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Welcome to issue 88 of Black Velvet. I’m kind of just 04 FOREVERATLAST
over deadline due to being in Nashville when the issue
was really due to be out. The aim was then to finish the 06 SKUNK ANANSIE
final couple of articles/reviews when I got back. Only the 10 BLACK STONE CHERRY
day I got back, I was asked if I wanted to do ANOTHER
interview... the very next day. You know when you get 14 TREMONTI
back from a long flight (or two), and over a day of travel- 18 THE WINERY DOGS
ling, and are looking forward to just collapsing into bed
to sleep the jetlag off? Well, picture being about to turn 22 3 DOORS DOWN
your computer off, just having a final check of emails 26 SIXX:A.M.
before shut down - and then finding one asking about an
interview you wanted to do. Argh! No time to sleep. Just 30 WALK THE MOON
intense research (and maybe an energy drink) needed! 34 TOSELAND
It’s no surprise that a few days later I came down with a
bad cold. I hadn’t slept on the flight either as I’d been typ- 40 TONIGHT ALIVE
ing up an interview and writing reviews. So here’s the 43 BV CV / FANSITE FOCUS
issue, a few days late but packed with awesomeness (and
maybe a few remnant flu germs... just kidding). We’ve 44 BOWLING FOR SOUP
decided to keep one interview back for the next issue so 47 ALBUMS
you don’t get too much all at once. Although there’s still
68 pages and some of the best bands are featured in this 52 SINGLES
issue. Make sure you check them all out. Our coverstar 53 A MUSICAL NOTE FROM ACEY SLADE
James Toseland is currently on TV in Natural Born
Winners on BBC2 on Sundays - a programme where four 54 CONCERTS
sporting champions compete to see who the ultimate
competitor is. Check out Toseland’s new album, ‘Cradle
The Rage’, out now, too. It rocks from start to finish.
I need to give a mention to all the legends who have
sadly passed away since the last issue. It’s been shock- A Bit O’ Twitter
ing how many people have passed so far in 2016 and
since Christmas. Part of me thinks that this world can Words of Wisdom (or otherwise) from Twitter.
only hold so many - and for every x amounts of births Compiled by Carissa Thorne & Shari Black Velvet
there will be x amounts of deaths. Sadly, we’ve had to say
goodbye to everyone from Lemmy and David Bowie and Nick Martin @nodirectionhome (Sleeping With Sirens)
‘Just walked past a kid wearing a SWS shirt. Told him he had a cool
Keith Emerson to Maurice White, Paul Kantner, Glenn
Frey, Jimmy Bain and the band Viola Beach, whose car shirt. He had headphones on. Didn’t even see/hear me. I tried.’
crashed in Sweden. And Redditch’s own music studio
owner Dave Morris recently also passed away suddenly. Ben Langford-Biss @benasitis (As It Is)
His son Dan used to run Satan’s Fish Tank zine. Thoughts ‘Too much coffee too late. My stomach is making sounds only previ-
ously heard in a Pink Floyd soundscape.’
are with Dan and his mother.
Be careful. Be healthy.
Mark Hoppus @markhoppus (Blink-182)
Y & velvet kisses ‘You can 90% judge how good a studio is going to sound simply by
the cleanliness of their restroom and how neatly their cords are
coiled.’
Shari Black Velvet
Ginger Wildheart @GingerWildheart
‘Do people still watch the Brits/Grammys, only to be surprised that
it’s shit? I thought those kind of telly-feasts went out with quicksand.’
Zach Myers @ZMyersOfficial (Shinedown)
‘Shout out to @LushCosmetics for the bath bomb that I didn’t realize
had glitter in it... Now I look like a stripper. Or Edward Cullen. You
pick.

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Publisher/Editor/Features Editor/Art Editor/Online Editor:
Shari Black Velvet
Writers:
Shari Black Velvet, Annina Cremona, Emily Clarkson, Sam & Penny
Gower, Clare Huckett, Mags Odonnell, Carissa Thorne, Ian Trigg
Photographers:
Shari Black Velvet, Annina Cremona, Sam Gower, Carissa Thorne
CONTACT Proofreader:
Ian Trigg
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