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Black Velvet Rock Zine

For Anyone Into Rock Music

About Me


Black Velvet is a UK independent printed rock zine that promotes great rock music! Visit www.blackvelvetmagazine.com for more info. Click 'Add As A Friend' to er... add us as a friend. Oh and buy a copy of the zine while you're here. You can order copies straight from this page if you have paypal! Having said that, it's also good to support the independent stores that stock Black Velvet. It's hard being an independent store these day, so please try and help them out by purchasing Black Velvet from them. Scroll down for some of the online stores that stock Black Velvet. You can order online from their site and have it shipped to you wherever you are.
IF YOU'RE READING THIS YOU NEED TO READ AT LEAST ONE COPY OF THE PRINTED ZINE - IF NOT EVERY COPY!
Our default pic shows the cover of the latest issue of Black Velvet zine. Issue 56's coverstars are The Audition. There is a 4 page interview with The Audition inside. BUY A COPY!
Black Velvet is an independent printed rock magazine based in England that hits the streets every Feb, May, Aug & November. We don't care about fashion or trends or what everyone else is listening to. We don't care what bands sell loads of copies. We don't care if we write about a band that you think sucks. If we love them then that's all that matters. We write about the bands that rock our world. Black Velvet is a non profit making zine. We produce the zine because we want to. If you've not checked out a copy, then we'd love it if you did.
Support independent zines. Buy a copy of Black Velvet - or even subscribe to Black Velvet. It won't break your bank balance and you'll be glad you did. We write about the best bands, our interviews are in-depth and interesting, our reviews are enlightening. We put our heart and soul into the zine. Even looking at the website just ain't the same. It's all about the printed, paper zine. If you don't have it, you're missing out.

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Anyone into rock music should add us as a friend. Whether you're into heavy metal, emo, screamo, pop-punk, alternative, glam rock or any other form of rock, we want you to add Black Velvet as a friend.

Black Velvet Zine can be purchased online at:
Atomic Books in USA (Baltimore)
Quimbys Bookstore in USA (Chicago)
Theeshop in USA (Melbourne, FL)
Word Power in UK
Fading Ways in UK
Four Dogs Music in UK
Punk Rock Shop in UK
Beeunique in US
Waterfront Records in Australia (Sydney) .
All do mail order and can ship anywhere - so no matter where you live you can read Black Velvet.

ISSUE 56 OF BLACK VELVET IS OUT NOW AND INCLUDES:
Interviews with The Audition, Jimmy Eat World, Simple Plan, Flyleaf, Goldfinger, City Sleeps, New Years Day, The Get Go, Kids In Glass Houses & Brigade
Concert reviews including 30 Seconds To Mars, Paramore, the Kerrang! Relentless Tour featuring Coheed & Cambria/Madina Lake, Fightstar, Circa Survive & the Good To Go Tour featuring MxPx/Punchline/The Get Go, The Audition/You Me At Six/Just Surrender, Sum 41, The Matches, Not Advised & Jimmy Eat World
Heaps of album, single & demo reviews of the likes of Goldfinger, Sick City, Them Terribles, The Playing Favorites, Four Year Strong, Dr Zhivegas, Flyleaf, Bambix, The Audition, Nonpoint, Plastic Toys, The Condors, New Found Glory, Crash Romeo, Kill Hannah, F451, Four Year Strong, The Crash Moderns, Anti-Flag and more.
Guest Column by Tommy Gleeson of Slaves To Gravity
'Rockin' America' - column by our US correspondent Suzanne T on the best gigs and other rockin' happenings recently in the US.
New section - 'Me, Me, Me & My Rock Cv' - this issue featuring Scott Bartlett of Scream Promotions
All the usuals such as Zine Reviews, Supersonic Future Superstars (featuring Exit Avenue, White Clouds And Gunfire and Rebel Territory), & DVD Reviews

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(We're against any form of animal abuse too. We ♥ animals & support PETA and all other animal welfare organisations.)

Sugarcult's Marko 72 (who also has a guest column in Black Velvet) models our newest Black Velvet T-shirt:

If you're interested in this T-shirt, visit www.blackvelvetmagazine.com/merchandise.htm for more info.
Want to be on our page? Send us a link to a photo of YOU with a copy of Black Velvet. We'll put the pic HERE!
Here's Karima Zaaraoui with Black Velvet 56

Gemma Robinson with Black Velvet 55

Leslie De Jesus with Black Velvet 54

Dave Lee with Black Velvet 53:

Steve Pearce with Black Velvet 52:

Neil Bing with Black Velvet 51:

Danielle L with Black Velvet 50 signed by Sugarcult:

Byron van Jaarsveldt with Black Velvet 50:

Stacey A with Black Velvet 50 (open at the Allister interview!):

Kullrad with Black Velvet 49:

Donna & Gary with Black Velvet 48:

Miss Light with Black Velvet 47:

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Kim with Black Velvet 42:

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Want to be a superstar & help promote Black Velvet?
Give out some of our Black Velvet flyers/cards at shows like Kelly of Rocket did at Warped Tour (photo by Jett). Email us if you'd like to give some Black Velvet flyers out and we'll mail them to you. Take a pic and we may put it on our page and link to your profile.:

Want to just show us how much you love us?
Send us pix telling us what you think of Black Velvet. We like NikMetal's sign below... NikMetal rules too.

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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS:
Q. Do you review demos/singles/etc?
A. Best way to find out is by buying a copy of the zine and seeing for yourself, you meanie!
Q. What is the address to mail CDs and other review items to?
A. The address is in the zine. You can order the zine from any of the online stores linked on this page, plus a variety of other shops that are listed at . If you have paypal you can even order from Black Velvet directly.
Q. You reviewed our CD/featured us. What now?
A. Good question! If you liked what we wrote about us, why not promote Black Velvet? Tell everyone your review was in issue x, tell friends to check out blackvelvetmagazine.com, put us in your top 8, put our banner on your page - and basically do something in return to promote us - since we promoted YOU. Remember, printing costs money, Black Velvet is a non-profit-making zine. If you can give us a mention once you've got a mention in the zine, that would be nice.

Music:

3 Colours Red, 30 Seconds To Mars, 'A', AFI, Aiden, Alkaline Trio, The All-American Rejects, Alleycat Scratch, Allister, American Hi-Fi, AntiProduct, Armor For Sleep, Army Of Freshmen, Ash, The Ataris, The Audition, Bayside, Big Bang Babies, Billy Talent, Bleed The Dream, Blink-182, Bon Jovi, Bowling For Soup, Boys Like Girls, Bullets And Octane, Bush, Cheap Trick, City Sleeps, The Color Fred, Count The Stars, The Crash Moderns, Cute Is What We Aim For, Cyclefly, The Distillers, The Donnas, Drive By, The Early November, Eighteen Visions, Emanuel, Eve6, The Explosion, Fall Out Boy, Faster Pussycat, Feable Weiner, Feeder, Finch, Fonzie, Funeral For A Friend, Garbage, The Get Go, Goldfinger, Good Charlotte, Genitorturers, The Glitterati, Gratitude, Halifax, Handsome Devil, Hellogoodbye, Hidden In Plain View, Hole, Human Waste Project, Jack Off Jill, Jamison Parker, Jimmy Eat World, Johnny Panic, June, Kill Hannah, LA Guns, Last Of The Famous, Less Than Jake, Lostprophets, Madina Lake, Manic Street Preachers, Mark Owen, Mest, Miss Conduct, Midtown, Motion City Soundtrack, Motley Crue, Murderdolls, My Chemical Romance, My Ruin, Neurosonic, NHOI, Nickelback, NOFX, Offspring, Over It, Papa Roach, Paramore, Pitchshifter, Plunge, Pretty Boy Floyd, Queen Adreena, Rachel Stamp, The Reunion Show, Riddlin' Kids, Rise Against, Say Anything, Self Against City, Skid Row, Simple Plan, Slunt, The SmashUp, Something Corporate, Son Of Dork, Spacehog, Spitalfield, The Starting Line, Steriogram, Stimulator, Story Of The Year, Sugarcult, Sum 41, Taking Back Sunday, Thursday, Time & Distance, The Transplants, Tuuli, The Used, Victory Pill, Warrior Soul, Weezer, We The Kings, The Wildhearts, Yellowcard, You Me At Six, Zebrahead, & more

Books:

Don't read books, read Black Velvet!www.blackvelvetmagazine.com
Some of the other stores that stock Black Velvet (other than the online stores linked on the right) are as follows:
UK
Banbury Record Savings / Birmingham Dale End newsagents / Bromsgrove M.S.B. Recording & Rehearsal Studios / Cardiff Spillers / Dudley ST Records / Edinburgh Word Power / Exeter Zavvi / Glasgow Zavvi / Hull Starhouse / Leeds Jumbo Records / London Zavvi Records - Piccadilly Circus / Northampton Spiral Archive / Redditch Train Station Newsagents / Sheffield Rocky Horrors
USA
Austin, TX Book People / Baltimore, MD Atomic Books / Bloomington, IN Boxcar Books / Charlotte, NC Joseph Beth / Chicago, IL Quimbys Bookstore / Cincinnati, OH Shake It Records & Joseph Beth / Claremont, CA Rhino Records / Denver, CO IronFeather / Melbourne, FL Thee Shop / Lexington, KY Joseph Beth / Lyndhurst, OH Joseph Beth / Memphis TN Davis Kidd / Nashville, TN Davis Kidd / Pittsburgh, PA Joseph Beth / St. Louis, MO Star Clipper / Tampa, FL Vinyl Fever / Valencia, CA News Stand
AUSTRALIA
Sydney Waterfront Records
JAPAN
Tokyo (Shibuya) HMV
IF YOU HAVE A STORE AND WANT TO STOCK BLACK VELVET, GET IN TOUCH.

Heroes:

Anyone involved in stopping animal cruelty; PETA, VIVA!, WSPA, BUAV, IFAW, Animal Aid, Animal Liberation, SHAC, SPEAK, DogTrust (formerly NCDL) and all animal organisations and charities.
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The coolest bands have their pix with Black Velvet...
Shaant Hacikyan (Cute is What We Aim For)
Gabe Saporta (Cobra Starship)
Ely Dye (City Sleeps)
Pat Seals (Flyleaf)
Jonny Hetherington (Art Of Dying)
Little Jimmy Urine (Mindless Self Indulgence)
Airin Older (Sugarcult)
Mark Hamilton (Ash)
Jason Darr (Neurosonic)
Tim Pagnotta (Sugarcult)
Mat Devine (Kill Hannah)
Aimee Echo (TheSTART)
Drive By
Charlie Paulson (Goldfinger)
Dan Marsala (Story Of The Year)
Bullets And Octane
Jeff Stinco (Simple Plan)
Shawn Harris (The Matches)
Brandon Thomas (ex-Bleed The Dream)
Jaret Reddick & Erik Chandler (Bowling For Soup)
Chris Brandt (Halifax)
Ben Jorgensen (Armor For Sleep)
Ryan Key (Yellowcard)
Marko 72 (Sugarcult)
Vinnie Accardi (Brand New)
DJ Dell'Osa (NHOI)
Heath Saraceno (Midtown/Senses Fail)
Brad Carter & Jared Wrennall (Steriogram)
Mick Morris (Eighteen Visions)
Matt Breen & Bryan Whiteman (Emanuel)
Rick Burch, Jim Adkins & Tom Linton (Jimmy Eat World)
Alex Westaway & Charlie Simpson (Fightstar)
Paramore
Self Against City
The Receiving End Of Sirens
Danny Roselle & Joe Merrigan (The Crash Moderns)
Bandcamp
Army Of Freshmen
Justin Pierre (Motion City Soundtrack)
Matt Davies & Darran Smith (Funeral For A Friend)
Plunge
Mark Chapman, Adam Perry & Daniel P. Carter ('A')
Gerard Way (My Chemical Romance)
Guy Griffin, Spike, Nigel Mogg, Paul Guerin (Quireboys), Jade & Static (from Planet Of Women)
John Allen & Mitch Allan (SR-71)
Parker Case (Say Anything)
You Me At Six
Derek Grant (Alkaline Trio)
Buddy Nielsen (Senses Fail)
Jeff Czum (Cute Is What We Aim For)
American Hi-Fi
Jonah Matranga (Gratitude)
Tony Lovato & Nick Gigler (Mest)
Eddie Reyes & Fred Mascherino (Taking Back Sunday)
Jeph Howard (The Used)
Ben Forrest Davis
And last but not least... Black Velvet's Editor - Shari Black Velvet - with a copy of Black Velvet:

My Blog

Bon Jovi - Coventry Ricoh Arena Photos, 24.06.08

Tonight was Bon Jovi's Coventry Ricoh Arena show. I have just put 21 pix up from the show at http://www.blackvelvetmagazine.com/bonjoviphotos.htm Check 'em out......
Posted by Black Velvet Rock Zine on Wed, 25 Jun 2008 06:04:00 PST

Bon Jovi - Southampton St Mary’s Stadium Photos, 11.06.08

Yesterday was Bon Jovi's first Lost Highway Tour show on UK soil. Southampton was the lucky city and I was there to capture some of the action. Check out a few of my live photos up at http://www.black...
Posted by Black Velvet Rock Zine on Thu, 12 Jun 2008 11:18:00 PST

UK Friends - Want a FREE copy of BLACK VELVET!?

Maybe I'm going insane but I figured I'd give away some free Black Velvets. Must be the Bon Jovi shows I've been to this week putting me in a good mood or something!   If you would like a free co...
Posted by Black Velvet Rock Zine on Fri, 06 Jun 2008 03:18:00 PST

Cute Is What We Aim For Photos - Birmingham Academy 2, 31.05.08

12 b&w photos from the Cute Is What We Aim For show at Birmingham Academy 2 are up at http://www.blackvelvetmagazine.com/ciwwafphotos.htm - not the best but I'll blame the Academy 2's li...
Posted by Black Velvet Rock Zine on Sun, 01 Jun 2008 06:20:00 PST

Four Year Strong / The Color Fred / Mayday Parade - GIAN Introduces, Birmingham 19.05.08 Photos

A few pix of Four Year Strong, The Color Fred & Mayday Parade from Monday's Birmingham Academy 2 Give It A Name Introduces show  are up at: http://www.blackvelvetmagazine.com/fouryearstr...
Posted by Black Velvet Rock Zine on Wed, 21 May 2008 06:31:00 PST

Kill Hannah - Birmingham Barfly Kerrang! Radio Show Photos, 01.05.08

A few pix from last night's free Kerrang! Radio Kill Hannah show at Birmingham Barfly are up at http://www.blackvelvetmagazine.com/killhannahphotos.htm A review and pic will be in issue 57 of Black V...
Posted by Black Velvet Rock Zine on Fri, 02 May 2008 12:32:00 PST

Mindless Self Indulgence - Birmingham Academy, 25.04.08 Photos

Went to see Mindless Self Indulgence/Templeton Pek this evening at Birmingham Academy. Before going there I took the new Black Velvet to MSB Recording Studios in Bromsgrove and Dales News, the newsage...
Posted by Black Velvet Rock Zine on Sat, 26 Apr 2008 07:31:00 PST

Black Velvet Issue 56 Out Now: featuring The Audition, Flyleaf, Simple Plan, Jimmy Eat World...

Black Velvet 56 is out now and includes: - Interviews with The Audition, Jimmy Eat World, Simple Plan, Flyleaf, Goldfinger, City Sleeps, New Years Day, The Get Go, Kids In Glass Houses & Brigade (...
Posted by Black Velvet Rock Zine on Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:14:00 PST

E-mo Magazine - Interview with Shari Black Velvet

Check out e-mo magazine, a new website for emo and goth girls. The site just went online this month but has some good stuff already including interviews with You Me At Six and LostAlone. Oh yeah... an...
Posted by Black Velvet Rock Zine on Wed, 23 Apr 2008 01:14:00 PST

Simple Plan - Nottingham Rock City Photos, 20.04.08

Expect a review of Simple Plan's Nottingham Rock City show in issue 57 of Black Velvet. I've just put a few photos from the show up at http://www.blackvelvetmagazine.com/simpleplanphotos.htm. ...
Posted by Black Velvet Rock Zine on Mon, 21 Apr 2008 05:40:00 PST