San Diego, CA, April 22, 2008 – Marked as His Equal, the first San Diego Wizard Rock band, has announced the release of his second album, Never Say Goodbye, due out May 6, 2008. Never Say Goodbye will be available for purchase online through Marked as His Equal’s website and at concerts throughout the summer.

Never Say Goodbye expands Marked as His Equal’s musical repertoire, adding complexity, depth, and power to the band’s established roots-rock sound. The addition of mandolin and percussion brings fullness and fun to the new album. The subject matter has also expanded to include more of the Harry Potter book series and the Wizard Rock fan culture.

“Never Say Goodbye, the second release by Marked as His Equal, fulfills the promise the band made with their first album. Clearly the term ‘sophomore slump’ is not in this band’s vocabulary,” says Joseph Tracey, international recording artist and former independent music critic.

Marked as His Equal will perform several national concerts this year, including Florida SuperCon in May, Portus 2008 in July, A Harry Potter Birthday event in July, and Wrock the Boat in October.

For additional information on Marked as His Equal and Never Say Goodbye, contact Mark or visit www.myspace.com/markedashisequal.

Marked as His Equal is a San Diego-based Wizard Rock (a genre of music about the book and film series Harry Potter) band founded in April of 2007. The band consists of one member, San Diegan Mark Wischkaemper, and plays acoustic roots rock.

The 10th and 11th bands have been announced for Wrockstock 2008 and they are Hogwarts, A History and Gred and Forge respectively.

In other news, the 10th episode of the Podcast of Awesome has been released. Info about the episode can be found on the blog over at the myspace.

That’s right, the ninth band has been announced. Head on over to Ginny and the Heartbreakers’ myspace page to congratulate them on being the ninth band announced.

Here’s the list of nine so far:
Ginny and the Heartbreakers
Justin Finch-Fletchley and the Sugar Quills
Tom Riddle and Friends
Quaffle Kids
Catchlove
The Remus Lupins
The Whomping Willows
And Draco and the Malfoys

Also Wrockstock now has forums, so go sign up by clicking here!

Wrockstock has announced band number 7. Justin Finch-Fletchley and the Sugar Quills are joining in on the Wrockstock fun this May.

In other news Hallows or Horcruxes? Has a new Christmas song entitled “I Want A Hippogriff For Christmas.” So you can add that to your Wizard Rockin’ Christmas Playlist this Holiday season!

Also, the Weasel King has released a new song titled “They Can’t Catch Us All” so you should head on over and have a listen. Oh, and it’s available for download too!

Head on over to Tom Riddle and Friends‘ myspace page to congratulate them for being the 6th band announced for Wrockstock 2008.

The full list so far contains:
Draco and the Malfoys
The Whomping Willows
The Remus Lupins
Catchlove
The Quaffle Kids
Tom Riddle and Friends

My true love gave to me The Quaffle Kids!

The awesome band called Catchlove
All  three Remus Lupins
The Whomping Willows
And Draco and the Malfoys in a Pear tree!

Stay tuned for more bands to be announced for Wrockstock 2008. It’s less than 100 days away folks!

That’s right, the fourth band to be announced by the Wrockstock crew is Catchlove! So head on over to his myspace to tell Jace how excited you are that he’s coming!

Is none other than the Remus Lupins. Toby and Tyler join Alex for another round of wrocking good fun at Wrockstock 2008.

If you’re keeping track that means The Remus Lupins, The Whomping Willows, and Draco and the Malfoys are attending. Excited yet?

There seems to be a theme today… First Whompy releases a new song, and myspace page for his side project and now he’s the second band to be announced for Wrockstock!

That’s right folks, you’ll be able to wrock out with your trunk out with the Whomping Willows at Wrockstock 2008. The previous band announced was Draco and the Malfoys. It’s shaping up to be a pretty awesome event!

And it is currently free for download by clicking here, and scrolling down to where it says you can download it. It features tracks from Harry and the Potters, The Whomping Willows and The Remus Lupins and many more. And did I mention it’s for a good cause? That’s right, the album is called Rock Out Against Voldemedia, and the HP Alliance is putting out a call to join together to stop the US media from becoming Voldemedia on December 18th. You can read more at the HP Alliance Blog by clicking here, or visit StopBigMedia.com for the free download.