Out Of The Blue P.O. Box 388 Delaware OH 43015 www.myspace.com/ out_of_the_blue646 Editor-in-Chief Out Of The Blue would like to send an extended thanks to everyone involved with the Neil Shumate Josh Moore Benefit Concert. Thank you to Hot Peppers in Marion, Ohio and WDCM 97.5’s Brian Jester. In memory of J Moore a benefit concert was organized Copy Editor to assist with final expenses. Together we raised a large amount to honor the life of John Shumate Josh Moore. Josh will forever be in our hearts, never forgotten. All of this, for you. Writers Allyson Below Josh Davis Matt Gallant Jim Hutter Nicholas Messer Matt Monnette Erin Nye Kristen Oldham Neil Shumate Columnists Sagabu SINthetichead3000 Layout and Design Neil Shumate Publicity Contacts Neil Shumate Cover Photography X Factor 1—Joey P. 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Area man popularizes street bike freestyle The sports arena continues to considered to be “an O.G. in the parents and friends, snowboards, expand by offering variations to growing sport” of street bike free- goes dirt bike riding occasionally, already popularized sports. style. and he’s always down for party- One expansive genre is racing— Some stunts Niles has ing. a current modern twist to achieved include: circle wheelies Niles takes his tricks and com- motocross is street bike freestyle. and combos, figure eight petes all over the United States. This unique style focuses on wheelies, stoppies at 450 feet, This year Niles will be traveling to risky stunts performed by a grow- coasters around 2,000 feet, seat Europe to compete in the world ing number of experienced riders. stander coasters, podium coasters, stunt bike championships. Twenty-five-year-old Andy stoppie 180, switch backs, curb Niles said, “my goal is to stay Niles of Columbus, Ohio has pos- hopping, stalls to tank, tank healthy and one day be a world sessed a competitive edge since he wheelie circles, and numerous champion.” first got on a bike at the age of 10. more. — Written By Neil Shumate “Street bike stunt riding started Along with this list of accom- — Photos Courtesy Heidi Beeres out just being something I did as a plishments, Niles performs with a hobby, and now it has grown to group of five others on bike almost like an obsession,” said nights and bike rallies. Niles. Last summer the group had With support of his parents, iron pony bike nights on Fridays Niles began racing motocross and Columbus motosports bike when he was 12 years old. Niles nights every Saturday. said, “most kids played baseball, I In the past they have also been raced bikes. I loved it, so no com- part of monster truck shows and plaints here.” drag races. In 2002, at the age of 19, Niles Niles hopes street bike free- began riding street bikes for over a style will soon achieve its de- year and he felt a need to compete, served recognition. so he practiced in a parking lot “I’d like to see this sport go with one of his buddy’s four to mainstream and one day see it in five days a week. the X Games,” said Niles. Gaining mass amounts of ex- Between all this, Niles works perience, Niles told us he is now as a carpenter, spends time with H O T St. Patty’s at the Pavilion A sea of green erupted at the proclaiming it as an “almost P E P P E R S Lifestyles Communities Pavilion home” show! 1085 W. Center Street as leprechauns of all ages and lev- The band gave their all from els of sobriety were present for the start to finish. Starting off with Marion, Ohio 43302 sold out show featuring Relient K, their most known song, “Who I Mae, and Sherwood. Am Hates Who I’ve Been,” the 5-12-07 Thanks to a box office blunder band also took on selections from and trying to find an appropriate their previous album, MMHMM viewing spot, being that I’m verti- and their most recent release, cally challenged, a good portion of Four Score and Seven Years Ago. Sherwood’s set was missed. Lead singer Matthew Theissen The band recently released their even entertained us with his im- album, A Different Light, which pression of the dancing Barbie shows promise and intrigue. I look with his arms above his head in 5-13-07 forward to seeing more of them in mock ballerina style, inevitably, the future. causing the crowd as well as my Having seen Mae three times in eight-year-old daughter to scream the past, w i t h I was d e - 5-19-07 looking light. forward End- to see- ing the ing if n i g h t t h e i r w a s 6-2-07 l i v e “ B e o f f e r - M y CD ings had E s - Release i m - cape,” Party! p ro ve d a song a n d t h a t fi na l l y carried featuring lived up t h e to the crowd standard into a I had Canton, Ohio’s Relient K, forming in 1998, form become have toured nationally since 2001. of so s o n g , accustomed to on their albums. dance and happiness, onto the For this band, the third time was streets of Columbus. and more! certainly the charm as they finally In the end, it was a show that came level with my standards. would’ve made St. Patrick proud! Their new album will be dropping —Written By Erin Nye in late May (ironically) and they will be hitting Columbus again in June with The Fray. I look forward Visit Relient K to once again raising the bar. Last but most certainly not least Canton, Ohio’s own Relient K myspace.com/ took the stage to an eruption of screams and applause. relientk www.myspace.com/ This hard working humble band with a message took the relientk.com marionhotpeppers crowd into their arms and gave Exclusive Interview Slayer and Unearth shred the LC If anybody knows me, they to tour with them wouldn’t suspect that I am a secret must be a metal- metalhead. head’s wet dream. My hair may be of medium “For me, it’s kind Metal Blade recording artists Unearth. Courtesy, Adrenaline length and I usually dress in busi- of funny because I ness casual, but underneath, I have got arrested when I was a young just a buncha fuckin’ asshole foot- the longest metal mane and the kid shoplifting Slayer albums on a age. Doing dumb shit, getting tightest, sickest leather outfit military base! But its just work at people to do dumb shit. Their imaginable. this point, just go out, play shows, DVD is amazing though, and I It was about two months ago have a good time…I’m not star- don’t even wanna try to top that; that a friend and I were tinkering struck or anything like that.” that shit is funny.” in GarageBand and shat out the The big news around the time But before any DVDs, the soon-to-be hit of his metal saga of the interview was Ozzfest band released their third album – band. It should also be no surprise 2007. Less than a week before, III: In the Eyes of Fire. that the first three digits of my Sharon Osbourne revealed at a (Fortunately for me, I scored a home phone number are 666; I press conference that it would be free copy that night when a don’t even think the Big Guy (not completely free. What did that drunken girl dropped one during God) could top that one. mean to a touring metal band? Slayer’s set. If said girl is reading, So when he called me up and “Meh, I dunno,” he said shrug- please write the editor.) The mu- asked me to interview Unearth— ging his shoulders, chuckling. “I sic isn’t anything new; he used who was opening for metal leg- think it’s cool that it’s free. It’s the term “thrash,” but I’d still ends Slayer—I nonchalantly been way overpriced, in my opin- have to give it that “metalcore” jumped at the chance; after all, I ion, since the beginning. I’m just label. But the lyrics have taken a couldn’t put my feelings out there not a fan of big ticket prices in more individual train of thought. too hard. general; I think that every show “In this past album, everything I met John “Slo” Maggard, the should be ten bucks or less.” was more personal…We based it self-dubbed “feces master” and Right on. In October, I had on our personal influences that we occasional bass player at the back interviewed Every Time I Die had gone through, being a band of the bus, while guitarist Ken (good friends and tour mates of that doesn’t see our families very Susi was tapping keys on a MIDI Unearth) in that same parking lot.