Queensryche: A Soldier’s Tale
Geoff Tate always wrote lyrics that were personal to him. He penned an entire album about mind control and touched on gun control and the environment later in Queensyrche’s tenure.
Killola: Don’t Stop the Pop Rock
Rarely does the term “power pop” enter my vocabulary. I’m a rocker. And I’m picky. But lately I’ve been tasting forbidden fruit. And liking it! I recently downloaded Killola’s album for free. And man, I’m hooked.
Bloe is Everlasting
For nearly two decades, emcee/producer Bloe has invested the grip of his life in rap business, from the streets to the lavish, and back on the humble. He is a two-headed monster known as Bloe, the emcee, writer, and performer, and Blozart, the producer.
Lee Azon: Winning Battles, Shoes and Practicing
Bay Area hip hop producer Lee Azon is on the rise and winning beat battles and methodically breaking into stereos from the Bay to the Central Valley.
Prieta: Shaking up the Scene
Tucked away in a cramped room at House of Hits practice studios in Sacramento, Prieta are channeling the ghosts of the past.
Jon McLaughlin: Deeper Than You Think
I had a lot of assumptions before talking to the almost 27-year-old singer/songwriter Jon Mclaughlin. You might have heard his song, “Beating My Heart,” on the radio.
Italia Conte: Making Their Mark
Twenty-eight years ago, Mick Mars placed this advertisement in the Los Angeles-based newspaper, The Recycler: “loud, rude, and aggressive guitarist available.” As fate would have it, the makeup-laden glam duo of Nikki Sixx and Tommy Lee would call the phone number on the ad, and find The Addam’s Family’s “Cousin It” on their doorstep. Weeks later Vince Neil joins the band and the rest is history.
The End…
To many people, Fringe Magazine is a monthly alternative music, art, and culture collective; a place you can go to read up on some great artists you may not have heard of, or even to find some cool places to go. To me, it has been so much more.
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What's Up?!?!
April 2009IF YOU DIDN’T KNOW ALREADY:
• Victory Records has signed Los Angeles recording artist OTEP. The first release under the new alliance is the band’s fourth full-length studio album, “Smash the Control Machine”, due on August 18, 2009.
• The PlayThisRiff.com web site, which charges for a monthly membership, has announced that it now features bass lesson [...]
