Category: Jay Gorania
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Jay H. Gorania’s SXSW 2012 – Part 2
By Jay H. Gorania Friday, March 16 It seems likely only in some perverse, alternate universe that a former member of Today is the Day would be in a band with a member of Fall Out Boy, but it’s true. It’s Milwaukee’s Enabler. If it wasn’t for the damn crowds and time consuming travel during…
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Jay H. Gorania’s SXSW 2012 – Part 1
1808, on the “other side” of the highway, where a crack dealer is literally in sight, the ghetto neighborhood was a fitting home for br00tal music.
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An open letter, and challenge, to Tommy Lee and Mötley Crüe
I’m Jay H. Gorania, a long time fan from way back when. You might remember me. I wrote you a letter when I was in the second grade in the early ’80s. Your address was available in the pages of some metal magazine. At any rate, I have a bone to pick with y’all. Not…
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Terror / Trapped Under Ice / Backtrack / Harm’s Way / Letlive @ The Pine Box, Midland, TX, November 15, 2011
A hard act to follow, but Terror is an intimidating live act regardless of how someone feels about their music. Frontman Scott Vogel, formerly of the legendary, now-defunct Buried Alive, was in fine more, ruling the crowd that already paid him the blind-eyed devotion that a preacher at church might receive.
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In Memory of Siege vocalist Kevin Mahoney (September 6, 1965 – October 14, 2011)
Earlier this month SIEGE vocalist Kevin Mahoney died at the age of 46. And although his tenure in this legendary US fast hardcore band was short, their Drop Dead demo pretty much started grindcore and powerviolience. Hellbound’s Jay H. Gorania has collected the thoughts of some of the leaders in grindcore and sludge, including members…
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Today Is The Day European Tour Diary 2011, Part One
In April, Jay H. Gorania headed to Europe to flog merchandise for TODAY IS THE DAY on their tour. Now that he’s back and had time to get used to regular life again, Mr. Gorania has written a tour diary for Hellbound.ca. Here is his first entry from the tour.