Issue # 71

SAN FRANCISCO CALENDAR Friday, 8/28 Red Devil Lounge SUPERFINOS VTO, RATCHET, DISGUST OF US, SOCIAL SUNDAY

Thursday 9/03

San Francisco

The Element Lounge CUBAN CIGAR CRISIS, THE LAST MEN ON EARTH, THE ARCADISTS

Thursday 9/10 The Element Lounge THE CAPP STREET GIRLS, AUDIODUB, FAREWELL TYPEWRITER

Friday 9/18 Red Devil Lounge *GUITAR SOLO COMPETITION COMPANY CAR, TOKYO RAID, GOODBYE GADGET

Saturday 9/26 Thee Parkside *VOCAL SOLO COMPETITION, TBA

Friday 10/02 The Oakland Metro *BASS & DRUM SOLO COMP. MY REVOLVER, THE GUN AND DOLL SHOW, TBA

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SAN FRANCISCO CALENDAR Friday, 8/28 Red Devil Lounge SUPERFINOS VTO, RATCHET, DISGUST OF US, SOCIAL SUNDAY

Thursday 9/03

San Francisco

The Element Lounge CUBAN CIGAR CRISIS, THE LAST MEN ON EARTH, THE ARCADISTS

Thursday 9/10 The Element Lounge THE CAPP STREET GIRLS, AUDIODUB, FAREWELL TYPEWRITER

Friday 9/18 Red Devil Lounge *GUITAR SOLO COMPETITION COMPANY CAR, TOKYO RAID, GOODBYE GADGET

Saturday 9/26 Thee Parkside *VOCAL SOLO COMPETITION, TBA

Friday 10/02 The Oakland Metro *BASS & DRUM SOLO COMP. MY REVOLVER, THE GUN AND DOLL SHOW, TBA

Saturday, 10/24 The Mezzanine YMO Finals TOP 7 BANDS/$5,000 IN PRIZES Scedule Subject To Change.

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table of contents

pg.8 Rock the Bells pg.12 Sound Tribe Sector 9 pg.14 San Diego Comic-Con pg.15 Murs & Josh Blaylock pg.17 Fabio Moon pg.18 CD/Comic Reviews pg.22 Rise Against! pg.24 Dope pg.27 Lodge-A-Palooza

pg.28 Metal Blade Tour pg.30 Norcal Metal Report pg.32 Rock the Bells Calendar pg.34 Superfinos VTO pg.35 Editor’s Note pg.36 Company Car pg.37 Social Sunday pg.38 Ratchet pg.39 Tokyo Raid pg.40 The Gun & Doll Show

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Review by Numerous Photos by Brian Crabtree

The bells got rocked on Sunday August 9th 2009 at the Shoreline in Mountain View, California. About 30 top-notch Hip Hop acts were brought out to rock the stage just south of the general Bay Area. From the second you park your car and start trekkin’ it over to the gates, you begin to realize the sheer volume of masses beginning to herd their way over to this two-stage all day event that takes place every year. I could go on and on about the history of this event but I believe the present is vividly much more important than the past so… here’s a recap of this year’s Rock The Bells: The first act I got to see (after being unreasonably delayed for my press credentials and missing all the openers) was Tech N9ne.

Most of you are pretty familiar with Tech but what some of you may not know is that Tech is now successfully running his very own record label, Strange Music. Tech hit the stage with Cut Calhoun and Krizz Kaliko backed by bursts of perfected lyricism and stadiumrattling bass-bumpin’ beats, which got this celebration started correctly. This trio of tonguetwisters demonstrated their proficiency in crowd interaction by creating an intimate connection despite the stadiums impressively large size.

After Tech, I made my way to the “Paid Dues” stage. The theory behind the “Paid Dues” stage is simple; those who have been in the industry, rocked the road life and kept on pushing, they have been considered to have paid their dues. The first group who fit this description was Eyedea and Abilities who, in my opinion, compose one of the best DJ MC duos around today. Eyedea is a lyrical beast and Abilities is truly an innovator in the way he blesses the turntables with his unorthodox method of melody.

The crowd erupted like an overdue volcano when Eyedea busted into his impressively perfected triple–timed verse in the middle of their song “Now”. I couldn’t help but watch in amazement as Abilities practically melted the turntables with his Einstein –like genius use of them.

Back to the main stage….House of Pain and La Coka Nostra came out blazing full force and really pumped the crowd up with that reminiscent House of Pain vibe. All the MC’s were on point and their ability to flawlessly play off of each other’s verses made for a truly great set. La Coka Nostra rocked some of their new tracks off their brand new self-titled album. The whole

TECH N9NE

Everlast LA COKA NOSTRA

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stadium jumped out of their seats when they hit the classic “Jump Around”, which is one of the most well known Hip Hop songs from that era.

Back on the Paid Dues stage I caught: Psycho Realm, Evidence and Alchemis, and also Necro. Psycho Realm had a great performance with dynamically clear lyrics and intoxicating beats, and bass-lines that immediately drew you in. Evidence and Alchemis rocked the stage to full capacity (as always) and even brought in Fresno local Fat Shawn for a live onstage re-enactment of their new video “The Far Left”. Necro had a spotless set despite his voice giving out a little bit from the last couple of shows. Necro got the masses so riled up that one dude got thrown out for getting a little too excited and jumping over the barricade in an attempt to join Necro onstage.

So after a day’s worth of back and forth between the two stages I got to kick back for a little bit and catch one of my all time favorite Hip Hop acts…The Roots. Phenomenal from the start with spectacular showmanship backed by furiously contagious drumming, made perfect with deeply grooved bass-lines and crystal clear annunciation from the MC. The live band elements allows for a metamorphic effect on their classic songs, with upbeat variations within the core melodies and drum-lines. I couldn’t help but get out of my own seat when they brought out the old school and played “Apache”. Highly entertaining.

Sage Francis and B. Dolan were my favorite act of the night (this would be mainly because of my personal bias considering the fact that Sage is one of my favorite MC’s). Both MC’s were comedic characters with humorous stage antics coupled with bursts of slap-you-inthe-face stone cold seriousness. B. Dolan is the perfect MC to be backing Sage Francis and I was quite impressed with B. Dolan’s solo acts as well. Sage mixed it up, blending his well-known classics with some of his newer gems of genius; overall… his performance was dead on amazing.

My favorite part was when he explained why he didn’t have a merch booth that day… “(The promoter of the show) told me that I had to give them 30% of my merch booth profits so I told ‘em FUCK YOU!”.

One of the biggest disappointments of the evening was Common not showing up. A lot of people came to see him and everyone was trippin’ off the cancellation; plus no one had any idea who was set to replace him. Much to all our shock and amazement, Slick Rick himself came through; the entire place was freaking out like steroid pumped professional athletes surrounded by scantly-clad supermodels when he hit the stage (rightfully so I might add). Slick Rick is still smooth as your glass blown waterpipe and everyone in the stadium was honored to have him come through to represent the old school.

The sun was down and the vibe for the evening was rapidly solidifying, the anticipation for the

headline acts was building. Then on comes Busta Rhymes with a rock solid presence of confidence and ability backed by some very memorable classic songs (WOO-HAH!). He kept most of his songs fairly short, but with the sheer number of tracks he performed it worked out perfectly.

Meanwhile Slum Village and Slaughter House were performing on the Paid Dues stage.

Slum Village destroyed the stage and so did Slaughter House, some straight up Boom-Bap Hip Hop to keep that blood pumping.

Nas & Damien Marley were impeccably perfect as the closing act of the evening. Nas came through with some older hits which everyone was really diggin’, but the truly spotlight moment was when Damien Marley stepped on the stage; both of these very different but extremely talented vocalists combined together for a symbiotically explosive performance. I could go on and on and on about this set but let me make it really easy and sum it up with one word…WOW! I almost forgot. Supernatural himself was one of the highlights of the event for anybody who appreciates complexly executed freestyles along with intelligently innovative well-written songs. Truly a groundbreaking, smile-crackin’, entertain-the-panties-off-your-girlfriend MC. He hosted the event but SERIOUSLY… somebody needs to give Supernat a full set next year.

You couldn’t help notice the lack of merch booths (there were like 8 booths total) and the overall cultural elements that RTB had in the past seemed to be missing. It was almost as if the corporations had such a vested interest in Rock The Bells that, along the way, somebody might have forgot that this is a cultural event which is supposed to celebrate the diversity and unity of this beautiful genre we call Hip Hop. One artist told me backstage it was basically “Corporate America Presents”. I missed the only interview of the day that I had booked because trying to get backstage with my pointless “press pass” was like trying to get a crack-head to go visit the dentist it just wasn’t happening. Nonetheless…much fun was had by all and I think every fan of Hip Hop went home with a newfound appreciation for this sacred genre that means so much to some of us.

Keep those bells rockin’…

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By: Itay K

So tell me a little about the Peaceblaster Remix album.

It’s a charity album where all the proceeds and tracks go to benefit the “Make It Right” charity - to help build a house in the Lower 9th Ward (in New Orleans), a place that we’ve visited numerous times since Katrina hit. We made a commitment this year to give back to charity efforts.

We have a history of charity work with Mariposa Art and Democracy Now as well as several other benefits, but this year we decided to consolidate and that’s what the Remix Album is all about.

So you’re going out on tour in the Fall?

Yeah. This is just our way of life; we go on tour every fall through winter and summer. But, yeah we’re promoting this album and hopefully some new music coming down the pipe. We’ve really settled into the new studio really well hoping to be able to release new music more often. We’ve gotten into a normal pace and we hope to speed that up to have more music. I actually have a backstock of music and am just now getting it to the finishing stages.

You also record all your shows right?

Yeah, we muti-track. Some shows come right off the sound board.

There’s

usually an audience mic. But we’ve just changed up our website and are able to stream the full length shows. If you just want to listen, you can listen to the MP3’s or you can go to the record label site and download them.

So is the band completely independent and self run?

Yeah. We’re completely independent. We write all of our songs. We have a booking agency, a manager and a financial manager. We say that we run them and that they don’t run us. It’s a relationship, you know. We’re not signed to a label.

We don’t get outside help. There’s not the rich band member that pays for everything. From the very first day with six hundred bucks of rent to pay, we played shows. It went from the way it was then to where is it now - still independent. No one’s working at Starbucks on the side.

So, that’s what I mean when I say that we’re independent.

So tell me a little bit about your involvement with Earthdance. How many years have you been playing it?

We’ve played Earthdance on and off since 2000. Always a good time. We see a lot of festivals over the years. From the large corporate festivals where there are over a hundred thousand people to

smaller ones where the promoters are mortgaging their house to pay for the festival. West Coast festivals are always a breath of fresh air and a good time.

People out here gather together and that’s nice.

What is it like for you going outside of California to places like Japan?

I don’t know, we got really lucky. I don’t know the formula we followed, but however it happened, it happened.

We’ve been very focused and dedicated.

We’re really blessed for the success.

With 1320 Records, do you guys release other artists’ material?

Yeah. We have a few on our label, but 1320 is more like a storefront where if a CD is ready then we’ll put the time into looking at it, but we don’t have the capital or desire to string an artist along and have them owe us money. I guess the

message is that it’s a lot of work. We can just put a CD on a shelf like a store does, but as far as an artist’s career decisions such as the management and booking, it’s all up to them. It’s up to them to chase that dream. That’s the model that we follow now. We’re also doing a large upgrade to the site with a lot more features and free music. A lot more artists are more about releasing it for free nowadays, so we’re going to have to make a few adjustments to make the site work.

Do you ever go back and listen to the older live tracks?

No, but that’s something that I’ve been working on to go back and study. We do a lot of improvisational stuff that will never be remembered unless we go back and listen to the live recordings.

By Itay K

In it’s 40th year, San Diego’s Comic-Con has become one of the most sought-after tickets of the year with this year’s attendance causing a sellout months in advance. It’s amazing.

If only San Diego could handle all the tourism... I got to San Diego midday Thursday after having missed the cherished Preview Night for the first time. I knew it was a bad choice driving into downtown San Diego in the middle of the day, but after channeling my inner parking karma, I found a spot just blocks from the convention center. My brand new Flip video camera in hand, and with less than 4 hours of sleep, I headed into the main hall, which at that point of the day was jammed with almost 120,000 avid comic and movie fans. I’ve got to point out that if you think Comic-Con is just a giant cesspool of greasy-faced superhero fans, then you’re greatly mistaken...well mostly. The fanboys are still there, but for the most part, the crowd is as diverse as it could be and it seems to be due in part to the big TV networks and movie studios dropping so much money on their booths and promotional merchandise. People go nuts for posters - that’s one thing I learned. And T-shirts...don’t get me started. I was at the MGM booth talking to one of their reps when another MGM employee began opening up a box of free District 9 shirts.

I swear, these convention goers have some sort of sixth sense because at the very moment that the employee was pulling the tape off the box, he was swarmed with grabby arms and pushy teeny-boppers. Madness. To tell you the truth, the entire week was filled with stories like that one; seas of young Twilight: New Moon fans standing in lines for the chance to stand in another line to be in a raffle to possibly have their chance to meet one of the stars.

Overall, the week was as memorable as ever. I had a chance to meet John K., creator of Ren & Stimpy; I got Gabrial Ba, Fabio Moon and Gustavo Duarte to sketch on my limited Brazilian Chuck Taylors; I met Murs and talked to him about his upcoming comic; I even got a chance to watch Tyrese Gibson make a fool of himself in an attempt to hype up his new book Mayhem. Next time I’ll go there with a group instead of all by my lonesome. With all the waiting and long lines, you really can’t get to everything you hope to unless you come with a mob of friends. So on that note, I’ll see you at next year’s con!

So what’s Murs doing here at ComicCon? Murs: Well, we’re promoting this new comic book - Merch Girl. But mostly, I’m here every year. My boy Josh Blaylock owns Devil’s Due Press Josh: He’s mad now because now he’s working!

Murs: Yeah, I’m just here to buy stuff - to buy toys, get stuff signed - not to do interviews.

I’m here just to be a fan like everyone else because I’m a huge comic nerd and I love geek stuff. I love video games, comic books and comic book movies, anime, and TV shows from the 80’s. That’s why I’m here in San Diego. I bought my tickets in February and I refuse to work the week of Comic-Con because it’s a serious thing for me. It’s not a gimmick...it’s not a game. So, now I’ve found a way to make it work, because I’m a workaholic. And that’s why I’m out here repping Merch Girl and Devil’s Due in San Diego. 120,000 strong, we’re putting the jocks’ heads in the toilets from now on because there’s no more jocks. We play fantasy football, now we’re just as tough as you.

Tell me a little about Merch Girl.

Josh: Wow...this is the first shpiel of the day... Yumiko is a girl who’s working as a merch girl for her boyfriend’s band. She basically... I don’t want to give it away Murs: It’s about a hot girl on the road selling stuff. Her and her boyfriend break up in the first issue and she ends up with a weird

band of people who are demons, monsters and half-naked women because he (Josh) loves to draw naked women Josh: Half... only half naked Murs: That’s why we’re right next to the Suicide Girls...

When does the book come out?

Josh: It’s going to be online this fall and we’re going to have the print version out towards the end of the year.

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ROCKIN YOU

So tell me a little about yourself.

I’m Fabio. I come from Brazil. I do awesome comics that everyone should read.

What type of stuff do you do?

We have something for everybody. We have love stories like Ursula and we have horror stories like Pixu. We’ve been doing BPRD, the childhood of Hellboy, coming out on Dark Horse. We’ve done stories about Brazil in a book called De:Tales.

Gabriel Ba, my brother, is doing Umbrella Academy which is awesome and everybody should read. And we’re doing a series for Vertigo called Day Tripper.

It starts coming out in December and it’s going to change the face of comics forever.

So it’s both you and your brother working together again? Is it a mini-series?

Yes. Both of us doing the stuff for Vertigo. It’s bigger than a mini, but it has an end. We have half of it already drawn, colored and ready.

What’s the dynamic like working with your twin brother?

That’s the secret we’ll never tell. Our job is to be invisible so that people don’t know who did what and they just dive into the story and enjoy it for itself. They’ll have to just wonder later ‘how did they do it?’ or ‘how did they survive all that fighting?’.

What do you think of Comic-Con? I think it’s great. It’s an opportunity to find out about stuff that you’ve never seen before; cartoonists you’ve never met and comics you’ve never heard of that are great. It’s a chance to discover comics that you’d otherwise not hear about. It’s an inspiration to find new things and it keeps us going.

CO! by Gustavo Duarte This book has no words, so there’s no language barrier to get over. Basically, it’s shear genius in black and white.

Pigs, aliens and of course, chickens. mangabastudios.blog.uol.com.br

I notice that every year you have work from new upand-coming Brazilian artists. How do you find them?

We’ve had crops of Brazilian artists on our land and now the seeds of those crops are starting to show. I don’t know... we love comics. We always tell people that want to do comics to just do it. Show your face, show your book.

That’s the best thing you can do. We always make people chase their dreams and do new stuff - like making a comic about chickens and pigs that’s awesome. For everybody that wants to do comics, the best thing that they can do is to sit and draw and show it to people.

FABIOANDGABRIEL.BLOGSPOT.COM

By Itay K

Atomic Robo w. Brian Clevinger a. Scott Wegener www.atomic-robo.com He’s attacked the Nazis, destroyed giant mechanical pyramids and crushed solarpowered death rays. Now the intelligent, well-spoken and often sarcastic Atomic Robo, a militarygrade robot with a human-like personality, is on a mission to save our very existence from total annihilation. The art and colors in this book are flawless and clean and for a series that’s been around for a few years, it’s incredibly consistent.

It’s also a great book to just pick up even if you haven’t been following the series through the first two volumes; almost every issue has been set up like a self-contained memoir of the life of Atomic Robo. Definitely a must read!

The Devil Himself

We Kill Monsters w. C. Leone/L. Harkcom a. Christopher Leone www.wekillmonsters.com The Basher Bros., a pair of highly skilled body shop owners in a small town, have their entire life turned upside-down due to a severe case of giant, hideous, people-killing monsters. In an attempt to save their asses during an attack, Jake Basher is infected with monster goo that turns his arm into that of a grotesque creature - and on top of all that, his body’s got to have more of the “monster juice” to prevent the infected arm from falling off. Now the brothers, along with the help of a few very brave townsfolk are on a mission to destroy the monsters that are terrorizing their community. This book is pretty fastpaced and isn’t wasting much time getting to the good stuff. We’re only at the second installment of this 6 issue mini series and already I’m hooked.

Stellar Corpses

The Way Souls Sway

Welcome To Nightmare

Independent

Fiend Force/Cargo

This is an exceptional energetically deepcutting release from The Devil Himself drawing upon mind-piercing lyrical concepts backed with some of the finest hardhitting riffs that I’ve heard from a rock band in awhile.

What really solidifies this album as prime example of a CD that’s actually worth spending your money on is it’s endless ability to completely draw you into another world every single time you pop it in for a spin. “The Way Souls Sway” is bound to knock you on your ass from start to finish, the tracks’ variety of intricately intertwined melodies and impressively precise vocals keeps the listener attentively paying attention the whole way through. The artwork used for the album’s cover (done

by TDH Drummer Jason Goldberg) alone shows you how intensively elaborate this musical labyrinthine can get. Grab yourself a copy and enjoy - Numerous the show.

The

This album was one wonderfully wicked nightmare from Santa Cruz locals Stellar Corpses. Their new album “Welcome To The Nightmare”, out on Fiend Force and Cargo Records, offers a view into the psychotic world of this rocking band. The album from start to finish is one fast-paced ride into a nightmare of psychobilly and horror-punk beats that you don’t want to ever end. This thirteen track album comes after their 2007 release “Respect the Dead EP” and is no disappointment coming from these horror rockers.

From early punk rock and horror rock influences, the theme of ‘live fast and die young’ has seemed to influence the Stellar Corpses tremendously. As Dusty says: “Live fast, die young... and leave a stellar corpse!.” Check these guys out on their myspace or get their CD off interpuck.com.

- Brian Crabtree

Honest Mistake It’s Only Illegal…

If Ya’ Get Caught!

Independent The rebels from the redwoods have done it right this time. Their new album is an explosive ride into the sounds and life of the Santa Cruz Mountains boys. This six song album is packed with energy that leaves you wanting more from those rebels. What I really enjoyed about this new album was the overall quality and product produced by Honest Mistake, from the album graphics

by Jason Goldberg to the photos by DJD Photography to the quality sound from Indigital Studios. The theme of the album artwork is centered on the title of the album with the rivalry between the mountain way of life and law enforcement. The photos and poll fliers on the inside cover art ties these local musicians to the Santa Cruz community. One of the most impressive things about Honest Mistake’s new album is the recording and mastering done by Mason and Brody of Indigital Studios, which helps to makes “It’s Only Illegal …If Ya’ Get Caught!” one of the better albums I’ve heard recently. This six song album from the rebels in the redwoods is something you should take a listen to. For a new source of energy and sound, check out Honest Mistake’s new album!

- Brian Crabtree

Street Sweeper Social Club Self-Titled SSSC Inc I’d like to begin this record review by extending thanks and congratulations to guitarist Tom Morello for not making another Audioslave record. In the bountiful feast that is the music world, they were a big bowl of instant potatoes: bland, unappetizing and unsubstantial.

It’s a sad reality that the politically-minded Morello spent six tumultuous wartime years making secretary rock.

Like Audioslave, Street Sweeper Social Club features Morello working with an already-established vocalist (Boots Riley of the Coup), so we’d better

take a few sentences to discuss the merits of musical collaborations. Not all are justified, many draw you in with a premise or novelty quality that peaks your interest, and then you are sold one to three shitty albums (depending on how much of a sucker you are). These collaborations, promoted for financial gain or career enhancement, are often called “supergroups” and most of the time you’d usually be better off sticking a dick in your ear than listening to them. Real collaborations combine different skill sets in a joint-intellectual effort and can turn out good or bad, but all the good ones are hinged upon one vital element: a shared vision.

The ethics that these radicals of thought and funk share: making fearless freedom-loving jams with a social conscience. They do it so naturally that their eponymous record sounds as unfeigned as band practice but as spot on as you would expect from musical masters like Morello and Galactic drummer Stanton Moore.

Morello’s unmistakable guitar grooves are three feet deep on SSSC, distinctly less metal than his work with Rage and with more clarity and tone. He keeps things interesting with his characteristically offbeat leads, at times making his guitar sound like a transmitting fax, the last squirt from a mustard squeeze bottle and a seal barking into a box fan.

When sly-sounding MC Boots Riley sings, “Alright motherfuckers,” a lot is implied. Currents of intelligence and awareness run so strong in his flow that he can be political without being too specific or tedious.

Boots scores points for SSSC with his variety in tone and topic. Sometimes clever and funny (“100 Little Curses”), sometimes poetic (“The Oath”) and mostly proud and argumentative, his lyrics work on different levels juicing up a record that might otherwise stall.

SSSC’s first record finds them composed and crafty, which is a good thing because too much anger can lead to rap-metal.

- Kevin Madness

Chali 2na Fish Outta Water Decon I freakin’ love Chali 2na. Always have. His deep baritone and lyrical prowess made him a legend since Ozomatli’s first record and he’s been dominating ever since. I think I was just finishing high school when Jurassic 5’s “Quality Control” dropped. I had that album on constant rotation in my beater ‘84 Mustang LX. I was a bit sad and unsure when I heard that J5 were breaking up, especially after a pretty dope new album last year, but with his solo debut “Fish Outta Water” Chali 2na remains on top of his game. A collection of classic J5-esque jams and head-knocking beats, the record is exactly what you’d hope for from one of hip hop’s most influential MCs. - Itay K

Swashbuckle Back to the Noose Nuclear Blast When Swashbuckle first swung onto the scene with 2006’s Crewed By the Damned, I was drawn to them instantly. After all, pirates are cool, and the band’s tales were ripe with singalong jigability. It was also full of acoustic interludes that, despite having a Caribbean flavor, wreaked havoc on the album’s flow. Since then, Alestorm has come along and basically perfected what pirate metal should sound like. Swashbuckle, to their credit, got themselves signed to Nuclear Blast and released their second album, Back to the Noose. Sadly, it suffers the same shortcomings as its predecessor.

Now, to be completely fair, when the band gets down to business, they are damn good: thrash metal with pirate-themed lyrics and a vocalist that sounds like a crusty ol’ sea captain. Many have said they could drop the pirate-isms and be just as good, but for me that’s half the fun! If you’re like me, then, “Scurvy Black,” “Cruise Ship Terror,” “Splash-N-Thrash,” and “Peg Leg Stomp” will hit hard and quickly have you singing along and adding “YARR!” to the end of every sentence.

Just as quickly, though, one of those acoustic/ spoken interludes comes along and just kills it. I’d like to see them incorporate those musical themes into the music so that there would be no need for the interludes. In its true form, getting through the entire album is a chore. If this were cut down to the 13 actual songs (of 21 total tracks), I could see myself easily listening to it over and over again. Thankfully though, there are ways in the digital age to omit the filler and just play the killer, and it makes for a much more enjoyable experience.

- Dave Pirtle

My Stupid Brother What You Want Nimrod Records A new CD out of the Santa Cruz Mountains, the Your Music Olympicks S.C. Gold Medal Winners My Stupid Brother gives you What You Want. This fulllength CD of fourteen tracks is out on Nimrod Records and produced by Darren Chadwick and My Stupid Brother. With a garage recording sound, this album is full of energy and excitement that these mountain boys are known for. This CD drops months after the boy’s win in the 2009 Your Music Magazine Band Olympicks. It is packed with the

same passion that they brought to the Finals stage at the Catalyst May 2nd, but is recorded for your endless enjoyment. The new album is loaded with photos, lyrics and other information about the band. This fourteen track album shows these boys are moving up to bigger and batter things. Check My Stupid Brother out on their web site myspace.com/mystupidbrother, for more details on how to get your own copy of this album, plus look up show dates, and other information.

- Brian Crabtree

Catalyst Reaction Mjaf Records Reaction is a welcomed and refreshing breath of fresh air in seemingly stagnant hip-hop scene. Earning his stripes on the local circuit, Bay Area based rapper Catalyst shows no intention of getting stupid any time soon. In fact, what I found to be this album’s greatest strong point is that it is clear; Catalyst chooses his words very carefully, something you don’t hear much of in these modern times. With lines like: “If I could paint something so vivid you could live it while I tell it/ comprehend the canvas watch the image it develops/ if you value self and purpose is it worth it to embellish/ see you are what you rapping watch the image that you’re selling.”

Not only do his lyrics provoke a contemplative reflection that inspires the very title of the album, but his use of syntax and clear articulation enable the listener to hang on every line, even if the content is too advanced to keep up with, and though this is his début album, he delivers with a veteran style that is impossible to ignore. The album, recorded by GetemJaf and produced by Billion, features tracks with Bad Poetry, Jmo, Mjaf and Nathan Coast of Midwest Coast, who features on one of my personal favorites, track 11, entitled “One Day.” I promise Reaction will not be a white-knuckle exhibition of tolerance (as many “rappers” albums have turned out to be this year), but rather a legitimately intellectually stimulating experience.

- Elliot Wright

My Stupid Brother

Interview by: Josh Pierson Photos: Alan Ralph There are few punk bands out there nowadays that play punk rock the way it was originally intended to speak out and be heard, whether it be political or just supporting an idea to better serve the “people.” Rise Against hasn’t had many hurdles in it’s 10 year existence, unless you call finding a new label that will support you and pay you even better than the last label a hurdle. They were signed in 2001 to Fat Wreck Chords, and then quickly jumped into stardom and signed to their first major – Dreamworks, shortly after leaving to sign with an even bigger major - Interscope.

Sitting down with the newest member of the band, guitarist Zach Blair really shed some light on the kind of band that Rise Against is and always has been. They are a band that grew up idolizing bands like Bad Religion, X, The Germs, and many others; bands that were and still are a staple of the Punk Rock world, just putting their opinions and concerns out there for the world to hear, and possibly gain awareness. Rise Against has been able to gain fans in all genres due to the originality of their music, and being able to keep fans interested.

Growing up in one of the havens for new metal, the Northeast, it was tough for me to grab a hold of the ideals of the punk rock world, and the sound as well. But the second I heard Rise Against for the first time I was hooked because their lyrics grabbed me and made me want to keep listening. And after really looking into them, I realized that this band was much more than just your average punk rock band, but a band that stands for their beliefs and hopefully someday be heard on causes. As well as just plain rock your world.

As I was sitting there talking with Zach in the heat of the summer - July 7th, 2009, I realized that I really was talking to a very sincere, and smart, punk rocker:

Besides the Whaleman Foundation, what other current organizations are you supporting?

Iraq veterans against the war, U.S. Veterans that have been to Iraq and seen it. They have great stories to tell, some with lost limbs, and just veterans that have suffered through the war.

How’s the Rancid Tour going so far?

So good; we owe so much to Rancid.

They made punk rock viable and respected, which was a blessing and a curse, and made punk rock mainstream. And now with an influx of new punk rock bands, it keeps you on your toes.

You’ve been on three different labels in the last nine years. Why, and which has been the best?

We’ve been fortunate that all the labels have genuinely given a shit about the band. We’ve worked with a lot of really fantastic people. I personally have worked with Fat Wreck Chords for fifteen years, and when Rise Against came out, they were the right label for the right time.

Do you ever look at unsigned bands and try to help them out in their endeavors?

I’m from Austin, TX and there’s a great core of bands from there, so I’m very fortunate, and we actually brought out my friends, the River Boat Gamblers, on the first half of the tour.

If you could tour with anyone in the world, who would it be?

Collectively I would have to say Bad Religion.

Who are some of your main influences?

We’re all in our 30’s, so we learned punk rock from bands like X and The Germs, who weren’t fast and weren’t attached to any style or look in punk rock. We’re influenced by the whole realm though.

Your lyrics seem genuinely positive.

Is that a conscious effort when writing the new albums?

Yes and no. We’re all so happy to be in this band. It’s the greatest thing in the world. Shit is good, you know what I mean? But there’s extreme responsibility; we try to talk about issues in the world, and not to judge people.

For people that have never seen your live show, what would you say to them to drive them to go see you guys?

That you’re not just going to see four guys playing. We really want you to go away with something. We have booths setup in the halls at the venues, we have people from P.E.T.A. handing out pamphlets. We want you to be entertained, and hopefully get people to speak up, and think about things.

Interview by: Tracy Forsyth-Lundy So you looking forward to everything with Zakk and doing this tour?

Absolutely! We’ve got a lot of crazy stuff going on right now: trying to get through it, producing some stuff and trying to finish up all of the last minute stuff for this record. The tour should be great; it’s a great opportunity. We’re excited. Zakk has been so gracious to us and just looking forward to a whole new campaign, a new record and some big touring opportunities—and some opportunities to go to some places we haven’t been to in awhile.

One of my favorite tracks of yours is the one you renamed “Die Boom Bang Burn F**k.”

Oh yeah, that one. It’s funny we just took … when we’re doing it live it’s a bunch of tracks you know we just… we stopped playing, mainly older songs we just stopped playing the whole song and just sort of created this medley out of all these silly heavy metal nursery rhymes and fan favorites of the past years and decided to finally record it so we could throw it on there as a bonus track on the record.

You had said that the major record deal was “life changing” for you guys. Can you maybe elaborate a little more on that?

Well, I mean, certainly for me—and we’re going back 10 years now. You know it was 1997 and my employment at the time was going from working in nightclubs in New York City to realizing that everybody was asking me where to find drugs, and I could make more money if I sold them drugs instead of pointing them to the guy at the end of the bar who would make money off selling them drugs. That sort of became my occupation for awhile, in order to

make quick money, in order to make demos and help to promote the band and so on and so forth. Point being that finally getting a record deal and having a plan where you had now an entity other that yourself willing to fund your art and help you move forward and promote and take your band just out of New York City and point it at the entire country and eventually the entire world certainly changes everything.

Tell me about your idols and icons. Who influenced you to be in this industry?

In the industry in general, I was pretty young when this all sort of bit me, so for me it was at the baby age of listening to Kiss and watching the big arena show environment. Then it graduated from Kiss to Motley Crüe; then it graduated from Motley Crüe to Nine Inch Nails, Ministry and Manson, and bands like that. It’s really been an evolving thing but I think it starts and has always been with the bands, that it’s not just about a record—it’s about the entire lifestyle of what the band encompassed. There just was more to it; there was some imagery and there was something more exciting than just ten songs on an LP back then. I was always drawn to bands that had … it was more than just about music and something about the sex, drugs and Rock and Roll, and the bigger than life arena shows. That’s really what sucked me in.

It’s obviously a little different nowadays, but I still think that for all the bands that are out there doing what they’re doing I think we’ve certainly carved out our own little niche of what works for us and what’s allowed us to survive this long and not be strapped to any one scene or any one sound really.

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Review by: Brian Crabtree

This year the Santa Cruz Mountains have done it right. LodgeA-Palooza was one show in the Santa Cruz community not to be missed.

The 3rd Annual Lodge-A-Palooza was hosted by the guys from Hangover and DJD Photography, and was a night of music, entertainment, and fun as seven acts took the stage at the Brookdale Lodge, up Highway 9, and was one of the biggest shows of the summer. The haunting presence cruising the Lodge HONEST MISTAKE and the raw talent of musicians met like old friends as Zaremba Loops, 3upFront, My Stupid Brother, The Devil Himself, Who’s Holdin’, Honest Mistake, and Cylinder made up one powerful night in the SCM. Like a big carnival/festival, Lodge-A-Palooza hosted six local bands, an opening act, merchandise, artwork, tattoos, a raffle, and much more to entertain the night’s crowd. A major reason that Lodge- A- Palooza was possible this year was a long list of sponsors that contributed to the event: Hangover, DJD Photography, Coasters Bar & Grill, Blanco Basura, Your Music Magazine, Gilded Lily Tattoos, Jason Goldberg Art, The Brookdale Lodge, Whipperger, Hot Rods Screen Printing, SkateWorks, Kori Thompson, Coffee Nine, Santa Cruz Mountain Clothing, Rooted Hydroponics, A Sign ASAP, Sincerely Yours, Redwood Kegs, Indigital Studios, and Cars & Guitars.

These sponsors are helping to support local music, and they helped make the 3rd MY STUPID BROTHER Annual Lodge-A-Palooza a huge success.

Throughout the night, the bands performing stepped up their game.

Opening act Rob Zaremba rocked the stage with his one man band operation.

The remarkable shredding was looped together in a maze of guitar talent that left you wondering where the rest of the band was. The first band of the night, 3upFront, opened the show right with their fast-paced punk rock beats. As always, 3upFront played hard, took no prisoners, and placed a high bar for the acts to come.

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Friday July 31, 2009 San Jose, CA

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Friday, July 31, 2009 Metal Blade Records presented the Baptized In Beer Tour at San Jose’s Voodoo Lounge. This was the fourth show of the tour that started in Arizona and will end in Washington on August 2. The host of the night, Mike Beard of Man Down Productions, presented the Baptized In Beer Tour with headliners Woe of Tyrants, Lazarus A.D, and Bison B.C. Man Down Productions also added to the lineup Psychomatic from San Francisco and Silent Sinner from San Jose. In one change to the lineup, Lazarus A.D. did not perform. I heard later that one of the members had hurt or may have broken their hand, and was unable to play, dropping the show to a four band night at the Voodoo Lounge.

Even with the drop of Lazarus A.D, Man Down Productions and Metal Blade’s Baptized In Beer Tour was one night of metal not to be missed.

The Psychomatics from the San Francisco area opened the show with a ripping ride of heavy metal.

The four piece set thrashed the Voodoo Lounge and

THE PSYCHOMATICS started the show off right. With new CD coming out soon this is one metal band to keep your eye on. Check them out at

of San Jose.

Finishing up the show Bison B.C. from Canada stormed the stage at the Voodoo. “Heavy, man. Real heavy.

Jean-jacket heavy… If Mastodon had spent more time listening to Anthrax, they might sound like Vancouver’s Bison B.C.” (Rollingstone.com). This band of hairy Canadians looked and sounded like

SILENT SINNER www.myspace.com/psychomaticmusic for more information.

The second act were San Jose locals Silent Sinner, who stole the stage and rocked the house. Silent Sinner’s performance built on the energy of the Psychomatic’s and took it to another level. The bands powerful sound and performance had the fans wanting more.

If you want to check these guys out their CD release party is on September 17th at the Voodoo Lounge with Skin Lab, presented by Man Down Productions.

Taking the stage in San Jose, from Ohio, Woe of Tyrants thrashed the Voodoo Lounge with their raw sound. Signed in 2007 on Metal Blade Records for a multialbum deal, Woe of Tyrants released “Kingdom of Might” and currently in stores now. As part of the Baptized In Beer Tour, Woe of Tyrants brought a powerful performance to the metal fans

BISON B.C. they were a herd of bison, yet smashed the Voodoo with their power sound.

The Metal Blade tour Baptized In Beer, featuring local bands Silent Sinner and Psychomatic, and presented by Man Down Productions brought a heavy show the to the South Bay.

More information check out:

Metal Blade Records: www.metalblade.com Man Down Productions: www.myspace.com/mandownproductions Psychomatics: www.myspace.com/psychomaticmusic Silent Sinner: www.myspace.com/silentsinner Woe of Tyrants: http://www.myspace.com/wot Bison B.C.: www.myspace.com/bisoneastvan

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trial by fire when the band embarks on a monthlong European tour with Pro-Pain.

At long last, we have an update from the Kaos camp. The band rather quietly underwent a bit of a housecleaning last November, as they parted ways with guitarist Keven Albert, bassist Jay Figueroa, and drummer Burton Ortega. This also resulted in their highly-anticipated new full-length The Pits of Existence being put on hold while they regrouped. Well friends, that time has finally come with the announcement of new members

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Paul Cowan (bass, ex-Starch) and Shane O’Brien (drums, ex-3 Hrs. Old) joining the fold, as well as temporary guitarist Steve Brumbaugh (ex-Starch) for upcoming live dates. The release of The Pits of Existence should be back on track, so stay tuned for more info as it surfaces.

Vengince has completed work on their new album A Turn For the Worst, which should be released around the same time this issue is. To tease and/or entice you, they have posted the new track “Greet Them and Weep” on their website. In addition, the band has added guitarist Eric Ruxton (ex-Falling to Pieces) to their ranks. Like bassist Slim before him, Rux (as he will be known going forward) will get his

Chico-based Armed For Apocalypse, which features in its ranks former members of Will Haven, The Abominable Iron Sloth, and Ghostride, has signed with Ironclad Recordings for the North American release of their debut album Defeat.

“We Fell From the Bottom” is currently streaming at their MySpace page, so go check it out. After all, you only have until September 15th to prepare yourselves for this monster of sludge, death metal, and hellacious noise.

Black Cobra, who create a bigger racket as a duo than many bands with full lineups, has completed work on their debut album for Southern Lord Recordings, Chronomega, which is set for release on September 29th. The album will contain nine tracks of their patented fuzzed-out, groove-heavy doom. For the superfan, the Japanese and vinyl releases will include a tenth track, a cover of Buzzov*en’s “Behaved.” You can hear one new track, “Negative Reversal,” by visiting their MySpace page.

In case you hadn’t noticed, Skinlab’s The Scars

Habitt originally formed in 1993, then reformed in 2004 following a prolonged hiatus. After much work, they released the six-song EP Destiny in 2008, which features both new material and some written during the band’s original incarnation.

Their sound is deeply rooted in late 80s/early 90s hard rock albeit with a bit of modern flair. You can check them out at http://baddhabitt.com.

Armed For Apocalypse Between Us was NOT released on July 7th as originally planned. The new release date is set for September 15th through Stand and Deliver Records. CD release shows have been scheduled for San Jose (9/17), Berkeley (9/18), Modesto (9/19), and Hollywood (9/21), with additional touring plans currently being assembled. The band has also announced the departure - again - of guitarist Glen Telford, who rejoined the band when they first reconvened a couple of years ago.

His replacement (which had not been announced as of press time) will make his debut when the band opens for Death Angel at The Uptown in Oakland on August 29th.

I’ve always been amazed that a town as mellow as Santa Cruz can give birth to some incredibly intense music. The latest example of this phenomenon is Dusted Angel. The band features former members of Bl’ast, including vocalist Clifford Dinsmore, who also spent time with Spaceboy and the crushing

Dusted Angel Gargantula.

Their heavy, Sabbathian-sludge will soon get the vinyl treatment via a self-titled 7” release on Corruption Recordings, with a fulllength being planned for a yet-to-be-determined label. No vinyl or no patience? No worries – they’ve posted a couple of tracks for streaming at their MySpace page. Your presence is requested at http://www.myspace.com/dustedangelrocks.

Let’s talk about rock ‘n roll for a moment. Badd

There you go – personnel changes, band signings, album releases, and a couple of awarenessraisers, all without any of the crap that is about as significant as the latest Fox News survey results.

If you have anything these lines that you want to see printed in a future issue, you can send it to norcalmetal@ksjs.org. Anything else should be directed to that bastion of hard-hitting journalism known as TMZ. While you’re at it, send an exploding package to Perez Hilton.

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Top 10 Playlist for period 7/9 – 8/6 (NorCal Unleashed airs on 90.5 FM KSJS on Thursday nights from 11pm-midnight. Contact madman@ksjs.org for information on how to submit your music for airplay) 1. Becoming - Sonic Revelations 2. Silent Sinner – Higher Power 3. Falling to Pieces - Awaken the Weak 4. Arsonists Get All the Girls - Portals 5. Taunted - Bleeding Black 6. Slough Feg - Ape Uprising!!

7. PDR - The Keeper 8. Geryon - Aspirations of a Great Demise 9. Zero Hour - Dark Deceiver 10. In Virtue – Delusions of Grandeur QUICK BITS: Defiance has announced The Prophecy as the title of their long-awaited new album, while Candlelight Records has announced that they are looking to release the album in the Fall . . . The Ghost Next Door is seeking a new bassist, but are still playing live with previous former bassist (not the guy who just left) Seanan . . . speaking of bassists, Tom Eaton has parted ways with Bomb and Scary . . . Brain Drill have posted a new track entitled “Monumental Failure” to their MySpace page, an early taste of their inprogress sophomore album that will be the first to feature new members Ivan Munguia (bass) and Ron Casey (drums) . . . Cormorant has announced a September 22nd release date for Metazoa though Saturnine Media . . . Spiralarms reports steady progress on their upcoming full-length, but will take a break while members Tim Narducci and Cornbread head out on tour with White Witch Canyon.

YOUR MUSIC OLYMPICKS Friday, 8/28 Red Devil Lounge SUPERFINOS VTO, RATCHET, DISGUST OF US, SOCIAL SUNDAY

THE CAPP STREET GIRLS, AUDIODUB, VOCAL SOLO COMPETITION

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CUBAN CIGAR CRISIS

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YMO 10/02 The Oakland Metro Bass and Drum solo Comp.

MY REVOLVER THE GUN AND DOLL SHOW, TBA

YMO Red Devil Lounge GUITAR SOLO COMPETITION, COMPANY CAR, TOKYO RAID

YMO 10/03 Red Devil Lounge -TBA

Your Music Olympicks TBA

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Interview with Superfinos VTO Kamal Hasan Hood – vocals, guitars Paul Dean Price III – vocals, bass Hasan Michael Lengel -- drums Influences – everything under the sun including: Jeff Buckley, Chuck Berry, Nirvana, Tom Waits, Pixies, Led Zepellin, Iggy Pop, Queens of the Stone Age, Melvins , Neurosis, PJ Harvey , Life, James Brown, David Bowie, Hot Snakes/Drives Like Jehu, Misfits, Jimi Hendrix YMM: Tell us how you came up with the name Superfinos VTO. Superfinos came from the name of an excellent photography book called Superfinos Popular by Thierry Le Goues. It means “of high quality” or similar in Spanish/Italian. VTO was the name of the biggest band in the world from Salmon Rushdie’s amazing book The Ground Beneath Her Feet. For me the book was an inspiration when I was writing the initial songs that would later be part of Superfinos VTO. YMM: What is your band philosophy?

To study the craft and become the best songwriters possible. We want to give our fans the same feeling we get when we listen to our influences. Like when you are listening to a song and say “That’s exactly what I wanted to hear…that is sooo good!” We always hope to achieve this with our music. We write with the intent to make our music undeniable, long lasting and sometimes just to keep you moving.

YMM: Tell us everything about your new CD The Tinman’s Last Request.

Kamal: We recorded, mixed and produced everything on our own. Tip to other DIY recording bands—get Logic Pro 8 on a Mac! Hasan (drummer) and I basically experimented with everything when recording, usually using multiple microphones on each instrument. The guitars on song “Tinman’s Last Request” are a composition of 4 microphones—very little effects were used on those tracks other than compression. On “Get On Satisfy” I used a technique to layer the Ultrabeat drum machine behind the live drums to give the snare this ill sizzle and thicken up the bass/kick to make it really knock. Vocals were probably the most challenging to record and mix. Through trial and error I was able to fine-tune the vocal tracks in each song to mix well with the accompaniment. This was also challenging because Paul (bassist/vox) and I trade off lead vocals from song to song. After everything was recorded it was a tedious but rewarding process to produce the tracks so that they blended well together. I stayed up every night for a week producing this album, but I learned a lot in the process. I’m very proud of what we were able to achieve on our own.

We mastered the album at Hyde Street Studios in San Francisco by well-known engineer Mike Wells. It was the icing on the cake.

YMM: Top 3 favorite places in San Francisco.

Mission District – Best burritos in the nation!

Golden Gate Park – They have beautiful outdoor shows here—a historic park.

The Hotel Utah – We got our start in SF at Hotel Utah. They have great staff and damn good food every night of the week. Also the top rated open mic in the nation. This place bleeds local talent.

Upcoming shows & Booking info: Many shows TBA and in the works. Also we plan on putting together a Northwest (Portland, Seattle) and Southwest (LA, San Diego) tour soon.

Booking Contact: band@superfinosvto.com Website: www.superfinosvto.com

San Francisco Your Music Olympicks show date: Friday, August 28th @ the Red Devil Lounge!

Lyon Entertainment Presents: The Your Music Magazine Band Olympicks -San Francisco Events: The San Francisco “Live Performance” event of the Your Music Olympicks will begin on Friday, August 28th @ Red Devil Lounge w/ four local bands performing.

The same night we will be celebrating the re-launch of Your Music Magazine in San Francisco with an additional 150 new distribution locations for the print magazine.

The “Live Performance” event preliminaries will run from 8/28-10/24. The top 7 vote earning bands from the preliminaries will move on to the 10/24 Finals. At the Finals local SF bands will be competing for over $5000.00 in cash and prizes as well as the fame that comes from being in Your Music Magazine!

Friday, 8/28 Red Devil Lounge SUPERFINOS VTO, RATCHET, DISGUST OF US, SOCIAL SUNDAY Thursday 9/03 The Element Lounge CUBAN CIGAR CRISIS, TBA, TBA, TBA Thursday 9/10 The Element Lounge YMO “Best Vocalist” Competition THE CAPP STREET GIRLS, AUDIODUB, TBA Friday 9/18 Red Devil Lounge YMO “Best Guitarist” Competition COMPANY CAR, TOKYO RAID, LAST MEN ON EARTH, TBA Saturday 9/26 TBA Friday 10/02 The Oakland Metro YMO “Best Bass and Drum” Competition MY REVOLVER, THE GUN AND DOLL SHOW, TBA, TBA Saturday 10/03 Red Devil Lounge TBA

Saturday, 10/24 The Mezzanine YMO Finals

YourMusicMagazine.com for daily calendar updates!

The San Francisco events are sponsored by: EPIPHONE GUITARS, RED BULL ENERGY DRINK, NOISY PLANET, INDIGITAL STUDIO, and YMM.

Letter from the Editor-in-Chief Mike Lyon This month we are launching the first Your Music Magazine Band Olympicks in San Francisco as well as re-launching Your Music Magazine in the Bay Area by adding 150 new locations in San Francisco and the East Bay. I am very excited to be back in the city where I lived for many years during my youth. I had the time of my life living with my band in the Haight.

I worked in a copy shop to make fliers and stickers for free. I loved living in the city and even sat on the Board of Directors of the Haight Street Merchants Association.

Beginning Friday August 28th at the Red Devil Lounge, we will be kicking off the first of six preliminary Your Music Olympicks shows. The top six vote earners from the preliminaries will move on to the Finals at the Mezzanine on Saturday, October 24th. This event is similar to a Battle of the Bands, but we call it the Your Music Olympicks because we have several judged categories, including solo events where the musicans are placed in the spotlight to demonstrate their individual skills.

We will also be screening a video at our 1st Red Devil Lounge preliminary show (Friday, August 28th) which will feature clips from our San Jose YMO event. This video will feature the best from the individual competitions as well as short interviews and exciting moments from the Finals at the Voodoo Lounge (Friday, August 7th).

Come out to the show August 28th and get a firsthand look at how successful our YMO events can be.

Please enjoy this free issue of Your Music Magazine and remember we want to report on the bands you want to see, so log on to our NEWLY RELAUNCHED WEBSITE and let us know who your favorite bands are (National and Local). The interviews on page 34 and on the following pages are with some of the bands that will be performing in this years SF YMO.

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Dave Parker: Vocals/Guitar (Les Paul) Influences: Fugazi, Braid Past bands: Knightboat Motto: I’d rather be confused than bored.

Noah Heldfond: Bass (Ampeg SVT6 Pro head, and Ampeg SVT 6x10 Cab} Past Bands: High Profile, Break From Society, The Feed, The Bruises (short stint), Murray The Thief.

Motto: Admit nothing, blame everyone, and be bitter.

Frank Martell: Drummer (3 piece kit, 3 cymbals, a throne, some stands, and a whole lot of drumsticks) Influences: The Clash, Dub (bumbaclot!) and Mr. Vince Guaraldi Past bands: The Ducky Dempster Experience, Anti-Time Ensemble, Hydralaird, Narc, Sliver, The Response and London Calling (Clash Tribute) Motto: Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but someday ....

Dave Phillips (or Duck Butter): Guitar (B.C. Rich Soul Scorcher with two Flame Thrower Humfuckers, Crate MegaWatt Full-Stack (kidding kidding...), Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier Rackmount, Fender Tele, Gibson Studio DoubleCutaway Les Paul (R.I.P. dude!)

Influences: Leroy Smith, Teppei Teranishi Past Bands: The Pharts (8th Grade in case you’re wondering about the name), The Hobbes Fury, Destined to Fall, Sincerely, Autumn Sara, CC Motto: Hey, Bud, let’s party!

YMM: Please give a brief band history for our readers.

Dave Parker: I put a demo together in 2003 and recruited a band based on those songs.

We released our albums Collars in 2007 and The English Eye EP in 2009.

YMM: Tell us about The English Eye EP Dave Parker: We recorded at Nu-Tone studios in Pittsburg, CA with Willie Samuels.

We recorded all the music live in one day, then we spent three days on vocals and mixing. We knew that Willie puts out great records so we just trusted him. It was kind of

crazy because we spent 6 months making demos and re-writing the songs, and then the actual recording and mixing process took only four days. You can buy our record on itunes or at any of our shows.

YMM: What are the biggest challenges your band is overcoming?

Dave Parker: Connecting with people online is a new challenge. When we used to have a show coming up, we would just send a bulletin to all our friends on myspace. Now myspace is like a ghost town.

So we had to start over on facebook.

There are so many things that a band must do to make progress.

Music sometimes takes a back seat to all the promotion, booking, album art, and general exposure seeking that needs to be done.

YMM: What are your favorite things about San Francisco?

Dave Parker: The guy that holds the 12 Galaxy sign. The Mexican restaurants.

Getting lost and then just driving around until you see something you recognize. Fog. Random crazy people. Seeing someone I know at a rock show.

YMM: What can we expect from a Company Car show?

Dave Parker: We generally play fast and loud. Our songs are short and we don’t repeat choruses more than once. We like to have our lighting guy, Huffy with us.

Noah: Lots and lots of sweat.

San Francisco Your Music Olympicks show date: Friday, September 18th @ the Red Devil Lounge!

and just made music from the jump. We are like one big happy family.

YMM: Is there a Social Sunday CD? It’s still in production and it was recorded Amanda Fogarty- Lead guitar/vocals, 1)

by Steven Hope and John Odion in the Fender Stratocaster American, Silvertone Electric, Mitchell Acoustic, Ovation, Ibanez SSL 9000 studio at Expression College for Artcore Guitar, Ibanez Artcore bass, Squire Digital Arts in Emeryville, CA. YMM: How does Social Sunday write Fender bass, Laguna acoustic bass, songs?

Yamaha c-40, Silvertone amp, GNX4 Sometimes we will all bring our individual Digitech pedal, Marshall pedal, Line 6 music and jam on it during practice and SpiderIII & I got this little tiny amp that is write together until it sounds good; other like the size of both my fists. I don’t even times we will bring finished music and know the brand I just bought it off ebay.. teach it to each other and play it at our next cheap little sucker. 2) Slash, The Beatles, upcoming show.

Boston, Michael Jackson, 3) Some of my YMM: What has been the biggest past bands were Elevator Love Letters, challenge for your band?

Psycho Macaroni, Unheard Opinion, the Band member line-up change, things didn’t Pink ladys... 4) ”do your own thing & don’t work out with our last drummer so we just let anyone judge you” got a new one, his name is John (not sure of his last name).

Steven Hope- Bass/vocals/sound YMM: What do you love about San enegineer, 1) Laguna bass, Carvin 412 Francisco?

Redcone cabinet, Italian Grooger head Jamil- It’s the largest town I’ve ever been & Vox Tone lab. 2) At the Drive-in, Red in.

Hot Chili Peppers, Misfits, Weezer. 3) Amanda- It’s where home is; it’s where Something Phantom, Capestrano, family is.

Mother of Sorro, Violence Mars. 4) ”music YMM: What can we expect from a Social haha” Sunday show?

High energy, loads of fun, and a whole lot Jamil Hawkins- Rhythm guitar/vocals, 1) of social! haha.

Marshall amp, ESP guitar, Hofner guitar, Roland Street amp, 2-3 Boss pedals, Booking info call: 415 368 4758 or email Line 300 watt bass amp, tube pre amp, 2 indiesafe@yahoo.com Fender amps, I have a Fender acoustic Upcoming shows: electric, Gavelston 7 string bass, Laguna Aug 28 2009 – Your Music Olympicks- Red acoustic bass. 2) Green Day, Metallica, Devil Lounge SF, CA. Coldplay, Michael Jackson, Weezer Sep 12 2009 - MaMa Café SF, CA. & Nirvana. 3) Unheard Opinion, The Sep 25 2009 - Dolores Park Cafe SF, CA. Terminal, & The Shades of Black. 4) ”you Sep 29 2009 - The House [Steves B-Day] only make it if you make it” Berkeley, CA Oct 10 2009 - MaMa Cafe SF, CA. YMM: Please give a brief band history for Dec 1 2009 - Music Video Shoot [S.M. our readers.

Ford Productions] Amanda: Well, Steve and I were in a previous band together and after that band didn’t work out we decided we wanted to San Francisco Your Music continue playing music together. So, we started a new band, all we needed was a Olympicks show date: Friday, rhythm guitarist and I knew the perfect one, August 28th @ the Red Devil Jamil! We have been best friends since the second grade, and have done events since Lounge! elementary school. We all clicked instantly Introduction: name-position, 1) gear, 2) influences, 3) past bands, 4) motto.

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YMM: How do you describe the sound of Ratchet?

Progressive Metal/Rock with a taste of jam band. We draw from a lot of different influences. Hell we don’t even know what to expect from our sound.

We have let our music guide us through Ty Kaufman – Lead Guitar Ty was found in a farmer’s field attempting its conception. We pride ourselves on trying to break the cycle and push the to tune a large squash to drop D. envelope. There are always surprises on Ty plays Carvin Legacy amps and Ibanez where we can go. So don’t come out just Artist and Prestige guitars. Originally expecting hardcore or metal. You will get Influenced by Jeff Beck and Gary Moore so much more…….. and other guitar greats.

YMM: How do you feel about competing in the 2009 Your Music Olympicks in Jonnie Walker – Bass Jonnie has played music for over 22 years San Francisco? and has been involved with many projects We are always down for a show…We have some great new material and what better throughout the Bay Area. He has also way to release it but in a competition like mastered the art of panty tossing. this.

Jonnie plays Ampeg Amps, and a Fender YMM: What is the current music scene Jazz Bass Along with other assortments. like in San Francisco/ East Bay? Originally influenced by Foo Fighters, Slipknot, Offspring, AC/DC, Tool, Metallica, You really have to look hard for the good stuff. It is out there but it’s just the scene Iron Maiden, Weezer, System of a Down, is so diluted with so many bands that you there are many more. have to go to a lot of shows to find the great bands. Don’t go off of the sound you Brian Giguere – Vocals & Message hear on the CD’s and myspace etc.

Brian has traveled all across the US and YMM: Do you have any materials (CD’s/ has taken a small piece of ever area to EP’s) out? And where can people get mold his madness. His experiences have them? inspired his writing, want to know more?

Our CD - “Breaking The Masses” is Just listen. available now as a 5 song demo but will be Brian uses Shure Microphones, Pots and released later this year.

Pans, and anything else he can get his YMM: What do you think it takes to hands on. Originally influenced by Tool, make it as a band in today’s music Hate Breed, Deftones, Alice and Chains, Coal Chamber, Trivium, Devil Driver, Static industry?

Work hard until your life is about to fall X; we could go on all day with this. apart, get inspired, then work a little harder.

NO BRAKES- only the gas pedal for us.

Scotty – Drums YMM: Any last words?

Scotty has been playing drums since he We all hold a certain financial value posted was in diapers; He plans to end that way to our head stones. No matter who’s value as well. is higher it doesn’t matter, it’s all the same Scotty plays a DW when we die and our accomplishments will Custom set, be measured equally in the end. and Zildjian Find Ratchet @ myspace.com/ratchetsf Symbols. and you may download our tracks now @ Original www.soundclick.com/ratchetus influences are, John Bottom, Neil Pert, Jeremy Hummel, along with other greats.

San Francisco Your Music Olympicks show: Friday, August 28th @ the Red Devil Lounge!

Video interview @ YourMusicMagazine.com

By Brian Crabtree Lennon Studios San Francisco August 13th, 2009 Tim Kearney: Guitar player/ sometimes sings.

YMM: What type of guitar do you play?

Tim: I have a Gibson hollow body. I guess it is the ES 35 and right now I have it running through two amps. One is an orange and the other is a Fender—kind of get the both sides of the stage action.

Ben Utah: Bass/ Vocal. I play hollow body basses. Right now, I have an Ibanez and currently play an Epiphone Jack Cassette and everything goes into an Amp-peg VT into a Black Widow Cabinet.

YMM: How long have you been playing bass?

Ben: Bass, just over a year. I played guitar in a bunch of bands before this.

Mike Thompson: Drummer. I play Ludwig. The bigger drums though.

Standard rock setup.

YMM: What influence your drumming?

Mike: Keith Moon and John Bon, but there are too many to say. I studied a lot of the early rock drummers when I was growing up. But as I matured, I progressed to more modern styles.

YMM: Bring it back to the band—what is Tokyo Raid? What are you guys?

Ben: It’s always difficult to say what you sound like, but there was a good review that said that we were post-punk, postgarage and post-grunge, which I don’t know what that means, but it sounds good to me. A lot of the stuff we do is loud, fuzzy and aggressive. We don’t fit neatly into the psychedelic realm. We progressed out of a previous band that evolved into this. We don’t fit neatly in the punk area, and we don’t fit in the indie rock scene.

YMM: Do you find that you are a hybrid of those genres?

Ben: I feel that we are charting our own

path. Taking influences from different places and then putting them together into what we are doing.

YMM: What do you think of the local music scene here in San Francisco?

Tim: It is pretty good; it is the best one I have ever lived in.

Mike: There are a lot of bands in a small city. I lived in Austin for awhile, which is another small town saturated with a lot of good musical talent. There are opportunities and progress and advancement everywhere.

YMM: So, do you have a CD coming out or other material?

Ben: Right now, we have just released a new EP. That is a self-titled EP, which is available on iTunes, Amazon and Emusic. It is five songs; it branches from what the band used to be and molds into Tokyo Raid. Some of it is a bridge between those two sounds for our full length album that is going to drop in the fall.

YMM: Where can people contact you?

Mike: Facebook, Myspace (www. myspace.com/tokyoraid), Fans of Tokyo Raid on Face book, Tune Port, Itunes, Amazon and Emusic.

YMM: Last words?

Mike: Come see us?

Ben: Thanks to everyone that keeps coming out to see us. As the shows grow, they have been more fun. So, if you haven’t checked us out, come see us. And if you come to our shows, grab a friend and come see us.

San Francisco Your Music Olympicks show: Friday, September 18th @ the Red Devil Lounge!

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Susan Donaldson Ely / Vocals / Past bands: Gogol Bordello Killian MacGeraghty / Guitar, Vocals / Past bands: Shark Bait Loren Routh / Lead Guitar Lani Martin / Vocals Jennifer Knight / Vocals Tom Gears / Bass Guitar Brian Schwartz / Drums

them?

We just released our best album to date, our fourth, called “American Radio Two” at the Great American Music Hall in July. Our past albums- American Radio One, Working on the Bomb and New Blood (Live)- are available on iTunes and top distribution sites.

YMM: What do you think it takes to make it as a band in today’s music industry?

Be true to your music whether you’re popular or not, believe in yourself more than anything.

The business is changing; there’s more opportunity than ever to interact directly with your fans. The artist has more control over his/her destiny than ever before. The gatekeepers of the past who prevented in many ways innovation from piercing through are becoming dinosaurs.

YMM: Last words to your friends and fans?

-All the press we get is really great, but there’s nothing like word of mouth; so keep telling your friends about us.

-You know you’ve arrived when a cop gives you a thumbs up instead of a parking ticket.

-It’s a great feeling when someone comes up to you, describes how they loved a show, and you learn it was 7 years ago.

YMM: Give us a couple of quotes to sum up The Gun and Doll Show for our readers.

-We never ever strive to be original, we only strive to be good, but it turns out, we’re original!

-We’re entertainer’s first, musicians second.

-In the studio, bandleader Killian MacGeraghty likes to say, “I’ve got musicians and I’m not www.gunanddollshow.com Become our fan on afraid to use them.”

Facebook, Gun and Doll Show The buck stops here: Killian MacGeraghty, YMM: How do you feel about competing killiangnd@gmail.com (415) 971- 3371 in the 2009 Your Music Olympicks in San Francisco?

It’s competitions like this that prove that San Francisco’s music scene is alive and kicking and constantly evolving. But you’d save a lot of time and resources if you just sent the trophy to: Killian MacGeraghty.

YMM: What is the current music scene like in San Francisco/ Bay area?

I think it’s incredibly vibrant, you can find just about anything from salsa to hip-hop to rock.

If you have a unique sound, this is the place to craft it.

San Francisco Your Music YMM: Do you have any materials (CD’s/ Olympicks show date: Friday, EP’s) out? And where can people get October 2nd @ The Oakland Metro!

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Presented by Lyon Entertainment, the San Jose Your Music Olympicks Finals were held at the Voodoo Lounge in Downtown San Jose on Friday August 7th. Seven of the top local bands competed in the final event for cash and prizes. The Your Music Olympicks was made possible by this year’s sponsors: Epiphone Guitars, Red Bull Energy Drink, Barb Rocks, Indigital Studios of Santa Cruz and Your Music Magazine. Fans of Northern Son, Left of Christ, Modern Ruinz, Beerijuana, Mukagee, Jade of Days and Whatever Fits packed the Voodoo Lounge in evidence that local music is not dead, but rather strong and thriving in our communities.

Photos and story by: Brian Crabtree

The Live Performance event Winner, Modern Runiz, won the gold medal and will receive $1500 in cash, a Epiphone Guitar, $500 in Recording Time at Indigital Recording Studio, a half page color strip ad in Your Music Magazine and a membership to Noisy Planet. The silver medal winners Mukagee won an Epiphone Guitar, a color strip ad in Your Music Magazine, and a membership to Noisy Planet. The bronze medal winners Beerijuana will receive an Epiphone guitar and a membership to Noisy Planet. 1 FULL LIST OF S.J. AWARD WINNERS ON PAGE 49!

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Congratulations to all of the bands that made it to the SJYMO Finals, it was a great show featuring a variety of local, talented musicians. Congrats also to all of the bands that were involved in this year’s SJ Your Music Olympicks, without their hard work the event wouldn’t have been such a success.

A big part of the 2009 San Jose Your Music Olympicks Finals line-up was decided by the solo event competitions. In addition to the Live Performance event, Your Music Olympicks offers solo events featuring Vocalists, Guitarists, and Bass & Drummers.

The vocalist solo event was held July 11th at the Britannia Arms in Cupertino. Vocalists who perform in the bands entered in the Live Performance Event are offered the chance to perform two songs with a live band, The Dead Ringers. Jade of Days won this event, taking both the gold and silver medals, which bumped them back into the top six standings.

The Bass & Drum solo event was held July 16th at Mountain Charley’s Saloon; Nelson from Jade of Days won the gold medal for Best Bassist and Zach from Relapse won the Best Drummer gold medal. The Guitar shred-off event was held July 23rd at the Voodoo Lounge; Sam from Modern Ruinz won the Best Guitarist gold metal and a new Epiphone Guitar. This win for Modern Ruinz split the tie at second with Mukagee. Besides winning valuable points and prizes, these solo event competitions take musicians out of their comfort zone and challenge them to perform independently.

This year’s San Jose Your Music Olympicks brought together a collection of local bands that competed for over $5,000 in cash and prizes, and all of the bands received valuable press and promotion to help them to continue their progress. Event sponsors Epiphone Guitars hooked up the Live Performance gold, silver, and bronze medal winners with new equipment, Indigital Studios gave Modern Ruinz valuable recording time, Noisy Planet provided the top 3 bands with their unique online membership opportunities, and Red Bull provided drinks for the bands at the shows. Special thanks to Barb Rocks, who helped us organize the event. We also want to thank all of the bands, fans, sponsors, and venues that made this year’s Your Music Magazine Band Olympicks a huge success for the San Jose local music scene. We’ll see all of you next year for the 3rd Annual San Jose Your Music Olympicks! Go to www.

yourmusicmagazine.com for more!

Lyon Entertainment is creating a DVD with a bunch of the performances from the San Jose Your Music Olympicks. We will be screening the DVD for the first time at the 1st San Francisco Your Music Olympicks show at the Red Devil Lounge Friday August 28th!

Video interview online @ YourMusicMagazine.com Jacques Bickett: Bass.

YMM: What was your first bass? And where did you get it?

Jacques: Ibanez Ergodyne 600. Great value for the money. I got it at Guitar Center.

YMM: Who are some of your influences?

Jacques: On bass, I listen to a wide variety from John Paul Jones to the Papa guy in Bob Marley and Wailers. Any music: old stuff, current stuff, world stuff, punk—anything.

Chris Reed: Lead vocals/saxophone/harmonica YMM: Saxophone, did you take lessons for that?

Chris: Yeah, when I was younger, in school, there was a sign up, and no one else signed up, so I got free personal lessons.

YMM: How about vocals? What made you start singing?

Chris: I just always loved singing. I was inspired by soul and blues; it feels very spiritual.

YMM: What was your first performance singing?

Chris: I used to do musicals. I have been singing since I was a young kid, maybe two or three.

YMM: I think the question that everyone wants to know, what does Aivar mean?

Chris: I’ll do the short. In the Mediterranean there is this vegetable that is like a radish—bright red and is cooked with bell peppers, onions and other stuff. It goes with anything like meat. So there is this sandwich with that and sausage and bread. So we are at a barbecue like three years ago, trying to figure out our band name. Couldn’t think of anything, but we were eating ajvars and we were like we should name the band Ajvar. A few years later we were like we should have named the band Ajvar. So we took out the j and added an “i” and it became Aivar. We made it more comprehensible here in the states.

Jacques: Mediterranean [in finger quotes] “Hot Dog.” YMM: I see you are working on a new CD? Chris: Done.

Jacques: All Done.

Recorded.

YMM: Where did you record?

Jacques: At Merman.

Our keyboardist has a nice little big studio.

And we recorded at Driving Studio. We did a little there too.

YMM: What is the title and when will it be released?

Jacque: Self-titled.

Chris: September. It will be online as of September 1st. As for physical CD’s, we are planning a CD release party sometime in mid-September.

YMM: Any last words?

Jacques: Go Red Sox and Giants!

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YMM: Can we start off with some introductions: your name and role in the group?

Keigan Skydecker: Bass Matt Glasby: drummer YMM: So how long have you been together?

Keigan: This is our ten-year anniversary.

YMM: What is it like to be together for ten years?

Keigan: Up and down. We are a surf band. It is like you only get so much recognition playing a genre like that. I think we did it pretty well, for what we were doing. We were spread out across the state of California for most of our career. Getting things going was not as easy as if we were all stationed in Monterey or something.

Matt: We kind of fly by the seat of our pants. Back and forth, sometimes we would show up and have not played the songs before, and we would just wing it.

Keigan: We have winged it several times.

YMM: Has technology helped you to get your music back and forth?

Keigan: Yeah for sure, like for this reunion gig, we have not played in years. And Rory, our guitarist in San Diego, is already on garage band e-mailing new songs to us, so we are trying to figure it out. You know we might play them at the gig or not. But it was definitely useful.

YMM: So you said that you do surf rock?

Keigan: Yeah, instrumental surf music.

YMM: Any other influences on that?

Keigan: Well yeah, when I joined the band I was deeply in love with Slayer. We all grew up listening to punk and Agent Orange and the Misfits. Definitely fast-paced music, and I feel that surf just fed out of that.

Matt: If you listen to surf, it is like a mix of early 60’s, like if Dick Dale was in a small band and garage based. And that was the earliest form of speed metal. The double picking and fast beats, very up tempo and really high-energy music. It is kind of the precursor with all of us rooted in hardcore music, punk-metal-whatever, and take that into surf. We play surf fairly traditional, as far as the sound of the guitar and tones and all that, except for the edge to it.

YMM: You have a really big show coming up, right?

Keigan: We hope.

Matt: It is our ten year reunion show; we haven’t played together in four or five years.

Keigan: Matt and Cory started in ‘98 and I joined in ‘99. We did a U.S. tour, a European tour and put out a few albums, and then dispersed in ‘05 or ’06.

YMM: How was the European tour?

Matt: That was the nail in the coffin.

YMM: Any last words to your fans?

Keigan: Are you going to come? We just moved venues to the Blue Fin, so hopefully it can fit a couple hundred people. And get advance tickets; it is always cheaper than at the door.

Check out the rest of the interview online at www.yourmusicmagazine.com Contact the band @ myspace.com/theinfrareds

MELDRUM featuring Gene Hoglan from Dethklok, Testament, Dark Angel, Strapping Young Lad. Dark Moon Entertainment announced Meldrum’s West Coast U.S tour dates in September, in which the band will allow fans to preview tracks from their new album, entitled “LIFER”. Meldrum completed writing and recording the band’s new album with drummer Gene Hoglan, along with the new lineup Michele Madden (vocals) and Laura Christine (bass) last November.

The surviving band members plan to release the album tracks during the tour in tribute to their fallen band-mate, Michelle Meldrum, who died from a cystic growth on her brain. September 4th Meldrum will be playing at the Brookdale Inn & Lodge on Highway 9.

This is what s u p e r s t a r Drummer Gene Hoglan has to say about the tour “Hey everybody!

We’re all superexcited to announce this upcoming MELDRUM tour! It’s gonna be a few selected West Coast dates, where we unveil the new line-up of rip-snortin’ bitches, and I’d love for everybody to come out and get your heads handed to ya! We’re gonna be focusing on the upcoming ‘Lifer’ material which is a big step forward for the band, and we can’t wait to pummel all of ya with some heavy.

We’ll see you on the road, people!”

Written by Brian Crabtree

Sat Aug 15 @ Britannia Arms - Cupertino Metal Show with Silent Sinner, Dimidium, Unconventional Thought Process, ZED Wed Aug 19 @ VooDoo Lounge Asiago, A Four Star Affair, The Golden Hour, Two Left Feet Thurs Aug 27 @ Mountain Charley's Saloon Kristin Ferry's Birthday Show with Shadow Beat Ritual, Legion of Dudes, Jade of Days Sat Aug 29 @ Britannia Arms - Cupertino Scraping For Change, Whatever Fits, Silent Treatment, Madman's Lullaby Sat Sept 5 @ Britannia Arms Cupertino Booom Boom Stereo, Northern Son, Company Car Sat Sept 26 @ Britannia Arms - Cupertino Metal Show with Mukagee, ¿Anonymity?, more TBA Sat Oct 10 @ Britannia Arms Cupertino Red Sunday, Death Valley High, more TBA

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A FEW WORDS WITH ARTIST

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MIKE WILSON

How long have you been tattooing? What got you started?

Twelve years. I started getting tattoos and hanging around the shop. I just loved the people and the atmosphere. I was into art already but I did have to try to work my way in.

How old were you when you got your first tattoo?

Eighteen, my last name on my arm.

What type of work do you like to specialize in?

Mostly traditional pieces.

Does music have any influence in your art?

Yeah. Everyday we’re listening to something different. There is such a variety of music that inspires me while I’m doing it. That’s one thing I love about street shops. The music and people are different everyday.

Someone new comes in and you never know what to expect.

What advise do you have for someone who has never gotten a tattoo?

Definitely come into the shop and check out the portfolio. Check out the style of the tattoo and make sure it’s something you’re going to want.

Most tattoo artists are professional and can do most any piece. Make sure you’re comfortable with the artist.

Where can people go to check out your work?

I have it up at myspace.com/mikewilsontattoos. If not, Gold Coast Tattoo has it up at myspace.com/goldcoasttattoos I’m one of their top friends, so you can find the link on there.

Tell me a little bit about yourself and what you do here at Indigital Studios?

Well, I am Mason Rothschild and I am the head engineer at Indigital Studios. I pretty mush handle all the sessions. I do everything from dirty grimy hip-hop to some punk rock to barber shop quartets to string quartets. You name it, we do it in here. I went to school at CSU Monterey Bay for this stuff and then got the job with Brody here at Indigital Studios.

What type of equipment are you working with in here?

We run everything off Pro-tools HD8 and use a Control 24 Board to do the automation stuff. We have a bunch of great pre’s like the Breut Averill 1272 which is like a Neve remake. We have a bunch of Universal Audio (UA) gear: 2-610 pre; behind my are a couple of 1176’s and a LA-2A. We have a bunch of nice mics: the Neumann U87, real nice mics; a M149; and a Shure SM7 for some nice heavy rock.

So, what’s your history in recording? You said you went to school for it, but who have you recorded or are working on right now?

I’ve been making records since I was thirteen years old being in punk rock bands my whole life. I started in the garage on some tape stuff like a Tascam 1, then went to school and learned Protools. Did all that stuff. And now I’ve worked with Brown Irish, Motorcycle Snakebite who both asked me to join, so I am in both those bands. But recently, I’ve been working with Moon Cadillac and a lot of hip hop like the Professionals and a bunch of other cats. I’m doing some stuff with Alex Lee and Lobis that I am really excited about.

Is there anything you’ve worked on that is out there so people can hear your work?

I’ve done stuff with a band called Vodvil out of L.A. I did an album called The Planet for them. That was all before I came here to Indigital. I worked on Honest Mistake’s album that is coming out right now. I just wrapped up all the mixing and mastering for Cambio or MC Change, he goes by both names. He’s releasing an album called Or Does It Explode.

How do people contact you?

Our web site has a lot of the information, www.indigitalstudio.com. It will give you our phone number and all that stuff to get in contact with me. Look out for the Honest Mistake’s new record and Cambio’s record, and soon the Moon Cadillac album.

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SAN JOSE “LIVE PERFORMANCE” EVENT WINNERS MODERN RUINZ GOLD WINNER

MUKAGEE SILVER WINNER

BEERIJUANA BRONZE WINNER SAN JOSE “BEST VOCALIST” EVENT WINNERS

SAN JOSE “BEST GUITARIST” EVENT WINNERS

Dana- Jade of Days

Sam- Modern Ruinz GOLD WINNER

GOLD WINNER Nelson- Jade of Days

Nelson- Jade of Days SILVER WINNER

SILVER WINNER Emme- Cherry Nova BRONZE WINNER

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Craig- Whatever Fits

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Intoxicating the Devil Story: Mat Weir Photos: Vanessa Lucas Demonic drums beat out the sound of voodoo rhythms against the bamboo walls as eerily bright blues, reds, and yellows shine in the dimly lit room. It’s Saturday night in Santa Cruz and that means Intoxica at Hula’s Island Grill. A bi-monthly event hosted by DJ’s Meester Dellamorte and Mike Cheddar, Intoxica is where all the cool cats take their hip chicks for the best in 60’s garage, surf and lounge music, then cool off after with one of Hula’s refreshing and stupefying $5 tiki drinks. But this Saturday was no ordinary Saturday because tonight Intoxica was thrown in honor of a good friend’s birthday, the sinister Matt Macabre, complete with the irresistible burlesque dancing of the one and only Original Pin-Up Villain, Miss Rockwell DeVil [myspace.com/missrockwell].

Oh yes, the gods were going to be pleased.

My lady and partner in sin, Vanessa, along with another buddy, started out the night properly with neon-blue Zombies in hand, as the pompadours and dresses started coming in one by one. As the night became darker, the cocktails grew stronger, and the empty tiki glasses began piling up around the swinging bodies dancing to the wild sounds of DJs Cheddar and Meester. Then a cool, blue trumpet began to slowly wail over the speakers, signaling that the show was about to begin.

Miss DeVil strutted out onto the floor in a dark-rimmed hat and tan trench coat like a private eye covering the nightly beat. With a twist of her hips, a shake of her shoulders and the crowd howling her on, she revealed her tight corset and long leggings, straight out of a Something Weird video. Her sultry, tattooed skin held every eye captive as she practiced her art of deadly seduction. By the time of her second performance, she had the crowd in a complete and ravenous frenzy, gyrating her pasty tassels in a hypnotic trance for the birthday boy. And just when you thought it was all over, the guys at Intoxica threw in a tiki mug raffle for anyone wanting to try their luck. I lost horribly, but after a night of smooth music, strong cocktails and sensual skin, everyone was left a winner. We had a minor hand in getting Miss Rockwell to perform, so I was able to talk my way into an exclusive interview with her early on; which will be appearing right here in YMM next month, ya dig?

So there you have it daddy-o; the low down on the hottest nights in Santa Cruz. Intoxica is for anyone who has a taste for the strange, an ear for exotic music, the stomach of a champ and a classic style that will always be cool to those hip enough to be in the know.

Interview by: Darien Lomeli

Live photos by: Alan Ralph

I am coming out of a short hibernation to attend Mayhem Fest after having taken a break from the concert scene. Being that this is the only summer metal tour going on this year (sans Ozzfest), I feel it is my humble duty as a writer and metal head to attend. No matter what is going on in my life, I can never stay away from metal for too long as I go through withdrawal symptoms like any good junkie. So with that I am proving to all the people I went to school with who thought this “metal thing” was some “passing fancy” that they are dead wrong! I’m 35 years old and I still crave this music; god help me when I turn 65!

One thing that stays tried and true about metal or any music is that it is always there for you. Good or bad, take it or leave it, it’s there. It’s loyal like a golden retriever and makes people come together, which is my favorite part. What other entity can bring all types of people together in one place. Concerts offer a nice siesta from all the stress we are all consistently consumed with in everyday life.

I decided to add Killswitch to my list of bands to interview this year because A) I have never interviewed them before and B) I’m a sucker for hardcore music.

Their latest album, a self-titled release, came out on June 30th and is produced by

So tell me about this new album. It’s self-titled; any reason for that?

Well it’s a combination of laziness and we thought it would be cool. It’s a different sounding record, a different process.

This album is a lot slower than your other albums, more personal.

I think Howard was a lot less preachy and a little more personal on this album.

Are the ideas and thoughts all his or do all of you guys contribute to the lyrics?

No it’s all Howard. We help him with the arrangements.

Brenden O’Brian. The album peaked at #7 on Billboards 200 chart selling 58,000 copies in its first week. This album is a slight departure from their other releases with slower song arrangements, yet still maintains the Killswitch sound and energy. “It’s more introspective” according to Joel Stroezl, who states that on this album, “Howard is less preachy and more personal.” Kicking off its release with a summer tour and a main stage slot playing next to Slayer and Marilyn Manson, Killswitch is hitting the road.

So what is your process when you’re writing?

Usually I’ll do music. First it’s a combination. We will each bring in a couple songs that are pretty much done and present them to each other. We each write our own stuff then bring it together.

So during this process what are some of the things that make Killswitch stand out from the other hardcore break down type bands out there?

It’s weird. Everyone in the band has super varied musical interests. I grew up listening to Slayer, Testament and Metallica.

Everyone listens to rock and pop music. We have all these influences, which help us not get bored with ourselves.

On a personal level, getting away from the music, what personal things drive you to get some of the sounds that you get?

I like riffs that are super catchy but the majority of stuff I write ends up getting thrown out cause I’m super picky about it.

What are you hoping to accomplish on this tour?

To tell you the truth we just want to do our thing and play for as many people as we can.

I get tons of emails with links to videos and mp3s for bands from all over the place. For one reason or another a certain subject line caught my eye one day that read: “My First Earthquake fends off an invasion of the hipster body snatchers in its video for ‘Cool In The Cool Way.’” I’d never heard of the band, but I just had to watch. Unlike most amateur music videos for indie bands, the video was unique, fun and remarkably well-made. I had to hear more from this band, so I downloaded their debut album “Downstairs” and was immediately drawn to the upbeat rhythms and quirky lyrics. In a world overrun by emo punk and gangsta’ ballads, My First Earthquake bring the cool back to the music scene.

By: Itay K

How’d you guys come up with your band name?

What’s it mean?

Actually, our first band practice was my first earthquake.

It was in August of 2006. It wasn’t huge, but it was definitely earth-shaking.

So, you’re obviously not originally from the Bay Area...

That’s correct. I’m from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Why’d you decide to come out west?

A job and a sense of adventure.

What got you to start a band out here?

Well, I’ve always liked to sing and write lyrics and I was in some bands in college. It was time for a new aftercollege endeavor.

How’d you guys all meet?

We all went to Carnegie Mellon except for our drummer who’s a San Francisco native. None of us really knew each other that well when we lived in Pittsburgh, but then we all met out here.

Your first album Downstairs just came out - was it done completely independent?

Yeah. We did it all ourselves. We financed it ourselves.

We are now in debt for it.

How do you guys distribute your music?

Well, now is such a good time because you just pay some middle-man a little bit of money and have it on iTunes and Amazon and all the other sites. Online distribution hasn’t been that hard. We’ve been giving a couple albums to local record stores and getting requests from as far away as New Zealand and Finland, so we’re mailing some.

You guys have a few interesting music videos out.

Do you do those yourselves as well?

Yeah. Well, that and with the kindness of friends. We’re lucky to have a bunch of very talented friends. We have a new video that we just put out for “Out of the Band” and we’re working on one for “Vow to Vowels”. I think our key to getting more listeners is to just keep making more music videos.

What are the responses like to the videos online?

We did a holiday video over Christmas and that was insane. Just the response to that - I think I got like 5 or 6 marriage

proposals and we, of course, also got some dislikage.

Overall, it was positive and I think we’ve gotten a big chunk of fans from that.

Where would you say your sound comes from?

Well, it’s kind of all over the place. Our keyboardist and our guitarist are very “now” music - they know all the cool bands. I really like stuff like girl punk from the 70’s and our drummer, his musical knowledge spans it all. I think we come from all different places but we definitely all have an appreciation for David Bowie and Prince... We get a lot of influence from earlier sources. Usually the keyboardist will write a loop and I’ll sing over it and then the song will develop from there. The reason why it is so keyboard-driven is because that’s the basis for most of the songs. We’re really into using lots of different synths and stuff. We don’t feel like you have to be monogamous with your keyboard.

So where can people find your record here?

If they’re in San Francisco, they can find it at Amoeba and Streetlight. In the East Bay there are a couple of places - you can find it on our website. We’re selling it through us for the cheapest. And we include remixes and stuff like that. So then the money goes right back into producing more music.

Any parting words?

Um...I hope people don’t compare us to the B-52’s because my bandmate Chad hates that. He really gets mad. I’m just happy if they enjoy our music and I hope they tell their friends if they like it.

Check them out online at: WWW.MYFIRSTEARTHQUAKE.COM

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