The whooollleee interview with Mercury Rev, GrassHopper, Jeff and Jonathan…

Mercury Rev Biography…

Jonathan Donahue (vocalist/acoustic guitar)
Grasshopper (moth-light guitars, clarinet)
Jeff Mercel (drums, piano, keyboards)
Dave Fridmann (bass explore)

Although the members of Mercury Rev initially came together to record soundtracks for experimental student films and to make tapes for friends, the band from rural upstate New York would become one of America’s most successful experimental groups.

Mercury Rev’s 1991 debut became a favorite in Great Britain.

The Melody Maker and the Independent, hailed the album as one of the year’s best.

Mercury Rev survived the odds of personal conflicts to go on and record a list of acclaimed albums through the 90s, including 1998′s Deserter’s Songs, the group’s best-seller.

In 1999 interview with the L A Times, Donahue remarked “There’s a lot of emotions tied up in the record…We went through a few tough years. It’s just a very genuine, honest record. You can’t buy that or fake it in the studio.”

Mercury Rev have finally made their ‘great life-cycle album’. MERCURY REV have finished recording a brilliant new album, SNOWFLAKE MIDNIGHT which will be released on September 29, 2008.

Fall Out Boy are a pop-punk band from Chicago, Illonois who have been topping worldwide music charts since 2006. The Fall Out Boy band members consit of: -

• Patrick Stump – Composer, lead singer, rhythm guitarist and front man of Fall Out Boy.
• Pete Wentz – Composer and bass player.
• Joe Trohman – Lead guitarist, famous for his signature spin move “Trohmania”.
• Andy Hurley – Drummer.

In the UK Fall Out Boy have had decent chart success, with their highest charting single (“This Ain’t A Scene, It’s An Arms Race”) reaching Number 2 in the official UK singles chart. Their follow-up single, “Thnks fr th mmrs”, only reached Number 12, however this was mst likely due to it being included in the chart topping album, “Infinity on High”.

Fall Out Boy’s success has led them to team up with other recording artists to create some fantastic musical collaborations. One such example of this is Timbaland ft Fall Out Boy – “One and Only”. They have also recently appeared with Keith Buckley, of “Everytime I Die” fame, to cover “Walk” by Pantera on live sets.

The band have just finshed touring with the Plain White T’s (PMN favourites), Gym Class Heroes and Cute Is What I aim For… Their latest album release ‘Infinity On High’ debuted February 2007 at number 1, on the billboard charts… and went platinum in a month. Look out for an awesome new cover of Michael Jacksons ‘Beat it’… guitar riffs and Patricks voice are amazing…

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Tyson Ritter …vocals & bass

Nick Wheeler …guitars & keyboards

The All-American Rejects are a Stillwater, Oklahoma based band, and we are all hotly anticipating their 3rd album which is due for launch later on this year… infectious melodies and harmonies, awesome rock guitar… ahh but you know that, everyones heard of them….

The duo that is Tyson Ritter (vocals, bass) and Nick Wheeler (guitars, drums, keyboards, & programming). The band released their first independent album in the spring of 2000 securing spins on Oklahoma radio. The songs compiling the album attracted opportunities for the duo such as mass local radio and press exposure, licensing on MTV’s Undressed, and opening bill for The Flaming Lips and Caroline’s Spine.

In the summer of 2001, The All-American Rejects released the E.P. Same Girl, New Songs and set out to tour the Midwest. By the end of the tour, the band had signed a recording contract with Doghouse Records..They recorded their international debut album with producer Tim O’Heir in Brooklyn, NY.

Their breakthrough 2005 album, Move Along, has been certified 2x Platinum in the U.S. the single “Dirty Little Secret.”

All American Rejects opened for Bon Jovi at the 10-night stand to open The Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.

News:

The All-American Rejects & Paramore are headlining the Bamboozle left show on April 5th 2008 at the Irvine Verizon Wireless Amphitheater. California…also announced that they were playing the Vans Warped Tour 2008 from June 20th to June 29th, a touring music and extreme sports festival n the states.

Biography:

Yorkshire, England’s the Cribs feature three brothers: vocalists/guitarist Ryan Jarman, bassist/vocalist Gary, and drummer Ross. The trio began playing together at an early age, making their debut at a family party in the late ’80s when twins Gary and Ryan were nine years old and Ross was just five. The brothers grew up with similar musical tastes, blending quintessentially British influences like the beatles, Sex Pistols, and Smiths with American indie rock like Beat Happening and Bobby Conn. Eventually, the Cribs got to play with both Beat Happening’s Calvin Johnson and Conn; Conn liked the band so much that he invited them to record with him in his Chicago studio. The Cribs released three singles, Another Number, What About Me, and You Were Always the One, before signing to Wichita Records in late 2003. The band spent 2004 readying their self-titled debut album which was recorded in London’s famed Toerag Studios, touring with the Datsuns and performing at that year’s CMJ Festival. Late that year they began working on their second album with Orange Juice’s Edwyn Collins as producer. The Cribs was released in the U.S. in early 2005. Later in the year, the band issued their second album, The New Fellas. Men’s Needs, Women’s Needs, Whatever, which boasted production by Franz Ferdinand’s Alex Kapranos, arrived in 2007

Discography:

Main Releases

Men’s Needs, Women’s Needs, Whatever 2007
The New Fellas 2005
The Cribs 2005

Singles

Men’s Needs 2007

Compilations

NY2LON 2005

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Compilations

I (CD-R) (2005)II (CD-R) (2005)III (CD-R) (August 2007)IIII (CD-R) (August 2007)

Singles, EPs

To Hit Armor Class Zero (2003)Heartbeeps / Go Zbra (2005)Run To Your Grave 7″” (2008)www.music.podshow.com www.mae-shi.com www.myspace.com/themaeshi

Guest

Live At The GreekJimmy Page 2000www.theblackcrowes.comwww.myspace.com/theblackcrowes www.music.podshow.com

This Camden four-piece is made up of a combination of childhood friends and strangers with a sound comprising disco beats and chop guitar.

First single “Man Next Door” caught the ears of Zane Lowe, winning Fresh Meat & Jonathan Ross at Radio 2. Something like ska on speed this 2 minutes 30 seconds of sharp, punchy indie pop proved Operahouse could hit where it hurt.

It was also the Trophy Track on BBC 6 Music’s Queens of Noize show and ensured listeners of Xfm voted them Uploaded featured artist of the week.

So who are Operahouse?

Singer and guitarist Johnny Lloyd was brought up on an aural diet of The Velvet Underground, The Beatles and Led Zepplin. He started playing guitar at eight years old, then quit and took up the saxophone for a few years before deciding he actually preferred guitar. Originally from Newcastle, Johnny came to London via Rugby where he played football at school with Jimmy Cratch.

Bassist Jimmy Cratch started playing guitar with Johnny when they were about 15. He moved to London to study photography at Camberwell Arts College. When Johnny was looking for the right people to join the band he asked Jimmy to try out. But as Johnny and Alex Kaines were both playing guitar he really needed someone on bass. That’s when Jimmy stopped playing guitar.

Guitarist Alex Kaines was introduced to Johnny by a mutual friend in a café in south London over egg and chips. “Johnny was making some god awful music with some friends at home and he needed a new member”, recalls Alex. The two of them started writing songs together and the basis for Operahouse was formed.

Still only 18, Ben Niblett has been playing drums for five years. A friend of the band pointed him in the direction of Johnny and Alex. “We knew immediately he was the right choice because he can really play and he listens, which in our knowledge of drummers is quite rare,” said Alex.

And so the line-up for Operahouse was finalised and the job of crafting some great songs began.

“Johnny and myself write the songs in their raw format before Jimmy and Ben put their parts into it,” said Alex. “It then generally just mutates until it is what it is.”

“I don’t feel we have any limitations musically, everyone is good at what they play.”

And now as the band head out on tour in August with Tokyo Police Club, it’s a chance for you to see for yourself just how good they really are.

Discography

Born A Boy
1. Born A Boy
2. Telescopes

Man Next Door
1. Man Next Door
2. Wrecking Ball

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