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Modern Fix

SIXER – interview by liz ortega home Punk and Country-sounds a bit foreign, but on the contrary, it’s a widely known mix. It wasn’t too long that the Virginia based rock n rollers, Sixer, used country music as an influence…

Modern Fix

HIVES – interview by liz ortega home Turn on the television or the radio and the Hives will most likely be playing songs off their Epitaph/Burning Heart album, Veni Vidi Vicious. It seems as though the Hives are everywhere but,…

Review: Warped Tour 2002 Compilation

Various Artists “Warped Tour 2002 Compilation” (Side One Dummy Records) Fifty bands on two CD’s. Fun! What’s it for? Bands that are appearing on this years Warped Tour, I guess. This would be cool for someone who is going to the…

Review: Vex Red

Vex Red “Start with a Strong and Persistent Desire” (Virgin) So I pulled the CD out of the pile and listened to it long enough to put it into another pile to listen to later, cause it sounded pretty good…

Review: Vomitory

Vomitory “Blood Rapture” (Metal Blade) The album cover art might come from the old school of having your slightly talented friend who really wants to do something for the band draw the picture for the cover, but the music itself…

Review: Wildside

Various Artists “Wildside: “A Tribute to Motley Crue”” (Artillery Music / AMC) If for no other reason, for Gravity Check covering ‘Home Sweet Home’.  Now THAT’S how you are supposed to approach a cover.  They almost make the rest of…

Review: Squad Five-O

Squad Five-O “Self-Titled” (Tooth and Nail) At what point in the recent past did it become necessary to pay homage to 60’s garage rock? I mean, who doesn’t love the haircuts, the jams and the attitude? But do we need…

Review: Student Rick

Student Rick “Soundtrack For A Generation” (Victory Records) Victory has bottomed out by releasing this mind-numbingly forgettable mish-mosh of rehashed pretty-boy-jangle-emo-pop-punk. Sure, one song might sound good, but when all 13 tracks are heard back to back you realize that…