August 1999 Archive

...SCORPIONS will join America Online's Nightclub this Monday, August 30, beginning at 7:00 p.m. Eastern. Scorpions vocalist Klaus Meine and guitarist Rudolf Schenker will answer fans questions during a 60-minute chat. AOL users can access the chat by using keyword Nightclub...

...Speaking of chats, METALLICA's LARS ULRICH will chat with fans on Tuesday, August 31st at the band's new ARTISTdirect website at http://www.METALLICAdirect.com beginning at 6:00 p.m. Pacific. Fans can buy Metallica CDs, t-shirts and other collectible memorabilia at the recently opened site. "The shortest distance between two points is a straight line," said Ulrich, "ARTISTdirect gives us a straight line of communication to our fans, and vice versa." Fans can pre-submit questions at http://www.METALLICAdirect.com  prior to the scheduled chat...

...After years of presenting the world with the Jim Rose Circus, featuring freaks, geeks and other examples of human bizarreness, JIM ROSE has announced his retirement. According to a Reuters report, Rose said, "I'm going to call it quits. It's been a great run, but I think I've reached the end of the line." The Jim Rose Circus featured such unforgettable acts as Mr. Lifto (who lifted a ten pound brick with his penis), the Enigma (a completely tattooed man who ate live insects and played love ballads on the piano), Mexican transvestite wrestling, organ origami (in which Rose folded his penis into many, oddly recognizable images) and, of course, Rose's wife, Bebe, who shots sparks from her crotch. If you haven't seen it, all we can tell you is that it was a truly mesmerizing experience. You can read more about the Jim Rose Circus in Rose's book, "Freak Like Me."...

...KISS will once again postpone their current tour so that lead vocalist PAUL STANLEY can take the stage for an additional 40 performances of "The Phantom of the Opera" between September 28 and October 31...

...The Family Values tour dates have been announced. However, the show doesn't sound as instantly exciting as last years. In the head-lining positions are LIMP BIZKIT, FILTER and CRYSTAL METHOD. Other artists, including DMX, METHOD MAN and REDMAN will play selected dates during the tour. Click here for tour dates...

...Best news of the week: Looks like the legendary Milwaukee Metalfest will be hitting the road. The new tour will rip through San Antonio, Asbury Park N.J., Los Angeles and, of course, Milwaukee beginning in November 1999. Adult film star Jasmin St. Claire will host the event. Dates are as followed (line-ups are still being worked out):

November to Dismember -- The First Annual Texas Metalfest
Nov. 5 & 6, San Antonio, Live Oak Civic Center

March Metal Meltdown II
March 31 & April 1, 2000, Asbury Park, N.J., Asbury Park Convention Center

Mayhem in May -- The West Coast Metalfest
May 2000, Los Angeles (venue TBA)

Milwaukee Metalfest XIV
July 28 & 29,2000, Milwaukee
Milwaukee Auditorium

...MEGADETH will sign autographs this Tuesday at midnight at Looney Tunes in New York in celebration of the release of their new album, "Risk," due out the same day. Looney Tunes is located at 31 Brookdale Avenue in West Babylon, New York. In addition, the band will perform live September 1st at the Roseland with all proceeds going to T.J. Martell's Pediatric Aids Foundation. A special all-star Black Sabbath Tribute Jam featuring ROB ZOMBIE, LARS ULRICH, and members of SLAYER. Also on the bill that evening will be TYPE O NEGATIVE, DDT and PUYA...

...YES have announced a fall tour in support of their upcoming CD, "The Ladder," due in stores on September 28th. "We are very excited to return to North America in support of our new album, said vocalist Jon Anderson, "We've spent the last year in the studio writing and recording the new material which we are anxious to share with our fans." To browse the tour dates, click here...

...What a great idea! Twelve of Seattle's heaviest bands have united to create the "Head Trauma Coalition," a group whose main goal is to increase the exposure of all metal music through teamwork. The bands will play Seattle's clubs on a rotation basis at a standard cover charge of $1, with all proceeds going back into the Coalition to support future compilation CDs, a website, merchandise and advertising. Band participating in the Head Trauma Coalition include: M.A.C., FOR THE LOVE OF SUFFERING; BUKU FUNGI; SLUDGEPLOW; THE BRAINDEAD; MTF, BARBIE CAR; UNKLE BETTY; LIBRIUM; HIMSA; CHRISTDRIVER and SUICIDE CULTURE. For more information, please visit http://www.fortheloveofsuffering.com or http://www.madnessactioncause.com...

...EXHUMATION are in the Fredman studio in Gothenberg, Sweden recording their third album, "Traumaticon." The new CD will include 9 songs (or, if you're in Japan, 11!) And will be available beginning November 2nd. For more information, please visit the band's website at http://www.exhumation.com...

...Alan Parker's film and visual extravaganza "PINK FLOYD: THE WALL," will be released on DVD this October in celebration of the 20th anniversary of the classic album. The DVD will feature a new, hi-definition film transfer; previously unreleased footage; a remastered 5.1 Dolby Digital soundtrack; a 25-minute documentary about the making of the film; running commentary from ROGER WATERS and designer GERALD SCARFE, a new 45-minute documentary with interviews with Roger Waters, Gerald Scarfe, Alan Parker, Peter Biziou, Alan Marshall and James Guthrie; Original film trailer and  production stills...

...DIPHTHERIA will be featured this Friday evening on Rock Line. Fans of the heavy/Power/Progressive/Doom Metal band from Cyprus can listen in on the internet through links found on the band's home page at http://listen.at/diphtheria.com. Featured during the evening will be the world premiere of the band's latest recording, some old songs, some rare stuff and the band's cover of IRON MAIDEN's "The Trooper" from the "Children of The Damned" Maiden tribute album. For more information, visit any of the following sites: http://listen.at/diphtheria.com; http://www.mp3.com/diphtheria or join the band's mailing list at http://diphtheria.listbot.com...

...KID ROCK, THE FOO FIGHTERS, BUSTA RHYMES and PRIMUS are scheduled to play the Gravity Games' Concert, September 10, 1999 at the Providence Civic Center in Rhode Island. The Gravity Games are comprised of world-class athletes competing for top prize money (in such alternative sports categories as  biking, aggressive inline skating, downhill skateboarding, skateboarding, street luge, wakeboarding and freestyle motocross competitions. Also featured during the interactive festival are product demos, food and film. Tickets for the concert go on sale Friday, August 20 at 10 a.m. Tickets can be purchased at http://www.ticketmaster.com. For more information, visit the Gravity Games web site at http://www.gravitygames.com or call 877-7-GRAV-TY...

...TRIBE OF CRO have reportedly cancelled all their US dates, including the ProgDay dates - September 4 and 5, 1999 at Storybook Farm in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Fear not: Detroit-based prog-rockers HOUSE OF USHER have stepped in and will fill the opening spot on Saturday's line-up. For more information, please visit the ProgDay Website at http://www.hrzdata.com/progday/ ...

...The Kerrang! Awards have been announced. For what it's worth, here are this
year's winners:

Best New British Band: CAY
Best British Live Act: 3 COLOURS RED
Best International Live Act: SYSTEM OF A DOWN
Best International Newcomer: BUCKCHERRY
Best Single: TERRORVISION, "Tequila"
Best Video: OFFSPRING, "Pretty Fly (for a White Guy)"
Best Album: STEREOPHONICS, Performance and Cocktails
Best British Band: STEREOPHONICS
Best Band in the World: MARILYN MANSON
Hall of Fame Award: JIMMY PAGE
Artist of the Millennium: BLACK SABBATH

...ROB ZOMBIE, no stranger to remixes, will release a remix of his hit CD "Hellbilly Deluxe" on November 2, 1999. Included on the CD will be new versions of "Dragula," "Living Dead Girl," and "Superbeast" and more by guest mixers Charlie Clouser of Nine Inch Nails; God Lives Underwater; Rammstein; and former Nine Inch Nails drummer Chris Vrenna. Zombie will also release a CD of music and dialog from the classic Universal "Frankenstein" films, complete with a booklet of behind-the-scenes photos and liner notes by Zombie himself. Finally, those who live in Southern California can witness Zombie's madness firsthand at Universal Studios Hollywood's popular Halloween Horror Nights III where Zombie has his own monster maze...

...Scott Weiland of the STONE TEMPLE PILOTS has been returned to jail - just as the band is about to release their fourth album - due to a reported hospital visit in July for a heroin overdose that violated his probation...

..."Detroit Rock City," the much-ballyhooed movie featuring KISS, opened with a disappointing $2.7 million dollars at the boxoffice. Experts predict the film will close with a disastrous $5.0 million dollars or so...

...LILLIAN AXE will release a live album in May 2000 on Z Records...

...CRIMSON GLORY is back and ready to kick some more ass. The new CD, "Astronimica" is nearly completed and is due for release in late September on Spitfire Records. The current lineup includes Wade Black on vocals; Jon Drenning on guitars; Ben Jackson on guitars; Jeff Lords on bass and Steve Wacholz on drums. The CD was completed under some mysterious circumstances: Completed songs were mysteriously erased, data vanished, and many other "X-Files"-type incidents. At the moment, there is only conjecture regarding whether these mysterious incidents have anything to do with the album's theme (according to Drenning): "the UFO phenomenon, the Egyptian pyramids and their relationship to the region on Mars known as Cydonia."...

...MOTLEY CRUE's NIKKI SIXX and his fellow bandmembers were arrested in Las Vegas recently after police accused Sixx of inciting violence during a show there. According to a police report, Sixx complained about Las Vegas police, saying "If they don't like it, we can start flipping over cop cars like we did a couple of years ago." Interestingly, Sixx and the other Crueboys were arrested around midnight after the concert even though no damage or misconduct was reported...

...LEGACY have completed their website at http://www.legacylive.com. The band, which consists of former members of LIZZY BORDEN, ALCATRAZZ, SILVER MOUNTAIN, TAKARA and the JONAS HANSSON BAND, offers a photo gallery, music, a guestbook, band news and the ability to order their new CD through the site...

...CREED have announced the first leg of their fall tour in support of their upcoming album, "Human Clay," due in stores September 28th (click here for tour dates). The first single from the CD will be "Higher" and will hit radio stations later this month. For more information, visit the Creed website at http://www.creednet.com...

...TORNADO, hard rockers from Yugoslavia, have just completed their first CD and have posted it on the internet for everyone at http://www.mp3.com/tornadohard. Check it out!...

..."Can't Change Me," the first single from SOUNDGARDEN singer CHRIS CORNELL's solo album, will be downloadable over the internet in the MP3 format before it's even played on the radio. Over 30 radio station websites are offering the tune on their site. Look for the Chris Cornell banner on your favorite radio station's website to see if they are offering the single. The complete CD is due in stores on September 21st. For more information, please visit http://www.ChrisCornell.com...

...You may or may not have heard of the Itchypoo Park 99 Music Festival but now you can hear all about it at http://www.omnicastlive.com. The festival, which takes place August 12th through 15th near Nashville, Tennessee, will feature such rockers as SAMMY HAGAR, STYX, IRON BUTTERFLY, GRAND FUNK RAILROAD, THE MOFFATTS and RICK SPRINGFIELD. Available at http://www.omnicastlive.com will be live video streaming, backstage interviews and on-line merchandise. A pay-per-view concert event will also be recorded for broadcast later this year...

...Drummer MORTEN PLENGE has left PUSH, according to a recent press release. The band is currently seeking a new drummer. The band's latest album will be mixed during October of this year. For more information, please visit http://graffiti.virgin.net/zero_option_pro.z_records/...

...Don't expect the same fiery political commentary from the latest CD by SKUNK ANANSIE. The band has decided to take it down just a notch from the powerful commentary of their previous work. Explains vocalist Skin, "If you keep saying and doing the same thing in the same way, people get bored and when they get bored they stop listening.  Our songs are still from a Skunk viewpoint lifted from the lives we directly see; we just took a different approach to the way we express ourselves. Hopefully it's much more thought-provoking even if it is a bit less obvious." The band is currently on the road in support of the new record. For tour dates, please click here...

...If you're anywhere near Brandywine, Maryland this weekend, plan to spend all day Sunday at Wilmer's Park where THE MILLENNIUM GROOVE FESTIVAL is taking place beginning at 11:00 a.m. Twenty-four, count 'em, twenty-four bands (including DOG FASHION DISCO at 3:45 p.m., click here to read our review of their new CD). In addition to all that music (bands are listed below), there is also a skate park (BYOB, bring your old board); vendors; beer; a breakdance contest; beer; amateur skateboard contest; professional skate demos and, did we mention beer? Sounds like fun - wonder where Mr. Kelter will be? Also appearing at the Millennium Groove Festival are: SEV, Jepetto, The Ordinary Way, Margret Heater, Boogie Hawg, Puddle Duck, modern yesterday, Good Charlotte, Clones of Funk, Smizokes, Smartbomb, Love Muffin Prowler, Hedspace, Otherhood, Grand Buffet, Jennifer on Sunday, Live Alien Broadcast, Strawman, Suburbaneyez, Versitile, Carbon Leaf, Rebel Amish Radio, Groovement, and Ice Station Zero. Tickets are $15 in advance or $25 at the door and are available at (708)218-6500 or at http://www.protix.com...

...TONIC will pause work on their new CD (due this fall) long enough to perform this Monday, August 9th, at a special event in honor of the recent victory by cancer survivor LANCE ARMSTRONG in the Tour De France. In addition to Tonic's headlining performance, there will also be a parade and shows by ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL and THE AUSTIN ALL-STARS. Texas Governor GEORGE W. BUSH and Mayor KIRK WATSON will also attend the free event...

...Songs by BLINK 182, MIGHTY MIGHTY BOSSTONES, LEMONHEADS, NOFX, PENNYWISE, SUICIDAL TENDENCIES, CIRCLE JERKS, H20 and MXPX will soon be available for download directly from EMusic.com at, of course, http://www.emusic.com. Says Gene Hoffman, President and CEO of EMusic.com, "Punk rock shares an indie spirit with the MP3 community. Through our relationship with Epitaph Records and these new labels, we hope to make it easier for online music fans to discover the newest punk bands." For more information check out http://www.emusic.com or any or all of the following label sites: Blackout! Records at http://www.blackoutrecords.com; Cacophone Records at http://www.cacophone.com; Coolidge Records at http://www.ballcar.com; Fearless Records at http://www.fearlessrecords.com; Radical Records at http://www.radicalrecords.com; Scooch Pooch Records at http://www.subpop.com/scoochpooch; Thick Records at http://www.thickrecords.com; or Torque Records at http://www.torquerecords.com...

...DOUBLEDRIVE, who were voted Atlanta's "favorite heavy/extreme band," are
enjoying the success of their debut CD, "1000 Yard Stare" and their current hot
single, "Tattooed Bruise (Here & There)." The band features a lead singer who uses two microphones (you've apparently got to see it to believe it; "One mic's got magic in it; two mics have twice the power," says vocalist Donnie Hamby) and delivers a sound that brings to mind that of SOUNDGARDEN or MONSTER MAGNET yet still offers its own unique sound. The band took their name from a phrase coined by Walter Cronkite describing the dazed, faraway look in the eyes of U.S. Serviceman coming home from Vietnam. The band is currently on tour with POWERMAN 5000. Click here for tour dates...

...THE RUB's latest CD, "Day Off From Karma," has been released by Happy Squid Records. The CD, produced by John Talley-Jones of THE URINALS, features 11 new songs by the band. Happy Squid has also announced the re-issue of THE RUB's previous CD, "Bikini Gospel," later this year as well as yet another new CD from the band early next year. For more information, please visit http://www.happysquid.com...

...TESTAMENT have released their latest CD, "The Gathering," and are currently on tour in support of the new CD (click here for tour dates). "This is the album where everyone dies," says vocalist Chuck Billy. Adds bandmember Eric Peterson, "Musically, it's definitely a return to the glory days of our old school sound, but with better guitars, better bass playing, better drumming. There's probably more melodic stuff happening musically, although there's also more thrashing. I don’t know, it's basically the riffage of 'The Legacy' meets the melodic vocals of 'Practice What You Preach' meets 'Demonic' all put together." For tour dates, click here...

...Fans of the extreme, check out the bitchin' interviews with CANNIBAL CORPSE and CRADLE OF FILTH at the new extreme music site, http://www.witchfinder.com...

...GUNS'N'ROSES has lost yet another guitarist. ROBIN FINCK has left the band and has rejoined NINE INCH NAILS. No word on who will replace Finck as of yet but we wonder if it might be Zakk Wylde (click here to read our interview with Zakk). The new, long-in-coming GNR CD will be released later this year...

..."Home," the new CD by SEVENDUST, will be released on August 24th. Guesting on the CD will be Chino Moreno of the DEFTONES. SEVENDUST is hot off Woodstock '99 and the U.S. Vans Warped Tour. A new tour in support of the new CD will begin soon. For more information, please visit the TVT Records site at http://www.tvtrecords.com...

...Contractual obligations will prevent MATTI ALFONZETTI from working on the upcoming solo CD by PONTUS NORGREN as previously announced. Pontus will fly to the U.K. this weekend to meet with two other singers who have expressed interest in taking the mic...

..."World Coming Down," the new CD by TYPE O NEGATIVE, will hit stores on September 21st. Currently, the band's "Haunted" track appears on the soundtrack to the hit movie "The Blair Witch Project" a film that the bandmembers are particularly impressed by. Drummer Johnny Kelly says, "It's good to see that there is still the ability to make a great movie without major funding and special effects. I think it's probably the scariest movie since the Exorcist." Keyboardist/Producer Josh Silver says the film is "the most terrifyingly original horror movie since 'Night of the Living Dead.' It has restored my faith in art."...

...SLIPKNOT lead singer Cory has recorded "End of the World" with Sticky Finger of ONYX for Sticky's (Mr. Finger's?) upcoming solo release. At the helm for this track was producer Ross Robinson who has worked with such names as KORN, LIMP BIZKIT, SOULFLY and SLIPKNOT. Speaking of Slipknot, the band is currently on tour with labelmates COAL CHAMBER and MACHINE HEAD and you can find their tour dates by clicking here...

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