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3663 Commercial Way Spring Hill, FL 34606 www.musicnewsnetwork.net END OF SUMMER 2002 ISSUE #102 PAGE #1 From the Editor… Great News for It Bites fans as Matheos (Fates Warning), Hello everyone! Welcome to drummer Bob Dalton told our keyboardist Kevin Moore the ever-tardy issue #102. I’m friends at Silhobbit.com about (Chroma Key, formerly of please to say that life for this the past and future of the Dream Theater) and editor is coming together. band. There will be a double drummer Mike Portnoy Having recently moved back live CD and DVD both taken (Dream Theater, Transatlantic) to Florida, to be closer to my from a concert filmed for the official project name is family. Pease note the new Japanese TV in 1987. OSI. MNN address on the last Tentatively titled, Twice Bitten OSI will release its debut page. should be out in time for Christmas. album, 'Orchestra of Strategic Let me take this time to Influence,' in fall 2002 on assure you that MNN will get There are also plans to start a Inside Out Music. back on schedule from this new It Bites web site. Matheos, Moore and Portnoy point out. are the core of the band, PROGWEST and Moore does most of the Thanks for your patience, and There are still tickets left for lead vocals, but 'Orchestra of continued support. ProgWest 2003 in Claremont Strategic Influence' will also Christine CA. at Mudd Auditorium. This feature special guest year’s event was bumped up vocalists to be announced, to two days (November 9-10) and guest bass guitarist Sean MORSE QUITS PROG so as to include more music. Malone (Gordian Knot). Yes, sad but true for us prog fans. Neal Morse has traded Bands scheduled to play are: Recording of 'Orchestra of in the secular music world for NDV (Nick D’Virgilio with Mike Strategic Influence' is taking Christian music scene. Let’s Keneally, Bryan Bellar and place at Carriage House wish Neal luck in his new Rick Mussalam) performing Studios in Connecticut with endeavor.. a great voice that Kevin Gilbert’s Shaming of the Grammy Award-winning will carry on with a new True in it’s entirety; IZZ, Avant engineer Phil Magnotti. message. Garden and Maudlin of the Listeners can expect to be Well. surprised. Spock’s Beard will carry on as a four piece for now. The You still have time to get in A limited edition, multimedia band is already in the studio on this one time event. Table of Contents working on new material. We For more information go to wish both Neal and the band www.progwest.com Letter from the Editor ........................ 1 News................................................... 1 luck in their endeavors. News Bits ............................................ 2 ORCHESTRA OF CD Reviews ………………………… …3 STRATEGIC INFLUENCE DVD Reviews.................................... 13 There’s a new project in town Month in Review.............................. 14 Greg Lake Interview........................ 18 IT BITES!! featuring guitarist Jim International Tour Dates.................. 20 Credit & Info Box ............................. 25 PAGE #2 MUSIC NEWS NETWORK #102 END OF SUMMER 2002 version of 'Orchestra of 27, 2002 in support of Shaun There are two other Flower Strategic Influence' will also Guerin's new album on King related releases slated be available and include Clearlight Music. Rocket for this fall; bassist Jonas concept videos from Moore Scientists will play a 70-minute Reingold’s, Karmakanics as well as documentary set of music from their three Entering The Spectra and footage. studio albums followed by a keyboardist Tomas Bodin’s set from Shaun's band. The solo CD, Pin-Up Guru LANA LANE concert will take place at the The long-awaited Curious Thousand Oaks Civic MAGENTA Goods Special Edition and Auditorium show time 7:00 Rob Reed and company Garden of the Moon Special PM. For more information go hope to have their second Edition double CDs are now to www.thetank.com CD Seven ready for release available with excellent by the end of February 2003. pricing. See the catalog of UNFOLD THE FLOWERS The music is written, and lyrics compact discs page for The new Flower Kings CD are progressing well. details or click on the album entitled, Unfold The Future will Magenta plan to play some cover art above for the be released on November 4 live gigs early next year to specific pages. To pick up 2002. The guys are back to coincide with this release. these two releases go to doing what they do best by Check out their website at www.thetank.com releasing another double www.magenta-web.com album, with a number of epic MORE HACKETT tracks. This time around, they ABEL GANZ Steve Hackett will play a feature guest vocalist Daniel Scottish rockers Abel Ganz special acoustic gig in Malta Gildenlow (Pain Of Salvation). have released their at the Manoel Theatre on the remastered 'best of' The track listing is: Disc One: 28th October. This theatre is compilation Back From The The Truth Will Set you Free said to be the oldest public Zone on F2 Records. They are (30:40) Monkey Business theatre in the world. now working on a new album (4:20), Black and White (7:40), Hackett’s new studio has slated for release early next Christianopel (8:30), Silent been finished and the he’s year. Also in the works is a Inferno (14:25), The Navigator already got another CD in double album containing the (3:15), and Vox Humana the works. rest of their back catalog, (4:30). Disc Two: Genie In a including a few rarities. We can also look forward to Bottle (8:10), Fast Lane (6:35), a new live DVD that will Grand Old World (5:10), Soul feature Hackett’s Buenos Vortex (6:00), Rollin’ The Dice NEWSBITS Aires gig from 2001. Once (4:15), The Devils Steve Howe’s new CD, again those in the USA this will Danceschool (3:55), Man Skyline, will be released in be a single DVD whilst in Overboard (3:40), Solitary November on Inside Out. Europe, it will be a double Shell (3:10) and Devils According to Howe, Skyline is DVD package. These will also Playground (24:30.) a more introverted album, be available from his website that with no doubt will satisfy in an exclusive digipack. Unfold The Future release will his many fans around the www.stevehackett.com be followed by a European tour (see tour pages). The world…Arena have put the wraps on their latest studio ROCKET SCIENCE Flower Kings will also be performing at NEARfest 2003 CD, Contagion. Clive Nolan Rocket Scientists will play a in Trenton, New Jersey. says: We’re really pleased special concert in Thousand with the results. It’s great to Oaks, California on October END OF SUMMER 2002 MUSIC NEWS NETWORK #102 PAGE #3 hear Contagion as one early… Other cool new CDs PORCUPINE TREE complete piece again” look for out now include: Al Dimeola, In Absentia this release in early 2003…Ex Flesh On Flesh (Telarc), Check (Lava/Atlantic Records) out the King Crimson Mechanic, Paul Carrack has a Many changes have taken remasters available now new CD titled Groovin' can place for Porcupine Tree through Virgin, Andy West be bought through his since their last album. website www.carrack-uk.com with Rama, Rama 1 (Magna … Deep Purple recently Carta), Beck, Sea Change They have signed to a major toured in Europe, now they (DGC/Interscope) record label (Atlantic). They are booked in to record their Terry Bozzio & Billy Sheehan have had their very first new studio CD. The new Nine Short Films (Magna personnel change in new Deep Purple DVD/VHS, Carta) and Jordan Rudess drummer, Gavin Harrison. Perihelion, is now 4NYC (Magna Carta), And the touring band now available…Check out a song, Rudess’ tribute/contribution to consists of 5 members. John The Weaver of Dreams” from the world after the events of Wesley (who many of you will Guy Manning’s new CD at 9/11/01. Contributions from know from his work with his web site, sales of Rudess’ CD go to Marillion & Fish) now plays live www.guymanning.com. The victim funds… Explorers Club, with PT on guitar and backing Ragged Curtain should be Raising The Mammoth vocals, as well as contributing available from Cyclops in (Magna Carta), Magellan, to 3 songs on the new album. October and in the shops Hundred Year Flood (Magna early next year… Ezra are Carta), featuring guest From the first moments of the wrapping up their third CD, appearances by Tony Levin opening track, “Blackest Songs From Pennsylvania. and Ian Anderson… Erasmus’ Eyes”, any foolish concerns Guitarist Andy Edwards has debut CD should be out in that Steven Wilson would said, "it's great" and "sounds October 2002… Karnataka dumb down his creative song like Meddle era Pink Floyd". have held back the release craftsmanship for the new Keep your eyes out for this of their new album The label are immediately put to release… Hard Rock/metal Delicate Flame Of Desire as rest. The song begins its guitarist Tristan Grigsby has a they are in discussion with a assault with thrashing power CD coming out this fall, guest major record label. They also chords that last just long players include Rod have a new website enough to make us wonder if Morgenstein, TM Stevens and www.karnataka.org.uk…. PT has “gone metal”. But the Vernon Reid. In the interim, Pendragon Bassist, Peter Gee, song quickly reaches a catch one of his guitar has just started work on his precipice and drops into a clinics… Big Big Train have third solo album, which will wonderful & familiar melodic not split up, in fact they are again be choc-a-block full of acoustic guitar and drum working on new material and prog celebs..