January 2013 | Music Junkie Press

Haunted by Heroes heading back to the Whiskey for CD Release Party!

January 15, 2013

With NAMM being almost a week away, I need to tell you about another band that will be playing at the Whiskey during NAMM week. Haunted by Heroes are known as the World’s Youngest Rock Band and these kids will be rocking the Whiskey on January 25th opening for Uli Jon Roth (Scorpions) & Warren DeMartini (RATT). What an incredible talent these boys have and they haven’t even hit their teen years yet! I actually saw them play last year at NAMM and was blown away by their energy at their young ages. If you closed your eyes when you listened to them, you would have never imagined that the great rock and roll was coming from a group of 12 year olds! At the time, I didn’t know where they were from but I did hear a lot of buzz about these kids. I was even more surprised to find out they were also from the Bay Area. I loved growing up in San Mateo and it is awesome to have these kids be from Pacifica. [Read More]

Dear Papi, It was always “My Way” with you!

January 14, 2013

Dear Papi, I know you the first thing you are saying… “what are you doing using your work to talk to me!!” Well, today I just need to share and it is all about you…. My father… My love of my life… My world… I can’t remember a time when I didn’t think of you as my best friend or my hero in my world. I know how some people have changes in their relationships with their fathers, but I don’t think ours ever changed. Even when you were strict about my skirt from school being 3″ below the knee! or about not having boys call the house for me when I was 13 or about staying up past midnight on a date when I was 16! I still respected you and thought of you as the hero of my world. With all our faults together, yes, we could started a lot of riots, put liquor stores out of business, crashed a few cars, broke many laws and commandments but what we didn’t do was [Read More]

Matt Walst to replace Adam Gontier in Three Days Grace

January 9, 2013

Breaking News today in the Music World and it pertains to some of my favorite bands and artists! It was announced today on Three Days Grace Website that Adam Gontier is leaving the band and Matt Walst of My Darkest Days will be joining TDG on their upcoming tour as singer. Matt Walst is the brother of Brad Walst, the bassist for Three Days Grace. I know, I know, it may come as a big shock. Believe me I was extremely shocked as well, especially because there has just been so many of my favorites leaving bands or moving on, or bands breaking up. It has been a lot to take in. Here is the post from Three Days Grace website: * * * * * * * * * * MATT WALST OF MY DARKEST DAYS JOINS THREE DAYS GRACE AS LEAD SINGER FOR NORTH AMERICAN TOUR Wed, Jan 9, 2013 at 7:05 AM Three Days Grace has announced that Matt Walst, lead singer of My Darkest Days, will be joining the band as the lead [Read More]

Man Made Machine was built to Rock you!

January 9, 2013

Interview with Man Made Machine So not to long ago I featured Man Made Machine as our Day 4 of the 12 Days of Christmas Rock. Man Made Machine is Joe Cotela on Vocals, Justyn Sena on Bass, Matt Reinhard on Drums, Marc Hernandez and Steve Siminski on Guitars. Together they bring the chemistry and energy alive. Here is a link to that previous post. I am hoping you got a chance to listen to more of them and maybe even make it out to their show last month in Arizona. Well, we were able to chat with the band and find out how they are doing and what they have planned for us this year. Check it out. ~ Interview ~ Music Junkie Press: Thank you very much guys for taking the time to talk with us at Music Junkie Press. So let’s get straight into it here… How did the band form? Joe Cotela: Kind of the usual thing, we all grew up playing in bands around the same area and finally fell into place together. The [Read More]

Number Station revives Alternative Hard Rock!

January 8, 2013

Number Station Sometimes you just need your music a bit heavier!! Well if now is that time, Number Station is the band for you. I recently got their EP sampler sent over and it was one of those rare moments. Those moments when I was in the middle of multitasking a hundred things at once, going over the list of things to have to get done and then popping the CD in. The first song that played was “The Invisible Fire” which has a great dark mysterious intro that just blends into a deep hardcore mix. It is like waking yourself up from a long sleep and seeing that you only have a few hours left of the day. So you wake up and give it all you got, energized and ready to scream out to the world. You are full blown energy ready to take on anything and you give everything of yourself. This song just gives and gives! Here you can take a listen to that incredible song: Then you get into the [Read More]

“While She Waits” playing at the Whiskey during NAMM 2013!

January 7, 2013

As you may already know we are heading out to NAMM in Anaheim in just a couple weeks. Besides getting to check out the latest in music gear as well as get to see and talk to so many interesting musicians, I always look forward to what the nightlife brings during NAMM week. Every year, in addition to the long days at the Anaheim Convention Center there is a multitude of great bands playing throughout the Southern California area and all are hoping that you get to check them out. I have so many shows planned to cover for that week and I just recently added another one to my schedule. After listening to them I had to fit them in! Allow me to introduce you to an awesome Rock band from Phoenix, Arizona; While She Waits. These guys are delivering great rock and roll with a Southern flare that I am excited about. They already have an extensive following in the Phoenix area and have been nominated for Phoenix’ Best New Hard Rock Song. I [Read More]

Christian Martucci, creating a scene for great music!

January 6, 2013

Christian Martucci I am excited to tell you about Christian Martucci’s new solo project. I have my IPod filled with great songs from Christian’s past and they are some of my favorite songs. From “Nowhere Ride” by The Chelsea Smiles to “Last Fucking Hope” by Black President and to “Shine”, “Downsider” and “Lights Out” from “Thousand Watt Stare“. Christian is just purely awesome on guitar and vocals. He has such a great unique sound that just draws you in and energizes you. In my previous post from Thousand Watt Stare I described his voice as “Ramones with a touch of Johnny Rotten and a dash of Elvis Costello which is an incredible combination.” He is like liquid adrenaline running through your veins. Well, Christian is currently getting ready to release his new EP titled, “Man Without a Name”. If you are lucky enough to be in the Los Angeles area you can go to their album release which is scheduled for January 11th, 2013 at one of my favorite old stomping grounds, The Viper Room. [Read More]