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  Ryan O’Keeffe – Under Fire

  08.03.10

  

  How many beers did it take Airbourne’s Ryan O’Keeffe to get through cornershopstudios’ Rapid Fire? The answer to that question will not be disclosed but we have 5 others for you below!

  Question: How does one know they are truly Ready to Rock?
  Answer: If they’re willing to live their life with nothing to lose.

  

  Question: Does living fast and dying young get in the way of growing old?
  Answer: Not when you pretty much aren’t expected to reach the age limit that normal people reach.

  

  Question: What stops us from Runnin’ Wild?
  Answer: Thinking too far ahead.

  

  Question: Favorite word?
  Answer: Free cold beer!

  

  Question: Cheap wine and cheaper women or single malt and classy dames?
  Answer: Single malt and classy dames for sure! For sure!

  

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  Wade MacNeil and Chris Steele – Under Fire

  08.02.10

  

  Alexisonfire is known for its high energy live shows and explosive on-stage personas… But just how does that translate into an interview is what cornershopstudios set out to uncover with Wade MacNeil and Chris Steele at Heavy MTL.

  Question: What color do the Sons of Privilege bleed?
  Answer (Wade): Blue

  

  Question: When will we all be free?
  Answer (Chris): When Steele enters the stage tonight wearing a woman’s shirt but with this mustache.

  

  Question: What is the one sound that just might save us all?
  Answer (Wade): It’s not George’s coughing, it’s the most annoying thing in the world.

  

  Question: If you could see any two Hollywood starlets in a knife fight… Who would they be?
  Answer (Chris): Gary Oldman and Leonardo DiCaprio

  

  Question: Favorite word?
  Answer (Wade): Chris Steele

  

  Answer (Chris): Mistake

  

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  James “Munky” Shaffer and Ray Luzier – Under Fire

  08.01.10

  

  Somewhere behind the scenes at Heavy MTL, cornershopstudios had a brief but extremely insightful encounter with James “Munky” Shaffer and Ray Luzier of KoRn. Pay attention kids, this Rapid Fire is filled with important life lessons, like what may lead you to do time and how to remember who you are.

  Question: Favorite word?
  Answer (Munky): Ego kills the heart!

  

  Answer (Ray): Be good to one another!

  

  Question: What causes a man to switch from wanting Love And Peace, Dude to Laughing As People Die?
  Answer (Munky): Puberty

  

  Question: Are You Ready To Live?
  Answer (Ray): Yes I Am!

  

  Question: Those who let guilt lead the way find themselves ______________ .
  Answer (Munky): In jail

  

  Question: What always helps to remember who you are?
  Answer (Ray): Take a Look in the Mirror. Yeah, just being in check with myself.

  

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  Shawn Drover – Under Fire

  07.31.10

  

  In the depths of Heavy MTL’s backstage area, cornershopstudios stood face to face with Shawn Drover, drummer for Megadeth, to discuss success, insanity and golf? Soak up all the enormity of our “Big Four” moment below.
  

  Question: Faster and heavier than the rest… Or bigger and more successful than the best?
  Answer: I’d rather be successful and keep my musical integrity.

  

  Question: Favorite word?
  Answer: Golf

  

  Question: What gives you The Right To Go Insane?
  Answer: Musically speaking nothing would drive me insane. This is what I love to do. I’m really privileged and lucky to be able to do this for a living and be successful at it. What would drive me insane is not being able to do this.

  

  Question: Locked in the Head Crusher… What are your final thoughts?
  Answer: I’m in a lot of pain right now, I want to die. Why am I in the Head Crusher? What am I doing here? What did I do to get in the Head Crusher?

  

  Question: Who are the great thieves of our time?
  Answer: The people who steal music off the Internet.

  

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  Troy Sanders – Under Fire

  07.30.10

  

  Yeah, that just happened. cornershopstudios got Troy Sanders of metal giants Mastodon to strangle Ewoks (although he wouldn’t really do that) and stand on top of a constellation to peer down at the world below. Awesome.

  Question: Ten Ewoks VS. Mastodon… Who wins?
  Answer: I love Ewoks and I’m sure they’re a family oriented united community but that’s a no brainer, Mastodon easily wins.

  

  Question: How do you tell someone you’ve failed?
  Answer: You say I’ve never seen such a horrifically epic loser as yourself.

  

  Question: If the fart box could inspire one face… What would that face be?
  Answer: It would be the same old face…

  

  Question: Favorite word?
  Answer: Paste

  

  Question: What’s the view like from the roof of the ethereal world?
  Answer: It’s extremely high because the element of ether is the dark matter that dominates the universe above this atmosphere itself, so it’s up there.

  

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  Anvil – Under Fire

  07.29.10

  

  On their much deserved journey to the top, Toronto’s Anvil crossed paths with cornershopstudios at Heavy MTL. Steve “Lips” Kudlow, Robb Reiner and Glenn Five discussed thoughts of the past, the Hard ‘N’ Heavy of it all and the saccharine triumph of success. Men of few words? Perhaps. Palpable presence even in silence? Definitely.

  Question: In your opinion what’s the one thing 1978 Lips should have done differently?
  Answer (Lips): Nothing

  

  Question: Are two heads better than one?
  Answer (Robb): Absolutely

  

  Question: What song changed everything for you?
  Answer (Glenn): Metal on Metal

  

  Question: Favorite word?
  Answer (Lips): Fuck!

  

  Answer (Robb): Rockin

  

  Answer (Glenn): Kerfuffel!!

  

  Question: Have the words Hard ‘N’ Heavy taken on a new meaning after 30 years in the grind?
  Answer (Lips): I don’t think so

  

  Question: What tastes sweeter… Your well deserved notoriety or your vindicating triumph over naysayers?
  Answer (Robb): Both

  

  Question: Who is the Juggernaut of Justice?
  Answer (Glenn): Anvil, because we’re an unstoppable force.

  

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  Dino Cazares – Under Fire

  07.28.10

  

  We learned Fear Factory’s Dino Cazares definitely has an interesting take on things when cornershopstudios caught up with the guitarist at Heavy MTL. One could say the interview leaned toward the lighter side of things… Who knew an interviewer could one day require the services of a butt double?!

  Question: What would be the slogan for the Fear Campaign?
  Answer: My stomach!

  

  Question: What will the official t-shirts read at the dawn of our extinction?
  Answer: I’m hungry

  

  Question: The Soul of a New Machine comes with a price… What’s that price?
  Answer: Ass

  

  Question: What’s rule #1 on the road to Industrial Discipline?
  Answer: Always have your alcohol.

  

  Question: Favorite word?
  Answer: Ass is the new pussy

  

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  Johl Fendley – Under Fire

  07.27.10

  

  Blood, death and the journey to the gutter are perhaps not the most à propos topics for a chat on a sunny afternoon in a clearing on the waterfront. But it was most fitting on this the first day of Heavy MTL as cornershopstudios put Baptized In Blood singer Johl Fendley under fire.

  Question: What brings you up when you’re Down and Out?
  Answer: Music is my reprieve.

  

  Question: Favorite word?
  Answer: Fuck

  

  Question: If you could choose your demise… What would be your perfect melodic death?
  Answer: I’d have Slayer’s Reign in Blood on and I would be passed out in my room, asleep next to my girl and my little boy would be there. I’d pass away nice and peaceful. If I had to have something else, I’d definitely want to freeze to death, because I think that’s the shit.

  

  Question: Is blood always thicker than water?
  Answer: Yes, blood’s for life, water is not. You’ve got to take the good with the bad and just always stick by your friends and family at all times.

  

  Question: The journey to the gutter is paved with ____________.
  Answer: Booze, hookers, drugs and Baptized In Blood.

  

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  An Osheaga Prize Pack… Better Than Bail Money

  07.19.10

  

  Like a Phoenix spawn from the ashes of audio want, Montreal’s Osheaga festival once again takes over Parc Jean-Drapeau for two days of unbridled rockery and once again cornershopstudios, UMUSIC and the giving souls over at evenko have ponied-up freebies for ya! So get to clicking and ENTER TO WIN a CD prize pack and a pair of weekend passes to one of the hottest events around! I guess the only real question left to ask is whether you’d rather be live and present while Weezer, Metric, Cage the Elephant, Stars and Keane storm our beaches… or not?

  Prize Pack:
  - Two (2) weekend passes to Osheaga July 31st & August 1st, 2010 at Montreal’s Parc Jean-Drapeau
  - Ten (10) CD UMUSIC prize pack which includes the latest releases by Weezer, Metric, Keane, K’NAAN, Stars, Charlie Winston, Robyn, Kele, Cage the Elephant and Sarah Harmer

  How To Enter:
  - Email your name to ENTER TO WIN
  - Paste “Osheaga Contest” in the subject line
  - Emails must be received by 12:00AM EST on July 26th, 2010
  - The winner will be drawn randomly on July 26th, 2010 and contacted via email

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  What’s That, You’d Like a Pair of Free Weekend Passes to Heavy MTL?

  07.14.10

  

  Once again Montreal’s weightier than thou Heavy MTL festival featuring Slayer, Rob Zombie, High On Fire, Melissa Auf der Maur, Alexisonfire, Shadows Fall and Mastodon is chomping down on Parc Jean-Drapeau and guess who has a pair of weekend passes to give away. Care of cornershopstudios and evenko you and a head bangin’ buddy could find themselves spending two days in distortionville for free! ENTER TO WIN now, or forever regret your disobedience!

  Prize:
  - Two (2) weekend passes to Heavy MTL July 24th & 25th, 2010 at Montreal’s Parc Jean-Drapeau

  How To Enter:
  - Email your name to ENTER TO WIN
  - Paste “Heavy MTL Contest” in the subject line
  - Emails must be received by 12:00AM EST on July 21th, 2010
  - The winner will be drawn randomly on July 21th, 2010 and contacted via email

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  Arcade Fire Announce Big Bucks for Haiti, ask Fans for Help

  07.13.10

  Bands performing at the Festival d’été de Québec have been lighting up the stage, and the cornershopstudios page, in the last couple of days. But Quebec natives Arcade Fire used their set at the festival to try and keep awareness about Haiti’s continuing need for support. Band member Régine Chassagne, of Haitian origin herself, spoke of Kanpe, a new nonprofit organization which will bring Canadian money and other forms of aid to the poor in Haiti. Lead singer Win Butler also let the crowd know that by texting the word STAND to 30333 they could donate five bucks to the cause, with all donations up to a million dollars to be matched by the band. Let me just remind you: indie bands don’t make THAT much money, so this has clearly become a very personal issue and determined effort by the Arcade Fire. Why not repay their good music with a contribution to the cause. You know you downloaded their albums anyways.

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  A Free Pair of Vans… Warped Tour Tickets that Is

  07.01.10

  

  Since it’s inception 15 years ago, during the tumultuous woe of the mid-90s, the Kevin Lyman created Vans Warped Tour has pioneered the molding of careers, styles and minds. For these reasons among a staggering list of others, cornershopstudios and our friendly neighborhood concert promoter evenko, are pleased and proud to offer one lucky winner a pair of tickets to Warped Tour’s Montreal stop! With bands like The All-American Rejects, Sum 41, Motion City Soundtrack, Bring Me The Horizon, The Bouncing Souls, The Dillinger Escape Plan and Every Time I Die gracing the grounds, not going is not an option… So why not go for free?! See below for details and ENTER TO WIN now!

  Prize:
  - Two (2) tickets to Vans Warped Tour’s Montreal stop July 10th, 2010 at Le parterre de l’île Notre-Dame

  How To Enter:
  - Email your name to ENTER TO WIN
  - Paste “Vans Warped Tour Contest” in the subject line
  - Emails must be received by 12:00AM EST on July 8th, 2010
  - The winner will be drawn randomly on July 8th, 2010 and contacted via email

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  Two Pairs of Festival d’été de Québec Passes Up For Grabs!!!

  06.28.10

  

  Come to Canada’s largest outdoor event, the Festival d’été de Québec, from July 8th – 18th!!! Due to the good graces of your favorite music site cornershopstudios, we currently have not one but two pairs of festival passes in our possession, each complete with your very own promotional CD! ENTER TO WIN now before some other lucky chump finds himself front row for Arcade Fire, Iron Maiden, Loco Locass, The Black Eyed Peas, Rush, Billy Talent and Rammstein… Ya know, instead of you!

  Prize Packs (2x):
  - Two (2) festival passes to the Festival d’été de Québec from July 8th – 18th, 2010 in Québec City
  - One (1) Festival d’été de Québec promotional CD

  How To Enter:
  - Email your name to ENTER TO WIN
  - Paste “Festival d’été de Québec Contest” in the subject line
  - Emails must be received by 12:00AM EST on July 5th, 2010
  - The winner will be drawn randomly on July 5th, 2010 and contacted via email

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  Blonde Redhead’s Lucky Penny?

  06.23.10

  Colourful trio Blonde Redhead have announced a new album dubbed Penny Sparkle which will see the light of day come September. The follow-up to acclaimed 2007 record 23 will be released on 4AD on September 14th in North America. You can get a free MP3 of the first single Here Sometimes by signing up on the Blonde Redhead website, or just give it a test-run on their MySpace. The track features haunting vocals by vocalist Kazu Makino over slow, sort of dark synth-pop beats provided by Montreal alumni, twins Amedeo and Simone Pace. Blonde Redhead, along with cornershopstudios, will be in Ottawa for the Bluesfest on July 16th, one of two North American dates before they take on Europe. Hopefully they’ll let loose a few more singles over the summer.

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  Carl Newman and Kathryn Calder – Under Fire

  06.20.10

  

  The New Pornographers’ Carl Newman and Kathryn Calder huddled in a humble little corner of Le National’s under belly to chat with cornershopstudios about the smell of lovin’, science versus vandalism and the upsides to the Crash Years.

  Question: If porn had a scent, what would it be?
  Answer (Carl): Cinnamon

  

  Question: Are you more of a scientist or vandal?
  Answer (Carl): I think I’m kind of both actually, I think I just like to wreck things and then put them back together.

  

  Question: What does Together mean to you?
  Answer (Kathryn): Happiness and sunshine

  

  Question: What did you learn from your Crash Years?
  Answer (Kathryn): I learned not to take things personally.

  

  Question: Favorite word?
  Answer (Carl): Extrapolate
  Answer (Kathryn): Bonanza

  

  

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  Dustin Kensrue – Under Fire

  06.19.10

  

  In the deep dark bowels of Montreal’s Le National lies a dressing room and in that room Thrice’s Dustin Kensrue and cornershopstudios pondered thoughts of sin, watchful dragons and meaningful actions. “This is the melody that will draw you into the infinite darkness that absorbs even time”.

  Question: Who or what has placed you In Exile?
  Answer: Sin

  

  Question: Favorite word?
  Answer: Word

  

  Question: If C.S. Lewis wrote a novel starring Thrice… What would it be titled?
  Answer: Sneaking Past Watchful Dragons

  

  Question: What is the role of The Artist in the Ambulance?
  Answer: To make every action as meaningful as possible.

  

  Question: Best video game of all time?
  Answer: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

  

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  Snoop, Lauryn Hill Join Incredible Rock the Bells Line-Up

  06.09.10

  Big names have been popping up all over the place as confirmed performers for the world’s premier hip-hop festival Rock the Bells, and yesterday a few hip-hop superstars joined the list. Lauryn Hill, whose name had been flying around the rumour mill, has been confirmed as a “special guest” performer, and will be doing a few Fugees songs along with her own stuff. Snoop Dog was also confirmed and he’ll be heading back to the ghetto days performing 1993′s Doggystyle in full. Finally, A Tribe Called Quest and DJ Premier of GangStarr will also be hitting the stage. As cornershopstudios reported a few weeks ago, these legends will be added to a list of performers that already includes Wu-tang Clan, Rakim and Jedi Mind Tricks among others. Seriously, if you’re a hip-hop fan this festival may be worth the road trip down south.

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  Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings – Last Night @ Le National

  05.27.10

  

  Are Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings the best live band on the planet? Find out next week on cornershopstudios, when we review their show at Le National. Words and pictures coming soon . . .

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  Travis Stever – Under Fire

  05.21.10

  

  Coheed and Cambria’s Travis Stever hid behind Metropolis to get somethings straight with cornershopstudios. Likes: Hope, smiles & all things incredible. Dislikes: Sadness, guilt and… ‘this guy’? We get into the nitty gritty below.

  Question: What would you say is your Year of the Black Rainbow?
  Answer: Don’t know if I have one… Probably the year working on the album. Although the Year of the Black Rainbow doesn’t represent something dark. It represents a new beginning for Coheed and Cambria. It represents hope.

  

  Question: Favorite word?
  Answer: Incredible

  

  Question: What would the prequel to your life be titled?
  Answer: “Who Is This Guy And What Is He Doing Here?”

  

  Question: What do you bring to Coheed and Cambria?
  Answer: Well we all bring certain elements musically, but along with that I like to think I bring smiles. I like to see everyone happy and smiling.

  

  Question: Do you keep your secrets in the dark or live your life as an open book?
  Answer: I wear my heart on my sleeve. I try and keep some things in but I just can’t. When I was a kid and would get away with something bad I would feel so guilty I’d end up confessing.

  

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  Ticket Giveaway: Hank Williams III & Assjack in Montreal!

  05.21.10

  

  In life you’re either a giver or a taker, and by that token it seems cornershopstudios and Greenland are solid givers, as another pair of tickets are up grabs! The accused? Hank Williams III & Assjack. The scene of the crime? Montreal’s Le National. Come share a night with the country punk bandit himself as his grandaddy’s words have never rang truer… “chasin’ rabbits, spittin’ out teeth and howlin’ at the moon”. Hang on tight kiddies it’s gonna be a shoot’em up good time. ENTER TO WIN now!

  Prize:
  - Two (2) tickets to Hank Williams III & Assjack’s June 5th, 2010 show at Le National in Montreal

  How To Enter:
  - Email your name to ENTER TO WIN
  - Paste “Hank Williams III & Assjack Contest” in the subject line
  - Emails must be received by 12:00AM EST on June 3rd, 2010
  - The winner will be drawn randomly on June 3rd, 2010 and contacted via email

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  See Brian Jonestown Massacre For Free… Yes You Heard Right!

  05.14.10

  

  Neo-psych rockers Brian Jonestown Massacre gear up to make a bloody night of Montreal’s La Tulipe, and we’re giving you a chance to witness the action first hand! Courtesy cornershopstudios and Greenland Productions, a pair of tickets to the whole sorted affair is up for grabs… But who will walk away victorious? ENTER TO WIN!

  Prize:
  - Two (2) tickets to Brian Jonestown Massacre’s June 3rd, 2010 show at La Tulipe in Montreal

  How To Enter:
  - Email your name to ENTER TO WIN
  - Paste “Brian Jonestown Massacre Contest” in the subject line
  - Emails must be received by 12:00AM EST on May 31st, 2010
  - The winner will be drawn randomly on May 31st, 2010 and contacted via email

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  Porcupine Tree @ Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier – 05.07.10

  05.13.10

  

  Nice to see you visiting cornershopstudios. I’ll be your waiter, and our menu for this evening is perfectly aged prog-rock foliage, servings of mind bending imagery, retina raping waves of meticulous light, and a Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier crowd armed with a strong aversion to silence. You’re also in for a treat as tonight’s chef will be Porcupine Tree. (more…)

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  Caribou – Under Fire

  05.06.10

  

  The planetary alignment was just right last Tuesday night to sanction a meeting between Caribou and cornershopstudios at Babylon. We Found Out that 2+2 does not always equal 4…

  Question: Does society encourage us to Swim or float?
  Answer: It depends a lot on your cultural surroundings; some places you live, it feels like you better sink or swim.

  

  Question: Favorite word?
  Answer: Sinecure

  

  Question: Have we grown lactose intolerant to The Milk of Human Kindness?
  Answer: No I don’t think so. I don’t feel like I’m getting any more embittered as I get older, I feel like exactly the opposite.

  

  Question: If you can’t be the man, what can you be?
  Answer: Who told you to be the man anyway? You can be anything but the man.

  

  Question: Fact & formula or fiction & chance?
  Answer: Both. It’s a false choice, people don’t get to choose between them.

  

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  Xavier Rudd Tix and Signed Album Up for Grabs!

  05.05.10

  

  WANTED: Xavier Rudd loyalists!
  Listen up kiddies, cornershopstudios has a treat for you. Enter to win a chance at a pair of tickets to see the Australian singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist live at Montreal’s Metropolis; complete with your very own autographed copy of his latest audio canvas, Koonyum Sun.
  Brought to you by your friendly neighborhood music site cornershopstudios and our friends at The MuseBox.
  It’s Christmas in May!!!

  Prize Pack:
  - Two (2) tickets to Xavier Rudd’s May 15th, 2010 show at Metropolis in Montreal
  - One (1) autographed copy of Xavier Rudd’s Koonyum Sun album

  How To Enter:
  - Email your name to ENTER TO WIN
  - Paste “Xavier Rudd Contest” in the subject line
  - Emails must be received by 12:00AM EST on May 12th, 2010
  - The winner will be drawn randomly on May 12th, 2010 and contacted via email

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  Jim Creeggan and Tyler Stewart – Under Fire

  05.04.10

  

  cornershopstudios sat with Jim Creeggan and Tyler Stewart conjuring ideas of the future, learned appreciation and bright colors… As Barenaked Ladies in a hotel room will often inspire you to do.

  Question: What do the subway cars read?
  Answer (Tyler): Hope for the future. A new destination. Always moving forward.

  

  Question: What have you learned?
  Answer (Jim): I’ve learned how to appreciate. Appreciate the people around me, appreciate myself and appreciate what’s right in front of me. I guess being content comes next.

  

  Question (Jim): You’ve chosen drums as an instrument to communicate through, but you’re also very social. Is there a marriage between hitting something and chasing an idea?
  Answer (Tyler): Both things are social and based on interaction. Drumming makes people dance.

  

  Question (Tyler): What’s your favorite color?
  Answer (Jim): PINK!

  

  Question: Favorite word?
  Answer (Jim): Karate

  

  Answer (Tyler): Brisket

  

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