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ROCK
posted by Team Rock at 10:02 AM

 

PUDDLE OF MUDD

Sunday FEB 8th, 2004
Blue Cats (Knoxville)

w/ Smile Empty Soul


ROCK
posted by Team Rock at 9:44 AM

 

JANUARY

Meaning "Janus's Month": Janus is the Roman god of gates and doorways, depicted with two faces looking in opposite directions. His festival month is January. Januarius had 29 days, until Julius when it became 31 days long. Middle English Januarie, Latin Januarius "of Janus", Latin Janu(s) "Janus" + -arius "ary (pertaining to)", Latin Januarius mensis "month of Janus".

ROCK!!!
posted by Team Rock at 9:37 AM

 

HANK III

Hank III will be on a solo TOUR in 2004.

DATES CLOSE to the TRI-CITIES:

FEB 25 @ Blue Cats (Knoxville)
FEB 27 @ Ground Zero (Spartanberg)
FEB 28 @ Orange Peel (Asheville)


ROCK


posted by Team Rock at 7:16 PM

 

Lennon and Career Suicide

My copy of Lennon's new CD (only available online (Lennon Online) or at a live show) was waiting on me when I arrived home today. It could not have come at a better time as I was all stressed out after a long evening of Christmas shopping.

Where to start about this CD?

I read her dedication as the first song, Jacob, was starting. - It pulled me heart first into the CD.

This is for those who never sleep
Who spend their nights contemplating why the day must come
This for those who never fall in love
Only living for what had been and will never be again,
This is for those who I see more of their back then their face
For they enter with no words but when they're gone you know,
This is for you. --- Lennon Murphy

The CD is acoustic driven with only Lennon and her piano until the last song but we will be there in a moment.. The song list is a mixture of a five older songs off her first CD 5:30 Saturday Morning: I Hear, Couldn't Breathe, Brake Of Your Car, Morning, and Asking You and five new songs: Jacob, What You're Saying, Goodbye, Main Gravel Road, and And You. The already powerful songs are stepped up a notch in intensity as the songs are presented as she originally wrote and performed the songs. The new songs are equally as intense and powerful. The beautiful lyrics combined with the rich and crisp piano spear your heart and intertwine with your soul.

The last song, Asking You starts out a cappella and ends with string violins. Echoes (especially in Pro Logic mode) at the beginning provide a great backdrop until the string violins accompany her until the end. Her voice never wavers and only proves further how beautiful she sings (and is not bad on the piano either). I highly recommend this CD. Go to Lennon Online and buy it! She signs and mails it personally!

10 / 10

Xyon
posted by Team Rock at 8:18 AM

 

HATEBREED LABEL MATES THE PROGRAM @ RAFTERS TONIGHT

Stillborn Records (Jamey of Hatebreed fame's record label) recording artists THE PROGRAM will be performing at Rafters in Johnson City, TN tonight with special guests: In Remembrance of Me and Evixion tonight, Monday, December 15th. Show starts at 8pm and admission is only $6, with all ages being allowed.

- REX MUNDI -

posted by Team Rock at 4:34 PM

 

Toys For Tots Metal Blitzkrieg Set For Rafters Dec. 20

Metal fans of all ages are invited to come out to the Toys For Tots Metal Blitzkrieg at Rafters on Saturday night December 20. It will be a night to remember as 5 local metal bands lend their talent to bring a wonderful Christmas to children in need.

Great local bands Dank, Evixion, Blindsight, Omega Tribe, and downBleed rise to the occasion to share the joy of Christmas in their own style of metal madness. The cover is $7 or an unwrapped toy of equal or greater value. All proceeds at the door will be turned over to a representative of the Marine Corps who will collect the money and toys to make a child’s Christmas that much better.

If you had planned to give this year – this is a no lose situation. You get the satisfaction of helping someone in need and receive a killer concert for your efforts!

The order the bands will play will be determined the night of the show. Doors open at 7:30 and the first band will go on shortly thereafter. Toys For Tots Metal Blitzkrieg is an all age show. Downtown Rafters. 410 E. State of Franklin Rd. Johnson City TN 423-232-6520.


Xyon
posted by Team Rock at 10:22 PM

 

TUESDAY NIGHT EDGE?

Due to some technical difficulties, 95.9 K-ROCK'S MONDAY NIGHT EDGE didn't air last last. The program will air tonight @11pm instead. Tonight's guests will be the TEAM ROCK supported local group TRIBUS. Be sure to tune in and get the latest info on their current projects!

- REX MUNDI -

posted by Team Rock at 5:56 PM

 

VIVA DEL SANTO!!!!!

While in Knoxville this weekend I was able to attend the SOUTHERN CULTURE ON THE SKIDS show at BLUE CATS. I first saw these guys way back in '93 at ROCKIN' ON THE RIVER. They blew me away then and have never failed since. It turned out to be Chris 'Cousin Crispy' Bess' last show and I was glad to be in attendance for the momentous occasion. SCOTS have gained national exposure over the years having been featured on soundtracks such as I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER and BEAVIS AND BUTT-HEAD DO AMERICA. Their video for CAMEL WALK also saw heavy rotation on MTV a few years ago. Friday night's show was a blast and all the crowd pleasers were played - KING OF THE MOUNTAIN, LIQUORED UP AND LACQUERED DOWN, DADDY WAS A PREACHER MAMA WAS A GO-GO GIRL, and HOUSE OF BAMBOO to name a few. The raucous set ended with EIGHT PIECE BOX and a personal favorite, VIVA DEL SANTO. The mandatory chicken hurling dancers were onstage, of course. Any chance to see this band should be taken! Here are some regional opportunities...

12-19-03 - THE CASBAH - Johnson city, TN

12-20-03 - ZIGGY'S - Winston-Salem, NC

12-31-03 - ORANGE PEEL - Asheville, NC

DON'T MISS THESE GREAT SHOWS!!!!!!

- REX MUNDI -

posted by Team Rock at 5:31 PM

 

FUEL, REVIS, & SLOTH @ RAFTER"S

FUEL, REVIS, SLOTH @ Rafter's

Tuesday December 9th

SHOW TIME: 8:00pm

ALL AGES SHOW

TICKETS: $20 Advance / $23 Door

ROCK!!!

posted by Team Rock at 9:51 PM

 

KISS & AEROSMITH WEDNESDAY NIGHT

KISS & AEROSMITH

Thompson-Boling Arena (Knoxville, TN)
December 10, 2003


ROCK ON!!!!
posted by Team Rock at 9:45 PM

 

Stocks For Tots

MEET YOUR FAVORITE DRIVER
CREW CHIEF TEAM MEMBERS
CAR OWNERS • LEGENDS • SHOW CARS

Lakeside Business Park – 6:00-10:00 p.m.
Mooresville, North Carolina

SCHEDULED TO APPEAR:

Mike Harmon, Ned Jarrett, Mark Garrow, David Poole, Ryan Newman, Buddy Baker
Mike Clark - Top Eliminator Class, Mooresville Dragway, Greg Biffle, Deb Williams ,Ray Dunlap. Phil Parsons, Debra Renshaw - ARCA, Kyle Beattie - Roadster, Travis Kvapil, Rick Ren - Travis's Crew Chief, Alex Meshkin, Chad Blount, Bill Wilburn, Brandon McReynolds - Bandelero's, Larry McReynolds, Tom Higgins, Brett Bodine, Doris Roberts, Carl Edwards - Craftsman Truck Series, Don Miller, Team Owner, Penske Racing South, Mike Joy, Matt Borland, AJ Henricksen - ARCA, Bobby Dotter, Morgan Shepherd, Pee Wee Jones - Legends Driver, Dick May - Legends Driver, Bobby Watson - Legends Driver, Tom Pistone - Legends Driver, Jim VanDiver - Legends Driver, Jimmy Spencer, Jimmy Spencer, Jr. - Hooters Cup, Jeff Fuller......MORE TO COME!!!!

ROCK


posted by Team Rock at 9:44 PM

 

More on Erin McKeown

From the Imperfectly.com page featuring Ms. McKeown...

Erin McKeown is a folksinger / songwriter originally from Fredericksburg, Va. her music career got started when in 1995 she was named a semi-finalist by the songwriters' association of Washington DC in their mid-Atlantic song contest for the modern rock/alternative category. She subsequently started her own record label, TVP records. Through TVP, she has released a self-titled debut, Monday morning cold, and her latest, distillation (now re-released on signature sounds).

Erin recently completed an Ethnomusicology degree at brown university. She has played with such artists as Dar Williams, Andy Stochansky, Pamela Means, the Nields, Ani Difranco, and Melissa Ferrick. She was also featured as part of the "Voices on the Verge" series in the New England area (with fellow folk artists Jess Klein, Rose Polenzani, and Beth Amsel).

I am going to the show in Asheville on Dec 8 at the Orange Peel. I highly recommend this show, as there aren't too many opportunities like this if you like folk/funk with a twist of spunk for good measure.

I am liking this stuff more and more.

Xyon


Here the song "Civilians" in live performance by clicking HERE

posted by Team Rock at 5:52 AM

 

Erin McKeown

Erin Mckeown upcoming SHOWS:

15.dec.03 Charlotte, NC Evening Muse 8pm
16.dec.03 Knoxville, TN Blue Cats 8pm
17.dec.03 Chattanooga. TN Rhythm and Brews 8pm
18.dec.03 Asheville, NC The Orange Peel 8pm

Bio from homepage:

25-year-old Erin McKeown is a rare find.

While the category of singer/songwriter continues to wander down the path of certain homogeneity and female artists become, by and large, either Britney/Christina knock-offs or dubiously tortured souls, Erin offers something that threatens to move the goalposts.

As long as music fans continue to yearn for the acerbic wit of Randy Newman, the innovative stylings of Bjork and Liz Phair, and the intricate arrangements of Elvis Costello, Erin's latest and third full-length record, "Grand" will prove necessity in any music lover's collection.


ROCK!!!


posted by Team Rock at 5:48 PM

 

DOG FASHION DISCO RETURNS TO JOHNSON CITY

After performing with ENDO in JC earlier this year,DOG FASHION DISCO will grace our crappy town again tomorrow night! Don't miss this great show @RAFTERS on Tuesday, November 25th. Doors open at 7:30 with music starting at 8:30. Admission is 10 bucks for this 'all ages' show.

- REX MUNDI -

posted by Team Rock at 4:31 PM

 

MUSHROOMHEAD

Sunday Nov 23, 2003

Ziggy's (Winston-Salem)

Guest: 3 QUARTERS DEAD & ANOXIA

$15.00 DOORS 8PM


ROCK
posted by Team Rock at 6:54 AM

 

7 MARY 3...ANYTHING BUT CUMBERSOME

Wow, what a damn fine rock'n'roll show at The Otter last night! ROB RUSSELL scorched up the stage and really got the crowd going. The fervor even erupted into a small skirmish at the front right of the stage. Our own XYON even got into the battle while performing security duties at the show. After the incident was settled and the offender removed, RUSSELL AND THE SORE LOSERS continued to smoke the stage, paving the way for the coming onslaught of SEVEN MARY THREE. I didn't know much of 7M3's music, but their amazing set turned me into an instant fan. I loved screaming along to the few songs I knew as well as being educated in their other great music. The best moment of all is when 7M3 burst into an amazing cover of MOTORHEAD's 'ACE OF SPADES'. I never thought I'd hear that one, especially at The Otter of all places. It was great seeing other folks with fists in the air screaming along to that great rock anthem. After that, there was no question about 7M3...they truly kicked ass! It was great hanging out with Anthony and Jeremy from TRIBUS as well. Yes Jeremy, I would go to Checkoslovakia in a heartbeat...but only if I could get a decent piece of American cheese without having to use the force! You guys were hilarious at the MID-CITY GRILL. "This hamburger is fucking AWESOME!"

- REX MUNDI -

posted by Team Rock at 6:12 PM

 

Truely 'A Perfect Circle'

What a kick @ss show! I had heard the buzz about this band for many months, but never checked them out. To show you how much in the dark I was about them, I just recently found out that the lead singer for Tool was their lead singer. I really fell behind on this one. Hell, the other guys were/are in great bands too.

So 2 days ago Rock calls me up and says, "What are you doing Thursday night?"

I reply, "Just the normal stuff. After work I am heading to work over at college, then try and catch up on my school work while trying to find time to sleep somewhere before work on Friday..."

He says, "So I guess you don't want to go see 'A Perfect Circle' Thursday night."

ME: "Well, I really can't afford it"

HIM: "Oh, I just won tickets and backstage passes off the radio"

ME: "Shit! Really? ok then..."

Great show - One of the best I have seen.

Thanks Rock. That was tremendously cool.

Xyon
posted by Team Rock at 11:08 AM

 

CAPTURED BY ROBOTS

Captured By Robots
TONIGHT @ Heather's Hideaway

9:00pm

also appearing Los Mofos


ROCK
posted by Team Rock at 7:28 AM

 

SCULLSOUP CD RELEASE PARTY

Friday night @ the Sophisticated Otter in Johnson City

*****$2.00 COVER*****

Special guest: The Royal Bangs


ROCK
posted by Team Rock at 6:30 AM

 

A PERFECT CIRCLE

TONIGHT IN KNOXVILLE

8:00 pm

w/ The Incarus Line

And Thanks to K-ROCK I'll be there with BACKSTAGE PASSES

Thanks, K-ROCK you guys f**king RULE!!!!

ROCK
posted by Team Rock at 9:15 AM

 

Andrew W K - Hoobastank

Just got home from seeng Andrew W K - What a fucking kick @ss, energetic, pile driving show. He doesn't hold back anything and gives everything in his performance. Hoobastank followed, and for me, they had their hands full following Mr. K, but they put on a fine show as well.

Party Hard!

Xyon
posted by Team Rock at 3:01 AM

 

ANTHRAX

ANTHRAX

Wednesday, December 10th at 8pm doors

Blue Cats
Knoxville, TN

$15 in advance/$17 at the door

Tickets on Sale: November 21st

ANTHRAX
BLUE CATS

Touring to promote their new album "We've Come For You All." Heavy Rock.

ROCK!!!

posted by Team Rock at 4:10 PM

 

Breaking News...At Least For Me...

Fuel to play Rafters - Dec 12. First show in Johnson City in 5 years. Date was from Mike (Head of Security) at Rafters. We both were in a beer haze so it may be adjusted -- then again maybe not..as it is a Friday night. Whatever the case, it will be a show not too miss! More information to come....

Xyon
posted by Team Rock at 8:55 PM

 

DO NOT MISS THIS SHIT!!!

Be sure to be @ The HIDEAWAY this Thursday Nov. 6th to catch the DEMOLITION DOLL RODS and local legends SCULLSOUP. The show starts @ 10:00pm and cover is 6 bucks. This is an ages 18 and up show...see you there.

My thanks to SCULLSOUP for use of the flyer...

- REX MUNDI -

posted by Team Rock at 11:44 PM

 

FROM DOWNBLEED

Thanks to all of Team Rock for coming out to the Metal Madness! You guys are THE shit!!! I want to thank all the bands who really made this show, Tribus, deadLeveL, Skrog, AntiTrust, Bull Rush and Dawg and Leona from my band. It was a great show with a lot of kick ass bands! Hopefully there will be a 2nd Annual Metal Madness. Thanks again guys for the advertising and promoting. Once again, you've helped us more than we can thank you.


Doug

posted by Team Rock at 9:15 AM

 

PRE-HALLOWEEN WITH STORMY MONDAY

Local 'Allmanesque' favorites STORMY MONDAY will be appearing at the DOWN HOME this Thursday, October 30th. Cover is a mere six bucks and attendees are encouraged to come in costume. I've seen these guys a few times and they're great at what they do...come on out for a little roots rock and a good time.

- REX MUNDI -

posted by Team Rock at 4:33 PM

 

Post Halloween Metal Madness Scheduled At Rafters – November 1st

On Saturday November 1 Metal Madness will be coming to Downtown Rafters. An ambitious project put together by Doug Fletcher of local metal band DownBleed, Metal Madness will consist of a six-band jam session with both local and regional metal bands. “We just want to jam with our friends - this is not about the money, this is for area metal fans,” Doug Fletcher said during phone interview.

Metal Madness will be a true metal for the fans. The first band will go on at 7:00 and the last band will end about 1:30. The full lineup is listed below – Tickets will be $10, which is more than fair for six bands (roughly $1.67 a band) and the only money the bands recieve is the door money. Again – This show is for the fans. Come out and support local music and experience some of the areas finest metal bands. FULL ARTICLE

Lineup and Times of Bands
7:00-7:45 – Tribus

8:15-9:00 – Deadlevel

9:20-10:05 – Skrog

10:25-11:10 – AntiTrust

11:30-12:15 – downBleed

12:35-1:20 – Bull Rush
posted by Team Rock at 9:16 AM

 

THE NICKEL CREEK SHOW

I first saw NICKEL CREEK at last year's BLUE PLUM FESTIVAL for free. They put on a great, energetic, fun show that prompted me to buy their debut album as well as the follow up THIS SIDE. When I heard they were coming back, I couldn't wait to see them. I was more than willing to pay the 25.00 ticket price, considering it had been a free show the last time. I entered RAFTER'S last night and anxiously waited for the show to begin. Two songs into the show, I noticed things were quite different this time around. The fun crowd from last year had been replaced by a horde of uptight whiteys from parts unknown. Any crowd noise that wasn't a direct worshipping of the band was vehemently 'shushed' and commented on by the odd crowd. Hello, this is a bar, this is a concert...Extraneous noise is normal. It didn't help that NC kept playing low-key, soft-toned numbers. I started finding the 'Shhh's and 'Shut ups' more distracting than the noise it was intended to subdue. Who the hell wants to stand in silence at a concert? I wasn't one of the noise makers, but I found the 'respectful' crowd to be far more annoying. The constant glares from craned necks, the chastising, and the constant 'shhhh' made it impossible for me to even enjoy the show. I retreated into the back where I spoke with Ansley a bit about how the show was going. It didn't surprise me when he told me people had complained because there weren't seats. I returned to the crowd for the last couple of songs, only to hear some guy get told to 'shut up' because he cheered a song...geez! I then noticed something even more disturbing. Not only was the crowd raining on the parade, even the chubby little guitarist began casting hateful glances and stares at people who cheered a bit loud. I was completely disgusted by now, but hoped the encore would be a nice upbeat and fast one. WRONG! The guitarist announced they were going to play some ELLIOT SMITH tunes as a tribute to his passing. We were then informed that it would be acoustic, we should be quiet, and any "obnoxiously drunk" people needed "to make their way out". Wow...This didn't apply to me, but I still found it pretty wretched. My advice for Ansley, should he bring them back, would be to sell a limited amount of tickets for 50 bucks a pop and have it at the DOWN HOME - a place where a coffee house attitude and dickheads such as were in that crowd are held in high regard. I still love my NICKEL CREEK CD's...But I will never pay a nickel to see them again!

- REX MUNDI -

posted by Team Rock at 5:40 PM

 

Metal Festival

November 14th and 15th 2003, will see many metal & hardcore bands at the New Jersey Metal & Hardcore Festival in Asbury Park. Here are the bands confirmed so far: Danzig, Superjoint Ritual, Dimmu Borgir, Morbid Angel, Nile, Nevermore, Children Of Bodom, Hypocrisy, Strapping Young Lad and Symphony X headline the show on Friday. Cradle Of Filth, Type O Negative, Deicide, Suffocation, Hate Eternal, Biohazard and Krisium headline on Saturday. Also appearing are Unearth, Bongzilla, Diabolic, The Red Chord, A Life Once Lost, Premonitions Of War, Cannae, Benumb, Between The Buried And Me, All That Remains, Dysrhythmia, Lick Golden Sky, Byzantine, Eyes Of Fire, Full Blown Chaos, With Honor, Subzero, Between The Buried And Me, The End, Watch Them Die, Withered Earth, Novembers Doom, Crematorium, Wasteform, Misery Index, Held Under, Embrace Today, Traumacide, Human Decline, A Perfect Murder, Scarlet, All Out War, Super Villian, Sinai Beach, Scar Culture Fleshgrind, Remembering Never, Dew Scented and many more to be announced. You can find more at the events website, N J METAL AND HARDCORE FEST.

ROCK
posted by Team Rock at 7:09 AM

 

Hunger Fest

October 25 - 26
Sponsored by K-Rock

9AM- 4PM both days 12 Bands

1502 Highridge Dr Kingsport, Tn

$10 or Food Donation (Must equal $10)

BANDS: DOWNBLEED, STILLBORN, The Following, Green Evil, Krush Kolvin, Zoot's MoJo, The Marauder's, Sonic Voodoo, Pits, Jo Jo Sez, Fin, The Andy Seaton Band.......

COME OUT AND SUPPORT LIVE LOCAL MUSIC

And it's for a good cause!!!!!

ROCK

posted by Team Rock at 6:06 PM

 

UPCOMING SHOWS

Friday OCT 24


Gatsby's


10:00PM


$5.00


w/ Running With Scissors & Goodspeed

HOT ACTION COP puts on a very exciting show!!!

Dog Fashion Disco


November 24, 2003

Ground Zero, Spartenberg, SC

9:00pm

$12.00

w/ Lacuna Coil (and they said they would never return)



ROCK
posted by Team Rock at 6:11 AM

 

MTV TO SHOOT PERFORMANCE AT RAFTERS

Acclaimed rapper DAVID BANNER will be performing @ RAFTERS with guests GOODY MOB and QUATTRO on Saturday, October 18th. MTV will be there as well, filming the show for future use. Doors open @ 9pm and admission is $20...a small price to pay for your possible fifteen minutes of fame!

- REX MUNDI -

posted by Team Rock at 9:37 PM

 

An Evening with Downbleed @ Rafters - 10/3/03

A Review Told With Pictures


















Xyon
posted by Team Rock at 5:25 PM

 

Live at Gatsby's - A Pictorial

Some Picture I have been meaning to get up since these shows. Rock called me today and reminded me. Too much shit going on these days. Sorry for the delay...


Art Alexakis - Tremendous show - had the crowd participating and loving it....


Michael J - I thought his show was simply brilliant. Strong voice and by the end had the crowd won over (which is never easy to do as an opener). I hope Ansley keeps his word and brings him back...


manmadegod - (from the Seether show) - These guys ruled the stage again as they made their return performace to Johnson City! Here posing with the souvenier girls...

Xyon
posted by Team Rock at 1:57 PM

 

Demolition Doll Rods

This from the BUZZ:
On Thursday Nov. 06, The Indy Gentlemen present Detroit's Demolition Doll Rods at A Hideaway. Not familiar with the 'Dolls? Here's what SPIN magazine had to say:
"According to the sage female hosts of The View, sex is back and Detroit's Demolition Doll Rods are "bout it". The trio perform near-naked, save for the occasional pasty, hubcap, dog biscuit, Fudgesicle, or whatever else they can get to stick to their genitals. But don't mistake their exhibitionism for mere shock-rock novelty; the band's rockabilly-flavored garage-punk sound lends weight to their super sexed white-trash antics".
SPIN (October 1999)
Demolition Doll Rods

Special guest: SCULLSOUP

ROCK!!!
posted by Team Rock at 12:25 PM

 

Leilani Münter update:

Mooresville, NC (September 15, 2003) – Leilani Münter returns to the NASCAR Weekly Series presented by Dodge on September 20 under the lights at Caraway Speedway in Asheboro, North Carolina. Münter is scheduled to make her sophomore run in the series racing the No. 39 Evernham Performance Parts Dodge late model owned by David Dunlap with a motor supplied by Maurice Petty and Associates.

“I am honored to have this opportunity to continue racing through the Evernham Motorsports Research & Development program,” said Münter. “Ray has given me a chance to show what I can do on the track and I am thankful for the opportunity.”

Münter is sponsored by Evernham Performance Parts. Evernham Performance Parts sells and manufactures new performance parts for oval track and drag racing, and is a distributor of Dodge Motorsports and Mopar Performance Parts. Evernham Performance Parts also sells used transmissions, rear gears, brakes and engine parts that were used by Evernham Motorsports.

“Leilani has the potential and desire to become one of the top drivers in the next generation of racing stars,” said Andy Hillenburg, who worked with Münter at Atlanta Motor Speedway in October 2002. “She’s not intimidated. She’s not a good ‘woman’ driver. She’s just a good driver.”

Münter made her debut in the NASCAR Weekly Series Presented by Dodge in a late model on April 26 at South Boston Speedway where she finished ninth in the Coors Light 150. Münter began racing stock cars in 2001 in the Allison Legacy Series. She relocated to North Carolina in 2002 where she began working in race shops and driving race cars.

Please visit Everham Motor Sports and Leilani Munter for more information on Evernham Performance Parts and Leilani Münter.


posted by Team Rock at 7:20 AM

 

FREE SHOW AT THE OTTER

Gus Black Tuesday night(10-14-03) at the Otter (FREE)


Interview with LA Daily News - June 18, 2003
Gus Black Does Sabbath
by Sandra Barrera

When he was a teenager, Gus Black (his wife's surname) went through a "full-on" heavy-metal faze.

"Who didn't?" says the singer-songwriter, who pays homage to,among other influences, his heavy-metal roots in the album "Uncivilized Love," with a melancholy take on Black Sabbath's "Paranoid."

The song finds Black vocalizing in a near whisper over a jangly guitar and a depressed beat -- proof that his head-banger days still linger.

According to Black, his last cover was Blue Oyster Cult's "(Don't Fear) the Reaper" for "Scream," the soundtrack to the 1996 teen horror flick.

"I've always tried to take a heavier song and bring it into this mellow universe," he says. "And, 'Paranoid' was the first song I ever learned how to play on guitar."

Black (born Gus Penaloza) is a Los Angeles native who's wanted to be a singer-songwriter since the age of 5, although it took some experimenting with other styles of music before he actually became one.

Like many teens, he played in bands, going from metal to punk.

Then, he says, he bought his first acoustic guitar.

"It was really beat up," says Black of the 1970s Gibson J-200 that he later refurbished and still plays. "It brought me back to Cat Stevens and ... Jim Croce, all this great music I listened to when I was a kid. That's when I really started writing songs."

He was working under the name Gus when, in 1996, he put out the four-song cassette "C-Sides" on the AlamoSounds label, followed by his self-titled full-length debut. "Word of Mouth," his 1999 release, was his last for the now-defunct label.

By 2001, he was on the British indie label Wild Abandon and recording under the name Gus Black. He released "Uncivilized Love" the following year.

A newer incarnation of the album was put out last month by the U.S.-based Immergent Records. Amazon.com has since praised the release as "inviting musical simplicity, wed to a complex -- and conflicted -- world view," and KCRW-FM's Nic Harcourt, a longtime supporter of Black's music, included "Uncivilized Love" in his picks of this month's top 10 CDs.

It was while he was putting the finishing touches on the album that Black began slowly strumming out the chords to "Paranoid" on the guitar. "It just felt really good," he recalls, saying he decided to include it on his haunting, pop-inspired set. "It's like this beautiful, melancholy, sad singer-songwriter song. Who knew that Ozzy was the sensitive poet?"

Should be a good show.....

ROCK!!!

posted by Team Rock at 9:33 AM

 

STONE DEAF FOREVER RELEASED

IT'S OUT!!!!! MOTORHEAD's career spanning box set - STONE DEAF FOREVER - "This is the first fully comprehensive box set collection covering Motörhead’s entire career from 1975-2002. The first box set to be issued with full band approval. The track list was compiled in association with the band and fan club. It contains a new 12,000 word essay by Classic Rock editor and famed heavy metal journalist Mick Wall. It also features many rare recordings of Motörhead classics including 19 previously unreleased tracks. It contains a lavish, 60 page booklet featuring rare and unpublished photos and memorabilia from the motörarchives. The set contains a full colour replica tour poster and a Motörhead button. The cover art features a newly commissioned painting by long time motörhead artist Joe Petagno." - amazon.com editorial.

This is a must have for any TRUE fan of hard rock/metal/punk/hardcore! For the uneducated 'hardcore' fanboys that naysay against the 'HEAD, an amazon.com reviewer once stated - "there is mere heavy metal and there is Motorhead. If you don't know the difference, you should probably be lining up for the new Godsmack album." - no truer words have ever been spoken! Stay clean, live to win, stay outta' jail, and feel no remorse!!!!!

- REX MUNDI -

posted by Team Rock at 7:03 PM

 

TRIBUS @ CAHOOTENANNY'S

I went to CAHOOTENANNY'S (Old Vito's) last night to ckeck out the TRIBUS show. Opening act CAUDA sounded like some odd cross between TOOL and NICKELBACK...not really my thing. TRIBUS then took the stage. I had seen them once before at THE RAMBIS, but had reserved judgement considering the poor acoustics at that 'venue'. TRIBUS really impressed me last night and drew a good crowd. ROCK had compared them to an early PEARL JAM in a prior post, but I didn't really hear that. I feel TRIBUS has more of a hard rock sound with its roots planted firmly in southern rock...a kind of MOLLY HATCHET meets SEVEN MARY THREE sort of thing. However you quantify it, it's a great sound that gets you moving. Great job guys and thanks for the shirt!

...oh yeah, CAHOOTENANNY'S has a freaking oxygen bar...it's VITO's without the occasional violence...props to PIKE.

- REX MUNDI -


posted by Team Rock at 5:57 PM

 

Friday Night In Johnson City

TONIGHT @ Cahootenany's (Old Vito's), TRIBUS rocks the stage......and leaves you wanting more!!! A very HARDCORE ROCK-n-ROLL sound that reminds you of an early Pearl Jam (before they sucked). with special guest Cauda.

Two Great shows on the same night!!!!

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ROCK

posted by Team Rock at 7:22 AM

 

LOW DOUGH SHOW

Eve 6

Blue Cats (KNOXVILLE)
$6 At the Door

Tuesday Oct 7, 2003

ROCK

posted by Team Rock at 1:55 PM

 

KISS & AEROSMITH

KISS & AEROSMITH

Thompson-Boling Arena (Knoxville, TN)
December 10, 2003

Tickets on SALE TODAY AT 9:00 AM

CLICK HERE TO ORDER TICKETS

ROCK ON!!!!
posted by Team Rock at 8:13 AM

 

Weenie-Roast #9

Verizon Wireless center - Charlotte, NC
Sunday October 5, 2003


STAIND

Dokken

Eve 6

Kill Hannah

Lo Pro

The Rising

Sevendust

Shinedown

Social Burn

3 Days Grace

Trapt

Local Stage:
Elevator Action, Etheric, Status Flow, Ten Missing Days, & the New Blacks

Tickets $19.75 Lawn......Gates open at NOON

for more information see 106.5 THE END

ROCK!!
posted by Team Rock at 7:33 AM