Gibson Brands AP MUSIC AWARDS - Fueled by Monster Energy Drink

Gibson Brands AP MUSIC AWARDS

Fueled by Monster Energy Drink - Announces More Special Appearances by PARAMORE, YELLOWCARD and More

Check Out Two Exclusive New Videos from AP Music Awards Host Mark Hoppus & Performers the Misfits

 

New Performers Machine Gun Kelly Announced – In Addition to Fall Out Boy, Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, the Misfits, A Day To Remember, All Time Low, Brendon Urie of Panic! At The Disco, Sleeping With Sirens, twenty one pilots + more to come!

JULY 21, 2014 @ the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame and Museum in Cleveland, OH

New Featured Appearances Also Include

Billy Corgan, We Came As Romans, Chiodos + More

Featuring Performances from Cleveland’s Very Own 115-Piece Contemporary Youth Orchestra

Tickets available now at www.altpress.com/apmas

Organizers of the inaugural Gibson Brands AP Music Awards, fueled by Monster Energy Drink, have added yet another batch of top-shelf talent to its lineup. Joining the already star-studded list of special appearances are Paramore, Yellowcard, Billy Corgan, We Came As Romans, Chiodos, Miss May I and Issues. These world-renowned artists share an impressive combined 19 Alternative Press Magazine covers and more than 5 million-plus in U.S. album sales between them. Additionally, Machine Gun Kelly, previously announced as a special appearance, will now be performing live at the APMAs, making this an absolutely must-see event.

New this week – APMAs host Mark Hoppus of Blink-182 discusses his favorite memories and first recollections of many of this year’s performers, including Fall Out Boy, All Time Low and Joan Jett.

Check out the video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ud7dbRIr-8

 

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Also, the legendary Misfits have posted a new video, inviting you to vote and join them at the APMAs! Check out the video here: http://youtu.be/AEYs9YYa5nI

 

MISFITS

APMAs digital media partner AXS TV, also recognized throughout the industry for their recent and innovative live coverage of music awards shows and events such as Coachella, Lollapalooza, Stagecoach, and New Orleans Jazz Fest, has announced the APMAs broadcast will begin at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT on July 21, and will not only feature the entirety of the APMAs, but will also include exciting highlights from the red carpet pre-show (co-hosted by Automatic Loveletter frontwoman/The Voice season two runner-up Juliet Simms plus a very special guest to be announced soon). This live broadcast will also feature footage from the VIP boat party during the day, and will feature exclusive performances from rising stars Issues, Ghost Town and Marmozets.

While there will be loads of action onscreen, AXS TV will also be taking the party online. Viewers can head to www.axs.tv/apmas/ to watch exclusive behind-the-scenes videos and view photos. Fans can also take part in live polls and get involved on social media. Plus, fans can enter to win awesome prizes, such as a one-year subscription to Alternative Press Magazine, Gibson Brands guitars and merchandise, and Monster Energy Drink swag.

This special one-night event on July 21, 2014, held at the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame And Museum at North Coast Harbor in AP’s hometown of Cleveland, also coincides with the collision of two of the country’s premier touring rock festivals. This rock n’ roll crossroad brings several presenters and performers to the APMAs, such as Vans Warped Tour performers Motionless in White, Marmozets, Yellowcard, Issues, and Mayhem Festival performers Asking Alexandria, Korn, Body Count feat. Ice T, Miss May I, and Frankie Palmeri of Emmure. More are set to be announced soon!

In its inaugural year, the APMAs will be hosted by six-time AP cover star Mark Hoppus (Blink-182) and will feature performances from A Day To Remember, All Time Low, Asking Alexandria, Fall Out Boy, Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, Machine Gun Kelly, the Misfits, Sleeping With Sirens, twenty one pilots and Brendon Urie of Panic! At The Disco, with more to be announced.

Other confirmed artists making appearances (some previously stated above) include Andy Biersack (Black Veil Brides), Billy Corgan, Chiodos, Laura Jane Grace (Against Me!), I See Stars, Ice-T & Coco, Issues, Korn, Memphis May Fire, Miss May I, Motionless In White, Frankie Palmeri (Emmure), Paramore, We Came As Romans and Yellowcard, with more to be announced. Cleveland’s 115-piece Contemporary Youth Orchestra will be performing throughout the APMAs, both independently and through unique artist collaborations.

Tickets are on sale now for $69.99 which includes a ticket to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame And Museum to be used that same day and can be purchased online at www.altpress.com/apmas

Fourteen awards in total will be handed out, including Album Of The Year presented by Journeys, Artist Of The Year presented by Monster Energy Drink, Song of the Year presented by Epitaph Records, Best Guitarist presented by Gibson, Best Drummer presented by DW Drums, Best International Band presented by Zepeda Brothers Productions and Most Dedicated Fans presented by Fearless Records, along with an Icon Award presented by Blackstar Amps honoring Joan Jett and a Vanguard Award honoring Billy Corgan. Fans can cast their votes in 12 different categories at www.altpress.com/apmas. Voting ends July 15.

Fans that purchased VIP and Monster Energy Drink ticket packages will be invited to a pre-show boat party on the Goodtimes III, located right behind the Rock Hall. The boat sets sail at 1:30 p.m. and will include performances by Issues, Ghost Town and Marmozets, three bands recently featured in AP’s 100 Bands You Need To Know In 2014 special edition issue.

In addition to Gibson Brands and Monster Energy Drink, sponsors of the AP Music Awards include AKT, Blackstar Amps, DW Drums, Epitaph Records, Fearless Records, Fueled By Ramen, Hopeless Records, idobi Radio, Journeys, Onkyo, Roadrunner Records, Sumerian Records, Tascam, Victory Records and Zepeda Brothers Productions.

The AP Music Awards are produced by Kevin Lyman (founder & CEO of 4FINI) and Josh Bernstein (Golden Gods creator and producer).  Executive producers are Mike Shea, Dawn Marshman and Joe Scarpelli.

AP MUSIC AWARDS NOMINEES

Artist Of The Year Presented by Monster Energy Drink

• A Day To Remember                         
• Avenged Sevenfold 
• Black Veil Brides
• Bring Me The Horizon
• Fall Out Boy
• Of Mice & Men
• Panic! At The Disco
• Paramore
• Pierce The Veil
• Sleeping With Sirens

Album Of The Year presented by Journeys

• A Day To Remember • Common Courtesy
• Avenged Sevenfold • Hail To The King
• Black Veil Brides • Wretched And Divine: The Story Of The Wild Ones
• Bring Me The Horizon • Sempiternal
• Fall Out Boy • Save Rock And Roll
• Paramore • Paramore
• Sleeping With Sirens • Feel
• Touché Amoré • Is Survived By
• twenty one pilots • Vessel
• The Wonder Years • The Greatest Generation

Artist Philanthropic Award Presented by Sub City / Take Action

• All Time Low — Skate4Cancer                                
• Memphis May Fire— peta2
• Modern Baseball — 1BlueString
• Pierce The Veil — The Keep A Breast foundation   
• Rise Against — Shirts For A Cure
• The Used — Living The Dream Foundation 

Best Live Band         

• A Day To Remember             
• All Time Low 
• Asking Alexandria
• Fall Out Boy
• Pierce The Veil           
• twenty one pilots

Breakthrough Band 

• The Color Morale
• Crown The Empire
• Issues
• letlive. 
• The Story So Far
• twenty one pilots

Song of the Year Presented by Epitaph Records

• All Time Low feat. Vic Fuentes • “A Love Like War”
• Bring Me The Horizon • “Shadow Moses”
• Fall Out Boy • “My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark (Light Em Up)”      
• Falling In Reverse • “Alone”
• Paramore • “Still Into You”   
• Sleeping With Sirens feat. Machine Gun Kelly • “Alone”    
• Best International Band Presented by Zepeda Brothers Productions
• Asking Alexandria (U.K.)     
• Bring Me The Horizon (U.K.)
• Crossfaith (Japan)
• Parkway Drive (Australia)     
• Silverstein (Canada)
• Frank Turner (U.K.)

Most Dedicated Fans Presented by Fearless Records 

• All Time Low
• Avenged Sevenfold 
• Black Veil Brides
• Mayday Parade                      
• My Chemical Romance
• Pierce The Veil
• Best Vocalist Presented by Victory Records
• Andy Biersack (Black Veil Brides)
• Vic Fuentes (Pierce The Veil)
• Kellin Quinn (Sleeping With Sirens)
• Oli Sykes (Bring Me The Horizon)
• Brendon Urie (Panic! At The Disco)
• Hayley Williams (Paramore)

Best Guitarist Presented by Gibson

• JB Brubaker (August Burns Red)
• Synyster Gates (Avenged Sevenfold) 
• Phil Manansala (Of Mice & Men)
• Jack O’Shea (Bayside)
• Chris Rubey (The Devil Wears Prada) 
• Jacky Vincent (Falling In Reverse)

Best Bassist   

• Jeremy Davis (Paramore)
• Zack Merrick (All Time Low)
• Ryan Neff (Miss May I)        
• Jaime Preciado (Pierce The Veil)
• Devin “Ghost” Sola (Motionless In White)
• Pete Wentz (Fall Out Boy)

Best Drummer Presented by DW Drums

• Jess Bowen (The Summer Set)          
• Josh Dun (Twenty One Pilots)
• Mike Fuentes (Pierce The Veil)         
• Matt Greiner (August Burns Red)       
• Luke Holland (The Word Alive)       
• Ryan Seaman (Falling In Reverse)    

About Alternative Press:

Now in its 29th year, Alternative Press continues to be the definitive and most trusted source for discovering new artists, breaking news and reporting on the latest trends in the underground music scene and youth culture. With last year's redesign, the magazine has become an essential collectors' piece, providing a passionate fan base with in-depth content on their favorite contemporary artists. In addition to a successful print edition, AP has expanded its reach to incorporate multiple platforms including iPad and mobile apps, as well as Altpress.com. AP has promoted its brand through such avenues as the AP Tour and APTV (which offers exclusive nationwide reporting) and now the first AP Music Awards. No matter which platform, AP prides itself on offering fans insight to the hottest artists, interviews and trends first.

About Gibson Brands (Gibson.com)

Gibson Brands, one the fastest-growing companies in the music and sound industries, was founded in 1894 and is headquartered in Nashville, TN. Gibson Brands is a global leader in musical instruments, and consumer and professional audio, and is dedicated to bringing the finest experiences by offering exceptional products with world-recognized brands. Gibson has a portfolio of over 100 well-recognized brand names starting with the number one guitar brand, Gibson. Other brands include: Epiphone, Dobro, Valley Arts, Kramer, Steinberger, Tobias, Slingerland, Maestro, Baldwin, Hamilton, Chickering and Wurlitzer. Audio brands include: KRK Systems, TASCAM, Cakewalk, Cerwin-Vega!, Stanton, Onkyo, Integra, TEAC, TASCAM Professional Software, and Esoteric. All Gibson Brands are dedicated to innovation, prestige and improving the quality of life of our customers.            

About Monster Energy Drink:

Most companies spend their money on ad agencies, TV commercials, radio spots and billboards to tell you how good their products are. At Monster Energy, we chose none of the above. Instead we support the scene, our bands, our athletes and our fans. We back athletes so they can make a career out of their passion. We promote concert tours, so our favorite bands can visit your hometown. We celebrate with our fans and riders by throwing parties and making the coolest events we can think of a reality. www.monsterenergy.com | www.facebook.com/monsterenergy

About AXS TV:

Launched in July 2012 by visionary entrepreneur Mark Cuban, AXS TV is dedicated to providing the best in music programming and festivals, comedy performances, current events and mixed martial arts promotions. AXS TV is a partnership between Mark Cuban, AEG, Ryan Seacrest Media, Creative Artists Agency (CAA) and CBS. The network is available in the United States via AT&T U-verse, Charter, Comcast/Xfinity, DIRECTV, DISH, Suddenlink, Verizon FiOS, and other cable, satellite and telco providers. The network is also distributed in Canada and the Caribbean. For more information, visit the website, www.axs.tv; go to the Facebook page here and follow the company on Twitter, @axstv; on Instagram; Tumblr  and YouTube.

AXS TV’s companion network, HDNET Movies, is a linear TV channel and VOD service that delivers the ultimate film watching experience -- uncut and uninterrupted -- in high definition. Launched in 2003, HDNET Movies programs a diverse slate of box-offices hits spanning the 1950s to 2000s. The network is widely distributed by major cable, telco and satellite TV providers in the U.S. For further information, visit www.hdnetmovies.com. 

About the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum:

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, Inc. is the nonprofit organization that exists to educate visitors, fans and scholars from around the world about the history and continuing significance of rock and roll music. It carries out this mission through its operation of a world-class museum that collects, preserves, exhibits and interprets this art form and through its library and archives as well as its educational activities. For more information, please visit www.rockhall.com. 

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Country’s Family Reunion: Simply Bluegrass to Premiere on RFD-TV March 7

Country’s Family Reunion: Simply Bluegrass to Premiere on RFD-TV March 7
Biggest Legends and Award-Winning Artists Brought Together for Historic Series Release

Country’s Family Reunion (the DVD/Television series that brings America’s most-treasured artists together to reunite and reminisce) will premiere episodes of its latest offering “Country’s Family Reunion: Simply Bluegrass” beginning Friday, March 7 at 8 pm Eastern / 7 pm Central on RFD-TV and FamilyNet.

Hosted by Hall of Fame Inductee Bill Anderson and 14-time Grammy winner Ricky Skaggs, this reunion features a cross-section of award-winning and legendary Bluegrass artists, from “finger-pickers,” to “purists,” to “New-Grass” contemporaries. The series includes performances by Dierks Bentley, Dailey & Vincent, The Whites, Del McCoury, Sam Bush, Rhonda Vincent, The Roys (Lee & Elaine), Jerry Douglas, Mac Wiseman, Ramona Jones, Bobby Osborne, Paul Brewster, Ronnie Reno, Doyle Lawson, Sierra Hull, Larry Cordle, Carl Jackson, The Gibson Brothers and Jesse McReynolds, backed by the genre’s foremost musicians Barry Bales (Bass), Bryan Sutton (Acoustic Guitar), Adam Steffey (Mandolin), Stuart Duncan (Fiddle) and Ron Stewart (Banjo).
 

PREMIERE WEEKEND SHOWTIMES:

• Friday, March 7:       7 PM Central / 8 PM Eastern*
• Saturday, March 8:   5 AM Central / 6 AM Eastern*
• Saturday, March 8:   11 PM Central / 12 Midnight Eastern*

*Check local listings for exact show times

Gabriel Communications is also pleased to announce the highly anticipated release of the entire five-DVD video series "Country’s Family Reunion: Simply Bluegrass," which documents all the stories, music and magic of one of biggest gatherings of Bluegrass’ biggest and best artists ever assembled on one sound stage. With over 6 hours of awe-inspiring content guaranteed to delight music fans everywhere, this 5-disc series is now available online at cfrvideos.com, or by calling 800-820-5405.

“The moments we have captured have been unbelievable,” explains Larry Black, creator of the series. “At this reunion, there’s a true reverence by everyone in the room—it is a celebration of sorts for the legendary artists who have built the foundation of the genre and those who will move it forward in the years to come.”

For a limited time, Gabriel Communications is offering fans $40 off when fans purchase both “Country’s Family Reunion: Simply Bluegrass” and the soon-to-be released “Country’s Family Reunion: God Bless America Again,” a series celebrating God, country, family, friends and faith. During this SPECIAL PRESALE, fans can enjoy never-before-aired Gospel and patriotic performances by Lee Greenwood, Bobby Bare, John Conlee, Ray Stevens, Jimmy Fortune, Jan Howard, David Ball, Riders in the Sky, Gary Morris, John Anderson, The Gatlin Brothers, Mark Wills, Daryle Singletary, Jim Ed Brown, George Hamilton, IV, The Whites and many others. 

About Gabriel Communications and Country’s Family Reunion:
Gabriel Communications, started in 1996 by long-time disc jockey Larry Black, is the producer of the popular “Country’s Family Reunion” and “Larry’s Country Diner” series.  Black first applied the “Reunion” concept to the legends of Country music in 1997. The idea was simple: bring America’s most-treasured artists together into one room to reunite and reminisce about their careers, perform signature songs and share stories while the cameras roll. The result has been pure magic, documenting hundreds of stories and performances that would have otherwise been lost. The series’ popularity has led to top-rated shows on RFD-TV and wildly successful DVD sales, spurring the creation of more than a dozen more projects and Country’s Family Reunion News (a monthly newspaper that highlights the music of yesteryear), as well as giving rise to sold-out theatre shows and ocean cruises by the ever-growing fan base. For additional information on Gabriel Communications, or to purchase music products, please visit cfrvideos.com.

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Jimi Hendrix: a Life to Experience

PBS to air American Masters: Hear My Train A Comin’ in conjunction with Sony Legacy’s Release of Jimi Hendrix Experience – Miami Pop Festival: a Double Shot of Rock History comes to life in sight and sound.

Article by Joseph Timmons: Xombiewoof Magazine

On November 5^th, 2013 PBS will air a documentary on the brief but amazing life of one who is synonymous with the development of today’s Rock & Roll music culture. At a point in time that would be Jimi Hendrix’s 70^th birthday, PBS and Sony Legacy pay tribute to Jimi’s life and his gift to humanity.

American Masters: Hear My Train A Comin’ shows from beginning to untimely end, a career in music that is the stuff of legend, with interviews by those who knew and loved Jimi personally, worked with him, and through it all saw him as a man destined for immortality.

A pioneering electric guitarist, Hendrix (Nov. 27, 1942 — Sept. 18, 1970) had only four years of mainstream exposure and recognition, but his influential music and riveting stage presence left an enduring legacy. Hear My Train A Comin’ traces the guitarist’s remarkable journey from his hardscrabble beginnings in Seattle, through his stint as a US Army paratrooper, unknown sideman to R&B stars such as Little Richard, Joey Dee and the Isley Brothers and his discovery and ultimate international stardom.

The film also features revealing glimpses into Jimi and his era from the three women closest to him: Linda Keith (the girlfriend who introduced Jimi to future manager Chas Chandler), Faye Pridgon (who befriended Hendrix in Harlem in the early 1960s) and Colette Mimram (one of the era’s most influential fashion trendsetters who provided inspiration for Hendrix’s signature look and created such memorable stage costumes as the beaded jacket Hendrix famously wore at Woodstock). The film details the meteoric rise of the Experience, the creation of his groundbreaking music, the building of Electric Lady Studios, his state-of-the-art recording facility in Greenwich Village and concludes with poignant footage from his final performance in Germany in September 1970, just 12 days before his death at age 27.

Janie Hendrix, Sister and President of Hendrix Experience LLC, an organization devoted and entrusted with the preservation of Jimi Hendrix archives and his enduring legacy was quoted “American Masters: Hear My Train A Comin’ is an in-depth look at the life and legacy of Jimi Hendrix with his own words” she went on to say “His Impression on the world through his genius, music and talent continue to magically touch the lives of ensuing generations”.

In addition to the ground breaking documentary, a Sony Legacy recording is releasing rare audio recordings of his performance at the Miami Pop Festival. In May of 1968, the Miami Pop Festival, the first event promoted by Michael Lang, who would go on to organize the first Woodstock fifteen months later, was to be the first recordings of Jimi playing live at the first ever major concert festival on the east coast. Michael Lang and Ric O’Barry, Inspired by the Monterey Pop Festival of 1967, where Jimi Hendrix, lit fire to his Guitar during his US debut, contracted Jimi Hendrix for this 2 day festival that would take Jimi Hendrix into the hearts of millions.

Performing, at the time his newest material, which are now standards in every artist play list, “Hey Joe”, “Fire”, “Foxy Lady”, “Tax Free”, “Purple Haze”, Red House”, “Hear My Train A Comin’” and more, this album takes you back in time when Hendrix first stepped onto the US stages and into our hearts.

Jimi Hendrix Experience – Miami Pop Festival will be available for purchase on November 5^th, 2013, the same day PBS will air American Masters: Hear My Train A Comin’ and is expected to be the most viewed documentary of a Musicians life, the organization and dedication to detail of this presentation, and the quality of the audio on the album is magnificent and will entertain, educate and enlighten all that witness the life of Jimi Hendrix.

 

Hear My Train A Comin’–Jimi Hendrix

For more information on American Masters: Hear My Train A Comin’ go to PBS – American Masters Page and watch the trailer, see air dates / show time and find out more about this look into the living memory of a true genius in music.

To get the album Jimi Hendrix Experience – Miami Pop Festival, go to Legacy Recording for purchase information and this album will be available in stores and online.

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Keyes to the City

 

The Kris Keyes Interview with Lisa Sunshine of Hollywood-Rock Underground TV and Los Angeles Music Scene Correspondent for Xombiewoof Magazine.

Dive Bomber has become a force to be reckoned with on The Sunset Strip, playing such venues as The Roxy, The Viper Room, The Whiskey A-Go-Go and House of Blues Hollywood. Dive Bomber lights up the stage in an unparalleled groove of power, energy, and love that leaves their audience in awe, most of the time stunned; not even sure of what just happened. Catfish Comstock's intricate guitar solos combined with his own brand of stage presence is exciting and fun in his own right, Rob Pane brings the bass and the sexual energy that keeps the young girls on their toes, and Toad Malone on drums is one of the most seasoned and professional players you will find.

But who is this painted man? Who is Nomad? Who IS Kris Keyes? What's his message? What is he all about?

I have had the pleasure of working with Kris for many years, it can take up to twelve hours to paint him, and I know this because I've helped him do it close to probably a hundred times. He was born in NY and raised in Meriden and New Haven, CT. always performing from a very young age Kris has gone down in the history books at Toads Place in New Haven and is best known for fronting the breakthrough bands Blind Justice and Gargantua Soul before coming to CA to work with Dive Bomber. I will let him tell you the rest of his beautiful and colorful story...

Lisa: Let’s start with the most obvious question, when did you start painting yourself, why do you do it?

Kris Keyes: “I remember Halloween when I was really young, maybe 5 years old, I painted myself with green food coloring as The Hulk that's one of the first times I did it, but it's become more of a tribal thing throughout the years. The first time I painted myself involving music was with a band called "Sold on Murder", and it was a different type of painting; I wore a big wedding dress and I tied cans to the back of my father’s car and I filled these big zip lock bags with red and green food coloring and I put them throughout the wedding dress and then I had my father drive me around this club called "The Brick and Wood" like a hundred times so basically everyone around the club saw this crazy painted dude and when I got on stage I blew up the bags it turned me red and green.”

“The reason I do it, I am basically a shaman conducting a ceremony it's become a very tribal thing for me... Music is my religion and painting the body is like painting a temple, I've come with a declaration to bring people together, to make an announcement and on the flip side it's a fun and artistic thing that I would like to see when I go out and see a show. A lot of times it has come to a vision quest I see a man standing on a mountain, his back is to me as he slowly turns around I see the painted guy I will be at the next show and it happens somewhere between being asleep and being awake.”

Lisa: How do your beliefs transcend through your music? What is your ultimate message?

Kris Keyes: “Dive Bomber is in the process of writing a new CD called "America the Beautiful", I wrote a new song "The New Vitamin" and the chorus is my message to the world... "No limitation, everyone is levitating, total liberation". So basically people come into the world and we are brought up and taught about limitations in life we are taught about boxes, boxes are limiting. When I paint myself I use a lot of circles if you look at a circle a circle is endless a circle goes from the center of the circle to the end of the universe where a box has four sides and it's like a jail cell.”

“My message is don't believe in limitations, feel in your life as if you are levitating don't feel so heavy on the earth you are only here for a short time and the main message is total liberation when I come as the shaman to the party I've come to set everyone free from their pain from the things that limit them in life I want people to come to my show and basically take off their bodies and be themselves and be their spirit.”

Lisa: What is your favorite song you ever wrote?

Kris Keyes: “I would have to say we are making a version of it for the new Dive Bomber CD, it's a song I've attempted with a few different projects I've been in it's called "The Sound Solution". the chorus goes "We are the leaders of the sound solution the sound ignites causing audio revolution we give thumbs down to all mind pollution, hail hail to the sons of the sound solution" that's definitely off the top of my head one of my favorites.”

Lisa: How old were you the first time you ever performed? Where you were, what were you doing?

Kris Keyes: “My mother was an obese woman, she was 525lbs… when she was younger she wanted to be a country singer, her mother said "No"... So my mother became very depressed and basically when I came into the world, I met my mother Elaine Keyes, in a very depressed and overweight state. The only time she would come to life was on holidays and performances, she put me into tap dancing but the major holiday was Halloween she would make me these huge, crazy costumes, but my performances were singing and tap dancing, I must have been 5 years old... "I'm little but I'm loud, I'm poor but I'm proud, I'm countrified and I don't care who knows it, I'm like a banny rooster in a big bad rooster crowd, I'm puny short, I'm little, but I'm loud". And that was a performance where I didn't have tap shoes yet, I had soft shoe I did a little tap dance number and that's when my mother would get out of bed, that's when my mother would come alive because she was putting through me what she was not allowed to do.”

Lisa: You relocated out here to the west coast to be in this band Dive Bomber, how did that come about?

Kris Keyes: “I put an ad on Craigslist that read "I Sing". Catfish contacted me and we started talking and at one point I didn't know if I was going to do this, I worked for Gabriel Gonzaga, I was running his MMA School, and it was a really good time in my life. I had made a solo CD after my band Gargantua Soul, I still had a deal, I was put into the studio and they put a bunch of money behind it and I did these huge shows... I went to India performed for 3 million people and it was a performance called "The Silver Jubilee", but my CD tanked. Whereas Gargantua Soul sold 50,000 CD's my solo CD sold nothing. So I was very depressed and I came back from India and I joined this MMA School called Team Link and it was really a second coming of my life. I got into this regimen if these really cool people and I sort of became part of the family but then I realized that I really came back to the country from India to do music so I put the ad on Craigslist. When we started on how we were going to bring me to the west coast it was a negotiation, and I remember specifically me and Catfish going, “now what?”

“From the conversations we knew we were soul brothers we knew it was going to happen but we just didn't know when. Then finally we worked out the agreement, I didn't relocate right away, I came out I recorded the CD, we did a couple shows, when we all got together and really performed we all realized it was a great thing so I went and packed up all my things and came back out. The painted man is definitely a reflection of what is going on inside of me. In the time I have been in Dive Bomber, "America the Beautiful" is definitely inspired by what has happened because the painted guy is a whole brand new painted guy the painted guy from Gargantua Soul or even going back to Blind Justice was different, I'm in a way different place in my life. There are all these different things that make up "Nomad" and it's a combination of sadness, it's a combination of aggression, it's a combination of really wanting to be liberated from my problems and my shortcomings in my own life so it's brand new; and I'm always excited when there is a blank piece of paper and you start to create but "America the Beautiful" is definitely an expression of where I'm at with Dive Bomber and Nomad.”

Lisa: Does Dive Bomber have any plans on touring?

Kris Keyes: “Christian Lawrence (Opus)- (Dead by Wednesday/Bullet Boys/Alcoholica) is my soul brother, he said the word Gargantua, and I said the word Soul, we put those words together and he is definitely family to me and he digs what I do with the painted guy so he invited me and Dive Bomber to come out and be the host of his birthday bash at Toads Place in New Haven, CT, it's going to be the first time the east coast experiences Dive Bomber and we are really excited to be a part of it.”

Lisa: I've heard that you are going back to the east coast before then to finish a movie with Corbin Bernsen called Sensory Perception. Can you tell us a little more about that?

Kris Keyes: “I am actually involved in different stages of three different movies. Sensory Perception, a feature film written, directed, and produced by Alessandro Signore and produced by David Gere, also stars Corbin Bernsen (LA Law, Major League), John Savage (Godfather III, Deer Hunter), John Wesley Shipp (The Flash, Dawson's Creek), Diamond Dallas Page (The Devil's Rejects, WWE), Mike Duff, Stephanie Victoria Gabriel Gonzaga (UFC Heavyweight), Tommy Dreamer (Self Storage, ECW), and some of the best talent on the east coast. That film has been a long and glorious journey and will be finished by the end of the year with distribution in early 2014.”

“Then I was contacted by someone that wants to do a documentary on The Painted Man, and then there is also a part for me in their new movie.”

“The next feature film I'm involved with will be shot partially in Las Vegas by Pale Nail Productions, which is Alessandro Signore's flagship company. I'm Al's “DeNiro” and he's my “Scorsese”, and we're really excited about this next one - it's called Flicker, and it's the same thing that happened with Sensory Perception. In the beginning, we were filming it in an abandon warehouse, I was wearing bare feet, 12 hour days, freezing cold weather - I really put my time in with Al and Sensory Perception has stayed a true indie film artistically, but now we're rubbing elbows and shooting with Hollywood actors who WANT to be involved in what we're doing. Same thing with Flicker, it was originally a short film, a passion project of ours called "The Slighted". We are actually going to make a proposal to Corey Feldman to be involved, we are going to make a proposal to one of the stars of The Boondock Saints, among others, and basically try to make Flicker the same thing as Sensory Perception - a true indie with an uncompromised vision, but also a film that has some marquee value and can break into major markets.”

“The other movie that was offered to me by the company that wants to do the documentary on me is some type of story about Charles Manson and it's in the desert and I believe it's going to be shot in Arizona and that was actually just proposed to me and I was like, "Hell ya man!..". There is also a possibility I will be one of the hosts of Pauliewood he is starting an Internet TV show and he just got his backing for that, for me I'm an actor, I've been an actor/singer ever since I was little and I went to a school called The Educational Center for the Arts, in New Haven, CT. So being a host for shows and doing different things in the entertainment business is all really cool to me, but singing, being the shaman but also acting is really a love of mine, I've done script vie done theatre so I look forward to doing these other things. I will also be doing a music video with Sensory Perception producer David Gere for a solo song, So Close, when I go back east.”

Throughout all the interviews i have done in my lifetime, interviewing someone so close to me has been the most fulfilling. Kris Keyes is so much more than the music he creates and produces. His ability to grasp his inner self exposes his free spirit and reminds me of John Lennon's hope and timeless music. Creative, imaginative, dedicated, centered, original, talented, soulful, colorful, bold, masterful and ENIGMATIC; these are the words that best describe the wonder that is Kris Keyes/Nomad.

See Kris Keyes a.k.a Nomad live with Dive Bomber and follow his works at www.DiveBomber.org, www.SensoryPerceptionMovie.com and hear him on www.Reverbnation.com/DiveBomber .

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Sony Legacy Release Jimi Hendrix Experience: Miami Pop Festival Recordings and the upcoming Jimi Hendrix - Hear My Train A Comin' Documentary on DVD and Blu-ray

 

Experience Hendrix LLC & Legacy Recordings announce the release of Home Edition of Jimi Hendrix - Hear My Train A Comin' Documentary on DVD and Blu-ray

Jimi Hendrix Experience: Miami Pop Festival will be available for First Time Ever on CD and Double 12" Vinyl Album.

Jimi Hendrix American Masters Documentary Premiering Nationwide on PBS on Tuesday, November 5, 2013.

Experience Hendrix LLC and Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, will release, on DVD and Blu-ray , the expanded home video edition of the American Masters documentary Jimi Hendrix - Hear My Train A Comin' http://smarturl.it/JH_Train_amznBR , combined with a host of never-before-released special performance features, on Tuesday, November 5, 2013.

Also coming November 5, Jimi Hendrix Experience: Miami Pop Festival http://smarturl.it/JH_MP_amzn the first-ever release of one of the guitar virtuoso's most sought-after performances, as originally recorded on site by Hendrix's long term sound engineer, Eddie Kramer. Never available in any form, Miami Pop Festival is being released as a single CD and a limited edition numbered double 12" audiophile vinyl set (all analog cut by Bernie Grundman, pressed at QRP on 200 gram vinyl).

Jimi Hendrix Experience: Miami Pop Festival introduces the first recorded stage performances of "Hear My Train A Comin'" and "Tax Free" while showcasing definitive live takes on such classics as "Fire," "Hey Joe," "I Don't Live Today" and "Purple Haze." The package includes never before published photos taken at the festival and an essay by award-winning music journalist and Grammy Museum Executive Director Bob Santelli.

The first ever major rock festival staged on the East Coast, the May 1968 Miami Pop Festival was the first event promoted by Michael Lang—who would organize Woodstock, the biggest pop culture event of the decade, fifteen months later—and Ric O'Barry, who had been the dolphin trainer for the popular television program Flipper. Lang and O'Barry had been inspired by the June 1967 Monterey Pop Festival, the groundbreaking gathering where Jimi Hendrix, making his US debut, famously set fire to his guitar at the conclusion of his performance. Lang staged the festival at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale, Florida, securing the Jimi Hendrix Experience as the headline act for the two-day festival.

Recently uncovered film footage of Hendrix at the 1968 Miami Pop Festival is among the previously unseen treasures featured in American Masters: Jimi Hendrix - Hear My Train A Comin', premiering nationwide Tuesday, November 5, 2013, 9-11 p.m. (ET) on PBS (check local listings or pbs.org/americanmasters).

Hear My Train A Comin' unveils previously unseen performance footage and home movies taken by Hendrix and drummer Mitch Mitchell while sourcing an extensive archive of photographs, drawings, family letters and more to provide new insight into the musician's personality and genius.

A pioneering electric guitarist, Hendrix had only four years of mainstream exposure and recognition, but his influential music and riveting stage presence left an enduring legacy. Hear My Train A Comin' traces the guitarist’s remarkable journey from his hardscrabble beginnings in Seattle, through his stint as a US Army paratrooper, unknown sideman to R&B stars such as Little Richard, Joey Dee and the Isley Brothers and his discovery and ultimate international stardom.

Presented as part of a year-long celebration around his 70th birthday year--the guitarist was born November 27, 1942--the two-hour Hear My Train A Comin' tells the definitive story, illustrated by interviews with Hendrix and illuminated with commentary from family, well-known friends and musicians including Paul McCartney, Noel Redding, Mitch Mitchell, Billy Cox, Eddie Kramer, Steve Winwood, Vernon Reid, Billy Gibbons, Dweezil Zappa and Dave Mason as well as revealing glimpses into Jimi and his era from the three women closest to him Linda Keith (the girlfriend who introduced Jimi to future manager Chas Chandler), Faye Pridgon (who befriended Hendrix in Harlem in the early 1960s) and Colette Mimram (one of the era's most influential fashion trendsetters who provided inspiration for Hendrix's signature look and created such memorable stage costumes as the beaded jacket Hendrix famously wore at Woodstock). The film details the meteoric rise of the Experience, the creation of his groundbreaking music, the building of Electric Lady Studios, his state-of-the-art recording facility in Greenwich Village, and concludes with poignant footage from his final performance in Germany in September 1970, just 12 days before his death at age 27.

Janie Hendrix, President and CEO of Experience Hendrix LLC and the sister of Jimi Hendrix commented, "Hear my Train a Comin' is an in-depth look at the life and legacy of Jimi with his own words as well as the words and memories of those that knew him well and were close to him. His impression on the world through his genius, music and talent continue to magically touch the lives of ensuing generations."

American Masters: Jimi Hendrix - Hear My Train A Comin' is directed by the award winning director Bob Smeaton (Festival Express; The Beatles Anthology; Jimi Hendrix: Voodoo Child; Hendrix 70: Live at Woodstock). Susan Lacy is series creator and executive producer of American Masters. The expanded DVD features an array of special features highlighted by never before released film footage featuring performances filmed at Miami Pop, the July 1970 New York Pop Festival and the September 6, 1970 Love & Peace Festival at the Isle Of Fehmarn in Germany—the final performance by the Jimi Hendrix Experience. The high definition DVD features new stereo and 5.1 surround mixing by Hendrix's engineer Eddie Kramer. The documentary is a production of Fuse Films and THIRTEEN's American Masters in association with WNET.

More info at http://www.jimihendrix.com

 

 

About Legacy Recordings

The multiple Grammy-winning Legacy Recordings, Sony Music Entertainment's catalog division, produces and maintains the world's foremost catalog of historic reissues, an unparalleled compendium of thousands of digitally re-mastered archival titles representing virtually every musical genre including popular, rock, jazz, blues, R&B, folk, country, gospel, Broadway musicals, movie soundtracks, ethnic, world music, classical, comedy and more.

About Experience Hendrix L.L.C.

Founded by James 'Al' Hendrix, Jimi's father, in 1995, Experience Hendrix, has been managed since its inception by the family members handpicked by Al during his tenure as Chairman. It is the official family company charged with managing the music, name, image and likeness of Jimi Hendrix. As a part of their daily operations, Experience Hendrix and Authentic Hendrix oversee Jimi's timeless legacy on a worldwide basis.

About WNET

In 2013, WNET is celebrating the 50th Anniversary of THIRTEEN, New York’s flagship public media provider. As the parent company of THIRTEEN and WLIW21 and operator of NJTV, WNET brings quality arts, education and public affairs programming to over 5 million viewers each week. WNET produces and presents such acclaimed PBS series as Nature, Great Performances, American Masters, Need to Know, Charlie Rose and a range of documentaries, children’s programs, and local news and cultural offerings available on air and online. Pioneers in educational programming, WNET has created such groundbreaking series as Get the Math, Oh Noah! and Cyberchase and provides tools for educators that bring compelling content to life in the classroom and at home. WNET highlights the tri-state’s unique culture and diverse communities through NYC-ARTS, Reel 13, NJ Today and MetroFocus, the multi-platform news magazine focusing on the New York region. WNET is also a leader in connecting with viewers on emerging platforms, including the THIRTEEN Explore iPad App where users can stream PBS content for free.

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