Meet the Grave Concerns E-zine Staff

Julie Johnson - Site owner and main administrator

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Music News Editor & Music Manager. Head of all site promotions, contests, and e-group/myspace moderator. Genres for consideration: Gothic, Darkwave, Coldwave, Deathrock, Elektro, EBM, Industrial, Synthpop, Noise, Experimental, Alternative, Electronic Rock, IDM, Post-Punk,  Horror Punk, and Ethereal rock.

We do not accept: Progressive Rock, Accoustic, Folk, Metal, Black Metal at this time. ( We do not have anyone on staff interested in these genres enough to keep them going. ) NO COUNTRY OR RAP!!!!

I started writing reviews and interviews back in November 1998 on a very basic personal website. I was surprised that bands would want to be interviewed and reviewed on someone's personal goth website so much. I wanted to do something for the scene and after awhile it was time to go bigger. I was eager to write so I started writing for some webzines on the net, such as Black Monday. After gaining experience with webzines, I was offered a spot at Side-Line Magazine in October 1999. I wrote for them for about 5 years while was also starting up Grave Concerns E-zine but keeping things separate. I also wrote for Gothic Beauty for a short period of time back in 2004. I guess the rest is history and I have been the editor of Grave Concerns E-zine for 10 years now. I am also a Spanish Teacher and I teach Level I Spanish to 8th graders at a local middle school. I have been teaching for 10 years. I love to be involved with music in any possible way. I also enjoy traveling during my summer vacation. I would like to consider myself very worldly.

Matthew Johnson - Staff Writer/Proof Reader: CD and Concert Reviews. (Southern California Representer)

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Jack Phoenix - Assistant Editor

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Hello, I’m also on myspace: Moderator of the EAST COAST GOTH/INDUSTRIAL SCENE. My main goal has been to help unify the Goth/Industrial and fetish scenes more. Hence, I have been at the helm of The East Coast Goth / Industrial Space Myspace group (4,200+ members ) for the last 4+ years. It originally started out as a New England-based group, and has rapidly expanded to now cover and help promote bands, events, happenings and fashion/culture all along the Eastern seaboard from Canada down to Florida and even into Europe.

I'm trying to Branch and expand the Goth/Industrial as well as Fetish scenes for all to learn and enjoy. That includes new people, sights, and places to see! Hope to meet some of you in the future!
Jack

Jay Watson - Staff writer

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My name is Jay Watson. I am a Lebanese/German crossbreed, living in Michigan. I have been listening to strange music since I was a young pup. In 2006, I started a DIY experimental/noise label "Placenta Recordings", mainly to self release my music project, "Dental Work". Since the birth of Placenta, I have released numerous albums/splits/compilations with artists from all over the globe. In my free time, I enjoy spending time with family, friends,  my girlfriend, and our 3 cats, Rostov, Melvin, and Weenis. I also constantly listen to obscure music, read books on various subjects, perform my music live, and go to tons of amazing concerts. I enjoy cooking, especially Lebanese food. I watch alot of Japanese and German Cinema, My favorite movies include "The Tin Drum" and "Ichi The Killer". I am into experimenting with all sorts of things in life. I love to travel.I am currently learning to speak German, and have plans to continue my passion for music, art, and writing.

Tim Yapko - Staff Writer

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My name is Tim Yapko, I was born in good old Canton,Ohio in 1970.I  was raised on rock music and iIbelieve my father told me my first words were "black sabba".My father was,and still is,a rocker and a great teacher of many things.I learned all the words to Led Zepplin's first album before I was 6 years old. I am now currently writing all my own musical material from words to guitar and everything in between.I also play the bass in a cheesy rock band.I love music and am also taking a recording engineer course. My interest in electronic music of course took affect in the 80's when midi-based bands like Howard Jones and Naked Eyes hit the radio.Then, iIbegan listening to bands like Depeche Mode, N.I.N. and Skinny Puppy.Now,the midi world has birthed such incredible sounds that i can not help but want more and see more and discover more,more,more.I love writing and I  love music,so,why not put them together and see what happens.Oh,and one more thing, thanks to great inventers like Robert Moog,who invented the syth in 1964, I  would not be listening to the music i do now. Here's to Moog.

JimZombie (otherwise known as James Willey) hales from the sunburnt post-apocalyptic continent of Australia, currently residing in Canberra with Mrs Zombie to be, ACT. He spent most of his youth living out in the radioactive sticks surrounded by two headed cows. Isolated from the scene and desperate to connect, JimZombie founded Eclectomatic Ezine in the last days of 2008 and established himself as tyrannical editor. The opportunity to write for Grave Concerns fell in his lap during an infrequent MySpace visit. Contact was made with Julie Johnson and the rest is the future.

JimZombie loves a bottle of merlot and a session of PIG.

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 Linda DeFllaminis - Staff Writer- Reviews and interviews

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Robert Eaton - Staff writer

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Also a member of Albany's Doomsday Virus industrial rock band.

Joshua Heinrich - Website design/graphic design, logo and banner designs, electronic issue 1 cover design

Adrian James - Staff Writer, Darkwave Reviews & Interviews

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When Adrian is not fronting his band "Das Gift," he works as a designer, photographer and freelance writer. He fosters a love of obscure and melancholy music, including Cranes, Sleep Today, Rasputina, Tearwave, Siouxsie, Collide and Android Lust.

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* Jules Cohen  ( Indie Spotlight) E-mail : This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

   - Jules Cohen

 *DJ Zeph  

 * Jules Cohen

* Nick DeFlaminis

Past writers: 

Linda Bennett

John Mathais

Alison Stark

Marcos Masarri

Richard Edge

Patrick Urn 

Donovan Tate 

James Jones 

Vena Venkava

Kyle Kucate

Lynda Dale MacLean

Fredrik Croona- Thanks for your reviews and interviews!

Patrik Lindstorm -Thanks for your reviews

Rhys Stevenson

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