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Every Time I Die Clashes with Houston Security
Author: spencer10 Mar
As ETID’s vocalist Keith Buckley discussed with our very own Mike Kieran in Synthesis Digital, Every Time I Die knows how to throw a good party. (Actually, they discussed literature and life on the road…same thing, really.) Part of this includes making every person at the show feel like they’re a part of that show. (It also involves the ample use of cowbell.) Sometimes they just have to have every screaming kid in the audience up on stage to sing with them…
Now, sometimes the security at the venue isn’t quite ready to handle the rush of bodies to the stage. Kinda like what happened last week at The Warehouse as part of the Take Action tour. Thus far, unconfirmed reports of ETID’s show in Houston, TX on 3/6/08 include a near-riot when the band invited the crowds to join them on stage. Apparently, the security tried to stop the crowd and ended up briefly fighting members of Every Time I Die.
From Absolute Punk:
I’m sure I won’t be the first to report this, and hopefully someone else has more info, but tonight at the Take Action Tour during the last song (Ebolorama) of Every Time I Die’s set, Keith invited literally EVERYONE from the crowd on stage with him to sing. So, needless to say, after an invitation like that, the crowd went nuts and trampled over the barricades past the security guards onto the stage. It was absolute pure chaos on stage and in the crowd. One of the security guards at the venue (Warehouse Live) kept trying to hold kids back that were trying to get on stage, and the next thing I know, Jordan of ETID is being attacked by the aforementioned guard for letting them up. Keith aparently dropped the mic and rushed to his aid. After a couple seconds, the music stopped, and Jordan came back on stage, his guitar head completely snapped off. He kept flicking the guard off and spitting at him as he was leaving. Keith was bleeding, and disappeared backstage. The lights came on and the venue cued the background music, and all the kids on stage kinda scrambled off the stage slowly. Jordan and Andy came back out and were talking with kids in the crowd. I don’t have the entire story, but hopefully the band releases a statement on the altercation. This was the Take Action Tour, and I swear there was more negativity here than at most shows I’ve been to recently.
Surely the Security have their side of the story. In other news, good rock shows are nutz.
Linkin Park Releases iTunes Exclusive EP
Author: Bill4 Mar
Linkin Park did a secret show at Apple’s Soho store that’s now available on iTunes as an exclusive 6 song EP. Check out the clip from the “Live From Soho” EP.
The 2008 US Arena Tour is almost wrapped up - you can still check them out along with Coheed and Cambria & Chiodos at the following dates:
03.04.2008 Los Angeles, CA Staples Center
03.06.2008 Las Vegas, NV The Joint
03.07.2008 Las Vegas, NV The Joint
03.08.2008 West Valley City, UT The E Center / E Center / E-Center
03.10.2008 Sacramento, CA ARCO Arena
Van Halen Tour Cancelled
Author: Daniel Taylor3 Mar
After “postponing” shows in Virigina and California for undisclosed reasons, Van Halen are finally putting their ill-fated tour out of its misery. According to TMZ, hotel bookings for the tour are already being cancelled:
We’re told arrangements are being made right now to cancel hotel stays for the tour — which was scheduled to continue through April 19th. Sources tell us the reason for the cancellation is Eddie — that he is having “issues.”
I think the real issue is that EVH realizes that he totally blew it by kicking Michael Anthony and his Jack Daniel’s bass out of the band. I mean, wouldn’t you miss this guy?
P.O.D Reunites, Forces Publicist To Write The Longest, Most Rambling Press Release EVAR
Author: Daniel Taylor29 Feb
So yeah, P.O.D. Those dude with dreadlocks and gangsta attire who pumped out some of the most disguised Christian rock this side U2 are back. I’ll let you go ahead and read about it [note the inclusion of no less than 7 headlines]:
BOOM!: P.O.D. IS BACK!
BAND REUNITES WITH GUITARIST MARCOS CURIEL AND INKS NEW DEAL WITH INO/COLUMBIA
NEW MUSIC FROM MULTI-PLATINUM GROUP FEATURES GUEST APPEARANCES FROM: PAIGE HAMILTON OF HELMET, MIKE MUIR OF SUICIDAL TENDENCIES AND THE MARLEY SISTERS!
HARD ROCK CAFÉ TOUR DATES BEGIN MARCH 25
BAND CONFIRMED AS SPECIAL GUESTS ON ROCKLINE RADIO SHOW APRIL 7
PERFORMANCE ON TONIGHT SHOW WITH JAY LENO APRIL 8
NEW ALBUM
“WHEN ANGELS AND SERPENTS DANCE”
AVAILABLE APRIL 8TH!Los Angeles, CA - March 3, 2008 - The lineup that took P.O.D. to multiple platinum success with The Fundamental Elements of Southtown and Satellite (featuring “Youth of a Nation,” “Alive,” “Boom,” and “Satellite”) is back to reclaim their place atop the rock scene with their Columbia Records debut, When Angels and Serpents Dance on April 8, 2008!
“Our fans are excited and we’re having a lot of fun,” says vocalist Sonny Sandoval. “After four years Marcos is back in the band and we’ve got new music. Things are exciting again. When the four of us are in a room making music it’s definitely right and Marcos brings that passion for music into the band.”
The quartet’s renewed vigor is evident throughout When Angels and Serpents Dance. From the searing guitar which kicks off the hard-rocking first single, “Addicted,”(which the band will perform live on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on April
and the striking and poignant, “End Of The World” (complete with gospel choir!); to the album’s most ferocious track, the savage “Like Old Times.” “Like Old Times” was the first song written by the reunited incarnation of the quartet. “I think that was the first riff Marcos showed us.” Sonny says of the song. “The working title was called ‘Seems Like Old Times’. He started writing a riff and the way we remembered it as our first riff together was to call it that!”
“It’s just great to get back to basics and give it another whirl & tap into our souls.” says an inspired Marcos. “This band is a supernatural experience to me! It has literally surpassed many of my vivid dreams…I’m blessed and excited to reconnect with family & friends. I hope to pursue & establish the passion that began in 1992 with 4 brothers who just followed God, dreams & our music.”
Prior to the release of When Angels and Serpents Dance the band will take part in Hard Rock Café’s month long charity drive for Musicians on Call and perform at various Hard Rock Café’s throughout the country. On Tuesday, March 18 there will be an album listening event at Hard Rock locations in Atlanta, Boston, Cleveland, Detroit, Houston, Indianapolis, Minneapolis, Orlando, Philadelphia and San Francisco. These listening parties will have a voluntary $5 donation to the Musicians on Call charity and a register to win drawing for various P.O.D. items. .
Beginning March 25, P.O.D. will criss-cross the country to perform live in 8 markets at various Hard Rock Café venues including a special hometown show on April 7 in San Diego the night before the CD is released in-stores. The Hard Rock shows will give P.O.D. fans a chance to be up close with the band in the intimate setting of the Hard Rock Café venues. The San Diego show will be broadcast live over the internet on ALL ACCESS Warrior Pass. This will allow fans to have access to exclusive footage, witness the hometown performance and a chance to interact with the band and other fans. P.O.D. will also be special guests on Rockline Radio show on Monday April, 7 before the Hard Rock performance that same evening. Hard Rock Café Club shows:
March
25 Hollywood, CA @ Universal Studios
27 Orlando, FL - THQ Superslam Raw vs Smackdown
at House of Blues. Not part of Hard Rock tour!
28 Miami, FL - 401 Biscayne Blvd.
29 Washington DC - 999 E. Street N.W.
31 Chicago, IL - 63 W. OntarioApril
1 St. Louis, MO - 450 St. Louis Union Station
2 Denver, CO - 500 16th Street Mall
3 Phoenix, AZ - 3 South 2nd Street
7 San Diego, CA - 801 4th AvenueAs has always been the case with P.O.D. the band looked to those that inspired them rather than the hot artist of the moment for guests on the album. “That’s what we do on our records; we bring in people that influenced us.” Joining in the fun was Mike Muir of Suicidal Tendencies, who guests on the track “Kaliforn-Eye-A,” and The Marley Sisters (the daughters of Bob Marley), who lend their vocal prowess to what Sonny calls “Our reggae track (I’LL BE READY).” Helmet’s Paige Hamilton sings on “God Forbid,” which Sonny calls “probably our heaviest song.”
When Angels and Serpents Dance (produced by Jay Baumgardner: Evanescence, etc.) is ultimately a record of P.O.D. in 2008. “As far as P.O.D. goes it’s always for the moment,” Sonny says. “I just kind of go through it and whatever the song brings out in us that’s it. There’s a lot of passion on this record.”
Indeed, When Angels and Serpents Dance is the sound of a rejuvenated band: passionate, aggressive and with a message for our times.
This is P.O.D. in 2008
Wuv (Drums)
Sonny (Vocals)
Traa (Bass)
Marcos (Guitar)
Killswitch Engage Announce Tour with Throwdown, Poison The Well
Author: Daniel Taylor29 Feb
Even if you don’t like metal (and who doesn’t, these days?) you still have to love Killswitch Engage. They write some of the heaviest riffs known to man and have some of the most pissed vocals anywhere, but they are still at heart, a bunch of nerds and pussycats. Last time I saw them live guitarist (and increasingly legendary producer) Adam D was running around in a cape and his boxer shorts. Frontman Howard Jones may look like an NFL linebacker, but in person he’s the kind of guy you want to sit around and drink coffee with and talk about Star Trek. He seemed like he’d definitely have an opinion about Kirk vs. Picard (I’m gonna go with Picard). In an interview with Adam D a couple years back I asked him about the seemingly dichotomous nature of his band’s sound and demeanor and this is what he had to say:
I hate the whole thing within the metal community, where it’s like “Dude, since we’re so hard onstage, we’re gonna be awesome.” I think that whole mentality has kind of died away with all the stupid leather pants and longhair and the [assumes Viking of Death Metal tone] “Yahhhh we’re tough and blah, blah, blah.” I’m just so easygoing, I just don’t give a shit what anyone thinks.
Well there you have it. I bring this up, not just for the fuck of it, but because the band annouced today a new string of tour dates this spring, with a couple other fairly badass bands, Poison the Well and Throwdown, that will be gracing the middle parts of America and Canada. If you’re a kid in Milwaukee and you don’t go to this show, you’re drinking too much Pabst bro! Here’s the press release:
Killswitch Engage continue to cement their reputation as road warriors. After wrapping up their successful, sold out winter tour, the Massachusetts band has just announced another spate of tour dates that will find the band hitting several Midwest locations as well as cutting a path all over Canada. The two-week tour, featuring Throwdown, Poison The Well and The End as support acts, kicks off on May 10 and runs through May 29.
Below are the tour dates and locations. Pre-sale for fan club members begins today. Pre-sale for all fans begins Monday, March 3rd at Noon EST. Regular on-sale tickets can be purchased beginning March 6.
May 10 – The Sound Academy – Toronto, ONT (On Sale 3/6)
May 11 – Elements Night Club – Kitchener, ONT (On Sale 3/7)
May 13 – Capitole du Quebec – Quebec City, QUE (On Sale 3/6)
May 14 – The Metropolis – Montreal, QUE (On Sale 3/6)
May 16 – The Orbit Room – Grand Rapids, MI (On Sale 3/7)
May 17 – Rock On The Range Festival – Columbus, OH (Radio show)
May 18 – Point Fest – St. Louis, MO (Radio show)
May 19 – The Eagles Club – Milwaukee, WI (On Sale 3/8)
May 20 – Val Air Ballroom – Des Moines, IA (On Sale 3/7)
May 22 – Community Auditorium – Thunder Bay, ONT (On Sale 3/8)
May 23 – Burton Cummings – Winnipeg, MAN (On Sale, 3/7)
May 24 – Odeon Events Centre – Saskatoon, SAS (On Sale, 3/8)
May 26 – Edmonton Events Center – Edmonton, AB (On Sale, 3/8)
May 27 – MacEwan Hall Ballroom – Calgary, AB (On Sale, 3/8)
May 29 – Croatian Cultural Center – Vancouver, BC (On Sale, 3/7)
Paramore Doing Their Cover of No Doubt’s “Don’t Speak” Video IRL!
Author: Daniel Taylor21 Feb
Paramore has dropped off their European tour with New Found Glory due to “personal issues” within the band. Here’s the statement from their website:
As most of you already know, we have cancelled the rest of our UK/Europe RIOT Tour. First of all, we want to say we are so sorry for letting all of you down. We feel terrible about it and really didn’t expect for this to happen. It probably doesn’t sound like much but we just hate that we won’t get to play this show for those of you who had hoped to see it. There are a lot of internal issues that have been going on in this band for quite a while now. A lot of it started right around the time we were gearing up for the RIOT Tour in the US. We were able to fight through all of it for this long but unfortunately we weren’t able to keep it together long enough to make it through ’til the end of this tour. We really feel that taking this time is going to give us a chance to get away and work out our personal issues at home and on our own terms. We just aren’t willing to risk the life of our band over one tour. That probably sounds terrible right now, to say that finishing a week of shows wasn’t worth it… but if we can use this next month wisely then we will be a lot healthier for the tours ahead. We hope that - even though it might be hard to understand - that you guys can support us at this time.
Maybe one day we will tell the whole story but for now, just know that all five of us are going to work so hard to get it right. You deserve that and we deserve to make this last as long as possible - and to enjoy every second of it. We love you guys so much. If you could pray for us or just keep us in your thoughts it would be really helpful. You guys have gotten us so far and been the best motivators since day one. We are so sorry for the trouble we caused you guys who bought tickets, fan club members and to all the promoters and venues that we won’t be there to put on a show for. We are extremely sorry to New Found Glory and all their fans who wanted to put on and see a show and who we’ve let down. And lastly, to Lost Alone.
We will keep you guys updated.
Love,
Hayley, Jeremy, Josh, Zac and Taylor
Translation: one or more members of Paramore are about to get kicked the FUCK out. Stay tuned. For more information check out this video (courtesy of the always astute Absolutepunk.net peanut gallery):
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