Heavy Planet Celebrates It's 9 Year Anniversary

Well, if you were to get technical, Heavy Planet actually started in 1999 while I was working for National Record Mart. I wanted to start a website that would feature new bands that no one ever heard before and needed an outlet to do that, so I started an Angelfire page and the rest is history. It was very short lived and was basically anything heavy metal. Back in March of 2007 I was kicking around the idea of a much bigger and better website and decided to revive the old and outdated format keeping the same idea and focus in mind. Unfortunately, I somehow lost all of my posts from 2007, but decided to truck on. I always loved bands like Kyuss, Fu Manchu and Monster Magnet and wanted to give bands like them more of the exposure they deserved. So, on February 5, 2008, Heavy Planet relaunched as a Stoner Rock blog. I am proud of our accomplishments thus far and can't thank enough the writers that have come and gone and shared their passion and sacrificed their time for the cause. Thanks so much for your dedication and support. Rest assured we will be here for another year to infest your minds with the best music on the planet. Stay heavy my friends!

Heavy Planet Celebrates Five Years

Today marks Heavy Planet's five-year anniversary, and to celebrate the festivities we have teamed up with  Small Stone Records, Ripple Music, Stargun Music and more for some amazing giveaways. As our way of saying thanks,  15 lucky readers will have the chance of winning some pretty cool stuff.

To enter all you have to do is send an e-mail with your name and address to heavyplanet2001@yahoo.com with the subject line HAPPY 5TH.

Good Luck!

*Prizes chosen by first come first serve e-mail response. 
Only 15 winners will be chosen. No choosing of prizes.  

SMALL STONE RECORDS

To the first 5 readers that respond, Small Stone Records is giving away 5 Small Stone Vinyl, 5 Small Stone t-shirts, & 5 Small Stone CDs - that means that 5 readers will each get a bundle consisting of 1 Vinyl, 1 CD, & 1 t-shirt... you can pick the CD and Vinyl of your choice (just no double LPs or Imports)
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RIPPLE MUSIC

To lucky reader number 6, Ripple Music is giving away a Test Pressing of the latest album "Legalize Tres Bags" by Mighty High. The album has also been autographed by the band. The test pressing is also accompanied by two wonderful posters of the album's extended artwork each numbered and autographed by the artist.

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BRO FIDELITY

Lucky reader number 7 will receive a prize pack from Bro Fidelity Records. The prize pack features various promotional items from the labels roster of artists. The highlight is a promo only limited edition (500) tri-colored 180 gram heavyweight vinyl pressing featuring Sons of Alpha Centauri and Hotel Wrecking City Traders.

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HEAVY PLANET

Lucky reader number 8 will receive a prize pack from yours truly. The bundle includes 1 XL Cosmic Girl t-shirt, 1 Heavy Planet bumper sticker, and an autographed and numbered poster from the CMJ Music Marathon. All artwork is done by the lovely Helena Harlan.

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STARGUN MUSIC

Lucky reader number 9 will receive a prize pack from Stargun Music which includes: 1 physical copy of Enos-"All Too Human" and 1 physical copy of Various Artists-"Sonic Titans" also included is a download code for the upcoming re-release from Denizen due out in March.

Readers 10-13 will each receive a download code for Enos-"All Too Human", Various Artists-"Sonic Titans" and Denizen-"Wild Whispering Stories".

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MAGE

Lucky reader number 14 will receive the latest CD "Black Sands" by Mage. The CD also comes with 3 different stickers portraying the band's name. 

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Lucky reader 15 will win a prize pack of cool random stuff.

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A huge thanks goes out to Scott Hamilton from Small Stone Records, Todd Severin and Pope JTE from Ripple Music,  Jeremy from Stargun Music and to all that have contributed to Heavy Planet over the last five years. 

And most of all to you, OUR READERS! Thank you!

Here's to another five...??

Melvins Celebrate Silver (25th) Anniversary; Plan Special "Evening With" Performances in May

The Melvins are turning twenty five and marking the occasion with a group of celebratory shows set for mid-May in New York, Boston, Chicago and Austin.

The four shows will be an “evening with” the band and feature a first set with the original line-up of Buzz Osborne, Dale Crover (on bass) and original drummer Mike Dillard. For the second set Buzz, Dale and Trevor Dunn (bass player for Fantomas, MadLove, Mr. Bungle) will perform Houdini in its entirety.

“We’re living on borrowed time." explained Buzz. "When the Melvins started I never expected to actually be ALIVE for 25 more years."

The Melvins formed in 1984 in Montesano, Wash., a small town on the west coast of the state. Crover and Osborne have been the two constant members of the band over their twenty-five year history. In that time, the group has been labeled and re-labeled with each passing musical fad but have outlasted each categorization and shone through as a creative entity that is unclassifiable. While the band came to mainstream prominence in the mid-90’s, the Melvins’ most recent releases (Nude With Boots, (A) Senile Animal) have been their most critically and commercially well-received albums to date. Couple that with their seemingly endless influence on other musicians and it’s easy to see why the Melvins have become one of the most well-respected bands of a generation.

The shows are:

May 15 New York, NY Webster Hall
May 16 Boston, MA Paradise
May 18 Chicago, IL Double Door
May 20 Austin, TX Emo’s

CROWBAR, EYEHATEGOD To Play 20th-Anniversary Show In New Orleans

CROWBAR guitarist/vocalist Kirk Windstein (also of DOWN) has issued the following update:

"Big news for NOLA [New Orleans, Louisiana] fans!!! CROWBAR and EYEHATEGOD will be teaming up for a 20th anniversary show together. Both bands are regarded as the pioneers of the NOLA underground sound. The show will take place at One Eyed Jack's on August 29. This will be a co-headlining show with opening acts to be announced soon. The two bands haven't played together since 2000."

CROWBAR is currently working on material for a new studio album, tentatively due in 2009. An extensive tour will follow.