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News: January - June 2007
JUNE
30th,
2007:
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M.O.D. - Tour report by 'Lennon' |
| As you all probably know, M.O.D. is touring right now. They just started with the 'second leg' of their short U.S. tour and are almost done. A couple of days ago, I asked Lennon (the current drummer) how the tour was going. He send me this update! |
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I asked Lennon if I could
use his entire message here on my website as well. He said it was fine, so
here it is:
"Whats up man!! Well I must say the first
few days of the tour have been well........fucking shitty! The first show
was ok. Little crowd. Then it was a 17 hour drive from Little Rock to
Pittsburgh. In which the van died just as we pulled up to the door of the
club. That night was honestly pretty terrible. Technical difficulties
flying out of all our asses! But, we finished the set strong and everyone
was satisfied! After a 17 hour drive and as many problems as there were
that night, I don't think there was any way of giving truly, what we had
that night. We were beat bro. Now the Clifton show in Jersey at DINGBATS,
now that was a fucking sick show! Big show and the crowd response was sick!
Everything was on point. Great show! As well as the Brooklyn Metalfest!
Another great show! Now we took a break and leave tonight for NC. Hope I covered everything you're looking for. If not just shoot me an email. Thanks for your time and help man! All you M.O.D. fans, GET THE NEW RECORD! 'RED, WHITE, AND SCREWED'!! OUT SEPT 11TH. NO BULLSHIT!!!!! IF YOU LOVE THE OLD STUFF, THAT SHIT CAN'T TOUCH THIS ALBUM. You know a lot of kids are trying to bring the old school sound back and what better band to do it, than with Billy Milano! The maker of that genre! ..." Thanks Lennon, for this update! |
We're
playing a few older tunes such as 'Aren't You Hungry', 'Get a Real Job', 'A.I.D.S.',
'Hate Tank' and 'Living In The City'. Then we finish the set off with the
memorable S.O.D. songs. Honestly how can you go wrong with a set like that.
I believe it has a heavier sound now. Scotts guitar sound is fucking
brutal man! Thick! Then I bring my sound to the table and with us for
together and only us four, the sound is huge! The new record is going to
be great! I've had a chance to meet Rob Moschetti and Joe Affe. Which I
would like to say are some great fucking dudes man! And they love the new
stuff. They feel just as strong as we do about it. We should be back in TX
sometime next week! We have about 5 shows left on this tour and then it'll
be weekend gigs from there!
JUNE
21st,
2007:
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Press release: S.O.D. to release 'Rise Of The Infidels' |
| You may have read about this on Blabbermouth already, or even earlier on my website (see below) but I also just got the original press release from Megaforce. |
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For Immediate Release:
Megaforce Records and metal/hardcore
pioneers S.O.D. will release Rise Of The Infidels,
on August 21, 2007. It is an extended EP (perhaps the longest in the music
biz) with four unreleased S.O.D. songs, plus a live concert from Seattle
is included.
Bonus: The package will also include a DVD with footage of 'the Fenix' show! Source: Megaforce Records |
S.O.D.
JUNE 20th,
2007:
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M.O.D. on tour |
| Today starts M.O.D.'s minitour. Here are the dates: |
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S.O.D. - 'Rise Of The Infidels' (promo) |
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Yesterday I received a
promo of S.O.D.'s final release: 'Rise Of The Infidels'! Releasedate: August 21, 2007. |
 In
about 2 months Megaforce Records is going to release 'Rise Of The Infidels';
S.O.D's final offering... Actually, there were plans to release this final
album already in 2005, shortly after the release of the DVD '20 Years Of
Dysfunction', to celebrate S.O.D.'s 20th anniversary. At that point the
album was still going to be called 'Live At The Fenix', because the
livetracks were recorded at a club called 'The Fenix' (Seattle
Washington).I am really happy it'll be released soon now. Not only because of the content, but also because I did all of the artwork. I finished it this April, after the title had been changed into 'Rise Of The Infidels'. (I am glad that I had to change the title, because it also gave me a chance to improve the complete artwork for the last time). Now that I am holding it, I think the package turned out very nice! The CD contains 4 studiotracks (including 2 previously unreleased covers) and livetracks that were recorded live at 'The Fenix'. More info later....! |
MAY 27th,
2007:
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www.billymilano.com - New website online |
| Finally! Billy Milano's new website is online. The new site is designed by Evil Little Clown and is a little more serious and more geared towards the entertainment industry. |
| Today the new website has
finally been launched. It isn't entirely ready yet, but it looks awesome.
Billy announces that the new M.O.D. album is going to be called 'Red,
White and Screwed' and that they will do a couple of weeks of shows to
promote the new album. It will be released in September, according to the
new website. When you go to the page with the shows, you'll find that M.O.D. will mainly do shows in June and July. I hope that more shows will be added. Most tourdates are also available already at M.O.D.'s MySpage page. There's a link on Billy's website. A great new gadget is the music-player on top op the page. There are 2 complete (new) M.O.D.-songs and a couple of S.O.D. song to listen to. Be sure to visit the new Billy Milano website. I know I will be there a lot! Click at the banner
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MAY
3rd,
2007:
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Interview with Anthony Ferrara |
| Maybe you've never heard of him, maybe you've heard Billy dedicate 'Pi Alpha Nu' to him and maybe you've seen his name on M.O.D. artwork: ANTHONY FERRARA. |
| Anthony is Billy Milano's
long time friend, since grade school. So he knows Billy very well. Anthony
also did the artwork for 4 M.O.D. albums and is a member of the 'Functional
Idiots'. He is a very funny guy and has a lot of great stories to tell. I
did an interview with him yesterday. Click the banner below to read what
Anthony has to say...
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MAY
2ND, 2007:
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Download Of The Month |
| I've just added a complete M.O.D. show. |
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soundboardrecording of a show that M.O.D. did in September 2003. Just
click at the banner below. Enjoy!
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APRIL
21st, 2007:
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A word from M.O.D.'s new bassplayer |
| M.O.D. recorded their new album last January and February. The album will be mastered next month and probably be released in September. Billy Milano plays bass himself on the new album. To promote that album, M.O.D. will go on tour. Billy only does vocals live, so M.O.D. auditioned for a new bassplayer. It seems like they've found the right person now. His name is Dawson and he is currently revamping the M.O.D. page on MySpace. I asked him if he would introduce himself on my website.... |
| Dawson:
"Hey, that would be killer. Never done that before! Yeah, send
me some questions that you think would be appropriate and I'll
write a short paragraph about who I am and where I came from.
Then, depending on which is more appropriate, you can post it." I just received the story that Dawson wrote. He tells a lot of interesting stuff in his short autobiography. In the near future I will also do an interview with him, but first you can read a short snippet about Dawson, written by himself.
Thank you for this great update! Soon you'll read even more about Dawson, when I've done my interview with him. I will also shortly have an interview with Anthony Ferrarra about the art he created for M.O.D. in the past, his band the Functional Idiots and other topics!!! |
Dawson:
"I've been involved with music since I was 6 years old. I started taking
piano lessons and my only goal was to learn how to play "Axel F"...the theme
from Beverly Hills Cop. Dude, that song rules. Anyhow, I was taking lessons up
until I was hit by a pickup truck. I spent 9 weeks in a variety of casts.
During that time, I went from the little annoying fat kid who could play the
theme from M.A.S.H. on the piano, to the little annoying fat kid with crutches
who smelled like medicine and shit all the time.
APRIL
1st, 2007:
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Download Of The Month |
| I've just added a full S.O.D. liveshow from 1997. |
 Almost
10 years ago, S.O.D. did a reunion-gig at 'With Full Force' in Germany.
After that, they also did a small U.S.-tour. I have a couple of shows from
this tour.In February and March of this year, I mainly uploaded footage of M.O.D. in the studio and tributes to S.O.D., so I decided that it was time to upload a full S.O.D.-show again. The show that is available for download, was performed in Philadelphia, PA, on August the 3rd, 1997. It was one of the last shows from this tour. You can download the complete show (including
artwork) here. |
MARCH
2nd,
2007:
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M.O.D. - (P)review |
| Billy about the new abum: "I think it's going to surprise alot of people." |
| M.O.D. will start mixing
the new album Monday, March 5th. I just heard rough unmixed versions (with
vocals) of 'Speaking Truth To Power' and 'Dance Around
With Snakes' and they totally blew me off my chair. These songs are
awesome!!! 'Speaking Truth To Power', a very old school punksong
with 'OI' chorus, is nailed into my head already. If you've heard it once,
you'll sing along the chorus immediatly!
'Dance Around With Snakes' begins as a really fast old school
hardcore/punk song as well, the second half is at midtempo (mosh!).
Billy's vocals sound great on these songs. I can't wait to hear more.
...And these were just the rough unmixed tracks. If the whole album sounds like this, it will be the best and most brutal sounding record M.O.D. ever did! I am one of few people that had the privilege to listen to these new songs already. Unfortunately, all of you will have to wait until the record will be released. But it'll be worth the wait. I promise! |
FEBRUARY
16th,
2007:
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New exclusive interview with M.O.D. guitarist |
| M.O.D. just finished recording their new record. Scott Sargeant tells all about it! |
 Last
year, in March 2006, I did my first interview with Scott Sargeant. When I
got it back, I wasn't sure what to think about it... Was he kidding? Was
he serious? Was he still in M.O.D.?We're almost a year further now. And yes, Scott is still in M.O.D.! He, their new drummer Lennon and Billy Milano just recorded the new album. The mixing of that album will start on March 4th and it will probably be released before this summer! Anyway, when I watched a recording session on Billy's webcam on Yahoo, Scott and I spoke also about a few things, including my last interview with him. He said if I wanted to do another one, I could send him some questions and he would try not to be too smart this time. Well, let's see what he has to tell...
Click here
to read the entire interview. |
FEBRUARY
10th,
2007:
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M.O.D. done recording |
| The last 2 weeks M.O.D. was in the studio, recording the new album. You may have seen some footage of the recording already on my website. But now they're done. In a few weeks they'll start mixing the album. |
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I just can't wait
either. I will be interviewing Scott Sargeant in a few days about
the recording of this new album and lots of other stuff.
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Billy
wrote this on his messageboard:
"Ok hammer heads here is the scoop. We
are done tracking and will load our gear back into the rehearsal
spot so we can audition bass players. We are going to start playing
weekend gigs until the new record comes out.
FEBRUARY
5th,
2007:
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M.O.D. - New pics, new footage, new music!!! |
| A video-update with some new music and pictures from the studio. |
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And I added some great pics that were taken during recording in the studio the last couple of days. For the pictures, click here.
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Last
Saturday M.O.D. continued working in the studio on the new record.
Ben from 'Born To Lose' was in the studio with Billy Milano and
engineer Tim Gerron to do some backgrounds. Footage from that
session is available now. Billy Milano sent me also a part of a new
song that you can hear if you watch the footage (click the button
below).
FEBRUARY
4th,
2007:
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M.O.D. in the studio [4] - another video-update |
| Another update including more footage from Billy's webcam... |
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M.O.D. recorded a total of 14 songs for the new album and will be in the studio for one more week of tracking and editing. Billy: "Mainly backgrounds and all that fun shit." Jason Z. of 'Bomber Z' did backing vocals for a song called 'Red, White and Screwed' 2 days ago. There is some new footage available now, including Jason doing the last part of that song. The snippet of music that you'll hear (taken from a studio rehearsal) is a part from another new song called 'Get Up And Fight'. Ben from 'Born To Lose' was in the studio last Saturday (February 4th). Footage from that session will be available soon. |
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| Felix Griffin (ex-D.R.I.) also stopped by (see picture). | |
 Click the button for more webcam-footage, including Jason Z. doing backing vocals for 'Red, White and Screwed' [0:58 minutes] |
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JANUARY 31st,
2007:
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M.O.D. in the studio [3] - more footage |
| An update from the studio with some footage from Billy's webcam... |
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According to Billy Milano there are 10 more days to go now. At this moment the vocals are being recorded. Billy is planning on doing vocals until Friday with guitars. Saturday they will be finalizing edits, Monday samples and Tuesday thru Saturday they will be mixing. Billy: "Hey
everyone. We have been recording vocals and overdubs on guitars now
for 3 days. Footage of that session is available here. Click on a button to see some action: |
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Billy and Scott doing
vocals for 'Jose Can You See' |
Ben from Goatwhore doing
vocals for 'Balls On Bread' |
JANUARY 28th,
2007:
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M.O.D. in the studio [2] - footage |
| Yesterday I was invited by Billy to watch him actually recording a song for the new M.O.D.-album... |
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No, I wasn't in the studio with M.O.D., but it almost felt like it. I had a live connection with Billy and while I was sitting behind my computer, I could see Billy in action on my screen, through his webcam. It was really awesome! For almost 45 minutes I talked with Billy and witnessed him doing the vocals for a new song. It was a great experience! I used some of that footage and made a small video out of it. I sent it to Billy first and he told me I could use it. So, here is some footage of Billy Milano in the studio, taken from a webcam-session yesterday; January 27th.
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JANUARY 25th,
2007:
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M.O.D. in the studio |
| M.O.D. started recording the new album this week. Billy gives us an update on the recording process. It seems that all is going well. This is what Billy just sent me: |
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First day The second day Third day Semper fi! |
"Ok
everybody here is the low down..
JANUARY
1st,
2007:
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Happy 2007 |
| This month, six years ago, I started this website. It has only become bigger and better since the start. I've added lots of stuff, the only thing I also sometimes deleted again were the downloads (mp3 of the month). |
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At this moment there are 4 different sections at the downloadpage: "The Psycho's" (demo), "A Tribute To S.O.D. & M.O.D.", "The Ballads of S.O.D." and an "S.O.D. rehearsal from 1985". These 4 sections will stay. I will add new downloads every once in a while, sometimes a video, sometimes a tributesong, sometimes maybe a (full) show, or other interesting stuff. If you have suggestions, feel free to send me an e-mail. Enjoy my website! Click here to go to the new downloadpage!
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The
last years I uploaded new music every (first day of the) month and
deleted it the next month. So, downloads were available for just one
month. This year I'm going to change that. The downloadpage will
stay of course, but it will only become bigger the next year.|
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