FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

COMEDIAN & ACTOR CRAIG GASS TO DEBUT WITH LIVE
COMEDY ALBUM & DVD ON APRIL 16, 2013

Features Cameo’s by Pearl Jam’s Mike McCready and Alice in Chains’ Jerry Cantrell & Sean Kinney

(Los Angeles, CA) The outrageously funny Comedian/Actor and all-around “impressionist”, CRAIG GASS, announces the release of his debut live comedy album and DVD, The Worst Comedy Show Ever, on April 16, 2013 through Oglio Records. The release will coincide with GASS’ North American tour (dates TBA).

Filmed last summer at Dave’s of Milton Lounge and Comedy Club, a burned out but beloved hole-in-the-wall located (well) outside of Seattle, Washington, where scores of stand-up comics have gone for decades to test their material on the easily amused, and endlessly-forgiving, blue collar patrons. Pearl Jam’s Mike McCready, has a hilarious cameo on the DVD, and Alice in Chains’ Jerry Cantrell and Sean Kinney, lend their fractured personalities to several news blackouts on the CD, hearkening back George Carlin’s post-‘60s hippy-dippy weatherman.

“The material on the DVD/CD was meticulously developed, night after night, in the near-empty rooms of shit-hole bars and comedy dives,” confesses GASS. “Now, it’s been turned into my dream come true! I am proud, ecstatic and terrified – but it’s a good kind of terror.”

The USO are also big fans of GASS and have asked the comedian to perform at a few select overseas bases of our Armed Forces. Craig will begin his tour in the Azores Islands of Portugal on March 11th before winding up on March 16th at the NATO Base in Madrid, Spain. He will make an appearance at the Panasonic Theatre in Toronto, Canada as he makes his way home to the U.S. Adding to his increasingly busy schedule, GASS will be making his Comedy Central debut on the upcoming season of the hit animated series, Brickleberry.

The pathway to impressions and stand-up comedy appears to be GASS’ destiny from the very beginning. Growing up in a family that was completely deaf, GASS learned to speak from watching TV. In 1993 GASS began performing stand-up comedy. His dead-on impressions caught the attention of two icons of the entertainment community, Howard Stern and George Carlin. Carlin soon took GASS under his wing, became his mentor, and acting roles materialized with regularity. In addition, GASS became a writer for Colin Quinn on Saturday Night Live’s “Weekend Update”. GASS perfected his style with memorable characters on such TV shows as Sex and the City, King of Queens, Law & Order and Gene Simmons’ Family Jewels, and most recently has been doing voice over work on the shows Family Guy, American Dad and The Cleveland Show. As the industry continued to embrace his comedic style, GASS’ love for all things hard rock, led to his being honored with exclusive requests to open for Metallica, Alice in Chains and KISS.

As a regular guest on The Howard Stern show, GASS provides countless, riveting stories from the road, his endless encounters with Hollywood elite and life at its most basic reality. His seamless impressions of Al Pacino, Lars Ulrich, Sam Kinison, Adam Sandler, Tracy Morgan, Gene Simmons, Gilbert Gottfried, Christopher Walken, Owen Wilson and dozens more, accompanied by his machine gun-style delivery and fall-down-laughing storytelling, have already captivated audiences around the world.

Oglio Records is Oglio is celebrating its 20th anniversary as an independent label specializing in the fun and unusual. Oglio has released and reissued recordings from a diverse group of talent including comedians George Lopez, Jackie “The Joke Man” Martling (of Howard Stern Show fame) and Rob Schneider, as well as musical talent including Brian Wilson, Cyndi Lauper, Parry Gripp, Nerf Herder, BigBang, Roger Joseph Manning Jr., and Beatallica. Oglio Records is distributed worldwide by INgrooves/Fontana.

You can check out a teaser clip here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqydCh22DQg

For more information on Craig Gass, please contact:
MAD Ink PR
www.madinkpr.com
Melissa Dragich-Cordero Michelle Gutenstein
p. 310.547.1212 p. 862-368-6576
e. melissadragich@gmail.com e. michelle.gutenstein@me.com

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MASH-UP MASTERS BEATALLICA READY NEW RELEASE, ‘ABBEY LOAD’

You’ve got to tip your hat to the lads in Beatallica. Few would have thought to merge together two of the most successful acts of their respective genres – pop tunesmiths the Beatles and thrash metal bashers Metallica – and create a must-hear, creative blend of both iconic artists. And the band that contains such wittily named band members as Jaymz Lennfield, Kliff McBurtney, Ringo Larz, and Grg III are back with their third full-length overall, ‘Abbey Load,’ on April 16th via Oglio Records (a label that is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year).

“Overall the album is our darkest,” explains Lennfield. “Not sure why it turned out that way, to be honest. We didn’t realize it til we got to listening to the first mixes. It sounds brooding in places. Not like we tuned down any more or played any stoner rock or anything. But the overall vibe is deeper than other projects we’ve done. Maybe it’s cuz the Beatles Abbey Road was the last release for them – like the end of an era. And we were placing our fingers on that. After a while, I got to embrace that whole vibe. Beatallica is always fun and interesting, and yes there are ‘candy’ songs on the album such as ‘Help!’ and ‘I Saw Her Standing There’… but there is something more foreboding about Abbey Load than what we initially thought.”

Once more, Beatallica have successfully found links between both aforementioned bands, most notably on the album’s tour de force, “Abbey Load Medley.” “The medley…well, it’s obviously one of the great famous pieces of rock music,” says Lennfield. “We really enjoyed working in NEWER Metallica tunes. Folks always ask us how much old stuff from Metallica we can use. Helloooo…they have a LARGE catalog, so use it!. Those tunes work great, plus the fact that we are doing what we always do: deal with tempo, time signature, rhythm patterns, keys from major to minor, adding our own riffs, etc., but now we have to make all the songs in the medley sound like they fit. Not just one song at a time, but now five songs, bang-bang-bang.. The challenge was irresistible.”

As for Beatallica’s plans for 2013, Lennfield predicts some good, old-fashioned global roadwork. “Well, we’d like to finally hit Japan. It’s just way overdue. We have US folks asking for us to come back so we’ll see how to best route. As far as Europe, they are starting to consider the fall sometime.”

“Beatallica is so much more than a novelty cover band,” adds Oglio Records founder Carl Caprioglio. “Beatallica’s members and producer are among the most creative and talented people I have encountered in my years with Oglio Records. Their ability to blend influences from these two legendary bands is as amazing and impressive today as it was when we met in 2006.”

Imagine what the Beatles’ ‘Abbey Road’ would have sounded like if it had been originally released by Metallica, and you have a good starting point for ‘Abbey Load.’

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beatallica.org
facebook.com/beatallica
twitter.com/beatallica
press@oglio.com

We are super stoked to announce that MC Lars will be playing every date on the 2013 Vans Warped Tour!

Go to as many as possible!

Mar 28 – Los Angeles, CA – Club Nokia
Jun 15 – Seattle, WA – White River Amphitheater
Jun 16 – Portland, OR – Portland Expo Center Parking Lot
Jun 19 – San Diego, CA – Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre
Jun 20 – Pomona,CA – Pomona Fairplex
Jun 21 – Pomona, CA – Pomona Fairplex
Jun 22 – Mountain View, CA – Shoreline Amphitheatre
Jun 23 – Ventura, CA – Seaside Park
Jun 26 – Las Cruces, NM – N.M.S.U. Practice Field
Jun 27 – Phoenix, AZ – Quail Run Park
Jun 28 – Las Vegas, NVS – ilverton Casino Parking Lot
Jun 29 – Salt Lake City, UT – Utah State Fairpark
Jun 30 – Denver, CO – Sports Authority Field at Mile High
Jul 3 – Indianapolis, IN – Klipsch Music Center
Jul 5 – Toronto, ON – Molson Canadian Amphitheatre
Jul 6 – Buffalo, NY – Darien Lake Performing Arts Center
Jul 7 – Holmdel, NJ – NC Bank Arts Concert Center
Jul 9 – Virginia Beach, VA – Farm Bureau Live At Virginia Beach
Jul 10 – Washington, D.C. – Merriweather Post Pavilion
Jul 11 – Boston, MA – Comcast Center
Jul 12 – Camden, NJ – Susquehanna Bank Center
Jul 13 – New York, NY – Nassau Memorial Coliseum
Jul 14 – Hartford, CT – The Comcast Theatre
Jul 16 – Scranton, PA – Toyota Pavilion
Jul 17 – Pittsburgh, PA – First Niagara Pavilion
Jul 18 – Cleveland, OH – Blossom Music Center
Jul 19 – Detroit, MI – The Palace of Auburn Hills
Jul 20 – Chicago, IL – First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
Jul 21 – Minneapolis, MN – Canterbury Park
Jul 23 – Kansas City, KS – Cricket Wireless Amphitheater
Jul 24 – St. Louis, MO – erizon Wireless Amphitheater – St. Louis
Jul 25 – Atlanta, GA – Aaron’s Amphitheatre at Lakewood
Jul 26 – Tampa, FL – Vinoy Park
Jul 27 – West Palm Beach, FL – Cruzan Amphitheatre
Jul 28 – Orlando, FL – Central Florida Fairgrounds
Jul 29 – Charlotte, NC – Charlotte Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
Jul 30 – Cincinnati, OH – Riverbend Music Center
Jul 31 – Milwaukee, WI – Marcus Amphitheatre
Aug 2 – Dallas, TX – Gexa Energy Pavilion
Aug 3 – San Antonio,TX – AT&T Center
Aug 4 – Houston,TX – Reliant Center Parking Lot

Congratulations to Andy Dick for being featured on the hit ABC show, Dancing With The Stars. Oglio Comedy released Andy’s 2006 comedy album “Do Your Shows Always Suck?” which featured an unknown (at the time) singer/songwriter Mark Foster. Well, Mark went on to establish the highly successful band Foster The People and gain international success.

This song “Ballad of Andy” about Andy Dick is written and performed by the great Mark Foster from the band Foster The People. Read the lyrics as the video plays. It is a terrific song.

http://youtu.be/7UtAeqssWuo

Andy did not I fare too well as a young boy in Roswell
well, Georgia was no good for his tender soul
then he went to Chicago, and off to Hollywood he goes
well, Hollywood’s a hard road to ride alone
and now you turn on the TV
and you see him now he’s laughing
and you think it’s make believe
but he’s more real than what you see on TV
well the Stiller Show you may know it
got him on News Radio and it turned out to be a hit show
well all the success got to his head
it’s hard to live life when all your best friends are dead
and all the weight of the world just crashes in
and now you turn on the TV
and you see him now he’s laughing
and you think it’s make believe
but he’s more real that what you see
and now you turn on the TV
and now you see him while he’s yelling
and you think it’s make believe
but he’s more real that what you see on TV
Andy danced with the devil
and all of his candy the drugs got a real tight gripp on Andy
we went to jail did not pass go, he broke his bones
and broke his nose, and he broke his funny bone, yeah
and now you turn on the TV
and you see him now he’s crying
and you think its make believe
but he’s more real that what you see
and now you turn on the TV
and now you see him while he’s dying
and you think its make believe
but he’s more real that what you see on TV
yeah, he’s more real than what you see on TV
yeah, he’s more real than what you see on TV
on TV……..

http://youtu.be/7UtAeqssWuo

Oglio is preparing to enter our 20th year in the music business. It has been a wild two decade ride with quite a few unexpected twists. Thanks to all the artists, employees and colleagues that made the first 20 possible.

Our favorite local South Bay newspaper – The Beach Reporter – sent over Michael Hixon to do a story on Oglio’s coming 20th anniversary. Turns out Michael is a great guy with a pretty awesome gig covering entertainment for The Beach Reporter. Check out his story here:

http://tbrnews.com/lifestyle/rolling-with-the-times-oglio-entertainment-celebrates-th-anniversary/article_c6270870-43fe-11e2-8aa6-001a4bcf887a.html

You know him from The Ogden Edsl and his man hits on the Dr Demento show – “Dead Puppies” “Kinko The Clown” “Daddy’s Money” and more!

The Fellowship takes a musicological approach to imagine how the ancient cultures described by J.R.R. Tolkien might have sounded, performing on an all-acoustic array of ancient and modern instruments that includes harp, lute, hurdy-gurdy, krumhorn and gong. Their international cast of singers deliver stunning performances using dialects of Sindarin, Quenya, Anglo-Saxon and Modern English. Their songs are based on ancient composition techniques which can be at times delicate and at others, quite bombastic.

The album title, “IN ELVEN LANDS” is taken from the lyrics of their song “Beware The Wolf”:

…let us ride before the break of day
through woven woods in Elven lands
to find the starry-jeweled hand…

This digitally remastered Second Edition features previously unreleased material and several entirely new performances, including J.R.R. Tolkien’s original song “Namárië”, plus an entirely new song with lyrics by the noted Tolkien linguist Helge Kåre Fauskanger.

Digital album downloads include a fully illustrated 50-Page digital booklet with album notes and lyrics.

TRACKS:
1. Tîr Im
2. The Longbottom Leaf
3. The Silver Bowl
4. The Man in the Moon
5. A Verse to Elbereth Gilthóniel
6. Elo Elleth
7. Beware the Wolf
8. Oromë: Lord of the Hunt
9. Creation Hymn
10. Silmesse
11. Elechoi Mirnu Aglaron
12. When Dûrin Woke
13. Eala Earendel
14. Namárië
15. The Battle of Evermore
16. The Blood of Kings
17. Canticle to Elbereth Gilthóniel
18. The Evening Star
19. Terra Beata

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or

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Have you always wanted to learn a foreign language but thought that there wasn’t a practical reason to invest the time? Well, Oglio and Extra Curricular Learning have the answer for you – The Forbidden Language Series!

You can choose from Spanish, French, Italian, German, Japanese, Yiddish, Russian and even Ebonics. You’ll learn practical translations such as these from Forbidden Spanish:

Eat me! – ¡Come me!
Eat shit and die! – ¡Come mierda y muerete!
Fuck you! – ¡Chingado!
Fuck your mother! – ¡Chinga tú madre!
Go fuck yourself! – ¡Vete a chingarte!
Shut the fuck up! – ¡Callate el pinche hocico!
Will you go to bed with me? – ¿Puedes ir a la cama conmigo?
Are you using birth control? – ¿Usas algo para controlar ponerte encinta?
Your body makes me hot. – Tu cuerpo me pone caliente.

Order now from Amazon or iTunes!

Now for the first time you can own the music featured on Jackie “The Joke Man” Martling’s Sirius XM show, “The Joke Hunt”. Check out these amazing tracks:

And I’m Thinkin’ About You
Dr. John’s Patio
Fool’s Gold
Ice Cream
Morning Sun
Bridgitte’s Luncheonette
Saturday
Peanut Butter & Jelly
The Joke Hunt End Theme

You asked for them and now they are available here, on iTunes and on Amazon.com!

Artist: Ray Manzarek & Michael McClure
Title: The Piano Poems
Compact Disc DigiPak
Catalog: OGL89166-2
UPC: 79005-89166-2-9
Genre: Spoken Word
Box Lot: 30
Price Code: C12
Order Due Date:
Street Date: 8/14/12
File Under: The Doors

Michael McClure is a Beat Generation poet, playwright and songwriter. Ray Manzarek is a founding member of The Doors, songwriter and music producer. Together they take their loyal fans on a musical mind expanding journey with their creations. Their collaboration was documented in the Oglio Home Video release “The Third Mind” and brought to life in this all new album of thought provoking poetry.

The Doors were influenced by the 1960s beatniks and that spirit continues with this collaboration. When asked “What’s the difference between Jim Morrison’s rock lyrics and a poem?” Ray responded that “There really is no difference between Jim’s poetry writings and his music lyrics.”

Jim Morrison introduced Michael McClure to Ray during the recording sessions for “Waiting For The Sun.” That fateful meeting is still bearing fruit today with “The Piano Poems: Live From San Francisco.”

SELLING POINTS

• Building on The Doors album sales of over 100 Million Units.
• Online marketing campaign to The Doors 11 Million Facebook fans.
• Awareness campaign contest to Ray’s 6,000 Facebook fans.
• Push to NPR Stations.
• In-stores planned for major US cities including LA, SF and NY.
• Ray has live performances planned worldwide with Robby Kriegerand also selected performances with Michael McClure.
• File this CD in The Doors bins for maximum sales potential.

Tracks:
1. Pico Boulevard
2. Eagle in the Whirlpool
3. River of Night / Black Wine
4. Me Raw
5. Antechamber of the Night
6. That Government is Best
7. Big Lips
8. Mule Kick Blues
9. Let the Laws Go
10. Deconstruction Man
11. The Cups We Drink From
12. Jean Harlow and the Kid
13. Smash the State
14. Painted Dust

For promos or additional information contact:
Oglio Records at 310-791-8600 x3
sales@oglio.com • www.oglio.com

Available from INgrooves/Fontana and Planetworks Distribution outside the USA.