Author: Crossfire

Social Distortion news

Post author By Crossfire
Post date April 18, 2007

Social Distortion have spoken recently on their plans for the coming months.

Mike Ness of the band said the band have recorded a new track which will appear on the Greatest Hits and will be a taster of the material fans can expect to hear on the new album.

He said that its a perfect song to put on the Greatest Hits album because “it starts at the beginning of our career and ends right now.”

The band, who are currently touring the US and Canada, will release their new album this year as the follow up to Sex, Love and Rock N Roll.

www.socialdistortion.com

Music News

New Radiohead snippet online

Post author By Crossfire
Post date April 18, 2007

Radiohead have posted a short sample of a new song on their official site.

The track, 15 Step, can be heard when you click on “Hodiau Direktion” with the lyrics appearing at the fansite ateaseweb.com.

The track was made regular appearances on their 2006 tours after being debuted in Copenhagen.

A live mp3 of the track is available at finefinemusic.com

www.radiohead.com/deadairspace

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Slash wants reunions

Post author By Crossfire
Post date April 18, 2007

Slash has demanded live reunions for the original line ups of both Guns N Roses and Stone Temple Pilots.

The axe man who is now a part of Velvet Revolver which features members of both aforementioned bands, thinks it’d be fun for the bands to come back for live dates. He explained:

“I’m not saying never. You know, I was saying it would be a good idea to get, just for a couple of shows, to get the original STP and the original Guns N Roses just to do a couple of shows for the fun of it.”

www.slashonline.com

Music News

Bad Brains update website!

Post author By Crossfire
Post date April 18, 2007

Bad Brains have relaunched their website with updates on current projects.

The band’s new album will be released in June this year and will be called Build A Nation. In addition to that, bassist Darryl Jenifer has finished his solo project Vovasonic’s first album and will be working on the new album from Bedouin Soundclash.

HR will be continuing to work on his Human Rights project and is performing in the DC area.

The update finished by saying:

“We want to make this a great ‘official’ site and will continue posting news, tour dates, and archives. There are some nice un-official sites on the web that are an inspiration and we hope to add a valuable source to all our fans.”

www.badbrains.com

Music News

Mogwai slag off The Stones

Post author By Crossfire
Post date April 18, 2007

Mogwai’s Barry Burns has been having a dig at Keith Richards recently.

Burns shared his thoughts on the band’s official website, in a post called “Keith please cease breating”. In the scathing attack, he referred to Richards as a “publicity hungry horrible prick” and went on to call The Stones “possibly the worst band in the history of human events”. He finished by saying:

“I hope you kick the bucket in the most humiliating of ways, like on the toilet and then being eaten by your own dog. Stop living and give us peace you attention seeking non relevant oxygen thief”.

Charming.

www.mogwai.co.uk

Skateboarding News

Copenhagen Pro ‘07

Post author By Crossfire
Post date April 17, 2007

DVS have joined forces with the SPoTlight Productions Team (from Skatepark of Tampa) to bring you the first of an annual competition to be held in Copenhagen Skatepark, the CPH Pro 2007.

This will be a non-profit event, any money made goes right back into the skate industry for making comps like this bigger and better. It will also help put focus on the current decline in pro board sales in another attempt to sway people away from the blank decks that do nothing for the scene.

The schedule of events are as follows –

Friday, June 29th
Street and Vert Practice all day
Open Bowl Contest
After-Party at Hotel Fox

Saturday, June 30th
Street Qualifiers
Vert Contest – approx. 6pm – 8pm with FREE BEER!
After-Party at Vega Nightclub

Sunday, July 1st
Street Semi-Finals
Street Finals
Street Best Trick
After-Party at CPH Skatepark
After-After-Party at Stengade30 Rubadub

And for those hardcore skate rats, there are to be 3 more competitions held before the Roskilde festival on the festival grounds very own concrete park and vert ramp.

The schedule of events are –

Monday, July 2nd
Open Bowl Contest

Tuesday, July 3rd
Open Street Best Trick Contest

Wednesday, July 4th
Vert Demo

For more information and updates on the event head over to www.myspace.com/cphpro

Skateboarding News

End of Y2Sk8

Post author By Crossfire
Post date April 17, 2007

Yet another unfortunate closure of one of Britain’s top indoor skateparks.

Y2Sk8 in Peterborough has announced that it will be wrapping up business in about 12 weeks time.

But like all good closures, they want to go out in style, so try and make it down to the final all nighter to be held on the 28th April. It’ll take place from 7pm-7am so make sure to stock up on your Red Bull and Pro Plus.

www.y2sk8.co.uk

Skateboarding News

Egg Hunt winner

Post author By Crossfire
Post date April 17, 2007

Thanks for all of your entries to this years Crossfire Egghunt.

The Easter break is now over and the winner of the full Independent Package is….Stephen Bywater from Cornwall who correctly sent us the link to Chris Pastras’ interview where the lucky egg was hidden.

Stephen, your package will be sent out tmrw from HQ, so look out for the door to go Thursday. If you are lookin for more free stuff, enter this weeks comp for Birdhouse Willy Santos decks, the answer is in his interview on this very site.

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The Sword

Post author By Crossfire
Post date April 17, 2007

Blessed be The Sword, for verily these four Texans worship unashamedly at the altar of the riff.

Taken from last year’s excellent ‘Age Of Winters’ album, ‘Freya’ is an unapologetically heavy, groove-laden treat for your ears that indicates what Black Sabbath may have sounded like, had they come from the Deep South instead of the West Midlands.

The punked-up metallic juggernaut of ‘Iron Swan’ (recorded at CBGB’s last year) on the B-side only serves to further sweeten this already highly enticing deal.

Fans of Clutch found plenty to get excited about as The Sword wowed the crowds as the support on their recent tour of the UK. If you missed out on seeing the band then, consider yourself reprimanded, and make sure you get out to see them whenever they’re over next. In the meantime stream the track above and buy their album!

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The Ghost Of A Thousand

Post author By Crossfire
Post date April 17, 2007

“Time to start spitting blood again/Punk rock needs you again!” roars TGOAT vocalist Tom Lacey on opening track Bored Of Math, and you can’t help but admire his conviction. This Brighton quintet are probably sick of being compared to Gallows by now, but they do share many of their best traits with Frank Carter’s mob:

The dissonant rock n’ roll swagger, the huge crashing waves of metallic guitar – and most notably, the welcome sense of danger and unpredictability that infuses every track on this debut album. If this is indeed where the fight begins, then you’d be well advised to sign up for TGOAT’s cause; because right now they’re sounding unbeatable.

The track you can hear here is the recklessly powerful Left For Dead, showcasing TGOAT’s supreme ability not only to thrash their way through a track, but also keep you interested, forcing your ears to open up to the pouding they’re about to take. With the drums hammering their way through the thundering guitars, Tom Lacey’s screamed vocals rip holes in the airwaves and show you just why these guys are getting the attention they so thoroughly deserve.

Check out Alex Gosman’s interview with the band by clicking here.