6.6.00 It was a sultry, Los Angeles evening, with a cool breeze blowing through my open window, and Nag Champa floating through the hallways. Johnny Goudie was conferenced in, and the phone line immediately began to crackle with electricity. Not the type that causes annoying, audible static, but the kind that makes you feel that …
6.9.00 With a June 20th release date that seems to have next to no significance (since everyone on the planet has their own version of the CD already), you can bet that Deftones will go on record as the Summer of 2000’s most anticipated, and heavily-rotated new release. And with good reason Just as everyone …
5.31.00 When you’re a fan of a band for over 10 years, you become so awestruck after a while that you never imagine that you could ever just chit chat casually with one of the members. That’s how I felt all this time, anyway. That is, until I picked up the phone and heard the …
6.1.00 Release Date: July 11th When this CD arrived about a month ago, the anticipation was already overwhelming. The reputation of the band that created this monster was one of energy and innovation, and there was an incredible industry romance surrounding the name, Goudie. After carefully placing the CD in the drive and hearing the …
5.17.00 Get ready for something a little different. You may not know this yet, but four guys that have dubbed themselves Goudie are kicking up some serious dust. The band first made a notable impression at the South-By-Southwest (SxSW) convention in Texas, and subsequently rocked the house at the Viper Room in Hollywood a couple …
May 19, 2000 Last Friday night was pure mayhem. Although we started out somewhat slowly, by taking in a lightly attended show at the Troubadour, the attendance ratio didn’t seem to affect what was going on up on the stage. Depswa banged out a mean set including tracks from their amped up demo – that …
4.28.00 It has been a turbulent year for this band. All within the past year and a half, there have been illnesses, at least one hospitalization, the loss of a family member, afflictions to overcome and deal with on a daily basis, and uncertainties about the future. The three members of SubstAnce D know exactly …
The latest work from Pitchshifter will come as no surprise to their hardcore fan base. ‘Deviant‘ (MCA Records) is exactly what anyone – newly exposed or old school follower – would expect coming from a band with this much appeal and talent. Jon Clayden and the line-up for the millennium and beyond have created a …
I haven’t been in touch with Type O Negative since the beginning of their tour last October. This time, it was the last night of their tour in support of ‘World Coming Down‘. The band was excited to play, but also anxious to return home to their friends and families in New York. Johnny Kelly …
I first heard a song entitled ‘Dystopia‘ by Apartment 26 several months ago while reviewing the ‘Heavy Metal FAKK II’ soundtrack. Prior to ‘Hallucinating‘, their debut CD on Hollywood Records, the band put out an indie release called ‘Within‘ on which the song ‘Dystopia’ originally appeared. Impressed by the industrial influences and the band’s programming/sampling …