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An Interview with Death Makes Pretty

August 16, 2013

Sometimes change turns into a beautiful thing…. or should I say Pretty….  Last month Death Makes Pretty and former lead singer, Siren Sycho parted ways in mutual understanding. We wish all of them the best and we know all of them will be successful with what paths they choose.  For now, we are pleased to bring you an interview with Death Makes Pretty and it includes their new lead singer, Peter Trash. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Music Junkie Press: Thank you very much for taking the time out to talk with us here at Music Junkie Press. We have been enjoying your unique and energetic sound and want to introduce Death Makes Pretty to our audience.  You guys are fairly new, how did you all meet and create Death Makes Pretty? Nika: Shell and I wanted to do this since a while so when I came back from LA with a bunch of songs we though to record them properly and it all started there… Peter: [Read More]

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Legendary Leslie West to release “Still Climbing” in October!

August 16, 2013

Leslie West is set to release new CD “Still Climbing” on October 29th through Provogue Records. The legendary guitarist will be joined with Jonny Lang, Mark Tremonti, Johnny Winter and Dee Snider on this album. This is one album that you are not going to want to miss! Leslie explains, “What’s different on Still Climbing is that I wanted my guitars to sound as big as I look. So I used four of my Dean signature model guitars with my Mountain of Tone humbucking pickups. I plugged them into my Blackstar amps — no pedals — and turned them up loud and raw, and what you hear is exactly what I did in the studio.  These Blackstar amps deliver everything I need without ‘confidence’ pedals.  I played one of the early tracks we recorded for Slash, and he said, ‘That is as heavy as it gets.’”  Still Climbing  is being co-produced by West and Mike “Metal” Goldberg, who engineered all of the sessions.  One incredible song we are looking forward to is one where West and Winter on dueling [Read More]

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Marla Mase, Messenger of Peace brings her music to the stage

August 15, 2013

This Saturday, August 17th, if you are lucky enough to live in New York and can get to the East River Park for Summerstage 2013 you will be treated to passionate and wonderful multi-media concert and dance piece inspired by the songs of Marla Mase.  Marla Mase’s 2013 album “SPEAK” feeds your soul and your senses as you are treated to live music, spoken word, dance and visual imagery. This event takes place at The East River Park on August 17th and is FREE to the public!  You can get more information here.  Marla’s music and writings are so in depth and challenge all of us to be more peaceful and to bare our souls as we learn to love ourselves and others. Marla broke into music in her 40’s after dealing with several challenges and obstacles. As Marla describes, it was a “Break up. Break down. Break through.”  In addition, she was awarded the “Messenger of Peace” award from Friends of the UN.  Her punk/rock n roll, soul inspired music and style remind me of a [Read More]

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'80s Rock

Interview with John Waite – “Stay Well, stay in love, be happy, long life”

August 13, 2013

John Waite We had the chance to interview one of my favorite singer/songwriter, musician of all time…. The legendary John Waite.  I can’t remember when I first heard John, it had to have been as I stole my brother’s old Baby’s record and I think it was Broken Heart.  I don’t think I ever gave him back the record! I was hooked.  I continued to listen to The Babys, John’s extensive and successful solo albums and was a big fan of Bad English. A couple years ago, we had the opportunity to check out John as he played in support of his Rough and Tumble CD which I love. I am pleased to tell you that John has just released a LIVE CD; LIVE ALL ACCESS on his own label, No Brakes. It truly has exceptional sound quality and John again delivers a powerful CD that will have you playing it from start to finish. Here is our interview: * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Music Junkie Press: [Read More]

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BrainStorm (Prata Vetra) from Latvia is our Tuesdays Travel band to check out!

August 13, 2013

BrainStorm I am sure you thought it was getting late and I was not going to give you my Tusdays Travel band to check out…. Well I might be late due to recuperating from the car accident over the weekend but I didn’t want you to miss this band!! Straight from Jelgava, Latvia is a fun alternative rock band, BrainStorm (Latvian: Prāta Vētra)   that you have to take a listen to. Definitely not a new band. This band is a strong group of friends who had a dream to play music and in 1989 set out to conquer the hearts of music lovers. Their music which has sounds reminiscent of Parlotones, ColdPlay, even U2,  but yet they have something so new and fresh to them that I just can’t put my finger on.  They have catchy melody fused with passionate vocals and an energetic sound that becomes infectious. Here is a great fun video for their song, “Europa” which I love: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ebHMomh7wE&feature=youtu.be]   If you ever watched Eurovision, you might have caught them in 2000 as they [Read More]

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Saving Abel new EP Crackin’ the Safe now available!

August 8, 2013

If you are a diehard Saving Abel fan as I am, you would know that they have been working on a new record and also singer Jared Weeks has been filling in for Austin Winkler of HINDER as he is in recovery. They have also been busy putting together a great six song EP, “Crackin the Safe” that they just released on August 6th.  This is their first endeavor label free! As they mentioned on their Facebook page: “Without a label, the boys from Saving Abel all got together with long time producer Skidd Mills at Skiddco Music and decided they wanted to give back to their fans. This new EP Crackin’ The Safe are songs that the guys all decided on and recorded last month in Nashville. “We wanted something to come out while we started on a new record. We wanted to say to our fans, here are some songs that we really love and we don’t want you guys to have to wait long for music. It’s to say thanks for hanging [Read More]

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Interview with your new favorite metal band, Righteous Vendetta!

August 8, 2013

I had told you last month about a great new Metal band, Righteous Vendetta. I love Metal with clean vocals and a lot of kick ass double bass. My prayers were answered as I discovered Righteous Vendetta! These guys completely deliver everything you want in Metal and more! Check them out here on their latest video for their new single The Fire Inside: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qv-DekcmbpY&feature=youtu.be]   What did you think of that double bass? Kick ass right??? Ya, I thought so! and those vocals, HOLY SHIT! We need more clean metal vocals like that. They just finished putting together their full length album which is set to release this fall. Even those these guys are relatively young, they are delivering music wiser than their years and know what we want! Their song “This Pain” spent 15 weeks on the Billboard charts. Well, we had a chance to catch up with Justin Olmstead, guitarist and we are pleased to bring you that interview: * * * * * * * * * * * * * Music Junkie [Read More]