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December 2001
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What's Up This Month on the New Jersey Coast
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Volume 2, Number 12, page 6
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SHORE GONE WILD! (continued from page 4)
gamut much like a live nightclub show; there're various rough moments, a few genuinely lame along with some downright boldly screaming
riffs. Starting w/the Freehold based contest winners Osiris
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Cover of live album
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Rising with their space-crunch on full throttle on 'Sow' and "Bitch", follow with the Manson mangles Gwar of 3 piece ATG's "Retribution" and the
slashing self-realization anthem of 'Be'.
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Osiris Rising opened the Battle of the Bands
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Other highlights include Sun's racing edge on 'Bring it' and their all-out Pearl Jam ham-up of 'Take it like a man'; the Wall-sprung Higher Threshold takes it to the sensitive side with 'Winded' and "Pain', while Toms River's Other Side 9 shows why they've been
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packing 'em at their shows with the moody to manic confessional of 'Fragile' and ex-lover's warnings of the edge-metal 'Annie Told me'. While
the surging funk pop of Shumi spins some wistfully clever to crushing riffs on "Like You' and delves into the moody pop heart of "Gemini', in what sounds like a club romance-inspired ditty or
tribute. An about-face next with the shaky wallflowers meets replacements sound of the Sideways, while showing some painfully off-key sincerity with the self-conscious onslaught of 'Rock and Roll
Spectacular". Yet the Brick-based Ill Tempered manages to confuse, first w/the Morrison-like angst and (continued on page 8)
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All Ages At The Saint (continued from page 3) a Lincroft based group that has played every stage along the NJ Coast and now moving into NY City. While Planet Janet someday wants to take over the world (see their website) their currently happy trying to nail down a small recording contract. The band is comprised of Miranda Taylor on Drums,
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Planet Janet takes off!
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Jason Nixon on Bass, Sarah Fire on Vocals, Guitar & Keyboard (did I mention she also writes the songs?), and finally Jared Sousa on Guitar. Next in line was Railed, a group with a
rather large following,
Together since 8th grade, this Original Music Group made up of Tim Lamb on Bass, Frank Rosania on Lead, Mike Laporta on Rhythm Guitar amd Chad Drobish on Drums. played a number of their new songs to their
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pages 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21
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