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Bloody Disgusting Rock On The Range Report #1: Being At ROTR 2010

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14 years ago

May 27, 2010

This past weekend, I was in Columbus, Ohio for the 2010 Rock on the Range Festival which had bands like Godsmack, Three Days Grace, Rob Zombie, Limp Bizkit and more performing. I spent most of my time with my photographer/videoperson Chrystal in the media tent, chatting with musicians like CJ from Drowning Pool, grabbing a minute with Chino from Deftones as well as all the guys from Taproot. I got interviews with Paul Phillips from Puddle of Mudd, ST1TCH from Mushroomhead and Wes Borland from Limp Bizkit, so check back each day for a new video interview exclusively here on Bloody-Disgusting.

With over 30,000 people at this years Rock on the Range (the most attended year since the festivals inception), the two-day festival was overall great success. The weather on Saturday was a mix of rain and sunshine, making the Jagermeister and the Kicker stage fields muddy and filthy, something the audience took full advantage of. Day one had Godsmack and Three Days Grace as the headliners with bands like Deftones and Drowning Pool drawing huge numbers during the three-stage exchanges. Killswitch Engage also drew an enormous crowd with people lining the stairs and rails of the stadium to watch the band.

Day two was headlined by Rob Zombie and Limp Bizkit and was sunny all day. So, mix bright sun, 80 degree weather and 30,000 people (most of whom haven’t showered from the day before) and know what you get? B.O. everywhere. Plus, the ground was still muddy and dirty from the day before. So, day two was smoother in that people knew how to maneuver around to check out the bands on the second and third stages. I got to check out Mushroomhead while Chrystal was photographing them and they put on one hell of a show. It was strange that they were on the third stage as the crowd they drew was huge. It was almost the size of Killswitch Engage’s crowd with people going back at least a few hundred feet and even more people on the stairs and at the stadium rails. But for me, the show stealer was definitely Rob Zombie. He put on a show that was as much a spectacle as it was a it was a performance. Definitely the most fun I’ve had at a concert in a while.

Sony PlayStation had a semi-truck on site that hosted Guitar Hero and DJ Hero tournaments as well as games not yet out for testing. Monster Energy drink also had a semi-truck that offered shade, air conditioning and free Monster drinks to keep people high in spirits and full of energy for a two days of rocking out.

Overall, Rock on the Range is an awesome experience that I recommend to anyone in the area (or to all you crazy concert goers who fly across the country for a show).

I’d like to give some thanks and shout outs to a few people I met who were very cool and great people to hang out with in the downtimes. First, from KXFX 101.7 there was Rock Radio DJ Chris Caballero, Danielle Rosenstein and Samantha Vega. Next up is Skippy from KRZR 103.7. Also, I Meltdown from WRIF 101.1. There are more but unfortunately, I don’t have their contact information. Just know, all of you fine media tent folk, that I had a great time and you all rocked! Also, Mistress Juliya was very cool in person. Last but definitely not least, Kristine at AM-Media. All of you made this an unforgettable experience and I thank you all!

JonathanBarkan

Managing editor/music guy/social media fella of Bloody-Disgusting

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“He Walks By Night” – Listen to a Brand New John Carpenter Song NOW!

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2 weeks ago

April 9, 2024

John Squires

It’s a new day, and you’ve got new John Carpenter to listen to. John Carpenter, Daniel Davies and Cody Carpenter have released the new track He Walks By Night this morning, the second single off their upcoming album Lost Themes IV: Noir, out May 3 on Sacred Bones Records.

Lost Themes IV: Noir is the latest installment in a series that sees Carpenter releasing new music for John Carpenter movies that don’t actually exist. The first Lost Themes was released in 2015, followed by Lost Themes II in 2016 and Lost Themes III: Alive After Death in 2021.

Sacred Bones previews, “It’s been a decade since John Carpenter recorded the material that would become Lost Themes, his debut album of non-film music and the opening salvo in one of Hollywood’s great second acts. Those vibrant, synth-driven songs, made in collaboration with his son Cody Carpenter and godson Daniel Davies, kickstarted a musical renaissance for the pioneering composer and director. With Lost Themes IV: Noir, they’ve struck gold again, this time mining the rich history of the film noir genre for inspiration.

“Since the first Lost Themes, John has referred to these compositions as “soundtracks for the movies in your mind.” On the fourth installment in the series, those movies are noirs. Like the film genre they were influenced by, what makes these songs “noirish” is sometimes slippery and hard to define, and not merely reducible to a collection of tropes. The scores for the great American noir pictures were largely orchestral, while the Carpenters and Davies work off a sturdy synth-and-guitar backbone.

“The trio’s free-flowing chemistry means Lost Themes IV: Noir runs like a well-oiled machine—the 1951 Jaguar XK120 Roadster from Kiss Me Deadly, perhaps, or the 1958 Plymouth Fury from John’s own Christine. It’s a chemistry that’s helped power one of the most productive stretches of John’s creative life, and Noir proves that it’s nowhere near done yielding brilliant results.”

You can pre-save Lost Themes IV: Noir right now! And listen to the new track below…