Tornillo will be live in the studio with Eddie Trunk tomorrow night (Monday) on Sirius XM’s Trunk Nation at 9pm. Wolf Hoffmann will be calling in to the show! Besides talking about BLIND RAGE Mark will also talk about the upcoming Gramercy NY show on September 15th.”

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“Blind Rage”,released in Europe on 15th August was produced by Andy Sneap (MEGADETH, EXODUS, FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH). The cover artwork was designed by Daniel Goldsworthy (HELL). 

ACCEPT Blind RageThe tracklist of the standard version is as follows:

01. Stampede
02. Dying Breed
03. Dark Side Of My Heart
04. Fall Of The Empire
05. Trail Of Tears
06. Wanna Be Free
07. 200 Years
08. Bloodbath Mastermind
09. From The Ashes We Rise
10. The Curse
11. Final Journey

There will also be a limited edition Digipak including either bonus DVD, or Blu-ray disc. It features a complete ACCEPT live show, recorded in Chile 2013 during the “Stalingrad” tour.

The tracklist looks like this:

01. Intro
02. Hung, Drawn & Quartered
03. Hellfire
04. Restless & Wild
05. Losers & Winners
06. Stalingrad
07. Breaker
08. Bucket Full Of Hate
09. Monsterman
10. Shadow Soldier
11. Amamos La Vida
12. Guitar Solo Wolf
13. Neon Nights
14. Bulletproof
15. Aiming High
16. Princess Of The Dawn
17. Up To The Limit
18. No Shelter
19. Pandemic
20. Fast As A Shark
21. Metal Heart
22. Teutonic Terror
23. Balls To The Wall

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Metal Hero Mark Tornillo Celebrates His 60th Birthday

Posted by Stargazer on June 8, 2014
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ACCEPT-BOA-2013ACCEPT is one of the most influential bands from the German heavy metal scene. Their mark on the industry is remarkable, like a shining star in the dark sky of the night. Like the other band they have had their up and down moments, but May 2009 was absolutely different. It was a highlight in their career when they rose to ” Make the ‘Metal Heart’ beat again.“

 

Accept_Mark TornilloThe new line up announcement was not a shock though, as everybody was expecting a change in the front man section. But Mark Tornillo was not a very well known name in the industry. The fans and critics who didn’t know Mark, started tracking his work in TT QUICK to find some clues to how ACCEPT ‘s new music would be. “Blood Of The Nations” ended all the speculation and rumours in August 2010. Mark ‘s performance was such a great one that most people didn’t feel the lack of the legendary Udo Dirkschneider, some fans and critics stated “It’s even better …”

 

Mark Tornillo proved to the metal universe that he deserves to front the mighty ACCEPT, who are back to remind us that the ‘Metal Heart’ is unstoppable eternally.

Metal Shock Finland appreciate what Mark and ACCEPT did and do in the heavy metal industry, so here our Birthday messages to Mark and it’s the least we could do.

Chief Editor Mohsen Fayyazi:

“I cannot imagine the Heavy Metal world without ACCEPT, nor ACCEPT without Mark now! You whispered life into our metal hearts again, Bravo Mark! Happy Birthday to you and I wish you all the best and METAL from the bottom of my heart. Cheers!!!“

Senior Manager Ali Blackdiamond:

“ACCEPT will always have a special place in my heart, they are one of my all time favourite bands. The new era with Mark as vocalist is a very exciting one and they thoroughly deserve their esteemed position in metal history. I can’t wait for “Blind Rage” and would like to wish Mark a very Happy Metal Birthday with many more to come! Cheers and best wishes.🙂 ”

Teresa Hopkins:

“Mark Tornillo was vital to one of the most serendipitous moments in Metal history: the rebirth of ACCEPT! But it was more than just a band reforming and making new albums. ACCEPT was the true Phoenix, rising from the ashes of what we thought would be no more, to burn brighter and stronger than ever. I am truly happy for him, the band, and the fans–we have the privilege of enjoying some of the best music around and once again they are living the dream. Mark is one of the nicest, coolest, most humble guys around–he’s the real deal and I can’t think of anyone more worthy of celebration today. A very happy 60th Birthday is wished for Mark Tornillo–and every blessing hereafter!”

 

 

 

Legendary Wolf Hoffmann: “Not only was he [Ronnie James Dio] an awesome singer, everybody worshipped him … Coming back with Mark, that was to me the highlight of our career.”

Posted by Stargazer on May 16, 2013
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 ACCEPT and Wolf Hoffmann are on top of a high mountain now. Releasing two successful albums and selling out many shows during their last worldwide tour are good examples of this claim. However they still have a shining career in their background. That’s why we call them legends. Blackdiamond recently conducted an interview with Wolf, some excerpts of which can be read below.

HeearNAid-RonnieWhilst discussing Ronnie James Dio, Wolf expressed the following thoughts:

“Not only was he an awesome singer, everybody worshipped him, he was also a very nice person to be around; gentleman like.

We toured with him in 1986, did a whole North American run, opening up for him. He was always very generous and let us use the stage, gave us sound checks and all that kind of stuff. I remember it was a very pleasant tour.

He wasn’t a guy who would hang around all the time – he would do his thing and keep to himself. Then we’d exchange pleasantries and say hi, then we had a beer together. That’s the extent of what we do when we open up for other bands, but he was very nice.“

Wolf revealed his opinion on the classic DIO album Holy Diver:

“Oh man, classic riffs and classic songs, it doesn’t get much better than that! From the ultra heavy metal era that I know, this is one of the classic albums. It doesn’t get much better than that.

Probably Holy Diver is my favourite track.“

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Wolf explains the highlights in his and ACCEPT‘s career:

“Coming back after this long break with Mark Tornillo, that was to me the highlight of our career. It was such a crazy story, nobody thought it was going to work, everybody said ‘who needs ACCEPT with a new singer?’ Nobody’s expectations were high, everybody had written it off before it had started.

Then when the album came out and everyone saw us on stage and how on fire we were and how much alive we were, everything turned around and that was a crazy experience. That’s really a story that doesn’t happen very often.

Monsters Of Rock, Castle Donington, that was another highlight of my musical career, back in ’86. It was an amazing bill: AC/DC, Van Halen, Ozzy Osbourne, Gary Moore, Accept, Motley Crue, imagine that bill!“

You can listen to the whole of the interview on the audio player below:

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ACCEPT: Congratulate Mark Tornillo!

Posted by Stargazer on April 1, 2013
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As previously posted, ACCEPT vocalist, Mark Tornillo will reunite with his previous band TT QUICK for a performance at Rock N’ Roll Heaven and the Old Bridge Metal Militia‘s highly anticipated reunion concert and fundraiser to benefit the victims of Superstorm Sandy. The event will take place on May 11 at Encore Event Center in Freehold, New Jersey (106 Schank Rd). Also scheduled to appear are TWISTED SISTER, ANVIL, RAVEN, THE RODS and LORDS OF MERCY.

Mark Tornillo said:

“We need to stick together and fight back what Superstorm Sandy did to New Jersey!”

ACCEPT has just posted the following statement on their official website:

“MARK TORNILLO has been congratulated by ACCEPT band members for this great gesture to get TT QUICK together for a wonderful cause: A fundraiser to benefit the victims of Superstorm Sandy. And the one and only Eddie Trunk is hosting the night. Hats off to all the brave bands and their fans, who come together to help! We hope, that fans and friends will show up and make it very special event!”