Jerred's Music Blog: Recent Comments

Comment on The Brazilian Metal Scene: From Angra to Andre Matos

2009-02-22T23:09:16Z

Your article is perfect, except for the part where it generalizes this tendency of brazilian bands splitting in two...that's not what happens normally, this only happened with Matos and his colleagues, for judicial matters!

There are currently 2 lawsuits going on at the same time: Loureiro and Bittencourt are trying to get Angra to be their trademark by right (it belongs to their ex-manager, Antonio Pirani - which was the reason of the breakup in the first place!!!), while Hugo Mariutti, on behalf of Matos, Ribeiro and Luís, has a lawsuit against Confessori, to recover the name Shaman. Their intention is not to continue with Shaman, but not to allow other musicians to use a name that rightfully belonged to the 4 of them.

In the meantime, rumours have it that Confessori will rejoin his ancient Angra colleagues, because Shaman's latest album didn't get much recognition, he had a big discussion with Bianchi and also because Angra has no drummer now that Aquiles is definitely with the band Hangar. People also point out that Confessori's aunt will probably be the new owner of the trademark Angra, since Pirani only has this name as his sole property, and is highly in debt with her. We'll wait and see how much of all these rumours are true...the lawsuits, however, are real, they can be checked online at one of Brazil's government websites.

Comment on Interview with Talking Metal's Mark Strigl

2007-11-30T19:21:13Z

Cool interview with the great Mark Strigl.

Can't wait to hear more from you...

Comment on Interview with Talking Metal's Mark Strigl

2007-11-25T15:14:55Z

Hey Jerred, great interview. Even though I'm not all that into metal, I found this very interesting. Great work man.

Comment on Interview with Talking Metal's Mark Strigl

2007-11-19T02:04:04Z

thanks!

Comment on Captain T - Ozzy - Sinister Ambassador

2007-07-12T17:08:37Z

nice write up!

Comment on Steffan Chace - Nitroglycerin - MySpace Music 2006 Demo

2007-07-12T01:52:59Z

Every once in awhile I google my name to see what comes up and I came across your blog. I am so glad you enjoy my music and your review is quite flattering, I will probably save it for use in future promotional material. I have new recordings in the works, some totally new stuff and some reworking of old material, I will be sure to let you know when they are done. Feel free to email or IM me anytime.

-SC

Comment on Three E's for Edward

2007-03-24T18:12:15Z

As opposed to being Paul Gilbert's first solo release, "Get Out of My Yard" is closer to being his tenth.

See:
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_m/002-0018723-3280824?url=search-alias%3Dpopular&field-keywords=paul+gilbert

For someone getting acquainted with his work, I would recommend starting with "Burning Organ." Paul’s music is fun to listen to, even for those not particularly interested in guitar pyrotechnics. He just makes great rock albums.

Comment on John Petrucci - Jaws of Life - Suspended Animation

2007-03-12T23:47:18Z

hi Jerred- this is a great record, and i think you gave it a real thoughtful review. ever since it came out i've been telling people to buy it in order to become familiar with JPs work without having to put up with the bombastic prog metal, epic song writing machine that is Dream Theater.. that being said, though, i am a major fan.

and as a DT and JP fan, mind you, the wait for this record seemed almost as long as Chinese Democracy! he played i think a good three or four songs the last time he did the G3 tour ('00 or '01, if i remember). and the record came out in 2005, and was definitely one of my faves from that year.

the interview with Ostronomy was really cool too.

Comment on Interview with Talking Metal's John Ostronomy

2007-02-24T20:30:53Z

You know who truly rocks? Jerred Mathews, that's who! I've gotten to hear his music and I think he has the makings of a LEGEND!!!