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News Slab: Prime news cuts from the metal and rock worldFRIDAY, FEB 06/09: - FINAL REPORT UNTIL SITE OVERHAUL DONE - MEANWHILE, WE DIDN'T TRASH EVERY BAND - HERE'S THE CRUNK ACTS WORTH FOLLOWING - rank hank.
......... make 'Green Bongs' out of Tampex tubes. ..........learn blindfolded taxidermy. ..........watch Japanese Game shows. and eventually get around to working on the site. We trashed a lot of shit acts over the last 2+ years, but it would be a fucking crime not to check out the following on your own. Therefore we endorse these asskicking 'unknowns':
BEFORE THE DAWN - hottest Finland act around (thanx largely to Lars Eikind). PURE INC - Swiss precision, old Soundgarden style. BLACK WATER RISING - Solid, fucking unbelievable material!
THE ANSWER - Ireland's apology for U2. BISON BC - Local dudes gonna become legends. BIG ELF - Wtf? An orig' LA act that doesn't suck ox balls? HOSTILE CELL - A Swedish Godsmack with ginormous fucking cajones. BORBON CROW - Wednesday 13 finally gets it right. DOWN THE DRAIN - Metalcore done justice, Buffalo-style. HELLFUELED - Swedish 'Ozzy-meets-Beautiful Creatures' dudes. VULTURE INDUSTRIES - A Norwegian roundhouse to your ears.
Adios - Rank Hank/ Sirbourbon/ Wibumba. AXL ROSE ON A G N' R REUNION - 'SLASH OR I WILL DIE BEFORE WE REUNITE' - rank hank.
*Ah, fuck* Any hope of these 2 asshats burying the fucking hatchet, are as slim as my morning shit crawling back into my ass.
The frontman told Billboard that the dispute between the pair would never be healed. He went on to say that Guns N' Roses, in its current guise, could tour in the near future. "In regards to Slash, " he said, "I read a desperate fan's message about, 'What if one of us were to die, and looking back I had the possibility of a reunion now'. My thoughts are, 'Yeah, and while you're at the show your baby accidentally kicks a candle and burns your house down, killing himself and the rest of your family.' "Give me a fucking break. What's clear is that one of the two of us will die before a reunion and however sad, ugly or unfortunate anyone views it, it is how it is. Those decisions were made a long time ago and reiterated year after year by one man. "There are acts that, once committed between individuals, they are what they are. To add insult to injury almost day after day, lapsing into year after year, for more than a decade, is a nightmare. Anyone putting his own personal entertainment above everything else is sickening." Speaking about a possible (current line-up) Guns N' Roses tour, he added, "No plans, but there's talk. Management and our promoters are really excited with the offers coming in both here and worldwide." Thanks NME. NOFX FRONTMAN 'SLAMS' AVENGED SEVENFOLD - 'AS WHATS WRONG WITH MUSIC TODAY' - FAT MIKE MAKES A GOOD CALL ON THESE TALENTLESS ASSHOLES - rank hank.
Gotta luv this shit. Highly respected Punk Icon NOFX frontman Fat Mike, (Michael Burkett) talks shit about posuers Avenged Sevenfold. Now it's one thing for any blogidiot to run his mouth...... But when someone like Fat Mike does it........'ouch'!!!
Over @ The Pulse of Radio, AVENGED SEVENFOLD was slammed by veteran punk rock musician and label owner Fat Mike in a new interview he did with California's Campus Circle newspaper. Mike, who sings for the band NOFX and owns the long-running and well-regarded Fat Wreck Chords, was asked what was wrong with music today. He replied, "AVENGED SEVENFOLD is the epitome of what's wrong with rock and roll. They support Bush. Support the Iraq War. Wouldn't accept a drink 'cause they have to play the next day, but tell everyone they party. And play to a fucking DAT tape. However, a couple of them are decent poker players." Thanks Blabb. BLINK 182 REFORM FOR 5 MIN': - TO PRESENT A GRAMMY - MEANWHILE, HOPPUS HAS AN ORGASM - sirbourbon.
We hope the podium is high enuf to cover the spooch-stains on Mark Hoppus' pants. This Tard's been having wet dreams of a Blink reunion....... ..........even before they packed it in. antiMusic reports: The members of Blink-182, Mark Hoppus, Tom DeLonge and Travis Barker, will be reuniting at the Grammy Awards on Sunday night. Before you Blink fans get all excited, they are not performing but according a Grammy press release they will be presenters. The Grammy PR simply lists them as a "reunited Blink-182, " but perhaps this could just be their first step to a full reunion? That is anyone's guess at this point, we will have to wait and see. - (The Grammy PR) Thanks Antimusic. ROADRUNNER PRINCESS, CHAD KROEGER, GIVES UP APPEALING $600 DRUNK-DRIVING FINE - WTF, WHEN YOU CAN GOBBLE YOUR OWN BEEFSTICK, WHAT'S $600 BUCKS??? - rank hank.
Chad kroeger says he can suck his own dick. Chad Kroeger is a big rockstar. Chad Kroeger has a ex$pen$ive hooptie. Chad Kroeger likes to drive drunk, in said hooptie. Nickelback frontman Chad Kroeger has abandoned his appeal of a drunk-driving conviction. The rock star had a blood-alcohol level almost twice the legal limit when he was pulled over in his LamborghinI in suburban Surrey in June 2006. Kroeger was acquitted of an impaired driving charge, but convicted on the charge of driving with a blood-alcohol level over .08. His lawyer, Marvin Stern, had argued in B.C. Provincial Court that his client's rights were violated when a police officer asked him to blow into his face after detecting the smell of alcohol. Stern said Thursday that while Judge Peter Gulbrandsen acknowledged the practice of blowing in the face is unconstitutional, he allowed the evidence because he felt it was obtained legally. At a sentencing hearing last May, Kroeger's conviction netted him a one-year driving prohibition and a $600 fine, and Stern said he would appeal. But a similar case has been reversed by the B.C. Appeal Court, and Stern said Thursday that means Kroeger can no longer appeal his conviction. "Just like anybody else his rights are protected by the Charter and at the time of the trial we felt that his rights had been violated, " Stern said. "The state of the law has now changed and we respect the current state of the law and are bound by it and in law there's no ground of appeal left." Kroeger said outside his sentencing hearing that he doesn't condone drinking and driving and that he made a mistake. (..............so is trying to suck your own dick, Kroeger.) Thanks canoe.ca ISIS - EXPERIMENTALISTS RECRUIT TOOL'S ADAM JONES ON NEW ALBUM - sirbourbon.
Booyah, cus Adam Jones will make this thing totally EPIC!!!
ISIS will release its fifth full-length album, "Wavering Radiant", on May 5 via Ipecac Recordings. The CD, produced by Joe BaressI (TOOL, QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE), will receive a limited-edition vinyl release on April 21. TOOL's Adam Jones contributed guitar to two songs from the LP. DEFTONES: - ISSUE UPDATE ON BASSIST CHI CHENG'S CONDITION - sirbourbon.
Deftones have issued an update regarding the condition of bassist ChI Cheng, who has been in a coma since early-November. Here you go: "Our fallen comrade has not made significant progress as of late, but continues to fight on from his accident. Doctors are working feverishly to return our brother to us, and we continue to hold out hope and faith that ChI returns to the life he has waiting for him and can join us on stage once again. "For everyone that knows Chi, knows that he never wanted down time. ChI always wanted to keep working and never slow down, which is why we feel confident in returning to the stage at Bamboozle in April. ChI would want it, and we want to make sure we're keeping his legacy alive. "Back in 1999, ChI had to leave the band for a brief moment and our close friend Sergio Vega filled in to keep the train moving. 10 years later, Sergio is going to step in once again while ChI is down. Sergio is family to us, and had received ChI's blessing before, so without a doubt we know that if ChI could tell us now, he would give us his blessing again. "In the meantime, we continue work on our record, and as for Bamboozle, we felt like we needed to poke our heads up for a quick breath before we buckle down and get this record finished. So we'll see you all in Irvine." Thanks The Gauntlet. WIBUMBA - METAL & HARD ROCK ALMANAC - FRIDAY, FEB 06/09. ON THIS DAY 2008 - Phil Bullard, the drummer for heavy rock acts Mandrake and Black Death, has lost his battle with colon cancer at the age of 59. 2001 - Marilyn Manson is arrested in Bologna, Italy when he passes through town on tour for a public indecency charge stemming from a 1999 concert. 1990 - Billy Idol broke several bones in a serious motorcycle accident. As a result he could not appear in Oliver Stone's "The Doors" in a major role. 1986 - Undertones singer Feargal Sharkey's mother and sister were held at gunpoint by terrorists in Londonderry. 1982 - The J. Geils Band, featuring Peter Wolf, began a six-week run at #1 in the U.S. with their single "Centerfold."
1966: Rick Astley ( Fucking Awesome UK singer) 1962: Axl Rose/William Bruce Rose (US vocals: Guns N' Roses) 1945: Bob Marley (Jamacain singer/songwriter/guitarist) * Passed away 11 May 1981
1998: Falco/ Johann (Hans) Hölzel (40) Austrian rock singer, singer and rock bass player in Drahdiwaberl (Falco died of severe head injuries received following a collision with a bus in his MitsubishI Pajero near the resort of Puerto Plata, in the Dominican Republic)
- Rank Hank Posted February 06, 2009 | Download of the day: Down - I Scream.mp3 
29News Slab: Prime news cuts from the metal and rock worldTHURSDAY, FEB 05/09 - BEST FUCKING NEWS ALL WEEK??? - BLACK WATER RISING - FINALLY RELEASING DEBUT!!! - & THIS FUCKER IS 'METAL-THERMITE'!!! - rank hank.
Black Water Rising fucking rule the Hard Rock court, baby-bitchas. Straight up no bullshit Groove-banger riffs that will have u bouncin' your noggin off the steering wheel... .non-fucking-stop! And none of the Buckcherry/Hinder posuer bullshit either. Just sweet, massive hooks. Click BLACK WATER RISING @ MYSPACE to check this crew out. BWR Singer songwriter Rob Traynor, is joined by former BOILER ROOM drummer Mike Meselsohn, former STEREOMUD guitarist Johnny Fattoruso and bassist Oddie McLaughlin. The New York-based band featuring former members of STEREOMUD, BOILER ROOM and DUST TO DUST, will release its self-titled debut album on April 7. BLACK WATER RISING's 11-song, self-titled debut has received major play (power rotation) on Sirius Satellite Radio's Octane channel (commercial station) for the song "Brother Go On" and was the #6 album in the Top 20 for October (the only unsigned band on the chart!), #2 most requested phones and in the Top 20 weekly chart many times. The single has grown legs and is still receiving spins and requests 40 weeks later. "It's got that raw sound, " says Fattoruso. "It's in your face, no gimmicks, straight-on hard rock/heavy metal, done the classic way. We wanted to get away from the cookie-cutter bands, back to where music was fun again." "I'm very proud of this album, because I think I have finally captured the sound and style I have heard in my head for years and always wanted to get out, " adds Traynor. "I believe BWR will appeal to the rock and metal spectrum. This is the type of band that can share a stage with bands like BUCKCHERRY and DISTURBED, then play with a PANTERA or SLAYER. If you like rock and metal, new or old school, I believe we have you covered. Our fan base demonstrates this. We have the balls, the riffs and the melody to bring it." Thanks Blabb. THE CRAMPS FRONTMAN, LUX INTERIOR DIES AT 62 - PSYCHOBILLY PIONEER SUCUMBS TO HEART CONDITION - sirbourbon.
Didja know that THE CRAMPS were the innovators of Psychobilly? The New York act basically were at the front of the Punk/Garage Punk/Horror-blues movement in the early 70's. They were responsible for influencing bands such as Black Lips, Reverend Horton Heat, My Bloody Valentine & tons more. NEW YORK (Billboard) – Cramps frontman Lux Interior died Wednesday at a Glendale, Calif., hospital as the result of a pre-existing heart condition, the band's publicist confirmed to Billboard. He was 62. The Cramps formed in 1976 and were part of the now legendary downtown New York punk scene. Their lineup shifted over the years but always included Lux and his wife, Poison Ivy. The band's rockabilly-infused punk has been credited as an influence by bands including the White Stripes and the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion. Interior, whose real name was Erick Lee Purkhiser, was born October 21, 1946, in Ohio. He met Ivy in 1972 and started the band shortly thereafter. The Cramps released 14 albums over the course of their career, their latest being 2004's "How To Make a Monster." Their best-selling album, 1984's "Bad Music for Bad People" has sold 95,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Thanks Reuters/Billboard. NORWAY'S SUSPERIA: - SIGNS WITH WORLDWIDE LABEL - BAND PREPARES TO MAKE YAK-BUTTER OUT OF THE COMPETITION WITH UPCOMING 5TH ALBUM - rank hank.
I have preached the gospel of SUSPERIA for 2 years now & I still don't understand why the fuck they haven't broke HUGE yet. Some of the most pulverizing riffage known to man comes from these Norwegian Metal-Vets. Check out some of the world's best Metal @ SUSPERIA MYSPACE FOR TRUE METALHEADS ONLY! Candlelight today confirms the worldwide signing of Susperia. Currently finishing work on their fifth album, the band recently announced a string of early spring UK dates that will kick off what is expected to be a busy year for the popular Norwegian metal band. “Ten years and still the same five guys,” exclaims vocalist Athera of the band’s long commitment to their music. “We have worked nearly two years on this material, perfecting it for your pleasure and our devoted fans. It will take you back to the early days with melancholic riffing and dark emotional vocals. It’s a perfect blend of everything Susperia has been and become.” Formed in 1998 by drummer Tjodalv (then of Dimmu Borgir) and guitarist Cyrus (then of Satyricon/Old Man’s Child), the band released their debut, Predominance, via Nuclear Blast in 2001. The band’s much-acclaimed second album, Vindication, followed in 2003. Signing with Norwegian-based Tabu Records (with release in the US via Candlelight Records) in 2004, the band released their third album, Unlimited, later that year. Brave Words Bloody Knuckles called the album, “a scorcher from start to finish, on par with Testament classic The Gathering.” “We now have the backing of one label worldwide and this is going to make life easier for us,” says bassist Memnock. “We hope that finally we get to play to our American fans.” Susperia’s still untitled label debut is expected for release early summer. Recorded in Norway it was mixed at Studio Fredman in Sweden. Susperia currently includes guitarists Cyrus and Elvorn, bassist Memnock, with drummer Tjodalv and vocalist Athera. Thanks The Gauntlet. HAS POISON'S RIKKI ROCKET, GOT 'EMPTY POCKETS'? - PUTS HIS ROLEX ON eBAY - & BLOWS A GASKET FROM SPECULATION 'HE'S BROKE' - sirbourbon.
Have the 'rape-lawyers' taken what little in Poison-royalties, Rocket gets monthly? (he was exonerated from all charges) That's the speculation that got The Poison drummer to lose it on Blabbermouth's blog yesterday. POISON drummer RikkI Rockett has responded to critics over his decision to auction his "beautiful" Rolex Oyster Perpetual Datejust Turn-O-Graph watch via eBay. Just two years old, the watch is said to be in great shape and a "total head-turner." Commented Rockett: "So, I'm a bit of a watch collector. More so now than in the past. I recently picked up a Green Milgauss Rolex. Love it! I have a few other oddities, but I wear the new Rolex the most. "I decided to sell my 2006 Rolex because it isn't a collector's watch and I haven't worn it even once since I got the new one. Besides, I'd prefer to set some of the memories attached to the watch aside.'Toss it up on eBay,' everyone kept telling me. Fine, so I did. Now I'm all over the crap press with people saying shit like, 'Oh, he must be broke!' and bullshit like that. Holy fuck! Do I have to be on the skids to sell something? Do I have to keep everything I ever bought or in the public's eye I'm going broke? What the fuck? Geez! I'm far from broke, ya fuckin' douche bags! I'm just unloading a watch because I ain't wearin' the fuckin' thing! "For fuck's sake!" Thanks LORDI - TAKE BAD CAREER DECISIONS TO A WHOLE NEW LOW - rank hank.
See kid's...... this is what happens when u have........ *REALLY BAD MANAGEMENT* Who the fuck thought up of this shit? It's like a 'Zwinky'....for retards. Funny Gene Simmons hasn't thought of this. ......then again, being that bad an idea... maybe he already has. The press will make u retch: "LORDI have teamed up with premier lifestyle site UGO.com to bring fans the LordI HeroMachine, a highly-detailed and fully-customizable interactive character-building game. According to a press release, "Legions of fans from around the world have already sworn their allegiance and now is your chance to join their ravenous chorus. Create your own character, male or female, and add gnarly spikes, studs, armor and what ever else you need for battle. The LordI HeroMachine is here for your own wicked imagination to run wild." No shame?......Then click I HAVE NO FUCKING LIFE @ LORDI LAND LORDI's latest album, "Deadache", sold around 1,700 copies in the United States in its first week of release. LORDI's previous studio album, "The Arockalypse", has sold more than 30,000 copies in the United States.
Hope Gwar's Oderus' will recover from laughing, in time for their next tour. Thanks Lordi/Ugo.com Myspace. WIBUMBA--METAL & HARD ROCK ALMANAC - THURSDAY, FEB 05/09. ON THIS DAY 1998 Slaughter guitarist Tim Kelly dies in an automobile accident in Arizona at age 34. 1977 - Iggy Pop signs to RCA. 1967, "Pop Stars And Drugs—Facts That Will Shock You" was the headline in the British tabloid News Of The World. The lurid and not entirely true exposé reported on LSD parties put on by The Moody Blues, attended by Pete Townshend, Ginger Baker and others. The story went on to quote Mick Jagger as having taken acid, and claimed Jagger displayed Benzedrine tablets and a chunk of hashish while in the reporter's company. That afternoon, Jagger had his lawyers file a writ against the tabloid. It turned out that the reporter in question had overheard Brian Jones talking about drugs in a London disco and mistook him for Jagger. The suit started a feud between the tabloid and the band which led to a police raid on Keith Richards' home five days later.
1981: Antti-MattI "Antza" Talala (guitars: To/Die/For) 1965: Ralf Scheepers (vocals: Primal Fear) 1964: Duff McKagan (bass: Guns N' Roses/Velvet Revolver) 1960: Paul Jones (bassist: Catatonia) 1948: David Denny (guitar: Abracadabra/Steve Miller Band) 1948: Nigel Tufnell (lead guitar: Spinal Tap)
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- Rank Hank Posted February 05, 2009 | Download of the day: Borknager - Future Reminiscence.mp3
4News Slab: Prime news cuts from the metal and rock worldWEDNESDAY, FEB 04/09: - MARILYN MANSON - ANNOUNCES NEW ALBUM TITLE - NO MENTION IF WES BORLAND WILL BE ON IT THO' - rank hank.
.........cus' letting Borland loose on it would've given him some badly needed cred'. Manson's game has stunk like a crackwhore's snatch, since 'Holy Wood'. Everything he's done since....has made me wear out the 'mute' button on the Cd changer. Getting a hired-gun like he's done with Borland (on tour) might provide a needed kick in the balls. So yay... Manson is announcing the title for his new studio album. The hard rocker revealed that the new record will be called 'The High End Of Low' on his official site Marilynmanson.com. The singer explained that the title referred to “a self-described state of being that I’m in. You’re going to be fucking freaked. It’s the shit”. The follow up album to 2007’s 'Eat Me, Drink Me' is currently in the mixing stage. although there is no official release date yet. Manson added that he will be filming the video for the album’s first single, 'I Want To Kill You Like They Do In The Movies', later this month. “It’s nine minutes long,” he said. “Severely sadistic. Basically it's murder, sex, death, the end.”
Thought so. Thanks NME. 'MOTLEY FUCKIN' WAAAA'!!! - CRUE'S SIXX, GET ALL PISSY - AFTER LOBBING A WATER BOTTLE INTO THE CROWD - & SOME CHICK THROWS IT BACK NEAR HIM - sirbourbon.
Check this clip out. The water-bottle missed Sixx by a fucking mile. If he'd thrown that thing at me......... I'd have thrown his herpes-infested shitbomb right back & made fucking sure it hit him. What a little girl. Video footage of MÖTLEY CRÜE's NikkI Sixx tossing a bottle of water into the crowd during the band's February 2, 2009 concert in San Diego before having it thrown back at him, resulting in a one-minute onstage tirade by the bassist, can be @ SIXX IS A PUSSY @ YOUTUBE A registered member of MÖTLEY CRÜE's official message board who goes by the name "roba156" posted the following account of the incident: "NikkI tosses his water bottle into the audience. The fat-ass' friend caught the bottle they passed it to one another then while NikkI was talking to the audience the fat-ass decided it would be clever to throw the bottle at NikkI's head, he literally had to duck or it would have hit him. I think she was a fan and not meaning any harm but she is still an idiot. NikkI got pissed, he thought it was couple of the guys standing around her and wanted to fight them, he even spit on one of them. He eventually found out who it was because a bunch of us were pointing out the fat-ass. Actually he looked at my [girlfriend] who was pointing at the fat-ass and waving top NikkI it was then that he ordered her to get out. And I read a post that said that he called her a horse, actually he said that 'she could suck his {censored} longer because she was a {censored}.' I guess she started to cry as they were escorting her out because NikkI said, in the most condescending tone, 'Ah, she's crying.' Thanks Blabb. SATRIANNI VS COLDPLAY PLAGIARISM? - GUESS WHAT? - FUCKING CAVEMEN WERE USING THE SAME CHORDS WITH A STICK & A GODDAMNED ROCK - rank hank.
Hey... were the biggest 'Satch' fans in the goddamned hemisphere, but........... The worn-out chords Of "Viva La Vida" (Coldplay) & "If I Could Fly" (Satrianni) are so fucking ancient that it's impossible to say who the fuck ripped off whom. Click here to hear SatriannI's & Coldplay's version of this regurgitated line, SATCH vs. COLDPLAY @ Youtube Add to that.....a big fucking surprise!!! Aprox' 456,987 other bands have used the same shit chord lines 'BEFORE SatriannI'. Check it out HERE FOR 'GUNTHER', 'CAT STEVENS' & SOME DOUCHE-BAG BRAZILIAN BAND . .....who basically did the same lame thing B4 the greedy fucking lawyers came charging in. MEANWHILE: Just B4 the Grammy Awards, things are heating up in the battle between Joe SatrianI and Coldplay. Coldplay's drummer Will Champion has gone on record with what are the most forceful and direct comments from the band regarding the lawsuit, calling it "a crazy thing"....it's frustrating and annoying...and totally unfounded." Willy....tut, tut... .such strong language. However, these douche-bags all BOTH WRONG.
Thanks Musicradar. LIFE OF AGONY BASSIST: - CREATES HORROR/CONSPIRACY SERIES, 'WIRE HANGERS' - rank hank.
Alan Roberts is an under-rated major talent. Bassist for LIFE OF AGONY... .fronting SPOILER NYC, coutnless other projects & now Horror comic series. LIFE OF AGONY bassist Alan Robert has written and created a new horror/conspiracy comic series, Wire Hangers. The series, which features pencils by Mike Lilly (Vampirella, Batman: Detective Comics), inks and covers by comic fan favorite Nelson (Marvel Masterpieces, Adventures of Superman), and colors by Juan Fernandez (Ant Unleashed), will hit shelves this year through a publisher to be announced in the coming months. To view the animated teaser, go to this location. The teaser was animated by Alan Robert using his artwork, with sound FX created by Josh Silver (TYPE O NEGATIVE) and voice-over by Neil Jason. Commented Robert: "I came up with the concept for Wire Hangers about 15 years ago and have been refining the story ever since. Writing bits and pieces of it on tour, over the years. Sketching character designs for it on the back of lyric sheets and things like that. I'm so excited to be working with such great comic book artists on this and finally bringing it to life! It's a long time coming and I have such a great feeling about it, seems like the timing is really right. Especially, with graphic novel stories taking over the box office and themes getting darker and darker, Wire Hangers fits right in." Alan Robert, Mike Lilly and Nelson will be on hand this weekend (Feb. 6-8) at the New York ComicCon. LIFE OF AGONY will tour Europe this summer. Meanwhile, Alan's SPOILER NYC project will enter the studio in April to begin recording the follow-up to the band's "Grease Fire in Hell's Kitchen" debut (SOS Records/I Scream Records). Thanks Blabb. IN FLAMES: - VOCALIST HOSTS RADIO SHOW, WHILE GUITARIST CHECKS INTO REHAB - sirbourbon.
On Sunday, February 8 at 6:00 p.m. CET, vocalist Anders Fridén of Swedish metallers IN FLAMES and Bollnäs Martin will host a radio show on the Swedish terrestrial radio channel 106.3 Bandit Rock. According to a posting on the band's web site, "Anders and Martin will be going through their personal record collections and play some of their favorite music." You can listen to the program live via the Internet @ www.BANDIT.SE RADIO IN FLAMES was honored in the "Best Swedish Band", "Best Swedish Album" and "Best Swedish Live Band" categories at the Bandit Rock Awards. The awards ceremony, which was organized and hosted by Bandit Rock 106.3, was held this past Friday (January 30) at Tyrol in the Swedish capital.
Jesper Strömblad, guitarist and founding member of In Flames has been forced to stay home and not participate on the upcoming South American/Australian/Japan tour. Jesper has checked himself into a rehabilitation clinic to get control of his alcohol addiction. On this tour Niclas Engelin from the Swedish band Engel will stand in and help the band with the guitar duties. Niclas has helped In Flames on a couple of occasions in the past and is no stranger to the songs or the touring life. This is something Jesper needed to do for himself and we wish Jesper all the best with his recovery and hope to have him back on the road with us again very very soon. Thanks Blabb. EDDIE VAN HALEN: - 'TOUR WASN'T JUST A ONE-OFF THING' - sirbourbon.
Wow......... An Eddie Van Halen interview without any backstabbing, shit-talking, or drama???? We can't believe it either. Check it out:
CNN: How was it touring with David Lee Roth after all these years? Eddie Van Halen: It was great. CNN: No smackdowns? Eddie Van Halen: No, no. Everything went great. It went smooth. CNN: Is there going to be another Van Halen tour? Eddie Van Halen: Oh, I know so. I mean, we're a band! That wasn't just a one-off thing. It's officially a band. And Wolfgang Van Halen is the bass player. Janie [Liszewski, Eddie's publicist] and I are getting married in June, and my son's going to graduate, and we'll pick it up after that. Obviously, I hope we record some new stuff. I'm writing, and just doing the same thing I always do. CNN: You've been tearing guitars apart and redesigning them all your life, haven't you? Eddie Van Halen: It kind of started when I went to a Radio Shack-type of store in Pasadena. They had a 12-string guitar hanging there, and I didn't want 12 — I wanted six. And so I asked the guy, "Could I take six strings off and try it?" And the guy said, "No, not unless you buy it." So I borrowed the money from my parents, bought it, took six strings off and voila — did what I wanted. The guitar — it's on the first album cover. It's called Frankenstein. I'm always tinkering with stuff. And basically, the new Wolfgang is a combination of all the years of tearing things apart, ruining things, creating things and coming up with things that I later found out I could patent. CNN: How many guitars have you accidentally broken on stage? Eddie Van Halen: On stage? (He shrugs.) During the last show, I actually tried to break a Wolfgang, and it wouldn't break. I picked it up and I couldn't break the damn thing. I threw it up in the air, and later put it out in the rain. I picked it up half an hour later, and it was still in tune. It pissed me off. Read the entire interview from CNN.com. WIBUMBA--METAL & HARD ROCK ALMANAC - WED' FEB 04/09. ON THIS DAY 2004 - Police questioned Noel Gallagher after a photograph of him trespassing on a railway line appeared in a newspaper. The Oasis guitarist was in a studio in Cornwall recording the bands new album when he took a walk along the railway line. 1989 - Guns N'Roses become the first act for fiteen years to place two LPs in US Top 5 - Appetite for Destruction in at No.2 and Guns N'Roses Lies at No 5. 1970 - John Lennon and Yoko Ono donated their hair for an auction in aid of the Black Power movement.
1982: Daniel Freyberg (vocals/guitar: Naildown) 1975: Rick Burch (bassist: Jimmy Eat World) 1975: Marc Charron (bass: Exciter) 1968: Steve Queralt (bassist: Ride) 1960: Tim Booth (vocals, James) 1952: Jerry Shirley (drums, Humble Pie/Fastway) 1948: Alice Cooper/Vincent Furnier (vocalist/golfer/bible thumper: Alice Cooper band)
1984: Paul Gardiner (35) Bass, founding member of Gary Numan's Tubeway Army (heroin overdose) 1982: Alex Harvey (46) Scottish singer, Stone The Crows/Tear Gas/Alex Harvey Big Soul Band. (heart attack while waiting for a ferry in Zeebrugen, Belgium, the day before his 47th birthday)
- Rank Hank Posted February 04, 2009 | Download of the day: Type O Negative - Die With Me.mp3
150News Slab: Prime news cuts from the metal and rock worldTUESDAY, FEB 03/09: - ABSOLUTE, WORST FUCKING NEWS THIS WEEK??? - MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM - & JUST LIKE ALL THEIR SHIT - BAND SAYS: 'ALBUM IS ALL OVER THE MAP, NO DIRECTION' - rank hank.
More than I H8 'crocs'... And 'lip rings'..... & Mac Laptop posuers @ starbucks..... & people who use 'Lol'..... I .can't. stand. My Chemical Bromance. The patterns of shit on my asswipe R 'waaaaaaaay' more interesting than anything these dickless little fags have EVER dun. Having to endure a 3.5 min' vid of these down-syndromed, Emo-tards make vomiting xtra-jalapeno-chilI n' 'Lucky Beer' downright exciting. So imagine my dismay when this was announced: "My Chemical Romance are currently working on their next album, although the group have yet to decide on what direction they'll be taking. .....................( ummm. isn't the 'direction' decided b4 u start working on the album???) "I was pretty inspired so I do have a collection of stuff that I've written since being off the road, " frontman Gerard Way told BBC Newsbeat. "This is our second time getting together and we're going to start banging material together and see what happens." "We haven't chosen a path yet. It's all over the map in terms of what's there. It's going to be less layered than 'The Black Parade' - I do expect it to be a little more raw." ....................('all over the map' & 'raw'...ur just another tem for.."we're fucking lost") "It's really nice to get a fresh perspective, we really needed to have that time off to live life and do some things and simply not have to tour or worry about making music." Despite not knowing which direction to go in, My Chemical Romance intend to record the album rather quickly, as Gerard explains: "I'm hoping for something to happen in a very fast way, that feels very natural and that doesn't have a lot of noodling all over it." "That's the goal, to get in there and have this rapid and visceral recording experience. To tour on it almost right away on it would be fun and not kind of drag it out like last time." ..................( a "rapid & visceral expeirence" = "hey! we need a shitload of fucking help") Thanks Angryape. EAGLES OF DEATH METAL - SLAM AXL ROSE & EXPLAIN BEING FIRED FROM THE 06' GN'R TOUR - sirbourbon.
We concur that..... .......Axl's an ass. ......GN'R is a fucking 'husk' of themselves. ......& that MTV scene of Dave Grohl taunting Rose was godamned priceless. However, when Hughes says 'Velvet Revolver has more Rock than Gn'R' The dude looses all cred'. Eagles Of Death Metal frontman Jesse 'The Devil' Hughes has told NME Radio he believes Axl Rose is no longer a rock star - And that's why his band were thrown off Guns N' Roses' 2006 US tour. The Guns N' Roses frontman branded Hughes' band "The Pigeons Of Shit Metal", after they received a hostile reception from the crowd when opening for GNR at Cleveland's Quicken Loans Arena. Speaking from the stage, Rose then fired the band from the rest of the tour.
However in an interview with Iain Baker which will be broadcast on Thursday (February 5) at 4pm (GMT) along with three session tracks on NME Radio, Hughes has blamed Guns N' Roses and the crowds they now attract for the debacle. "When we showed up it was a 25,000 seat arena with 5,000 kids there: not a single one of 'em born when 'Appetite For Destruction' came out, " he said. He added: "And I remember looking at my manager going, 'Dude, I think we made a mistake, man, apparently the rock went to [former Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash's group] Velvet Revolver .' This band lost the 'uns' and the 'roses' and they’re just 'g' and 'r', you know what I mean?" Hughes added that he now believes that the tension from Rose originally stemmed from the fact that he is friends with Dave Grohl. He said: "I really do believe it has a lot to do with the fact that he [Axl] hates Dave Grohl with a passion and we're in the same gang. Because he blames Dave Grohl for ending their [Guns N' Roses] career, and that famous MTV Music Awards when they got into a fight and Dave was on stage going, 'HI Axl!', taunting him from the pulpit, so to speak." Thanks NME. SEX PISTOLS, LYDON: - BOOSTS 'COUNTRY BUTTER' SALES BY 83%!!! - THE 'SMOOTH & CREAMY' GODFATHER OF PUNK TV AD HERE - rank hank.
In 77', if Lydon would have seen himself today.....selling fucking Butter, ......I'm sure he would have shot himself. Usually its the Beyonce, Jessica Simpson breed that sell out for this shit. And sure, David Bowie....Micheal Jackson....Alice Cooper have appeared in tv ad's, In Japan. But, check it out, the godfather of Punk.......PIMPING CREAMY-SHIT FROM A COWS ASS @ YOUTUBE Sex Pistols' John Lydon has apparently helped to revive sales of the butter brand Country Life. The punk frontman has been appearing in TV adverts for its makers Dairy Crest, who have claimed that the brand’s sales have risen by 83 per cent, reports Reuters. Lyndon has appeared in a series of adverts with the slogan "It’s all about great butter." The advert received heavy criticism from some fans - for Lydon apparently selling out his punk values. Thanks NME. METALLICA'S, KIRK HAMMETT & ADAM JONES (TOOL) - GET ALL ARTSY, FARTSY OVER HAMMETTS NEW ESP GUITAR - sirbourbon.
We knew Jones was the cerebral type. But hell...... Who knew that kirk Hammett could talk about anything other than surfboards..... .....and what he ate for breakfast. Guitar World: Speaking of mysterious subject matter, Kirk, you brought a pretty tripped-out ESP guitar with you today, which goes well with this issue's cult heroes theme. Hammett: "More like occult heroes. [laughs] Basically, for this guitar, I gave the artist [American painter] Mark Ryden a list of topics, and I said, 'Translate these ideas into your vision and paint it onto the guitar.' There's a bee, which is symbolic of knowledge: the raven, symbolizing secret knowledge: and then the all-seeing eye, symbolic of universal knowledge.caduceus [a symbol formed by a short staff entwined by two serpents] symbolizes the tree of life, but if you notice it also resembles a DNA strand [a double helix]. Then there's the hand from heaven, the Rosicrucian rose and my astrological sign, Scorpio, as well as assorted skulls and a yin-yang. It's full of numerology, astrology, occult and religious symbolism." Jones: "It's an amazing-looking guitar. I love all the light sources beaming off of the female shape, and the design at the center, over the pickups, which I see as a life-and-death thing. Mark Ryden is really the icon of this current underground, up-and-coming art movement, and he's paved the way for a lot of people who have similar approaches. I've seen his paintings in person in Seattle, and he is a master at what he does. I'm glad he's now getting the recognition. And Kirk's going to play it and scratch it all up? He should just put it under glass and hang it on his wall. Or better yet, give it to me. [laughs]" Hammett: "It's gonna see some wear and tear, but that's its purpose. Plus, Mark said he'd do touch-ups when they're needed." Guitar World: It seems you're both very thoughtful when it comes to studying hermetic philosophies. Do you find them useful in adding order to your lives outside of the musical realm, too? Jones: "The order is already there. It's just that we're making ourselves aware of it. Sacred geometry is basically studying anything and breaking it down to its purist form, be it a symbol, shape, color, vibration or sound. That's what our life is. It goes outside who we are as people, the earth or the universe, into the spiritual realm or even an unconscious collective realm." Guitar World: Going back to your guitar, Kirk, what specifically fascinates you about symbolism? Hammett: "Well, as far as symbolism goes, there are different schools of thought, like how colors can influence your mood or perspective. Different symbols, like the all-seeing eye or the rose, will trigger different things in your psyche or unconscious. All this stuff is influential on some level and has an impact on the person surveying it, whether on a quantum level or a more overt level. I'm really interested in that sort of thing. Another good example of this is Jimmy Page's use of the ZoSo sigil, which he had written on his outfit. [A sigil is a word or symbol of supposed occult power. Page's ZoSo symbol first appeared on the packaging of 'Led Zeppelin IV' and later on his stage outfits.] He thought that it helped his music and artistic direction. I'm totally into how certain images can influence the subconscious mind. On a very basic level, if this guitar was stark white I would feel completely different about it. The fact that it has this amazing graphic on it inspires me and moves me." Thanks Blabb/Guitarworld. BLOOD, FUCKING BLOOD! - 3 INCHES OF BLOOD - RE-RELEASE DEBUT ALBUM + 'BONUS TRACKS' - US & CANADIAN RELEASE DATES - rank hank.
This was the legendary 02' disc that caught the attention of Roadrunner Records back in 03-04', ........when they still gave a flying fuck about Metal. Its RR's lose, tho'. Cus 3IOB fucking rule my bray!!
Our own Vancouver, British Columbia's 3 INCHES OF BLOOD's first album, "Battlecry Under a Wintersun", will be released in the U.S. today, on Tuesday, February 3, 2009 and in Canada on Tuesday, February 24, 2009. It will be made available by Sonic Unyon and distributed by Caroline Distribution in the U.S. Thanks Antimusic. SMASHING PUMPKINS: - NEW TRACK FOR 'FREE' DOWNLOADING - sirbourbon.
News flash Corgan.... no. one.cares. anymore. This crap is just as bad as G.L.O.W off Guitar Hero: World Tour. It's as bad as the economy. And how bad is the economy? Bad enuf that Corgan's selling HyundaI's to pay the mortgage. A new SMASHING PUMPKINS song called "FOL" made its debut in a HyundaI car commercial that aired during the Super Bowl pre-game show this past Sunday (February 1) on NBC-TV. The track acts as the score for a new ad promoting the HyundaI Genesis Coupe. HyundaI VP of marketing Joel Ewanick said that the tune "offers the perfect 'kick-off' to Super Bowl advertising." You can now download the song for free in MP3 format @ THIS HYUNDAI SHITMOBILE SITE (free e-mail registration required).
Ironically, it was just 10 months ago — in March of 2008 — that the SMASHING PUMPKINS slapped former label Virgin Records with a lawsuit. Claiming that the company used the PUMPKINS' name and music in a promotional campaign for PepsI that supposedly damaged the group's credibility. Frontman Billy Corgan said in a statement at the time, "We fought hard for the right to be in control of how our music is used, to avoid situations like this kind of crass commercialism and exploitation, " adding that the use of the band's music in the PepsI campaign threatened their "artistic integrity." Thanks Blabb. WIBUMBA--METAL & HARD ROCK ALMANAC - TUESDAY, FEB 03/09. ON THIS DAY 2003 - Phil Spector, best known for his "Wall of Sound" production with the Beatles, was arrested in connection with the death of Lana Clarkson at his home near Los Angeles. 1991 - Sinead O'Connor announced that she wouldn't accept any Grammy Awards or attend the ceremony because the show reflects "false and destructive materialistic values." 1961, Bob Dylan made his first recording, covering the blues standard "San Francisco Bay Blues."
1965: Nick Hawkins (guitar, Big Audio Dynamite/Bad) * passed away 10.Oct.2005 1959: Laurence "Lol" Tolhurst (keyboards, drums: The Cure) 1956: Lee Renaldo (guitar: Sonic Youth/Ciccone Youth) 1949: Arthur Kane (bass: New York Dolls) * passed away 13.July.2004 1947: Dave Davies (vocals, keyboards, harmonica, guitarist: The Kinks)
1959: Buddy Holly (22) US singer, guitarist, songwriter, Crickets (died in a crash shortly after take-off from Clear Lake, Iowa. The plane single-engined Beechcraft Bonanza was hired after his tour bus developed heating problems while travelling to Fargo, North Dakota, for the next show on their Winter Dance Party Tour which Holly had set - covering 24 cities in three weeks, to make money after the break-up of his band, The Crickets, in '58) 1959: The Big Bopper/Jiles Perry (28) US singer, DJ, songwriter (Buddy Holly plane crash) 1959: Ritchie Valens (17) US singer, (Buddy Holly plane crash)
- Rank Hank Posted February 03, 2009 | Download of the day: Fireball Ministry - Sundown.mp3
141News Slab: Prime news cuts from the metal and rock worldMONDAY, FEB' 02/09: - NEW METAL RELEASES - STARTING FEB' 03/09. - rank hank.
ALEX WRITES: Dear Rank... ..."My family says that gas-huffing will harm me permanently. (With belligerence & hallucinations & even death) The motherf@#kers have put locking gas-caps on all the vehicles, oooHH... I just want to kill them all with a meat-cleaver & hack em' into bite-fucking-sized bits!!! Even Papa Smurf & David Lee Roth say I do too much shit when they've finished singing Prince covers to me at night. (sniiiiiiiffff...) Answer - your - make - one - the - right"
Dear Fweeper... ..."Bullshit. Keep right on cracking the Whippets, pearls, Glade, snotballs, moonballs etc. hell, give some to Roth & P Smurf too. 'Purple Rain' on toncho should be a fucking hoot. Write back in about a year. Hey, I hear Home Depot's got paint thinner & 'Glad bags' on sale. They'll go great with DIR EN GREY'S - A Knot Of - DVD (The End)".
Bodychoke - Cold River Songs (Relapse)
Amenta, The - nOn (Listenable) Thanks About.com NEW ALT/ROCK RELEASES: - STARTING, FEB' 03/09. - sirbourbon.
Florida's RED JUMPSUIT APPARATUS may win some award for dumb-assed band name, but some of their shit's pretty gun, esp' "You Better Pray" off 'Lonely Road' out on Tuesday.
2/03/2009 SO WHY IS THIS SHIT-BAND 'NEWS'? - MR BIG - 20TH ANNIVERSARY & JAPAN TOUR - AFAWK, TOM CRUISE LOVES 'EM - rank hank.
The stupid Japanese were the only ones who ever dug these walking coma-patients. So why is this shit ALL OVER the goddamned music wire? Apart from having a "OT III (Operating Thetan Level 3) Scientologist for a bassist....... This band has no fucking reason to exsist. 'Cept to pollute shopping aisles with evil sound waves that make u forget the batteries u went in for..... .......and pick up 8 "Primula Cheese & Prawn" tubes. The original members of MR. BIG - singer Eric Martin, bassist Billy Sheehan, guitarist Paul Gilbert and drummer Pat Torpey - have confirmed via Burrrn Presents Heavy Metal Syndicate that they are reuniting for a Japanese tour later this year. Paul Gilbert comments: "Mr. Big is back together. All original members, and we’re coming to Japan to play live. So, come check it out, and rock with us. Yeah!” 2009 marks the 20th anniversary of Mr. Big’s debut release and also the 20th anniversary of Paul Gilbert’s first PGM signature guitar, the PGM 100. (Thanks Metalichicka.wordpress.com) OLD, FORGOTTEN MISFITS DEMO'S: - RESURRECTED BY 'FILL IN DRUMMER' PRIOR TO HIS RE-RELEASE OF 'MISFITS BOOK' THIS SPRING - sirbourbon.
So this dude dug up some old Misfits rehearsal tapes... In a attempt to spark interest in an old book on the band, he's re-releasing this spring. Don't click the link below, expecting anything that sound's near Danzig/Graves/Hideous Misfits. MISFITS book author and veteran punk drummer Joel Gausten (PIGFACE, THE UNDEAD, ELECTRIC FRANKENSTEIN) has posted previously unreleased rehearsal/demo versions of the MISFITS songs "Nike A Go Go" and "I Turned Into A Martian" HERE @ JOEL GAUSTEN MYSPACE Like Gausten's previously posted released demos for "London Dungeon", "Astro Zombie", "Hatebreeders", "Angelfuck" and "She", the two newly posted tracks were recorded in February 1995 at the MISFITS' rehearsal compound in New Jersey and feature Jerry Only on bass, Doyle Wolfgang Von Frankenstein on guitar, Eric Weiss on vocals and Gausten on drums. The song was part of an 11-song demo recording engineered by MISFITS drummer-to-be Dr. Chud. These tracks were recorded several months prior to Michale Graves becoming the band's official singer. At the time of the recording, Gausten had been serving as one of the band's fill-in rehearsal drummers while the group was auditioning vocalists. Gausten detailed his experiences with the MISFITS in his out-of-print 2006 book, "Tales of Horror: The History of The Misfits & The Undead", which will be re-released this spring as a "deluxe edition" with a new cover by artist Shannon Gardner and updated/expanded information on both the MISFITS and THE UNDEAD. Thanks Blabb. EDDIE VAN HALEN: - ON THE ROAD TO PIMP NEW 'WOLFGANG AXE' - rank hank.
Dunno....... The thing looks just like a Peavey to me. Throughout early February, Eddie Van Halen will be appearing in several media outlets chatting about the new EVH Wolfgang guitar, his most recent line of EVH products, and giving fans an unparalleled look into his world. Eddie has destroyed old ways of thinking about guitars and brought the same genius, innovation and creativity from his playing directly into the design and manufacturing process, giving new meaning to the term "high performance." Since its introduction just two weeks ago, the all new EVH Wolfgang guitar is blowing people away, with the massive demand far exceeding all original estimates. The guitar, which Eddie road-tested nightly on the critically acclaimed, highly successful VAN HALEN 2007-2008 North American tour, boasts loads of features. Among them are stainless steel frets, double-potted custom-wound pickups, five-piece binding on the matching body and headstock, custom-made signature tuning machines and Floyd Rose bridge, and new low-friction pots. Also coming soon is the brand new, D2H (Drop To Hell) Tailpiece. Stay tuned to www.evhgear.com for an exclusive video of Eddie himself explaining, demonstrating and telling the story behind this very unique, innovative patented tailpiece. Thanks Musicradar. SPRINGSTEEN ADMITS MAKING A DEAL WITH WALMART - WAS A 'MISTAKE' - AT LEAST HE'LL ADMIT IT, AXL - sirbourbon.
The champion of union-workers everywhere, Bruce Springsteen, fucked up ginormously with doing an exclusive deal with anti-unionist's WALMART, just like Axl Rose & AC/DC did. But at least Springsteen admits it. Whereas Axl & the Aussie's couldn't give a fuck about Walmart's track record of unfair labour practices. Bruce Springsteen has admitted that making a deal with Wal-Mart to exclusively release his band's greatest-hits CD was a mistake. The Boss was criticised by several of his fans for doing business with the major US company that has been accused of unfair labour practices and has paid fines for violating labour laws. In a posting on the fan site backstreets.com, one fan commented: “Bruce is doing biz with Wal-Mart? Kind of goes against everything he stands for.” When asked about the decision, Springsteen told the New York Times, "It was a mistake. Our batting average is usually very good, but we missed that one. Fans will call you on that stuff, as it should be." He explained that decision was made too quickly during a busy time. “We were in the middle of doing a lot of things, it kind of came down and, really, we didn’t vet it the way we usually do,” he said. Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band are set to perform during the Super Bowl half-time show this Sunday (February 1), as previously reported. Thanks NME. EX-GN'R DRUMMER, ADLER BUSTED, AGAIN - CELEBRITY RE-HAB-LOSER HIT WITH $50,527. BAIL - rank hank.
Steven Adler - former drummer for GUNS N' ROSES - has been busted (again) on a drug charge. Ever seen this shitstain try to talk? Tune into Celeb' Rehab sometime, for the biggest fucking pants-pissing laugh.....ever. Dude can't function without 3 lbs of heroin & a 26 er of 'Jack' in him. Cops tell us Adler was arrested on Jan. 26th and charged with being under the influence of a controlled substance - a misdemeanor. We don't know the exact substance. We're told Steven was released the same day at 10:50 AM on $50,527 bail (weirdest amount we ever done seen). No court date has been set. Adler was busted last July for possession of narcotics, being under the influence and for an outstanding warrant -- and was ordered by the court to stay at the Pasadena Recovery Center. Update: 6:22 PM ET Steven's people say he was arrested because he hadn't finished his community service in the time frame given by the judge. They say Adler went to register as a drug offender - also court ordered - on the 26th, when cops acted on the arrest warrant stemming from the unfinished community service. He was charged with "being under the influence of a controlled substance" because that was the original charge from his July arrest. Steven's people want to make it clear he was not under the influence of drugs. Thanks BW&BK. WIBUMBA--METAL & HARD ROCK ALMANAC - MONDAY, FEB' 02/09. ON THIS DAY 2000 - C.C. DeVille announces that he's leaving Poison. The guitarist was upset over Bret Michaels' refusal to let C.C.'s other band, Samantha 7, support the revived glam metallers. His Poison pals later convince him to return to their fold. 1995 - Manic Street Preachers' guitarist Richey James vanished leaving no clues to his whereabouts. He left The Embassy Hotel in London at 7am, leaving behind his packed suitcase. His car was found on the Severn Bridge sixteen days later. 1988 - The Cars announced they were breaking up after 12 years of working together. 1979 - Former Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious died of a heroin overdose in the New York City apartment of his girlfriend, Michelle Robinson. He was 21. 1978 - Van Halen signed with Warner Brothers Records
1983: Alex Westaway (UK guitarist, vocalist: Fightstar). 1975: Martin Hedin (keyboards: Andromeda) 1974: Håkon "Memnock" Didriksen (bass: Susperia/Old Man's Child) 1966: Robert DeLeo (bass: Stone Temple Pilots/Talkshow/Army of Anyone). 1965: Dominique Leurquin (guitars: Inner Vision/Rhapsody Of Fire) 1949: Ross Valory (bassist: Steve Miller Band, Journey)
2002: Paul Baloff (41) Frontman and founder of the thrash metal band Exodus, also sang in several other ands such as Heathen, Hirax and Piranha.(stroke). 1999: David Richard McComb, (February 17, 1962 – February 2, 1999) was an Australian rock musician. He was the singer-songwriter of a prominent Australian post-punk band, The Triffids. 1979: Sid Vicious/John Simon Ritchie (21) bass player, Sex Pistols. He had been partying in a New York flat to celebrate his release on $50,000 (£29,412) bail pending his trial for the murder of his former girlfriend, Nancy Spungen, the previous October. Guests said that Sid had taken heroin at midnight. (heroin overdose, possible suicide).
- Rank Hank Posted February 01, 2009 | Download of the day: American Head Charge - Leave Me Alone.mp3
23News Slab: Prime news cuts from the metal and rock worldFRIDAY, JAN 30/09: - WEEKEND EDITION - FUNNIEST SHIT ALL WEEK??? - SEBASTIAN BACH (BIERK, BIERK) & HATEBREED'S JASTA, TEAMING TOGETHER TO WRITE - 'GREAT ANTHEMIC METAL SONGS' ( AKA: A SHIT SANDWICH ) - rank hank.
So one-dimensional-writer/Hatebreed screamo-vocalist, Jamiey Jasta is gonna write "GREAT anthemic metal/rock songs" with Axl Rose masterbator & major tool and control freak....Sebastian Bach??? (Btw....Bach's real name is... 'Bierk Bierk') I shit u not. This is fucking hysterical..... Cus Jasta wouldn't know an 'anthemic tune'...... Even if Timbaland climbed on his head..... & shat 'Billboard-hits larvae' into his scalp, which produced hits 4 da nxt 20 yrs. STILL, JASTA SEZ: "All the SKID ROW/Bach fans need not to worry — I am not trying to infuse a HATEBREED/KINGDOM OF SORROW sound or style.
I'm just hoping to write and produce a bunch of GREAT anthemic metal/rock songs for him. Think 'Painkiller'-era [JUDAS] PRIEST meets 'Vulgar Display' [PANTERA] meets 'Slave To The Grind' [SKID ROW]." MEANWHILE 'BIERK, BIERK' SEZ: "Jamey and I are getting together this month to record some demos. I am not going to make a HATEBREED record, I am going to work on material with Jamey that will be heavy and anthemic but still make sense next to the other CDs I have done."
And if u find more than 1, he asks that u smuggle it back INTO the record store. (Bierk, Bierk hopes you like. \m/ ) Thanks Blabb. PEARL JAM'S, McCREADY: - LOBBY'S STATE FOR EMERG' ACCESS TO BIZ' TOILETS FOR CROHN'S SUFFERERS - 'IMAGINE THE WORST DIARRHEA x 10, WITH A KNFE IN IT' - sirbourbon.
Jesus.... Wish I'd read this after, instead of during, shoving 4 eggo's slathered in Mrs Butterworth's. Pearl Jam's, Mike McCready has toured the world, won a Grammy and performed with the Rolling Stones. But as McCready knows, there are some things fame can't get you. And sometimes, that means getting to a restroom in time. McCready suffers from Crohn's disease, a painful gastrointestinal disorder that can make finding restrooms an extremely urgent and embarrassing task. On Thursday, he asked Washington state legislators to mandate emergency access to businesses' private restrooms for sufferers of Crohn's and related disorders. "Imagine the worst diarrhea you've ever had and then times it by 10, with a knife in it, " McCready said after testifying before a legislative committee. "You have maybe a half-a-second to find out where a bathroom is." The proposal would require retailers without public restrooms to allow people with inflammatory bowel diseases to use employee restrooms, provided an identification card or a letter from a doctor or nurse is shown. McCready said a law is needed because many businesses are insensitive to the needs of people who have diseases like Crohn's. He said there are a number of businesses he won't patronize because they've denied him emergency restroom access. Over the last 20 years he estimates he's had "hundreds" of accidents. But while Crohn's disease has been a public embarrassment for him, he said officials should remember the everyday people who suffer with similar disorders. "I'm 42 years old. I'm doing fine, " he said. "But when you're 13 or 14 and you're going through those years with the shame and indignation - it's embarrassing." House judiciary committee chairman Jamie Pedersen said the bill will likely be passed out of his committee. Thanks canoe.ca METALLIST'S GIVE THEIR 2 CENTS ON SUNDAY'S 'SUPERBOWL XLIII' - rank hank.
This is gonna be one of the weaker Superbowl's in recent memory....... But yeah, we see the Steelers wiping their ass with Arizona. Cardinals vs. Steelers may not be the most blockbuster Super Bowl ever, but that didn't stop some of metal's die-hard football fans from sharing their predictions with Rhapsody. If you think these dark dudes are brutal on their instruments, just wait till you hear them slam the opposing team
"The fact that the Cardinals are in the Super Bowl shows how crazy the league has become. On any given Sunday anybody -- except Detroit -- is capable of beating anybody in the league, and in any single game careers can be lost and seasons ruined. I'd root for the Cards if Warner would quit doing shout-outs to God. God doesn't give a sh*t about football. In fact, God is dead ..."
"Cards ... plain and simple ... and 5FDP will be drunk somewhere in L.A. watching the game and screaming at the TV."
"Arizona is a nice story, but I believe that the halftime show will be more exciting than either team on the field."
METALLICA - START WORK ON NEW ALBUM, 'ALREADY' - BAND FINDS EMPTY SEPTIC-TANK, FOR EVEN SHITTIER SOUND THAN 'MAGNETIC' - sirborbon.
Will they get Rick Rubin again? Will they aim for even crappier mixing than Death Magnetic? Will Lars' forehead be big enough to show 'The Dark knight' in blue ray? Even tough their latest album, Death Magnetic, was only released last September Metallica have begun work on the follow-up. "We're already jamming on new ideas and new riffs, " bassist Robert Trujillo told LiveDaily.com. "That's one of the things with this band - there's no shortage of musical ideas. I think we still got it in us to create interesting music and to get even better with it. That's kind of fun." Thanks Kerrang ANTHRAX: - ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM - IF THEY CAN FIND 12 PEOPLE WHO GIVE A FUCK - rank hank.
Every time I hear Anthrax on Sirius sat' radio.... I drop dead *zzzzzzzzzzz* at the wheel. New Anthrax without Joey Belladonna = instant narcolepsy. Anthrax will release their first album in six years this June. Supposedly, with Dan Nelson...who sucks hose. Worship Music will mark 25 years since the release of their debut album Fistful Of Metal. “I can't even process that it's been 25 years,” says guitarist Scott Ian. “Start making a list of bands that are still around 25 years after their first album, and it's going to be a pretty short list.”
Thanks kerrang. WIBUMBA--METAL & HARD ROCK ALMANAC - FRIDAY, JAN 30/09. ON THIS DAY 2004 - In the U.K., Virgin Megastores report that John Lydon's role on the TV game show I'm a Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here has bumped sales of the Sex Pistols' Never Mind the Bollocks album up 20%. 1995 - The surviving members of Led Zeppelin are given a lifetime achievement award at the 22nd annual American Music Awards. 1974 - Greg Lake arrested for swimming nude in a Salt Lake City hotel pool, clearly visible from the street. 1973 - Formerly known as Wicked Lester, Kiss play their first show under their new name at the Coventry Club in New York's Queens.
1979: Sterghios Moschos (drums: Panthiest/ De Profundis) 1975: Martinus "Martijn" Spierenburg (keyboards: Within Temptation) 1951: Phil Collins (drums, piano, vocals, Genesis/solo). 1947: Steve Marriott (UK singer, guitarist, songwriter: Small Faces/Humble Pie) * passed away 20.April.1991.
2005: Wes Wehmiller (33) US bassist: He worked with many other musicians in L.A. before founding his own band "I, Claudius". When bassist John Taylor bowed out of Duran Duran in 1997, he took his place, touring and performing on television with the band until 2001. After which he worked with Warren Cuccurullo, Missing Persons, and several other L.A. bands. In 2004, he played with Mike Keneally (thyroid cancer) b. September 12th 1971.
- Rank Hank Posted January 30, 2009 | Download of the day: The Cult - Wild Hearted Son.mp3
143News Slab: Prime news cuts from the metal and rock worldTHURSDAY, JAN 29/09: - BILLY CORGAN'S 'ARTISTIC INTEGRITY' - IN THE SHITTER, FOR A KOREAN CAR COMMERCIAL - rank hank.
Less than 1 fucking yr ago, in March 2008, Billy Corgan sued Virgin Records over the label's unauthorised licensing of his band's music to PepsI for a promotion. At the time, Corgan cited - "this kind of crass commercialism and exploitation" - as undermining the "message of honesty, artistic integrity and alternative non-mainstream culture" that the Smashing Pumpkins had spent a career crafting. .....remember, he said "crass commercialism"...."artistic integrity".... & "non mainstream culture" that the Pumpkins had spent a carreer crafting" Fast forward to now. Billy's forgot about "artistic integrity. Billy's all buggin 'bout corporation scrilla. A new Smashing Pumpkins track, FOL, was set to be aired as part of a HyundaI car commercial DIRECTLY before the kick off of Super Bowl XLIII on Sunday 1 February. However, it now seems that HyundaI have moved the advert to a less costly slot during the pre-game build up. This morning, Idolator reports that the tough financial climate has forced HyundaI to reconsider the marketing spend on its new sports coupe, the Genesis. does FOL mean ...'fart out loud"? Thanks Musicradar. EX- FEAR FACTORY'S, DINO CAZARES: - ON DIVINE HERESY'S NEW FRONTMAN, TRAVIS NEAL - sirbourbon.
So how is taco-hound, Dino Cazares (ex-Fear Factory) doing with his new vocalist, Travis Neal? Apparently good... since Neal hasn't beaten Dino up yet, like former frontman, Tommy Vex did. Commented Cazares: "With Neal now having a few shows under his belt, his confidence is coming across through the new material. The songwriting process has been great and the ideas are constantly flowing. Collaborating with Tim Yeung [drums], Joe Payne [bass] and Neal, all together hashing out ideas in the practice space, has been very therapeutic and enjoyable. We all have a collective desire to take our performances to the next level with this release to undoubtedly prove that we are one of the most devastating bands in the scene today. Prepare to be annihilated and stay tuned to our MySpace page for studio reports and new video footage." DININE HERESY plans on hitting the studio on February 1, once again with acclaimed producing team Dirty Icon (Logan Mader and Lucas Banker), which has recently worked with CAVALERA CONSPIRACY, GOJIRA and FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH. DIVINE HERESY will also co-produce the new effort. After a year and a half of touring with the likes of ALL THAT REMAINS, STATIC-X, ARCH ENEMY, CHIMAIRA and SHADOWS FALL, DIVINE HERESY has proven that it is a stellar live act and is a force to be reckoned with. Thanks Blabb. DEATHSTARS - 'LETS BORE THE FUCK OUTA EUROPE 09' TOUR' - WE SAY, BETTER OXFORD THAN VANCOUVER - rank hank.
* Whew * Thought for a minute these 'Manson/69 Eyes cheap knockoff's' might be announcing a N American tour..... Then enevitably someone would go....... -- "C'mon Rank.....lets go & throw shit at them." And I'd cave & go & fuck my rotater cuff up lobbing $7.00 Molson's piss-bombs at em.
The DEATHSTARS have announced a headline tour through UK in April. Supporting acts to be announced soon. Thanks The Gauntlet. POWERMAN 5000 - 3-TRACK MEDLEY OF NEW MATERIAL LINK HERE - sirbourbon.
For the first time.......Spider One might just put out a BETTER album than big bro' Rob Zombie!?!?! Some sibling rivlary might prompt Zombie to pull up his huggies & do better n' 'Educated Horses'. Which sucked donkey-balls x 10. Meanwhile, Powerman 5000 haven't done anything worthwhile since the stellar 'Tonite The Stars Revolt' (99') But check out the new shit HERE @ POWERMAN 5000 MYSPACE & be blown away by the medley on the #1 track. Shits off the fucking hook, cash money!!! POWERMAN 5000 has posted a three-track preview of some of the band's new material on the group's MySpace page. Go to this location to check out a medley of the songs "Super Villain", "V Is For Vampire" and "Horror Show". POWERMAN 5000 in 2007 parted ways with guitarists Johnny Heatley and Terry Corso and replaced them with Evan Rodaniche and Dave Pino. The band's latest album, "Destroy What You Enjoy", was produced by Mudrock (AVENGED SEVENFOLD, GODSMACK), who also co-produced POWERMAN 5000's major label debut, "Mega!! Kung Fu Radio". The CD was recorded at the Hobby Shop in Eagle Rock, California and was mixed by Dave Schiffman (AUDIOSLAVE, JOHNNY CASH, SYSTEM OF A DOWN). Thanks Blabb. DEAR VINCE NEIL: - 'U SUK SO BAD, THAT ALL THE EFFECTS @ AMAZON.COM - STILL MAKE U SND LIK A 8 YR OLD GIRL' - rank hank.
Poor Mick Mars. Having to share a stage with 3 turbo-douche-tards, can't be easy. Esp' with a supposed 'singer' who slaughters the material.....like a near-sighted butcher with meth withdrawal's & a plastic knife. Neil claims to sing as 'close to the record as possible'. Cheeto-boy should check out Crue film footage. Cu's 99% of whats out there, has Vince NOT finishing a verse, 99% of the time......out of breath 99% of the time....& off key 99% of the time. Like Blagovich, Neil is sticking to his story:
Vince Neil: You have to really enjoy what you're doing and try to deliver the songs to the people out there the way they want to hear it. I try to stay as close to the records as possible because I hate going to see a singer who sings it differently. It drives me crazy. Desert Post Weekly: You left the band twice but always returned. Is it similar to working on a marriage or relationship? Vince Neil: That's why a lot of bands don't make it. Once they hit a bump in the road, they quit. We took some time off from each other at one point — but MÖTLEY CRÜE isn't MÖTLEY CRÜE without the four of us. Thanks DPW. WIBUMBA--METAL & HARD ROCK ALMANAC - THURSDAY, JAN 29/09. ON THIS DAY 1999 - Hole are among the performers at the Big Day Out festival in Adelaide, Australia. However, their set is cut short when Courtney Love shouted, "An Australian bug just bit me really hard. I'm not joking. I'm gonna die. What f*cking bug was that? Oh my God, it was a bug and it was this big. What kind of bugs do you have here? I'm scared. If I die, you guys have our last show." 1982 - Gary Numan made a forced landing at an RAF base outside Southampton after running low on fuel: he was flying back from Cannes, France. The press ran stories that he had in fact crash landed on the A3057. 1979 - Emerson, Lake and Palmer disband following financially disastrous tour of America. 1978 - David Coverdale formed Whitesnake .
1976: Nicola PirronI (bass: Holy Martyr) 1974: Vrangsinn (Daniel Salte) (bass/keyboards: Carpathian Forest) 1968: Richard Battersby (UK drummer: The Wildhearts) 1968: Olaf Zissel (drums: Tankard) 1964: Roddy Frame (Scottish guitarist, singer, songwriter: Aztec Camera). 1961: Eddie Jackson (bass: Queensryche) 1952: Tommy Ramone/Thomas ErdelyI (Hungarian born drummer: The Ramones).
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Thanks To: Metal Storm/ The Gauntlet/ Triple A Radio/ Phil Brodie band.
- Rank Hank Posted January 29, 2009 | Download of the day: The Dandy Warhols - All The Money Or The Simple Life Honey.mp3
25News Slab: Prime news cuts from the metal and rock worldWEDNESDAY, JAN 28/09: - FUNNIEST FUCKING SHIT ALL WEEK??? - CRADLE OF FILTH'S DANI FILTH DEFENDS HIS FAN'S - 'THEY'VE GOT DAY JOBS, THEY'RE ACCOUNTANTS & LAWYERS'!!! - rank hank.
Filth's right. U can't blame these tragedy's on heavy metal, or rap...or whatever these shitstains listen to. It's just the wonky way the Metal-midget went about saying it. However, "Richmond" from the best UK show currently running 'THE IT CROWD', says it best at about the 3:15 min' mark on this 'outakes' clip @ RICHMOND, THE COF LOVING GOTH Filth's responding to the fact that Jeremy Steinke, a CRADLE fan who, along with his girlfriend, slaughtered the girl's family — including her mother, father and eight-year-old brother — on April 23, 2006, in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada, stabbing them to death. Both Steinke and the girl have since been convicted on three counts of first degree murder. Filth is unaware that his band's name was brought up time and time again in court and in the press as both of the killers were obsessive CRADLE OF FILTH fans who posted lyrics from the group's extreme shock-and-gore-laden songs on their Nexopia and VampireFreaks profile pages — online communities to which they belonged. "We've got quite a lot of fans, fortunately, " the 35-year-old singer told The Vancouver Sun. "You can't be responsible for each and every one of them. . . . You can't tell if someone living next door to you is a powder keg waiting to blow (no matter) what music they're into. I mean, you get gang killings and shootings and rape and murder associated with hardcore rap as well, don't you?" Filth is also quick to defend his fans, stressing that nobody should condemn the lot of them for the actions of two. "I know that most (of our) fans are intelligent, well-to-do people, " he said. "They have their day jobs. They're accountants, lawyers." "People can find blame in anything, " added Filth. "Oh, they have songs with a bit of violence and a dark side so that must be the immediate problem. . . (Heavy metal) is an easy target. . . . It's a very easy scapegoat. . . . You may as well blame testosterone." Thanks: The Vancouver Sun. IS GENE SIMMONS 'NOT' AS SMART AS HE THINKS HE IS? - AFTER PROCLAIMING THAT 'THE RECORD INDUSTRY IS DEAD' - HE STARTS A CANADIAN LABEL - sirbourbon.
CD sales are in the shitter. The economy is on life support. But being the shrewd businessman that he is, KISS's Gene Simmons has decided it's the perfect time to start a new record label. In Canada. The self-proclaimed "God Of Thunder" has partnered with Universal Music Canada to form - or reform - Simmons Records, with the expressed purpose of signing and developing groups from The Great White North. Simmons lays out the rules On his official website, Simmons writes, "If you're reading this and you're in a Canadian band (only!!!)...and you believe you're the next Elvis or Beatles (don't we all…)…go to SIMMONSRECORDS.COM and we will tell you how YOU can submit your electronic demo. This is serious." All of this begs MusicRadar to beg the musical question, "WTF?" It was only last year that Simmons said, "The record industry is dead, it's six feet underground, and unfortunately, the fans have done this. They've decided to download and file share." So why wouldthe KISS mandecide to involve himself in a business he deemed "dead"? Does he plan on selling CDs and old-school casettes to prisons? (Not a bad idea, actually. KISS's Creatures Of The Night could move some units on 8-track.) Beyond his recent rants, Simmons hasn't had steller success with Simmons Records. In the late '80s he launched the label with RCA/BMG and signed acts such as House Of Lords, who failed to go Gold. (And this was back in the day, when practically everything went Platinum with three or four spins on MTV.) Thanks Musicradar. MR PLOW - CELEBRATING 10 YRS WITH NEW DISC - CHOCK FULL OF METAL-GUEST'S GOODNESS!!! - rank hank
U don't know Plow? Fuck's the matter wit u? Straight from the ass of the mighty Punk-Folk Gods... .comes Mr Plow. Celebrating his 10th year of erratic springing, MR. PLOW releases his latest CD, "Apocalypse Plow", on March 17 via Crusty/Reversed Records. The dude's sold over 5000 records from his stage alone. MR. PLOW is a solo acoustic, punk folker hailing from the back corridor of east Vancouver, B.C. Mixing a raunchy overtone of comedy with a punk folk and roll flavor. (Best described as GG Allin meets Neil Young in a bar room brawl on roller skates without the flinging pooh!) Check out nuggets like 'Lets Get Fat Together" @ Mr PLOW @ MYSPACE This time around he has enlisted a cast from some of the best of the best to add their flavors and stylings to the collage of catchy little ditties. Gene Hoglan (STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, DEATH, DARK ANGEL, DETHKLOK, TESTAMENT, MELDRUM) beats the tubs, Norwood Fisher (FISHBONE, TRULIO DISGRACIAS) slaps out some mad bass vibes, and Rocky George (ex-SUICIDAL TENDENCIES, FISHBONE) shreds out some smoking guitar riffs and classic solos. And it doesn't stop there!! Oderus Urungus and Flattus Maximus (GWAR) flew in from their homeland in Antarctica to lend a hand with some guest vocals and flailing lead guitar. Angelo Moore (FISHBONE), Chris "The Heathen" Valago (ZIMMERS HOLE), ChI Pig (SNFU), and the lovely Plow Angels (Sarah Jane and Krista) all lend their vocal cords to spice up the mix. Thanks Blabb. MOTORHEAD - UK FALL DATES ANNOUNCED - sirbourbon.
Motorhead will return to the UK for their traditional annual tour in the Autumn of 2009. The band led by legendary frontman Lemmy Kilmister featuring Phil Campbell and Mikkey Dee are supporting their critically acclaimed 2008 release ‘Motorizer’. 2009 also marks guitarist Phil Campbell’s 25th anniversary with Motorhead. Thanks The Gauntlet. EMO-CORIST'S VOTED: 'MOST LOATHED' - PAPA ROACH - REFUSE TO SHUT UP & GO AWAY - rank hank.
Fuck do I hate Papa Roach. Jacoby Suckddix is the Clay Aiken of Emo-core. P-Roaches lyrics are like a blindfolded babboon got loose on a 1980 word processor. Third grade lyrical ability & the inability to play their instruments....all make for a uncomfortable listening expeirence. But they won't go away. The Pulse of Radio says, PAPA ROACH are returning to the airwaves in a big way this week with "Lifeline", the first official single from the band's upcoming fifth major label album, "Metamorphosis". The new record follows a tough stretch of time in which the group faced disappointing sales for their last album, 2006's "The Paramour Sessions", parted with both their management and drummer, and were sued by the latter. Frontman Jacoby Shaddix told The Pulse of Radio that "Lifeline" is about getting through that turmoil. "You know, with this record, it was kind of like desperate times for this band 'cause we didn't know what was happening and this song is about that, you know, " he said. "It's about just looking for that one, like, light of hope and we got it. The song gave it to us, you know, and so it's definitely a powerful, strong song. We play it live and it goes off so well." PAPA ROACH has set March 24 as the release date for "Metamorphosis". Thanks TPOR WIBUMBA--METAL & HARD ROCK ALMANAC - WEDNESDAY, JAN 28/09. ON THIS DAY 2005 Nickelback's Ryan Vikedal, drummer with the Vancouver rockers since 1996, leaves the band. 1995 - Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page turned up at a Black Crowes show in London. Page plays with the band in Paris on February 4 and in 1999 they both embark on a world tour that ends when Page put out his back. 1988 - Eleven years after it was released, The Sex Pistols album 'Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols' went Gold in the US with sales over 500,000. 1978 Ted Nugent autographs a fans arm with a bowie knife. 1968 - The Who are escorted from a plane for misbehaving and 'making the hostesses cry' on tour in Australia.
1977: Matt Devries (guitars: Chimaira) 1963: Dan Spitz (guitarist: Anthrax) 1959: Dave Sharp (guitar, vocals, The Alarm) 1951: William "Billy Bass" Nelson (bassist: P Funk/Funkadelic) 1943: Dick Taylor (UK bassist, vocals: Rolling Stones/The Pretty Things).
2005: Jim CapaldI (60) drummer, singer and songwriter: Traffic/solo (stomach cancer)
- Rank Hank Posted January 28, 2009 | Download of the day: Judas Priest - Hellrider.mp3
140News Slab: Prime news cuts from the metal and rock worldTUESDAY, JAN 27/09: - MASTODON'S NEW ALBUM 'CRACK THE SKYE' - THE PERFECT SOUNDTRACK FOR YOUR NEXT ACID-TRIP - rank hank.
We fucking love Mastodon. And we're gonna love this album. Space-travelling cripples... Golden umbilical cords... Flying souls... The whole thing reeks of an immense noble intellectual foundation. A teaser clip of the new MASTODON track "Oblivion" is available for streaming HERE, @ MASTODON'S OFFICIAL SITE Although "Crack The Skye", is a conceptual piece in the same vein as the band's previous releases, it is not about air but "ether." "The whole story has little to do with what the album emotionally is really about, " clarifies drummer, Brann Dailor. "But everything in the lyrics and the story is metaphors. We wanted to stick with elements and we wanted to do the 'ether' record. Ether is what the soul is made out of and it took a few months to connect all the dots." Dailor goes on to explain the "Crack The Skye" concept: "There is a paraplegic and the only way that he can go anywhere is if he astral travels. He goes out of his body, into outer space and a bit like Icarus, he goes too close to the sun, burning off the golden umbilical cord that is attached to his solar plexus. So he is in outer space and he is lost, he gets sucked into a wormhole, he ends up in the spirit realm and he talks to spirits telling them that he is not really dead. So they send him to the Russian cult, they use him in a divination and they find out his problem. They decide they are going to help him. They put his soul inside Rasputin's body. Rasputin goes to usurp the czar and he is murdered. The two souls fly out of Rasputin's body through the crack in the sky (e) and Rasputin is the wise man that is trying to lead the child home to his body because his parents have discovered him by now and think that he is dead. Rasputin needs to get him back into his body before it's too late. But they end up running into the Devil along the way and the Devil tries to steal their souls and bring them down…there are some obstacles along the way."
Thanks Blabb. ROB ZOMBIE DELAYING RELEASE OF NEW ALBUM - UNTIL HE'S DONE SHOOTING 'H2' - sirbourbon.
Zombie should get Riggs (Scum Of The Earth) back on board. Cus' 'Educated Horses' stunk. And Riggs doesn't. Riggs rules. The Pulse Of Radio sez that Rob Zombie's going to delay the release of his new album until after he is finished shooting "H2", the sequel to his successful 2007 remake of "Halloween". In a Icons Of Fright interview, Zombie said, "I'll probably put that out after I'm done shooting the movie. The record's done and sitting on the shelf waiting to come out, but I don't want to put it out while I'm shooting 'Halloween 2' because I can't deal with it too much. I'm really excited about it, though." Zombie said that the record, which does not yet have a title, should be out by the end of summer. Zombie will begin shooting "H2" in March, with the release scheduled for the end of August. R Z also said in the interview that he decided to come back to the "Halloween" franchise because he wanted to expand the story beyond just remaking the original. He explained, "I originally envisioned it as two movies ... but unfortunately I couldn't convince anyone to take the stance and make two films back to back." He added that the new movie will focus less on serial killer Michael Myers and more on his sister, Laurie, saying, "Everyone she knows is basically dead, and she is related to the person that did it all and doesn't even know who the f*** she is. So it's really the journey of figuring out who she is." Thanks TPOR. TED NUGENT: - BEGS OBAMA TO HIRE HIM AS NARC' BOSS - WHY? - 'CUS HIPPIES, DOPE HEADS & CORRUPT POLITICOS HATE ME' - rank hank.
What a fucking tard. Assclown 'Elmer Nugent Fudd' forgets that a huge wack of his record-buying 'fans' are, "hippies & dope heads". Nugent has thrown his hat in the ring for the top job of policing the US narcotics trade, and in an editorial published at HumanEvents.com, he's called upon President Barack Obama choose him over other, more qualified candidates. "Call me, President Obama, " Nugent writes. "Hippies, dope heads, corrupt politicos and various other human debris hate me, which makes me the perfect man for the job." "We have all the laws we need to fight drugs. What America needs is the will-power and a renewed warrior spirit to crush evil and evil doers, " says the guitar-as-buffalo-shooting rocker. "As Drug Czar, I would charge our mayors and police departments to commit to fighting the drug gangs their top priority. Our inner cities will remain war zones until we commit to taking the trash out." "I am not naïve enough to believe we can ever fully eradicate drugs. However, as America's Drug Czar, I would put a big hurt on the drug kingpins and consumers like they have never seen. Every American who smokes dope, manufactures, buys or sells meth or uses any illegal drugs is aiding and abetting the enemies of America.case closed. "This spiritual inbreeding and cannibalism must be identified, admitted to and stopped immediately. America can, and must do this. Good over evil. Next." Thanks Musicradar. LIZZY BORDEN - GUITARIST, COREY JAMES KILLED BY DRUNK DRIVER - sirbourbon.
WTF?*? Another Lizzy Borden axeman bites the big one at the hands of wheels & booze? Former LIZZY BORDEN guitarist Corey Daum (a.k.a. Corey James) was killed in a car crash on Saturday morning (January 24) in Nashville, Tennessee. He was 39 years old. According to The Tennessean, a Kentucky man has been charged with vehicular homicide after police said he drove into a concrete wall, killing Daum. Daum died at the scene of the accident on an Interstate 40 on-ramp on George L. Davis Boulevard. According to police, the car was driven by Charles Wolford of Owensboro, Ky., who admitted at the scene that he had been drinking. The Ford Explorer driven by Wolford crossed three lanes to get to the interstate on-ramp before striking a concrete wall about 12:30 a.m., witnesses told police. Wolford is also charged with vehicular assault for the injuries of another passenger, Ravin Wells, 27, of Goodlettsville, who is in stable condition at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Wolford was not seriously injured, police said. None of the passengers were wearing seatbelts. Daum was a member of LIZZY BORDEN from 1989 to 1996, although he apparently didn't appear on any of the band's studio albums. Another former LIZZY BORDEN guitarist, Alex Nelson, was killed in a head-on collision on May 17, 2004. Thanks Antimusic DUDE DIES FROM HEART ATTACK - AFTER SEEING SLIPKNOT - rank hank.
Ya think it was the new shit masks that did it? Or was it the crappy "Dirty Little Rabbits" (clowns 'side-project') muzac being played between sets? Chad Nation of Nonpareil Online reports that a man died after a SLIPKNOT concert at the Mid-America Center in Council Bluffs, Iowa on Sunday, January 25. Rick Benson, EMS director, said after the concert was over at 10:30 p.m., Cory Nickels, 29, was not feeling well. As rescue personnel assisted him, Nickels suffered cardiac arrest. Benson said CPR was performed and Nickels was transported by ambulance to Jennie Edmundson Hospital, where he was later pronounced dead. Council Bluffs Police Criminal Investigation Division Sgt. Ray Mabbitt said investigators are still trying to determine where Nickels is from. Mabbitt said an autopsy was scheduled for today. Friends said that Nickels had a family history of heart problems, Mabbitt said. Thanks Nonpareil Online. ASSCLOWN COP, PISSES ON METALLICA FAN AT SHOW - THEN CALLS BLACK SECURITY GUARD 'OBAMA', AFTER BEING KICKED OUT - rank hank.
Now for his next trick... Constable Jackhole will lay a ground slapping 'king-coiler' on a Slayer fan. Doug Fraser of Cape Cod Times reports that a Brewster, Massachusetts police officer is on paid administrative leave after allegedly urinating on a fellow music-lover at a METALLICA concert in Boston and then refusing to leave TD Banknorth Garden when security guards ejected him for disorderly conduct. A Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Transit Police report from that night identifies Brewster Police Officer Joseph Houston, 29, as being thrown out of the January 18 rock concert by security guards at around 10 p.m. Although he has been charged only with trespassing, Houston appeared to be drunk, flashed his badge in an attempt to get back into the concert, called a black MBTA officer "Obama, " and had been asked to leave the concert after he allegedly urinated on another patron, according to the report. Brewster Police patrolman Joseph Houston (pictured above) has been put on paid administrative leave pending an investigation into allegations that he urinated on a fellow fan at a METALLICA concert in Boston January 18, 2009. He is also accused of failing to leave the TD Banknorth Boston Garden when asked by MBTA Transit police. ThanksCape Cod Times. 09' 'ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM TOUR - LINEUP, DATES & SLAYER/BEHEMOTH 'PRE-MAYHEM TOUR' INFO - sirbourbon.
So far? Only 1 lousy Canuck date slated so far. Toronto. Just like last year. And with the economy so far down the shitter, it's unlikley any more Canadian dates will be added. Revolver magazine says , SLAYER and MARILYN MANSON will co-headline this year's Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival tour, which is scheduled to kick off July 10 in Sacramento, California.
The festival billing is as follows: BEHEMOTH will support SLAYER on a three-week pre-Mayhem festival trek that will include dates in "B markets" — smaller cities which the Mayhem festival will not reach. This tour is also expected to include SUICIDE SILENCE, although this has not yet been corroborated by an official source. Mayhem co-founder Kevin Lyman, the man behind the Vans Warped and Taste of Chaos tours, is quoted as saying, "I think people thought we would have a hard time coming up with a lineup that matched up with 2008. Well, I think we did."
The dates are as follows (all dates are subject to change): Thanks Blabb. WIBUMBA--METAL & HARD ROCK ALMANAC - TUESDAY, JAN 27/09. ON THIS DAY 2005 - R.E.M. are forced to cancel a gig for the first time since 1995 when their crew and gear is held at the Estonian/Russia border. The band were due to play St. Petersburg. 2002 - Jessica Michalik, 15, died after suffering a heart attack when she was caught in a crowd crush during the LIMP BIZKIT performance at the Big Day Out festival in Sydney. 2000 - Steve Vai, the Grammy award winning guitarist known for his work with David Lee Roth and Frank Zappa, among others, has launched his own record label and entertainment company. 1994 - Oasis made their live debut in London at King's Cross Water Rats. 1987 - Vocalist Bruce Dickinson is arrested after an Iron Maiden show in Lubbock, Texas, for allegedly hitting a security guard over the head with a microphone and then attempting to strangle him with the chord at a show in 1985.
1968: Mike Patton (vocals, bass: Faith No More/ Tomahawk/ Fantomas/ Peeping Tom/ Mr Bungle) 1961: Gillian Gilbert (keyboards, guitarist: New Order) 1957: Janick Gers (guitars: Iron Maiden) 1951: Seth Justman (keyboards, vocals: J. Geils Band) 1951: Brian Downey (drums, percussion: Thin Lizzy) 1944: Nick Mason (drums, Pink Floyd)
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- Rank Hank Posted January 27, 2009 | Download of the day: Mushroomhead - Kill Tomorrow.mp3
23News Slab: Prime news cuts from the metal and rock worldMONDAY, JAN' 26/09: - NEW METAL RELEASES - STARTING TUESDAY, JAN' 27/09.
TOTALLY FUCKING CLUELESS WRITES: Dear Rank:.........."My boyfriend of 14 years is addicted to pills and crack cocaine, despite rehab twice. I’ve asked him to leave, but he thinks I’m bluffing. I love him. We have a son, 12, who knows his dad is on drugs. How can I make him see I’m serious about separating? He also steals money from me. Do I call the police? I want to start a new life without him."
Dear Imbecilic Bizatch:........"Whydonchca jiggle into da kitchen & whip up sum more moronsauce? Continuely exposing your 12 yr old son to a chronic junkie?.....who continue's to yoink yours & your kids scrilla? You make the cracker-jack know you're serious....by fucking leaving & not coming back!!! Course, you can also slap on IT DIES TODAY - 'Lividity' (Trustkill), the next time he passes out & swap his pills for compressed Drano, & headbang your way out the front door."
Thanks About.com NEW ALT'/ROCK RELEASES - STARTING, JAN' 27/09. - sirbourbon.
Canadian Indie Rock/Pop act, IN-FLIGHT SAFETY release their 3rd album, 'We Are An Empire, My Dear' (Night Danger). Check them out @ IN-FLIGHT SAFETY MYSPACE Dell Computers used In-Flight Safety's "Surround" as the score for their North American ad campaign in 2006. ....in case you cared.
1/27/20089 BIGELF - IT ONLY TOOK 13 YRS TO BECOME 'OVERNIGHT SUPERCOOL PROG STARS' - BIGELF REVIVE THE MASTERFUL 'PINK FLOYD' ERA - rank hank.
If Bigelf's 'Cheat The Gallows' had come out in the 70's.....they'd be goddamned bonafide superstars. Regardless, Bigelf are attracting A LOT OF ATTENTION with thier recent album 'Cheat The Gallows'. A fuck of a lot. Finally. It only took 13 years. Bigelf is a stupid name, but the racket they make casts an ominous, magical spell. At first glance, one would hardly guess they hail from LA: The early Sabbath visual trappings, photographs set in graveyards featuring the all-important towering crucifixes with a touch of Yes fashion (capes) thrown in for good measure. But what makes them so visually uncool drawls you in. They even call themselves 'the evil Beatles,' which is insanely cool! True or not, it's just a great line, a bit of demented genius even. Check out some truly insane Pro-Rock 'Money, It's Pure Evil' @ BIGELF MYSPACE - Cheat The Gallows Bigelf aren't a new outfit: the foursome (Damon Fox, vocals/keyboards: Ace Mark, guitar: Duffy Snowhill, bass: and Froth, drums) have been 'schrooming around LA since '95 and have put out a number of EPs and albums. The band presents an album as gloriously over the top and whacked-out as Cheat The Gallows. Pink Floyd, ELO, Queen the artier periods of The Beatles and David Bowie - they're all there, with an AC/DC-charged power chord attack and Fox's more articulated take on Ozzy Osbourne-esque vocals. Frontman Fox scores big-time points for balls for playing two keyboards at once - the ultimate Keith Emerson/Rick Wakeman behold-my-awesomeness move. And if anybody can meticulously nail David Gilmour's Wall-era, crying, tubey guitar tone, it's Ace Mark. On audacious tracks like Superstar, Black Ball and the organ-doused The Evils Of Rock & Roll, Bigelf turn songwriting convention on its ear: Most bands score when they start with a hot tune first and then apply only the barest, most necessary production elements. Bigelf dig out the kitchen sink and the attitude and then write their songs around them. And it works, gloriously. Check out the "MONEY, ITS PURE EVIL" video on our WIB' video page. Thanks Musicradar.com AC/DC: - SLATED TO PERFORM THEME TRACK FOR 'WRESTLEMANIA XXV' - sirbourbon.
"Wrestmania's' Vince McMahon ( a "HUGE AC/DC FAN" ) got his "first exposure" to the band in only 2000??? Probably never heard of 'Back In Black'. Anyway, "War Machine' would be the obvious choice for this show. Ryan Clark of Wrestling-Edge.com reports that during a recent appearance at the 36th annual Global Media and Communications Conference, Linda McMahon — Chief Executive Officer of World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. — announced that rock and roll icons AC/DC will be performing the theme to Wrestlemania XXV, which is scheduled to take place on April 5, 2009 at the Reliant Stadium in Houston, Texas. There's no word yet on what song will be used as the theme. Linda's husband Vince McMahon, who is the World Wrestling Entertainment Chairman, is said to be a huge fan of AC/DC, getting his first exposure to the band back in 2000 when they were performing on "Saturday Night Live" the night Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson hosted the program for the first time. Thanks Wrestling Edge.com PORTRAIT OF AN ASSHAT - FORMER STATIC- X & DOPE GUITARIST, TRIPP EISEN: - BACK IN JAIL - VIOLATES PAROLE, AFTER SERVING TIME FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT OF A MINOR - rank hank.
What a fucking douche-bag. I bet you can buy a 'BC Rich Tripp Eisen Guitar' for a dollar....... ..........& get .95 cents change. According to the web site of the New Jersey Department of Corrections, former STATIC-X and DOPE guitarist Tripp Eisen — whose real name is Tod Rex Salvador — is back in jail as of December 10, 2008 following an apparent parole violation. He is currently scheduled to be released on October 19, 2009. Tripp Eisen was paroled from the Mid-State Correctional Facility and was released from custody on April 17, 2007 after serving time for allegedly meeting and sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl in January 2005. Eisen was arrested in Orange County, California in late February 2005. The then-39-year-old musician allegedly met the Sayreville, New Jersey girl on the Internet, drove from Pennsylvania on January 7, 2005 to meet her, and assaulted her in a shopping center in Old Bridge, New Jersey. The girl's mother found out about the incident and alerted police. In a separate incident, Eisen was arrested on February 10, 2005 on one felony count of crimes against children. Authorities from the Orange County (California) Sheriff's Department found the musician sleeping in a parked car with an underage female with whom he'd just had sexual intercourse, according to Bergen, New Jersey's The Record. Eisen was taken into custody and released on $100,000 bail several hours later. Steve Meister, Eisen's defense counsel for his California criminal case, told MTV.com back in 2005 that the guitarist accepted the terms of a plea bargain on June 24, 2005. "He acknowledged his responsibility, " Meister said, and pleaded guilty to two felony counts of engaging in unlawful sex with a minor. He was sentenced to a term of one year, but because he'd been in custody since late February, "[Eisen] had substantial custody credits" and wound up "serving just a couple of months." Thanks Blabb. OASIS ATTACKER: - LOOKING AT 14 YEARS IN THE SLAMMER - FOR PUSHING NOEL GALLAGHER ONTO HIS MONITOR - sirbourbon.
DISCLAIMER:...we do not condone violence towards muscians. However, This dude should've got a reward for stopping an Oasis show. The man accused of attacking Noel Gallagher onstage in Toronto last year has had his charge upgraded. Gallagher broke several ribs after Daniel Sullivan, 47, ran onstage and pushed the guitarist onto his monitors during Oasis' Virgin Festival gig in Toronto last September. The band were subsequently forced to cancel a number of gigs and promotional plans for new album 'Dig Out Your Soul', in order to allow Gallagher to recover. Sullivan was originally charged with assault over the incident, but his charge has now been upgraded to one count of aggravated assault, reports The Press Association. The maximum sentence carried by aggravated assault is 14 years in prison, whereas the maximum penalty for assault is five years. Sullivan is due in court on March 6 for the pre-trial hearing. MEANWHILE: The Manchester band will play a shows in Beijing and ShanghaI as well as their previously-announced show in Hong Kong on April 7. Oasis will play: Beijing Capital Gym (April 3) ShangaI Grand Stage (5) Hong Kong AsiaWorld Arena (7)- Thanks NME WILL METALLICA PULL OFF THE UPCOMING 'NEW' 80's LOOK - STYLE UPGRADE? - ( WE DOUBT IT) - rank hank.
Sittin' around, drinking 'waaaaay' too much......today we noticed this, Some bad news. The over-used 70's, post-Hippie retro-look, is 3/4 on it's way out the band fashion door. Bands like The Answer & Wolfmother, are gonna have to catch up real fast. Cus' the '80's hair-band look' will be making it's way back onstage, as 'THE' hot stylin' steez. Rolled-up sleeves, stupid fucking puffy hair, legwarmers....... Which makes us wonder whadda it'll be like when say, hmm... ..... METALLICA, jump on the trend pony? Uhhh... .....thats a big nope. So if you want that stylin shit....you'll hafta try - 'Jet Lag GeminI' or 'Rookie Of The Year', ..... or some other gay-assed Indie fag act. Thanks Totallylookslike.com STATIC- X - REVEAL ARTWORK FOR 'CULT OF STATIC' - OUT MARCH 17/09 - sirbourbon.
Athough Static-X have never equaled the intensity of 'Wisconsin Death Trip' the band's releases are always solid......& predictable. I sure hope they break the freakin mold this time out. "Cult of Static" is scheduled for release on March 17 via Reprise Records. The CD's first single, "Stingwray", hits airwaves February 14. The track was inspired by Wayne Static's wife, former adult film star Tera Wray, and the Corvette Stingray she drives.
"Over the years my voice has been destroyed from excessive touring... and I love it, " exclaims Static. "The vocals on the new record are raw and brutal." Thanks Blabb. WIBUMBA--METAL & HARD ROCK ALMANAC - MONDAY, JAN' 26/09. "ON THIS DAY" 2003 - Billy Joel was hospitalized over night after crashing his car into a tree in Sag Harbor, NY. 1978 - Some employees at EMI's record processing plant in England refused to press copies of The Buzzcocks' "Oh, Shit, " the flip side of their single "What Do I Get?" The record, of course, eventually was pressed and "What Do I Get?" became a #1 hit in the U.K. 1971 - Charles Manson and three female members of his "family" were found guilty of one count of conspiracy to commit murder and seven counts of murder in the first degree and were sentenced to life imprisonment. During this trial, one of the most sensational in history, it was revealed that Manson, a mediocre amateur musician himself, had regarded The Beatles as angels who "sent messages to him" via their music. In particular, their songs "Helter Skelter, " "Piggies" and "Revolution 9" on "the White Album" purportedly helped compel him to commit his atrocities. 1970 - The Ourimbah Rock Festival, Australia's first major rock fest, was attended by 11,000. Only 26 people were arrested.
1986: Matthew KiichI Heafy (vocals/guitars: Trivium/capharnaum) 1975: Willie Adler (guitarist: Lamb of God). 1970: Leszek "Les L. Kaos" DziegielewskI (bass: Behemoth) 1961: Tom Keifer (guitarist, vocalist: Cinderella) 1955: Eddie Van Halen (guitar, keyboards: Van Halen)
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- Rank Hank Posted January 25, 2009 | Today's video by BIGELF | Download of the day: The Devin Townsend Band - Sunset.mp3
23News Slab: Prime news cuts from the metal and rock worldFRIDAY, JAN' 23/09: - WEEKEND EDITION - MY DYING BRIDE - DOOM METAL'S VERSION OF, 'SPF 2000 SUNSCREEN' - NEW ALBUM ARTWORK, TRACKLIST & RELEASE DATE - rank hank.
Does the sun make you hiss like Nosferatu? Will they have to surgically remove your black trenchcoat when you die? Is your Ville Valo t-shirt your most prized possesion? Are you allergic to Robot Chicken or Mad TV? If you said 'Yes' to any of the above........ You'll probably dig MDB in a kinda noncommited, apathetic, way. And shit, is this stuff ever, slow...dark...& fucking depressing. U.K. godfathers of doom MY DYING BRIDE will release their new album, "For Lies I Sire", on March 23 via Peaceville Records. The follow-up to 2006's "A Line of Deathless Kings" was recorded with longtime producer Mags.
"For Lies I Sire" track listing:
It is quite possibly the most depressing thing we've created to date, and all the more wonderful for it." Asked how he feels the new CD differs from MY DYING BRIDE's last studio album, "A Line of Deathless Kings", Aaron replied, "Would you believe it, it's even darker? I've pushed the vocals further, finding more melodies, as have the guitars, and, of course, the violin has added a deep range of feeling. It's quite a fresh, melodic sound despite being utterly despondent." Thanks Blabb. CHILDREN OF BODOM'S 'LAIHO' - INTRODUCES KILLER NEW LINE OF ESP & LTD GUITARS - rank hank. If you've seen Laiho live, you'll know that not every axe can keep up with the dimunitive dude. The little shrimp's shredding abilities are incredible. CHILDREN OF BODOM's AlexI Laiho, ranked one of the world's best guitarists, has four new Signature Series models introduced at NAMM 2009 from ESP and LTD. The ESP Alexi-Blacky, ESP Alexi-Scythe, LTD Alexi-600-Blacky, and LTD Alexi-600-Scythe will be available from ESP's network of dealers and international distributors.
The ESP Alexi-Blacky and ESP Alexi-Scythe both feature a neck-thru-body design at 25.5" scale. It's got a light alder body and maple neck with a 24-fret ebony fingerboard. High-end hardware on the models includes Gotoh tuners, an original Floyd Rose bridge, and a single EMG HZ F-H2 pickup. An MM-04 on-off boost switch is also built into the guitar. The Blacky model incorporates a metallic black satin finish with a gloss black stripe and black pearl sawtooth fret marker inlays, while the Scythe model is a white finish with a black pinstripe, and scythe-shaped inlays. The new LTD versions of the AlexI Laiho Signature Series models offer very similar specifications, only substituting Grover tuners and a 1000 Series Floyd Rose tremolo. "We've been very fortunate to have a relationship with a guitarist of AlexI's caliber for the last six years, " says Allen Steelgrave, ESP's director of marketing and artist relations. "As is the case with all ESP and LTD signature series models, the new guitars are based on the artist's exact specifications, and we've worked closely with AlexI to create these updated versions of his main guitar." Laiho has worked with ESP on all of his signature model guitars since 2003. Thanks Blabb. COREY TAYLOR ON UPCOMING SLIPKNOT TOUR: - 'GETTING AWAY FROM THE PYRO, A LOT MORE VIDEO' - sirbourbon.
So far, only US dates are confirmed. We'll post any add's or tour extensions, as they come in. Check out the dates & venues here, @ SLIPKNOT MYSPACE The Pulse of Radio reports: SLIPKNOT begins its first solo headlining tour in support of the band's latest album, "All Hope Is Gone", on Friday (January 23) in St. Paul, Minnesota. Frontman Corey Taylor told The Pulse of Radio that fans who saw the group on last summer's Rockstar Energy Mayhem festival trek will get a different show this time around. "I mean, obviously we'll have as much time as we want, " he said. "We put a whole new stage set together. We're getting away from the pyro. We're going way more visual this time. We're incorporating a lot of video, a lot of, like, really cool elements, but we're not, it's not gonna be hokey." Taylor added that it's important for SLIPKNOT to do something new every time it goes out on the road. "Nobody wants to do the same thing over and over, and we're a band that we work harder when we know the concept is real, and when we know it's important and it's vital, " he said. "So for us, it's important to get out there and just do a new show every time, every time, every time, and really try to bring something different, because we've got people still coming to see us for, you know, after ten years, and we just want to try and give something special." The 33-city tour will run through mid-March and feature SLIPKNOT's first-ever gig at New York City's prestigious Madison Square Garden. Joining the bill as opening acts will be TRIVIUM and COHEED AND CAMBRIA. SLIPKNOT's latest release, "All Hope Is Gone", has been certified gold for moving more than 500,000 copies since its arrival last August. It was also the band's first No. 1 debut on the Billboard chart. Thanks Slipknot Myspace. CULT OF LUNA - ANNOUNCE DVD 'FIRE WAS BORN' & DOWN UNDER SHOWS - sirbourbon.
(PR) Swedish art-rockers Cult Of Luna are gearing up for their first ever DVD release, titled Fire Was Born. Thanks PR. FU MANCHU: - UPDATE ON NEW ALBUM & UPCOMING 20TH ANNIVERSARY PLANS - sirbourbon.
Eff u if u don't know Fu. These California Stoners wrote the book on Stoner Rock back in 1990. Check out their riffs @ FU MANCHU MYSPACE California rock band Fu Manchu is currently writing new material for an upcoming album and planning a 20th anniversary DVD. The band issued the following statement: "First off, we are playing a show at the detroit bar in costa mesa, ca on sat feb 21. "We are writing the new record now. we have about 10 new songs. we hope to write another 5 or 6 before we hit the studio in april / may. the new record should be out sept / oct 2009 through century media records. so far its turning out very fuzzy and heavy!!! a few faster, tweaked songs will be in there as well. we will also be doing a few cover songs if we have the extra time in the studio. We will release a 2 song 7" on our own at the dojo records sometime before or after the full length comes out. the 7" will be a limited pressing of 900 like the last one we released with the VOID cover song. "2010 will be fu manchu's 20th year of being a band. we have some very limited re-issues planned and selected shows where we will be playing certain records straight through. a dvd is also planned wih stuff from waaaaay back up until now. live shows and videos. we are hoping to put all the videos that weve done on there as well. some never before seen." Thanks Metal Underground. WIBUMBA--METAL & HARD ROCK ALMANAC - FRIDAY, JAN' 23/09. "ON THIS DAY" 2005 - One of the biggest charity concerts since Live Aid raised £1.25 million ($2 million) for victims of the tsunamI disaster in Asia. The concert held at The Millennium Stadium, Cardiff featured Eric Clapton, Manic Street Preachers, Keane, Charlotte Church, Snow Patrol, Embrace, Feeder, Craig David and Liberty X, 2004 - A California judge orders Scott Weiland back into a live-in drug detoxification center after the former Stone Temple Pilots singer decides to quit rehab early. 2004 - Former Judas Priest drummer Dave Holland, 55, is found guilty by an English court of attempting to rape a learning-disabled teenager he was giving drum lessons. A Priest spokesperson says the band are "shocked and stunned" at the news. 1999 - Fear Factory and System Of A Down cancel tour after theives make off with merchandise and gear truck. The truck was found four days later burned in a ditch. 1998 - Poison vocalist Bret Michaels takes out a temporary restraining order in an attempt to prevent a video featuring him having sex with his former girlfriend Pamela Anderson from being made available on the Internet. 1996 - The city council of Johnson City, Tenn., revokes their permission for White Zombie to play there after hearing testimony that the band preached devil worship. 1995 - Courtney Love appeared in Australian court on charges of abusing a flight attendant. She admitted to responding with an obscenity when a Quantas flight attendant told her to take her feet down from the airplane cabin wall. Love's sentence was one month of good behavior. 1993 - Pearl Jam vocalist Eddie Vedder headlines a Rock For Choice benefit concert at Los Angeles' Hollywood Palladium.
1981: Daniel González (vocals: Darksun) 1978: Jarpen (guitars: Elvenking) 1974: "Kita" Sampsa Astala ( drums: Lordi) 1953: Robin Zander (guitar, vocals: Cheap Trick)
1990: Allen Collins (37) Guitarist, founder member of Lynyrd Skynyrd:a 1986 drunk-driving accident killed Allen's girlfriend and left him paralyzed from the waist down, and with limited use of his arms and hands, he never plays guitar onstage again. (pneumonia, as a result of his earlier accident).
- Rank Hank Posted January 23, 2009 | Download of the day: Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - Worlds Apart.mp3
5News Slab: Prime news cuts from the metal and rock worldTHURSDAY, JAN' 22/09: - NORTHERN IRELAND'S, 'THE ANSWER" - CLASSIC ROCK'S SAVIORS - HEY, IF 'LETTERMAN' LOVES EM', THEY CAN'T BE THAT BAD!!! - rank hank.
So who's that new band that just finished touring with AC/DC? The one's that sound like a 'Black Crows/Led Zep' cross? The band that Dave Letterman has been yapping about? It's Northern Ireland's THE ANSWER. And they DO NOT suck. In fact, they're pretty fucking good. I mean, REALLY. fucking. good. Check out the sizzle @ BLUES-ROCK GETS A KICK IN THE ASS @ THE ANSWER MYSPACE esp' the track "On And On" & "Walkin Mat" The Answer got together in spring 2000, signed a contract with the legendary Australian rock label, Albert Productions, in 2005 and brought out their debut album, Rise, in 2006. “It took us three or four years to really get noticed,” Paul Mahon explains, “but then it all started to happen at once.” The band have performed with icons such as the Rolling Stones, The Who and Aerosmith, playing celebrated headlining tours in England, Japan and Australia. Their debut, Rise, was greeted enthusiastically by fans and media alike (the British music bible Kerrang! commented: “The Answer are superstars already” and has sold more than 100,000 copies to date. Not to fucking shabby.
"The Answer are superstars already, it would be cruel not to make their dreams come true" - Kerrang! "There is nothing wrong with doing what comes naturally, and nothing seems more natural to The Answer than rock 'n' roll" - Rocksound "The best british rock debut of the decade! Believe it!" - Classic Rock
They placed a track on Guitar Hero: World Tour and released their debut U.S. title, the EP/DVD Never Too Late. Topping it all off, the band’s first North American full-length album, Everyday Demons arrives in March 31st. A real red-letter day for all rock music fans! Everyday Demons is The Answer’s second LP but the first to be released in the US, a masterpiece full of empathy and classic references. While the band is used to comparisons to rock icons such as Led Zeppelin, Free and Thin Lizzy, they’re looking to Everyday Demons to bring their own signature sound to the fore—a sound whose 21st century kick is as potent as its formidable 20th century influences. Thanks The Answer Myspace/ Metal Underground. MAYNARD KEENAN: - DOING EVERYTHING, 'CEPT WHAT HE SHOULD BE DOING - A NEW TOOL OR A PERFECT CIRCLE ALBUM - sirbourbon.
Puscifer. Making wine. Vegas caberat shows. And now......An "organic market" in Cornville, Arizona? The Pulse of Radio reports that TOOL frontman Maynard James Keenan plans on opening an organic market in Cornville, Arizona, that will include a commercial kitchen and a tasting room for the wines he produces in nearby Sedona. According to Spinner.com, Keenan is currently adding the new sections to an already existing market, explaining, "I've been working with a few chefs around the Southwest, learning how to make spaghettis and pastas and gnocchis and various soup stocks. We're going to be packaging our own stuff right there and serving it fresh with the tastings." Keenan already owns a small store in Jerome, Arizona, that he has turned into a retail outlet based around his band PUSCIFER. He told The Pulse of Radio what fans can expect when they stop by the store. "It's basically our little retail outlet, " he said. "Downloading has crushed the idea of making CDs on a larger scale, so we're gonna fund our recording and fun projects by attempting to sell you T-shirts and dog toys and dildos and things. We have a tool for every job." Keenan and his winemaking partner, Eric Glomski, will hit Whole Foods outlets in Northern California next month for bottle-signing events. The pair will sign bottles from both Keenan's Caduceus Cellars and GlomskI's Page Spring Cellars. Both men have their own cellars and vineyards in the Sedona region, and are also partners in Arizona Stronghold Vineyards. Meanwhile, PUSCIFER will make its live debut with three sold-out shows in Las Vegas on February 13, 14, and 15.
Thanks TPOR. SLIPKNOT: - YOU'LL LAUGH, YOU'LL CRY, AS #3 'PICKLENOSE FEHN", DREAMS ABOUT 'OVER-TAKING METALLICA' - rank hank.
Thanks #3....you made me laugh. Real hard. You see... .....this is the problem with Slipknot. Nobody in this fucking band....is on the same goddamned page, or frequency, or whateverthefuck! Slipknot percussionist Chris Fehn recently spoke with KansasCity.com regarding the bands future and proved that he's extremely optomistic about where Slipknot's future lies. "I think we’re going to overtake Metallica. We’re going to overtake any band that sells out soccer arenas in Europe. We’re going to do it. We’re the last chance as far as the world goes." He continued: "We haven’t even made our 'Black' record yet, wait until we do that. It’s over, dude." HOWEVER, TAYLOR SAYS: Despite his claims, frontman Corey Taylor has in the past been less positive about the band's future, declaring a few years back when the band was touring in support of "Vol.3" that the band would probably do one more record and then quit in case they became a weaker version of themselves. AND THE STUPID CLOWN GOES EVEN FURTHER: And even less positive, has been Shawn "Clown " Crahan, who recently claimed, 'that he doesn't even listen to Metal...like the other guys in the band" & that his shitty side-project, "Dirty Little Rabbits" is "where he's at now". He's indicated recently, he doesn't like being on the road, or even his role in the band. So......overtake Metallica? Maybe when they start banging on garbage cans. Thanks Metal Underground. MARIA BRINK (IN THIS MOMENT) - APPEARING IN PLAYBOY - WTF, FULLY CLOTHED?? - sirbourbon.
In This Momment suck. But we here, at the Wib' office, NEVER get tired of looking at front-babe, Maria Brink. And with those ginormous dairy cannons she's sporting, she could recite japanese haiku, And we'd still sit here in awe. Vocalist Maria Brink of the Southern California-based female-fronted band IN THIS MOMENT will be featured — fully clothed — in the March 2009 "rock" issue of Playboy magazine, the group's manager, Rob "Blasko" Nicholson of Mercenary Management, revealed to Possum of Altitude TV. The issue is expected to hit newsstands on February 13. In addition, IN THIS MOMENT will take part in this summer's Warped Tour, which is scheduled to kick off in late June. IN THIS MOMENT is preparing to embark on a massive North American trek alongside MUDVAYNE and NONPOINT beginning February 3. This run comes on the heels of the band's most successful year yet, which saw frontwoman Maria Brink landing major cover features in Inked, Revolver and Metal Edge (on stands now) as the group's latest album, "The Dream", sold more than 8,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 70 on The Billboard 200 chart. The CD's first single, "Forever", tore up the Active Rock chart, led by heavy airplay from such tastemaker stations as WCCC (Hartford), KFNK (Seattle), KXTE (Las Vegas), WJJO (Madison) and Sirius' Octane. Thanks Blabb. GET IT HERE FIRST!!! - 30 SECONDS OF 'CHICKENFOOT' TEASER - SATRANNI, HAGAR, CHAD SMITH & MIKE ANTHONY, THROW US A BONE - rank hank.
Hmmmpf. I was expecting more. a lot more. Chickenfoot - aka the Sammy Hagar-led supergroup with Michael Anthony, Joe SatrianI and Chad Smith – has finally posted a taster of the "kick ass rock'n'roll" they've been working on. But there's nothing kicking ass in this clip. It is literally just a few seconds-worth of an intro. You can hear a Joe SatrianI riff, which Sammy Hagar shouts over the top of. Check it out @ COULDN'T YOU HAVE DONE 'POUNDCAKE' OR SOMETHING? Red Hot ChilI Peppers' drummer Chad Smith recently told MusicRadar that his new band were open to suggestions for a new name, citing Chickenfoot as a temporary solution. 'The Nine' was pondered for a while, but with the words 'Chickenfoot: coming 2009' adorning the all-new website Chickenfoot.us, it's probably safe to say they're sticking with the former. Thanks Musicradar. ROB HALFORD: - COPYRIGHTS 'METAL GOD' NAME - BUT IS STILL EMBARRASED TO BE CALLED IT - sirbourbon.
No mistake about it..... With his record, Halford deserves to be called "The Metal God" But c'mon..'embarrased'? The dude came out of the closet for christs sake!!!! And I'm certain there's some embarrasing shit that goes with that tag. Kotaku reports that JUDAS PRIEST frontman Rob Halford (a.k.a. "Metal God") has copyrighted the title "Metal God", leading to speculation that there mere be a game in the works based on the man himself or his music. The trademark was filed on January 11 of this year and covers "computer games: video games: and game controllers for computer games." Details about said games are scant, and it might be to protect "Metal God" from anyone else turning it into a game. In a 2007 interview with Classic Rock Revisited, Halford was asked if he feels humility when all his peers come up to him and call him the "Metal God." "I still feel uncomfortable, quite frankly, " he replied. "I suppose it is just the British reserve. You get a bit embarrassed. It is wonderful to be recognized like that, particularly from fans, but you are just like, 'Okay, thank you. Can we talk about something else now?' People go, 'You changed my life,' or 'You saved my life.' That is a big thing for somebody to say. You realize then how passionate the fans are about what you do. Certain songs may have had a dramatic impact on their life." Thanks Blabb/Kotaku. WIBUMBA--METAL & HARD ROCK ALMANAC - THURSDAY, JAN' 22/09. "ON THIS DAY" 2003 - Ryan Adams broke a wrist after falling during a gig at the Royal Court Theatre in Liverpool. Adam's fell from the stage and suffered a fractured wrist. 1999 - Metallica's growing legal team announce a string of lawsuits the band has filed against Victoria Secrets for a Metallica lip liner, Pierre Cardin for a Metallica Tuxedo, Amazon.com for selling bootlegs and a few others. 1990 - Viewers complained by the 100's to the ABC-TV after Guns N'Roses guitarist Slash swore numerous times on live television while accepting an American Music Award. The network later apologized. 1972 - David Bowie announces his Bisexuality. 1967 - Rolling Stones refused to go on to revolving stage which characterised the finale of UK TV show Sunday Night at the London Palladium.
1983: Christopher Bradley (guitars: Beneathe The Massacre) 1981: Ben Moody (US guitarist, multi-musician: ex-Evanescence). 1975: ZP "Zippy" Theart (vocals: Dragonforce) 1965: Steve Adler (drums: Guns N' Roses, Adler's Appitite) 1960: Michael Hutchence (Australian lead singer, songwriter: INXS) * passed away 22.Nov.1997. 1956: Steve Riley (drums: LA Guns) 1949: Steve Perry (lead singer, Journey) 1946: Malcolm Mclaren (Sex Pistols manager, vocals, solo artist)
1994: Rhett Forrester (37) Born 1956: (vocals: Riot) Shot dead in a robbery in Atlanta Georgia. 1997: Billy Mackenzie (37) Scottish singer with The Associates (suicide, due to depression, overdosing on prescription drugs).
- Rank Hank Posted January 22, 2009 | Download of the day: Turbonegro - All My Friends Are Dead.mp3
24News Slab: Prime news cuts from the metal and rock worldWEDNESDAY, JAN' 21/09: - THE FOODGATES OF SHITBANDS BURST FORTH!!! - & OUT POURS GILBEY CLARKES 'HALLOWEEN JACK' - IT DOESN'T GET ANY FUCKING WORSE THAN THIS PILE OF STEAMING DOGSHIT - rank hank.
Dear Gilby Clarke. I was fine with hating just you, but now I have to waste more hatred. Oh, gaud......THIS has got to be the worst fucking thing, this talentless chump has EVER fucking done!!!!!!! Yes, worse than Rockstar Supernova.......worse than his stint in Gn'R.......worse than Candy......worse than Kill For Thrills.......worse than Slash's Snakepit......worse than all 7 of his solo albums. And WTF's wrong with Perkin's anyway? Wait, don't believe it's more painful than twenty, 3" roofing-nails-in-your-tongue.....? Click, OK, PLEASE, WE'LL PAY U TO STOP THIS SHIT!!! to sample the horror. Nothing on their Myspace, but 3 shitty cover-tunes. Wait...there's more. This priceless Press-piece: "Glam Rock is back, together as Halloween Jack, they are laying down an old school glitter party that will cook your eardrums, blow your mind, and rock your world." Can't wait for the t-shirt. Thanks Blabb. SOME KNOW-IT-ALL ASSMUPPETS ARE NOW SAYING: - THE FUTURE OF 'INDIE' IS 'SYNTHESIZER-BASED' - sirbourbon.
If there's even a .001% bit of truth to this.... Upcoming Indie/Alt' is gonna suck ass in ways unknown to man. There's a theory doing the rounds that, in commercial terms at least, guitar bands are out and electronic pop acts are on the way back. The argument, proposed last Saturday by Peter Robinson in The Guardian, is that 'landfill indie' - that is, guitar music so bland that not even a bottle of Tabasco could liven it up - has bored the music-buying public so much that they're now seeking solace in the sound of the synth. Robinson cites the likes of Scouting For Girls, The Wombats and of course, 'Razorlight' (PICTURED) as archetypal landfillers, while Little Boots, La Roux, Lady GaGa are seen to be at the vanguard of electro's new wave. Who decides? While I have some sympathy with this line of thinking, I can't help feeling that it oversimplifies things a little. I don't doubt that we're going to be hearing more synth-powered pop on the radio this year, but has the decision that guitars are no longer cool been taken by the public or a media that thrives on trends and perceived renewal? I dislike by-the-numbers indie as much as anyone, but that doesn't mean that no contemporary guitar band has anything interesting to offer. What's more, while Little Boots' seemingly pre-ordained success means that we're sure to be seeing lots more girls and guys wielding laptops and Tenori-ons, it doesn't follow that they're all going to be great. Thanks Musicradar. WES BORLAND & AIDEN FRONTMAN COLLABORATE ON 'UNDERWORLD SOUNDTRACK' - WHO'D THUNK IT??? - FOR EMO-SHIT, IT DON'T SUCK?!?!? - rank hank.
Wondering what that wacky Wes Borland is up to lately? He's done some axe-werk to one of the better tracks from the new UNDERWORLD: RISE OF THE LYCANS, a remix of WILLIAM CONTROL'S "Deathclub". Even tho' this shits' got... "Oh, I'm gonna cut myself"... written all over it, For Emo, it's kinda catchy. Catch it HERE @ MYSPACE/WILLIAM CONTROL 'DEATHCLUB' 'William Control' (the side project of Aiden's wiL Francis) is a side solo project, influenced by futurepop bands like VNV Nation, Apoptygma Berzerk, and the New Wave legends Depeche Mode. William Control is William "wiL" Francis from Seattle, Washington, frontman/guitarist for Seattle punk/Post-Coreists, AIDEN. Young 'Wil' is a bit emotional. In an interview with Kerrang! Magazine, he admitted that he had planned a massacre that he was going to commit in Seattle's University District on New Year's Eve, 1999.
He claimed his means of carrying out this massacre was "a backpack full of guns". Much rehab ensued... ....apparently, he's feeling better now. He expains why u can't find it on His William Control debut disc: "When I made "Hate Culture" not all the songs I recorded went on the record. One of them was used for the newest installment in the Underworld series. Underworld 3 "Rise of the Lycans". It was remixed my Danny Lonher, Wes Borland added some guitar and there is a special guest appearance by everyones favorite singer Matt Skiba (Alkaline Trio). WILLIAM CONTROL featuring MATT SKIBA (of ALKALINE TRIO on backing vocals) and WES BORLAND (of LIMP BIZKIT and BLACK LIGHT BURNS on Guitar) "Deathclub (Wes Borland/Renholder Remix)" from UNDERWORLD: RISE OF THE LYCANS Soundtrack Album available now everywhere on LAKESHORE RECORDS. Thanks Antimusic/Wiki/William Control Blog. THERAPY? - IRELAND's BEST EXPORT, SINCE JAMESON's WHISKEY - ANNOUNCE 'CROOKED TIMBER' TO BE RELEASED IN MARCH - rank hank.
THERAPY?...are NOT load of diarrhea. Therapy? fuckin' rule, broskI!!!
Therapy? will release "Crooked Timber, " their follow-up to 2006's "One Cure Fits All" in March. Thanks Metal Underground. ZAKK WYLDE's FATHER PASSES AWAY, DUE TO CANCER - sirbourbon.
Our hearts go out to Zakk & his family at this very difficult time. On Monday, January 19, Zakk Wylde's (OZZY OSBOURNE, BLACK LABEL SOCIETY) father passed away due to complications from his fight against cancer. The following is a statement from Zakk regarding his passing: "My father, Jerome F. Wielandt, who served as an inspiration to me and my music throughout my life, has passed away from cancer. His influence on my life and the life of others has motivated me in ways that have been both unexpected and profound. "My father spent his youth as a orphan in New Jersey who was subsequently drafted to serve his country. A World War II veteran, he participated in the events of D-Day at Omaha Beach as well as Normandy. "My father meant more than the world to me, and his passing will no doubt influence my direction in life and career as this new year continues to unfold. "I am asking fans to allow time for me and my family to grieve in private. "In lieu of flowers, our family would like donations made in Jerome F. Wielandt's memory to: Deborah Heart And Lung Center 200 Trenton Road Browns Mills, NJ 08015 (609) 735-2916 "Lastly, '1919 Eternal' [BLACK LABEL SOCIETY's 2002 album] was dedicated to dad, and is my legacy to this unique individual I owe nearly everything to. I shall let that album stand the test of time to his greatness." Thanks Blabb. MUDVAYNE - ANNOUNCES 'ADDED DATES' TO NORTH AMERICAN TOUR - STILL ONLY 1 CANADIAN SHOW SCHEDULED - sirbourbon
Some "North American" tour. With only one Canadian show??? Thats it. Just Toronto. When will certain US band's check their labels records & see the numbers of albums being sold up here in the Great White North? The Pulse of Radio reports: MUDVAYNE continues to add dates to its upcoming North American trek, which kicks off on February 3 in Waterloo, Iowa. The tour now extends into mid-March, with more gigs possible. Bassist Ryan Martinie told The Pulse of Radio that with their complex songs and elaborate visuals, MUDVAYNE usually needs a few weeks before the tour to get the show in shape.
"We spend an immense amount of time on either designing the show, from the lighting to the staging to the actual playing, " he said. "You know, we're gonna take a couple of weeks and actually just go through the songs. We'll be doing it every single day, you know, in preparation. And then it won't vary much. Sorry to tell everybody that, but, you know, it's not like we go out onstage and are waiting for 'Hey Chad (Gray, singer), what song's next? What are we playing?'" Thanks TPOR. WHAAAAT? - A 'SUPERGROUP' THAT DOESN'T BLOW??? - HAIL! - SEPULTURA, JUDAS PRIEST, MEGADETH & ALICE COOPER MEMBERS FORM NEW PROJECT - rank hank.
Whoa...... This might get intersesting. Ripper making throatburger with Sepultura's Andreas Kisser??? Totally, 4 horns up my bray!!
The new all-star project featuring guitarist Andreas Kisser (SEPULTURA), vocalist Tim "Ripper" Owens (JUDAS PRIEST, BEYOND FEAR, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, ICED EARTH), drummer Jimmy DeGrasso (ALICE COOPER, MEGADETH) and bassist David Ellefson (F5, MEGADETH) is pictured above. The pictures were taken at the studios of Chile's Radio Universo. Thanks Blabb. WIBUMBA--METAL & HARD ROCK ALMANAC - WED' JAN' 21/09. "ON THIS DAY" 2004 Evanesence singer Amy Lee apologises to Cold for erroneously declaring the hard rockers had broken up after guitarist Terry Balsamo jumped ship to join her band. 2003 - David Palmer, former keyboard player for Jethro Tull changed his name to Dee Palmer after a successful sex change operation. Palmer was the keyboard player for Jethro Tull between 1969 and 1980. 1992 - Billy Idol pleaded guilty to assault and battery charges after an incident outside a West Hollywood restaurant. He was fined $2,700 (£1,588) and ordered to appear in a series of anti-drug commercials. 1991 - The Manic Street Preachers made their UK TV debut on BBC 2's Rapido. 1989 - Guns N'Roses become first act for six years to have two Top 10 American LPs, with Appetite for Destruction at No. 2 and Guns N'Roses Lies at No. 10
1985: Austin Waidelich (guitars: Lucifixion) 1973: Chris Kilmore (turntables/programming: Incubus) 1972: Snorre "Blackthorn" Ruch (guitars: Thorns/Mayhem) 1970: Mark TrojanowskI (American drummer: Sister Hazel) 1966: Wendy James (UK vocals: Transvision Vamp) 1966: 3D/Robert Del Naja (UK singer: The Wild Bunch / Massive Attack). 1965: Cordell Crockett (US bassist: Ugly Kid Joe) 1960: Mike Terrana (drums: Savage Circus/Masterplan/Axel RudI Pell) 1954: Nigel Glockler (UK drums: Saxon).
1996: Dennis Fuller (37) singer of London Boys (killed in a car crash while traveling in Austrian Alps on a dangerous mountain road, and another car was trying to pass at the opposite side of the road. The accident was a head-on collision with a drunken Swiss). 1996: Edem Ephraim (37) singer of London Boys (killed in a car crash while traveling in Austrian Alps on a dangerous mountain road, and another car was trying to pass at the opposite side of the road. The accident was a head-on collision with a drunken Swiss. Edem's wife and a DJ friend also died).
- Rank Hank Posted January 21, 2009 | Download of the day: Moonspell - The Antidote - In and Above Man.mp3
27News Slab: Prime news cuts from the metal and rock worldTUESDAY, JAN' 20/09: - ABSOLUTE, TOTALLY, WORST FUCKING NEWS THIS WEEK??? - JOKE, WANKMASTERS, 'DRAGONFORCE', REISSUING DEBUT ALBUMS THRU SPINEFARM RECORDS - rank hank.
HOLY FAAAAAACKKK, ....batfink!!! There are only 2 known buyers awaiting this putrid shit. For fuckin' serious bro.
Both live in their mothers basements....play Dungeons & Dragons all day....wear black trenchcoats & have NEVER & WILL NEVER get laid.
(Calling themselves - 'British extreme epic power metallers') DRAGONFORCE will reissue the records that effectively launched their career: "Valley Of The Damned" (2003) and "Sonic Firestorm" (2004). Both of these titles — re-released through Spinefarm Records UK on March 16 — will now come with bonus DVDs and expanded artwork, and are fully endorsed by the musicians themselves. Among the hand-picked extra content is band and producer interviews, live and offstage footage from Japan, plus a behind-the-scenes insight into the recording process itself… and as with everything DRAGONFORCE related, extreme technical expertise and pure entertainment are forever hand in hand. Both "Valley" and "Sonic Firestorm" will also be available on strictly limited-edition vinyl. "Ultra Beatdown", the new album from DRAGONFORCE, sold 24,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 18 on The Billboard 200 chart.
Thanks Blabb. OASIS FRONTMAN BACKS DOWN TO TOM CRUISE IN HOTEL LOBBY - AFTER CALLING HIM A 'SMALL BASTARD' & 'I HATE HIM', IN THE PRESS - sirbourbon.
Is it that....... Liam Gallagher ain't so goddamned tough after all? Or is it that maybe, Gallagher did his homework & learned about Scientology's habit of destroying the lives of people who trash their members publically. Whichever, the Oasis frontman has made a (more successful) career in the press, of running his yap & dissing about just about everyone. This time, Tom Cruise called him on it. It's claimed the Hollywood star approached the frontman to ask why he made negative comments about him in the Oasis documentary 'Lord Don't Slow Me Down' - in which Liam said of the War Of The Worlds actor: "I hate Tom Cruise. I can't stand that small b*****d." A source tells UK newspaper the Daily Star that the two met in Berlin's Regent Hotel where they were both staying. "For the first time in his life, Liam was lost for words, " the source says. "Tom did a double-take as they passed each other and went back to say hello." "And without losing the smile from his face, he reminded Liam about the cheeky comments he'd made. They made polite conversation and Liam made a hasty departure." Last night (January 19), Oasis were forced to postpone a show in Dusseldorf, due to Liam being advised by doctors to rest his voice. Thanks Angryape. YES, EVEN ANGRY, LESBIAN, MAN-HATING, PRE-MENSTRUAL, SHITTY, NU-METAL HAGS: - HATE GEORGE BUSH TOO - rank hank.
And I thought we loathed Bush... ....a shitstain on the ass of America. Seems like you hate him more, if........... ........ your'e an angry, lesbian front-woman of a shitty Nu-Metal act, that can't sell any records...or keep really fucking good guitarists (Karma Cheema ).
"Resident Bush: you vile bag of pig vomit. "In less than 24 hours and you are out of our lives. Forever. "You, the dogshit on our communal shoe, have been an unbelievable embarrassment to this nation. And as the minutes tick by, we scrape the last remnants of you from our soul, er sole. "You have lied, cheated, and bullied your way to the bottom of the pile. Enjoy the stench, you vile bag of pig vomit. "The economy is sinking, we have lost millions of jobs (though you stayed very rich), over 4000 American soliders died for your lie, we've lost our moral standing, we've lost the respect of the world. Until now. You are history. "And you say you have no regrets. You smug, pug ugly bastard. I will drink a toast to your departure and laugh like a lunatic knowing you leave as u came in: an absolute, unrelenting FAILURE. "Eat shit. Coward.".....(Luv, Otep) Thanks Otep Myspace. FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH, FRONTMAN: - LANDS FIRST (& PROBABLY LAST) ACTING GIG IN 'INCUBUS FILM' - rank hank.
This'll be cool to watch...NOT the movie....... Seeing Five Finger Death Punch's, 'Ivan Moody' finally crater n' blame his fans again. Ivan Moody just about had a nervous breakdown last year, when fans started blogging about how the band's new material was 'selling out'....from his previous band, Nu Metal/industialists, MOTOGRATER. He didn't take it too well. So when this piece of shit film tanks into oblivion....watch Moody get all 'moody' & emo n' shit. Fackin' priceless my bray!!! The Pulse of Radio sez, FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH singer Ivan Moody will make his acting debut in an upcoming horror film called "Bled", which premieres on DVD from Lionsgate on April 7. According to the press release, the film's about a young artist who is seduced by a strange man into taking an ancient drug, which in turn makes her the prey of a vampire-like creature from another dimension. Moody told The Pulse of Radio a little more about the movie and his role as the monster. "Our friend Scully was the screenwriter and co-directed the thing, and he called me up and he was like, 'You know, you would be perfect for this monster I'm, you know, cooking up,'" he said. "It's an incubus. I've gotta tell ya, man, I saw the trailer for it and it is absolutely intense. I'm the only monster in the movie, I'm the actual main villain." Rumors reported from Metal Sludge say that FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH has parted ways with guitarist Darrell Roberts and replaced him with Jason Hook. Hook has performed with BULLETBOYS and MÖTLEY CRÜE singer Vince Neil. The group will head to the U.K. and Europe for a tour next month, possibly to be followed by more U.S. dates. The band also plans to hit the studio and begin writing a new record this spring. Thanks TPOR. BRUCE DICKINSON, ON UPCOMING 'IRON MAIDEN FILM': - 'THEY DIDN'T FILM US HAVING A SHIT' - PROVING, THE BRITS WILL EAT ANYTHING - sirbourbon.
I don't EVER....want to "have a shit". I'll happily "take" a shit. I'll even "give" a shit. Fucking British are weird. British heavy metal legends Iron Maiden will release their first ever movie at cinemas worldwide on April 21. Flight 666 is billed as an “intimate, behind-the-scenes rock 'n' roll adventure” following the six members of Iron Maiden, led by Captain Bruce Dickinson, as they fly their very own jumbo jet around the world on last year's marathon Somewhere Back In Time world tour, playing to massive, sold-out crowds in far flung corners of the world as India and Australia, and Costa Rica and Japan. The band were accompanied everywhere by award winning documentary-makers Banger Productions, who have received international critical acclaim for their previous movie Metal: A Headbanger's Journey. Speaking to Kerrang! Dot Com, frontman Bruce Dickinson said: "Flight 666 is a snapshot of life in a rock band. We've never given anybody access to everything and they had access to everything, 24/7! “When we went out for a beer, they'd be there,” he added. “The only thing they didn't do was film us having a shit." Like the rest of the band, Dickinson is waiting until the documentary hits cinemas before he sees it. "I've got no idea what it's going to be like, " he nervously laughed. "I genuinely have no idea. So I'm just waiting to see what they make of us." Thanks kerrang. ALTER BRIDGE VOCALIST, ON AUDITIONING FOR LED ZEP' MEMBERS: - 'SURREAL, IT WAS GREAT' - BUT IT'S BACK TO ALTER BRIDGE - sirbourbon.
Vocalist Myles Kennedy of ALTER BRIDGE has confirmed that he played several tracks with the instrumental members of LED ZEPPELIN as part of an audition process for a proposed world tour. Although names such as Jack White, Chris Cornell, Dave Grohl, and Steven Tyler had surfaced as possible vocalists for the new project, rumors have been rampant for months that Page, Jones, and Bonham have been rehearsing with Kennedy, with tentative plans to record and tour without ZEPPELIN vocalist Robert Plant. Speaking to Eric Blair of "The Blairing Out With Eric Blair Show", Kennedy said, "I am not singing in LED ZEPPELIN or any offshoot of LED ZEPPELIN, but I did have a great opportunity and it was something that I'm very grateful for. But ALTER BRIDGE will go on, and that's that." When asked what it was like jamming with his childhood heroes, Kennedy replied, "Surreal. It was great." On what songs he ended up performing with guitarist Jimmy Page, bassist John Paul Jones, and drummer Jason Bonham, Myles said, "I'll tell that story some day. But for now, it was a good experience, and I'm still pinching myself, let's put it that way." Despite reuniting in December 2007 for its first concert in nearly two decades, LED ZEPPELIN has resisted offers for a full-blown tour. Plant himself recently announced that he has no plans to tour for the next two years. Jimmy Page's manager, Peter Mensch, said, "They tried out a few singers, but no one worked out. That was it. The whole thing is completely over now. There are absolutely no plans for them to continue. Zero. Frankly, I wish everybody would stop talking about it." If the ZEPPELIN offshoot has fallen through and Kennedy focuses all his attention on ALTER BRIDGE, it is not clear what will happen to the rumored CREED reunion in which the instrumental members of ALTER BRIDGE were going to participate. Thanks Blabb. WIBUMBA--METAL & HARD ROCK ALMANAC - TUESDAY, JAN' 20/09. "ON THIS DAY" 2004 - Cold singer Scooter Ward denies the hard rockers have broken up after guitarist Terry Balsamo defects to join "Bring Me to Life" band Evanescence. 1999 - Stone Temple Pilot/Velvet Revolver's Scott Weiland, was arrested for failing to provide a urine sample to his live-in drug treatment center, while still on probation for a 1997 heroin case. 1998 - Former Sepultura frontman Max Cavalera announces that his new band will be called Soulfly. 1996 - KISS announce that there will be a reunion tour this spring featuring the original lineup with make-up. The band plan to use the vintage Love Gun stage show and won't play anything past 1983! 1991 - Rock In Rio II, which will see drummer Matt Sorum making his live debut with Guns N'Roses, opens. 1990 - Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee has his eyebrow pierced on MTV. 1982 - OZZY OSBOURNE is hospitalized with rabies after biting the head off a dead bat that was thrown on stage by a fan.
1981: Martin "Marthus" Škaroupka (drums:Cradle Of Filth) 1980: Matthew "Matt" Tuck (vocals/guitars: Bullet For My Valentine) 1979: Robert Gregory Bourdon (drums: Linkin Park). 1978: Sid Wilson (turntables: Slipknot) 1975: Karl-Heinz "Carlos" Krug (vocals/flute: Sunterra) 1971: Derrick Green (US vocalist: Sepultura). 1971: Paul Albert Masvidal (US guitarist, singer: Cynic). 1970: Mark TrojanowskI (drummer: Sister Hazel). 1969: Nicky Wire/Nicholas Allen Jones (Welsh bassist: Manic Street Preachers). 1965: Greg Kriesel (UK bass: The Offspring). 1960: Scott Thunes (US guitarist: Frank Zappa/Steve Vai/ The Waterboys). 1952: Paul Stanley (guitar, vocals: Kiss). 1951: Ian Hill (UK bassist: Judas Priest).
2006:Dave "Lepard" Hellman (25) guitarist/vocalist: Swedish Glam Metal band: Crashdiet * committed suicide after being in a deep depression.
- Rank Hank Posted January 20, 2009 | Download of the day: Headstones - Blowtorch.mp3
500News Slab: Prime news cuts from the metal and rock worldMONDAY, JAN' 19/09: - NEW METAL RELEASES - STARTING TUES' JAN 20/09 - rank hank.
CHARLES WRITES: DEAR RANK....." Our neighbor has a 120 lb rottweiler that barks 24 hrs per day. It throws itself against the fence between us when I'm out in the yard, & is digging holes, which it can stick its snout out on our side. Any suggestions?
Dear Neighbor-Of-Cujo..........." Tons of suggestions. #1: throw a shitload of cheddar or Ex-lax over the fence... it'll gives the mutt the shits & makes him fart........ALOT!!! #2: Next time he pokes his ugly fuckin' mug under the fence, unload a full can of bear-spray on him, (available at camping stores) as stupid as he is, he'll remember that. #3: In the middle of the night, paint-ball him... ..the owner will get the message, with the only blue dog in town. Plus the paint's a bitch to remove, once it dries. #4: Rent & aim some 'Gem Sound TR - 150, 600 watt 3-way' speakers at the neighbor & blast, CATTLE DECAPITATION - "The Harvest Floor" repeatedly. The shitstain owner should get it.
January 27, 2009:
Thanks About.com NEW ALT/ROCK RELEASES - STARTING TUES' JAN 19/09. - sirbourbon
The new John Frusciante promises to pack some interesting riffs from the ChilI's axeman, but we step out of the Alt box this week & recommend Norway's COMBICHRIST - "Today We Are All Demons", darker than The Prodigy, & a lot harsher than Razed In Black.
27 January Tuesday:
Thanks Metacritc.com SEPULTURA'S KISSER - RETURNS ARTILERY FIRE FROM MAX CAVALERA - COULD A 'CAGE-MATCH' BETWEEN BIG DERRICK GREEN & MAX BE NEXT??? - rank hank.
Last week, ex Sepultura/now Cavalera Conspiracy/Soulfly honcho, Max Cavalera......opened a barrel of worms saying that the current dudes in Sepultura... ."didn't like A Clockwork Orange (the movie)" ...........basically saying 'their album will stink'. With Sep's upcoming album being based on "A Clockwork".......Max's comments were akin to a barf-inducing testicle-punch. So this week, it's guitarist Andreas Kisser's turn to rip on Max:
Andreas Kisser: It does. It seems like everything happened so quickly. For me, it was step-by-step…the whole structure of the band and group, Derrick has grown up a lot from the first tour and album we did. It’s totally different. He’s singing better than ever and [can] control his voice – lower, deeper, high-pitched, throw in melody, so it’s great, amazing to see his development Blistering.com: Say you didn’t find Derrick – do you think you would have assumed the role of vocalist? Kisser: Right after Max left the band…it was a very shocking, disturbing thing. He took everything – management, the contacts at the label, so we had to rebuild everything from scratch so we spent some time as a trio. I did some vocals, but we never played live – we just experimented in the studio with different stuff. But we were missing something to make it complete, like the way we worked with Max. Derrick came up in April of 1998 and I don’t know…who knows? [laughs]. We could have gotten someone else, but I wasn’t really too comfortable being the singer. It’s not just singing – you have to change your whole attitude to something totally different and I didn’t want to lose all the stuff I had with the guitar, the stuff I love the most. Blistering.com: What drew you to the concept of A Clockwork Orange? Kisser: We’re very big fans of the movie. It’s a classic. Very special and powerful and I’m familiar with the story and consequences. Since we did the Dante XXI album that was inspired by a book, we went onto movies and in Brazil, we have soundtracks. Blistering.com: Is there any resentment toward the new lineup in Brazil? In North America, it seems the old lineup is that all people want to concern themselves when it comes to Sepultura. Kisser: Everywhere we feel very positive vibrations. Max has played a lot more in America than us, so his point of view was spread much more in the press. I guess that’s normal, it’s propaganda. Max is crazy – he says crazy stuff in interviews, contradicts himself a lot and you can never count on what he says, so I guess people are confused. People can say or think whatever they want, but I wish we could have done without that. We are going to have the chance to go back to America. This album is really strong and the reaction has been strong as well. I’ve been doing a lot of interviews with people in the United States and it’s been very positive. People have to listen to the music with an open mind and ears and not with all the gossip and politics and bullshit. Sepultura is something that is alive. It’s not something that stopped in ’95 or ’96. We create this band everyday. Blistering.com: Along those lines, do you think had you decided to be more vocal about the split, there would have been more focus on this version of Sepultura? Kisser: I don’t buy that stuff. Max is crazy and doesn’t make any sense and can change from month to month. There’s nothing good about it and there’s one version of the story and we have ours and we know what happened. We’re not into revising history or telling a story regarding what happened. Only time will tell. Talk is cheap. You can say whatever you want, but your actions and ability to do things, that’s what counts. We’ll do it. We’re not talking [laughs]. Thanks Blistering.com SONIC YOUTH: - NEW ALBUM PROMISES, 'HEAVY ASS WEIRDO HOOKS' - sirbourbon.
Long time Alt-vets, Sonic Youth have generally kept their shit interesting, such as experimenting with power-tools, etc & have NEVER claimed to be "bored with guitar-made music" (unlike Fag Ferdinand recently). Sonic Youth have got "rock-centric" and "experimental" on their new album and first since signing with new home Matador Records. Still in its recording stages, the untitled record will hopefully arrive in time for the Summer. the Matador LP also marks the first time the band have released an LP through an independent label since 1988's 'Daydream Nation'. Singer and guitarist Thurston Moore tells Billboard that the new material has plenty of "heavy ass weirdo hooks". "When I started writing, I was immersed in listening to the Wipers, " adds Moore. "'No Way,' the first song we recorded, has a total Wipers vibe, if the Wipers were a No Wave band." "We're super inspired to make a fresh start. We're glad to be dealing with a label that loves songs. It's rock-centric, but still experimental. We're still Sonic Youth. I still don't know how to play the guitar." Thanks Angryape. CAN SOMEONE HOTKNIFE SOME FUCKING 'GINKO BILOBA' FOR POOR FUCKED-UP DUFF McKAGAN? - PLEASE? - rankhank.
Duff's side-project 'Loaded' is plain fucking terrible. Duff's main project Velvet Revolver.......too, is gawdfuckingawful. But, Duff McKagan created quite a stir at NAMM 2009. In appearances at both the RotoSound and Dunlop booths, the Velvet Revolver star drew huge crowds. (...............because the crowd was relieved as hell he didn't play anything) Posters, photos, strings, guitar straps, body parts, you name it, McKagan was happy to sign them all. (...............he used Axl's name) At the end of a long day, McKagan sat down with MusicRadar for an exclusive video interview, RIGHT HERE @ MUSICRADAR The bassist sat down and talked to MusicRadar about a variety of topics: the progress of finding a new Velvet Revolver singer (they’re close!), his other band Loaded, his thoughts on Guns N’ Roses’ Chinese Democracy and his side-career as a writer for the Seattle Weekly. McKagan smiled and hinted that the candidates have been narrowed down and that an announcement could be made very soon. (.............As soon as someone stupid enough, gets suckered into signing a contract with these 'tards) Poor fuckin' Duff comes off a little brain-gibbled in this interview. He doesn't know what a fucking "BLOG" is. Next to Duff, ex GNR pail-pounder/celeb-junkie, Steven Adler sounds almost normal. Thanks Musicradar. BIFFY CLYRO VOCALIST: - NEARLY THROWN OUT OF OWN GIG - 'OVER-ZEALOUS SECURITY' WOULDN'T LET HIM BACK ON STAGE DURING SET - sirbourbon.
This has happened countless times to muscicians. You'd think that the #1 rule for these rent-a-cops by now, would be to know who's paying them. Biffy Clyro frontman Simon Neil was nearly thrown out of his own gig by security guards who didn't recognise him. The rockers had been performing in Birmingham, when Neil climbed onto a balcony during their set, reports the Daily Record. But Simon couldn't get back to the stage so attempted to go through a locked exit, which is when staff stepped in to eject the singer from the venue - thinking he was a dangerous fan. Thankfully, Biffy Clyro's manager was on hand to stop him bein thrown out: "We had a great show in Birmingham until Simon decided to scale the balcony, " he's quoted as saying. "Usually when Simon goes AWOL I'll go after him in case anything goes wrong." "But unfortunately this time my speed was scuppered by having to run up the stairs on the opposite side of the balcony then around the perimeter. Simon landed on the balcony and realised he was trapped." "By the time I got to him, he was in the process of being marched outside by the four security 'gentlemen'. They seemed to have no idea who the topless bearded Scottish man shouting at them was." Biffy Clyro are currently in the studio working on their fifth album, the follow-up to 2007's 'Puzzle'. Thanks Angryape. SORRY, BUT THIS SHIT IS ALL OVER TODAY'S METAL NEWS WIRE - VIDEO OF BILLY JOEL DOING AC/DC'S, 'HIGHWAY TO HELL' - CUS' IF WE HAVE TO SUFFER, SO DO YOU!!! - rank hank.
Despite electro-shock therapy & liver-shriveling amounts of tequila....... We never really, totally recovered from having to listen to Celine Dion's version of AC/DC 'You Shook Me All Night Long'. Now this comes along to finish the fucking job & It's all over the Metal/Rock news services. Actually, it's Joel's guitar-tech doing the vocals & Joel playing the song. Video footage of "piano man" Billy Joel performing a cover version of the AC/DC classic "Highway To Hell" on Friday, January 16 at the Hard Rock in Hollywood, Florida can be viewed below. One of Joel's roadies sang the song while Billy played rhythm guitar. Catch it here @ BILLY JOEL PLAYS 'REAL MUSIC' Despite Billy Joel's predominantly pop background, the singer was once part of a "psychedelic hard rock" duo called ATTILA, which released a self-titled debut LP through Epic Records in 1970 before getting dropped by the label due to poor record sales. Thanks Blabb. RUSH: - 'INTROSPECTIVE III' ANNOUNCED - CD & CD/DVD SET DUE OUT MARCH 03/09 - sirbourbon.
Rush has announced details of the upcoming third volume in its continuing compilation series. "Retrospective III (1989-2008)" arrives in stores on March 3rd. The collection – available as both individual CD and two-disc CD/DVD set – features tracks culled from the legendary trio's two decades with Atlantic Records, spanning such acclaimed studio works as 1989's "Presto, " 1991's "Roll The Bones, " 1993's "Counterparts, " 1996's "Test For Echo, " 2002's "Vapor Trails, " and 2007's "Snakes & Arrows" The "Retrospective III" DVD gathers the band's 10 stunning music videos during the Atlantic years, including clips for fan favorites such as "The Pass, " "Roll The Bones, " "Stick It Out, " "Driven, " and the Grammy Award-nominated "Malignant Narcissism." What's more, the DVD includes a trio of live videos filmed in Frankfurt, Germany during Rush's 2004 "R30: 30th Anniversary World Tour, " highlighted by a masterful performance of The Who's classic "The Seeker" (originally recorded by Rush for 2004's "Feedback"). As an added bonus, the band has included a rare televised performance of the classic "Tom Sawyer" and an on-camera interview featuring all three members. Both the CD and CD/DVD versions of "Retrospecive III" are available now for pre-order at www.rush.com/preorder. A "Deluxe Rush Fan Pack" is also being offered, combining the CD/DVD package with a limited edition lithograph highlighting the albums featured on "Retrospective III." The first 100 orders will receive an ultra-rare signed lithograph. Thanks Antimusic. WIBUMBA--METAL & HARD ROCK ALMANAC - MONDAY, JAN' 19/09. "ON THIS DAY" 2000 - Spencer Goodman, who had been convicted of kidnapping and killing the wife of ZZ Top manager Bill Ham in Houston in 1991, was executed by lethal injection in Huntsville, Texas. 1999 - QUIET RIOT singer Kevin DuBrow is arrested for failing to pay off a concert goer who sued him five years ago. DuBrow pleads poverty saying that he hasn't had a royalty check since 1987 and he lives with his mother. 1991 - AC/DC's show in Salt Lake City, UT is catastrophic when a audience of 13,000 stampede, killing three people. One of the fathers brings suit against the band, but the case is dismissed. 1988 - Bon JovI's and Motley Crue's manager Doc McGheep pleaded guilty to importing more than 40,000lb of marijuana into the US. 1978 - Johnny Rotten was fired from The Sex Pistols for 'not being weird enough anymore. 1967 - Pink Floyd and Marmalade played at The Marquee Club, London.
1982: Jakob Nyholm (guitars: Hatesphere) 1979: Peter "Pepe" Lyse Hansen (guitars: hatesphere) 1978: Ricky Wilson (UK lead singer: Kaiser Chiefs). 1971: John Wozniak (US lead singer, guitarist, song writer: Marcy Playground). 1968: Whitfield Crane (US lead singer: Ugly Kid Joe).
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- Rank Hank Posted January 19, 2009 | Download of the day: Keith Caputo - Devils Pride.mp3
747News Slab: Prime news cuts from the metal and rock worldFRIDAY, JAN' 16/09: - WEEKEND EDITION - WORST FUCKING NEWS THIS WEEK??? - TOMMY LEE'S 'METHODS OF MAYHEM'
Your week been dog-shit & you need a good fuckin' laugh??? This will have you in stiches. The king of STD's, Tommy Lee, is putting his Rap-Metal joke-of-a-band METHODS OF MAYHEM back in the studio to record. Now...don't take my word that this band is pure shit. Watch Lee with his milky-white-lenses & ghetto-tude make a complete ass of himself onstage (more so than usual). Besides... ......he holds a guitar like a girl. Check it out for yourself @ TOMMY LEE, A TRUE & TOTAL DOUCHE MÖTLEY CRÜE drummer Tommy Lee told Billboard that he has started work on his second METHODS OF MAYHEM album, following up his side project's platinum 1999 debut. DJ Aero and guitarist KaI Marcus are still onboard, and Lee's producing partner Scott Humphrey "is starting to get involved" as the songs are formulating. "We're going to start tracking as soon as MÖTLEY is done (touring) at the end of March, and hopefully I'll have it ready by April/May and done by the top of June, " Lee said. Lee formed METHODS OF MAYHEM in 1999 after he left MÖTLEY CRÜE. The all-star project collaboration with rapper TiLo featured input from LIMP BIZKIT's Fred Durst, THE CRYSTAL METHOD, Kid Rock, Snoop Dogg, and Mix Master Mike. After signing to MCA, METHODS OF MAYHEM issued its self-titled debut LP in late 1999. Thanks Blabb. TWISTED SISTER'S, DEE SNIDER BACK IN HORROR SEQUEL - 'STRANGELAND: DISCIPLE' - COMPLETE WITH, 'FREAK SOCIETIES OF PERVERTED PLEASURES' - (KINDA LIKE ORGANIZED RELIGION) - sirbourbon.
Heh, Heh....... They say that this film is "set in the “underworld of body modification fetishists"............. Why didn't they just say it's West Vancouver? Twisted Sister frontman Dee Snider is set to revisit his role as Captain Howdy in horror flick ‘Strangeland’, having written the sequel which will go into production this year. ‘Strangeland: Disciple’ comes 11 years after the original, and continues the story of a schizophrenic sexual sadist who lures victims via the Internet. ‘Strangeland: Disciple’ will come complete with an NC-17 rating right off the bat, and Snider promises it will be “ultra-intense”. The movie will be set in the “underworld of body modification fetishists, amid the secret sado-masochistic freak societies of perverted pleasures that lurk just underneath the veneer of respectable society.” The soundtrack of the 1998 movie included the likes of System Of A Down, Slipknot, Kid Rock, Twisted Sister, Megadeth, Marilyn Manson and Pantera, and led to a 'Strangeland' tour. Snider says he hopes to re-introduce a tour to coincide with the sequel. Thanks NME. SEVENDUST DRUMMER, ROSE - ' WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO HANDLE IT, IF HIS OLD LADY WAS THE ONE ON TOUR' - rank hank.
Of course Morgan, you moron...... She's an ex-Playmate...... And you are not. The Pulse of Radio reports that SEVENDUST drummer Morgan Rose and his wife TerI Harrison opened up about their marriage Friday night (January 16) on the latest installment of "The E! True Hollywood Story: Rock Wives". While Rose is touring for several months out of the year and living the rock lifestyle, Harrison is home with their 1-year-old son and Rose's 9-year-old daughter. Rose admitted to The Pulse of Radio that he gives his wife credit for her patience and trust. "If the tables were turned and I was home, and she was on the road and there was guys hanging around that definitely didn't want to, you know, talk about politics every night with her, all night, with alcohol being mixed with that, and happening on a nightly basis in a different town every night — as a person that's not a jealous individual, I still don't think that I would be able to handle it."
Rose was married previously to ex-COAL CHAMBER bassist Rayna Foss. He has a daughter from that marriage named Kayla and has a son with Harrison named Jack. Harrison (PICTURED) was a Playboy Playmate and also a "Barker's Beauty" on "The Price is Right" game show from 2002 to 2005. The 90-minute special, airing at 8 p.m. ET/PT, also features profiles of members of ANTHRAX, POISON, and others with their spouses. SEVENDUST plays in Shreveport, Louisiana, on Friday and then joins the new DISTURBED tour on Saturday (January 17) in Springfield, Missouri. Thanks TPOR. IF U2's NEW ALBUM SOUNDS LIKE IT LOOKS - IT'S GONNA SUCK ASS INFINETLY!!! - sirbourbon.
This has gotta be the worst, uninspiring album cover we've seen in the last 10 yrs. A one-eyed baboon with parkinson's could do better with a crayon & a granite slab. Following last month's 'five different versions' revelation, U2 have unveiled the tracklisting and artwork design for latest album No Line On The Horizon. The Irish-rockers twelfth studio LP is still due for a 2 March release in the UK, but will be preceded by first single Get On Your Boots as a download on 15 February and physically a day later. You might remember 'Boots' drum parts leaking last summer. Back then we called it Sexy Boots, though. No Line On The Horizon tracklisting:
1. No Line On The Horizon The fifth track I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight was reportedly worked on with Will.i.am while the grey album artwork was designed by Japanese artist HiroshI Sugimoto. You can read MusicRadar's account of what the album might sound like U2 @ MUSICRADAR.COM Thanks Musicradar.com LES CLAYPOOL, GEORGE LUCAS, SETH GREEN & OTHERS: - DONATE CUSTOM GUITARS FOR FUNDRAISER - rank hank.
Seth Green's is kinda cool with the Robor Chicken on it. Tho' we think that he shoulda had the 'nerd-on-the-unicorn' design instead. Star Wars creator George Lucas has customised a Gibson Les Paul with a Lightsaber-wielding Yoda for a fundraising auction. The one-of-a-kind axe joins others designed by the likes of Robot Chicken creator Seth Green and Marvel Comics' Stan Lee. The auction takes place at the Phoenix Guitar Gala in Petaluma (USA) on 28 February. For Skywalker-fanatics unable to make the trip to California, fear not: you'll be able to bid online.
There'll be approximately 20 guitars up for grabs, all donated by Gibson and customised by a celebrity of varying fame. As well as the aforementioned three designers, others include Devo's Frank Schubert and Primus's Les Claypool. All proceeds from the auction go to the free after-school program at the Phoenix Theatre, to aid the social development of young people. So, as always, dig deep. You can check out the other designs as and when they are unveiled on the PHOENIX GUITAR GALA OFFICIAL SITE. In the meantime, you can see a whole bunch of new guitars from this year's NAMM show on MusicRadar's Live blog. Thanks Musicradar.com MAX CAVALERA: - GETTIN' ALL PISSY OVER SEPULTURA'S UPCOMING NEW ALBUM, 'A-LEX' - rank hank.
More sour grapes from Max. Still pissed cus' Sepultura didn't wanna reunite with him... ... He's taking to trashing the new album based on........"they didn't like the movie." Uh, Max???..........Sep's new album is actually based on the book. Former SEPULTURA and current SOULFLY/CAVALERA CONSPIRACY frontman Max Cavalera has told Eleanor Goodman of U.K.'s Bizarre magazine that he wasn't aware the upcoming SEPULTURA album "A-Lex" is based on "A Clockwork Orange" — a film that inspired CAVALERA CONSPIRACY's debut, "Inflikted". "It's just funny, because those guys don't really like 'A Clockwork Orange'!" he is quoted as saying. "I can remember watching that shit, and they were like, 'What's that stupid thing you're watching?' Even my brother [former SEPULTURA and current CAVALERA CONSPIRACY drummer Igor Cavalera] didn't like it that much — my mom hated that movie, which was probably why I liked it so much…" "A-Lex" uses words from Anthony Burgess' original book and Stanley Kubrick's film adaptation alongside passages of classical music, while "Inflikted" – released last March – has a track called "Ultra-Violent" that features the language of the characters. Despite the overlap in subject, Max says he"ll give "A-Lex" a shot. "Yeah, I listen to all sorts of stuff all the time, so I'll check it out, " he said. Thanks Blabb. WIBUMBA--METAL & HARD ROCK ALMANAC - FRIDAY, JAN' 16TH. - "ON THIS DAY" 1997 - Metallica's video "King Nothing" premiered on MTV. 1996 - Pink Floyd was officially inducted into the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame 1996 - Believing it to be piloted by a drug trafficker, Jamaican authorities opened fire on Jimmy Buffett's seaplane. Fortunately, neither Buffett nor his passenger, Bono, were injured. 1993 - Poison play in front of an audience of 400,000 at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington at the start of the Presidential Inaugural celebrations. 1987 - The Beastie Boys become the first act to be censored on 'American Bandstand'. 1969 - LED ZEPPELIN I is released
1985: Simone Simons (vocals: Epica) - Jan 17th 1982: Alex Varkatzas (vocals: Atreyu) - Jan 17th 1981: Nick ValensI (US guitar: Strokes) 1978: Charles Richard "Ricky" Wilson (lead singer: Kaiser Chiefs). 1976: Stuart Fletcher (UK bassist: Seahorses/The Yard) 1975: SamI Lopakka (guitars: Sentenced) - Jan 17th 1973: Antero Manninen (cello: Apocalyptica - 'touring') 1961: Paul Raven (UK rock bassist: Ministry/Killing Joke) * passed away 20.Oct.2007.
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A SHOUT OUT TO "TENNENTS LAGER" UK (5.0%)... ..............Tommy Lee - just go the fuck away... .................God's Favorite Dog... ...............Dazzling Killmen. - Rank Hank Posted January 16, 2009 | Download of the day: Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Fault Line.mp3
158News Slab: Prime news cuts from the metal and rock worldTHURSDAY, JAN' 15/09: - BEST FUCKING NEWS THIS WEEK??? - AUSTRALIA'S, 'THE SCREAMING JETS' COME BACK TO North America AFTER 10 YEARS WITH A THERMITE BURNING, NEW DISC!!! - rank hank.
Shit, this is persistance. We thought these dudes had packed it in & called it a day with guitarist Grant Walmsley gone.......... Then they go & put out probably the best album with "DO YA", in their 20 yr.carreer. Check out the fuss @ THE SCREAMING JETS MYSPACE THE SCREAMING JETS, Australia's legendary, multi-platinum rock band, will play its first live show in the U.S. in over a decade on Tuesday, February 3 at Key Club in Hollywood, California. This private, red-carpet event will be an epic evening not to be missed. The night will also include many surprise guests as well as performances by STATE TO STATE, RICKY WARWICK, THE BANGKOK FIVE and the all-star band HAPPENIN' HARRY & THE HAPTONES featuring members of GUNS N' ROSES, TRAIN, QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE and THE OFFSPRING. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. Red carpet is from 8:00 p.m. to 9:00p.m. THE SCREAMING JETS start at 9:30 p.m. This is a FREE, invite-only show. With a career spanning 20 years, ten albums, and international tours with bands such as KISS, PEARL JAM, ALICE IN CHAINS, INXS, SOUNDGARDEN and VELVET REVOLVER, you can be sure THE SCREAMING JETS will bring an amazing live show to the Sunset Strip.categorized with a handful of internationally known bands that call Australia home like AC/DC and INXS, THE SCREAMING JETS have had great success in the U.S. market in the past and are excited about their long-awaited return. "We can't wait to get out there and hopefully inspire people to come and see us, get people talking and hopefully get an album deal, and go the whole hog, " says singer Dave Gleeson. "With the support of our new indie label, StockXChange Music, U.S. producer/engineer Stevie Salas (Mick Jagger, Rod Stewart, and "American Idol"'s David Cook, Chris Daughtry, Jordin Sparks) and percussionist Matt Sorum (THE CULT, GUNS N' ROSES, VELVET REVOLVER) who we worked with on our latest album, we are hoping the band gets the recognition we think we deserve. If all goes well with our U.S. return, we hope to tour there this summer." Thanks Blabb. 'CHICKENFOOT' - HAGAR, SATRIANNI, CHAD SMITH & MIKE ANTHONY - GETTING CLOSE TO MIXING ALBUM - FUCKIN' EH, THIS WILL BE BADASS!!! - rank hank.
Wanna know why? Not because of Hagar.......but because 'Satch' (Satrianni) will Double-bomb this shit wide fucking open my bray!! Satch's playing has never been better & he'll make you forget Eddie Van leather-liver. According to bassist Michael Anthony (ex-VAN HALEN), work is continuing on the debut album from CHICKENFOOT, his new collaboration with Sammy Hagar (ex-VAN HALEN), guitar legend Joe SatrianI and drummer Chad Smith (RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS). "We're getting close to mixing this thing, " he writes on his web site. Hagar recently told Billboard.com about CHICKENFOOT, "We got in the studio and recorded eight demos in two days. The chemistry is everything in a band. The band changes one guy, sometimes the whole damn thing changes — look what happened when I joined VAN HALEN. But with this band, the chemistry is awesome. It's the best chemistry I've ever experienced, better than the MONTROSE chemistry, better than the VAN HALEN chemistry." Thanks Blabb. EX-KORN, BRIAN 'HEAD'WELCH: - CAN'T FIND A BAND - OPENS AUDITIONS TO ANYONE WHO CAN SPELL 'JESUS' - rank hank.
Rumour is, Munky, Fieldy & Davis auditioned............. But were told......."We'll get back to you"... ....after none of them could name one of 'Jesus' miracles'. AZR Exclusive BREAKING NEWS: Brian “Head” Welch has seemingly reconsidered holding closed-only band auditions: opting instead to allow anyone with talent the chance to audition for a spot in his band. Last month “Head” announced that he will be touring in the upcoming year to support his solo release titled Save me from Myself. The bad news for some band-member-hopefuls is that the auditions were closed to the public. This news changes everything! There is a first round screening process that is set to close on February 2nd - So if you were hoping to audition, get off your butt and do it — now’s your chance! Here are audition the details from Driven Music Group: Needless to say, Driven received many, many, many inquiries from many of you requesting a chance to be considered for Head’s Touring Band. Well, we have some good news for some of you. Due to the extremely high interest from many of you musicians from all over the world, Driven Music Group has decided to hold at least one round of OPEN auditions for the possibility of being considered for placement in Head’s Touring Band. Applicants for Round One of OPEN AUDITIONS will be available to any interested person (male or female) who are 18 years or older, and who timely comply with the on line submission requirements (more on that below). Driven Music Group, with Head’s assistance, will review all timely submitted applications for ROUND ONE of OPEN AUDITIONS. Anyone who makes the cut, will be specifically invited to ROUND TWO AUDITIONS in Phoenix Arizona. ROUND TWO AUDITIONS WILL BE CLOSED, BY INVITATION ONLY. You CANNOT and WILL NOT be considered for a ROUND TWO invitation unless you submit and pass the ROUND ONE OPEN AUDITIONS. Again, other than those invited to ROUND TWO, it will be CLOSED to the General Public. Importantly, if you are selected for ROUND TWO, it is your responsibility to find your way to Phoenix, Arizona to attend the ROUND TWO auditions. If you cannot afford to find your way to Phoenix Arizona for ROUND TWO, do NOT submit an application for ROUND ONE. Driven will not make any exceptions under any circumstances. ROUND ONE OPEN AUDITIONS (on line only) will commence IMMEDIATELY and will CLOSE on February 2nd. It is up to each interested party to timely comply—no exceptions and no extensions. ROUND TWO is anticipated to occur sometime the middle of February in Phoenix, Arizona. Those that are selected for ROUND TWO will be contacted directly by DRIVEN MUSIC GROUP MGT. DRIVEN MUSIC will set ONE DATE and ONE DATE only for ROUND TWO—no changes, no exceptions. It will be up to you to meet the date, or forego the opportunity. TO SUBMIT TO ROUND ONE, please go to www.brianheadwelchband.com and follow the instructions precisely!!! Thanks AZR. SO METALLICA WANTS TO TOUR WITH AXL ROSE??? - JUST BRING LOTS OF PROZAC & LITHIUM - sirbourbon.
Both bands have a lot in common, in that both have new releases that suck ass...real bad! But this would NEVER work. Cus' they would never agree who would open & who'd go off last. Plus Metallica would end the tour bald, from scratching their heads over Axl's nightly bi-polar meltdown's. HOWEVER: Metallica would consider a rock supertour with Guns N' Roses - after hailing the group's comeback album Chinese Democracy. The Enter Sandman hitmakers are big fans of their rock counterparts, who they rose to fame alongside in the 1980s. And drummer Lars Ulrich admits he would jump at the chance to tour alongside Axl Rose's legendary group. He says, "We're road dogs. We love to tour. So we'd never say no. We've learned never to say no to anything, and all four of us love Chinese Democracy." But guitarist Kirk Hammett admits he doesn't see the rockers making an offer in the near future, adding: "The real question is whether they would tour with us." Rose hasn't commented. Thanks.starpulse.com DAVE NAVARRO & STEVE JONES TAKE FAMED INDIE FM STATION - LEAVE FM FORMAT & GO TO 'INDIE 1031.COM' - sirbourbon.
Much as we can't stand ego-maniac Dave Navarro, they play some decent stuff on this site. Check it out right here, @ INDIE 1031.COM OFFICIAL SITE The renowned radio station, which featured shows hosted by Steve Jones of the Sex Pistols and Dave Navarro of Jane's Addiction and Camp Freddy, said that it has chosen to broadcast exclusively over the internet so as to avoid being forced into more of a commercial format. In a statement issued today, the radio station, which co-sponsors Club NME Los Angeles, said, "Indie 103.1 will cease broadcasting over this frequency effective immediately. Because of changes in the radio industry and the way radio audiences are measured, stations in this market are being forced to play too much Britney, Puffy and alternative music that is neither new nor cutting edge. Due to these challenges, Indie 103.1 was recently faced with only one option -- to play the corporate radio game. "We have decided not to play that game any longer. Rather than changing the sound, spirit, and soul of what has made Indie 103.1 great, Indie 103.1 will bid farewell to the terrestrial airwaves and take an alternative course. "This could only be done on the Internet, a place where rules do not apply and where new music thrives: be it grunge, punk, or alternative -- simply put, only the best music." The station intends to continue broadcasting over the internet at Indie1031.com. Thanks NME.com OK, THIS IS WHY AEROSMITH SHOULD QUIT - KNEES FULL OF PUS, SAGGING FACELIFTS & BLAND, SELLOUT SHIT-TUNES - rank hank.
The band is cancelling a Venezuela show, which reportedly, was on Joe Perry's 'bucket-list'. And why is that? It's cause he's got a knee full of pus. Apparently, his knee is infected after the surgery. And when your'e over 100 fucking years old........shit gets crunked up. AEROSMITH are unable to perform their February 1 headlining show in Caracas, Venezuela at Estadio Olimpico as part of Solid Fest. This is due to lead guitarist JOE PERRY having to undergo emergency surgery on his knee caused by unforeseen complications from a previous surgery on the same knee. In March 2008, PERRY underwent total knee replacement surgery, an operation he put off for two years so that he could fulfill the band's live commitments and perform for fans. AEROSMITH was looking forward to their performance in Venezuela--especially because it would have marked their first-ever show in the country--and they hope everyone at the festival has a great time. The band is also hoping to announce a future show in Venezuela and they want to thank fans for their understanding and support. Says STEVEN TYLER: "Playing Venezuela was my idea of a perfect way to start the New Year. But having heard Joe had to revisit the hospital this month, the band are truly disappointed we can't be in Caracas, and we hope to see everyone there soon." Thanks Sleaze Roxx.com PAGANFEST AMERICA: PART II - ANNOUNCE DATES - (BRING YOUR OWN WENCH) - sirbourbon.
Pagan unite & we'll headbang widdershins!!!
"PaganFest America: Part II" will include Finland's folk freaks KORPIKLAANI as the headliners, Switzerland's ELUVEITIE, Ireland's PRIMORDIAL, Finland's MOONSORROW, Canada's BLACKGUARD (formerly known as PROFUGUS MORTIS) and straight off the coast of the Atlantic Ocean, New Jersey's crazy pirate metal drunks SWASHBUCKLE as the opening party-starters throughout the tour. Like all the things I do in my life, whether I listen to what people say and what people want, there's no way we would not top this year's PaganFest USA with the next one, so we thought of the ultimate line up and went for it! This will be THE event to be at for 2009, that's for certain." Thanks Paganfest Myspace. WIBUMBA--METAL & HARD ROCK ALMANAC - THURSDAY, JAN' 15/09. "ON THIS DAY" 1992 - Dee Murray, the longtime bassist for Elton John, succumbed to cancer at the age of 45. 1991 - Sean Lennon's remake of his father's "Give Peace A Chance" was released to coincide with the United Nation's midnight deadline for Iraq to withdraw from Kuwait. The lyrics were updated to reflect concerns of the 1990's. 1965 - The Who released their first single 'I Can't Explain', with Jimmy Page on guitar and The Ivy League on backing vocals, it went on to reach No.8 on the UK chart.
1965: Adam Jones ( guitarist, songwriter, make-up artist: Tool/The Melvins). 1963: Cronos/Conrad Thomas Lant (UK vocalist, bassist: Venom). 1961: Damian O'Neill (Irish guitarist: The Undertones). 1959: Peter Trewavas (UK bassist: Marillion). 1948: Ronnie Van Zandt (lead vocalist, Lynyrd Skynrd) * passed away 20.Oct.1977 1941: Captain Beefheart/Don Van Vliet (singer, multi-musician: Frank Zappa/The Magic Band).
2008: Bobby Ferrara/Robert Patrick Ferrara (42) American guitarist, shred guitarist and composer: self taught and a world class, ultra fast shred guitarist (died in his sleep at home of a fatal heart attack). 2004: Terje "Valfar" Bakken (25) Lead singer and founder of the Norwegian Black/Folk Metal band Windir. (he went out on a walk towards his family's cabin at Fagereggi, but he never arrived. Three days later, authorities found his body at Reppastølen in the Sogndal valley. Valfar had been caught in a snow storm and suffered death from hypothermia).
- Rank Hank Posted January 15, 2009 | Download of the day: TV Theme Songs - Fresh Prince of Bel Air - Will Smith.mp3
4News Slab: Prime news cuts from the metal and rock worldWED' JAN 14/09: - SAMMY HAGAR 'SNAPS' & FINALLY RIPS GAPING NEW ASSHOLES ON: - 'ROTH'S EGO', 'EDDIE'S DRINKING' & 'CHERONE'S DEAD CAREER' - rank hank.
Nobody can be as disgustingly sweet & syrupy nice, as Sammy Hagar comes off. So finally, after all this time, Hagar has cracked & REALLY lets rip on Roth, Eddie & Gary Cherone, to Norway's Imhotep:
Sammy: "It was okay, it was fun, but I think it could have been much greater. Dave is not an easy guy to get along with. I like what he did with VAN HALEN but I can't say much for him now because I just feel he is still trying to be the same guy he was in 1984 and he's not. And on that tour he hired a VAN HALEN tribute band called the ATOMIC PUNKS and he took the singer out and he put himself in there. It was so stupid because he played only VAN HALEN songs and acted like he was in VAN HALEN and he hadn't been in VAN HALEN in 20 years. No matter what you heard from the press or what he said, I'm telling you right now he bombed every fucking night. I mean, you go out and bust out with 'Running With The Devil' and the fans are gonna cheer, you do 'Jump', and the fans are gonna cheer. Those are great songs, but in the end of the night, he didn't sell any t-shirts. I know this sounds crazy, you gauge the bands that you have as an opening act, if they sell a huge amount of t-shirts, the people usually like them. He didn't sell any t-shirts. He is still trying to sell his t-shirts for five dollars a piece, on tour they are 40. He was so embarrassed that he would sell 100 shirts and I would sell 7,000, and it was completely obvious that the fans were walking way going, 'Man, what the fuck was that?' Dave tried to get back on tour and it was a disaster because he ruined everything." Imhotep: How do you feel about VELVET REVOLVER's tribute to VAN HALEN at Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame?
Sammy: "I don't think it was very good and I really like those guys. It was unfair to take a young band like that, that had only been together for one album and try and make them try to be VAN HALEN. I think it was a little bit of a mistake but it wasn't their fault cause they are great and I like those guys a lot, they are really good friends. Slash is a great guitar player when he is playing his stuff. But for Slash to try and play Eddie's stuff was wrong. They should have had Steve VaI or Joe Satriani, or somebody like that to play the part. They should have had a legend induct and put together a great bunch of players who are more adapted to VAN HALEN to do the tribute." Imhotep: What did you feel at the very beginning of the last tour you did with Van Halen - before the mud slinging started? Sammy: “I thought, “man this is great, that we could do this”. And the fans, and the ticket sales were phenomenal, at the beginning especially. When we went on stage the first time I had goose bumps on my body so bad. It didn't wear well after a while. Eddie was in bad mental shape, he was in bad physical shape and he needed to get to hospital and it was hard for me to see him in that condition every night and act like it was okay, cause I didn't, I was the only guy that got in his face - and told him, "What the fuck are you doing?". I tried to work with him but he was unreasonable and it ended up being what it was.” Imhotep: So that was the real reason for it not being the massive reunion that it was supposed to be? Sammy: “It should have been worldwide - we couldn't do anything different, if we tried to play a new song, like I would say “Finish What Ya Started” - Eddie couldn't do it, he would forget it. He couldn't even remember the fucking songs!”
Imhotep: Yeah I'm sure, it must have been hard. Sammy: “Everyone said Eddie was all buffed, he looked good, but he wasn't fucking buffed. He was skin and bones. The guy had no teeth, he never ate, and he was falling down, hurting himself. Some nights he played so bad that I was embarrassed. He had moments of brilliance, don't get me wrong. I played with Eddie for 11 years before that, I probably heard him make 5 mistakes in 11 years, he played perfect every night and this was not even close to that. On that tour, he couldn't play a single note right. I want the world to know why I am not interested in doing that again. If he gets sober and he straightens out and if his mind isn't deteriorated and he can play great again and be the great Eddie Van Halen that I know and love, I would be glad to go out and sing in his band again. I would be honored to.” Imhotep: Out of curiosity, how did you join Van Halen after Dave's departure? Sammy: “It was actually Claudio Zampolli. He was our mechanic. Eddie had a LamborghinI and I had a FerrarI and he worked on both of our cars. My car was being fixed in Claudio's showroom when I was on a tour on V.O.A. While I was gone, Claudio put my car in the showroom because let's face it, it was a Ferrari. Eddie walked in and was blown away by the car and wanted to buy it, but Claudio told him that it was my car and he also casually dropped my name as a replacement singer after Dave had left. And just like that, I was in Van Halen.” Imhotep: What is your favorite song to play from the Van Halen's David Lee Roth-era? Sammy: “It had to be “Panama”. That is a bad ass song man.” Imhotep: Were there some songs from Lee Roth's era that you didn't like to perform?
Sammy: “Yeah I didn't want to sing songs like “Jamie's Cryin'” or something like that. And quite honestly, I don't like singing “Runnin' With The Devil”. And the reason I don't like singing it is because I don't relate to the lyrics. For me to sing that is just phony. I don't mind listening to that song: I'm just not going to sing it. I can't sing that song with any heart.” Imhotep: What song from your time in Van Halen would you like to hear David Lee Roth singing and why? Sammy: “I'd like to see him try to sing “Dreams”. It would be hilarious. But the one song that I know Dave can sing and sing well is “Finish What Ya Started”. With the low voice, of course.” Imhotep: What do you think of the Van Halen album recorded with Gary Cherone? What was it like to listen to Gary singing your songs? Sammy: “There was a lot of music on there that we were working on and then Gary Cherone came in and wrote new lyrics and sang it, and it was horrible. Gary Cherone is a great singer and he's a great guy but that record was horrible.” Imhotep: Do you know what Gary actually thinks about that record and what happened to him? Wasn't it like a dream turning into a nightmare?
Sammy: “It ruined his career. You have got to think about when that happened. If I had stayed in Van Halen, we would start losing our popularity because Grunge came in. And it was very much like heavy metal, just a little heavier. Bands like Poison and Mötley Crüe, man, Grunge just finished those bands off. Eddie Van Halen ruined Van Halen. I don't care what anyone says, I'm not dogging Eddie. I'm saying he's the guy responsible, he's the guy that fired me, he's the guy that got Gary Cherone at that horrible time, he's the guy that continues to fuck the band up. He's the guy that can't work with Dave: he's the guy who can't work with me. He's the guy that won't go into the studio and make a record. He says that he's in the studio everyday. My answer to that is, if you're in a studio everyday, then where's the fucking record? I'm not trying to condemn him: I'm not trying to ruin him.” Imhotep: What would you say to the fans still expecting a Van Halen re-union with you in today's scenario? Sammy: “I just want the fans to know that Eddie is the problem here. I'm out there working. Mike (Anthony, Bass) comes out and works with me. The only tour they've really done which was moderately successful was with me. I was willing to do it, I can do it! So as far as I'm concerned, if you want to do it, sober up, because I'm sure as hell ready!! Thanks Imhotep/Thiago Sarkis. THE PRODIGY & FOO FIGHTERS FRONTMAN: - 'DAVE GROHL GOES TECHNO' - sirbourbon.
What the hell has gotten into Rock's 'journeymen'? First, Chris Cornell goes all 'Queen of Pop'....... Now Dave Grohl goes Techno. Turns out the nicest man in rock really is friends with everybody - even the Prodgy. It turns out that the 'Prodigy/Dave Grohl circus' came about when the Foo Fighters' main man emailed Liam Howlett and co recordings of his drumming. The gift was more than just beats: it was an inspiration... Speaking on BBC Radio One, the Prodigy's Liam Howlett, explained: "He just emailed to say he's finished his touring, he really loves drumming and wants to get back into it." "He sent me some drums on a hard-drive with hope that it might inspire me to write a song - sure enough when I got the hard-drive it was really inspirational. Within the first 10 seconds of it being on I was like 'Yeah this is a song' - the track was born Run With The Wolves." Dave Grohl is the only collaborator on the album Invaders Must Die, which is due in shops on 2 March. Thanks Musicradar.com LIZZY BORDEN GUITARIST,'BLACK' - GOES ON HUNGER-STRIKE IN LA JAIL - WE SEND HIM A BAKED-HAM, WITH A FILE IN IT - rank hank.
Being strick 'Meatatarians' here........... We're gonna send this dude, a endangerd Spotted Owl or a Vancouver Island Marmot..........cooked & with a file in it.
Ira was taken into custody on 3 January 2009 on a misdemeanor charge (for an unpaid fine) and is being held on a reported $65,000 bail. Black's fiancée says that the guitarist "has been in the system for over a week now and has had to survive on a miniscule diet. Ira has been a vegan for 15 years and it seems none of the local correctional facilities will accommodate any inmate with a vegetarian or vegan diet." She continues: "They will give inmates with medical problems or religious beliefs a different meal, but there is no concern for the vegetarians/vegans. He feels very strongly about this and has gone on a 'hunger strike' until his release later this month to show how serious this should be taken." Black himself says: "I want people to know how legitimate and sincere veganism and vegetarianism is and this is a serious human rights issue, I'm not just trying to manipulate the system." Black has set-up a Myspace page dedicated to his plight. Lizzy Borden's last album was 2007's Appointment With Death. Thanks Musicradar.com THE NEW BLACK: - PHAT- ASSED LAMENESS, RIGHT OFF THE FUCKING SCALE!!! - rank hank.
I knew these guys would suck rectum-nuggets the moment I saw this piece of press off their Myspace page: "Just imagine Black Label Society inviting the Nickelback guy over for some Thin Lizzy covers, all dressed up in Pantera shirts." News flash:...THAT'S- NOT- A- GOOD- WAY to describe your enemies!!!! How bad do they suck???? -- After listening to THE NEW BLACK @ MYSPACE So help me god, they suck so hard that: 1: The beer stains are gone from my shirt. 2: my hair is now permanently emo side-swept, towards the speakers. 3: And my balls would personally like to thank them. "The New Black" will be released in Germany on January 23 and three days later in the rest of Europe via AFM Records. A North American release is expected later in 2009. Besides....the bassists name is 'cunt'!!!!!!!....Ha... Ha... Ha..!!! Uh... sorry it's 'Gunt'. Like.....whateverthefuck.
THE NEW BLACK is: Thanks Blabb. SECOND-MOST-EMBARRASING CANADIAN BAND EVER??? - 'DANKO JONES' - RELEASING 'S-SIDES' COMPILATION - sirbourbon.
Up here in Canada, we've got a bag over our heads permanently now. As if Nickleback wasn't enough shame to bear........ Danko Jones is the final nail in the 'coffin o' chagrin'. Ego-obssesive, thinks he's the second-coming of Rasputin, & perveyor of garbage-thru-the-ear-buds.
Canadian rock trio DANKO JONES will release a new collection, "B-Sides", on February 2 via Bad Taste Records. The CD will contain 27 songs, including bonus, compilation tracks, cover songs, demo versions, etc. and several previously unreleased tracks. Hey Emo kidz!......is cutting yourself too messy? Get the basically the same effect without the annoying clean-up with DANKO JONES @ MYSPACE
"B-Sides" track listing: Thanks Blabb. 'HEY, WE'RE ENTWINE, & WE DON'T KISS 'HIM'S ASS' ANYMORE!!!' - FINLAND'S 'BABY HIM' GROWS UP WITH 'PAINSTAINED' - rank hank.
We goof on ENTWINE for being 'baby-HIM' at times. Truth is.....Entwine don't suck. In fact, they're pretty fucking good. Plus, they're from that place where most of the worlds current, greatest kickass Metal is bred.........Finland. And their new disc "Painstained" is some of the best shit they've generated since they formed. Check it out at ENTWINE-'PAINSTAINED' @ METALMARKETING "Painstained", the sixth album from Finnish goth-metallers ENTWINE, is available for streaming in its entirety at this location. (Note: The stream will be available for three days only!) Due on January 28 via Spinefarm Records, the CD was recorded with producer HiilI Hiilesmaa (HIM, APOCALYPTICA, SENTENCED).
"Painstained" track listing:
Another evolutionary leap from the more commercial Americanism and electro leanings of 2004's "DiEversity" and heaviness of 2006's "Fatal Design", ENTWINE's latest step, "Painstained", presents an even more melody-oriented ENTWINE than any of its predecessors. The band has headed into yet another new direction. Layering Mika Tauriainen's melodic vocals over detuned and heavy guitars and the strong backbone of the Hanttu/Miettinen rhythm section, with "Painstained", ENTWINE has truly come into its own. ALSO: ENTWINE will release a "best-of" collection through the UK branch of Spinefarm Records sometime in 2009. The exact track listing for the CD has not yet been confirmed. Thanks Blabb. WIBUMBA--METAL & HARD ROCK ALMANAC - WED" JAN' 14/09. "ON THIS DAY" 2002 - Adam Ant was taken to the Royal Free Hospital by police. He was taken under the Mental Health Act which allows doctors to hold Ant for up to 28 days while they assessed his condition. On January 12th Adam had been arrested on firearms offenses. 1993 - The Pixies announced that they were breaking up. 1978 - The Sex Pistols made their final concert appearance, at Winterland Auditorium in San Francisco, before calling it quits. A reunion tour (naturally, without Sid Vicious) in 1996 was disastrous. 1975 - Joe Walsh got the Gold for his third solo album, So What. Walsh joined up with the Eagles the next year.
1982: Caleb Followill (vocals/ guitar: Kings of Leon). 1979: Ville VännI (guitars: Insomnium) 1971: Brent Smedley (drums: Iced Earth) 1969: Dave Grohl (drummer, guitarist: Queens of the Stone Age/Foo Fighters/Nirvana) 1967: Zakk Wylde (guitarist: Black Label Society/Ozzy Osbourne Band). 1966: Marco Hietala (bass/vocals: Nightwish/Tarot/Northern Kings) 1962: Patricia Morrison (US bassist, singer: Sisters Of Mercy). 1961: Mike Tramp/Michael Trampenau (Danish singer: White Lion/Freak of Nature). 1956: John RiccI (guitars: Exciter) 1959: Geoff Tate (US singer: Queensryche).
1992: Jerry Nolan (45) Drummer for the New York Dolls and The Heartbreakers (while being treated for bacterial meningitis and bacterial pneumonia, he suffered a stroke and went into a coma from which he never recovered. He spent his final weeks on a life support system)
- Rank Hank Posted January 14, 2009 | Download of the day: Spiderbait - On My Way 1.mp3
2News Slab: Prime news cuts from the metal and rock worldTUESDAY, JAN' 13/09: - REALITY CHALLENGED, EX-BLINK 182's, MARK HOPPUS: - STILL HAVING WET DREAMS ABOUT A 'BLINK REUNION' - rank hank.
Poor Hoppus. While ex-bandmates, Barker & DeLonge have mover on to other shit-pastures...... Mr. 'definition-of-denial' Hoppus, keeps having wet dreams of a return to the 'glory days' of a regular paycheck, since his post-Blink project '+44' sucks a babboons hairy ass. TRAVIS BARKER SAYS: "No, " he says. "We're friends, though, everyone's getting along pretty good." He is then asked again if the group is getting back together: "No, " he says." And TOM DELONGE STATES: "when people ask me if I'm ever going back to Blink, there's just no possible way"
So why is the 'reality-challenged' Hoppus still deluding himself with visions of 30-something divorced milf's screaming, 'Whats My Age Again'? Last week, Hoppus talking with MTV the 'bassist-turned-stalker' claimed:...""Right now, we're getting back to just being friends. I talk to Tom several times a week, sometimes several times a day. We also make stupid fart jokes. God help us, we're grown men still making fart jokes." ......Uh... *ok* Hoppus continue's, "My final thought is this: If — and this is a big if — Blink-182 were ever to re-form, it would have to be the most amazing, ridiculous, mind-blowing show and tour ever."
Thanks MTV.com THE HAUNTED: - BLESS THE METAL MASSES WITH 2 - DISC COMPILATION SET - 28 TRACKS FROM 'THE EARLY YEARS' PROMISES TO TORCH YOUR EARS!!! - rank hank.
Fuck the haters. Sweden's THE HAUNTED are as fuckin' chill as Metal gets. So if your'e a die-hard, 'got their name tattooed on my tongue' follower as we are............ You'll be digging in the couch-cushions looking for bank to score a copy of this too. THE HAUNTED will release a new double-disc compilation that details the band's time with Earache Records, from 1998 to 2003. Including a second disc with many rare and unreleased songs. "Warning Shots" will be released in Europe on March 9, with a U.S. release scheduled for April 7.
01. Hate Song Thanks Blabb. PREHISTORIC AC/DC PHOTOS? - OR, WHEN ANGUS WAS A SUCKLING - sirbourbon.
Shit, this stuff had to be taken in the sixties. Angus looks about 13 or 14 yrs old at the most. To celebrate what may or may not be AC/DC's last world tour, Proud Camden announces Let There Be Rock, a photographic exhibit of early band shots that happens to coincide with the almost-30th anniversary of singer Bon Scott's death. The AC/DC in these photos aren't the mega-selling, stadium-storming veterans of today: rather, they're a fresh-faced, wide-eyed and not-so-innocent bunch of ruffians who could hardly have predicted their incredible success - much less their staying power. Shot through the lens of celebrated rock photographer Philip Morris, this collection shines new light on members of the original line-up (not to mention some very questionable fashions), including unseen images of the late Bon Scott alongside his iconic band mates. This will be the first time these photos are showcased in the UK. For more info, go to www.PROUD.UK.COM/official site and check this wacky shit out. For those about to look at the pictures, the event runs from 5 February - 31 May at Proud Camden, The Horse Hospital, The Stables Market, Chalf Farm Road, London NW1 8AH. Thanks Musicradar.com THE VAGINIZATION OF THE GREATEST GRUNGE VOCALIST OF THE 90'S - CHRIS CORNELL NUETURES HIS LEGACY WITH 'TIMBALAND - PINK FLOYD INSPIRED' WUS RECORD - rank hank.
Sometimes late at night, I throw on Soundgarden's 'Badmotorfinger'........... ......and then sob uncontrollably like a 8 yr old girl. Because there's no likeness left from Cornell's days in America's greatest Grunge act, To what he's reduced himself to.......... ................"a white Micheal Jackson." Former Soundgarden and frontman and Bond title song writer Chris Cornell has teamed up with producer Timbaland for his forthcoming new album 'Scream' and will preview tracks live in London next month. The collaboration sees the pair use Pink Floyd's The Wall album as inspiration for the new LP, which is due out on March 9. Cornell, who wrote the continuous 13 track album, calls Scream, “the best work I’ve done in my career.” (WTF, Dude......have u got fucking amnesia?......what about 'Louder Than Love' & Superunknown'???) Chris Cornell will also play a handful of European shows to preview the new album: London Scala (23 February) Paris La Cigale (25) -- Amsterdam Paradiso (26) Berlin Columbiahalle (27) Thanks Uncut.co.uk GAY- ASSED, FRANZ FERDINAND, PREMEIRE GAY NEW ALBUM @ A GAY CLUB - sirbourbon. This is so goddamned appropriate, because..........
We absolutley hate Franz Ferdinand. They dress gay, they sound gay, they look gay. In fact, they make Morrisey look like Ted Nugent. Franz Ferdinand will launch their new album 'Tonight: Franz Ferdinand', with a special live show at London gay club 'Heaven'. The Scots art-rockers will take to the stage on January 20th. Almost a week before the group's fourth studio LP hits shops on January 26th. Fans without tickets have already missed out, as they sold out within just 20 minutes of going on sale. Some tickets for their March tour are still on sale however and can be bought here. Franz Ferdinand release new single Ulysses next Monday. ..........but we couldn't give a fuck. Thanks Angryape.com KID ROCK CLAIMS: - 'I HAVE A DRINKING PROBLEM' - HOW ABOUT 'I WRITE SHIT MUSIC & HAVE A HUGE YAP' PROBLEM TOO? - sirbourbon.
Kid Rock does not understand how people can check themselves into rehab to battle their drug addictions. Tell that to the dudes from American Head Charge... ....asshole. Then again, this prick doesn't know or care what talent looks like. Cus, he's made a living re-mixing other artists tracks & calling it his. "I do not understand rehab, " the 'All Summer Long' singer tells Q Magazine. "If it works for people then God bless them. People have different personalities." On drug-taking, Rock adds that not everyone becomes an addict: "Some people do a line of cocaine and start selling their TVs and their guitar and everything else. Other people do it, have a fun night and go about their business." Although he's never had rehab himself, Kid Rock was once forced to attend anger management. But he doesn't agree that was the best decision: "I think that the judge made a mistake when he sentenced me. I think he probably should have sent me to Alcoholics Anonymous because I do have a drinking problem.'" Thanks Angryape.com WHADDYA GET WHEN YOU DUMP CITY- BORN ROCK STARS INTO A BOAT??? - THE STRANGEST, NEWEST REALITY SHOW. - 'GONE FISHING' - THE 69 EYES, 'JYRKI', THE 'FISHIN' HELSINKI VAMPIRE' - rank hank.
The only way this could've been better, was if it was a hunting show. Cus' there ain't no pussy-assed 'catch & release' with a gun. "Gone Fishing", is described as "the hardest-rocking fishing show and the most relaxed rock show around, " "Gone Fishing" features "the loudest rock stars [who are] scooped off the largest stages and dropped into a wild, open arena." Check out the promo clip @ GONE FISHING/ YOUTUBE PROMO Whoa... ....JyrkI from The 69 Eyes calls it a ...'spiritual experience'. "Gone Fishing" will be shown exclusively online. More information is available on the program's OFFICIAL WEBSITE, 'GONE FISHINGSHOW.COM MEANWHILE: THE 69 EYES is currently writing material for a new studio album, tentatively due in 2009. The band will team up with Sweden's TIAMAT for a European tour in February/March. Also scheduled to appear are NOVEMBRE and GOTHMINISTER. Thanks Blabb. WIBUMBA--METAL & HARD ROCK ALMANAC - TUESDAY, JAN' 13/09. "ON THIS DAY" 1998 - Rage Against The Machine frontman Zack De La Rocha takes part in a protest against the Mexican government and paramilitary repression in Chiapas. 1996 - Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee pleads no contest when the Viper Room assault incident comes to court and is ordered to pay Henry Trappler $17,500 in compensation and to undergo 250 hours community service or pay a $5,000 fine. He is also placed on probation. 1984 - Motley Crue kicks off its first US headlining tour 1980 - The Grateful Dead, the Beachboys and the Jefferson Starship headlined a benefit concert at the Oakland Coliseum for the people of Kampuchea. 1978 - Work began on the first album by Sting (Gordon Sumner), Andy Summers, and Stewart Copeland, known as The Police. The album would be titled Outlandos d'Amour. 1968 - Dr. K.C. Pollack of the University of Florida audio lab reported that tests found that the noise levels at rock & roll concerts was harmful to teenage ears.
1981: Jason James (US bassist: Bullet for My Valentine). 1965: Wayne Coyne (bassist: Flaming Lips). 1959: James Lomenzo (American bassist with Megadeth). 1954: Trevor Rabin (South African guitarist: Yes/solo/sessionist).
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- Rank Hank Posted January 13, 2009 | Today's video by ROYAL BLISS | Download of the day: Bloc Party - skeleton.mp3
9News Slab: Prime news cuts from the metal and rock worldMONDAY, JAN' 12/09: - NEW METAL RELEASES - STARTING TUES' JAN' 13/09. - rank hank.
LENNY WRITES: Dear Rank........." I hope you can help out, because I'm outa idea's. I work at McDonald's and one of the shift managers is being an asshole. He keeps giving me closing shifts at night and opening shifts on weekends when people that junior, get days & afternoon shifts . I've tried to reason with him and he just says "tough". My parents are too busy to get involved and the other managers just shrug about it. Help!
Dear Shit-target..........."A shit gig like McRaunch, is only gonna be worse with assmuppets like this dick-wad yanking your chain daily, so they can jerk-off in amusement. Make a written request for better shifts and CC copies to the store manager and everyone higher up the management chain than him. Next?... write a hot love letter that comes from him to you, describing how he wants to lube you up & give you a "rusty trombone" & a "Cleveland Steamer" & put it on the lunch room table . If you're questioned about it say, "Oh no, he's doing it again?" Next, steal a piece of his company clothing, hire a male stripper (give him the clothing article) have him show up when he's at work, claiming he left it at his house, last night. Be parked in the p-lot with "HELSTAR" - The King Of Hell playing, when the fag-tard rushes out in nuclear humiliation! It'll be worth every dime. Rank.
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16 - Bridges To Burn (Relapse) NEW ALT/ROCK RELEASES - STARTING TUESDAY, JAN' 13/09. - sirbourbon.
NO FUCKING CONTEST!!!! We have a new drinking theme straight outa.......*?Mormon country?* With Utah's ROYAL BLISS. They've got the best release this week with "Life In-Between" with the off the hook single, "I Was Drunk". Check out the hilarious vid' for it HERE @ 'I WAS DRUNK'/ ROYAL BLISS (:Warning some nudity)
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20 January Tuesday Thanks metacritic.com STEREOMUD IS BACK - OK, NOT REALLY - FRONTMAN DITCHES BAND, PULL'S AN 'AXL ROSE' & USES HIRED GUNS - rank hank.
This band had some decent shit. Hell, they even sold some records. But Eric Rogers, vocalist for STEREOMUD, was not the talent in this unit. The creative spark came from guitarist Joey Z (Life Of Agony) & bassist Corey Lowery. So, to pull an Axl & call this Stereomud, is a fucking joke! STEREOMUD was an alternative-metal-hard rock band based out of Georgia and New York. The group released its first album, "Perfect Self", on Columbia Records in 2001 and a video for the song "Pain" received airplay on MTV2. The LP went on to sell more than 200,000 copies and hit #5 on Billboard's Heatseekers chart upon its release in May 2001. LOVE SAID NO singer Erik Rogers has resurrected his previous band STEREOMUD and plans to tour with the group this spring. STEREOMUD is currently in the studio working on a brand new full-length CD that will be released later in the year. STEREOMUD's current "lineup" is as follows: Erik Rogers - Vocals Billy Grey (ex-FOZZY, SICK SPEED) – Lead Guitar Dave Urban (ex-25 TA LIFE) - Bass Rodney Beaubouef (ex-STUCK MOJO) - Drums
Corey Lowery (ex-STUCK MOJO, currently in DARK NEW DAY) Guitarist Joey Z. (LIFE OF AGONY), Drummer Dan Richardson (ex-PRO-PAIN, CRUMBSUCKERS/LIFE OF AGONY) Guitarist John Fattoruso (BLACK WATER RISING). .....with Eric Rogers fronting. Thanks Blabb. A REALLY, REALLY STUPID INTERVIEW WITH AREOSMITH'S, STEVEN TYLER - sirbourbon.
This guy comes off like a complete tool-shed. A dried out, wrinkled up, old corporate sell-out dinosaur, who still thinks its the 80's.
Elle: What can you tell me about your first sexual experience? Steven Tyler: It was at the age of seven with twins. Elle: Where does a boy go to find naughty prepubescent twins? Steven Tyler: They sat next to me in the church choir. They were French. Elle: At that age, I can't imagine you got the full ménage à trois. Steven Tyler: They took me home one day, and we had a you-show-me-yours-I'll-show-you-mine session. Isn't that great? You know, I look at their pictures now and think to myself, How much sweeter does it get? And isn't it crazy that my ex-wife Teresa was a twin and my girlfriend now is a twin? Elle: So in your marriage to Teresa, was there ever any serious talk of bringing the other twin into the bedroom? Steven Tyler: I asked her for years and I got so smacked down. Elle: Over the years, your relationship with AEROSMITH's guitarist Joe Perry has been more contentious than many bad marriages, but you still play together. How do you manage that relationship? Steven Tyler: There's that famous saying, "This thing is bigger than both of us." Some guys will have terrible feelings about an ex-wife they had a child with, but after giving birth to something so beautiful, how can you hate that person? We've given birth to those songs. Elle: Has any female celebrity ever shunned your advances? Steven Tyler: Never. I'm a persistent motherfucker. I'm very sensual and very rhythm-oriented and into poetry. Women can feel that. Elle: Tell me a story of public humiliation that involves a woman. Steven Tyler: I can't really think about anything other than things I really don't want to talk about — like divorces, or my girlfriend, Erin, getting in a fight in a club defending my honor, and then people saying she got me on drugs, which is the furthest thing from the truth. That's the press for you. Elle: How exactly did your girlfriend defend your honor? Steven Tyler: A girl was sitting on my lap too long, and my girlfriend just threw her off. It turned into a brawl. Elle: But the question remains: Why was this girl sitting in your lap for so long? Steven Tyler: That might have been my fault. Read the entire interview from Elle.com. CHIMAIRA - NEW ALBUM 'THE INFECTION' - 'GROOVE-TEMPO METAL, WHERE YOU CAN'T STOP BOBBING YOUR HEAD' - BRING IT ON, NECK BRACES ARE STANDING BY!!! - rank hank.
CHIMAIRA have continuosly pumped out album after album of quality Metalcore that's often overlooked. Now, the band's ready to release album #5 on you. Cleveland's CHIMAIRA has finished mastering the band's new album, "The Infection", at Sterling Sound in New York City with Ted Jensen and Chris "Zeuss" Harris (HATEBREED, SHADOWS FALL, AGNOSTIC FRONT, TERROR, THE ACACIA STRAIN). "Sonically, this album sounds amazing, " vocalist Mark Hunter writes on the group's web site. "Ben [Schigel, producer], Zeuss [who mixed the CD] and Ted did an amazing job making our vision come to reality. The album has exceeded everyone in this band's expectations. Regarding the new CD's musical direction, Hunter said, "The album is a little slower than people might be expecting. It's at this groove tempo where the whole time you can't stop bobbing your head. Now we all get to play the game 'hurry up and wait' as we won't be posting a new track for a little bit because our record labels (yes, I said labels) need to listen to the album and hear the songs before you guys. I trust you understand. After all, they did pay for us to record them: it's only fair they get first dibs." D.X. Ferris of the Cleveland Scene recently conducted an interview with CHIMAIRA frontman Mark Hunter and rhythm guitarist Matt DeVries about "The Infection". The new record will arrive in five different versions: a songs-only download, a CD with a making-of bonus DVD, a box set, a vinyl version and a special edition with b-sides (one of which may be a cover of STATE OF CONVICTION's "Convictions", which CHIMAIRA recorded with STATE OF CONVICTION singer Jason "J Mann" Popson). Thanks Blabb. TOTALLY USELESS ROCK FACTS, PART 2/2: - DAVE GROHL WAS THE 6TH DRUMMER FOR NIRVANA? - AXL ROSE MADE $8 BUCKS AN HOUR 'SMOKING CIG'S FOR SCIENCE'? - sirbourbon.
We're back with yet more garbage for you to chug your Monday morning Jagermeister-shooters to.
18. David Gilmour recorded the last two Pink Floyd albums on his Surrey, UK, houseboat studio, the Astoria. The boat can accommodate a 90-piece orchestra on the top deck and was built by Fred Karno: 'inventor' of the custard-pie-in-the-face gag and manager of Charlie Chaplin. 19. Lemmy of Motorhead's first band were called The Rockin' Vickers. They were the first British band to play behind the so-called 'Iron Curtain' when they visited Yugoslavia in 1965. 20. (PICTURED) Richard David James (Aphex Twin) was born in Limerick, Ireland, before his family relocated to Lanner, Cornwall, England. His first two DJ residencies as a teenager were at The Shire Horse in St Ives and The Bowgie Inn in Crantock (with Tom Middleton). He now records under several aliases. 21. Before settling on ex-Scream member Dave Grohl, Nirvana went through five drummers: Aaron Burckhard (1987-1988), Dale Crover (1988 and 1990), Dave Foster (1988), Chad Channing (1988-1990) and Dan Peters (1990). 22. Led Zeppelin didn't release singles during their heyday in the UK, and the b-side to the US release of Immigrant Song - Hey Hey What Can I Do? - was the band's only non-album release. 23. Pink Floyd performed under various monikers in their early years, including Tea Set, Sigma 6, The Screaming Abdabs and Leonard's Lodgers 24. Johnny Cash's estate was approached by an advertising company asking for permission to use Ring Of Fire on an ad for hemorrhoid cream. The request was refused. 25. Prog rockers Emerson Lake And Palmer knew how to tour. In 1977, they had 63 roadies, including a karate instructor for drummer Carl Palmer and the band's own doctor. It's rumoured they also had a 'carpet roadie', whose job was to transport and sweep the Persian rug that Greg Lake stood on during the shows. A 70 piece orchestra joined that lot. 26. Axl Rose used to earn $8 an hour for smoking cigarettes, for a science experiment at California's UCLA 27. Keith Richards' preferred tipple is vodka (2 measures) with Sunkist orange soda (1 measure), plus ice. He calls this refreshing drink Nuclear Waste. 28. When The Offspring's early drummer James Lilja left the band, he retrained as a gynacologist. A kinda suitable career swap, maybe? 29. Pete Townshend has smashed more than 90 guitars in his Who career, including at least 23 Fender Stratocasters, 12 Gibson Les Pauls and 21 Gibson SGs. 30. In an official PR biography, Martial arts actor Steven Segal once claimed to have played guitar with John Lennon. Why? How? When? Further details from Segal are 'sketchy'. Thanks Musicradar.com COURTNEY LOVE: - LETS FANS CHOOSE ALBUMS PRICE - 'OR HOWS A COUPLE GRAMS OF BILLIE HOKE & A 1/2 BAG OF POLVO BLANCO SOUND?' - rank hank.
Betcha that more than 1/2 of that $30 mil' Love got last week... .. ........is already been homered up that bitches titanium septum. Courtney Love hopes to follow in the footsteps of Radiohead by letting fans choose how much to pay for her new studio album 'Nobody's Daughter'. The outspoken rocker recently delayed the release of the album, which should have been released on January 1st 2009. Now in a post on her MySpace blog, Love reveals her idea for the new pricing scheme: "There's millions of people worldwide waiting on this record. Well, maybe, there's 10! But in any case, I assume there are millions because in the past there have been millions." "My strategy is to make it available to people in every country for free and for what you feel I deserve..." In another post made by the head administrator of Love's MySpace blog, he revealed 'Nobody's Daughter' has seen $30 million in sponsorship from businesses that include a "well-known tequila brand" and a "prominent hygiene and menstrual company". Thanks Angyape.com WIBUMBA--METAL & HARD ROCK ALMANAC - MONDAY, JAN' 12/09. "ON THIS DAY" 2005 . . Bob Marley's widow announced her plans to exhume his remains in Jamaica and rebury them in his "spiritual resting place" in Ethiopia. 2002 - '80s star Adam Ant was arrested after an alleged incident in a London pub where he was charged with assault and possession of a firearm, and also faced charges of criminal damage and actual bodily harm after the alleged fracas. 2000 - Smashing Pumpkins manager Sharon Osbourne broke off with the Chicago rock quartet. In a statement, Osbourne said, "It was with great pride and enthusiasm that I took on management of the Pumpkins back in October, but unfortunately I must resign today due to medical reasons. Billy Corgan was making me sick!" 1985 . . A Brazilian rock Festival held in Rio, claimed to be the biggest ever staged. The festival featured featuring: Queen, Rod Stewart, AC/DC, Whitesnake, Yes and Iron Maiden. 1981 . . It was reported that the White House had expanded its record library by including albums by Bob Dylan, Kiss and The Sex Pistols.
1977: Kris Roe (US Christian rock singer, guitarist and songwriter: The Ataris). 1975: Jason Freese (American multi-musician: Green Day) *brother of Josh Freese. 1970: Zack de la Rocha (US rapper, poet, activist, vocalist, lyricist: Rage Against the Machine). 1965: Rob Zombie/Robert Bartleh Cummings (singer, songwriter, film director: White Zombie/solo).
2005: Spencer Dryden (67) drummer for Jefferson Airplane, New Riders of the Purple Sage & Dinosaurs.(cancer). 2002: Mickey Finn (55) percussion, T Rex/Tyrannosaurus Rex.(kidney and liver problems).
- Rank Hank Posted January 11, 2009 | Download of the day: Rush - Shapes Of Things.mp3
4News Slab: Prime news cuts from the metal and rock worldFRIDAY, JAN' 09/09: - WEEKEND EDITION - A 'FILTER INTROSPECTIVE'? - HEY, REFECT ON THIS: - THIS BAND IS A MERE FUCKING SHADOW OF IT'S FORMER SELF - rank hank.
Soooooo... .....Rhino is doing a 'Best Of Filter'? Just don't put anything off 'Anthems For The Damned'........and it might sell to someone other than Richard Patrick's mom. 'Anthems For The Bland' sucked sphincter in ways I never thought Filter ever could. 'Bland', coated in more 'bland', will a 'bland' chewy center & slathered in a creamy 'bland' coating. Maybe Patrick will (supposedly) go the route of Billy Corgan & just release singles form now on. ................or go back to boozing & put out "Short Bus II". Here's the big sell: Rhino Records will release FILTER's first retrospective, "The Very Best Things (1995-2008)", on March 31 for a suggested list price of $11.98 (CD) and $9.99 (digital). The compilation's 14 songs encompass studio recordings, rare radio edits and a scattering of soundtrack contributions. It begins with "Hey Man Nice Shot", the Top 10 hit that put the band on the musical map in 1995 and pushed "Short Bus" — FILTER's debut — to platinum status. From there, the retrospective touches on songs that reflect the evolution of the band's music, including "Soldiers Of Misfortune", from their 2008 album "Anthems For The Damned".
"The Very Best Of Filter" track listing: Thanks Blabb. TRENT REZNOR: - OFFERS 'FREE LINK' TO NIN SHOW FOOTAGE - AND WE'VE GOT IT!!! - sirbourbon.
Most muscians get all pissy about unlicensed content. Not Trent Reznor. This dude GETS IT. Writing on the Nine Inch Nails site, Reznor says, "The internet is full of surprises these days. I was contacted by a mysterious, shadowy group of subversives who SOMEHOW managed to film a substantial amount (over 400 GB!) of raw, unedited HD footage from three separate complete shows of our Lights In The Sky tour. Security must have been lacking at these shows because the quality of the footage is excellent. "If any of you could find a LINK TO FOOTAGE HERE I'll bet some enterprising fans could assemble something pretty cool. "Oh yeah, you didn't hear this from me." BIG TIME FILES: The link Reznor so slyly guides one to contains about 405GB of amazing HD footage of three recent shows: Victoria, BC (from 5 December 2008): Portland, Oregon (from 7 December 2008): and Sacramento, California (12 December 2008). Be warned, however, these are extremely large files and not all computers are equipped to deal with such a high volume of gigabytes. But if you've been around the block gig-wise and have the time to download, have at it. It's Trent Reznor's gift to you. He can afford it. Thanks Musicradar. DEVILDRIVER: - WTF??? - ROADRUNNER ACTUALLY RE-SIGNS A BAND OTHER THAN NICKLEBACK??? - rank hank.
Holy shit!!!!!!!! A band thats actually 're-signed with Roadrunner Records'........ .......thats not called Nickleback??? This label is infamous for signing good fucking Metal acts, then.......not promoting them properly.......& running from them as if they were rabid, hiv pos' & radioactive. So this is a real 'head-meets-the-floor' kinda move. DEVILDRIVER, the group fronted by former COAL CHAMBER singer Dez Fafara, has re-signed with Roadrunner Records after previously issuing three full-length albums through the label. In addition, the band has secured a new management company in the shape of Davis Entertainment Group. DEVILDRIVER has commenced work on the follow-up to 2007's "The Last Kind Words", which has sold 70,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan. That CD shifted a little more than 14,000 copies during its first week of release to debut at No. 48 on The Billboard 200 chart. This figure represented around a 40 percent increase over the opening-week number of 2005's "The Fury of Our Maker's Hand", which premiered at No. 177 with sales of 10,400. Thanks Blabb. TOTALLY USELESS ROCK FACTS, PART 1/2: - 'GEORGE BUSH & ZZ TOP DAY'? - 'STEVE VAI A BEEKEEPER?' - PLUS MORE SHIT TO CONTAMINATE YOUR GREY STUFF - sirbourbon.
1. Leo Fender, inventor of the Stratocaster and Telecaster, couldn't play the guitar. 2. Kiss's Gene Simmons can speak Hungarian. 3. Queen's multi-millionaire drummer Roger Taylor was once spotted in Guildford's Sainsbury's supermarket filling out a National Lottery ticket. Question: why? 4. 'Irish' band U2 aren't really all Irish. Adam Clayton was born in Oxfordshire, England, to English parents. The Edge (David Evans) was born in Barking, east London, to Welsh parents. 5. (PICTURED) Public Image Limited bassist Jah Wobble (John Wardle) worked for a while, post-PiL, for the London Underground. He allegedly once made an announcement over the PA system at London's Tower Hill underground station: "I used to be somebody. I repeat, I used to be somebody." 6. The 15 May 1997 was declared official 'ZZ Top Day' in the band's home-state of Texas. Who would pass such bizarre legislation? The Texas State Governor at the time, George W Bush. 7. In his teens, Johnny Marr (The Smiths/ Modest Mouse) had trials as a footballer for Manchester City FC. "I was good enough for City, " he reckons, "but they didn't follow up because I was probably the only player wearing eyeliner." 8. Before Pearl Jam, Eddie Vedder was the singer in Bad Radio, a progressive funk rock band heavily influenced by early Red Hot ChilI Peppers. 9. Steve VaI is an expert beekeeper and occasionally lectures schoolchildren on the joys of apiary. 10. Since their inception, Guns N' Roses have had 21 full-time band members… and counting. Could you pick them all out in a police line-up? 11. In his youth, Red Hot ChilI Peppers frontman Anthony Kiedis's babysitters included Cher and Sonny Bono. 12. Tom Morello's father, Ngethe Njoroge, a Kenyan, was the country's first ambassador to the United Nations. 13. One of the rumoured reasons behind Prince's decision to pull The Black Album just before its release in 1987 is that he had a bad experience on Ecstasy. 14. Steven Van Zandt (Bruce Springsteen, Silvio Dante in The Sopranos) wears a bandana to cover permanent loss of hair from a car accident, where he hit a windshield with his head. 15. The Chemical Brothers were originally called The Dust Brothers, but had to change their moniker after the US production duo of the same name threatened legal action. 16. Red Hot ChilI Pepper John Frusciante once planned to audition for Frank Zappa – until he found out about Zappa's strict 'no-drugs' rule for his band. PART 2/2 ON MONDAY Thanks Musicradar. CARVIN LEGACY II AMPS - STEVE VAI'S 'DREAM AMP' - FARGEN DESIGN, WILL PULVERIZE EAR-DRUMS!!! - rank hank.
God, these are beautiful. But Carvin aren't known to be priced cheap, so be prepared to hit the floor when prices are announced. At Winter NAMM 2009 next week, Carvin Guitars will be unveiling the all-new Steve VaI Legacy II Series amplifiers. The Legacy II amps represent years of development, design and testing between Carvin engineers and Steve Vai. The 3-channel, all-tube Legacy II features all-new circuit designs that have been reviewed and tweaked by renowned amp designer Benjamin Fargen of Fargen Amps. According to Fargen, the result is "a powerful blend of high-end boutique sound and rock-solid American manufacturing". Sounds like a mighty fine thing to say! STEVE VAI'S VERDICT? "The Legacy II is a dream amp, " says Vai. "It's simple, versatile and the sound is creamy and warm. Finally there is an amplifier that has a Master Volume control that can raise or lower the overall sound coming out of the speakers without changing its saturation or tone. Although the sound has retained the integrity of the original Legacy, there is now an added channel that acts as a boost on the clean channel giving it a bit more hair. FUCKIN' POWER, BABY!! The Legacy II Series is available as either a VL2100 100-watt Legacy II head, a VL2412 100-watt single stack cabinet, a VL2812 100-watt double stack cabinet (perfect for intimate coffee house gigs - we keed, we keed!), or a VL2122 100-watt Legacy II combo amp. Pricing and availability information isn't known as of press time, but go to CARVIN AMPS.COM for more info. Thanks Musicradar.com CANDLEMASS: - MYSPACE LINK TO NEW TRACKS FROM UPCOMING NEW ALBUM - sirbourbon.
Prime Candlemass material as usual. But this is a really poor album title...... "Death Magic Doom". We thought it was "Death Magnetic Doom" at first shot. Anyway, check em' out until Sat/10. Nuclear Blast will be yanking them then. Go to NUCLEAR BLAST EUROPE @ MYSPACE
CANDLEMASS have set "Death Magic Doom" as the title of their new album, due on March 27 via Nuclear Blast Records. Thanks Nuclear Blast Eu. WIBUMBA--METAL & HARD ROCK ALMANAC - FRIDAY, JAN 09/09. "ON THIS DAY" 1999 - Everlast debuted on the album charts with Whitey Ford Sings The Blues. 1992 . . Sting made a guest appearance on the series "The Simpsons, " in the episode "Radio Bart." 1990 - Vocalist Sebastian Bach pleads not guilty to assault charges arising out of an incident at a Skid Row concert in Springfield the previous December, when he had leapt into the crowd to confront a 'fan' who had thrown a glass at the stage. 1983 - Motley Crue singer Vince Neil is charged with vehicular manslaughter, arising from his accident last November. 1977 - The incorrigible and indestructible Keith Richards was fined £1,500 after being found guilty of cocaine possession in England. 1976 . . Deep Purple split up at the end of thier UK tour. David Coverdale went on to form Whitesnake. 1973 - The Rolling Stones' plan to tour Asia came to a halt when Mick Jagger was denied a Japanese visa as a result of a 1969 drug bust. Jagger responded to the press, "I don't take drugs. I don't approve of drugs and I don't approve of people taking drugs, unless they're very careful."
"BORN" 1982: Isaac Delahaye (guitar: God Dethroned) 1970: Alex StaropolI (keyboards: Rhapsody Of Fire) 1967: Carl Bell (founder , guitarist: Fuel) 1963: Eric Erlandson (guitar, Hole) 1957: Phil Lewis (vocals: LA Guns) 1956: Kenny MacLean (Scottish/Canadian bassist: Platinum Blonde) * passed away 24.Nov.2008 1950: David Johansen (vocals, harmonica: New York Dolls) 1950: Steve McRay (keyboards, vocals: 38 Special, Ted Nugent)
"PASSED AWAY" - no Metal/Rock entries today -
Thanks To: Metal Storm/ The Gauntlet/ Triple A Radio/ Phil Brodie Band.
A SHOUT OUT TO "XO LAGER" Edmonton (5.0%)... ...........Trent Reznor - for not shutting down the Hd footage of the 3 shows on the 'Lights' tour... ..................Infared Riding Hood... ................If Lucy Fell. - Rank Hank Posted January 09, 2009 | Download of the day: Type O Negative - Green Man.mp3
9News Slab: Prime news cuts from the metal and rock worldTHURSDAY, JAN' 08/09: - 'RHINOBUCKET', BAND'S PRODUCER DISSAPEARS WITH RECORDINGS - BAND NEEDS FANS HELP TO FINISH ALBUM - rank hank.
I wouldn't consider paying a dime up front, if it wasn't RHINOBUCKET. But these fuckers are some of Rocks most dedicated shredders & make some of the best faux-AC/DC riffs around. Besides, it's only $10. The bands producer dissappeared, nowhere to be found, took the bands hard-drive & left the band broke & needing help to finish the disc. Here's their message: "Our label was relentless in their efforts to recover the recordings — that's the good news. Bad news is they ain't quite done yet, we still need some additional recording and mixing. See where we're heading?? Yup, you guessed it. We're broke and we're turning to you, The Bucketheads, The Bucket Brigade, Rhino Nation, to help us raise some dough and finish this bitch. "We're asking that the most dedicated BUCKET fans purchase the new album in advance, which is what we like to do anyway, but this is a little earlier than usual. This will give us the funds to book the studio time needed to complete the project and believe us, you want us to finish this record! What's in it for you? Well, besides hookin' the boys up and being the first ones to get the spankin' new disc, we have written a song about our latest 'experience' and only those of you who pre-purchase will receive a special edition of the tentatively titled 'Hardest Town' containing this exclusive track. "As is stands now, we're looking at a May 5 release, but that depends on you! Either way we'll ship out these special pre-sale CDs well in advance." FOR MORE INFO, GO TO - 'SAVE RHINOBUCKET'!!! "So, dig deep boys and girls and let's keep the new rock rolling!" Thanks Rinobucket Myspace. DOWN, HANK III, EVIL ARMY & WEEDEATER!!! - ANNOUNCE FEB' & MARCH US & CANADIAN DATES - sirbourbon.
Sweeeeeet Jaysus!!! What a 'trailer-trash hick-fest' this'll be. Too bad ROB ZOMBIE already lay claim to "Hellbilly Deluxe, " because there may be no better way to describe the forthcoming tour uniting DOWN and HANK WILLIAMS III, with EVIL ARMY and WEEDEATER tagging along. This will be Down's first headlining tour since their opening stint for METALLICA, and Hank III will be promoting his latest CD, the appropriately named Damn Right, Rebel Proud.
Fans of stoner, sludge and southern metal take note: it's still not OK to shout "Freebird!" on any of the following dates: Thanks Metalinjection.com BEAUTIFUL CREATURES, BANG TANGO & FASTER PUSSYCAT - SLEAZE TOUR DATES - BUT WAIT, AREN'T 'CREATURES' & BANG TANGO, 'THE SAME BAND'? - rank hank.
'Beautiful Creatures' are perhaps the hardest rawking LA Sleaze-rock act.............EVER!!! But they can't hold their shit together. Label & revolving memeber woes have plagued the unit since birth. Now whats really weird about the ' Faster Pussycat, Bang Tango and the Beautiful Creatures Tour'........... Is that Beautiful Creatures & Bang Tango are basically the same fucking band. BC & BT, are both fronted by 'waaaaay' under-rated, leather-lunged vocalist Joe Leste & share most of the same hired hands. Still worth seeing tho'. Especially Joe Leste. Check out the 'Creatures' @ BEAUTIFUL CREATURES MYSPACE & check out the riff-soaked 'Wasted' & 'Ride'.
Faster Pussycat, Bang Tango and the Beautiful Creatures have announced the following January tour dates: Thanks Sleaze Roxx. NASHVILLE PUSSY: - 5TH ALBUM TO BE RELEASED ON FEB' 03/09 - sirbourbon.
The pussy is back. Nashville Pussy, that is. Trailer-park, southern-fried & sopping with attitude. The chicks in the band alone, could drink Hellyeah under the table in 10 min. Atlanta's NASHVILLE PUSSY will release its long-awaited fifth album, "From Hell To Texas", on February 3 in Europe and February 10 in the U.S. via SPV/Steamhammer Records. The CD was recorded and mixed at Pedernales Studio in Spicewood, Texas with producer Daniel Rey and was engineered and mixed by Gordie Johnson and Jacob Sciba. It was mastered by Howie Weinberg and Matt Agoglia at Masterdisk. NASHVILLE PUSSY's live DVD, "Live! In Hollywood", came out on September 30 via MVD Visual. According to a press release, the disc features "NASHVILLE PUSSY rifling through 19 blistering songs at the Key Club in Hollywood. NASHVILLE PUSSY's latest album, "Get Some", was released in September 2005 via SPV Records. The CD was produced by Daniel Rey (RAMONES) and mixed by Glen Robinson (VOIVOD, ANNIHILATOR). It features a cover version of IKE & TINA TURNER's "Nutbush City Limits". Thanks Blabb. IN FLAMES BEAT OPETH: - WIN SWEDISH GRAMMI AWARD FOR 'BEST HARD ROCK' CATAGORY - rank hank.
Both In Flames & Opeth put out outstanding releases last year. But we're surprised that Sweden's Grand Magus - 'Iron Will' never got a nod............a fuckin' incredible disc. Swedish metal veterans IN FLAMES won the Swedish GrammI award today (January 7th) for the Best Hard Rock category for their album 'A Sense Of Purpose'. The other bands that were up for the award included MESHUGGAH 's obZen, MILLENCOLIN's Machine 15, OPETH's Watershed and SABATON's The Art Of War. Joey Tempest, the singer for resurrected Swedish rockers EUROPE, presented In Flames the award. In Flames performed during the broadcast which was aired live on Sweden’s TV4 and took place at Hovet in Stockholm.
The nominees in the "Best Hard Rock" category were as follows: Thanks BW&BK. WIBUMBA--METAL & HARD ROCK ALMANAC - THURSDAY, JAN 08/09. "ON THIS DAY" 1993, MTV Unplugged by 10,000 Maniacs was #14 on Billboard's album chart. 1975, Three Led Zeppelin concerts at Madison Square Garden sold out in a record four hours. 1973, Yoko Ono released Approximately Infinite Universe as a double album. She told the press, "I figured if George Harrison can put out a triple album, then I can put out a double album."
"BORN" 1977: Sylvain Bégot ( guitars/bass/programming: Monolithe) 1975: Dirk Verbeuren (drums: Soilwork/ Warrel Dane/ Phaze 1) 1974: Steven King (bassist: Mansun) 1969: Jeff Abercrombie (founder bassist: Fuel) 1947: David Bowie/David Jones/Ziggy Stardust (singer, multI musician, songwriter, actor, producer) 1946: Robby Krieger (US guitar: The Doors ) 1935: Elvis Presley (The King Of Rock) * passed away 16.Aug.1977
"PASSED AWAY" 1991: Steve Clark (30) guitarist for Def Leppard (drug overdose)
Thanks To: Triple A Radio/ Metal Storm/ Phil Brodie Band.
A SHOUT OUT TO "PUMP HOUSE FIRE CHIEFS RED ALE" New Brunswick (5.5%)... .........Joe Leste/Beautiful Creatures - hire Dj Ashba back & put out another bad-ass album... ...............Unconsciously Screaming... ..............Trains, Brains & Rain. - Rank Hank Posted January 08, 2009 | Download of the day: Dark Tranquillity - Damage Done - The Treason Wall.mp3
4News Slab: Prime news cuts from the metal and rock worldWED' JAN 07/09: - STATIC X: - NEW DISC OF 'KILLER-RIFFAGE' ON IT'S WAY IN MARCH/09' - rank hank.
Ok, I admit it... .STATIC- X pump out some of the best Nu-Metal around. In a increasing Emo-Metal world of 'Avenged Sevenfolds' & 'Bullet For My Valetine's'......Wayne Static constantly deliver true shit to show the horns to. Wayne Static of STATIC-X has issued the following update: "I am excited to announce our new CD, entitled 'Cult of Static', will be released on March 17. "I started writing a year ago in January 2008 after coming home from the long tour for 'Cannibal'. "The past year has been quite a blur: between writing and recording the new CD and releasing the 'Cannibal Killers Live' DVD, I've kept very busy. "I know you are all going to love this new record. It has everything you have come to expect from STATIC-X... and more. This is the most epic record we've ever made, it has the most crushing guitar tone I've ever had, and we even got Dave Mustaine of MEGADETH to play a guitar solo on a new version of the song 'Lunatic' [which originally appeared on the soundtrack release to 'Punisher: War Zone']. Tony, Koichi, Nick, and myself put everything we had into recording this CD. "I can hardly believe it's been a decade since the release of our first CD, 'Wisconsin Death Trip', and we're still going strong, thanks to all of you! "The title 'Cult of Static' is meant to be a big thank-you to everyone who has supported us through the years. "I'm looking forward to seeing you all on the upcoming world tour." A national tour in support of "Cult of Static" will commence in early April. Meanwhile, the group's new DVD and CD, "Cannibal Killers Live", which was released on October 14, 2008 via Reprise Records. Thanks The Gauntlet. . 3/4 OF LED ZEPPELIN PLAN ALBUM & TOUR - WITHOUT ROBERT PLANT - sirbourbon.
Well, sorta 3/4....... Jason Bonham is the son of Zep' drummer John Bonham. And isn't Page starting to LOOK like someones GRANDMOTHER? Led Zeppelin will tour and record new songs without Robert Plant, the manager of guitarist Jimmy Page has confirmed. As Plant stated last year, he had no desire to embark on a full Led Zepp reunion, following the overwhelming success of their 2007 show at the O2 Arena in London. Despite this, the remaining members will be going ahead, as manager Peter Mensch told BBC 6 Music: "Jimmy Page has been playing guitar professionally since he was 16 years old. Jimmy Page likes being a musician. That's what he does! He doesn't want to be a race car driver or a solicitor." "So they [Page, Jones, Jason Bonham] did the [O2 Arena show] with Robert Plant: they had a really good time rehearsing, the three of them, before Robert showed up." "And they decided that if they could find a singer that they thought would fit their bill – whatever their bill was at this stage in their career – that they'd make a record and go on tour." "John Paul Jones and Jimmy Page enjoy playing with each other, Jason Bonham is a really good drummer so why not? We just need to find a singer." Thanks Angryape.com RHNO UK: - RELEASES 19 TRACKS OF CRAP - MOSTLY EMO-SHIT, FOR MALL GOTHS TO CUT THEMSELVES TO - rank hank.
Sheeeeeesh!!!......Rhino UK is releasing a real mixed bag of shit. Slipknot is the only one we wouldn't barf to. And the press release (below) had us rolling on the floor in halogen spasms:
"19 tracks feature on the 'It's A Misery Business' collection, which ranges from "loud and noisy rock, emo, punk and metal" that is "guaranteed to turn even the warmest of hearts black!". Thanks Angryape.com DEVILS WHOREHOUSE: - 'HORROR-RAWKERS' ANNOUNCE UPCOMING NEW ALBUM - sirbourbon.
Swedish 'Horror-Rawkers' DEVILS WHOREHOUSE could almost be guilty of plagerizing THE MISFITS at times. 'Mouth Of Hell' comes of directly like Danzig-era Misfits.......until the guitars kick in. Then they're their own beast. Check them out @ DEVILS WHOREHOUSE MYSPACE
DEVILS WHOREHOUSE — the "horror-death rock" side-project of MARDUK guitarist Morgan Håkansson — has finished recording its new full-length album. The CD is currently being mixed and is set to be unleashed during early spring via Regain Records. The album title and track listing will be unveiled during the coming days. The first live shows for 2009 are also just being booked and will be announced soon. Thanks DW Myspace/Blabb. THE MIGHTY 'SPONGE' - APPEARING AT SOUTH TEXAS ROCK FEST - AND SPONGE ARE THE ONLY REASON YOU NEED TO GO!!! - rank hank.
The ONLY reson to go to this, would be....... SPONGE!!! Severly UNDERRATED act, my bray. Anyone under 15 yrs is probably saying... "who the fuck are Sponge???" Listen you little ballsacks... Sponge were like one of THE GREATEST Alt acts from the 90's. CLICK HERE FOR SPONGE MYSPACE MAGIC, DORKS!!! The awesome, "Diggin' My Own Grave" sounds like more like 'Alice In Chains', ever will again.
SEVEN MARY THREE, DAYS OF THE NEW and SPONGE have been confirmed for this year's South Texas Rock Fest, set to take place May 22-24 in downtown San Antonio, Texas at Hemisfair Park. Also scheduled to appear is QUEENSRŸCHE. For more info, go to myspace.com/southtexasrockfest Thanks Blabb. ROB ZOMBIE: - 'H2' (HALLOWEEN 2) ON SCREENS AUG' 28/09 - sirbourbon.
Why doesn't Zombie release it on Halloween Oct' 31 & give himself more time? You get the impression, Zombie's just cranking it out to catch the labour-Day $$$ crowd. The Pulse of Radio reports that Rob Zombie's upcoming sequel to his 2007 horror hit "Halloween", tentatively titled "H2", will arrive on August 28, 2009, according to ComingSoon.net. The first film came out on the same weekend two years ago, on August 31. That leaves Zombie just under eight months to write, cast, shoot, and edit the picture. Although Zombie does plan out his films in advance, he told The Pulse of Radio that you can only map out a movie so much before you start shooting: "The hardest thing is, until the moment you're gonna shoot, that'll be the first time you've ever been on set, that set, with your actors in wardrobe, with a camera, you know, " he said. "So sometimes things just look different. You know, you can visualize in your head, like, 'Well, this, that and the other thing,'but you get in there and you're like, 'Wow, now that we're all here and I see you in that wardrobe against that backdrop, it's very different.'" Zombie has confirmed that Tyler Mane will be back to play hulking serial killer Michael Myers, but has yet to announce any other casting. Shooting is scheduled to begin in March. Thanks TPOR. WIBUMBA--METAL & HARD ROCK ALMANAC - WED' JAN' 07/09. "ON THIS DAY" 2006 - Gary Glitter was formally charged with committing obscene acts with two girls aged 11 and 12 in Vietnam - had been held since November as he tried to flee the country over child sex allegations. 1993 - R.E.M. played a Greenpeace Benefit show at the 40 watt Club, Athens, Georgia, for 500 people. The show was recorded on a solar powered mobile recording studio. 1991 - Def Leppard guitarist Steve Clark is found dead in his London flat, after a heavy drinking and drug session. 1980 - High Cornwall of Stranglers sentenced to eight weeks in jail for possession of pot. 1979 - The Canadian government named the rock trio Rush as Official Ambassadors of Music. 1974 - KISS was signed to its first recording contract.
"BORN" 1987: Teemu MäntysaarI (guitars: Wintersun) 1986: Dennis Bradley (bass: Beneath The Massacre) 1978: Jarmo Pikka (drums: Total Devastation) 1976: Elmar Schoen (keyboards: Sunterra) 1971: Nick Holmes (vocals: Paradise Lost) 1946: Jann Wenner (founder, editor, publisher: Rolling Stone magazine)
"PASSED AWAY" 2002: Jon Lee (33) the original drummer for the band Feeder. (found hanged at his MiamI home).
Thanks To: Metal Storm/ The Gauntlet/ Triple A Radio/ Phil Brodie Band.
A SHOUT OUT TO "ROUGHNECK BREWING DRILLERS ALE" Calgary (5.0%)... ................Check out SPONGE's myspace link (above) for some new stuff (their best?)... ..............Girl wedged Under The Front Of A Firebird... ...............Moth In The Incubator. - Rank Hank Posted January 07, 2009 | Download of the day: Arch Enemy - Wages Of Sin - Ravenous.mp3
4News Slab: Prime news cuts from the metal and rock worldTUESDAY, JAN' 06/09: - WORST BAND NEWS THIS WEEK??? - 'DIRTY LITTLE RABBITS' - WINCE, WHILE SLIPKNOT'S 'CLOWN' FILLS YOUR EARS WITH THIS DOG SHIT. - rank hank.
Yup... .another great band, destroyed by its members' stupid side-projects, as soon as the band strikes big bank. DIRTY LITTLE RABBITS, the band featuring SLIPKNOT percussionist M. Shawn "Clown" Crahan, will release a new EP, "Simon", on January 20/09'. This shit makes Courtney Love sound like 'Rush'. Why?......cus chick vocalist (Stella) wails like a passive-aggressive, psychotic, menstrating hag, against some of the WORST ALT' ever made. "DIRTY LITTLE RABBITS is my new SLIPKNOT, " Crahan recently told HeadbangersBlog.com. "I'm playin' drums, and I'm a songwriter and this is the band I've been waiting to be in my whole life. And it's more of an alternative band than a metal band. It's everything I've ever been into. And it's a thought process, it's a mindset. And this will be the band I end my life with. (........then end it soon, this stuff is killing us) "And I brought the art to this music, and throughout time I developed all my musical skills and – boom — here I am with DIRTY LITTLE RABBITS and it's finally everything I've ever wanted in a band." (.......guess he doesn't want much in a band) "With SLIPKNOT. You've got guys that are completely dedicated to the metal, and then you've got guys who never even listen to it, like me." (......and it fucking shows, ya dipshit)
"Simon" track listing: Need to throw that Tequila shooter up? Go to DIRTY LITTLE RABBIT-SHIT @ MYSPACE Thanks Blabb. KASABIAN: - PILE ON THE RHYTHM WITH NEW ALBUM PRODUCED BY DAN 'THE AUTOMATOR' NAKAMURA - sirbourbon.
Alt-freaks, if you're digging Oasis, The Stone Roses & Muse... check out KASABIAN @ MYSPACE Kasabian have revealed some early details of their new studio long-player, expected for release in the coming months. Guitarist Sergio Pizzorno told BBC 6 Music of how the LP is shaping up: "You hear it in a row. It takes you places and you build pictures in your head. It's a real journey and it also will fill a dance floor. It's about people joining in and I think that's what we're about." Pizzorno also discussed the eclectic influences Kasabian have embraced on the record, adding: "There's a couple of songs that kind of went New York [Rolling] Stones and there's definitely one song that sounds like Daft Punk and The Clash together, which is quite interesting." Producer Dan 'The Automator' Nakamura (Gorillaz producer) worked on the songs and Sergio explained how he improved the material: "We've always been really funky and we've always had a real groove, and I think he helped with pulling things out and being more rhythmic rather than throwing loads of instruments at it. I think it's definitely got more rhythm." Thanks Angryape.com SWISS INDUSTRIALISTS 'SAMAEL' - UPCOMING NEW 'ABOVE' ALBUM? - GUARANTEED MIGRAINE RECIPE!!! - rank hank.
Christ... this follow-up to 'Solar Soul' is freakin' brutal. Swiss Industrialists, SAMAEL (who bushwhacked the way for Rammstein) haven't set a release date yet, but save some cash for this mutha. Overwhelming, Intense & relentlessly pounding. The perfect fuel for vein-popping road-rage.
A new SAMAEL track entitled "Illumination" is currently being streamed on the Swiss metal veterans' MySpace page. The song comes off the band's new album, "Above", which is said to be “a pure black metal
album that is more than just a nod in the direction of old SAMAEL masterpieces such as ‘Ceremony of Opposites’ and ‘Passage’!” Check out the new track and decide for yourself!
"Above" track listing: Thanks The Gauntlet. SORRY LARS, DEEP PURPLE IS LOOKING FOR A 'REAL DRUMMER' - METALLICA'S ULRICH, APPLIES FOR GIG WITH ROCK RELICS - sirbourbon.
We wonder if David Coverdale is tired of changing his phone #? Drummer Lars Ulrich is looking to take a break from Metallica to tour with members of UK rock legends Deep Purple. Ulrich has offered to join David Coverdale, Glenn Hughes and Jon Lord if the trio reteams for a world tour, as they've intimated in the media. The former members of Deep Purple have suggested that drummer Ian Paice would not be a part of the reunion, and that they'd be looking for a new percussionist. And that's where Ulrich, a huge fan of the rock legends, whose first concert was Deep Purple in 1973, would come in. He tells website Blabbermouth.net, "They just need a drummer. I'll volunteer myself for that... David Coverdale has my number." Ulrich has already performed Purple classic Smoke On The Water with the most famous Deep Purple frontman, Ian Gillan, when he drummed for the British rock star at a San Francisco, California solo show in 2006. Thanks The Nightwatcherhouseofrock.com 'THE STOOGES' BASSIST FOUND DEAD - BASSIST FOR IGGY POP DEAD AT 60 - sirbourbon.
The Stooges guitarist Ron Asheton has been found dead at his home this morning in Ann Arbor, Michigan (January 6). Although an exact cause of death is not yet known, some reports suggest it was a heart attack. Detective Sgt Jim Stephenson told the Ann Arbor News that Asheton appeared to have been dead for several days. Asheton was a founder member of the influential band, who formed in 1967. After performing guitar on the group's first two records - 'The Stooges' and 'Fun House' - Ron switched to bass duties. A statement issued by Iggy Pop, his band and crew reads: "We are shocked and shaken by the news of Ron's death. He was a great friend, brother, musician, trooper. Irreplaceable. He will be missed. "For all that knew him behind the fa�ade of Mr Cool & Quirky, he was a kind-hearted, genuine, warm person who always believed that people meant well even if they did not. "As a musician Ron was 'The Guitar God', idol to follow and inspire others. That is how he will be remembered by people who had a great pleasure to work with him, learn from him and share good and bad times with him. Iggy Pop added a further personal statement, simply declaring: "I am in shock. He was my best friend." Thanks Angryape.com ???WHO'S FUNDING COURTNEY LOVE'S ALBUM??? - TAMPONS & TEQUILA - SORRY YOU ASKED? - rank hank.
America's favorite crack-head, has scored some HUGE fucking bank.......... From companies selling 'Dracula's Teabags' & 'To-Kill-Ya'. COURTNEY LOVE's new album has received $30 million in sponsorship from a range of businesses, the "head administrator" of the singer's MySpace page has claimed. Among the companies involved in the long-awaited album, called 'Nobody's Daughter', are a "well-known tequila brand" and a "prominent hygiene and menstrual company", according to the former Hole frontwoman's blog. The unnamed administrator wrote a lengthy post on Love's MySpace page on January 2, explaining why the album had not been released online the day before. Love had previously told Elle magazine that she would release 'Nobody's Daughter' online on January 1. After apologising to fans for the album's delay, the administrator said that work on the project was now nearing completion. "The artwork is pretty much done, " the administrator wrote. "Courtney has $30 million in sponsorships, from a prominent feminine hygiene/menstrual company and a prominent tequila company. And Courtney doesn't even understand that part!" Love has been working on the album with former Larrikin Love guitarist Micko Larkin. Referring to Love's mental state, the administrator wrote: "Courtney is sober, clean, classy and very elegant and sophisticated and super intelligent." 'Nobody's Daughter' is now apparently due to be released physically on February 9. It's the follow-up to 2004's 'America's Sweetheart'. Thanks NME. ACE FREHLEY: - NEW SOLO ALBUM TITLE & ARTWORK - WILL SIMMONS BITCH ABOUT THE DESIGN? - rank hank.
This shit looks like it belongs on a Rave album. It don't matter, cus' Frehley's fucking cool............ And Kiss fans like him better than Gene $immon$. Which leads to....Will fuckin' money-bags let Ace to use the Lightning Bolts & Lip make-up that Simmons has bought the rights to? Former KISS guitarist Ace Frehley has set "Anomaly" as the title of his new solo album, tentatively due this spring. Check out the cover artwork below. In an early 2008 interview with Billboard, Frehley stated about his forthcoming solo CD, "Basically, I'm trying to get back into the mindset I was in when I did my first solo record [1978's 'Ace Frehley']. That record seemed to have all the elements everybody liked — a real cool instrumental, a hit single, some real heavy rockers, a nice variety of different genres of music." Among his favorite new tracks are "A Little Below the Angels", hard-rocking "Pain in the Neck" and an instrumental called "Fractured Quantum", which is a follow-up to his previous instrumentals "Fractured Mirror" and "Fractured Too". Another favorite is "groove song" titled "Genghis Khan", which he likens in tone to LED ZEPPELIN's "Kashmir". Frehley told MyrtleBeachOnline.com that he's shooting for 12 tracks on his next album, his first in 18 years. Studio work has spanned several months, and some of the songs go back 12 years. Frehley recently spent time on the road fronting a band that featured second guitarist Derek Hawkins, drummer Scot Coogan (ex-BRIDES OF DESTRUCTION) and bassist Anthony Esposito (ex-LYNCH MOB). Thanks Blabb. WIBUMBA--METAL & HARD ROCK ALMANAC - TUESDAY, JAN' 06/09. "ON THIS DAY" 2001 - Guitarist David Gilmour of Pink Floyd won the right to his own dot com name. An asshole by the name of Andrew Herman had been using the address, davidgilmour.com, to sell Floyd merchandise. 1996 - Due to blizzard conditions, Marilyn Manson found themselves stranded in a hotel in Allentown, Philadelphia, with basketball team Orlando Magic. 1993 - David Bowie reportedly lost nearly $5 million in royalties due to an Italian Mafia-linked bootleg fraud. 1977 - EMI terminated its contract with the Sex Pistols only 3 months after signing it. No reason was given, but EMI gave the band £40,000 ($68,000) to release them from their contract. 1975 - About 1,000 Led Zeppelin fans wrought havoc and rioted inside the lobby of the Boston Garden while waiting overnight to purchase tickets for an upcoming appearance by the band. Thirty-thousand dollars worth of damage was inflicted and the mayor immediately canceled the concert.
"BORN" 1982: Morgan Lander (guitar/vocals: Kittie) 1962: Michael Houser (US lead guitarist, song-writer: Widespread Panic) * passed away 10.Aug.2002. 1960: Muzz Skillings (bassist, guitar, singer: Living Colour/Medicine Stick) 1953: Malcolm Young (guitar: AC/DC) 1946: Roger "Syd" Barrett (original singer/lead guitar Pink Floyd) * passed away 07.July.2006.
"PASSED AWAY" 2007: "Sneaky" Pete Kleinow (72) Pedal steel guitarist, co-founded influential 1960s country rock group the Flying Burrito Brothers (complications of Alzheimer's disease).
Thanks To: Metal Storm/ Triple A Radio/ The Gauntlet/ Phil Brodie Band.
A SHOUT OUT TO "LAZY MUTT FARMHOUSE ALE" Wisconsin (5.0%)... ................Drop Deep Purple Ulrich & go back & re-mix 'Death Magnetic'... ...............Hari-Krishna Stomp Wagon... ..............Hells' Angels Cracker factory. - Rank Hank Posted January 06, 2009 | Download of the day: Soundgarden - Searching With My Good Eye Closed.mp3
4News Slab: Prime news cuts from the metal and rock worldMONDAY, JAN 05/09: - NEW METAL RELEASES - STARTING TUESDAY, JAN 06/09. - rank hank.
JEFFREY WRITES: Dear Rank......."My brother is taking a lot of drugs. He moved out about a year ago but stops back to wash his clothes & hang around a couple of times a month. He works in a kitchen at a restaurant. After the last time he visited I found I was missing a lot of money (about $200) towards my new competition bicycle. I know he took it but I can't prove it. When I told my parents they seemed upset, but didn't really say anything to him. I am fifteen and I haven't said anything either. What should I do?
RANK WRITES: Dear Findyourballs......."At the very least, have a friend call your fuck-wit bro' saying they’re from the police and sweat him for a while. Let him know that he’s soon to be arrested for possesion & theft. There is a warrant out for him and he should get a lawyer ASAP. Have your friend call him every couple of days posing as this cop making a date two weeks in the future to “pick him up unless he turns himself in” and the continued calls are to be certain that he’s still in town." Pick up the new THE ENEMY SOIL - The Enemy Soil Smashes The State DVD & check it out as your dna-douche-kin, bawls all to your folks, asking for cash for the lawyers fee's. Rank.
January 6, 2009
Destroy Destroy Destroy - Battle Sluts (Blackmarket Activities)
January 13, 2009
Asgemin - Arv (Napalm)
January 20, 2009
16 - Bridges To Burn (Relapse) Thanks about.com NEW ALTERNATIVE RELEASES - STARTING, TUESDAY, JAN' 06/09. - sirbourbon
Whoa dude... ....."9/11... ..Illuminati... ..corrupt Governments... ..conspiracies".....(hed) p.e cover the gamut of lies alledgedly dumped on the people with 'New World Orphans" on Jan' 13/09.
Upcoming Releases: Thanks Alternative Addiction.com CHILI PEPPERS, JOHN FRUSCIANTE: - DISECTS NEW SOLO ALBUM - AND SHIT!!! - 'ARE THE PEPPERS KAPUT???' - rank hank.
Poor John........... At the best, Frusciante seems like he's a split-second away from a enormous fucking breakdown. Watch what happens when the interviewer asks him about The Chilis' future @ GET SOME PROZAC, JOHN, QUICK! Be patient, it happens at the end of the interview, but JF's reaction is worth it & says alot about the bands status. The subject of the Red Hot ChilI Peppers is something of a sore spot for Frusciante. For the duration of the guitarist spoke voluminously about his new album. But a fairly rote question about the status of the ChilI Peppers left him lost for words. When he recovered, he stated emphatically that the group had "no plans". This differs wildly from what drummer Chad Smith said in a MusicRadar interview just months ago. Although the Peppers are on what has been described as a mutually agreed upon hiatus, Smith indicated the door was open to reconvene. To Frusciante, however, the door isn't merely shut: there's no door at all. Frusciante has released a string of solo recordings through the years, albums filled with anxious, yearning metaphysical mood music, songs that seem to exist without the imprint of craft but are bursting with intellect and emotion. On Frusciante's latest album, The Empyrean, the guitarist plays by no known rules and the result is a collection of songs that are challenging and poetic but never conventional. They hover in the air and land in special, secret places. From the feedback-drenched lyricism of Before The Beginning to the guitar psychodrama of Enough Of Me (the latter of which features a gutsy, full-throated vocal performance) to the haunting beauty of Song To The Siren (a Tim Buckley original), this is a record that will stick with you in both waking and sleeping moments. The Empyrean sees Frusciante working with a disparate assortment of guests: Johnny Marr, Flea, Josh Freese, The Sonas Quartet and The New Dimension. It's an orgy of musical decadence, and it's as far and away from the big-time arena rock the ChilI Peppers have recently traded in as you can get. Thanks Musicradar. COREY TAYLOR (SLIPKNOT/STONE SOUR) - DOING SOLO ALBUM WITH 40 SONGS WRITTEN - sirbourbon.
We wonder who Taylor will have on axe duties. Last word we have is......that Taylors second-banana, Jim Root (Slipknot/Stone Sour) has stepped up his calls to Taylor....every 15 min'. Reportedly, Taylor has him on call-block. Corey Taylor - frontman with masked rockers Slipknot and Stone Sour - is to pursue a solo career. The singer intends to put out a record of his own songs, but will not be quitting his other bands. Taylor is so eager to release an album, that he's already written over 40 songs. "It's something that I'd like to do purely for myself." Corey is quoted as saying. "It's something that I need to release before I can think about moving on to anything else." "In both Slipknot and Stone Sour I'm slightly limited to how I can write and indeed what I can write about. The beauty of doing a solo album is that I can write whatever type of song I want." Thanks Angryape.com 'BIG THING' FOR GUITARS IN 09'??? - FENDER GOES FOR THE 'BEAT TO RAT SHIT & THROWN FROM A BRIDGE', LOOK. - rank hank.
"Beat UpTo Shit" is in for guitars 2009. Ahead of Winter NAMM 2009, Fender has announced its new Road Worn Series. For players who crave that beaten up vintage vibe but can't afford a Custom Shop Time Machine instrument, let alone a genuine vintage piece, it's time to get very excited indeed. The Road Worn Series consists of a '50s Tele, '50s and '60s Strats and a '50s Precision and '60s Jazz bass. Made in Mexico, the instruments all feature distressed nitrocellulose-finished bodies and necks. Alongside period-correct features, there are also a number of sensible modern upgrades. All of the guitars feature Tex-Mex pickups and larger 6105 frets, while unlike vintage originals, the Stratocasters come equipped with five-way pickup selector switches. Thanks Musicradar. MARILYN MANSON STARTING TO CALL IN FAVOURS - NEEDS TRENT REZNOR TO TESTIFY FOR HIM IN MADONNA WAYNE GACY TRIAL - sirbourbon.
Rumour has it Manson is offered Gacy a years supply of his shit-Absinthe. Along with a 1/2 hour alone with his skeleton of a 4 yr. old chinese girl. Shock rocker Marilyn Manson is apparently calling former mentor Nine Inch Nails mainman Trent Reznor as well as his ex-wife Dita Von as witnesses in his on going court battle with former keyboard player Stephen Bier. As previously reported on Kerrang Dot Com, Bier, who went by the stage names of Madonna Wayne Gacy and Pogo, is suing Manson for $20 million in lost royalties. Bier claims that Manson spent his share of royalties on African masks made of human skin, a skeleton of a 4-year-old Chinese girl that Manson is said to have turned into a chandelier, another skeleton of a man in a wheelchair, NazI paraphernalia and a $150,000 engagement ring for ex-wife. The case is set to go to trial on February 2. Thanks Kerrang. POLISH EXTREME - METAL GODS, BEHEMOTH: - TO ENTER STUDIO IN FEB' - NEW MATERIAL, 'SINISTER, MASSIVE & (*Gasp!*) SLOW*?' - rank hank.
Behemoth fuckin' rule!!! And these Polish-pummellers have had a ton of inspiration in the last year with Polish right wing bible-thumpers, trying to shut the band down in its home-land. Polish extreme metal veterans BEHEMOTH are in the final stages of the songwriting process for their upcoming, as-yet-untitled album. The record is tentatively expected sometime in the fall via Metal Blade (USA) and Nuclear Blast (Europe). BEHEMOTH mainman Adam "Nergal" DarskI and his bandmates are planning to enter the studio in the middle of February. Commented Nergal: "As I write this, we have seven songs that are completely written and arranged though there's still leads missing in some of them. It all sounds tight as fuck and very fresh! There are two more songs under working so after New Year break, we should start working on it." " I want this album to be very consistent, intense and catchy at the same time. Judging by what what's been composed so far, that's exactly where we are with this new material." He continued: "Last year was a very productive year for all of us… We've toured U.S., Australia and New Zealand, covered most of prestigious festivals in Europe and invaded virgin markets in Asia: Japan, China, Taiwan, Indonesia and Thailand." "Most of the songs are the really fast, technical and intense, at the same time there's a lot of diversity. There's even a very slow, massive song that's probably the most epic tracks in BEHEMOTH's history. Everything sounds more serious and…dangerous (I love that word, ha ha). There's probably more sinister vibe in our music this time too. I'm completely stoked and I just can't wait until we enter the studio!" "Ezkaton", latest new EP from BEHEMOTH, sold around 1,600 copies in the United States in its first week of release, according to Nielsen SoundScan. The CD debuted at No. 26 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart, which lists the best-selling albums by new and developing artists, defined as those who have never appeared in the Top 100 of The Billboard 200. Thanks Blabb. RESEARCHERS CLAIM 'STONEHENGE WAS ANCIENT RAVE VENUE' - WIBUMBA-INSTITUTE OF METAL SEZ' - "FUCK YOU, IT WAS AN ANCIENT MOSH-PIT' - sirbourbon.
Gibbled up on mead? Arms covered in stone-jewerly? Dancing till the cows need to go to pasture? 4/4 thumping on a hollow stump? Stonehenge was a site for ancient raves where 'trance-style' music was played, academics are claiming. Researchers at Huddersfield University believe the way the stones are shaped made Stonehenge the perfect place to listen to music 5,000 years ago because it would bounce off the rocks, The Daily Mail reports. Dr Rupert Till is an expert in music and sound technology, and claims that when all the stones were standing they would have produced a "very pleasant, almost concert-like acoustic". He told the paper: "Our research shows that there are particular spots in the site that produce unusual particular acoustic effects, intimating that perhaps a priest or a shaman may have stood there, leading the ritual." Thanks NME. KINGS OF BLING!!! - RUSSIAN BILLIONAIRE PAYS $450,000. - TO SHIT- ACT 'KINGS OF LEON' - FOR A PRIVATE SHOW - rank hank.
Tired of you & your band having to chase promoters down filthy alley's........... Just to get the lousy $50 bucks owed to all 5 of you for playing 2 - 90 min' sets, of Def Leppard covers in a biker-bar??? Here's how it could be for you one day... ......maybe. Kings Of Leon performed an exclusive private show for Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich over the holidays. The band earned themselves $450,000 for the one-off intimate gig, which took place in New York, reports UK newspaper The Sun. This is not the first private performance Abramovich has shelled-out for either, as he paid Amy Winehouse $1.5 million for a five-set show in June. UK indie band Klaxons also picked-out a big payout of $350,000 to perform at his daughter's 16th birthday party. Thanks Angryape.com WIBUMBA--METAL & HARD ROCK ALMANAC - MONDAY, JAN' 05/09. ON THIS DAY" 2004 - Kinks singer Ray Davies was shot in the leg while on holiday in New Orleans. The 59-year-old singer-songwriter was shot when running after two men who stole his girlfriend's purse at gunpoint. 1999 - 'Spin' contributing editor Craig Marks takes out a $20 million lawsuit, alleging that Marilyn Manson's security guards threw him against a wall and attempted to throttle him at the band's New York show last November. 1978 - The Sex Pistols made their U.S. debut at the Great Southeast Music Hall in Atlanta. 1968 - JimI Hendrix spends the night in a Gothenburg jail after wrecking a hotel room, allegedly in a fight with his bassist Noel Redding.
"BORN" 1969: Marilyn Manson/Brian Warner (vocals: MM) 1964: Phil Thornalley (songwriter/vocals/guitar: Cure) 1963 Till Lindemann (Rammstein) - vocals (Jan 04/09) 1962 Peter Thomas Steele (Type O Negative) - vocals, bass (Jan 04/09) 1951: Peter 'Biff' Byford (vocals: Saxon)
"PASSED AWAY" 2005: Danny Sugerman (50) US manager: the second manager of the Los Angeles based rock band The Doors, and wrote several books about Jim Morrison and The Doors, including 'No One Here Gets Out Alive' co-authored with Jerry Hopkins, and the autobiography 'Wonderland Avenue'. He also managed Iggy Pop, and wrote Appetite For Destruction: The Days of Guns 'N Roses (lung cancer).
Thanks To: Metal Storm/ The Gauntlet/ Triple A Radio/ Phil Brodie Band.
A SHOUT OUT TO "WILD ROSE WRED WHEAT ALE" Calgary (4.5%)... .............Cheer up John Frusciante... load up on prozac & 'Jager' & keep making those genius solo discs... .............This Here Giraffe... ...........She Don't Use Jelly. - Rank Hank Posted January 05, 2009 | Download of the day: Deathstars - Cyanide.mp3
4News Slab: Prime news cuts from the metal and rock worldFRIDAY, JAN' 09: - 'WEEKEND EDITION' - TESTAMENT BEATS OUT METALLICA - IN 2008 'METAL ON METAL' LISTENERS POLL. - rank hank.
Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesss!!! This album was my #2 pick of 08' . (see Wed' Dec 31/08 news for 08' album picks) Although, 'Motorizer' was a far better album than 'Death Magnetic', which should have been #3.
TESTAMENT's "The Formation Of Damnation" album took the No. 1 spot in WJCU's "Metal On Metal" annual listener Top 25 countdown show. The album beat out second-place finisher, METALLICA's "Death Magnetic", by a 36% margin on the recently broadcast program (see chart below).
This year we received over 900 votes from listeners. I have some very loyal, serious and incredibly knowledgeable heavy metal fans who listen to the show each week, not only in Cleveland but from all around the world. It's a chart put together by true heavy metal fans — not critics, label reps, industry insiders or DJs — who are actually supporting these bands. My listeners are the best and never cease to amaze me. They have assembled yet another great year-end chart."
GO TO THE WIB' 'VIDEO-PAGE', FOR TESTAMENTS, 'More Than Meets The Eye' Video. Thanks Blabb. KAMELOT'S ROY KHAN: - ISSUE'S BAND UPDATE & 2009 PLANS - sirbourbon.
Kamelot are currently (next to Rush) THE top Prog-Metallers, in the world.
Vocalist Roy Khan of American/Norwegian melodic metallers KAMELOT has issued the following update: Thanks Kamelot Myspace/blabb. TEXAS HIPPIE COALITION: - REDNECK METAL WILL TURN YOUR HEAD INTO A PINATA!!! - rank hank.
("sound of brakes squealing") ...............Wait a goddamned minute!!! ...............Who the fuck are these guys??? ("sound of car horn honking at me") I'm locked onto "Sirius-Octane", friday at 4:00pm when the 'Sweeeeeeeeeeetest mega-riffage' comes pouring thru the Ford's speakers. Apparently... It's Dallas Tx, "TEXAS HIPPIE COALITION" - 'Pissed Off And Mad About It', And hombre... .....it's making me piss warm natty all over the Ford!!! THC will make a fucking pinata from yo' head...it's that good!!! Think Pantera stirred with Corrosion Of Conformity & a Lynyrd Skynyrd Cherry on the top. Click TEXAS HIPPIE COALITION @ MYSPACE = METAL PINATA! Once every generation the rules that define rock and roll are tossed aside when a band of epic proportions appears out of nowhere to bludgeon the public with its unique style of music and social commentary.
Formed in 2004, the Texas Hippie Coalition is a 5 piece Southern hard rock band from Denison, Texas led by lead singer Big Dad Ritch and produced by multi-platinum record producer David Prater. Although highly regarded for the intensity of their live shows, what truly distinguishes the band from the morass of their contemporaries is the high quality production value Prater lends to their debut CD, "Pride of Texas". Fans of Pantera, ZZ Top, The Black Label Society and Corrosion of Conformity will no doubt find the music of the Texas Hippie Coalition every bit their equal and more. From the ferocity of the CD's twin guitar assault to its pulsating rhythm section, every detail of the CD's sonic presentation is scrutinized down to the smallest detail. By the time Big Dad Ritch's snarling vocal is placed into the final mix, all that's left for the listener to do is wonder why there aren't more CDs this good. With the combination of it's sound quality, songwriting and passionate performances, the Texas Hippie Coalition's 1st offering will most certainly be an interesting one to follow throughout the course of 2008 and beyond THC line-up:
John Exall : Bass Thanks THC Myspace & Official site. JESUS CHRIST!!! - WHATS WITH THE SUCK-ASS SWEDISH BANDS LATELY??? - MOVE OVER 'THE POODLES' - '5TH SONIC BRIGADE' AIM TO EMBARRASS THE NATION ALL OVER AGAIN - rank hank.
Usually I'll defend the Swedes 'till death. But lately, some utterly horrific acts have crawled forth my my motherland... leaving me to cringe in my ludefisk. Most recent "worst" act??? 5TH SONIC BRIGADE. Just....fucking....awful. Click VOMITUS MAXIMUS @ 5TH SONIC BRIGADE The line-up boasts some "seasoned talent". But you'd need the fucking Hubble Telescope to find it. "Kiss Of Death" & "God Song" suffer from a tossed mix, but much worse, the songs fumble somewhere between Sleaze Rock & a VERY poor attempt at Punk. 5TH SONIC BRIGADE, the Swedish rock band featuring Henry Ranta (ex-SOILWORK), Marcus Öhrn (NOICE), Richard Evenlind (ex-CRISS '99) and Peter Samuelsson (ex-NIFTERS) is currently in the studio working on its debut album, tentatively due in March. Someone tell these poor fuckers Pirate Bay is hiring. Thats something Sweden can be proud of. Thanks 5th Sonic Brigade/Blabb. U2 DRUMMER 'CRINGES' AT BONO'S - 'BEING FRIENDLY WITH WORLD LEADERS'. - sirbourbon.
Here's an Irish drummer that will probably be looking for a new job soon. U2 drummer Larry Mullen has criticised his own singer, Bono, for being too friendly with world leaders. In an interview with Q magazine, Mullen launched a broadside at outgoing US President George W Bush and ex-UK Prime Minister Tony Blair, branding them "war criminals". And he admits it makes him "cringe" when he sees Bono associating with the pair. "Tony Blair is a war criminal and I think he should be tried as a war criminal, " says Mullen. "Then I see Bono and him as pals and I'm going, 'I don't like that'. "Do I think George Bush is a war criminal? Probably - but the difference between him and Tony Blair is that Blair is intelligent. So he has no excuse for what he did." Although Mullen acknowledges Bono is "prepared to use his weight as a celebrity, at great cost to himself and his family, to help other people", he adds. "As an outsider looking in, I cringe." Bono didn't comment. Thanks Musicradar. ALICE IN CHAINS, CANTRELL: - 'WE'RE NOT INTENDING TO REPLACE LAYNE STALEY' - GOOD, CUS' WITH DUVALL, THERE'S NO CHANCE OF THAT HAPPENING - sirbourbon.
Check out any # of Youtube clip's with William DuVall & you'll see why no one would mistake him for Staley. Staley could sing. Not that DuVall, can't...it's just he's generic. And some say his attempts at the old AIC songs, are blasphemy. ALICE IN CHAINS guitarist Jerry Cantrell recently spoke to Neala Johnson of the Herald Sun about the band's participation in Australia's Soundwave festival which kicks off next month. "I don't think there's one of us who expected to be where we are today, " he said. "We started from a very cool place — Sean [Kinney, drums] organized a benefit in our home town to raise some money for the tsunamI relief, and it was a hit. "It was a pretty heavy moment, playing together for the first time since we had lost Layne [Staley, late ALICE IN CHAINS singer who died in 2002], but it was also really cool to see our fans' reaction — that was really inspiring. It led to the next step of us saying, 'That was fun, why don't we get together and just play in a room?' "So we did. And that led us to William [DuVall, current ALICE IN CHAINS singer], who was a friend of mine for several years. And that led to the tours, which led us to writing. And the material we were coming up with was really cool . . . so here we are today." "Am I worried we're gonna fall on our face? Dirty our memory? Is that what I'm worried about?" Cantrell asked. "Fuck no, I'm not worried about that at all. If we didn't believe in what we're doing, and why we're doing it, we wouldn't be doing it. "The reasons are all pure to us, and as long as we stick to that we can't go wrong. People will say whatever they're going to say, but they're not inside this band." "There's no replacing Layne, and we're not intending to replace Layne, " Cantrell added. "William performs the old material very well, and very respectfully — not trying to be Layne — but we don't even feel like Will is a new lead singer of ALICE IN CHAINS. "There's also myself, who's been a big part of the vocal sound in this band with the support of Layne. Layne was really instrumental in me growing as a vocalist. "So we feel like we've added a really talented member in Will and the unit is strong, we're growing together." "This chapter is equally as important as any chapter in the book on ALICE, " he said. "This is about living. It was of course a crushing loss to lose our best friend and partner. But it's a common human experience. "What's important in life is when you get thrown off the proverbial horse: after you're done nursing your injuries, it's time to get up and continue to live." ALICE IN CHAINS entered the studio in October with producer Nick Raskulinecz to begin recording its first all-new studio effort since 1995's AIC self-titled third album. Thanks Herald Sun WIBUMBA--METAL & HARD ROCK ALMANAC - FRIDAY, JAN 02/09. "ON THIS DAY" 2004 - Ex-Meat Puppets bassist Cris Kirkwood was recovering in FBI custody after being shot in the abdomen outside of the downtown Phoenix, Arizona main post office. He was shot by a security guard after a heated argument with a woman over a parking space. Kirkwood was subsequently charged with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to do bodily harm - he allegedly beat the guard with his own baton. Kirkwood, who has been arrested previously on drug charges, formed the Meat Puppets in Phoenix in 1980 with his older brother, Curt. Nirvana covered three Meat Puppets songs, "Plateau, " "Oh, Me" and "Lake Of Fire" on their 1994 MTV Unplugged album. 1993 - Suede's Brett Anderson said in a Melody Maker interview 'I honestly think lack of sex is vital to my writing process. I don't know if the same goes for Aerosmith.' 1979 - The trial of one-time Sex Pistol bassist Sid Vicious for the murder of his girlfriend Nancy Spungen opened in New York City. Vicious died of a heroin overdose one month later and never heard a verdict. 1978 - Ozzy Osbourne rejoins Black Sabbath. 1969 - Led Zeppelin played the first of four nights at the Whisky A Go-Go, Los Angeles during the bands first US tour, with the Alice Cooper band as support.
"BORN" 1978: Domenic Pinto (drums: Crimsonfire) 1975: Chris Cheney (vocals, guitarist: The Living End). 1975: Robert Westerholt (guitars: Within Temptation) 1975: Douglass Robb (vocals: Hoobastank) 1964: JanI Lane (vocals: Warrant) 1962: Chris Boltendahl (vocals: Grave Digger)
"PASSED AWAY" 2008: Ben Marlin (31) US bassist with the Death Metal band Disgorge (cancer). 2002: Zak Foley (31) UK bassist with EMF: thrown out of school at 16 for having long hair, he gravitated towards the local indie music scene. He played for the IUCs before joining EMF on its formation in 1989. Within a year 'Unbelievable' had conquered the charts, reaching number 3 in the UK charts and was a number one hit on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and their debut album, Schubert Dip, went to number 3 in the UK Albums Chart. They made 2 more albums, 92's "Stigma" and 95's "Cha Cha Cha" . The band split after Zak's death (died due to an overdose of heroin, cocaine, ecstasy, barbiturates and alcohol). b. December 9th 1970. 1997: Randy California (45) US guitarist, singer, songwriter and one of the original members of the rock group Spirit (drowned when rescuing his 12-year old son when he was sucked into a riptide in the surf off Hawaii).
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A SHOUT OUT TO "DUCKSTEIN AMBER ALE" Germany (4.9%)... ............Check out 'Texas Hippie Coalition' Myspace - shit be rawkin, bray!.................The Ceiling is Bendin'... ..........Rainin' Babies. - Rank Hank Posted January 02, 2009 | Download of the day: marilyn manson - you spin me right round.mp3
4News Slab: Prime news cuts from the metal and rock worldWEDNESDAY, DEC31/08: - HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! - FROM THE WIBUMBAMUSIC STAFF. Cheap Champgne, beer.....more beer & "Green Tree Absinthe" (140 proof). If we don't die of alcohol poisoning on New Years eve... ....... We'll be back on Friday, Jan 02. 2008 - REAR-END REVIEW - WHAT WAS THE 'HOTTEST SHIT TO BANG TO' - & 'WHAT SUCKED ASS, X 10'!!! - wib' staff
Of the 4 'wastes of skin & sperm' that inhabit this office, we generally cover the gamut of Metal & Rock, territory-wise. So after a heated "discussion-turned-UFC" into what we thought "What Rocked" & "What blew Goats" of 08' music, .....here's what the end result is: "BEST RELEASES OF 2008" RANK HANK: #1. In Flames - 'A Sense Of Purpose' #2. Testament - 'The Formation Of Damnation' #3. Kings X - 'XV' #4. Poisonblack - 'A Dead Heavy Day' SIRBOURBON: #1. AC/DC - 'Black Ice' #2. Metallica - 'Death Magnetic' #3. Motley Crue - 'Saints Of Los Angeles' #4. Kings X - ' XV' WIBUMBA: #1. The Dandy Warhols - 'Earth ToThe Dandy Warhols' #2. Beck - 'Modern Guilt' #3. NIN - 'The Slip' #4. The Presidents Of The United States Of America - 'These Are The Good Times People' GORGON: #1. Motorhead - 'Motorizer' #2. Into Eternity - 'The Incurable Tragedy' #3. Neuraxis - 'The Thin Line Between' #4. Behemoth - 'Ezkaton'
"WORST RELEASES OF 2008"
RANK HANK: #1. Scars On Broadway - 'Scars On Broadway' #2. My Ruin - 'Throat Full Of Heart' #3. Def Leppard - 'Songs From The Sparkle Lounge' #4. Atrocity - 'Werk 80 II' SIRBOURBON: #1. Disturbed - 'Indestructible' #2. Judas Priest - 'Nostrodamus' #3. Guns N' Roses - 'Chinese Democracy' #4. Mudvayne - 'The New Game' WIBUMBA: #1. Dragonforce - 'The Ultra Beatdown' #2. Scars On Broadway - 'Scars On Broadway' #3. Brian 'Head' Welch - 'Save Me From Myself' #4. Def Leppard - 'Songs from The Sparkle lounge' GORGON: #1. Walls Of Jericho - Redemption' #2. Guns N' Roses - 'Chinese Democracy' #3. Atrocity - 'Werk 80 II' #4. Tiamat - 'Amanethes'
Thats just a sample of what we raved or ranted about during 08'. Feel free to give us shit about our choices......but as usual, we probably won't give a fuck. HORSE THE BAND: - GIBBLED METALCORISTS ISSUE UPDATE FOR 09' - rank hank.
Spasmatic, weirdo-Metalcorists, HORSE THE BAND have issued an update for 09'. Here goes: "We're about to sign to a new label! I think it is a good home for us. It has other bands that we like and a super-legit history of other bands that we LOOOVE.can you guess it? "We're supposed to record our new album in March and release it worldwide in late May/early June. Here is the most insane part, I emailed Jamie Stewart from XIU XIU and it looks like (not for sure yet) he is going to be producing. The album is supposedly going to be kinda devastating new wavy with blue-collar '80s movie soundtracks hovering close to mind, with some more fucked-sounding blurbly game boy than previous outings, lots of oberheim, lots of synth brass, lots of spazz and fast, wrenching, a bit more light-hearted yet at times completely sickening, and concentrating on melody and having every riff on the album be able to stand on its own. "Our videographer, Gary LaChance, just started working six hours a day on the Earth Tour DVD. This thing is going to be a double-DVD monster. We're going to do one live DVD of edited footage from all the best shows, with a track for each song we played on the tour. And the second DVD, which will probably be a double layer cause there's so much shit is going to be the story of the whole tour and everything you would expect/not expect to happen to us, kind of like our old DVD but we're older, with more experienced livers, a bad attitude, and sexier bone structure that comes with age. When that comes out you will know about it. So, we should know really soon our exact recording dates. If we have enough time, we're going to do a South American tour in April after we record. It looks like we'll be back in Europe starting May for all your early summer festivals, and we're going to play a lot of shows in Russia and Ukraine again and visit some other crazy Eastern European places we haven't been. Hopefully culminating in Kazantip hahahahaahaah. Summer hopefully will be Warped Tour in the U.S. Then I don't know. But back to Europe in November!" HORSE THE BAND's third full-length album, 2007's "A Natural Death" (Koch Records), sold 3,500 units in the US in its first week of release, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Thanks HTB Myspace. EX - MISFITS, MICHALE GRAVES: - DOING NEW YORK THEATRE, STARRING IN FILM 'PERKINS 14' & LIVE ALBUM INFO - sirborbon.
The Misfits has spat out some serious talent in the form of its former frontmen: Danzig, Mike Graves & Myke Hideous. Last week, Rank Hank brought you up to speed on ex-Mifsfits vocalist Myke Hideous & his growing art carreer. This week I'm including another ex-Misfits 'survivor, Mike Graves & his live album & acting direction. Former MISFITS singer Michale Graves will read the part of Michael Taggert in "Paradiddle", written by Craig Singer and Richard Dean Klein, on January 5 at the Theatre For The New City (155 First Avenue between 9th and 10th) in New York City starting at 7:00 p.m. For more information, go to THEATERFORTHENEWCITY.NET Michale Graves' live album, "Illusions Live/Viretta Park", hit stores on October 21. This 23-song CD features 17 acoustic songs recorded live on April 24, 2008 at Club Bourbon in New Port Richie, Florida and six demos recorded on July 8-9, 2008 in Bucarest, Romania. One of the new songs, "Blackbird", is featured in the film "Perkins 14". Graves acts in the film, playing the love interest of lead actress Shayla Beesley's character. The film was shot in Romania by Massify/After Dark Films. It's being promoted as the "first feature film developed entirely via the Internet." Craig Singer ("Dark Ride") directed based on a screenplay by Lane Shadgett ("Luna Park", "All Lost Souls"). Thanks Blabb. GERMANY'S 'WACKEN OPEN AIR 09' - SOLD OUT!!! - 70,000 SEATS ALREADY GONE FOR JULY 30-AUG' 01/09 FESTIVAL - sirbourbon.
Getting to Wacken is on my "do-before-I-wear-Depends" list. And judging on how the festival's popularity is growing...09' is a write-off. Cus' the 2009 show's already sold out!!!
ICS Festival Service GmbH, which organizes the Wacken Open Air festival, has announced that all 70,000 tickets have already been sold for next year's event, which will be held July 30 - August 1, 2009 in Wacken, Germany. "Never before [has] a festival of this size [been] sold out two times within one year, " they write in a statement. "But we are not chasing after records — we 'only' want to create a great festival for you and are working on it since more than 20 years now and standing in responsibility and duty for the best fans in the world! We thank you all for your amazing support and loyalty!" Thanks Blabb. MY EVOLUTION: - LATEST LOS ANGELES BAND, KEEPS CITY'S REP' - AS HAVING THE 'WORST BANDS ON THE CONTINENT'. - rank hank.
Lately, why do most new LA bands have that same annoying, nasally-yodel-thing going? And why do the majority of recent, new LA bands suck harder than a sewage-truck? LA's MY EVOLUTION suffer from writing (if u can call it that)...thats bouncing call over the fucking map. Directionless & lacking any inspiration whatsoever...the 6 tracks on their myspace are 20 min' of my life, I'll never get back. Regurgitated riffs, trickle underneath 'Burgos' painfull vocals... .akin to beating a cat with a baby!!! And having Wayne Static guesting on this ain't gonna help a goddamned bit. Static has problems of his own......like keeping Static X from becoming audio-smegma.
Wayne Static of STATIC-X has contributed guest vocals to the song "So Happy" from the Los Angeles-based alternative rock band MY EVOLUTION. The track will be mixed in the next few weeks and will be the first single from MY EVOLUTION's upcoming CD, entitled "Real Life", due out in February 2009. Thanks Blabb. WE'RE OFF TO GET CRUNKED-UP & SAY GOOD RIDDANCE TO A LOUSY 08' - BACK ON FRIDAY, JAN' 02/09 - wib staff. WIBUMBA--METAL & HARD ROCK ALMANAC - WEDNESDAY, DEC 31/08. "ON THIS DAY" 1984 - Rick Allen, drummer with Def Leppard, suffers car accident which leads to the eventual amputation of his left arm. 1973 - AC/DC made their live debut when they appeared at Chequers Bar in Sydney. 1969 - JimI Hendrix introduced his new Band of Gypsys at a show that was recorded and later released as the live album "Band of Gypsys."
"BORN" 1979: Bob Bryar (US drummer: My Chemical Romance/Gerardolopoly). 1973: Malcolm Middleton (Scottish singer, guitarist: Arab Strap) 1963: Scott Ian/Scott Ian Rosenfeld (guitarist: Anthrax/ SOD) 1959: Paul Westerberg (vocals, piano, guitar: Replacements/solo) 1951: Thomas William Hamilton (bass: Aerosmith) 1942: Andy Summers (guitarist, composer: Police/solo/guest).
"PASSED AWAY" 2002: Kevin MacMichael (51) lead guitarist, Cutting Crew and Robert Plant (lung cancer)
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A SHOUT OUT TO "GREEN TREE ABSINTHE" Czech (70.%)... .............Good-the-fuck-bye 08'..but we doubt 09' will be any better... ...............Pop Culture Rape Victim... ............Tom Cruise Control. - Rank Hank Posted December 31, 2008 | Download of the day: The Dandy Warhols - We used to be friends.mp3
7News Slab: Prime news cuts from the metal and rock worldTUESDAY, DEC' 30/08: - HYPOCRISY: - 13 TRACKS COMPLETED FOR THE 05' 'VIRUS' FOLLOW-UP. - rank hank.
Of course you remember Pete Tagtgren's handle from swedish metallers, PAIN his "softer" project, & along with 'Bloodbath'. Tagtgren's a workaholic. But the strange thing is that the dude never seems to misstep with any of his work. Take for instance Hypocrisy's, 'The Arrival'. A true melodic Death masterpiece! But in my opinion, so is everthing the guy has issued, including the "Catch 22" reissue that got slammed by critics. Tägtgren of HYPOCRISY has issued the following update: "Mikael [Hedlund: bass] came to the Abyss [Peter's recording studio] the other day and between me and him we have 13 songs done [for the next HYPOCRISY album], and Horgh [drums: also in IMMORTAL] will come to studio beginning of January and crack the drums on it." HYPOCRISY reissued its 2002 album "Catch 22" under the title "Catch 22 V2.0.08" on May 9. Peter Tägtgren re-recorded the guitar parts, his vocals and remixed and remastered the LP for the new version of the album, which featured bonus material. The band previously stated about its decision to re-release the CD, "We still think it is a great fucking album but it got slammed and misunderstood because of the vocal style and the drum sound and so on." HYPOCRISY's latest album, "Virus", came out in September 2005 via Nuclear Blast Records. Thanks Blabb. DOPE STARS INC: - *YAWN*, ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM DEAL, Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!!! - rank hank
If a hybrid of 'Razed In Black' & 'Deathstars' stirs your little pork loins......... Then you'll be all jiggy over Italy's DOPE STARS INC. Meshing Industrial with Cyberpunk, DSI pulls off the familiar "moody-verse switching to the BIG DRIVING CHORUS formula" that drives the afore-mentioned acts. Slathered in Black #1, Emo & programmed beats, DSI don't chart any new territory. Rather, they just barely avoid shaming the genre... ..& these days that seems to be all the Industrial kitchen can offer up. This category desparetly needs a boot to the nards!!! Sorry guys, but RAZED IN BLACK pulls this off with a shitload more torque & style. Check out DOPE STARS INC @ MYSPACE......just don't be expecting anything groundbreaking, original, or fresh. Italian alternative/industrial rockers DOPE STARS INC. have inked deals with Trisol Music Group for Europe, Metropolis Records in USA/Canada and Subsound Records for Italy for the release of their third CD in each area. The band says, "This means our new album will be supported by more than one label helping us to spread the name and music of DOPE STARS INC. worldwide and also giving us the opportunity of an intense album production in studio. This will open also more opportunites for us to set up an international tour. We will be touring intensively after the release of the album that is scheduled for this spring (April/May), If you are a promoter interested in booking a show for the upcoming tour please write to booking@dopestarsinc.com or. If you are a fan and want us to come and play at your city please request us on eventful.com." DOPE STARS INC.'s latest CD, "Gigahearts", was released back in November 2006. The CD was produced by Victor Love and includes "11 tracks to kick your ass very bad but also to satisfy your desire of melodies and electronic exploration, " ......according to a hilarious posting on the group's web site. Thanks Dope Stars Inc. HOSTILE CELL: - SWEDES IGNITE A GOOD BURN WITH CRUNCHY NORTHERN METAL - rank hank
Imagine Godsmack riffage with nitrous in its bowels!!! Thats the burn these Swedes bring as shit to bang to. But with lineup changes already happening......I just hope they're around in 2 years time. By then they could have their sound cinched up & be a real force to be feared. "Nothing", the new video from the Gothenburg, Sweden-based metal/rock band HOSTILE CELL, can be viewed @ HOSTILE CELL MYSPACE. The clip was directed by Magnus Petersson of PGF Motion in Borås, Sweden. HOSTILE CELL recently parted ways with bassist Per Romvall "for personal reasons." The group is now looking for a permanent replacement. If you are interested and you live in the Gothenburg area, contact the band at band@hostilecell.com. HOSTILE CELL released its self-titled debut album on October 1 via the band's own Coreshot Productions (with distribution from Plugged Records). The 10-track CD was mastered by Dragan Tanaskovich at Bohussound Recordings. Thanks Hostile Cell Myspace 2008 MEMORABLE/REGRETABLE QUOTES: - ROB ZOMBIE, GENE SIMMONS & *MOBY*??? - sirbourbon. Here's the top 7 of 2008's musician's quotes that woke us up or made us sick for one reason or another. ROB ZOMBIE: "First, it was the flying monkeys in The Wizard of Oz and then Jaws, and that's it. No other movies have ever bothered me since." -- Metaller-turned-horror-filmmaker Rob Zombie. CHRIS CORNELL: "God bless 'em but that's not Led Zeppelin. I find it completely depressing. I'd never do anything like that." -- Chris Cornell, on the possibility of replacing Robert Plant if Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones decide to tour as Led Zeppelin next year. COLIN GREENWOOD/RADIOHEAD: "They don't know what it is, really, until they're standing by the side of the stage with their ear defenders on watching their parents make (goofs) of themselves." -- Radiohead bassist Colin Greenwood, on the band members' children understanding what their dads do for a living.
MOBY: "My poor little brain. My poor little liver -- they're all on the verge of going on strike. (But) as repetitive as hedonism can be, it's still really compelling." -- 42-year-old Moby, on partying. AVRIL LAVIGNE: "I know I get bad reviews, but everyone gets bad reviews. And I don't care because they're f wrong!" -- Avril Lavigne. GENE SIMMONS: "My people wandered through the wilderness a long time ago. I'm done with nature. Give me a Four Seasons hotel." -- Jewish KISS bassist Gene Simmons. GRAHAM WRIGHT/TOYKO POLICE CLUB: "We haven't hit Glass Tiger level yet. I don't even know if we've hit Serial Joe level." -- Tokyo Police Club keyboardist Graham Wright, on being the pride of Newmarket, Ont. Thanks Canoe.ca STUCK MOJO'S, RICH WARD: - 'I'LL NEVER BE ENVIOUS OF THE SUCCESS OF GOOD BANDS' - sirbourbon.
Huh... ..besides being a powerhouse guitarist, Seems Stuck Mojo's Rich Ward is a humble dude & class act. HAILS & HORNS caught up to him & has this: Hails and Horns - For anyone unfamiliar with your work (BTW, where have you been living if you don't know STUCK MOJO!) how would you describe yourselves? Rich - We're a good old fashion American rock band that got held hostage by some inner city thugs, and then sold as humble servants to the late James Brown so we could clean his hot tub and wash his dog. Throw in the best guitar tone on the planet and oh yes, it's that damn good. Hails and Horns - I love the hip hop vocal delivery with the touch of PANTERA music. What made you want to take this road? Rich - It was never a conscious decision to create the blend of styles that is Stuck Mojo. Our sound is the natural result of it's member's creative input. Hails and Horns: I guess your peers would be RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS, FAITH NO MORE, RUN DMC. Those bands have had huge commercial success, which is something I believe you also deserved. Is the time right for your style to grab the world's attention? Do you ever envy the success of a band like RHCP? Rich: I didn't ever in my wildest dreams think that I would get to where I am now. I was the worst guitar player in my group of friends, but when all my musician friends went to college, started professional careers, and got married, I just kept playing. I never envisioned myself being in some big band, I just loved playing guitar and writing songs, so it remained the focus of my life. I'm not sure at what point I actually thought that I had a chance to make a living as a musician, but I'm sure that my career has certainly exceeded any expectations that I had. With that said, I have no expectations moving forward. In 10 years we could be bigger than ever, or I could be working at Burger King. Either way, I'll still play and write music for fun and I'll never be envious of the success of good bands. Read the entire interview HERE @ HAIL & HORNS WIBUMBA--METAL & HARD ROCK ALMANAC - TUESDAY, DEC' 30/08. "ON THIS DAY" 1999 - George Harrison and his wife were attacked in their home during a robbery. Though, Harrison was stabbed in the chest four times, he and his wife were able to subdue the assailant until police arrived. 1989 - Nirvana bass player Krist Novoselic married ShellI Dilley near Seattle. 1978 - Emerson, Lake & Palmer broke up.
"BORN" 1978: Zbigniew Robert "Inferno" ProminskI (drums: Behemoth/Azarath) 1972: Steven Wiig (Actor, American multi-musician: Papa Wheelie) 1971: Stephen Edmondson (bass: Paradise Lost) 1947: Jeff Lynne (vocals, keyboards, guitar, synthesizer:The Move/ELO/Traveling Wilburys)
"PASSED AWAY" - no Metal/Rock entries today -
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A SHOUT OUT TO "FERNIE BREWING ROCKY MOUNTAIN LAGER" Fernie/BC (5.0%)... ...............Gene Simmons... not every camera out there is for you (Vancouver Airport)... .............Satan Fonzerelli... ............Come Back To Shelby. - Rank Hank Posted December 30, 2008 | Download of the day: Iced Earth - Horror Show - Dracula.mp3
3News Slab: Prime news cuts from the metal and rock worldMONDAY, DEC' 29/08: - NEW METAL RELEASES - STARTING JAN' 06/09 - rank hank.
FELICITY WRITES: Dear Rank:............"Like oh my god, this wretch at work, like, takes my parking space whenever I leave at lunch to shop at LuLuLemon or at the Gap. I'm so like pissed...I could throw my Abercrombie filp flops at her I'm so choked. What should I do about this beotch?" RANK WRITES: Dear Bad Kitty:......."Throwing your sandals at her will only result in a retalitory attack of Fitch hoodies. Here's the only effective possibility: -- On a day when she's at work, set up a Haitian Voodoo altar at your work desk. Hire a houngan & begin by evoking the loa, 'Bugid Y Aiba', (the spirit of war). Direct the spirit, thru offers of food & CATTLE DECAPITATION - 'The Harvest Floor' to attack & kill the space-stealing bitch. You'll earn the respect of your peers & the problem will be solved. It should be noted that.....you will probably become a slave to the deity for life... ....and you might lose your job." Cheers, Rank
# January 06,2009: *Yog - Years Of Nowhere (?)
# January 13, 2009: Thanks Metalsucks. NEW ALTERNATIVE/ROCK RELEASES - STARTING DEC' 30/08. - rank hank.
Normally we don't endorse 'Kiddie-Metal'. We leave that to the 'Gary Glitters' of the world. However check out Oklahoma's CROOKED X. These dudes are around 14 years old average, & come across sorta like, Airbourne meets Def Leppard. But they shred it up as good or better than a fuck of a lot of acts twice their age. Nuff' so, that Ted Nugent had them open for him. (Tho' he probably thought they were underage girls) Dishing out catchy-riffage with ease, Crooked X are releasing "The New Generation of Rock" on Jan' 13/09'.
Not buying it?.........click FETUS-METAL THAT'LL SHRED YOUR GIBBLETS!
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12/30/2008 BROKE BACK METAL - GETTING TO KNOW GAY GAAHL - PART 8/8, 'SUPERMAN, SATAN & LAWSUITS' - rank hank.
SATAN & SUPERMAN: "Church burnings and all these things are, of course, things that I support 100 percent and it should have been done much more and will be done much more in the future. We have to remove every trace from what Christianity and the Semitic roots have to offer this world. Satanism is freedom for the individual to grow and to become Superman. Every man who is born to be king becomes king. Every man who is born to be a slave doesn't know Satan." -- COUNT EM'... 2 GORGOROTHS: Infernus has announced his versions line-up: "I am proud to announce that former GORGOROTH guitarist Tormentor has accepted my offer to rejoin the band in its new incarnation. As of today, Tormentor has the status of permanent member in the band, together with myself, Tomas Asklund [drums: DISSECTION] and Frank Watkins [bass: OBITUARY]. Also, as of Dec' 04/08, former Gorgoroth frontman, 'Pest', has re-joined as frontman." Meanwhile the Gaahl version is: The Gaahl-fronted version of GORGOROTH recently entered the studio in its hometown of Bergen, Norway to begin recording eight new tracks composed by King ov Hell (bass). Along with Gaahl, King and Frost (SATYRICON) on drums, the full recording lineup will include Teloch (guitar) and Ice Dale (guitar). ENSLAVED's Herbrand Larsen is once again producing GORGOROTH in the studio. Gaahl explains: "Me and King have been the ones that have shaped this creature in the last eight years, " he told FaceCulture. "Otherwise it would have been dead and buried." He hasn't spoken to Infernus since the split. "I never had any special, close relationship with him, " he explained. "We are two different worlds. He has a lot of idols, and that's the opposite of me." ENTER THE LAWYERS: "Infernus filed a lawsuit against King ov Hell [real name: Tom Cato Visnes] in September this year, on the basis of King ov Hell (the sixth bass player in GORGOROTH's history) going behind Infernus' back in September 2007, secretly applying for trademark protection of the bandname and logo of GORGOROTH, which Infernus started using in 1992. The court case has now finally been scheduled. It will take place in Oslo, Norway, in the last week of January 2009. As soon as the court has made its decision, further information will be found at www.gorgoroth.info. Gaahl & King fire back: According to Gaahl and King, the Swedish appeal courts recently upheld the decision by authorities at Tingretten in the matter concerning Regain Records' unauthorized release of GORGOROTH's "True Norwegian Black Metal - Live in Grieghallen" album. Regain Records was once again found in violation of copyrights and agreements made with Gaahl and King and was ordered to cease distribution of this release. Gorgoroth is Black Metal's most current curiosity & its biggest embarrasment. As the court makes its way to a decision & the inevitable showdown between Infernus & Gaahl gets closer, it's our opinion that even tho' King & Gaahl may write material, Infernus being the ONLY original member left is entitled to the name. We'll keep you posted. Thanks Blabb/Wiki/Gorgoroth info.com/ DAVE MUSTAINE OF MEGADETH: - 08' WRAP-UP & UPDATE ON NEW ALBUM. - sirbourbon.
If Mustaine & crew can equal what they did with United Abominations.... They'll blow Metallica's 'Death Magnetic' all to hell!! And that should bring Mustaine some closure & fuel for smugness. Now if he could just get his shit together with the 09' Gigantour thing - (see Ranks bit further down) "2008 brought us much success: excluding the fact that we were in the middle of an extensive, exhaustive world tour supporting the latest record from MEGADETH, 'United Abominations' on Roadrunner Records and were out for a nearly 18-month long trip, and we have gone to place like India, Thailand, Singapore, Peru, Ecuador, and several new cities in Countries that we have already been too as well as returning to cities that we haven't been too for several years. Sadly, we still have yet to reach South Africa, and also return to Russia. "I am more excited about this new record than I was with 'United Abominations' or anything in the last several years. I must confess that when Justis [Dave's son] comes in and he and his band are stocked and howling about how fast and how heavy the new stuff is, it does make me feel great. He has really finicky taste and loves the really heavy stuff: especially the fast double-bass drum parts. "I AM NOT SAYING THAT THIS IS 'RUST IN PEACE 2'! But I can say that the five out of nine songs I have arranged, I like and love them all, and every one of the songs has one or more of the strong points of me as a guitarist being showcased instead of me writing songs for radio — radio that won't play us anyway. Thanks Megadeth Official site. AXL ROSE SAYS 'CHI' DEM' FOLLOW-UP IN THE WORKS - TALKS ABOUT WHY ORIGINAL LINE-UP SPLIT - sirbourbon.
Lets see.......at 17 years to make an album....... The ChI' Dem' follow-up should make the shelves in 2025. Guns N' Roses frontman Axl Rose has hinted that a follow up to "Chinese Democracy" could be on the cards after finally breaking his silence over the long awaited album. Speaking to various fan forums and messageboards, the singer said there was a wealth of material left over which could be released in the near future. "For now we'll concentrate and keep our focus on this album but I will say I've always thought of it as a double, " he said. He also spoke about why the original line-up split and a recent court case brought by Duff McKagan and Slash, reports Billboard. "What I can say now is you've been told a lot of things in order for others to promote themselves that factually they cannot backup in regard to either, " Rose said. "They are complicated legally, financially and have devoured a good portion of my life." Meanwhile, the band's manager Irving Azoff has dimissed rumours of the original line up getting back together, according to Yahoo!. In a statement he said: "There are no plans of a reunion, nor have there been any discussions of a reunion, with former Guns N' Roses band members." Thanks Metal Underground. AMERICAN HEAD CHARGE - WTF HAPPENED TO THESE MIDWEST INDUSTRIAL GENIUSES??? - MIA NO MORE, RELOCATION, SOBRIETY, DEMO'S & A NEW START!!! - rank hank
Death of the bands guitarist.... Frustrations with Rick Rubin.... Massive fucking label woes..... Re-occuring substance issue's (heroin)....... Rotating line-up & firings....... ...........would undoubtedly sink a better-grounded band than AHC. But with time, the core of AHC, Martin Cock & HC Banks sucked it up, cleaned up, relocated (Cock to LA) & are taking (Head) charge of the bands direction. Banks says, he & Cock haven't been this creative since 99'. So 99' is looking like the... "Year Of The Charge". This week, Banks & Cock along with Karma Cheema (whose stint with Otep is over & now back in the fold) along with Justin fouler & BenjI Helberg are back in LA working on a demo, that will lead into a full album. AMERICAN HEAD CHARGE bassist, H.C Banks last year, was Interviewed by Nick Panico @Buzznews last year. Banks sheds some light on the status of the band: Buzz - Can you give a word on your experiences with American and leaving for (label) Nitrus? Hanks - We had been talking to other labels, but American was the first one to have a viable contract. The thing is, working with American, the money structure with major labels, which sucks in the first place and we knew that. You know, I was twenty-nine. I had played guitar since I was six, nonstop. I went to three music schools. It was either this or, "Do you want fries with that?" So fuck yeah, I'm gonna take the major label ride once. I'll get in line and stand there. And I knew there were trappings. So, when shit kinda would get sour, I knew it was inherent. I knew if I stepped in shit, it's gonna smell. So, the thing with American was, besides the money structure and the way labels are done and how you get fucking nothing and they get everything, it was a really good label to be on. I mean, they push the record correctly - they marketed the record correctly. They utilize all the tools a label should utilize in order to get as many people as possible without like trying to sell your stuff to people who listen to country or whatever. The problem was Rick didn't see it take off like he thought. That's my assumption. But he also had his finger in eighteen different pies at the same time, producing everyone from Trent Reznor to Sheryl Crow. So we're like this little baby band hanging on the bottom of the ladder like, "Help?! Some direction here?!" It became harder and harder to get a hold of him. So after a year and a half of demoing and waiting and waiting, I was like, "This is fucking bullshit! We sent like forty-five songs." I wanted to make a record and I told everybody, "You guys wanna just jump ship? We've got this other offer. I don't really care how shitty it is because at this point I'm so frustrated, I just wanna make a record." And we did. We got a chance to put another record out. We got a chance to go on tour again. We got a chance to go to Europe and the U.K. and take the groundwork from the first two years and put it back out there. And I had a feeling in the back of my head that it was only gonna last one record, and it did. We're fucking done with Nitrus. I'm done with the ineptitude of people. And if you don't produce results quickly... I'm putting my boots on and kicking you out! Just tired of it. But the future's looking great. We have our heads screwed on straight. We're playing better than we've ever played before live. Buzz - And you hopefully have a pretty solid lineup now. Hanks - Yeah. I think it's finally started to re-solidify. You know, it solidified and then when Bryan died it just kinda went *pffft*. And then me and Cameron just kinda let go of the steering wheel. But it's kinda cool because everything kinda stayed there. I was afraid. You know, we just got out of rehab like four months ago. Within like two weeks of me being in there, I was on the phone with metal edge doing an interview. I was like, "Wow, I'm really fucking grateful that everything didn't fall off the backside of a mountain." Buzz - What's in the future when it comes to American Head Charge and a new release? Hanks - We're doing an EP. Right when we get done with this tour we're gonna start working on it. We're gonna try to have that out by like October at the latest. Well, we have to have it out by October because if we don't, it's gonna sit until January. And that's gonna be out while we're working on the new record. We're gonna kinda fill the gap. We're gonna record it ideally real quick, get it out, not put it on any label, keep all the money. You know, the smart thing to do. Hire a publicist, for all you record companies that might me reading this... fucking idiots. But the EP will come out no matter what. Buzz - It'll be available to the masses? Hanks - Oh yeah. Guaranteed. It's also gonna serve a purpose. It's not just gonna be another record. We're hard fast driving a real sonic wedge in between our past and being linked to bands like Disturbed and Primer 55 and about 98% of the other bands we toured with that I wouldn't piss on if they were on fire. Buzz - Yeah, it's a totally different ballpark. Hanks - That's what we're doing. That's the idea. Stuff like Throbbing Gristle. You know, the first industrial band ever. It's just the idea of listening to things that make you uncomfortable. Sounds that are annoying. But if you listen to the sound long enough, you start to hear the idiosyncrasies of it. Buzz - You're taking a Mike Patton stance. Hanks - Pretty much. I understand why he & apos:s such an asshole. I think I finally get it. There's a reason. I mean, Wolfmother does kinda suck. Buzz - Is there anything else you wanna add? Anything you wanna tell the people? Hanks - Don't buy anything from Nitrus Records. Always get a lawyer if you're in a band. Never trust anyone from a record company. They will never, ever tell you the 100% truth. They will never, ever do anything selflessly. They will always have a vested interest in themselves in some aspect of any dealings you have with them." Thanks Nick Panico @Buzznews . 'GIGANTOUR 09': - ON IT'S WAY TO BECOMING THE DISGRACE OF SUMMER TOURS!!! - AVENGED SEVENFOLD & BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE ON ROSTER - rank hank.
I'm just speechless. What the fuck is Mustaine thinking?????? So far he's is 0 for 2 in the Gigantour 09' line-up. The insanely fucking dreadful 'Avenged Sevenfold' is confirmed as being in the line-up. But wait... the news gets much worse! Uk's Emo shit-stain's 'Bullet For My Valentine' are the second act to be confirmed for it. The only way this could become a total write off is if he drags 'Dragonforce' into this colostromy-bag of talentless butt nuggets. There's NO WAY IN HELL I'll be attending this show, unless the rest are quality Metal acts. And I'm not holding out much hope. I mean, cmon Dave... ..last year you brought us High On Fire, Job For A Cowboy & Children Of Bodom. And even the god-like 'In Flames'!!!! More details on the event will be announced as they are revealed. .............be afraid....be very afraid. Thanks Megadeth Myspace. GODSMACKS, SULLY ERNA SUED: - WOMAN CLAIMS FRONTMAN GUILTY OF 'AUTO NEGLIGENCE' - sirbourbon.
No wonder Godsmack have done fuck all recently. With a horde of lawyers on his ass, Sully Erna's probably busy as hell moving his cash offshore. A Chelmsford woman and her parents are suing rock star Sully Erna of the band Godsmack because of a car accident last year. The auto negligence lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Boston stems from the April 11, 2007 three-car crash on Route 213 in Methuen, near Interstate 93. The crash happened around 7 p.m. The plaintiffs are 26-year-old Lindsay Taylor and her parents, Elaine and Jeffrey, all of Chelmsford. The Taylors blame Erna for causing the crash, but Erna says the man who drove the car Taylor rode in rear-ended someone else before Erna collided with them, court documents say. Erna, a 40-year-old Lawrence native who now lives in Windham, N.H., drove a 2006 Hummer H3 owned by Godsmack Touring Inc., which is also named as a defendant. Erna was not hurt in the crash. Taylor rode in the back seat of a Toyota Camry driven by Eric Sargent of Haverhill. She suffered a severe traumatic brain injury and was in a coma after the crash, the lawsuit and her lawyer say. Her lawsuit says Erna drove "negligently and carelessly" and caused the wreck. Taylor is working on recovering, said her lawyer, Andrew Abraham of Boston. "She's not doing well, " Abraham said. "She has suffered a pretty significant injury and probably will never fully recover." Erna and his lawyers filed a third-party complaint against Sargent, saying Sargent "is, or may be" liable for "all or part of" the claims against the rocker. Erna and his lawyers say Sargent rear ended a Honda Odyssey driven by Maureen White of Londonderry, N.H. before Erna rear ended him. "This is an instance of an unfortunate accident and the case has been and is being aggressively defended and discovered, and it is the position of the defendants that Mr. Erna was not the cause of this accident and the plaintiff's injuries, " said Erna's lawyer, Michael Gallagher of Lowell. Sargent filed a document responding to Erna's claim, saying he denies rear ending White first. The lawsuit does not specifically say how much money the Taylors are suing for. State and local police responded to the crash. Methuen police Captains Randy Haggar and Kristopher McCarthy are being called in to give depositions Jan. 7, Gallagher said. Neither Sargent nor White were injured, police and firefighters said after the crash. Thanks eagletribune.com WIBUMBA--METAL & HARD ROCK ALMANAC - MONDAY, DEC' 28/08. 2001 - The original charge against Marilyn Manson, of fourth-degree criminal sexual misconduct, was reduced to disorderly conduct. A second charge, a misdemeanor count of assault and battery allegedly against a security guard., remained unchanged. The incident stemmed from a concert on July 30, 2001 in Clarkston, MI, in which Manson approached a security guard, wrapped his legs around the guard's neck and gyrated against him while wearing only a leather thong and panty hose. Manson pleaded no contest in 2002 to disorderly conduct and assault and battery in the same incident. 1998 - BBC Radio 1 aired the 100 National Anthems, songs voted by listeners. At No.5 Radiohead, 'Creep', No.4 Underworld 'Born Slippy', No.3 The Verve 'Bitter Sweet Symphony', No.2 Nirvana 'Smells Like Teen Spirit', No.1 Massive Attack 'Unfinished Sympathy'. 1975 - In Spokane, Washington, 25 year old David Gelfer points a .44 magnum at Ted Nugent. Gelfer is brought down by people in the audience and security guards and is charged with "intimidating with a weapon."
"BORN" 1978: Cameron (Martin Cock) Heacock (vocals: American Head Charge) 1970: Oliver Weislogel (Dorian Opera/ Stormwitch) 1964: Paul 'Wags' Wagstaff (guitar, Black Grape)
"PASSED AWAY" 1978: Chris Bell (27) guitarist, Big Star (car crashed into a telephone pole)
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A Shout Out To "CLEAR CREEK ICE KING BEER" Wisconsin (6.2%)... ................Mustaine, put some REAL Metal acts on 09's Gigantour, pleazze!!... .............Rat Faced Granny... .............Vomit Inducing Scrotum Punch. - Rank Hank Posted December 29, 2008 | Download of the day: Velvet Revolver - Dirty Little Thing.mp3
9News Slab: Prime news cuts from the metal and rock worldFRIDAY, DEC' 26/08: - WEEKEND EDITION - 'TROLLFEST', NORWEGIAN OMPA-METALLERS, SUPPLIMENT METAL DIET WITH 'MEAD & CHEWY CHRISTIANS!!' - rank hank.
Remember last week?......We introduced Sweden's Folk-Metallers FEJD. We also brought u up to speed on the laughable Alestorm, gay-assed Scottish Folk-Fag Rock. This week we give you Norway's TROLLFEST, perveyors of "Ompa-Metal"....... And these dogs are fucking phenomenal!!!! When they're not eating Christians in the forest... they're prepping new material for an upcoming release. Thats why you should check them out @ MEAD-SOAKED, TROLL-METAL
Norwegian "ompa-party-trollish" metallers TROLLFEST, featuring members of PANTHEON I and SARKOM, have posted three new songs from their forthcoming third album, "Villanden", on their MySpace page. Check out the tracks "Wo Bin Ich Jetz Aufgewacht?", "Der Jegermeister" and "Uraltes Elemente" at this location. Thanks Blabb. FINLAND'S 'RA' - BAND OF 13 YR. OLD BOYS - SIGNED BY EMI FINLAND - GARY GLITTER WOULD APPROVE - rank hank
This just shows you the 'mighty Metal-Powers' that Finland posesses!!! When 3 - 13 year old kids, whose balls haven't even dropped yet........ Can put out better shit than Axl Rose took 17 yrs to grind out.......... Actually... .it's shit I WOULDn't LISTEN TO a second time, but WTF do you expect at 13?
RA, a new Finnish metal band consisting of three 13-year-old boys, has inked a deal with EMI Finland. The group's debut album, "Punainen Virta", will feature a lyrical theme based around Egyptian mythology and is tentatively due in early 2009. Thanks RA Myspace/Blabb. KURT COBAIN'S 'FENDER MUSTANG' - SOLD FOR $100,000 - 'COOL, CUS' ITS SMASHED UP & HELD TOGETHER BY DUCT TAPE'. - sirbourbon
You can buy a used 'Mustang' for about $500 - $650, in good condition, on eBay. Have Cobain total it & slap duct on it & it gains another $99,500. But it's a bargain.......Hendrix's Strat' got $575,000........& The Edge's Gibson Explorer went for $150,000. Nearly 15 years after Kurt Cobain's death, collectors are still willing to pay for fragments of the Nirvana star's life. A Fender Mustang, which had been smashed by Cobain, has been sold at auction to a private collector for $100,000, according to the Associated Press. The sale was confirmed 22 December by Jacob McMurray, senior curator at the Experience Music Project in Seattle, where the taped-up sunburst-finish Mustang was displayed for a time. "It's a really cool-looking guitar because it's smashed and held together with duct tape and Kurt Cobain wrote on it, " McMurray said. The seller was Sluggo, of San Francisco punks The Grannies and Hullabaloo. Sluggo said he traded a working guitar for the smashed one during Nirvana's first US tour. Cobain wrecked the guitar onstage in New Jersey. Few of Cobain's personal items have been made available for auction. The only other Cobain-owned guitar that has gone for a higher-price at public auction was a Mosrite Gospel Mark IV, sold for $131,000 in 2006. Of the two Cobain-designed Fender Jag-Stangs, one (in red) remains with his widow Courtney Love. The blue prototype was given by Love to REM's Michael Stipe, and appears in REM's video (played by Peter Buck) for What's The Frequency, Kenneth? Thanks Musicradar. LAMB OF GOD - 'WRATH -TUNEWIDGET' AVAILABLE HERE - CHRIS ADLER ON 'WRATH'S' DIRECTION - sirbourbon.
LAMB OF GOD's forthcoming fifth album, "Wrath", has a tuneWidget which can be found RIGHT HERE @ LOG MYSPACE Due in North America by Epic on February 24, 2009, the CD will be issued in other territories through Roadrunner Records. "Wrath" was produced by Josh Wilbur and was recorded in studios in New York, Virginia, and New Hampshire. LAMB OF GOD finished the touring cycle for the Grammy-nominated album "Sacrament" at the end of 2007. The two-year trek was documented in the gold-certified DVD "Walk with Me in Hell" and culminated with the band headlining arenas across the U.S. last December. The band took the entirety of 2008 off the road to focus on the writing process for "Wrath". "This album is going to surprise a lot of people, " commented drummer Chris Adler. "Typically bands that get to where we are in our career begin to slack off, smell the roses and regurgitate. We chose a different path. No one wants to hear another band member hyping a new record. 'Wrath' needs no hype. We have topped ourselves and on February 24 you will feel it." The first leg of LAMB OF GOD's "Wrath" world tour will start in Finland on February 6 and will include dates in the U.K., Australia, and Japan. Thanks LOG Myspace/Blabb. NEED A REASON TO DRINK 'TILL YOU PUKE BLOOD??? - 'THE DARKNESS' MAY REFORM - THE WORLD WAS A BETTER PLACE WITHOUT THEM. - rank hank.
What a fucked-up way to end 08'. Undoubtedly the absolute worst Rock act to ever stick its fucking ugly head outa the UK... THE DARKNESS, is threatening to come back & torture anything that has ears. No shit... .I've known totally deaf people, who, when exposed to The Darkness... become violently ill. The Darkness are considering reforming for a new album and tour, according to newspaper reports. The band, which split in 2006, is apparently considering an offer made by the U.S. entrepreneur behind the DubaI Desert Rocks festival to tour in 2009, reports Britain's The Sun. However, bitter internal disputes between all four band members may put any possible reunion in jeopardy. Relations between singer Justin Hawkins and brother/guitarist Dan Hawkins have apparently been strained since the band's breakup, and the guitarist and drummer Ed Graham are also suing the band's management over money they claim they are owed. Bassist Frankie Poullain left the group in 2005, though it is not clear if a proposed reunion would include him. As previously reported on NME.com, Justin Hawkins' new band Hot Leg made their live debut at London's Proud Galleries on August 6. Thanks Antimusic. WE'LL BE BACK ON MONDAY - DEC' 29/08 WIBUMBA--METAL & HARD ROCK ALMANAC - FRIDAY, DEC'26/08. "ON THIS DAY" 1988 - Shane McGowan was arrested for smashing the glass from a shop window in a drunken rage. The Pogues singer was later fined £250 1987 - Run D.M.C.'s Jason Mizell is hospitalized when his Jeep is hit head-on by a wrong-way driver. 1976 - The Sex Pistols recorded 'God Save The Queen' at Wessex Studios London. 1968 - Led Zeppelin played their first U.S. gig in Boston. They opened for Vanilla Fudge and MC5. 1966 - The JimI Hendrix Experience played an afternoon show at The Uppercut Club, London. Hendrix also wrote the lyrics to Purple Haze in the dressing room on the same day.
"BORN" 1971: Jared Leto (actor, singer: 30 Seconds to Mars). 1969: Peter Klett (lead guitar: Candlebox) 1967: J. /Jay Noel Yuenger (guitar: White Zombie) 1963: Lars Ulrich (drums: Metallica) 1953: Henning Schmitz (member of the German electronic act, Kraftwerk). 1951: Paul Quinn (guitar: Saxon)
"PASSED AWAY" 2004: Mieszko Talarczyk (30) lead singer/guitarist of the Swedish Grindcore band Nasum, also known for his engineering and production abilities, he co-founded Soundlab studios with Millencolin guitarist Mathias Färm (died while on holiday in Thailand he was killed in the tsunamI disaster. His body was identified on February 16, 2005).
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A SHOUT OUT TO "DAB ORIGINAL PILSNER" Germany (5.0%)... .................Taco In A Bottle... ................Holiday Inn Hell. - Rank Hank Posted December 26, 2008 | Today's video by TESTAMENT | Download of the day: Black Label Society - The Last Goodbye.mp3
6News Slab: Prime news cuts from the metal and rock worldWED', DEC' 24/08: - HAS 'WEDNESDAY 13' FINALLY HIT PAY DIRT WITH 'BOURBON CROW'??? - COUNTRY FIT FOR A HEADBANGER!!! - rank hank
Counrty music sucks a dogs sphincter..........The Toby Keith/Brooks & Dunn/Alan Jackson shit. However........the "Drinkin' Country" ie: White Cowbell Oklahoma, Hank Williams, Supersuckers, Jason And The Scorchers, Reverend Horton Heat, etc can be fucking golden. Officially add "BOURBON CROW" to that stack. C0-founder WEDNESDAY 13 aka Joseph Poole, (Murderdolls/Maniac Spider Trash/Frankenstein Drag Queens) has been trying to clutch at something solid for years, most of it imploding, going on hiatus & ending in car crashes. Bourbon Crow is.....'drinking in the truck 'till your shit-faced, with a 26 er' of Jack Daniels between yer legs, taken pot-shots with a Mossberg 308.cal at rats'....sing-along Country. Goddamn, you gotta check out 'DRINK TILL YOU AIN'T UGLY' @ BOURBON CROW MYSPACE With BC, Wed' has finally found his niche....& should stay for a (very) long time. BOURBON CROW, the country side project of Wednesday 13 and Rayen Belchere, has announced the addition of two members to the band's touring lineup: Nate Manor and Roman Surman. Most fans will know Nate as the touring bassist in WEDNESDAY 13, a role he will continue in BOURBON CROW. Roman Surman has also been in the WEDNESDAY 13 camp for a number of years as a guitar tech and sound engineer. He has also provided some of the voices in on WEDNESDAY 13's "Weirdo A Go-Go" DVD. Roman will be handling lead guitar duties, with Wednesday and Rayen playing rhythm. A drummer has yet to be named. BOURBON CROW's sophomore CD is scheduled for a late April/early May release, to be followed by U.S. tour dates. -- Commented Wednesday 13: "I look forward to hitting the road with this project. We plan to do some dates in the States in April/May and then hopefully going overseas in the autumn. I look forward to playing live again with Rayen and putting together a new band to bring these songs to life. These songs are different from the last BOURBON CROW CD. We are not labeling this a country CD, but it's more of a 'southern' CD. Some of these songs will fit the country model while some may end up being more of a southern rock vibe. Some have the tongue-in-cheek vibe of the last CD, some are honest songs. It will be hard to categorize what genre this is, so we are calling it a southern CD." Thanks Blabb. MUDVAYNE, NONPOINT & IN THIS MOMENT: - FEB' US TOUR DATES ANNOUNCED - sirbourbon
Of these 3 acts... ..NONPOINT'S - 'Vengance"(retarded album cover, tho') is the best effort done by any of them. Go to NONPOINT @ MYSPACE & check out "Breathe" & "Broken Bones", probably the best on the page.
MUDVAYNE, NONPOINT and IN THIS MOMENT will team up for a U.S. tour in early 2009. So far the following dates have been revealed: Thanks Blabb MEGADETH'S DAVE MUSTAINE: - MAKES DONATION, THRU COFFEE BROKERS - TO MEXICAN ORPHANAGES. - rank hank
Yeah sure... .we slag Mustaine from time to time, for his healthy ego... ..his lack of using Chris Broderick's skills properly.....shit from his mouth... ...his love of Tae Kwon do (ineffective-art - Kenpo rules) But often, Mustaine's heart does show up on radar. For example, in 08' here in Canada, he helped out a couple of young boys whose father had recently died. Giving them the royal treatment at a show & offering future help. Now he's helping orphans in Mexico, where unlike the States & Canada, little or no Gov' assistance is available for these. Megadeth front man Dave Mustaine issued the following statement on his official website's forum: "I just wanted to take the time to inform you of my privilege to be able to make a contribution today to the Door of Faith orphanage in Mexico. Thanks to all of the Net Worth Coffee Brokers customers and 'Mustaine Coffee Crew Members,' we were able to come through for the orphanage again this year. Like I mentioned in my post in the Members Only area of the Coffee Crew site, 'I wanted to take this time to point out to you the tremendous success that we have had with Net Worth Coffee Brokers, Inc.,' and 'inform you that we are able to make a sizeable donation to the orphanage before the end of the year.' We were also able to purchase a large order again this year from Elaine Hinton and our friends at Hasbro Toys." Thanks Megadeth Myspace. BIGGEST BULLSHIT RUMOUR THIS WEEK??? - NINE INCH NAILS & RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE TO TOUR IN 09', TOGETHER - rank hank First... Trent Reznor's sick of touring & has been quoted as saying, that after the end of the "lights" tour, thats it for a long fucking time. Next?.....Tom Morello has been quoted as saying there'll be "no new Ratm material" in the foreseeable future. Both he & de la Rocha... ..are having to much fun sucking at their stinking side-projects. So... although no official response has been released, there are reports that Rage Against The Machine will be joining forces with industrial legends Nine Inch Nails for a North American tour next year. The rumoured tour is expected to begin sometime in the spring. I wouldn't bet my unused Chinese Democracy disc (currently holding a door open) on this happening. Thanks Metalunderground. LEGENDARY CANADIAN METAL-SCRIBE: ADRIAN 'THE ENERGIZER' BROMLEY PASSES AWAY - PNEUMONIA CLAIMS METAL- JOURNALIST AT 37 - sirbourbon
Adrian "The Energizer" Bromley passed away in his sleep on December 7th, 2008 at the young age of 37 from complications due to pneumonia. He had just celebrated his birthday on November 30th. Brave Words and Bloody Knuckles reports: To say that Adrian was active in the metal scene is an understatement. Early in his journalism career he worked at Canada's M.E.A.T Magazine (along with BW&BK's Carl BegaI and "Metal" Tim Henderson). Soon-after, Adrian, along with Gino FilicettI formed one of the world's first extreme metal webzines called Chronicles Of Chaos. Adrian went on to create Unrestrained! Magazine which gained worldwide popularity in the extreme underground realm. More recently he worked press and publicity at The End Records and moved on to form IxmatI Media, a company that represented the likes of Listenable Records, Blistering Records, Northern Storm Records, Ibex Moon Records, Shadow Kingdom Records among others. He had also started his new label called Absurdist Records. A trust account will be set up in Adrian's name where if people want to make donations, they can. Donations will go towards the Canadian Cancer Society. A cause very close and dear to Adrian. There will not be a funeral service nor a wake for Adrian. A memorial for Adrian has been confirmed for Saturday Janurary 17, 2009 at The Opera House, In Toronto. All are encouraged to attend. More details will be listed in the next couple of days, with an official announcement made as well. The staff at Wibumbamusic sends our sympathies to Adrian's family & friends. Thanks BW&BK HAPPY HOLIDAYS - FROM THE WIBUMBAMUSIC STAFF! - BACK ON FRIDAY, DEC' 26/08. WIBUMBA--METAL & HARD ROCK ALMANAC - WEDNESDAY, DEC' 24/08. "ON THIS DAY" 2002 - The Natural Resources Defense Council announced that the Rolling Stones would perform in a rare benefit concert, an event to raise awareness of the problem of increasing global warming. The benefit is set for February 6 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. 1988 - Nirvana started recording their first album 'Bleach' using a $600 loan from an old school friend. 1972 - Concert by Manfred Mann in MiamI is cut short as local residents complain about noise. The plug is pulled and the crowd riots
"BORN" 1975: Joe Washbourne (vocalist, keyboardist: Toploader). 1973: Grutle Kjellson (vocals/bass: Enslaved) 1971: Mike Chlasciak (guitars: Sebastian Bach/Halford) 1958: Munetaka HiguchI (drums: Loudness) * Passed away Nov' 30/08' 1945: Lemmy/Ian Fraser Kilmister (UK singer, bass guitarist: Hawkwind/Motorhead/guest).
"PASSED AWAY" 1986: Tommy Kiefer (guitars: Krokus). Dying from aids, he commited suicide.
Thanks To: Metal Storm/Triple A Radio/Phil Brodie Band.
A SHOUT OUT TO " BREWHOUSE LIGHT Ale" Saskatchewan (4.0%)... ..............Nerve Damage... ...........Emir Of The Bees. - Rank Hank Posted December 24, 2008 | Download of the day: Katatonia - Tonight's Music.mp3
2News Slab: Prime news cuts from the metal and rock worldTUESDAY, DEC' 23/08: - SWEDEN'S 'THE HAUNTED' - COME TO THE LAND OF 'POUTINE & POT' - rank hank
Faaaaaaack!!!!!!....puking at a THE HAUNTED show, is on my fucking bucket list!!!!! Finally, Sweden's The Haunted are coming to the cold white north, for spring dates.
THE HAUNTED are finally returning to North American shores in 2009 to headline a stellar package tour. Throughout the month of April, the band will be ravaging cities alongside Nachtmystium, Kylesa and Intronaut – a show that any fan of extreme metal will want to check out. THE HAUNTED also just completed a new video for the track “Trenches” which will be unveiled in the coming weeks. Thanks The Gauntlet. SLIPKNOT'S COREY TAYLOR: - GOES 'TOURETTE'S' ON COLDPLAY - QUICK!! COVER GRANDMA'S EARS!!!!!! - rank hank
I haven't laughed this hard at something Taylor's said in a long time! Chris Martin's gotta be sobbing like an 8 yr old girl after taking this verbal beatdown from the 'Knot frontman. And you just know Joe SatriannI's loving it too. Slipknot frontman Corey Taylor launched into a foul-mouthed rant about Coldplay frontman Chris Martin and the band's latest LP during a TV interview. The British rockers' Viva la Vida received critical acclaim when it was released earlier this year. But Taylor is not a fan of the record, or singer Martin - and made his thoughts known in a profanity-packed U.K. TV interview. He tells Zane Lowe's MTV show, "That is one of the most self-celebratory pieces of shit I've ever fucking heard in my entire fucking life. "Go suck a fucking dick. Are you watching Martin? Suck it. Go eat a bag of shit. "I fucking hate that album. It's music to wipe your ass to." Thanks The Gauntlet. G N' R UPLOADER GETS: - 1 YEAR IN JAIL & $100,000 FINE - BUT THE WORST FOLLOWS (SEE NEXT NEWS ) - sirbourbon
Jesus!!!.......I don't think Axl Rose even cares whether this guy downloaded his crap album. But Kevin Cogill gets 1 year in the joint & $100,000 slap on the pee pee. And now with the RIAA just announcing that there will be NO MORE prosecutions.........(see below) .........Cogill must be livid!!!!! Los Angeles resident Kevin Cogill is to be sentenced to up to a year in prison and a $100,000 fine following his illegal upload of Guns N' Roses' latest album. Cogill uploaded nine new tracks from Guns N' Roses album Chinese Democracy - over four months prior to the album's official release in November. "I think the internet affords a level of anonymity to people that lulls them into believing that what they are doing is either not criminal or beyond the reach of the law, " US attorney Craig Missakian said on the sentencing. "But that's certainly not the case." Cogill is currently out on bail. Thanks Metalunderground. BUT NOW THE RIAA SAYS 'NO MORE LAWSUITS AGAINST DOWNLOADERS' - BUT WON'T STOP LAWSUITS IN PROGRESS. - sirbourbon
By stopping prosecution....the RIAA is essentially saying the bad publicity's killing them. D-loaders & Musicians alike. Besides...downloading ain't the only thing hurting album sales......... To date?.....More band's than ever, are competing for your disc-dollar. Cd quality is shit. The economy is in in the toilet. Digital rights management - I wanna be able to play my music anywhere and take it anywhere, like a physical copy. I don't wanna be limited to 3 places. The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has announced that it plans to end lawsuits against people who illegally download music. In a statement issued Friday (December 19), the RIAA declared that it will instead team up with internet service providers to prevent music piracy. "We think this is going to be a different form of stick, but we absolutely think this will be a meaningful alternative approach that will have a significant impact, " an RIAA spokeswoman told Reuters. The RIAA, which represents major record labels including Warner Music Group Corp, EMI, Universal Music Group and Sony Music Entertainment, will pursue lawsuits that have already been filed, but have said that they do not intend to file new suits. Instead they will issue warnings through ISPs to those who download music illegally. If users fail to heed warnings, their internet service may be disconnected, the RIAA said. Since 2003, the music industry filed approximately 35,000 music piracy lawsuits. Thanks NME. EX: KORN GUITARIST, BRIAN 'HEAD' WELCH - LOOKING FOR TOUR-BAND MEMBERS - BUT, DO YOU HAVE TO LOVE JESUS TO APPLY??? - sirbourbon
Somebody e-mailed the following from the 'want-ad' for Head's touring-band: ............"No alcohol....no drugs....no chicks backstage. Must show up at 8:00 am everyday for band bible-study. Prayer mandatory, before every show." *?* Former KORN guitarist Brian "Head" Welch has put the following update on his Myspace: "I am very happy and excited to announce that over the Christmas holidays I will be holding closed auditions for potential band members to hit the road with in 2009. If all goes well with the auditions, look for an announcement from me and Driven Music Group sometime in January of who I may have selected to be part of my band for touring. We will get you bio information on each band member selected. Thank you for your patience. Of course, Step 2 will be the announcement of any tour dates we put together. Looking forward to seeing all of you LIVE back on the road as soon as possible in 2009!!" Welch's solo album, "Save Me From Myself", moved 7,800 copies in the United States in week #1 of release. (Word is.......Jesus ripped it from frostwire.) Thanks Head Myspace. WHATS SWEDISH FOR - 'SHIT'? - 'MISTER DEATH' - WHO KNEW 'OLD SCHOOL DEATH METAL' COULD BE SO GAY? - rank hank
You know I love the Swedes. Fuck.......I'm Swedish. But Sweden's "MISTERDEATH" obviously don't get out much. Just look at their idea of "menacing". Cus' nothing says "Brutal" like grease paint, dollar-store kiddy-blood, & business suits. Go to their MISTERDEATH MYSPACE and you'll become even more addlepated. So, just what the fuck is so goddamned minacious about dirty accountants???? MR. DEATH — the Stockholm, Sweden-based "straightforward, brutal, old-school death metal" band featuring Stefan Lagergren (TREBLINKA, EXPULSION, VOLDET) on guitar, Alex Stjärnfeldt (OCEANLIFT, EDWARD, DCLXVI) on guitar, Jonas Ohlsson (VOID, MASSIVE) on drums, Jörgen "Juck" Thullberg (TREBLINKA, TIAMAT, PHOTO PARADE) on bass, and Jocke Lindström (DIGRESSION ASSASSINS) on vocals — has entered the legendary Sunlight Studios with producer Tomas Skogsberg (ENTOMBED, DISMEMBER, GRAVE) to begin recording its debut album for an early 2009 release via Agonia Records. Commented the group: "The recording of our album is going great! The drums and bass are done, and in the beginning of January we will add guitars and vocals. We think that it's going to be a pretty great record!" A limited-edition seven-inch single featuring a remixed version of the band's "Unearthing" demo will precede the full-length CD. Thanks Blabb. WIBUMBA--METAL & HARD ROCK ALMANAC - TUESDAY, DEC' 23/08. "ON THIS DAY" 2005 - Geezer Butler, the bass player with Black Sabbath offered £5,000 for any information leading to the safe return of Toga, the three-month-old penguin which had been stolen from a zoo on the Isle of Wight a few days earlier. 1985 - Judas Priest fans Raymond Belknap and James Vance shot themselves after listening to the Judas Priest album ‘Stained Class.’ The two had drunk beer, smoked marijuana and then listened to hours of the album. Afterwards they took a shotgun to a nearby school playground where Belknap shot and killed himself. Vance then blew away his jaw, mouth and nose but lived for more than three years before dying of effects of the shooting. 1966, Pink Floyd played the opening night of the Night Tripper, a night club in London that would become the focal point of the psychedelic underground there. The establishment later changed its name to the UFO Club.
"BORN" 1977: JarI Mäenpää (vocals/guitars: Wintersun/Ensiferum/Arthemesia) 1974: Mieszko Talarczyk (Polish lead singer, guitarist: Swedish Grindcore band Nasum) Passed away 26.Dec.2004 1969: Erik "Grim" Brødreskift (drums: Borknagar/Gorgoroth/Immortal) * Passed away April 10/99 - drug overdose. 1964: Eddie Vedder/Edward Louis Severson III (singer, guitar: Pearl Jam/Temple of the Dog). 1956: Dave Murray (UK guitar, Iron Maiden/Urchin). 1951: Anthony Edwin "Ant" Phillips (vocals, guitar: Genesis/Mike Rutherford/Camel/solo). 1949: Adrian Belew/Robert Steven Belew (guitarist, vocalist:King Crimson/solo/sessionist). 1946: Ariel Bender/Luther Grosvenor (guitarist, Mott The Hoople/Spooky Tooth/The VIPs/solo).
"PASSED AWAY" 1992: Eddie Hazel (42) US guitarist with Parliament/Funkadelic: a mythical figure, original Funkadelic guitarist who pioneered an innovative funk-metal sound in the early '70s, best exemplified on his mammoth classic instrumental jam "Maggot Brain", with a ten-minute guitar solo which was his defining moment and the one piece of music for which he has remained a legend and in 2008 Rolling Stone cited it as number 60 on its list of 100 greatest "guitar songs" of all time. He is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, inducted in 1997 with fifteen other members of Parliament-Funkadelic (liver failure) b. April 10th 1950.
Thanks To: Metal Storm/Triple A Radio/ The Gauntlet/ Phil Brodie Band.
A SHOUT OUT TO "ROGUE MONK MADNESS" Florida (6.0%)... .................Sweden's "Misterdeath', Death Metal's black eye... .............Goodbye Sober day... .............Path Of Most Resistance. - Rank Hank Posted December 23, 2008 | Download of the day: Headstones - Cubically Contained.mp3
3News Slab: Prime news cuts from the metal and rock worldMONDAY, DEC' 22/08: - NEW METAL RELEASES - STARTING JAN' 06/09. - (rank hank)
ED WRITES: Dear Rank... ......"I desparetly need to get back into re-hab. I keep going back on the junk & losing, my job, girlfriend & any cash I've made too. Problem is... .re-hab's gotten expensive & it's hard to get into. I've been thru it 5 times. Any idea's? I'm desparate. RANK WRITES: Dear Boomarang Schmecker... ....."So you think doing whinehouse for a 6th time, will keep you off the Judas for good? You have 3 options #1: Go a la canona (cold turkey)... but I don't think you've got the knap-sack for it. #2: Go gaffle a gas station...get caught...ticket to 'hab. Thing is, ya got a king kong the size of Texas & I think you'll be back on the chicken, shit off a shovel, holmes!! #3: Go get TOO PURE TO DIE's - 'Confess' go gank a dimes worth & finish it....game over. Watcha got the scrote fer big baller?"
# January 06,2009: *Yog - Years Of Nowhere (?)
# January 13, 2009: Thanks Metalsucks. NEW ALTERNATIVE/ROCK RELEASES - STARTING TUESDAY, DEC' 23/08. - (sirbourbon)
Like we said last week......absolute zilch this time of year for releases. Still...there's gems in the shit if you look hard enough......... Like Austin, Texas' THE GOURDS - 'Haymaker'. Roots/Ghettotech party riffs, gone wild!!!!!
Thanks Exclaim.ca BROKE BACK METAL - GETTING TO KNOW GAY GAAHL - PART 7/8, 'THE CONDUCTOR'. - (rank hank)
Before Gorgoroth, in 93' Gaahl co-formed Trelldom. Other gaahl-involved acts in the 90's are 'Gaahlskagg' (with guitarist Skagg) and 'Sigfader' (with Skagg & Kvitrafn) TRELLDOM is a Norse Ancestry Black Metal act with the current line of: Gaahl (Kristian Eivind Espedal) - Vocals (Gorgoroth, gaahlskagg, Sigfader) Sir (aka Sir Sick aka Stian) - Bass Valgard (Ronny) - Guitar Are - Session Drums (on "Til Minne...") Not exactly prolific, however, they've managed to produce 3 studio album's & a 94' demo, 'Disappearing Of The Burning Moon'. This shit's really intense, specialized Black Metal.......making stuff like Cradle Of Filth, come off like Michael Buble. In 07' they released, 'Til Minne' described as "Raw Black Metal, with a hint of Folk" here & there, beset with repetitive, boring riffs. Gaahl's vocals described as "Powerful Screams with demonic whispers". In this 07' interview, Gaahl talks to THE GAUNTLETabout Trelldom & his role within: The Gauntlet: Why after nine years start Trelldom back up? Gaahl: I didn’t restart it. It has been active the whole time. It is just that the results haven’t been seen by the public. The Gauntlet: When you say it has been active, do you mean with other band members involvement? Gaahl: Yes. We were recording. We started the recording of this album in 2001. We started with the drums and some of the vocals. Then we had problems with the hard disk breaking and we had to re-do all of the guitars. We continued to develop the music though. For us, the best result was actually this happening. The band has been active all of this time though. My schedule with Gorgoroth and my time in prison has made it difficult to find time for the studio that I needed. We had to arrange the studio time with the rest of the members who also have other projects. That has been a major problem. But we finally finished it. The Gauntlet: Is Trelldom a side-project? Gaahl: No, people assume it is a side project as Gorgoroth has much more visual works to it and is for the world. I will not put Trelldom to rest ever. The Gauntlet: Is Trelldom your band where everyone looks to you for direction? Gaahl: Everyone collaborates basically. The rough structures on most of the songs were written by both me and the bass player. The guitarist has added his world into the songs also. We work very closely with dialogue. At first we work separately from each other and they we bring our thoughts together and debate our ideas. I am in a way the conductor. I have the lyrical aspects to it and the symbolic aspects. The song writing is done in a threesome basically. The Gauntlet: When were you hoping to get this album released by and will future albums take as long? Gaahl: The last time I went into prison I was supposed to start the mixing. I didn’t finish though. The first thing I did when I got out though was complete the album. What the future brings, we never know. I don’t plan on spending this much time between the releases. We are already in progress with the upcoming one. We aren’t in the studio, but we are working on it. The Gauntlet: With your prison stint, did it change your ways of thinking? Gaahl: I don’t think so. Most of the things I do start out as thoughts in my head. I don’t really write things down. I just maintain them in my memory. This way the things become me. If I wrote something down, it would be me getting rid of that thought and me getting away from that way of thinking. I never trust the written word. I would trust it in a musical form or artistic form. Poetry can in a way be accepted, but otherwise I am quite skeptical to the way of the written word. The Gauntlet: Did you do any writing from prison? Gaahl: I had so many things going on there. I probably will bring forth things from that time subconsciously at a later date. I need to finish the things I have already set out to do.
End. Gorgoroth, Trelldom, Gaahlskagg, Sigfader, prison & now designing womens clothing.......... Gaahl indeed, is a busy guy. Thanks The Gauntlet/Cadnauseum/Wiki. SEPULTURA'S ANDREAS KISSER - ON A CLASSIC LINE-UP REUNION? - 'MAINLY MANAGERS, AGENTS & A LOT OF BULLSHIT GOING ON'. - (sirbourbon)
Go to any blog & it's pretty much 50/50 divided. Either the current line-up is Sepultura..... Or it's a thin shadow of itself, without the Cavalera Bros. Headbangers talked to guitarist, Andreas kisser about whether there's a chance of a "classic line-up reunion": "It's gotta be happening naturally. It's like, this reunion type of commentary that's been going on forever, but mainly the last two years, they really tried to approach and tried to make it happen. But, I mean, it's so ridiculous. You've gotta be very careful. There's a lot of reunions that happened that were totally shit and really destroyed careers and stuff. It's gotta be done right. We have really to enjoy playing with each other and respect each other and discuss ideas and create something special and new — besides trying just to ignore everything that happened and just do the 'Roots' tour. It's [like] being slaves of ourselves — it gets to a point where people let the name take control of what they are. And it's totally the opposite — in SEPULTURA you get reborn every day pretty much, and you have to recreate yourself. That's more exciting instead of being just food for expectations of whatever people who might think they know better what we are than ourselves. So I really don't like to see SEPULTURA that way. That's why nothing happened and we are very focused on what we're doing right now. All the rest is just whatever people think, or opinions, which… I respect them all, but that's not gonna change what we're doing right now." When asked how close things got to there actually being a "Roots" lineup reunion, Andreas replied, "Not really close. There was a lot of [throwing] ideas around — mainly managers and agents and a lot of bullshit going on, which was not very healthy for what people expect to see from SEPULTURA. It was never something that we stopped what we were doing to work for that — not at all. We never really quit and we kept touring and doing our stuff and our plans and nothing really happened seriously. . . The money is great and sadly, this is what people think of first — only money. They just try to really make it, 'Here's some amount of money, let's do it.' It's not like that. It's something much bigger. I have to live with my decision for the rest of my life, so I'm not gonna sell myself for some opportunity for everybody to make money. So that's why we're still really focused on what we're doing and not really worried about other bullshit." Thanks Headbangersblog.com MIKE HIDEOUS - NEW YORK GOTH ICON, WORKING ON FINAL 'EMPIRE HIDEOUS' MATERIAL - PRE/POST 'MISFITS' CAREER INCLUDES IMPRESSIVE COLLECTION OF MUSIC & ARTWORK. - (rank hank)
Surviving a stint in The Misfits......is becoming the equivilant of Rock's 'Purple Heart'. Danzig, Michale Graves & legendary New York Goth icon, Myke Hideous, all survived the "Jerry Only Show", albeit with battle scars to show. Most recently, Only's younger brother, Doyle Wolfgang Von Frankenstein is the latest to leave The Misfits & start his own legacy with "Gorgeous Frankenstein". MYKE HIDEOUS however, is often overshadowed by Danzig & Graves and unfortunately this borders on criminal. Hideous/Spy/MCMZone/DJ Myke Z, has built a impressive chronology of music, vocal & written contibutions and most importantly, artwork, to the New York scene thats at times, overlooked: He studied fine arts, commercial art and art theory, having won several awards from class competitions during his time as a student. He’d have his first job as a free-hand/commercial artist working for a graphic arts design company in Paterson, NJ at the young age of 13. By 21, he began focusing his attention on writing his own music, with dreams of starting up a rock band and taking it to its very limits. Check out Myke's "Quests Of Mankind" to the left.
This came into reality with the following: THE EMPIRE HIDEOUS - Myke's brain-child, conceived in 88' & running to the present. (to be buried upon release of upcoming new material) Often compared to Fields Of The Nephilem/Sisters Of Mercy & Bauhaus. SPY SOCIETY 99 - a swing/punk/psychobilly crew (status unknown) . THE BRONX CASKET CO - which Myke contributed vocals on their 3 disc's including the underrated 'Hellectric' ("Little Dead Girl") The current lineup with Overkill's DD VernI taking over vocals (like The Misfits) is sorely lacking any fucking octane in it's tank. THE MISFITS - during which Myke took over vocal duties during tours of South America and Europe, while Mike Graves went on hiatus. Coming back in a circle from his beginning, Myke has returned fully to his passion of creating visually striking art, be it photography, painting or sculptures. Check out the link for MYKE HIDEOUS Artwork @ HORRIBLEARTWORK.COM Jewery, posters, sculptures, watercolors & photography (left) reveals the dark lens thru which life appears to Hideous.
Even as early as his late teens, Hideous' work is exceptional. The Elvis' work was done back in 84' on a denim jacket. The Empire Hideous' audience was often treated to Mykes creepy and somewhat cryptic performances: a mad doctor extracting guts from a Halloween pumpkin, an invalid confined to wheelchair stroking his long dead kitty cat Spooky, his reenactment of Christ getting whipped (for real!) in time to the Jesus Christ Superstar cover The 39 Lashes, sucking the blood from lifelike babies, and having his face pierced with hypodermic needles. All executed by Myke with a little help from some very special friends. An Empire Hideous performance would always promise to be expressive, energetic and infused with imagery and emotion.
Myke has also written an autobiography of his musical career entitled: King of an Empire to the Shoes of a Misfit (The Memoirs Of Myke Hideous). It was released November 2002 by Author House Publishers. (http://www.authorhouse.com) KING OF AN EMPIRE TO THE SHOES OF A MISFIT is written solely by lead singer/song-writer/artist, Myke Hideous himself. The book's an autobiography of Myke’s experiences in the music scene and took three years to complete. In this book Myke writes about what it’s like to start your own band with no background experience and attempt to climb the industry ladder passing misfortunes and “let downs,” busting your ass on the way up, only to get what seems to be nothing in return. Then, ultimately reaching that golden opportunity of success that makes your name legendary. This 358 page book explores some of Myke’s darker paths taken along the way in addition to his achievements and successes in music and much more.
KING OF AN EMPIRE TO THE SHOES OF A MISFIT is ONLY AVAILABLE THROUGH: EMPIRE HIDEOUS.COM "Finally, a no bull look at what it takes to try to make it in the music industry today. And who better to tell you all about it than Myke Hideous himself. From fronting THE EMPIRE HIDEOUS to singing for the legendary Misfits, this in your face autobiography is a must read for music fans everywhere." - Mistress Raven, WXLV 90.3 (PA) So there you have it. One of Goth Music's finest talents still standing, re-inventing his direction, enabling him to continue to create & express himself. In an email coversation with Myke, I implored him to continue making "Empire" album's, as his vision is undeniably unique in a genre that regrettably is becoming watered down & repetitive, as the music industry attempts to 'Nickleback" everything in sight....... .......or destroy it all trying. Thanks Myke Hideous.com/myspace. U2: - RENAME UPCOMING DISC & FIRE RICK RUBIN - RELEASE DATE FINALLY SET FOR MARCH. - (sirbourbon)
U2 probably fired Rick Rubin after hearing 'Death Magnetic'. Rumbles have already begun, that this disc is 'already a piece of 'gibbled up crapolla' with Rubin's fucked-up approach responsible for everything from.....'the album's delay to writers-block in the band'. After months of delays, U2 have revealed the release date for their upcoming new album. Titled No Line on the Horizon, the 12th studio album by the the pride/shame of Ireland is due March 3 via Interscope, who ensure us the record is not “half-baked” or even “three-quarters baked." U2’s album was originally supposed to drop by the end of 2008, but was pushed back after the band decided to can producer Rick Rubin. Apparently, U2 were slow to release the record because they had troubles becoming fully satisfied with the recordings. "I met with the guys in U2, and they say to me, 'You know what? This album needs two more songs, and it will be exactly what we have in mind.' I go there and I listen, and I agreed with them, " Interscope-Geffen-A&M chairman Jimmy Iovine told Billboard last month. "It's a great record, but it deserves the time. Labels need to work with artists to help them achieve their best work, not to jam records out that are half-baked or three-quarters baked." In September, Bono said: "I'm always the one who underestimates how easy it is to simply 'put out the songs now.' If it was just up to me they'd be out already! But early next year people will be able to start hearing what we've been doing. We want 2009 to be our year, so we're going to start making an impression very early on." Following Rubin’s departure, Brian Eno, Daniel Lanois, and Steve Lillywhite all stepped in to produce No Line on the Horizon. Despite what Kanye believes, Will.i.am apparently did not. No tracklisting has been announced yet for No Line on the Horizon. Thanks Exclaim.ca GWAR: - ON THE ' |
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