Rewake singer/guitarist Malan Darras has also announced the formation of his new project, Triiipolar.  Triipolar also consists of Jazzcow saxophonist Michael Staub & DJ Moody.

About Triipolar, Darras said, "We put this group together to see what would happen if you take away all the things you're used to and try something completely different. From instrumentation to music style to vocal style... the results, although still in an infant state, are somewhat remarkable. Just think of everything you'd expect it to be and it's the opposite of that."

Tulsa Police were called to 215 North Elgin about 3 a.m. Friday morning after a large fight broke out in the parking lot of Curly's. Soon after officers arrived, shots were fired and police found one man shot in the head. His name or condition have not been released. Owners of the club say the situation first got out of hand inside the club and extra help had been called in to clear the building.

Tulsa Police Captain Larry Kinney: "When the security guard arrived, they were passing fifths of alcohol among the customers, and this is after two o'clock. He also said he could smell the odor of drugs in the air. And fights started breaking out inside forcing the folks outside and that's when the shooting occurred."

One man was arrested for having a gun, he may or may not be involved in the shooting. Police continue to investigate. (source: KOTV in Tulsa)

Mama Sweet have announced it will be taking a "hiatus" of an undetermined length of time.

Lead singer Aron Holt(pictured) has ventured to New York City to check out their music scene.  In the meantime, bassist Boyd Littell will continue playing drums with The Ills.  Guitarist Alan Orebaugh will be playing with The Jeff Hobbs Band for at least a few gigs.  Drummer Giovanni 'Nooch' Carnuccio will be jamming around OKC for a while. If anyone that needs a quality drummer, e-mail him here.

Mama Sweet hopes to go into the studio in the spring to make a quality and much-needed album.

The Samurai Sake House, 7500 N. May Ave., in Oklahoma City has closed its doors after 23 years of operations.

Rumors are floating that another group bought out the Samurai and will keep the building as a live music venue in some capacity.

Three local bands are in the running for opening slots on regional dates of The Suicide Girls Live Burlesque Tour.

The Stellas and Shade Seven are competing for an opening slot on January 16th at Hailey's House of Blues in Denton, Texas.  Same Day Service is in competition for an opening slot on January 17th at Emo's in Austin, Texas.

Vote for the bands and others here.

(WARNING: SuicideGirls.com is an adult web site and is not intended for minors.)

Advertisers are out ad money, subscribers are out a magazine and money, writers never got a final check and a good and informative magazine died a quick death.

Other albums nominated for the Best Alternative Music Album include Radiohead's Hail To The Thief, Sigur Rós' Untitled, The White Stripes' Elephant and Yeah Yeah Yeah's Fever To Tell.

His son, Liam Cane, was born today at 10:40pm.

Ultrafix has announced the addition of guitarist Daniel Allison.  Allison debuted with Ultrafix at the Bottleneck in Lawrence, KS and at the Indianapolis Music Conference earlier this month.

Tulsa band Mourning September have signed with Floodgate Records in California.  Floodgate is distributed by Warner Brothers and Word.  Floodgate is home to Number One Gun, East West, The Insyderz, Cool Hand Luke, Rita Springer, and Denison Marrs.

The band will be heading into the studio late January to cut a new album.

Western Justice has recently added former Rambler bassist/vocalist Dave Brown to their line-up.

While Earth A.D. continues to write new material for their upcoming album, they have added two new members to the fray.

Brent Wheatly (ex-Manifest Destiny) will take over lead guitar duties, while Zakk Munson (ex-Malicious Intent and Postmortom) will be the new vocalist.

The new lineup will debut just after the first of the year.  For a sneak peek of the new album, check out this demo of "Black Earth 2."

Ultrafix has been added to Amp6Pack! Volume 12 on ampenergy.com.  Click on "Get Your AmpPack," then choose by "Band" and select "Ultrafix" to download their pack.

Since October 31, 2001, the AMP Music Circuit has been providing talented bands with national exposure, radio play, tour support and distribution.  Now AMP has created another vehicle designed to empower bands: the 6Pack.  AMP 6Packs are six-minute segments created by the bands themselves. They’re a new creative expression that connects bands with their fans through music, dialogue and interviews.

Same Day Service has announced the addition of bass player Christina Ownby.

Check out Christina, Maggie & Sarah soon, as they have shows in the works for December in Austin, Dallas and OKC.

Spider Douglas is calling it quits.

Check out their final show December 12 at the Bricktown Brewery in OKC with 13 Stars.

Ester Drang was in a very bad car crash late Friday, October 17.  Their van was hit by a woman driving on the wrong side of the interstate.  The woman was killed.  Thankfully, no one else was even injured.  Their trailer, along with most of their gear, was destroyed and their van was also totalled.  See pictures of the wreckage here.

The band had to cancel a few shows, are back on the road this Friday, October 24 for The Jade Tree Records showcase at CMJ in New York.

Ultrafix won GoGirlsMusic and Z102.3 FM's "Last Band Standing" Saturday night in Austin, Texas.

Six top female bands from around the country were pitted against each other in a battle of the bands-type competition.

The new GoGirlsMusic 2003 Compilation disk is now available at gogirlsmusic.com.  Ultrafix is track 12, "Rounder".

You can also catch the same Radial Angel t-shirt in the beginning of Switchfoot's video "Meant To Live" on MTV, MTV2 and Fuse.  This makes the second Radial Angel shirt to make it to a video.  Coffee of GRITS wore a Radial Angel t-shirt in their video for "Here We Go" earlier this year.

All day Oct. 18, they will be having a record sale.  More than 1000 LPs for 50 cents apiece. There will be no tax charged on any item all day.

Also, beginning at 7pm, Hail Mary to Sin Ratio will play a free show to release their new album, Subtle Mind Control Diagram.  Electric Shit Orchestra and Silent Seen will open the show.

Next Door Music is an independent record and guitar store in Harrah, Okla., just east of Oklahoma City.  The store is located at 1951 Church Avenue in Harrah.

Look for future projects from members of Rewake in the future.  You can still visit Rewake singer/guitarist Malan Darras at malandarras.com.

The band has two songs on Go-Kart Record's two disc/300 song interactive compilation "Go-Kart MP300 Raceway."  "Heart Is Gone" and "This Town" will appear on the second disc.

The band also has two more songs on Haunted Town Record's "Midwest Rules: You're Weak - We're Strong" Vol. 2 CD compilation. This will feature a cover of Bruce Springsteen's "No Surrender" and a earlier version of "This Town".

Congratulations to Edensleeve, the winners of the 2003 Oklahoma State Fair Battle of the Bands.  By winning, they earned the $2000 grand prize.

The Stellas captured second place and Monkey Zunkel took home third place.

13 Stars were selected as finalists, but had to decline due to scheduling conflicts.  Other bands participating in the battle were Spider Douglas and Six Stone.

After almost three months of temporary closure, the Classic Rock Cafe, 3217 N. May, in Oklahoma City is now back open for business.

In late June 2003, the Alcoholic Beverage Law Enforcement Commission shut down the Classic Rock Cafe.  Since then, there has been a change in ownership and all issues have been cleared up.

Traindodge has also announced that they are planning on heading into the studio sometime this fall.  The band plans to record the new material at Amburn's Mousetrap Studios.

Entries must be entered before midnight on September 26 if it's going to be considered.

Winners will be announced at the Spot Music Awards, October 11, 2003, at the Brady Theater.  Tickets to the awards show are $8 for students, $10 in the balcony and $20 for Gold Circle seats on the floor (limited number available) and go on sale Tuesday, Sept. 2 at the Brady Theater, 582-7239 or (888) 597-7827, at all Albertson's stores, and online at startickets.com.

Editor's note: Look for the first ever OklahomaRock.com awards coming soon!

Thanks to Issac Childres for writing such a great article on the site.  Thanks also to the visitors of the site and their constant word-of-mouth spreading of OklahomaRock.com.

On Tuesday September 9th, Slowvein will be a Featured Artist on GarageBand.com.  They invite everyone to come over and check it out.  Leave a comment on the song and let the band know what you think.

Slowvein will hold a CD release show on October 10 at the Bricktown Brewery.

Some of the members of Dawson's Rejects will be starting up a new band sometime in the near future.  Stay tuned to geocities.com/dawsons_rejects for information on the new band.

Stephen Turner II has been announced as the new FFO guitarist.

Most of the members of Euclid Crash have new projects they are starting, so be on the lookout for those. Every song the band ever recorded will soon be up for download at euclidcrash.iuma.com.

Their last show will be on October 30th at the new Bricktown location of The Green Door with Bristol Park, Hope's the Carrot, She Was Beautiful & This Was the Year to Lose Friends.

They also are contributing a song, "Rat Race," on the upcoming U.K. Subs tribute album, "A Brand New Rage."

The band is also recording five songs for the horror film "The Secret of Ivy Headstone" by local writer/director Chris Sneed.  Members of the band will also have cameo roles in the film.

The 51st Annual Downbeat Magazine Critics Poll chose JFJO as the "Rising Star: Electric Band" and Brian Haas as the "Rising Star: Keyboard/Synthesizer."

Twelve Pearls have announced that lead singer/guitarist Jordan Doolen (left) has left the band.  The band notes that Doolen wants to spend more time focusing on his family and job.

Guitarist Brandon Jackson will take over full-time vocals and the band will continue on as a three-piece.

For more information on Budweiser's True Music Live, visit budweiser.com.

The Green Door has announced plans to move to a new location, 329 E. Sheridan in Bricktown.

The Bricktown location Grand Opening show will be Friday, August 22.  The show will be an All-Local Band Showcase feat. Forty Minutes of Hell, 20 Minutes To Vegas, Alpha Male, Union Calling & The Reverb Bros.

The last show at the Western Avenue location will be August 16 (The Stellas w/ Jag Town, Mark Linskey (of Hudson Falcons) & Minutes Too Far.

The Green Door will remain all ages and will still have affordable prices.

Wormy Dog Saloon - OKC is set to open its new Bricktown location on Thursday, July 31.  The new Wormy Dog is located at 311 E. Sheridan (former Bricktown Pub location).

The Wormy Dog will be bringing in national, regional and local red dirt acts to Bricktown.  The first show will be August 2 with Cooder Graw and Badwater.

The original Wormy Dog Saloon & Concert Hall in Stillwater is still open.

Guestroom Records' grand opening is today!  Guestroom Records is Norman's only independent record store. They are located between Main Street and Gray Street at 119 N. Crawford, two doors down from The Opolis.

Guestroom has more than 6000 pieces in their inventory, including the entire personal collections of the two owners, but is looking for more.  If you want to buy, sell or trade something in your music collection, contact Justin at Justin.A.Sowers-1@ou.edu, call them at 701-5974 or 550-6771 or simply drop by the store.  They carry punk, indie, rockabilly, jazz, garage, hardcore, rock n' roll, surf, blues and more in new and used CDs LPs and 7"s.  Guestroom also does special orders.  If it's still in print, they can get it for you.

Wayne Coyne of the Flaming Lips and Steve from Blues Clues like Guestroom Records.  So should you!

Editor's note: For all of you that whined and bitched once CD World, CD Zone & Shadowplay Records closed down, SUPPORT THIS STORE!!  To all the rest of you, SUPPORT THIS STORE!!  There's no reason why Guestroom Records shouldn't flourish in Norman.  Thank you Justin and Travis for opening such a great store!

On July 26, Trainhoppers will hold an all-day "Closing Doors Bash."

Until then, they will book shows for The Artic Edge (14613 N. Kelly Ave.) in Edmond.  Read more here.

Tulsa-based punks The Beer Mongers have finished "The Hungover E.P.".

The E.P. contains seven songs, including:
"American Bombs," "'57 Ford," "My Own Way," "Dead End of the Street," "Drunk Bitch," "Just Wanna Hate," and "I Got a Beer."

The E.P. is available online and at shows for $5.

They are:
*Ronnie Dunn of the country duo Brooks & Dunn.
*Guitarist and Western actor Benny Garcia.
*Veteran bluesmen D.C. Minner and Flash Terry.
*Tulsa World entertainment writer and author John Wooley
*The late Lee Wiley, a 1920s jazz singer. She died in 1975 and is buried in Fort Gibson, Oklahoma.

They will be inducted into the hall on November 20, 2003 in Muskogee, Oklahoma.  Dunn, Garcia, Minner and Terry are scheduled to perform.

For more information, call (918) 687-0800.

Same Day Service's latest album, "Waiting For Tomorrow," has arrived. 

You can purchase "Waiting For Tomorrow" at Same Day Service's CD release show on Friday, June 20 at The Opolis in Norman.

SDS will also be holding a CD Release show on Monday, June 23 at Emo's in Austin, Texas.  After that show, they will be heading out on a west coast tour that includes a date on the Vans Warped Tour.

The All-American Rejects performed their hit song "Swing, Swing" on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno last night.

AAR represented Oklahoma with their clothing, as well.  Lead singer Tyson Ritter wore a B-Line Galaxy t-shirt, a Stillwater-based vintage clothing store and guitarist Nick Wheeler sported a t-shirt from The Green Door.

The Oklahoma Daily printed a great article on local, Norman-based, multi-talented musician Boyd Littell.  Check out the story here.

Littell is in many local bands, playing bass for Mama Sweet, playing timbales for Conjunto Clave & drumming for The Ills.

He also played keyboards in the late 90's hip-hop group, Stereopimp.

The 14-song LP is $10 ppd and includes the songs At the Farm, Sexual, A Horrible Day and many more.

You can purchase "Annoyager" at Smarty Pants' web site under "Buy Stuff" or at Little Mafia Records.

Jersey Beat - "Yet no matter how silly the lyrics or how skittish the vocals, these guys know how to rock, write a catchy melody, and throw down a rock 'n' roll groove that'll have you bouncing off the walls. It's all so dumb, it's smart. And it's from Oklahoma."

They also wrote a good opinion piece here.

Editor's note:  I think it's ridiculous that the Campus Corner Merchants Association's focus is moving away from the students.  There are hardly any student-focused shops and there are a slew of empty buildings.  This is why no one ever goes to Campus Corner anymore.

Angel Gallo will now hold down bass duties and will be joining SDS on their upcoming tour, including their June 20th CD Release show at The Opolis in Norman.

The Lancaster Sound is one of six finalists selected by Billboard Magazine to perform at the Midwest regional finals of Disc Makers Independent Music World Series (IMWS) at the Elbo Room in Chicago, IL on Thursday, June 5.

After listening to over 1300 submissions, Billboard Magazine, with the help of TAXI, the world¹s leading A&R company, selected The Lancaster Sound (Yukon, OK), Stephanie Dosen (Waukesha, WI), Orbert Davis (Chicago, IL), Smokin' with Superman (Madison, WI), Phat Phunktion (Middleton, WI) and The Response (Milwaukee, WI) to compete for over $35,000 in prizes and title "Top Independent Artist in the Midwest."

Previously, 12 Pearls was selected as one of the 102 semifinalists in the Midwest region of IMWS.

Read stories about the selections at The Daily Oklahoman and MusicPlayer.com.

The Lancaster Sound's debut album "The Hapless Ledger" will be released in the summer of 2003.

CMJ - "Essential"
Spin Magazine - "bizarro-yet-imaginative pop music that defies all attempts at qualification"

Forty Minutes of Hell has announced drummer Scott Mason (left) has left the band.  The split was amicable, as Scott has decided to spend more time with his wife and daughter in Texas.

In replacement of Mason, local music veteran and former Mimsies drummer Ed Van Buskirk (right) has joined FMoH.
 

Congratulations to Falcon Five-O for winning 94.7 The Buzz's March Bandness Battle of the Bands.  Their song "Dirty Hot Girl" (listen to a clip) has been added to the Buzz's play list.

Other bands in the Final Four competition were Headroom, The Stellas and Hinder.  Congratulations to all four bands for making it so far in the competition, which consisted of 32 local bands.

After nine years of rocking, The Mimsies have called it quits.

The Mimsies, known for their intense live show, had recently embarked on a national tour with their new drummer, Adrian Bernardo, and second guitarist, Marcus Callahan, joining veteran members Casey Castille, Jerod Vance and Brian Scott.

Lead singer and lone original member Castille dissolved the band while on tour and, along with Callahan, has moved to Kentucky to start a new band.

The Mimsies' nine years of existence featured a move from Norman to Los Angeles, two treks on the Vans Warped Tour, write-ups in the NY Times & L.A. Weekly, respect from their peers (incl. Nikki Sixx of Mötley Crüe, Good Charlotte, The Casualties, Reel Big Fish, Andrew W.K. & The Damned) and a devoted legion of fans.

Cross Canadian Ragweed's song "Long Way Home" is currently featured on a Dodge truck television commercial.

"Long Way Home" is featured on CCR's "Live at Billy Bob's" album.

Travis McLaughlin, drummer of Klipspringer, has passed away.

Our thoughts are with his family, his band mates and friends.

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