{"id":194,"date":"2015-05-06T18:40:39","date_gmt":"2015-05-06T18:40:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.femetaltv.com\/?page_id=194"},"modified":"2016-09-01T06:57:52","modified_gmt":"2016-09-01T06:57:52","slug":"the-women-of-femetal-tv","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.femetaltv.com\/?page_id=194","title":{"rendered":"The Women of FeMetal TV"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"Phoenix\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Executive Producer Phoenix Romero<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
(pictured with Eric A.K and Mike Gilbert of Flotsam and Jetsam)<\/div>\n

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In 1984 Phoenix\u00a0stumbled upon her\u00a0career in the music industry by helping Jason\u00a0Newsted with the Flotsam and Jetsam fan club. She was already in college studying journalism,when she began working as a music critic for<\/span>\u00a0Rob Halford’s (Judas Priest) magazine called Where it’s Hot in Arizona. During her\u00a03 year tenure\u00a0she created and penned the music gossip column “Who’s Hot”, in addition to interviewing artists, and reviewing live shows.<\/p>\n

In 1987, Bob Dolezal of Fastlane\u00a0Magazine pursued Phoenix and lured her\u00a0by offering her the position of Music Editor with complete creative control for Fastlane. For over 20 years she also\u00a0wrote the infamous column “The Music Grapevine”, as well as continuing to interview music artists like: Badlands, Melissa Ethridge, LA Guns, AC\/DC,<\/span> Heart and so many more. \u00a0During 1984-2011, Phoenix also worked in publicity and band management, for a wide variety of artists both locally and nationally. In 2012, Phoenix entered a new chapter in her life by becoming the General Manager at Heavy Metal Televison.com, during this same time\u00a0her daughter Mercedes was also\u00a0working as a\u00a0VJ for the station.<\/div>\n

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In September 2014, Both Phoenix and Mercedes parted ways with Heavy Metal Televison.com, to start their own project now known as FeMetal TV.<\/div>\n

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\"Mercedes\"<\/a><\/div>\n
On Air Hostess Mercedes Romero<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
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Mercedes has been involved in the music industry from the time she was born. Her mother would bring her along in a baby carrier while she interviewed any and all rock\/metal artists for various publications… not to mention the endless\u00a0band rehearsals and live shows she was dragged off too. At a young age Mercedes developed a true love of music and\u00a0a knack for discovering new talent. In 2011, Mercedes began dabbling in modeling, while attending college.\u00a0By October of 2012 she was<\/span>\u00a0chosen to be\u00a0the first VJ to appear\u00a0on Heavy Metal Television.com. appearing Monday through Friday<\/span><\/span> as well as\u00a0interviewing artists such as: Max Cavalera of Soulfly, Ray Luzier of Korn, Mushroomhead, Eve to Adam, In this Moment,\u00a0Stitched Up Heart, just to name a few.<\/div>\n

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In October 2014, Mercedes began a new chapter in her career as the lead hostess for\u00a0FeMetal TV.<\/p>\n

\"Kat<\/a><\/p>\n

Writer Kat Alyst<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n

A fan since literally before she was born, Kat Johl (writing as Kat Alyst for social media) continues her lifelong plus love of all things music to this day! Her parents, being avid music lovers who enjoyed plenty of live performances, radio and recordings while her mother was expecting, establishes her insistence that she’s been an aficionado prior to breathing air.<\/p>\n

She grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area, a child watching the beginnings of what would become some of the most renowned rock \u2018n roll music in the world. Sensing the significance even from a tender age, she focused her attention on performance and production. Her father\u2019s transfer to Phoenix, Arizona led to her spending formative high school years in the desert. There she found a unique opportunity to witness the development of a local music \u201cscene\u201d. Again understanding how special this was, she pursued every chance to attend impromptu \u201cdesert parties,\u201d which for a nominal cover charge included not only multiple kegs of beer (keggers!) but, more significantly for Kat, bands setting up with generators so that they could play as loudly as possible. This provided an avenue for her to hear raw beginnings of all styles of rock, punk and new wave on this kegger circuit.<\/p>\n

Her college years found her in Flagstaff, Arizona, and it was through Northern Arizona University that she met future members of the band The Results. Following graduation, they eventually relocated back to Phoenix. Kat\u2019s first Results show at a small bar back in the Valley of the Sun ended up with her telling the band that while she loved the music, they needed a stage show! Since she had graduated NAU with a Communications degree emphasizing film, TV and theatrical production, they suggested that she should do a lighting and stage design for them. She accepted the challenge, and hence with the help of a techno-geek friend from high school, put together a modest and portable light show. That sparked a years-long adventure that found the Results playing ever increasingly more important local gigs in Phoenix and the surrounding metropolitan area. It was during this time Kat met Phoenix, a young woman navigating her own course through the Arizona music scene (whom, as we now know, went on to launch her passion project, FeMetal TV!). They quickly became dear friends and eventually adopted each other as sisters. (You have no choice about the family you\u2019re born into, but you get to choose your family of friends). This stretch concluded with The Results changing sound, image and name to Club Adobe. Thus within a few short years they found themselves heading for Los Angeles where they were quite certain to take Hollywood by storm and become the Next Big Thing. In Kat\u2019s humble opinion, with stage show and particularly music having developed considerable polish, they SHOULD have become just that. For a number of reasons, sadly, it didn\u2019t happen.<\/p>\n

Once the band faded, Kat found herself eager to continue her involvement in the music business. Through a random but rather lucky \u201cGirls\u2019 Night Out\u201d with her beloved bio-sister and a few friends, she was offered an opportunity to apply with Capitol Records, and the next decade found her in the iconic round tower in Hollywood. There she met \u201cbaby bands\u201d just coming onto the scene as well as future and established luminaries such as Dave Koz,Megadeth, Bonnie Raitt, Dave Grohl, Paul McCartney and Frank Sinatra. It was the Chairman of the Board, old Blue Eyes himself, to whom she first uttered the idea that she had been a fan of his since \u201cbefore she was born\u201d. That gained her a chuckle and dazzling smile from Mr. S that she will treasure for the rest of her days.<\/p>\n

Since Capitol Records, her life has taken a number of roller coaster turns, but she has never wavered in her love of music. As she once told a dear young friend who had commented that she \u201calways seemed to have a song\u201d stuck in her head, her whole life has a soundtrack! She also maintains a healthy love of literature, and is an avid reader who devours books with a voracious appetite. She still resides in Southern California, though currently in Long Beach \u2013 a city which, ironically, is actively crafting its own bid to become an important music destination. Kat Alyst bides her time working in public education while quietly plotting her eventual return to the music business\u2026<\/p>\n

\"MaliaK\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Book Reviewer Malia Kowitt<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

A child of the 80s and 90s. Malia grew up in the midst of some seriously bad music, but managed to escape with a love of industrial grind and thrash metal. Malia is now married to a musician with two fantastic kids. When she is not busy with her continued education in English\/ Literature, her favorite hobby includes checking out local (Arizona) and international acts \u2013 live music is her love, though reading is a close second. Getting to know her favorite bands and musicians via biography\/autobiography has allowed Malia to share the stories through her perspective with FeMetal TV and her fans.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The FeMetal TV MEN:BEHIND THE SCENES<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Skully Lawrence\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Camera\/ IT
\nDean Farrell\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Production
\nDave Tedder\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Artist Relations
\nChris Gillespie \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Webmaster<\/p>\n

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Special Thanks to our sponsors:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Hard Attack Magazine
\nAsylum Records
\nOrcatek Productions
\nAround The Clock Plumbing Inc.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Executive Producer Phoenix Romero (pictured with Eric A.K and Mike Gilbert of Flotsam and Jetsam)   In 1984 Phoenix\u00a0stumbled upon her\u00a0career in the music industry by helping Jason\u00a0Newsted with the Flotsam and Jetsam fan club. She was already in college studying journalism,when she began working as a music critic for\u00a0Rob Halford’s (Judas Priest) magazine called … <\/p>\n

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