Washington, June 1, 2000 - The Voices of Classic Rock announced today that they will perform at the Internet Freedom Rally on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC on Sunday, June 11. The Voices of Classic Rock is comprised of lead singers from many of the best known classic rock groups of the 1970's and 1980's who have joined together to form their own Internet digital record label and musical channel,  r o c k f o r e v e r . c o m . The Internet Freedom Rally performance will feature five such lead vocalists, playing in support of an "open" Internet unencumbered by excessive government regulation or access fees.

John Cafferty of the Beaver Brown band

Slated to perform in Washington are John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band, Peter Rivera (formerly of Rare Earth), David Jenkins (of Pablo Cruise), Joe Lynn Turner (formerly of Deep Purple and Rainbow), and Jimi Jamison (of Survivor). Collectively these classic rockers have sung lead vocals on 20 Top Forty hits, 14 Top Twenty hits, and 10 Top Ten hits. Between them they also boast four Platinum albums and one Triple Platinum Album, as well as the soundtrack themes for four major motion pictures. They are the original singers, singing their original songs.

"In addition to being an important cause which we hold close to our heart given our blossoming web venture, we are looking forward to playing outdoors in Washington, DC and providing the Rally and its participants two hours of nothing but hits," said  r o c k f o r e v e r . c o m  Manager Charlie Schmitt. "What could be better than an important cause, a summer afternoon on the Capitol lawn, and the music that has embodied so much history of the last 30 years. We're proud to feature our entertainers poised to now help make New Media history for the future."

Dave Jenkins of Pablo Cruise

David Jenkins of Pablo Cruise will leadoff the June 11 concert. In 1973, Dave co-founded this group which personified the smooth California sound. It was in 1977 that the band realized critical commercial success with its Platinum album "A Place In the Sun," that produced the Top Ten Hit "Whatcha Gonna Do?" Platinum status would again be achieved with Pablo Cruise's follow-up effort "Worlds Away," which drove "Love Will Find A Way" into the Top Ten and "Don't Want To Live Without It" into the Top 30. Dave's final Top 20 hit occurred in 1981 with the Number 13 single "Cool Love." In addition to his Pablo Cruise legacy, Dave Jenkins has also toured extensively with the Doobie Brothers and a variety of other well-known talents.

Peter Rivera formerly of Rare Earth

Peter Rivera is the voice of such Motown classics as "Get Ready" and "I Just Want To Celebrate." The original lead singer/drummer of Rare Earth 1969-1975 led his band into rock and roll history in 1969, when they were "reportedly the first white act signed to black-owned" Motown Records. "Get Ready," the group's first single shot to Number 4 on the Billboard Charts, to be followed soon thereafter by the Number 7 hit "I Know I'm Losing You." "Born to Wander" cracked the Billboard Top 20, as did "Hey, Big Brother." And the classic party song "I Just Want To Celebrate," an anthem of its time, topped out at Number 7 on the Billboard Pop Charts. To their credit, in addition to charting as a pop-rock act, Rare Earth enjoyed crossover success with four R&B chart positions, too. Today Peter Rivera, in addition to his work with  r o c k f o r e v e r . c o m , is the lead vocalist of the Classic Rock All-Stars.

Joe Lynn Turner of Deep Purple

Joe Lynn Turner is the personification of the album rocker. In addition to fronting his own band, Fandango, Joe Lynn was the lead vocalist for the Ritchie Blackmore and Roger Glover-led band Rainbow. Blackmore and Glover were founders of the legendary British rock group Deep Purple. In Rainbow, though, with Joe Lynn's powerful vocals, they found commercial success and emerged among the early stars of music video on MTV. Their singles "Street of Dreams" and "Stone Cold," in addition to moving into the Top 20 of the Rock Charts and the Top 40 of the Pop Charts, were MTV staples. In 1989, after Glover and Blackmore reunited Deep Purple, Joe Lynn Turner became Purple's vocalist. In addition to touring as their front man for five years, Joe Lynn also performed on the Deep Purple "Slaves and Masters" album released in 1990. Joe Lynn Turner has recently released a solo album "Joe Lynn Turner Uncovered," which he is supporting with tour dates in Europe and Asia.

Jimi Jamison of Survivor

Jimi Jamison owns the distinctive voice that electrified the Rocky IV theme "Burning Heart," propelling it to Number Two on the Billboard Charts. The lead singer of Survivor joined the band after its debut hit "Eye of the Tiger," and proceeded to lead the band to five more Top Twenty hits (including "Burning Heart"). His first album effort, "Vital Signs," went Platinum and pushed "Can't Hold Back" to Number 13 on the charts; "High On You" to Number 8; and "The Search is Over" to Number 4. The follow-up album, "When Seconds Count" sent the single "Is This Love" to Number 9. After that recording Jimi left Survivor to pursue solo projects, which included writing and singing "I'm Always Here," the musical theme of the hit series Baywatch. In March of 2000 Jimi reunited with the original members of Survivor to tour with REO Speedwagon and Styx.

John Cafferty

It took nearly ten years - from 1972 to 1982 - of constant touring on the East Coast Club circuit for John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band to realize their dream of a recording contract. Indeed, in 1982, John (or "JC" as he is commonly known) was commissioned to write and perform the musical soundtrack for a relatively low-budget independent motion picture. The movie, "Eddie and the Cruisers," went on to become a huge cult and mainstream rock classic, and nurtured a Triple Platinum album for JC and his band. It was John's raspy voice that propelled the movie's theme "On the Darkside" to Number One on the Billboard Rock charts, while the movie's second hit "Tender Years" - featuring sax player Michael Antunes (who appeared as Wendal in the movie) - rose into the Top Ten on the AC Charts. The band's follow-up album "Tough All Over," would push it's title track into the Rock Charts top spot again; while the single "C-I-T-Y" ran into the Top Twenty on the Pop Charts. John will close the Capitol show, with his full Beaver Brown Band as the back-up.

Typically, at the conclusion of a Voices of Classic Rock concert the crowd will also be treated to an all-star encore jam, with all of the singers on stage jamming to their favorite rock classics. "We hope the crowd in DC will compel a great encore jam," said Schmitt, "the setting is perfect and we'll help the audience to send a message that this is an important issue."

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About r o c k f o r e v e r . c o m  and The Voices of Classic Rock :

 r o c k f o r e v e r . c o m  was founded to address the online community of classic rock and roll music fans by empowering artists (through an equity ownership) to maximize their respective brand value in the creation, recording, and delivery of streaming and digitally downloadable music through new and emerging Internet technologies; and to do so through a business model where the artists are incentivized via equal profit participation in their respective product output; and the consumer is rewarded with a variety of new Web music, e-commerce and interactive content offerings; and together the Company and the Artists may contribute to the social and artistic greater good.

Members of  r o c k f o r e v e r . c o m  and The Voices of Classic Rock include:

Mickey Thomas of Starship
Bobby Kimball of Toto
John Cafferty of John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band
Larry Hoppen formerly of Orleans
Mike Reno of Loverboy
Joe Lynn Turner of Deep Purple and Rainbow
Dave Jenkins of Pablo Cruise
Peter Rivera formerly of Rare Earth
Jimi Jamison of Survivor
Leslie West of Mountain
Spencer Davis of The Spencer Davis Group