I started Fireworks Magazine back in 2000 to cater for MY kind of music, that all the so called rock mags today seem to have forgotten about. Good old-fashioned, good-time hard rock! Music that is FUN and puts a smile on your face. Who needs depressing, angst-ridden noise?? Not me, that's for sure.
So give me my 80's hair metal, my AOR and progressive rock, my melodic metal and classic rock. You'll find all that and more in here.
Anyone into this music, please add me, and join our community!
Since last year, we've also started putting on live festivals, having now done two Firefest shows. Bands appearing have included: Firehouse, TNT, Soul Sirkus, Pink Cream 69, Danger Danger, House of Lords, Danny Vaughn, Shy, Dare, Blue Tears, Legs Diamond, Casanova, Power Quest and more!!
Here's to Firefest 4 in 2007!!
Music
Check out the Fireworks Magazine website: http://www.rathole.com/fireworks/
Movies
Dawn of the Dead (Original), Aliens, Terminator/T2, Pulp Fiction, Unbreakable, Batman Begins, Leon (aka The Professional), Young Frankenstein, Robocop, Jean de Florette & Manon des Source.
Basically any cool horror/SF/Fantasy. Also good comedies and action/thrillers.
Television
HEROES!! This show is just AMAZING!! Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel - 2 of the best programmes made EVER! Babylon 5, ST: DS9, Battlestar Galactica (New version. It totally ROCKS!!), Star Gate: SG1, Farscape, 24, Blade: The Series (Jill Wagner rocks!!), Alias, ER, CSI, Red Dwarf, The Dead Zone, Xena, Smallville, The Simpsons, Firefly, Deadwood (how mother-f*cking cool is this western??!!), The Shield (not all good cops are saints!!), Friends (Cheesy, but was consistantly funny), Ally McBeal, Sex & the City, Desperate Housewives, Frasier, Werewolf (does anyone else remember this great series?!!), Parker Lewis Can't Lose, ALF, H.R. Pufnstuf (for the childhood memories!), Lost (intriguing, if a little slow)
Books
Lots of fantasy, horror & SF. Harry Harrison for humourous SF - Stainless Steel Rat rules! Alan Dean Foster's 'Spellsinger' series. David Webber's Honor Harrington series - space battles have never been more realistic!! Graham Masterton - true Horror!!! Bill Watterson for Calvin & Hobbes - the funniest comic strip EVER written. Melanie Rawn for the Dragon Star/Prince series (will she EVER write another book?!!). Not forgetting Charles Schulz for Peanuts - his work was real genius, and a joy to grow up with.
FIREWORKS MAGAZINE & MELODICROCK.COM PROMOTIONAL TIE-UP:
For several years now, Fireworks Magazine has been featuring the best in new melodic hard rock on its free CD, and now the perfect method of promoting your band has just got even better as Fireworks teams up with melodicrock.com to offer the absolute best value for promotion yet!
The price for a song on our Fireworks CD remains constant at £75 ($110) but now all bands paying for themselves will also get a promotional blurb published on a dedicated Fireworks Magazine page within melodicrock.com. Plus for an optional further mere £50 ($100) melodicrock.com will feature TWO MP3 tracks to accompany this feature. This represents amazing value for money and gives the opportunity to reach thousands of dedicated melodic hard rock fans.
The next issue of Fireworks will be out in late Feb/early March, with cut-off date for CD tracks being late Jan.
Anyone interested should contact Bruce Mee at fireworks.mag@ntlworld.com.
melodicrock.com has over 300,000 unique visitors a month!!
Get the new Mitch Malloy DVD from: www.thefirefest.com
Who I'd like to meet: You want more (ANY?) 80's melodic hard rock in the UK? We've already brought over Firehouse, Tyketto, Danger Danger, House of Lords, Harem Scarem, Soul Sirkus ... but we NEED bigger crowds and more support from the FANS! That's YOU!!
Like-minded people to join in the fun and help spread the word about Fireworks - the number 1 magazine for OUR type of music - melodic hard rock!!
Fireworks: The Rock Magazine's Friend Space (Top 31)
Just dropping by to show some love and say thanks for being our friend.
Right Now! BandChi! is looking for hot new artists for consideration on our Top 20 CD, all music styles, no fees, major distribution; so send them our way.
FRANKIE BANALI interview on RockEyez.com Here’s an excellent interview with Quiet Riot / Freakshow drummer FRANKIE BANALI . Frankie doesn’t do many interviews anymore and this one is pretty good. come check it out http://www.rockeyez.com/
Be on the look out for coverage of Rocklahoma in a few days...
Hey Metal Heads!!! We have a new demo posted on our page. The song is called “Decending” be sure to stop by our page and check it out! Cheers! And KEEP IT METAL!!!!
Hey and thanks for your friendship! Pls do me a favor and add ALLAN DAVEY TO YOUR FRIEND http://www.myspace.com/allandaveymusic if you don't already have it Take care and stay out of troubles :) Hugs & Love//Nillan xoxo
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