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OUIJA
Ruben is going to BLOW OUR MINDS with his story

Evanescence
Pia tells us EVERYTHING about them

Naked Music
The way you wanna see the music By Francisca and Felipe
Price: $2590 CLP Edition XXII Year II March 8th, 2012

Editorial
This magazine has been made for people who are looking for entetertainment and to give you information about bands, specially rock style. People around the world can read this magazine beacause we have written it in English. No age limits exists for us, no gender difference either; just because rock races inside everyones veins. In this edition we will take a look at music as it is and what is happening nowadays with your and our favorite bands. Staff: Director: Ruben Gaete/Image Editor: Felipe Meza/Journalists: Francisca Pea-Pia Salinas-Carolina Fuentes/Texts: Ruben Gaete and Francisca Pea/Digrammer: Felipe Meza
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Index
Editorial............................................................................................................................................ page 2 Evancescence............................................................................................................................... page 4 Rock Industry. Why Rock?................................................................................................. page 6 Rammstein.................................................................................................................................... page 9 Ouija/Short Story................................................................................................................... page 11 Piano and Chilean Education.............................................................................................. page 14 Sigur Ros, Soul in the Sky.................................................................................................... page 17 Letter from you to us........................................................................................................ page 18 Jokes Section: Know your meme................................................................................ page 19

Evanescence
Theyre back!
It has passed five years since the release of the Evanescences last album called The Open Door; but now, the rock band from Little Rock, Arkansas, which was founded by the singer/pianist Amy lee and guitarist Ben Moody, is back with its new album self-titled Evanescence and with new permanent members. During 17 years, the band has changed its original members, for instance in 2003 Ben Moody left the band in the middle of Fallen tour, then in 2006, bassist Will Boyd also left the band 4 and finally in 2007 both guitarist John LeCompt and drummer Rock Gray left the band. However, these changes werent an impediment to release the new album. With its current members: Terry Balsamo as lead guitar, Troy McLawhorn as rhythmic guitar, Tim McCord as bassist and Will Hunt as drummer, Evanescence achieved to renew its style that was criticized many times for its mixture between new metal and gothic rock. Were definitely a rock band, but the twist is that the bands music is epic, dramatic and dark rock said Amy Lee about music style of the band. After selling 17 million copies of its first album Fallen, Evanescence won two Grammys Awards and took a break after the album The Open Door (which sold more than 6 million copies). In June 2009 Amy Lee announced that the band was in progress to create new material. With a couple of incidents that delayed the work, is confirmed the release of What you want on August 9th, 2011, first single of its homonymous album, Evanescence. The world tour began in October 2nd with the presentation in

Rock in Rio festival (Rio de Janeiro) and the album was officially released on October 11th.Talking about lyrics and melodies of this album, Amy Lee said: Its motivating myself not to be afraid. Im writing about the chaos of life and that you cant control all the crazy things that happen to you. Twelve tracks full of new chords never listened before; powerful guitars, dark atmosphere and the most important ingredient in melodies: Amy Lees voice. What you want, Made of stone, The change three strong songs that talk about bad luck in love, rage feelings and determination to go ahead.

. My heart is broken the second single released on October 31 is a song about the sadness to say goodbye in a love relationship. Its follow by: The other side, Erase this; the melancholic Lost in Paradise and the potent Sick which quote: Sick of it all sick we are of this bottomless pit of lies behind close eyes Finally, End of the dream, Oceans, Never go back and to close this spectacular material: Swimming home, a soft song with a nostalgic essence where Amy Lee shows us all her talent playing the harp. The album is also available in a deluxe version, which includes bonus tracks. What are you waiting? Captivate you too, how many fans in the world have done with Evanescence. It was worth waiting 5

Rock Industry
Why Rock?
Although there are several different styles of music, there is one which excelled owing to the high number of followers it has. I am talking about Rock, since its beginning, it has been chosen by thousands of people who go crazy every time they listen to this aggressive style. But not only common people chose rock, also it have done the different industries until become rock in a business. But first, why Rock music has been always preferred by people? 6

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most benefited by peoples rebel feelings, since this stage of rebel and social criticism seen to be very striking for us, many record stores make money becoming famous some adolescent bands and selling us a fake image of what rock should be. Also, it seems to be that image is all, current bands do not care about writing goods lyrics, and they just care how many people have bought their discs. In fact, this is called commercial rock good image, bad lyrics. Green Day, taken from the DVD Bullet in a Bible The theory supported by some sociologists is that rock music became quickly popular because is closely related with social movements and its critical point of view against society makes us elect this gender as our channel of expression. One of many examples is a British rock band called The Sex Pistols, they were very popular in the 60s because their criticism against Queen Elizabeth II. Another good example is an American rock band, Green Day who made a song in order to express their disapproval to George Bushs government. It was called American Idiot. Some psychologists say that we prefer rock music because we want to look and express that we are different from the established society in which we live in. In addition, psychologists affirm that the search for identity and the tendency to be rebel it is very common among young people. In fact, they talk about a stage that all we have to pass during our adolescence and rock music expresses the denial to accept normal standards of behavior proper of a society. From the point of view of consumerism, the different record stores seem to be the 8 In my opinion, the rude and rebel rock we remember every time when we listen to The Sex Pistols or The Beatles does not exist. Today we jus t have an industrialized rock, which obey the laws of money, in which is more important the beauty and clothes of a band than its musical style or its lyrics. But I know that there is still hope to the real rockers.

Jonas Brothers, THE example of Commercial Band

Earphones: Rockzines Review

They do not need

introductions

That question would be answered by the German rock band, Rammstein who talks about it in its album Liebe its fr alle da or in English Love is for everyone. Rammstein is a well-know band among rock music: it has quite hard and shrill sounds, and thrill appearance on stage. This last album was mostly released in 2009 around the world. As it is common and new at the same time, its powerful guitars in its songs, and with new criticism to human sexuality; Rammstein has become one of the most important rock bands in 2010. This new album has explicit content about how human being gets the meaning of love: painful, sweet, platonic and carnal. The production has been very controversial from the point of view of religions and some organizations in Asian countries, which are very conservative. However, if we think about the meaning of those lyrics, we will get that human beings action are bitterly cruel and people will always care about their needs without knowing the damage they do. The human race has not understood the implicit meaning of love, loyalty and fidelity, so Rammstein shows it in this great album, which has got its odd style of music and obviously Rammsteins shocking appearance on stage. Apart from lyrics, music is very important in this production; both work at the same time and coordinating their abilities. Music and lyrics are mixed up in only one structure which want to say: be careful with love. In the song Ich tu dir weh (I hurt you, for example) we can hear, see and feel what
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we should get from what we call love and the harmony between your soul and music meaning. We should see further than we usually do with music, so that we can understand these new tendencies, and why they are appearing that we are living; they explain our world in a different way; how we are dealing with what we call Our world. I would like to recommend this album for people that want to make a change in people who are looking for happiness who use music to find it out and to figure out what sort of mess we have done in our extremely short lives.
Poster of Rammstein in Chile

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Fan-art: Till Lindemann with a Chilean flag as background

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Rockzine Stories Presents:

Ouija
Im still here. I have been trying to figure out how to get off from this depressed place. I cannot imagine my reaction, when my friends were next to me praying because I think I transformed into a sort of monster while I continued with the rite. Everyone had such confidence in me. I hardly know how it escaped from my hands; Im still an expert on the subject. I beg your pardon. I have not introduced myself yet; my name is Matt Struthers by the way. Im 23. I love hard rock music. I think is amazing, all those strong and disturbed melodies hitting my ears the whole day really make me feel like God. During my life, I studied Tarot cards, numerology and movement of stars owing to I do not believe in the bloody and superstar God, so I have been driving my life as the favourite Platos disciple. In my childhood, dad abandoned me with my mom into a bungalow near Nottingham while we were sleeping in a hard old brown bed. Afterwards, she went away too, so she left me adrift. At that time, I was 16 years-old, however in my mind I was like a man that would be around 30 years. From that point onwards, everything changed. I met a beautiful French girl who took me in with her parents and relatives. The French girl is 20 years-old and her body was full of tattoos: over her arms, back and even her breast; she really drives me crazy. I know that she loves me; in consequence I decided to live with her, here in London. The spectacular tall white girl that Ive said is called Lorraine and lives in a small thirty-age cottage that looked quite old and destroyed, it seemed to be tucked away. I had a feeling rather strange about that house: there had been killed 4 people. Inside the house were almost nine people living in six rooms, which were spread out 3 rooms in the first flat and the three upstairs. The house had a deep grim atmosphere, which I began to like while I was brought up there. Lorraine used to enjoy a lot with those strange cases of abnormalities until the event that happened three hours ago. For instance, she loved to call spirits or phantoms which were walking around into house; she inserted me that bad habit. She and her family had arrived at London because they were looking for a new life and they had that property, but that ideal was farther than they had imagined. Every night is heard a low and shrill sound straight on the main door that stood me on end when I arrived at that special place. -Paf!. Exactly at 3:00 AM, the particular sound was heard in. Lorraine and I were sleeping together in the same bed, so she heard the same thing as me. -God damn it! That cat is driving me crazy! Each night Lorraine groaned at the bang. I know that it was no cat because I waited for it 3 nights inside the loft and when I realized about that, I told her: -Oh dear, why dont you believe me? - and after that I sang Oh darling written by the 11

Beatles to ease the environment. She never paid attention to me and got angry though. Nevertheless, I was telling the truth, I mean, there was no animal into the loft;. As I inured myself to that abnormal thing, I began to learn how to discover and show it to my darling. I had no fear. I thought about something in order to show and demonstrate Lorraine my beliefs, then in a garage sale, I found an old scratched purple Ouija. All my life, I wanted one of those strange games, which people classify as satanic or diabolic; I do not believe in thoughts like those. Perhaps I am quite bizarre, but now it doesnt matter. One of my favourite songs of a hard rock band talks about Ouija like a gate between the other and this world; I agree with them. Although this ouija was very very particular that I had ever seen, this had something special, this had bloodstains on it. When I arrived at home, my girlfriend was waiting for me outside the home: - Where have you been? Horsing around? She said - I hardly know, darling I always pull her legs - Im not kidding! What the hell is that? She discovered what I carried on my hands - Ill show you what I have said to you during all this time about the bloody sound. To night we are seeing what has disturbed our nights, especially you I recite. - No, no, are you sure? You know that I love topics like that... I didnt want to believe you because I didnt know that you were so obsessed she laughed at me. - So darling, shall we do it? I hugged her by the waist - YES! She emphasised her answer by kissing my forehead. She had never experienced a spirit calling before. She called spirits by doing meditation, praying and stuff like that, but she had never done it before. I was a bit scared, but Im very brave. Before the beginning of the rite, I had begun to analyse the rite board. As I said, it had blood stains on some of the letters which were around of the wooden corners. It looked amazing. If I would never have fear in paranormal things I had never touched that strange game that, by the way, it had on the cover of its box in which it was wrapped that it was a game for children, I didnt understand. It was night at 10:47 when I and Lorraine begun to dress things up so as to prepare the strange rite. The night was bitterly cloudy and it was about to rain. I invited some friends because of the extreme rite; they like these abnormal things too. While my friends were arriving at Lorraines familys house, where I also lived, we had made a party. Suddenly, it was already 3:00 am and the sound was heard. - Paf! - What was that? Charles said to me with a terrifying face. - Do you mean the sound? I replied him - Exactly!, we havent begun yet - he laughed - But this house is loaded with spirits. - You what? I knew that he was a kind of sighted person, so I believed in him - Just that man. Now I feel someone standing next to you - How is he? I asked Charles - Its she, my friend He was trying to focus on her - I can see... Oh God Charles cried out she has been murdered, her face is totally destroyed, but I can see that shes got long blond hair, tall and bony legs and small hands. 12

-Go on please, go on! I realized about something - Ermmm, I cant see her perfectly - Bloody hell I grumbled - Ok guys... I started having some interest in what my friend saw, so I called everyone to sit on the floor and leave their things anywhere. Lorraine sat next to me and my friend on the other side. - So, lets begin, right? I said to everyone. I read last night the catalogue while Lorraine was sleeping. It was so simple; the first two steps were: light some candles and put them with the purpose of enclosing yourself. The second part was the hardest: praying. As Lorraine knew how to pray in order to call any kind of soul, she began the rite and I helped her doing what the catalogue said. Everyone followed her. I was surprised enough because I had never seen her doing that kind of things, I just knew it though. Some minutes later, the air became to blur my eyes, so I could not see at all; everyone seemed like me, but some of them were absolutely intoxicated. Front then on everything changed. I felt quite sick and tired; Lorraine went on without stop because I told her that; my partner Charles fainted on the floor, I didnt know why, but he was lying there: totally thrown into confusion. The turbulent atmosphere had been thrown into confusion the most of my friends; I realized in that moment that they didnt have their all senses, but I egged Lorraine on. As I said, I was getting worse and worse when suddenly lights went off. Everyone woke up totally adrift and Lorraine realized that something bad had happened to me. I practically fell asleep and Lorraine noticed about that; I know this because I heard her crying and her relatives surrounding and asking her what had happened, but she tried to wake me up and Charles too, however I couldnt do anything anyway because something had taken my body. I started to shiver; I was practically unconscious, but when I saw my mother standing in front of me, I paralyzed completely. I tried to call her, but she didnt hear me, so I do it again, and she said Son, go back!!!, I didnt hear her clearly though. Lorraine prayed again and again, but I know that I had no reaction over what she was doing. There was no turning back. I entered into a state that no person knows because no one had been where I was: The Krupshaka: you cant go away, you cant escape, you cant do anything... It is rather alike a dream, but a bit blurry. My mother, my father and two Lorraines grandparents were the people that were with my mother and the people killed there; they explained to me that that house was hired by my father to Lorraines grandparents and when my mom, once she had left me alone, put a bomb inside the cottage and killed herself and who were inside it, she got insane, so that explains the sound at 3:00 pm; the world is too bloody smaller than anyone can think. Being here during 3 earthy hours, it feels like years, now I can see my darling doing impossible things to rescue me, but I cant say so. I love her, I want to return because I have got fear: Im absolutely scared.

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Hot Spot

Piano

D
...and Chilean Education

Society values piano as an instrument in rock music... But, what about the value of piano as a teaching instrument?

We have always heard that music is one of the most successful ways of expressing our feelings along with painting or poetry. As human beings, we need a way of expressing ourselves. In my life, I have never known someone who does not like music. We all have our favorite band or singer, our favorite music genre... Our favorite song. Do you know, dear reader, someone who have ever told you I have no favorite song or somebody who havent got excited when they hear a song in the radio? Music evokes memories and sensations. Music can take you to the sky or put you down in blue with just a few moments. If there is something in common with all of us is we all love music. We have CDs, DVDs, MP3s, memory sticks and cellphones filled with music. We always listen to music made by anything else. In this way, we are able to know the person and we are able to know the surrounding world. But what about us? Wouldnt it be great to express throughout music? Are you able, dear reader, to make your own music? To write and to put music on your songs? If so, youre cool. But today Im writing for talking about piano. Piano 14

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is an instrument which is very well known for starring the main classical music pieces. You can look in Youtube music by Mozart, Bach, Beethoven and almost the 50% of their music contains at least one chord of piano. In 17th century, piano was used for common social meetings and for elegant piano concerts, as well. Pianoforte is a derivation of the harpsichord and the clavichord. Would you like to know how a piano works? Sorry, I wont tell you. Thats a topic for another page. But I can tell you that grand pianos (or pianoforte, the real name) are like giant guitars and when you hit a key, a little wooden hammer hits the strings. Thats basically (very basically) how a piano works. Piano is a simple, but complex instrument, as you can see. We cant see the tremendous mechanism that is activated when we touch a key. If you have a grand piano or an upright (vertical) piano, use it, explore it. Youll find theres a lot inside your good old piano. Theyre a little expensive, but technology has given us a solution: electronic piano. Electronic piano started being produced in the 1950s by manufacturers like Wurlitzer and brought revolutionized people who can now afford not a real piano, but an electronic version of it. Because of this, many musicians of the 70s like Genesis, Yes or Elton John started including electronic pianos and synth in their songs and that gave us the primitive and 8-bit but amazing sounds we hear nowadays. Now we have been inserted into the whole piano thing, we can make a detour and talk a little bit about something we dont like. Do you remember those tiring music classes at school? All those quarter, half, flat, key signature concepts which are taught in school are kind of boring for those who dont like music. Yes, at least, Chilean government forces music teacher to teach all these things, and they have to deal with the dilemma of how do I teach all this and keep the students awake at the same time? I suggest that piano would work as an excellent tool for teaching music in a very interesting and funny way. I mean, not a pianoforte, but a keyboard. 16

We already talked about keyboards. Instead of buying unnecessary things or giving unnecessary money bonus for the principals, the money of the government should be inverted in the core of the school: the students. We know it. Most of us, when we were students, saw how the teachers took the best part of the government incentives. Why not to buy a couple of keyboards for the school? We have watched on TV, many talents that come from the poor neighborhoods of the city and with the effort of a very poor family, we have nice people who have made career abroad like the Master Claudio Arrau: the biggest pianist in Chile. If only the government might worry a little bit more about the great talents losing in a sea of reggaeton, Argentinean cumbia and pelvic movements, this country would have a plus in culture. We must admit that some teachers have started using guitars and flutes as instruments for didactic purposes, but the keyboard offers more options of sound and more options of performance. Music can soften beasts as the saying goes... and you will agree with me when I say we fight against many beasts nowadays. If only we let music be part of our lives, we will be able to build a better society and a better future for our children and grand children.

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Sigur Rs Inni
Soul in the Sky

These Sigur Rs guys have made it again! Along with the success of Me su eyrum vi spilum endalaust (With a Buzz in Our Ears We Play Endlessly) (2005) and Heima (Home) (2007), theyve recently released Inni (Inside) (2011). In this edition, well take a look at the beginning of the band: When they were nothing but a garage band and when they made concerts in little Icelandic pubs and bars. Comparisons between old looks and new looks and, of course, the same inspirational music and a new surprise for all of us, fans of this band. Sadly, Inni wont arrive in Chile except for special web purchase. The hipster style of this band, the recess of the band and the great expectations of possible concerts in Europe and Asia, raised the price of the album, which is around US$ 40 (about CLP$ 20000). The direction of this project was in charge of Vincent Morriset, who has worked before with Arcade Fire, among others. This film was recorded in a digital high definition format and transformed into 16mm format, then was projected and re-filmed for giving the videos a special texture and giving us a different experience of a bands DVD Heima had other contents, different from Inni. When first was even a touristic guide of Iceland and (almost) a DVD made for Greenpeace, this is absolutely nothing but Sigur Rs. For me, this is the absolute collection for those who want to have something to talk about and to share with other fans. If you think youre a true fan of Sigur Rs Order it now! You cant miss the opportunity! This DVD will stay inni (inside) your heart and soul.

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Letters: From YOU to US

Dear Rockzines guys, Hi! Im writing to say Thank You guys! Im one of the lucky winners of a ticket to My Chemical Romances concert which took place last week. It was an amazing experience and Im very grateful. Well, as Im talking about concerts and as you probably know, in eight months time it will take place an incredible event. I mean one of the best Rock Music festivals in the world: Lollapalooza. So, Id like to know if you could publish where it will take place, the dates and which bands will play. Also, I want to know if you will be reporting in live what will be happening during the festival as you did it last year. tion. Thats all for now guys. I hope you could answer all my questions in your next Rockzines publica-

PS: Keep rocking! Best regards, Scarlett

Dear Rockzine: I just wanted to say hello and congratulate you for your excellent magazine. It makes me very happy each time you publish a new edition. However, I am writing to ask you about the great band Depeche Mode because I havent heard about them in a long time. I tried to contact you, but I got no answer from you about my favorite band. I know that you can get information about DP because you are the best magazine ever! :) Some people have said to me that your staff is made by investigators and I have such confidence in them that I know theyll get what I wanna know (gigs, new albums and things like that). Im gonna be happy if you do that; Im a mad fan and I love your job because it is made with efficiency and dedication. Please, answer me by the next edition of the magazine. Thank you! Best wishes, Stella

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