01/23/03
BATTAGIA feat.JIMBO ON TOUR:
30.1.SEMIFINAL, HELSINKI
31.1.TORVI, LAHTI
1.2. OLD SCHOOL, TURKU
JIMBO ALSO RECENTLY HELPED OUT HIS FORMER WARDANCE PARTNER PEKKA RAUTIAINEN WITH TAKING CARE OF DRUM TRACKS IN THE STUDIO SESSION OF RAUTIAINEN's NEW PROJECT HOUSE OF MIRRORS. YOU CAN LISTEN TO RESULTS IN THE BAND's WEBPAGE. VERY GOOD AOR INDEED.
12/30/02
FINALLY
SOMETHING NEW...READ JIMBO'S AND STEELER'S MEMORIES
(ONLY IN FINNISH FIRST, BUT WILL BE TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH, SOON...) FROM
TOO HOT TO ROCK SESSIONS. TO HIGHEN YOUR NEW YEAR'S PARTY SPIRIT, LISTEN ALSO
TO CHILDREN OF BOREDOM'S STUNNING FINNISH VERSION OF FIGHT FOR THE STRANGERS,
TAISTELE
PUOLESTA MUIDEN ! HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL OF YOU OUT THERE!
09/30/02
TOO HOT TO ROCK REVIEW AT IMPERIUMI.
09/17/02
THERE'S A TOO HOT TO ROCK REVIEW OF SUE AND HERE YOU CAN FIND JIMBO's INTERVIEW IN TS-TREFFI.
08/27/02
ILTASANOMAT ALSO REVIEWED TOO HOT TO ROCK IN THEIR WEEKEND EDITION. YOU CAN READ IT HERE.
COMING SOON: JON STEELER AND JIMMY HAMMER WILL GO THROUGH THE WHOLE ALBUM SONG BY SONG REMEMBERING THE STUDIO SESSIONS ETC. WILL BE ALSO TRANSLATED IN ENGLISH.
08/26/02
THERE'A COLUMN WRITTEN BY LEADING FINNISH MUSIC CRITIC (WELL, SOME THINK SO...) ILKKA MATTILA IN THIS WEEK'S NYT CONCERNING IRONCROSS.
BTW, BATTAGIA ROCKED VERY HARD IN PIRATTIROCK AND PELLAVAROCK. BE SURE TO CHECK THEM OUT UP IF THEY APPEAR IN YOUR LOCAL MUSIC BAR. CHEERS TO BATTAGIA GUYS AND GAMBLER JYLHÄ!
08/15/02
MUCH RAVED MONSTERMAN LORDI PRAISED TOO HOT TO ROCK ALBUM IN THE LATEST EDITION OF SOUNDI ROCK MAGAZINE. "ONE OF THE BEST ALBUMS OF IT'S GENRE" GROWLED LORDI. HOPE OUR MONSTER BUYS THE RE-RELEASED CD AS WELL...
BTW, IF YOU HAVE PROBLEMS TO OBTAIN TOO HOT TO ROCK CD, CHECK OUT EPE'S OR STUPIDO TWINS. THEY BOTH HAVE ALBUM ON THEIR CATALOGUES AND THEY ALSO DELIVER ABROAD.
08/12/02
SO THE CD-VERSION OF TOO HOT TO ROCK IS OUT NOW. FIRST IMPRESSIONS: THE BOOKLET IS SURPRISINGLY CAREFULLY DONE AND EVEN TWO EXTRA PHOTOS ARE INCLUDED. AND THE SLEEVENOTES? HMMM... THEY ARE WRITTEN IN FINNISH. MAYBE ENGLISH COULD HAVE BEEN A BETTER ALTENATIVE. THE SLEEVENOTES BORROW VERY MUCH FROM THESE PAGES SO MAYBE THE URL ADRESS SHOULD HAVE BEEN MENTIONED. THE CREDITS WHERE THE CREDITS DUE... BUT BRAVE MOVE FROM THE EMI STAFF ANYWAY. WHEN WILL IT BE STEEL WARRIOR'S TURN, WARNER PEOPLE?
08/02/02
THE CD-VERSION OF TOO HOT TO ROCK ALBUM SHOULD HIT THE FINNISH RECORD SHOPS ALREADY THE 9th OF AUGUST. THANKS TO PINJA NIEMI OF EMI FINLAND FOR INFORMATION.
CHECK OUT BATTAGIA NOW FEATURING JIMBO AT PIRATTIROCK, HELSINKI AND PELLAVAROCK, LAMMI. MORE INFORMATION ON BATTAGIA'S WEBSITE. CHECK OUT THE LINK BELOW.
07/02/02
FORMER IRONCROSS DRUMMER JIMMY "JIMBO" HAMMER HAS JOINED FORCES WITH HELSINKI BASED BATTAGIA. BATTAGIA PLAYS HARD, RAW HARD ROCK/HEAVY METAL IN THE 80's VEIN. JIMBO'S FIRST COMMENTS ARE THAT THE BAND IS FULL OF NEW ENTHUSIASM AND EVERYTHING HAS WORKED OUT FINE. DURING THE LAST FEW YEARS JIMBO HAS MAINLY PLAYED JAZZ RELATED STUFF BUT NOW IT'S TIME TO ROCK AGAIN! THE FIRST GIGS WITH BATTAGIA FOLLOW SOON.
