Hey gang here's a band to check out, the apparent talent that is incorporated in the four members of Mercenaries is embedded in their overwhelming ambition. This same ambition is what created the Mercenaries in the beginning. In November 2001, Hovannes Donelyan (drummer) met Harout Ichlokmanian (rhythm guitar, lead vocals) through a mutual friend at a party in Glendale , California .

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Hey if your in town make sure you catch Red Snow's live performance on July, 20 2006 at the Troubadour
9081 Santa Monica Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90069
Cost: 10 Show starts at 8:00 PM make sure your there and show your support.

Also playing: Aviatic and Slow Motion Reign

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Red Snow has evolved into one of L.A.s unique hard rock bands and continues to create music on many different levels. Lina Mantashian fuels the newly evolved Red Snow on vocals. She is well known throughout Europe and is the newest element/member adding a new found energy and spirit to the band. Vahe Marzbetuny is often praised as a lyrical, soulful guitarist and is the heart and soul of the band. He has recorded with Serj Tankian and Arto Tuncboyadjian on the CD entitled "Serart" on a song called "Devils Wedding".

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Did you hear the one about the Mexican, the Armenian, the Colombian and the Jew?

No?

Well then. Listen up.

Because they're too sincerely modest to do it, refusing even jokingly to refer to themselves as headliners of anything, I'ma have to roll up my sleeves for this one. Clear my throat and, ahem, kick the plagiarism:

Who's to say? Maybe it's enough for you. After all, they're playing the game on a shiny hardwood surface, and it moves with such beauty and ferocity across that surface. Perhaps you can stick your hand on a radiator and know all you need to know about heat. But if only you could hear, in the silence between the breakneck double-bass beat and arching high notes. If only you could see what brought each of these four people to this stage, what makes them roll and rock and soar across it, then you would know the true beauty of the music.

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About The Author: Ben Myers is the author of three acclaimed I.M.P. biographies: the best-selling Green Day: American Idiots & the New Punk Explosion; Muse: Inside The Muscle Museum and John Lydon: The Sex Pistols, PiL & Anti-Celebrity. He has published a number of short stories and poems and his debut novel The Book Of ***** was published in 2004. He also runs a record label, Captains Of Industry. The author interviewed System Of A Down at their first ever UK headline show in 1999 and has been a huge fan ever since.

“Myers’ work is always well-researched, passionate and grounded in reality. He builds a picture of a band with deft expertise.” Record Collector “You will find yourself getting caught up in Myers’ enthusiasm for his subject, immensely thorough.”

Classic Rock Key selling points - Contains exclusive new interviews by the author. - System Of A Down are one of the world’s biggest metal bands, the world’s biggest political band and soon-to-be one of the world’s most famous groups. - All members are Armenian-American – a first for any Western rock band.

Thus the book is crammed with contextual/historical analysis, potted histories of nu-metal, politics in music, the LA music scene and its surrounding subculture. - The nature of their genre-defying music – blending metal, punk, hardcore, Eastern European folk, rap, gypsy music – means this book can appeal to a wide-ranging of readership.

Published by Independent Music Press on April 30th, 2006 ISBN: 0-9549704-6-2 234mm x 153mm Paperback 208 pages incl. 8pp photos £12.99

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