By Steve Newton Way back in June of 1993 I interviewed 25-year-old Ugly Kid Joe guitarist Klaus Eichstadt on the phone from his parents' house in San Francisco. Three weeks later his band was set to play Foxfest at Seabird Island near Agassiz, B.C., with Def Leppard, Tom Cochrane, Rockhead, April Wine, and Sven Gali. The … Continue reading That time I asked Ugly Kid Joe guitarist Klaus Eichstadt how the band’s recent hit, “Everything About You”, came together
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Tony Rombola says Godsmack has a lot of fans in the military: “Males 18 to 25 like the hard rock”
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON JUNE 22, 2006 By Steve Newton How many big-league metal CDs can you name that have sold more than 3.5 million copies yet cost less than three grand to make? The only one I'm aware of is Godsmack, the 1998 debut by the Boston-based metal quartet of the same name. As guitarist … Continue reading Tony Rombola says Godsmack has a lot of fans in the military: “Males 18 to 25 like the hard rock”
Foxfest ends on a weak note with a Leppard past its prime
@shotbykevin ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN THE GEORGIA STRAIGHT, JULY 8, 1993 By Steve Newton Seabird Island isn’t really an island, and that’s a good thing, because judging by the massive line-ups of cars on the highway heading to the Agassiz site, the wait for ferries would have been brutal. Seabird is actually a great big grassy … Continue reading Foxfest ends on a weak note with a Leppard past its prime
Ugly Kid Joe’s smash hit “Everything About You” was spawned by tinkering on the piano
Ugly Kid Joe’s career skyrocketed on the strength of just one song, the humorous little ditty “Everything About You”.
Chicken suits and Mozart tunes are the Scatterbrain way
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON DEC. 12, 1991 By Steve Newton When a group of musicians perform a composition by an artist as renowned as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, you might expect them to deliver it in a dignified manner, in a way meant to show the utmost respect for the composer. Then again, if your band’s called … Continue reading Chicken suits and Mozart tunes are the Scatterbrain way