Launch Radio Networks reports: Former HOLE and SMASHING PUMPKINS bassist Melissa Auf der Maur has enlisted her former boss in the PUMPKINS, singer and guitarist Billy Corgan, to help write songs for her second solo album. Auf der Maur told RollingStone.com, "It's really symbolic for me to have this opportunity with Billy, who is one of my main ( Read more... )

Sweet, I just started work on a new new song for the ohio. We might have to practice again sometime soon :)

New demo on our MySpace site. Go check it out. Once again, it doesn't have any lyrics, but I'll write and add them later. We just haven't had anytime to do much right now.

AHAHAHAH. Billy pretty much told some guy that Luke works with that Roddy is a bum.

BILLY CALLED SOMEONE ELSE A BUM. ROFL!!!

So. I've come up with a great idea for a concept album. I spent all morning mapping out the tracks and figuring out song themes. So I have a basic construction and two songs already completed, "Bitter Kiss" and "One." Hopefully, now that I know what direction I'm taking, it won't be as hard to write music and lyrics. I'll just combine all of my ( Read more... )

This week our cover of "Snail" is being featured on the Act IV MySpace page! Go check it out if you haven't heard it!

http://www.myspace.com/act4music

Sorry, really bad news. We haven't broken up, but we're taking quite a break right now. We've cancelled the show at New Brookland Tavern due to various conflicts within the band. It has nothing to do with the individual members, there's just no time to work on material, and we need about 3 more songs before we play in a week and a half. It's a lot ( Read more... )

Try not to take it personally. I just want to be able to post about whatever I want in my own journal without getting chewed out about it. Sorry if I've made you mad.

"Winter Skies Alone" should be released soon. We practiced it for the first time today. I'm claiming it as my theme song. It's been sitting in my notebook for about a year now. When I wrote it, I knew it was awesome. It's just taken this long to reinforce my songwriting abilities and really put it to music. But it was pretty much learned and ( Read more... )

It's fast, it's heavy, it's currently untitled, it's the brand new unfinished song from the ohio! I've still got to add vocals and do some extraneous guitar work, but for the most part it's done.

http://www.myspace.com/theohio