Birth nameBrandon Cole Margera Birth information28 September 1979, West Chester, Pennsylvania, USA BioNo information available

The anti-establishment sport of skateboarding—rewatch Dogtown And Z-Boys; those guys wanted to drain your swimming pool, then take your daughter behind the middle school and get her pregnant—needed to have its anarchist edges softened in order to gain mainstream acceptance for videogame purposes. The result: a decade's worth of solid but uneven Tony Hawk games featuring cop cars being driven by Rosco P. Coltrane-like officers munching donuts. Once Bam Margera began routinely appearing in the games, it was over. The series officially ollied the shark. So it's no surprise that skate 2—the sequel to skate ...

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Founded in 2003, Italian glam-cyberrockers Dope Stars Inc. are an interesting band. They have the look, sound, and track record to entitle them to a plethora of rockstar attitudes. However, after interviewing them, I discovered that they’re just like us: fans of music and horror movies. Throughout this interview it’s clear that these influences have factored into the gradual development of the band. It’s also clear that they’re just average guys, working hard to make their dreams become flesh, and to make their music become art.  A few weeks ago I reviewed their forthcoming Ep release of Criminal Intents/Morning Star for Fangoria Musick (read that here). When I got it from Metropolis Records I was blown away: it was like Industrial had mated with Glam Rock in some kind of weird Kirk-on-Spock porno! I immediately got in touch with Dsi, sent like twenty emails back and forth,

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The naughty new video for Dead Girls Are Easy – the latest single from Finnish horror-rockers The 69 Eyes – makes its online debut today, appropriately enough on Playboy.com. Read below the fold to find out more about the project, and maybe even find out how to see the video for yourself… if you're old enough, that is… A long-time advocate of the "Helsinki Vampires" (and heartfelt promoter of Finnish goth-rock in general), Bam Margera once again stepped behind the camera to direct the band's latest visual opus, which heralds the first single from their upcoming album Back In Blood (due out September 15th). The video for their flamboyant horror-rock anthem is described as "a...

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