Volume #3

December 2009

Janus
featuring Chicago’s own

Low Of The Low Raven X Predator

Also… New Feature!
The Sermon • Mary Magdalan • Noctem
Same Old Ten with
Faker Junior • Fire Bug • Hydrovibe
…and much, much more! Ockum’s Razor
 From the desk of…
Well, here it is! Issue three.
Better late than never they say. I wanted to make
sure it was full of fantastic and interesting articles
for you to read and I hope I achieved that. There
have been lots of changes since the last issue and this is the main
reason why it has taken so long to get this one out to you. Inclination
has been putting together a team and so far we have some new
writers and a couple of photographers willing to share their brilliant
work with us. I’m still looking for some help and could really use
some people in LA and SF in California and also the NY/ Boston area,
so if there’s anyone interested in joining a passionate, professional
and talented team please get in touch with me with samples of your
work.
We have recently joined forces with The Nervecast show. It is a radio
show that plays the best unsigned music that when they started
had the intentions of helping their local bands out- they now have
a million and a half listeners a week, worldwide, their own social
networking site and will be starting a record label in January!! All this
in under a year! We’re very proud to be their official webzine. www.
nervecastshow.com.
We are very excited to have Janus on our cover this issue. As well as
being a band from Chicago that are doing very well with an amazing
new album and touring all over America with bands like Chevelle
and Framing Hanley, Janus was the Roman god of gates, doorways,
beginnings and endings. Well, this will be the last issue for the year
and then Inclination has lots of beginnings, with everything I’ve
mentioned already and also our fabulous, redesigned new website!!
Enjoy the new issue, let us know how you like it. Your feedback is
important to us.
Thanks,
Lissy
Lissy MacMillian
(Editor-in-Chief and Founder, pictured above)
Current Interests: Live bands, discovering and listening to new music,
writing, tinkering with Photoshop and InDesign, social networking, late
nights on the couch watching old movies, spending time with good friends,
cooking, eating good food and drinking good beer/wine/Grey Goose drinks
and finding new interests.
www.inclinationwebzine.com
www.myspace.com/inclinationwebzine
www.facebook.com/#/inclinationwebzine
inclinationzine@gmail.com
www.reputationlabel.com
www.myspace.com/nervecastshow
twitter.com/nervecastshow
www.reverbnation.com/label/nervecastradio
The Staff
Miss Mischief
(Spokesmodel; www.myspace.com/missmischiefchaos)
Current Interests: N/A
Argento1134 (aka Brian)
(Music Reviews, Articles and Graphic Design)
Current Interests: Katatonia Night Is The New Day,
Nip/Tuck, Between The Buried And Me The Great Misdirect,
Baroness Blue Record, V, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Curb
Your Enthusiasm Season 7, Christian Finnegan Au Contraire,
Them Crooked Vultures, Slayer World Painted Blood,
Dragon Age Origins, Jesse Ventura’s upcoming show on TruTV.
Brittany Feagans
(Photography; www.bfeagansphotography.com)
Current Interests: Concerts, photography, vodka, writing,
vounteering at Save-A-Pet, Harvesting virtual crops on
Farmville, taking naps, Chicago Cubs baseball, my amazing
cagefighting boyfriend.
Cola
(Venue Reviews and Travelography)
Current Interests: Music, writing, travel by way of van,
coffee, prescription drugs, chocolate, cheese.
Chad Payne
(Photography)
Current Interests: Music, production, photography.
Wicked D (aka Don Harrison)
(Artist Career Development Writer)
Current Interests: Music business, internet marketing
and social networking, rock/metal music, mixed martial
arts, NFL football, religion/mythology/folklore, ancient
history and Biblical archeology.
Coma (Not Pictured)
(Interviews and Articles)
Current Interests: N/A
METAL MERGENCE 3 then went into more about how important it
is for the bands to support each other.
Another highlight of the evening was Dark Star
Records signing Shatter Their Illusion to their
REGGIES ROCK CLUB, CHICAGO Go to one another’s label as well as having one of their bands;
JULY 11TH Rival headline the stage. The other bands that
By Lissy MacMillan played, and did
an amazing
The Metal Mergence is an job was
event ran by Monsterman To m o r r o w
Graphic extraordinaire, Scott Has Arrived,
Jackson, along with Scott Mind w ar p
Davidson, Tonya Leigh, Yvonne Chamber
Nieves, Dann Szymczak and and Ion
Eva Flora. It is an evening Ve i n .
of networking for anyone There
and everyone involved in the w e r e
underground metal scene in also graphic artists, photographers,
Chicago. promoters, band managers and of
course myself representing “the
They had a good number of
press”
vendors there selling and promoting
their goods and services on the To top all of this off was our
balcony. F3 studios was there, you esteemed host: Ari Lehman who
will recognize many of their photos played the first Jason from Friday
as they’ve taken some amazing band the 13th. He did a wonderful job of
pictures of Dope, Fashion Bomb, Static getting the crowd going to get the
X, HellYeah, Wednesday 13, Soil. Live event started and was just a very
photos of Megadeath, Mushroomhead, personable man all around.
Dimebag, Stryper, Alice Cooper, man I If you’re in the Chicago area
could go on and play in a metal band,
and on…. want to play in a metal band,
The guys promote, manage, blah blah
from Chicago blah, metal…. And you
Powerfest weren’t there that night;
were there the big question to you is
(Chris Lotesto, WHY NOT? As well as giving
Rob Such and John Coyne). They were everyone involved the support; you missed
participating on a Q&A panel where anyone shows; use the
could ask questions about the music industry opportunity while at these shows
and they, along with Tim King of Soil, Scott to promote your upcoming gigs and network.
Davidson (Rebel Radio) and Dann Szymczak Everyone’s complaining about how they’re
(Metal Mondays) playing to
would give their empty venues
words of wisdom right now,
as musicians and if everyone
promoters that came out and
have been in suppor ted
the business for each other,
several years. The that wouldn’t
message was: “why be the case, a fantastic networking opportunity. Hope you’ll
spend 12 years As a side note be there next year!
making the mistakes we made when we can tell of my own, I bet if the bands were hanging out,
you how to do it right from the beginning” the fans would be out more too. I know times www.myspace.com/metalmergence
www.chicagopowerfest.com
The Q&A was very interesting and actually touched are tough, but $5 to get into a show? I think we www.myspace.comf3studios
on a point that had really annoyed me before. can manage that. Then if you’re playing, stay www.darkstarrecords.com
If you’re the opening band, you should stay till the end, as a person watching the show, it www.firstjason.com/home.html
and watch the other bands play. The discussion looks really rude when you pack up and leave
right after your set.
O ur band of the
month contest is
entirely based on the
reader’s choice. YOU
submit the nominations,
then YOU vote for your
favorite! Make sure you
take this opportunity to
get your band exposed
to the masses by nomi-
ating them in the future
at our myspace page:
www.myspace.com/incli-
nationwebzine. Mean-
while, enjoy reading
about our winners so far.
Low of the Low is a
Southern flavored Rock
band from Chicago with
Mark Crowley (vocals),
Gabe Lipari (Bass),
Frank “the TANK”
Schuch (Drums), Pat
“Sully” Sullivan (Lead
Guitar), Paul Jagmanis
(Rhythm Guitar). I have
actually had the pleasure
of seeing these guys play
live before and even
though it was over a year
ago, their performance
sticks out in my mind as
an unforgettable one. This
year they played at The
Taste as we call it here in
Chicago, where we also
had Counting Crows
and The Wallflowers
entertaining us.
“The taste of Chicago
show was surreal. It was
great to be completely
out of our comfort zone.
You never know what
to expect when you Their calendar is always
play in Chicago, but it pretty
turned out great! It’s venues like The Rave in
rare that we get to play Milwaukee, Double Door
in Chicago, and dozens of
AUGUST
BAND OF THE
MONTH
at an outdoor venue, other venues all over under construction.
especially something on the Chicagoland area
and even if they’re not They take their
the scale of the Taste of
playing you’ll quite influences from Queens
Chicago. When we got to
often see them out of the Stone Age, Black
the Taste of Chicago we
supporting other local Label Society, Kyuss,
were all thinking “This
bands. It was at one and a few others…like
is gonna really suck - the
of these shows that I true rockers they like
weather RUINED this
was handed their 11- drinking, women, and
show!” - it poured rain
song demo, “Land of music and probably not
before, during, and after
Lincoln”. It was recorded always in that order. In
we played, but our fans
at FloodZone Studios the four years that they’ve
and friends all hung out
in Joliet with John been together they can
and pulled through for
Sullivan (Loudmouth already name several
us, so it was a great time!
and The Digs), the CD highlights in their career,
We’ve been invited back
will be available soon, like opening for national
next year, so hopefully it
but for now, go check acts like System of a
won’t rain next time!!”
out some songs, get Down and Clutch, another
one band they aspire to:
a free download, buy
full, playing a T-shirt from their “We’ll be opening
myspace, and stay up again for Clutch
tuned for their website this week! It’s wicked!
which is currently
INCLINATION WEBZINE™
PAGE 4
LOW OF THE LOW important...lol!”With this with us. Don’t be a
kind of positive attitude I mindless pop-disney
CONTINUED... zombie. Ashley
think they can achieve Tisdale will think
The rush of it is great, “God’s Green Earth” and
anything they want! Even
and they are a great “The Fall” are their
group of guys to current favorite
hang out with. Not to songs to play live
mention they are badass and their fans have
musicians! I’ve never been giving their
met such a successful approval. I love
bunch of people that the harmonica at
are so level headed, the beginning of
normal, and cool. I’m Mississippi. They
so socially awkward... like to keep their
lol! Sometimes when set fresh. Other
we hang out with them ways they believe
I stand there and stare is the road to
at these dudes like success for a band
there fucking gods, is lots of practice
unable to talk, I’m a and persistence,
complete ass. And then patience and
maybe their dream show: your cooler for being
I catch myself and understanding with your
Kyuss in the dessert at an an individual not
snap out of it! They’re band members (they’re
old school a fucking product!
like Led Zeppelin to like a
generator
me. Seriously! Sounds family) “Live your dream, party, or
Oh yeah, check
out our myspace/
retarded, but how would a n d …
Corrosion of
the average ROCK fan “… You
do what you do, Conformity
website, support
Inclination Webzine,
react if you met Robert at The Vic
Plant? Before we got
get a lot of
people that
and don’t let ANY- with Kyuss
and thank you for
your support!!”
“Low of the Low” up opening for
in running we would
tell you that
you can’t do
ONE tell you that them- why Make sure you go
sit around listening to not? As and add them and
Clutch, COC, Down,
something.
We call
you can’t achieve long as if incongratulate them. If
Kyuss, Queens of the five years you’re in the Chicago
Stone Age, going FUCk, something!!” they’re area, get out to a show-
we should be doing what still above you’ll love it! They
they’re doing! How ground, actually have a couple
come these guys can do vertical of dates in Missouri in
it and we cant?? And BULLSHIT on that! Live and breathing without September so watch
now we do...and it’s your dream, do what you mechanical assistance.out! Maybe pretty
a FUCKIN BLAST!” do, and don’t let ANYONE soon, they’ll be coming
Here’s some final to a town near you..?
If you go and see them tell you that you can’t
words from them:
play you’ll hear new achieve something!! Oh,
http://www.myspace.
songs from their next and the ability not to “If we come to your c o m / l o w o f t h e l o w
album already (these murder each other at any town, house, basement,
guys sure are busy!) given moment is really support local rock h t t p : / / w w w .
music and come party l o w o f t h e l o w . c o m
with us. Don’t be aa

INCLINATION WEBZINE™
PAGE 5

M I K E
GABRIEL
PHOTO BY DAVID S RUBIN
Have you ever popped in a CD or hit a MySpace page
or been listening to the radio and heard a band for
the very first time and thought “WOW! I LOVE this
band!!! Give me more!” and then the more you hear
of them, the more you want? That’s how it was for me
when I first heard The Sermon from San Francisco.
A year or so ago I had done a CD review on a band
called Rollercoaster. Now two of the three mem-
bers of this band are playing with The Sermon, but
were not with them when their album: “Articles of
By Lissy MacMillan
CAMERON
LOVELACE
War” was recorded. The Sermon, as they were then
were: Greg Daniels, Matt Gabriel, Mike Gabriel and
Dave Leonard. The current line-up of The Sermon
is: Mike Gabriel (vocals and theremin), Dave Leon-
ard (drums and backing vocals), Cameron Lovelace
(bass), Jeremy Lyn (Guitar and backing vocals) and
Matteo Perra (Guitar and backing vocals). I love
Rollercoaster so I can only imagine how they sound
as a live band now. They’re playing a few shows at
the end of August in California, so make sure you
go and see them and let me know what you think.
Their influences come from the classic blues art-
ists: Howlin’ Wolf and Muddy Waters, the psyche-
delic sound of Velvet Underground, The Doors,
13th Floor Elevators and Small Faces, punk from
The Damned, The Clash, MC5, The Stooges and
New York Dolls and the pure rock of The Who,
The Rolling Stones, Kiss and Yardbirds. You can
see they really value where Rock and Roll comes
from and the Masters that were creating it, and
INCLINATION ™
PAGE 6
 By Lissy MacMillan

MIKE AT 111 MINNA A couple of weeks ago I embarked upon a very

exciting road trip with some of my good friends,
when you listen to their music it is evident too.
where one of our stops was Cleveland and our main
Articles of War starts off with a no-nonsense po- objective was to see The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
litically charged song, A Choice of Weapons, prob-
I’ll start with my highs and lows of this experience:
ably the punkiest of the songs on the album. My
With the recent passing of Michael Jackson I
favorite song is Time Zone Blues; because of the
was anticipating a ridiculous amount of space
cool guitar intro that leads into a groovy rift- yes
set up in some over the top display with dozens
I did just say “groovy”. As well as being full of
of weeping people all around it dropping off
catchy melodies, the CD’s lyrics are well writ-
flowers, drawings and teddy bears dressed in
ten and sung with such intensity as to grab your
black hats and white sequined gloves. Luckily
attention. I really love every track but a couple
this was not the case. There was a tasteful display
of other songs that really stood out for me were
Day In/Day Out, The Hunted (maybe because
it’s about a badass bitch with black hair) and
Freight- although when I first started listening to
the CD I thought it was the last song, it just has
that feel to it, but it is actually song number four.

This is a CD that will get a lot of mileage at home and in

my car. Check the band out on their myspace – you can
buy their music through Snocap right off their page.

www.myspace.com/thesermon

http://www.thesermon.com/

set up near the entrance that told the story of his

life, and also in the lobby was a small area set up
for people to drop off tributes. My low was that
the Johnny Cash bus was closed, probably due
to the weather. We had all been looking forward
to that, so we made the best of it and took tons
of photos of each other standing in front of it.

The museum takes you through the history

of music starting with its roots: gospel, blues,

INCLINATION™
PAGE 7
rhythm and blues, country, on it. Pictures drawn by Jimi My favourite display was
bluegrass and folk. Some Hendrix as a child are hanging the Sex Pistols, Ramones,
great quotes from this era on the wall. I can’t describe my The Damned, Siouxie and the
of music and its artists are: feelings as I walked through aisles Banshees, Patti Smith and
of clothes and thought to myself, New York Dolls one. That
“The Blues? It’s the mother “Yep I recognize that” Amongst won’t surprise anyone who
of American hundreds of knows me. But I was also very
music. That’s costumes there’s moved by Jim Morrison’s wall,
what it is- David Bowie’s I don’t want to explain why,
the source” clown costume, you need to go yourselves.
BB King the Beatles’
collarless Jackets, Anyone who loves music
“The Blues had and the beautiful really must go to the Rock
a baby, and dresses that The and Roll Hall of Fame. It will
they called it Supremes wore. be different for everyone
rock and roll.” I had to keep that goes, but you’ll enjoy it!
Muddy Waters reminding myself You can’t get that experience
to close my from looking at photos on the
Then you start mouth as I found Internet. And if you need to
to see all these myself walking eat while there, I recommend
really cool around with my a Cajun Blues themed
display cases jaw dropped. In restaurant and bar called Fat
and set-ups the end, I just Fish Blue. The food and the
with Johnny covered my mouth with the map entertainment were absolutely
Cash’s shoes, Elvis Presley’s so people couldn’t see. The guitars amazing, and seemed quite an
clothes, and original release were really cool as so many of appropriate way to end the day.
vinyl’s of Roy Orbison, Jerry them were custom made, or they
Lee Lewis etc and you think were the artist’s first guitar. I saw
this is this the coolest thing something from all eras and all
on earth, but then you turn music that has been born from Rock
the corner and there’s Elvis’s and Roll all the way up to present
car, or a huge Beatles display time, including a pair of boots
with pieces of paper with from the band Mushroomhead.
John Lennon’s handwriting

scenes of the city

INCLINATION™
PAGE 8
 N e r v e c a s t
Media
John Summers : Owner, D-J, Producer and creative director
Wade Warburton : Co-Producer, creative consultant, Facebook network director
Mark Tutton : Artist Events co-ordinator & Myspace Site director
Back in 2005 a 2 man team (John Summers and 13th OCTOBER SHOW PLAYLIST
Dave Sparkey) set out to promote the live music
market along the south coast of the UK. They caled The shows go out twice a month. The
themselves AudioBurger Incorporated or ''Ab Inc'' current show has the fantastic sounds of:
for short.
THE FORES myspace.com/thefores
Establishing live music events from Dover to
Bournemouth a four hundred mile radius, they THE DAMZELLS mspace.com/
organised live music events for such companies as thedamzells
RedBull, Carling RipCurl and O'Neil Sportswear,
to name a few. Audiences of over 20,000 to 30,000 THE ELECTRIC WASTED myspace.com/
people at a time in locations as diverse as Beach electricwasted
parties to Carparks would attend an average ''Ab Inc''
event. SEXSTONE myspace.com/sexstonerocks
It was whilst AudioBurger was in operation John PLAN NINE myspace.com/plannineband
Summers established media contacts with many
major recording labels and agents as well as media JOINTPOP myspace.com/jointpop
companies such as Virgin and Endemol. AudioBurger
were one of the leading UK independant live music ZEMITONES myspace.com/zemitones
promotion teams of the time.
SILVER BRAZILIANS myspace.com/
2007 saw the birth of Nervetonic UK - a more focused silverbrazilians
live music promotions concept for the Internet.
Created by John Summers, Nervetonic concentrated EXCELLENT MUSIC FROM
upon the wider scope of the UK bands promoting SOME OF THE BEST
the music and profile of many UK unsigned Rock,
NEW & UNSIGNED ACTS OF TODAY!
Indie & Punk bands from all over the country. With
AudioBurger Incorporated now being bought out
by Warner Brothers Music, John felt it as time to
progress with the promotional side of the unsigned NEW TO NERVECAST MEDIA
music market.
The Official launch of REPUTATION, the
It seemed that the Internet was full of many like- promotional label fro Nervecast is the 4th January
minded promotions teams and Nervetonic needed a 2010, but you can access the site now. Not only this,
fresh new and exciting way of delivering the best of but the creative souls at Nervecast Media have made
the new and unsigned music to the world. Drawing the site a community social network. Reputation lets
back on the Radio presenting work he had done in you communicate, innovate & inspire with those in
the late 90's, John Summers decided the way ahead your life. Sign up — it's Free and everbody can join
was to promote the artists via a ''Radio Show'' style in.
podcast to be broadcas via various internet sites and
media outlets.
Here is what you get:

The Nervecast Show was set up late 2008 to promote
the new and unsigned music artists, to advise and
help with the development of the artists profile and
distribution of merchandise the artist had to offer.
All this wrapped up in a 30 min show blasting out
from various internet sites. For example; Myspace,
bebo, You Tube, Reverbnation and, of course,
nervecastshow.com.
The Nervecast Show ow recieves over 3.5 million
listeners a week and has been awarded the European
Radio award for best new show in 2008. Things are
growing stronger by the day with Nervecast. Soon
to be launched under the Nervecast Media name is
REPUTATION; the all-inclusive promotional label
dealing with the sale and distribution of promoted
artists material.
Now, with the inclusion of Inclination, Nervecast
Media is set to grow and deliver the best in the new
and unsigned music the world has to offer.
• A place for you to create & customize your own
profile
• The ability to create your own world on Reputation
by uploading your own music, videos & photos
• Videos can be embedded from You-Tube or
DailyMotion media outlets
• Create your own group (s) to invite people into -
this is excellent if you have a band or
organization!
• Communicate with all other members via the
Chat Box, as well as the blogs and forums.
Create your own blogs and forums too,
especially for your groups. This can be a private
blog or forum for your membes only
Lots going on and we would love to see you there soon!
John Summers
MARY MAGDALAN
INTERVIEW BY COMA

Mary Magdalan are a 3-piece

hardcore/metal/hip-hop band from
Cali. Mary, Gzus, and Eric B. have
a huge following of “Junkies”
all across the U.S. and beyond
and their numbers keep growing.
Not because of mass marketing
or big record deals, but because
they connect on a personal level
somehow with each and every
one of their fans. IW recently
spoke with Mary at the kick off of
the summer tour for R.I.P. (their
sophomore effort) She and the
band were definitely hyped about
it and ready to go....pugs and all.

INCLINATION™
PG 10
You just started the Summer
tour for RIP, (and I see on
MySpace you took the pugs...
lol) How has it been so far?
Mary: It has been amazing. We
were off the road for almost 8
months so to get back into it
has been phenomenal. The fans
have really made us feel like
we are at home in their cities
and of course the pugs have
always been the highlight of
the show. We usually unleash
them after the show and they
just take over the room.  We’re
just getting started so we are
very excited to hit the road and
start leaving J.u.n.k.i.e. Love
all over this fucking world.
Did you do any touring for
Pity Girl, or mostly local gigs?
Mary: We did a west coast
tour from Seattle to San Diego
but gas was so expensive
that weren’t able to do much
more than that.  That’s why
we are so excited for this
new tour.  There are a lot of
regions that we wanted to hit
on Pity Girl that now we can
go there and do our thing.
You just released RIP this
month, how have sales been?
Mary: We are blessed to get
the response that we get on
our music. For us we are just
3 kids making noise in their
apartment, so every sale that
we get means a lot to us. Ev-
ery sale we do is amazing
to us because we are still in
awe that people have even
taken notice to what we do.  and see what made me who I
MM have blown up so much
the past few years, and
you still do all of your own
shit recording, packaging,
sales, mailing out the Junk-
ie care packages...etc...etc.
Mary: Of course we do. We de-
cided that a long time ago. Of
course we could send our shit
out but then you would just
be getting another CD.  We
want you to feel us in every
thing we do.  When you get
something from us you can
tell that it is handmade.  Its
not processed in some plant
and then strapped with a bar
code.  Its authentic and we
love that about it. Its definitely
getting hard to keep up but
we will be doing it all on our
own as long as we can. Who
knows what the future holds.
Anything going on behind the
scenes as far as record deal?
Mary: Same shit as it ever
was.  The vultures come and
go. Once they realize that thy
can’t lie to us or blow smoke
up our ass they retreat, so its
all good.  We have never been
against record companies or
signing a deal, we just don’t
want to get fucked, and in this
game it’s all about getting
fucked.  We have never
pursued a deal. Someone will
come with the right thing
that makes sense to us and to
our music and when it does,
we will make that move. 
Until then it’s WTOFW!
On Pity Girl you used your
experiences growing up to
write an autobiographical
rage fest of sorts. With RIP did
you draw from the same well
or did you use more recent
experiences for inspiration?
Mary: With R.I.P. I was able
to really tap into my mind
INCLINATION™
PG 11

was.  Pity Girl felt like a long
night in my mind where R.I.P.
feels like an eternity in my own
madness.  I was able to really
remember things from  my
childhood that scarred me and
transfer that into music.  The
song “Rotting Into Pain” is
a perfect example of that.  I
just remembered my mother’s
funeral and the words poured
out of me.  It took about 5
minutes to write. And its one of
my faves on the album. “These
Thoughts” was like that
too. After my family died I was
chosen as a case study in Beth
Israel Hospital.  That song is
about that time in my life, them
wanting me to remember things. 
My editor will be seeing your
show in Chicago and I will
be seeing you in Cleveland.
What can we expect
from a live MM show?
Mary: It’s a trip.  I black out show after show all over the
during the show. I go into my world. We are blessed to do
own little world and bring my this and each day is our gift.
experiences to life. Ericb. is just
captivating to watch on guitar. If you had to choose
And Gzus is our maniac in some other profession,
charge and brings the turntable besides ROCK STAR what
to life like never before. All in would it be and why?
all it’s an experience like no Mary: Pug farmer.  My pugs
other. Something new to peak mean the world to me and
the senses.Something real. if I could have a farm with
You Gzus and Eric have tons of pugs I would be a
been together for a few years content person.  Choobies to
now, where do you see MM that, or should I say snorts.  
in 5 years? or where do
you hope to be in 5 years?
w w w . m y s p a c e .
Mary: In five years we plan com/marymagdalan
on doing the same thing we
are doing now.  Being that we
have no record company or
management telling us what to
do or how to do it we
are just doing what
we feel.  That’s why
we dropped a double
album.  We wanted
to do it so we just
did it.  Funny thing
is within a week of
wrapping R.I.P. we
already started writing
new music.  We had
probably 20 songs
that didn’t make
R.I.P. so we are
sitting on shitload of
music that we plan on
dropping some time
in the near future. So
to answer your
question in five years
we will have tons
of music out in the
world and be rocking
INCLINATION™
PG 12
 Underground Zodiac
By COLA
Don’t
winter’s chill
freeze your
fire. Keep
pressing on in
your creative
ventures, using
the seasonal depression as your
inspiration. Write a sad song,
paint a self-portrait, or just spike
your coffee with some whiskey
for a warm up. Keep that flame
of yours burning white hot, even
when you’re feeling ice cold.
As for that special someone,
they can see you when you’re
not holding up your torch!
Right now is
the ideal time
to let go of your
individuality
and team up
with a partner
who will help you stay focused
on a project that has been in the
works. Admitting that you need to
be tutored in the ways of romance
as well as business, is nothing to
be ashamed of. If you see a rope
thrown down to you, grab hold
of it and climb….that person at
the top is the key to your success,
emotionally as well as financially.
ForecastTis the season to
stay secluded.
Being wild
You need to
take three steps
and social is
back in order to
something
let take 5 steps for-
that you have
ward. Your rela-
mastered over
tionship has its
the years, but there comes a time
rough patches,
to master the art of solitude. It
but through compromise and
will be much easier to choose
compassion, a common ground
between those two lovers, when
can be discovered. Also, remem-
you have removed yourself
ber that if your partner is being
from the game. Take a seat on
overly needy, sometimes fight-
the bench and just observe, for
ing fire with fire is the greatest
without your interference, their
way to resolve that annoyance.
true colors will shine through,
Show them how it feels to be
making your decision far simpler.
constantly questioned, without
Though the heart cannot help
being too obvious. You’ll find
what it wants or needs, the
that when your significant other
mind can logically analyze
is looking over their shoulder for
what the heart is blinded by.
you to be lurking around, they’ll
be relieved when you are ventur-
Have a good
ing off and away for an evening.
cry. If you’re
still sitting
You have
at home
once again
compulsively
found your-
watching
self stuck
“ L o v e
in a bad
Actually” or playing your Elliott
scene. You
Smith anthology on repeat, it
can’t leave out of guilt and
may be time to accept that it’s
you wouldn’t have anywhere
over. Allow yourself to mourn
to go, even if you could. Why
the loss of your fuck buddy
not try being honest for once?
and get on with your life. They
If you’re unhappy, let some-
weren’t the one. Look out for a
one know. Getting these things
friend who has had their eye on
off your chest will assist you
you, even when you were at your
in finding someone who will
worst. That shoulder that you’ve
actually be able to help you
been crying on, may be a better
get out of your toxic situation.
one to be massaging this winter.
INCLINATION™
PG 13
 Now that
you’ve suc-
cessfully bro-
Deeper than
ken your own
heart and
under the
theirs, think
about the fu-
ture. Remember the smallness
covers...we go
of your universe, and how you
won’t be able to avoid that heart
Underground
you’ve sliced in half forever.
Chances are, when you are con-
fronted with your dirty dishes,
you’ll discover that someone
else has already taken the liberty Get wild. You Think Glob-
of cleaning them spotless, and just dropped ally, but act
your opportunity to redeem your- huge baggage locally...mean-
self will have been long gone. and it’s your ing, know
They will be smiling at you from time to release what you want
across a room, while you will the hounds. Go in a love af-
be swallowing hard and finding out and party fair, but don’t
it suddenly hard to breathe…. until you’ve turned your piss leave that state line to find it. If
now that your “air” is gone. purple. A variety of invitations you look a little closer to home,
to parties and concerts are com- you might see that your ideal
ing your way….try to hit them scenario for a steamy acquain-
Your lover all! Don’t tie yourself down tance is right under your nose.
is spoiling right now, instead use this time Also, stay away from someone
you rotten, so to network. Put your love life whom is already involved, being
don’t forget to on the back burner until spring. number two, is just that...number
return the fa- two…like shit. You’re not shit...
vor. Take off you’re gold...don’t settle for
your “Secret Your fam- someone else’s sloppy seconds.
Agent Spy” costume for a moment ily needs you
and truly admire what a wonder- now. There That person
ful person you have standing at is someone from your
your side. Being suspicious and in your close past is stalk-
not trusting them will only drive relative circle ing you, and
them away. Have a little faith in that is in a des- not in a good
that weirdo that you chose to share perate place, and could use your way. Don’t
your life with. Snuggling and expertise on what ails them. You allow an old
shagging are less important than are in a stable relationship, don’t flame to mess
talking and sharing right now. blow it by getting too messed up up a good current. Watch out for
in other people’s problems, but unexpected phone calls or emails
don’t shut out those in need either. from former lovers who have a
When that wounded dog shows diabolical agenda. Play it cool,
up at your door, you’ll know it. and press on into the New Year,
sans the drama of a love triangle.

INCLINATION™
PG 14
 The Same
old 10
with Topher of....

Topher is the lead singer from
Ockums Razor, a heavy rock
band from St Louis. What sets
them apart from other bands
in their genre is that, as well
as playing the usual full-on
rock experience
style concert, they
play acoustic shows
and even have an
all-acoustic album,
which they released
in early 2009.
They also belong to
“The Wolf Pack”, a
growing community
of bands from all
genres, that support
one another. Check
them out at all of their myspace
pages, I’m sure that you will
become a fan like us.
http://www.myspace.com/
ockumsrazor
http://www.myspace.com/
ockumsrazoracoustic
http://www.myspace.com/
ockumsrazor_therazorsedge
1. What was the last concert
you went to?
Last “Big” concert that I went
to was Disturbed, Stone Sour,
Flyleaf, and Nonpoint (Been
awhile, I usually am busy going to
local shows around
the area.)
2. Who would you
most like to record
a song with?
Eric Clayton of
Saviour Machine.
3. What are you
reading right
now?
A book about
Morrissey and a
book on The Druids.
4. If you had one day left to
live, what would you do?
Skydive naked from an airplane.
5.Who would you say is the
most underrated musician in
the history of Rock n’ Roll?
Very difficult question. Well, here
is one, Chuck Berry was very
underrated in his time for sure.
6. What’s your favorite meal?
Pasta, in any form or fashion.
7.Where in the world would you
most like to visit?
Europe.
8. What was the last song you
listened to?
Angry Chair by AIC.
9. If you could be someone else
for 24 hours, who would it be and
why?
I would be my boss, so I could give
myself a raise!
10. What has been your biggest
fashion faux pas?
I wore a woman’s baby t-shirt with
a smily-face angel and smily-face
devil on it with bagpipe plaid surfer
shorts that were so baggy that they
looked like a kilt.

http://www.myspace.com/
voodooqueenwolfpack
Topher says he would...
Skydive naked
from an airplane

INCLINATION™ PG 15
 MAY YOU LIVE In INTERESTING TIMES
(Rotten Records)
After their EP “Progress” I had
high expectations for Ideamen’s
debut full length, and I was not
disappointed! “May You Live In
Interesting Times” is an audible
and a visual treat with artwork
done by the band’s singer, Dave
Solar. The CD cover insert opens
up and on one side are three
pictures that are all related.
There is so much detail you could
probably stare at it for hours and
find something new, but basically
one picture is an outdoor scene,
which is being projected to a wall
where two people are standing in
another picture, and then a third
is someone else looking at that
picture on a computer screen.
There are small, neat details, like
a mug with “Ideamen” on it by
the computer and then the same
logo is part of the mechanism
RECORDED AT: THE STERLING
GROUP + CRABBEY RD
DRUMS ENGINEERED BY: BEN
SOLEIM
MUSIC ENGINEERED AND MIXED
BY: CHRIS GARDNER
MASTERED BY: ROB KLEINER
By
Lissy MacMillan
in the big room with the projec-
tor. The back of the CD case is
a different view of the person
looking at the computer screen.
So much creativity has gone
into the artwork alone that if
you stop there before walking
to the CD player, it could be a
while before you hear anything.
The first track is Interesting
Times, of course named after
the album. The song is very
upbeat, and recognizable as
one by Ideamen. I should say
here that none of the songs on
the album were on Progress,
like some bands will do with
their first release. Everything is
new, written and produced by
the band themselves! In keep-
ing with their originality and
experimental style, they still
mix up their songs with heavy
guitars, harmonizing vocals, and
keyboard/synthesizers making
you wonder what genre they fit
into it, if you’re one that feels the
need to do so. Their lyrics are
clever, catchy and recognizable in
our own lives, and you will find
yourself listening intently from
beginning to end through all ten
tracks. Everyone in this band con-
tributes to the brilliance that is
Ideamen, you can hear it on their
CD and most definitely see it at
their live shows. Their CD release
show will be at The Beat Kitchen,
Chicago, this upcoming Friday
(October 30th). They also have a
number of dates in the Midwest
through December so check their
myspace page and get out and see
them if you can. Otherwise order
their CD, you will not be disap-
pointed!
 SEPTEMBER BAND
OF THE MONTH
PREDATOR
BY LISSY MACMILLAN AND YOU!!
Predator had just been featured
in our last issue of Inclination
Webzine so we decided to do
things a little differently this
time around. It wasn’t us that
asked the questions, it was the
fans. They had the opportunity
to ask anything they wanted,
Damien was around to
answer them for everyone:
Quinn Dobbins wants to
know: When are you coming
out with another album?
Damien: Very likely in 2010.
We already have the songs
written. We are currently in
pre-production and we start
recording shortly after that.
Samson Moore had two
questions: Who is everyone’s
superhero and why?
Damien: I am a fan of science
fiction. I like all the X-men
stuff. All the Marvel and
Dc Comics characters are
pretty cool. There is a little
bit of all of them that can be
admired. It would be cool to
possess all that strength and
special talents here and there.
Then also: Who or what
inspired you the most to
be such a kickass band?
Damien: We are all very hard-
working perfectionists. We
realize that there is a great
multitude of
aspiring bands
out there so we
know to do a
great job with
the songs and recording. After
all, what we leave for you will
be out there for good. We
certainly do not want to leave
a bad impression. The truth is,
our inspiration is for our fans.
Without you, we are nothing.
Scott (I love hot sauce) asked:
Name an instrument you
wish you knew how to play.
Damien: I wish I could play the
violin better than I do. I play
many instruments but I wish
I sounded better on the violin.
I practice guitar about 4 to 6
hours a day and after that I
have so many responsibilities
INCLINATION™
PG 17
that it leaves me with no time Nestor is dedicated
to devote to the violin. It just to his studies.
requires so much time to
practice other instruments. Dan is raising two teens
Primarily, I am a guitar player. as a proud single father.
You have to admire that!!
Finally DJ Vulgar asked a
very good question: Do you Scott, like Chris enjoys his
get much airplay or not? cars and motorcycles. He
is also a science fiction
Damien: We have gotten some fan, and loves Star Wars!
airplay in France, Germany,
Colombia, and a little bit in Damien owns a music
the States. We have gained a store/ music academy in
lot of popularity without any Ft Lauderdale. As well as
TV, big Radio, or any magazine reading and playing the
support. We owe it all to the guitar, he loves going to the
fans who believe in us and beach at the crack of dawn
know good metal when they as he feels like he’s the only
hear it. Trust me when I say remaining human on earth.
we will NEVER disappoint any
of you with a bad album. Many
US magazines have refused to w w w . m y s p a c e . c o m /
even give us the time of day p r e d a t o r h e a v y m e t a l
because we don’t have the huge
budget to advertise with them.
We are for the people anyway.

I have also heard rumblings

and whispers of a tour,
so I had to ask: Will you
be touring soon, and if so
where do you plan on going?

Damien: We have been talking

with some agencies about
doing some performances. We
have nothing confirmed at the
moment but when we do, there
will be some announcements
on our web pages.

Here are some other interesting

things to know about the
members of Predator:

Chris is currently working on

Wedding plans (sorry girls!) He
also works on muscle cars and
rides dirt bikes, then in between
all of that is practicing his guitar!
INCLINATION™
PG 18
Janus is a name that has been around
Chicago for a while now, but all of a sudden
they’re being talked about everywhere! Why
is that? Their new album Red Right Return,
and the single, “Eyesore”
with the fantastic video
they have released for it.
You can’t turn on the radio
without hearing it! Poised
at the brink of endless
possibilities and while busy
on the road, Mike Tyranski
still found time to call me
for an interview.
Hi, How’s it going? Thanks
for calling.
Going great, thanks.
First off, can we get a little
history on your band and
how long have you all
been together?
This current line-up has
been together for two and
a half years I wanna say.
OK. How did it all start? How did you all
meet?
I met David, our singer through an old
childhood friend of his, who I happened to
be living with at the time and we met, and
we had the same musical interests. He had
a band at the time and I wasn’t in a band,
he was living in Maryland, and the band
moved out to Chicago. Shortly thereafter
one of the guitar players left and he wanted
to focus more on singing and less on guitar
playing because he did both at the time, and
he asked me to join and take over on guitar
and he would focus more on singing. Then
over a little bit of time, we kind of picked
up the current bass player, Al, and Johnny
on drums when we were making this new
record, through the process. We finished
the record and it took off from there.
How long did you work on
the current record then?
It took us about a year
to finish it, writing and
recording, mixing and
mastering. I’d say it took
us about a year to do the
record in total.
So where were you playing
your first shows and who
were you playing with?
Mostly local stuff in
Chicago. We played
anywhere from Elbo Room, Double Door,
working our way on up to Metro a lot of
bouncing between those three in particular.
The world according to…
Janus
Interview By Lissy MacMillan
Photos courtesy of facebook.com/#/janusband
Those are the three that people know. That’s it
for the city, maybe a handful of others, and then
we did some suburban stuff, did a lot of bars
and clubs in the Southside.
Is there anyone that really stands out as having
been there for you, helped you get to where you
are today?
I don’t think there’s any one particular
individual, I think it’s been our friends and our
families that have been the most stand out for
us in supporting us, giving us that support that
we need to do this. Those are the people that
have been there for us.
Chicago has a lot of great music and a lot of
great bands are there any that have really
inspired you?
Locally in Chicago?
Yeah.
Well, there are always the
classics of Chicago like The
Pumpkins, there’s been Filter,
inspiring: Chevelle. From the
local aspect, our genre comes
from a previous band called
“Shades of Fiction”, I found
them to be a really inspiring
band at the time, they no
longer exist, and he’s now
playing in our band Janus (Johnny Salazar), it
was inspiring.
I love your album; I think it’s absolutely
brilliant.
Thank you.
This is your first studio album?
With this line-up, yes.
We made another record
in 2004 called Armor,
nothing really happened
with that record, it got
“peer acclaimed” amongst
our other bands locally
and things of that nature,
but never really did what
this record is doing. This is
our first record that we’ve
got signed off of, and it’s
doing really well so far.
We’re really proud of it.
Do you have a particular
method for your song
writing?
It varies. A lot of times it
starts with where I’ll write
a guitar riff or a collection
of parts that go together
and we’ll kinda hash them
out as a band, or if we’re not figuring it out
that way, I’ll kinda take it back, sit down
with it and see if I can flush it out a little
bit further to have something more to work
with. From there we just keep hammering
it out till we get to a spot where we’re all
happy with it. I think a lot of times it starts
with a chord progression or a guitar part,
something like that.
Was the album recorded in Chicago?
It was. We recorded drums and some of
the guitars at I.V Lab Studios in Chicago.
A friend of ours, Manny Sanchez owns
that studio and we’ve worked with him
before. The rest of it we took that stuff from
there and we finished the rest of it in our
studio and then we mixed and mastered
the album ourselves. That took a long time
because we’re very very picky, we weren’t
happy with anything. Kept scratching the
mixes, going back to the drawing board.
We just wanted it to come out the best we
could make it.
It must be pretty hard to work on your
own stuff. With someone else working on
it, you have that third ear, so to speak.
You get snow blind, your ears get
desensitized. I had to take a break and not
listen to it for days and just come back with
a fresh set of ears because you couldn’t tell
what was what anymore. You’re so close to
it. It’s very true.
I really like the way the theme carries
through with the CD artwork, and when
I saw you guys play live, you had your set
design, lighting, what you were wearing.
How did you come up with the whole
idea?
The artwork is all based around 1920s
constructivist artwork. David, our singer
designed all the artwork for the album and
our online presence and all our merch,
and things like
that. We kinda
took that and it
came together
with the name
of the album
which is Red
Right Return,
and Red Right
Return is an
old nautical
saying for
ships returning
to port, they
want to keep
the red channel
markers on the
right side of
the boat, so
that’s how they
remember
that, and for us, the whole idea of making
this record was not worrying about what
was popular, what was the trend, what’s
going on, you know? It was about- Ok
lets make these songs that we really love,
and lets record them the best we can and
write the best songs we can and put it out
there and see what happens. That was our
return to ourselves basically. But that whole
concept around the record wasn’t what the
content had but more of a process of how
we arrived at making the record, and the
artwork really seemed to stick to that title,
very strong, almost revolutionary feel to
it. Like we’re forging ahead with our idea.
Its very strong, very bold visually, it tied to
the music and concept well. We started to
incorporate it into everything, bring it into
what we were on stage, to everything, like I
said, online, to merch, to whatever it is. It
made its way into the video that we have.
Who created the clothes? The designs for
the clothes you wear on stage?
We worked with a designer who is a friend
of ours called Sarah Church. She’s from
Chicago and she had been out in LA for
a while. She had recently moved back and
we met up with her and sat down, told
her what we wanted to do. She was really
excited about it and we worked closely with
her, sketching out ideas and she made that
come to life. We all came up with our own
idea. They’re all very similar, they feel like
they’re a part of each other but they’re very
different at the same time. So you get a little
individualism mixed in with some uniformity.
Out of all the songs on the CD, why did you
pick “Eyesore” as the first single?
It was the most standout track and we had
gotten some feedback from other people,
friends, management, various different people,
that it was a really standout track and that it was
the most ear catching, surprising. Bold in the
fact that it bucks the trend as far as radio goes a
little but with having more of a screamy chorus,
it was definitely the more stand out track. So
that was why we went with that.
I love the video too, what was it like making
that?
It was actually really simple, from our
perspective, because we shot all of it in a green
screen studio in about six hours, and we were
all shot individually.
That had to be strange…
That was a little weird but you got used to it and
you did two takes and that was it, you know.
We were wrapped up and out of there. Six hours
with the piece that he needed, the director,
Noah Shulman and then he did all the editing
work. He spent three hundred to six hundred
hours, maybe more of post production stuff, all
the editing, all the layering, all the after effects
work. There’s a lot of background type imagery
in the video that David designed. He designed
ten different backdrops and like type animation
design for the video. Worked really closely with
Noah on that, and then Noah took it and ran
with it. When we got it back, first time he showed
it to us, I was relieved! I didn’t know how it was
going to turn out. I ended up being really great
‘cause I liked it! It takes three to four hours to
render three seconds of this video because there
are so many different layers, it’s quite a process,
and we couldn’t really change anything if we
wanted to because of his time. We couldn’t
afford it. But it came out great!
Yeah, it’s very strong visually. Now this is
a question I get asked a lot by colleagues
and bands at shows and while we’re just
chatting, so I like to ask this question- do
you think labels are doing everything they
can to fully support their bands?
It’s hard to lump them all into one
category. I think the way major labels
have been running things have opened
the doors up for a lot of independents,
which has kind of opened up the door
for us, because we’re on a small small
independent label. It’s part of a large…
it’s actually part of Warner Bros, but it’s
a very small label, very small budget,
so we get a lot of support in terms of
publicity and other types of things, it’s
not really of the monetary aspect, we
don’t get tour support or an advance of
cash or anything like that. They’re also
taking a leap of faith with us though too
‘cause we’re coming out of the box with
this record and they’re kind of on the
line for the sales. Where I think a lot of
major labels at this point and what’s held
us up in the past from getting signed to a
major is literally record sales- they want to
see a sales history before they’ll even touch
you or do anything- a significant amount,
to the point where you’d question if you’d
even want to be on a label if you could pull
in that many record sales on your own. So
I think the way they’ve handled that has
opened the door for independents and
made the situation what it is today and it
puts a lot more of the control, the ability
to make a return on our investment. We’ve
invested a lot into this project, and the
video we have now allows us to work hard
to see a return without us working hard to
see a return for someone else. So I think it’s
a unique opportunity and probably where
the trend’s going as far as record labels are.
What about CDs and Digital Downloads?
Someone told me that CDs were going to
be obsolete next year- personally I think
they were misinformed, but where do you
think we’re headed as far as CDs Vs Digital
Downloads?
That’s a good question. I don’t think CDs
will disappear overnight. I think eventually
they could disappear, but we’ve seen a lot of
people wanting hard copies and we sell a lot
of hard copies at shows. As great as digital
downloads are- I used to hate them, but
because of my desire to want something
immediately, I kind of became a fan of that,
I still see kids going to stores though to buy
that stuff because they don’t necessarily
have…because with digital downloads you
need a credit card and things like that to It’s been going great so far. We’re doing a couple just no replacement for it. You have to get
purchase these and people of a certain age more dates. We’re doing a date near Minneapolis, out there to these places, and come back to
don’t have access to that kind of purchasing we’re doing a date in Cedar Rapids, Iowa and them.
power, all they have is cash. They need to then we’re back home for a few days and then
go to a store to buy it. So we’re doing a lot of one off dates, some radio How do you maintain your energy when
depending on your shows hitting some of our bigger radio you’re on tour? ‘Cause it seems you’ve
demographic, in- markets. Doing some been, well you have been touring for
store hard copies are months, and you’ve been doing interviews
still selling rather and appearances… how do
well and are selling you guys do it, night after
well for us, online night after night?
stuff is doing well You get a lot of good
too, they’re kind feedback from people; you
of hand in hand get messages or emails on
right now, it’s myspace or Youtube. People
still alive as far that are really excited about
as I can see. the song or the record. At the
shows, they’re really excited
I still like CDs and want you to sign stuff, so
because I’m that whole interaction with the
such a nerd for fan base is really powerful and
CD artwork. really invigorating and getting
We have a that kid of news face to face is
booklet in the what keeps you going. Also news
d ow n l o a d , we get from the label about how
which is radio’s going, how this piece of
nice but it’s press is doing, for example we just
not the same as getting had the video on Headbangers Ball
the physical paper copy. We liked having and that was a first for us and it was
all the artwork in the CD and the lyrics for headlining stuff really exciting! Just little bits of news
people to want this packaging because it’s ‘till the end of the year. We don’t know like that, any tiny grain, big or small,
special, it’s interesting to flip it open and yet what 2010 holds but hopefully we’ll be on a i t ’ s huge in keeping you going, keeps
look at it. You don’t really get that with the bigger, longer tour in the beginning of the year. you running. It’s tough and exhausting.
digital stuff. But this tour has been great so far, we’ve been out Its cramped quarters and it gets on your
with Framing Hanley and The Veer Union for a nerves after a while.
That’s how I feel. month, all of October basically, and it’s been the
The Mom and Pop stores are hurting, best for us as far as getting the word Have you had any
although I think they’re kind of making a out there. low points during
comeback with vinyl right now which is the tour?
a trend and that’s because Hah! We’ve had a
younger kids have never couple of shows
seen it. Records are passé or where…we were
old news to a lot of people going to play in
but to some of these young Arizona and we
kids albums are really cool. were on our way
It’s kind of a re-birth into there, we were
the old- it’s bizarre, like bell coming from
bottoms or something, they Texas and we
keep coming back every ten were on our
years and you’re like ”Why is way to Arizona
this back?” and then on
to California
I was kind of sad when vinyl and we found
went away. out in Mid-
Yeah well that holds a special route that
place and I’m making a weird the Arizona
parallel to fashion, but the point show got
is that everything comes back for cancelled
no reason. You don’t know what because the local radio station
drives it; it could be a lot of different changed formats to oldies, I guess. So
points that makes that happen. Hard You’d be surprised, as there was going to be no radio promo, so
to predict. powerful as the internet is, touring makes the promoter pulled the plug on the show.
so much more of an impact than an email, or So that was a bummer. But we went up to
How’s the tour going? facebook or a myspace message ever will, there’s California, up north to Santa Rosa where
the radio station, The Fox is and the radio
station was great, the show was great, the
fans were great, and so it kinda leveled
everything out.
You play quite a variety in venues and
crowd sizes. Which would you say you
like the best: The small intimate clubs
or the massive shows with thousands of
screaming fans out there?
It’s hard to say. It depends on the mood, I
guess. I like the small shows that are just
packed, that have a lot of people in them,
it’s really dense and you’re really close to the
people. On the other hand, the big shows
have just appeal in general because you’re
there with bigger bands, bands you’ve
grown up listening to. For example we just
hit Buzzfest with Papa Roach and Chevelle,
so you get shows like that and that’s really
cool. There’s thousands of people there, it’s
a great experience in a different way. It’s not
the intimacy of the small clubs, but it has
this larger than life feel to it. It’s a lot harder,
in fact to play a big show like that, where
you’re playing a pavilion, because you don’t
have that connection so you have to come
from somewhere else.
What’s the best part of being in a band?
For me the best part is being is being able
to see your ideas, and create and have them
come to life. Have people within the band
work with those ideas and accept
them and love them and turn them
into something you can share with
other people, and they in turn liking
them. Then you know when you
do it for them how you like it done,
that you’re gonna connect with
someone else out there that kinda
feels the same way you do, you get
it, you both get it. You understand
what’s going on, where this is
coming from, where it’s going. You
really make a connection because
you’re both enjoying the same
thing. Like I almost feel like a
listener of our music, not a creator
because we made it because we
want to listen to it, not necessarily
for other people, ‘cause we don’t
know what other people like, you
can only assume. Creation is really the best
part for me.
What are your ultimate goals as a musician
and with Janus?
I’d like to see us do some consistent touring
over the next year and be able to put out
another record. Push our song writing and
creativity to another level, another area.
Hopefully surprise people again with the
follow up record, like this on has been
surprising. From there I don’t know what, all I
can ask for is a chance to make another record,
to keep making records, better ones, not go the
other direction.
How old were you when you first started
playing guitar?
I was fourteen, I only played for a little while
and I switched to bass guitar and I stuck with
bass for a really long time. Then when I talked
with David and he wanted to bring me into the
band he said, “How do you feel playing guitar?”
I said OK I’ll try that, and I’d played a little bit,
I’d been playing bass for years so I made the
transition over to guitar from bass which was
different but it’s still a string instrument, it’s just
got a different method to it.
What kind of guitar do you play?
I play Paul Reed Smith guitars, they’re real
warm sounding, and they resonate a lot. They
have a real cool sound to them so… I really like
all aspects to these guitars.
Did you get lessons when you were younger?
I did. I took some lessons. That didn’t last
long, you know what I mean? That lasted like a
summer, kinda just started to pick up my own
style. I don’t know, its good to have lessons, but
the desire to just want to play is a little more
overwhelming than the desire to learn how to
play something specific or fundamentally.
I hear that a lot from guitar players, they get
enough lessons to get the basics down, and
then they tend to do the rest themselves.
Yeah our drummer is self-taught, our bass player
is too. I don’t think you see a lot of classically
trained musicians or musicians that have been
doing fundamental learning, you just don’t see
a lot of that. There’s a lot of self-motivation to
learn on your own which is good, it leads to
other things. I know a lot of people that play
really well and they have great technique, but
they don’t make anything of interest.
What’s your favorite song off the album?
You know it changes all the time. My
Favorite song right now…I was listening to
one a lot the other day…
Mine changes a lot too, right now it’s
“Maybe it’s You”
I like that song a lot, what was I listening
to? I was listening to…I always like “Six
Letters Sent”, it’s a really fast song, really
heavy and it changes moods in the chorus,
it’s just a cool song, that’s my favorite at the
moment.
That’s the other one I think would make a
good single.
Oh, we’re trying to figure that out still. If
this song does well, where are we gonna be
at with the next single? Not sure yet. This
one has to do well before we can get to that
point.
Last question- Are you getting a lot of girls
hanging around after the shows wanting to
meet you, and get autographs?
There’s a lot of people in general that want
us to sign stuff and talk with us and hang
out, and we do all that. We don’t pretend
to be something that’s grand. Just because
we’re played on the radio…we’re just people.
Every night after we’re done playing we’re
at the merch booth all night long
hanging out and talking to people.
We’re a small crew, so we don’t have
people to do those things, we have to
do them so we’re the people on the
ground, selling the shirts and signing
the stuff, loading all the gear up,
talking to all the people at the venue.
We like that interaction. We think
people really like it too.
Oh yeah! I think it’s very important
for bands to spend time talking to
their fans.
All the online stuff is us. Nowadays
it’s just a little harder to get back to
people. We’re constantly on the move
and busy, but it’s still important.
We try to talk to as many people as
possible.
Well thank you so much, thank you for
taking the time to do this.
No Problem, thank you.
Janus are:
David Scotney - Vocals

Johnny Salazar - Drums

Alan Quitman - Bass

Mike Tyranski - Guitar/Programming
http://www.myspace.com/janus

exo
Noctem are an extreme metal
band, Death metal at it’s
finest! They don’t do things in
halves, and are known for their
intensity, and violence, with
a very unique look and usage
of real blood- no ketchup or
red paint here!! That intensity
is captured not only in their
music, but also in their new
video for “Across Hercules
Towards”. Check it out on
YouTube or on their myspace
page: http://www.myspace.
com/noctemofficial.
exo & beleth of
noctem
interview by
lissy macmillan
I’ve been listening to your
album; “Divinity” and I
think it’s amazing! How
long has it been out now?
Exo: Well…the album is out
in stores and online from the
20th of April in Europe and the
20th of May in United States.
It has a central theme, doesn’t
it? Could you explain that to us?
Exo: Yes, we based the full
album theme in the story of
the lost continent “Atlantis”;
talking about the rituals its
society used to celebrate to
reach the immortality, their
blood desire in the battle…
everything under our dark
and subjective point of view.
Who wrote the lyrics?
Do you write poetry or
anything else in your
spare time because
they’re very beautiful?
Beleth: Thanx. I wrote the lyrics,
founding the right theme in
almost one month, I worked hard
to spread the best message in it.
Out of the band, I use to write but
I’m not near the poetry “style”.
How was the first piece
created: “Atlas Death”?
Exo: For the first piece we
counted with our mate “Leal”
from the band “Inner Fate”
(ex-Forever slave), he’s an
excellent keyboardist and he
found the best atmosphere for
the starting song of the album.
How did you guys
create your look?
Exo: We always try to create
original and personal way
to express our music, so our
aesthetic is based in our desire to
find different and own extreme
metal sounds; we base the look
in old cultures and civilizations.
Do you ever use real blood?
Beleth: Yes, we have the record
as the most censored band per
show in Spain. In our 07-08 Tour
presenting “God among slaves”
we used real blood, visceras de
animal, lamb heads and more…
We were a thousand times
censored in Europe, specially at
Belgium and the U.K, but I won’t
stop doing our kind of show!
What about the fans at
your shows? Do they get
all dressed up like you?
Beleth: The fans in our shows
INCLINATION™
PG 23
beleth
are unbelievable; they feel the
shows like real maniacs. Two
dates ago during a show I gave
to a girl in the crowd a pig heart
and she took it as a present.
We love the fans that live our
music in the same way we do.
Have you been playing a lot
of shows? Do you plan on
taking the album out on the
road- maybe bring it to the US?
Exo: Yes, and we will be
presenting “Divinity” in every
city until we enter the studio
in a couple of years, it’s a long
way and this is only
the beginning.
U.S isn’t now in our
plans because we
will tour Europe for
a long time; anyway
Mexico is in our
plans, so maybe we
will tour some North
American cities or
places near your
country the next year.
DARKO
When did you start playing
your instruments? Did you
always want to be in a band?
Exo: I started to play guitar
at the age of 15, and yes I
always wanted to form a band
and play around the world.
What’s your view on religion?
Beleth: We’re absolutely against
the totality of religions. It’s only
a way to control the masses.
UI
Who do you listen to when you’re
not working on your own music?
Exo: Well…our influences
are very different, from the
classic trash metal to the new
wave of death metal; bands
like Cannibal Corpse, Slayer,
Behemoth, Dimmu Borgir…
Is there anything else you
would like to add to this?
Beleth: To all our fans in the U.S,
be patient, we will tour the States
and will give you the
best shows ever!!!
w w w. m y s p a c e .
com/noctemofficial
ALASTHOR
INCLINATION™
PG 24
 THE MUSIC
INDUSTRY AND
CLIMATE
CHANGE
By Lissy MacMillan
This was my world and it’s in- d i o x i d e ”
contribution habitants. Bono, we treat our B a s i c a l ly,
for Blog Action Annie Lennox and home, the earth. everything you
Day. Anyone who Bob Geldof to name do causes a
knows me well, or a few. Now there is One of the biggest
footprint. How
has been reading something different ways we can stop
much of one
my work for a coming from this and possibly reverse
you leave
couple of years powerful pop cul- climate change is
depends on
now, knows that ture. There is some- by reducing our
what you do
humanitarian & thing that doesn’t Carbon Footprint.
and how you
environmental just effect those in For those of you that
do it…did
issues are third world coun- don’t know what a
you spend
important tries, but everyone Carbon Footprint is,
an extra few
to me, so on this planet, and it is a “measure of
minutes in
it felt great to it might just take the impact human
the shower
participate in the music industry activities have on
because the
an event that as a whole to be the the environment in
water felt good?
went world- leading example for terms of the amount
Did you leave the
wide and that us all to try and fix it. of greenhouse gases
lights on in your
I could also tie produced, measured
bedroom
in to what I do Climate Change is in units of carbon
here- The Music real; it is not a myth
Industry. I want to or a hoax or whatev-
now share it with er else the naysayers
you, I hope you wish to call it. There
enjoy reading it. has been more than
enough scientific
In the last evidence collected
few years to prove that we’re
musicians in the middle of a
have been Global Warm-up,
doing commendable and it’s all because
things to help the of the way
 for recycling “Glass” as well as The labels and the bands
their footprint, “Paper”, “Cans”, Sunrise Celebration, reduce their carbon
D o w n l o a d , footprint when it
Glastonbury
“Organic Waste”
for example, and Firegathering, comes to something
Festival has an as a result half of Wireless, Isle of Wight, so fundamentally
T-in-the-Park (UK), important? Well, first
On-site grocery
the waste from the
festival was recycled. Peats Ridge, The Falls of all, there’s digital
store so vendors T-shirts are vegetable Festival, Bluesfest, downloads, that’s an
WomAdelaide obvious one – One fact
don’t need to
dyed and printed
with water-based and Southbound you may not know is
inks. Eating is a (Australia) received that it takes 2lbs of
different experience: the Greener Festival carbon to press one
You will eat off plates awards this season. CD and thousands
and drink from of them end up in
again? Did you sit in Other things festivals
cups that are made landfill every year.
your car idling at the have been known to
from compostable But not everyone is
MacDonalds drive- do is use bio-diesel
material and all into downloading
thru, then drink coffee generators and on
cutlery is made from their music off the
out of a Styrofoam their compostable
wood instead of internet, and believe
cup, which you threw cups, and recycled
plastic. One of the it or not there are
in the garbage can? All paper flyers use only
most genius things, still people that don’t
these things increase soy based inks. Some
I thought, was that have iPods. So, what
your carbon footprint. festivals won’t even
there is an on-site else? CDs usually
I know most of us have paper at their
grocery store so the come in a jewel case,
all know the things festivals anymore,
vendors do not have which is made of
we can do to do our providing a PDF
to make runs into polystyrene plastic.
part, and I hope that download of maps
town for supplies! Recycling plastic is
even though you’re and the line-ups on
There is so much labor intensive as
only ONE person, their websites for
more that this festival there are 7 types of
you know that all the goers to print if
does to reduce its plastic and these have
together, lots of ones they so wish to do so.
impact on Climate to be separated first
add up to millions.
Change, and they Another big way the of all, and polystyrene
But what about the
really are an example music industry effects is actually one that
big industries, the
to everyone that it our environment is is rarely recycled
ones causing the
can be done and still with the CD! How because it is not
most impact of us
have a successful can the record profitable to do
all? In the UK alone,
event. Glastonbury so and ends up in
a study showed the
landfills. The best
music industry there
thing to do is to keep
measured at almost
as much plastic out
1 M tonnes a year!
of the packaging as
Glastonbury Festival
possible, replacing
in England’s beautiful
it with recycled
Southwest has been
cardboard. If you do
“green” for as long
the digipak, instead
as it has existed,
of using the plastic
doing things like
part to hold the CD,
having bins on site,
a tray made of starch
Glastonbury Tor,
and cellulose can be
Photo By John Davies
INCLINATION™
PG 26
used instead. (Motley
Crue has used this
option). Then of
course there’s the
vegetable based dyes
and soy base inks for
the beautiful artwork.
Granted these might
be a little expensive
for those bands that
are just starting out,
but switching from
the jewel case to card
would be a step in the
right direction. It’s
wonderful to see the
options available now,
when I first started
looking into the music
industry and its carbon
footprint, it was a long
way from where it
is today. Now if only
we could teleport all
the festival goers to
their destinations….

h t t p : / / w w w.
agreenerfestival.com/

h t t p : / / w w w.
glastonburyfestivals.
c o . u k /

h t t p : / / w w w.
j u l i e s b i c yc l e . c o m /

INCLINATION™
PG 27
 Breaking Up Is Hard to Do
aka It’s Not You, It’s Me
By Argento1134
I don’t even know where to begin. I would never
have believed that this day would even arrive. Five
years ago…or even five months ago, if someone
had told me that I would sitting down to write
this out, I would have thought that chances were
greater that I would suddenly find Margaret Cho
to be funny. But alas, here I sit…crestfallen. I
wonder how this happened.
I remember how we met. It was sometime in the
mid-to-late 1980’s. It was late night on PBS or some
other random nondescript broadcast channel.
Our eyes met and I’ll be the first to admit that
in the beginning, I was afraid of you. From you,
I was treated to the unexpected.
Things I was not used to seeing
were being presented to me. My
initial reaction was that I didn’t
know how to understand you.
Once I was able to see the entire
you, I began to see where you and
I could fit together like a glove.
As the 1980’s gave way to the
1990’s, I counted you amongst
those I could rely upon in a
pinch. You were always there,
delivering epic mounds of gore
and guttural satisfaction. We
spent many a night together,
sitting on the couch reliving our
initial meeting. Every moment
we spent together, I remembered
both why you used to frighten me and later, how I
came to adore you so.
What made our relationship so special is that
we had an understanding. We knew that in this
instance, exclusivity was something that our
relationship would never be built on. Given the
unique nature that you exist under, it is only
natural that I would meet and subsequently love
others like you. We knew from the very beginning
that our love would be not committed, but more
of a communal love. A colony of free love, dead
eyes, cannibalistic feasting and intestinal fortitude
of epic proportions. We were OK with this.
When I began to know others like you, the love
was often instantaneous and joyous. Knowing
that all others were actually just a newer facet
of your entire being, we both understood that
letting others in was crucial to our relationship’s
capability to grow and be forever nurtured. Bathed
in the love of blood, gore and zombie goodness, if
you will.
From our initial encounter as Night Of The Living
Dead to our mid-90’s tryst into the vortex of Dead
Alive to our most recent attempt to breathe new
life into each other with Diary Of The Dead, our
relationship was built on trust and respect. Trust
that you would always supply me with mountains
of gore and respect in my letting you know when
you have let me down. While I realize that this
last comment makes it seem like I’m making this
all about me, let us remember the nature of our
relationship.
In recent years, I have to admit that you have let
me down consistently and often. While you felt
the need to expand and grow, you cannot deny
that you have changed…and not always for the
better. Let’s face it: you’re more popular than ever
now. Everyone suddenly thinks you’re “cute” and
“clever”. Seems that you have forgotten who was
there for you when times were tough. Before you
became the latest thing, I was there to admire and
nurture you. I was there, damn it!
When you gave me Resident Evil, I gave you more
than a fair chance. I praised you when others
wanted to chip away at you. I made sure to capture
your moment on my mantle, knowing full well that
it was never you at your best. When you showed
up at my door with Undead, I rolled my eyes. I
knew that you had gotten completely ridiculous,
but I was not about to give up on you. Not now.
You needed me now more than ever.
I’ll give you credit for Land Of The Dead and Diary
Of The Dead. You gave your best efforts in quite a
long time to cement what we once had. For awhile,
I was becoming a believer in you again. I could see
you beginning to flirt with the cool kids for the
first time, but I stood by you anyway, hoping that
it was just a phase. Even though you decided that
I was no longer good enough to walk alongside
of and you just HAD to start running, I never
thought that you would use that opportunity to
run out on me. Or on us. Yes…you ran out on
us!
I did the best I could. I did anything
I could to keep the fire burning. I
went back to better times. Times
when you were at your best, even
in the face of criticism accusing
you of being at your worst. Burial
Ground. Nightmare City. The Living
Dead At Manchester Morgue. Do
you even remember those times?
Or are you content with your
newfound popularity now that
you simply want to forget that
those ever happened? You give
the world Zombieland and now,
they love you. The people that
used to point at you, talk about
you behind your back…now they
want you around. And you couldn’t wait to leave
me behind for them. Fine.
I’m sorry, but I just can’t do this anymore. Zombie
movies…it’s time that we call it a day. End this
relationship. Break up, if you will. Clearly, you
have moved on. And don’t try telling me that
I’ve changed. I never questioned you when you
had “broken the rules”. In fact, I celebrated you
for being unique. So, I guess this is where we end
now. I will always remember the good times. I still
have the old videos that you made and despite my
current feelings, I know that I am going to break
them out on occasion. You know, for nostalgia’s
sake.
The Penny Road Pub, Barrington, IL — October 29
53 miles there and another 53 back is how far I travel when I go to The Penny Road Pub, but I have seen some really good shows there recently. When I found
out that Powerman 5000 was going to be playing there, I knew I would be making the journey again.
I arrived in time to see enough of Lockjaw to know I liked them a lot! As soon as I walked in, they grabbed my attention with their dark industrial sound and I
was very excited to see who else they were going to have open the show. Lockjaw will be opening for Fashion Bomb’s CD release show at the Double Door on
December 4 so don’t miss it!
The next band was called Heart-Set Self Destruct. Good musicians, playing alt/rock. They gave the audience what they like, and are a group of good looking
guys. I can see them doing well, and have since been to their MySpace page and seen that they have a lot of shows booked in the near future.
Hyperflo are essentially a cover band, playing songs by Linkin Park (Bleed It Out) and NIN (Head Like A Hole). As a band that captivates and entertains the
crowds they have that down- they had everyone eating out of their hands. Even musically, they’re pretty good. I just found it hard to see some of the songs they
played being played by a band other than the original artists. I would definitely love to see what these guys could do if they were to write their own material.
Powerman 5000 can do no wrong, simple as that! Everyone was there to see them and moments before they came on you couldn’t move by the stage as everyone
crammed up as close as they could to get to the front. Despite a terrible sore throat, Spider put on a brilliant performance, downing honey in between songs
and laughing off requests for Worlds Collide. They played tracks from his new album, Somewhere on the Other Side of Nowhere, which I think is a brilliant album, as
good as, if not better than Tonight the Stars Revolt! They left the stage to allow everyone to call for an encore and came back on to everyone’s immense pleasure
and played their request for them and a couple other popular classics.
You could feel a good vibe in the atmosphere that night at Penny Road Pub where all, despite the torrential rain outside, had a good time and a great kick-off
to the Halloween weekend.

The Gypsy Switch

Building a Bridge
Charity Single
(Joint Records)
Brighton, England’s The Gypsy Switch has released a single available for download at CD Baby to
commemorate Armistice Day, which is the remembrance of the treaty signed between the Allies and
Germany on November 11th at 11am, 1918 and ended the First World War. The proceeds are going
to Help For Heroes, The Royal British Legion and War Child to assist in the needs of the current
conflicts in our world today. Building a Bridge is a thoughtful tribute to our soldiers, and a beautiful
song. The Gypsy Switch have captured the essence of 70s rock with melodic guitars, memorable lyrics
and their use of percussion instruments in their songs. This is a band I can really get into.
www.cdbaby.com/cd/GypsySwitch to purchase their single.
www.thejipseswitch.com to find out more about the band.
FASHION BOMB MONGREL
VISIONS OF THE LIFTED VEIL REVENGE
(Screaming Ferret Wreckchords)
(Full Effect Records) By Lissy MacMillan
The band on our very first
cover last year was Mongrel
because of their talent, hard
work and full length album,
Fears, Lies and Propaganda.
Well, since then, they have
recorded and just released a five-track EP Revenge.
Mongrel is a no-holds-barred heavy punk band, playing in the same
style as Black Flag, The Misfits and GBH. Scum, Beyond Repair,
Butterknife Suicide and Point A Finger are all names of songs I had
no problem with. Catharsis on the other hand, seemed a bit out of
place.Punks purging their emotional tension….?? But I think the fact
they won’t “be your fucking crutch” makes it obvious they’re not
about to start singing ballads and bringing out the Kleenex anytime
soon.
I love this CD. All five songs have well sung lyrics you can understand,
the drums are uncomplicated but effective and the guitar riffs are
bound to kick you into a frenzy. This EP is a tease for the upcoming
full length they plan on releasing next year, and I am thoroughly
tormented now as I wait.
Recorded By Tim Koukos @ SFW Studios
Mixed by Jeff Wallace
By Lissy MacMillan Mastered by Thomas Deyesso
Finally, the long awaited album from Fashion Bomb is here! It was
definitely worth the wait though as you’ll find out. First of all, I have
to mention the CD artwork, which was done by F3 Studio’s Stephen
Jensen, it’s very striking and I love the back with the Apocalyptic
FIREBUG
Chicago skyline. He always takes brilliant band photos too, and the DREAMING OF AMERICA
one of Fashion Bomb used here is no exception. SINGLE AND VIDEO
The first track is S=K LOGW. I’m going to get a little nerdy on you (Buddha Belt Records)
here. If you write it: S=KLOGW then you have the formula for Firebug have done it again! They have managed to amaze me, not
entropy in thermodynamics. As well as the physics definition, entropy only with their brilliant song-writing and musical talents, but with
can also mean “social decay or destruction” and going along with the another excellent video to go along with their newest single, Dreaming
Of America.
CD cover, I like this definition for the instrumental piece that starts
the album. This masterpiece is directed
by Matthias Schubert (http://
Visions of the Lifted Veil is just excellent from beginning to end, but The www.cinematthias.com) and
Meek is my favorite song. Every time I listen to it, I hear something filmed in various locations
new and it keeps getting better. Biggest surprise is their version of around the west of America.
Tori Amos’ Crucify. It’s a totally different song from the original, and If you saw their last video,
so good you can’t knock them for doing it. I also love The Vow, The also directed by Schubert,
World Will End With Us, and Veil Of Meggido. Another reference for it was filmed entirely in the
destruction is here with “Meggido”, the word Armageddon is derived desert, and is quite different.
from the Hebrew “Har Meggido”. Firebug have that ability, to
keep everything fresh and original, but also very distinctively theirs.
Visions of the Lifted Veil” is available November 10 pretty much
Dreaming of America is full of melody and hooks that show what
anywhere you buy your music from, they will also have their CD amazing guitar players Jules and Juliette are. The tune is very catchy
release show in their home town of Chicago at the Double Door on and its not surprising that it is leaping up the unsigned charts at
December 4, where I intend to find out a lot more about the band tourdates.co.uk. The lyrics are great too, touching on some current
and this album. Also if you pre-order your ticket for the show, you and ongoing issues, and I think Bill Maher should use the song for
will get the CD for free! his TV show. The video, though gave me a sense of love and warmth
for this country and maybe that’s what Firebug were going for: that
Check out their myspace page for information: even though America has its problems, it’s a beautiful country worth
www.myspace.com/xfashionxbombx dreaming of still.
Arthritic Foot Soldiers
“Immature Nobodies”
(Turkey Vulture)
There lies a certain difficulty
in reviewing music when
it comes down to simple
matter of taste. Such is
the case for me when
talking about Arthritic
Foot Soldiers. Musically,
Arthritic Foot Soldiers are
a hybrid of more modern
punk rock in the vein of
Dropkick Murphys while
incorporating British Oi,
unsurprising given their
land of origin. Put up
against most similar artists
in the genre, Arthritic Foot
Soldiers holds their own
well. They are a rhythmically
tight unit that adds some
additional stringed flair
when expected. Given the
style of music, the lyrics
become a little more of a
focal point as they tackle
general commentative
subject matter such as
war and government. The
lyrics seem to be very on-
the-nose, though I suspect
that was the writer’s intent.
The conundrum for me, as
a listener, lies in the feeling
that I get that while the
lyrics are straight-forward,
they sometimes lack a
cogent sense of urgency.
Regardless, Arthritic Foot
Soldiers have the musical
chops to thrive in the punk
rock genre.
✪✪✪
✪ Poor ✪ ✪ Fair ✪ ✪ ✪ Listenable ✪ ✪ ✪ ✪ Great ✪ ✪ ✪ ✪ ✪ Legendary
Kick To Tha Head
“As We Think…”
(Turkey Vulture)
There is something to be
said for leaving things to
the imagination. With a
moniker such as Kick To
Tha Head, there is little
leeway as to what sounds
might emanate from this
release. Hailing from the
capital of Illinois, Kick
To Tha Head is more
reminiscent of what hails
from the Eastern seaboard.
In the same vein as bands
like Madball and Terror,
Kick To Tha Head plays
mid-tempo to fast hardcore
punk that flirts with metal
soundwise. With song
titles such as “Everyday
Battle”, “Fake” and
“Assemble Your Crew”,
it is fairly clear that this
band makes no apologies
about their influences.
All things considered, it
would appear that Kick To
Tha Head has some work
ahead of itself if it wants
to vault into the upper
echelon alongside their
influences. Though the
genre is hardly complex in
a musical sense, Kick To
Tha Head have vocals that
are indistinguishable, even
amongst fellow grunters.
With some added vocal
depth and time on their
side, they may someday do
Audio Files
the head-kicking.
✪✪
Legions Of Fire
“The Mark Of Power”
(Turkey Vulture)
I’m seeing a small venue.
Low ceiling, worn down
hardwood flooring,
paneled walls that spill
over into the bar’s decor
and a stage that is a touch
too tall, yet still workable.
Not quite a strip club, but
buxom cocktail waitresses
in stiletto heels wearing
half shirts are the order
of the day. As the band
is preparing to take the
stage, a noticeably large
crowd assembles, making
the pathways in this venue
cramped with bodies. I’m
seeing amplification of the
highest order. Legions Of
Fire finally takes the stage.
Constructed in the mold
of Black Label Society and
Black Album-era Metallica,
Legions Of Fire aim for the
heights of professionalism
in the digital age. Sticking
to mostly crunchy mid-
tempo rhythms and pinch
harmonics, they give the
listener ten songs that hold
well against the comparative
influences. In fact, the
vocalist seems to press
hard to attain a dead-on
James Hetfield impression.
Though I couldn’t see
myself enthralled in my
aforementioned venue
scenario, I imagine the
crowd would be.
✪✪✪
Man Made Man
“Your Punishment Begins”
(Turkey Vulture)
In more than 20 years of
listening to metal, I’ve
learned to temper my
expectations. When I
inserted Man Made Man’s
CD into my stereo and
“Your Punishment Begins”
began, I was wondering if I
was going to be pleasantly
caught off guard. It started
off in Gojira-esque manner
that showed initial promise.
Even as the song really moved
into the main territory,
there was a Black Dahlia
Murder vibe awakening
that, while becoming
worn, also displayed this
band’s musical ability to
progress into the future.
Musically speaking, Man
Made Man is not doing
anything terribly original to
make themselves stand out,
blending Swedish metal
with Hatebreed-style mosh
metal. Still, there is a solid
rhythm section here with
what seems to be a fairly
high ceiling of potential.
What seems to be holding
this project back further is
the lack of bass in the mix
and the inconsistent vocals.
Granted, in time, Man
Made Man could iron out
their creases and develop
into something that makes
the greater metal world take
notice.
✪✪
Nole
“Sin To Live”
(Self-released)
Demos are crucial reference
points in the life of a band.
Aside from the initial
intent of getting one’s first
recording out there for
consumption, it also allows
one to see where they
came from. One added
aspect of the demo comes
into play when the artists)
take it upon themselves
to manufacture the
recording. “Sin To Live”
has many of the makings
of a demo recorded in
one’s own home, possibly
even on a Macintosh
laptop such as the one I’m
writing with. Nole, from
my listening, seems to be
sans bass player. If there is
a bassist present, they seem
to be buried somewhere
into the background. The
overall atmosphere I get
from Nole is similar to
that of some of the earliest
recordings of Callenish
Circle that I have heard.
However, Nole lacks the
timing and tightness of
the aforementioned death
metal band. Drum rolls
seem off time and blast
beats fall off pace with the
guitar. As time moves on,
Nole can only can better.
From what I’m hearing,
they seem to have their
work cut out for them.
✪
by Argento1134
Whether your traveling through Chicago’s trendy
art filled neighborhoods of Wicker Park, Ukrainian
Village, or Humboldt Park, or you’ve been living in
our fair city searching for a fun evening out, look
no further. The Empty Bottle in Chicago is a hot
spot that screams live music, inexpensive drinks
and fun social atmosphere. On any given night
of the week, Empty Bottle invites it’s patrons to
revel in the quirky basement like surroundings.
As you wander into Empty Bottle and feel it’s true
sense of community, noting that the Chicago
music scene is filled with performing artists
(well known as well as novices) whom offer
support to each other as well as mingling
freely with their supporters. Empty Bottle’s
socially accommodating layout allows for
this phenomenon to continue to draw out the
crowds. The main bar and stage area exist
“sans seating”, encouraging folks to wander
about, and also to stand by the stage , offering
the bands the acknowledgment that their
hard work deserves. If you’ve had enough of
the rock and roll and would prefer to have bit
of conversation with the music as more of an
 afterthought, pay a visit to
the adjoining room that is
completely separated from the
bar and stage area. This living
room of sorts hosts a pool
table and old sofas, seducing
Interested in having the locals and visitors alike
your Chicago-Area into lackadaisical lounge poses.
venue reviewed?
Let’s get down to it. The main
reason that you have found
Contact COLA yourself in this gem of a Chicago
or Lissy via our hole in the wall rock venue, is just
Facebook page: that, the ROCK. Music is primus
at Empty Bottle. Independent
Rock bands whom have paid their
Do a search for dues like Chicago’s own “Sea
I N C L I N AT I O N and Cake” and “Tomahawk” (side
and become a fan! project of Mike Patton- singer of
“Faith No More”, as well as local
We’re also artists grace the stage nightly
for your enjoyment. There is
on Myspace: something about the smallness
w w w. m y s p a c e . of Empty Bottle that gives you
com/inclina- the feeling that these musicians
tionwebzine are playing at your party, it’s
intimate, not overblown. You
are free to walk right up to
And the Repu- your favorite artists and buy
tation Network: them a drink. Empty Bottle gets
http://www.repu- everyone together in that spirit
tationlabel.com of community and celebration
that my sweet home Chicago is
well known for. A rock show at
this little bar that was opened
to make music lovers squeal in
delight, is one that can’t be beat
by the monster ballrooms that
overcharge for tickets and drinks.
Tickets and drinks are always
low in price at Empty Bottle. The
bar is stocked with top shelf
liquor, bottled beer, offers draft
beer, wine by the glass and by
the bottle. All of this at great low
prices in comparison to other
local music venues. Every major
city in the U.S. is notorious for
jacking their pricing through the
roof. This greedy corporate scum
move may maximize profits for them, but
minimizes your fun factors by emptying your
wallet. The only thing that Empty Bottle wants
to “empty” is the bottle. Making beverages
affordable to it’s patrons has always been
a priority of Empty Bottle. They have also
been able to keep down the price of tickets,
a tricky feat in this down sliding economy of
ours, offering great shows and drinks to the
public without the price hiking tactics that are
affiliated with the big business, music venue
scum of large cities. I believe that artists
respect this about Empty Bottle and continue
to include them as a stop on their tours far
after they have achieved mainstream success.
Located at corner of Western and Cortez at
1035 Western in Chicago, Empty Bottle is just
3 blocks south of Division Street and slightly
north of Augusta. The venue is accessible by
interstate, CTA bus, or any of Chicago’s great
cab companies. The Local and guest of our
great city like to ride their bikes up, saving
money on gas as well as being environmentally
intelligent. It’s easily reachable location by public
transportation, bicycle and even on foot, for the
townies, makes Empty Bottle not only a great
night out, but also a safe night out. Seven nights
a week, Empty Bottle has a happening scene that
waits for the crowds of young and old hipsters.
Music and merriment are an every evening
occurrence when you find yourself at Chicago’s
best hole in the wall venue, Empty Bottle. For
those of us living here in the city, or suburbs,
and for those of you passing through, Empty
Bottle has a drink and a show waiting. Stop by!
w w w . e m p t y b o t t l e . c o m
INCLINATION™
PG 33
What do you get if you put 3 Mancunians and 1
Canadian together? A band called Faker Junior and
an amazing EP called “Need to Know” that’s what.
So, what do you “Need to Know” about this
super-group? Here’s one for you: It took them
about 6 months from starting the band to
releasing their first EP! In fact, after meeting
in December 2008, they were already in the
recording studio with their four songs to record
in the following February. They attribute this to
the instant chemistry they found despite the fact
they have all come from such different places
geographically, musically and personally. When
you listen to their music, you know it must be fate!
From the start, Faker Junior has amazed me. The
four songs on the EP are “All We Need To Know”,
“Bridge Burning”, “Coda” and “She Is The City”. I
quickly loved these songs and each one has been
my favorite at a different time for their own reason.
The first thing you’ll notice when you listen to them
is Ryan’s vocals, which are clear, steady and warm,
and they allow you to pick up on the lyrics very
quickly. Then you’ll hear the beautiful melodies
emanating from the guitars played by John and
Ryan, these are held together by a rhythm section
that just blend in perfectly and dominate at the right
time to give the tunes the necessary beat. Lee is
Faker Junior’s drummer and Rick is on bass guitar.
My first favorite song, and I will always love
it, is CODA. It is such an original song, when
you listen to it, you hear so many different
things happening and I love the lyrics…
“See I’ve got this sickness that guys like me are
bound to get
I didn’t ask you to bear me witness
But don’t soon forget
To say my name when I go
Say it on the wind
Let it blow to my home
Say my name when I go
Tell them where I’ve been
Let my family know”
Coda has two definitions in the dictionary:
1 a: a concluding musical section that is
formally distinct from the main structure b: a
concluding part of a literary or dramatic work

2: something that serves to round out, conclude,
or summarize and usually has its own interest
When you listen to the song, I think
you’ll see how this is all very clever.
My other favorite song is “She is The City” and this
is for it’s up-beat tune and catchy lyrics. When Ryan
told me what it’s actually about, that made me like
it even more; it’s also one of his favorite songs off
the EP. He said he likes “She Is The City” because….
“..it’s kind of about when I moved over to
Manchester and starting gigging around the city;
I noticed how incestuous the “scene” was in a way
and how bands kinda seem to happily get stuck
in a rut with what they’re doing. I know the same
could be said for probably any city - but what I
found unique about Manchester is that, because
of its “rich musical history”, a lot of acts here
seem to feel entitled to any sort of recognition.
Like just being in (or from) Manchester qualifies
them for a decent shot. And so they just stay
in the same place waiting for something to
happen, whilst doing very little for themselves.
I also like All We Need To Know because I think it’s a
nice piece of music - and, paraphrasing what I said to
introduce it at last night’s gig (while I was a bit tipsy) several bottles of wine. We liked the idea of
- “it’s about keeping having junior in
your shit together the band name so
when all the shit in just bounced ideas
your life turns to shit.” around and came up
Something like that” with it and all love it.”

Both Rick and So, that is that. I was

Lee’s favorite is kind of expecting
Bridge Burning: this revelating story
I guess. Sometimes a
“My favourite name is just a name.
song on the EP is
Bridge Burning. As I said earlier, I have
been very impressed
It’s the oldest piece with how far these
of music we have but guys have come in
when Ryan joined  he such a short time.
breathed new life Where will they be in
into it with the vocal 5 years? Headlining
and arrangement. Wembley Arena?
Who knows…but for
The whole song now, I’m interested
is  fluid and uplifting in their plans for the
and I love the circular next six months- I
riff at the end. was hoping they had
the US in mind, but the closest is a possible trip
It’s a song that fits anywhere in the set and never to do some gigs in Canada. Oh well maybe next
get bored of playing it.” R i c k year. They plan on writing more new songs,
“For me it would be ‘bridge burning’ because it’s maybe doing some live recordings and they
the first song we wrote and completed together have a festival in Germany to play in October for
as a band, that’s when I realised this was a good Halloween! I’m sure if you live in Manchester or
place to be.” Lee the surrounding area and check their myspace
page you’ll see some live dates as well. Go and
John, like me likes “Coda” for it’s unusual structure. check them out! If you can’t see them live, visit
He also loves the recording and production their myspace and if you like them get their EP.
and can’t imagine improving it in anyway. Mine’s getting so many plays if it had been a
cassette tape it would have been kaput by now.
The CD was produced and mastered by Yves
Altana and the band photo by John’s brother, www.myspace.com/fakerjunior 
other than that, everything else has been done
by the band, even the artwork and graphics were www.CDbaby.com/fakerjunior
done by Ryan. I always admire the true DIY bands.
I always wonder why bands pick their names,
and I couldn’t figure this one out. They were
obviously not “junior” to their craft and there’s
nothing fake about them either. Lee’s answer
when I asked him about why they picked “Faker
Junior” as their band name made me laugh…
“Faker junior does not mean anything to be
honest. We had a get together at Rick’s house
and discussed band names over a curry and
 Pay 2 Play Is NOT A Necessary Evil
aka Create Your Own Gig!
By Wicked D
Straight up, I loathe Pay 2 Play, Pay 4 Play, or any other
name it goes by these days! Furthermore, I don’t have a
lot of respect for bands that continue to let it exist. No
matter what excuse you may have for doing so, Pay 2
Play Is NOT A Necessary Evil.
NO! More exposure is not an excuse. I don’t care if
you are buying your way to play on the same bill as
Metallica or AC/DC, the return on your investment
will not pay off! I can almost guarantee that very few
of the thousands in attendance will remember who you
are the next day, and even fewer will have even thought
about purchasing any of your merchandise.
Here’s an idea! Concentrate on smaller, paying crowds
who really give a damn about your music. Personally, I
would rather play a small bar in front of 10 or 20 people
who have paid just to see me play or who have all bought
a CD and/or T-Shirt, as opposed to playing in front of
1000’s of people who have no clue who I am. You just
may walk out a couple hundred dollars ahead, instead
of in the hole with no guarantee on your return.
I have some success stories I would like to share with
you. Hopefully, this will help you in your quest to end
Pay To Play!
Back in the early to mid 90s I was in an old school
Heavy Metal band called Wicked Rage. We made our
rounds through the Houston area club circuit, and
like everyone else, we were lucky to make ends meet.
Houston is a huge, spread out city with no central music
district. Over 600 square miles, making it nearly twice
as big as New York City, and almost as massive as Los
Angeles and Chicago combined! Playing Houston was
almost a tour within itself. A tour that rarely left much
of a profit. And that was bypassing Pay 2 Play clubs.
Getting to the point, our jam room was located in the
center of a warehouse compound, secluded on all sides,
except for a driveway. There were always loose pallets
lying around, so one day we had a crazy idea. The
owner of the compound gave us permission to build a
stage with the pallets. We layered it with some plywood
and carpet from the jam room. Checking with the
local officials, we learned as long as we didn’t publicly
advertise, we didn’t need a permit for an outdoor
performance. Basically, it was going to be a word of
mouth, back yard party, of sorts.
We asked a few friends to kick in for a couple of kegs
and to spread the word to friends, family & co-workers
about a ‘Donation Only’ Wicked Rage concert. What
happened next was truly amazing!
The initial turnout of people we personally knew was
staggering in itself, but as the night went on, it was clear
we were onto something huge. Word of mouth had
worked better than we could have ever imagined. Plus,
the music traveled beyond the compound, attracting
more Metal Heads who found their way in.
I would periodically announce from the stage that this
was a donation concert and to please consider dropping
a few dollars into the bucket that was located next to the
sexy babes serving up the brew. We took a break after
about 10 songs so we could mingle with the crowd. I
even took over keg duty for a while, thanking everyone
that came within 10 feet of me.
During the second set, the police showed up, asking
us to tone it down, since it was after 10PM. They
were really cool about it, hanging out to hear the last
few songs of the night. Afterward, we thanked them
as they stuck around to help direct traffic out of the
compound.
How successful was this self made gig? We cleared
over $600! Future compound gigs featured a ‘Merch
Sale Cover Charge’, setting up a merch booth at the
driveway entrance. Worked like a charm! Creating our
own compound gigs netted the band an extra $800 –
$1000 per month.
Using the same basic principle as our mega-gig, we
began to take over local clubs, one venue at a time. We
weren’t looking at the “named” venues, nor were we
interested in opening for a national act. We were going
to take baby steps.
Our plan was to approach a local bar/pub/ice house
with the idea of a ‘Metal Night’. This would be a small
venue that may not normally play host to original bands
or may not have bands at all. We would convince the
owner to let us do a trial run on any given night of the
week. The first night would be a freebie. All we asked is
that we be allowed to sell merchandise. Should it turn
out to be a profitable night for the bar owner, we would
then negotiate a return fee.
This worked so well for ‘Bud’s Ice house’ (and it’s
patrons) in South Houston that the owner, ‘Bud’,
allowed us to set up permanently! He had a small stage
constructed and told us we were welcome to use his bar
as a jam room any time we wanted. We also made Bud’s
a regular monthly stop, splitting the bar and selling
merchandise. Many of the regulars were also more than
happy to get out and promote Wicked Rage!
With one bar down, we moved to the South East side
to a little pub called O’Brian’s. Rumor had it that Matt
(owner) didn’t like anything heavier than classic rock, so
we took a different approach. A couple of the barmaids
were fans of ours as well as a number of his patrons,
but the kicker was the newly added DJ booth. I had
Gretchen, my favorite waitress, slip the DJ one of the
Wicked Rage demos. He announced that the vocalist
(me) of the next song was in the house, then played
the track. Matt took notice of the crowd reaction and
Wicked Rage was booked!
Quickly noticing a pattern, we began to create a spiral
effect, adding a different bar almost weekly. With Bud’s
as the center of the spiral, we slowly spread out farther
& farther away from our home base of South Houston.
Eventually hitting clubs on the Southwest, West, and
Northwest sides, some 50+ miles away, maintaining an
amazing crowd draw, due to word of mouth and great
references from previous club owners.
Oh yeah, my new DJ friend from O’Brian’s worked
for a jukebox vendor. That’s right, the Wicked Rage
CD mysteriously found itself onto several jukeboxes
throughout the Houston area. Networking really does
pay off, so make sure you greet and/or respond to
everyone you come in contact with. Get to know club
owners, agents, DJs, barkeeps, and waitresses personally,
and get in the habit of saying “thank you”. That is a
wicked kicker!
Don’t forget to get your fans involved. Give them some
freebies, mention some of them by name, and reward
them for making you what you are. You’ve got to really
want it and be willing to work for it. Learn from those Don ‘Wicked D’ Harrison has been dubbed The Indie
who are doing it successfully. Don’t be afraid to ask Metal Entrepreneur by his peers. He is a musician/
questions. Knowledge of the biz and what really works
singer/songwriter, artist development consultant,
is a must.
publicist, music industry blogger, owner of Wicked D’s
Be creative, be bold, but most of all, don’t be afraid to
Network, and co-founder of Metal Music Promotions.
say NO to Pay 2 Play!
www.networkordie.com
www.metalmusicpromotions.com
 OCTOBER’S
BAND OF THE MONTH
RAVEN X
Harmoniously blending together
sounds of gothic, death, black
and industrial metal comes,
what I think is quite the
ideal band for our October
Band of the Month: Raven X.
Well, first things first,
how did you meet?
Nÿx: We were actually together as
a couple before starting anything
together musically. We had many
of the same tastes in music but
we also introduced each other to
other styles of music and bands.
I mentioned to him that people
had told me that I had a good
voice but that I never took it any
further because I felt that they
were just being nice. He insist-
ed that I try singing some songs
and that he would record them
to really hear how they sound-
ed. I was very intimidated be-
cause I have a very high respect
of his opinions on music,but af-
ter hearing the results he asked
me if I would be interested in
putting a voice to his music.
Do your names NYX and KHA-
OS have a special meaning? 
Khâos: Both names are based
in Greek mythology. Nyx was
the goddess of night and was
a figure of exceptional power
and beauty. Khaos was the
origins of creation from the
infinite void and expresses
unpredictability. The names
represent our individual
personalities and music styles.
I know you’re working on
an album- when is your
debut due to come out?
Nÿx: We are planning on
finishing the debut CD by the
end of the year and we are
shooting for a release date
of around Valentine’s Day.
I know you, Khåos, play
guitar, who plays the
drums on the tracks?
Khâos: Originally the drums
were to be played by the
drummer that appears on our
demo. After her departure
from the band,we decided to
scrap all recorded tracks and
start again from scratch. Nÿx
will be performing all of the
vocals and I will be performing
all of the music on the album.
What’s the general theme
or themes of your songs?
Nÿx : The themes in our
music are mostly based in
psychology. The lyrics are
often about the dark and
twisted thoughts people have
and the emotions that follow.
Some are based on my own
personal feelings and thoughts.
Who or what are your
main influences?
Khâos: Ihsahn
(Emperor,Peccatum) and
Steven Wilson (Porcupine
Tree,Blackfield) are my biggest
influences at this time. Pink
Floyd and Black Sabbath have
always been very inspiring to
me as well. It’s really hard to
narrow down my influences
because I am really into all types
of bands and styles of music.
Nÿx: Angela Gossow of Arch
Enemy, Karyn Crisis, Bjork,
Anneke van Giersbergen and
Ihsahn are all influences on
me vocally. Lately,I have also
been listening to Jared Leto
(30 seconds To Mars) and
Julie Christmas (Made Out of
Babies,Battle of Mice) a lot as
well. Khâos has to be my biggest
influence musically. He is really
the one who got me to believe
in my ability to sing and create.
You’re unsigned. Do you
do everything yourselves,
or do you have help with
promotions, your myspace
page, bookings etc?
Khâos: We basically do every-
thing ourselves. We are record-
ing and performing everything
on the album ourselves and
we also plan to release the al-
bum independently. We will be
doing all merchandising our-
selves with the first things to
be available around the time of
the release date for our album.
We also maintain all of our
web pages and do most online
promotions,but we have been
lucky to have people like Billy
from Keep It Metal Promo-
tions helping to get the word
out about our band as well.
Do you play live shows?
Nÿx: At this time we are not play-
ing any live shows because our
focus is on finishing our album
and getting it released. After
that we will begin searching for
a bassist and drummer to com-
plete the live lineup of Raven X.
Who do you listen to
when you’re just kick-
ing back and relaxing?
Khâos: Pink Floyd, Fleet-
wood Mac and Led Zeppelin
are always great to kick back
to. I also like to listen to Paa-
tos, Sigur Ros and Star Of Ash.
Nÿx: I like to listen to Ihsahn’s
“The Adversary”, Dimmu Borgir,
Arch Enemy, Gojira, Peccatum,
Led Zeppelin, 30 Seconds To
Mars, Mazzy Star and Battle Of
Mice. Some of these bands may
not seem like music to kick back
to but they are relaxing to me.
Do you have any special plans
for Halloween? Who or what
do you like to dress up as?
Nÿx: We will possibly be
attending a private party. If we
do I will probably be dressed
up like Baby from House of
a 1,000 Corpses and Devil’s
Rejects. She is pretty,but
deadly. Khâos will likely be
dressed as Otis from the same
movies. Otis has some killer
corpse paint in House of 1,000
Corpses. Evil, definitely evil.
Khâos: My plans for Halloween
are the same every year…
worshipping Satan. :p
With 2009 almost over what
are your plans for 2010?
Khâos: We plan to release our
debut album in early 2010 and
promote it as much as possible.
As Nÿx said, we will also begin to
look for a bassist and drummer
to complete the live lineup of
Raven X and start doing shows to
promote the album and help to
get our music out to the public.
w w w . m y s p a c e .
com/ravenxonline
Los Angeles is a place that is said with a bit of a modern nu-metal-esque
to eat people alive and spit them vibe, falling somewhere between Black
back out. At the same time, it Label Society
is the city that many look at to and Disturbed.
launch their careers. Formerly Offsetting the
of the land of Mardi Gras, aggressive mid-
Hydrovibe’s vocalist Heather St. tempo rhythm
Marie and guitarist Mat Dauzat section are the
are examples of people who strong, yet diligent vocals
have taken their hardened that remind of Ann
New Orleans persona Wilson with a slight
to the City of Angels. nod to Stevie Nicks.

While Hydrovibe is still Thus far, Hydrovibe

hard at work in building has begun to raise
their profile from coast the consciousness of
to coast, Dauzat has the rock world with
already gained some their slot on METAL
musical notoriety. EDGE Magazine’s
Upon relocating to Los “ C o r p o r a te
Angeles, he signed on Punishment Tour”,
as Kelly Osbourne’s as well as sharing
guitarist for her Shut a stage with rock
Up recording and tour. luminaries such as
This opportunity not Static-X, Soulfly
only landed him in front and Black Stone
of television audiences Cherry. With a
via The Tonight Show growing presence
and MadTV, but and a new album
also enabled him to in tow, Hydrovibe is
spread the word of ready to take their
his passion project, show on the road.
namely Hydrovibe.
By Argento1134
Throughout his stint
with Ozzy Osbourne’s
to the wildly popular horror franchise,
famous daughter, he continued to write
their track Killer Inside was featured in the
for Hydrovibe
film, alongside a
with singer
video featuring
St. Marie. In
Saw film star
2006, drummer
Shawnee Smith.
Phillipe Mathys,
formerly of Currently,
UPO, and Hydrovibe is
bassist Eliot promoting their
Lorango signed latest release, the
on to complete aforementioned
Hydrovibe. Nothing Left To Lose
Upon release that is out now
of their debut on Orleans Street
album Nothing Records. Tracked
Left To Lose, at Mad Dog
Hydrovibe was Studios with Kevin
given their first Lamb and Kevin
major break as a slot on the Saw III soundtrack Churko (Ozzy Osbourne, In This Moment),
came calling. Through their connection Hydrovibe blends their southern roots