The ‘Europeskate Music’ Category:
Aggrolites back on tour in Europe
October 14th, 2008 / No Comments » / by Jonathan Young

Word up to the guys over at Caught In The Crossfire for this good news about the Aggrolites heading to Europe on tour already this November 2008!
You can listen to this great band and read the latest happenings about the Aggrolites here.
And here are the European tour dates…right now they are touring the northeast of the US and some shows in Canada before they have a few of days to head over to Europe!
November 4th 2008 – Leeds Cockpit UK
November 5th 2008 – Nottingham Rescue Rooms UK
November 6th 2008 – Manchester Academy UK
November 7th 2008 – Oxford Academy UK
November 8th 2008 – London Islington Academy UK
November 9th 2008 – Brighton Concorde 2 UK
November 11th 2008 – Birmingham Academy UK (+RANCID)
November 12th 2008 – Newcastle Academy UK
November 13th 2008 – Brussels AB Box BE (+THE SKATALITES)
November 14th 2008 – Groningen Vera NL
November 15th 2008 – Amsterdam Melkweg NL
November 16th 2008 – Eindhoven Effenaar F NL
November 18th 2008 – Paris Trabendo (+ TWO TONE CLUB)
November 19th 2008 – Münster Gleis 22 DE
November 20th 2008 – Stuttgart Zwoelf Zehn DE
November 21st 2008 – Geneva L’Usine CH
November 22nd 2008 – Winterthur Gaswerk CH
November 23rd 2008 – Bologna Me que meo IT (+ MR T-BONE)
November 24th 2008 – Milano Zoe Club IT
November 25th 2008 – Ljubljana Gala Hala SI
November 26th 2008 – Bratislava Randal Club SK
November 27th 2008 – Vienna Arena A
November 28th 2008 – Moscow Club Ikra RU
Crime In Stereo releases never published songs
October 12th, 2008 / No Comments » / by Jonathan Young

I’ve been following Crime In Stereo from day one just about and I’ve always enjoyed their refreshing sound which mixes many musical elements but keeps the punk rock aggression in their sound. The latest record release “Selective Wreckage” has been available since September 30th, 2008 and watch out for them touring ther US and England with hopefully more dates following soon!
- Crime In Stereo MySpace page
Here’s what their record label “Bridge Nine” has to say about Crime in Strereo:
Crime In Stereo’s 2007 genre-defying album Crime In Stereo Is Dead was a huge step forward from 2006’s punk outburst The Troubled Stateside. Selective Wreckage isn’t so much of a b-sides collection as it is a collection of unreleased songs that document the band’s evolution from the 2005 recording sessions for Stateside and 2007’s Is Dead. Featuring the often rumored, but never released split EP with Capital, and songs from many recording session, this is a 10 song statement to Crime In Stereo’s talent and diversity and only begs the question-what will come when the band releases a new album in 2009.

Dennys Restaurant Rockstars Menu
September 16th, 2008 / No Comments » / by Jonathan Young

You have to keep the marketing machinery going to attract people to your shop, restaurant, products etc. to keep the business going. Rock bands have huge followings and kids like to follow what they get up to so how about this:
Dennys restaurant invited Taking Back Sunday, The All-American Rejects, the Plain White T’s and the Eagles of Death Metal to take over their kitchen to create a late night meal. Now you can pig out from 10 in the evening til 5 in the morning and think you are being all rock n roll. Hmmm, not too sure about this but I di have to admit: every time I’m in the States I stop by Denny’s.
- Find out what they are cooking at Denny’s Allnighter Rockstar Menu
Featured Band on Europeskate: MJ13
September 3rd, 2008 / No Comments » / by Jonathan Young

Coming home after a pretty strange day at work and some not-too-cool things happening, I wanted nothing more then to listen to some loud music which in some way expressed my…frustration I guess is the word I am looking for right now. Yeah, something to let go off that ever so slightly pissed off feeling that is creeping through my mind right now.
Nothing better then checking out some music websites and I came across a quite different and expressive sounding band going by the name MJ13. Made up of three guys (Andres Anguita, Anthony Johns and Felix the Rat) out of East London, the band mixes both slow and fast beats which made me tense ,yet attracted my attention to listen to more with raw guitars and a quite garage-like sound – no clean mixing going on here but it’s all very listenable.
Confused? Me too I guess. What I’m trying to say basically is that it’s catchy, dark, upbeat, philosophic and punk all mixed together. Okay, maybe you should just listen to it…my favorite song is “A Pocket Sex Poppy Like You” – get what I mean? They are that little bit different which makes them good.
Check their websites which all have a lot of their songs for listening…
- MJ13 website
- Same In Death.com
- MJ13 on MySpace
Black President’s latest video
August 19th, 2008 / No Comments » / by Jonathan Young

Black President is a band which is raising expectations daily and with the release of their first album this fall, I can’t wait to get my fingers on their music. Luckily for us they do have a MySpace page with some songs and now they have released the video entitled “Short List of Outspoken Suspects”. Check out this video and be sure to keep these guys in mind – they are a force to be reckoned with.
JASON CHRISTOPHER (BASS & ACYCLOVIR) new dead radio~
ROY MAYORGA (DRUMS & SWORDS) nausea, soulfly, stone sour~
CHRISTIAN MARTUCCI (GRETSCH WEILDING HUMAN AIR-RAID SIREN) dee dee ramone band, strychnine babies~
CHARLIE PAULSON (GUITARS, DRILL SGT.) goldfinger~
- Black President on MySpace
- Record label : Cobra Music
Europeskate Music Choices – August 18th 2008
August 18th, 2008 / No Comments » / by Jonathan Young

Back again with 5 more bands for you all to check out for yourselves. Enjoy!

Black Stone Cherry – Folklore and Superstition
Black Stone Cherry – Band Site
Black Stone Cherry – MySpace Site
Record Label: Roadrunner Records
Band members:
- Ben Wells (Guitar/Vocals)
- John Fred Young (Drums/Vocals)
- Jon Lawhon (Bass Guitar/Vocals)
- Chris Robertson (Guitar/Lead Vocals)

Soulfly – Conquer
Soulfly – MySpace site
Record Label: Roadrunner Records
Band members:
- Max Cavalera – Vocals and Guitar
- Marc Rizzo – Guitar
- Joe Nunez – Drums
- Bobby Burns – Bass

Scars on Broadway
Scars on Broadway – MySpace site
Record Label: Interscope Records
Band members:
Daron Malakian – lead vocals, guitar
John Dolmayan – drums
Franky Perez – guitar, backing vocals
Danny Shamoun – keyboards, percussion
Dominic Cifarelli – bass

Steriogram – WalkieTakieMan
Steriogram – MySpace site
Record Label: check their MySpace page, they have a few!
Band members:
Tyson Kennedy – (Vocals)
Tim Youngson – (Guitars)
Brad Carter – (Vocals/Guitars)
Jared Wrennall – (Drums/Vocals)
Jake Adams – (Bass Guitar)

Fighting With Wire – Man vs Monster
Fighting With Wire – band website
Fighting With Wire – MySpace site
Band members:
Cahir O’Doherty – Guitar/Vocals
Craig McKean – Drums/Vocals
Jamie King – Bass/Vocals
Slipknot coming back with vengeance
August 18th, 2008 / No Comments » / by Jonathan Young

Currently Slipknot is on world tour pushing their latest upcoming album, the fourth studio album entitled “All Hope Is Gone” which is making Slipknot fans smile even more as this is in my eyes just another masterpiece of heavy metal at its best coming our way. With new masks and supposedly one of the heaviest albums to date, we’ll all be looking forward to the new release coming out August 26th, 2008.
Slipknot’s Psychosocial video
Current World Tour Dates:
19.Aug.2008 Darien Lake Performing Arts Center Darien Center
22.Aug.2008 Leeds Festival Leeds
24.Aug.2008 Reading Festival Reading
27.Aug.2008 Grosse Freiheit Hamburg
29.Aug.2008 Two Days A Week Festival Wiesen
31.Aug.2008 Area 4 Festival Ludinghausen
08.Okt.2008 Zepp Nagoya
14.Okt.2008 Zepp Osaka
15.Okt.2008 Zepp Osaka
16.Okt.2008 Zepp Sendai
18.Okt.2008 Loud Park Festival at Super Arena Tokyo
22.Okt.2008 The Trusts Stadium Auckland
24.Okt.2008 Riverstage Brisbane
26.Okt.2008 Acer Arena Sydney
27.Okt.2008 Rod Laver Arena Melbourne
28.Okt.2008 Jubilee Pavilion Adelaide
30.Okt.2008 Robinson Pavilion Perth
05.Nov.2008 Stadium Olimpijski Moscow
07.Nov.2008 Old Ice Hall Helsinki
10.Nov.2008 Spektrum Oslo
12.Nov.2008 Hovet Stockholm
13.Nov.2008 KB Hallen Copenhagen
17.Nov.2008 Eishalle Deutweg Winterthur
18.Nov.2008 Palasharp Milan
20.Nov.2008 Heineken Music Hall Amsterdam
21.Nov.2008 Zenith Paris
22.Nov.2008 Zenith Paris
14.Dez.2008 Lotto Arena Antwerp
15.Dez.2008 Rockhal Alzette

Element hosts Audio Visual Awards 2008
July 17th, 2008 / No Comments » / by Jonathan Young

Element has put together a rather nice and creative contest called the “Element Audio Visual Awards” which is supposed to “support a new generation of musicians, film-makers and artists”. It isn’t always easy to package a contest and keep it from being branded, but looking over the edge of the commercial plate, this looks like a promising concept which should be tested.
The following categories are open for entries:
Video: best full length film, best short film, best skate video part and best skate video
Music: best group/band, best female musician, best male musician
Art: best fine art, best graphic art, best photo, best skate photo
To find out more, make sure you visit the Element Audio Visual Awards website
Entries deadline is September 1st, 2008 and the winners will be announced September 15th, 2008. So get cracking, there’s not that much time left!















