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Pure Rock Newswire 12/10/03 By CrpnDeth, Staff Photographer/Writer Wednesday, December 10, 2003 @ 10:29 AM
A Rhode Island grand jury indictment handed up on Tuesday charged owners Jeffrey and Michael Derderian with involuntary manslaughter. Dan Biechele, the former road manager of Great White, was also charged with involuntary manslaughter. The Station went up in flames on Feb. 20 during a pyrotechnic display at the start of a concert by Great White. The blaze was the fourth-deadliest nightclub fire in U.S. history. This weekend you can catch Hatebreed, Agnostic Front, Found Dead Hanging, The Unseen and Ringworm at the following gigs: 12/11/03 Scranton, PA @ Tink's 12/12/03 Poughkeepsie, NY @ The Chance 12/13/03 Albany, NY @ Saratoga Winners (w/Sick Of It All, Most Precious Blood) 12/14/03 New Haven, CT Toad's Place Dimmu Borgir will be hosting MTV2's Headbanger's Ball this Saturday, December 12th. Not-so-surprisingly, the fully reunited Judas Priest begin making tour plans, starting this summer in Europe: 06/05/04 Bologna, ITA - Gods of Metal 06/10/04 Sölvesborg, SWE - Sweden Rock 06/12/04 Lichtenvoorde, NET - Arrow Classic Rock 06/20/04 Athens, GRE - Rock Wave Festival 06/25/04 Villarobledo, SPA - Metal Mania 06/27/04 Dessel, BEL - Graspop Metal Festival Vocalist Sammy Hagar and bassist Michael Anthony will make an appearance at Houston’s downtown pre-Super Bowl party, called “SuperBash,” which is held from January 28th, - February 1st, 2004. An update from vocalist Sebastian Bach via his website: “Hey, East Coast -- what up? Was that a storm or what! Spent the last 4 days or so near Boston, MA finishing up the long awaited first ever Sebastian Bach DVD FOREVER WILD which is exceeding my wildest expectations in every way! Wait ‘til you freaks get your hands on this -- it rips! We have assembled as much footage as possible into the DVD & the end result is something which I am EXTREMELY proud of & cannot wait for you all to see! The concert from the Whiskey in '98 has been remixed & sounds totally heavy! The FOREVER WILD TV footage is hilarious & excellent quality, there is both footage from the TV show itself as well as UNRELEASED behind-the-scenes bloopers / screw-ups etc. that had us all in the control booth laughing our collective asses off while we were watching it this week. The FOREVER WILD DVD will be in US record stores MAY 4 2004!” In other Sebastian Bach news, he recently wrapped up shooting a second episode of Gilmore Girls, which is scheduled to air on the WB in January. He is slated to continue and shoot a third episode… According to MTV, religious rockers P.O.D. are having trouble getting Christian bookstores to carry their latest album, Payable on Death, due to controversy over the album cover. So far, approximately 85% of their outlets have rejected carrying the album. Lamb of God are preparing their DVD, Terror and Hubris, for release on January 13th, 2004. Around that time, they are also slated to lens a video for the tracfk, “As the Palaces Burn.” Check out Lamb-of-God.com for more info on the DVD. From Ephemera Press: On November 30th, New York City dignitaries and aging rockers gathered at the East Village corner of Bowery and Second Street to pay homage to Joey Ramone, the lead singer of the pioneer Punk group The Ramones, and to officially dedicate "Joey Ramone Place." A few steps away at CBGBs, the bar where punk was born in the 1970s, Joey's high-octane remake of the Louis Armstrong classic "What a Wonderful World" (recorded right before Joey's death in 2001) never sounded better! Y&T's UnEarthed CD is now available. It contains 74 minutes of music, including previously unreleased Y&T recordings and demos from 1974 through 2003. It can be ordered at http://www.meniketti.com/menmerch.html. Cryptopsy announce the return of their original vocalist, Lord Worm, who states: "Un mal pour un bien, I've heard it said, and those seven long years ago, unhappy though I was at leaving (for a private question of honor, not beer), it was none the less for the best. Now, we've come full circle and again a private question of honor finds me back in the fold. It is so and it cannot be otherwise. See you soon." Cryptopsy are currently writing new material, and expect to begin recording their fifth album in March.
12/02/03 Las Vegas, NV Double Down Saloon 12/03/03 Santa Cruz, CA The Mediterranean 12/04/03 San Francisco, CA Bottom of the Hill (w/ Dirty Power) 12/05/03 Arcata, CA 3:30 Club 12/06/03 Portland, OR Dante's 12/09/03 Seattle, WA Funhouse 12/11/03 Sacramento, CA The Distillery 12/12/03 Long Beach, CA Alex's 12/13/03 Silverlake, CA Zen Sushi 12/14/03 Tempe, AZ Nita's Hideaway 12/15/03 Hollywood, CA Viper Room (w/ Metal Shop)
Happy Thanksgiving, America!
02/03/04 London, UK Hammersmith Apollo 02/07/04 Manchester, UK Apollo 02/08/04 Nottingham, UK Rock City 02/09/04 Southampton, UK Guildhall At The Gates’ Tomas Lindberg and his project The Great Deceiver will release A Venom Well Designed sometime in February of 2004. Impaled Nazarene, with new guitarist Tuomio, will release their eighth album, titled All That You Fear, in January. Monster Magnet are currently working on their next effort, at this time titled Monolithic Babies. The album with feature newest addition, bassist Jim Baglino. It will feature drummer Michael Wildwood, although he has recently departed with the band. A replacement has not been announced as of yet. Society 1 drummer Dragon was forced to bail on their current tour with Twizted for personal reasons. Filling in for Dragon will be Powerman 5000’s Adrian Ost. Society 1 plan to release a DVD, begin writing for a new album, and lens a video for the single “Hate” in the New Year. Just in time for Doro’s 20th anniversary in the music biz, her double-disc DVD, Für Immer, will be released on December 1st through SPV. The DVD contains the live-concert Balve Höhlenrock (2003), a Balve-documentation, sound selection, history, video clips, fan material and much more. Brides of Destruction -- which features in its ranks bassist Nikki Sixx and guitarists Tracii Guns and John Corabi -- will release their debut album, titled Here Comes The Brides, in Japan on December 25th, 2003. A date has yet to be determined for the rest of the world at this time.
12/01/03 Toledo, OH Headliners 12/02/03 Indianapolis, IN The Vogue 12/03/03 Fort Wayne, IN Piere's 12/05/03 Chicago, IL House Of Blues 12/05/03 Chicago, IL Metro / Smart Bar 12/06/03 Flint, MI Machine Shop 12/07/03 Cleveland, OH Odeon Concert Club 12/09/03 Louisville, KY Coyote's 12/10/03 Knoxville, TN Blue Cats 12/12/03 Memphis, TN New Daisy Theatre 12/13/03 Valparaiso, IN McCools 12/14/03 Clear Lake, IA Surf Ballroom The newest addition to the Abacus Recordings roster, Burnthe8Track, have recently finished up recording their debut album. Here's a report from singer Derek Kun: "We recorded from Oct. 1 to Oct. 31 at Westside Records in Burlington, Ontario, Canada (just outside Toronto). Our producer/engineer Justin Koop (Silverstein, Grade) is currently in the late stages of mixing and mastering. We recorded 12 songs and are extremely happy with the record so far and as a result we are still not sure which of the songs will be released as our first single. Our time in the studio was fantastic and insane at the same time. We worked (if you can call it work) 12-16 hours every day with only one day off. We have also been busy working on the album artwork and trying to determine a title for the new record." Rudy Sarzo (ex-Quiet Riot) seems likely to rejoin Angel, 23 years later! InsideOutMusic will be releasing the first four Symphony X titles: Symphony X, The Divine Wings of Tragedy, Damnation Game and Twilight in Olympus as Special Editions. They will be re-released in digi-pack form with extended booklets, screensavers and video interviews. Sevendust will be featured in the lastest issue of Hustler Rocks. The Hellacopters will release their second volume of Cream of the Crap! in January 2004. The following statement is the official position on the resignation of the (5) former members of Circle II Circle: “As we approached the upcoming tour with Saxon and Doro, there were many financial and logistical issues that needed to be discussed and finalized. We (5) attempted to have a business meeting with [vocalist] Zak Stevens and management. Our request was denied. After learning that the entire band was to be replaced after the tour was completed, it became apparent to all of us that management had decided that our concerns were of no concern to them. There were many issues which plagued the planning of the tour. The band was simply tired of the general lack of respect that we were receiving from ‘C2C Inc.’ It was a very tough decision for all of us. We have given 1000% to the success of this band and could no longer accept management’s business practices.We would like to thank the fans for their incredible support. We always looked forward to meeting new faces at each show. That is one of the things that we will miss. But rest assured, we will see you all again very soon!” -- Kevin Rothney, Shane French, Matt Laporte, Christopher Kinder, and John Zahner. Primal Fear have completed their latest effort, Devil’s Ground, which will be available through Nuclear Blast on February 23rd, 2004. Suffocation anticipate the their first full-length release since 1995 next Spring, titled Souls To Deny, through Relapse Records. Y&T will release Unearthed -- featuring previously unreleased Y&T recordings and demos from 1974 – 2003 – on December 8th. Next year will mark Y&T’s 30 anniversary. Vocalists Mikael Åkerfeldt (Opeth) and James La Brie (Dream Theater) will lend their throats to the new Ayreon album, titled The Human Equation, which is scheduled for release tentatively in May, 2004. The ‘Twisted Method’ Tour, featuring Static-X, SoiL and Skrape, announce more dates to their itinerary: 11/26/03 Vancouver, BC Commodore 11/28/03 Spokane, WA Fat Tuesday's 11/29/03 Boise, ID Big Easy 12/01/03 Fargo, ND Playmakers 12/04/03 Flint, MI The Machine Shop 12/12/03 San Bernardino, CA Gotham 12/16/03 Ventura, CA Ventura Theater 12/17/03 Anaheim, CA House Of Blues 12/18/03 Hollywood, CA House of Blues Stratovarius have inked a deal with Sanctuary Records. Word has it the contract was signed in elk’s blood. The band is currently writing music for their first release on the label, and expect to do plenty of touring in 2004. For the previous Newswire, please click HERE.
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