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Live Aid on this Day 1985 – Did You Tune in?

July 13th 1985 the first ever global simulcast takes place with a live performer live-up like the world has never seen. Literllay ever major performer from that era has a Live Aid story of their performance, or why they were not on the bill. The “Bohemian Rhpasody” film chronicales the QUEEN drama with Freddie Mercury returning for that legendary set. Wimbley Staduim packed in 72,00 fans and was followed by the JFK Stadium Philadelphia USA perfromances with just under 90K in attendance. This is the height of the “MTV Era” so poster boys and girls for that time like Sade, Simple Minds, Howard Jones and Adam Ant had sets at the Wimbley show. The big boys were there of course  Black Sabbath performed with Ozzy Osbourne, U2, The Who and David Bowie all performed. Mick Jagger and Bowie were to perform a muti-continent live duet, but technical issues quashed that and we had to be satisfied with lip synch. Many don’t remember that Live Aid was a true global event with bands like Loudness performing from Japan…loved that guitar tone Akira! Perfromances also came from Germany and Yugoslavoia. Bob Dylan, Ronnie Wood and Keith Richards closed the JFK evening.

Check out our QUEEN Rock Iconz set that captures Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor and John Deacon from a couple years earlier in the bands history. Pre Order QUEEN Rock Iconz Ltd. Edition Statues Here

Did you tune in?

Rock Hard Today!

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Randy Rhoads White Jackson On the Way to The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

Randy Rhoads white Jackson Guitar is now on the way to honor him ahead of his induction to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame this fall. The induction ceremony is scheduled to take place October 30th in Cleveland.

We recently spoke with Kathy Rhoads Dargenzio, Randy’s sister and head of the Randy Rhoads Trust along with Randy’s brother Kelle Rhoads.  We takled about Randy and how happy the family was with our new Randy Rhoads Rock Iconz Statue. During that call she told us one of Randy’s axes would be going to the hall, but they were still going back on forth on which to send. Glad they picked the White Jackson. We think it’s the most striking of Randy’s guitars he played on-stage.

Our 1st project when we founded KnuckleBonz 18 years ago was Randy Rhoads with his white Jackson from the Diary of a Madman era of Ozzy Osbourne. The great folks at Fender/Jackson actually sent us one of the reproductions they had done to help us nail as many details as possible. That was great, with only one problem. When we were getting down to final approvals and production, one of the head guys in the custom shop at Fender called to tell us the guitar we had not an exact match to Randy Rhoad’s original. The big difference was the body. Randy’s White Jackson has a wider body and slightly different shape that the more sleek reproduction. So…that part of the sculpt was a complete re-do….it happens.

The shot in the Blog here is one of the most coveted in the KnuckleBonz studio. It’s from a sound check taken by the great Neil Zlozower. Neil has helped us with photo research over the many years. He was kind enough to sign this print from his original negative…so cool.

Our Randy Rhoads 3 Rock Iconz Statue is super hot and now on Back-Order on it’s way to a SELL OUT. Order Randy Rhoads Rock Iconz Here…No FoMO!

You can always check out all the great KnuckleBonz Collectibles Here….we have our own Hall of Fame going every day!

Rock Hard !

 

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Favorite Iron Maiden Album Cover? Maybe Not an Album Cover at All…

Iron Maiden fans have had their own community and fervor for the band since the early days in the UK before they were recording and touring. That commitment only grew when they began to release studio albums and we got our first glimpse of Eddie the Head. Since that time, every true Iron Maiden fan has a favorite album cover and can remember where they 1st saw the art, bought the record, and dropped the needle. The interesting thing here is two of Iron Maiden’s most popular versions of Eddie, and favs here at KnuckleBonz®, where not album covers at all…they were covers on singles.   “The Trooper” off Iron Maiden Piece of Mind 1983 and “Aces High” from Powerslave 1994 were released first as sleeves on these amazing single tracks, back when there where singles on Vinyl. We must admit, we never really bought singles so the first time we saw these iconic images was in the press and on tour merch going to the shows…so much to enjoy from Edward the Great and Iron Maiden. Drop the needle today!

Rock Hard!

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Pantera – Cowboys from Hell Era Road Case Box Design

Hopefully you saw the launch the newest additon to our Rock Iconz On Tour® Ltd. Edition Collectible Series, Pantera Cowboys from Hell Road Case and Stage Prop. This limited editon is a super short production run of only 500. It’s almost SOLD OUT as we write this blog.

Thought we would share the package design artwork that was approved by Pantera managemnt last week. Note the snap shots on the back from the Pantera Home Video 2. If you a Pantera from fan “the day,”  you know these videos by heart. But in case you came to the party late and have not seen them, these were home videos taken by the band, a bunch by Dimebag Darrell, he was VLOGGING before there was such a thing. The snap shots show the band buiding the huge MF Leaf stage props and some of the live shots from the show here they brought this on stage…so cool and goofy fun.

You can Pre-Order the Pantera Cowboys from Hell Road Case Here.

It ships with the distressed road case, MF Leaf Stage Prop an the Cownboys from Hell stage backdrop.

Rock Hard!

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KnuckleBonz Birthday Wishes to Rock Iconz Philip Anselmo

On this day in 1968 Rock Iconz® Philip was born on his way to a life and career of heaviness that spans some of our favorite bands. Of course we have the “power groove” of the mightly Pantera, but we invite you to check our Phil’s other projects that include Down, Superjoint Ritual and Philip H. Anselmo and the Illegals.

We have been fortunate to create a few KnuckleBonz® Collectibles projects working with band managment and Philip. Most are SOLD OUT, but you can check the work out here. Pantera at KnuckleBonz.com

Pre-Order the new Rock Iconz On Tour Cowboys from Hell road case, MJ Leaf stage prop and backdrop here. 

Hope to see Phil out with one of these bands as US Touring roars back to life.

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Randy Rhoads III Rock Iconz Ltd. Edition Statue – Now Shipping !!!

Excited to tell all the Randy Rhoads fans that our Randy Rhoads III Rock Iconz® Limited Edition Statue has arrived at our USA warehouse and has begin shipping.

This Rock Iconz Statue is one of the hottest sellers. Orders are being shipped in the order they were received.

If you ordered before June 1st 2021, you should be receiving shipping notice via the email associated with your order over the next few days.

If you ordered after June 1st, your Randy Rhoads Rock Iconz will be fulfilled from our 2nd wave pf production. These statues are already finished and going thru the International shipping and import/export process on the way to our USA warehouse.

This is our 3rd Randy Rhoads design working directly with the Rhoads Family and the Randy Rhoads Trust. Randy Rhoads thru capatures Randy from the first days of touring with Ozzy Osbourne on the Blizzard of Oz Tour.

Stay tuned here and via our email newsletter for all the updates.

You can reserve your Randy Rhoads III Rock Iconz Ltd. Edition Statue Here

 

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Record Store Day Sale – 10% OFF Promo Code All IN STOCK KnuckleBonz Stuff

Record Store hits us a again and for most of us in the USA, we can actually go to a store and enjoy. Always a treat to flip thru the record vinyl bins.

Use PROMO CODE “recordday10” to save 10% through midnight Sunday

In celebration of Record Store day, we are having a 10% Off sale for all in-stock products at www.KnuckleBonz.com

3D Vinyl® from Ozzy Osbourne, Megadeth, Gun-n-Roses Pantera and more are “snagable” via a rare sale at KnuckleBonz.

Get 10% off individual Metallica Rock Iconz® for James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett and Robert Trujillo and others.

Get 10% Vinyl Records and 10% Off Licensed T-Shirts and Apparel

Note: the promo code does not work for band bundles or pre-orders that may already have a discount applied.

As always…Rock Hard!

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Randy Rhoads Rock Iconz – “One Step Forward, Two Steps Back”

Here’s a quick update of Randy Rhoads Rock Iconz® Production and Shipping.

The 1st wave of production actually wrapped at the end of March and began making it’s way to our USA warehouse. Sadly, it has been sitting on the container ship off the San Francisco Bay now for over a month waiting for a slot at the port to off load. Each day, we hope for a notice that we are cleared to doc at the port of Oakland, but we continue to wait. This is the frustrating part of our business, and especially so in the Covid-World as it’s the one thing we have no control over. All we can do is promise if to keep you updated the second it  is released to go through US Customs and begin the short trip to our US warehouse.

The 2nd production wave of Randy Rhoads Rock Iconz Ltd. Edition Statues  is also complete, but we got some unhappy news earlier this week about International ports. There has been a new Covid outbreak and work slow down there, so these Randy Rhoads Rock Iconz are now waiting there for our turn to load onto our Container ship to come to the US. This is why the title of this blog entry is “One step forward, two steps back.”

We know that all are exciting to get these new Randy Rhoads Rock Iconz and we will do everything we can to expedite the shipping process once we get the initial inventory checked in to our US warehouse. Make sure you are signed up for email alerts to get all the news.

Check out Randy Rhoads from early in the Ozzy Osbourne solo era and all the Rock Iconz, 3D Vinyl® and On Tour™ Collectibles Here

As always…thanks for supporting KnuckleBonz and all the great music artists we work with.

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KnuckleBonz eMail List – Exclusive Offers, Promo Codes and Info

If you have not already done so, so to our homepage or the bottom of this blog and sign up for our email list. This will keep you up on all the KnuckleBonz Rock Iconz®, 3D Vinyl® and On Tour series news. But, most importantly it a great way to get early access to exclusive product offers and the occasional promo code.

Recently, KnuckleBonz email list subscribers have been treated to the Ghost Paint Variant launch of Cardinal Copia Rock Iconz which was an immediate sell out…and a 15% Off promo code for the most recent Pink Floyd Division Bell Projection  Screen for Rock Iconz On Tour™.

Do take advantage…we don’t bomb you with a huge about of mail and you can always opt  out at anytime. This information is used for our product info and special offers only and is not shared with ANY ONE.

 

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Pink Floyd Projection Screen – Rock Iconz On Tour Series – Production Notes

If you are paying attention, you will see we have announced the newest piece for our Rock Iconz On Tour® Collectible Series. From the stage of the PInk Floyd, we have created the projection screen used in live shows dating back to 1972. This design had several details that needed to be solved to be able to produce a hand cast limited edition statue. The 1st issue to tackle was cost. We always to to keep the price consistent in our Rock Iconz®, 3D Vinyl® and On Tour Series. To tool and cast the truss that supports the screen in metal was going to costs a kings ransom and simply was not an option for a short run 500 piece limited edition. That’s right, our Division Bell Projection Screen edition number is only 500. No FoMO… So we had to figure our a way to simulate the truss with some other materials. We decided to sculpt the truss shapes then cast the entire part in clear resign. That would allow us to paint the truss metal structure leaving the rest as a polished clear surface. That allowed us to solve our cost and design issues. A byproduct of this is that though this ON Tour Collectible from the Division Bell era of Pink Floyd has no working lights, the clear resign does catch the light in interesting ways and makes for spectacular display. The live shot from the KnuckleBonz studio in the blog here has a single light behind the truss to make the edges glow…really fun to shoot this for the product launch.

The limited edition pages are live now and you can pre-order the Division Bell Pink Floyd Projection Screen now.

PRE-ORDER HERE Pink Floyd Division Bell Projection Screen Collectible Here

We has also created the Pink FLoyd Pig for the Rock Iconz On Tour Series as well as Wish You Were Here for 3D Vinyl. Check those limited editions out here.

I found a cool video on Youtube today that has some hi-res of the videos played on the screen in 1994 from the Pink Floyd Vision Bell tour…check them out here: