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· One “Bell Diablo” custom cowbell, straight off of AreJay Hale’s kit
· This cowbell was cracked the other night onstage during their performance on this year’s Rockstar Energy Uproar Festival
· Signed in-person by all 4 members of Halestorm
· Very road worn and worthy of any collector
· Definitely one-of-a-kind!

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John Reese knows to have a kickass summer.

Reese is the architect behind the gargantuan Rockstar Mayhem Festival, which decimated amphitheaters during July and August with Korn and Rob Zombie putting on some of the best shows of their respective careers. Now, Reese's latest creation, Rockstar Energy Drink UPROAR Festival, is ravaging the countryside with Disturbed, Avenged Sevenfold, Stone Sour, Halestorm, HELLYEAH and many more keeping the summer alive. Uproar may be on its inaugural jaunt, but it's got the elements that all legendary festivals are made of, and Reese couldn't be more proud.

He keeps it simple though. Reese divulges, "With both tours, we're trying to bring two big co-headlining shows that really give people their money's worth."

This is only the beginning too…

John Reese sat down with ARTISTdirect.com editor and Dolor author Rick Florino for an exclusive interview about building Uproar, Scarface and so much more.

How did you go about assembling the lineup for Uproar?

I also own Mayhem, so I've got a lot of relationships that I've cultivated throughout the years with all of these different bands. When we made the decision to just keep Taste of Chaos an international tour, I met with Rockstar and we talked about trying to figure out a way to replace it. I knew the Active Rock environment would never go away. I built Taste of Chaos on the back of screamo—that whole scene with The Used, My Chemical Romance and Thrice. Somebody just kind of turned a switch off. Rather than trying to beat a dead horse with the screamo movement, I thought if we did a melodic hard rock festival with radio support we'd build something that would have legs for a long period of time. That was the theory behind Uproar. Disturbed's manager Jeff Battaglia and Larry Jacobson, Avenged Sevenfold's manager, are good friends of mine, and they trust the marketing skills we have. They felt that if we partnered together, we'd have a significant advantage in selling tickets through the synergy of it.

Read the whole article here.

Despite the name implication, this record, should not be kept secret!

Ok guys, as you may know it's not that often that I get obsessed with a record. A record not at least involving someone from the 70s-80s rock era (my life is one big guilty pleasure).

But, I must say, that "Audio Secrecy", the brand new record released Sept 7th, carries on the weightiness of my fav eras, with a mold-breaking metal, that you can only expect from Stone Sour. This is a record that inspires me to expand my horizons and be a better songwriter. Every musician will have an "oh-duh" moment, saying "if only I couldn't written that song", and every rock and metal fan will have their fist in the air, a salute to all we stand for as advocates of a rock n roll movement!

Enjoy my friends, go out and get this record, if nothing else than because it inspired me to write a blog about it.

Long Live Rock n Roll, Lzzy