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Medusa (Racebannon) debut announced
Alternative Press - Brian Shultz on 11/24/08 @ 6:25 PM - altpress.com
The 15-song record will be called En Raga Sul and will be released December 2nd on Hawthorne Street.
The band is described as "a riff-centric cyclone that sounds like Slayer playing Melvins covers through the MC5's equipment."
En Raga Sul track listing:
1. Rain Un Thunder
2. Mediatrix
3. En Raga Sul
4. Back To Dust
5. Transform
6. Destructor
7. Bruiser
8. Throne Of God
9. Inflict The Venom
10. Snakebite
11. Soldiers Of Death
12. Body Count
13. Alucarda
14. Flesh Fly
15. Wicked Father
Gerard Way and Lyn-Z expecting a child
Alternative Press - Tim Karan on 11/24/08 @ 5:09 PM - altpress.com
Fall Out Boy and No Doubt to headline Bamboozle 2009
Alternative Press - Tim Karan on 11/24/08 @ 3:23 PM - altpress.com
Boys Like Girls / Metro Station to tour the UK
Alternative Press - Brian Shultz on 11/23/08 @ 10:55 PM - altpress.com
Both bands are supporting their self-titled debut full-lengths on on Columbia / Red Ink, the former in 2006 and the latter in 2007. Boys Like Girls also released the live DVD Read Between The Lines earlier this month.
Jan 24 2009 Garage Glasgow
Jan 25 2009 Club Academy Manchester
Jan 26 2009 Academy 2 Birmingham
Jan 27 2009 Cockpit Leeds
Jan 29 2009 Astoria 2 London
Jan 30 2009 Academy Oxford
Jan 31 2009 Wedgewood Rooms Portsmouth
Gwen Stacy vocalist departs band
Alternative Press - Brian Shultz on 11/23/08 @ 10:37 PM - altpress.com
"He has decided that his heart is no longer with being in a touring band," the band said. "He's off to finish his degree in Graphic Design and spend time with loved ones."
Oakley's departure marks the band's second change in regiment in under a year for singers, having replaced Cole Wallace earlier this year.
Taking Oakley's place, at least for the time being, will be former Oceana throat guy Keith Jones, who will finish out the band's current tour with Stick To Your Guns.
The band released The Life I Know earlier this year on Ferret.
Paper Rival break up
Alternative Press - Brian Shultz on 11/23/08 @ 10:26 PM - altpress.com
The band cited the departure of vocalist Jacob Rolleston as the reason:
"We have recently been informed that Jacob has left the band to go back to school. Thus, Paper Rival as you know it is no more. We wish Jacob the best of luck with whatever it is he chooses to pursue."
Rolleston responded to the post shortly thereafter in a rather revealing message. The post initially has him explaining that "School was NOT the reason that I left the band. I have always wanted to go to college and get a degree and leaving the band has made that desire far more palpable. However, I left the band because I was not happy."
Rolleston goes on to cite disappointments over the recording of their full-length ("I felt like more effort had been put in to making the songs SOUND good than to actually BE good.") and losing money on tour, as well as "touring...with three to four other guys who I would consider friends but...they would consider...business partners."
The band began with the name Keating, changing it in 2007 in time for Photo Finish Records' release of that aforementioned full-length, Dialog. They also released two EPs: 2005's DIY Thieves and Photo Finish's 2007 self-titled.
