First off, a reminder to you all: Dry Kill Logic has a few upcoming shows. As follows: 1/19/03 – Geraldines – W. Springfield, MA 1/28/03 – Don Hills – NYC 2/21/03 – Tremors – Rochester, NY 2/23/03 – Downtown – Long Island, NY Next up, a couple pics of Dry Kill Logic with new guitarist Jason Bozzi have been posted (he is the cat on the far right). Check them out in Dry Kill Logic’s PHOTO GALLERY.

the following Misfits update was taken from www.blabbermouth.net MISFITS have announced the details of their 25th Anniversary European tour, set to kick off on Jan. 22 in Barcelona, Spain. The “all-star” lineup of Jerry Only, Marky Ramone (THE RAMONES) and Dez Cadena (BLACK FLAG) will be showcasing a full set of MISFITS classics past and present as well as select classics from THE RAMONES and BLACK FLAG catalog at the following venues: Jan. 22 – Barcelona, ESP @ Razzmatazz 2 Jan. 23 – Valencia, ESP @ The Roxy Jan. 24 – Lisbon, ESP @ Paradise Garage Jan. 25 – Porto, POR @ Theatro Sada Bandeira Jan. 26 – Berga, ESP @ Jam Jan. 29 – Dornbirn, AUT @ Conrad Sohm Jan. 30 – Ravenna, ITA @ Rock Planet Jan. 31 – Biella, ITA @ Babylonia Feb. 01 – Florence, ITA @ Aud. Flag Feb. 02 – Winterhur, SWI @ Gaswerk Feb. 04 – Haarleem, NETH @ Patronaat Feb. 05 – Warsaw, POL @ Proxima Feb. 08 – Moscow, RUS @ Sh Luzhniki In related news, Jerry Only’s long-awaited MISFITS side project showcasing punk covers of 1950s-era classics, dubbed PROJECT 1950, has finished recording its debut album, due later in the year. Featuring the all-star core lineup of Jerry, Marky and Dez, PROJECT 1950 includes a special guest vocal appearance by ’60s icon Ronnie Spector on two tracks and keyboards by Jimmy Destri (of BLONDIE) on two tracks. The release is “truly unique and not to be perceived as a traditional MISFITS album but rather a special project,” reads an official press release. Only states: “The backbone of punk has always been the 3-chord progression which was ultimately inspired by classic rock and roll of the 1950’s. I’ve always wanted to record some of the music that inspired the MISFITS to show fiends where it all began. With this album…I will.” A special MP3 sneak preview clip of the DEL SHANNON classic “Runaway” from the upcoming “Project 1950” CD can be downloaded from this location.

Red Tape, the latest addition to the Roadrunner roster adds a new addition of their own. “We is expanding the big fat sound by adding another guitar,” tells vocalist and former sole guitarist Jeff Jaworski. Enter Mark Meraji, local Sacto (that’s Sacramento for the laymen) punk musician & long time friend. “Me and Mark been jamming day in and day out to get him up to speed on our 20+ song set list,” Mark explains. “He has about a month to jump thru his ass and be ready to play in February, then record in March.” In other Red Tape news, the band has been working on 12 new songs and will start pre-production next week. They plan to still be writing new material into next month, and then start the pure focus on the recording… If you have yet to do such, please make sure to check out our MUSIC section for an MP3 download of “Stalingrad” from Red Tape…the musical equivalent of a dirty nuke loaded with aggression, melody, steel nails and rocks. more to come…

Stone Sour will mark their debut UK tour with an instore signing session at Virgin Megastore, 98 Corporation St, Birmingham B4 6SX on Friday Feb 21st. The signing will be between 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. Be there early to avoid disappointment!!!!

Murderdolls. Guess where they are now…Down Under…Australia, that is. Starting Friday (1/17), Murderdolls have an eight show affair in the lovely country that was once a British penal colony (hell, lock me up): A couple shows in support of the Deftones and the rest as part of the Big Day Out Festival. (see TOUR section for full details) Onto the world of the UK, one place where the Murderdolls are definitely not down under, the Kerrang! Readers Poll 2002 results have been tabulated. Take a fuckin’ bow, Murderdolls…you cleaned up, hot damn. Take a look below for the Slipknot related results: Best Band (won by Foo Fighters) #2 = Slipknot #6 = Murderdolls Best Album #1 = Murderdolls Best Single (won by Foo Fighters) #2 = Murderdolls ‘Dead in Hollywood’ Best Live Gig (won by Foo Fighters) #3 = Slipknot #5 = Murderdolls Best Video (won by Tenacious D ‘Tribute’) #7 = Murderdolls ‘Dead In Hollywood’ #9 = Slipknot ‘My Plague’ Hero of the Year (won by Dave Grohl) #4 = Joey Jordison #5 = Corey Taylor Male Pin-Up (won by Dave Grohl) #2 = Joey Jordison Best Dressed (won by Marilyn Manson) #3 = Joey Jordison #7 = Wednesday 13 #10 = Corey Taylor Best New Band (won by InMe) #2 = Murderdolls #6 = Stone Sour Best Website (won by Kerrang.com – mmnhmm..) #4 = Murderdolls.com Congratulations.

Max Cavalera’s Tribe return to the UK for the following dates in March March 19th – London Astoria March 20th – Wolverhampton Wulfrun March 22nd – Glasgow Garage March 23rd – Manchester Academy 2 Tickets are on sale NOW

Nickelback’s performance of ‘How You Remind Me’ at the American Music Awards will air in the UK at 10:55 p.m. on Sun 19th Jan on C4.

Wondering what Ill Nino has been up to since the last time they bulldozed through your town? We caught up with bassist Laz Pina taking a smoke outside the band’s New Jersey rehearsal space. The answer was simple: Ill Nino has been writing their collective asses off and have a shit-load of new songs. The goal: Getting into the studio in the next few months for the follow-up to 2001’s Revolution…Revolucion. í¢ä‰åñWe’ve been writing,í¢ä‰åŒ Laz said simply. í¢ä‰åñJust trying to bring out the sincerest, truest, best music we possibly can.í¢ä‰åŒ If Laz seems confident, who can blame him? Dec, 2002 found the band wrapping up nearly two years touring the globe with a run of sold out shows culminating in a beyond-packed return to the place it all began for Los Ninos: New Jersey’s Birch Hill on Dec 21. í¢ä‰åñWe sold out both New York and New Jersey shows which was really gratifying for us as a band. It was a good closure for this record and a good way to start it up again — to begin the next chapter for this band.í¢ä‰åŒ The music the band has written so far (having penned roughly 15 complete or partially complete songs) is Ill Nino to the core. The band is presently beginning to talk to producers and mixers for the yet untitled second album: But you can literally feel all six band members chomping at the bit to get it all on tape. í¢ä‰åñIt feels like two years of blood, sweat and tears pouring out of us,í¢ä‰åŒ states Laz. í¢ä‰åñWe’re staying true to who we are. We’re being very careful in the writing so that we’re not going to cross the foundations of this band í¢ä‰åäóì it’s definitely still heavy. There’s plenty of people who love us for that and that’s definitely a part of what we do í¢ä‰åäóì as well as melody. í¢ä‰åñWe’re all taking part in the writing and the ideas are coming together a lot better and a lot faster than I expected,í¢ä‰åŒ the bassist continues. Simple fact: when Ill Nino penned Revolution…Revolucion, they were a young band, trying to get a record together with one mission: To blow the world away. Well, that they did. The new material shows a band who knows who the fuck they are í¢ä‰åäóì while firing on all cylinders. You can hear it in the way drummer Dave Chavarri beats the crap out of his drums to the alternating brutal riffs and delicate Spanish chords erupting out of guitarists Marc Rizzo and Jardel Paisante to percussionist Roger Vasquez’s extra-spicy beats. You can hear it in frontman Cris Machado’s vocals when he steps to the mic on the new material. His voice is deeper, richer and more melodic at some points í¢ä‰åäóì heavier at others, but unmistakably, a force to be reckoned with í¢ä‰åäóì more now than ever. í¢ä‰åñCris shines on the new material,í¢ä‰åŒ Laz enthuses. í¢ä‰åñBut then again, I think we all do. I think you hear a lot more of all of us. Then again, after two years on the road, playing together every day, we’ve grown together as a band,í¢ä‰åŒ If there’s anything the fans can expect when they finally hear Ill Nino’s latest in a few months? Laz takes another drag. You can literally hear him smiling over the phone. í¢ä‰åñThink Revolutioní¢ä‰åŒ_ times a hundred!í¢ä‰åŒ You can already hear the Ill Nino soundclash getting a hell of a lot louder.

Following last week’s U.S. Grammy Nomination for “Record Of The Year”, Canada’s NICKELBACK, have also picked up 2 nominations at the UK’s Brit Awards 2003 for: “Best International Group” “Best International Breakthrough” The awards ceremony will be held on Feb 20th at London’s Earls Court. While the band get ready to record the follow-up to the multi-million selling ‘Silver Side Up’, the full enormity of their UK success in 2002 can now be revealed: Nickelback – #17 Best-Selling artist of 2002. ‘Silver Side Up’ – #12 Best-Selling album of 2002. ‘How You Remind Me’ – #12 Best-Selling single of 2002. ‘How You Remind Me’ – #4 Most-Played Records of 2002 (with just under 1.4 million plays). ‘How You Remind Me’ – #2 Most-Played Video on MTV UK.

Folks, there is going to be a lot of great new shit coming your way in 2002…Chimaira’s upcoming The Impossibility Of Reason definitely holds some real estate up at the top of that list. A few of the members in Chimaira most recently rang in the New Year by spending the night with members of Sw1tched and High Point jamming to Metallica, Sepultura, and Pantera tunes…a very fitting way to ring in 2003. Onward and upward…Chimaira plan to wrap up recording of The Impossibility Of Reason this week, of which you can expect 14 songs of “pure fucking metal mayhem.” “Every song is 1,000 times better then anything we have ever put forth on a record,” vocalist Mark Hunter proudly tells. And ya know what, judging by the reactions of people here who have heard the new music, Mark is 1,000% right. The band will start mixing later this month on the 20th…and before you know it, they will be back on the road touring, where you can “expect to see the N.W.O.A.H.M. everywhere this year.” “The N.W.O.A.H.M.” of course stands for the new wave of American heavy metal. Have band…have metal…”will go to Iraq and play if they let us,” Mark exclaims. You have been warned. more to come…