Addybook 06 Musikscene

hey yo, be welcome to the latest version
of 'ADDY-BOOK'. i think this new design
is a very big improvement.

anyway, let me tell you something about
this chapter MR.MOUSE and i(MR.AMMO)
will write for all oncoming issues.
(well, we intend to...)


       this chapter contains....
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- latest gossip and news from the music-
  world.(normal and c64)

- reviews of some (newly released) cd's,
  videos etc. (music videos)

- an afterword to all of you folks who
  play in a band or know some good bands
  and want their demo-tapes to be
  reviewed in our mag 'ADDY-BOOK'.

- concert dates. (we try to cover whole
  europe)


let's start with gossip and news...
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- DAVID BOWIE may resume his solo career
  by recording "a few tracks" with
  producer NILE RODGERS but denies
  reports that he ie planning to ditch
  his much-criticised band TIN MACHINE.

- new age rappers PM DAWN were pushed
  off stage by fellow-rap act KRS-1 and
  a gang of his friends during filming
  of a promo at new york's sound factory

  KRS-1 was apparently angered by
  remarks made by PM DAWN's PRINCE BE on
  the subject of raising black
  consciousness. PRINCE BE has issued a
  statement denouncing KRS-1's
  "unprovoked attack". but " we bear no
  will" he added.

- THE ROLLING STONES' new concert film
  at the max, featuring footage from
  five shows on the bands STEEL WHEEL/
  URBAN JUNGLE TOUR has been shot on the
  world's largest film format, requiring
  a special screen for viewing.

- rising indie band HOLE have parted
  company from their bassist JILL 'cause
  of "RELIGIOUS DIFFERENCES!" the group
  are refusing any further coment.

- BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN is to release a new
  album in the spring (probably end
  march/beginning april) after a lengthy
  absence. among those appearing on the
  album is SAM MOORE from legendary
  sixties soul duo SAM AND DAVE.

- LUSH's long awaited debut album SPOOKY
  was released end january.

- JIMI HENDRIX, THE CULT, IRON MAIDEN,
  ANTHRAX and ALICE COOPER are among
  acts on HARD 'N' HEAVY PART 1, a
  compilation of the best heavy metal
  videos magazine, released by warner on
  january 27.

- DEFINITION OF SOUND put out their
  fourth single, 'moira jani's cafe', to
  try and follow up last year's hit
  'WEAR YOUR LOVE LIKE HEAVEN'.

- THE WONDER STUFF released a video
  called 'welcome to the cheap seats' on
  polygram on february 16.

- BAND AID, the charity founded in 1984
  by BOB GELDOF, has been wound up,
  after having raised 110 million pounds
  for famine relief.

- LISA STANSFIELD has postponed her
  forthcoming EUROPEAN TOUR after a
  number of problems. however,new dates,
  for which the original tickets will be
  valid, are being scheduled for the
  summer.

- NKOTB are being sued for 14 million
  dollars (or is it 40 million, i'm not
  shure) by a producer who allegas they
  were responsible for less than twenty
  percent of the singing on their
  records. GREGORY MCPHERSON claims that
  the band owe him money from their
  HANGING TOUGH LIVE video.

- NIRVANA's new single will be COME AS
  YOU ARE.

- DAVID BOWIE's 1978 live double lp,
  STAGE is to be rereleased on cd by emi

- THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS are to release a
  new 45 called THE STATUE GOT ME HIGH.

- ARMY OF LOVERS are rereleasing their
  club-hit CRUCIFIED.

- MSG had put out the lp MSG on february
  the 3rd.

- BIGGIE TEMPO, an EX-BHUNDU BOY, gives
  us the OUT OF AFFRICA lp.
  (cooking vinyl).

- JAMES' lp 7 is out very soon.
  (by the time you read this, it might
  already be out).

- THE AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS ceremoney
  saw five trophies go to C&C MUSIC
  FACTORY, including best dance artist
  and best pop/rock act. best r&b female
  was MARIAH CAREY(!?!).

- UB40 are being sued by a secretary
  from their hometown birmingham who
  claims she wrote their top ten hit
  'don't take my heart'.

- THE HAPPY MONDAYS have left for
  BARBADOS to start work on their fifth
  lp with TINA WEYMOUTH and CHRIS FRANZ,
  formerly of  TALKING HEADS as
  producers.

- MADONNA has written an open letter to
  her fans urging them to support AIDS
  charities.

- indie darling MY BLOODY VALENTINE have
  been dropped by CREATION RECORDS after
  spending one year and 250.000 pounds
  on their second lp, loveless. it seems
  unlikely that the companie will recoup
  production costs because of
  dissapointing sales of the record.

- DNA, formeer chart-toppers with TOM'S
  DINER have a new single, can you
  handle it.

- M-PEOPLE re-release the excellent
  colour my live single very soon.
  (it might already be out when you read
  this)

- PEARL JAM the u.s. rockers release a
  new lp, ten, on march 1.

- EDDIE GRANT's lp painting of the soul
  is out by the time you read this on
  ice-records.

- PM-DAWN's new single is REALITY USED
  TO BE A FRIEND OF MINE.

- PALE SAINTS release IN RIBBONS.

- NKOTB have rejected allegiations that
  they are responsible for "less than
  20 percent" of vocals on their records
  and live shows.

  their   former   producer   gregory
  mcpherson made the claim while
  launching a 14 million dollar law-suit
  against the band, but an NKOTB said
  the accusations were "outrageous,
  unjust and slandorous".
  (let's all hope they will be found
   guilty!!! hehehe!! just like milli
   vanilly, heheheh!!! - mr.ammo)

- RIGHT SAID FRED are set to make
  millions from their u.s. release of
  their single I'M TOO SEXY, currently
  at #6 in america. the song has already
  done better than debut singles by the
  ROLLING STONES AND THE BEATLES.



concert dates...
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ok, ok, don't yell at me. the reason
that you don't see any dates over here
is that i simply didn't have the time to
search for it. today it's sunday and i
might have some dates for PRINCE's
oncoming EUROPEAN TOUR tomorrow, and
perhaps some other artists. (so don't be
angry if there aren't any below this
text).

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            SORRY NO DATES!
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ok, i'll leave the keys for MR.MOUSE.

MR.AMMO says goodbye and see you next
month in a new issue of ADDY-BOOK.

ps. don't forget to send them concert/
    festival dates.


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okay, guys 'n' girls! this is MR.MOUSE!

i was going to review some albums here,
but i didn't have much time to do so.
because this is a new feature in
ADDY-BOOK, i din't get some demotapes
send in by you folks outthere!
send them in: TAPES BY YOUR OWN band,
LOCAL bands, CONCERT-DATES LOCALISTS
(localists, you say? er.. it exists:
i invented it!) and FESTIVAL-DATES.
and if we've got time to spare we try to
review the latest musics on the C64!
(send them in too!)


    the address to send your stuff:
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     (WE TRY TO RETURN ALL TAPES!)


on to the reviewsector:
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- group     :METALLICA
- title     :METALLICA
- released  :quite a while ago
             but their latest
- label     :VERTIGO


for those of you that have never heard
of this band, they used to restrict
themselves to high quality rock which
varried from very hard to ultra-hard.
(trash metal, speed metal)
the style might not please everybody,
but it is certainly technically out-
standing.
it seems to me that they've completely
changed style. their latest album is,
shall we say, ranging from SOFT TO
MEDIUM ROCK. it contains some quite
interesting ballads, with some nice
solo-play by lead guitarist KIRK HAMMET.
on the whole, you won't find one bad
song, though i'm not so keen on SAD BUT
TRUE, but hey, that's personal!
the thing is, their former bassplayer,
CLIFF BURTON, got killed in accident on
september 27, 1986, when their tour bus
went into a ditch. it took a brief while
before they replaced cliff for JASON
NEWSTED. jason obviously has got some
own ideas about playing bass and this
has of course influenced the music.
for instance: the ballads THE UNFORGIVEN
and NOTHING ELSE MATTERS are really
different from any previous METALLICA
songs. they come to show that these
people really know what they're doing.
now something about the pieces of song-
text. they can be described as realistic
lines, which critisise our society now
and then. they're most certainly not
crap or bullshit lines. you could say
they sometimes go beyond thoughts and
show the world in it's realism.
for people who are not fond of this type
of music, the album is well worth a try.
for the fans this is a must.

right musicfans, this is it for this
month; remember to send your tapes etc.!
as i play the drums in a band named
LIVING AFTER, i always welcome other
bands to show me their pieces, to hear
what they can do or sometimes learn from
them.
do not forget to send in them c64-pieces
as well! contact me!!

MR.MOUSE signing off!

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