The News Review:
- That’s life for ‘godfather’ of hard rockers
- Drumming up the interest
- … Durst: Bizkit Reunion Will Happen – News Story | Music…
- ld punks never die
- Favourite Worst Nightmare
That’s life for ‘godfather’ of hard rockers
The Age – Apr 26, 2007
Hissecond solo album bsecration followed in May 1976 againdisplaying his heavy rock artistry. Loyde moved briefly to Britain where he formed a group calledSouthern Electric and was influenced by punk music which was therage at the time. He was back in Australia in 1979 and formed a newband called Sudden Electric with Carroll for whom he had been aboyhood hero. Their album Live with Dubs was released in1980. Loyde’s musical journey included touring as the bass player withRose Tattoo in 1979-80 before he turned his attention to producinghallmark albums for the Sunnyboys the Painters and Dockers and X. His work on the first Sunnyboys album is regarded by many to be thebest debut album by any Australian group.
Drumming up the interest
Channel News Asia – Apr 26, 2007
Julia Tan 20 spokesperson for organisers Drumfest Pte Ltd said the purpose of the event was to showcase the top talents of drumming from Singapore and the region. “Hopefully through this initiative musical enthusiasts will get a better idea on the history of contemporary music through the angle of the modern drum set” she said. “This way the younger generation will be exposed to more genres of music than the usual pop rock or punk music. Tan said the company is confident of a 2000-strong turnout but declined to reveal the cost of staging the event. The organisers are also hoping to uncover home-grown drumming talent with a side event the Drum Challenge. However there are already grouses about ticket prices being too steep for an event that is essentially made up of a roster of rather niche artistes. A two-day pass with prices ranging from S$75 to S$190 allows fans to catch all the artistes during the seven-hour show on each day.
… Durst: Bizkit Reunion Will Happen – News Story | Music…
MTV.com – Apr 26, 2007
href} {button:true} ); A few years back a video featuring a baseball-capless Fred Durst prancing around the bustling streets of Vancouver British Columbia made the rounds on video-sharing sites like YouTube subjecting the Limp Bizkit frontman to oodles of online ridicule. In the obnoxiously long clip Durst disrupts pedestrian and vehicular traffic pops out of a large recycling bin clumsily rides a bicycle down the street and does his best impression of the Carlton dance from “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” — all while lip-syncing British post-punk outfit Modern English’s 1982 classic “I Melt With You. The video was never intended for public consumption. Durst called it “a fun thing I did for a girl I was dating at the time” adding that the footage was among the spoils hacked from his personal computer. An explicit video showing the singer doing it all for the nookie with an unidentified female was also pilfered and eventually released online. “I had a lot of fun but I felt silly borrowing people’s bikes and just setting up and dancing in the middle of Vancouver” Durst said of the Modern English homage… “Wes would always play stuff he was doing solo-wise” Durst said. “He’s one of the most creative guys you’ll ever meet. bsessive — just making great music in his studio all the time. He’s a killer player and he plays so many instruments and he’s created this thing. I think [Black Light Burns] are cool. Everybody has their own little solo thing going on right now and I think Black Light Burns are pretty damn good.
ld punks never die
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette – Pittsburgh Post Gazette – Apr 26, 2007
07Thursday April 26 2007In regard to that Feedback letter by John R. My first thought was that Mr. Baran must have read the Blue Cheer story a few weeks ago which talked about the loud and legendary ’60s band taking its name from wsley’s acid and going on to pioneer stoner-rock. Baran in an email and he didn’t even see that story — which is probably a good thing… Pop is out now with his Detroit band tearing it up in clubs still having no use for a shirt. Actually there are probably more punks out there playing in their 30s and 40s than there are in their teens and early 20s so this is not youth culture that we’re talking about here. We should also add that punk and LSD are not the usual combo. * If we’re going to be the Most Livable City we’d better get more of these big concert tours. Kelly Clarkson would have been a nice summer show at the Post-Gazette Pavilion because after all the girl can sing.
Favourite Worst Nightmare
Taipei Times – Apr 26, 2007
Their 2006 debut album Whatever People Say I Am That’s What I’m Not rode an Internet buzz fueled by the band’s giving away its songs before release but the momentum came from the songs themselves. Arctic Monkeys arrived amid a wave of English bands that were rediscovering the terse melodies and hurtling hard-nosed narratives of new-wave rock. In the time between albums Arctic Monkeys have shifted their perspective from the nightlife gigs booze and flirtations of their debut album to a more encompassing disillusionment and sense of betrayal. “We’re forever unfulfilled and can’t think why” the band declares in This House Is a Circus. Turner’s lyrics are so tightly packed that he sometimes delivers them as fast as a rapper. In the rush of rhymes nearly everyone and everything is a cheat: lovers hustlers tabloid media even nostalgic memories. Balaclava and The Bad Thing are pickups with a bad conscience from the start; Do Me a Favour focuses on the moment of a breakup… Timbaland Timbaland Presents Shock Value April 3 He looks more like a teddy bear than a revolutionary. But producer Tim “Timbaland” Mosley has smuggled nothing less than trumpeting elephants Bollywood licks and backwards choruses into the American Top Five in the last decade. Music hasn’t sounded the same since. Mosley began as Missy Elliott’s right-hand man but branched out from hip hop into R&B (Aaliyah was a regular client) and pop. Justin Timberlake divides his love between Tim and the Neptunes who are Mosley’s only real rivals. But with the Neptunes off the boil Mosley’s stock has risen higher still since he did Nelly Furtado’s Maneater last year. He earns half a million US dollars per tune as he taunts one rival on Give it to Me (that’s Scott Storch beef fans).