Detritus
Mini-Issue #298.5 - December 3, 2004
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-We here at Detritus would like to send our condolences to the friends
and family of Brian DeSantis, who passed away a week ago. Brian was a
friend, sound & lights man, Web master, and a member of John
Taglieri's solo band. In his newsletter this week Taglieri announced a
tribute from Brian's co-workers has been put up at
http://www.bccls.org/brian/ , and John will be adding something to his
own site http://JohnTaglieri.com/ .

-In lighter news, here are a few timely press releases and a Trouble
live review from guest writer Gene Kulin. - Tim

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-The Haunted To Be Featured On MTV2's Headbangers Ball This Week

Swedish thrash titans The Haunted will be the featured guests on
MTV2's Headbangers Ball this Saturday, Dec. 4th. The group are
currently wrapping up the Devastation Across The Nation Tour alongside
Damageplan and Shadows Fall; look for them to make their U.S. return
in the spring. Their new video "All Against All" was shot by acclaimed
director Roger Johansson (In Flames, Soilwork), expect a new video for
the track "99" to surface early next year.

Now four albums into the band's stellar career, The Haunted have
returned with their most savage assault yet, proving that there truly
is no compromise. Their new disc, rEVOLVEr, featuring the long
anticipated return of original vocalist Peter Dolving, is also the
group's most dynamic offering to date. The innovators of Swedish
thrash metal have returned, and they are ready to lay waste to
anything that stands in their way.

"Who needs Slayer when you have The Haunted."
--Decibel

"The Haunted might be the most devastating combo in recent years to
revive thrash metal's menacing specter."
--Guitar One

Official Band Website – http://www.the-haunted.com/

Click here to stream their latest video:
http://mp4.centurymedia.com/allHIGH.ram

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-Joe Satriani & Tesla's 3rd Appearance on 3GP TV December 6

"3 Guys Pickin" presents:

Dec 6 - Joe Satriani

Joe sat down with Tyler & Mike The Extra to talk about his new cd,
writing songs, touring with Spinal Tap, performing onstage, and Lars
Ulrich's drum tutor. Exclusive live performance clips are also shown.

Upcoming shows include:

Dec 20 - Tesla guitarist Frank Hannon. Frank jammed some demos and
performed Johnny Cash's "Folsom Prison Blues" with 3GP loudmouth
Brodie on vocals.

Pics & fan feedback of the interview can be found here:
http://teslatheband.com/MB/MBPosts.aspx?f=1&t=15114

Jan 10 - Tesla vocalist Jeff Keith. Jeff sat down with Tyler backstage
at the recent Scorpions show to talk all things Tesla. Exclusive live
performance clips are shown.

Pics & fan feedback of the interview can be found here:
http://teslatheband.com/MB/MBPosts.aspx?f=1&t=15053

"3 Guys Pickin", the most electrifying cable access show IN Chicago (&
also the world), features Tyler, Brodie & Dave the Extra waxing
philosophical about today's pop culture, with celeb interviews, skits,
live music & lots of bravado.

"3 Guys Pickin"
Mondays, 10:30pm
cable channel 19
Chicago city limits only

For celebrity guest list, please see:
http://www.cantv.org/descrip.htm

Thanks for your support!

schedule subject to change.

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-Mad Margritt On "The Classic Metal Show" !!!!!

Mad Margritt singer Eddie Smith will be interviewed this Saturday
night (12-4-04) on The Classic Metal Show!! The show will air 9:00pm
till 3:00am Eastern Standard Time. You can tune in by clicking on any
of the following links.

http://www.theclassicmetalshow.com/
http://www.stickmanradio.com/
http://www.unitedrock.com/
http://www.myamericanradio.net/

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by Gene Kulin (strangeways75@...)

-Trouble Reveal New Songs Amidst Set List In Chicago

Having destroyed the western suburbs the previous week Trouble moved
eastward November 27th and blasted the Windy City by playing a gig and
laying waste to the local Chicago club the Nite Cap.

Located just off of Irving Park Rd. in Chicago the Nite Cap bar is a
really annoying venue to see band at. The bar itself is plopped down
in the middle of the room where the tiny stage is. This leaves about a
space of five feet between the front of the stage and the north end of
the bar making patrons have to spill out along the sides of the bar in
order to get a glance at the band playing. Obviously the owners value
the sale of booze more than they do the actual comfort of the people
in their venue. I won't be back. That being said I was more than happy
to attend my second Trouble show in two weeks. As the Beatles' "I Am
The Walrus" came out of the speakers the faithful knew that Trouble
were ready to go, and the band came up onto the stage amidst a great
ovation and large plumes of smoke kicking into "Touch The Sky." Eric,
Bruce, Jeff, Chuck, and Rick "Snoopy" Wartell all looked great and
were ready to splay out yet another slab of doom for those assembled.

The band then blasted into "Fear," both guitarists churning out riffs
that Iommi or Ozzy would give their eyeteeth for. Next up was "Plastic
Green Head" from the album of the same name. "Sinner's Fame" followed
and it was great to hear this gem from the band’s self-titled Def
American release. The banded then shifted into "Memory's Garden." This
is one of the best metal songs ever written, and deserved to get
massive airplay when it was released back in the day.

Trouble's music is not just heavy for the sake of being heavy (like so
many other bands seem to do), but heavy for all the right reasons. It
is as if the songs couldn't have been made any other way than there
were. And so it was that the Trouble faithful got a dose of what is to
come as the band then pulled out two new songs they are working on.
"Goin' Home" and "Weather" were the two new tunes that were debuted,
and they were classic sounding Trouble. "Heaven On My Mind" was next
up followed by "Manic Frustration."

The crowd had fun singing along with the "End Of My Daze," and were
then treated to the ultra heavy "All Is Forgiven." "Psychotic
Reaction" closed the set and as Eric walked off the stage while the
band wailed on the crowd was left stunned and dizzy in their wake.
After a brief time away from the stage the band came back and treated
the locals to Metal Blade-era recordings "Tempter," "The Wickedness Of
Man," and "Revelation."

Not unlike what Billy Corgan did for Cheap Trick with his interest one
can only hope that Foo Fighter Dave Grohl can help shed some light on
the Trouble boys with not only his Probot metal side project, but by
drumming on the next official studio release as reported at
BraveWords.com. The masses deserve to be made aware of Trouble,
especially in an era dominated by the Limp Bizkits of the world. While
they hop around trying to conjure up the energy of a good performance,
Trouble achieves a golden performance night after night with ease.
Even on a stage as tiny as this one Trouble blows many of these bands
away achieving musically what they could never dream of and stomping
them out like the insignificant bugs they are.

Set List:
Touch The Sky
Fear
Plastic Green head
Sinner's Fame
Memory's Garden
Goin' Home
Weather
Heaven On My Mind
Manic Frustration
End Of My Daze
All Is Forgiven
Psychotic Reaction
Tempter
Wickedness Of Man
Revelation

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