Supergroup XO Skeletons, who feature members of Hatebreed, American Nightmare and Some Girls, have put up some new material on their myspace site.
To check it out click here and party hard. Look out for a guest spot by Def Jux rapper Cage, a track which you can sample on the myspace too.
Incubus have announced the tracklist for their new album, which will be called Light Grenades. The album is slated for a late November release and will see Anna Molly as the lead single from it. The tracklist is:
01 – “Quicksand”
02 – “A Kiss To Send Us Off”
03 – “Dig”
04 – “Anna Molly”
05 – “Love Hurts”
06 – “Light Grenades”
07 – “Earth To Bella Part 1”
08 – “Oil And Water”
09 – “Diamonds And Coal”
10 – “Rogues”
11 – “Paper Shoes”
12 – “Pendulous Threads”
13 – “Earth To Bella Part 2”
Slayer have put up some new live videos of their performance in Vancouver, which took place on July 13th.
If you think you can handle that much thrashing verocity, then head on over to www.slayer.net and check them out.
Planes Mistaken For Stars have put up a new track, entitled Little Death, online.
The track is due to be on the new album Mercy, which will be hitting the shops in early October. To check out Little Death, click here.
Afrika Bambaataa has officially dubbed rapper the1shanti as India Bambaataa.
Afrika Bambaataa said:
“You have our blessings (Afrika Bambaataa and The Universal Zulu Nation) as long as you use your name in the good of your people and the good of yourself.”
The rapper was one of the first rappers out of New York of Indian descent to bring hip hop to India and claims Afrika Bambaataa has a huge influence on his career and actions. the1shanti’s album, which will be also called India Bambaataa, is due for release in late autumn.
We are thinking of expanding our writing team this month and are looking for people oozing creativity to join us here at Crossfire.
Over the last 3 years, 2 of our writers are now fulfilling their dreams of writing for skate and music magazines using us as a springboard. Since then, the site has become a lot larger and we are sent more and more stuff to review.
We are looking for 5 new people to be involved (especially fans of indie, punk and metal) to take part in the following:
– Album and single reviews
– Live reviews
– Band Interviews
– Book reviews
– Film reviews
– Video game reviews
If you have been looking for an outlet for your words, then don’t hesitate to contact sam@caughtinthecrossfire.com today.
He will ask you to send in a couple of examples of your writing skills and get back to you. Spread the word…
To My Boy, who recently supported Tapes N Tapes on their UK tour, will be playing some headline shows in September. They will also be gearing up for the release of their forthcoming debut single, the double A-side I Am X-Ray/Outerregions. The tour dates are:
September:
6th – Birmingham Sunflower Lounge
7th – Hull The Lamp (Transmission)
8th – Brighton Sumo (She Likes Parties)
9th – Southampton Lennons (Long Live Rock & Roll)
11th – Coventry Colleseum
14th – Manchester Jabez Clegg
15th – Northumbria University
16th – Glasgow Barfly
17th – Edinburgh Cabaret Voltaire
Yet another successful issue of the premiere video magazine 411. 14-3 mixes Duffs art director Russ Pope’s graphics with the skills of Ted DeGros, the Duffs team, Emmanuel Guzman and Sid Melvin, Don “The Nuge” Nguyen, Richie Belton, Ben Gore and the Cliché team on their travels through Sicily. Is that reason enough to cop this DVD?
If it isn’t, maybe I should go into more depth. Issue 14-3 opens to Chaos led by Marius Sylven – Keep an eye open for this kid! The first real part goes to Richie who is focussing all of his teenage angst (and then some) on an array of ridiculous gaps and rails. I’d like to suggest Richie starts to take it easy on his little body, but something tells me those pleas just fall upon deaf ears.
Much calmer and sitting further outfield in the tech end of skating is Ted DeGros. Let me tell you about my first experience of witnessing the Canadian’s finesse: It was in an old issue of SBC Magazine which featured a full interview full of shockingly smooth photos and sequences, but the interview was simply entitled ‘Ted’. What was I supposed to gather from that? Well, Ted remains low on the radar but seeing as his part has some of the sickest tricks to date in it (frontside nollie 360 heelflip over the bump to table, frontside tailslide hardflip out…), Ted’s going to find it awfyl hard to avoid the attention.
Cliché board a plane for yet another wild tour of unchartered territory. This time it’s Sicily for the Mafia Tour. Of course there are plenty of spots on the tiny island and of course Jérémie Daclin and the boys can handle it. What did you expect from one of the most well-rounded teams in the industry?
World’s newest amateur Ben Gore makes his ‘world’ premiere debut (Ha! Ha! Pun intended) in this issue of 411vm and he’s a smooth little fella. I can here the comparisons with Danny Renaud circa Mosaic already…
Santa Cruz stamp their foot down as one of the sickest teams out there when all terrain vehicle Emmanuel Guzman and styler Sid Melvin share a part. (Did I mention the tag team of Flo marfaing and Alex Carolino in the Chaos section? They’re bosses too!) In any case watch and re-watch Guzman’s backside kickflip noseblunt backside revert again, again, and again.
Someone who can share his love of flying with Richie is Don “The Nuge” Nguyen. Boy, can this dude leap! I mean, Don doesn’t really stretch his tech abilities firther than a varial heelflip, but when it comes to taking the plunge, he leaves his sanity on the bedside table.
Finally, as if all that wasn’t sufficient enough, the Duffs team throw in anice montage of varied board stylistics. I use the adjective ‘nice’ because the rest of the issue is already very satisfactory and this montage ends up feeling like Duffs run chaos section. However, you must look out as Jason Adams opens the skating with one of the best wallrides to date.
And there you have it! 411VM 14-3 is definitely worth getting a hold of simply for the choice of skaters they’ve amassed in this issue. A pat on the back for whoever gets these kind of crews together. Apparently next month will have the DVS Chupa Cabra tour of South America- another fine piece of entertainment and stoke. Don’t let me leave you without mentioning the bonuses that include the winner of the Vs. contest, Canada’s Underworld Skateshop tour of the States (Keep your eyes peeled for Blueprint’s Paul Carter!), and the Battle of the Shops skate-off.
Watch the trailer here.
Ralph Lloyd-Davis
05/09/2006
By James Sherry and Neil Aldis
Before the days of the internet, MP3 players and Theo Walcott, sleeves and artwork were as much a part of a record as the vinyl or CD lurking inside. You weren’t just paying for the tracks, you were paying for the product; a unique piece of music that offered so much more than the double-click experience so many of today’s youth are, and will continue to be accustomed to.
Thank the dark lord himself, then, for ‘Heavy Metal Thunder‘. Written by seasoned music scribblers James Sherry and Neil Aldis, it’s an enthralling and undeniably nostalgic look back at some of the greatest, shittest, and most utterly inexplicable covers ever to grace the shelves. Sabbath or Slipknot, Kyuss or Korn, Dio or Disturbed, it matters not. It’s all here inside over 250 pages of high quality colour photos, peppered with side-splitting editorial commentary and a genuine love for all things heavy.
Throw in a foreword courtesy of Anthrax axe-master Scott Ian and the result is a book more than worthy of selling your soul to Satan for. Or at least forking out the devilishly bargainous sum of £9.99 – click here to get one.
Ryan Bird
Straight off the bat, this DVD shouldn’t cost you more than a few quid- in fact, you might even find it for free in some places, so that’s reason enough to get it. What is it? Real’s latest promo DVD Life and Times that, contrary to their previous opus Roll Forever, is a sort of documentary that follows the team through their day to day routines and travels.
Featured in this DVD are various riders on various missions be it a chilled session at the TF Dojo in Hunter’s Point, or a late night session at Jasin’s Ramp. It isn’t so much about the finished product, but more the route taken to get you al that sick footage you feast on. Add to this loads of bonuses that are filled with out-takes, footage from other trips and one of the gnarliest hill bombs in San Francisco by Damian Bravo who’s egged on by his Ernie Torres. It’s just a pity that the footage it out of focus at times. Oh well…
Now, the Real skaters are all about skateboarding. Their image is that of straight skateboarding and what they supply is skateboarding that makes you and me want to skate. No frills- just thrills. So, when Dennis Busenitz is micced up and sessioning an elevator ledge/loading bay and says in not so many words “To all you shit-talkers out there – We’re out here skating more than you whilst you just sit there talking shit on this video, so fuck you motherfuckers!” I guess that sets the standard, doesn’t it. Go Skate now!
www.dlxsf.com for all the trimmings
Ralph Lloyd-Davis
05/09/2006