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and thank you very much!! ♥♥ KCM Do all of you come from Nashville?

DUSTINN We’re all from Kansas City, Missouri and we all live in Nashville now KCM Do you have any Southern musical influences?

DUSTINN No. I don’t think that I listen to any southern music

Shooting’ the breeze with… Dustinn Lowry of WE ARE THE BECOMING By: Agnieszka Wilde & Felicia Rose

Through all of the inside and outside noise, two parking tickets, people staring at us, tired rockers and my boots falling apart, Felicia and I managed to pull it together grab the very New York City overwhelmed but nice Dustinn and grill him with some unusual questions…

You pulled it off Dustinn, So our hats go off to you

KCM What were your favorites shows growing up?

DUSTINN I remember seeing Stryper and that was probably my favorite show Growing up. Motley Crue and anything that was 80’s and metal.

KCM To me your album has more of a European mainstream sound, how Would you describe your music?

DUSTINN I would say that it’s very European influenced. Very influenced

by Goth, H.I.M and bands like Sisters of Mercy. People mistake us for a Goth band Which I don’t think we really are, but we definitely have some dark elements.

KCM How does it feel to be touring with The 69 Eyes?

DUSTINN it’s pretty awesome, it’s a dream come true. It’s kind of drastic, but ever since I’ve been playing music of this genre I’ve been wanting to play with three Bands since I started the Becoming with Caleb. Type O Negative, HIM, The 69 eyes. They’re great guys we’re having a blast and we are very grateful.

KCM Where have you toured before?

DUSTINN Everywhere! The only place we have not been is overseas which we need to because that’s where the market is. I feel like we would be 10 times bigger Overseas then we are here.

This is our fourth tour but our first tour in a really long time touring coast to coast.

KCM stories?

Any crazy road

DUSTINN I plead the fifth! {Followed by laughter} You know I was actually talking to Bazie last night and he said “You know what? Every day is a crazy road story” so I’m going to stick with that and say everyday something crazy goes on and That’s the fun part of being on tour.

KCM If you had a choice, who would you cast in one of your videos.....Angelina Jolie Kicking ass with a hot

weapon, Paris Hilton lounging around almost naked on the beach or New York form the VH1 series" I love New York" One crazy black lady whining about not being treated right by her white boys?

DUSTINN Honestly I’m going to say none of them and I’m going to say Charlize Theron in a nice dress. Black dress. {Smirk followed by a wink} ;) KCM What would you do in these instances? You're at a restaurant having dinner with A girl you just met, when across the room you spot your ex whom you despise, but she's choking and her date is completely frozen, what do you do?

A - Run over and do the best Heimlich you can, walk by and slap her in a face, and tell her she deserved that slap for never returning your fave cd's.

B - Walk by take out all the money out of her wallet that you can and flip her bird for not paying you back what she owed.

DUSTINN Fist of all if I were on a date with somebody else my girlfriend would kick my ass. If I was single and I was on a date with some body and I was still in love with my ex, I would walk up to her beat the hell out of the dude and let her choke. {Pauses for a moment} No I wouldn’t. I would help her out but be very spiteful

about it,,,HAHAHA KCM What's the one country you'd like to play in?

KCM how would you describe this tour so far?

DUSTINN Finland

DUSTINN I would describe it as being one of the best tours.

KCM Who is the one person that you'd kill to perform with onstage?

KCM As a young kid who did you want to be when you grew up?

DUSTINN Hmm {thinks for a moment while scratching his chin} probably Prince Because he is one of my favorites, but there’s no way that would ever happened, But to get that chance it would be awesome…

DUSTINN Nikki Sixx {Huge smile} I still want to be him you know.

KCM Is Lichtenstein an animal, a country or a known Hollywood stripper?

DUSTINN Lichtenstein??

Hmm I’m going to go with a country.

KCM What are some of your interests outside of music?

DUSTINN Outside of music I really enjoy playing video games, I also really like Watching movies. I’m a lazy dude when it comes to not working...hahaha KCM If you weren't doing this, then what would you be doing?

DUSTINN I probably would have gone to art school and after the band I actually want to be a fire man. So I’ll probably do that.

KCM What are some of the tattoos that each of you have?

DUSTINN My knuckles say " live dead". It means " live in the spirit, dead to the flesh" scripture from the bible. I kind of took it and put it the way I would sort of want it to feel on my hands and then on my chest I have a hand holding a candle. The candle is almost burned out and it says light to the world all across. So that maybe I could be this little flicker of light.

KCM Have you ever been to New York City before?

DUSTINN Yes, I’ve been here three times, this is the third and we played every time.

It’s always stressful because we already got two parking tickets for $230 total , {takes a deep breath] I hate New York hahhaha I would enjoy it if it wasn’t with the band. You have to

INSIDE A SUICIDE GIRL

worry about a parking space. We have a huge van and trailer, that's why its stressful :). If we didn’t have that I would totally enjoy it.

By: Jimmy Z Portland, Oregon 2001.

A young Photographer by the name of Salena Mooney, redefines the alternative pinup girl, with the birth of the world famous

KCM Do you have any special skills outside of what you do musically?

DUSTINN {Big Grin, followed by laughter} hmm none that I want to talk about….. I can actually draw and paint pretty well that’s my other hobby. I draw and design my own tattoos. For a while I was drawing other people’s tattoos making some money on it. I guess I’m somewhat of an Arteest…

Suicide Girls.

In NYC Before the Show

KCM Three things you must always have with you?

DUSTINN Well, I have a little man purse I carry around and in it there is always, eyeliner, baby wipes And cologne. Baby wipes are a good thing on tour ha,ha.

(formerly THE BECOMING) www.weare.thebecoming.com

With the growth of this 21st Century lifestyle brand, Founder Salena Mooney (aka Missy Suicide) has turned her success intoTV shows, Movies, Magazines, Books...and a Burlesque Show. With one million unique users every week at SuicideGirls.com and its blog on MySpace, it has become one of the most popular websites building the brand, and redefining concepts of beauty around the globe.

Let’s get to it……….

KCM : Do you prefer Salena or Missy ?

Missy:

I go by Missy

mostly

KCM : What made you not use Salena Suicide ?

Missy: Dustinn

Missy Suicide

Missy seemed more authoritarian and we started the site when the

JLo Movie about the slain tejano pop star was out so it seemed like it had a Weird association.

KCM : What made you decide on the name SUICIDEGIRLS ?

and bird piece that fills my right forearm. Piercings I used to have more but currently only have my septum, tragus and ears actually containing jewelry.

KCM : What does it take to be a SUICIDEGIRL ?

Missy: It was the name friends and I had been using to describe the "alt" girls we knew, alternative was such a loathed phrase in Portland and no one identified themselves solely by one sub-genre of music. It seemed like a good catchall phrase. We cribbed it from Chuck Palahniukâ€&#x;s book Survivor, and used it much more broadly.

KCM : What was your first tattoo and how old where you ?

Missy: It is all about confidence and attitude.

Comfort with their bodies.

KCM : Is nudity a must with your models ? If yes why ?

Missy: Yes. The human body is a beautiful thing, the girls on the site are pinup girls showcasing confidence and comfort with their bodies and themselves.

Missy: My first tattoo is

KCM : As a SUICIDE GIRL can a model make a good living ?

wings on my back, I was 24.

Missy: Models are paid

KCM : May I ask how many tattoo's and how many piercings do you have ?

Missy: I have three, wings on my back, a butterfly on my left wrist (a bro-tattoo with my Grandmother to mark the occasion of her 75th birthday, so don't make fun) and A dogwood flower

$500 per set of photos, but we put up one set of photos a day and there are 2,000 girls on the site. No one makes their full time living as a Suicide Girls model.

KCM : How many girls apply to become a SUICIDEGIRL daily ?

Missy: We get over 1000

applications a week from girls around the world. I guess about 150 a day, give or take a few.

KCM : As a fan & photographer into alternative modeling, how do you defend yourself when someone calls it pornography ?

Missy: The site features beautiful pin-up images of the girls feeling confident and comfortable with their bodies and themselves.

The photos shoots are collaborative and designed to showcase their vision of how they feel sexiest about themselves. The nude female form is the most celebrated subject matter in all of art history.

Just because there is nudity doesn't make it dirty.

KCM : How long did it take from the time you launched

SUICIDEGIRLS.COM until you could actually say "Now I Can Quit My Day Job"?

Missy: I had quit my day job a few months before starting SG to go to school full time. I got through 1 semester of school before I had to quit that to focus on SG fulltime.

KCM : As a photographer yourself, whose body of work has inspired you the most ?

Missy:

Bunny Yeager's photos of Betty Page were the inspiration for SuicideGirls, I love Diane Arbus' ability to tell whole biographies in a single image.

I really admire Cartier-Bresson's ability to capture the exact millisecond when all the elements are in the exact right place in his frame to assemble his story. I really like Edward Weston's ability to give life to still life.

I appreciate Lee Frielander's sense of humor.

KCM : The demographics of SUICIDEGIRLS fans are: Mostly male or mostly female?

Big cities or small town?

song.

KCM : As a SUICIDEGIRL which famous photographer would you love to have theopportunity works with ?

Missy:

Bunny Yeager, she is the inspiration for the work on SuicideGirls

KCM : If there were no Internet or magazine publications, what would you do to introduce The world to SUICIDEGIRLS ?

Missy:

Text messages?

Ha-ha. I don't know. The internet is such a unique medium in which to connect by, if it wasn't around I think something else would evolve to take its place. I think the human need to connect and express ourselves would spark the need to find a technological equivalent.

Missy: Mostly female, and mostly cities, just because of the population size, but we do have lots of small town dwellers as well.

KCM : Which character from The Wizard of Oz best describes Missy Suicide ?

KCM : What Rock Song would best describe a SUICIDEGIRL ?

Missy: Probably Dorothy,

Missy:

Wow, each girl is a unique flower and would have her own theme song.

It would be hard to have them all represented in one

I don't know, I guess I am trying to lead the band of misfits to The Promised Land where they can all be comfortable with themselves.

And the last question.

I think this is a fun one

KCM: Here are FREE tickets and ALL ACCESS backstage passes to Motley Crue and Guns & Roses. Both are playing Portland Oregon on the same night 2 different Venues. You can only go to one show who does Missy Suicide go to see and with whom?

Missy:

Hmmm, probably Guns and Roses because the girls went on tour with them and had a blast.

Would be fun to hang out. I would probably take Nixon, Reagan and Xiolita so they could see their friends.

We here at KRASH CITY MAGAZINE tip our hats to the creative Missy Suicide and the continuing success and world domination with SUICIDEGIRLS.com

released and the band began to embark on a successful career.

2006 Tragic death of Dave Lepard sends shockwaves through the band and fans.

The band is unable to go on.

After speaking with Dave’s family the band decides to go on and carry on with Dave Lepards legacy.

On The Verge Of A …..

CRASHDIET By: Paulina Stasicka You might have come across popular ads in crash diets in America, but what you are about to experience is far more exciting then starving yourself to death or popping diet pills. Welcome inside the mind of Martin Sweet of CRASHDIET one of the most successful and popular rock bands in Scandinavia and Europe. When our British correspondent Paulina flew to Stockholm to party with CRASHDIET at the “Rock The Boat Festival”.

She had the opportunity to chat with six string slinger Mr. Sweet. www.swedenrockmagazine.com

CRASHDIET History The band was formed in 2000 and their main influences were bands such as Guns „n Roses and Motley Crue among others.

They broke up in 2002 2005 Singer Dave Lepard had formed the current line up and“ Rest In Sleaze” is

entering the studio in two weeks to record the first new song for the album, and as usual we‟ve written so many songs that it‟s going to be hard to choose which songs will go on the next CD. KCM Any plans to tour outside of Scandinavia next year?

2007 The bands finds a new lead singer from Finland H. Olliver Twisted. They put out another CD called “Unattractive Revolution” which produced several hits.

Martin Of course, but right now we have to focus on making an album. There‟s a lot of talk about touring outside of Scandinavia for sure!

2008 Olliver leaves the band justifying his reasons by saying, he couldn’t commit his life to CRASHDIET.

KCM Which CRASHDIET song is your favorite to perform?

The band takes it’s time searching for a brand new singer and in July of 2009 they are joined by Simon Cruz formerly of Jailbait.

In this interview Martin Sweet explains the madness of being a rock star.

KCM How is Simon Cruz blending with CRASHDIET so far?

Martin He‟s blending in really well, so well in fact that he shares an apartment with me ha, ha.

We‟ve been working so hard lately, and I think he proved it on this boat last night =) KCM Are you working on a new CD, new songs?

Martin

Yes, we‟re

Martin Right now I would say “Out of Line” We haven‟t played that song since 2005.

KCM If you had a chance to be a famous person in history, who would you want to be?

Martin Batman or Buttman?

KCM What are the three things you can’t live without?

Martin Kiss, Sex and CRASHDIET. KCM If you had a chance to play with two of your idols onstage, who would they be?

Martin Take a good guess….KISS of course!

KCM What are the two things that people would be

surprised to hear about Martin Sweet?

Martin

mmmmmm.

KCM What are you three favorite places in the world?

Martin I only have one favorite place, and that‟s my bed.

KCM Please finish this sentence “ Tequilla in my veins, Rock n’ Roll” on my tongue ________.

Martin Have a little fun with my loaded gun.

KCM What are your other interests outside of music?

Martin Other then designing our merchandise, not much. I eat, breathe and shit music.

KCM What’s the one goal that you have not attained yet?

Martin We need to take this band way further than we‟ve done so far and I guess that‟s my main goal right now.

KCM Do you have any other tattoos besides the rose on your shoulder? And is there a meaning behind it?

Martin I have no other tattoos and the rose is a kind of tribute to Paul Stanley as he as a rose on his shoulder too.

KCM How has the band changed musically and emotionally since Dave’s

death?

Martin We‟ve been though so much at this point that we have a lot to write about.. Its important for us to keep the lyrics real. Musically we‟ve taken a step backwards to the style of “Rest in Sleaze”, but we are better musicians these days.

KCM Do you feel that Olliver had been a mistake for CRASHDIET, or was he the right person for that particular time?

Martin I don‟t waste energy on regretting things from the past... The thing is we actually tried to get in contact with Simon around the time of our first auditions, but he was not available, and then we found Olliver who seemed right for us at that time. As time went on we realized that this wasn‟t the case.

He was not ready to dedicate his life to CRASHDIET. KCM Being that you are influenced by bands like Motley Crue or Guns and Roses, have you ever seen them in concert? What was that experience like for you?

Martin I‟ve seen Mötley a few times. First time was on the Generation Swine tour back in 1997.

Pretty fucking awesome I must say, but they seemed a bit tired last summer, though my man Mick Mars kicked ass as usual. Guns N Roses Were amazing with the new lineup.

I just love Chinese Democracy!

KCM What inspires you to write music?

Martin Love, Hate and my frustration not wanting to take a normal job to pay the bills.

KCM What advice do you have for up and coming musicians?

Martin Don‟t give up just because it doesn‟t always pay off ... Take good care of every single fan you have, they‟re your only hope in the end =) Special thanks to Paulina, without whom this interview would never happened, and of course Super stort tack to Martin Sweet and CRASHDIET.

Paulina & Martin (Paulina’s Cell phone camera) & ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ ♥♥♥♥

Lots of cool stuff out there. Wish more people would support it.

Just had Joe Perry in studio on the satellite show.

His new stuff sounded cool also.

KCM What bands are you into these days?

Eddie Busy prepping for Season 3 of That Metal Show on VH1 Classic. New shows in October.

Some great guests lined up. That and the two radio shows of course.

The Sirius/XM show on Monday's is really starting to connect big time.

Eddie Still all the stuff I grew up on for the most part. I think there are some great new albums from classic bands but they just don't get the support they should.

Everyone seems to want to just play the same old songs from these acts you've heard a billion times.

Crazy. Psyched for the UFO tour and hoping to catch Billy Squier. Always liked his stuff and glad he's playing again. Look forward to see if John Bush comes back to Anthrax.

Hope he does.

KCM What's new and interesting on the music scene today?

KCM Who was your fave band to interview and why?

Eddie I mostly listen to new music from classic bands.

I like the new UFO, Ace Frehley, Dream Theater, Duff McKagan, Heaven & Hell, Richie Kotzen.

Eddie Way to many to even figure that out over my 26 years. One of the coolest was being in England a couple years ago and doing TV with Ronnie James Dio and Robert

EDDIE TRUNK “THAT METAL SHOW”

By Agnieszka Wilde KCM What have you been up to lately Eddie?

Plant in a British mansion. Amazing to say the least. The one everyone talks about was a few years ago when Axl Rose walked into my NYC radio show.

Only thing Axl has done pretty much for the last few years.

KCM What advice do you have for the up and coming bands on how to get their name out there?

Eddie I still think it's the old school way of making good music and working the live scene. Of course the internet is a big plus. To me music is a give away now.

Its just a promo tool. Anyone can record a CD. Bottom line that most bands forget to look at is the actual material! Is it any good? When your so close to it it's not easy to be objective, But the real truth is that for many bands wondering why they can't get anything going it's because the songs just are not that good.

KCM If a band wants to be on your show, how dothey go about it?

Eddie My show is 90% classic. I only have a few hours on each show a week.

Sadly I don’t have an outlet or time for unknown or local bands.

The stablished acts all know how to get me.

KCM What's for you, interesting ventures?

next any new

Eddie www.eddietrunk.com has really come a long way. We have a members area, on demand video and audio, much more to come. I love doing That Metal Show but also have a desire to do a long form in depth interview show for TV at some point.

I also am close to getting my

first book hopefully soon.

deal

WWW.EDDITRUNK.COM

KCM If NYC were to be flooded today, what one cd would you grab and fly to another country?

Eddie UFO Strangers In The Night KCM Three you can't without?

things live

Eddie My wife, kids, my jobs!

WWW.METALSHOW.COM

my

KCM What's your fave NYC spot to hang out in?

Eddie I'm a NJ guy so I hang there. NYC is where I go for work, so when I don't have to be there I stay local in NJ. But I drive into NYC at least 3 times a week.

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THE CHESS FAMILY

Where The Shit Comes From...

Rock and Roll 101

By Bobby Lingo

Chess Records was started by two brothers, Leonard and Philip Chess. While Philip concentrated primarily on jazz, his brother Leonard concentrated on more rootsy down home blues music with artists such as Muddy Waters and Howlin Wolf.

Chess was born Lejzor Czyz in a Jewish community in Motal, Poland .He and his brother Fiszel, sister Malka and mother followed their father to Chicago, Illinois in 1928. The family name was changed to Chess, with Lejzor becoming Leonard and Fiszel becoming Philip.

The two got involved in a black nightclub called the Mocambo in 1946. In 1947, Leonard became associated with Aristocrat Records, increasing his share in the company over time; eventually he and Phil would acquire complete control. In 1950, the Chess brothers renamed the company Chess Records.

Among the first releases on the new label were "Rollin'

Stone" by Muddy Waters and "That's All Right" by Jimmy Rogers. To help find and record new artists in the South, Chess reached out to Sam Phillips of Sun Records to help him acquire new talent. Recordings by Howlin' Wolf and Rufus Thomas were supplied

by Phllips to Chess. Howlin Wolf became very popular and Chess had to fight over him with other record companies who had also been supplied by Phillips. So much for exclusivity.

With the success of Muddy Waters, other young Mississippi bluesmen were drawn to Chicago, many joined Muddy's band. One of the most brilliant musicians to play with Muddy was Little Walter Jacobs, whose outstanding harmonica made the band even better. In 1952, Chess formed a subsidiary label called Checker, and Little Walter recorded in his own right for the label. His first release was an instrumental called "Juke" which topped the Rhythm and Blues charts. He was able to top the charts again in 1955 with the vocal "My Babe".

MUDDY WATERS Other important artists joined up, including Bo Diddley and Sonny Boy Williamson, while Willie Dixon took on a significant role behind the scenes with his writing and bass playing.

His writing included such songs as I Can’t Quit You, Hootchie Cootchie Man, and You Need Love plagiarized years later as Whole Lotta Love by Led Zeppelin. In the 1950s, Chess Records' commercial success only grew with artists such as Little Walter, The Moonglows, The Flamingos and , Chuck Berry who is one of the pioneers of rock n roll.

In May 1955, Berry traveled to Chicago where he met Waters himself, who suggested he contact Leonard Chess. Berry thought his blues material would be of most interest to Chess, but to his surprise it was an old country and western recording by Bob Wills, entitled "Ida Red" that got Chess's attention. At that time, Chess had seen the blues market shrink and was looking to move beyond the rhythm and blues market, and he thought Berry might be that artist who could do it. So on May 21, 1955 Berry recorded an adaptation of "Ida Red" - "Maybellene" - which featured Johnny Johnson on piano, Willie Dixon on bass, Jerome Green (from Bo Diddley's

band) on the maracas, Jasper Thomas on the drums.

Finally, Chess Records had a singer whose sound could not be duplicated with cover records by white recording artists. Chuck Berry recorded for the Chess brothers for many years producing hit after hit. The songs he wrote and recorded for Chess include many of the signature songs of rock and roll; "Roll Over Beethoven," "Johnny B. Goode," "Sweet Little Sixteen," "Rock and Roll Music," "Memphis," "Brown Eyed Handsome Man" and "School Day" among them. He is one of the giants of Rock and Roll and was one of the initial 10 inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

In the '60s their success continued with artists Etta James, Fontella Bass, Koko Taylor, Little Milton, Laura Lee and Tommy Tucker, as well as with the subsidiary labels Checker, Argo and Cadet Chess Records was the great American blues record company. There is a story we've heard, perhaps even true, that when Brian Jones first saw Keith Richards, he started talking to him because he noticed he was carrying a copy of Chess LP-1427, "The Best of Muddy Waters." Jones wanted to find out where he got it. When they formed a band, they named it after one of Muddy Waters' songs, "Rollin' Stone." The Rolling Stones later came to Chicago to pay homage to the company by recording much of their album "The Rolling Stones Now!" at the Chess Ter Mar studios. Keith and the boys were quite shaken when, as the story goes, they walked into the studio to find their hero on a ladder painting the ceiling. In an interview with Jas Obrecht, Keith tells it like this:

“The weirdest one is when we first went into Chess Studios in'64, the first time we came here. Went to Chicago to record most of the second or third album at Chess, and we walked in. There's Phil Chess and there's Ron Malo, the engineer, and this guy in white overalls painting the ceiling. As we walked by into the studio, somebody said, "Oh, by the way, this is Muddy Waters, and he's painting the ceiling." He wasn't selling records at the time, and this is the way he got treated. My first meeting with Muddy Waters is over the paintbrush, dripping, covered in white paint. "This is Muddy Waters." I'm dying, right? I get to meet The Man - he's my fucking god, right-and he's painting the ceiling!”

The music we listen to today can directly be linked to the music that was recorded at Chess. Where would rock n roll be today without, Muddy, Wolf, Chuck Berry, and Bo Diddley?

As Muddy stated in the song of the same name,

“The Blues had a baby, and they named they named the baby Rock n Roll”.

Little Walter

HOWLIN WOLF Research : Cohodas, Nadine(2000). Spinning Blues into Gold: The Chess Brothers and the Legendary Chess Records.

New York, St. Martins Wikpedia Leonard Chess The Chess Story

by Mike Callahan and David Edwards.

Photos By: Freeware

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CHUCK BERRY

WHAT’S IN YOUR IPOD ?

KRASHCITY MUSIC REVIEWS THE UNSIGNED HERO’S

and I’ll let the title of the song do the talking here. The back end of the album features the song “Suspiria Snow White.” Back In Blood closes out with “Eternal” a slow song that feels like Jyrki 69 is telling us a gloomy story. Quite a fitting ending, I’d say. Check out: We Own The Night, Dead ‘n’ Gone, Dead Girls Are Easy, Suspiria , and Snow White.

Rating: 3.5 out of 5

serenade coupled with that all too familiar glam-rock sound. “I Don’t Care” goes with a slightly more pop oriented sound, and it’s a fresh sound to help round out the end of the record. Overall, The Art Of Telling Lies is an above average record.

Some of it’s tracks are forgettable, but a sophomore slump? I don’t think so.

Check Out: Everybody Loves You When You’re Dead, Mind Pollution, Enemy In Me, I Don’t Care

Rating: 3 out of 5

The 69 Eyes BACK IN BLOOD By : Tommy Zanata Hailing from Finland , The 69 Eyes bring us their tenth studio album, BACK IN BLOOD. It is a heavy album that mixes gothic with a sort of anthem style. Often described by some as “Goth-n-Roll”, The 69 Eyes definitely bring that style to this record. Opening with a bang, the first three tracks stand out from all of the rest. “We Own The Night” is an empowering song with the strength to get you up and moving. “Dead ‘n’ Gone” has a refreshingly catchy chorus coupled with engaging lyrics in the verses. The album then takes a turn for the spooky, encapsulating the theme of the gothic scene. Lead vocalist Jyrki 69’s voice, mainly remaining in the deep Elvis Presley range, is perfect for these kinds of songs, and is downright scary at times. The album’s first single “Dead Girls Are Easy” is another anthem,

Vains Of Jenna THE ART OF TELLING LIES By: Tommy Zanata

Blacklist Union The Art Of Telling Lies, the sophomore effort from Swedish group Vains Of Jenna, kicks off with the cleverly titled “Everybody Loves You When You’re Dead.” The song seems to suggest that the band deserves some sort of critical acclaim for their efforts, and I fine that I agree with them. The Art Of Telling Lies is a solid album from a band that seems to really be coming into its own. “Mind Pollution,” the second track, is a catchy yet untidy song that you will definitely catch yourself singing later on. The album drops off a little bit from there, but picks up again with the album’s first single,“Get It On” followed by “Enemy In Me.” Next up is “Better Off Alone,” an kind of emotional

BREAKING BREAD WITH THE DEVIL By: Tommy Zanata Blacklist Union is largely a grungeoriented alternative rock band. Lead vocalist Tony West shows off a good vocal range along with some likeable melodies. At times, his voice and some parts of songs remind me of Billie Joe Armstrong from Green Day. Unfortunately, sometimes Tony’s voice feels like it’s droning on a bit, leading to the death of some of the songs that otherwise had some potential. Like most albums of the sort, the opening tune “Breakin’ Bread With The Devil” is a strong start. “Say Hello” makes use of the piano, which is a welcome break from the grunge. It is one of the

finest songs on the record. I feel compelled to recommend simply skipping the seventh track, “Bleed For Me,” but when you do, you are greeted with the return of the piano in track eight, “Sixty Five Steps Away.” Our little journey with Blacklist Union quickly comes to an end with “Kings Of Fools,” only the tenth track. A very decent ending to a very decent album. Not a dud for a record, but there is potential for better things in the future for Blacklist Union.

Check Out: Breakin’ Bread With The Devil, Say Hello, Sixty Five Steps Away

Rating: 2.5 out of 5

true to its bands name sleazy edge. This one’s filled with party songs, as it does bit more matured love admissions.“Long live the dead” opens up the gates of debauchery with kick ass head banging guitars and drums.

“Blood Lust” is a party song which awakens little bit of a vampire in all of us.“Beautiful Embrace” is the most surprising and awesome song on this CD. It’s pure perfection.“Cheap imitation” and “Liquor store romance” are filled with attitude and pleasantries from past hook ups.This album has a great production followed by a flawless band. I don’t have a favorite song, I love this whole cd.

The New York City bad boys have done it again. Get the album and bask in their past glories!

Rating 5 out 5

The album starts off with “Dressed in Black” The song has clever lyrics and very European main stream sound. Caleb sounds a bit like Ville Valo from H.I M. “The one to hurt you” has plenty of piano in the background, heavy guitars up front and a sleepy voice filled with ton of mystery. Their sound is simply indescribable; they float around somewhere between Goth and a bit of Dance. They are sort of like American made pasta with imported cheese on top. You know there’s an ingredient in there you like but you can’t quite pin point it.

I recommend “Dressed in Black,”The one to hurt you”, “Silent as the grave” and “your love” This is the type of Cd that will expand your creativity as you drift deeper and deeper into it’s amazing melodies.

Rating 4 out of 5

SEX SLAVES WASTED ANGEL By: Agnieszka Wilde

When your first album is already explosive with hardcore, Rock’n roll melodies, tongue and cheek lyrics and chicks hotter then donut grease, it should be pretty damn hard to come up with a kick ass follow up album, yet the Sex Slaves have done it again. I love this album from start to finish.

Wasted Angel displays bouts of maturity but it never lacks the

WE ARE THE BECOMING VOLUME 1 By: Agnieszka Wilde

Hailing from Nashville, Tennessee We Are The Becoming have a very interesting sound to say the least.

ACEY SLADE & The Dark Party She Brings Down The Moon ep By: Agnieszka Wilde Not too many words can describe Acey Slade and perhaps the most accurate phrase I could come up for him and this EP is “Fearless Re -inventor Extraordinaire” Acey

has completely stepped out of his punk comfort zone with songs such as “ She brings down the moon” which awakens a psychedelic party in your head.“ I dare you” really does dare you to stand up and face life’s hypocrisies. On “ She sells Sanctuary” The cover of The Cults fantastic tune, Mr. Slade could not sound more like Ian Asbury if he wanted to. If you don’t see him perform it live, then you would think they were Siamese twins enter twined vocally in each other. This is a great tease EP to their up coming album entitled the “ Dark Party”.

Rating 5 out of 5

Black Sugar Transmission "Use It" By: Felicia Rose From beginning to end, all the songs on this EP are enjoyable.

From "Sing me a Sign" to "Running' Like a Dog," there is no way the listener can press Next on their MP3/CD player to the next song, because all of them are that good. Words cannot describe how much I love this

album. It's one of my top favorites of 2009, and I already picked my top choice album of 2009, but "Use it" is tied up there... too bad it's an EP. I'm particularly a rocker chick, but anytime I feel I need to wind down, I know I can turn to this album, play it and play it over again, on repeat and get lost in the songs. When I first bought the album at a BST show in the summer, I enjoyed it so much that I did have my iPod on repeat, playing it consecutively a few times in a row and not realizing it.

The album features the likes of Dug Pinnick with his smooth vocal style and Acey Slade lending their vocal stylings to a couple tracks and guitar licks from Vernon Reid on "Use it". My personal favorite happens to be track #2, "Viva."There's only one negative about the album.... IT'S TOO SHORT!!! It's like an album that's SO good, that when it ends, the listener is disappointed that it’s over . Tracks to listen to - ALL OF THEM!!!

Rating 5 out of 5

CRASHDIET Unattractive Revolution By: Agnieszka Wilde There’s nothing unattractive about these Swedish rockers!

Some may believe that the glam sound or look is dead, but certainly not with Crashdiet or Scandinavia. If you like early Motley Crue and Guns and Roses, then you will love these guys. “In the Raw” has pretty damn great guitars, and is melodic as hell and so are “Like a Sin” “Die another day” and “XTC overdrive” Mick Mars played on “ I don’t care” a pretty kick ass song. Although the band was fronted by Olliver Twisted who’s no longer with the band, this cd still makes it for a pretty damn good album. If you’re not a believer of the hair day bands, then this band will make you believe that life is a vicious circle and what goes around comes back around. I like this album, but can’t wait what the next effort will bring with their brand new front man Simon Cruz.

Rating 3.5 out of 5

THE EROTICS

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Rubbish By: Agnieszka Wilde These Upstate New York energy charged Rockers will have your brain spinning in circles. The album opener” Dead last in the rat race” is surprisingly good, melodic and anthem-like stumper. After listening to songs such as “ Terrorize you”, Push comes to death”, “Get away from me”, “ Nobody wants you around” makes you wonder if maybe someone needs anger management and it’s hard to decide which party needs it more.

The performer for so much displayed anger, or the listener for feeling angry enough to sit through these songs. “ Born to let you down” is my personal favorite, and the next two songs which conclude the album headed even further south then Miami Beach. Their previous effort ” 30 seconds over you” blows “Rubbish” away. The potential is there, but not enough effort and the constant angry outbursts stay true to the album title.

More Main Stream

and “Fever” written by Lady Gaga will definitely make you move your feet, no way anyone could sit still through those melodies. He displays abundance of Broadwaylike performance in “Sleepwalker”, Broken Open” and “Time for Miracles” I love this CD! Judge the man by his voice and talent and not by his sexuality. Adam has a phenomenal future ahead of him, and I highly recommend this album.

Rating 5 out of 5

ADAM LAMBERT FOR YOUR ENTERTAINMENT By: Agnieszka Wilde

Rating 2.5 out of 5

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I am not, nor have I ever been a fan of American Idol, but after seeing Adam’s show stopping, sex charged performance on The American Music Awards, I had to give this CD a try. Adam is without a doubt a performer, entertainer and the album title sums it up. He will entertain you whether you like it or not, he is who he is and his star power rips through his personality and songs. He caused a huge stir with “For your Entertainment” On national TV and I’m sure in quite a few bedrooms. The catchy lyrics and hooks will have you sing this one for a few days. “ Whataya want from me” is another stunner written by Pink and he puts just enough finishing touches with his voice to make you love this song.“ Strut”, “ If I had you”, “ Pick U up”

ACE FREHLEY ANOMALY By: Felicia Rose The newest release from the one & only "Space Man" Ace Frehley, the album lots of early hard-core KISS fans have been waiting on from Ace, but from this fan, I would've liked to keep waiting.

"Anomaly" is more of an instrumental album and not a lot of vocals. From all thirteen Songs on the album, there are possibly five songs that I like, and the one that stands out is "Outer Space," and secondly "Fox on the Run"

that I feel has a cool 80's tempo to it. "Anomaly" is truly an album that you cannot listen to without getting annoyed with all the guitar solo tracks... I found myself pressing "Next" a lot on my iPod with all the instrumental tracks, but those who are fans of "gnarly" guitar solos, this is the album for them, but it definitely wasn't for me. Tracks to listen to - "Foxy & Free," "Outer Space," "Pain in the Neck," "Fox on the Run," "Too Many Faces," and "Just below the Angels" Rating: 3 out of 5

LOADED (Featuring Duff McKagan) SICK By: Felicia Rose The 2009 release of former Guns 'N' Roses and Velvet Revolver bassist Duff McKagan with his new band Loaded and their debut "Sick." The album starts and continues on being a good listen for any music fan. The title track "Sick" happens to be my favorite and starts the album on a good level. But of course there are a couple "corny" parts to the album One for example, the background vocals on "I See Through You" which is a runner up to "Sick," the "echo/stutter" behind Duff puts a

downer on that song, otherwise it's a rocking tune.

There are so many good parts on this album than bad, and no real terrible complaints to it... I guess if you want to, you could call itA mature and less sex driven, Hollywood sleaze version of "Appetite for Destruction."

Rating 4.5 out of 5

KCM

You went back to Sweden for a little while, what did you do during that time?

we started this band and it brought us to where we are right now.

LIZZY We toured for the most part.

We went to Italy, U.K and Sweden where we played the Sweden Rock Festival before we came back to the States. That was a dream come true, a lot of fun.

Been playing music basically, that’s all we can do, we don’t know anything else.

When I was younger I was a big fan of the 80’s scene Poison, Ratt, Motley Crue. I was dreaming of things like that at 14, I didn’t think it would be possible but I believed that it could happen and it did and that’s cool. There’s a lot more to dream about and that’s the reality.

KCM

KCM

LIZZY

The Art of

How different are the European crowds as oppose to the American crowds?

LIZZY

Actually Nicky had mentioned it first to do it, but at the same time I had not been thinking about the song. It just sounded like a song that we could do and people wouldn’t expect it of us to do such a song. We would be expected to do a Poison song.

Vains of Jenna By: Felicia Rose & Agnieszka Wilde Yes Vains of Jenna are everything a band usually isn’t, smart, creative and extremely nice. Felicia and I had the chance to interview them at Santos Party House in New York City, so we jumped at the opportunity to chit chat in person about their newly released CD “ The Art of telling Lies” and all things Swedish.

Thank you Lizzy , JP, Nicky and Jackie, and special thanks for being extra cool to DB the tour manager!!

KCM

How have you grown as musicians and people since you played the States for the first time four years ago?

LIZZY

A lot, it’s a totally different band I think. Musically we sound so much better. Mentally we are more challenged {outburst of laughter from the whole band} It’s been such a long time since we’ve been together now, so we’ve gotten to know each other much better.

NICKI

LIZZY

It’s so much more fun to do a song like that as oppose to a song by Gun’s and Roses. It’s so much less predictable. We rather do a song like this in another version, then something that would be expected of us.

LIZZY

KCM

A Rock’n Roll crowd is a Rock’n Roll crowd wherever you go. The only difference is that people in America had seen us a lot more then people in Europe, so they were much more excited. So it’s basically the same, and I don’t know about other bands but I can say that a Rock’ Roll crowd is always the best.

NICKI

Sweden was great they waited for us for two years to get back so it was super exciting I like playing everywhere.

I don’t have a favorite country or place.

KCM Growing up in Sweden as kids were you influenced by 80’s bands? Did you ever think you would play the States as grown ups and share the stage with the likes of Ratt or Poison?

NICKI

All the touring has made us better songwriters and people.

What made you do a cover of Tom Pettys “Refugee”?

NICKIE

It was always a dream. I never thought too much into the future, then

When people see you play for the first time what do you think they expect of you musically?

LIZZY

We are who we are and if people don’t like us then fuck them!

NICKI We’re not trying to be anything that we’re not.

JP

We are just straight up Rock’n Roll and people seem to like that.

basically just demos put together for an album. With the current release we wrote the songs and got together with Brent to help us evolve and get better. It just feels good to have a fifth person help out and make you think in a different way. He made us better writers we are better at thinking and recording at a studio. It was a great experience and the album turned out great!

KCM NICKI LIZZY

People tend to judge you by the way you look, but I don’t want to be categorized as a glam band. Even though I like glam . They can call us whatever they want as long as they listen to our music I really don’t care.

JP

We’ve been called a Sleaze band but that doesn’t really matter to me.

JP

Every place is good as long as the fans are there.

Who did the artwork for the

album?

NICKI Jimmy Johnson.

LIZZY {Raises his hand} Me. Me and JP were sitting around trying to figure out what we were going to do for this album and he came up with the idea.

JP

Then we all worked around with the idea and took the photos and Lizzy put it all in the computer.

LIZZY

From idea to final result when we get together and start thinking we create something good. That happens rarely {laughter] We had an album made before the cover.

JP NICKI

I don’t really have a favorite place to play but I love New York. I’m going to move here someday. To play shows I like being everywhere as long as the fans are there.

KCM

Who would you like to tour with that you have not done so yet?

LIZZY, JP and NICKY The Rolling KCM

Each of you, which is your favorite city to play in the States?

LIZZY

JACKI KCM

The Art of telling lies shows so much more growth from your other album, did you have a different producer for this album?

LIZZY

Yes we worked with a guy named Brent Woods who use to work with Vince Neils band. The first album we did on our own we didn’t have a producer. We did it for fun and it’s

In the States there are so many places. It’s fun to play everywhere and it depends on what night of the week you play too. Back home in L.A. we have a fan base so it’s like family, but the other night we played in Pittsburgh and people knew the lyrics and sang along and that’s crazy to me. Any city is great, even if there’s only one person there to see you, it’s still great. I don’t have a favorite city, I just don’t like it when it’s cold{smiles}

Stones!!

LIZZY

You gotta aim high, but it would be great to tour with anyone who’s bigger then us. The best band to tour with would be the Stones because they are the biggest and the best.

KCM

How would you say this album differs from the previous one?

LIZZY

This is a great album, the first album was okay and this one is awesome.

KCM

What was going through your mind when you wrote “Everybody loves you”?

LIZZY

Nicky came up with that line, but the whole concept came from…It always happens soon as someone dies.

People out there talk shit and all they are concerned with might be that person’s

money . When Michael Jackson died one of the best artists of our time, all of the sudden everyone loves him and is a big fan, but when he was alive people talked shit about him. It’s either that you love the guy or hate him, you can’t have it both ways. Greedy people come around when someone dies and it just annoys the shit out of me. So Nicky gave me the idea with that line and I went crazy with it.

KCM

What’s your favorite thing about the States that you can’t get in Sweden?

LIZZY

That’s an easy question, Melissa my girlfriend she’s not Swedish.

JP

It would probably be the first

one.

KCM

One thing you want that you haven’t gotten yet?

JP

To tour with the Stones!

KCM

What was your first experience like coming to L.A.?

NICKI

It was great! We went to the hotel where everyone who preformed stay in. It was our first show here and we had a big party for a whole week. It was a lot of fun. We played a pretty shitty show but we met some great people we got to stay with.

KCM. What’s your favorite thing about touring?

NICKI Everything really. I like getting up early in the morning getting into the van and driving to the next city.

Interview with

Asphalt Valentine By: Felicia Rose KCM: How long has the band been around?

Scozz: This band started originally in 2004 as Backseat Superstars. We have been around for a while and have come a really long way since then. Time flies when you are having fun!

KCM: How did you come up with a name like “Asphalt Valentine?”

JP & NICKIE KCM

What’s the one food that you eat in Sweden but can’t get here and vice versa?

www.vainsofjenna.com

JP

Kebab Bridle is something we eat in Sweden all the time and you can’t get it here, and in the States would be pizza at the Rainbow you can’t get that in Sweden.

KCM

Which one would you rather, choose one. Play poker with the devil for fame? OR Play poker with Hugh Hefner for hot playmates?

All LIVE Photo’s By: Agnieszka WildeGroup Photo By: Felicia Rose

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We had problems with people messing up with the previous name Backseat Superstars, “Backstreet” always seemed to find it‟s way on to a marquee, or off of an interviewers lips. It was one of those names you either dug or thought was really dumb. Personally when I joined the band I was never really crazy about the name, but ya just go with the flow. The band was going through some changes a couple years ago and Joe called me one day and asked what would I think about changing the name of the band? I was like yeah!

So he suggested Asphalt Valentine from some lyrics I wrote for “Dirty Little Secret” and it just stuck. It really has no specific meaning but needless to say it is a GOOD thing

to be on the receiving end of an “Asphalt Valentine!”

KCM: Who’s your favorite local Southern band to play with?

A really killer band out of Atlanta called Ledfoot Messiah. Super nice guys and we are a really good fit.

Their lead guitarist Cotton was almost in the band a few years ago when we were going through player changes. They got it going on!

KCM: Have you ever played up North and if so what was that like?

Sure, Northern OH, IN, PA and it is always a great time. I am from Upstate-NY originally so I love to get back to the cool weather whenever we get shows booked up north, but the southern boys get a bit chilly. Our new guitarist Dallas James is from Canton, OH so I am sure he looks forward to getting back up that way too.

KCM: How is the Atlanta rock scene right now?

Hahaha… I did not know you were a comic writer??? There really is no rock scene so to speak, very sad.

Bands like us head out of state to play A LOT! We have a small core following of fans that come out to the shows and support rock & roll.

Atlanta is a hip hip & Hardcore/Metal kind of town.

Atlanta is becoming a pay to play town like LA of the 80‟s. Makes me want to puke.

KCM: Listening to your music I hear a bit of Georgia Satellites and Z.Z. Top in there, are any of you influenced by these bands?

Hmm. You are the first to

compare us to those bands. Usually we get the Crue or Buckcherry, so that is kind of refreshing. I like ZZ & the Satellites, but for me personally say I was influenced by them I would have to say no. Brett may fall into that comparison, he digs Rick Richards a lot. Dang, not I feel like cranking Battleship Chains now!

KCM: This question is for each of you. What’s your favorite thing about touring?

Joe (vocals): Being out with the most retarded people I know and meeting more along the way. We have fun and it shows everywhere we go. I think we‟re all going to pretty much sy the same thing on this one. It‟s not easy for bands to go out and get along like we do.

People see that and how it transfers to our shows… They know we‟re the real deal. We are that band that loves being out playing shows, acting stupid and meeting some awesome people along the way… Just simply put.

Scott (bass): Wow! This one is going to be difficult – only because it is hard to be succinct when describing Asphalt Valentine on the road… For me, I love being with the people who mean the most to me.

I started this journey with Joe because of the music he was writing, but I learned pretty quickly that it was the band cohesion that mattered most. I love these guys!

We have traveled thousands and thousands of miles together and I look forward to the next thousand.

There is something about our chemistry that just works.. We each have our own diverse and often times extreme, personalities and we also have wildly diverse musical backgrounds, yet we share a common something that I can only describe as magical. You can see it

in our interactions with each other and you can see it in our performance. We love what we do and we have fun doing it! When you see us out on tour that is what you get – a good fucking time! Of course, it sucks when we are doing a load-out at 3 am when it is like 10 degrees below freezing, but we are still there doing it. That is the price we pay to be the stupidest band ever!!

Scozz: I have been doing this a long time and I never get tired of it, the traveling. I love waking up in new cities and towns and rocking with new people. We all get along so well and of course we have our moments but honestly we love and respect each other more than brothers, It is a nonstop comedic adventure that simply put writes itself!

Brett (guitar): Other than the playing live, I would have to say the pure SILLINESS… Thousands of hours on the road can get beyond monotonous; yet we have the best time. Thank god we are all such good friends and we make fun of ourselves and each other nonstop… You have no idea how much… the amount of constant laughter is ridiculous; we walk into anywhere be it a restaurant, truck stop, Wal-mart, the spectacle is something special… My stomach muscles hurt for days on end from laughing so damn hard (and I have a bad habit of falling down laughing from the ridiculousness of our antics)… Plus we meet lots of great peeps and bands out touring… the suitcase part sux, but we were made to do this!

Dallas (guitar): Well my favorite thing about touring would have to be playing shows and being with these clowns. Meeting new people and seeing new things. It‟s really all

great, I love touring. I would love to be always touring.

KCM: Do you have any interesting but fairly short road stories?

Interesting, YES… Short, NO. They usually involve large amounts of alcohol, Denny‟s or Waffle House, falling out of restaurant chairs, truck stop gift shop stuffed Unicorns, cage dancing, stripper poles, van and trailer tire blowouts, tornados, cheese krystals and a bare hotel rroom ceilings, Rick Bobby, etc…

You can draw your own conclusions.

KCM: Are there any personal stories on this album or is it all tongue and cheek made up fiction?

Scott: Given that I graduated high school in ‟88, I grew up smack in that period where the hair bands ruled, but I played the field – I loved Slayer and I loved Poison – which made me pretty much an outcast for every click… Looking back, the band that mattered most to me was Skid Row. When they hit the scene they brought something that defied all the rules at the time.

They had an edge to them that “glam” lacked which bridged the gap between all the bands I loved at the time. It didn‟t hurt that chicks loved Sebastian either – especially if you looked like him a little bit.

Scozz: I‟d have to say Crue, Whitesnake and Poison. That shit was my scene. I always hated the term but I guess you are what you spray.

Brett: Um, well…though totally immersed in the music scene during that time, I was a bit more on the Alt edge of things being in Athens in most of the 80‟s; yet always a hard rocker period… I would have to say G „n‟ R, Cinderella, Skid Row, Def Lep, a bit of the Crue amongst others… And I don‟t consider ant of those bands in any way “hair bands”… you know what I mean then? Right…

Most everything we write comes from personal experiences. Joe had a rough break up and some songs came from that. “Don‟t Come Easy” was inspired by something my mom used to say to me when I was young. “Dirty Little Secret” is from personal experience. Chock full of gems!

KCM: As a teen who was the one band you would blow all your money on?

KCM: This one is to each of you as well. Who’s your favorite 80’s hair band?

Shit that was a LONG time ago. First real girlfriend it would have been Pinball Wizard by the Who. We were at a Drive In and went to see Tommy. Don‟t remember seeing much of the movie though!

Joe: Cinderella.

AC/DC!!!! The Bon Scott years!

KCM: What was the song you made out to with your first girlfriend?

KCM: Where would you want to be musically this day and age?

Right where I am today. This is the band I have been waiting for my entire career.

KCM: What would be the ultimate orgasmic experience for this band?

Man being asked to play the main stage on Cruefest would be right up there. To be back on a tour bus again so these guys could experience that. Oh, to just show yp at a gig with the gear ready to go… play… meet & greet, then hit the road… oh & don‟t forget CATERING!

KCM: Please complete this nursery rhyme, “Little Robin red breast sat upon a tree up went pussy cat and down went he…”

Down came Pussycat with Robin throbbing bow legged to & from, Says little Robin edbreast: “Ahhh…

That‟s Strip Rock Roll!”

KCM: If you had to choose one what would it be – Sex, Women or Whiskey?

Doesn‟t one lead to another?

KCM: Would you rather play poker with the devil or drink with Jesus?

Mmmm, I‟m not much of a poker player & Jesus does have that knack for turning water into wine, so…

KCM: If you were to be an Archangel which one would you be – Gabriel, Raphael or Michael? And who would you watch over?

Michael for sure. I mean come on, big flaming sword! I would watch over my mom, I owe her at least that much.

Be sure to pick up Asphalt Valentine’s album through mail order and/or iTunes – STRIP ROCK ROLL!!

www.myspace.com/asphaltvalentine2

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London’s Calling All Zombies & Vampires

GENERATION GRAVEYARD By: Paulina Stasicka

I had a chance to venture out on Halloween night in London and hang out with Zombies and Vampires. I also managed to conduct a very cool interview withy Max from London’s own Generation Graveyard.

of things on the music scene at the time that we were interested in. There are a lot of things missing from Rock ‘n Roll at the moment. It’s either nostalgia trips or rip offs… The point lost it’s luster along the way. Jonny and Pete were drafted in when we were attempting to do a New Years Eve Punk Rock cover show at the Intrepid Fox in London.

That idea never materialized but what came out of it were two other guys I knew we could work with for sure. So we got two new guys and a very damaged liver.

Phil jumped on board last, which really helped tie everything together. They are the most hungry guys I’ve ever met, 100% dedicated and totally into everything we do, and they drink like motherfuckers which helps.

Space Age Playboys album. I think everyone should check it out right now! I have never thought of the comparison to other band names, when naming this band. To me it symbolizes the death of a generation. You turn on your TV tonight and it’s all you will see.

This is what families sit down to family meals with. There’s no Rock Star bravado to do with the name.

KCM Assuming by the name of the band, are you trying to portray little bit horror in your music? Sort of like Wednesday 13 ?

Max If anything, we’re trying to avoid it. These songs are not about Dracula or spooky shit.

There are a lot more horrific things to talk about then the Bogeyman The news is a scarier prospect to me then any of that stuff.

KCM How long have you been together ?

Thank you Max!!

KCM How did this band come about ?

Max Well I’ve been out on a lookout for new scumbags to start a new project with for a long time, after leaving my old band. I was introduced by a friend to Spider along the line somewhere and it turned out that both of us wanted the same thing out of music. There weren’t a lot

Max As a unit we’ve been together six months, four months since our last gig which is where the shit hit the fan.

KCM Being that every other band in Europe has either " Generation" or " Superstars" in their name, why name yourselves ' Generation Graveyard"

Max The name is lifted off a track by one of our favorite bands, Warrior Soul, off their

KCM How is it going so far, is the fan base growing, larger and stronger?

Max We are picking up a lot of interest. People don’t know what to make of us yet.

KCM Any attempts to record a cd, or are you not there yet?

Max The CD is on it’s way. First and foremost we are always going to be a live band, so we prefer to get our name out there by playing shows. The CD is on it’s way definitely in time for the New Year.

KCM Where is the first place you'd like to play outside of the U.K.?

Max Anywhere and everywhere that will have us. Japan would be cool. Anywhere we have not been before where it bars good friends and good bars.

Max Those guys really kick ass, and really took an interest in us.

We’d love to play with them again.

It’s really cool being a fan of a band and getting props from them for what you do.

KCM Is the music business everything you thought it would be?

Max I wouldn’t call the level we’re at “The Biz” but it’s going to be the same as any business, good for those at the top, bad for those at the bottom. Unfortunately people like us most of the time are holding up whatever’s at the bottom.

KCM How was your experience playing with "SEX SLAVES"

like to let the world know about "Generation Graveyard"

Max Ours is a Jager bomb and a Bifta , and we spend most of our time listening to Gram Parsons and knitting, and that we really ARE that broke.

KCM Where do you see yourselves in the next five years?

Max Hopefully still alive!!

KCM Please answer this question...." If the world were coming to an end tomorrow, the only thing I would save is....."

Max The world? The Drugs? Our Chaz and Dave box sets?

KCM Where is the one countrythat no other band has played in, but you would like to?

Max I don’t know…There’s probably a good reason no other band has played there though.

KCM Any famous last words?

Max As we always say…S.M.D.B Holloween 2009

KCM What goal would you like to attain first for this band?

One love peace out .www.generationgraveyard.com

Max Longevity is the only goal any of us want for this band. As long as we keep doing what we are doing and survive, that’s all we care about. As bullshit as that might sound to some people.

KCM

What's the one thing you'd

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