#169 - Coal Chamber
Coal Chamber In Flames Arch Enemy The Get Up Kids Soulfly David Bowie Paul Oakenfold Superjoint Ritual OTEP
#169 – March 2010
COAL CHAMBER
Death, defections, drugs, duke-outs and darkness: If it weren’t for bad luck, these L.A.-based metal fiends would have no luck at all. Jason Bracelin finds the fun in Coal Chamber’s dysfunctional existence.
GET UP KIDS
These Kansas City, Missouri, emo heartthrobs got where they are today by following their hearts, not the ranting in online chatrooms.
THE NEW GLOBAL THREATS/ 25 BANDS THAT COULD TAKE OVER AMERICA
These days, the best rock isn’t necessarily coming from the U.S. and England. This month, we scan the globe to discover 25 great bands that will twist your ears off, including the Hives, Kinky, Useless I.D., Acid Mothers Temple and many more. Oh, yeah, and consider it official: Sweden is the new Seattle.
KEEP IT ON THE DOWN-LOW: A.P.’S BASS SPECIAL
An informal poll of our musician buds reveals that bassists do indeed pull the hotties. We can’t guarantee what might happen to you offstage, but we do get Fat Mike, Coal Chamber’s Nadja Puelen and Papa Roach’s Tobin Esperance to explain their headspace for bass, while we preview some of the new gear that’ll keep your thunderstick booming.
SECTIONS
INCOMING LETTERS
NEW RELEASES
Listen here, dawg: We heard newer-than-new CDs from Filter, Coldplay, Queens Of The Stone Age and Vex Red; got in the studio with Nothingface, Me First And The Gimme Gimmes and Shadows Fall; and busted our cans to find 200 more discs you’ll already have downloaded before they hit stores this summer.
WIRETAPPING
While Phil Anselmo stays busier than Ozzy’s handlers this summer, Dio and Halford prove they can still hit more high notes than Daddy O. Meanwhile, Slipknot dudes ready their side projects; David Bowie drinks from the fountain of youth; the Color Red keep it in the family; and we track down that little girl on the cover of the Violent Femmes’ 20-year-old debut. All that plus pro skater Andy Macdonald; weird tribute CDs; home studios on a budget; and the usual B.S. we like to call news.
SCREENINGS
Jake Gyllenhaal makes out with Jennifer Aniston and gets mistaken for Spider-Man; Now Showing gets the best seat in the multiplex; and DVD Wrap-Up finds a way to connect Cradle Of Filth with Harry Potter.
LOW PROFILES
Otep finds her way; Abandoned Pools do it both ways; and Pulse Ultra head way out. Plus nine others who don’t suck go their own way in the Lowdown.
REVIEWS
Reviews this issue of new releases by Soulfly, Candiria, Doves, Dillinger Four, New Found Glory, Bloodlet, Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Liars, Múm, Whippersnapper and many more; Self-Analysis gets an earful from rising Brit-rock stars My Vitriol and massively popular trance DJ Paul Oakenfold; plus Reissue Redux.
10 ESSENTIAL LEASE BREAKERS
Hell’s decibels! These ear-destroying discs by Lou Reed, Boredoms, Earth, Neil Young and six others will have your neighbors calling the cops in no time.
