CRY OF THE WOLF MAGAZINE

Andrew Santagata has been a mainstay in the Rhode Island music community for years. His music is ever evolving and always fresh. I sent a few questions his way via email regarding his music, his latest album, and a lifetime of pure dedication to his art form.     1. Your musical career spans over 15 years. What are some of the highlights for you? Any regrets?   Any regrets, no... But some highlights have been getting to share the stage with some of my favorite bands, including, Alice Cooper, Heaven And Hell (Sabbath with Dio), Queensryche, Buckcherry, Sevendust, Tesla, Dope, Powerman 5000, Kittie, Alice In Chains, Shinedown, Disturbed, Godsmack, Skid Row, Quiet Riot, Enuff Z Nuff, White Lion and many many more. Lots of highlights! One of the coolest was getting to be a part of the Locobazooka Concert Film/Movie, was filmed in Fitchburg MA back in 2004 in front of over 20,000 ppl and I got to play the main stage, prime time, was mad crazy, and to be...

1.First let me say thanks for taking the time to do this interview. Tragedian has a new album coming out and you must be busy.   Your performances in such bands as, Tragedian, Stormwarrior, Deathriders really shows a musical maturity and incredible depth of knowledge of the genre. Your skills have tripled since we jammed. (A side note, we were in a little band called Witch Meadow, a long time ago. Before Witch Meadow recorded its first albums.)   What are your plans for touring behind the new disc? Any festivals in mind that you might play? Your very welcome and always a pleasure to speak to the press and to the fans directly.The new Tragedian release "Decimation"will be released worlwide on July 27,th by our new label Ice Warrior Records.It will be available in shops as a physical cd or online as download through I tunes, Spotify, Amazon and various other various legal download sites. Till now only one show will be played in support of "Decimation" as the Euro...

Testament,Overkill, Flotsam and Jetsam, 4arm      We arrived early on a crisp New England night. The sidewalks still piled high with last week's blizzard. We had our tickets already so one quick frisk at the door and we entered the Worcester Palladium. The night had fallen. Leather,hair,denim patched jackets mixed with the smell of sweat and stale beer. The line to the men's room, insanity. The end result with in those stalls, horrifying. All the makings of a great night of thrashy metal. 4 arm, from Australia did not disappoint. They are what a good thrash band is meant to be. The guitarist stage right looked like he was ten years old but he shredded from opening to end. Vocals were insane and clear. This was metallica pre- kill em all days. Simple, powerful, to the point. Flotsam and Jetsam were up next and they are quite simply an American icon. Thrashy, yes, metal, no doubt. Incredible guitar work here and the old songs sounded fresh and new. But let me say ...

Posted by Bryan Martin at 9:40 AM 0 comments ZEBRA A Power Trio Blast From The Past      At the tender age of 15 in the year 1983 I discovered a little band called Zebra. At the time I based my band preference on album covers and band names. So Zebra with their closeup band face shot on the cover and the weird Sesame Street like name should never have crossed my radar. But for their songs I would have passed them by. The opening lines of " Tell Me What You Want " pull you in and then hit you over the head when the song kicks in. Brilliant musicianship and powerhouse vocals. " Who's Behind The door ?" is one of the best songs on the album their career. It is rivaled only by " Bears " off the " No Tellin Lies " album. Following the debut, they released No Tellin Lies , 3.V , Live , The best of Zebra in Black And White ., King biscuit Flower Hour-Zebra , and IV   as well as a solo album by Randy Jackson and Felix Hannemann. As a thr...