Tag: the whomping willows
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Statements In Reaction to MTV
As with controversies previous, we’ve been keeping track of responses made by bands in regard to MTV’s list of Top Wizard Rock Bands of 2007. The article has caused a great amount of debate in a short amount of time although it appears as if the popular consensus is for us to move on to…
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MTV’s Top Ten Wizard Rock Bands
Despite having only been published this morning, a list of “Top Ten Wizard Rock Bands” made by MTV has already created a fair amount of controversy. Their list, which can be found here, consists almost exclusively of the bands they featured as a part of their Phoenix Rising coverage, an observation made by many, like…
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The Whomping Willows III Available for Pre-Order
In a recent MySpace blog post, Matt, The Whomping Willow himself, announced that his new CD, The Whomping Willows III is now available for pre-order. He plans on the releasing the album officially on January 3rd, 2008. Currently, there is a discounted pre-order price of $10.50, with free shipping, too. WOOO! The first 15 copies…
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Rockumentary Developments
The girls from The Wizard Rockumentary recently announced that they’ll be appearing “…at Harry Potter and the Magical Muggle Museum at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology on November 11.” A sneak peak of the Rockumentary will be shown, questions will be answered, and The Whomping Willows and Moaning Myrtles will perform!…
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Tour Diaries
On tour since mid-October, Matt is once again sharing his road experiences with the public via his blog on MySpace. Part One covers Conneticut, recording PotterCast, and more, and is available here.
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Bands Weigh In On Dumbledore’s Sexuality
With the recent announcement from JK Rowling that Albus Dumbledore is, in fact, gay, members of the fandom have been expressing their opinions on the subject through blogs and statements. Matt from The Whomping Willows wrote, “I think the bottom line is that Dumbledore’s sexuality is just a part of his personal being. It’s obviously…
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Oct. 7th Pic of the Day
Whomping Moaning Lupins Princeton Public Library 08-09-07 231 Your Wizard Rock Photo of the Day, brought to you by ginginny77. Halloween season is upon us and I therefore felt compelled to post a picture of wrockin’ ghostly duo The Moaning Myrtles. They “bah bah bah” and “oooh” like no one else! This picture also stars…
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Terminus Wizard Rock Lineup
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Hallie Tibbetts hallie.tibbetts@terminus2008.org http://www.terminus2008.org/wrock TERMINUS ANNOUNCES WROCK CHICAGO Special pre-conference event to feature 25 wizard rock bands in concert CHICAGO, IL — October 1, 2007 — The planning team for Terminus, a five-day Harry Potter conference to be held August 7-11, 2008, has announced a special pre-conference wizard rock concert to…
catchlove, celestial warmbottom, danny dementor, draco and the malfoys, ginny and the heartbreakers, gred and forge, harry and the potters, justin finch-fletchley and the sugar quills, lord voldi and the dark marks, snidget, switchblade kittens, terminus, the butterbeer experience, the chocolate frogs, the cruciatus curse, the gringotts grrls, the hermione crookshanks experience, the hinky punks, the moaning myrtles, the mudbloods, the parselmouths, the quaffle kids, the remus lupins, the whomping willows, thomas & finnigan -
More Wrock Bands Join Cheap Rent Family
Spokesperson Matt Maggiacomo, of The Whomping Willows, announced yesterday that The Mudbloods, The Butterbeer Experience, and Fred and George have joined his record label Cheap Rent. In addition to these wonderful musical acts teaming up, Adam from The Mudbloods will be acting as co-advisor of Cheap Rent from now on! The announcement was made in…
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Wizard Rock in the LA Times
The LA Times online has published a sort of guide to wizard rock, highlighting bands Harry and the Potters, Draco and the Malfoys, The Whomping Willows, The Parselmouths, The Remus Lupins, Bella’s Love, The Hermione Crookshanks Experience, and Marked As His Equal. The write up provides examples of song titles, the bands’ sounds, and their…