Mustasch - Down In black

Mustasch is a metal/hard rock/stoner rock band, formed in fall 1998 by Ralf Gyllenhammar, Hannes Hansson, Mats Hansson and Mats Johansson on the Mustasch farm on the island Orust in Sweden.
Yesterday these guys performed @ Arenan/ Stockholm a great show indeed.

Todays tune is from thier 2:nd album Above All.

Nick Drake - Northern Sky

Nicholas Rodney Drake (19 June 1948 – 25 November 1974) was an English singer-songwriter and musician best known for his acoustic, autumnal songs. His primary instrument was the guitar, though he was also proficient at piano, clarinet, and saxophone. Although he failed to find a wide audience during his lifetime, Drake's work has grown steadily in stature, to the extent that he now ranks among the most influential English singer-songwriters of the last 50 years.

Amadou & Mariam - Je Pense A Toi

Amadou and Mariam are a musical duo from Mali, composed of the couple Mariam Doumbia (vocals) (born in Mali's capital Bamako 15 April 1958) and Amadou Bagayoko (guitar and vocals) (born in Bamako 24 October 1954). The pair, known as "the blind couple from Mali" met at Mali's Institute for the Young Blind, and found they shared an interest in music.

The duo produces music that mixes traditional Mali sound with rock guitars, Syrian violins, Cuban trumpets, Egyptian ney, Colombian trombones, Indian tablas and Dogon percussion. All these elements put together have been referred to as "Afro-blues".

Todays tune is the great Je pense a toi

Boubacar Traoré - Je Chanterai Pour Toi

The Bluesman from Mali

Boubacar Traoré has gone from being the voice of Mali to obscurity, bouncing back to become an internationally respected singer, guitarist, and songwriter. He will be playing together with Madieye Niang on Calabash and Vincent Bucher on mouth organ.

Tonight he will perform @ Kägelbanan.

Check out this incredible musician on MySpace

Black Label Society - Super Terrorizer

Saw this band yesterday sooooo gooood, im really thrilled and i really dig this kinda heavy rock, Zakk is a dream when it comes to the gitarr and to play the piano, it was a bit of an suprise that he did some very soft songs but it was great anyway :) Look at those sculls sitting at the stage and the mic stand i found them awesome.

Enjoy!!

Love Thetania

Black Label Society - In This River

Black Label Society is a heavy metal band formed by Zakk Wylde, with seven studio albums released to date.
Zakk is mostley known as the guitarist in Ozzy Osbournes band.
But latley he has grown as a musician with his BLS band.
Atm he is out touring in Europe and will play tonight @ Berns, im really looking forward to see it.
He also doing doing some signings in Europe, yesterday he visit 4Sound to meet up with his fans and on the 27:th he will meet up the fans in Denmark.
Here is a wonderful song from him, enjoy it.

More info @ MySpace or @ www.blacklabelsociety.com

Slayer - Raining Blood

Slayer is an American thrash metal band founded by guitarists Jeff Hanneman and Kerry King in 1981.
Slayer is out on thier The Unholy Alliance Tour - "Chapter III".
With support acts as Trivium, Mastodon and Amon Amarth.
They played @ Annexet on Sunday and gave thier fans a great headbaning show.
Todays tune is a classic one, enjoy!


More info @ www.slayer.net or @ MySpace - Slayer or @Unholy alliance tour

Dismember - Casket Garden

Dismember is a Swedish death metal band that formed from members of Carnage in 1988. They are well known in the extreme metal underground.
Todays tune goes to Dismember who gave us a great show yesterday.
The DJ..s was: Nicke Andersson (Death breath) & Peter Stjärnvind (Nifelheim)

After 20 years of delivering the most eviscerating Death Metal in the world, the ultimate DISMEMBER show featuring:

Fred Estby
David Blomqvist
Robert Sennebäck
Matti Kärki
Richard Cabeza
Magnus Sahlgren
Sharlee D..Angelo
Martin Persson
Johan Bergebäck
Tobias Cristiansson
Thomas Daun

The show did feature all members and releases ever in a complete chronological order, starting off as the demo-trio formation and moving on though Dismember history til.. the present line up.

THIS WAS THE ONE AND ONLY OPPORTUNITY TO BE PART OF 20 YEARS OF DISMEMBERS HISTORY!

Black Stone Cherry - Lonely Train

After a great evening with Black Stone Cherry i need to post one more tune.
Todays tune is Lonely Train a little bit heavier than yesterdays tune but its really good, enjoy.



Some of Black Stone Cherry's most famous artwork, such as the cherry smoking a cigar is from a local tattoo artist, from West Main Street Tattoos in Glasgow, KY named Zach Burcham, who is listed in the art section under the thank you's of the self-titled album "Black Stone Cherry" as Zachry Burcham.

Black Stone Cherry - Blind Man

Black Stone Cherry is a southern rock band formed on June 4, 2001 in Edmonton, Kentucky, USA.
The band consists of Chris Robertson (guitar and vocals), Ben Wells (guitar), Jon Lawhon (bass guitar), and John Fred Young (drums). They are signed to Roadrunner Records.

Black Stone Cherry has toured in the United States extensively and has also supported Hinder in Europe before headlining their own European tour starting in Sheffield, England.
Other ventures included supporting the band Buckcherry. In 2006 when Buckcherry had to cancel a few shows, Black Stone Cherry opened and played a full set so that the crowd "could get its money's worth".
Also in late 2006/early 2007, BSC opened up for Zakk Wylde's Black Label Society, gaining recognition among a crowd with heavier musical taste. At the Los Angeles show at the Wiltern, Black Stone Cherry played a heavier version of Muddy Waters' "Hoochie Coochie Man".
In 2008 the band supported Def Leppard and Whitesnake on all dates of the latter's extensive Great Britain and Northern Ireland tour. On 26th June, their last date on this tour, the band succeeded in their lifelong dream of playing Wembley Arena. They have also opened for Drowning Pool.
Shortly after finishing their tour supporting Def Leppard and Whitesnake, Black Stone Cherry announced an 8 date UK tour in December. The support act for this tour are to be The Answer, an Irish rock band, as well as special guests Sevendust.
And now they hit the roads in Sweden and will enter the stage @ Klubben tonight with Swedish Backdraft.
I really looking forward for tonights show.
So todays tune is a great tune from Black Stone Cherry, Enjoy the blind man.

More info @ MySpace

Street Dogs - Final Transmission

Street Dogs are a punk rock band originally from Boston, Massachusetts. Among its ranks are Mike McColgan, former lead singer of The Dropkick Murphys, Johnny Rioux, Marcus Hollar, Tobe Bean III and Paul Rucker.

In 1998, McColgan left Dropkick Murphys to pursue a life-long dream of becoming a firefighter for the Boston Fire Department. In 2002, McColgan decided he could no longer stay away from music and formed Street Dogs. Their first album, Savin Hill, was a success and resulted in a supporting tour with Celtic punk band Flogging Molly.

Dirty Pretty Things - The Enemy

Last sunday i did a gig with this band, very nice guys. and their tour manager was great real funny.
I did a fuck up, I stood outside the load in area and tryed to take away some cars that were misplaced by their owner, and a guy came forward and said "Hi how are u doing" i was suspisious as we have a lot of peole that wanna come in for free at the back door. so i said Who are u a bit cocky, he said with a bit higher voice AND WHO ARE U, i said my name and asked again who he was and he said Im the tour manager i was like..eh ...eh...eh sorry you never know or something.. so embarrasing anyway he forgived me and we joked about it all day.

Ah well
This was their last concert here in Sweden and their very last tour.
I know there was some ladies on the gig that will miss them for sure.

Thank you guys

Cheers Thetania

Skindred - Rat Race

Did a gig the other night with Skindred.
They were support band to Floggy Molly...but damn they were better, the singer was so
energic and the music was a compound of so many styles, so cool me and Stones digged like hell.

It was a long time ago i saw a singer that got the audience to do so much. it was really a pleasure to help them. And he was damn sexy after his showwer with just his
towel around his butt :)

Enjoy!

Love Thetania

Flogging Molly - Laura

A few days ago did Flogging visit us with thier Eastpak Antidote Tour.
Bands included on this tour besides Flogging Molly was Street Dogs, Skindrade and Time Again

More info @ MySpace or www.antidotetour.com

Here is a great tune from the head line act.

And yes, it was a great show and i found a new band to like alot, more of them tomorrow.

Enjoy

Lacuna Coil - Enjoy the Silence

Lacuna Coil is an Italian gothic metal band formed in 1994.
Formerly known as Sleep of Right and Ethereal, the band was inspired by the combination of gothic imagery and music, and the members have been known, musically, for composing midtempo songs consisting of guitar lines overlaid with prominent keyboard work, and contrasting dual female/male vocal harmonies to help create a melodic detached sound, heavily emphasized on their 2002 breakthrough album Comalies. Much of the band's recent material, however, sees a heavier and more down-tuned style, featuring a more distinct bass line and a higher mixing of the guitars within the songs.

The band's 2006 release, Karmacode peaked at number 28 on the Billboard 200. They have played among the world's biggest heavy metal festivals on the main stage including Ozzfest, Bloodstock Open Air, Wacken Open Air, and played with Megadeth on their Gigantour tour in November 2007.

Todays tune is also a cover :)

Linkin Park - Enjoy The Silence

Linkin Park is an American rock band from Agoura Hills, California.
Since their formation in 1996, the band has sold more than 50 million albums and won two Grammy Awards.
They achieved mainstream success with their debut album, Hybrid Theory, which was certified Diamond by the RIAA in 2005. Their following studio album, Meteora, continued the band's success, topping the Billboard 200’s album charts in 2003, and was followed by extensive touring and charity work around the world.
Recognized for their adaptation of the nu metal and rap rock genre into a radio-friendly yet densely-layered style in Hybrid Theory and Meteora, the band moved away from this and explored a variety of other genres in their latest studio album, Minutes to Midnight. The album topped the Billboard charts and had the third best debut week of any album that year.
They are also known for their several collaborations, most notably with rapper Jay-Z in their mash-up album Collision Course, and many other artists on Reanimation.

Todays tune is a cover, written by Depeche Mode and performed by LP.

Slipknot - Duality

Slipknot is an American heavy metal band from Des Moines, Iowa. Slipknot consists of nine members, the current band members are Sid Wilson, Joey Jordison, Paul Gray, Chris Fehn, Jim Root, Craig Jones, Shawn Crahan, Mick Thomson, and Corey Taylor. The band's line-up has remained unchanged since 1999. Each member of the band wears a unique mask.
Slipknot formed in 1995 and underwent several line-up changes following the independent release of Mate. Feed. Kill. Repeat. in 1996. Their self-titled debut studio album was released in 1999 and was followed by Iowa in 2001 and Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses) in 2004. On August 25, 2008, the band returned to release their fourth studio album, All Hope Is Gone, which debuted at the top spot on the Billboard 200 charts. The band has released three DVDs including 2002's Disasterpieces, which was certified quadruple-platinum in the United States.


Controversy with masks
The band's image has started controversy over the years. A portion of the controversy comes from the band Mushroomhead, who, along with their fans, claim that Slipknot stole their image. In 2005, another source of controversy was the band's lawsuit against Burger King, claiming that company created the advertising based band Coq Roq to capitalize on Slipknot's image.
The band's lawyer claimed that Burger King had contacted the band's label to get Slipknot to take part in an "advertising campaign designed to motivate young people to vote". Burger King responded to the suit with a countersuit, and in that suit pointed out that many other bands, such as Mudvayne, Kiss, and GWAR have used masks as part of their image, although after private discussions the advertising campaign was dropped.

Slipknot is doing thier European Tour atm and visit Stockholm and Hovet on the 12:th and gave a marvelous show for thier fans and i thought it was pretty good.
Warm up acts was Machine Head and Children of Bodom

Royal Cream - Darling Darling

Royal Cream is a Rockish blues band from Sweden, was a big influence for Hellacopters when they made the Head Off record.
They coverd up the Darling Darling tune.
Video for the Darling Darling, taken from the band Royal Creams debut album "Death is Not a Destination, It's a State of Mind"

Enjoy!

Tanya Stephens - These Streets

Alot of wonderful music has passed my ears latley, alot of work with great artists.
A few days back i got a chance to work with a great female artist from Jamaica.
She is born July 2, 1973 in Kingston as Vivienne Stephenson, better known by her stage name Tanya Stephens.
She is one of the most influential Reggae artists that emerged in the late 1990s.
Stephens is most known for her hits "Yuh Nuh Ready Fi Dis Yet" — the single was later featured on the Reggae Gold 1997 compilation album — and "It's a Pity", which achieved Tanya international recognition as a one of a kind artist.

The new video for Tanya Stephens "These Streets" from her album Rebelution

Enjoy!

Levellers - One Way

The Levellers are a popular English rock band influenced by punk and traditional English music. They are based in Brighton, England where they were founded in 1988. There are several stories regarding how they got their name; from the Levellers, a radically democratic faction of Oliver Cromwell's New Model Army; as a reference to "The Level", a flat open space near where members of the band used to live in Brighton; or simply, according to guitarist, Simon Friend, a word they chose from a dictionary. Strongly interested and outspoken about green anarchism issues the band have built up a strong and devoted fanbase, despite being nearly universally ignored by mainstream critics. The band have been spokespeople for a number of issues including campaigning against the Criminal Justice Act (and its measures against rave parties) and various anti-capitalist and environmental issues. They continue to tour extensively around Britain and Europe but maintain a mutual dislike with the music press which stems from their early days.

The Levellers played @ Debaser a few days back and the guys was in a good mood and deliverd a great concert.
Todays tune is a classic song form them, here is a promo video to the original version of the song from the album "Levelling The Land" from 1991

Nebula - Loose Cannon

Nebula is a psychedelic stoner rock band, formed by guitarist Eddie Glass and drummer Ruben Romano after departing from Fu Manchu in 1997. Rob Oswald, later replaced Ruben Romano on drums in 2007.

They were joined on bass by Mark Abshire until he left during the recording of Atomic Ritual which was produced by well known desert rocker Chris Goss and released in 2003. Simon Moon stepped in until a final replacement was found in Tom Davies. Atomic Ritual was released to warm critical praise, with AMG calling Nebula a "hard-working power trio [that] sounds like it has been hanging out in the garage since 1969, blissfully unaware of the changing world outside. Which is definitely to its benefit [...]"

They are currently touring Europe with stoner metal legends Monster Magnet.
And they made a great performance the other day.

More info @ www.nebulamusic.com Or MySpace

Monster Magnet - Spacelord

I have to give you one more song from these guys.
This tune was the ultimate climax songat the show.
Enjoy this Monster Magnet tune Spacelord @ Rock am Ring 1999.

Monster Magnet - Monolithic

Monster Magnet is an American hard rock band. Hailing from Red Bank, New Jersey, the group was founded by Dave Wyndorf (vocals and guitar), John McBain (guitar), Tom Diello (drums), and Tim Cronin (vocals and bass). The band first went under the name "Dog of Mystery" and later "Airport 75" before finally settling on "Monster Magnet," taken from the name of a 1960s toy made by Wham-O, which Wyndorf liked when he was a child.

On February 27, 2006 Dave Wyndorf overdosed on prescription drugs.
His management released the following statement.

The battle with one’s inner demons is the most personal fight any of us can undertake. The fight is at times a lonely, confusing journey. On the evening of February 27, Dave Wyndorf suffered a set back in his own fight and was hospitalized for a drug overdose. His full recovery is expected. We ask that all those he has encountered over the years or simply affected by his music to take a moment to think good thoughts of and for him. With the grace of God and those who love him we are all confident that Dave will rebound from this set back and continue to play and make great rock and roll.

In 2007, it was announced that Monster Magnet would release a new album, 4-Way Diablo, which had been put back for a year because of Wyndorf's overdose. It was released later that year. Later in 2007, another greatest hits collection, 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Monster Magnet, was released.
Shortly before 4-Way Diablo was released, the Monster Magnet Official Website was finally updated, once :)

Monster Magnet is now out on tour and yesterday they visit Sweden for a show @ Klubben/Stockholm.
And yes........i was there :)
Here is a nice one.

Plan Three - Triggers

Plan Three is a Swedish Postgrunge-band from Stockholm and was formed in 2000.
Plan Three was acting as opening act on the 3 Doors Down show.
The band include members like Jacob Lovén – Vocal, Tommie Hammar – guitar,
Mathias Garneij – guitar, Peter Kjellin – bass & Vocal, Andreas Henrikkson – drums,
David Clewett – keys & vocal.

Peter Kjellin also know as the awsome Rock DJ @ Bandit Radio station.



More info @ MySpace or www.planthreeband.com

3 Doors Down (feat. Lynyrd Skynyrd) - Kryptonite

3 Doors Down is an American rock band formed in 1994 in Escatawpa, Mississippi by Brad Arnold (vocals and drums), Matt Roberts (guitar) and Todd Harrell (bass).[1] The band signed to Universal Records after the success of their song "Kryptonite". The band has since sold well over 15 million albums worldwide since their debut album, The Better Life, which was released in 2000. They also perform more than 300 concerts a year and have shared the stage with other artists such as Tantric, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Staind, Nickelback, Alter Bridge, Breaking Benjamin, Econoline Crush, Hinder, Seether, Shinedown, Finger Eleven, Daughtry, Jet Black Stare, and Switchfoot.
Todays tune they will share the stage with Lynyrd Skynyrd

This evening 3 Doors Down will perform at Arenan/Stockholm, guess who will be there :)

Pagan's Mind - Aegean Shores

I just have to give you guys one more song from this fantastic band from Norway
Pagans Mind..


Cheers, Thetania

Pagan´s Mind - Through Osiris's Eyes

I worked at a gig last sunday and encounter a band that i never heard of....i was suprised to hear sutcha great music and i missed all these years.

This was a Norweigian band called Pagans Mind with keyboard Ronny Tegner, Gitarr Jorn Viggo Lofstad, singer Nils K Rue Bass Steinar Krokmo and on the Drums Stian Kristoffersen
Great guys full of humour and laughf. The bass player loved "Snus" a tobacco thingie we have here in Sweden, they have it in Norway as well but its very expensive.
The beard tail that the drum man, Stian had was awesome.

Listen and enjoy!!

Hugs Thetania

Sonata Arctica - Dont Say Word

Sonata Arctica is a Finnish power metal band from the town of Kemi, originally assembled in 1996. Their later works (most notably Unia) contain some elements typical of progressive metal.
Did a gig with these fellows yesterday at Tyrol/Stockholm.
Was pretty good. Looked that the guys was in a good mood and enjoy to play.
Even the opening acts was pretty good, Pagan's Mind from Norway & Vanishing Point from Australia.

Simple Plan - Your Love Is A Lie

Simple Plan is a French Canadian pop punk band based in Montreal, Quebec. The band is on tour in Europe atm.
They visit Stockholm on the 31/10 and played at Annexet.

Here is a tune from thier latest record.

Gojira - To Sirius

Gojira is a death metal/progressive metal band formed in 1996 in Bayonne, France. The band was known as Godzilla until 2001. The band comprises Joe Duplantier on vocals and guitar, his brother Mario Duplantier on drums, Christian Andreu on guitar and Jean-Michel Labadie on bass. Since its formation, Gojira had no changes in lineup and has released four studio albums and one DVD. The band is known for their environment-related lyrics.
Atm Gojira is on tour with Sonich Syndicate and In Flames.
Played @ Annexet a few days back.

Enjoy!