{"id":841,"date":"2008-06-18T02:29:18","date_gmt":"2008-06-18T07:29:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new.themetalden.com\/?p=841"},"modified":"2008-06-18T02:29:18","modified_gmt":"2008-06-18T07:29:18","slug":"<p>Metal News Source: Bravewords<\/p><p>Last night (June 13th), UK metal gods JUDAS PRIEST returned to the Download Festival which runs until - Sunday, June 15th at Donington Park in Leicestershire, En","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/?p=841","title":{"rendered":"OTEP &#8211; To Headline CIRCUS OF DEMOCRACY Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<p><img HEIGHT=\"298\" WIDTH=\"170\" TITLE=\"TRACI MICHAELZ\" ALT=\"TRACI MICHAELZ\" SRC=\"http:\/\/i25.photobucket.com\/albums\/c84\/rocketfromvenice\/tRACI.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img HEIGHT=\"31\" WIDTH=\"300\" TITLE=\"TMD\" ALT=\"TMD \" SRC=\"http:\/\/i66.photobucket.com\/albums\/h259\/rsid999\/tmdcom.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Metal Den.Com has learned  that Traci Michaelz, 34, drummer for Hollywood glam band PEPPERMINT CREEPS died on the morning of<i> Friday The 13th<\/i> while on tour in Fort Worth, Texas.<\/p>\n<p>  Details on the exact  cause of death have yet to be released.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<img HEIGHT=\"335\" WIDTH=\"275\" TITLE=\"TRACI  MICHAELZ\" ALT=\"TRACI MICHAELZ\" SRC=\"http:\/\/i25.photobucket.com\/albums\/c84\/rocketfromvenice\/tracimichaelz.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img HEIGHT=\"111\" WIDTH=\"200\" TITLE=\"PEPPERMINT CREEPS\" ALT=\"PEPPERMINT CREEPS\" SRC=\"http:\/\/i25.photobucket.com\/albums\/c84\/rocketfromvenice\/ei-creeps.jpg\" \/>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Michaelz had also been performing recently in a new Los Angeles-based cover band called ANKHESENAMUN, fronted by the estranged wife of former child star Danny Bonaduce. <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;Gretchen Bonaduce released this statement yesterday on her MySpace blog:<\/p>\n<p>&quot;I am fucking devasted that such a brilliant, brilliant, musician who was so full of life, would only have such a short time with us. I wish our last gig (which was the last time I saw him at Howl the Moon) I would have hugged him a little harder, and told him one more time how brilliant I thought he was. That little upstager was always doing incredible things behind my back&#8230; I wish I would have turned around more to bask in his greatness.  He can NEVER be replaced. I wish I could yell at you one more time for being late and threaten to fire you&#8230; cause you know I never would!  I would put up with your lateness because of your greatness.My thoughts and prayers are with Macy, Billy and Crystal as they make there way back from Texas.  I love you guys soooo much. I will keep you  posted as to any info on a memorial service or arrangements that might be made for Traci. You brought me a lot of joy playing with you, Traci, I was proud to be in a band with you.  You will be missed by all of us.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;Michaelz also enjoyed a brief stint with &#39;80s glam band PRETTY BOY FLOYD, which had reformed in <a HREF=\"http:\/\/www.roadrunnerrecords.com\/blabbermouth.net\/news.aspx?mode=Article&amp;newsitemID=28213\">October of 2004<\/a> with original lead singer Steve Sex Summers on vocals, along with PEPPERMINT CREEPS members Eddie Electra on bass, Macy Malone on guitar, and Traci Michaelz on drums. <\/p>\n<p><a HREF=\"http:\/\/www.peppermintcreepsonline.com\">http:\/\/www.peppermintcreepsonline.com&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a HREF=\"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/ankhesenamenmusic \">http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/ankhesenamenmusic <\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a HREF=\"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/prettyboyfloydband\">http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/prettyboyfloydband&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img HEIGHT=\"400\" WIDTH=\"320\" TITLE=\"PEPPERMINT CREEPS\" ALT=\"PEPPERMINT CREEPS\" SRC=\"http:\/\/i25.photobucket.com\/albums\/c84\/rocketfromvenice\/2008Tour.jpg\" \/>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; The Metal Den.Com has learned that Traci Michaelz, 34, drummer for Hollywood glam band&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_mo_disable_npp":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[73,19],"class_list":["post-841","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-news","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/841","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=841"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/841\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}