"JEFF BUCKLEY'S FORMER BANDMATES IN BLACK
BEETLE..."<br><br>BLACK BEETLE / INTERVIEW AND PERFORMANCE<br>on MTV NEWS
1515 - "YOU HEAR IT FIRST"
segment<br><br>Airdates:<br>FRIDAY, MARCH 31st at 7:30 PM (debut)<br>SATURDAY,
APRIL
1st at 10:30 AM<br>SUNDAY, APRIL 2nd at 9:00
AM<br>MONDAY, APRIL 3rd at 7:00 AM<br><br><br>MTV NEWS 1515
will feature BLACK BEETLE on a segment entitled "You
Hear It First" this weekend starting on Friday, March
31st at 7:30 PM. The MTV News crew interviewed the
unsigned band and filmed their performance from MAXWELL's
in Hoboken, NJ last Sunday, March 26th. <br>The
segment marks BLACK BEETLE's national television debut
and the interview centers on the formation of the
band (including Michael <br>Tighe and Parker Kindred
of Jeff Buckley's band), Jeff Buckley's influence on
his ex-band members and friends, opening a show for
Morrissey, and the efforts of a band in pursuit of a
recording <br>contract through grass roots promotion,
touring, a band website at www.blackbeetlemusic.com, and
buzz word-of-mouth.<br><br>MTV 1515 NEWS' "You Hear It
First" is a segment which features new, exciting, buzz
bands to a national audience, even if their music is
<br>mostly unheard or the band is unsigned (such as BLACK
BEETLE). It's like MTV scouting and breaking new bands.
The segment will be <br>archived at MTV's website via
:<br><br><a href=http://www.mtv.com/sendme.tin?page=/mtv/news/1515/
target=new>http://www.mtv.com/sendme.tin?page=/mtv/news/1515/</a><br>(you hear
it first archive) soon.<br><br>The MTV NEWS
1515 "You Hear It First" online coverage and MTV's own
BLACK BEETLE WEBSITE offering an exclusive MP3 and
video stream will <br>be linked from the band's website
at www.blackbeetlemusic.com. Send feedback to MTV at
their website through the 'you tell us<br>(what do you
think?) hot-button...