WIN STUFF

12 Stones and Shinedown are touring together this summer so we’re giving away a Fender guitar signed by both bands. The grand prize winner will also get a merch full of swag from each band. Five runners up will get t-shirts and CD’s. You can enter to win here:  http://www.12stones.com/contests/guitar/

Win the new Sevendust CD “Chapter VII: Hope And Sorrow”, a t-shirt, a hoodie and a poster by leaving a comment below. Be sure to include an email address or a myspace page so we can contact the winner.

Someone will be chosen at random from the comments in Seven Days. (whispers . . . ‘seven days’)

Sevendust Links: myspace | get music on i-tunes

 

Newcomers Egypt Central tore it up on part of the Family Values Tour last year, and their debut album just hit stores last week.

Lucky for us (AND YOU) they have teamed up with The Daily Rock to offer you the chance to win an Egypt Central Prize Pack! If you’re a winner you will get:

1 copy of their recently released debut CD
1 t-shirt
1 poster
1 autographed photo
1 hat
1 wristband

So how do you win? Easy. Leave a comment and include your email addy so we can contact a winner. We’ll pick someone at random in the next week or so. If you arent familiar with these guys, here’s a couple of links and a video so you can check them out:

 

Egypt Central on Myspace | Egypt Central’s Official Website

Wow. I know some companies can do sleazy things – but this one is VERY VERY LAME:

A musician named Tonedeff won the Lolapalooza Last Band Standing contest in 2006. Part of the prize package was “$10,000 worth of equipment from our friends at Gibson. (yes, believe it!).” Well, Tonedeff believed it, and he’s spent the last year and a half trying to get Gibson to make good on their promise. As Tonedeff notes on his blog, maybe he should have seen this coming when Don Pitts—Gibson’s Ambassador of Empty Promises (show above with devil eyes)—told him, “I mean, this is kind of weird, because you know, you DON’T play the guitar or drums.”  – The Consumerist

The article goes on to talk about all the back and forth Gibson has done to this guy, and go over all the broken promises (he was supposed to win a photoshoot too – never happened). Read all about it here: http://consumerist.com/348960/gibson-screws-musician-out-of-10000-worth-of-equipment and at the guy’s own blog here: http://blog.qn5.com/2008/general/rant-gibson-hates-hip-hop .

Lame. Are their guitars even any good? Maybe thats the problem?

UPDATE!
Gibson finally ponied up and awarded the prize as promised:
http://consumerist.com/351332/gibson-awards-prize-to-artist