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30 SAVES THE DAY

Many bands would have jacked it in after experiencing the ups and downs of Saves The Day. But Chris Conley and co remain, and if you don’t like it, they couldn’t give a shit…

32 THE MARS VOLTA Line-up changes, bitter spats, a workaholic disposition and a remaining distaste for At The Drive-In… Cedric and Omar continue to put all they’ve got into The Mars Volta, but they still can’t work out why they’re so popular…

48 THE AUTOMATIC

Back in March we said that The Automatic were “about to become massive”, but we didn’t realise it was going to happen this quickly. ROCK SOUND speaks to Britain’s fastest-rising new band and finds they’re more than ready for the backlash…

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56 NICK OLIVERI

After Queens Of The Stone Age he locked himself away in a big house and lost almost all faith in other people. Now he’s back with an album that tells his side of the story, but is everything really okay with Nick Oliveri?

58 PLACEBO ROCK SOUND catches up with the debilitated but not dispirited Placebo in Rome. It seems the trio have never had it so good…

68 THE BRONX

They may think they’re “normal and boring”, but with their second album The Bronx have proved themselves to be anything but. ROCK SOUND squares up to the quartet in LA and scarpers with a warning…

SEPTEMBER 2006 No.88

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