And you thought Andrew W.K. was scary. The organizers behind the Vans Warped Tour are tapping into the world of cinema by filming a “teenage slasher film” during the trek. “It’s about a disgruntled employee,” said Kevin Lyman, founder of the tour that mixes extreme sports and punk/ska music. “The guy gets fired the first day and he comes back and puts a curse on the Warped Tour. Then all these things happen.” The tentatively titled “Punk Rock Holocaust” will be shot by Backseat Conceptions, a division of Troma Films, makers of such B-movie classics as “The Toxic Avenger,” “Sgt.… Read more »
The competition for online music customers is heating up. RealNetworks launched RealOne Rhapsody on Friday and simultaneously dropped the price of burning from 99 cents to 79 cents per track. Subscribers to the existing RealOne SuperPass entertainment service already have been receiving Rhapsody’s Internet radio product. These 900,000 customers will gradually be migrated over to the complete replacement service, which includes the customizable professionally programmed and custom radio stations along with on-demand streaming, extensive music information and editorial comment, features and recommendations. Real Networks vp marketing Dan Sheeran said new customers will see only RealOne Rhapsody to minimize confusion. RealOne… Read more »
Axl Rose may have declared “Round One” at Guns n’ Roses’ recent performance at the MTV Video Music Awards, but Slash is getting ready for Round Two. “I’m doing a fucking record with me, [bassist] Duff [McKagan] and [drummer] Matt Sorum,” the former Gn’R guitarist said this past weekend at the San Diego Street Scene festival, where he was on hand to pay tribute to Jimi Hendrix. “Dave Pusher is playing guitar right now, and we got the baddest fucking, be-all, end-all rock & roll band.” The as-yet-unnamed band (“If I had a name, I’d tell you,” Slash says) is… Read more »
LOS ANGELES,Jupiter Media Metrix Monday cut its five-year forecast for the size of the online music market by 11.3 percent, citing weakness in the economy and music sales and later-than-expected Web service launches. In data due to be officially released Tuesday, Jupiter, an Internet research firm, said it had reduced its 2006 estimate of the size of the Web-based music market to $5.5 billion from its original forecast of $6.2 billion, announced in July. The forecast represents a jump from an estimated $900 million in online revenues in 2001. Of the $5.5 billion pegged for 2006, about $1.6 billion would… Read more »
Las Vegas wasn’t paradise city for Slash when he tried to check out Guns N’ Roses at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino late last month. It seems the band’s former guitarist wasn’t welcome to the jungle. Slash, who quit the group in 1996 and later formed Slash’s Snakepit, said he was in Vegas on vacation when he learned that GN’R would be playing there in two weeks’ time, on New Year’s Eve and two days before. He said he made some calls and got on the guest list for the December 29 show via the venue and the promoter.… Read more »
Former Guns N’ Roses guitarist Slash was barred from the band’s live comeback on 29 and 30 December 2001. The shows, at Las Vegas’ Hard Rock Café, in the US, were the band’s first for eight years. However, the only original member playing last weekend was frontman Axl Rose. It was Axl who threatened to walk out if he saw any of his former bandmates in the audience, reports ABC News. Slash was reportedly told the news at the door. According to the NME, there were problems. Axl Rose walked off stage on a number of occasions due to problems… Read more »
While Michael Jackson’s anniversary bash might be having some problems in the Jackson 5 reunion department, it’s having no trouble landing top stars to join in the festivities. It was just announced on Monday (July 30) that former Guns N’ Roses guitarist-turned-solo artist Slash will join the King of Pop for the Jackson 5 performance and for Jackson’s solo hits, “Beat It” and “Black & White.” Slash has worked with Jackson in the past – on 1991’s Dangerous and a year ago on Jackson’s forthcoming new album. “I am so excited about working with my dear friend Slash again,” says… Read more »
Say Anything has announced a full US headline tour kicking off next year to celebrate the 20 year anniversary of their debut full length album, …Is A Real Boy. A record that boasted indie hits like “Alive With The Glory Of Love,” “Wow, I Can Get Sexual Too,” and “Every Man Has A Molly,” it enhanced expectations from your typical rock band in the early 2000’s. They set a new bar that has rarely been met by other acts. Say Anything stuck out like a sore thumb in the scene with their inception in a beautifully unique and transparently broken… Read more »
The horror genre has certainly made a mainstream comeback in recent years with the box office success of films like Hereditary, Nope, A Quiet Place, and M3GAN. A genre that ebbs and flows in popularity with the public, dominating decade’s like the 70’s and 80’s but falling short in the 90’s and early 2000’s, we are lucky to see it widely favored again. In the last five years or so, we have seen many new films hit theatres that are extremely unique and break through the mold of common horror expectations like Barbarian or X. We have also seen a… Read more »
Save Face are back with another extraordinary piece of theatre with “Song The Bullets Sing”, featuring an appearance from Heart Attack Man.
