ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN THE GEORGIA STRAIGHT, 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 … Continue reading Tony Rombola says Godsmack has a lot of fans in the military: “Males 18 to 25 like the hard rock”
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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 spawned by tinkering on the piano
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN THE GEORGIA STRAIGHT, JULY 1, 1993 By Steve Newton When you consider that Ugly Kid Joe’s career skyrocketed on the strength of just one song, the humorous little ditty “Everything About You”, it makes you wonder if that tune might have been a well-calculated shot at the big time—if maybe a bunch … Continue reading Ugly Kid Joe’s smash hit spawned by tinkering on the piano
Chicken suits and Mozart tunes are the Scatterbrain way
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN THE GEORGIA STRAIGHT, 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 … Continue reading Chicken suits and Mozart tunes are the Scatterbrain way