“Come a Little Bit Closer…”
The Haunted on tour with
Damageplan and Shadows Fall

11/3/04-Worcester Palladium, Massachusetts
12/3/04-Irving Plaza, New York City
12/4/04-Starland Ballroom, Sayreville, New Jersey.
    
Report by MetalGeorge

Cleopatra Records released ‘Hollywood Rocks’ book a short time ago that was promoted by the Hollywood Rocks tour featuring LA Guns. The label has followed this release with a 4-CD box set featuring songs from arguably the greatest hard rock era of its time. In the compilation you will find demos, b-sides, live and rare tracks from the bands that made Sunset Strip what it was - Dokken, Ratt, Jetboy and many, many others. With so many bands on this project, I decided to interview the man behind the release – Cleopatra Record’s Tim Yasui who gave the lowdown on this new release. You can check out their website at www.cleorecs.com to get more information.

Interview with Disbelief Bassist Jochen “Joe” Trunk

Interviewed by: Anders Sandvall
Transcript by: Ulrika Henriksson.
 Pictures provided by Sound Pollution
Thanks to Niklas “Hobbe” Andersson at Sound Pollution for help with the interview.

I was lucky to get an opportunity to interview Disbelief's bass player, Jochen “Joe” Trunk. Disbelief have recently released their sixth album 66SICK and are now heading out on the road to crush Europe. This is what he had to say about the new album and about the band.

The new Thunder album THE MAGNIFICENT SEVENTH has just been released and here comes and interview with member Luke Morley – main songwriter and guitarist of the band. Thunder are also booked for several shows throughout Europe and I was curious as to what the guys have been up to the last few years.

Interviewed by: Anders Sandvall

Thanks to Frontiers Records for the promo pictures of the band.

Thanks to Stefan at Atenzia records for the help with the interview

It’s been some time since Jetboy graced any stage with their brand of guitar-driven hard rock. But that will come to an end very soon as the band reunites for the first time in some 14 years to play at the Key Club to help promote the release ‘Hollywood Rocks’ boxed set that the band provides a track towards. The band never did acquire the fame and status of the Poisons and Warrants of their era, but they did develop a loyal fanbase during their years. I had the opportunity to speak with Billy Rowe who gave me some insight on their reunion gig and their future plans. You can check out www.jetboyrocks.com to get more information.