Former LIFE OF AGONY Singer Mina Caputo Premieres Music Video For "Silver Candy"

Mina Caputo, formerly known as Keith Caputo, has had a an extensive career within the music industry. While you all know him from his work with legendary New York Metallers LIFE OF AGONY, Caputo is constantly pushing the limits of his successful life as an artist. As we all know, LIFE OF AGONY is not an active band at the moment, and the chances of the band returning to the musical spectrum are very unlikely. But this does not mean that Caputo is done creating awesome music.

Today, Mina Caputo is presenting the world his brand NEW video for his song "Silver Candy". The clip was directed and produced by Dan Quigley, also known as Dan Beast. You can watch the video below.



This simple, "sober" take on such a gorgeous song from Caputo's 2008 record, "A Fondness for Hometown Scars", was filmed in glorious 1080p HD quality in less than a day.

As most of you know, last year, Caputo announced that he was a trans-gender person. After hearing this shocking news, the Heavy Music world immediately went awol and a few close minded LIFE OF AGONY fans and some members of the media, bashed Caputo's decision to "come out'. At that time we immediately asked the public to respect Caputo's decision, since we truly believe that he sent a very strong message to a genre of music that carries way too many stereotypes.

Recently, we were able to chat with Caputo about the importance of human equality, and of course about the impact of LIFE OF AGONY in Caputo's life. This interview is NOT to be missed, so check it out and spread the word!



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Hate The Hate 1 Year Anniversary To Take Place Tonight In New York City!

In the past few years there have been numerous incidents in which human beings have lost their lives after being harassed by some cowards who are too weak to face their own reality and need to feel better by hurting others. This has to stop!

Here in New York City we live in a "melting pot" full of people from all over the world. So to us this is a subject that we don't just hear or read about, but it is something that we face daily. This is why New York City is uniting today (February 21st) in an event presented by Tim Martinez (A.K.A. DJ Tim No 37). “Hate the Hate” is the name of the event and the 1 year anniversary will take place tonight at Tammany Hall, which is conveniently located in Manhattan.

Here is a rundown of what will take place this tonight, please join the Horns Up Rocks crew and lets make history together!

FEATURING ACOUSTIC PERFORMANCES BY:

- MINA CAPUTO
- Acey Slade and The Dark Party
- HATE the HATE All Stars (featuring Jasin Cadic and Louis Larossa of Star Killer, Jennifer "JennCity" Arroyo, Michael MacIvor, Lyris Hung and Tommy London of The Dirty Pearls)
- TOM PINO of GHOSTS OF EDEN
- BOUND BY SUBSTANCE
- ANGELINA DELCARMEN and CHRIS FULLAM of CHARETTA
- SWEET FIX
- PURPLE PAM AND THE FLESH EATERS
- GAZELLE (featuring ZEENA KODA)

V/DJ Chris Landry spins.

Hosted by:

- Tim No 37
- Tyler Burrow
- Juliya Chernetsky
- Arden Leigh
- Angelina DelCarmen of Charetta
- Santino Noir of Scarlet Carson

Vital information:

- Location: Tammany Hall Lower East Side New York City - 152 Orchard Street New York, NY 10002
- Official Facebook Invite
- The cost for this event will only be $10. (Proceeds to be divided between all 4 respective charities).
-21+
- Doors at 7pm

Sponsored by:

Horns Up Rocks, Tech-9 Music, Gotham Rocks, No Mercy Metal, 2Legit Booking, Jenncity Productions, Skulls N Bones, Grit & Glory, Wendigo Productions and Michele Photo

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Jeremy Saffer's Top 10 Shots of 2011 + Holiday Contest Announced!

World-Famous professional entertainment and fine art photographer Jeremy Saffer and Noisecreep.com have posted Jeremy’s top 10 favorite shots of 2011! You can view the entire list and the shots below. Noisecreep.com is also running a contest where fans can enter to win killer swag from Jeremy’s photo work. To enter, head to Twitter and send @noisecreep and @jeremysaffer a tweet telling them which of the photos in Jeremy's top 10 list was your favorite and why. Make sure you include the #saffer hashtag when you enter. Noisecreep will pick the most creative entry and Jeremy Saffer will announce the winners on Fri, Dec. 30 on his Twitter account.

Here is the list of prizes:

- One grand prize winner: 'Top 10 Photos of 2011' mini-print collection
- Second place: 4 prints from Saffer's collection
- Three runner-ups: 2 prints from Saffer's collection

Here is the top 10:

10) Adam D. (Killswitch Engage), Mike Martin (All That Remains) Jason Roy (Awesome):

9) Megan Massacre ('NY Ink')

8) Mitch Lucker (Suicide Silence)

7) Get Scared

6) Keith Mina Caputo (Life of Agony)

5) Motionless in White

4) William Control (Aiden)

3) Robert Englund ('A Nightmare in Elm Street's "Freddy Krueger")

2) Andy Biersack (Black Veil Brides)

1) Alice Cooper

Jeremy recently teamed up with Chris Motionless (Motionless in White) to release a new calendar of some of their photography over the last two years. Make sure to keep a look out– this is a perfect holiday gift for any Metal fan! Also check out more information now on Jeremy’s upcoming ‘Capturing Music’ photo seminar taking place in January! You can learn more about the seminar here.

Recent years have seen a flurry of activity from the Western Massachusetts native, whether it’s organizing his own seminars and workshops, or releasing his acclaimed Bring the Noise collection of band photography, or his recently debuted collection of Corpse Painted Nude photography.

One thing is certain: whatever does wait for Jeremy Saffer out there in the shadows… odds are pretty good that he’s going to shoot it.

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