Category: News
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99 Deatheaters Achieves Perfection…
All right, maybe that’s not exactly what the Onion’s AV Club wrote exactly, but they might as well have. The magazine recently published a list entitled “Let It Die: 23 Songs That Should Never Be Covered Again.” Our cherished “99 Deatheaters,” err, “99 Red Balloons” is number 14. Congratulations to Draco and the Malfoys. I…
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Help Wanted!
If you’re a wizard rock fan who loves to write, we want you. We’re looking to expand our staff of news posters, reporters, and biographers. We need help posting news, writing band profiles, covering concerts, and maintaining areas of the website like galleries and downloads. While we prefer those with writing experience, we would love…
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Wizard Rock Footage Amongst MTV’s Favorites
MTV has published a list of their “Best Music News of 2007“. Their wizard rock segment featuring footage from Phoenix Rising, a Harry and the Potters show in New York, and the Wizard Rockumentary’s music video for “Ode to Harry” were included, under the description “…our favorite footage of the year.” Also, the MTV website…
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Wrocking On the Borderline, Two Weeks Left
You have less than two weeks to pre-order your copy of the new compilation Wrocking On the Borderline, a CD featuring 19 wizard rock bands. Proceeds raised by the sale of this album will go to the Borderline Personality Disorder Research Center. Six of the songs on the album can be heard by visiting the…
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Wrock It. C’mon.
There are new songs for you to enjoy!! The Unexpected Patronums have given us another holiday song to add to our collections. Check out “Plum Pudding.” Malfoy Manor has reworked a release from their other project Split Seven Ways. Don’t miss the new version of “Stronger Than Imperio.” Lyrics are available here. And The Parselmouths…
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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 Remus Lupins Versus the Ice Storm
Illinois paper The Daily Chronicle published an amusing article this past weekend about the weather and The Remus Lupins’ recent adventures with it while performing at NIU’s Muggle Ball. According to the story, “They broke a credit card and nearly shredded their fingers while scraping ice off the windshield of the car, which was parked…
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Aberdeen Student Radio to Host Another Wizard Rock Segment
We received this official press release from the organizers today: The Aberdeen Harry Potter Show is back! Airing live this Friday, the 7th of December between 12noon and 1pm GMT, the Show shall be bringing you music from top wizard rockers such as Severely Snaped, Switchblade Kittens and Draco and the Malfoys. We shall be…
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Enjoy Some Wrock made for you!
This week starts off with some incredible new songs! Split Seven Ways has uploaded two more songs, entitled “A Horcrux’s Tale” and “Draco Malfoy, Drama Queen,” which can be found on the bands main page. On the supplemental page you may notice a few songs have disappeared, but that’s because the band has re uploaded,…