The Next Big Thing is Martin Smit’s podcast featuring a wonderful eclectic mix of music. Martin is a founding member of Abstract Evil Barbee and was resident DJ at the Abelarde Sanction for many years. If you love music and discovering new things you have to listen to this podcast. Go to the The Next [...]
The Female Headshaving Association began its reign as being one of the most ‘out-there’ movements back in the good ole Aberlarde Sanction days. For those of you who do not know about the Abelarde – where do you live? The Female Headshaving Association was hosted in one of the most underground clubs in Johannesburg for [...]
Opsound describes itself as a gift economy in action, an experiment in applying the model of free software to music. Musicians and sound artists are invited to add their work to the Opsound pool using a copyleft license developed by Creative Commons. Listeners are invited to download, share, remix, and reimagine. Anyone is encouraged to [...]
Dressed in his traditional brown robe, sandals and twirling the rope around his waist, 62-year old Friar Cesare Bonizzi is no ordinary heavy metal rocker. But as guitarists around him grind out heavy notes, the long-white-bearded Capuchin, a former missionary in Ivory Coast, has no qualms bobbing his head and shouting lyrics about alcohol, [...]
Vocals: Hizumi Guitar: Karyu Bass: Zero Drums: Tsukasa Started: 1999 Status: Active Profile D’espairsRay was formed on September 9, 1999. They played their first concert on September 24, but waited until October to release their first single “Kumo”. It was such a successful single, that it was later re-released in 2001. The band continued to [...]
The Swiss/Liechtenstein formation ELIS featuring front lady Sabine Duenser began their musical career under the name ERBEN DER SCHÖPFUNG. In 2001 they released their first single Elis as well as their debut album Twilight, thrilling the hearts of gothic metal fans worldwide. The music found on the aforementioned releases oscillates from clear vocal lines to [...]
Genre: Punk, Heavy Metal, Porn Rock Lyrical theme: Sex, Love, Loss, War, Violence, Chaos, Life Last known line-up: Wendy Orlean Williams – Vocals (R.I.P. 1949-1998) Wes Beech – Rhythm Guitar Michael Ray – Rhythm Guitar, Lead Guitar Chris “Junior” Romanelli – Bass Ray Callahan – Drums Sphere: Related Content Related posts PORN ROCK EXPLAINED (0) [...]
”Oshare-Kei” is a sub-set of Visual Kei that began to appear in Japan around 2001. Oshare means “stylish” or “fashionable”. (the literal translation is “fashion conscious”) Visual Kei is a music genre that began in the late 1980s and was popular during the Japanese “Band Boom” of 1988 – 1998. It was the vocalist of [...]
Join me in praying for Britney Spears. God loves this girl and we who know the Lord knows that He can heal her broken heart and set her free from all her pain. Go to http://blogforbooks.com/archives/2007/02/20/a-prayer-for-britney-spears/ NEWS FLASH: (Los Angeles—CA) Britney Spears has lost her most searched web status to adult star Jenna Jameson, but [...]
Formed in Perth, Western Australia in 2000, the band underwent significant changes in 2002: the departure of rhythm guitarist Con Ongarezos, the addition of lead vocalist Alitia, and a name change from “Modus Vivendi” to “ShadowPlay”. The name change was more than cosmetic – it was the band reinventing itself: Between 2000 and 2002, Modus [...]
