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Progressive technical metal pioneers, Watchtower, are offering free MP3 downloads of several tracks from their first two albums here: Energetic Disassembly and here: Control and Resistance. The downloads are at the very bottom of the pages. Both demo and album versions are available for all the tracks. Here is a short bio from BNR Metal Pages: Watchtower Origin: Austin, TX, USA Status: Active Last Update: November 1, 2002 The penultimate progressive technical thrash band, Watchtower ushered in a new era of extreme metal with the masterpiece that is their debut album, Energetic Disassembly. Featuring an array of chaotic time changes, aggressive vocals, and possibly the most accomplished rhythm section in metal, this was one of the highlights of metal in the eighties. Half the band had changed three years later when the followup, Control And Resistance, was released, but the quality did not diminish, though the overall atmosphere was a bit more reined in compared to the wildness of the debut. There aren't enough adjectives to truly describe how powerful and influential this band was -- they are truly pioneers in the realm of progressive/technical metal. Since the release of Control the band has been on hold while the various members pursued other projects, amongst them Ron Jarzombek's solo project Spastic Ink and Doug and Rick's venture called Retarted Elf. At various times work had been in progress on a third album, entitled Mathematics, but the chances of a new release appeared slim until the summer of 2000, when the band (McMaster, Jarzombek, Keyser, and Colaluca) reunited to play a few festivals in Germany and some local gigs. At last report, work continues, albeit slowly, towards completion of Mathematics. Meanwhile, Monster Records has released a collection of early demos, under the title Demonstrations In Chaos, in early 2002.

From the Wildhearts website: Watch out America! The Wildhearts are coming! The dates are now in for the long awaited US Wildhearts tour (co-headlining with The Dragons): Fri 3/19/04 San Antonio, TX @ Sam's Burger Joint w/ The Dragons Sat 3/20/03 Austin, TX @ Emo's Gearhead Records SXSW Showcase (11pm set time) Sun 3/21/04 New Orleans, LA @ Circle Bar w/ The Dragons Mon 3/22/04 Atlanta, GA @ E.A.R.L. w/ The Dragons Tue 3/23/04 Charlotte, NC @ The Room w/ The Dragons Wed 3/24/04 Baltimore, MD @ Otto Bar w/ The Dragons Thu 3/25/04 New York, NY @ CBGB'S w/ w/ The Dragons & Turbo AC's Fri 3/26/04 Philadelphia, PA @ The Khyber w/ The Dragons Sat 3/27/04 Pittsburgh, PA @ 31st Street Pub w/ The Dragons Sun 3/28/04 Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Ballroom w/ The Dragons Mon 3/29/04 Detroit, MI @ Lager House w/ Grand Nationals w/ The Dragons Tue 3/30/04 Chicago, IL @ Double Door w/ The Dragons Wed 3/31/04 Minneapolis, MN @ Triple Rock Social Club w/ The Dragons Thu 4/1/04 Des Moines, IA @ Hairy Mary's w/ The Dragons Fri 4/2/04 Kansas City, MO @ The Brick w/ The Dragons Sat 4/3/04 Denver, CO @ Larimer Lounge w/ The Dragons Tue 4/6/04 Tucson, AZ @ Club Congress Wed 4/7/04 San Diego, CA @ The Casbah w / The Dragons Thu 4/8/04 Hollywood, CA @ The Troubadour w/ The Dragons Fri 4/9/04 San Francisco, CA @ Bottom of the Hill Unfortunately, I doubt if I get a chance to go to any of the shows. :angry:

Silver Ginger 5 is fronted by Ginger (real name David Walls), vocalist of The Wildhearts with Conny Bloom(ex. Electric Boys) on lead guitar, Jon Poole of The Cardiacs on bass, and some drummer whose name I don't remember right now. It was one of Ginger's side projects when The Wildhearts where disbanded. The band has been on hold since the reformation of The Wildhearts, but there are rumors another album may eventually be recorded. They are a throwback band that plays 70's style glam rock. There is a free download from The Wildhearts home page of the video for "Sonic Shake" here: http://www.thewildhearts.com/video/SG5-SonicShake-hi.wmv

Thanks. Are you a fan of Silver Ginger 5, or did you just like the look of the avatar? Yea, the Maiden site seems to be down. I can't acces their .com site or the .co.uk site right now.

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Here is a free download of a track called "Stupid" by SugarPlumFairies: http://www.369music.com/spf//stupidmx.mp3 It's a pop rock band I came across several months ago. The band is fronted by Willie Dowling, a former member of "The Grip", "The Wildhearts"(briefly), and Honeycrack. Honeycracks only full album, "Prozaic" was one of the best pop rock albums ever, in my opinion. SugarPlumFairies is currently on hold while Willie works on his first full length album with his newest band, "The Celebrity Squares".

Thanks for the welcome. The site looks great. Where should I post links to free MP3s and videos. I'm talking about legal MP3s from bands websites and such?