It was only a matter of time, really: the three remaining members of Beloved who didn't move onto other things have put together a new project called Prisoner, described as "music in the most brutal, in your face kind of way". Uhhhhhhhhh-huh. There's a website to come with online listening. And from another source comes this, quoted from drummer Joe Musten: "If you are reading this right now you might ask yourself the question: why are the members of Beloved forming a new band? Well, I will tell you why. Myself(Joe), Matt and Johnny feel the need to express our love for heavy music in the most brutal, in your face kind of way. We would like to introduce to you, all the way from Kernersville, NC, Prisoner. We will hopefully have a site and a few songs within a few months from now. SO GET READY FOR THE PAIN TO BEGIN!!!! SCREW THE MOSH, WE BRING DEATH!!!!!!" Yes. Death. And yes, I edited that post for spelling and grammar. Rock starts are rarely literate. (Quasi-kidding.) [saveyourscene]
If you'd spent hours in the last year and a half or so wondering what in blazes happened to Raised Fist, wonder no more. This here is a brand-new song called 'Time Will Let You Go, All Alone And Break'(awkward), and no, it sounds little like the straight-up pounding hardcore we've known and loved from Fist. Weird.
This site is the greatest thing ever.
Well, this is the biggest news of the day by a landslide: one of my personal favourite bands, South Carolina's Stretch Arm Strong, have signed a deal with Warner Bros. Records. They'll hit the studio in April with James Paul Wisner(who's produced at least three of your favourite bands - do some research, kids) and the album'll be out this summer. This'll be a ton of new exposure, and I'm not accusing this band of selling out, because I've met and interviewed them(over in the Interviews section, if you wanna read it) and they're real dudes who worked real hard. Congratulations. If you want details, there's a good piece on them over here. [absolutepunk]
It's also amusing to note that absolutepunk is loaded with entries and hundreds of replies, but none, as of now, so many as 'the Super Bowl thread', containing 167. Football really is like religion down in the States!
One of the only times I've genuinely been scared of the structural safety of a venue at a show was when Rufio were here maybe a year ago(not that long? don't know), playing Babylon, and the sellout teenage crowd actually moshed, and I swear the floor went up and down. I was pretty freaked. Anyway, Rufio's new record will be out later this year.
The Juliana Theory have some sorta studio-journal thing going on, and according to the latest entry Zao vocalist Dan Weyandt will appear on the new album, on a song called 'This Valentine Ain't No Saint'. Smokin'.
Hey, some TV stuff: anyone see the sneak-peek at American Dad after the game Sunday night? It's produced by the Family Guy crew, and, kids, I tell you this: I laughed so hard I almost cried. The part where the dad empties the full semi-automatic clip into the TOASTER was pure comedic gold. It's a good thing the other fifteen-odd people at my Super Bowl party had left, because I probably embarrassed myself in front of the remaining two. This show will be a hit. "Okay, it was toast this time.." Awesome.
The Recording Industry Association of America(RIAA) are such idiots sometimes.
Posted by mike at February 8, 2005 12:22 AM