(This interview originally appeared in Issue #23 of Modern Fix Magazine in 2002). – interview by skye Nearly seven years ago the music world was blessed with a package of 15-year-old Australian imports known as Silverchair. Their appropriately dubbed alternative/grunge…
– interview by tom maxwell People constantly say that there is no good music anymore. Music enthusiasts are constantly looking for the next new wave of great rock bands. With the establishment of bands like Radiohead, Doves, Modest Mouse, The…
KYLE KNOX – interview by smc Surfers have feelings too. Rock stars are cool and they always have interesting things to say, but when was the last time anyone asked a surfer what he thought if it wasn’t in…
MEET THE NAKED AGGRESSION – interview by pr! SLAYER! SLAYER! SLAYER! I’m at 4th and B, in downtown San Diego, chanting with Kirsten Patches of Naked Aggression fame, and a thousand others. The beer is flowing and the rednecks and…
Uphill Battle “Self-Titled” (Relapse Records)
DJ MEGA – interview by kevin farr home He might appear disturbing when engulfed by a gasmask. He might seem punk rock when he dances. He might be whatever the fuck he personifies and you interpret him to be. DJ…
Uphill Battle “Self-Titled” (Relapse Records) I was reading through the notes in the jacket liner on this album and I noticed that these guys are from Goleta. Maybe not a big deal to you, safe and secure in your little…
Valley’s Eve “Deception of Pain” (SPV) Brilliant, bone crushing, very mosh oriented riffs interrupt what is otherwise very standard power metal faire. Waiting for the tantalizing heaviosity* of the guitar player’s finer moments is like listening to classical, say the…
Voltaire “Boo-Hoo” (Eat Me Records) Voltaire is a man with a broken heart. I was afraid that fourteen tracks of broken-heartedness would be a little hard to take, but the man has a nasty sense of humor (see the snide…
Warhammer “Curse of the Absolute Eclipse” (Nuclear Blast) Hellhammer. Celtic Frost. That’s it. That’s all there is to say except maybe, Hellhammer and Celtic Frost couldn’t have a better tribute than these guys who have so perfectly cloned the sound…