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Vox nline News – Aug 26, 2007
A facility that was very much needed in Gibraltar and has helped influence and encourage the formation of more young bands. Local rock music culture has been rapidly developing and there was a need for proper club-style premises and nightly entertainment. Walking around the club in broad daylight one sees some local history displayed on the walls with newspaper clippings of past 'Battle of the Bands' loca… It's somewhat like a rough Hard Rock Cafe minus the frills. Recently they held a 60's night in aid of Bosom Buddies – a local charity – where local bands performed some 'oldies' and they plan to hold plenty more diverse musical events either to raise money or awareness or simply to provide alternative night entertainment to that is already offered in Gibraltar. The Club would like to attract music lovers from all walks of life.
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Mid Columbia Tri City Herald – Aug 26, 2007
They thought they were music connoisseurs and even had an answer as to why the crowd wasn’t bigger. (Apparently because they didn’t book the musicians)Stereotypically they dressed in black wore dark eye makeup and were excited to see the heavy metal bands perform. Biased from the beginning the girls talked about which bands they liked and how it would be “like so hard” to not play favorites. I sat there with one girl constantly stepping on the back of my chair. I sat on the edge of my fold-up chair rocking back and forth in an effort to keep her Converse All-Stars off my seat… They thought they were music connoisseurs and even had an answer as to why the crowd wasn’t bigger. (Apparently because they didn’t book the musicians)Stereotypically they dressed in black wore dark eye makeup and were excited to see the heavy metal bands perform. Biased from the beginning the girls talked about which bands they liked and how it would be “like so hard” to not play favorites. I sat there with one girl constantly stepping on the back of my chair. I sat on the edge of my fold-up chair rocking back and forth in an effort to keep her Converse All-Stars off my seat. Honestly did your parents teach you any manners? And furthermore why did she feel the need to sit directly behind me?At one point I offered her some advice about something she was complaining about and she just stared at me replying “Yeah like that would be cool.
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Stuff.co.nz – Aug 26, 2007
Reviewer Chris Schulz joined the rabid fans in bidding the Kiwi metal act goodbye. Blindspott – The Farewell TourWhere: The Powerstation AucklandWhen: Saturday August 25Were those tears Damian Alexander was wiping from his eyes? If so he could hardly be blamed. The Blindspott front man had just finished performing Phlex – the band’s hugely popular reggae-metal ballad – with two ex-Blindspotters during the band’s final show of their Farewell tour. It was the last time Alexander was going to perform it so if there were tears they were more than justified. Those tears contained 10 years of history as one of New Zealand’s biggest metal acts closed the curtain on a career that includes two No… The band’s true strengths come through on tracks like Yours Truly Stay and Drown when Woolright and guitarist Marcus Powell create grinding metal grooves for Alexander to layer with surprisingly melodic choruses and those deathly screams. The show had a slightly shambolic feel to it: Stage invaders were common family members were sitting on the side of the stage and die-hard fans were introduced for a drinking contest. But the music was tighter than ever proving just how much the band will be missed on the New Zealand music scene. Let’s not forget – Blindspott dragged New Zealand metal onto radio and into the charts. The show contained several surprises.
From kampung shack to KLCC
Malaysia Star – Aug 26, 2007
Next an oboe intones plaintively on the CD. Che Wil Noh blows into his serunai and replies dramatically. The music builds in intensity and as the full force of the wayang’s drums metal clatterers and gongs are unleashed it’s almost like the climax of Stravinsky’s Firebird. Rehearsals have been a challenge as the troupe don’t read notes. “But they are very good very instinctive” says Wong. “They have certain times (in the piece) where they come in and within that they can improvise. ” Khoo points out that wayang music as played in the kampungs is all about ad libbing and adaptation.
Guard program helps dropouts get back on track
Henderson Gleaner – Henderson Gleaner – Aug 26, 2007
Barely a month into the five-month course Indiana’s first cadet crop has whittled itself in half — a typically high washout rate for a fledgling program. But 49 have hung in there including Lindsey Smith 18 of Salem Ind. After dropping out of school two years ago Smith got a job as a receptionist for an ambulance service but soon chucked that and began spending afternoons watching soap operas and evenings in her bedroom listening to metal music. “I was going nowhere” she said. “Here I’m up doing things. James Summers 17 of Nineveh Ind. left school at age 15 got a job at a Subway but quickly saw no future in it.
Review: New Music-Based Video Games
FXNews – Aug 26, 2007
The creators of “Guitar Hero” are now developing “Rock Band” — which adds drums and vocals to the formula — for Electronic Arts and MTV Games. Activision is preparing “Guitar Hero III” for the holidays. And plenty of other studios have music games in the works… The latest edition of the “Guitar Hero” series has the worst set of tunes by far. Instead of endearingly silly nonsense like Black Sabbath’s “Iron Man” (from the original game) it offers unlistenable sludge like Dio’s “Holy Diver. It has a few new wave and pop metal gems (the Vapors’ “Turning Japanese” Billy Squier’s “Lonely Is the Night”) that are fun to play but most of the tracks are things you probably never wanted to hear again. More disappointing: “Encore” includes only 30 tunes — less than half the content of “Guitar Hero II” and it’s just as pricey. The core gameplay remains solid and enjoyable even with lousy songs so I can’t be too harsh. But Activision really needs to step up its game if “Guitar Hero III” is going to compete with “Rock Band. Two-and-a-half stars.