BURST Issue #19 July 2014 by BURST Magazine

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James Getting Away With

Jim Glennie talks stunning new album, concerts and what makes the game special

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pages 6-17 Articles

pages 18-30 Interviews

pages 32-35 Albums Reviews

page 42 Director’s Cut

JAMES It’s common knowledge that Greek audience was always fond of British music, but if we have to speak for James, it’s clearly what Mick Jagger says, “old habits die hard”. Read the whole story and interview on page 18

page 44 Film Reviews

page 46 TV Series Beginner’s Guide

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Metallica: Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Beyond Magnetic? By Mike Ritchie

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7 It’s no secret since the release of the Black Album, each new Metallica album has been met with its mixed share of criticism, love, disdain, indifference, apathy and excitement. However one might feel about the monstrous juggernaut that spawned Enter Sandman (recently setting a new sales record of 16 million units), the ‘less than heavy’ Load/Reload era, St. Anger and well…. that record they did with Lou Reed, fans across the world have never been shy about voicing their passion about the mighty Met. The bay area band that released four genre-building landmark records in the 80’s helping mold the very identity of the metal scene, including the Grail-like, Master Of Puppets, cementing them as a band that could do no wrong. It was unimaginable and incomprehensible, at the time, that a prominent member of the future Big Thrash Four could release music that would be met by raised eyebrows and questioning ears. No naysayer would dare talk shit about the mighty Hetfield and crew for fear of a real battery by loyal diehards.

ing it was a true return to their heralded early thrash decadence, others thought it was a heavier version of recent efforts, while others simply said, ‘well they’re trying’. While Magnetic was the closest they’d come to their signature anger and fury in years, to many fans it simply wasn’t the Metallica they once knew.

Lars Ulrich has said many times that there can only be one Master Of Puppets and has defended the post Black Album efforts as necessary for change, evolution no matter how ‘stock’ it may sound to fans. Though during a time of major band turmoil, personal issues and Jason’s departure, captured in Some Kind Of Monster, Lars has said, St. Anger ‘had’ to happen. While some fans have praised and defended the 90’searly 2000’s era shift in sound (with some Binge & Purge and S&M in between) many more Met-Heads used the Load-Anger Trio as their personal metallic punching bag. Many calling it sacrilege from the band that started with Kill’em All and Ride The Lightning.

On the bands long-awaited tenth album Lars recently commented that the biggest issue for the band is time, not ideas, dealing with their hectic schedule. Ulrich has said that the record is about 90% written and gave a potential timeline of continued writing into 2015, recording and hopefully having a new record out sometime in the year. With an undeniably busy schedule recently playing in Antarctica, Kirk Hammett’s Horror Movie Convention, finishing and releasing the ill faring Through The Never in theaters time does seem to be the biggest hurdle to overcome. Earlier this month fans in Glastonbury protested James Hetfield’s involvement in the History Channels upcoming series The Hunt chronicling a trip to Kodiak Alaska to hunt brown bears. Hetfield is an avid hunter and big game promoter. A Facebook page was started in late May asking for Metallica’s removal from headlining Glastonbury Festival this year. Regardless of when the new record comes, like it, love it or hate it, it will be done, Metallica’s way.

Then they went out on The Escape From The Studio ’06 tour performing Master Of Puppets in its entirety, bringing back the creativity and vibe of that record with fans hoping it would continue in the studio. Death Magnetic was released in 2008 to similar mixed reaction. Some say-

In 2012 they released Beyond Magnetic, an EP that coincided with their 30th anniversary shows recorded during the Death Magnetic sessions. So, now mid-2014, speculation runs rampant about the next Metallica record. Some fans clamoring for every bit of news and tidbits available, some carrying hope based on Death Magnetic and some just not caring anymore. With the global masses freely voicing their opinions, praise and venom on social media, when will it come out and what will it sound like? A clue and possible preview was given in Bogota Columbia on their 2014 By Request Tour, where they played a fan selected set along with a new 8-minute opus called Lords Of Summer.

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Green Day Punk or not? By Christina Alossi

Green Day are a mainstream band that has gained the respect of the whole world; they started with punk influences and maintained the Punk attitude into more alternative music patterns. 1972 was the common birth year of the band as its basic members, Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt and Tre Cool, all were born during that year. Their initial name was “Sweet Children”, later on they changed it into a name that would make them famous for their approval of marijuana. Operation Ivy was a huge influence for Billie and led him into creating a band with Mike at the age of 15. This band had close bonds, one of the few, and very little changes to its lineup, as the 3 basic members seem to have discovered what they wanted to create early enough and fit together musically and personally. They started in 1987 and since then they have 11 completed albums with many hit songs and have been loved BURST www.afternoiz.com

by a broad audience, punk or not. Their aggressive energy, the punk attitude, the political related lyrics and their sensitive look on things have established them as one of the American sweetheart bands. American Idiot was a milestone to their career. An album dedicated to Mr Bush, who was the current president at the time of the songs’ release. The album’s eponymous song became a rock diamond fist to the faces of the politicians of the country and a global hymn; it made it to be a Broadway musical and won two Tony Awards. On a personal level, if someone wanted my opinion on Green Day, I would say that they are a band of honesty and balls. When gossip was around on Billie’s issues with alcohol (after an incident in a concert in Las Vegas for Iheart radio), I watched and watched the video but failed to see an alcoholic, bad tempered, spoilt rock star; instead I saw a healthy annoyed

person that bravely dealt with stupid attitudes that we all have to deal with, but maybe we do not have the courage to do so. I totally agree with his approach and his theatrical answer- for me it was completely justified and executed with the proper rock attitude. When you cut a band on stage, to whom you have already awarded with 5 Grammy awards, and you give them like a minute on stage… well you were asking for it. For me Billie could have made a bigger fuss about it all; yet he was handling it quite calmly, considering the circumstances. Anyway, that was one small incident that proves that Green Day have both the punk attitude and the appropriate self-esteem for what they are doing. Mr Rotten can keep on being mean (as good and great he is regardless of this) about them not playing actual punk music. Sure it has nothing to do with the kind of music the Sex Pistols or the Ramones did back in the days, however

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you cannot say they are soft. To my ears their punk explosions sound very good, they just seem more mainstream as years go by. That is not necessarily bad I must say. Now if you want to categorise them no matter what, well, I would answer back that no band plays only one specific kind. Check it out in Wikipedia if you like, all bands will work with more than one genres. Even the Pistols made a trip to rock n roll. All and all Green day work honestly and up until today they create songs that gladly find their way to the all-types-of-music-ipod fans, something that feels like great success to me. Verdict: Up until Dookie we talked about pure punk; since Dookie the mix between punk and alternative became more and more intense until we reached the point of today, talking about the most successful bands of the rock scene, with a total punk attitude and exceptional singles from 1994 till now.

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XStorieS Ray Marianne Faithfull: The unknown side by Jo Gogou

Photos by Jo Gogou and Raphael Aretakis

Marianne Evelyn Faithfull (born in 29 December 1946) in Hampstead, London. Her life starts in England. There she lives with her Austrian mother, Eva von SacherMasoch, Baroness of Erisso ( niece of the writer Leopold von Sacher-Masoch), and her British father, Robert Glynn Faithfull. At the age of six, she will be separated from her father. She will stay with her mother and grandmother until puberty. The history behind her starts before the day she was born. Her mother’s origin and heritage holds a burden and a certain responsibility. She comes from an aristocratic family, the Habsburg Dynasty, a part of whom were Jewish. Her mother was actually a dancer, a ballerina, who worked for the Max Reinhardt Company and for Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill. Apart from that, her uncle was a writer, not just any writer, but the person that wrote the Venus in Furs, introducing the term masochism, Mr Leopold von Sacher-Masoch. Faithfull has stated about her heritage: “I’m

even going to Budapest, which is nice because I’m half English and half Austro-Hungarian. I’ve inherited the title Baroness Sacher-Masoch—it comes from one of my great uncles who gave his name to masochism.” The actual title is Ritter von SacherMasoch rather than Baron.

father. The hate for men becomes more and more evident for these women and the little Marianne faces it daily.

According to another interview for BBC, her mother’s and grandmother’s history had transformed into personal tragedy for her. The end of WW2 meant great losses for most and poverty for even more. Vienna was approached by the allies, but still, those were challenging times. The Soviet soldiers took back the city and violence was not avoided. Murders occurred and so did rape. One of the raped women was her grandmother, Eva von SacherMasoch.

“The problem with living life as if there is no tomorrow is that you get to this age and realise that it simply isn’t true.”(dailymail.co.uk)

Hard years for all of them, and even though they passed, the memories stuck there for years. They did not seem to be able to erase that memory from their minds and bodies. Her grandmother will abandon her husband and will abandon her

Her disappointment and a cold heart will turn her to what she became… to what most know about her until today.

Her career in music started in 1964 and the cinematic one in 1967.With 21 albums and 21 or more tv and cinema appearances, almost everyone knows about her. Marianne Faithfull discography 1965: Come My Way (UK-only) 1965: Marianne Faithfull 1965: Go Away from My World (US-only) 1966: North Country Maid 1967: Love in a Mist 1977: Dreamin’ My Dreams (aka Faithless) 1979: Broken English 1981: Dangerous Acquaintances 1983: A Child’s Adventure 1985: Rich Kid Blues (Recorded 1971; aka True: The Collection) 1987: Strange Weather 1990: Blazing Away (Live) 1995: A Secret Life 1997: 20th Century Blues 1998: The Seven Deadly Sins 1999: Vagabond Ways 2002: Kissin Time 2005: Before the Poison 2008: Easy Come, Easy Go 2011: Horses and High Heels 2014: Give My Love to London Marianne Faithfull mography

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1972 Lucifer Rising (Short) 1974 Ghost Story 1975 Assault on Agathon 1992 The Turn of the Screw 1993 When Pigs Fly 1994 Shopping 1995 Moondance 1996 Crimetime 2001 Intimacy 2001 Far from China 2006 Paris, je t’aime 2007 Irina Palm 2011 Faces in the Crowd 2012 Belle du Seigneur 2013 Who Do You Think You Are? “Saving simply wasn’t part of the equation. Money didn’t matter to me - so much so that I don’t own anything. I haven’t got a house or a mortgage or a car. I’m still renting - at 60!” (dailymail.co.uk) The era that was starting was a historic one, an era that would generate great artists. Quite a few alcohol, drugs and lyrics that were carved in people’s minds. “Wild horses couldn’t drag me away” The Rolling Stones Marianne is one of those girls set to live an intense life and party on, like they only know how to party. Her background and the misleading in terms of feelings she was raised with, well it could have been the hardest lesson for her. She has stated that it took her almost 50 years to love and comprehend. She has said that she couldn’t really understand her own reactions towards Mick Jagger’, since they both loved each other deeply . “I wish I’d been nicer to my parents, and I wish I’d been a better mother.” “Heroin was a waste of time. It took me off course for about ten years. I can’t remember why I thought it would change my

11 life. But when I took it,I felt no pain, which was what I wanted at the time. “The trouble with something like that is, you feel no joy either. It’s important to have spirituality in your life. It’s subtle but it’s crucial. And when you are on drugs, it simply isn’t there.” (www.dailymail.co.uk) In 2004 she will face health problems. The diagnosis is breast cancer. After many detox in hospitals, she will go there again, this time for cancer treatment. She will soon face surgery too. “I belong to the generation that thinks cancer means death, so I was petrified.”(dailymail.co.uk) Her success, the love and her passion for her son turned her into a better person and a better artist. Awards & Nominations: 1999. Ranked 25th on VH1’s 100 Greatest Women of Rock and Roll. 2007. She has received a nomination for Best Actress (European Film Academy for the part of Maggie in Irina Palm). Helen Mirren won the title. 2009. The Women’s World Awards present Faithfull with the World Arts Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2009. “Marianne’s contribution to the arts over a 45-year career including 18 studio albums as a singer, songwriter and interpreter, and numerous appearances on stage and screen is now being acknowledged with this special award.” It was a ceremony that was part of the International Women’s Day celebrations. 2011. Faithfull is awarded the Commandeur of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (a very prestigeous one for the French). “We believed in love. It wasn’t just sex and I get annoyed when people think it was. It was love, a romantic ideal, always. At least it was for me.”(dailymail. co.uk) BURST www.afternoiz.com

Knockin’ On

Heaven’s BY helen Door marie joyce

Fact File Days on Earth: March 2, 1948 - June 14, 1995 (aged 47)

Associated Act: Rory Gallagher (solo artist), 1970 - 1995. Taste, 1963 - 1970. (Rhythm ‘n Blues // Blues // Blues Rock // Hard Rock).

Biggest Influence: Muddy Waters, Chuck Berry, Buddy Holly, Buddy Guy.

Quoted: “I see music as a lifetime affair, I’m not in it for the big kill and then get out.”

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Rory Gallagher was an Irishman with a passion; a passion for playing the Blues, Hard and with excesses of soul. Gallagher didn’t have the Blues, the Blues had him and this is what sets him apart from other contemporary artists. He was not the psychedelic pioneer that Hendrix was, no, yet he had more discipline and more fervor. He was a multiinstrumentalist, which helped him enrich his sound in Blues, giving it more texture and more depth; he was very fond of his well-worn 1961 Fender Stratocaster, and wore it proudly across his body throughout his stage career. Gallagher is a perfect example of: boy meets the Blues, falls madly in love, and the rest is Blues-ical history. The ‘boyo’ Rory Rory was born in Ballyshannon, County Donegal, but he was raised in Cork together with his younger brother, and attended the North Monastery School. Rory grew up in a musical home; with his father being an accordion player, and his mother being a singer, it was easy for Rory to develop a musical ear, even without the need for his parents to endorse musical training, although they also did that. Rory was nine when he received his first guitar and he insisted on building his skill through hours of self-teaching. Exposure through various small school functions earned him a winning place in a talent contest which gave him the boost to be performing during his adolescence with the

same ol’ guitar, plus an electric one he managed to buy with the prize money, opening a whole new horizon to his perception of guitar sound. The teenage ‘boyo’ Rory was malleable; he had identified a strong inclination and deep attraction to music, yet he was still tender in terms of style. As it usually is, the first acoustic impressions are the ones that never leave you; in Rory’s case, he began to be drawn by Skiffle music (a Jazz-Blues-Folk amalgamation growing out of the post-war British jazz scene) after listening to artist Lonnie Donegan on the radio. Donegan frequently covered State-side blues songs, and so, with the gradual aid of television, the Blues Education of Mr. Rory Gallagher began. Rory notably stayed up at night to listen to radio shows as it was his only way of tapping into this side of music, which intrigued him so. Influences from across the Atlantic were inundating Rory’s ears; he was introduced to Blues titans Muddy Waters, Chuck Berry, Woody Guthrie, Big Bill Broonzy, and Lead Belly. Taste (-ing) Blues!

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So acute was Rory’s infatuation with the wholesome sound of Blues that he delved into the depths of instrument knowledge (harmonica, sax, bass, mandolin, banjo, coral sitar and others) in an attempt to move beyond the prevailing acoustic sound of the day. It was too restrictive for him. At age 15, Rory could not re-

sist the 1961 sunburst Fender Stratocaster which he found on second hand sale for £100. His mother claimed that they would be forever in debt in order to pay the installments for the Strat, but the visionary Rory told her to relax since he could now play both rhythm and lead, which meant he could save from paying a rhythm guitar player for his future gigs. It was like he already knew that this guitar would become the extension of his arm for the rest of his musical career. So with his Strat under arm, and on his own, he developed a slide technique, and by the end of his teenage years he was heavily experimenting in different styles of the Blues, consolidating his commitment to the genre for life. Trying to find his place in the industry but with the need to pay bills weighing over his head, Rory joined the Irish showbands that were popular entertainment groups of 6 or 7 members that covered pop and rock n’ roll hits, including dancing in their performances as well. With Fontana, which he joined in the early 1960s, he toured Ireland and the UK and he gradually tweaked the band’s sound, pushing it more into Rhythm and Blues and renamed the band into The Impact, with which he performed a few more shows, going across borders to play in Spain as well. But this group was not Bluesy enough for Rory; by pinching The Impact’s bass and drummer, the 3 of them did one more show in Hamburg, Germany. Returning back to Ireland, the seeds of The Taste

13 (later known as Taste) had been sown, as Rory was eager to form a band of his own musical direction wasting no more time here and there. After its formation in 1966 as a tenacious trio, (Gallagher, Kitteringham on drums, and Damery on bass) and touring in Ireland, the UK and Germany, Taste also became a regular sensation at an RnB club in a Belfast hotel; Gallagher was never one to shy away from hard work and sweat trickling down his Strat. Info Alert! The heavy touring period of Taste meant sleeping in a van here and there for nearly two years, playing as many as 5 sets per night! Under this line up the band did not release any material, as the first record came into existence in 1969 with the self-titled debut ‘Taste’, a typical Blues Rock album, that featured Wilson on drums, and McCracken on bass. They performed extensively throughout the UK with diligence, and as well as playing for renowned Marquee club in London, they also supported Cream together with the newly formed Yes at the Royal Albert Hall in 1969. The debut album has been characterised by many as being a very ‘raw’ album, and Rory has explained it was at a time when experi-

menting with echoes and reverb was still at an embryonic stage, and it took a while to find the right balance between recording it towards the flat side, and overdoing it and risking the sound being too floaty and “gimmicky”. The second album, ‘On the Boards’ follows a similar pattern in the rawness of sound, yet it was much more enhanced and smoothed out than its predecessor. Two more albums followed, recorded live as touring and playing live was what Taste was mostly doing towards the end of their day; ‘Live Taste’ (1970) in Montreux Switzerland and ‘Live at the Isle of Wight’ in 1971, (released after the bands’ breakup) marked the end of the group. Gallagher becomes Moonchild’ of Blues

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Rory Gallagher felt the need to reinvent himself yet again, and he toured as a solo artist in 1971. He found a partnerin-music when he auditioned Gerry McAvoy on bass, and their cooperation lasted up until the end of the former’s days. With a power-trio concept in mind, together with McAvoy and Wilgar Campbell, Gallagher releases his self-titled debut album ‘Rory Gallagh-

er’, followed by ‘Deuce’ (also in 1971) and ‘Live in Europe’ (1972). Through these three albums Gallagher is still working at figuring out his sound. The debut album gave a feeling of an oozy bluesy laissez faire jam session, whereas ‘Deuce’ appears more organized and more structured, slightly more direct and with succinct riffology. The Live in Europe album is a testament to Gallagher’s persistence, drive and passion for the Blues. He felt that touring and being on stage baring his soul was the core of being a musician. Indicatively, the ‘Live in Europe’ album only contained two of his own songs, the hits from each of his previous albums, Laundromat and In Your Town. The rest were his renditions of popular and well-known blues tracks. The Live in Europe album is often considered Gallagher’s shining moment, bringing him commercial success and getting him consolidated as a world class Blues musician. Following a line-up change Gallagher releases ‘Blueprint’ (1973) also adding keyboards into the mix, and moving away from his power-trio set up. The keyboard sound took this album to the next level by adding depth and substance, and em-

bellishing it further for a fuller sound. ‘Tattoo’ (1973) is the next album that saw Gallagher experiment with influences as it incorporated elements of folk, jazz and even country. It is a very mellow, sentimental album. Lyrics Alert! There’s a song on the lips of everybody, There’s a smile all around the room, There’s conversation overflowing, But I sit here with the blues (A Million Miles Away). Another live album follows in 1974 ‘Irish Tour ‘74’ at a time when Belfast was in uproar, with IRA and violence being routine and bombs going off all over the city. Gallagher did not cancel his shows as his contemporaries did; he came out every time and performed with fervor, with enthusiasm that he filled the crowd with hope. ‘Against the Grain’ (1975) gained him US recognition, and paved the way for ‘Calling Card’ (1976) which is my personal favourite as it is bursting with musical synergy, featuring face-melters like Do you Read Me and Secret Agent. Sadly, this would be the last album to feature keyboards for a long time. After that, Gallagher reverted to the power-trio set up (although the drummer was interchangeable) and released 5 more studio albums, most no-

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14 table mention is definitely ‘Top Priority’ which was a very personal album, expressing Gallagher’s concerns with the music industry. Finally in 1990, he re-introduced the sweet sound of keyboards and released his last album ‘Fresh Evidence’ amidst some serious health problems Gallagher began to face; the themes of the album were very human, everyday issues and working-class battles with a hopeful note resonating throughout the melodies.

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Bowed not Broken Gallagher’s persistence in touring combined with a fear of flying and the necessary use of sedatives, in conjunction with his frequent alcohol consumption worked disasters for his liver which was failing rapidly in the early 90’s. Despite this severe damage to his wellbeing Gallagher, being irrevocably pledged to the Blues, continued to travel, playing and getting increasingly sick and bloated. He

did not care. Over the course of his career, Gallagher may have played over 1600 shows!! The last scheduled show in Netherlands however, January 1995, had to be cancelled as Gallagher had to be admitted to hospital. Within a few months a liver transplant was the only viable solution, but after 13 weeks of intensive care, on 14th June 1995, the universe decided it was time to pull the earthly plug on Gallagher and usurped a musical genius from

the world. He had bowed, but he didn’t fall broken. Rory Gallagher will always remain in our hearts and souls as one of the greatest and most dignified craftsmen of the Blues.

Enjoy Rory

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Justin Timberlake A Pop Icon

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17 Justin Timberlake has been wowing the world since 1993, where he had his debut on The Mickey Mouse Club. He certainly made an impression because in 1995, he formed the ever-so-popular boy band *NSYNC. All the young girls from the 90s, like myself, remember the rivalry between *NSYNC and the Backstreet Boys in which there is still really no clear winner (I’m *NSYNC all the way!). These debates got very heated on playgrounds all across America. Not only was it debated about whose music was better, oh no; girls also disputed over who was cuter: Justin Timberlake or Nick Carter? God forbid one of them got a girlfriend; the world was over. As the nostalgia sets in, I remember Justin having many girlfriends. The most memorable of his relationships was with Britney Spears, of course! So many accusations went flying during their relationship as to who cheated on who, but, eventually, their relationship ended in March of 2002 with all fingers pointed towards Britney as the cheater. During that same year, *NSYNC went on a “hiatus” (let’s be honest, they broke up) and Justin released his first solo album, Justified. Each single off the album packed a punch, especially “Rock Your Body,” which, combined with Justin’s sex-a-licious dance moves in the music video, is really catchy. Almost all of the songs on Justified are funky and capable of being sung by *NSYNC. Which hints

that maybe Justin had some heartbreak about not rocking out with his fellow boy band members anymore. That heartbreak was short lived. Justin went off on his own adventure after *NSYNC and that seems to be working out really well for him! What really made his music career skyrocket was his second album, FutureSex/LoveSounds (2006) (which sounds nothing like *NSYNC, by the way). Of course, by that time, all of us girls who grew up with JT were entering our teen years and “SexyBack” was our anthem-with-a-meaning-we-didn’t-understand. Each song had its own place on the album and they each gave us chills in all the right places. Let’s face it, though; Justin Timberlake making an album entitled FutureSex/LoveSounds is down right sexy. FutureSex / LoveSounds contains such a wide variety of eclectic sounds; each song is different. Sadly, I don’t think the same can be said for Justin’s newest album, The 20/20 Experience (2013). The only song that stands out (on both The 20/20 Experience and The 20/20 Experience - 2 of 2) is “Mirrors.” The rest just seem to be replicas of each other; however, there’s a smooth jazzy feel to them that makes you want to groove like you’re back in the 80s (which most of JT’s fans don’t remember)! The sex appeal is still there, though -- people say that music is the gateway into someone’s soul and Jus-

tin’s soul is as sexy as it gets. If his emotions don’t come across in the lyrics, the way he sings them makes sure we understand. Justin’s voice will always wow me, but my theory as to why his latest album is lacking his usual funk is that perhaps he’s been focusing too much on acting. FutureSex/ LoveSounds came out right when his acting career started to take off. He had been in other things, but I still remember when Alpha Dog came out in 2006 (which I also remember not being allowed to watch). After that, he appeared in more and more movies, most notably Shrek the Third (2007) Bad Teacher (2011), and Friends with Benefits (2011), which, admittedly, are all on my “Favorite Movies” list. He definitely stands out as an actor; personally, I find him to be really funny! Whether it’s dry-humping Cameron Diaz in Bad Teacher or lip-synching Kriss Kross’s “Jump” to co-star Mila Kunis in Friends with Benefits, he’s got what it takes to make people laugh. However, I’m not sure how much the sex scenes with Mila Kunis made his wife, Jessica Biel, laugh. They’ve been together since 2007 but just got married in 2012. Throughout their relationship, Justin has been accused of cheating a lot; the list is a lot longer than it was with Britney (no matter who cheated on who). Nevertheless, we all think, and, despite all the cheating, his wife probably thinks it too, that Justin is undeniably a Pop icon who amazes the media time after time!

WordsOf Wisdom by Karolina Pacan

Paul Chilton asked Karolina: Have you ever tried to get the crowd going, and they haven’t responded how they should? Answer: ‘Your personality stays your personality’’ Hello Paul , and thank you for your question. In fact you can’t have ready expectation on every public, because all nations are different and everyone have their own personality. Some react very enthusiastically, others are more calm, but also very happy. Some feel the music outside and they scream to it, others are feeling the music inside, and they will express only with smile, and that is really fine! There is no real definition of how people should respond to my ‘’get the crowd going’’, for me the best evidence that you like what I do, is.. the fact, that you actually came to my show, and the way you respond to my callings from stage, stays always your private choice, and I will never be disappointed, your personality stays your personality.

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JAMES It’s common knowledge that Greek audience was always fond of British music, but if we have to speak for James, it’s clearly what Mick Jagger says, “old habits die hard”. Active for more than 30 years, with numerous hit singles, just a month ago, they satisfied their audience with their new thirteenth album “Le Petit Mort”. And on the contrast with other groups of the same period that plead for inspiration, James presented an album not only better than expected, but probably a classic one. Everything started in Manchester in 1982, when guitarist Paul Gilbertson and his childhood friend bassist Jim Glennie decided to form a band called “Venereal” along with Gavan Whelam on drums. After a period with occasional vocalists, Tim Booth joined first as a dancer and soon in vocals and “James” were born on August 1982. When you are the next best thing in the “Madchester” scene in the ‘80s, you have to perform live at “The Haçienda”, and although James had already had their first opportunity to record a full-length album with “Factory Records”, they chose to release a 3-track EP, “Jimone” as their debut. Success, although predicted, wasn’t built in a day due to complicated things as Gilbertson’s drug issues (which led to his replacement by band’s guitar tutor Larry Gott), and Booth and Glennie’s lifestyle choices. All this led to a slow down and a couple of promising, but not so successful EPs. Their debut album “Stutter” finally came out almost four years after in 1986, with the collaboration of Sire Records. Although Sire was the band’s choice, after two unsuccessful albums, the band and the company seperated ways, and James with no money left at all, achieved to take a loan of £12,000 from the Royal Bank of Scotland, to finance their third studio and first live album, “One Man Clapping”. Surprisingly, the al-

bum gained commercial success and reached number 1 in indie charts! The end of the decade found James reconstructing their image and sound. After the replacement of the drummer and the addition of some extras, a now seven line-up group was ready for new material. Their third studio album “Gold Mother” was first released in June 1990, but after the huge success of the non album single “Sit Down” (as well as “Come Home”), it was re-released with more more than 200.000 copies sold. The golden era had just started for James, who recorded one more album with the same line-up, “Seven”. It made them recognizable in the other side of the Antlantic and a support group to Neil Young’s tour in U.S. . Flying back to U.K., it was about time for the band to work with Brian Eno, a collaboraton that the band was trying to achieve since the recordings of their debut. Through a six-week session, two albums were released, their probably most well - known and all ways successful “Laid”, and the more experimental with improvising jams, “Wah Wah”. James continued their successful route with another tour in the U.S., while Booth made his first attempts of some solo projects. But it was not the time for them to back off. Their new, seventh album “Whiplash” was again a huge success of the band, with their alternative sound to be even more characteristic of them. The golden age was here and it would be here till the millennium. It was 2000, the band was almost active for two decades, and after a couple of less successful releases than the previous, led to now acclaimed but then unsuccessful studio album “Pleased to meet you”, which would be the last for James’ first period. After the release, Tim Booth announced his departure from the band in order to focus on his solo projects, while almost all past

members rejoined the band for the final gigs in UK and of course Manchester, on the 7th of December, 2001. Most albums were re-released along with a bunch of compilations... The reunion took place almost 6 years after, with Booth re-joining the team for a UK tour at first place, with the whole “Laid” line-up to be active and present. Since then 7 years have passed during which they recorded two full length (including “La Petite Mort”) and two mini albums, performing in the biggest festivals in US, while their European tours were almost non - stop (yey, we saw them in Greece many many times!). Their latest album “La Petite Mort” was released in the 2nd of June, 2014, and do not be afraid of the bit macabre title or artwork. It’s far away from dark experiments or something like that. In 2012 Booth lost his mother and his best friend and that contributed to a more spiritual approach of his songwriting. The sound remains the same, old, beloved alternative rock, with the certainty that some songs will become hits. At the end of the day, each and every one of us has listened to James, loves their music and is still recalling pleasant memories of their concerts. As it seems, this bed is still on fire, and it will probably continue to be for much longer.

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20 Hello Jim! How are you? How are you doing? Very good! Good, sorry to keep you waiting. Oh, I was a bit nervous. I said, “oh, they forgot” (laughing) No, it’s just that we’ve been rehearsing a bit late in the afternoon and we run over a new project So, where are you right now Jim? At home In Scotland, I live in the north west coast of Scotland, in the Highlands. I only came back yesterday, at home for a few days and then the rest of the weekend we are going to do another festival.

So, you are on tour right now?

So what took you so long to write another album?

We are just doing lots of festivals, at the moment. The festival season has started which usually means we are away every weekend and then it’s a couple of days in between where we get to go home, if we are lucky.

That’s a good question, em, I’m not sure. We were happy to take our time. I don’t think we felt is was a big rush to get the record out. We wrote the album over a long period of time, over probably two to three years, just kind of grabbing random sessions wherever we could. It is not always that easy to get us all in the same place. We live a long way from each other. So, whenever we do a festival or we are working, we try to get to sessions and do what we can do. Those are difficult days, definately. But that music takes a long time to get the songs together. And we were happy for that to happen, because we were more concerned on making sure we’d written the right songs for the record. And we wanted to get the record as good as we could. I think last

Ok. We were in Norway this weekend, just gone and the next weekend we’re in Bratislava, in Slovakia. We’ve been all over the place! That’s nice. So Jim it’s been 6 years since your last full-length album, “Hey Ma”, and I think 4 since the minies, “The Night Before” and “The Morning After”. Right? Yeah.

year we decided that we have written enough songs and we were happy with how things are. So, it was kind ok, now lets go and do the album and make the record. So I think on the one side, we needed to take our time, making sure we got the songs right, then we had to get on them, go in and finish them. Which we did last summer, we went to the studio last year, we’re still figuring it out, we still had things to play. There was no big time planning depending on when it would come out. OK, so, La Petite Mort, is written in Manchester, the title is French the artwork seems to be inspired by the Mexican holiday, Dia de los muertos. Is it a multicultural compilation/album? Well, I think the thing that connects it all, is the theme

“For once we wanted to make a record that sounded great as well. And that’s when we started looking a producer that can make a record sound wonderful. And we came across Max Dingel”

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21 of death. Rather that to be in French title, Mexican artwork, written around the world. I think that, you know, you write, we did write some songs in Athens, we wrote some in Portugal, wherever we could grab some space, we wrote songs. I think that is probably reflected in the record. The connecting theme I think between the title and the artwork is death. Yes It’s dying. Not necessarily literally, but sometimes as a message for the change. We wanted something which reflected that. Which was kind of, I don’t know, had some humor, some fun. And affecting more with what it literally means, the little death, also means post orgasmic state. So, it was fun there, yes you mention the death, la petite mort, but it is also the kind of some humor. The artwork, we loved the day that the image was ready. It was just so colorful and positive and the skull kind of reflects death again in a very uplifting way, it’s what we wanted, you know. I think in the west, I think very much at Britain at least, we don’t deal with that very well. Death is almost like it never exists, you know. It’s just something, someone dies you know, everyone gets miserable and then it disappears basically and it’s almost like we wanted to somehow, bring a little attention to it. But not in a miserable, depressive way, I think in a quite a positive way. I think that’s kind of why you read the title and the artwork, you know. We are having some fun with it. Because we didn’t want the record to be heavy, even the lyrics come to be, it’s obviously, it can be quite a happy subject. But we didn’t want that to come across in that way, we didn’t want the record to be heavy and depressive and all that. Tell me about the artwork, was it a ready picture, did you ask some-

“We were happy to take our time. I don’t think we felt is was a big rush to get the record out. We wrote the album over a long a period of time, over probably two to three years, just kind of grabbing random sessions wherever we could”. one to do it? No, no, we had this idea of the skull, we kind of wanted the skull image and then we got in touch with the design company and the guy’s name is Blue Insect, that’s not his real name. He calls himself Blue Insect, and he came up with this skull, with the image he kind of made this classic creepy skull and then he put all the colors and then we drew on it. We played around it a little bit, we put a daisy on the cheek, a flower, just kind of a little acknowledgement of James’ phase really. He made a few little changes but he just kind of roll over. It was exactly what we were looking for, you know, it’s very striking; and it’s so colorful, you know, it really is exactly what was the idea of that. Just a celebration, you know, a wonderful day. The day of the death celebration, where everybody celebrates, remember the

passed, in a very very very positive way. And hopefully you can take a little bit of that positive theme and stick it on the program. Ok! In your own words, what’s your feeling for this album, for this work? We absolutely love it, we’re incredibly proud of it. We think it’s one of the best records we’ve ever made. We knew when we finished, right in the songs, we got some great songs in there, we knew that. For once we wanted to make a record that sounded great as well. And that’s when we started looking a producer that can make a record sound wonderful. And we came across Max Dingel, with has previously worked with The Killers, White lies and all these records sound amazing, just really impressive. We went to him with a couple of songs

and it was wonderful. We knew we found someone to make the record with. We love that kind of raw energy he put in the songs. I think he sounds like James sounds live, the power that we’ve missed in records. And that is maybe what this album draws. Something that’s really exciting, not just at the record, but thinking about playing the songs live; which we are just happy to do now. But, what we’re really really looking for with this album -the record seems to be doing this- is a lot of good work in lots of places now. But you absolutely get passed this. We’ve got a busy year, traveling in all of those places that’s fantastic and wonderful, wonderful problems to have. Everybody wants it. It’s exciting days for us. We’re really, really excited about the record and it’s still just the beginning really. But we’re really, really looking forward to that. BURST www.afternoiz.com

“We absolutely love it, we’re incredibly proud of it. We think it’s one of the best records we’ve ever made”.

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24 Yeah! I can hear it in your voice, that you are very excited about this album. Yeah And this album, I think, is considered as a classic James’ album. If you agree with this term of course. Have you ever thought that a more experimental sound should be unfaithful to your audience? Er, No. I don’t know. In terms of change, you know. Change a bit of your sound, or something like that. Yeah, we try not to do things too consciously, you know. But, I think that there is room within James’ scope of albums to do something a bit different. I don’t know, I mean it’s not usually something that we sit down to analyse. It’s more like just looking where the songs want to go. It would be great fun to do something like that, like a whole bunch of, like a dance album. (laughing) I don’t know. I mean it’s a difficult thing to say. We, kind of, in a way lived without it. The stones we create when we get together. It dictates pretty much what the album is to be like. I don’t know, maybe we will try and it will come to do something very very different. We’ll see. Ok! Em, another question I have to ask is about your concerts. You started saying that you are playing in some festivals and my question is what do you enjoy most in your concerts? Or, during a concert? There is this direct contact with the audience, which goes both ways. I massively, massively enjoy, that the kind of response to me, the reaction between you and the crowd. I mean the way James play concerts, we BURST www.afternoiz.com

change the setlist every night to the setlist we feel would be right for that concert. Some things can change a bit, people can improvise, the songs, you know, can do things that have never done before; And I think that spontaneity is what we look for, and I think that goes with the audience, we make them realise that what we’re doing is live. It’s not something you’ve already heard, in just limited emotions, it’s very, very live. And we like that. We like that fear, it can make you trembling, it comes from all the excitement; We never want to take that away. Kind of a booze, kind of a drive if you like, when we get to be on stage. It is that, that would be adrenaline. And it comes like a two way process, you know, you play some, the audience responds; you respond to the audience, the whole thing just gets lifted, elevated. And it’s incredibly uplifting. And incredibly emotional. And it’s a fantastic experience. And it makes me feel I am an incredibly lucky person. It’s just about the best part of what we do, it is when you reach those moments that you are completely astounded. And it’s very, very, very moving. Do you have any recent memories of a concert or festival, that you will never forget, or a funny moment when you were on stage? Wow… Er, Too many? It’s incredible actually, the festival. I mean, I suppose one of the maddest festivals we did was Woodstock 2 in the States, it’s the biggest gig I’ve ever played, it had 300 thousand people. And playing into 300 thousand people, going on stage, was just one of those mad, bizarre, experiences. You can think, how did I get here? How did I make it all the way from the dark days, in Manchester, being a young lad in a

band, being nobody to standing on stage to 300 thousand people? And you have those numbers, those kind of wake up calls when you’re in a band, and you suddenly kind of realise the ridiculousness of the position you’re in. That is wonderful, but at the same time it’s you know, ridiculous. And that journey that’s taking you through life is kind of unbelievable. Yes! So, on the 15th of July you will be in Athens and you have been here many times. Is there anything special between the Greek audience and you? Yes. There is something very special between the Greek audience and James. I don’t understand what that is. They get so passionate, they, I think we show everything into what we do, that it comes very much from the heart, and that somehow connects with the people of Greece and in particular with Athens. We have been, as you said here many, many times,

we’ve got many friends in Athens. Whenever we come over, it’s like you know, we’re coming back home, visiting family and friends, we go out to meals with these people and we have a wonderful time. And you’re right, for some reason James’ music connects vividly and passionately with the people of Greece. And why and how that is, is difficult to analyse, but it’s there. It comes as always fantastic, it comes as always a huge positive celebration. I am very, very forward to coming in July. (laughing) Great, great, Thank you very, very much for your time Thank you!

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Meet& GREET The Howling Tongues By Spiros Smyrnis

Ladies and Gentlemen The Howling Tongues are: (bio and members) Taylor James – Drummer Thomas Wainwright – B3 Organ, Piano, Keyboards & Background Vocals Taylor Harlow – Vocals & Guitar Brandon Witcher – Bass & Background Vocals Nick Magliochetti – Lead Guitar Date of Birth (of The Howling Tongues)? We formed the band in the summer of 2011. That’s when we sat down and really figured out that we wanted to make music together. We all knew each other from other bands and through our large circle of musician friends. TJ, Nick, and Brandon have known each other since they were 10 years old. In the summer of 2011 we started sneaking into churches and rehearsing and writing. We gently used their equipment. We have our own studio and space now so we haven’t done that in forever. Personal Heroes? That’s going to be a little different for each one of us Nick – I really admire Jimi Hendrix, George Harrison, and Jimmy Page… they’re kind of my backbone when it comes to creativity and the way they used their instruments. They’re the reason I picked up an instrument and just about every guitar player probably loves those guys. Some modern day inspiration would be Ryan Adams, Jack White, and Dan Auerbach. Ryan Adams is such a great songwriter and although BURST www.afternoiz.com

we don’t necessarily play music like his, I love listening to it. Jack White is such an inspiration cause he’s pushing the envelope sonically and industrywise every year. We aspire to be at that level in our future. Dan gets some sounds that are out of this world. I drive myself crazy trying to get some gnarly sounds. Taylor – Vocally I’ve always loved everything Robert Plant could do with his voice. No one sounds like Robert; his voice is so distinct and can instantly raise the hair on your neck. Tom Petty is a favorite songwriter of mine. Working with Stan Lynch really brought me back to my roots and inspired me to listen more to what Tom Petty was doing with his band. Of course I love Jimi Hendrix and Jack White for their incredible guitar playing. Thomas – Rock’n’roll organ has been defined by what Jon Lord did with Deep Purple. When I first heard Jon playing organ, it just hit me. He constantly pushed the envelope with different organ sounds. He didn’t want the conventional B3 sounds. Jimmy Smith is an amazing organ player that I look up to. Tony Monaco is another Jazz organ monster that inspires me to learn certain

things other organ players may never learn then I can use that technique in our rock’n’roll band. TJ – Bonham, Moon, Mitch Mitchell all inspired me to play the drums. There is a certain fire that separates those guys from the rest of the rock’n’roll drummers. I really love The Rolling Stones and Bowie. I like to put those records on and just listen to them all day while I do some work around my house. Listening to those bands normally puts a song idea into my head. Brandon – Hearing John Paul Jones play bass really did it for me. That’s when I knew I had to be a part of what he was doing and feel that for myself. The way he uses the bass so effortlessly and how he can just play any number of notes and fit the part so perfectly. John Entwistle had a very similar thing going for him. I pull a lot of my inspiration from those two guys a lot of the time. Their bass tone is almost as distinct as their playing ability. The name story? We started this band with a different name; we actually called ourselves The Revels. It was all the same members but we ran

into some legal trouble when we were trying to trademark the name for protection for the release of our album. We had a long discussion about changing the name and we went back and forth for a few days with name ideas. One night we were all out at a bar and TJ mentioned the name The Howling Tongues, which we were going to name our album that anyway. We all thought about it and agreed on the name. TJ said he got inspired for the name idea by the movie “Almost Famous”. The feedback of “The Howling Tongues” release so far… The feedback has been great! People seem to really love what we’re doing. A lot of people love rock’n’roll music and they want something that is real. We didn’t want to make something that was watered down, run through a bunch of computers, and had the entire human element taken out of it. Bands used to have an amazing time making records when they were cutting to tape. So we decided that is exactly how we wanted to do it. Our fan base is reacting and growing to the record we just put out. A lot of people want to find the next underground rock band because they’re tried of what

is being played on the radio. We hope our music continues to get through to new fans and inspires them to find other real rock’n’roll bands and to maybe turn the pop radio off. People are getting bored with mainstream music nowadays. That’s why the reaction to our album has been great; it just needs to be heard by the masses. The men behind your new EP! Mixing, mastering, production, artwork. We’ve been fortunate enough to work with some amazing people in our short time of being a band. Stan Lynch & Billy Chapin produced our self-titled album. Stan played drums for Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers and is in the Rock’N’Roll Hall of Fame and now produces music. Billy has worked with some amazing artists as well. They really helped guide us through the analog record making process and taught us a lot about capturing “the fire” on tape. Gordon Hammond engineered the project and is easily the most efficient engineer we have ever worked with. He can

get some incredible sounds and made the workflow really fast. We recorded it to 2-inch tape in 8 days. The album was mixed to ¼-inch tape in about 5 days. Richard Dodd mastered the album. We have worked with him before and really loved the sound of his work and he’s mastered a lot of our favorite records. Nick did the album artwork and his brother Mike helped with the layout and flow of all of the components. You have 30 words to present us “The Howling Tongues”. Use them wisely! ‘The Howling Tongues’ album is raw rock’n’roll. Recorded & mixed only on analog tape in 13 days. Loud, punchy, and warm. Best heard on vinyl. 10 songs. Stereo not mono. Or better yet just hear our single “Gotta Be A Man” haha. It’s probably a better presentation of the album. What is the biggest obstacle in the way of a newcomer band in order to release

an album? Getting out and playing as much as you can to help your music be heard. That has always been our number one priority. It can be tough for newcomer bands because they get discouraged when booking shows becomes tough. You have to stick it out and keep making music, things will happen, people will start to book your band if you put everything you have into it. Focus on the live show, keep writing & recording music, and never stop listening for inspiration. The moment of Glory for The Howling Tongues so far! Working with Stan and Billy was a huge deal for everyone in the band. We look up to a lot of records those guys worked on. Playing festivals this year and really getting a chance to hit the road has also been an awesome experience for us. Another great feeling is the feeling we get every time we finish writing a new song. It overwhelms us with joy… That’s why we try to write and work in our studio

space so much. We’ve written a lot of songs for the next record and demo’d them out already this year. On the road to hell! (Upcoming gigs and tour plans?) We’re doing a lot of shows at NASCAR and NHRA racetracks this year. We’re also playing a couple festivals coming up shortly. Working on touring in the Southeast for a while. You can follow our social media and website to see where we are and what we’re up to this year. Which band would you like to play at your funeral? We don’t think about this all that much haha, we think about the next record more than we think of the end of our careers. I guess we would have to say that The Rolling Stones would probably play at our funeral. Those guys have been through so much and are still playing shows. It’s like they’re immortal. We’re not going anywhere for quite some time though.

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Meet& GREET Illusory By Giorgos Kotrozinis

Ladies and Gentlemen Illusory are: (bio and members) all we need to know!!! Dee Theodorou – Vocals George Papantonis – Guitars Jon Moodrix – Guitars George Konstantakelos – Keys & Guitars Niki Danos – Bass Costas Koulis - Drums Biography ILLUSORY come from Athens, Greece. The band was originally founded in 1992 by two friends who used to jam on top of their building. Dee Theodorou and Costas Charalambidis decided to pursue what every teenager was dreaming of at the time, so they formed a band to play their beloved Heavy Metal sounds. First name that popped in was “Blessed Death”, which was dropped a bit later. “Ivory Tower”… that was more like it. Maybe way more like it! They started recruiting members and then the band began rehearsing and then found “shelter” in various studios in the area. The band’s hometown, Moschato Greece, is utterly well-known for the fine wine, basically produced ages ago but still haunting the name of the city. Thus, like good wine “in the process”, “Ivory Tower” was maturing nicely, obtaining a better taste by the day, the month, the year. Numerous line-up changes happened through the years. The band was rehearsing, composing and playing at various Rock clubs and bars in the Athenian area. Mostly covers and a couple of their own songs. Things were getting tougher and tougher as those believing in the band had to leave to serve their country (obligatory in Greece) and hiatus become a fact. However, since “What does not kill me makes me stronger”, when those people came back, it was back on the table with the band. Constant rehearsing, composing BURST www.afternoiz.com

and live gigs again. Enthusiasm, tension, a lot of sweat in the middle and the first song bouquet is ready to be served. The band handled the whole issue as a collective, creating the album cover, arranging the sleeve, printing and packaging the promo-album. It was the year 2006 and “The Ivory Tower” saga was about to begin! They started selling their newborn in gigs, via mail and thru their website to those who had listened and wanted to listen some more. Soon the band became an underground attraction and a fan-base shadow had appeared in the background. Line-up was an issue until then but luckily, with the addition of a few people believing in the band, the “Ivories” (members’ beloved nickname) became stronger and dared challenged their own fate. Comes June 2008, the sextet is opening for the legendary Blue Oyster Cult, at a fantastic open air venue in Athens. Gig was an absolute bliss, headliners did actually pay attention to the Greek youngsters and history began writing itself in a whole new chapter. A few months later the band was finding a place of their own… Their own studio, the “iCave”, their lil’ creation and implementation place/ refuge. The idea was to have a place to go to, be free of schedules and other peeps interfering and things not relative to them. The basic concept was to recreate a truly phenomenal story. To re-record their promo-album, to turn it into a fresh sounding, ultra-complete professional feature. They began recording, adding new ideas, painting a totally different landscape. Then, when the songs were recorded, the best possible way and their concept was ready for some serious mixing and mastering, the boys decided to send it to one of the most experienced teams in doing so. The valuable package was shipped to Germany, Mystic Studios and R.D. Liapakis

& Christian Schmid. These two gents forged the songs and boosted them up, creating an album sound that was ready for the big market, attracting the labels and mostly the fans. The only problem was the name of the band. Some years ago the “Ivories” discovered there was a German band called “Ivory Tower”, thus it was going to be extra hard to continue with their name, should they wanted to pursue a professional edge to their musical way. Brainstorming led to the name “Illusory” which sounded the best solution at the time and still does. The band decided to name their debut “The Ivory Tower”, completely logical and consequential to their lives and works so far. Which is the biggest obstacle in the way of a newcomer band in order to release an album? Truly, the biggest obstacle for a newcomer’s release is the cost of recording, mixing engineering etc. Especially in Greece, where the economic situation lately is far more difficult than it used to be. The feedback of “ The Ivory Tower” release so far… A year back, when we released the debut album, we wouldn’t expect that kind of feedback, especially for a concept album. Every review is far better than expected and that is what gives us the urge to create more music and hopefully better music… Tell us about the new album …What are we going to listen to? The men behind your new album! Mixing, mastering, production, artwork... The new album is currently being recorded at iCave Studios and the production will be done by the band and Yiannis Petrogiannis

at Matrix Studios – where mixing and mastering will take place. You will have to wait a bit in order to listen to our new material… we believe that the sophomore album is more matured musically and it seems to lead us to a slightly different “path” than the previous album. A small hint is that in the forthcoming album we will have a small continuation of the UTOPIAN STORY… There is a song that follows up the story of Steven Towers, described by the band in the debut album. The moment of Glory ….so far! There are many moments that we like to remember as “Moments of Glory”… the biggest two of them are the gig with the legendary BLUE OYSTER CULT back in June 2008 and of course the release of our debut album on May 14, 2013! On the road to hell! (Upcoming gigs and tour plans?) At the moment, we do not have any plans for gigs due to recording sessions. On the other hand there are some discussions about appearances in the not so distant future! Which band would you like to play at your funeral? We do not intend to die! (laughs) Seriously, we love so many bands, we are actually fans of so many amazing groups that it would take us days, even months, to decide. We have been listening to all these fantastic bands for years, seen almost all of them live, even travelled abroad to watch some of them perform. As you can easily imagine, we are simple Metal dudes, living their dream via lyrics and melodies, via albums and live gigs…

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The Nearly Deads By Spiros Smyrnis

Ladies and Gentlemen The Nearly Deads are: (bio and members) Theresa Jeane: Vocals/Keys Steven Tobi: Lead Guitar Kevin Koelsch: Bass Josh Perrone: Drums Javier Garza: Rhythm Guitar Date of Birth (of The Nearly Deads )? Est. 2010 Personal Heroes? TJ: Chuck Palahniuk Josh Perrone: Spiderman Javier Garza: Jackie Chan Steve: My Grandpa Kevin: Marky Mark The name story? It’s from a saying about Florida...it’s the home of the “Newlyweds and The NearlyDeads” The feedback of “Invisible Tonight” release so far… So far we have had incredible feedback! The record doesn’t come out until June 24th, but the fans are excited to get new music. We released a single, “I Said” along with 2 hilarious videos! One cattastic lyric video, and one Wayne’s World Themed music video! We have seen so many positive reactions and people are loving what we’re doing. We are a very lucky band to have so many amazing and passionate fans! The men and women behind your new EP! Mixing, mastering, production, artwork. BURST www.afternoiz.com

Jon King: Producer/Engineer....he’s seriously a genius! He also directed, filmed, and edited our music videos for “Never Look Back” (6.5 million views) and “I Said” (released 5/27/14; http:// bit.ly/ISaid) Mixing: Dustin Burnett Mastering: Brad Blackwood Artwork: Tatiana Marcussian (she did an absolutely FABULOUS job!) You have 30 words to present us “Invisible Tonight”. Use them wisely! Heavy, Epic, Rockin’, Bitchin’, Grungy, Punk, Dirty, Tasty, Scrumtrilescent, Rad, Wicked Sick, Bodacious, Raw, Awesome, Groovy, Sweaty, Excellent, True, Chill, Bangin’, Humid, Marvelous....basically the best record ever made. Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious! What is the biggest obstacle in the way of a newcomer band in order to release an album? We love what we do, so it’s

not so much that there are obstacles, but rather challenges. There’s a lot of costs involved in producing your own record, and without the funding of a record label, we have to raise all the money ourselves. Luckily, we have the most amazing and supportive fans in the world. We’ve launched a Kickstarter campaign in order to offset the costs of recording, marketing, packaging, etc. So far, we have been completely overwhelmed by the love we have been shown! The moment of Glory for The Nearly Deads so far! We’ve had so many amazing moments, it’s hard to pick one! Being a part of the Journeys Backyard BBQ, playing part of Warped Tour 2012, playing a sold out hometown show with Halestorm to a crowd of 1000 people, and having a viral video hitting over 6.5 million views! We are grateful and appreciative for every opportunity we have received!

On the road to hell! (Upcoming gigs and tour plans?) Right now we are on the road with a rad band from St. Paul, Minnesota called City of the Weak. After that, we hit the road with Rivers Monroe from Philly for a tour that ends with our gigantic CD release show/party for “Invisible Tonight” in Nashville! We plan on being on tour forever. Which band would you like to play at your funeral? TJ: I’m living forever so... if I had to pick one I would pick our alter ego band... True Trueman and the True Newmans. Steve: The Smashing Pumpkins, specifically the song “Stand Inside Your Love” Josh: Huey Lewis and the News Kevin: Meshuggah Javier: A high school mariachi band playing Ace of Base

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MUSIC REVIEWS

Mastodon

Once more Around the Sun

The mighty Mastodon have returned! This time with ‘Once More around the Sun’, their second record of ‘The Hunter Era’ of their career. With five successful records in their discography and a worldwide fan-base, it wouldn’t be uncommon for the band to create something ‘safe’ and less inspired. However, Mastodon are not that kind of a band and once more tried their best to impress the whole world with their perspective of art. In a matter of speaking, ‘ Once More Around the Sun’ is a mature ‘Blood Mountain’, only in ‘The Hunter’s music pattern. The band gets creative again, mixing trippy guitar riffs with catchy vocal lines, surpassing the peak only they managed to create within every record of their career. Brann’s drumming may be more minimal than before and the growls or the brutal vocals are driven out of their music for sure, nevertheless each song underlines a unique story and is based on unique riffs and explosive changes. ‘High Road’ and ‘Chimes at Midnight’ may be the first singles of the record, but many songs turn out to be as powerful as those two. ‘Asleep in the Deep’, ‘Tread Lightly’, ‘Ember City’; all those songs amaze and please with their ‘singalong’ choruses and the punk rock influences which make ‘Once More around the Sun’ (and The Hunter as well) easy to memorize and get yourself stuck into. Technical music patterns and mixed guitars are all over the record, as Brent Hinds returned into the major use of guitar solos and Bill Kelliher returned to his Blood Mountain-like, math-metal songwriting techniques. Brann’s voice is more mature than ever and his vocal range is far more expanded than before. ‘The Motherload’ is a fair example of what Brann is able to create with his vocals, along with the whole team orchestrating the music background. In any level, ‘Once More around the Sun’ is the mature continuation of ‘The Hunter’, with the band knowing and planning exactly what to create and what to desire for outcome. A creative, extraordinary and sensational record; surely the soundtrack of this summer. Kostas Tsotsanis BURST www.afternoiz.com

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33 the music, along with the great symphonic parts. Seth’s growling vocals are haunting and heavy. In ‘Prototype’, the change between the harsh vocals and the children’s choir is just perfect and inspiring, as well as the vocals in many songs of the record generally.

Septicflesh Titan

The Greek pioneers in symphonic black metal, Septicflesh, defined the sound of the symphonic and experimental black/death metal scene during the nineties, influencing a great number of bands in Greece and in Europe. Two decades ago, the band proves that seeks the continuation of their influence and creates ‘The Great Mass’ (2011) and of course ‘Titan’ (2014). After the release of a great record (The Great Mass), the band returned with a record which can be described as a symphonic and dark representation of their career and a physical continuation of their previous release. Collaborating with Prague’s Philharmonic Orchestra, Septicflesh defined the meaning of a symphonic metal record, arranging their sound and the mixing of the orchestral parts with the main recordings perfectly. Once again, the tracks are based on lyrical themes provided by mythology or fantasy, something totally expected by the band. Sharp guitar riffs, along with the furious drumming of Benando and many melodic moments and orchestras are included in ‘Titan’. From the melodic guitar change in the progression of ‘Burn’, to the aggressiveness of ‘Order of Dracul’ (a song which loosely reminds me of a metal theatrical play), ‘Titan’ manages to impress in many ways. The music of Septiflesh is somehow magisterial and can be described as theatrical because of the immediacy of the vocals and

Septicflesh deserve a position in the flesh music scene of our decade. The band recorded records that would please both the old-school fans as well as the newcomers in metal. For those who loved the pre-2003 SepticFlesh era (I am one of those fans), I have to note that the new era is equally as great as the previous one, providing many reasons to include Septiflesh in your discography. Kostas Tsotsanis

song that sweetly assaulted my ears, I became more enamored with Amott’s talent. By “You Will Know My Name,” my neck was already sore from the headbanging, but I carried on! The lyrics stand by the opening piece and carry a great weight throughout. War Eternal may slow down at “You Will Know My Name,” but the ferocity is still there. There’s also the incorporation of a symphony on “Time is Black,” which seals the deal for me. There’s such an eclectic range of metal on this album that it can’t help but appeal to every metalhead out there. After “Graveyard of Dreams,” the album picks up again. It’s as if the roller coaster you got on went underground and all of a sudden you came out of the tunnel and started doing loops again! Overall, this album gets an 8/10. It’s eclectic in its varying of styles yet someone could misinterpret the many face-paced songs as a lack of diversity. Either way, it’s still a rocking album that introduces Alissa White-Gluz quite perfectly. Gabrielle Koch

Arch Enemy War Eternal

Arch Enemy’s new album features new front-woman Alissa WhiteGluz after Angela Gossow stepped down to be their business manager. As I am not a fan of grunts, I was really surprised when I fell in love with this album! Not only could I understand what Alissa was saying, but I also came to the conclusion that they have one of the best guitarists I’ve ever heard. Michael Amott can really pound out those riffs and nail any solo on War Eternal. The track list is perfectly organized. The album opens with “Tempore Nihil Sanat (Prelude in F minor),” which in Latin means “time heals nothing.” It gives the album an ominous but electrifying entrance into your ears and the feeling stays until the last note of “Not Long for This World,” the closing song, chimes (besides the Judas Priest cover). The next four tracks just get pounded into your ears, one after another! With each new

Lindsey Stirling Shatter Me

Lindsey Stirling is such a talented violinist; it’s incredible. I am blown away by this album! If you seriously think a violin is some lame orchestral instrument after hearing Shatter Me, you are daft. Stirling brilliantly pairs the violin with edgy electronic mixes. I’m convinced she can play any piece you put in front of her. Most of her songs on this album are fastpaced but there are those gems that prove she can give you chills with the most lethargic of pieces. Every song is catchy and danceable. “Heist” stands out to me because of its ability to highlight the violin so well and the beat behind it doesn’t take away BURST www.afternoiz.com

34 from the beautiful melody being played. “Night Vision” is perfect for a rave, as are a lot of her songs. I just want to jump up and down under the black light when I hear her music. I found out about Lindsey Stirling because of her duet with Halestorm’s front-woman Lzzy Hale. She accompanies Stirling in the song named after the album and it is insanely awesome. Lzzy’s powerful voice compliments Stirling’s fast-paced violin so well that I can’t help but put it on repeat. The whole album is one hit after another. The adrenaline never stops and you won’t come down off your high for a long time after you stop listening. It’s feel-good music that not only makes you smile but also makes you feel so many different emotions throughout twelve songs. Shatter Me puts a whole new meaning to instrumental music. It revolutionizes it! Overall, this album is a solid 9/10 for me. It just does it for me. And whatever “it” is for you, Shatter Me will do that, too! Gabrielle Koch

Anathema

Distant Satellites I believe this album will evoke many feelings. You will either love a little more the Weather Systems, or you will fall in love this one. I feel like in every album, memories come and go and generally there are emotional ups & downs. For the ones that already knew them, it will be something in the middle. Surely everyone will find favourite songs, but the dilemma stays: “Do I love this album or not?” There is a sense of a comeback to the feeling, pain, love, all that their previous songs had. On the other hand you feel like something’s missing. Their dynamic is stable all these years, here you can spot it on their ballads, like the The lost song part 2. You are not alone, was really special musically and a brand new thing for Anathema; I really liked that one, it makes this album stand out. There is harmony in their melodies, I’d like to see that break a little bit, make it more unique, like the song I mentioned. I am sticking to the previous one although I will keep bits and parts from D.Satellites. Jo Gogou BURST www.afternoiz.com

HIT&RUN

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by Spiros Smyrnis

Sigiriya

Darkness Died Today

1000 Mods Vultures

It’s Not Greek to Me started as a way to express my admiration to Greek musicians and bands that covered the rock/ metal community! I have already written 35 articles and I am happy that I have material for hundreds more. This is the exact same introduction I used for “It’s Not Greek to Me” published on March 2014, trying to write about the new masterpiece of Need titled “Orvam, A song for home”. So I decided to keep this as a introduction to the upcoming “It’s Not Greek to Me” tributes. Before we start I have a question to make! Have you ever been to Hilliomodi? No? Really? If any of you go there you may meet with the best European desert rock band of our times. 1000 Mods motheeeerrffuuuckkkkeeeer (like Hank Moody would say). Few years ago, the band had released one of the most ass-kicking, dope-smoking debut albums of 2000s and 2010s. Super Van Vacation was blessed by the magic touch of Billy Anderson (really you don’t know the stoner patriarch?) and made so much noise for the name of 1000Mods. You can read “It’s Not Greek to Me” tribute article so you can dive in the band’s universe. I think that I’ve already mentioned that their second album was amongst the most anticipating ones for me speaking of 2014. I have pre-ordered the vinyl 15 days before the official release of Vultures, so when I received the call that my order is delivered, I run like Flash to the store, and take the rest of the night off. A pint of a cold Guinness was already served and the mighty listening of Vultures began. 1000Mods crabbed us with their claws and shared with us a few things about “Big Beautiful” women. Oh God women! I think that’s everything has to do with them! “She” is the reason why Earth still turns. Yeah, that goddamn track that Graveyard would kill to write! I think I was getting high when Danny screamed to stay “Low”. This is the song I’ve listened to the most times in 2014. Yeah, this should be one of 2014’s songs, said the voice in my head! Enough beer for me I thought. But the voice keep going on. Just one more time! I couldn’t resist. I put the needle on again. “Vultures” come to get me. Trust me, this is the conclusion. The ultra epic heavy Los Natas plays Kyuss style of the last track “Reverb of the New World” is the cherry on top of a tasteful cake. The one that brings up Super Van Vacation in the air. The band moved on, takes the next big step. They throw us in the face, 38 minutes of pure rock feeling. The one you could find in American and Argentinean deserts, with raw riffs and fucked up lyrics! Proud to be a Hilliomodian!

Misery Index

The Killing Gods

Tombs

Savage Gold

Vallenfyre Splinters

Sigiriya, who rocked the stoner rock scene of the UK and worldwide with their debut record (‘ Return To Earth’) three years ago, return with ‘Darkness Died Today’ and Matt Williams behind the microphone. After a great tour, the new record is officially released and it is rocking! Stoner rock melodies and groovy, trippy riffs come together into a satisfying outcome, with Matt proving that he was the best line-up change the band could achieve. The record provides songs ideal for live performances, influenced by bands like Electric Wizard and High on Fire.

Misery Index has proved their talent and their contribution in the extreme death metal scene of the US. The latest record, ‘The Killing Gods’ may be the most fresh, technical death metal one in years. The tracks are aggressive and solid, without any bad moments or fillers. In a genre where most of the bands lack originality, Misery Index has found a unique identity, mostly because of their grindcore roots and early records. The result is a pluralistic record, with sound which underlines the band’s need to differentiate from the majority of the underground bands.

Tombs have been known for their sludge metal career in the past years. Relapse Records, always proud of its ‘children’, promoted Tombs as one of the most unique bands in the modern metal scene, something that wasn’t clear from the band’s first two records. However, their latest release, ‘Savage Gold’ managed to get Tombs popular and get great publicity. ‘Savage Gold’ is a mixture of sludge metal, along with black metal and post. The black metal influence is heavily underlined by the tracks created, with the band to accelerate between black metal and post metal. Great music, addictive and inspired!

Greg Mackintosh’s death metal project numbers four years of existence in 2014 and celebrates with ‘Splinters’, their second full-length record. The record is based on haunting, doom melodies, with extreme vocals, reminding the early years of Paradise Lost. While containing great songs and releasing a record which can be characterized as better than their previous one, Vallenfyre could have been more impressing, without this to mean that the record isn’t great or another milestone for Greg Mackintosh’ career.

Kirk Windstein and Crowbar is once again one of the hottest names in the modern metal scene, with ‘Symmetry in Black’ to be described one of their best records in their career. Without to change any element of their music the band created songs that will absolutely stick into your mind, with lyrics that reflect the maturity which characterizes a person who Crowbar Symmetry in Black have been experiencing a lot in life. The record is a mass of sludgy and heavy riffs, with southern metal identity and furious, ambient rhythm sections. ‘Symmetry in Black’ can be pleasant and ‘annoying’ (in a positive way) as well, justifying the choice of Kirk Windstein to quit from Down and focus of Crowbar once again. BURST www.afternoiz.com

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I realize that calling the upcoming third instalment of the Expendables franchise a failure before actually seeing it on release day – that’s August 15, if you want to mark it down in your calendar – seems harsh, but that’s what all the facts we know so far are pointing to. Sorry. It’s important to note that I’ve seen both the first and second movie in the series and that although I found the first to be WAY better than its sequel – what else is new? – I genuinely enjoyed both. I love, no, adore Mickey Rourke and think Bruce Willis and Sylvester Stallone are major badasses in every sense of the word. Even my hatred of Jason Statham’s acting or, more specifically, lack thereof couldn’t ruin my opinion of The Expendables and The Expendables 2.

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The Expendables 3’s imminent failure

Considering that the quality of the plot and action diminished with the first sequel, I was expecting the same to happen this time around, but I was OK with that. Dragging out franchises and milking them until there’s absolutely no merit left in them is nothing new, so I was just gonna let it go and roll with the flow. But now, well, Stallone’s desperation to have a box office hit has actually gone too far. The movie has just received a PG-13 rating (the previous two were both R-rated), which means that the level of action in this flick is going to be appropriate for a THIRTEEN-YEAR-OLD. It’s not so much that

I think The Expendables should promote violence, crude language, sex, ridiculous amounts of blood or anything of the sort – well, maybe just a little bit – but a supposedly action-packed film like this HAS to be wild and over-thetop and inappropriate for young audiences. Otherwise, what’s the point? Are all the characters going to make up, visit each other’s families and sit around having tea for two hours? Sure sounds like it. Maybe they can hold hands and take part in some Katy Perry karaoke while they’re at it. Lionsgate has released the following official synopsis, but it’s done nothing to restore my faith: “Barney (Stallone), Christmas (Statham) and the rest of the team comes face-to-face with Conrad Stonebanks (Gibson), who years ago co-founded The Expendables with Barney. Stonebanks subsequently became a ruthless arms trader and someone who Barney was forced to kill... or so he thought. Stonebanks, who eluded death once before, now is making it his mission to end The Expendables -but Barney has other plans. Barney decides that he has to fight old blood with new blood, and brings in a new era of Expendables team members, recruiting individuals who are younger, faster and more techsavvy. The latest mission becomes a clash of classic old-school style versus high-tech expertise in the Expendables’ most per-

sonal battle yet.” At the end of the day, if everything that made the franchise a hit has been left on the cutting room floor, is there really any chance of it pleasing its fans? Probably not. It’s pretty clear that Stallone and Lionsgate are hoping that a PG-13 rating will bring them a whole new demographic and that they’ll be able to cash in on the younger crowd, but is anyone under 18 even interested in this film? Will they actually go see it? Again, the answer is probably not. According to Forbes, films that target younger audiences actually strike out with them. Captain America: The Winter Soldier, for example, was mostly seen by people aged 18 to 34. Meanwhile, 60% of Godzilla’s viewers were over 25 and same goes for The Expendables with 65% of the Expendables 2 audience being over 25. Besides, if we’re being totally honest, today’s youth likes violent and outlandish action movies and it’s not like kids under 21 aren’t sneaking in to see R-rated films. When’s the last time you came across someone getting carded at a movie theatre? Exactly - never. What I’m trying to say is that the trade-off seems unfair to everyone involved in the movie, but most of all to the audience. Hopefully they’ll prove me wrong, though, and The Expendables 3 will kick major ass.

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40 Amidst this superheroes flicks frenzy, there have been many disappointments and yet many surprises. But looking back now, I can say with great honesty and certainty, that there has been one attempt that was so successful that touched perfection and that is The Avengers.- (this article should just have ended here). I don’t know if this is mainly due to Joss Whedon, or to the fact that a solid universe had been constructed to make the transaction from each character’s story to a team’s story more easily. Iron Man, Captain America, Thor. Their universes are crossed and affected and after the Avengers initiative they are still “walking together” til they meet again. I was watching the other day XMen: Days of Future Past and I enjoyed it very much. Actually, I was impressed. I didn’t expect that it could be so good. Keeping in mind X-Men: The Last Stand, I was pretty sure that I would be let down… but I wasn’t. Bryan Singer did, and still does, an amazing job on the mutant franchise. (Beware: spoilers may follow).

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The action begins from the first scene; anxiety, agony, questions about what is happening to these familiar characters. It felt like the opening scene of X-Men 2 with Nightcrawler, only this time it was bigger, longer and more destructive. The rest of the movie was just a joy. I am not sure if my enthusiasm didn’t let me trace any plot holes, but in the end who cares? Or maybe I care? The thing with the new installment in the X-Men franchise is that, despite the epicness and the entertainment, it is unfair to its predecessors and somehow to its viewers. Instead of using the past, the previous movies, in order to built more solid characters and strong stories as it was done with the Avengers, it is used to erase exactly this past or even to

“correct” the disappointments of the old franchise (mostly of the Last Stand). I should not be having a problem with that as it gives more opportunities for new stories, new ideas and maybe new spin-offs. But somehow, it leads to the fact that the only character that has a past, and consequently that matters, is Wolverine. Come to think of it, always Wolverine mattered. In seven movies including the spin-offs, we have seen his past, present, future and in general the evolution of our clawed mutant. Yes there is Professor X, Magneto, even Phoenix, but no one had the time to be analyzed more. Maybe because there were too many characters, maybe because studios hadn’t realized the potential that this franchise could have, maybe because they just didn’t care. But after Days of Future Past, these old characters are discarded. Actually it feels like the old franchise is being thrown to the garbage bin. It had to be a reboot or just another sequel, if we disregard the time factor, to fix this. Another movie to rectify the errors of the past. The new X-Men franchise, starring James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender, is substantial, we finally get to know the characters and their stories, judge them and feel for them. They finally evolve and that’s a good thing, isn’t it? The bad thing is that I wasted at least 342 minutes watching, discussing, arguing, writing about X-Men, X-Men 2, The Last Stand (and I still do). I don’t know how the new franchise will continue, I don’t know whether there are going to be more changes in the timeline or any crossovers. I haven’t read the comics to expect or justify events. The only thing I am sure is that X-Men have a long way to reach the completion and fulfillment of The Avengers.

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Director’s Cut

Harmony Korine By Spiros smyrnis | Photo by Gordon Correll Last night was a rough night for me. It was 5:30 in the morning when I left a girl in a bar and tried to get back home. So I was looking for a cab to take me home, but real life is different from the fucking movies where the star stops a cab the exact time it’s needed. I decided to get back home on foot. It was a 20 minutes’ walk. I was fucked up drunk and wasted but I managed to get my way home. I fell in the bed and tried to sleep. Unfortunately I couldn’t get any sleep because that girl was still on mind so I opened my laptop and I started to write July’s director’s cut! Fucked up as I was, I wanted to pay a tribute to one of the most fucked up directors of our generation Mr. Harmony Korine. This direction’s cut would be a little different from the previous ones so those who may wait for a typical analysis on Korine’s filmography better stop reading. Let’s get over with the Wikipedia trivia Harmony Korine (born January 4, 1973)[1] is an American film diBURST www.afternoiz.com

rector, producer, screenwriter, author and occasional actor. He is best known for writing Kids and for directing Spring Breakers, Gummo, Julien Donkey-Boy and Mister Lonely. His film Trash Humpers premiered at Toronto International Film Festival and won the main prize, the DOX Award, at CPH:DOX in November 2009. His film Spring Breakers was released in 2013. Let’s move on his film’ plots. Gummo (1997) Lonely residents of a tornado-stricken Ohio town wander the deserted landscape trying to fulfill their boring, nihilistic lives. Julien Donkey- Boy: O, mio babbino caro” plays as a woman skates gracefully. In contrast, little is graceful and daddy is not dear in Julien’s world. His father listens to blues wearing a gas mask; dad prods, lectures, and derides Julien as well as Julien’s brother and pregnant sister, while grandma attends to her dog. Julien is different,

schizophrenic. He wears gold teeth. He bowls, sings, worships, and chats with a group of young adults with disabilities. His sister’s child is probably his own. He talks on the phone, imagining it’s his mother, who died in childbirth years before. He may be a murderer of children. From his point of view (perhaps), the film follows this odd family for a few weeks. Mister Lonely (2007) In Paris, a young American who works as a Michael Jackson lookalike meets Marilyn Monroe, who invites him to her commune in Scotland, where she lives with Charlie Chaplin and her daughter, Shirley Temple. Trash Humpers (2009): Follows the lives of a small group of sociopathic elderly people in Nashville, Tennessee. Plus the ultra cult saga of Spring Breakers (2012) Brit, Candy, Cotty, and Faith have been best friends since grade school. They live together in a boring college dorm and are hungry for adventure. All they have to do is

save enough money for spring break to get their shot at having some real fun. A serendipitous encounter with rapper “Alien” promises to provide the girls with all the thrill and excitement they could hope for. With the encouragement of their new friend, it soon becomes unclear how far the girls are willing to go to experience a spring break they will never forget. So quoting from the fan club of Harmony Korine, let’s have a small introduction about his latest film: “I ad-libbed a lot. I didn’t really follow the script at all. I knew the script and I knew exactly where I needed to be and how much time I had to fill. But I wanted to add more of my lingo, add more of what was relevant, what was going on the street, what was current. My plan is to drop three of my own films, that I produce, under my own company, Brick Squad Films, this year. It’s going to be a big year for me in film. I guess the filmography of Gucci Mane has just begun”

43 Spring Breakers helmer Harmony Korine, on the verge of having his first breakout hit after a most eclectic career, has made a deal for his next film to be produced by John Lesher’s Le Grisbi Productions and DCM Productions. Spring Breakers will open wide this week through A24 after garnering a huge per-screen average in limited release, starring James Franco, Vanessa Hudgens, Selena Gomez, Ashley Benson and the director’s wife, Rachel Korine. Then we have Korine’s interview on Humberto Leon about the appearance of James Franko on Spring Breakers, which should be nominated for An Oscar! Let’s go back to your casting, because it’s always so spot-on. This is such an incredible role for James Franco. How was it watching him transform into his character Alien? I had been talking with James about Alien for a couple of years. I had this idea for a character who was an amalgamation of a lot of people I knew growing up: this classic

southern white gangster type with black mannerisms. But I wanted the character to be someone more insane and poetic. Over the course of a year, I sent James images, audio clips, and other references—of, like, girls getting into fist fights at gas stations at three in the morning—that I thought had an emotional relationship to this character. He never responded and I wondered if he was even watching them. But when we started doing rehearsals and he got into character, I realized that he had been taking it all in. He’s a madman, he really is. When he’s in character, he’s pretty fearless and willing to go above and beyond what you would expect.

black metal for many years; he also used Burzum in the Gummo soundtrack and has put up many Black Metal-related exhibitions in several galleries. Basically, we just went about it the same way that we did with everyone else in the movie: called him up and told him what we were doing, asked if he wanted to be involved. We’re just very honest in what we’re doing and what we want.”

The man who violates my brain on his every film, the man who has Burzum on Gummo’s soundtrack “The May-June issue of Lodown features an interview with Audrey Ewell, co-director of the Black Metal documentary Until the Light Takes Us. Asked about how and why Harmony Korine came to appear in the film, Ewell answers:Well, he’s been into

People’s needs are still the same. The big difference is the way they socialize and this is filtered through technology. The way we communicate with each other, how fast things are, how noisy it is, and what this does to the syntax—that’s all changed. The characters in Kids were all outsiders. They were all about trying to get lost and disappear. They were oblivion seekers trying to get away from everyone and everything. They lived on rooftops and slept out in the parks. Now it’s the opposite—everyone is trying to be found. Everyone wants to live in front of each other. We now have a public and performative culture, where it’s all about socializing with everyone and letting everyone know where you are every second of the day—people you don’t even know! That’s what I see, for the most part. Then it was about being private and doing things that were illegal and not letting anyone know. Now even criminals want to let people know where they are! One is not better or more interesting than the other; they’re just completely different. Kids was more of an insider’s story, told from the inside out. Spring Breakers is told from the outside in. It’s about the way things look and feel, and the menacing residue that drips from the candy-coated glossy, pop surfaces. Spring Breakers is more of a fever dream, a pop poem. It’s more like a painting, an impressionistic reinterpretation. It’s not the truth; it’s more like an emotion.”

The man who met the unconventional Larry Clark and wrote for him the script of Kids at the early age of 20! Feel free to read his interview on Slant Magazine! It’s been 20 years since Kids. What’s changed about youth culture?

in the next few hours, Harmony Korine’s film. If you’re fucked up you might enjoy it, if you’re not you’d like to be. The last words are his: “I don’t know. You know, for me, it’s all about pictures, and images, and textures, and the way things look and feel. I’m just constantly obsessed with that and trying to find new techniques and new ways to make movies. I’ve been interested in that ever since I was a kid. So, how do you take something out of being just a film and make it more inexplicable, and transcendent? A lot of that comes from experimenting, which is why I do a lot of short films—they inform what I do in longer form. So I don’t know. I’ll think I’ll just keep messing around and trying new shit.”

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Maleficent (2014) By Gabrielle Koch

Maleficent is definitely, by far, the movie of the summer! I found that its subtle twists and turns give a whole new light to the old Disney version of Sleeping Beauty. The story follows Maleficent on a quest that will leave you smugly satisfied. A tale of selflessness and selfishness like this one shows us that people have both dark and light inside them; they are free to choose which path to take. Some of us, like Maleficent, might get mixed up a bit along the way. Maleficent, overcome by hatred for the humans (thanks to King Stefan), puts up a wall of thorns between her

magical land (the Moors) and the humans. As the soldiers try to take down the wall and Maleficent herself, the true beauty of the movie’s special effects shine through. Each blast of fire in the climactic battle rages brightly across the screen! This battle shows the truly amazing capabilities of the special effects of the twenty-first century by showing the fire blowing from a gigantic dragon, which is Maleficent’s sidekick, Diaval, whom she uses as her personal shapeshifter. The effects are also shown by the phenomenal moment when Maleficent breaks through a glass window with her wings flapping gorgeously behind her in slow motion. That’s probably the most memorable moment of the whole movie (even though the whole movie was so great that I saw it twice during its opening week)! Let’s not forget about the magical presences shown in the land of the Moors! The creatures created are not only craftily designed but adorable and comedic, as well! The whole land is lit up by pixies, faeries, and other ethereal beings. In comes the amazing plot (I’ll try not to give away any

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juicy details!). Let’s just say that Maleficent isn’t the villain that Disney mislead you to believe she is! Also, true love does exist and it comes in many forms. If that right there doesn’t peak your interest, I don’t know what will! Maleficent goes through two major changes throughout the film all because of the people she surrounds herself with -- which says a lot about the movie’s impact right there. Besides some of the battles, it’s definitely a movie that will show your kids (and you!) a thing or two about life and other people, all fantastical aspects aside. I could be outrageously biased (as someone who loves these kinds of movies) and give this movie a 10/10, but some people might think I’m a bit whacky. So, I’ll give it a 9/10 -- and I’m only taking off that one point because the actor who plays King Stefan has an oddly nasally and high-pitched voice that I just don’t think fits the part. However, on the other hand, I might have to bump it up to 9.5/10 because Angelina Jolie, with her comical and sarcastic take on Maleficent, is just so perfect. Either way, make it a family affair and go

out and see Maleficent!

The Raid 2: Berandal (2014) By Angie Rouska

What can one say about Gareth Evans’ sequel to the most awesome, best action movie of the decade? Well, there’s nothing to say; you

just stand up and applaud and cheer with joy. The Raid 2: Berandal is bigger in production, longer in duration and way more “painful” for the cast and its viewers. And that’s really good. The last time I remember I enjoyed such an unstoppable fighting hysteria was in 2005 with

The Protector starring Tony Jaa… Please, who can forget the astounding one-shot while Jaa goes upstairs kicking asses? But Evans’ epic, goes one, maybe more, steps beyond. Perfect photography, perfect choreography and a little more complicated script than the first movie. The story takes place after the events of The Raid: Redemption. Rama (Iko Uwais) is being “promoted” to an undercover agent and infiltrates into the high ranks of the mob underworld and is caught amidst the feud of the two powerful families. As usual there has to be a guy full with ambition and greed and the outcome is rather messy.

The Fault in Our Stars (2014) By Eleni Lampraki

“The Fault in our Stars” is a 2014 American drama film, based on the same titled novel by John Green. Apparently the outsider which became a major hit film, starring young and promising Shailene Woodley and Ansel Elgort as Hazel Grace Lancaster and Augustus Waters and the great Willem Dafoe, in the role of the mysterious yet destroyed novelist Peter Van Houten.

150 minutes might look too long for such a movie but believe me; you will not understand how the time passed so quickly without getting bored. There are fighting scenes that are so exhilarating that will satisfy any martial arts junkie. Personal favorites are the one in the jail and the one inside the car. Just amazing! I cannot seem to find anything negative about this sequel. It continues the frenzy from the first movie, elevates it, giving more. A real crowd pleaser! One thing is sure after you finish watching it; Your whole body will ache!

The story is about a dystopic teenage love, you see Hazel – Grace and August meet each other at cancers’ patients support group. Hazel has lung cancer while August

has already a leg amputated due to osteosarcoma. It’s obvious that they get on very well right from the start, with Hazel to be more pensive and depressed while August knowing that he hasn’t much time left lives for the

moment. The spend time together, they discuss movies and books and due to Hazel’s favorite book (a story about a girl who fights with cancer as well) and it’s unfinished ending, August plans a trip to Amsterdam for both of them in order to find the mysterious ghost-writer of the novel. Love, compassion and death are the main themes which continuously appear in the movie, and yet when death arrives, the bright side of the life August lived and his love to Hazel - Grace,

stays behind sparkling. It’s very easy with such a topic, to make a very melodramatic movie (see “Love Story”) but the film succeeds in not doing so. With a fresh glaze, a kind of hipster aesthetic, short and easy reminded quotes as “Okay – Okay”, the film is probably the “Titanic” of the 2010s. With many transmedia references to pop culture (“V for Vendetta”, “Anne Frank Huis”), beautiful Amsterdam scenery and of course a glimpse to literature and philosophy, the movie is a kind of a modern way to tell the old story of the cursed lovers who cannot share a happily ever after. But these two share a vivid happily present, so that’s where the film meets its audience. Finally I have to mention the very matching ost and score, whilst the great promo using mostly new and social media. Congrats to the whole team for the nice work.

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Sherlock Holmes is a fictional character created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in the late 19th century. It’s about a detective who uses deduction methods, logical reasoning and forensic analysis in order to solve difficult cases. Over the years many movies and TV shows were based on the specific character with latest examples the two movies with Robert Downey Jr (2009, 2011) on the main role, and 2012’s “Elementary” TV show. Among the latest adaptations of the specific character is “Sherlock”. A British TV show, which first aired in 2010 and consist of three seasons, with three 90-minute episodes per season. The difference with other similar adaptations, is that the specific TV show follows Sherlock’s character in modern times. BURST www.afternoiz.com

The main character is portrayed by Benedict Cumberbatch best known for his roles in “Star Trek: Into Darkness” as Khan and “The Hobbit” as the voice of Smaug, while the character of Watson is portrayed by Martin Freeman best known for his role in “The Hobbit” trilogy as Bilbo Baggins. Sherlock is a highly intelligent person but with an unusual character. While many people see him as a psychopath, he considers himself as a high functioning sociopath. He is a “consulting detective” who often helps Scotland Yard in order to solve difficult cases. Because of his character, other people have trouble working with him, until he meets Dr. John Watson; with whom they become room mates in order to share the bills. Watson is an ex army doctor,, who is

discharged from active duty after getting shot in Afghanistan, and uses his medical skills in order to help Sherlock with his cases. The two of them eventually become good friends. The show takes place in modern time, so both of them use all sort of recent technologies in order to solve mysteries: laptops, smart-phones and high speed Internet connections. In addition, Holmes has a website called “The Science of Deduction”, while Watson writes on a blog in which he shares stories on how the two of them solve various mysteries. Despite the modern touch, “Sherlock” keeps many traditional elements from Doyle’s works such as Holmes’ outfit, which includes a coat and occasionally a hat, the address of Holmes’ apartment which remains 221B Baker Street and the

appearance of Moriarty character, Sherlock Holmes’ arch enemy. Other characters in the show are Mrs. Hudson, the landlady of Sherlock’s and Watson’s apartment, Detective Inspector Lestrade who often seeks Sherlock’s help, and Mycroft Holmes, who works for the British Intelligence and who also seeks his brother’s help in order to solve cases that have to do with national security. The show was created by Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss. Both of them are best known for writing many “Doctor Who” episodes, while Mark Gatiss also plays in “Sherlock” in the role of Mycroft. After the big success of the first three seasons the show has already been renewed for a fourth season, while there are rumours for a fifth.

ELEMENTARY “Elementary” is another TV show that describes the adventures of Sherlock Holmes in modern times. The main character is portrayed by Jonny Lee Miller, and as in the case of “Sherlock” he is highly intelligent but with an unusual personality. He also uses deduction methods along with modern technologies in order to solve cases. While both shows deal with the same characters, and have many similarities, they also have many differences between them. Firstly, while “Sherlock” is a mini series, with the storyline based on the works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, “Elementary” consists of 24 episodes per season with its plot based on non-ordinary crimes that take place in New York, and they are solved with the help of Holmes. Another major difference between the two shows is the character of Watson, which in the case of “Elementary” is fe-

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male and is portrayed by Lucy Liu. She is a former doctor who stopped practicing medicine after the death of a patient. She and Sherlock meet when she is invited by his father in order to be his sobriety companion, as Sherlock is recovering from drug addiction. Sherlock’s brother Mycroft appears in both TV shows and they share many similarities, as they constantly compete each other with many unresolved childhood issues. In “Sherlock”, Mycroft works for the British Intelligence and he is considered one of the most powerful persons in Great Britain. In “Elementary”, Mycroft also works for MI6, but he was forced to join them when Sherlock’s secrets were about to surface (at the time of his drug addiction issues). Also, the characters of Mycroft and Watson in “Elementary”, eventually develop feelings for each other and form a relationship at the end of the second season.

The characters of Irene Adler and Moriarty also appear in both TV shows. In “Sherlock”, Irene Adler is a woman with many secrets, and while she and Sherlock don’t get involved into any form of relationship, there is an erotic chemistry between them. Moriarty, as in the works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is Sherlock’s adversary, an evil mastermind who tries

Psychological Profile: Walter White - Breaking Bad

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Although it’s been almost a year since “Breaking Bad” ended its fifth season run, the show is still considered among the best in TV. The show was about a common person, who under the circumstances, transformed into a drug lord. One of the people responsible for the big success was Bryan Cranston, who portrayed the main character, Walter White. Walter is a chemistry high school teacher, who has just turned 50, when he finds out that he has terminal lung cancer. In order to support his family after the inevitable, he decides to use his chemistry expertise and starts cooking methamphetamine, a highly addictive drug. Without the knowledge on how to deal with the hazards of the specific occupation, he makes mistakes, and he’s forced to extreme measures in order to covers his tracks, like killing people. His inexperience leads him to countless of lies toward his family, lies that are so profound that after a while not even his wife can believe them any more. Gradually, he becomes more careful and after

to fill his boredom. In “Elementary” both Irene Adler and Moriarty characters are the same person, portrayed by Natalie Dormer. Irene and Sherlock used to be lovers, and when her true identity was about to be revealed she faked her death, only to re-appear later on as Moriarty, the head of a criminal organization.

eliminating all possible threats, he starts building an empire of his own. After a while he manages to make more than enough money from the drug business, but keeps cooking anyway. He keeps doing it, not for the money, but because that’s the only thing he’s really good at. He keeps doing it because he enjoys hiding in plain sight and under the nose of his brother-in-law, a DEA agent. He keeps doing it because he likes the control that he has over other people, and especially his partner Jesse, despite their ups and downs. He keeps doing it, because in the end, and after his wife leaves him, that’s the only thing he has been left with. Eventually, his overconfidence leads him to his downfall. “Breaking Bad” showed the metamorphosis of a family man into a ruthless person. Is that really the case, or the bad person was always there and needed the right stimulant in order to emerge? For his outstanding performance as Walter White, Bryan Cranston won many awards including three Emmys in a row. BURST www.afternoiz.com

48 Married With Children run from 1987 until 1997 and for 11 seasons it followed the lives of an unconventional family, the Bundy’s. The head of the family was Al Bundy, a former high-school football player, who worked as a shoes salesman, with the rest of his family being his wife Peggy, who didn’t work but didn’t do any housework either; his pretty, but stupid, daugh-

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ter Kelly and his son Bud, who was crazy on girls, but didn’t have much luck with them. They used to get frequent visits from their neighbours, Marcy and Steve, and later on from Marcy and Jefferson. What made the show so unique was the hilarious dialogues between the characters. The rest of this article is a small collection of the best quotes in the show.

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Al and Peggy loved each other very much and they showed their love with any chance available:

Al: Peg, feed me something or feed me to something. I just wanna be part of the food chain.

ther? Al: You think, I didn’t run for an immediate blood test?

Peggy: Did you miss me? Al: With every bullet, so far.

When Kelly wanted to have a party at the their house, Al’s response was:

And they always wanted to be together:

Al: I’m going to sit down and watch the news, and when it’s all over I want some form of dead animal on my plate.

Al: You’re not having a slumber party. I’m still having flashbacks from the last one

And had an answer ready when people offended him about his wife’s cooking: Guy: Hey, Bundy, I’m having steak tonight. What are you having? Al: If I was the mail man, I’d be having your wife.

Peggy: Question two, who would you rather spend the night with? A: Your wife, or B-Al: B. But when it came to sex, Al wasn’t always happy about it: Al: Sex again? Peg, we’ve been married seventeen years now. Can’t we just be friends? Al always complained about the food:

Al used to be very helpful toward his customers: Woman: I need shoes. Al: Blacksmith’s right around the corner. or

you had. Kelly: Daddy, I was eight years old. Al: But the judge wanted to try you as an adult.

Woman: I’ll have your jobs for this. Al: Fine, if we can trade for what’s in your fridge.

When Al Bundy found out about having another baby, he wasn’t very happy about it, so his response was:

and he had countless of stories on how he spent his day at the shoe store:

Peggy: What should we name the baby? Al: The reaper.

Al: Oh, Peg, it was horrible. Sixteen straight hours of shoe selling mayhem. Last thing I remember, I was down on one knee, waiting on an over-flowing glacier of a woman. First thing they teach you when you’re a rookie shoe salesman is when you get a fat one in the chair, never look up. I looked up, Peg! I saw underwear! It said “Saturday!” Peggy: So, what? Al: Today’s Wednesday! Al and his children often wondered if they were truly related: Bud: Are you absolutely sure you’re my faBURST www.afternoiz.com

Kelly wasn’t very good at school and she used her beauty to pass her classes: Bud: Kelly, why are you watching Spanish television? Kelly: Spanish? I though it was just some English words I didn’t understand. Lastly, the family’s motto was: Al: A Bundy never wins, but a Bundy never quits.

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DREAMCATCHER (2003) Dreamcatcher is about four friends who helped a mentally disabled kid when they were young and now, some 20 years later, are the planet’s only hope against an alien invasion!

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Let me elaborate. Those kids, Henry, Pete, Jonesy and Beaver are now in their mid to late thirties in the story and all have boring jobs. One weekend, they decide to go out in the woods where they have a cabin to relax, have fun and reminisce about old times. They refer to Duddits a lot, their disabled friend who they helped against some bullies in school. After that incident, they befriended Duddits and he gave them some abilities like mind-reading and intuition and stuff.

I guess 2003 wasn’t a good year for movies. First Gigli and now this. And this one is definitely competing for top spot in the worst movies of all time list. It is based on a Stephen King novel, the master of horror who occasionally messes up!

The next day, Henry and Pete go to the city for supplies while Beaver and Jonesy stay behind to play happily in the forest. It is then that Jonesy finds a man wondering around, looking pretty ill so he takes him to the cabin. Soon after, Beaver arrives as well. They serve the man some soup while he burps and farts like a pack mule. Jonesy and Beaver go outside to watch all the animals running away from something and a military chopper informs them that a quarantine has been issued and they should stay put. They go back inside to find blood all over the floor and the man who they helped sitting dead on the toilet. It turns out that he was pregnant with an alien eel with scissors on its tail and a vagina with teeth for a head and that creature came out of his butt! Really? Seriously? I mean, come on! I’m all for science fiction but this is ridiculous! Anyway, they try to keep it in the toilet but they fail, so it kills Beaver and vaporizes itself to possess Jonesy in order to use him to spread

the infection! Wait, it gets better! What the alien doesn’t know is that Jonesy has a memory warehouse in his brain and can lock himself in its office and see everything from a window. (!!!) In that way, he can keep his consciousness and warn the others telepathically that an alien is inside of him! Meanwhile, the army, lead by Morgan Freeman, is determined to eradicate the invasion and bombs the alien spaceship. Henry and Pete have a car accident related to a “pregnant” woman who eventually spawns another vaginaeel which bites Pete. The possessed Jonesy comes by with a snowmobile and forces Pete to lead him to the highway. Henry is warned just in time by the lockedin-my-mind’s-office Jonesy and avoids being seen by the possessed one who is apparently British and speaks with the according accent and mannerisms! After a small argument, Pete is eaten by the alien. Soon Henry realizes that Duddits is the key to defeat the aliens, so he goes to his home and takes him to face the possessed Jonesy. In the final battle, the alien releases Jonesy and transforms into a gigantic vagina-eel. Then Duddits also transforms into a different, but equally disgusting alien, and manages to grab hold of his opponent as he blows up, killing both of them but leaving Henry and Jonesy (and all mankind) unharmed. The End! I haven’t seen such a terrible film in years! Only mocking it with good friends will make watching it worthwhile. Dreamcatcher is an absolute contender for the title of Worst Movie Ever made.

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