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Almost 13 years have passed since El Demoniaco (the demonic maniac) was invoked by the brutal sounds of a force known as Brujeria, today the curse of El Demoniaco has once again been provoked by Brujeria cult leader Juan Brujo, but this time it's magnitude will be no less than 13 times stronger than be»
Slipknot are masked because they're individuals, the masks display what they are as a display of their identity to everyone. Brujeria are masked to hide their identities, in a direct link to the Mexican bandits, street dealers and revolutionaries that they're representing. They hide their faces bec»
Dave Doughman, the main man behind Sweaing At Motorists, officially challenges The White Stripes to a ROCK FIGHT - 2 bands, 1 stage and 1 applause meter, anytime, anywhere. Rock duos are not a novel thing but the popularity of The White Stripes has drawn a lot of attention to them lately and »
Radiohead have been named 'Best Act In The World' for the second year running at the Q Awards with Oasis leaving empty-handed after being shortlisted for three titles. Despite releasing nothing but a live album over the past year, the band beat both U2 and Oasis to the title. Oasis also l»
Following the success of Transit's first UK networked tour, Generator announces details of the second round, kicking off in November. Once again the tour is split into four legs, comprising three regions with 12 regional promoters on board, each of whom have chosen their favourite local band to play on»
Southern Californian's Death By Stereo will be taking a break from recording the follow-up to last year's 'Day Of the Death' album with a UK tour in support of Boy Sets Fire. Following the November tour dates the band are set to release their new album, 'Into The Valley Of Death'»
Hell Is For Heroes release a new single and finish off their post Kerrang Weekender UK tour Their single 'Night Vision' (which you can download via our E-Content section) is released on 21st October 2002 and will featur»
Back at the start of the Spanish Civil War, "going for a ride" meant getting bundled into a car, driven to a remote location and being shot for your political beliefs. Enter Alec Empire... "I want to ride. Let me take you!" Dark, dark eurodisco-paranoia and the ever present spe»
Alec Empire's 2nd single 'The Ride' is released this week with a video by director Jonathan Miles hitting the music TV channels now. Out over 2 CDs and one ltd 12" it will be followed by a long awaited live DVD release. The ext»
Rowan Atkinson in a brown pinstriped suit. But perhaps that would be unfair... Back to the beginning: after a sound check of around the same length as the actual performance, the doors were opened, well, when I say 'doors' and 'opened', I actually mean 'chairs' and 'moved' but this is »
Over the next 6 weeks Econoline "the best lofi-alt-rock act this side of the pond" will be coming to a venue near you as part of their extensive album-released-in-the-middle-of UK Tour. With last week's release of their single »
Add N To (X) have had to cancel their short UK tour in October due to illness. The dates will be re-scheduled at a later date, once the band have completed their European and American tours. As previously reported Add N To»
Appetite For Destruction has been named the greatest rock release of all time, topping the poll compiled by HMV and magazines Metal Hammer and Classic Rock.
Guns N Roses' 'Appetite For Destruction' album caused
Following on from a UK tour and limited success of second single 'Firefly' which entered the UK chart at Number 43, InMe announce that they will be playing dates as support to JJ72 and Hundred Reasons. Right after these su»
"Turin Brakes fans have every reason to feel Optimistic (groan) as the band have launched a competition to win a customised gold disc via their website." The catch? You have to have a CD of their widely acclaimed debut album, »
The White Stripes main man Jack White will be 'hardly recognisable' in his film debut. Also planned is "to split a 45" with The Strokes. "I've got gigantic sideburns and light brown hair" Jack White mentioned to Radio 1. "And I'm dressed in the 1800's sort of garb." He is due to»
In support of their recent album, 'Becoming Something Else', the perennial metal support band, SugarComa have announced that they will be supporting The Wildhearts and Soil on their forthcoming tours. You know them don't you, they did the Bri»
Gaining notoriety as the *ahem* 'punk rock So Solid Crew', The Parkinsons release their very first bona fide 45 through Fierce Panda and tour the world! Well, the UK at least... The UK Chart Top 100 scraping 'The Streets of London EP' features a whole three brand sp»
Famous for his "groundbreaking and multi-award winning" videos, ex-Genesis man Peter Gabriel has teamed up with actor/director Sean Penn creating a controversial new video for his forthcoming single. So far, both the single and the video of 'The Barry Williams Show' have been banned »
A crop circle featuring the Levellers' logo has been created in a field in Albourne, Sussex, for the video of their next single The band has used the logo for the past 15 years, appearing on all their albums and merchandise, including the from forthcoming album, 'Green Blade Rising', which is»
The Divine Comedy will be touring the UK and Ireland this autumn, their first full tour since last year's line up changes, with very special guest Ben Folds. Neil Hannon supported Ben Folds in the US earlier this year after the two first met in 1999 at a Ben Folds Five show »
The Murderdolls are set to follow next week's sold-out UK tour with more dates in November, supporting Papa Roach. The band who put the fun into funeral, stormed the UK top 40 with the release of 'Beyond the Valley of the Murderdolls'. t»
CARLING WEEKENDER: 2nd STAGE REVIEWS
FRIDAY 23rd AUGUST at THE READING FESTIVAL
SATURDAY 24th AUGUST at THE LEEDS FESTIVAL
2 MANY DJ'S (SOULWAX):
With a cult following assembled, the 2 »
After last Month's surpport slot for Easyworld, the Antihero crew are back for a few live dates, record release and, well, a list of their plans for the rest of the year. As well as their few live dates, fantastically you can now vote to have a Peel Session from this year repeated by clicking»
Try adding members of Slipknot, Static X, The Frankinstein Drag Queens From Planet 13 and, well, 2 other guys (one called Graves.. ooh, spooky) and see what you get... "Some things are better left unsaid, But I'd like to see a bullet in your head" Yeah, you h»
The Marquee Club, the "cramped and sweat-drenched Soho dive" that launched the careers of the Rolling Stones, the Who, and the Small Faces, is being relaunched this week as a £4m dining and concert complex. The Wardour Street venue in central London has been closed since 1996 with "sweat so in»
Four nights of the Oasis winter tour have already sold out within 1 hour of the box office offering tickets. As reported, the band are playing eight dates in December following the sold out success of their earlier Finsbury Park and Manchester »
The BBC has apologised for posting 'allegedly' homophobic and violent lyrics on the Radio 1 website. The song lyrics were posted to coincide with the BBC2 series The History Of Reggae and included a track called 'Log On' by Elephant Man. Gay rights campaigners say songs th»
Pavement are to release a double DVD collection featuring all of their promotional videos, two live shows and a documentary.
The DVD from the band that has spawned both the solo version of Stephen Malkmus and Spiral Stairs' current band The Preston School Of Industry is to be called
Pulp are to play a special one off day long 'festival' at the Magna Science Adventure Centre with all of the bands and DJs at the event to be picked by them. The band will play the special show, located between (Pulp's hometown) Sheffield and Rotherham, on December 14. The full show is being planned»
