Thursday, November 07, 2002
Today's Quote...
"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work."
- Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931).
posted by W.B. Vogel III at 11:13 AM
Wednesday, November 06, 2002
FINAL DETAILS ON PROGPOWER USA III'S SCHEDULE
AND SPECIAL EVENTS...
ATLANTA - As progressive metal fans count down the days until ProgPower USA III, the genre's biggest and most anticipated event of the year, performance schedules and special events have been firmed up.
The complete schedule for ProgPower USA III is:
Friday, November 15
5:30-6:15 p.m. Zero Hour
6:45-7:45 p.m. Silent Force
8:15-9:15 p.m. Edguy
9:45-11:15 p.m. Blind Guardian
11:45 p.m.-1:15 a.m. Pain of Salvation
Saturday, November 16
5:30-6:15 p.m. Reading Zero
6:45-7:45 p.m. Threshold
8:15-9:15 p.m. Devin Townsend
9:45-11:15 p.m. Gamma Ray
11:45 p.m.-1:15 a.m. Angra
Iced Earth's Jon Schaffer will be a special guest at the show.
Fans attending ProgPower will get special listening previews of Stratovarius' "Elements Part I," Kamelot's "Epica," Evergrey's "Recreation Day," and Nightingale's "Alive Again," all scheduled to come out in 2003, during a P.A. Showcase.
Those attending the show will also be able to pick up a copy the free ProgPower USA double-CD compilation, featuring the following tracks:
Symphony X - "Wicked"
Dimension - "Forbidden Game"
All That I Bleed - "Gods"
Manticora - "Cantos"
Theocracy - "The Serpent's Kiss"
Elsesphere - "Masterplan"
Into Eternity - "Elysium Dream"
Redemption - "Syncronicity II"
Byfist - "Mary Celeste"
All Too Human - "e-killer"
Wuthering Heights - "The Nevershining Stones"
Nemesis - "Predestination"
Threshold - "Phenomenon"
Division - "Eleventh Hour"
Archetype - "The Dawning"
Infinity Minus One - "At the Doorway of Existence"
Reading Zero - "The Next Stage"
Katagory V - "Dark Night"
Atraphine - "Crying Outward"
Fahrenheit - "Darkstorm"
Strange Land - "I Don't Know You Anymore"
Outworld - "Dominion"
Blind Guardian - "Precious Jerusalem"
A pre-show party will be held on Thursday, November 14 at the Riviera Club with Cea Serin, Persephone's Dream, and Magistral. Doors open at 7 p.m. for ProgPower Gold Badge members and 8:30 p.m. for the general public. Bands begin at 9 p.m. There is a cover charge of $8.
ProgPower USA III will be held Friday, November 15 and Saturday, November 16 at Atlanta's Earthlink Live. Doors are scheduled to open at 4:30 p.m. The show, which sold out in less than six days, will draw fans from nearly all 50 states and other countries such as Brazil, Japan, Thailand, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, the Dominican Republic, France, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Mexico, Honduras, and Canada.
ProgPower USA, an international affiliate of ProgPower Europe located in the Netherlands, was created to attract the top names in both the progressive and power metal genres. The first event was held at a small bar in Lansing, Ill., in February 2001 and featured the first U.S. appearance of Pain of Salvation. Due to popular demand, a second event was held in November 2001 and featured the most unique progressive and power metal roster in the States to date (Symphony X, Kamelot, ARK, Evergrey, Angel Dust, Spiral Architect, plus others).
-----SOURCE: Mazur PR.
posted by W.B. Vogel III at 9:04 AM
Slipknot's The Clown: ' We're The Biggest Punk Band In The World'...
SLIPKNOT percussionist/mastermind Shawn Crahan, also known as Clown, claims that he's supportive of vocalist Corey Taylor and guitarist Jim Root's massively-successful STONE SOUR project.
"If I didn't support him or fuckin' love what he's doing, I wouldn't be a friend," Crahan told Launch. "I wouldn't have meant any of the words I've said in SLIPKNOT. It's important that he says and does what he needs to, as it is for [guitarist] Jim [Root], as it is for [drummer] Joey [Jordison], as it is for the other members of SLIPKNOT. Each one of us needs to be the artists and the musicians we are. That's what we do, man. We're artists. We're musicians. Corey is an excellent, excellent, songwriter and singer and he has a lot of love that he can give to people that need it. That he might not be able to bring into SLIPKNOT."
"I feel the 'KNOT has always preached personal freedom. 'Don't ever judge me,' that's Corey's own words, whatever, Joey's words. That's what we do, man. We're the biggest punk band in the fuckin' world, man. I don't want to hear it. We're nine guys. We do what we want, we do as much as we want. It takes a lot of balls to do what they're doing. I fuckin' respect it. I'm going to do it. I hope everybody in the band does it. We'll go shed our kingdoms and shed light as to what we are individually and then we'll come together like we always do. And we'll be what we are and that's called SLIPKNOT."
His support for STONE SOUR notwithstanding, the Clown doesn't want people to be confused by the two bands. "STONE SOUR has nothing to do with SLIPKNOT," he said. "Nothing. I hope no one compares it to us. I hope no one says it sounds like us, because it doesn't sound anything like us. And that's important to me."
-----SOURCE: Blabbermouth.Net.
posted by W.B. Vogel III at 8:59 AM
Pushed Announce West Hollywood Gig...
Southern California's PUSHED, featuring former TESTAMENT/SLAYER drummer Jon Dette and ex-TESTAMENT bassist Greg Christian, have announced a show at the Whiskey A Go-Go in West Hollywood, California on Tuesday, Nov. 26. The band is scheduled to take the stage at 7:30 p.m.
-----SOURCE: Blabbermouth.Net.
posted by W.B. Vogel III at 8:56 AM
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