The Daily Vault – Page 45

17 Oct

Masters of Thrash Still Reign

Paul HansonFeature

The Jagermeister music festival rolled through Davenport, Iowa, on Friday, October 10, 2003. Advertised as 25 bands on three stages, the event at Banana Joe's lived up to its name. Luckily, the night was a beautiful one. The moon was full, a gentle breeze flowed through the main stage area, and the beer and Jagermeister flowed. There were three stages -- two inside, one outside -- so if one band sucked, you could go find another. This turned out to be important, as there were some truly awful bands that played -- and one band that ruled supreme.On the main…

30 Sep

A Mark, A Mission, A Finger, A Star

Emily KinsellaFeature

"I'll find myself drifting in a sky full of/scars they cut into you/blisters rose colored hue/mayday we're going down/these masculine memories are morose/your kerosene company is comatose." So begins Vendetta Red, who sound a tad bit like Trapt, or Adema if you wanna go that route. Lead singer Zach Davidson gyrates and hops about so, that I would liken his onstage demeanor to that of Chester Bennington of Linkin Park fame, or that guy who abandoned Rage Against the Machine, so that now they're Audioslave. VR's set lasts little longer than it would take to consume a taco, and doesn't…

15 Sep

RIAA: The Collective Devil

Adam MicoEssayriaa

Over the past couple weeks, I have been reading and progressively stewing about the Recording Industry Association of America's (RIAA's) pending legal action against file sharers. As a result of record companies' whining, RIAA declared that the sources of the problem are people who download and make their downloads available for other like users, and that they consider this pirating. The 'pirates' are generally avid music fans. It makes perfect sense for a cost-conscious society to want to test a product before it is purchased. A general business principal relates that a product or service is refundable if a customer…

03 Sep

Everything In Its Right Place

Sean McCarthyFeature

"I can't believe, out of all the bloody places to see Radiohead… bloody Wisconsin…" muttered Nick, a Londoner who flew stateside to see the band, to me in the lawn section of Alpine Valley Music Theatre on a crisp, cloudless Saturday night. He had me beat. We only drove nine hours from Omaha. But for the summer of 2003, this was THE act to catch. Four years after cocooning themselves with computer processors and brief stateside appearances, Radiohead released their "pop" album, Hail To The Thief and reviews from abroad and in the states have hailed this tour as possibly…

25 Aug

The Return Of The King: Rubberneckin’ With Elvis

Adam MicoFeatureNULL

*Stop*Back in 1969, Elvis was in the midst of his big comeback. After years of poorly-received and similar-sounding movie fodder, he cradled R&B, country and pop to recreate himself as a relevant artist. Radio smashes came out full-force with anthemic cuts like "Suspicious Minds," "Kentucky Rain and "In the Ghetto." When originally released, "Rubberneckin'" was only capable of garnering a modest cult following after this tune was buried as a B-side to "Don't Cry Daddy" and used in his embarrassingly-received final film, Change of Habit.*Look*"Stop, look and listen, baby… that's my philosophy..."As a fan, I was always curious to why…

01 Jul

I Know What You Want

JBFeature

There are two distinct sides to Mariah Carey. One side makes good music. The other makes American Idol fodder.The side that makes good music basically invented the pop/hip-hop cross followed by countless big-name recording acts; Jennifer Lopez went so far as to steal a sample idea from Carey's Glitter album and scored a huge hit (ironically titled "I'm Real"). Carey was supposed to be a footnote, an obscure yet influential artist that was considered cool to like, with her immense library of samples, her obsessive songwriting and producing, her vocal phrasing replete with influences from jazz, hip-hop, and R&B.Instead they…

03 Jun

The Return of Metallica: Looking Forward, Looking Back

Paul HansonEssaymetallica

I can remember:. . .hating Metallica because they were too fast.. . .driving west on I-80 from North Liberty, Iowa, towards Vermillion, SD, a few years ago, rocking to "For Whom the Bells Toll" on one radio station and to "Master of Puppets" on another station a few more miles down the road.. . . trying to play "Phantom Lord" on drums with a guitarist in 1989. Over the years, we worked on "Seek and Destroy," "Am I Evil," "No Remorse," and "Harvester of Sorrow." He played bass when my band played "Enter Sandman.". . . bassist Jason Newsted telling…

13 Apr

The Boss Rises Again: Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band Live In Sacramento

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They tried to draft Bruce Springsteen last year. A group of New Jerseyites got it in their head that what their state really needed to turn things around was for Springsteen to represent them in the U.S. Senate. That idea only seems preposterous if you have never seen the man live in concert. For there may be no one in the history of rock and roll - hell, the history of popular music - with this man's ability to inspire.As he has throughout the 2002-2003 tour supporting his Grammy-winning album The Rising, he arrived in Sacramento, California last Wednesday night…

01 Apr

A Strange Little Girl In Nebraska: Tori Amos At Omaha’s Orpheum Theatre

Sean McCarthyFeatureNULL

For more than a decade, Tori Amos has made some of the most intimate recordings in mainstream music. Consequently, her live shows strongly reflect the intimacy in her recordings. Most Amos neophytes know when to shut the hell up when the lights go down at a show. As intimate as a Tori Amos show can be, she keeps interaction with the crowd to a minimum, opting to let the songs speak for themselves.Before a sellout crowd of about 2,000 at the Orpheum Theatre in Omaha, Nebraska, Amos let her songs do the talking for a mesmerizing two hours. Wearing a…

06 Mar

Riding The Rollercoaster: Peter Friestedt Talks About His LA Project

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Peter Friestedt was born in 1973 and raised in Strömstad, Sweden. He began to play the piano at age 10, and by the time he was 11 years old, had begun to play guitar. Peter studied at various music conservatories in Sweden, before deciding in 1998 to continue his studies in the United States at the Los Angeles Music Academy, under the instruction of department head Frank Gambale and his guitar staff. Peter was one of four students, coached by the legendary drummer Ralph Humphrey and LAMA guitar instructor Bill Fowler, who received recognition for first place in the 2000…