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How’s everyone been? It’s been a quiet few months 04 STATE CHAMPS
for gigs for us. This issue, quite a few of our interviews
were phone interviews as bands have released new 06 TWIN ATLANTIC
albums but not yet took their new music on tour in the 08 FINDING KATE
UK. Some bands (like STATE CHAMPS) played festivals
like Reading and Leeds, although we stayed home, sav- 10 ALTERED SKY
ing our pennies and worked on the mag in front of the 14 STONE BROKEN
computer instead. We did a Skype interview for a change
this issue. Usually, if it’s not a face to face interview, it’s 18 YOUNG GUNS
a phone interview. But this issue we did our second ever 22 GOO GOO DOLLS
Skype interview, which made a change! It’s great to be
able to speak to someone in another country without pay- 26 DELAIN
ing a hefty phone bill at the end. Once in a while, a band 32 AIRBOURNE
member will call us directly, which is nice. John Rzeznik
of the Goo Goo Dolls picked up the phone and made the 34 ALTER BRIDGE
transatlantic telephone call to chat to us about all things 38 A MUSICAL NOTE FROM...
‘Boxes’ - and how he’s becoming a father for the first
time. Congratulations John. He also talked about being 39 BV CV / FANSITE FOCUS
on his first sober tour. We hope he can keep it up. 40 ALBUMS / EPS
We’ve put Delain on the cover as they’re celebrating
ten years since their debut album, ‘Lucidity’. They’re 45 SFS / DVDS / EATIN’ AIN’T CHEATIN’
spending the year celebrating and have a big anniversary 46 CONCERTS
show and live DVD filming to come in December, while
their UK tour happens in November. We wanted to help
them continue the celebrations, and celebrate this issue
with them. Get to a Delain show and check out their new
album, ‘Moonbathers’. We really love the song ‘Fire With A Bit O’ Twitter
Fire’, especially its lyrics; ‘Just kill them with kindness,
‘cause you will always be much too strong for someone Words of Wisdom (or otherwise) from Twitter.
else. You will always be much too tall for someone else.
Don’t you try to apologise, Black Star, that’s what you J.R (Less Than Jake) @lessthanjr
are. No one stills the fire in your heart’. A reminder that it ‘Is a gift certificate for a colonoscopy a bad gift for a surprise 50th
doesn’t matter if someone doesn’t like you, if they don’t
birthday party? Asking for a friend...’’
think you’re suitable for a job, or they’re just not interest-
ed. Be you. Don’t change for anyone. If you’ve got pas- Fraser Taylor (Young Guns) @FraserLaser
sion, and kindness, you can’t go wrong... even if others ‘Just used the hand dryer in the venue. It took a second to come on
think you are. They’re the ones that are wrong! And bet- then when it did a COCKROACH fell into my hands. Kill me now.’
ter things will come.
October and November are packed with gigs - so we’ll Dj Ashba (Sixx:A.M.) @djashba
be out and about a lot, and hope you are too. If you ever ‘Have you ever met a hater that’s doing better than you.......? Neither
see us at a show, come and say hi! have I. Don’t ever let ANYONE bring you down. Stay above it all!’
Y & velvet kisses Brian Dales (The Summer Set) @brianlogandales
‘We told the coffee shop our names were Peter, Pete, Petey, Peeta,
Shari Black Velvet and Pierre.’
John O’Callaghan (The Maine) @johnmaine
‘All of my friends are getting married. I am sincerely happy for them
and can’t wait to drink and cry alone at their weddings.’
In July, we ven- Awsten Knight (Waterparks) @awsten
tured to Dublin ‘Grocery shopping with your mom is punk. I am punk.’
for a Jon Bon
Jovi show, so
here’s a pic of
me by Phil
Lynott (Thin BLACK VELVET STAFF
Lizzy)’s statue. Publisher/Editor/Features Editor/Art Editor/Online Editor:
Shari Black Velvet
Writers:
Shari Black Velvet, Sam & Penny Gower, Clare Huckett, Jessica-Lyn
Saunders, Carissa Thorne
Photographers:
Shari Black Velvet, Carissa Thorne
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CONTACT Front Cover Photos: Charlotte Wessels (Delain) by Sandra Ludewig.

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