During the surrealistic days following the September 11th attacks on the World Trade Center, I made many failed attempts at contacting my close friend Val, who recently parted ways with her former New York-based rock band, Pist On to seek other ventures. Val is a native of New York, and a resident of Lower Manhattan. …
Halfcocked drummer Charlee Johnsson puts it best when asked to describe his band’s heavy, alt-rock sound. “This band sounds like AC/DC and ABBA having a bar fight.” It’s a loud, brash rock/metal hybrid of an extravagant Boston band that defines itself in part by its outlandish live performances. But beyond it’s on stage theatrics and …
W: How often do you get together and play – or rehearse – before a gig? Bret: Hah!!! W: (Laughs) Night before… Bret: The question of the ages! Keanu: Sometimes once, sometimes for three weeks. Bret: That’s dependant on schedule. There is no easy answer. W: What are your views on Napster? Bret: If they …
“We’re a heavy band…that’s what we’ve always been and in a way, that what we have to be.” proudly proclaims Simon Says guitarist Zac Diebels. He’s explaining the band’s new album Shut Your Breath and with it, a return for the group to it’s fierce and hard-charging musical roots. The band can be best described …
– What do you think people should know about otep? that what u see during a ritual, what u hear on our album, everything we do is REAL. nothing is fabricated. the music is the image, not the other way around …. wurdz are our war paint …. truth is our armor …. our live …
The Step Kings formed in ’97 when Bob, Fern and Mike recorded the EP’ Seven Easy Steps.’ After garnering great responses and even better industry reviews, and attention from college radio, the Step Kings went on to share the stage with the likes of Incubus, Everlast, and Kid Rock, among many others. Following this great …
After a long stretch of listening to several Emo bands that seem to have exploded onto the scene; many may begin to blend into one other, or even disappear. This seems to be the case with any genre of music, but not as much as that of so many of these soft rock or borderline …
“L.D. 50” is a pharmacological term which evaluates toxicity levels a particular drug or substance. Basically, it indicates the “Lethal Dosage” factor required to kill 50 out of 100 test subjects. It is also the title for Mudvayne’s Sony/Epic debut. Drummer Matt Mc Donough (“Spag”) explains, “It represents what the general public ingests; drugs, sex, …
Anyone who knows me on a personal level also knows that Peter Steele has been an object of my admiration for nearly a decade. Finally, I was given the time and space to pose some of the questions that I thought might be of interest to his other fans out there. In the couple of …
Every act who’s ever hit the road can speak of scenarios they would have liked nothing more than to forget at the time. Invariably, those are the ones that eventually enter the band repertoire of nostalgic humor. Currently touring with (hed)pe and promoting their latest release, “The Height of Callousness,” Spineshank is more impressive than …