Thanks to Jon Bon Jovi for the awesome shout out on the final night of the Bon Jovi tour.

Black Velvet 69 - Mayday Parade, Panic! At The Disco, Framing Hanley

Issue 69 of Black Velvet Zine is out now and includes:

Interviews with: Mayday Parade, Panic! At The Disco, Framing Hanley, The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, We Are The In Crowd, Sugarcult and Octane Ok, Twin Atlantic, Default, The Architects, The Summer Set, Oh No Fiasco.

2 Page Bon Jovi UK Tour report (we went to Edinburgh, Manchester, London and Bristol to see Bon Jovi - read our report in the issue).

Concert reviews including My Chemical Romance, Mayday Parade, Framing Hanley, Sugarcult, Orange, Panic! At The Disco & Slam Dunk Birmingham.

Tons of album, single and EP reviews of the likes of Def Leppard, Lynam, My Darkest Days, Flogging Molly, Hollywood Undead, The Summer Set, Twenty Twenty, Rio Ari Shine, We Are The Ocean, Mojo Fury, Dead Letter Circus, The Blackout, The Dawn Band, The Vagrants, Beautiful Beast, Last Approach and The Trews.

Jack Spence of We Are The Ocean writes this issue's 'A (Musical) Note From...' column.

'Me, Me, Me & My Rock CV' - If you have a job in the music industry you get to tell us what you do and why you do it. This issue we feature rock night promoter Linda Christian.

All the usuals such as Supersonic Future Superstars (featuring Murder FM, Rhode Island Red & Full Turnout), DVD & Book reviews.

Advertisers this issue are: Martyr De Mona, Kev Bayliss, Scarlet Burn, Emma Scott Presents & Lorenza Woods.


TO ORDER:

Order online at:

(UK)
http://www.fourdogsmusic.co.uk
http://www.ethicalwares.com
http://www.punkrockshop.co.uk
http://www.beeunique.co.uk

(USA)
http://www.atomicbooks.com
http://www.quimbys.com

(AUSTRALIA)
http://www.waterfrontrecords.com

Buy In Person At:

UK

Birmingham Newspoint newsagents (opposite Pulp in the Bullring)

Cardiff Spillers

Derby Viva Hate

Dudley ST Records

Evesham Beoutspoken

Leeds Jumbo Records

London Housmans (near Vx vegan shop)

Preston Styx Market Store

Redditch Train Station Newsagents

Southampton October Books

USA

Baltimore, MD Atomic Books

Bloomington, IN Boxcar Books (old back issues)

Cleveland, OH Joseph Beth

Chicago, IL Quimbys Bookstore

Cincinnati, OH Joseph Beth

Denver, CO IronFeather (old back issues)

Fort Lauderdale Bobs News & Books

Fredericksburg, OH Joseph Beth

Kent, OH News Company

Melbourne, FL Thee Shop

Memphis, TN Davis Kidd

Lexington, KY Joseph Beth

BELGIUM

IMS Hasselt

IMS Leuven

IMS Meir

IMS Melkmarkt

Wilco BV (IMS Breda)

THE NETHERLANDS

American Book Center

AUSTRALIA

Waterfront Records in South Sydney, Australia.

Or visit http://www.blackvelvetmagazine.com for more info.

Black Velvet 68 - Papa Roach, Halestorm, Sick Puppies

Issue 68 of Black Velvet Zine is out now and includes:

Interviews with Papa Roach, Angels & Airwaves, Sick Puppies, Halestorm, We The Kings, VersaEmerge, Yellowcard, There For Tomorrow, Octane Ok, The Crave, Toploader & The Material.

Concert reviews including My Chemical Romance, Kerrang! Relentless Tour feat. Good Charlotte, Four Year Strong, Framing Hanley and The Wonder Years, All Time Low, Sick Puppies, We The Kings/VersaEmerge, The Maine, Toploader, Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Octane Ok and Angels And Airwaves.

Tons of album, single and EP reviews of the likes of Sick Puppies, The Material, Glamour Of The Kill, Cassidy Haley, Nottingham, VersaEmerge, Forever Wednesday, Rev 78, Saul, Shark Frenzy, Mass, M.I.C., Encore, Eureka Machines, Within Temptation, Mind Museum, Bowling For Soup, Laika Dog, WakeUpCall, Funeral For A Friend, Velvet Star, Elegantly Wasted, Gundogs, Thousand Autumns, Robin Beck, The Get Up Kids and more.

How To Make It In The Music Biz article by Joe Dexter of Orange.

Louise Luminous of Luminous Frenzy writes this issue's 'A (Musical) Note From...' column.

'Me, Me, Me & My Rock CV' - If you have a job in the music industry you get to tell us what you do and why you do it. This issue we feature photographer Steve Gerrard.

All the usuals such as Zine Reviews, Books/DVDs & Supersonic Future Superstars (featuring Pray For Hayden, Love Crushed Velvet and Black Water James).

Advertisers this issue are: Will Wallner & Vivien Vain, Blue Gem, Martyr De Mona, Sledgeback, Mind Museum and URFM.

TO ORDER:

Order online at:

(UK)
http://www.fourdogsmusic.co.uk
http://www.ethicalwares.com
http://www.punkrockshop.co.uk
http://www.beeunique.co.uk

(USA)
http://www.atomicbooks.com
http://www.quimbys.com

(AUSTRALIA)
http://www.waterfrontrecords.com

Buy In Person At:

UK

Birmingham Newspoint newsagents (opposite Pulp in the Bullring)

Cardiff Spillers

Derby Viva Hate

Dudley ST Records

Leeds Jumbo Records

London Housmans (near Vx vegan shop)

Preston Styx Market Store

Redditch Train Station Newsagents

Sheffield Rocky Horrors

Southampton October Books

USA

Baltimore, MD Atomic Books

Bloomington, IN Boxcar Books (old back issues)

Cleveland, OH Joseph Beth

Chicago, IL Quimbys Bookstore

Cincinnati, OH Joseph Beth

Denver, CO IronFeather (old back issues)

Fort Lauderdale Bobs News & Books

Fredericksburg, OH Joseph Beth

Kent, OH News Company

Melbourne, FL Thee Shop

Memphis, TN Davis Kidd

Lexington, KY Joseph Beth

BELGIUM

IMS Hasselt

IMS Leuven

IMS Meir

IMS Melkmarkt

Wilco BV (IMS Breda)

THE NETHERLANDS

American Book Center

AUSTRALIA

Waterfront Records in South Sydney, Australia.

Or visit http://www.blackvelvetmagazine.com for more info.

Black Velvet 67 - Forever The Sickest Kids

A bit of catching up as I haven't been on here forever...

Issue 67 of Black Velvet Magazine is out now and includes:

The following interviews:

Forever The Sickest Kids talk about how criticism makes you stronger, how they’re a brotherhood that can confide in each other, how Austin and Jonathan may start their own charity and how Marc got taught to blow up and flex after watching a strongest man competition.

Alter Bridge’s Brian Marshall chats about band struggles and being reawakened, how having side projects makes them happier, the Creed vs Alter Bridge fan war and how guests steal the night lights in his hotel in Costa Rica.

Sum 41’s Stevo and Cone talk about how Stevo cried while watching Shrek III, how the next album has a more ‘personal sort of way to it’, how Cone’s fave Journey song is ‘Don’t Stop Believin’’ and how Stevo has zero tolerance for smelly shoes on tables. Or anti-bacterial soap.

Mayday Parade’s Derek Sanders tells us what he most loves about Mayday Parade, what he most loves about his bandmates, which celebs he’d love to love Mayday Parade and what he loves but everyone else in the band hates.

Anberlin's Nathan Young and Christian McAlhaney chat about adding bongos to ‘Dark In The Way, Light Is A Place’, why the kids of today should be angry, how everyone’s got a dark or secret side and how they’d add a permanent sixth member if they had more money.

Rob Zombie’s Piggy D tells us how thinks pop music is more exciting than rock n’ roll these days, how Rob Zombie is taking more risks, how he thinks the 12 song album is dead and how he wouldn’t want to live in a house with Justin Bieber (or Lady Gaga).

There For Tomorrow’s Maika Maile tells us how the band wants to bring back truth to music and kill out the over-produced, no-talent stuff of the 2000s, how he was a shy child often playing guitar in the corner, how he connected and found solace with Kid Cutty and how losing things is a lot harder than gaining things.

Twenty Twenty tell us how their fans inspire them, what strange meetings they’ve had with fans, which toys they were fans of as a kid and if they had to spend a day with a fan what they’d do.

Destine chat about covering Jay Sean’s ‘Down’, how they’re living their teenage dreams, how they try to be perfectionists at all times, and how they’d like to have a bulldozer with their logo on.

Bowling For Soup’s Eric Chandler talks about how working together as a band for years makes you grateful for what you have, how the greatest years of his life were when he and Jaret were homeless and living in the band’s van, how interviewing a popular singer for his school newspaper when he was 12 was one of the coolest things that ever happened to him and how they have a thing for blowing up brand new equipment.

Templeton Pek talk about how everyone has scratches and scars, how they disrespected the nudist spa in Austria, how everyone’s full of bulls**t unless they prove otherwise and how playing live always makes them happy.

The Dollyrots chat about how they once had a smelly pants contest, how Luis came up with a line for ‘Rock Control’ while in the bathroom, how they loved the UK audiences clapping over their heads and how it’s dangerous being in a three-piece band.


Concert reviews including Bowling For Soup @ Birmingham Academy, Less Than Jake @ Nottingham Rock City & the Eastpak Antidote Tour @ Birmingham Academy, Taste Of Chaos @ Nottingham Trent FM Arena, Manic Street Preachers @ Birmingham Academy & Octane OK @ Birmingham Academy 3.

Tons of album, single and EP reviews of the likes of Bon Jovi, Manic Street Preachers, Goo Goo Dolls, My Chemical Romance, Mexicolas, Lonely The Brave, My Son The Bum, The Erotics, Good Charlotte, Destine, Trapt, The Crave, Templeton Pek & heaps more.

Ryan Burnett of The Crave writes this issue's 'A (Musical) Note From...' column.

'Me, Me, Me & My Rock CV' - If you have a job in the music industry you get to tell us what you do and why you do it. This issue we feature music manager Eddie Bull.

Free Octane OK poster (while stocks last).

All the usuals such as Zine Reviews, Books/DVDs & Supersonic Future Superstars (featuring Town, Day Of The Sirens and The Liaison).

Snapping up the rest of the space with their ads are: My Son The Bum, Cassidy Haley, The Erotics, Straight Razor Angels, Inferno & Luminous Frenzy.

To get your copy:

ORDER ONLINE FROM:

(UK)
http://www.fourdogsmusic.co.uk
http://www.ethicalwares.com
http://www.punkrockshop.co.uk
http://www.beeunique.co.uk

(USA)
http://www.atomicbooks.com
http://www.quimbys.com

(AUSTRALIA)
http://www.waterfrontrecords.com

Or find in one of the stores listed at www.blackvelvetmagazine.com/shops.htm

More info at www.blackvelvetmagazine.com

Black Velvet 66: Framing Hanley, The Pretty Reckless, The Maine, Young Guns...

Issue 66 of Black Velvet is out now and includes:

Interviews with Framing Hanley, Jimmy Eat World, Madina Lake, The Pretty Reckless, The Maine, Young Guns, Just Surrender, Orange, The Wonder Years, Octane OK and Love Amongst Ruin.

Black Velvet Goes To Warped Tour - Festival Report.

Concert reviews including Smashing Pumpkins' Matthew Leone Benefit Show @ Chicago Metro, Mayday Parade/The Maine @ Birmingham Academy 2, Madina Lake @ Camden Barfly (matinee show), Kill Hannah @ Milwaukee Miramar Theatre, Framing Hanley @ Birmingham Academy 2 & more.

Tons of album, single and EP reviews such as The Pretty Reckless, Murderdolls, Jimmy Eat World, The Gaslight Anthem, Dirty Little Rabbits, John 5, The Union, The Wonder Years, This Burning Age, The Black Crowes, Just Surrender, Young Guns, Papa Roach, Buckcherry, We Are The In Crowd, Alter Bridge, Kiria, Danko Jones, Jay Jerz, Shot, Drowning Pool, Ed Kowalczyk, Fatiniza, The Perfect Crime, Titanic & more.

'Me, Me, Me & My Rock CV' - If you have a job in the music industry you get to tell us what you do and why you do it. This issue features radio presenter Emma Scott.

All the usuals such as Fanzine Reviews, Book Reviews, DVD reviews, Supersonic Future Superstars (featuring A Day Overdue, What Now, Transmit Now).

Ads by: My Son The Bum, This Burning Age, Voodoo Johnson, The Perfect Crime, FantasyBandManager, First Assault & Thunderbird 13.

Order from:

(UK)
http://www.fourdogsmusic.co.uk
http://www.ethicalwares.com
http://www.punkrockshop.co.uk
http://www.beeunique.co.uk

(USA)
http://www.atomicbooks.com
http://www.quimbys.com

(AUSTRALIA)
http://www.waterfrontrecords.com

Or buy from these retail stores:

Birmingham Newspoint newsagents (opposite Pulp in the Bullring) - Cardiff Spillers - Derby Viva Hate - Dudley ST Records - Leeds Jumbo Records - Preston Styx Market Store - Redditch Train Station Newsagents - Sheffield Rocky Horrors - Southampton October Books - Baltimore, MD Atomic Books - Charlotte, NC Joseph Beth - Chicago, IL Quimbys Bookstore - Cincinnati, OH Joseph Beth - Melbourne, FL Thee Shop - Lexington, KY Joseph Beth - Lyndhurst, OH Joseph Beth - Memphis TN Davis Kidd - Pittsburgh, PA Joseph Beth - Amsterdam American Book Center.

More info is at www.blackvelvetmagazine.com

Black Velvet 65

Issue 65 of Black Velvet Magazine is out now and includes:

Interviews with AFI, Flyleaf, Kill Hannah, The Rocket Summer, Switchfoot, Taking Dawn, Anarbor, The Friday Night Boys, The Swellers, Rio & Theory Of A Deadman.

A 2 page Bon Jovi O2 Residency Tour Report/Round-Up

Lots of concert reviews including AFI, Flyleaf, Theory Of A Deadman, The Friday Night Boys/There For Tomorrow, Kill Hannah/My Passion, Give It A Name Introduces (feat. The Swellers, Anarbor, The Dangerous Summer, Rio & The Wild), The Rocket Summer & more

Tons of album, single and EP reviews including Die So Fluid, Envy Of The State, The Fire, The New Loud, Beatsteaks, Bon Jovi, The Culprit, The Gap Year Riot!, Boys Like Girls, Slash, Out Of Sight, The Humour, Lorenza Ponce, Way Pristine & more.

Free Black Velvet Plectrum Offer

'Me, Me, Me & My Rock CV' - If you have a job in the music industry you get to tell us what you do and why you do it. This issue features Richard Price, one man road crew.

All the usuals such as Fanzine Reviews, Book Reviews, Supersonic Future Superstars (featuring Alamance, Mimi Soya and I Am Forever).

Advertisers this issue are: Two Side Moon Promotions, My Son The Bum, S-a-n Agency, Acey Slade & The Dark Party, The Fire, Exit State, Sound Advice Music Services & Mimi Soya.


To Get Your Copy Of Black Velvet 65:

Order online from:

(UK)
www.fourdogsmusic.co.uk
www.ethicalwares.com
www.punkrockshop.co.uk
www.beeunique.co.uk

(USA)
www.atomicbooks.com (Atomic Books' website is currently down due to server problems - but you can call them to order at 410.662.4444)
www.quimbys.com

(AUSTRALIA)
www.waterfrontrecords.com

Or buy in one of the following stores:
UK

Birmingham NewsPoint newsagents (opposite Pulp, in the Bullring)
Brighton Ampwitch Emporium
Cardiff Spillers
Derby Viva Hate
Dudley ST Records
Leeds Jumbo Records
Preston Styx
Redditch Train Station Newsagents
Sheffield Rocky Horrors
Southampton October Books

USA
Baltimore, MD Atomic Books
Charlotte, NC Joseph Beth
Chicago, IL Quimbys Books
Cincinnati, OH Joseph Beth
Melbourne, FL Thee Shop
Lexington, KY Joseph Beth
Lyndhurst, OH Joseph Beth
Memphis TN Davis Kidd
Nashville, TN Davis Kidd
Pittsburgh, PA Joseph Beth
AUSTRALIA

Sydney Waterfront Records


More info at www.blackvelvetmagazine.com

My photo on ABC

I just spotted (surprisingly) one of the photos that I've taken on ABC. How crazy is it to have a photo used on ABC's TV news station? It's ironic that the first time one of my pix is used it's for a sad situation - ie. the latest report on Madina Lake's Matthew Leone (who was beaten unconscious when he saw a domestic dispute in the street and tried to help). Thankfully since this report was aired Nathan has blogged that he feels Matthew is 'out of the woods'. Fingers crossed that Matthew just keeps getting better now.

If you watch this news report, my photo of Matthew is the first one shown:

http://abclocal.go.com/wls/video?id=7570181

Another live photo of Matthew that I've taken was used in Through The Pain's promo video for their benefit shows for Matthew.

My pic is the last one in the vid (with blue background):



I'm happy that my photos are being used to represent such a great person and hero like Matthew.

Get better soon Matthew!