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That’s right, WeenBags! The Meatmen are hitting the studio with a slew of all new Meaty originals, and a fresh new US tour in 2014!

“That’s right, I’ve been entertaining your sorry asses for over 30 years, and now it’s time for YOU to become a part of Meat History! – Tesco Vee

After 18 years, we embark on our first new platter of Meaty originals – filled with all the Hate Rock Wack you expect from us and then some!! We have been pouring our black hearts and hate-filled souls into the process, and this masterwork is gonna set the Punk Rock planet ablaze! Nobody is safe, as I lay the verbal wood to all-new targets left and right! And these 3 Henchman backing me up are the real deal! We are calling upon you, the loyal Meatheads to get off your wheelchair butts and be part of the creative process!

Every single penny you invest is going back into the band, and nothing in our pockets. Any amount that exceeds our target goal of $5000 will be invested into the band to give YOU a girthier, meatier experience. New props? Check. New costumes? Fuck yeah. New Van? Yeah, maybe if Sugar Daddy Lucifer himself kicks in some loot. Any donation of $50 or greater will have your name included in the liner notes of the new album!

After being on the road for the last few years, we’ve heeded your call for a new album! For over 30 years, Good ol’ Uncle Tesco has accrued a belly full of vitriol and a lyrical prowess to lay waste to all those in his path! Fuck all this pussy shit, masquerading as musclehead these days. The Meatmen are back, and with your help we’ll be haulin’ a big sack o’ piss n’ vinegar – in the waxy form of a new album! Don’t miss out — Weenbags!”

www.kickstarter.com/projects/tescovee/the-meatmen-new-album-and-north-american-tour

Song titles include…
Dinosaur
I’m Gonna Fuck You Up
Kill Kunt Koulter
The Dwarves are the 2nd Greatest Band in the World… after the Meatmen.
12 Soft
Anna-Moose
Pork Chop and a .22
Wizards of the Oblivion
It’s Amateur Night @ Uncle Buck’s Bikini Club
plus… more songs, hilarious skits, special guest appearances… and more!

SEPTEMBER 13-15 at HUMBOLDT PARK IN CHICAGO
TICKETS ON SALE NOW
3-DAY PASSES STARTING AT $69.98!

Riot Fest & Carnival 2013 unleashes a dynamite musical line-up featuring Fall Out Boy, Blink-182, Violent Femmes, Motorhead, Rancid, Blondie, Rocket From The Crypt, Atmosphere, The Dismemberment Plan, Best Coast and a slew of killer bands from every era (line-up listed below). On a mission to create a punk rock state fair, this amazing 3-day festival takes place in historic Humboldt Park in Chicago, where a Ferris wheel, tilt-a-whirl, fire eaters, Lucha Libre and other attractions nestle in a gorgeous setting. Lagoons, shade trees and lovely fields yield to a stunning view of the Chicago skyline. Tickets to Riot Fest are set at incredibly reasonable rates – 3-day passes start at just $69.98.

THE BANDS:
Fall Out Boy * Blink-182 * Violent Femmes * Motorhead * Rancid * Blondie * Sublime with Rome * AFI * Public Enemy * Brand New * Flag * Guided By Voices * Rocket From The Crypt * Bad Religion * All Time Low* Taking Back Sunday * Pierce the Veil * Atmosphere * The Dismemberment Plan * Dinosaur Jr. * Best Coast * DeVotchka * The Broadways * Screeching Weasel * Pennywise * The Lillingtons * Bob Mould * Against Me! * GWAR * Yellowcard * The Lawrence Arms * Say Anything * X * Bad Brains * Quicksand* The Selecter * Mission of Burma * Stars * Toots and the Maytals * Peter Hook (Joy Division Set) * Bad Books * The Devil Wears Prada * Saves The Day * Glassjaw * Bayside * Smoking Popes * Reggie and the Full Effect * Attack Attack! * The Dear Hunter * Maps and Atlases * Surfer Blood * Chuck Ragan
Dessa * Saul Williams * Empires * Mephiskapheles * Kitten * Peelander-Z * Touché Amoré * Masked Intruder * Deal’s Gone Bad * Twin Peaks * Flatfoot 56 * White Mystery * Environmental Encroachment * Radkey * No D’bags Allowed and more to be announced

In its 9th year, Riot Fest is dedicated to bringing fans of music and fun of all ages together to celebrate rock, excellent food and the joy-bringing aspects of a carnival. Gourmet food trucks, quality brews and three music stages are interspersed with rides, skee-ball, circus performers and underground marching troupes. The brainchild of promoters Michael Petryshyn and Sean McKeough, Riot Fest launched in 2005 and grew rapidly. Known for re-uniting their musical heroes in influential underground bands, Petryshyn and McKeough created an experience that is a destination for music fans from around the world.

3- Day Passes start at $69.98
* Admission into Humboldt Park September 13-15

3-Day VIP $175.00
* Admission into Humboldt Park September 13-15
* Access to VIP lounge with private bar
* VIP viewing areas near stage
* 15 beverage tickets

Tickets www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/273259?utm_medium=bks

For More Information:
Riot Fest Web site: www.riotfest.org
Riot Fest Facebook: www.facebook.com/RiotFest1
Riot Fest Twitter: www.twitter.com/riotfest

SOURCE: www.classicrockmagazine.com

Kiss bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons has revealed details of the band’s all-new Monster stage show.

Earlier this week rhythm guitarist/vocalist Paul Stanley promised fans they’ll be blown away when the band unveil their new stage set-up in Europe on June 1. Now Simmons has elaborated on Stanley’s comments.

The Demon said during a Q&A session with fans: “This spider is just beyond anything you’ve seen – it’ll shoot fireballs out of its tentacles. It’ll be able to be flat and come up and walk almost to the front of the stage.

“It’ll be able to just come up like this [makes spider-like movements] with the legs going like… It’s the most amazing thing  I’ve ever seen.

“And at the back of it there’ll be a 70-foot screen plus all the amplifiers and the things… And then from the front of the
stage… We’re going to levitate and go 30 rows into the audience. Oh, and play songs.

“It costs a fortune to do this but it is for you [the fans]. It’ll be the best tour yet, you’ll see.”

Simmons insisted the show will be 100 per cent new and not a rehashed job where the amplifiers and stairs are simply
moved around and then called a new stage.

Simmons is also going to hoisted into the air at double the usual speed of eight-feet-per-second. He will be using a new type of tether that’s see-through, so fans will see him flying without strings.

Let’s hope it’s not as lame as the giant Sphinx used on the ”Hot in the Shade” tour or bad as their weak attempt of 3-D on the ”Psycho Circus” tour. – az

SOURCE: www.smh.com.au

KISS bass player Gene Simmons has caused an uproar among Australia’s Muslim community by launching an attack on Islamic culture while in Melbourne.

The lizard-tongued rock god who is touring Australia with the world’s most enduring glam rock band launched an attack on Muslim extremists during an interview on Melbourne’s 3AW radio – including comments which were labelled inaccurate.

“Extremism believes that it’s okay to strap bombs on to your children and send them to paradise and whatever else and to behead people,” he said yesterday.

The Israeli-born US musician went on to say Islam was a “vile culture” that treated women worse than dogs.

Muslim women had to walk behind their men and were not allowed to be educated or own houses, he said.

“Your dog, however, can walk side by side, your dog is allowed to have its own dog house… you can send your dog to school to learn tricks, sit, beg, do all that stuff – none of the women have that advantage.”

He went on to say the west was under threat.

“This is a vile culture and if you think for a second that it’s going to just live in the sands of God’s armpit you’ve got another thing coming,” he said.

“They want to come and live right where you live and they think that you’re evil.”

Simmons said the United Nations approach did not work and the west had to “speak softly and carry a big stick”.

The radio station today fielded calls from Muslims upset at the comments, including Australian Muslim of the year Susan Carland, who said Australian Muslims rejected extremism and did not fit Simmons’ stereotype.

Ms Carland said she had two degrees, was doing her honours and “certainly do not walk behind my husband”.

Chairman of the Islamic Council of Victoria Yasser Soliman said Simmons’ comments were “very unfortunate”.

“He’s very famous obviously and popular and, as a result, influential,” he said.

“Mixing the entertainment world with the political and religious world is a minefield.”

He said Simmons had begun by talking about extremists but had gone on to vilify the entire Muslim culture.

“A number of his claims regarding women and what they are allowed to do and not do are wrong – Islam teaches the opposite,” he said.

Simmons had a right to free speech, but this had to be balanced against the damage done to innocent people, he said.

“I think it would be good for overseas speakers and commentators to be given some sort of advice in regards to our vilification laws here,” he said.

“They leave and go back to where they arrived from, but they leave behind a big mess that we have to live with.”

 

MAYA AZUCENA 6/7, 8 PM, Mayne Stage, 18+

BACKSTREET BOYS, JESSE MCCARTNEY 8/2, 7 PM, Charter One Pavilion, on sale Fri 5/17, noon

LEE BAINS III & THE GLORY FIRES 7/11, 9 PM, Schubas, on sale Fri 5/17, noon

BIG STAR’S THIRD: JODY STEPHENS, CHRIS STAMEY, KEN STRINGFELLOW, MIKE MILLS, AND OTHERS 6/28, 8 PM, the Vic, on sale Sat 5/18, 10 AM, 18+

BOSNIAN RAINBOWS 7/24, 7 PM, Bottom Lounge, 17+

BOYCE AVENUE 10/11, 7:30 PM, the Vic, on sale Sat 5/18, 10 AM

KING BRITT 6/27, 9 PM, the Shrine

MICHAEL BUBLE 9/7, 8 PM, United Center, on sale Fri 5/17, 10 AM

BUCKWHEAT ZYDECO 7/24, 7:30 PM, SPACE, Evanston, on sale Fri 5/17, 5 PM

CEDRIC BURNSIDE PROJECT 9/7, 8 PM, Reggie’s Music Joint

NEW GARY BURTON QUARTET 10/4, 7 and 9:30 PM, SPACE, Evanston, on sale Fri 5/17, 5 PM

JOHN BUTLER TRIO 7/18, 7:30 PM, the Vic, on sale Sat 5/18, 10 AM, 18+

CHOP TOPS 9/10, 6:30 PM, Reggie’s Rock Club
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CHICK COREA & THE VIGIL 8/8, 7 and 9:30 PM, SPACE, Evanston, on sale Fri 5/17, 5 PM

CSS, IO ECHO 6/29, 9 PM, Lincoln Hall, on sale Sat 5/18, 10 AM

THE CULT 8/27, 8 PM, House of Blues, on sale Fri 5/17, 10 AM, 17+

DEAFHEAVEN 7/6, 9:30 PM, Subterranean, on sale Sat 5/18, 10 AM, 17+

DMITRI FROM PARIS 6/13, 9 PM, the Shrine

D.O.A. 9/7, 8:30 PM, Reggie’s Rock Club, 17+

MARIANNE FAITHFUL, MARC RIBOT 9/22-23, 8 PM, City Winery, on sale Thu 5/16, 9 AM

FIDLAR 10/31, 7:30 PM, Subterranean, on sale Fri 5/17, 10 AM

FORGETTERS 6/22, 3 PM, Schubas, on sale Fri 5/17, noon

GLOSSARY 7/14, 8 PM, Schubas, on sale Fri 5/17, noon

HIDEOUT BLOCK PARTY & A.V. FEST 9/6-7, 4:30 PM, Hideout

DREW HOLCOMB & THE NEIGHBORS 9/27, 9 PM, Lincoln Hall, on sale Fri 5/17, noon, 18+

HOLY GRAIL 7/12, 7 PM, Reggie’s Rock Club, 17+

INDIGENOUS 6/28, 8 PM, SPACE, Evanston, on sale Fri 5/17, 5 PM

IRON & WINE 9/27, 7:30 PM, Chicago Theatre, on sale Sat 5/18, 10 AM

GLADYS KNIGHT & THE O’JAYS 8/16, 8 PM, the Venue at Horseshoe Casino, Hammond, on sale Fri 5/17, 10 AM

MEHLIANA 10/22, 7 and 9:30 PM, SPACE, Evanston, on sale Fri 5/17, 5 PM

ANGEL MELENDEZ & THE 911 ORCHESTRA 6/26, 8 PM, City Winery, on sale Thu 5/16, 9 AM

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PASSAFIRE 7/6, 10 PM, Reggie’s Rock Club, 17+

PINBACK, DEATHFIX 9/3, 8 PM, Lincoln Hall, on sale Fri 5/17, noon, 18+

JOHN PIZZARELLI QUARTET 10/6, 6 and 8:30 PM, SPACE, Evanston, on sale Fri 5/17, 5 PM

POI DOG PONDERING, HOT STOVE ALL-STARS 6/21, 8 PM, Metro, on sale Sat 5/18, noon, 18+

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Q87.7 PIQNIQ: YEAH YEAH YEAHS, AWOLNATION, COLD WAR KIDS, SILVERSUN PICKUPS, AND OTHERS 6/29, 12:30 PM, First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre, Tinley Park

RADICAL SOMETHING 7/13, 7 PM, Reggie’s Rock Club

RASCAL FLATTS 8/17, 7:30 PM, First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre, Tinley Park, on sale Fri 5/17, 10 AM

MARTHA REDBONE 8/2, 7 PM, City Winery, on sale Thu 5/16, 9 AM

TIMMY REGISFORD 6/20, 9 PM, the Shrine

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SHONE 6/19, 8 PM, Beat Kitchen, on sale Thu 5/16, noon, 17+

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SWING OUT SISTER 7/2, 6:30 PM, House of Blues, on sale Fri 5/17, 10 AM, 17+

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TRAP THEM 8/9, 9 PM, Cobra Lounge

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UPDATED LISTINGS

EARTH, WIND, AND FIRE 9/20-21, 8 PM, Chicago Theatre, second show added, on sale Fri 5/17, 11 AM

Source: Univision Communications

Univision Communications Inc. announced today plans for the El Rey Network, a new general entertainment, English-language cable network geared towards young-adult audiences and created by renowned American filmmaker Robert Rodriguez and FactoryMade Ventures. The network will launch in December 2013 and have nation-wide distribution with initial carriage via Comcast.

Chairman Robert Rodriguez — who has been named one of Time magazine’s 25 most influential Hispanics and has directed films such as Desperado, From Dusk till Dawn, The Faculty, Spy Kids, Machete and Sin City — unveiled the plans for the new network and showcased one of its slated programs today at Univision’s 2013 Upfront presentation in New York.

As the lead curators of content for El Rey Network, Rodriguez and FactoryMade will cultivate a mix of reality, scripted and animated series, movies, music and sports programming. El Rey Network will provide English-language programming and will include action content that boldly features — or is created, produced or directed by – high-caliber talent, celebrities and public figures. Univision Communications will be responsible for the back office operations, sales and distribution of the network. Financial details for the agreement were not disclosed.

“Our partnership in El Rey Network is a testament to Univision’s culture of innovation, the power of our brand to live in both languages, and our constant quest to ensure we remain the ultimate resource for all Hispanics’ tastes and preferences. As we continue to grow, evolve and expand into new frontiers, Univision remains the one and only gateway to U.S. Hispanic audiences,” said Randy Falco, president and CEO of Univision Communications Inc. “We are pleased to partner with Robert, FactoryMade and the teams at El Rey Network to launch a new network to serve one of the most influential, rapidly growing audiences in America – young Hispanics. Today at our upfront, we spoke about Univision’s unparalleled brand connection and showcased our world-class content offerings across our multiplatform portfolio, as well as our firm commitment to providing Latinos with the best in-culture programming available.”

“I’m thrilled to be partnering with Univision on this groundbreaking initiative to deliver high-quality original programming to our community and the wider, mainstream audiences,” said Rodriguez. “El Rey Network will serve as a launching pad to satisfy the tastes of young adults looking for exciting, cinematic, action-packed content. As a broadcast leader in media, Univision is the best partner to support us in achieving this vision.”

Added FactoryMade CEO John Fogelman and co-CEO Cristina Patwa: “Univision’s investment in the network is a ringing endorsement of the strength of El Rey Network’s strategy and its potential not just through television, but also through social and mobile platforms. El Rey will offer a slate of visionary talent, adventurous stories and iconic characters that will entertain, engage and relate to younger audiences.”

At Univision’s upfront presentation, Rodriguez unveiled the first original scripted production for El Rey Network. Based on the hit action/horror franchise from Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino, “From Dusk Till Dawn,” the series will be written, produced and directed by Rodriguez. It will explore and expand on the characters and story from the original film, providing a wider scope and richer Aztec mythology.

In addition, Rodriguez announced that K/O Paper Products, the television and film production company founded by Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci, will produce a scripted, action adventure series for El Rey Network, which will start development at the end of June. Kurtzman and Orci are the writers and producers of blockbuster movies such as Star Trek, Transformers as well as broadcast shows such as “Fringe,” “Hawaii Five-O” and the upcoming “Sleepy Hollow”. The duo plans to announce a showrunner later this summer.

“Robert, Alex and Roberto exemplify the types of show creators that will ultimately set El Rey Network apart. We are honored to pave the way for their unprecedented debut into cable,” said the network’s Vice Chairman Scott Sassa.

The two original scripted shows are being developed as a part of the network’s co-financing pact with Reliance-backed television studio Georgeville Television and will be produced in Austin, Texas, home of Rodriguez’ 26-acre studio facilities. Georgeville, founded by Motion Picture Capital and Reliance, will be co-producing scripted programming for El Rey in a $250 million deal announced two months ago.

“As an independent studio, we were already thrilled to partner with El Rey Network on these series — we have been receiving tremendous interest in these shows internationally on multiple windows, given the filmmaker-driven stature and high-quality content of the series selection. El Rey’s partnership with Univision only strengthens our combined ability to bring more A-list content to a wider audience,” said Georgeville Television founders Marc Rosen and Leon Clarance.