STORMWITCH was founded in the early 80’s by childhood friends Harald Spengler (Lee Tarot), Stefan Kauffmann (Steve Merchant) and Andy Mück. They started writing their first songs while they searched for the final pieces of the band to play live shows, including clubs and youth centers. The first line-up was completed by Peter Langer (Pete Lancer) […]
Timothy Allen was born in Tonbridge in the South East of England in 1971. At 22, after graduating from Leeds University with a BSc Zoology he left the UK and spent 3 years traveling through Indonesia which was the catalyst that sparked his passion for photography. In the nineties, after beginning a part-time diploma in photography, […]
Over the past decade, Flach’s work has increasingly focused on animals, ranging widely across species but united by a distinctive style that is derived from his concerns with anthropomorphism and anthropocentrism. His interests lie in the way humans shape animals, and shape their meaning. Whether genetically, as with the featherless chicken, or with the symbolism […]
Brooke Shaden was born in March of 1987 in Lancaster, PA, USA. She grew up near the “Amish Country” until attending Temple University. Brooke was photographically born in December 2008 after graduating from Temple with bachelor degrees in film and English. She now resides in Arizona, USA with her husband and three cats. She began […]
As Daylight Breaks A new band – 6 members, 6 friends – all with huge experience and knowledge from many years in the business and being part of the most successful melodic metal bands: this is SERIOUS BLACK! The line-up consists of Roland Grapow (Masterplan, ex-Helloween), Thomen Stauch (ex-Blind Guardian), Mario Lochert (ex-Visions Of Atlantis), […]
RISE OF THE ANIMAL WOLFPAKK, the hard rock/melodic metal allstar-project, will release its third album ‘Rise Of The Animal’ on April 14th, 2015. Lovers of high-class traditional heavy sounds already praise the amazing project, led by Alpha Wolves Mark Sweeney (ex-Crystal Ball) and Michael Voss(Michael Schenker, Casanova, Mad Max) since day one. It’s not only […]
May 10th, 1966 Struggling singer Janis Joplin, back home in her native Texas, is invited back out to San Francisco by her friend Chet Helms, who invites her to audition with a group he’s managing called Big Brother and the Holding Company. Releases 1974: Elvis Presley, “If You Talk In Your Sleep” Recording 1940: Jimmy […]
May 4th, 1959 The very first Grammy Awards are held in Los Angeles, with Record of the Year going to Domenico Modugno’s “Volare (Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu)” and Henry Mancini’s The Music From Peter Gunn soundtrack winning Album of the Year. The Champs’ “Tequila,” for some reason, takes home Best Rhythm and Blues Performance. […]
May 1st, 1955 A St. Louis guitarist named Chuck Berry is signed to Chess Records in Chicago after bluesman Muddy Waters recommends him to the label. Releases 1965: The Supremes, “Back In My Arms Again” 1968: Elvis Presley, Speedway 1969: Neil Young, Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere 1971: Paul Simon, Paul Simon 1972: The Rolling […]
April 24th 1986 The newly-formed Apple Records decides not to sign a young talent named David Bowie. Releases 1957: Ricky Nelson, “I’m Walkin’” 1958: Dion and the Belmonts, “I Wonder Why” 1959: The Drifters, “There Goes My Baby” 1970: Ringo Starr, Sentimental Journey 1972: John Lennon, “Woman Is The N***er Of The World” 1974: David […]