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2016 has continued to be an awful year as far as the 04 AS IT IS
loss of talented musicians. Since the last issue, we’ve all
had to say goodbye to Prince, whose body was found at 06 MASSIVE
his home in Minneapolis, drummer Nick Menza, who hor- 10 THE SUMMER SET
rifically collapsed while performing on stage with his
band OHM, and singer/songwriter Christina Grimmie, 14 THE AMORETTES
who was shot after a concert in Orlando. All were shock- 18 BOY JUMPS SHIP
ing, although the latter in particular with Christina only
being 22. Why would someone commit such an awful 22 THE TREATMENT
crime and take a young female’s life when the world was 26 HANDS LIKE HOUSES
her oyster? And then, of course, one night later, a night
club shooting also took place in Orlando, killing 50 inno- 30 ANDY BLACK
cent victims. There are some sick, warped, messed up 36 MAYDAY PARADE
people in the world. I really think the USA needs better
gun control. Things just can’t continue as they are. There 39 BV CV / EATIN’ AIN’T CHEATIN’
is much too much brutality and if nothing is done, it will 40 THE DEAD DAISIES
only get worse.
We were also sad to hear of the loss of John Kelly, a 44 ALBUMS
Runaway Tours (Bon Jovi fan club trips) staff member, 49 FANSITE FOCUS / BOOKS
and Chris ‘Lumpy’ Hofschneider, one time guitar tech for
both Bon Jovi and Sebastian Bach. We only spoke to 50 CONCERTS
John in Nashville in March. RIP. 60 SLAM DUNK FESTIVAL
Moving on to this issue, where is time going?
Deadline for this issue seemed to come around so quick- 63 A MUSICAL NOTE FROM...
ly. Does anyone fancy writing some reviews for us? I’m
swamped in CDs and album download links. There aren’t
enough hours in the day to get through everything that
comes in these days. This issue has an awesome (if I may A Bit O’ Twitter
say so myself) interview with Andy Black. It was great to
talk to him in Birmingham on his solo tour. I adore his Words of Wisdom (or otherwise) from Twitter.
album, ‘The Shadow SIde’. It was also great to interview
Brian Dales of The Summer Set, again, and Mitch and Tyson Ritter (The All-American Rejects) @tysonritter
Dhani of The Treatment when they played Birmingham ‘Nothing quite as frightening as when you click on someone's
Asylum, and I was so impressed with The Amorettes as
Instagram EVERY picture is the same framed selfie but different
support to The Treatment that I got in touch after the days. PSYCHOS’
show to arrange a phone interview. I was also eager to
interview The Dead Daisies after hearing their awesome J.R. (Less Than Jake) @LessThanJR
new album, ‘Make Some Noise’, so managed to arrange a ‘Some people think I’m a hater trying to divide people. That’s untrue!
phoner with John Corabi just a couple of days before fin-
I’m ALL ABOUT bringing people together. And letting them buy me
ishing this issue. Read and enjoy!
drinks.’
Y & velvet kisses Simon Mitchell (Young Guns) @sisavedlatin
‘Used a bath bomb. Now covered in glitter. Like shitloads. Bollocks.’
Shari Black Velvet Nikki Sixx (Sixx:A.M.) @NikkiSixx
‘Every day I think how exciting life is being sober. If you’re in need of
a life transfusion you should try it. #SobrietyRocks #Freedom’
Meeting Dr. Michael Greger, MD,
author of ‘How Not To Die’ and nutri- Rou Reynolds (Enter Shikari) @RouReynolds
tionfacts.org. If you care about your
health, check him and them out. ‘Might start a weekly reminder for you all to eat more pulses &
legumes. Here goes: This is a reminder for you to eat more pulses &
legumes’

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