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CONTENTS
NEWS
Lostptophets lose watkins
Ian watkins is arrested over child sex claims, Possessing, making and distributing indecent Images of children, Due to this there future planned tour has been cancelled

Pg 18

Minor arrested after Swatting

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A 13 year old has been arrested after calling the police claiming gun shots where heard at justin beiber and ashton kutchers house.

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Meat loaf says goodbye!
Meat loaf has said he will perform his fairwell performance in the UK I I have a hint that hes gonna let a BAT OUT OF HELL

Mad max makes new

PG 8
How to be a rockstar

fans... After a susessful concert we interviewed some of his new found fans.....

Pg 12-17
Will rock become the new POP?
Over the years rock has fallen in and out of the heart of the public, and its due its RISE

We ask chad from nickle back how hard is a rockstars life?

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REVIEWS
Led Zepplin Discography review
The worlds first discography review we look at what could be seen as one of the most infulentually bands in the the history of rock. We look at all their albums from led zepplin released 1969 to celebration day released 2012.

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Voodoo for kids
Our up and comming band review for this week will be voodoo for kids, with a average age of 22 their youngsters with a thirst for blood.

COMPETITIONS
Win a week in a rockstars shoes
You could win a week in a rock stars shoes, yes that means living in a mansion, shopping, money,private jets

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Is Koi No Yokan realy the best ablum of 2012?
Deaftones kicked the charts hard with this album, do you think its as good as its rated? We at freat certainly think it is see our review.

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Who are the kings of rock?
We look back through history to see who has done the most for the face of rock.

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WHO ARE THE K

Here is an article people from the forums have been begging that we publish for years! Who is/are the king or rock? Lets look at the contenders, Queen, Slash from guns n roses and U2. Lets start with queen one of the most misconceived bands there is, did you think it was a band or like most people did you think it was the stage name of the legend Freddie mercury? The band consists of Freddie on the piano and lead vocalist; Brian may on the guitar and vocals, John deacon on the bass and last but not least Rodger Taylor on the drums and vocals. Why does queen deserve the title of kings of rock? Lets see what the band has achieved over the years, approximately 300million record sales this

has made queen a house hold name, there is hardly a single person that has never heard a queen song. They must have done something right, their songs have been used in multiple multimillion viewer adverts, like team GBs celebration video, Cadburys dairy mik advert., and Googles advert with under pressure, this is just a few out of hundreds of ads that queens songs have been used on. But back to personal favourites id have to say that my favourite is Dont stop me now, its just such a pick up song , no matter how your feeling queen will cheer you up ! I think Freddie would be proud to have known that he is regarded as the 58th greatest brit of all time, what a accolade to have! Go-

ing up to the girl (or boys in freddies case) and saying hey Im the 58th best person in the history of Britain. Slash what can i say I personally think he is the basis for the rock star stereotype, that curly hair the top hat the glasses that hardly ever seem to come off and the Pice de rsistance being his leather jacket. The accolades he holds? Times voted him the 2nd best electric guitar player of all time behind the one and only Jimmy Hendrix oh btw you lot know how we at Freat love riffs well the Guns N Roses song Sweet child o mine was voted to have the best riff of all time, now that is something to be proud of something that we at freat really find impressive! So we de-

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cided to test these findings on some unsuspecting victims around the freat publishing office, from journalists to editors and even the winners of last weeks competition to win a guided tour of our head office even harry the 7 year old son of one of the winner recognised and went full in on an air guitar solo of biblical proportion, hmm I think we might have to start a competition up on the forums looking for the best of the best air guitarists. Sales wise? Well Guns N Roses first studio album appetite for destruction has reached sales in excess of 30 million worldwide, now that is something to be proud off not only has it sold a lot its done amazing with critics, its been featured in the book 1001 albums you must hear before you die now that is something that you should have put on your headstone I made one of the greatest albums ever made. My personal favourite I hear you say? Sorry to say I have to go mainstream and say Paradise city its just so catchy sorry guys that I bought it up but hey youre going to be humming a great song for the next week!

Now to the band that contain what could be one of the biggest humanitarian there is can you guess? No? Well its U2 containing Paul hewson better known as Bono, comparing them to Lead zeppelin you guy must be asking why I picked U2 over them? I just think that U2 have a lot more emotionally deep lyrics, like the songs written about the loss of his mother. Not only that but the way they smashed their way into the music industry, in 1978 they won a talent show with a price of 500 pounds and a session in a recording studio to record a demo that would be heard by a record label. Before this they were unheard of now in 2012 they have sold over 150million records setting them pretty high up in the world of music, hmm also they made a statement saying that they were reapplying for the job of the best band in the world hmm I think somebody tipped them off about my nomination *scratches chin*, going back to bono the money that he has made he has spent on millions of people, he is a philanthropist meaning that he cares about all the ill and needy this is build-

ing up there kudos from me ! Here is a real fact that will get you buzzing out of 34 nomination U2 has won 22 of those that is more than any band IN HISTORY out of all the accolades I have spoken about I must say that is the most impressive I have ever seen! Now who do I think is the kind of rock? Its simpleQueen. I must say I am very strong minded on this subject, I think that Queen is an amazing band that has deserved everything that they got and more, they spent more time in UK charts than any band including the beatles that absolutely amazing! Freddie did an amazing job in his short life only living to the age of 45, he died like a martyr, his death from AIDS caused a massive worldwide publication of AIDS the mercury phoenix trust was set up now millions of pounds has been spent preventing the spread and slowing down the effects of HIV. Also I must say I love how in the Olympic closing ceremony that Freddie was shown singing bohemian rhapsody along with 80,000 other people from across the world.

So what does it take to become a rock star? Lets look at nickelback seems with their new song Rock Star. Looking at the lyrics we cans defiantly tell that the rock star life is one of desire, with lyrics like live in hilltop houses, drivin fifteen cars and multiple controversial references to drugs, causing a clean version to be made. This single has been extremely popular worldwide being in the top 100 in over 16 different countries. Even reaching rank 54 in the uk top 100 songs of the decade. It has also received 4,000,000 downloads in the US. So we took the lyrics literally and asked Chad Kroeger the lead singer what does it take to be a rockstar? Hey chad, so lets have a look at your song Rockstar, what would you say is needed to become this successful rockstar that you seem to be describing? Chad: well i would say the most important thing is mental strength and restraint. If i didnt have this strength i could have

ended up like lots of rock stars including the one and only kurt cobain, when you get successful no everyone wants to marry you for the right reasons, like in the song i talk about gold diggers, like any profession if you get rich there will be women out there that want to get a cut. Now that youre told us this rockstar lifestyle is started to sound worse than way is portrayed through media. Chad: well yea, everyone thinks we get alot of money and that we are billionaires, well yes we do have alot of money , but you have to think of everything bad about our lifestyle, things like drug addiction, false love and security. Like out in the big wide world there are people that take obsession to a max, Ive had to have at least 5 of these people removed from the ground of my house, its just crazy man. How have you kept away from the distraction then? Chad:Well id have to say i havent, ive done drugs, Ive had gold diggers come after me, but now ive found my soul mate

Avril, Shell keep me on the thin straight line. Right getting back to the song have you got anything from it yet? Chad:Ahhahah i wish i havent got a black private jet, only got three out of fifteen cars... and im pretty sure avril wouldnt let me play baseball in the bathroom. Ahhh well three cars isnt too bad a guess.. so can you explain your lifestyle/ daily route to us? Chad: well sure, i wake up around 11am, go down to the studio play around with some lyrics possibly make some tunes, go to my personal gym and pool till around 1pm, then I chill usually watch a film in my home theatre, then after that it usually varies a lot from that point onward, i love my lifestyle is just so relaxed and laid back. Oo i think i have an idea for a competition for our readers thanks man Chad: no problem, remember guys keep

your eyes open for our new album Here and now being released sometime in 2013! Check online for the rest of the interview. We at freat are proud to announce a new competition, possibly giving away the most expensive, For best experience in freats history, we have decided to offer TWO readers an opportunity of a your life time, if you win you will be spending a week in the shoes of a Hollywood rockstar, obvichance to win ously we wouldnt be supplying the cocaine or the ladies but we will supply a mansion in a week in a rockstars Hollywood, $10,000 spending money and a private jet that will fly to any us airport. shoes simply fill in this form and For your chance to win just fill in this slip and post it to us using the free free post it to : post sticker. WB1 8HS WB1 8HS 201 lancaster House 201 lancaster House Harrow,Greater London Harrow,Greater London Freat Media Freat Media Rockstar competition Rockstar competition Fields maked with * must be filled *Full Name:___________________ Subscription number:______________ *Phone Number:_________________ *DOB:______________ *Why should you be picked?:_________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ *Email address:_______________________________

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