Highwire Daze

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Highwire Daze is a music magazine based out of the Los Angeles, California area. Founded by Kenneth Morton and Judith Scott in September of 1990, the first issue arrived two months later. Having just surpassed their 100 issue milestone, Morton and his staff continue to cover metal, hardcore, punk, and other genres of music.

[edit] Staff

  • Kenneth Morton - Editor
  • Jonathan D. Wright - Associate Editor
  • Danny S. Pasley - Managing Editor
  • Bret Miller - Assistant Editor
  • Sherri McKenzie - Proofreading Editor

[edit] Issue Overviews

  • Issue 102 (July/August 2006) - Interviews with Alove For Enemies, Beyond Fear, Blacklist Union, Catherine, The Chariot, The Church, Cobalt Party Revolution, The Devil Wears Prada, Everyday At Sinai, In Case You're Curious, Knockout Kings, Korpiklaani, Lacuna Coil, Leaves Eyes, My Hostage, Rise Against, Rush, Texas Is On Fire, Underoath, and Underworld
  • Issue 101 (May/June 2006) - Interviews with Celtic Frost, Drop Dead, Gorgeous, Ihsahn of Emperor, Kingston Falls, Phoenix Mourning, Scar Symmetry, Skylines, Sodom, South, Stimulator, Summoning, Tyr, and Yellowcard
  • Issue 100 (March/April 2006) - Interviews with Abysmal Dawn, A Life Once Lost, Anberlin, Antiflag, Berlin, Dimmu Borgir, Enforsaken, Falkenbach, Fear Of Eternity, Flee The Seen, Gatekeeper, Last Falling, Lullacry, Resistance, Six, Spitfire/Norma Jean, The Prodigy, and Wood
  • Issue 99 (January/February 2006) - Interviews with Absu, As I Lay Dying, The Black Watch, Cave-In, Children Of Bodom, Crematorium, Drop Dead, Gorgeous, Eudora, The Gathering, Hurtlocker, Manegarm, Nocturnal Rites, Siebenburgen, Soilwork, Underoath, and Vaux
  • Issue 98 (November/December 2005) - Interviews with Anthrax, The Audition, Dew Scented, Evergreen Terrace, Gang Of Four, Inked In Blood, Inquisition, Into The Moat, Kingston Falls, Lag Wagon, Look What I Did, Lorene Drive, Nodes Of Ranvier, Opeth, Primal Fear, Red Sparowes, Section 8, Skinny Puppy, Sepultura, Through The Eyes Of The Dead, Throwdown, Top Of The Fair, and Vesania
  • Issue 97 (September/October 2005) - Interviews with Bleed The Sky, Contra, Coretta Scott, Divide The Day, Elegeion, Fight Night, Great Scott, The Human Abstract, John Ashfield, The Jonbenet, Makeshift3, Megadeth, Poison The Well, Silverstein, The Starting Line, Strapping Young Lad, Totalisti, Tower Of Power, and War Of Ages
  • Issue 96 (July/August 2005) - Interviews with As I Lay Dying, Bodies In The Gears Of The Apparatus, Darkane, Electric Frankenstein, The Esoteric, Fear My Thoughts, The Higher, Jamisonparker, Leaves Eyes, Life Before This, Life In Pictures, Manntis, New Dead Radio, Nural, One Of The Loudest Tragedies Ever, The Revered, Swarm Of The Lotus, Texas Is On Fire, and Thine Eyes Bleed
  • Issue 94 (March/April 2005) - Interviews with A Static Lullaby, Comeback Kid, Fear Before The March Of Flames, Hand To Hand, Imperial, Klimt 1918, Labyrinth, Let It Die, Mercenary, Misery Signals, Primordial, Saving Daylight, Soilwork, Son Of The Mourning, Symphony In Peril, Throwdown, Transistor Transistor, Tristania, Twenty2, The Vacancy, and Zao
  • Issue 93 (January/February 2005) - Interviews with Acceptance, Amber Pacific, Anodyne, Before Today, Clarity Process, Dark Tranquillity, Deadsoil, Fission, Hopesfall, Impious, Kittie, Narziis, No Innocent Victim, Sargeist/Horned Almighty split, Sariah Bishop, Shotblue, This Providence, and Unwritten Law
  • Issue 91 (September/October 2004) - Interviews with Adios, Aeba, Alexisonfire, Caliban, Days Like These, Destiny, Hit The Deck, Jesus Wept, Lullacry, Melee, Orbital, Please Mr Gravedigger, Sad State Of Affairs, 7-10 Split, Silverstein, Tetsuo, and Xasthur
  • Issue 87 (January/February 2004) - Interviews with A Fall Farewell, Against Me!, Calico System, Conquest, Defleshed, Endless, Ever We Fall, Falconer, Homegrown, Killing Joke, Kinky, Maxeen, Moonspell, Off The Record, Park, The Rum Diary, Serpens Seon, Simple Plan, Symphony In Peril, The Vacancy, Winterlong, and Yellowcard
  • Issue 76 (November/December 2001) - Interviews with Anathema, Ancient, Conquest, Godgory, Handsome Devil, Kamelot, Kreator, Krisiun, Lifer, Moonspell, Novembers Doom, Placebo, Side Walk Slam, Student Rick, The Starting Line, Will Haven, Winterlong and Witchery
  • Issue 70 (August/September 2000) - Interviews with 3 Doors Down, Zebrahead, In Flames, Agathodaimon, Dargaard, The Sins Of Thy Beloved, Ragnarok, Drottnar, Cruachan, Thalarion, River City Rivers, Fine China and Starflyer 59
  • Issue 67 (February/March 2000) - Interviews with Cannibal Corpse, God Dethroned, Satyricon, Sentenced, Agnostic Front, In My Eyes, Summoning, Myrkskog, Norway, Sculptured, Bows, and Third Grade Teacher
  • Issue 66 (December 1999/January 2000) - Interviews with Megadeth, Canned Heat, S.O.D., The Kovenant, Abigor, Grabesmond, The Church, Judas Iscariot, Amsvartner, and House Of Wires
  • Issue 65 (October/November 1999) - Interviews with Jethro Tull, Borknagar, Dark Tranquillity, In Flames, Mactatus, Hollenthon, Atomic Bitchwax, Malignant Eternal, Grinspoon, Breakbeat Era, The Paladins, and Jupiter Project
  • Issue 64 (August/September 1999) - Interviews with Buck-O-Nine, Stereolab, Sepultura, Children Of Bodom, P.O.D., The Dingees, The Devil Roosevelt, and Disarray
  • Issue 63 (June/July 1999) - Interviews with Jason Falkner, Moby, H20, Less Than Jake, Jesus Martyr, Raise Hell, Oleander, 20/20, Apartment 26, and Libido Deathcult
  • Issue 62 (April/May 1999) - Interviews with Silverchair, Love And Rockets, Vanilla Ice, Lit, Dave Lombardo, Dimmu Borgir, Nokturnal Mortum, The King, Ashes, and Fine China
  • Issue 61 (January/February 1999) - Interviews with Nick Heyward, La Ley, Transglobal Underground, Earth Crisis, Hammerfall, Pathos, Dan Swano, Baby Ray, and Sean Hutch
  • Issue 60 (October/November 1998) - Interviews with Zebrahead, The Church, Duncan Sheik, They Might Be Giants, Embrace, Crumb, Fates Warning, Dada, Morbid Angel, 808 State, and Liquid Southern California (Note: Listed as Issue 59 in error on the cover and went to press uncorrected)
  • Issue 59 (August/September 1998) - Interviews with Blue Oyster Cult, Anthrax, Cradle of Filth, Symposium, Nile, Meat Beat Manifesto, Athenaeum, Manegarm, Abramelin, Sculptured, Lake Of Tears, and Doom Kounty Electric Chair
  • Issue 58 (June/July 1998) - Interviews with Ronnie James Dio, Slayer, John Taylor of Terroristen (and Duran Duran), Sister Hazel, Natacha Atlas, Incantation, Gates Of Ishtar, Lord Belial, and Film Star
  • Issue 57 (April/May 1998) - Interview with Bad Religion, Cannibal Corpse, Gary Numan, Curve, Swervedriver, Fugazi, Guster, and In Flames
  • Issue 56 (February/March 1998) - Interviews with Ancient, The Devlins, The Ziggens, The Autumns, Hammerfall, Flowchart, Kiss It Goodbye, and Supernovice
  • Issue 54 (September/October 1997) - Interviews with Catherine Wheel, Average White Band, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Testament, Six Feet Under, and Size 14
  • Issue 51 (February/March 1997) - Interviews with Ronnie James Dio, The Ocean Blue, My Dying Bride, Comet, Pluto, Afro Celt Sound System, and Third Grade Teacher
  • Issue 40 (April/May 1995) - Interviews with Skid Row, Slaughter, Sugar Ray, Suddenly Tammy!, and Reign
  • Issue 39 (January/February 1995) - Interviews with Kirsty MacColl, Single Gun Theory, Orbital, Monster Voodoo Machine, Mother May I, Xanax 25, and Dink
  • Issue 30 (March/April 1994) - Interviews with Black Sabbath, Material Issue, Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine, and The Autumns
  • Issue 29 (January/February 1994) - Interviews with Mozart, Schubert, Yaggfu Front, and Evil Twin Brother
  • Issue 28 (December 1993) - Interviews with The Ocean Blue, Adam Schmitt, Rose Chronicles, and The Cool Sense
  • Issue 27 (November 1993) - Interviews with Lillian Axe, Kirsty MacColl, and Mind Bomb (Note: This issue features a picture of Paul Stanley of Kiss reading an issue of Highwire Daze, and a picture of Sully Erna of Strip Mind and now Godsmack holding up an issue of Highwire Daze.)
  • Issue 26 (October 1993) - Interviews with House Of Love, Big Country, Mutha's Day Out, Strip Mind (featuring Sully from Godsmack), Shootyz Groove, Over The Rhine, and TV in Flames (Note: This issue features a picture of Gene Simmons from Kiss holding up an issue of Highwire Daze)
  • Issue 25 (September 1993) - Interviews with The Big F, Ozric Tentacles, Too Down, and Alleycat Scratch
  • Issue 24 (August 1993) - Interviews with Aztec Camera, Baby Animals, Paw, and The Point
  • Issue 23 (June 1993/July 1993) - Interviews with Animal Bag, Proper Grounds, Rene, and Mountain King (Note: This issue features a live review of a then unknown Incubus at the Cocount Teaszer. Review excerpt: "Lead vocalist Brandon Boyd gave the proceedings a boost with his bizarre onstage personality.")
  • Issue 22 (April 1993/May 1993) - Interviews with The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Riverside, Mystery Machine, Echo and the Bunnymen, and Fade In
  • Issue 21 (February 1993/March 1993) - Interviews with Consolidated, Nuclear Assault, The Pursuit Of Happiness, and Loaded Bones
  • Issue 20 (December 1992/January 1993) - Interviews with Thomas Dolby, The Farm, Dada, and Faith Assembly
  • Issue 19 (October/November 1992) - Interviews with Ocean Colour Scene, The Moon Festival, Linear, and Silent Voices
  • Issue 18 (September 1992) - Interviews with The Mighty Lemon Drops, House Of Love, Life Sex and Death, and Wise Guys
  • Issue 17 (August 1992) - Interviews with The Mission UK, Falling Joys, Von Groove, and Exhibition
  • Issue 16 (July 1992) - Interviews with Material Issue, Evil Twin Brother, Picture Perfect, and Willow Wisp
  • Issue 15 (June 1992) - Interviews with Catherine Wheel, Hex, and Euphonic Ricochet (Note: Two versions printed with different back covers)
  • Issue 14 (May 1992) - Interviews with Ride, Tiger Bay, and Sunday Silents
  • Issue 13 (April 1992) - Interviews with Gutterboy, D*A*D, Rebel, and The Devout
  • Issue 12 (March 1992) - Interviews with Ian McCulloch (Echo and The Bunnymen), James, Lillian Axe, and Nag Nag Nag
  • Issue 11 (February 1992) - Interviews with The Church, Slamhound (featuring Josh Todd of Buckcherry), Blank Generation, and Coat
  • Issue 10 (January 1992) - Interviews with The Screaming Jets, Mirror, and Lodestone
  • Issue 9 (December 1991) - Interviews with Jet Black, The Fizzy Bangers, Adam Schmitt, and Monkey Paw plus Christmas with Willow Wisp
  • Issue 8 (November 1991) - Interviews with The Ocean Blue, Russ Irwin, MC 900Ft Jesus, and Primary Thought
  • Issue 7 (October 1991) - Interviews with The Dan Reed Network, Avalon, Truth Or Dare, Orchestral Manoevers In The Dark (OMD), and Tamer Lane
  • Issue 6 (August 1991) - Interviews with Xymox, Consolidated, Shake City, Rebel Rebel, The Bat Mastersons, and Jet Black
  • Issue 5 (July 1991) - Interviews with Consolidated, The Williams Brothers, Unorthodox, Flow (100 Days Like This), Kitchens Of Distinction, Artificial Joy, and Sinner Swing
  • Issue 4 (June 1991) - Interviews with Material Issue, Terror Train, Spank, and Pere Ubu
  • Issue 3 (April 1991) - Interviews with Gary Numan, Xymox, A Flock Of Seagulls, Ken Andrews of Failure, Mirror Image, Avalon, and Sven Gali
  • Issue 2 (February 1991) - Interviews with Aztec Camera, Paul Lekakis, Steve Hovington of One and BMovie, James Intveld, and 3D Picnic
  • Issue 1 (November 1990) - Interviews with Steve Kilbey of The Church, Donnette Thayer of Hex, The Railway Children, Blackbird, Redbone, and 100 Days Like This

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