FOZZY ADDED TO STEEL PANTHER/BUCKCHERRY TOUR
Oh jeez, this is gonna get messy. Now Fozzy have been added to the Spreading The Disease (S.T.D) tour with Steel Panther and Buckcherry. Fozzy’s Chris Jericho says, “After playing Soundwave 2013, one of the best tours of our career, in front of the best Fozzy fans in the world, we had one mission on our minds – to come back to Australia on the Sin And Bones tour ONE MORE TIME! Now we have accomplished that mission and are stoked to be coming back to Oz in December to tear your heads off once again! Along with our bros in Steel Panther and Buckcherry, we are forming a Rock n Roll TRIPLE THREAT that can’t be missed!! This is the tour of the Summer and we can’t wait to kick all your asses again!” Catch a disease or three at Myer Music Bowl on Sunday December 8.
CREEPSHOW HALLOWEEN FESTIVAL
On Saturday October 26 The Espy will transform into a haunted mansion to host Creepshow Halloween Festival – Melbourne’s biggest Halloween party. Now in its fourth year, Creepshow features DJs, burlesque dancers and bands performing in full costume. The acts announced are Sydonia (video launch), Engine (single launch), Gay Paris, Chaos Divine, Anna Salen VS Mario Bros, Death Audio, Ten Thousand, Head Filled Attraction (single launch), Kettlespider, Marlow, Shadowgame, LeSuits, Red Remedy, The Pass Outs, Sentia, Transience, Ire and heaps more. Prizes for best dressed on the night. Visit creepshowfestival.com for more information.
KILL TV AT THE VINEYARD
Kill TV continue their Melbourne onslaught when they hit The Vineyard in St Kilda on Thursday October 17 at midnight. The band are making preparations for the release of their first single Never Gonna Change, a powerful grunge anthem that has been impressing audiences at recent shows.
NIGHTWISH’S NEW VOCALIST IS…
Nightwish has officially named Floor Jansen as its vocalist, and added Troy Donockley (uilleann pipes, low whistles, vocals) to its ranks too. Floor and Troy were invited to join after both put in stellar performances on the band’s Imaginaerum World Tour, which the band undertook following the departure of vocalist Anette Olzon. Floor says; “Words cannot describe what I feel! This union is beyond everything and I cannot tell you how wonderful it is to continue this amazing journey with my new brothers! Once I had a dream…and this is it!!!” Donockley adds; “Imaginaerum World Tour was a revelation to me and in that time, I became aware of a growing unity and then, finally, a transcendence of all the usual nonsense that affects bands. A beautiful process. And since the idea, the musical dream that is Nightwish has been a part of me since before I was born, I am delighted to officially sail into uncharted waters with my brothers and sister. Wondrous scenes Ahoy!” The new line-up can be seen on the live / tour documentary DVD Showtime, Storytime, released on November 29.
POST- HALLOWEEN HORROR WITH WEDNESDAY 13
Wednesday 13 is the undisputed leader in Horrorpunk. A grimly glamorous ghoul who first slithered from the cobwebbed shadows of Charlotte, North Carolina, Wednesday 13 has established himself as the world’s premier purveyor of balls-out horror punk insanity. With a vivid and vile imagination that has endeared him to countless fans of riff-driven macabre over the last two decades, he has been one of rock’s most prolific protagonists, spreading his credo of grave-robbing rock ‘n’ roll and Halloween debauchery around the globe and unleashing a seemingly endless stream of blood-spattered albums and EPs. His brand new album The Dixie Dead (released in Australia by 3Wise), has ushered in a whole new era of gruesome glory for this unstoppable malevolent force. Wednesday 13 will be bringing his gore-filled, ghoul-fest, sleazy live shows to Australia in October and November: keep your Halloween get-up on after Creepshow and check out the craziness on Friday November 1 at Billboard The Venue.
KYLESA HEADLINING IN DECEMBER
Savannah, Georgia metal/psychedelic/stoner/unclassifiable band Kylesa were one of the highlights of Soundwave a couple of years ago, and now they’re returning for their first ever headlining tour! They’ll be at The Corner on Sunday December 8 and The Howler on Tuesday December 10. Tickets for ALL shows are $35 + BF / $45 on the door.
TESTAMENT LIVE DVD
Testament have just reached another highlight in their 25 year career. Filmed in front of a truly frantic audience back in February, Dark Roots Of Thrash was produced by Get Hammered Productions, directed by Tommy Jones and mixed by Juan Urteaga. And it’s out now. Check it out before the band kicks your ass at Soundwave 2014.
RUSH ALBUM GETS MUCH-NEEDED REMIX
Rush’s Vapor Trails is a great album …but it kinda sounds like crap. Harsh, abrasive, cluttered… it’s a real shame that the mix let it down so badly, because the material and the performances deserve to be heard in their best light, and they’re just …not. At least, that was once true, before David Bottrill came to the rescue! He’s given the album the remix treatment, better framing of the sonic nuances of the band as they returned to recording after a rough few years on the personal front. The new version is now available either separately or within the new RUSH: THE STUDIO ALBUMS 1989-2007 boxed set. “Vapor Trails was an album made under difficult and emotional circumstances – sort of like Rush learning how to be Rush again – and as a result, mistakes were made that we have longed to correct. David Bottrill’s remixes have finally brought some justice and clarity to this deserving body of our work,” says Geddy Lee. “Every song has been given a new life, from the fire of One Little Victory, Secret Touch, and Ceiling Unlimited to the melodic musicality of Sweet Miracle and How It Is… these songs have been redeemed. Thank you David!”
