From broken@your-net.com Thu Apr 1 17:16:50 1999 Received: from mxu3.u.washington.edu (mxu3.u.washington.edu [140.142.33.7]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW99.02/8.9.3+UW99.01) with ESMTP id RAA44202 for ; Thu, 1 Apr 1999 17:16:49 -0800 Received: from your-net.com (IDENT:root@your-net.com [208.23.218.10]) by mxu3.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW99.02/8.9.3+UW99.01) with ESMTP id RAA01140 for ; Thu, 1 Apr 1999 17:16:48 -0800 Received: from xxxxxxxx (usr2P154.your-net.com [208.23.218.154]) by your-net.com (8.9.3/8.8.7) with SMTP id UAA28281 for ; Thu, 1 Apr 1999 20:28:46 -0500 Message-ID: <001901be7cbe$d443dbc0$9ada17d0@xxxxxxxx> Reply-To: "nailbunny" From: "nailbunny" To: Subject: Re: as i mentioned before...and ignored some real Failure content (about troy!) Date: Thu, 1 Apr 1999 20:05:29 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.1 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 well it seems to me that failure as a group isnt necessarily popular in the spice girls, backstreet boys way that weve all come to know and love, but it appears that they have a "biggest little band" thing going on, plus they seem to be an artist's artist, living in the respect of most other bands, and with this type of popularity (which i am very glad about) you can pretty much be sure that any acknowledgement towards the band is sure to be genuine. adamn in the closet, the sun never shines -----Original Message----- From: UnitShiftr@aol.com To: FML [failure mailing list] Date: Wednesday, March 31, 1999 5:59 PM Subject: as i mentioned before...and ignored some real Failure content (about troy!) >I dont know if any of you noticed, or even read my post, but a month ago i >posted about our beloved' failure guitar guy Troy Van Leeuwen doing some side >project with Scott Weiland from Stone Temple Pilots and Jay Gordon from >Orgy.....and i wasn't kidding...Here's an article about it that my friend >Nancy found. According to this article, the producer of the record they are >doing is the same one that did the DEADSY album that Troy played on with >Elijia Blue (or whatever Cher's son's name is)..but i never was able to find a >copy of the Deadsy cd anywhere.. But i like in this article how they mentioned >Troy after some line about him being a very famous friend and listing him with >all the actual famous people.. hehe :) (well would you consider troy and the >rest of the guys from failure famous? i dont think so..to me they seem that >way since i love em, but i dont know if they would be called 'famous'? ) >anyways..here's the article! > ><< >Scott Weiland, Martyn LeNoble, Orgy's Jay Gordon Record >With Ashley Hamilton > >While Elektra figures out what to do with Ashley >Hamilton's in-the-can Fine album, the actor/musician >son of George Hamilton has been recording yet another >project with some very famous friends. > >Dubbed the Wondergirls, Hamilton (vocals/guitar) is >joined by Stone Temple Pilots frontman Scott Weiland >(guest vocals/songwriting/some additional production), >ex-Porno For Pyros bassist Martyn LeNoble (bass), ex- >Failure guitarist Troy Van Leeuwen (guitar), actor >Jared Leto's brother Shannon Leto (some drums), Orgy >singer Jay Gordon (keyboards/some songwriting), and >Fine guitarist Chris Lloyd (guitar). > >The group is currently in a Los Angeles studio with >producer Josh Abraham (Orgy, Deadsy), and will most >likely have an album, which looks to be more edgy and >electronic-sounding (think '80s electronic ala Love and >Rockets) than Hamilton's more pop/rock- oriented Fine, >out on Flip/143/Atlantic this fall. > >As for Fine's debut, Against The View, which was >produced by Victor Indrizzo (Drizz, Magnificent >Bastards), Elektra says the album's not yet inked in on >their release schedule, but the label hopes to see it >hit stores later this summer. It was originally slated >for release in February. > > - Carrie Borzillo .