Search results for 'portrait'

Filter by

Sort by


News

RAMONES: 'End Of The Century' DVD Is Portrait Of Seminal New York Punk Band

On March 15, Magnolia Pictures and Rhino Home Video will release "End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones" on DVD, a portrait of the seminal New York punk rock band. Considered by many the gods of rock 'n' roll's fundamentalist fringe, the RAMONES are a band whose influence reaches over several...
March 5, 2005
News

Record Executive Who Launched OZZY OSBOURNE Dies At 73

The Associated Press is reporting that Donald Dempsey Sr., a recording industry executive who is credited with having helped launch OZZY OSBOURNE's solo career, died Thursday (Jan. 27). He was 73. Dempsey died at home of what was believed to be a stroke, said his son, Don Dempsey Jr. of New York. De...
January 31, 2005
Review

Stabbing The Drama

Utter the name SOILWORK and there'll usually be two decisive responses, the "I don't get what this band is all about," or the "SOILWORK rules!" crowd. You get it or you don't, love it or hate it. No matter what category you fall under, the band has to be commended for having the capacity to ...
January 30, 2005
News

SLIPKNOT: Line Of Shoes To Be Released In April

Vision Street Wear will be releasing a line of SLIPKNOT shoes in April. The available designs are as follows: Portrait High (View): $59.00 Slipknot Lo (View): $54.00 Pentagram Slip On (View): $49.00 Slipknot Cup Leather #1 (View): $49.00 Slipknot Cup Leather #2 (View): $49.00 To ...
January 12, 2005
News

METALLICA: 'Some Kind Of Monster' DVD Bonus Features Detailed

More details have been revealed about the upcoming DVD release of the METALLICA documentary "Metallica: Some Kind Of Monster". Among the more than seven hours of bonus features on the disc are 28 additional scenes, including footage of METALLICA's collaboration with hip hop artist JA RULE and live s...
November 30, 2004
News

Mongolian Heavy Metal Act Banned In China

Taipei Times is reporting that a Mongolian heavy metal group called HURD (photo) had their scheduled three-day tour of China cancelled after the local police got nervous and sent riot policemen and trucks to surround the college campus where the group was to play. They checked identity cards, detain...
November 26, 2004
News

DARK SUNS Finalize Track Listing For Sophomore CD

German progressive dark metallers DARK SUNS have finalized the track listing for their sophomore album, "Existence", due in early 2005 via Prophecy Productions. The follow-up to 2002's "Swanlike" will "deal in depth with the very essence of human existence: its soul, its feelings and the conciousnes...
November 25, 2004
News

ANTIMATTER Set Title For New Album

Britain's ANTIMATTER, a group made up of current and past members of popular post-metal merchants ANATHEMA, have set "Planetary Confinement" as the title of their third album, tentatively due in February. "The album is acoustic-based, and will have a much more organic feel than 'Saviour' or 'Lights...
October 21, 2004
News

OZZY OSBOURNE: Boxed Set Details Revealed

Ozzy Osbourne has recorded covers of ROLLING STONES' "Sympathy for the Devil", BEATLES' "In My Life", KING CRIMSON's "21st Century Schizoid Man" and ARTHUR BROWN's "Fire" for an upcoming covers CD, one of four to be featured in a boxed set due next February, Osbourne told Reuters in an interview at...
October 15, 2004
News

DEEP PURPLE: 'The Concert Diary 1968-1976' Due Before Christmas

According to a posting at The Deep Purple Appreciation Society, Nigel Young's epic book documenting DEEP PURPLE's live gigs from their formation in 1968 to the final shows in 1976 is now nearing completion, having entered the design and layout stage prior to going to the printers. At its most basic,...
October 10, 2004
News

SEX PISTOLS Art And Fashions Displayed In London Exhibition

Chris Heard of BBC News Online is reporting that the infamous art and fashions that surrounded the rise of influential punk group the SEX PISTOLS are displayed in an exhibition that opened on Thursday (Oct. 7). Items of clothing and publicity posters that set out to shock the nation in the late 1970...
October 9, 2004
News

Report: How A California Death Metal Fan Turned Up On FBI Terror List

Annette Stark of LA CityBEAT reports: If the radical right wanted to paint a portrait of a terrorist, they couldn't do much better than Yahiye Adam Gadahn. In fact, the FBI's announcement last May that it was actively seeking Gadahn for questioning regarding his possible ties to Al Qaeda energized c...
September 10, 2004
News

ANTIMATTER To Go 'All Natural' On Upcoming CD

Britain's ANTIMATTER, a group made up of current and past members of popular post-metal merchants ANATHEMA, have posted the following update at their official web site: "Recording is now complete for the English half of ANTIMATTER's as yet untitled third album. Mick recorded four tracks in mid-July...
August 24, 2004
News

Biography of KISS's 'Theatrical Creator' SEAN DELANEY Available Now

"Hellbox", a biography of Sean Delaney, the self-proclaimed creator of theatrical KISS and one of the most enigmatic and forgotten legendary songwriters and record producers in the music industry, has just been published by Xlibris, a subsidiary of Random House, Inc. In 1966, a young hippie named Se...
August 17, 2004
News

Former JANE'S ADDICTION Guitarist To Publish Autobiography

Guitarist Dave Navarro will be publishing an autobiography, titled "Don't Try This At Home" (cover),in October through ReganBooks. In the book, Navarro is expected to dish out behind the scenes information on his time with JANE'S ADDICTION and the RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS, as well as his steamy marria...
August 17, 2004