About me:
I do an online metal magazine called Shockwaves and Podcast on the Heavy Metal Supersite HardRadio.com. You can hear my podcast on HardRadio.com (click on Shockwaves) or on iTunes and most major podcast directories including:
Here is the direct link to my current podcast:EUROPEAN POWER-METAL EPISODE:
Podcast # 33
Here is the direct link to my previous podcast: EARLY METALLICA SPECIAL
Podcast # 30
Link to Shockwaves/HardRadio Podcast via iTunes:
Shockwaves/HardRadio Podcast on iTunes
Link to All the Shockwaves/HardRadio podcasts:
Shockwaves podcasts list
****BIOGRAPHY****
In 1982 I started up the seminal heavy metal fanzine The Headbanger, a nationally distributed zine which featured the very first profiles of then-unsigned LA bands Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth, Armored Saint and many others. I published 11 issues of The Headbanger from 1982 through 1985.
Over the years I was a contributing editor to several well-known music publications including; Creem, Music Connection, Hit Parader, BAM, Foundations, Loud, Metal Rendezvous, New Rave, BURRN! (Japan), Rock Hard (Germany), and Fachblatt (Germany) and publisher/editor of Shockwaves Magazine (now online at HardRadio.com) as well as associate editor for several national men’s magazines.
In the early ‘90s, I landed guitarist Marty Friedman in the multi-platinum group Megadeth and soon after I headed the west coast office of Roadrunner Records working closely with many of the labels cutting-edge artists at the time, including Sepultura, Type-O Negative, and Last Crack.
After Roadrunner, I went on to Bizarre/Straight Records (Rhino/WEA) assisting label president Herb Cohen (who co-founded the label with Frank Zappa in the ‘60s). Their roster specialized in diverse artists such as Alice Cooper, Ted Nugent, Captain Beefheart, Tim Buckley, Lenny Bruce, Screaming Jay Hawkins and Tom Waits. I worked both catalog and new artists for the label.
I also acquired several license deals through the years with major international companies such as: Century Media, Enigma/Restless, Roadrunner, JVC/Victor, Music For Nations, Bandai/Apollon, Jigu, Polystar, High Vaultage, Dream Circle/Polydor, and Reality/Sony.
Currently I am the VP of press and publicity for HardRadio.com, a top-rated Internet radio station where I also produce Shockwaves Magazine On-line and Shockwaves/HardRadio Podcast which features interviews with some of the greatest performers in hard rock/metal music.
Bob Nalbandian can be contacted by email at: shockwaves@hardradio.com
HELLO!THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR APPROVING US TO YOUR FRIEND'S LIST!OUR WARMEST REGARDS!!
We feel very proud to announce you that The Fallen Within, a modern metal band from Greece signed a record deal with the italian Coroner Records for the release of the debut album entitled "Intoxicated".
The album, presented as an avant garde massive work influenced by the
american metalcore and scandinavian melodic scene using also some
atmospheric elements, was recorded & produced by Bob Katsionis from
FIREWIND and mixed & mastered by Ahti Kortelainen at Tico Tico
Studio in Finland.
The album will be released in December via Coroner Records!
More news soon to be announced!!
Stay tuned...:)))
Thanks, You ROCK!!! Getting the word out about my photo book, Metallica: The Club Dayz.. It's available though Amazon world wide. Amazon dot com Cheers Bill (Former Chief Photographer of Metal Rendezvous Int. Heavy Rock - Metal Magazine)
US Tour w/ Between The Buried And Me, Cynic & Devin Townsend! Jan 17th @ House Of Blues in Los Angeles! Be there! Pre-sale tickets are also now on sale, if you plan on coming I highly suggest getting them now! Available at ticketmaster. Links on our page!
how r u,Bob?
here iz pretty cold in lately.. if i weared short sleeve shirt and went outside, i'll be dead even daytime!!! XD
how z there?
take care to flu..
Hi Shockwaves/Hardradio, Heaven & Earth is on hiatus now as Stuart Smith and Richie Onori have joined forces with bassist Steve Priest to reform "Sweet". For those of you unfamiliar with the band, Sweet originally formed in the early 70s and went on to sell over 40,000,000 albums with 11 International Top Ten Hits such as "Ballroom Blitz", "Little Willy", "Love is Like Oxygen", "Fox on the Run", "Teenage Rampage", "Action", "Blockbuster", "Hellraiser" and many others.
This reincarnation of the band reformed last year, playing their first show in June, and went on to play festivals throughout Canada and the States and had played to over 300,000 people before the year was out. During this tour last year they recorded a live CD available on Amazon entitled "Sweet, Live in America" which has received rave reviews - pick up a copy and please Add Sweet As Your Friend On Myspace!
£leTriKa sounds completely different from any Metal band you have ever heard. The Brazilian rhythms and the Portuguese language added to the songs makes its style unique, giving birth to a new kind of Metal. If you are really looking for something new about Metal, you should check £leTriKa out!
Hugs from Brazil, Claudio David
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Valeu demais a força! Quando rolaumtempinho, me fala o que achou da £leTriKa. Agente junta Metal com umasparada Brasileira. Tamutendumbom feed nas rádios gringas nos quatrocontos. Mantenha contato, blz?
Cheers my friend. Just passing to wish you a great day. Sharing a cold one with your friends is some of the most fun you can have with you pants on !!! "Fear no beer" and always, Rock Hard... Timo kaarkoski - Temple of Sin