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unusual facts about Kerrang! 105.2



AM Conspiracy

Two of the tracks off the EP ("Absence" and "Far") were featured in regular rotation on XM Radio's SquiZZ, Europe's Kerrang!, and various FM stations across the U.S. "Right On Time" (another track off the EP) and "Welt" (previously unreleased) were part of the "WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2008" soundtrack.

Carl Donnelly

Donnelly has made various radio appearances such as BBC Radio 4's 28 Acts in 28 Minutes, LBC's Comedy Cabaret and Tim Shaw's The Asylum on Kerrang! Radio.

Elviss

They were also championed by the magazine itself, which included an appearance at the Kerrang! Weekender in 2002 at Camber Sands, East Sussex.

Framing Hanley

The band also contributed a cover of the Nirvana song In Bloom for Kerrang!'s cover album of Nevermind, released in their special edition issue celebrating the 20th anniversary of the grunge act's breakthrough release.

Hitechjet

In June 2003 Hitechjet released, 'If you take anything...', a 7 track mini-album which received critical acclaim in many magazines and fanzines including Kerrang (4K), Big Cheese (4/5) and Drowned in Sound (9/10).

Joseph Clough

Since then he has appeared on BBC Radio, Kerrang, Daily Mail and worked with United Kingdoms chart topping singer songwriter Sandi Thom.

Kerrang!

The term "Thrash Metal" was first referred to in the music press by Kerrang journalist Malcolm Dome while making a reference to the Anthrax song "Metal Thrashing Mad" in issue number 62, page 8 published on 23 February 1984.

Kerrang! Tour

Jettblack were added for two dates at the London Roundhouse at the end of the tour.

Kerrang!/XFM UK Acoustic Sessions

Kerrang!/XFM UK Acoustic Sessions is the third EP by rock quartet Coheed and Cambria and it was released exclusively for iTunes music store.

Kube Radio

The opening ceremony followed previous openings/ribbon cuttings done in the past by members of the Kerrang Team and Faithless.

Maggots: The Record

A review in Kerrang! gave the album 5 out of 5 Ks, "Quite simply a masterpiece... a work of genius."

Out of the Shallow End

The tracks "Absence" and "Far" have experienced rotation on XM Satellite Radio's SquiZZ, Europe's Kerrang!, and various FM stations across the US.

Shootin' Goon

The EP was reviewed by skateboarder Bam Margera for rock magazine Kerrang!, in which he declared "I thought I was at the f***ing circus!" prompting the band to sell T-shirts with the quote printed on them.

Stefan Lindfors

In addition to design, Lindfors has also made short films, TV programmes, commercials (including: Nokia, and DNA Oy) and pop videos (including HIM's ”Funeral of Hearts” - which received music magazine Kerrang!’s award for "Best Music Video 2004").

Teenage Rampage

The album received critical acclaim including KKKK's in Kerrang! Magazine and 4 Stars in Rolling Stone.

The Opening Ritual

Articles in Kerrang and Noise magazines followed, with Geoff Barton tipping the band for the top in his prestigious "Breaking through in '82 feature," and playlist.

The Very Best Definitive Ultimate Greatest Hits Collection

# "Sweet Emotion" (Longer version of a demo given away with Kerrang! magazine in 1989. Outtake from The Real Thing sessions. Later reworked as "The Perfect Crime" for Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey and included on This Is It and The Works)

Tigertailz

Kerrang! magazine wrote in praise of the reunion; journalist Steve Beebee describing it as "persistently entertaining, with monstrous melodies that reach delirious peaks".

Travis Keller

As a writer and a photographer Keller's work has appeared in magazines such as Playboy, Tape OP, NME, Kerrang, Rolling Stone, Teen People, Cat Fancy, Time, and National Geographic and on albums by bands such as Jubilee, At The Drive-In, Jimmy Eat World, The Criminals, F.Y.P, Face to Face, Treadwell, Shat, and Oasis.

Vanity Beach

The single, paving the way for the new album received rave reviews and earned the band features in such high-profile magazines as Metal Hammer and Kerrang!.


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