Type O Negative – “The Least Worst Of”

Release Date – Halloween, October 31st, 2000 It is a cool October night at midnight, and I have returned home and ascended my staircase to find a sinister, little package ominously waiting for me at my doorstep. Carefully unwrapping the plain brown paper, and opening it to find none other than Type O Negative‘s imminent …

Interview with Fueled By Ignorance

If you’ve gotten your copy of the latest work by this band, you already know that Fueled By Ignorance are a force to be reckoned with.  I finally found the time to ask the band about a few things, and got my response from vocalist Simon Springer.  He replied promptly, with well thought out answers.  …

Professional Murder Music – Self-Titled

Release Date October 31, 2000 Professional Murder Music have appeared with the likes of industrial-glam Orgy, evil disco gods Static-X, toured with comic book rock supernovas Powerman 5000, and contributed to the soundtrack for Arnold Schwarzenegger’s movie End Of Days. Hell, they’ve even done a stint beside self-proclaimed white trash, Kid Rock. As a young …

Nonpoint – “Statement”

A friend of mine from Florida who is a bit of a child prodigy, told me about a band called Nonpoint a couple of years back. Why I didn’t listen closer at the time, I really don’t know. This particular person who works closely with a number of local clubs and promotional street teams down …

Caviar – Self-titled

Beck, Eve 6, Oasis, Veruca Salt, Everclear, Cake, Weezer… you know who they are. Those KROQ-radio friendly bands that put out those edible, rock candy Summer songs that become an American standard. Add a polished silver spoonful of polished production to your toast point. Take a bite of this. Put on your ‘Tangerine Speedo’ and …

Slaves on Ozzfest

9.11.00 Were you to ask random audience members to describe the members of Slaves On Dope, perhaps it would have gone something like this: Rob: The “shy, quiet” one. Frank: The “smooth” one. Jason: The “bald, mean” one. Kevin: The “hot” one. Get to know the guys in real life, however, and the story would …

Deftones and GlassJaw

8.10.00 Butterflies. You know what those are, right? When you can’t seem to calm down, no matter how hard you try; and neither does that fluttering feeling in your stomach. Well, I had those for a good 10 hours before this show. Why, you ask? Read on and you, my patient friends, shall learn the …

CTOE – ‘Simple Things’

8.5.00 Following in the footsteps of futuristic rock predecessors like Strapping Young Lad, Filter, Ultraspank, Gold Lives Underwater, Gravity Kills, Pitchshifter and so many others; gives new bands in the genre of electronically-influenced rock much to live up to. When East Coast rockers Ctoe came out with ‘Simple Things’ (School Cut Records), much of what …