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By Itay K So the band’s about to head out on tour, and you just released a new album, Uplifter. How is the album doing?

It’s fine. It’s a different era of course. Back in the 90’s, when people really had to go to the store to buy things and only a little bit of uploading was going on, we found our core audience. We’re thrilled to be able to have easily 100,000 people enjoying what we do being 19 years into it. We had a lot of success in the mid 90’s and have enjoyed being around as long as we have been and it’s great to still be making music. We’re thrilled about it.

How’s the energy in the group? Is there the same dynamic between you guys after being together for so many years?

It’s definitely different but we’re still excited about being on this journey. It’s never been about how we can repeat something, it’s about what’s coming up next. In my opinion, that’s how the last couple of albums have been, like we’re trying to tell people that we’re great but not really pushing the musical limits like we did on those first few albums… it’s a gut-check. It’s important to keep at it, gain new tricks, keep it fun and keep our audience around. I’m not so concerned with gaining a whole new generation of fans but to focus on the audience we have now. When we go independent, we’ll do great.

Do you guys do any online promotion?

We’re not actively pursuing new avenues, just making sure that our audience knows what we’re doing and knows about the tour dates. It’s primary to our success and longevity that people keep coming out to our shows.

Are you guys getting a bunch of new fans with Uplifter?

If this was our first album, people would have been blown away by how different it is. If we sold 100,000 in 2

and a half months we would think we’re like the kings of the world but we just need to be humble and take things in a realistic view like we’re still trying to survive. We’re comfortable and we invested our money correctly. We’re going to do this for the rest of our lives and we don’t really need to worry about mainstream success. I think that’s when mainstream success will come - when we give the middle finger to what we think people will want.

I think we’re sandwiching our good ideas and pushing out what could really be revolutionary. It would grab a bigger audience if we tried to fit in everywhere. If you talk to the other guys in the band, you’ll probably get a different story. That’s why I like to do interviews... I like to share my side of things. I get to be honest about where we’re at.

If it were up to you, where would the music go?

Well, Ted does great electronic music. It doesn’t have any lyrics... not many instruments besides guitar and bass. He programs great beats and now he’s going through a classic rock revival, so I can only imagine having those two together would be so cool. I’d just love to see something really experimental and ambient which could also rock the crowd on a 311 album. I say, fuck it! Anything is fair game. Tim does great, great reggae and rock on his own that I think Nick has a hard time relating to, but I think the more we let go of some of those fears... We need to let that go and be more open and know that every idea is valid and that we can do whatever. We could have a jazzy song, some folk thing, Nick can do pop rock, wonderful stuff... and I can be all over the place finding new techniques on the bass to get on the album as well. It would make it interesting for those fans who are musicians, who are some of our best fans, and make people dance at the same time. I think we’re a lot better than we’re allowing ourselves to be and I’d love to see us break out of that. With us possibly going independent, I see us doing that a lot more where we’re making music just because that’s what we do.

Not just music that we think should be on a 311 album.

We’ve recorded every live show since 1999 and we’re thinking of doing some kind of subscription thing where you can pick whatever show you want and download it.

To use that Grateful Dead motto - the more music that’s out there, the better.

I know of quite a few bands that are doing it successfully.

It’s just so smart, it’s giving people what they want.

You mentioned the band was planning on going independent...

Yeah, I think it’s the only way to go. Like I said, we’ve got our audience, they buy our albums and they love what we do. They’re supporting us to do exactly that and to stretch out artistically instead of making songs that we think may or may not get played on the radio. It’s playing the game to a certain degree. But if you have 100,000 people buying your album and you’re selling it yourself, instead of the record label making 70%, we’re going to make the 70%. That seems like the only way to go. I think it’s what we’ve been looking forward to this whole time even if we haven’t known it.

Who are some of your influences as a bassist?

I mean, Steve Harris and Cliff Burton were the first ones who really made me want to pick up the instrument. I was listening to early Metallica at the time just being blown away by how they were using the bass as the lead instrument. The instrument has only been around for 60 years so it seems like it had a lot of room for experimentation. And then when I heard some local funk guys in Omaha, it just took it a step further. Metal and Funk made me really play aggressively - especially when I was a kid, trying ideas out that I don’t think anyone would have tried out, at least not in Omaha.

Then when 311 got together, we were taking cues from the Chili Peppers and Public Enemy and just really having fun with music. I mean, at the time, we didn’t know we had it so good. In the late 80’s and early 90’s there was so much fair game as far as creativity. It was great to discover new music that was aggressive and fun but also kind of revolutionary and had a lot of meaning to it. And it’s still out there, here and there. It just seems to be watered down of course in the mainstream how it always is. You have to really dig deep for those bands that actually use their minds, instead of wanting to get laid or paid. I want to get caught by a band so that I’m equally influenced by the music as I am good movies and great artists.

Are there any bands out there right now that you’re into?

I love the Funky Monkeys. And the new Phoenix album for something that’s easier to take. It’s kind of like a guilty pleasure... On the new album I’m really starting to understand what they’re talking about. They’re a cool Danish band. They’ve been around for a little bit - I think this is their 3rd album that just came out. It’s really, really cool. They allow a lot of space in their music and not let the vocals get it. I appreciate it. It sets the mood without being locked down with the words. Words can be shortcomings and revelations at the same time. It’s tough to find a great singer that’s really an artist and who can show you a unique view. I love what we get from our guys, but I do wish that we could allow ourselves to do more instrumental stuff; Instrumental breaks to let the instruments breath for a little bit instead of always having to be vocal forward.

Do you feel like you’re stuck in this pattern where every song has to incorporate each voice in the group in a certain way?

Yeah, I do for sure. That’s what I think would be cool - for us to experiment more allowing there to be an all electronic song on an album, and maybe just an acoustic guitar and have that be a 311 song. And then I think the stuff that Nick comes up with will have a deeper meaning if it’s not just the same formula. If we just let go of our format, I think it’ll mean more. We’ve got our fans because we’re a certain kind of group of artists and the more we try new things, the more we’ll gain a new audience and then really make it both fun and educational for ourselves. I think we can do what we do pretty easily and it’s more like we’re treading water than climbing a mountain.

So now you have to push yourself to experiment outside of your comfort zones?

Yeah, especially since we’ve been around for so long.

Some of us are turning 40 this year and it’s like, let’s see how far we can take it while still being safe. Let’s throw away the old ideas because we’ve done that so many times. Let’s see what we can come up with without following our old habits.

Do you think you’d ever completely abandon the band’s signature Reggae-Rock feel?

No, I think it’s so fun and so natural for us to do. It plays live fantastically and I think we’ll always come back to it, but I don’t want it to be a crutch. I’d like to see us do it in a natural way like we used to - let it be more organic.

FOR FALL TOUR INFO AND MORE, VISIT: WWW.311.COM P-Nut at The Hive Studio, 2009 photo credit: Marcello Ambriz

Every Day is Still Halloween for Alice Cooper

By Tanja M. Alvarez Guillotines, beheadings, straight jackets, and fake blood may embody nightmares for the faint-hearted, but epitomize good quality entertainment and a fun time for the audacious Alice Cooper audience. As the pioneer of shock rock himself proclaims “Every Day is Halloween” for him, he did not disappoint his audience at San Francisco’s Warfield Theatre. Although in his sixties by now, Cooper delivered a fascinating show mesmerizing newer fans as well as those who may have purchased one of his first albums several decades ago.

The opening act, “Jetboy”, originally formed in San Francisco during the glam rock era of the 1980s, started the evening with a solid set reminiscent of AC/ DC intertwined with early Motley Crue and Hanoi Rocks. Fronted by a more punk- than glam-looking Mickey Finn, the band clearly demonstrated that the only thing they have lost over the years is the big hair and the numerous cans of hair spray.

Cooper and his four-man band promptly took the stage at their scheduled time. Their ninety-minute set opened with a brief version of “School’s Out”, which was taken up again and continued as the very last song of the show.

What followed then was a mixture of newer and older material covering all highlights of Mr. Furnier’s long carrier. Crowd favorites included “Eighteen”, “Poison”, “Welcome to my Nightmare”, and “Billion Dollar Babies.”

Props and entertainment certainly remain a big part of Cooper’s show. The stage was decorated with big red, black, and silver letters hanging down from the ceiling spelling “Alice”, and the drum set was positioned on a podium in the right hand corner. Thunder and lightning were part of the show, as were several scary looking men dressed in robes and hoods, who intermittently tortured Cooper throughout the evening.

Cooper’s performance was anything but moderate. He reminded the audience of what a great entertainer he is by carrying out the entire “Ballad if Dwight Fry” rocking back and forth dressed in a straight jacket. During “Nurse Rozetta”, a sexy nurse rolled him out on stage in a wheel chair. Then, only a few songs later, Cooper had the seemingly lifeless nurse stretched across his lap during a dramatic rendition of “Only Women Bleed.” During “Dirty Diamonds” he gave out strings of silver beads to the captivated audience. And finally, as if offering “diamonds” to the audience was not enough, Cooper came out with a long spear full of fake money, which he generously threw into the audience.

Cooper and his band not only deserve proper credit for their showmanship but also for their musical performance. The band, with a basic line up of two guitars, bass, and drums, sounded straight forward and kept the energy going throughout the entire evening. Remarkably, they found an ideal combination of supporting their front man and letting his elaborate theatrics shine while having ample opportunity to display their musical talent.

Although some of the newer bands are more dramatic and gory, Alice Cooper remains an original well-worth seeing.

Despite great fame and recognition, Cooper and his band, particularly bassist Chuck Garric, appeared to appreciate the audience and spent much time at the very front of the stage interacting with their fans. As an icon of rock music, it has to be tricky to still deliver a quality performance and to appear genuine after so many years. But without a doubt, Cooper mastered the difficult task of delivering his over-the-top show and not looking like a caricature of himself. Alice Cooper definitely remains an act every rock fan should have witnessed at least once.

Venue: The Warfield Theatre, San Francisco, CA Wednesday, October 21, 2009

By Josh Pierson Shadows Fall is a band that has gone through a ton of trials and tribulations, one lead singer change that proved to be the best move for both parties, and major record label changes. In the midst of all of this, they’ve somehow been able to maintain their hierarchy at the top of the metal food chain.

If there’s one band out there that hasn’t necessarily revolutionized metal or hasn’t done something that’s never been done before - that’s Shadows Fall. Instead, they bring a brand of metal that hasn’t been seen since the mid 80’s, but making it a bit heavier and faster.

After the release of their newest album ‘Redemption,’ I will admit that even I, an avid Shads Fall fan was a bit skeptical after their last release ‘Threads of Life,’ which proved to be a much softer side of this incredibly heavy thrash band. But the second I popped the album in to my CD player I knew that not only was this the Shadows Fall that we’re accustomed to hearing, but it had a new added sense of darkness, or even an urgency to reclaim their rightful spot at the top of metal.

They are also one of those metal bands that not only brings us great albums time and time again, but their live performance is one that’s not to be missed, and from start to finish an absolute “metal massacre.” But I urge anyone out there that’s never heard Shadows Fall to go out and listen to the song, “A Fire In Babylon,” as that song will sum up every brand of metal and every influence from Metallica, Megadeth, Testament, and Northeast Hardcore all in one. When asking Brian Fair once what kind of metal genre they preffered, he responded with, “We’re just metal.” For the first time in my career, I was able to sit down with Brian from Shadows Fall, and I must say that it was the best, most entertaining interview I’ve done to date.

Threads of Life was a much more melodic album than Redemption, what was the process going from that to the new one in Redemption that is much heavier and darker?

It’s usually about where our heads are at at that time, we had just come off the road with Iron Maiden for the summer, so if that doesn’t inspire you to write a melodic album, nothing will! It was just the headspace we were in, more of that over the top arena rock, a lot of old metal, Priest. With this new record, when we started writing, more of the tunes were just that aggressive kind of vibe. The first song we wrote was Public Execution and that kind of set the tone. We did a lot of writing in the practice space at full volume and gives you that live feel.

This tour with Five Finger Death Punch and Otep is a bit different from past tours, how did it come about?

I think us and Five Finger Death Punch definitely share some common ground with similar influences. We always try and tour pretty eclectic bills; we’ve toured with everyone from King Diamond to Glassjaw. We’re luckily a metal band that’s never been painted in a corner with one sub-genre. We’re just kind of a metal band with all these other things involved, so it really allows you to mix it up. But for me, doing a tour with five bands that all sound the same just drives me fucking crazy! It also gets you in front of new people, or else your just preaching to the converted. This is a very eclectic bill - should be cool.

What are the chances of an All That Remains, Shadows Fall, Killswitch Engage tour?

Oh man, we’ve always joked about the kissing cousins tour, where you have all the bands that have everybody from those bands in it, it would be Killswitch, Us, All That Remains, but then we’d have to get Overcast, and Aftershock. But to get us all together would be fucking awesome.

What were the pros and cons with creating your own label?

The cons are, it’s alot of work, but honestly we are very micro-managing anyway, so we drove record label people crazy anyway, so it wasn’t that big of a change

for us. What was great is with our Atlantic deal, it was 1 with an option, so we started negotiating and got alot of up front money from them to do a distribution deal, and where we now own the record, which flipped the royalty rates. What happens is that they give you a loan, they wait however long it takes - years it could be until the label gets all their money back and pays everybody first, and the band gets whatever is left. We flipped it to now we have that 70-80% that they used to have, and we also know whatever money we spend and whatever decisions we make are not only about the bottom line, but it’s also about our long term. We have a major label in Warner Bros. putting it in stores.

What are the chances of you signing some bands on your label?

It’s a part of the future. We down the line do want to sign bands and probably more of the same wave where we have this platform and business model, where you guys are pretty much going to have to do it yourself, but we’ll give you this kind of jump start. We may sign some younger bands, but I could see us doing some digital only kind of releases for younger bands at first. We’re trying to be proactive and change the way it’s done.

What would you tell the younger bands that are just ‘trying?’

Honestly, if you love it, you’ll deal with all the bullshit.

You’ll tell the bands that are in it for the wrong reasons pretty quick. The road’s tough. Right now if you’re in a metal band, you’re not going to make tons of money, you can probably survive if you get lucky, that’s if you get lucky. There’s one Metallica, there’s one Iron Maiden - that’s it. If you really want it, you just gotta go out there and hack it out.

Where do you think Metal’s at right now?

It’s pretty crazy, the resurgence is pretty awesome.

To see how it’s grown, it’s pretty ridiculous. When we first were touring, you had to set up your own shows, bands from Europe didn’t come here as much. To see now that there’s a full touring cycle, and you got bands like Killswitch selling gold fucking records, Lamb of God playing arenas, it’s crazy. To see the thrash, retro thing coming back…I never thought in a million years I’d see kids in denim vests and white reebok hightops that weren’t the sketchy old dude in the back of the show.

Is Overcast planning on doing a tour?

We did a small East Coast tour. It’s a scheduling thing.

Overcast is for the ‘love of.’

The new album is the first album where you’re swearing.

Yup, first album with a swear and a guest appearance all

It’s difficult for bands nowadays to keep the same lineup, and besides you and Jason almost ten years ago, it’s pretty much been the same lineup…

Yeah, Jason came in right after me. Everyone really understands their role in the band, it’s a very common goal, we share alot of common goals and background, we all grew up in the same small scene. We’ve all known eachother for years before we ever played together.

Overcast took Shadows Fall out on their first tour when Phil (Labonte of All That Remains) was still singing for ‘em. You fight all the time; it’s just like having five brothers you always want to out do, get the last word.

Do you think you’ve hit the point in your career where you’ve done the best song you can do, or the best album you can do?

No, no...I feel this record was a step up playing wise, sonically as well, and I think we’ve learned how to use the studio to our advantage every record, and just feel comfortable in our own skin. You start reading each others minds after a while. I think there’s always room for improvements. When I listen to ‘Of One Blood’ till now I can’t believe how much we’ve grown as it is.

‘A Fire In Babylon’ is my favorite song by you guys, and everytime I see you I bug you to play it, and you never do.

We used to bust it out all the time; the problem is that it’s fucking ten minutes long, it’s like, “There’s goes the set.” Not playing it tonight either...it’s one that we haven’t rehearsed that much…it’s not happening!

Zakk Wylde (BLS, Ozzy) has given you guys much praise for years and years...

He’s one of our biggest supporters. He always complains whenever he sees Jon, he’s like “Jon, you have to get huge so I can fucking retire. I gotta hand the torch, I’m gettin’ old, man!” He’s always supportive, which for Jon is huge cause that’s one of his favorite guitar players. It’s funny cause when you see Zakk you never know what the fuck is going to happen. We ran into him in El Paso randomly in a fucking hotel bar. He comes up to us, “Hey, I just got these on the other side of the border,” and slams down a bag on the hotel bar full of brass knuckles and says, “Anybody tells you Shadows Fall sucks, you fuckin’ hit ‘em with these.” I hope he’s feeling better. photo credit: Alan Ralph

What are some of your favorite experiences playing shows with Shadows Fall?

We’ve been pretty lucky. The highlight is our tour with Damageplan. You usually have the last night of the tour where everythings crazy. Well, that was like a week.

Dime was just fucking crazy; he would do those last night stunts like every fucking night. The last night in Albany we all did a few songs where by the end of it Jay (Jason Bittner) was behind the drums dressed as Vinnie Paul. Dime gave Jon (Donais) his guitar and Jon’s just shredding all over it. It was total bedlum, that’s probably one of the highlights. Getting to sing in a tribute to Dime, I sang “A New Level” (Pantera) with Anthrax when they did their reunion thing out in Astoria in London; that was pretty crazy. And spending a whole summer with Black Sabbath and Iron Maiden, that’s kind of awesome. Bill Ward hanging out asking how your day was, drinking one of your beers.

in one! I take lyrics pretty seriously, and positive, even the angrier songs on the new record are usually more of a warning or a response to something as opposed to just needless rage.

By Itay K

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WWW.YOURMUSICMAGAZINE.COM It’s been a minute since we last spoke with our friends Gift of Gab and producer Dnae Beats. A hometown favorite, Dnae has been grinding for almost a decade with his unmistakeably funky and precise beat-making techniques. We’ve been following his career here at YMM ever since his days with Pushing Destinations... yeah, I remember that shit! Now, one of Bay Area hip hop’s most notable lyricists, Gift of Gab and Dnae Beats have their eyes set on the stars with Gab’s newest release, Escape To Mars. Featuring legendary artists such as Brother Ali, Del the Funky Homosapien, Lateef the Thruthspeaker, Joyo Velarde and guest producers such as Hednodic of Crown City Rockers, Escape to Mars breaths life into a music world being strangled by a need for creativity. I had a chance to sit with both Gab and Dnae at Dnae’s SF based studio and here’s what they had to say about their upcoming release...

When does the new album come out?

Gab: The new album just dropped November 3rd. It’s the new album by Gift to Gab called ‘Escape to Mars’ produced

by Dnae Beats.

When did you guys first start working together?

Gab: Well, we’ve known each other for three or four years through a friend of both of ours who used to work at Quannum Projects. She had run into Dnae and was feeling his stuff. She knew I was working on some solo stuff at that time, so she brought me a CD of his beats; she was like ‘this dude is dope’. I get beats every day, so I was like, um... who’s this guy?

Dnae: I think that it was right after I had done some stuff on Pigeon John’s album (Summertime Pool Party) and that’s how

we connected through Quannum. She connected me with you.

Gab: There’s the side of the story that I didn’t know about.

That was a dope album. Did you guys go into the making of ‘Escape to Mars’ with any specific direction in mind?

Gab: I would say the record kind of evolved. The first song that I wrote to was the title song. The hook kind of came out, and from there we just kept building over a period of time. Obviously Dnae’s working on his side of the stuff and I’m working on my stuff... we just kept reconnecting and building and building until we felt we had a solid body of work.

You two have worked together in the past, do you think there’s going to be more after this album?

Gab: Definitely.

Dnae: Yeah.

Gab: He’s a homie. Throughout this album we definitely had some chemistry - musically and lyrically. We’ll definitely keep making music.

How did you choose some of the collaborations on the new album?

Gab: We kept this real selective, as far as collabos. Lateef the Truthspeaker does background on a couple songs, but it’s so small that you might not even notice it unless we told you. We’ve got a song with Brother Ali and Del called “Dreamin’” which is one of my favorite songs on the album. They came in and killed it with this really dope funky song.

For you (Gab), is it ever difficult to manage all of your different projects?

Gab: Sometimes it gets a little much and I have to step back. I have to focus on one thing at a time. Even though we just finished with this record, we’re working on

a Christmas record now. I think that we’re both the type of artists that have to keep creating. I don’t feel right if I don’t have a canvas in front of me - meaning: beats, a pen and a pad, and some way to express myself musically.

As far as Hip Hop is concerned, is it tough to get people out to shows?

Gab: At one point I was thinking it was, but not really. I think it’s all on who’s promoting the show and what crowd they’re promoting it to. There was a time when I felt like underground hip hop was thriving. No disrespect to anybody but there are only a handful of artists that are really making good albums. And I’m just speaking about underground hip hop. I am starting to hear a lot of great music... I love the Slaughterhouse record. Jay Z, you can say he’s mainstream, but he is pure lyrics.

I consider his stuff more universal. I like the Chali 2na record. There’s some good music coming out. Not a lot of records that I would say are restoring my faith, but for a minute it was really inspiring. I don’t want to sound negative or anything, it’s just in terms of my style and taste I’m just one person with an opinion.

Are you touring in support of the album’s release?

Dnae: Yeah, we’ve been consistently on the road. We just got back from Switzerland. We’ve been all over the South. As far as a tour, we’re doing the Nokia Theater next Thursday, and then we got a couple other shows this month.

Next month we’ve got a tour with Chali 2na and Mr. Lif which is going across Colorado, Montana, and a Canadian date up in Vancouver, Washington, to Eugene, and then Sacramento, and a couple other shows in the Bay. Gab: We’re going to be touring a lot.

Escape 2 Mars has launched!

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So I just want to say that it’s an honor...I’ve been listening to Yes since I was a kid.

Good. You’re probably brainwashed. A lot of people are. You know, people come up to me and they look at me like I’m their saviour or something. It happens about once a year; some kid about 19 years old will come over and talk to Yes like ‘I’ve been listening to this since I was 3 years old, man. What does it mean?’

How did you get involved with the Fantasy Camp?

Actually, I met David (the founder) in Brazil about 15 years ago. I was doing a solo tour with James Taylor, Alice Cooper and a friend of mine, Milton Nascimento, one of the great singers of the world and David was running the show. So we became friends and he kept talking about this Fantasy Camp idea and I thought it was really cool. So, I did his first one in New York and it was really cool because there were a lot of people there who first of all, liked making music and rocking, but they also went to meet their heroes. So I became a superhero for 10 minutes. I was able to make music and have fun and you try to explain to the students to ‘turn the bass down, for God’s sake. I can’t hear myself think!’ - Which is basically what I went through for 40 years with Chris - ‘turn the fucking bass down!’ Bass players are all half-deaf anyways.

What’s your role at the camp?

I’m a professor; Professor Jon. Basically I just go in and sing with them or help them arrange the music they’re playing better. More or less, you try and coax them and make them feel at ease with what they’re playing. It’s like a holiday camp with music, really.

Do the students play original music or cover songs?

They actually play Yes songs, Zeppelin songs, Green

By Itay K Day songs, you know, modern songs.

You always get some guy who wants to do a solo and you check him out and it’s like ‘OK, you can do a solo.’ There’s usually about 10 different bands. So, I’d be assigned to two bands or one band and then you have a competition and a free-for-all big night out where everybody performs and it’s a lot of fun.

What are your thoughts on the country’s lack of music programs in public schools?

Well, this is the darker side of Americanism. Not only is music not being taught in schools anymore because of the budget, which is truly a lot of rubbish, we have to regain control of our future and our children. They don’t even get taught about Native American culture, so how stupid is that? One of the things that I do out on my solo tours is talk about how music has really got to come back to schools and very early on just like mathematics, geography, art... because these are the important things. There’s so much corruption that it’s frightening and the first thing that gets hit is music in schools.

Robin Thunder & Speedumb Nickel & Dime I am not going to pretend to be an expert about the psychobilly scene, but I know good aggressive music when I hear it. This high-energy blend of punk, thrash, and billy is Japanese psychobilly act Robin’s first album to make it overseas, and it’s a good thing it did, because this is a band that deserves recognition.

‘Thunder & Speedumb’ is a very fitting name for this album. They employ everything from heavy feedback to fast, thrashy riffing and even some nutty shred work in this effort. These guys also know how to go dumb, and do so in style. The majority of this album is riddled with fast, intense tracks, but they are not afraid to bring some light-hearted, playful material to the table, too.

Tracks like Flying High Again and Space Ride do not compromise any of the speed or energy from the rest of the album, but take on an entirely different tone than the rest. They are much happier sounding and a lot of fun. On the other end of the spectrum, tracks like Judgement Day show the band’s more raw, metal side and will knock you right on your ass.

This is a very solid album overall. The guitar work is fast and aggressive, the basswork is fantastic and the drums and vocals are both executed with style.

The album certainly does not suffer from a lack of diversity, either. It sounds like they draw inspiration from bands like Tragedy, Slayer, and NOFX. So if you like high-energy, fast-paced punk riffing, tight, groovy bass lines, or if you’re into fun aggressive music at all, Robin is sure to leave you as satisfied as the comic book character they got their name from left his crime-fighting counterpart.

- Brandon Adler

Northern Son Wider Skies Independent Northern Son just released their debut album Wider Skies and the fans are raving about this quintet that fuses rock, folk and country into beautiful melodies and catchy sing-a-long songs. Formed out of Bay Area bands, My Former Self and Plans For Revenge, Northern Son owns the stage and delivers an exceptional performance every time they play, even when they strip down and do an acoustic show. The band was listening to a lot of Tom Petty while writing the album, and I think listeners

will notice this classic American heartland feel in the music. Inspired by personal life experiences, Jeff Carmassi and Tyler Florence approach the songwriting process by expressing raw human emotion; their songs are about good times with friends, love, making bad decisions, and even personal growth. I believe this honesty resonates within the fans because it’s something they can relate to, something they have experienced in their own lives. My personal favorite on the album is “Love Will Find A Way” – you can’t help but groove to the catchy melody and memorize the lyrics! I also really enjoyed the songs “Downtown,” “Fire,” and “This Old Town.” Every member of this band is integral to their sound, as well as an extremely talented musician, and that comes across on the album, and on stage. I was told that the album title Wider Skies came from an inspired place of wanting something bigger or better for yourself and the people around you. In my mind Northern Son achieved this with emotional honesty and integrity, creating an amazing album that is truly original!

- Barb Rocks

The Veil Between Self-Titled Independent Hailing from the Inland Empire, CA, The Veil Between is a high-powered blend of thrash, punk, and brutal hardcore with some death metal influences as well.

The musicianship is outstanding for such a young band and the high energy throughout this album is impressive. They keep it fast and aggressive, but they are not afraid to slow it down for an ominous clean riff or a crushing breakdown. They never compromise any melody for brutality. It stays intense throughout and will be ringing in your ears for the rest of the day.

The band never seems to lose their way throughout the CD; it stays raw and powerful throughout, yet the songs all stand out. The band is not afraid to experiment. They definitely live up to their name, being the veil between several different styles of extreme music. Jason Engols and Robb Burke tear it up on guitars. It’s always nice to hear a hardcore band busting out solos, and there is no shortage of tight licks here. Josh Durante is a solid drummer throughout and puts out some very impressive work here. He knows when to lay down the blastbeats and employs an almost playful style at times. Drew Petropoulos rips some sick shit out on bass, and Jimi Thomas brings the raw hardcore vocals relentlessly.

This is a band that obviously has a lot of love for the music they create. The breakdowns here will drop you like a sledge to the skull. The band overall has a very epic, fat sound to it. I really enjoyed this effort.

This band shows a huge amount of potential and I look forward to their future releases. - Brandon Adler

Dethklok Dethalbum II Adult Swim Everyone’s favorite Adult Swim program Metalocalypse has ended for the session, and we all know what that means time to get all of the season’s best music. The release of Dethklok’s Death Album II is available everywhere after September 29th.

The album release falls on a 34 City North American Tour of Dethklok partnered with Mastodon. The tour kicks off October 2nd in Organ and runs through November ending in California. The Death Album II comes at the end of the second season of Adult Swim most viewed show, Metalocalypse. The album feature hard-hittingnon-stop rock for fans of the most brutal animated band.

The music of this mad wave of mayhem, death, and destruction runs rampant throughout this new album.

The upcoming tour has a packed line up of talented musicians, so make sure to check out when this mayhem is coming your way.

- Brian Crabtree

Vibrant EYEris Hip Hop Don’t Stop Independent

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What A Wonderful World Vol. 1 w. & a. Inio Asano Viz Media An entertaining collection of intersecting vignettes depicting twenty-something angst, What A Wonderful World! explores the various ways that modern life can all at once be ridiculous and sublime, terrible and precious, wasted and celebrated. In volume one of this two part series, what begins with a college dropout bored of her mediocre routine after turning her back on her dream to become an indie rock star in college soon becomes a fantastic series of stories about the unexpected ways that different lives intersect.

So far, volume one was a really great read from front to back. I especially enjoyed the seamless transitions between the chapters, or in this book’s case, the track list (a play off of the book’s indie rock themes). It’s also amazing how the stories and themes in this book are able to relate to western culture despite the fact that the story is set in Tokyo, Japan. It just proves that all people, everywhere in the world go through the same ups and downs, regardless of their background or surroundings.

Kill Audio w. Claudio Sanchez a. Mr Sheldon Boom! Studios Lead Singer of Coheed & Cambria, Claudio Sanchez is at it again with a brand new book, and it’s nothing like his highly successful Amory Wars series. The world of Kill Audio is a psychotic and twisted one... and the title character, a stocky, loudmouthed little dude by the name of Kill Audio won’t die. Check that - he can’t die... and that’s just where our story begins. On his quest to speak to Clockwork, the creator of sight and sound about his little ordeal, our hero is aided by one seriously delusional coke-fiend rooster (think Foghorn Leghorn meets Dave Chappelle’s Tyrone) and an alcoholic skeleton dressed as a beaver. Curious yet? So far, this book has some really great prospects for a really cool story. Pick up issue #1 and decide for yourself!

Have you ever felt chills up your spine?

That is the sensation that I experienced after seeing two of the Vibrant EYEris members perform at a small venue in Santa Cruz, California.

I immediately was drawn to this band and was curious to hear their new album. This CD, titled “Hip Hop Don’t Stop,” will be released to the public on Friday, November 6th 2009. The occasion will take place at The 418 Project on Front Street in Santa Cruz, California. Over 1,000 CD’s will be given away free of charge.

“Hip Hop Don’t Stop” is a collection of a plethora of beats, each with their own individual sound. The album begins with a mysterious opening of ambient sounds that excel into an original hip hop beat. The beats are complimented by powerful MCs named Numerous & Stepworthy who deliver their message through creative and inspiring song lyrics. As the CD continues, one’s ear is pierced and stimulated. This thoughtful album speaks of all aspects of life, projecting thoughtprovoking concepts to its audience. I recommend it to anyone with an imaginative ear to listen to this unique CD of dedicated local Santa Cruz artists. I look forward to seeing the entire band at the album release concert, and encourage all to join.

- Danielle Negrin

Company Car The English Eye Independent One album that I am glad to get my hands on, The English Eye EP from Company Car is five songs of high energy rock. Establishing themselves in San Francisco, California, Company Car is a four piece group of Dave Parker (Vocal/Guitar), Noah Heldfond (Bass), Frank Martell (Drums), and additional guitar by Dave Phillips. Their new EP released with headlining tracks “San Simeon” and “Weekend” brings back something to enjoy in rock.

The EP was recorded at Nu-Tone Studios, Pittsburg, California, by Willie Samuels produced a clean and energetic recording that is fun to listen to the five tracks over and over. As the group’s popularity in the bay area grows, the independent group released the album under their own name. Check out the group’s web site for more information about the group, The English Eye EP, and show dates.

- Brian Crabtree

By Elliot Wright

We are here today with one of San Francisco finest up and coming hip-hop groups, known to the terrestrial world as The Bayliens. I was at this year’s Bang the Drum event in Golden Gate Park, minding my own business, when all of a sudden rappers seemingly started falling out of the sky. I looked up to notice that it was Enzyme Dynamite doing one of his signature stage dives into the crowd, a move usually associated with the heavy metal or punk scene, but applied very successfully to this hip–hop crowd. This kind of fearless energy is exactly what is needed to re-spark some life into a seemingly stagnant hip-hop scene. Enzyme, along with his partners in crime DJ True Justice and J3, are looking to change the face of hip-hop, and bring the fun and energy back into live hip-hop. So with out any further ado, I present you The Bayliens.

So how would you guys classify your style?

DJ True Justice: We draw from a lot of things, from fundamental old school, to new school, to funk, to punk, to rock. Whatever will get people on the dance floor going crazy.

Enzyme Dynamite: We don’t really like to be boxed in - we like to stay evolving. Though it is hip-hop rooted, we could opera sing and make it sound fresh.

J3: I’m a hip-hop junkie first and foremost. I’ve been rapping all my damn life. It’s all about making good music, because music is a culture.

We want to experience all different types of music.

Anything that’s good, positive is considered good music.

So how did the group get started?

Enzyme: I really got started back in 2001, promoting my EP, and really pushing myself, handing out copies at liquor stores, you know.

Eventually my product started growing, and I started getting a bigger network. Then one night

I entered a battle at The Octopus Lounge and J3 was there and he’d been doing his thing in a major way, and we both got eliminated but took it outside. Slowly everyone from inside started to come out and check it out. We battled for like an hour before we traded CDs. Then like a month later we met up and started really working together, putting together mix tapes, and stuff like that and eventually we turned it into a group, and started to do the whole Bayliens thing. At the time DJ True Justice was throwing mad house parties and invited us to come and do a show with him.

Once we all started working together…the rest was history, got the song on the radio, got invited to do all these tours.

J3: We used to promote our mix tapes by going up to complete strangers and free styling about what they’re wearing, who they’re with, proving that it was off the top of the head. But we would hit up like fifty thousand people and get like a thousand to buy cds, but that’s what it takes. We believe in promotion, though we love the music and keep that in our hearts; cats just don’t understand the

business behind it. They don’t appreciate the sacrifices you have to make and say to yourself “I got to get these CD’s out and I don’t care what anybody thinks about them, I’m going to push my product.”

So what’s coming up for the Bayliens? Are you guys satisfied with what you’ve done or is there more to come?

Enzyme: I think that now it’s time to go twice as hard. That’s how it is; the deeper you get the harder you have to grind. It’s just different. We’re not grinding as we were, but it’s a different kind of grind.

DJ True Justice: The whole goal of everything is to take over the world, bring it back to our galaxy, but you have to start at the grassroots level. Now it’s just different. It’s just different mediums J3: For us now it’s time to go harder. One thing that’s great about working with these cats is that they pick up where I leave off and vice versa. So you know, at first it was CD’s, then the radio, and so it’s really about staying on the grind. Getting in

the magazines.

Enzyme: Yeah…let me say this right now: It’s all about getting involved with things like Your Music Magazine. I have been trying for so long to get in this magazine and out of the blue J3 approaches me and says were going to do an interview with YMM…(laughs). That’s just an example of how we pick up where others left off.

So where can we find more about the Bayliens?

J3: You can catch us on the internet, our music videos are on Youtube, myspace.com/ theBayliens, ensymedynamite.com. And we got two CD’s available on iTunes: The Bayliens - Crop Circles Enzyme Dynamite - Stereo Vision.

So there you have it, if you haven’t checked out The Bayliens CDs yet, I would strongly suggest it. Also, if you do get the opportunity to catch these cats on the road, I will caution: Keep your head up for flying rappers. This has been Eliquate & Wordplay, with the Bayliens.

On The Grind

By Quann Love Though he may be tiny in weight and height, this mighty midget moves like Colossus, the one eyed giant. With each sale his smoothness is like that of a young lion, out for his first kill. To watch this youngster is like watching the future unfold in front of your eyes. One might ponder, who is he? Where can I find him? Let me let you in on where to find this best kept secret: He’s “Payroll Slim.”

A 21-year old Kentucky native chose the rawest way of life rather than to live off of his family’s good fortune. You can find this juvenile driven man “slangin’ CD’s on Powell Street near the cable cars in the heart of San Francisco.” It’s like any other hot box in the game with a constant flow of a plethora of people. You can find these people shopping, eating Blondie’s pizza or just on their way from point A to point B. It’s here where you can find some of the hardest working artists in the business doing what they do best: moving units. As we walk up the block to get Payroll Slim, we have to pass several of the streets’ other “grinders,” such as M.A., of the group “Even Odds”, Pappa Don and JPMD of “Priest and Jus Manish.”

At last we caught up to Payroll, he was in the midst of selling a young suburban couple his new disk “Brand New To A Few Volume 2.” This album was created strictly for the streets. You can find it on Payroll’s Myspace page at the address www.myspace.com/ alldaygrind, along with a dozen other Payroll Slim classics. As the wife of the young couple walked away, she told Payroll how much she liked his graphics. He smiled and told her how he also designed the artwork for all of his CD’s and DVD’s. The lady paused and replied, “Oh, you got DVDs too?” In addition, her husband commented, “Oh, well I want a DVD as well.” The husband shook his head as Payroll walked back to the sale and got another ten dollars from the woman.

The couple walked off as the husband continued to shake his head.

Payroll then turned to us and apologized for the wait. He gave us just a little bit of his time because he wanted to continue holding up his CD’s and DVD’s to the passer buyers.

I turned to Payroll and asked, “So you do your own artwork?” Payroll responded, “Yeah, it’s cheaper that way.” He continued to explain to me that his DVD’s were called “Payroll Slim T.V.,” a combination of his work of various rappers, gangsters and hustlers. The footage can be found on Youtube at www.payrollslim/ youtube.com. I asked Payroll what made him start doing DVDs as well as CDs. He smirked, turned to me and explained, “With this bad economy, bootleggin’, the Internet and bullshit, people want more for their money. Since it’s nothing, I give it to them but it allows me to jump behind the camera and create. Not to mention, I edit my footage as well. Now if you excuse me, I have to get back to my nine to five job because I got a date with a hot ass chick tonight.” As he walked away, I asked him where he saw himself in five years. He told me, “On top with the rest of the Bay legends such as E40 and Too Short who started this shit!” This juvenile, driven man will definitely succeed in life with his determined attitude. I look forward to see what the future brings.

This page was sponsored by Ballin’ All Day Films and recordings by artist Quann Love who has two hot new singles out. The first set of recordings is the street anthem “Botton B!@#$” and the second is that club hopper “Hey Shawty,” featuring production by King Tone, Master and Mixx by Dio of the group Even Odds. Downloads are available at www.cdbaby.com/quannlove or you can simply text Quann Love to 69937 (MYXER).

By Mike Lyon So who are you and what do you do?

My name is David G. Castro. I am a designer and web developer by trade. I graduated from Cal State Monterey Bay with a Master of Science degree in Management and Information Technology and the focus of my undergrad degree was in web design and web development.

I started almost five years ago, back in the Lava Lounge days. That was the first time I saw one of your shows. You had one of those original Rock Wars. I heard the music and had to check it out. Started going back every Friday, and the next thing I know I am there every weekend seeing live great bands that are still around. I started hanging out and became good friends with Paul of the Lava Lounge and bands like Retribution, Hate For State, and so forth.

So, I became good friends with those guys and was like “hey, I am a web/graphic designer, let me make some fliers to promote your shows.” Between my connection with CSMB and other community colleges, we started making and handing out fliers, making their MySpace, and so forth.

Everything built from there, and now I am a full-time web designer/developer.

By the end of October I will have designed and developed four different websites this year. Two of the sites, non-music related, are in the final stages of development, but the two sites that I designed and developed earlier this year are viewable. The first site was for the metal band Pride Subject (http://www.pridesubject.com) and the second site was for the metal/hard rock band Counter Clockwise (http://www.counterclockwiseworld.com).

As I mentioned earlier, I design and develop websites for any kind of business; not all of my work focuses on music.

If you have a small business or restaurant, you can email me at info@davidgcastro.com. You can find information and examples of my work on my web site http://www.davidgcastro.com. I am based out of the San Jose area, so I don’t have trouble going up to San Francisco or down to Monterey. My first client and I sent emails back and forth and spoke only over the phone. It is a great time for me right now.

What is your pricing like?

It depends on the project. If you have a basic site, it is X amount. Or if you want it to be a little grander, then the cost will increase, but it depends on the first consultation. It does work out to thirty or thirty-five an hour, which is about the going rate of any professional web designer/developers. Like I said though, it all depends on the project, and once we do a consultation I speak with the client and get what they specifically want and how elaborate they want it. But what I do is design the site, develop the site, meaning the coding, and make sure all the links work. Then I do what is called a search engine optimization, so when a user is searching for your particular band or business that when they run your name through Google or Yahoo your site will be pretty much on the top of the list. I also do flash and multi-media applications, so if you have a Twitter account or whatever. We can link the live feeds.

the earthdance interview

By Numerous Once a year there is a festival in the middle of the forest which is thrown to promote both unity within the people and peace throughout the world, this festival is call Earthdance. In over 355 cities across the world, Earthdance runs simultaneously in a giant celebration for the awakened consciousness of those who travel to be apart of this event.

Over the 3 days in which I attended the event, I was shown the true beauty of this yearly festival through first-hand experiences and consequently, it is a memory which will last with me forever.

The diversity of the artists who performed and the cultural experience is not only an eye opener, it is truly a refreshing breather for the soul. The common bond between the attendees of the festival was selfevident in the vibes that you encountered as you made your way through the massive layout of art, music and vendor booths. Peace & Unity is the underlying message behind Earthdance and those who attended this festival will begin to grasp the full facet of the term “come together as one”. Put Earthdance on your calendar next year, it will be a festival that you will never forget!

So how are you doing?

First off…Your Music Magazine is bananas, all you guys out there need to go get you one, read about and learn about it. But we're here at one of the freshest festivals I have ever been to, and I have been to all kinds of festivals all over the world. This is like a whole new vibe of Earthdance - the people, the brotherhood, the sisterhood, all those that came to party, and the good truth.

So, this is your new album The Gents. What music do you normal do, and what did you throw on this?

Right there is promo for my guys The Gents, besides my new album The Rooftops. The Gents is a three man collective out of Chicago. There is a singer, a rapper, plus me, and we are doing some really gentle men stuff: suits, ties, the whole works. We took it from an older kind of view; a lot of times with the music you can’t be wrong with it. You can’t go on a date with music, you know what I am saying? With our hip hop we really try to be with you 24/7. In the car with your lady, or at the show etc, the real life stuff. Outside of that, the album Rooftop came out June 16th. That is what I am out here pushing right now…to the point that this is almost a world tour.

We have traveled to Europe and now we are back over here and we are going back over there. We just hit up the majority of Northwest Canada. The people were crazy and dancing, partying, and singing along to the joints. Some of the places I had never heard of, but they still knew the records. That was so crazy. And here at Earthdance, we have performed every night. One on the big stage, one in the dome, and one at (another) stage and it was big, man. Loved it, felt the energy and a good time. If you can come to Earthdance, come to Earthdance. Three days of greatness.

So, you have been getting around a lot and seen a lot of different flavors. Do you have a feeling which way hip hop is going right now?

Right now people want the lyrics to go deeper, but they also want to dance. The people love to party, and want to forget about the credit crunch, people losing their jobs and stuff.

The people want to get away, but they still

The h Pa rish READ FULL EARTHDANCE 2009 COVERAGE ONLINE AT: WWW.YOURMUSICMAGAZINE.COM want something that is heartfelt. A more electric sound, more moving; people want to be taken away by the sound they don’t want to just be with it and feel it.

That is what is cool about this stuff, is that we have a more common response in the hip-hop crowd, and others just wanted to feel it in their own world, which is very different for a hip hop artist as people are following you telling you yes. And to see people dancing to a point that you see where the crowd is just feeling it.

Where do you want to go with your music over the next couple years?

The next thing up is DJ Vadim, out of London, and this keyboard player. We have a band called The Electric. Our first show is October 16th in London at the Jazz Cafe. So we are really excited, that is one of the best places to play. The Jazz Cafe is like a real official stamp that your music is moving. We are really about to kick that off with a tour throughout Europe; Germany, France, the UK, and all the other little places. We are just now really seeing how people are reacting.

We played some new tracks to see what kind of feedback, because at the end of the day you want to please them for it to be worth it.

What advice would you give to independent artist, like yourself?

The biggest thing for an independent artist to do is really be independent.

Some people say they have this record label and stuff, they don’t get the everyday depth to future what you do.

You are not going to know it all anyways, so the best thing is to find people that are doing what you want to do, follow them, talk to them, listen to them, and ask questions. And acting off every moment - many of the times opportunity is next to you and you are chilling, putting it off to tomorrow and it is like, there is not tomorrow, only today, because everyone else raps/sings. I would say that, here, there are like thirty percent of the bands watching other bands. A lot of people are into the movement, so you have to go to the next step.

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An Interview With Rob Arnold

By Mat Weir If you follow Greek mythology, you’ll know that a Chimera has the body of a lion, with a snake’s head for a tail, along with a goat’s head stretching out of the creature’s spine. If you’ve been following American metal for the past decade, you’ll also know that Chimaira is an equally monstrous band forming out of six guys with equally conflicting personalities.

Arising from the unsuspecting city of Cleveland, Ohio, Chimaira has been a brutal force in the metal scene, carving their own path of destruction and glory while other bands and genres (think nu-metal) have fallen into the ashes. Through constant recording, relentless touring and staying loyal to their fans (every year they throw a hometown Christmas show, as well as have staged contests with prizes throughout the years), Chimaira has scoured the earth, even playing in the United Arab Emirates this past March. Last month I was granted access to the creature’s lair, a plush tour bus bigger than my last studio apartment, and was able to sit down for a quick Q&A with guitarist Rob Arnold. The beast spared my life on the condition that I would tell you, the people, the tales of the Chimaira.

You’ve been with the band since the very beginning in ‘98. Did you start out thinking you’d make it big?

We knew we wanted to do it for real. Pretty much all of us were from local bands in Cleveland and when we were around 18 or 19 years old a few of us got together and said, “Alright, we need to do a band and do it for real. Enough fucking around.” We decided to drop everything and put all of our money into it. Everyone was at practice 5 nights a week, no “ifs,” “ands” or “buts;” NO missing a practice. So that’s what we did, but in the same aspect, we had no idea it would get to this. At that point we didn’t know about tour buses, managers, drum risers or anything like that. When you’re young you have posters of your idols on the wall, or you go to shows but you have no idea what it really entails. So we knew we wanted to do it for real, but we’re surprised at what it’s become.

How has the band changed in the past 11 years?

Hmmm, the band just grew up. We had to learn how to balance all the partying and entertaining while still

being professionals.

The new album, The Infection, how is it different from previous albums?

Besides obvious things like it’s a different time, we’re different people, and it’s two years later than our last, all that kind of stuff; it’s slower than our other records.

Not as many solos, right?

You know, we didn’t even really realize that while it was happening. It was only after being in the studio, after everything was written and being recorded, that I was like, “Man, there aren’t that many solos on here. There are leads in every song, but not that many traditional solos except maybe “Broken Glass,” or “The Heart of it All” which has a three minute solo towards the end. But it certainly wasn’t intentional and it’s something that I think we’ll even correct for the next record; we just didn’t realize it. We’ve always been a band that determines a solo, lyrics, keyboards, whatever, if it’s right for the part. We’re never like, “We need to do this.” So we just didn’t realize, or didn’t feel the need for solos anywhere else. We just brought the tempo down

a lot and really opened it up, which helped for a bigger recording too. We’re all fans of fast music, but bringing it down and getting a groove in there just felt good to us this time. And that’s what we try to do with every record, whatever feels good.

How was it playing the Dubai Rock Festival earlier this year?

That was totally cool. It was extremely Westernized over there. Everyone spoke perfect English and they were all gracious that we were there. The food was great and Americanized but we did eat some ethnic dinners which were really cool. We even got to ride some camels and then take dune buggies out in the sand. The show was fantastic; probably 10,000 people, and they came from all over. Some kids from Iraq even showed up with homemade Chimaira banners. Plus the production and sound was great, so that was definitely a dope trip. We were apprehensive about going, because of all the horror stories about how we were going to be stripsearched, or that you can’t do anything wrong, but it totally wasn’t like that. It was very laid back and everyone was way cool; it was a good experience.

What influences your music?

Metallica is my favorite band of all time and my biggest influence. And Justice For All is like my Bible. And then a lot of experiences with Metallica now, being in this band. Playing with them, hanging with them, getting to sign ESP guitars with them and being pictured next to them on the websites; a lot of that “dream come true” shit that I never thought would’ve happened as a kid. So since they are my favorite band, all of that stuff is extra awesome. But I also grew up on Megadeth, Pantera, Cannibal Corpse, Slayer, stuff like that.

Anything for the fans?

Thanks for all the continued support; we always have a good time up here in the Bay. Everyone is way cool out here; we love the scene and the weather. So thanks to everybody who keeps coming back to see us after all these years, tell your buddies about us and make sure to grab the new record.

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By Dave Pirtle

Becoming - Sonic Revelations

Echoes of Fear - Forgotten Past

After causing quite a stir (in more ways than one) with 2000’s Regeneration, Becoming have returned after a few years of hibernation to deliver Sonic Revelations.

Recorded at the band’s home studio and mixed/mastered by no less than Zeuss (Hatebreed, Shadows Fall, et. al.), it’s ironic that the sound is my main complaint. Regeneration had a crunchy inyour-face sound, while this is more scaled back and took some getting used to, but after a few spins, you’ll barely notice.

Once again, the lyrics focus on the state of the world: the economy, media, homelessness, government, corruption, and the band’s own tumultuous history.

Musically, the overall vibe is groovefocused thrash fused with elements of modern metalcore. Amidst the apocalyptic “End of Days” and the pounding rhythms of “The Lost” is the acoustic slam to false prophets “Pure Disguise,” proving they can be just as powerful when unplugged. But, these guys prefer to bring the heavy, a point driven home by “Injustice” and “Temporary Existence,” the latter being one of the oldest tracks here but showing no signs of age. The true measure of a band is the quality of their work, and Sonic Revelations proves that Becoming’s music deserves your attention.

After four years, three vocalists, and two demos (at least), Echoes of Fear finally have a fulllength album to call their own. It would be easy to lump them in with and compare them to other female-fronted bands, but that would be an easy way out, as Echoes of Fear is much more than just another band with a female vocalist. They’re a multifaceted metal band, combining the power, thrash, and death styles that just happen to have a female vocalist. That is not to downplay the strength of Melissa Evett’s vocals, it’s just to say that they are only one part of the band’s identity. On “Inside the Hate,” they glide smoothly over alternating thrash/death riffs while low growls sneak in at opportune moments to knock you sideways.

This template is used throughout the album but the tools are always used just a bit differently, like the mix of louder and softer sounds on “Isolation” that allow guitarists Brian King and Alvin Gatewood to display their prowess one moment and Evett’s vocals to shine through the next. Add to the overall mix the dextrous rhythm work of drummer Orion Mente and bassist Dave Hammerstone, and you have an album years in the making that was worth the wait for all fans of all styles of metal.

Taunted - Bleeding Black The current trend in thrash these days seems to be for young bands to go back and revisit the classic sound and style from the original 80s movement.

Its good then to hear an experienced band like Taunted bringing the style into the modern age.

Heck, they were there the first time, so why do it again? Bleeding Black takes what the band started with their debut disc Zero and cranks it to 11.

Powerful vocals, shredding guitar, thundering drums – these form the backbone of Taunted’s sound. From there, they combine the sounds of classic thrash with traditional/power metal and give it all a 21st century makeover. This makes “One Demon at a Time,” “Darkened Eyes,” and “Victim” immediately recognizable yet still feel fresh and exciting. Another stand-out track is “Old Man Gloom,” which sounds a lot like Overkill covering Mercyful Fate, with its tempo changes and vocal high spots. When the whole machine slows down for the dark album closer, “The Candle Burns Black,” it still feels satisfyingly natural. Bleeding Black is an amazing display of metal that will have the name of Taunted on the tongues of many, and etched prominently into the history of the Bay Area thrash scene.

In Virtue - Delusions of Grandeur I discovered In Virtue a couple of years ago by accident. I was surprised to hear a band from NorCal doing the femalefronted, melodic metal thing that you normally only hear from European bands. Their Delusions of Grandeur demo was solid, but this new EP of the same name, featuring four new songs plus rerecorded versions of the three from the original demo, takes things to a whole new level. The incorporation of more male vocals and symphonic elements combined with enhanced production has made a world of difference.

New vocalist Corrine Reif is a combination of Cristina Scabbia and Tarja Turunen, with a straightforward style that’s just a bit operatic. This beauty is offset by the beastly growls of Trey Xavier (also guitars/ keyboards), and this gives a nice epic feel to “Dreamwalker” and “Heather.” Throughout the disc, Xavier and guitarist Greg Horton play off each other in a classical, Iron Maiden style best exemplified by riffs in “Paralyzed.” Things take a turn for the bizarre with the closing “Underture,” wherein parts of the previous 6 tracks are reinterpreted in a variety of styles, including a mildly unsettling drum-and-bass section.

Its an interesting display but ultimately a throwaway track from a strong disc of symphonic-style metal.

NORCAL UNLEASHED

Top 10 Playlist for period 9/15 – 10/17 (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. Taunted - Bleeding Black 2. Echoes of Fear - Forgotten Past 3. Becoming - Sonic Revelations 4. Mystic Rage - 2009 Demo 5. A Band of Orcs – Warchiefs of the Apocalypse 6. Armed For Apocalypse - Defeat 7. Skinlab - The Scars Between Us 8. Black Cobra - Chronomega 9. Sol Asunder - Mechanize 10. Cormorant - Metazoa QUICK BITS: Angel Guts are putting the finishing touches on Manifest Blasphemy, which will be another double-bass-riddled affair criticizing “human nature, hope, complacency, science, Jesus, Mohammed, and various organized religions that arose from their ‘visions’ and even a little misogyny” . . . In The Absence is looking for a new drummer . . .

Apocryphos are breaking up – again – to focus on other projects and that pesky real-life thing, but will go out with a final show in December and new recordings of some of their older tunes . . . Hatchet parted ways with vocalist Ryan King during their recent six-week tour, with guitarist Julz Ramos handling the duties for the remainder of the dates . . . Crucial Cause has called it quits . . . Steel Asylum is working on a new four-song EP for a December release.

Wed. Nov. 4th: Audible Smoke Signal, & Trick Mechanics -8:30pm Wed. Nov. 11th: The Arcadists, 12 Steps to Nothing, New Society, & The Huxtables -8:30pm-close Fri. Nov. 13th: Metal Etch 8pm-10pm Sat. Nov. 14th: Boom Boom Stereo 8pm-10pm Wed. Nov. 18: Silent Sinner, Kinetik, & Cremation Chamber 8:30pm-close Sat. Nov. 21: Rough Puppy 8pm-10pm Wed. Dec. 2nd: Steel Asylum, & more T.B.A. 8:30-close Fri. Dec. 4th: T.B.A. see www.DeezNitze.com for details 8pm-10pm Sat. Dec. 5th: T.B.A. see www.DeezNitze.com for details 9pm-10pm Wed. Dec. 9th: Rough Puppy Vanessa’’s birthday show 8pm-close Vanessa

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Dave Ortiz Rhythm Guitar, Lead Vocals Joel Case - Bass, Back-up Vocals Andrew Williams Lead Guitar Thomas Patterson - Drums

ALLINADAY ALLINADAY By: Brian Crabtree

Your Music Olympicks 11/20/09 @ The Boardwalk

AIAD: We range from Alternative to Heavy Rock and our music is positive yet aggressive. Our songs are eclectic and when you come out to our shows, we have songs that appeal to everyone’s taste. As a whole, we focus more on the music than portraying an image. Our portrail is brought alive on stage when we’re able to express ourselves to the fullest.

Brian: How do you feel about competing in this year’s Your Music Magazine Band Olympicks in Sacramento?

AIAD: We were a competitor in Your Music Magazine’s Rock Wars in 2007 and since then we feel we have more to offer based on our new material and line-up. We are looking forward to rockin’ our new sound!

Brian: What do you think of the music scene that Sacramento has to offer?

AIAD: There have been several great artists that have put the spotlight on northern California and we’re hoping to be one of them. There is a lot of great underground artists and venues that have yet to be discovered. The talent is there; its just getting the music heard. Sacramento can use more all age venues.

Brian: What are some of the top venues or festivals that you would like to see All In A Day play?

AIAD: We rocked the California State Fair this summer and we’re already looking forward in advance to play next year.

Some of the festivals we would love to play are the South by Southwest festival and the CMJ Music Marathon. We have worked hard on our sound and would love to be able to get it heard by touring any established venues.

Brian: What’s the CD situation?

AIAD: We recorded a full album at Pus Cavern, which led us to be discovered by Thomas Flowers of Oleander through Myspace. Thomas hooked us up with his producer, Rich Mouser, who we recorded and produced three tracks with. Once we brought the material back to Sacramento, it interested the ear of Maverick Presents who is enabling us to head back down to L.A. in a few months. There, we will record two more tracks with Tom and Rich and to complete our five track EP. The tracks we have recorded can be purchased and heard through our Myspace at www.myspace.com/allinaday. Also under our myspace page, we have more information, pictures, press and our show schedule. You can search “ALLINADAY” on any search engine and several indie sites will pop up including http://signmeto.roadrunnerreocrds.com. We have our bio, music, and several A&R representative reviews on our Roadrunner page.

Prylosis By: Brian Crabtree

Your Music Olympicks 11/20/09 @ The Boardwalk

Start with introductions: Mike King - Lead vocals, guitar Carl Reed - Lead guitar Scott Krock - Rhythm guitar, backing vocals Jeff Emmerling - Bass, backing vocals Joel Raymond - Drums/percussion

YMM: How would you guys describe the sound of Prylosis?

Prylosis: Basically groove based hard rock with some metal influences. We kind of just take what we think sounds good and use it. As far as image goes, we don’t strive for a particular image. We let our music basically speak for itself, which comes in handy since the subject matter of our music is so diverse.

YMM: Are you excited to partake in this year’s Your Music Magazine Band Olympicks in Sacramento?

Prylosis: We’re honored to be a part of it this year.

We’ve wanted to participate ever since we heard about it.

YMM: How is the 2009 music scene in Sacramento?

Prylosis: It’s definitely an uphill battle. There is so much talent in this area that has gone unnoticed. The scene is so diverse and overall enthusiasm for live music seems to be low, but we are working with other bands, promoters, etc. to revitalize the rock scene in Sacramento.

YMM: What are some of the top festivals that you would like to see Prylosis play?

Prylosis: We’re playing the Punk n’ Metal fest in Sacramento on Halloween and New Years Evil later this year. We’d love to play Ozzfest, Cruefest, the Vans Warped Tour, the State Fair and whatever we can get our hands on!

YMM: What do you see in the future for Prylosis?

Prylosis: We’re in the middle of writing material for a second album and are planning a tour in the near future.

YMM: Do you have any materials (CD’s/EP’s) out? And where can people get them?

Prylosis: We have an album called “Rebuilding the Broken” which is available at Dimple Records, Amazon, CDBaby, Napster and iTunes.

YMM: What is a good place to find information about Prylosis? (Contacts/ Web page) Prylosis: You can find out more about us and listen to our music at Prylosis.com and Myspace.com/Prylosis as well as becoming a fan of ours on Facebook.

YMM: Any last words to the fans?

Prylosis: A huge thanks for all your support! We’ll be touring soon and hope to see you all there!

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Brice A. Mosher - lead vocals, percussions, production Anthony Ferrentino - guitars Alan Roble - bass guitar, backing vocals Matty Goss - drums, backing vocals YMM: Tell us your band philosophy?

We find it important to look into a situation, and ourselves whether it’s musical, political, spiritual or social. After seeking inside ourselves and our emotions for answers, we then take these feelings and passion and apply it to our extreme limits. We are constantly striving to better our sound and dynamics. We find it very important to be able to reach ourselves with our music, and once we feel we have accomplished this, we then know it will be able to reach and be understood by others.

YMM: How do you feel about competing in the 2009 Your Music Magazine Band Olympicks in Sacramento?

Malcontent has taken part in many competitions or “battle of the bands” but we have never been a big fan of these ideas. Too many times we have arrived at a venue only to find all the other bands with their noses in the air and ready to do battle, as if it was some barbaric medieval event.

We are in music to meet and hopefully start relationships with fellow musicians who are striving for the same goal; to live doing what we love. Competitions to us push bands in other directions. We find this type of behavior to be counter-productive, but on the other hand it also gave us the opportunity to play in some of our favorite venues, meet some really cool artists, and gain respect from a whole onslaught of new fans that may never have heard us before if it wasn’t for the competition. So I guess you could say we have a love/hate relationship with the idea of competitions.

YMM: What do you think of the music scene

in Sacramento?

Sacramento has been good and bad to us.

The clubs are awesome, project good sound at most and really cool people to share stages with. The downside in Sacramento or any other city is sometimes you can run into “cliques” who tend to monopolize an area or venue, club, etc. They make it hard for up and coming or even seasoned bands with potential to be heard by possible new fans. We do find it a nice stopping point for touring, or even just to get out of the small town atmosphere once in a while and play at a bigger venue.

YMM: Which are the top three venues that Malcontent would like to play?

Three venues we’d like to play. hmmm good question? Well we have played a lot of venues in the past from The Boardwalk (sac) Slim’s & Great American Music Hall (San Francisco) & even The Whiskey and The Viper Room (L.A.) I would play at every one of these venues anytime, so I guess it would be the next step up from that- Memorial Auditorium in Sacramento- Warfield in San Francisco- Troubadour in Los Angeles or to take it a step further I would say...- Concord Pavilion- Shoreline Amphitheatre- Sleep train in Marysville YMM: Where do you see Malcontent in five years?

In five years, either touring or in the studio Album available: “Beautiful Hatred” it can be purchased on - itunes- cd baby- rhapsodyemusic- amazon- zune music- and at our live shows. Previous recordings include: 2000 Thought You Knew (demo), 2001 Dedicated EP, 2003 The New EP, 2004 American Yearbook Soundtrack, 2006 Broken Hearts and Hand Grenades, and 2008 Beautiful Hatred.

To all our “Fan-mily” thanks for all the love and support you have shown us in the past and here is to the future. Cheers! Without you there is no reason to our rhyme.

Malcontent: myspace.com/ malcoworlddistribution:promofm.com

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Interview with Con Of Man Introductions: Ruben Garcia- Vocals Cassidy Garcia- Drums Beto Villages- Bass Coki Villages- Guitar YMM: How would you guys describe the sound of Con of Man? Con: A post-punk-garage-rock-feelgood-Rock N’ roll!

YMM: Does your group have any particular image you try to portray?

Con: We try to not follow any image trends! We like to think that we have our own style-by just being damn sexy!

YMM: How do you feel about competing in the 2009 Your Music Magazine Band Olympicks in Sacramento?

Con: We are stoked about being offered this opportunity to share the stage with Sacramento’s best!

YMM: What do you see for your future of Con of Man? Con: To be the small town band that makes it big! Either way we’re in this for the long haul!

YMM: Do you have any materials (CD’s/EP’s) out? And where can people get them?

Con: Drop us a line on our Myspace or come out to a show! This coming march you will be able to find our first full length album in most record stores in this area!

YMM: What is a good place to find information about Con of Man? Con: www.myspace.com/conofman www.sonicbids.com/conofman YMM: Any last words to the fans?

Con: Keep REAL ROCK N ROLL ALIVE! CHEERS

Your Music Olympicks 11/20/09 @ The Boardwalk

YMM: What do you think of the music scene that Sacramento has to offer bands?

Con: Hahaha this one is way too hard to answer, or we would be here all day!

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ELEMENT LOUNGE

CUBAN CIGAR CRISIS

Interview: Cuban Cigar Crisis At: Element Lounge, San Francisco Host: Brian Crabtree Steve - Guitar - Electric Guitar - 10 years Chaz - Guitar/Singer - Acoustic Guitar -10 years Jason - Drums - 8 years

Your Music Olympicks S.F. fianls 1/16/10 @ CLUB SIX

The Cuban Cigar Crisis performed at the Your Music Olympicks September 3rd preliminary show at the Element Lounge. The Crisis received enough votes to move onto the Your Music Olympicks San Francisco Finals January 16th at Club Six. The Cuban Cigar Crisis and six other bands will compete for the chance to win cash and prizes, and all they need is your vote. Check out videos, photos, and interviews of bands from the San Francisco area online at: www.yourmusicmagazine.com, in addition check out all the other videos and photos from all of the 2009 Your Music Olympicks Events.

YMM: Are all of you from San Francisco?

Chaz: No. Well I am from the peninsula; Steve here is from Australia, and...

Jason: I am from the Central Valley.

YMM: So, what is the Cuban Cigar Crisis?

What’s your sound/style?

Chaz: What do we sound like? I think we are still figuring that out. We are in the process of gearing up to record a country single.

A seven-inch country single. It should be out later in the year. We sound like a lot of different stuff, but we are Rock n’ Roll group for sure.

YMM: How does a seven-inch country album play into your Rock n’ Roll group?

Chaz: …We are a little country, we are a little rock n’ roll, what can I say? I think that they blend well.

YMM: Do people like the sound of the Cuban Cigar Crisis?

Chaz: Yeah, they love it.

YMM: How is it finding places to play in San Francisco?

Chaz: It is a cool music scene up here. I think that with the downturn in the economy there are some interesting things going on with trying to make clubs and venues work, so some other places are opening up for musicians.

Jason: Like the Element Lounge.

YMM: I know you said that you were working on a country album, but do you have any other material or CD’s available?

Chaz: Yeah, we do and you can find them all on iTunes; search for the Cuban Cigar Crisis.

YMM: What is the name of that album?

Chaz: The last one was called Sourpuss and the one before that was Flags of Discontent.

YMM: Do those CD’s follow this new album style of country rock?

Chaz: Oh no. They are quiet different to where we are now.

Website: cubaincigarcrisis.com, MySpace.

One Punch Machine Gun

Words & Photos By: Brian Crabtree

Your Music Olympicks S.F. fianls 1/16/10 @ CLUB SIX

Rooster (vocals) Sitizen Kane (bass) Jay Karnage (vocals, guitar) The Saviour (drums)

One Punch Machine Gun rocked the Oakland Metro on October 2nd, and received enough votes to make it into the Your Music Magazine Finals January 16th at Club Six. One Punch Machine Gun with six other bands will rock out for the chance to win cash and prizes, and all they need is your vote. Check out the Your Music Magazine website for videos, photos, and interviews of bands in the San Francisco area online at: www.yourmusicmagazine.com, plus check out all the other videos and photos from all of the 2009 Your Music Olympicks Events.

YMM: How does your music sound? And your image?

Fast paced, melodic metal. Our image is our music.

YMM: What are the top three venues that your group would like to play in San Francisco/ Bay Area?

The Fillmore, The Warfield and Bottom of the Hill would be our three top choices.

YMM: Does One Punch Machine Gun have any material (CD’s/EP’s) for sale? And where can people get them or take a listen?

You can get our EP “Baptism Under Fire” from iTunes, Rhapsody, cdbaby, Napster, and at our shows.

YMM: Any messages the fans and readers?

Karnage: Be real.

Rooster: Keep listening.

Kane: Keep your ears open, and support your favorite local bands, keep it real.

YMM: How do you all feel about competing in the first Your Music Magazine Band Olympicks in San Francisco/Bay Area community?

An appreciated any opportunity to rock! We are preparing for the rest of our lives.

YMM: What are some of the groups likes and dislikes about the music scene in San Francisco?

Kane: It doesn’t try to be different, it’s bullshit.

Rooster: San Francisco hasn’t made a comeback since the thrash era. Everything now is hipster crap, too poppy.

Karnage: Very few outstanding talents, it lacks the substance of what the Bay Area used to be known for.

Saviour: Two words: Journey.

YMM: What is a good place to find information about One Punch Machine Gun? Onepunchmachinegun.com or myspace/onepunchmachinegunmusic

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ELEMENT LOUNGE

By Marisa Lopez

An Interview with drummer Barry Kerch How’s the 2009 World Tour going?

Everything’s going good, the tour’s doing very well.

photo credit: Will Hawkins II

You guys played out here at the Grand Ballroom on October 3rd. How did you like that gig?

It was a lot of fun. People came out and had a great time and we played well so I have zero complaints. It’s been fun touring with all the bands so it’s great to get everything going.

Do you find that there’s a difference between the West Coast fans than your fans on the East Coast?

Um, there’s a little difference I think, because the West Coast fans are newer and we haven’t spent a lot of time touring the West Coast. We’re not starting over necessarily, but we’re definitely gaining new ground on the West Coast. We’ve toured extensively on the East Coast where we’re from, so it’s a somewhat different dynamic fan-wise.

Your album, The Sound of Madness, was released last year. How has the release of the new album been for the band?

So far so good. We’re on our fourth single, and the first three have gone number 1. We just received our first Gold record and it’s well on its way to Platinum. That’s a very difficult thing to do in the music business these days, so we’re pretty happy.

Wow, that’s awesome. With all the publicity and commercial appeal of your music, how do you find that balance

between artistic integrity and having a lot of people all over the world listen to your music?

Well, first and foremost, you have to write songs for yourself. You do have to write from the heart first, still keeping in mind about it getting played in the media, which important if you want to stay viable in the rock business. I think we do try to innovate, which is why I think we’re still here as a band. We have varied backgrounds when it comes to listening to music. Anything from Otis Redding to Iron Maiden to James Brown. All of our influences vary straight across the board. We’ve been a band for 10 years, 8 professionally. We all started out there in Jacksonville, FL. Cool. East Coast and Southern at the same time. So, how would you describe yourself in four words or less?

Wow. Ha ha! I don’t like to describe myself.

Everybody calls me Grandpa, because I try to take care of everybody. So, I guess I’ll go with that.

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The BOARDWALK

Interview By Marisa Lopez

November 20th 2009

You guys recently got off a national summer tour. How did that go?

Lydiot: It went well. I got to see a lot of places I hadn’t gone to before. Boston was cool. Still, it was pretty intense. I think we played 23 shows in 25 days, or something like that. Lots of music!

Wow. That is pretty intense. Speaking of music, you guys have a sold out new single, “Smash Up the Radio.” Is there any cultural relevance to that song?

James: I came up with it at random. It ended up having a ring to it.

Lydiot: Yeah. I mean, these days, radio tends to be very commercial and bands that get radio play tend to be overproduced. So to some degree, radio can get mundane. I think that college radio allows kids to get more creative and has a more indie feel, which I like.

How did you guys get your start as a band?

James: We’ve been a band about 3 years.

Lydiot and I live in the same neighborhood here in San Francisco and she also works with Adachi, our bassist. We found Jeff when we put out an ad for an organist.

Are there any particular influences that helped develop your style as musicians?

Jeff: Of course. I think Lydiot listened to a bunch of the riot girl stuff. James likes the 70’s Power Pop, stuff like Pointed Sticks and Nikki Corvette. I don’t know if we’re consciously influenced by them, but somehow people think we end up sounding like them. When I joined, I listened to 80’s Pop. Obscure bands, mostly. Teen Line comps and Power Pearls stuff.

You guys just recorded a new album.

Tell me a little about it.

Jeff: It’s ready to go and should be released sometime next year. Any labels that are interested in releasing it should get in touch.

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Today we are here with Mason of Indigital Studios and Motorcycle Snakebite. So Mason, what is going on with Indigital since I last talked to you?

Mason: Well, what’s going on? A lot of stuff. Last time I talked about Moonshine Cadillac. They just found this awesome guy named Chris who gave them a bunch of money to finish their album. We should be wrapping that up in the next couple months. Should sound really good; we just did a twelve hour recording of just keyboards. I got this guy from New York that I am doing some mixes for. His project is called Hot Sugar. He has got the editor from the Tim and Eric’s Awesome Show doing a video for his song that we are mixing here. Hopefully it will end up on Spin.com. We are doing an album with these cats (Motorcycle Snakebite), and it is going to be some delicious rock-n-roll. Also I am just wrapping up an album for these little tigers, thirteen years old and they just shred-stout.

Motorcycle Snakebite is:

Johnny Pepperfield – Bass (Wolf end) Mathces – Guitar (Wolf middle) Sled Kingsley - Guitar Matt - Drummer

I just want to ask the band a couple of questions individually about their recording here at Indigital. Starting on the end, how was it recording here at Indigital? Did you have all of your tracks ready, or did it take you some time?

Johnny Pepperfield: I pretty much knew most of the material coming into this band.

Me and him have been making music for a really long time. So, I knew the songs that we were going to be doing here. So it was fairly simple.

How was your recording time here?

Matches: It was good. It took a bit longer than his bass tracks. I had to do a lot of the guitar on it. Had to do a lot of the other band members’ guitars, but it was really good. We recorded many many levels, and through a lot of different kinds of amps. There is a really cool Amp peg amp that I personally donated to the studio, out of me being such a really cool person that I am. They have really good mps, pods, and all kinds of awesome crap to make you guitar sound cool.

Well, moving on…

Mason: It is always fun doing it with these guys and doing it all at once, engineering and being in the band. We did some really cool stuff. A lot of layering guitars. We went for the wall of sound kind of thing. We got some 1970’s amps, so we have a lot of different choices between effects, and stuff in box and out of box. Basically we do all the drums first, and then lay scratch tracks for everything else, and then go back and dub over everything. So we will do drums, get rid of the scratch and lay the bass, and then do the guitars. Then other guitars and vocals and stuff, and then it is mix time and that is when it gets all fun and weird. We can also do drum replacement, so I can give you the Led Zeppelin kick. So I can get in there and replace all of your kicks with another.

Matches: There is a lot of different people’s drum sounds in the record.

Johnny Pepperfield: Yeah, we choose

a lot of Mariah Carey for this one.

Last, do you have anything to say about your recording time here?

Matt: The stuff they have here, the computer is amazing at making you sound good, so it really helped me a lot. I can’t count; I wasn’t taught that growing up.

Group: He doesn’t really know how to read either.

Matt: So the computers would let me record one track at a time. Take it second by second. My doctors told me one step at a time.

Matches: So, we basically made him each drum, and then use those sounds to create the entire beat. So the studio really helped me a lot.

Wrapping up, any last words?

Mason: It is all about keeping the vibe up, and having fun in the studio. Doing what we need to do, and having a fun time at. Taking the art seriously and everything else not so seriously and just trying to get a good product.

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C I S U M L A C A O L R U MONTEREY, C YO f o o h r o z a R Danielle: Tell us briefly about your new CD. Razorhoof: Our new album is a collection of some of the first Razorhoof songs up to some of the newest. It really is a snapshot of where we are as a band right now but our fans can expect us to constantly be evolving and growing. We recorded it with Scott Evans of Kowloon Walled City from SF. We really wanted to capture our live sound, which, if you haven’t heard us, is pretty huge. Scott did an amazing job with what we gave him. Get this and turn it up LOUD!

Danielle: Where will your CD release show be held? Which other bands will be playing?

Razorhoof: Blue Fin Cafe & Billiards @ 685 Cannery Row in Monterey – Nov. 21st, $5, 21+ - We’ll be sharing the stage with La Fin Du Monde (Chico) and local bands Granted Earth and Soul Merchant.

Danielle: What message are you trying to send to your fans through your music?

Razorhoof: Hmm...message? I guess the only message is, less message and more music.

Danielle: Have you participated in previous bands? If so, what were they and are they still around?

Razorhoof: What a question...well, we have all played together in some form or another off and on for years. Our singer Tony is the new addition. He plays in the Wrath and another band aside from us. The rest of us are full time Razorhoof.

Danielle: Who are your major influences?

Razorhoof: Our influences are all over the place. From Kyuss, High On Fire and Neurosis to Motorhead, Doomriders, Big Business, Cursed and Kowloon Walled City. All heavy, dirty, brutal rock. Definitely not the shit you hear on the radio.

Danielle: If you were to classify your music in a specific genre, what would that be?

Razorhoof: My first instinct is to tell you “we are indefinable,” but then I realize that’s pretty much bullshit.

So genre wise I would say we fall into the metal/ rock/hardcore pile, but ultimately we’d like people to just go and have a listen to decide for themselves.

Danielle: And lastly, if you could say one thing to your fans, what would that be?

Razorhoof: Buy a CD! Haha. We’d like to see more excitement and involvement from everybody in the local scene. The more people that go to shows, the more awesome shows we can throw. We’d like to keep throwing shows with heavy, interesting out of town bands and have the locals turn out to experience something new.

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Brian Crabtree

Where is the Blue Fin Located?

It’s located at 685 Cannery Row in Monterey, California. And we’re on the third floor.

Since the Blue Fin is a re-opened venue in the Monterey community, what is your vision for the Blue Fin and the Monterey community?

Initially, I was trying to just open a billiards and bar, but after talking to people in Monterey, music seems to be a really big part of the community. We changed a lot since then. I have transformed the trace room into a venue, so we have a whole new venue that can accommodate about three hundred people. We put in a good stage, a good sound system, and I am hoping to give the community that venue.

From what I have heard, the Blue Fin was an old community hangout, and now you are trying to continue that?

Yeah, since I moved here five months ago, a lot of the feedback was that music was a major part of the community, and I wanted to give it back.

How would bands interested in contacting the Blue Fin get in touch with you?

We have a web page to go by: www. bluefinbilliards.com, and a MySpace page.

Is there anything else you would like to say about the Blue Fin? I am… wishing that somehow the music community will take over, since the Blue Fin is really trying to give back to community.

I think that we are all in this together (the music industry), and I hope the music community can recognize that.

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gold coast tattoo Who you are, how long you have been in the business, and how long you have been here with Gold Coast?

My name is Joe and I’ve been working here at Gold Coast for going on three years now.

I have been piercing professionally for four years now. And yeah, I do the piercing here.

To do piercings, did you have to get some sort of certification, and/or education?

I did an apprenticeship, like most people do to get into the business. Where I spent some time working with other piercers, in Tucson, Arizona. I am not from here originally. Here in California, I had to go through the Health Department; license, blood borne pathogens.

I also know CPR and first aid I do on the side too.

Just in case something goes wrong?

Joe: It is always good to be prepared.

What are some of the benefits of working here at Gold Coast?

Gold Coast in general is a really good shop.

It is one of the best shops that I have ever worked for. One thing that I really like about this place is that I get to run my own show.

So, I can get whatever jeweler I want. Charge whatever I want. They let me do my thing; they trust me to do my thing.

What is a good place for information about you and the shop here?

Well, they can always stop by the shop and talk to me. I am here everyday, but Tuesday and Wednesday. I work open to close: 11am9pm. I enjoy talking to people face to face to stop by. Also you can contact the shop by phone, 831-642-9404, also goldcoasttatto. com, and my MySpace, which is myspace. com/joebuckler, that is probably the easiest way to contact other than coming down to the shop.

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Holy Shit It’s Motörhead!

Live at the Warfield Words and photos by: Jon Hermison Strap up your boots, zip up your leather jackets and lock up your daughters, Motörhead has hit the roads of America and is ready to rock like they are thirty years younger. Since their self titled release in 1977, the legendary rock trio has continually earned their keep. Between multiple line-up changes, a handful of record labels, a couple court cases, a Grammy, close to a hundred tours, and twenty-six more albums including the newest release in 2008, Motörizer, Motörhead is showing no signs of retirement. For over three decades the band has conquered and ruled its rock genre while acquiring a very loyal and monstrous following. In Motörhead’s early years the band consisted of Lemmy and some other blokes.

Although, since 1994, the band has solidified into a trio with Mikkey Dee on the battle skins, Phil Campbell on the ax, and Lemmy “women think I’m sexy, men fear me” Kilmister on the low steady tones. With all of this history in mind, and being a Motörhead follower since the tender age of twelve, I was highly anticipating this event. Because of my blinding excitement, I found it appropriate for my friend, Dick Dice, and myself to arrive at the majestic Warfield in San Francisco four hours early. With ample time to spare, clam chowder was a calling and the pre-gaming was at hand. After finding a bar close by, having a few pints, and hearing a mildly intoxicated soldier of the Lemmy Army hollering, “You look pretty good for a brunette” to the frightened woman next to him at the bar, we were ready for what was to come; but was the city?

Upon entering the venue, we immediately became one with the sea of tattoos and leather. We reluctantly passed the merch table with $30 tees but not before grabbing a few $7 beers, of course. We made our way onto the floor and stopped at a “reserved” table. The table was not reserved for us although we waited for the first band, Nashville Pussy. After a short, but appropriate vocal sample from “Dust ‘til Dawn”, Nashville Pussy took the stage as the crowd trickled in. Lead man, Blaine Cartwright, made multiple attempts at kick-starting the crowd but the leather blanket laid still with occasional convulsions.

One band down, one band to go, the floor became more body-infested, and the feeling of the headliner soon to come became more prevalent. Pompadours slowly poked above the crowd as the next band, Reverend Horton Heat, came on stage and carried the still crowd to a land of energy and up tempo rockabilly with a side of psychedelic surf rock. The Rev. opened his library of tunes and the Warfield responded well like listening attentively like kindergarteners shortly after nap time.

After my three songs of “photo freedom,” I walked the perimeter and discovered other shooting view points as people watched while Reverend Horton Heat blasted through “Psychabilly Freak-out”. Three more songs and the house lights were back, bar lines returned to full capacity and my anxiety was climbing great heights; It’s Motörhead for crying out loud!

The second intermission was much longer than the first, the blood alcohol level of the hoard increased, and fans were rocking out to stereo tunes of Iron Maiden, Dio, and Black Sabbath.

I crept to my safety in the “Photo Pit” and waited to see a legend amongst us. A few more minutes passed then the lights quit, the crowd roared and Mikkey climbed the six foot raised throne. Mr. Campbell came around the bass stacks and Sir Lemmy Kilmister marched forward with a crooked smirk. He stopped in between the microphone and a line of stacked Marshalls that resembled the walls of Troy. After a short “Hello Warfield!”, the band went into the song “Iron Fist” and the crowd finally looked like they were at a concert. Fans in the front showed a mix of excited and painful faces, as they were seeing a great band perform and getting slammed against the front railing at the same time. Lemmy strummed the bass with precision continually made eye contact and an affirmative nod with long time friend and band member Phil Campbell. Lemmy and the boys steamed through three tracks with little pause. I was kicked out of the photo pit before I knew it, and the crowd became frail and fatigued in less than twenty minutes. Is the Motörhead following getting too old? Here you have a band that screams about under age women, gambling, murder and drug abuse, and people are just nodding their heads? It’s Motörhead for Christ’s sake! Witnessing the change of energy from above, Mikkey Dee stood up from behind his massive set, waved his hands around in an upward motion and brought the crowd slowly back to a live-show shape. After Dee’s motivation gesture the band was back into the groove. Track after track the group ran through their library of grandma slugging hits. The crowd expressed appreciation while Lemmy showed gratitude with an appropriate “F@#* you very much”. Before the crowd reached another comatose state, the two front men disappeared behind the Marshalls from which they came and the focus shot up to Mikkey Dee. He soloed through cadences and time signatures with brutal attack and perfection. Men, women, and children alike stood in awe and silence, until sticks pierced the air and Mikkey rose to catch his breath and welcomed a victorious roar. The drummer once again demanded energy from his audience and was well received. Lemmy and Phil returned to play “Just ‘Cos You Got the Power” followed by the rarely played, “Going to Brazil”.

At last, the band and their San Francisco following were in sync. Beer and whiskey flowed strong, the pit released a dose of excitement with a side of anger, and the Warfield was alive and well. Once the songs that everyone knew were being played, friendly strangers came from the shadows and shouted the lyrics back towards the stage with fists, horns, and fingers in clear sight. After a few more, Lemmy leaned into the mic. “Now we’re gonna leave the stage for a bit and come back for the encore.” Although they were assured a return, the crowd insisted on shouting and chanting the band’s the name until they peered into view for round two. True to his word, Lemmy and the boys performed a few more, which included the very popular and anticipated “Ace of Spades”, title track of their 1980 release. Even though it was well past their bed time, the crowd held their own and stayed strong until the last chord. Together they celebrated with a standing ovation as the band gathered and took their bows. The crowd paid tabs and crept towards exits. Señior Dice and I stood still for a moment in silence, and struggled to consume and digest the history we had just witnessed. The demolition trio stormed through the city of sleepy old fans and woke them up from their nine to fives, Sunday golfing, and ‘kids for the weekend’ lives. Smiles filled the downtown streets, ready to face the beggars and the cold. Thank you Motörhead! We salute you. Oi!

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Fresh off of the Hawaiian Island, Pepper is one of the most prominent bands to embrace the essence of ska-punk/ reggae-rock and hit the road, full-steam ahead. These guys have been hitting the road hard for over 12 years and I got a chance to sit down with their drummer Yesod in the middle of their “Back In the Trenches” Tour at the lovely Catalyst in downtown Santa Cruz. Pepper is taking a different approach to their touring as they start the new chapter in their story as a band. Here’s Yesod’s take on everything…

So Yesod, what is your role in Pepper?

On my better days I play drums. It hasn’t happened a couple times. Our tech, he’s played a couple days. I also sing backup vocals.

So when do you choose to let the tech do it?

When I get arrested…

Ohhhh…I guess you really didn’t have a choice then.

Yeah, those are not my better days. But yeah…I play drums and we’re here at the lovely Catalyst, I love this place.

And of course you’ve played in Santa Cruz before…

Yup, we’ve played here so many times, the first time was with The Expendables…

Santa Cruz pride right there.

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place out since they’ve been 16 years old (and recently they sold out the Cat two days in a row). Even back in the day when they just started the band and no one even heard of them outside of Santa Cruz, they were selling out this legendary venue. They brought us up here when we first moved out to California. We met them right away when they brought us out here in 2002 or 2003. Ever since then this has been our home in Santa Cruz for sure.

Where did you start this “Back In the Trenches” Tour?

This year’s been kind of a different path we’ve taken. Normally we release an album, we do a big summer tour, do a tour in the fall, hit the US heavy and then that’s our year. This year, we’re trying to expand up into a different market, so it’s the first time in our whole life as a band that we didn’t do a summer tour in the US; we went to Japan and to England.

We didn’t really spend a whole lot of time in the US so that’s where the whole “Back in the Trenches” thing comes from, not just getting back to where it all started but also getting back to the essence of the band. This is probably one of the biggest venues we’re playing. We’re playing a lot of random towns and more of the intimate venues. We’re just getting back to the basics. We’re gonna start working on our album which is gonna be our sixth release (not titled yet. Comes out Summer 2010).

So, How long has the band been together?

12 Years…that blows my mind. This next year is gonna be like the next chapter of the band. At the end of the day it’s this big story and we’re writing the next chapter and starting out with this “Back In the Trenches” Tour. Keep on the lookout for our big US summer tour next year.

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Modern Ruinz Heavy Funkin Metal

By Dave Pirtle

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Who are Modern Ruinz? There’s no shame in not knowing the answer to that question. Even locally, the streets aren’t exactly abuzz with their name. Yet, they broke through a field of much more prominent bands - including Jade of Days, Beerijuana, Left of Christ, A Thousand Kingdoms, and Mukagee - to capture the gold at the San Jose section of this year’s Your Music Olympicks.

If people weren’t talking about them before, they certainly will be now.

Sam Orozco II (vocals/guitar), Jimmy Orozco (drums/vocals), Albert Bracamonte (guitar/ vocals), and Rob Hurtado (bass/ vocals), the four men collectively known as Modern Ruinz, are most easily categorized as a metal band, but there is a lot more to them than that. Surprisingly, they all come from a funk background, citing Tower of Power as a particularly important musical influence, alongside the New Wave of American Heavy Metal that includes Lamb of God, Darkest Hour, The Black Dahlia Murder and Trivium. As they put it, “There is a wide range of influences that shine though. Different pieces complement each aspect of the group.” These varied pieces include a mix of clean/scream vocals, lyrics in both English and Spanish, metal, hardcore, and alternative. The combination of styles comes very naturally. They don’t consciously try to incorporate different styles and techniques - it just happens. Take the track “Concrete Wallz”: metal intro, punk verses, screaming bridge and chorus . . . and a Spanish guitar solo. Perhaps unexpected, yet hardly surprising. Another key musical element is the use of harmonies. If they write a three-part guitar harmony, they’ll write a three-part vocal harmony to complement it. “If we can throw a harmony on something, we will!”

So, how exactly do a bunch of funkers end up playing in a metal band? In 2005, brothers Sam and Jimmy were playing funk/jazz as the house band during open mic night at Iguana’s Taqueria in downtown San Jose (which they are co-owners of). When they decided they wanted to do something different and formed a rock band, also enlisting Bracamonte, a regular at the open mic nights. They then proceeded through a number of different bassists before recruiting Hurtado to fill the slot – “the last piece of the puzzle,” the rest of the band described him. Actually, it still took some work to get Sam – with his R&B background – behind the microphone, but his bandmates were able to convince him that he was the only man for the job. They began playing around the San Jose area, quickly developing a strong following and a reputation for not only drawing an audience, but for bringing their “A” game every time. They deliver solid performances which assured they would be invited back.

Just as things were picking up, the band went on hiatus to focus on individual endeavors. They resurfaced earlier this year to compete in the San Jose section of Your Music Olympicks. Basically going into the competition with no fanbase, they won over enough fans and garnered enough votes to earn a chance to compete in the finals. Those who discovered them the first time now returned to support them in the finals. They were honored to be recognized by both the fans and their peers with a gold medal victory. In a separate event, Sam was awarded a gold medal and Epiphone guitar for Best Guitarist for his soulful, improvised solo.

That’s not all the band has been up to. During their absence from the live scene, they worked with Latino hip-hop artist Mexia on the track “Adrenalina,” featured on his album Past Present Future. The collaboration came about while Sam was producing the album, which includes several different musical styles, and Mexia (who has a background in punk music) wanted to incorporate a rock element. The band laid down some heavy guitars, bass groove, and drums along with backing vocals. The result is pretty amazing, flowing naturally with a rhythm that could have even ardent hip-hop haters nodding in approval. It’s been garnering a good amount of attention, and with Mexia’s star on the rise, plans are in the works for the two parties to collaborate on a music video.

The spirit of working with and supporting other artists is at the core of Modern Ruinz. They show up early to their shows to load in and set up; they stay the entire time and stand up front to support the other bands. They are happy to share information, exchange contacts, and trade shows with other bands.

It’s the sort of camaraderie that has been slowly making its way back into the NorCal scene after a few years of bands only looking out for number one.

What does the immediate future hold for Modern Ruinz? Hot off a performance with Ozzfest alumni Motograter at the Voodoo Lounge, we can also expect their debut disc to land by the end of the year or in early 2010.

As for the more distant future, with their commitment, determination, and hard work, they’ll be ready for anything. “We train as a unit, and put 115% into everything that we do.

We’re always prepared to take on anything that comes our way and put on the best show we can. That’s what this band is all about – expressing ourselves musically and bringing it to the fans.”

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