Casino Madrid @ Cobalt Cafe 12-1-2012
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Casino Madrid Tour for the Holidays!
California locals some make it to the top while
others fall to the bottom, for San Diego Californians Casino Madrid they are
just getting started or have been since their formation a few years back. With
two releases under their belts an EP entitled "For Kings and Queens"
and debut full-length "Robots" and another on the horizon there is no
stopping them whatsoever!
Thus this brings them to a headlining mini run of
dates on a touring trek that brought out other local bands within the state of
striking as well as another up-and-coming act called A Bullet For Pretty Boy
from Texas. These acts hitting the road on this brief trek brought the crowds
both big and small and their California terrain came to a stop at the Cobalt
Cafe in Canoga Park!
Having been an attendant at this venue before the
bands would normally perform on the stage throughout the night but for tonight
the last two acts brought the stage to the floor having their set-ups and
equipment literally placed on the floor. Stage boxes to stand on were placed
along the floor while the poster stand-outs were stood up against the
backboards of the stage itself having the guitar stands and keyboard stands
also lining along the floor plan making this a very unique ordeal.
A Bullet For Pretty Boy kept jumping up and down
throughout their set having their material sound not so bad when performed in a
live setting but their recordings do get the job done better. Vocalist Danon Saylor really put in the effort in
his performance while the rest of the guys kept the energy on a maintaining
level if you will. The energy was there but the hype wasn't hyper enough.
Soon after came Casino
Madrid whose presents has been known since their debut release and signing to The
Artery Foundation and Razor & Tie roster, making a good following as fans
sported tees, sang along to the lyrics as each of the songs were played. Some
of the tunes came off both of the band's releases including songs; "Running
With Scissors", "Life Sentencer", "4:42 Reminds Me Of
You", "The Devil On My Shoulders Knows How To Party" and "I
Want My 25 Minutes of Fame" were just a few of the one's that the band is
best known for that really gets those fists pumping and body shaking!
All in all it was a
set up unlike any other performed at the Cobalt Cafe which made it that more
fun yet even that more unique.
Make Me Famous Announces BreakUp
Statement from Dusty, Sergei, Serj and Jimmy from Make Me Famous
We are currently in the middle of our first, and unfortunately the last headline tour as the band Make Me Famous. This will also be our last tour and time playing in the band known as Make Me Famous. As it were, most the members of Make Me Famous were very excited and grateful for this opportunity. We would like to say that we love playing music; love touring and most importantly WE love the fans.
We would like to make a statement on the state of Make Me Famous. We four members were never treated like equal musicians to Denis Shaforostov. According to Denis, he was the only member in the band and he treated the rest of us as unpleasant as humanly possible, it was not fun being in a band with him. It was as if everybody but Denis were hired musicians and were expected to do any and everything that he would tell to us to do. Denis would also expect to keep a larger portion of any band income, in return he would treat us disrespectfully and give everyone in the band and the bands team an everlasting negative attitude. From those on the inside of the industry, this might not come as much of a surprise.
Denis not only lied to our label and management about who wrote what in the band, but lied to the fans as well. Denis told everyone that he wrote and recorded 99% of the bands music; in actuality all of Make Me Famous had a large portion in the creation of both. The music we made, including production and recording of our album was a collaborative effort involving all members of the band. We were not appreciated for anything by Denis, he would take his front-man position in the band to his advantage. He lied to the bands label and management in order to get paid more on royalties, payouts and even daily band tour allowances. Meanwhile it was us, the rest of the members of Make Me Famous, who did what normal, hardworking touring musicians do (setting up our gear, loading in merch, driving to the shows) as Denis refused to help while doing nothing but making nasty comment after nasty comment such as, "I brought you here, you owe me! You’re nothing without me"!!
After around 10 months of dealing with Denis and the stress that came with him, we approached our team about his behavior and told them how we did not want to continue on without him. As of right now Denis has overstayed his welcome, he has a plane ticket booked home to the Ukraine and is flying back mid-tour. We will finish the tour without Denis, but sadly is not the first show without him as he has missed out on a whole tour previously because he simply did not want to play that tour (due to the fact that he once told the headlining band vocalist over twitter that THEY would be opening for Denis in 6 months).
In summary, Denis has some issues and according to Denis, the fault to his issues is everyone and anyone but himself. This will be the end of our current incarnation, but we promise you the rest of the members, minus Denis will continue on making music and touring under a new forthcoming name. Our industry team continues to back us and we look forward to playing for you in 2013!
Please come out and support our final Make Me Famous shows (dates below). We would surely appreciate the support from our fans, various singers from the support bands will be filling in on Denis' spot and it will surely be a good time to mark the end of something that we all loved and were excited about but was ultimately ruined by one person—Denis Shaforostov
Bratzillaz Magic Night Out Line Revealed!
Bratzillaz's got another new line in the making called "Magic Night Out" this of course featuring all your favorite witchy ghouls, Jade, Meygana, Yasmina, Cloetta, Sashabella, and yet another NEW character called Vampelina! These dolls will be made available soon!
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| Jade Magic Night Out |
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| Meygana Magic Night Out |
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| Yasmina Magic Night Out |
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| Cloetta Magic Night Out |
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| Sashabella Magic Night Out |
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| Vampelina Magic Night Out |
Auroch - From Forgotten Worlds
The metal scene may or may not be familiar with H.P.
Lovecraft but for some that do recognize the name it could be because of these
acts, Metallica’s “Call Of Ktulu” inspired by Lovecrafts’ “Call Of Cthulu”,
Dream Theater’s “The Dark Eternal Night” inspired by Lovecrafts’ story
“Nyarlathotep”, or perhaps more recently, Black Dahlia Murder’s “˜Thy Horror
Cosmic’ and “˜Throne Of Lunacy’. Lovecrafts’ macabre work is a pretty perfect
fit for some excellent storytelling atop some vile music.
As such this brings us to Auroch who have released their
debut effort entitled "From Forgotten Worlds" this release having a
huge influence on the band especially within the lyrical context. A lot of the
tunes focusing on this with tunes like "The Hound", "Fleshless
Ascension (Paths Of Dawn)", "Dregs of Sanity", and
"Bloodborne Conspiracy", all are crafted into the H.P. Lovecraft
material, also being entangled with the heavy fast riffs, constant drum beats
with roaring vocals that sends chills running up and down your spine.
This release is not one to be taken light but the quality of
production is creative and heavy duty throughout. Auroch is an act unlike the
rest and is surly to be another topper within the metal scene as we know it.