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My Favorite Band in the World: The puta-pons, (who were once known as Rhoda) are putting the final touches on their debut CD. The most beautiful women in rock music are swinging through Texas on a short tour before cutting the master in Austin. I've seriously waited three years for this CD.
www.geocities.com/theputa_pons/
Shows of the Month: A huge number of interesting and offbeat bands are heading into the Maximum Ink distribution area:
11/2 The Tubes (with Fee Waybill) Shank Hall - Milwaukee
11/3 Cypress Hill, MxPx & The Offspring US Cellular Arena Milwaukee
11/4 former Dinosaur Jr. frontman, J Mascis And The Fog 1st Avenue Minneapolis
11/6 Murder City Devils Concert Café Green Bay & 11/7 1st Avenue Minneapolis
11/9 Southern Culture On The Skids The Annex Madison
11/11 Mustard Plug Concert Café Green Bay & 11/12 7th St. Entry Minneapolis
11/15 Bloodhound Gang The Barrymore Madison
11/15 Former Bauhaus vocalist Peter Murphy 1st Avenue Minneapolis
11/24 The Dandy Warhols The Annex Madison & 11/25 The Rave Milwaukee
12/6 Alejandro Escovedo Gil Café Milwaukee, 12/6 - Café Montmartre Madison, 12/8 Maintenance Shop Ames Iowa & 12/9 1st Avenue - Minneapolis
Take if from the Man: Jim Bean, the company that has brought generations of musicians bottled happiness or sorrow, is giving out $1000 Grants to unsigned musicians. B.E.A.M. (Benefiting Emerging Artist in Music) is giving away $75,000 this year. Check out their website and good luck.
www.jimbeam.com
Seventeen Rhinos: Have been pretty quiet lately, but you won't have to wait much longer. Currently in the studio with a new rhythm section, and live shows will be seen after the New Year.
Fear Not the Top 40: Many people have divulged to me about the sad state of popular music. All of the pre-fabricated boy bands, the horrible state of soul music, Divas (God, I hate that term) and the teenage sex goddesses that have cornered the charts. What you have to remember is that Rock and Roll music has always been in the underground of the music industry. For only a short period of time (1964 1968) did Rock music ever top the charts. For the most part the charts have always been full of pre-fabricated, phony music thought up in an office by some fat producer and their team of lackeys. That is something that is never going to change. So ignore the charts, the awards shows, MTV and go out and buy the music that you like. Go out and see the shows. Rock and Roll (trance, hip-hop, etc) should be experienced in smoky clubs, warehouses, basements and parties. It's music removed from the high-rise offices and boardrooms. It's our music.
One in a Billion: Jeff Hallberg was an artist in the first degree. He wrote novels, songs and poetry. Everything that he did was done with artistic expertise. In the 80's he was a roadie for The Cramps, The B-52's and Talking Heads. He always seemed to be in all the right places at the right time (New York, LA, Austin, Chicago) and knew everyone involved in all of those historic scenes. Jeff told the funniest stories that I've ever heard in my life and you always knew that they were true because nobody would ever make up stories like he had, as they usually were embarrassing for him. Jeff died on October 10 after being on life support for a month. He drank his life away and died at age 45. He leaves his two sons, Austin and Tex to carry on his artistic legacy.
The German Art Students: Have cancelled their European tour to record their next CD, "Verona's Burning!"
Kill Switch...Klick: just finished mastering their best of CD entitled
Milkin' It For All It's Worth- The Best Of Kill Switch...Klick.
It features 16 songs and a Quicktime Video for their song Produkt (Mass
Market Mix) directed by Brent Watanabe. The CD also features remixes by
Tony James & Neal X of Sigue Sigue Sputnik and Matt Green of Spahn Ranch.
www.iregular.com/
New Found Glory: Is one of the hot new CD to appear in my mailbox. Straight-out electric Rock and Roll (some would call it Punk) and they are on tour this month in the Maximum Ink circulation area. Here are the dates; 11/2 - Green Bay Concert Café, 11/3 Minneapolis Quest Club, 11/4 Milwaukee The Rave and 11/5 Madison The Barrymore.
www.newfoundglory.com
Full Mailbag: There were just too many great rock CD's coming into the office this month that there is no way that any of us could review them all, so here is a bunch to check out. Look them up on the Internet. You won't regret it. The (International) Noise Conspiracy Survival Sickness, Tidewater Grain Here On The Outside, SUM 41 Half Hour Of Power, Crush Down Like This.
RIP: Webmaster Doc Rock is taking care of some personal business and hasn't had time to do much updating on The Dead Rock Star Site. Let's all wish him luck.
Benjamin Orr (Benjamin Orzechowski) - Died 10-3-2000 - Pancreatic cancer
(New Wave) Born 1947 in Cleveland, Ohio, (He did, "Stay The Night") Was a member of The Grasshoppers, Milkwood, Cap'n Swing and was a singer and bassist for the legendary 80's band, The Cars.
To see a complete listing of all the musicians who have died since the beginning of time, go to The Dead Rock Star Club
http://users.efortress.com/doc-rock/2000.html
If you're in a band in the Maximum Ink circulation area and have some news for me, (or just want to bitch me out) write me at: kulczyk@maximum-ink.com |
