Wallflower News
Now we've gotten word that Mario isn't drumming for Smashmouth on their current tour (fall 1999). A few people have gone to recent Smashmouth concerts and haven't seen Mario drumming. I'm not sure what happened, but so far, no Mario.
Greg plays bass on 5 tracks from Macy Gray's new album Macy Gray On How Life Is - Check it out!
Mario Update: Mario was seen drumming for Liz Phair once again. This time it was during her performance at Lilith Fair in Seattle. Check out Lilith Fair Concert Dates to see if Liz is performing. Who knows, you might see Mario there too, behind the drums!
There is now a Pop-Up Video of 6th Avenue Heartache! Check out Pop-Up Video's Website to see when it will be aired again. You can also read the 6th Avenue Pop-Up Transcript, if you missed the episode.
The episode of Celebrity Death Match featuring Jakob and Bob Dylan aired Thursday, July 8th, 1999, at 10PM Eastern Time on MTV. If you missed it, this episode will probably be repeated frequently - just check MTV's Website for program listings. Here is a clip of what they looked like on CDM.
The latest from the Rami Lounge is that Michael Penn has been producing the latest studio work by the Wallflowers for their new album. You'll remember that Penn sang backup on "Angel On My Bike" from BDTH
The Wallflowers are going into the studio this week (May 16, 1999), to work diligently on their new album. I got this info off the Michael Ward Website, which was recently updated. Check it out - awesome site!
The Wallflower's song "Used To Be Lucky" will be one of the songs on the No Boundaries Album, a record to benefit the refugees of Kosovo. The album will be released June 15, 1999, and will also feature rare, live, and unreleased tracks by other artists such as Pearl Jam, Neil Young, Korn, Alanis Morissette, Tori Amos, Rage Against the Machine, Oasis, and more!
BDTH is listed as one of the "Essential Albums of the Decade" in the May 11, 1999, issue of Rolling Stone (with Kurt Cobain on the cover). A picture of Jake is also included with the article
Mario is drumming for Liz Phair on the current leg of her tour. He was recently seen playing at her Washington D.C. show.
The Coolest Drummer Contest is now over. Mario came in 2nd! Congrats!
Articles on the NEW Wallflower's album just keep on coming ... here's the latest one. You'll have to scroll down mid-way through the article.
Check out Mario's Top Ten List of the top albums of 1998 - here.
Another article on the Wallflower's upcoming album is here. This article says that two of the songs on the upcoming album are called "Eat You Sleeping" and "Hand Me Down". And according to producer Julian Raymond, "[The new material] definitely has a lot more attitude as far as edge goes."
From the January 22 issue of Entertainment Weekly: The release date of the new Wallflower's album should be sometime this summer. The guys have spent the last few months in L.A. recording the album, and they're deciding on the last few songs for the album. They have been working with producer Julian Raymond(Fastball)!
Well, the Wallflowers didn't win a Grammy, and they weren't in attendance at the Grammys either. Still, a big congrats on their nominatation ... and wait till next year ... I'm predicting a sweep!
Bad news for TX Wallflower Fans. Apparently there is no concert planned this year for Rock For the Roses. So, there is no possible Wallflowers concert in Austin in May. *sob, sob* Check out Ride For the Roses information here.
For those who missed it, the "Saturday Night Live" episode with the Wallflowers as musical guests was aired on January 12 on Comedy Central. Keep a lookout for repeats!!
THE WALLFLOWERS HAVE BEEN NOMINATED FOR A GRAMMY!!
They have been nominated for "Heroes" in the category Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal. The 1999 Grammy Awards ceremony will be held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on Wednesday, February 24th. More nominees here.
Congratulations to the Wallflowers!!
Here's a great, long Jakob interview that Vanessa translated from Spanish!!
Vanessa's end of the year letter can be read here!
Yes people it finally happened! The Wallflowers have been Toonized!! You can go check them out here!!!
There is now a Pop-Up Video of "Heroes"!! It was aired on Nov. 7. View the Pop-up video transcript here.
Michael Ferenci, Greg's former bass instructor, has already been able to get in touch with Greg. He thanks all those people that were able to help him out.
The new album should be completed by the end of the year, and released by late Spring of 1999!!!
If you want to check out two stories I wrote about the guys be sure to click here and here!!!
Well the addresses and the petition to start a Wallflower Fan Club were sent to Andrew Slater a couple of weeks ago let's keep our fingers crossed!!
Please vote for The Wallflowers to be toonized!!! Click
Rock Toons to vote for them!! Their in 1st place now!!
Please keep voting once a day so they can keep their lead!!!!
If any of you have any bootleg that you may want to share or trade please e-mail Vanessa!! Thanks!
In a recent interview, Greg, Mario, and Rami mentioned that even though they haven't found a producer yet, the new Wallflowers album will hopefully be finished by the end of this year and should be released by Spring of 1999! Mark you calendars!!!
Greg, Mario, and Rami were in San Francisco recently backing up friend Joe Henry for a couple of shows at the Noe Valley Ministry. Greg and Rami can be heard on the track "Fat" on Joe's next album.
July 1998's issue of Guitar Magazine has both the guitar and bass tabs of
"Heroes." So if your interested you might want to check it out. A word of caution,
there aren't any pics this time. Sorry!!
If you missed FANatic last night you really missed something! Although I, Vanessa
didn't see it, I was able to get some details about the interview. Mario said that he considers himself
thin, Rami funny, Mike fast, Jake witty, and Greg solid! He also went on to say that he would like
to play with Shaq!
Greg is going to tour with Fiona Apple for her new album rumored to be
called "Corrupt"
Well, the guys played among other bands in Milwakee. None of the bands charged
for their performance. Jakob is said to have said that the whole gig was like a
warm up for them to help them prepare for the Pearl Jam concert
MARIO is on the June '98 issue of Modern Drummer!! I'm definately going
out to get this one!!
BRINGING DOWN THE HORSE HAS GONE TO 5 MILLION AS OF JUNE 3RD, 1998!!!!!
The guys are participating in the 6th Annual Weenie Roast. This is in
Southern California and the radio station involved is KROQ 106.7. It's been
said that the concert will be aired through this radio station and through
MTV so stay tuned for details!! The concert is to be set up at the Irvine
Meadows Amplitheater on June 20. Tickets were said to have sold out within
9 min. but some are still being given away by KROQ 106.7. Among The Wallflowers
are bands like Fastball, Everclear, Blink 182 (thanks for the correction Raven), Save Ferris and more! This
concert benefits AIDS walk Orange County and other charities.
Well the person for the new MTV show called FANatic was chosen and her name
is Marisa. She already did the interview and everything!! I know, I know sorry to disappoint you all!!!
The guys played at the 1998 Tibetan Freedom Concert
Yes the 3rd album is due early '99!! It was mentioned on
Michael Ward's homepage which was
just updated.
Thanks to Mju83 who e-mailed me Vanessa. I know about this MTV top
25 countdown done over the most influential bands of the '90s. Well guess
what?!! "One Headlight" made it to the #23 spot!!! Isn't that so
awesome?? Once again thanks Mju83 for the info!!
The Wallflowers performed at the MTV Movie Awards!! And guess what song
they played?? Yes, "Heroes"!! The show aired on June 4th, 1998 at 9:00 EDT/PDT.
The Wallflowers were featured on "In Concert" Friday, May 29th, 1998 on ABC)
It was only a half hour long, and all they did was show videos. (It was not a concert)
Mario does an interview this month (May 1998) where he confirms the fact that they
haven't started recording the album but says they are going to do so in
about 6 to 8 weeks!! To read the article, which by the way is very good,
and to drool over really awesome pics of Mario like me Vanessa - go to
Gibson's page
for all on Mario!!
