Just to let you all know, as you are living comfortable within your warm provinces and states: it has been negative 50 for the past two days. Negative 50, and it's not even January yet! I have lived up North for years now, in different locations, and by far, this is the coldest community. This is a community that has been on shows like Ice Pilots NWT, and most likely Ice Road Truckers. And i'm just wondering that, unless you were born here and have been here your whole life, how you would find anything appealing about living this far North.

CRASHDIET'S new single "In The Raw" was recently posted on their MySpace profile. If you had any doubt for what was in store for the future of Crashdiet, you better damn well stop. "In The Raw" is well crafted, Olliver's vocals compliment the gritty, sleazy sound throughout the whole song  and I am quite sure you'll be hitting the repeat button. It may be a little different than when Dave Lepard fronted the band, but bands do evolve and I think The Unattractive Revolution will be another astonishing release for CRASHDIET.

MySpace Site:

http://www.myspace.com/realcrashdiet

Official Site:

http://www.crashdiet.org

Taken from LAM's MySpace:

"August 2007 Update! LAM's long awaited and much anticipated new CD "Violent Acts of Beauty" will be released in Europe on October 26th and on November 6th in the USA and Canada. The new CD will be available on iTunes (and other digital stores) on November 6th as well.

In Europe you can preorder NOW from Amazon.de. In the USA you will be able to pre-order online in the next week or so from Amazon.com, Metropolis-Mailorder.com and most other online stores. You will also be able to pre-prder from iTunes in the next few weeks (probably about October 30th)!

LAM's new CD will be widely available in ALL local record stores in the USA and Europe, all online stores and direct from this website.

Join the LAM Mailing List to keep updated and join the LAM Community for more inside info!

Pictured above is the cover of the CD designed by Sean Brennan.

There will be two versions of the CD released in both the USA and Europe; a 14 song version and a special limited edition digipack version with 16 songs. The first release in Europe will be the limited edition digipack with 16 tracks. Only 10,000 will be printed. After that is sold out the standard jewel-case edition will be released, with 14 tracks. In the USA a limited edition digipack with 16 tracks will be released at the same time as the standard 14 song jewel-case version of the CD. Only 2,500 limited edition digipacks will be printed in the USA. The digipacks are sure to become collector's items. The track listing for "Violent Acts of Beauty" is as follows:

The Beginning of the End
Feeling Fascist?
Nothing's Sacred
Heaven Now
America's a Fucking Disease
Complex Messiah
Republic
Fear
Pure
The Kids Are All Wrong
Love You to Death
The Pain Looks Good on You
Nothing's Sacred Extended Club mix (available on the digipack limited release only)
Nothing's Sacred Edit Club mix
Nothing's Sacred original demo (available on the digipack limited release only)
America's a F***ing Disease (edit)"

If you're into politics, dark gothic music, or just trying something new, watch for the new album "Violent Acts of Beauty". A North American release is at most times rare for artists like this.

And for all you HIM nuts, this should give you another though:

(The guy on the right is the singer/songwriter of LAM)

So, I decided it was time to create another blog, but this time it's going to be frequently updated and look hellishly cool-NOTHING IS COOLER THAN LEOPARD SKIN PRINT, ADMIT IT.

The blog will be about the obvious, music. Sleazy music, to be exact. The write-ups aren't gonna be as well done as say, the ones over at Shipwreck, but still, it's a blog, and I get to say whatever the hell I want!

Why am I not staying in MySpace to write the blogs? Because MySpace is not cool! No, no, it is, just for blogs, blogspot is way the hell cooler!

So, check it out if you want to: http://sleazegypsy.blogspot.com

..to check out these amazing sleaze rock bands! It would be greatly appreciated and you won't regret it!

Crashdiet
www.crashdiet.org

Hardcore Superstar
www.hardcoresuperstar.com

Vains Of Jenna
www.vainsofjenna.com

Lynam
www.myspace.com/lynam

Reckless Love
www.recklesslove.com

Crystal Pistol
www.crystalpistol.com

Wig Wam
www.wigwam.no

Gemini Five
www.geminifive.com

Faster Pussycat
www.powerandthegloryhole.com

Red Star Rebels
www.redstarrebels.com

Tattooed Millionaires
www.tattooedmillionaires.com

Starlet Suicide
www.starletsuicide.com

Kid Ego
www.kidego.co.uk

Pretty Boy Floyd
www.pbffanclub.com

Sister
www.sisteronline.net

And now for the favourite:

Babylon Bombs
www.babylonbombs.net

Be sure to join Babylon Bomb's street team and spread the word! Just one more step closer to bringing sleaze rock back to the airwaves!
www.b-bombs.babylonbombs.net

Anti-Flag - One of the three opening bands and I can proudly say WHAT A PIECE OF SHIT BAND. Even the other two had more to offer than they did. It's punk with no substance whatsoever.

Love it when crowds are just so into the music, or just love showing off their lighters and cellphones at any time possible. Leave it to Ben Kowalewicz to get people my age all hyped up and participating.

Setlist:

This Is How It Goes, Devil In A Midnight Mass, This Suffering, Line & Sinker, Standing In The Rain, The Navy Song, Worker Bees, The Ex, Suurender, Fallen Leaves, Perfect World, Sympathy, Prisoners Of Today, Try Honesty, Nothing To Lose, River Below, Red Flag.

     Here's a Scarem album for the records.

     As many people have stated in the past, if Harem Scarem had released their debut just a few years earlier, they would've went places; became a household name, if you will. With the release of their latest album, Human Nature, Scarem should be much more than a household name, they should be the band to return melodic rock to when it was at its peak, in terms of quality musicianship. Pete Lesperance has always been praised for his talent on guitar, and I believe this album will have everyone on their knees bowing before him. Harry Hess has once again outdone himself in the vocal department. Could it have been from the ribs and diet coke? We'll never know. All I know is Scarem is here to stay as being Canada's greatest melodic rock export.

Here's what some people have said about Human Nature:

"The final result is something that is highly melodic, very catchy, and in my book puts earlier works like the self-titled debut and Mood Swings to shame..." - Jere Fritsche(Shipwreck Island Studios)

"The good news is that Human Nature continues the swing of the pendulum. This new release will completely restore fans' faith in the band and bring the lost sheep back into the fold..." - Brian McGowan(RevelationZ Mag)

"To my ear, it is very obvious they spent alot more time on the arrangements and details than any album since VOR. The band sounds tighter than ever..." - Mick(Harem Scarem forums)

Visit Harem Scarem's Official Site

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