Women dawned their skimpiest summer rock gear and guys sported their best shades as the grounds of one of Canada’s biggest & baddest festivals rumbled from seismic audio activity. Fact: Day one of Osheaga brought tears to the eyes of the rock gods that glared down upon a sun soaked Parc Jean-Drapeau. Fact: If you were anywhere else, you missed something great. (more…)
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Rapid Fire
Ryan O’Keeffe – Under Fire
08.03.10How 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! -
Rapid Fire
Wade MacNeil and Chris Steele – Under Fire
08.02.10Alexisonfire 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): BlueQuestion: 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 DiCaprioQuestion: Favorite word?
Answer (Wade): Chris SteeleAnswer (Chris): Mistake
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Osheaga – Yesterday @ Parc Jean-Drapeau
08.02.10Thousands upon thousands of elated Osheaga attendees flooded Parc Jean-Drapeau as audio reverie courtesy Weezer, Devo, Metric, Sonic Youth, The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Snoop Dogg, The Cat Empire, Charlie Winston, The Black Keys, Ariane Moffatt, The Gaslight Anthem, Ian Kelly and Seu Jorge and Almaz and more tore the day & night limb from limb… We’ll have images from all the moments that made your eyes sparkle and words from all the moments that made you shiver.
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Rapid Fire
James “Munky” Shaffer and Ray Luzier – Under Fire
08.01.10Somewhere 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): PubertyQuestion: Are You Ready To Live?
Answer (Ray): Yes I Am!Question: Those who let guilt lead the way find themselves ______________ .
Answer (Munky): In jailQuestion: 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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Osheaga – Yesterday @ Parc Jean-Drapeau
08.01.10T’was a site to behold. Sprawls of festival goers filling Osheaga’s lungs during a warm and loving Saturday. A day of music and grandeur with that oh so lovely Montreal flavor… Today… Robyn, The National, Pavement, Keane, Stars, K’NAAN, Jimmy Cliff, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, Sarah Harmer, Owen Pallett, Rich Aucoin and The Walkmen… Tomorrow the world!
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Osheaga – Today @ Parc Jean-Drapeau
08.01.10Round 2! The larger than life Osheaga gears up for it’s second day of killer acts and decadent sunshine. Cancel your other plans… It’ll be fine… We’ll write you a note!
Featuring: Weezer + Devo + Metric + Sonic Youth + The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion + Snoop Dogg + The Cat Empire + Charlie Winston + The Black Keys + Ariane Moffatt + The Gaslight Anthem + Ian Kelly + Seu Jorge and Almaz
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Rapid Fire
Shawn Drover – Under Fire
07.31.10In 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: GolfQuestion: 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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Osheaga – Today @ Parc Jean-Drapeau
07.31.10The 2-day festival to end all festivals kicks off today, as Osheaga splashes monstrous names and gargantuan sound all over Montreal’s Parc Jean-Drapeau! I assure you there is no place else you need to be!
Featuring: Robyn + The National + Pavement + Keane + Stars + K’NAAN + Jimmy Cliff + Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros + Sarah Harmer + Owen Pallett + Rich Aucoin + The Walkmen… and many more!
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Rapid Fire
Troy Sanders – Under Fire
07.30.10Yeah, 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: PasteQuestion: 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. -
Rapid Fire
Dino Cazares – Under Fire
07.28.10We 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 hungryQuestion: The Soul of a New Machine comes with a price… What’s that price?
Answer: AssQuestion: What’s rule #1 on the road to Industrial Discipline?
Answer: Always have your alcohol.Question: Favorite word?
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Rapid Fire
Johl Fendley – Under Fire
07.27.10Blood, 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: FuckQuestion: 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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Heavy MTL – Yesterday @ Parc Jean-Drapeau
07.26.10The combined forces of Rockstar Mayhem Festival and Heavy MTL resulted in an explosive outburst the Parc Jean-Drapeau crowd will not soon forget! KoRn, Rob Zombie, Avenged Sevenfold, Lamb of God, Alexisonfire, Five Finger Death Punch and Airbourne were all captured in pictures and words, available to you shortly!
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Heavy MTL – Yesterday @ Parc Jean-Drapeau
07.25.10The first day of Heavy MTL was a scorcher in more ways than one! Photos and details of Megadeth, Alice Cooper, Slayer, Mastodon, Testament, Anvil, Fear Factory and Melissa Auf der Maur and may just be too hot to handle… but come back soon to check them out anyway!
And just in case you haven’t heard yet, Megadeth put on a secret show at Metropolis afterwards! There will be juicy photographic and penned details on that too!
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Heavy MTL – Today @ Parc Jean-Drapeau
07.25.10What? You didn’t get enough with yesterday’s 14 band lineup?! You’re in luck, 20 more are scheduled for today as Heavy MTL continues to induce mayhem at Parc Jean-Drapeau!
Featuring: KoRn + Rob Zombie + Avenged Sevenfold + Lamb of God + Alexisonfire + Atreyu + Five Finger Death Punch + IN THIS MOMENT + Hatebreed + Winds of Plague + 3 Inches of Blood + Chimaira + Airbourne + Norma Jean + Shadows Fall + DESPISED ICON + Les Ékorchés + BENEATH THE MASSACRE + Hail The Villain + Deadly Apples
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Heavy MTL – Today @ Parc Jean-Drapeau
07.24.10With everyone still talking about the madness that was Heavy MTL’s first edition in 2008, no one could have expected that this year’s lineup would be so colossal! Today the Parc Jean-Drapeau will crumble under the heavy weight of metal giants.
Featuring: Megadeth + Alice Cooper + Slayer + Mastodon + Rob Halford + Testament + Anvil + Fear Factory + Kataklysm + Melissa Auf der Maur + High On Fire + Baptized In Blood + Skeleton Witch + 36 Crazyfists
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An Osheaga Prize Pack… Better Than Bail Money
07.19.10Like 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 HarmerHow 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
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What’s That, You’d Like a Pair of Free Weekend Passes to Heavy MTL?
07.14.10Once 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-DrapeauHow 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
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Vans Warped Tour 2010 – Today @ Parc Jean-Drapeau
07.10.10There’s no place like Vans Warped Tour and for the 15th year in a row Kevin Lyman delivers his unparalleled tour to Montreal’s fair beaches as a plethora of distorted goodness flows through Parc Jean-Drapeau rain or shine today! (more…)
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Concert Reviews
Rise Against @ Le Parterre De L’Ile Notre-Dame – 06.18.09
06.24.09
A reverent punk pride brewed amidst a voluptuously present crowd as pure audio awareness fell from the stage like pieces of ripe fruit from a Chicago think tree dubbed Rise Against. (more…)
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Concert Reviews
Rancid @ Le Parterre De L’Ile Notre-Dame – 06.18.09
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Rise Against – Last Night @ Le Parterre de l’île Notre-Dame
06.19.09
With think punk wit and blue collar charm Rise Against tore through the moist night air echoing howls of fight and calls of allegiance… The photos & review are imminent.
