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DEATH ANGEL Guitarist Remembers DEBBIE ABONO |
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Written by z
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Tuesday, 18 May 2010 |
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DEATH ANGEL guitarist Rob Cavestany has posted the following message regarding the passing of Debbie Abono, a well-respected and much-loved manager and promotional machine behind some of San Francisco Bay Area's strongest metal bands (POSSESSED, FORBIDDEN, EXODUS, VIO-LENCE, SKINLAB):
"Haven't been able to get online much the past few days on the road but now have had the chance to read all the posts about Debbie Abono and soak it all in.
"I want to express my gratitude and respect for all she did for our scene, my band and me individually. She was like a mom and mentor. She was there for us in so many ways at almost all the local shows and especially on one of the best tours we ever did (DEATH ANGEL - 'Act III' / FORBIDDEN - 'Twisted Into Form' in 1990).
"Miss you, Debbie. Rest in peace."
Abono passed away on Sunday (May 16) at approximately 9:59 a.m. PST after a battle with cancer. She was 80 years old.
According to David Konow, author of the "Bang Your Head: The Rise And Fall Of Heavy Metal", Debbie Abono was in her mid-fifties when she began to manage a band named POSSESSED. Abono started taking her daughters to MOTÖRHEAD shows, where the members of POSSESSED first asked her to manage the band. "There's nothing to it," they told her. "All you gotta do is get us shows." Abono agreed and even allowed them to practice at her house.
POSSESSED's association with Debbie Abono would be a "first" for both sides: Abono would be the band's first manager, and POSSESSED were Abono's first managed band. Abono had no previous connection to heavy metal music other than as a concert designated driver for her daughters, one of whom was a girlfriend of guitarist Larry LaLonde. Due to generation gap, Abono also had limited awareness of the sometimes blasphemous themes of heavy metal, and was allegedly offended upon reading the lyric sheet of "Seven Churches". Nevertheless, she agreed to manage and represent POSSESSED as long as bassist/vocalist Jeff Becerra and LaLonde finished high school commitments. Although the group's relationship amongst themselves and their first manager would reach points of discord and eventual termination, Abono would go on to manage additional bands in the Bay Area metal scene like EXODUS, VIO-LENCE and FORBIDDEN EVIL (pre-FORBIDDEN), as well as death metal bands like Chicago's BROKEN HOPE and Florida's CYNIC and OBITUARY. |
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Ronnie James Dio, Rock Vocalist, Dies at 67 |
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Written by dff
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Tuesday, 18 May 2010 |
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Ronnie James Dio, a singer with the heavy-metal bands Rainbow, Black Sabbath and Dio, whose powerful, semioperatic vocal style and attachment to demonic imagery made him a mainstay of the genre, died on Sunday in Los Angeles. He was 67. |
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LIGHTNING SWORDS OF DEATH releases artwork and track listing for 'The Extra Dimensional Wound' |
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Written by q
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Friday, 30 April 2010 |
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LA underground black metal act, LIGHTNING SWORDS OF DEATH are pleased to release the track listing and cover art for the band's upcoming Metal Blade debut The Extra Dimensional Wound, out May 25th. The Extra Dimensional Wound was recorded in Corona, CA at Trench Studios with Roska from the band producing and John Haddad handling engineering duties, and was mixed and mastered by Sverker "Necro" Widgren at Necromorbus Studios in Stockholm Sweden. |
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CANNIBAL CORPSE set to record two shows for DVD! |
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Friday, 30 April 2010 |
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Cannibal Corpse filming two shows on Evisceration Plague tour for a forthcoming DVD being shot by 'Centuries of Torment' DVD director Denise Korycki |
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DYSRHYTHMIA: Announce First European Headlining Tour |
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Friday, 30 April 2010 |
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DYSRHYTHMIA has announced a four-week European and UK headlining tour starting in early June. This tour is DYSRHYTHMIA’s first-ever European tour and will be in support of their most recent release Psychic Maps. A complete listing of tour dates and cities can be found in the tour section.
DYSRHYTHMIA released Psychic Maps last July and are currently streaming the album via MySpace at this location. The band recorded Psychic Maps at their own Menegroth studio in Queens, NY. DYSRHYTHMIA bassist Colin Marston engineered the album, the band’s fifth full-length. |
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