 By Ryne Roulette
“What’s it like hearing your own song played over the P.A. system?” we asked Elias Soriano of South Florida’s Nonpoint following their March 7th performance at Revolution in Appleton.
“I feel accomplished,” was his response.
And accomplished he should feel. After rocking Revolution’s sold out crowd for roughly 45 minutes, floods of fans came to greet them after the show.
Revolution in Appleton brought Nonpoint and Cold together for a co-headlining tour on a surprising non-cold March Sunday night.
Witnessing Nonpoint live is not like other metal shows. From the second they hit the stage, they want you moving. If you’re not moving, you can bet your friendly neighbor will get you going. The energy from the band feeds right into the crowd. They rocked new and old songs, with highlights being “What a Day,” “In the Air Tonight,” and the headbanging closer of their evening, “Bullet with a Name.”
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The Wisconsin Area Music Industry released its nominees for its milestone 30th Anniversary Awards Show. Artists from around the state will be honored at the Awards ceremony on Monday, April 12, at the Fox Cities Performing Arts Center in Appleton, the first time in WAMI history the event will be held outside Milwaukee.
Tickets for the general public are on sale now for $30 from Ticketmaster and through the Fox Cities PAC box office at 866-459-2035 or boxofficecenter.com.
The nominees are chosen by WAMI members throughout the state in 35 award categories. The list of awards categories and nominees for Wisconsin’s best musicians are:
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It’s easily argued that the grunge rock movement died with Kurt Cobain in April of 1994 but a distinct batch of millennium bands are proving that warm debris still lingers from that extinguished fire.
In the current radio ready world of ex-American Idol contestants, Minneapolis band Zoo Animal may not fit into Top 40 rotation between Kelly Clarkson and David Cook, but their puzzle piece does fit snugly in the respected underground music scene of the Twin Cities.
 Lead singer/songwriter Holly Newsom’s voice rings a little softer than Dolores O'Riordan and with more sentiment than Leslie Feist, presenting herself as a silent assassin onstage. The band’s other two members, bassist Tim Abramson and drummer Thom Burton, hold just as much reserved intensity while performing the group’s earthy, minimalist Minneapolis tones.
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By Reed Meschefske
In a highly publicized interview Frank Deford asked U.S. Skating star Johnny Weir if he felt that men’s skating should be “more butch,” to which the Olympian responded “They (sport’s fans) would rather see spandex-ed men hitting each other’s asses.”
From the extravagant wardrobes to the intricately choreographed movement, male figure skating has long been a punching bag for being too effeminate, soft or outlandish, with many even postulating whether it should be held in the same regard as professional baseball or football, or should it be considered a form of theatrics? As with all great forms of performance, it should be considered both.
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Meat Loaf: Bat Out of Hell: The Original Tour (DVD)
Eagle Rock Entertainment
Running time: 89 minutes
Released 11/10/09
By Jane Spietz
Filmed in 1978 in Frankfurt, Germany, for the German Rockpalast TV series, this energetic concert performance is sure to satisfy Meat Loaf fans everywhere. The album Bat Out of Hell was produced by Todd Rundgren and remains the third best-selling album of all time, right behind Michael Jackson’s Thriller and AC/DC’s Back in Black.
The DVD contains Meat Loaf classics “Paradise By the Dashboard Light,” “Bat Out of Hell,” “You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth (Hot Summer Night),” “Two Out of Three Ain’t Bad,” and “All Revved Up With No Place to Go.”
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