Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
The DAMAGED Hearing Playlist for 07-01-08
The DAMAGED Hearing Playlist for 07.01.08
Christophe's "The Life Of An Outlaw" was played again today on DAMAGED Hearing. Check this show out at http://www.krfcfm.org/ It's played on air locally in Fort Collins, CO. But you can stream it on your computer. So check it out and be sure to request more Christophe tunes.Tuesday, July 01, 2008
The DAMAGED Hearing Playlist for 07.01.08
* denotes selections from this week's featured artist/album: ROCK'N'ROLL HIGH SCHOOL - ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK** denotes listener request
Michael Bolton-"How Am I Supposed to Live Without You"
Ramones-"Rock'N'Roll High School" *
Hanson-"Mmm Bop"
Shane MacGowan and the Popes-"Cracklin' Rosie"
Jonny Polonsky-"In My Mind"
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds-"Deanna" **
The Paley Brothers and the Ramones-"C'mon Let's Go" *
Donny Osmond-"Too Young"
The Osmonds-"Let Me In"
Starland Vocal Band-"Afternoon Delight" **
Mika-"Love Today" **
Boys Don't Cry-"I Wanna Be a Cowboy"
Gay Pimp-"Soccer Practice"
Michael Jackson-"Billie Jean"
Devo-"Come Back Jonee" *
AC/DC-"Money Talks"Ted Nugent-"Stand"
Ozzy Osbourne-"Dog the Bounty Hunter"
Brownsville Station-"Smoking in the Boys Room" *
Pink Steel-"More to Love"
Adam Sandler-"Fatty McGee"
Eddie and the Hotrods-"Teenage Depression" *
Christophe-"Life of an Outlaw" **
Ramones-"I Want You Around" *
Van Morrison-"Tupelo Honey"
James Brown-"Living in America"
PJ Soles-"Rock'N'Roll High School" *
Sunday, June 29, 2008
The DAMAGED Hearing Playlist for 06-17-08
DAMAGED Hearing on Colorado's KRFC Radio Station has been playing Christophe's "The Life Of An Outlaw". Check it out! 
* denotes selections from this week's featured artist/album: JOURNEY - REVELATION
** denotes listener request
Britney Spears-"Do Somethin'"
Britney Spears and Louis-"Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman"
Journey-"Never Walk Away" *
Huey Lewis and the News-"Stuck With You"
Garth Brooks-"Hard Luck Woman"
Trey Parker-"Only a Woman"
Journey-"Faithfully" *
Journey-"Change for the Better" *
Right Said Fred-"I'm Too Sexy" **
RuPaul-"Supermodel (You Better Work)"
Haddaway-"What is Love"
Jimmy Fallon-"Idiot Boyfriend"
Journey-"Anyway You Want It" *
Devo-"Supercop"
Journey-"Faith in the Heartland" *
Jeff Finlin-"American Dream 109"
Jeff Finlin-"Jesus Was a Motorcycle Man"
Jeff Finlin-"Better Than This"
Christophe-"The Life of an Outlaw"
Roger Alan Wade-"If You're Gonna Be Dumb, You Gotta Be Tough"
Journey-"Open Arms" *
REO Speedwagon-"Keep On Loving You"
Loverboy w/Ann Wilson-"Almost Paradise"
Asia-"Heat of the Moment"
Journey-"Turn Down the World Tonight" *
Journey-"Don't Stop Believin'" *
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
The DAMAGED Hearing Playlist for 06.17.08
* denotes selections from this week's featured artist/album: JOURNEY - REVELATION** denotes listener request
Britney Spears-"Do Somethin'"
Britney Spears and Louis-"Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman"
Journey-"Never Walk Away" *
Huey Lewis and the News-"Stuck With You"
Garth Brooks-"Hard Luck Woman"
Trey Parker-"Only a Woman"
Journey-"Faithfully" *
Journey-"Change for the Better" *
Right Said Fred-"I'm Too Sexy" **
RuPaul-"Supermodel (You Better Work)"
Haddaway-"What is Love"
Jimmy Fallon-"Idiot Boyfriend"
Journey-"Anyway You Want It" *Devo-"Supercop"
Journey-"Faith in the Heartland" *
Jeff Finlin-"American Dream 109"
Jeff Finlin-"Jesus Was a Motorcycle Man"
Jeff Finlin-"Better Than This"
Christophe-"The Life of an Outlaw"
Roger Alan Wade-"If You're Gonna Be Dumb, You Gotta Be Tough"
Journey-"Open Arms" *
REO Speedwagon-"Keep On Loving You"
Loverboy w/Ann Wilson-"Almost Paradise"
Asia-"Heat of the Moment"
Journey-"Turn Down the World Tonight" *
Journey-"Don't Stop Believin'" *
Monday, May 12, 2008
Friday, February 8, 2008
Monday, January 21, 2008
Thursday, February 9, 2006
Interview from the Midnight Calling e-zine Feb. '06
http://www.MidnightCalling.com
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MC: Where does the name Mockingbird Lane come from? To me, it conjures up sort of an "American Gothic".
ML: Mockingbird Lane comes from two places… First, "The Munsters" television series. It was the street they lived on. That show was a large part in shaping me into the fiend I am today. Second, there where some experiments ran some years back… I won't really talk too much on that. If you do the research you'll find it. I don't want to give too much away.
MC: How would you describe your music to someone who had never heard it before?
ML: I usually describe it as dark, gothic-punk. When I try to explain the different influences and styles of music that Blizzard and I have brought together into it people usually just look confused and walk away. So I usually just say Death-rock, Goth-punk or Horror-punk… That usually works for most occasions.
MC: I understand that "I Vampire" and "Wolfshead" are appearing on a compilation. What compilation is it? Has it been released yet?
ML: They were recorded for a compilation of Oklahoma bands that a fiend of mine was putting together, but it's not going to happen. Ended up being more money than he could acquire and I guess he lost interest. So if anyone wants to use them on a comp they are up for grabs, contact me.
MC: How about your Misfit's cover "She"? Has the Misfit's tribute CD come out yet? Does Mockingbird Lane plan to release anything soon?
ML: The first Misfits CD is supposed to be out now at Crypt of Blood Records. There should be a link on the mp3 page of my site. I'm not sure when the second Misfits CD will be released. As for our own CD, a lot of stuff has happened to keep us out of the studio. I will probably release another demo by October. This time it will be even more low quality. Some live stuff taken from video and some 4-track stuff we recorded last month when BJ got out of prison.
MC: What are some of your musical influences? Also, what do you like to listen to?
ML: My influences are bands like The Bolshoi, Concrete Blonde, Samhain, T.S.O.L., Josie and The Pussycats, The Sisters Of Mercy, the Church and 45 Grave. There are a lot more… that's just what comes to mind right now. I listen to a lot of different things… Mostly I listen to old country music though. I like that a lot.
MC: How's the search going for other band members? Are you and Blizzard still pretty much the "core" of Mockingbird Lane?
ML: It is still pretty much Blizzard and me. Now that BJ is out of prison we did some recordings with him. Abby may start to play bass after I get moved to VA.
MC: I'm dying to know (no pun intended): Exactly what happened in the Funeral chapel that night?
ML: Not much really happened. I never told the guys sitting in at that time that the chapel was haunted or that there was a body on display. They were a little nervous about practicing in a funeral chapel anyway and got freaked when my fiends drug out the corpse. The weird shit usually never happened until 1 am. So I figured I did not need to tell them the place was haunted on top of that but as soon as I started the first verse for "Monster Mash" lights started going off and on the temperature dropped considerably and there were a lot of noises and movement throughout the building. We saw some woman walking around in the other room and just all kinds of little creepy shit was going on. They tried to laugh it off at first. They thought it was my fiends trying to fuck around with them, until they realized everyone was in one room. The guitarist even swore the corpse was moving. He thought the corpse was someone I knew and was going to jump up and grab him… that I was trying to scare him as an initiation into the band. (I had previously done things like make the drummer jump through fire as initiation) After they had realized it was not a prank they were even more freaked out and never came to the gig or answered the phone again.
MC: How have your touring experiences been? Where have you enjoyed playing the most?
ML: Touring has not happened much because of the lack of band members. No one wanted to stick around long enough to go out. Our favorite place to play though has been Lawton Oklahoma. It's great there. The crowd is nothing like in the rest of OK and the bands we played with were great. Our Samhain gig was the best. We played with Eerie LN, Day Of The Sick, Earth A.D. and Antarctica Vs. The World. I was covered in sweat, spit, blood (real and fake) and all kinds of other shit no one wants to hear about by the time that weekend was over…
MC: What do you think of the U.S. Deathrock scene?
ML: I've never really been much a part of a scene or known of many of the bands. The little I have found out about and the bands I have heard are great though.
MC: What will Mockingbird Lane be up to in the near Future? Is there anything else you'd like to add?
ML: Near future holds a lot of moving around and hopefully some real recording sometime early next year. The way things have been going I don't want to make any promises. As far as anything to add, we want to hear from people. We want to know what you think, where you are from. Get on the site and send us mail and e-mails.
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MC: Where does the name Mockingbird Lane come from? To me, it conjures up sort of an "American Gothic".
ML: Mockingbird Lane comes from two places… First, "The Munsters" television series. It was the street they lived on. That show was a large part in shaping me into the fiend I am today. Second, there where some experiments ran some years back… I won't really talk too much on that. If you do the research you'll find it. I don't want to give too much away.
MC: How would you describe your music to someone who had never heard it before?
ML: I usually describe it as dark, gothic-punk. When I try to explain the different influences and styles of music that Blizzard and I have brought together into it people usually just look confused and walk away. So I usually just say Death-rock, Goth-punk or Horror-punk… That usually works for most occasions.
MC: I understand that "I Vampire" and "Wolfshead" are appearing on a compilation. What compilation is it? Has it been released yet?
ML: They were recorded for a compilation of Oklahoma bands that a fiend of mine was putting together, but it's not going to happen. Ended up being more money than he could acquire and I guess he lost interest. So if anyone wants to use them on a comp they are up for grabs, contact me.
MC: How about your Misfit's cover "She"? Has the Misfit's tribute CD come out yet? Does Mockingbird Lane plan to release anything soon?
ML: The first Misfits CD is supposed to be out now at Crypt of Blood Records. There should be a link on the mp3 page of my site. I'm not sure when the second Misfits CD will be released. As for our own CD, a lot of stuff has happened to keep us out of the studio. I will probably release another demo by October. This time it will be even more low quality. Some live stuff taken from video and some 4-track stuff we recorded last month when BJ got out of prison.
MC: What are some of your musical influences? Also, what do you like to listen to?
ML: My influences are bands like The Bolshoi, Concrete Blonde, Samhain, T.S.O.L., Josie and The Pussycats, The Sisters Of Mercy, the Church and 45 Grave. There are a lot more… that's just what comes to mind right now. I listen to a lot of different things… Mostly I listen to old country music though. I like that a lot.
MC: How's the search going for other band members? Are you and Blizzard still pretty much the "core" of Mockingbird Lane?
ML: It is still pretty much Blizzard and me. Now that BJ is out of prison we did some recordings with him. Abby may start to play bass after I get moved to VA.
MC: I'm dying to know (no pun intended): Exactly what happened in the Funeral chapel that night?
ML: Not much really happened. I never told the guys sitting in at that time that the chapel was haunted or that there was a body on display. They were a little nervous about practicing in a funeral chapel anyway and got freaked when my fiends drug out the corpse. The weird shit usually never happened until 1 am. So I figured I did not need to tell them the place was haunted on top of that but as soon as I started the first verse for "Monster Mash" lights started going off and on the temperature dropped considerably and there were a lot of noises and movement throughout the building. We saw some woman walking around in the other room and just all kinds of little creepy shit was going on. They tried to laugh it off at first. They thought it was my fiends trying to fuck around with them, until they realized everyone was in one room. The guitarist even swore the corpse was moving. He thought the corpse was someone I knew and was going to jump up and grab him… that I was trying to scare him as an initiation into the band. (I had previously done things like make the drummer jump through fire as initiation) After they had realized it was not a prank they were even more freaked out and never came to the gig or answered the phone again.
MC: How have your touring experiences been? Where have you enjoyed playing the most?
ML: Touring has not happened much because of the lack of band members. No one wanted to stick around long enough to go out. Our favorite place to play though has been Lawton Oklahoma. It's great there. The crowd is nothing like in the rest of OK and the bands we played with were great. Our Samhain gig was the best. We played with Eerie LN, Day Of The Sick, Earth A.D. and Antarctica Vs. The World. I was covered in sweat, spit, blood (real and fake) and all kinds of other shit no one wants to hear about by the time that weekend was over…
MC: What do you think of the U.S. Deathrock scene?
ML: I've never really been much a part of a scene or known of many of the bands. The little I have found out about and the bands I have heard are great though.
MC: What will Mockingbird Lane be up to in the near Future? Is there anything else you'd like to add?
ML: Near future holds a lot of moving around and hopefully some real recording sometime early next year. The way things have been going I don't want to make any promises. As far as anything to add, we want to hear from people. We want to know what you think, where you are from. Get on the site and send us mail and e-mails.
Monday, January 23, 2006
Review from Black Angel Promotions
World Horror Network Presents:
The Horror Of It All
[Vol. 1]
Comp CD
By: T.J.
The World Horror Network has released its first compilation album entitled "The Horror of it All". This album contains 18 monstrous tracks. Some of the bands you will know, others you won't, but that's half the fun of it is experiencing new music and new bands. So without further a due, ghouls and goblins, THE HORROR OF IT ALL!
Calabrese-"Back Seat of my Hearse": Honestly, I've never been a big Calabrese fan, but dammit, this is a really good song. I'm impressed and it's easy to see how the brothers have grown since the Midnight Spook Show days.
Dead on Revival- "Zombiefuck": While the sound quality isn't great, it's still a pretty decent tune. It reminds me of some old school Dead Kennedy's stuff.
Monster Squad-"Psycho De Mayo": This is a really fun and campy song. You can tell the guys had a really fun time making this song and it shows. Great stuff.
TFMU-"Headless Children": Starting off with a palpitating heart, this song encompasses a really strong horror feel to it. It's a song you could easily place in a Friday the 13th movie while Jason's on a killing spree and it would be perfectly in sync with the bloody murders!
Creepersin-"Bleed for Me": What a great band and tune. Just envision you're up at lover's lane getting ready to do the dirty deed and someone smashes out the back window and drags you kicking and screaming out of the car and takes you into the woods to kill you. Well, I think it would make for a great video anyway.
Horror of 59-"Graveyard Beyond the Woods": Personally, my favorite track on this comp. It's really good horror rock with good sound quality and just an amazing feel to it. I can't wait to hear a full length album from these guys!
Ecto-1-"Lilitu": One of the most talented horror rock bands out there, with one of their trademark songs. "Lilitu" is amazing. I love the bass breakdown near the end of the song. Check these guys out. While this is a great song, it's only the surface of how much these guys rock!
Left for Dead-"Night of the Living Dead": This is another fun horror rock song. The entire song is put together very well and the backing vocals are really good. Overall, this is a really good song.
Sugarpuss-"Into the Grave": Ok. The music is pretty good. The vocals on the other hand are hard for me to swallow. They're screechy and annoying. This song is a toss up for me, so I don't know if I like it or not.
Fuse-"Sugar and Lies": I dig this tune. Would I call it horror, probably not, but that doesn't take away the fact that it's a good song.
The Corpsemaker-"Eternal Damnation": The intro is clever and the bass sounds like "Where Eagles Dare" era Misfits and some guitar riffs sound like "I Love Rock N' Roll". But other portions of the song make me want to skip to the next track. It sounds kind of like a sampler song with different portions of different songs from different artists. I wouldn't have put this on the compilation.
Saturday Night Shockers-"Please Don't Tell Me": If grunge and horror were to meet, I'd have to say these guys would be at the top of the list. This song has its own feel to it and I enjoy it thoroughly.
Mockingbird Lane- "Dead Girls Don't Say No": This song makes me laugh. It's almost like they're mocking horror rock. Just for the fact it's not very creative lyrically. I like the music, but the lyrics have got to go!
The Abominations-"Sweet Fire": With this song, it sounds like the band has some real talent. Again, I just don't think I would consider this horror.
Others-"People": Goddamn this is a really good song! But then again, it's the Others, so that was a given.
DieMonsterDie-"Guns N' Booze": These guys have a really strong fan following in the horror rock community, but I'm not a part of it. Again, the music is pretty good, but the lyrics just annoy me. The over use of the line "Guns N' Booze" really gets on my nerves.
The Devil Bats-"In Time": I like the raw guitar sound and the choruses are very good. I've never heard of these guys, but now I'm glad I have!
The Afterdarks-"From Dusk Till Dawn": This is a really clever song. It's a great song that tells the story of a woman who will suck you dry of your blood! I enjoy the sound and it's a bit different in its own respects from the other tracks. Great note to leave the album on.
www.worldhorrornetwork.com
The Horror Of It All
[Vol. 1]
Comp CD
By: T.J.
The World Horror Network has released its first compilation album entitled "The Horror of it All". This album contains 18 monstrous tracks. Some of the bands you will know, others you won't, but that's half the fun of it is experiencing new music and new bands. So without further a due, ghouls and goblins, THE HORROR OF IT ALL!
Calabrese-"Back Seat of my Hearse": Honestly, I've never been a big Calabrese fan, but dammit, this is a really good song. I'm impressed and it's easy to see how the brothers have grown since the Midnight Spook Show days.
Dead on Revival- "Zombiefuck": While the sound quality isn't great, it's still a pretty decent tune. It reminds me of some old school Dead Kennedy's stuff.
Monster Squad-"Psycho De Mayo": This is a really fun and campy song. You can tell the guys had a really fun time making this song and it shows. Great stuff.
TFMU-"Headless Children": Starting off with a palpitating heart, this song encompasses a really strong horror feel to it. It's a song you could easily place in a Friday the 13th movie while Jason's on a killing spree and it would be perfectly in sync with the bloody murders!
Creepersin-"Bleed for Me": What a great band and tune. Just envision you're up at lover's lane getting ready to do the dirty deed and someone smashes out the back window and drags you kicking and screaming out of the car and takes you into the woods to kill you. Well, I think it would make for a great video anyway.
Horror of 59-"Graveyard Beyond the Woods": Personally, my favorite track on this comp. It's really good horror rock with good sound quality and just an amazing feel to it. I can't wait to hear a full length album from these guys!
Ecto-1-"Lilitu": One of the most talented horror rock bands out there, with one of their trademark songs. "Lilitu" is amazing. I love the bass breakdown near the end of the song. Check these guys out. While this is a great song, it's only the surface of how much these guys rock!
Left for Dead-"Night of the Living Dead": This is another fun horror rock song. The entire song is put together very well and the backing vocals are really good. Overall, this is a really good song.
Sugarpuss-"Into the Grave": Ok. The music is pretty good. The vocals on the other hand are hard for me to swallow. They're screechy and annoying. This song is a toss up for me, so I don't know if I like it or not.
Fuse-"Sugar and Lies": I dig this tune. Would I call it horror, probably not, but that doesn't take away the fact that it's a good song.
The Corpsemaker-"Eternal Damnation": The intro is clever and the bass sounds like "Where Eagles Dare" era Misfits and some guitar riffs sound like "I Love Rock N' Roll". But other portions of the song make me want to skip to the next track. It sounds kind of like a sampler song with different portions of different songs from different artists. I wouldn't have put this on the compilation.
Saturday Night Shockers-"Please Don't Tell Me": If grunge and horror were to meet, I'd have to say these guys would be at the top of the list. This song has its own feel to it and I enjoy it thoroughly.
Mockingbird Lane- "Dead Girls Don't Say No": This song makes me laugh. It's almost like they're mocking horror rock. Just for the fact it's not very creative lyrically. I like the music, but the lyrics have got to go!
The Abominations-"Sweet Fire": With this song, it sounds like the band has some real talent. Again, I just don't think I would consider this horror.
Others-"People": Goddamn this is a really good song! But then again, it's the Others, so that was a given.
DieMonsterDie-"Guns N' Booze": These guys have a really strong fan following in the horror rock community, but I'm not a part of it. Again, the music is pretty good, but the lyrics just annoy me. The over use of the line "Guns N' Booze" really gets on my nerves.
The Devil Bats-"In Time": I like the raw guitar sound and the choruses are very good. I've never heard of these guys, but now I'm glad I have!
The Afterdarks-"From Dusk Till Dawn": This is a really clever song. It's a great song that tells the story of a woman who will suck you dry of your blood! I enjoy the sound and it's a bit different in its own respects from the other tracks. Great note to leave the album on.
www.worldhorrornetwork.com
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