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News Slab: Prime news cuts from the metal and rock worldFRIDAY, NOV' 28/08: - ANOTHER WEEKEND WISHING FEAR FACTORY WOULD RECORD? - WE SALT THAT WOUND - BURTON C BELL RECORDS (YET) MORE TRIPPY-SHIT.
Every time Burton C Bell makes more of this 'snooze-inducing audio xanax'.............. A little piece of me dies, knowing that another FEAR FACTORY album might be just another one of my (many) wet dreams. Yes people..........I'm starting to lose hope that we'll ever see another FF album. FEAR FACTORY frontman Burton C. Bell makes a guest appearance on the new album from FEAR FACTORY collaborator Steve Tushar entitled "Oscillate". Burton says, "[The track] I appear on [called 'Here's Your Life Now'] is awesome, and Steve really wanted to highlight a song that shows different aspects of my voice." You can preview "Here's Your Life Now" and other tracks that appear on "Oscillate" HERE @ YAWNNNNNN! Burton C. Bell's new band ASCENSION OF THE WATCHERS was recently forced to cancel its previously announced European tour "due to the lack of ticket pre-sales." Bell explained, "In these troubling economic times, the risk of the tour failing was far too great for all parties involved. After much consideration, canceling the tour for this season was the best course of action." ASCENSION OF THE WATCHERS released its full-length debut, "Numinosum", on February 19 via MINISTRY frontman Al Jourgensen's 13th Planet Records In an early 2008 interview with MTV.com, Bell stated about ASCENSION OF THE WATCHERS, "I've never really considered myself a metal guy. Yeah, I've been in a metal-industrial band, but the music I've always listened to has been much different, which is maybe why the vocals I did with FEAR FACTORY were different than those of other metal singers. But I definitely wanted to do something much different this time. The music is completely personal, and it lets me try techniques I haven't previously had the chance to explore. We used to always say we were expanding the boundaries in FEAR FACTORY. Well, now I'm really stepping out of the boundaries." Thanks Blabb. YA DON'T FUCK WITH THE MIGHTY DIMMU BORGIR!!!!! - LEGIONS OF THEIR FEARLESS LAWYERS - WILL SUE YOUR ASS TO HELL & BACK!!
Seriously... .I'm siding with Dimmu on this one. Cus' all rappers suck the ass-nuggets of a filthy mule, Mohamed!!!!!!. German rapper Bushido (real name: Anis Mohamed Youssef Ferchichi) recently, was accused of having stolen music from the American gothic group NOX ARCANA. Bushido allegedly copied music from three of the band's songs: "Beyond Midnight" (used by Bushido on "Weißt Du?" ), "No Rest for the Wicked" (used by Bushido on "Kurt Cobain") and "Cthulhu Rising" (used by Bushido on "Blaus Licht"). Bushido allegedly took NOX ARCANA's recordings, including the complete melodies, arrangement and instrumentation, then simply rapped over the music. The dickweed also registered the songs as his own. Now, DIMMU BORGIR say Bushido has stolen the melody of their song 'Mourning Palace' and that he used it in his song 'Mittelfingah'. DIMMU BORGIR manager Yvette Uhlmann stated, "Since we were not contacted by Bushido through proper channels and told about his desire to do this, it is clear that Bushido has seriously infringed our intellectual property rights." DIMMU BORGIR guitarist Silenoz was quoted as saying: "If the German rapper in question does not agree to compensate us adequately, we will sue him! Whoever crosses us will face serious consequences." You fucking tell em', big-baller!! Rapper infidels suck the sacks of a thousand deficating rats. Praise be to Dimmu!! Thanks 'Spiegel TV Magazin'. DEATHSTARS - NEW (NOT REALLY) TRACK POSTED ONLINE.
These guys wanna be 'The 69 Eyes' so goddamned bad........... That all that corpse paint runs & their milky lenses' probably frost up at the mere mention of the mighty Finn's name. With the release of the new single, "Death Dies Hard", I'm still not sold on the Swedes Industrial/Goth delivery. All this is is 'Cyanide', part 2. But what the fuck... .you be the judge, click DEATHSTARS MYSPACE/ DEATH DIES HARD and knock yourself out.
Swedish industrial goth metal band DEATHSTARS has posted a new song called "Death Dies Hard" on its MySpace page. The track comes off the group's third album, "Night Electric Night", which will be released on January 30, 2009 via Nuclear Blast Records. The CD, which was mixed at Toytown studios in Stockholm, Sweden with Stefan Glaumann, will be released in a deluxe package called "Gold Edition" featuring bonus tracks as well as a bonus DVD featuring six video clips, "making-of" footage and more. The "Gold Edition" will be released as a digibook with new cover artwork (see below). Thanks Deathstars Myspace. OASIS KEEP THE CHUCKLES COMING - DOUCHE-TARD, NOEL GALLAGHER - SAYS HIS BAND IS 'IN THE SAME LEAGUE AS THE ROLLINGSTONES.'
Shit like this dribble that constantly flows from the Gallagher brother's yaps................. Keeps my hatred for them as fresh as as a babys pink ass. Oasis leader Noel Gallagher now says his band are in the same league as The Rolling Stones now. What a fucktard. The Rollingstones?.....200 million albums over 40 yrs. O-ass-is?...........50 million for 15 yrs. Not even fucking close... .you moronic.....grundle-licking... ...sphincterous... ...ego-addicts. The guitarist made the admission during the band's current US tour. "Everybody knows who we are. You have to see us in league with The Rolling Stones now, " he declared. "Everybody's heard of the Stones, everybody knows what they sound like, everybody knows what they do. You either go because you like it or you don't. It's easy." Gallagher also praised Ryan Adams, who is currently support Oasis in the US. He told Rolling Stone: "I've got a lot of respect for the man. He's a great guitar player. "He's a little eccentric. He wears stripy socks and platform shoes, but not everybody's perfect. I wouldn't be on tour with him if I didn't like him." Thanks NME. $O WHY I$ KI$$ RECORDING A NEW ALBUM? - GENE $IMMON$ WON'T $AY.
We'll pa$$ on this when it comes out. We'd rather wait another gazzilion years for Ace Frehely's next solo disc before feeding $immons bankroll. Simmons confirms the veteran glam-rockers are writing songs for a new album that he expects they will record next year and release next summer. KISS singer-guitarist Paul Stanley will produce the disc. The band will follow the album's release with a limited tour. "We'll do a handful of shows just to keep in the game (next) summer, maybe 10 (dates), some Canadian shows. I know Halifax is one, but before you get out there and start the baseball season, they hold exhibition games, that's what we're doing. 'Cause once we go out, it's going to be for a year and a half." As for rumblings of a co-headlining tour with Queen, Simmons said, "Oh, I've heard that, but we don't know until it's real. I would be happy to step up on that stage. I'd (also) love to step up on a stage with the Stones." Simmons, who is in Canada this week checking out new groups to sign to his relaunched Simmons Records label. "I want to find the next great three Canadian acts from different genres (each year), " Simmons, 59, said in a chic Toronto hotel bar. "And don't let them go to America. Provide the care and support that they need here, make them monsters here, and then take them to the rest of the world "I'll be in the studio with the bands, " he said. "I'll be there to beat them up regarding their image, their names. If one of them is a drug addict he's going to be gone. And I've had experience with that. There's no room for idiots in bands. Because aside from the luck of the draw, it really is hard work. You have to get up every day, and 'cool' is a moving target, so it's a very hard target to hit." Thanks Sun Media. "WIBUMBA--METAL & HARD ROCK ALMANAC" - FRIDAY, NOV' 28/08. "ON THIS DAY" 1995 . . Van Halen singer, Sammy Hagar and model KarI Karte were married. 1993 . . Sadly, Steppenwolf drummer, Jerry Edmonton was killed in a car crash. 1982 . . Metallica played their first headlining show. They played the song "Whiplash" for the first time. Exodus was their warm up act. 1979 . . The original four members of KISS performed their last show together until 1996 when they reunited for a makeup tour. 1979 . . Beatle drummer, Ringo Starr's home in Los Angeles, CA, burned down.
"BORN" 1975: Muhammed Suiçmez (Turkish-German guitarist, frontman: Necrophagist). 1975: Satyr/Sigurd Wongraven (Norwegian singer, guitar, bassist: Satyricon) 1973: Jade Puget (US guitarist: AFI) 1970: Matt Cheslin (UK bass player, Neds Atomic Dustbin) 1962: Matt Cameron (US drummer: Pearl Jam/Soundgarden)
"PASSED AWAY" 2007: Frédéric "Fred" Chichin (53) French singer guitarist in the band Les Rita Mitsouko, also had been active in the rock bands Fassbinder, TaxI Girl and Gazoline (Cancer) b. May 1st 1954.
Thanks To: Phil Brodie band/Billboard/Triple A Radio.
PROPS TO "ROGUE MONK MADNESS BEER" Florida (6.0%)... ..............Kiss & Queen on tour this summer?? - hilarious, cus both bands are mere shadows of themselves... ..............Mechanical Tampon... .............Sodom & Gomorrah Liberation Front. - Rank Hank Posted November 28, 2008 | Today's video by Henry Rollins | Download of the day: Black Light Burns - The Mark.mp3 
3News Slab: Prime news cuts from the metal and rock worldTHURSDAY, NOV' 27/08: - THIS IS DEFINETLY THIS WEEK'S 'BEST NEWS"!!! - 90'S ALT- NOISE GURU'S, 'THE JESUS LIZARD' REUNITE!!
I still don't think there's anyone who can TORTURE a guitar like Duane Denison, from THE JESUS LIZARD. And if you don't know the JESUS LIZARD...... You don't know shit. Cus' from 87'-99', these hombres fuckin' tore Alt-Rock a 10 ft. sphincter!! The Jesus Lizard have been called "a leading noise rock band in the American independent underground…[who] turned out a series of independent records filled with scathing, disembowelling, guitar-driven pseudo-industrial noise". That's an understatement. AND NOW THEY ARE BACK!!!! You may recognize 'Lizard' guitarist as Duane Dennison, axe-man for the Mike Patton fronted TOMAHAWK, & The Spoils. Check em' out @ THE JESUS LIZARD/MYSPACE THE JESUS LIZARD has reformed and will perform at the UK's The Fans Strike Back festival in 2009. In what has to rank as one of the most unlikely developments in rock, the awe-inspiring primal force of THE JESUS LIZARD will return, briefly, in 2009. The original lineup of David Yow, Duane Denison, David Wm. Sims and Mac McNeilly will reform for a very limited series of live dates in 2009, starting with the All Tomorrow's Parties event dubbed The Fans Strike Back in Minehead, UK on May 9-10 and ending with a final appearance in Chicago in late November. These shows will be THE JESUS LIZARD's first since disbanding in 1999 and the first in twelve years to feature the original storied quartet. As anyone who has experienced THE JESUS LIZARD live can attest, they are one of the most intense and visceral musical assemblies to ever stalk a stage. This fleeting reunion offers an incredible opportunity to either be blown away all over again or to immerse yourself in the sweaty power and driving mayhem for the very first time. In celebration of this event, Touch and Go Records will reissue four full-length releases from THE JESUS LIZARD in May 2009. Remastered recordings of "Head", "Goat", "Liar" and "Down" will be available on both LP and CD, all with expanded packaging and liner notes. Bob Weston is heading up the remastering process with Steve Albini, the original session engineer, sitting in. Taking place from May 8-10 at Butlins Holiday Resort, Minehead, England, The Fans Strike Back will see half of the festival lineup chosen by ATP and the other half voted for by everyone that buys a ticket. Voting has now started! Also added to the lineup today are THE CAVE SINGERS. The ATP-curated bands so far:
THE JESUS LIZARD Thanks Blabb. DESPITE MUSTAINE'S 'GAY' CHOICE OF WORDS, - NEW MEGADETH MATERIAL PROGRESSING STEADILY - UPDATE FROM THE, 'GINGER-SHREDDER'.
Who the fuck says "Kewl" anymore???????? Dave Mustaine, apparently. .......and one more item, Dave..... For the love of all thats holy... .....let Chris Broderick have some REAL input in this disc, instead of him being relegated to nothing more than your second banana.
Mustaine has issued the following update via the "Forums" section of the band's official web site: "Happy Thanksgiving to all of you who choose to celebrate Thanksgiving on this day. Today's update is kinda wrapping up the whole week, instead of just any given day. "Andy Sneap has gone back to the UK, and Shawn Drover [drums] has gone back to the land of mosquitoes in Georgia. I am here at home in San Diego, like James [Lomenzo, bass] is too, and Chris is up the freeway two hours in L.A. Our last full day together was Tuesday, and we got a lot of ground covered. "I know that there was probably some wonder of how I was going to come up with these songs, but I have never wondered, and the songs I have heard so far are kewl to me, and we keep making little slight adjustments which improve the song most of the time. I also have just enough humility to know when a change has not made a song better, and to go with what is best for the song. "Of the four songs we have demoed up (without lyrics), there are fast and slow elements in each song. I am OK with the way that the parts are shaping up, and since the finished project is always better than the drawing board, I am just going to relax and sit back and watch how things unfold themselves. this week so far, we have met with our merchandise company, FEA, and started the artwork for the Priest Feast tour, as well as our own new merchandise line for the next world tour. John LorenzI is hard at work coming up with great new designs for you for the next tour. We did very well with our merchandise last tour, and I hope to do that same this tour. I also met with Kevin Dees, the son of Rick Dees, and two of his associates about me having an Internet radio show on the Dees Radio network that would bring something even kewler to Megadeth.com. This is new and on its way, so we will keep you posted on this exciting development. Please stand by for this one. "And lastly, I received a topsecret 'box' shipped from Paul Marshall and my good friends at Marshall Amplification. All I have to say is, 'WOW!' You are going to die when you see what I see, er . . . hear. "Have a great day today, and if you know someone who may not get to eat today, 'sharing' is one of my favorite words, and I just ask that on this one day, that we would do something good for someone less fortunate. It's a rush! I promise!" MEGADETH will embark on the "Priest Feast" European tour in February 2009 with headliners JUDAS PRIEST and openers TESTAMENT. Thanks Blabb. 'ROCKBAND 2' - ADD= 'CHILDREN OF BODOM' - TO 'LARGEST MUSIC-BASED VIDEOGAME' EVER.
It's about fucking time too. It gets tiring to play along to the standard shit like Aerosmith. WorthPlaying.com reports: Rock Band 2 builds upon the original to introduce co-op band gameplay, multiple instruments, online multiplayer, unparalleled downloadable content and raises the bar by delivering an entirely new level of depth, connectivity, authenticity and features. Next week will see a flood of new DLC starting with two NAKED BROTHERS BAND songs, ALL-AMERICAN REJECTS and a bunch of Euro tracks... The Rock Band 2 soundtrack will feature over 100 songs with over 80 songs on disc plus an additional 20 bonus tracks which will be made available for free download this fall. This builds upon the unparalleled depth and diversity of Rock Band's original set list and its ever-expanding library of downloadable tracks. Comprised entirely of master recordings from some of rock's most prolific and untouchable artists, including AC/DC, GUNS N' ROSES, BOB DYLAN, METALLICA, PEARL JAM and more, Rock Band 2 will deliver the most impressive and largest music catalogue of any music-based videogame ever. Tracks: CHILDREN OF BODOM - 'Are You Dead Yet' FINLEY - 'Tutto E' Possibile' PLATERO y TU - 'Hay Poco Rock N Roll' SQUEEZE - 'Tempted' TOKIO HOTEL - 'Ready, Set, Go' ALL-AMERICAN REJECTS - 'Real World' All above tracks are $.99 (80 Microsoft Points) for a one month limited time window. See the complete Rock Band 2 on-disc tracklist at WORTHPLAYING.COM Thanks BW&BK. HEY! BASEMENT RECORDING HACKS!! - SYLVANIA HAS AN ATOM 1.6 GHZ NETBOOK - FOR ONLY $599. BEANS!!
This sounds promising... .but....we've got problems with high quality effect-based mixing on our dual-core computer. 1.6 ghz is a little weak for music mixing. Unless Linux has something it's not telling us. Can you make music on a netbook? This is the question that's being asked by thousands of people as these ultra-portable laptops become ubiquitous, and with the launch of a new package from Indamixx, the answer has to be yes. This musician-specific bundle is built around a 1.6GHz Intel Atom-based netbook (this comes from a company called Sylvania, apparently) and a Linux-based operating system. The main application is the excellent energyXT, while 2900 drum sounds, 350 samples and scratches and 260 plug-ins are also included. Other feature highlights include the ability to import sessions from your existing DAW and support for Windows-based VST plug-ins. As well as the laptop, the bundle also contains a carrying case, a 1GB SD card and a T-shirt. The Indamixx Laptop costs just $499, which seems pretty good value to us. It can be pre-ordered now with a deposit of $99. Thanks Musicradar.com METAL'S ANSWER TO 'BON JOVI' - GERMANY'S 'EDGUY' - WOULD LIKE THEIR PROFILE RAISED - BUT NOT BY MOVING TO THE US.
I admit it. In the past, I've purposely avoided this band...........just because of their DIPSHIT NAME!!! But this German Power-Metal act has a few decent riffs to offer. Without going the Dragonforce route, which happens A LOT in Power Metal. Check out EDGUY @ MYSPACE If you can get by their ballsack vocalist, tobias, their guitarist & rythym crew occasionally will knock you on your ass with cuts like "Ministry Of Saints". Rushonrock.com recently conducted an interview with EDGUY frontman Tobias Sammet. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Rushonrock.com: EDGUY are still far from household names over here [in the UK]. What are you going to do about it!?! Sammet: Raising our profile is not only a problem in the UK — the same goes for everywhere. Even where we sell a few records we'd like to sell a few more! If you play the kind of music we do then we can't rely on the major media giving us much support so we just do it old skool style — tour, play, tour, play. That spreads the message better than anything could. It gives us the chance to show people that we're the best band in the universe since LED ZEPPELIN! Rushonrock.com: Do you see yourselves as a successful band? Sammet: I don't know how a band like EDGUY can measure success. The most important thing in a band as in most walks of life is that you're happy with what you're doing. All of us could have done something different. We were all going to school. Some of us even studied…All of us were starting to listen to our teachers and we had potentially great futures outside of music but we didn't want to go down that road. Rushonrock.com: But we're sure you'd like a few more euros in your pocket? Sammet: These days it goes without saying we want to have commercial success and when you reach the stage we're at it means, at the very least, you can finance the big productions that make your records sound better. But for me success is not having to get up in the morning and work a 9-5 job. That's the key. We have had a degree of commercial success in our own way but I suppose the thing is we'd never doing something in order to be successful. We don't focus on any special market or group. We do what we like and hope other people like it too. Rushonrock.com: Will you ever be really big outside mainland Europe? Sammet: It's getting better for us in the UK. Slowly but surely we're starting to make an impression on British audiences. If you want to be big in the USA you have to go there and stay there. I wouldn't want to live in the USA in a million years! It's a different planet and I don't want to go there. That means we're never going to be a big, big act over there but that's OK. I just don't want to make the sacrifices we'd have to make to break that market in a big way. Rushonrock.com: Are you worried about coming over all SPINAL TAP in your old age? Sammet: There are lot of SPINAL TAP moments in every band's history and we're no different. But we've made a classic melodic metal album which has managed not to sound too ridiculous. That's an achievement when you play our style of rock. Take DRAGONFORCE. They're at the extreme end of what we do but they're ridiculous on purpose. We're more mid-paced than those guys — they just like to push everything to the limit. They say look at the clothes that I'm wearing and listen to the stupid things that I'm saying and they love it. Read the entire interview from Rushonrock.com. VAN HALEN - '2008 TOUR RIDER LIST - WE'VE GOT IT HERE! - 'DAVE'S ROOM AS FAR AWAY FROM EDDIE AS POSSIBLE' + 'DRIED OUT EDDIE - MINI-BOTTLES OF WINE ON STAGE'.
We thought for sure, that Ed would have a 'Valerie BertinellI' punching-bag in his room too. Check out what VH stipulated to be on hand HERE @ THE SMOKING GUN.com NOVEMBER 26--While Van Halen no longer demands the provision of strippers and controlled substances backstage, the band's most recent concert rider still contains a few gems. The document, excerpted below, covers Van Halen's 2008 U.S. tour, which concluded about five months ago. For probably the first time in rock history, the Van Halen rider specified that a "study room" be set up backstage for a musician and his tutor (in this case, bassist Wolfgang Van Halen, who was 16 when the tour launched). Each band member got his own dressing room, according to the rider, which notes that lead singer David Lee Roth's abode had to be free of any floor covering since, "Mr. Roth practices martial arts in his dressing room, and in order to do this there can be no rugs or carpeting of any sort." Additionally, Diamond Dave's dwelling "SHOULD BE AS FAR AWAY FROM" dressing rooms occupied by bandmates Wolfgang, Alex, and Eddie Van Halen. The rider does not explain why Roth needed the separation, but considering his rocky history with the band, space is likely a good thing. While no alcohol is stocked in the individual dressing rooms (it's all Red Bull, Gatorade, fresh fruit, and Japanese Apple Pears), Eddie's onstage cooler contained "minI bottles" of "Gallo Twin Valley Cabernet Sauvignon (red & white label, red cap)." A four-pack of the low-rent Gallo libation retails for $4.99. The band's 2007-2008 tour was delayed when the guitarist reportedly entered rehab in March 2007 for treatment of alcohol abuse. Though it carries a December 2007 date, the rider was provided to a venue where Van Halen performed in May 2008. (7 pages) Thanks Blabb/Smoking Gun. "WIBUMBA--METAL & HARD ROCK ALMANAC" - THURSDAY, NOV' 2 "ON THIS DAY" 2005 . . Multimillionaire defence contractor David H. Brooks threw a $10million party at New York's Rainbow Rooms for his daughter Elizabeth's 'bat mitzvah' coming-of-age celebration.The stars who appeared included 50 Cent, Tom Petty, Aerosmith, Don Henley, Joe Walsh and Stevie Nicks. 50 Cent who was paid $500,000 to appear performed only four songs but he did work in the lyric, "Go shorty, it's your bat miztvah, we gonna party like it's your bat mitzvah". 2000 . .The killer of the wife of Los Lobos' Cesar Rosas, the victim's half-brother, lead police to the grim crime scene where he had buried her. 1997 . . A disturbed rock fan brought the funeral of Michael Hutchence to a standstill when he tried to launch himself with a cord around his neck from a 20ft high balcony. He was removed by police and taken away to a psychiatric unit. 1996 . . 200 fans turned out to see former Stones Roses guitarist John Squires new band The Seahorses made their live debut, at The Buckley Tivoli, UK
"BORN" 1978: Tim "The Missile" Yeung (drums: Divine Heresy/Hate Eternal) 1976:Gilles Moinet (guitars: The Old Dead Tree) 1968: Kjetil Manheim (drums: Mayhem - 84'-88') 1967: Danyell Stampe (Slymenstra Hymen) (vocals: Gwar) 1962: Michael Bordin (drums: Ozzy/Faith No More/Black Sabbath) 1962: Charlie Benante (US drummer: Anthrax). 1959: Charlie Burchill (Scottish guitarist, keyboards, violin: Simple Minds).
"PASSED AWAY" - no Metal/Rock entries today -
Thanks To :Metal Storm/Triple A Radio/Billboard/Phil Brodie Band.
PROPS TO:PIKE INDIA PALE ALE" Us (5.0%)... ..............Sebastian Bach - please remove your tongue from Axl's ass... ................Men Among Poodles... ...................Snuff The Ficus. - Rank Hank Posted November 27, 2008 | Download of the day: Krisiun - Black Force Domain - Evil Master Mind.mp3
0News Slab: Prime news cuts from the metal and rock worldWEDNESDAY, NOV' 26/08 - MUSE - OFFER TIMELINE ON NEW ALBUM - 'HARDEST & LONGEST SONG WE'VE WRITTEN' - (MATT BELLAMY)
Muse have revealed that writing for their fifth album is well underway, and that fans can expect things to get more than a little orchestral. Talk about one of Rock's most unerrated & (largely) ignorned acts to come along in a gazzilion years. With a ton o' fucking talent up the colon to boot!!! Muse continue to slay small pockets of rabidly loyal fans, world wide, album after album......unless you live in the UK, there, they're revered as Alt-Gods. Speaking to fans on Muse's online forum, frontman Matt Bellamy responded to a question asking what the hardest and longest song the band had ever written was: "There is a new song in three parts, more of a symphony than a song which I've been working on sporadically for many years. As a large percentage of the composition is orchestral I've never wanted to collaborate with a string arranger as they may make it 'theirs'. "So I've been arranging the orchestral elements myself which is taking a long time due to my inexperience with large scale scoring. It should hopefully make the next album as the final three tracks." Previous Muse albums, such as 2003's Absolution and 2006's Black Holes & Revelations, have featured strings and orchestras but Bellamy was assisted in writing string parts by arrangers Audrey Riley and Mauro Pagini. Bassist Chris Wolstenholme also offered insight into the album's progress: "It would be nice to have the album out in the second half of next year. It is more important for us to make the best album we have made to date and if that means it comes out in 2010 then we don't mind." Thanks Musicradar.com AUDIO-THERMITE!! - RHINOBUCKET - NEW ALBUM RECORDED - EX- AC/DC DRUMMER, SIMON WRIGHT ON BOARD.
Bon Scott woulda approved. I mean, ex-AC/DC drummer Simon Wright, is even on board, kit-kicking for em'!! These dudes make some of the hardest kick-ass AC/DC-ish Rawk around, player!! Check RHINOBUCKET @ MYSPACE for "Rather Go Insane"...."Beat To Death Like A Dog" & more crunked-up Rock that Bon would've drank to. Sleaze Roxx recently conducted an interview with vocalist/guitarist Georg Dolivo of the Bon Scott-era AC/DC soundalike act RHINO BUCKET. An excerpt from the chat follows below. Sleaze Roxx: So you guys are working on a new album? Dolivo: Yeah, absolutely. We're in the final mixing stages right now. We were excited about it while we were recording because it sounded really well. But now that we're mixing it all together, it's pretty life-affirming. I don't know how to say it. It's the best album we've ever done. Reeve Downes and Brian Forsythe really stepped up during the song writing process so it's really really awesome. Sleaze Roxx: What's been the inspiration for the songs this time around? Dolivo: We've always tried to put out the best songs possible and do the best shows possible. For a long time the main song writers were Greg Fields and myself. When Greg left, we still kind of stayed a little bit in that same mode. Reeve has been in RHINO BUCKET since day one and Brian used to be in KIX, but has been in RHINO BUCKET for the last 7 or 8 years. With them coming in and bringing their own twist to it, it's kind of changed everything. It's still got that RHINO BUCKET beat and of course I don't sing, I scream, but there's a little bit more flavor to it. We kind of like threw some yellow curry on it. Sleaze Roxx: What are some ways Reeve Downes and Brian Forsythe have contributed? Dolivo: To be honest with you, it's always been a band thing. Even back in the day when Greg and I wrote most of the stuff, we'd still get together with Reeve and Liam Jason and create the songs as a band. The difference really with this album is that this time, they came in with complete songs. So what was usually my responsibility, to come in with a song with lyrics and all that sort of stuff, they did that too. There was still collaboration between all of us but it certainly had a totally different twist to it and it sounds great. I went down to the studio last night and listened to it for hours with Simon Wright. We have Simon Wright with us on drums this time. We haven't had him with us since '92, for the "Pain" album. Ronnie James Dio has pretty much let him take a little break from DIO to come play with us. After two hours of being there last night, we were both going, "Wow, this is awesome." Thanks Sleaze Roxx. MUDVAYNE'S: 'THE NEW GAME' MAKES 'BILLBOARD' - BUT IT'S NOWHERE NEAR 'LD50'.
Go to any second-hand cd store & look for MUDVAYNE's, - 'LD50'. Real fucking hard to find, right? However, there's plenty of copies of "The End Of All Things To Come" & "Lost & Found". Although 'The New Game" isn't in the league of 'LD50', it's a lot closer than previous works. So hows it selling? Not so fucking hot. MUDVAYNE's fourth studio album, "The New Game", sold 48,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 15 on The Billboard 200 chart. This is less than one third of the opening tally registered by its predecessor, "Lost and Found", which premiered with 152,000 units back in April 2005 to land at No. 2. "The New Game" follows an extended period in which MUDVAYNE recorded two full albums of new material, while singer Chad Gray and guitarist Greg Tribbett also went off to record and tour with the band HELLYEAH. But Gray told The Pulse of Radio that all the hard work paid off in MUDVAYNE's most mature album yet. "I really think that your music kind of comes from where you're at, you know, in life, and I think that, you know, every record we learn a little more about each other, " he said. "It's not easier to write songs for us, but it is easier to write songs for us. We understand each other better. Where it used to take us a lot longer to kind of figure it out, we're a little quicker now to be able to kind of realize the direction that we're going in." MUDVAYNE recently launched a new interactive mystery contest as a tie-in to "The New Game" that begins with fans finding items inside the album packaging necessary to play. Among those will be a unique code number with which to register at Mudvayne.com, 11 mugshot photos of different "suspects, " and a back story for each suspect and their situation. The ongoing mystery will also involve clues in the band's lyrics, knowledge of MUDVAYNE's history, and further hints in the video for their current single, "Do What You Do". Thanks Blabb. NICKLESACK - ANNOUNCE N AMERICAN TOUR. - WE JUST DON'T CARE.
Don't write in to ask why the fuck we're putting this bile on site. We're Canadian & we can't stand this shit either. So it pains us deeply to post this... ..........but only a (thankfully) small % of our readership wants this news. Nickelback will begin a North American tour Feb. 25 in Nashville in support of its just-released Roadrunner album "Dark Horse." Tickets go on sale Dec. 5 via LiveNation.com. Seether and Saving Abel will support on the jaunt, which runs through April 23 in Columbia, S.C. Rumour has it, Steven Seagal might even open some shows... .to make the whole experience, a fucking waste of time. "Dark Horse" is expected to debut tomorrow in the upper reaches of The Billboard 200. First single "Gotta Be Somebody" has sold 570,000 downloads in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Asked recently by Billboard why NIckelback opted to wait to tour until next year, frontman Chad Kroeger said, ............................."Did you know I once sucked my own cock?" (sorry, wrong news source... .but he did say that) "We've been bitten too many times by going out too early. I'm always adamant about making sure there's at least a true rock song from the band that's gone to radio, just to give a more diverse selection of music for people to listen to.
(TRANSLATION:........."To see if anyone's stupid enough to buy any tickets.) Here are the dates:
Feb. 25: Nashville (Sommet Center) Thanks Billboard.com VELVET REVOLVER ADMIT IT: - 'WE CAN'T FIND A SINGER' - NEWS FLASH! - 'YOU NEVER HAD ONE' - TIME TO SHUT THIS SAD EXCUSE OF A BAND DOWN.
Why the fuck even beat this dead horse? Go kiss & make nice to Mr. Rose & get a G N' R reunion going, Duff. Velvet Revolver star Duff McKagan has revealed he and his band mates are struggling to find a permanent replacement for fired front man Scott Weiland. Weiland was kicked out of the group in April following a series of public spats, and now, seven months later, Velvet Revolver's main men McKagan, Matt Sorum and Slash are still trying to sign up a replacement. McKagan admits former Spacehog singer Royston Langdon came close, but "there was just something that was missing, and it wasn't anything that he could have done differently." And the bassist reveals, "A ton of singers, through our management, have turned in their vocals on two songs of ours that aren't released. Once you get up over, say, 40 singers, it's hard to listen... and distinguish them all. If you sit down and listen to 10 guys, you're not giving the tenth guy the same listen you are the first guy. So we've gotta figure out how to go about this. I don't think any of the guys we've heard so far are 'the' guy, and I don't think we can go out with a guy who's just good. We have to have somebody that's amazing." Thanks The Gauntlet. SLIPKNOT - ANNOUNCE US TOUR WITH TRIVIUM & BRITNEY SPEARS - (UM, SORRY, COHEED & CAMBRIA.)
Faaaaaaaaack! We get Spears & Coheed mixed up all the time. Coheed & Cambria = Britney Spears?...........same re-turded shit!!
PR) Slipknot announced today their first U.S. headline tour in support of their album All Hope Is Gone.
A special iTunes presale will start on December 3 and will be open to those who took part in the band's digital album presale earlier this year. Internet presales via Ticketmaster, will commence on December 5, and the majority of dates will go on sale December 6. "WIBUMBA--METAL & HARD ROCK ALMANAC" - WEDNESDAY, NOV' 26/08. "ON THIS DAY" 1994 . .The Eagles began a two week run at the top with their reunion album, Hell Freezes Over. 1976 . .The Sex Pistols released their incendiary "Anarchy In The U.K." single. 1973 . . The New York Dolls played their first UK show at Biba's Rainbow Room, London
"BORN" 1980: SatoshI Ohno (Japanese singer, actor: Arashi). 1974: Marten Andersson (bass: Lizzy Borden) 1970: Ron Jones (US guitar: Flaming Lips). 1949: Martin Lee (singer: Brotherhood Of Man).
"PASSED AWAY" - no Metal/Rock entries today -
Thanks To : Billboard/ Metal Storm/ Triple A Radio/ Phil Brodie Band.
PROPS TO "MALHEUR 10 BEER" Belgium (10%)... .............Gene Simmons wants to re-activate his clothing line in Canada - go away ya fucking moron, Canadians have more taste than yanks... ...............The Dead Tibetians... ..............Sucking Diction. - Rank Hank Posted November 26, 2008 | Download of the day: Rick James - Mary Jane.mp3
2News Slab: Prime news cuts from the metal and rock worldTUESDAY, NOV' 25/08: - FLU'S - BOOZE & METAL NEWS - FLU - HANGOVERS & 'VOMITUS MAXIMUS' MAKE FOR 'SHORTER NEWS DAY'.
I'm hungover as hell. ........shitfaced, fucked up, crunked, plaster-disaster, vermed, maimed.............. You get it. Wib' is throwing up from the flu. .....Thunder-chunder, yawn schrapnel, ralphing, keeling, booting, pizzaing the pavement... ............... You get it. And bobo the dog-faced boy (our lackey) is down with some sort of foreign disease too. Assorted 'fuck-tards' who drop in daily, to critique our shit, have brought scurvy or some fucking thing that has us puking, retching, projectile-vomiting... ........ I swear to god... ...I'll never touch alcohol again!!!! Rank. PHIL ANSELMO (DOWN, EX-PANTERA) - SWEARS TO GOD, HE'S NOT ON DRUGS AYMORE!!! - WE REALLY, REALLY, WANT TO BELIEVE YA, PHIL!!
Lately, some of the interviews Phil Anselmo's done, would have you believing that the metal-God, is on fucking katamine or 'ludes or some shit. Tweaked out, glassy-eyed, slurring his words & just some weird-assed trains of thought have been noticed. But in an interview with Antiquiet, Phil sets the record straight (we hope) about whats behind some of this shit.
HERE GOES: Antiquiet: So man, I've gotta ask you about something. We've seen some interviews with you recently that honestly made us worry about you. Sometimes you seem out of it, and some of the fans are saying you're back on the drugs, some are saying it's medication. So do you just want to set the record straight? Anselmo: I never heard that I was back on drugs: that's fuckin' ridiculous. That's fuckin' stupid. But fuck everybody, really. I'm livin' my life, I'm doing exactly what the fuck I want to do… I'm not out to fuckin' impress, I don't give a shit, man. And people… I mean look, I've been… gay, my neck's been broken from stage diving, I've been everything — a satanist, a white supremacist… Antiquiet: (laughing) Yeah, I know man. Well, I ask 'cause I worry. As a fan, I don't wanna see you go anywhere, I want my fuckin' kids to see you live one day. Anselmo: I'm fuckin' stronger than fuckin' most fuckin' men my age. And I don't even drink. It's just… after back surgery, you never know, one day is a good day — shit, you can have a good week — and then, there'll be a weather change or some shit like that, and you might go through some pain. Pain, pain, you know, it's… Me and pain are intimate. But through physical therapy, and yoga, and Pilates, and all this shit [I've learned how to] make the pain at least tolerable. You stretch that fuckin' shit out man. You get up off your ass and fuckin' get up and — every day — set thirty minutes aside, and fuckin' stretch that shit out and it changes the whole fuckin' day. Antiquiet: You getting by without painkillers? Or do they still have you on that brutal Soma shit? Phil Anselmo: I'm on one drug, and it's called Lyrica. And what that does is it's an anti-seizure medicine. And a lot of people are on this drug who have sciatic pain, or pain like I have, which is sciatic, but it's from after the surgery, sometimes when the nerves reconnect, they reconnect wrong. And that was my case pretty much. It's three times a day, and I'm sick of that shit too. I'm tired of all this crap. But it does help, it quells the pain, just a little. You can always feel it though, there's numbness in my left foot since the surgery. But the stretching and all gets the blood circulating, and blood circulation an incredibly important fuckin' thing. I also box like ten rounds a day when I'm at home, hitting the bag, and just working on things. So… You can't do that sorta thing loaded, or back on the drugs or junk or whatever. So let all the fuckin' naysayers fuckin' take a walk in my fuckin' shoes. They can be sweating and saying I give up, after ten minutes of my workout. Things are so much better though. I could tell — directly after surgery I could tell — that the doctor had fixed what was killing me for so long. He fixed it. Three ruptured discs, you know? So anyway, I sit here with titanium in my back, telling you that the more work you put in, the better you'll feel. However, it's still, three years later, a day to day thing. It really is. You know, a turn of the weather, or a drop in pressure, God knows. You know… It is what it is though. Read the entire interview from Antiquiet. CHINESE GOVERNMENT GETS ALL 'PISSY' - OVER NEW GUNS N' ROSES ALBUM.
Fuck man... ....if Slash had been on this disc................. The Chinese would've been all stinko for it. They're dissing it, cus it sucks as bad as their form of government. The Pulse of Radio reports that a newspaper published by China's ruling Communist Party has blasted the new GUNS N' ROSES album, "Chinese Democracy", calling it an attack on the Chinese nation. According to The Associated Press, Chinese paper The Global Times ran a story headlined "American band releases album venomously attacking China, " in which unidentified Chinese Internet users described the album as part of a plot by Westerners to "grasp and control the world using democracy as a pawn." The article did not refer to any specific songs or lyrics, just the CD's name, although the title track itself takes a poke at China's authoritarian government. Spokespersons for China's Foreign Ministry, Culture Ministry, and State Administration of Radio, Film and Television either had no response or could not be reached for comment. Thanks TPOR. DRUMMER, MICHEAL LEE - PASSES AWAY AT JUST 39 YEARS OF AGE.
39 years old is too young to go. Drummer Michael Lee passed away yesterday morning (Monday, November 24). Lee, best known for his work with ROBERT PLANT, LENNY KRAVITZ, THIN LIZZY, THE CULT (Ceremony tour) and THE QUIREBOYS, was just 39 years old. He also worked with Jeff Martin (ex-Tea Party) on the Exile & The Kingdom disc. Micheal was also in a band called Little Angels from the UK. So far, no further info on the cause of death is available. Daniel Stanton of Coallier Entertainment, which has worked with THIN LIZZY in the past, said in a statement that was released to BLABBERMOUTH.NET, "Michael was an amazing drummer and equally an amazing person. He will truly be missed. Our prayers go out to his family." Our condolences go out to Micheals family & friends. Thanks Blabb. SORRY, NO ALMANAC TODAY, THE FORK IS IN & WE'RE DONE. - Rank Hank Posted November 25, 2008 | Download of the day: Mushroomhead - Embrace the Ending.mp3
0News Slab: Prime news cuts from the metal and rock worldMONDAY, NOV' 24/08 - NEW METAL RELEASES: - STARTING TUESDAY, NOV' 25/08.
CECIL WRITES: "Dear Rank... ."I find it very hard to talk to people, especially women. I'm afraid of rejection, and I don't want that fear anymore. I'm sick of it already. I think I've got the courage, but then I just can't do it. It's like something gets stuck. I just freeze and wind up sitting alone at bars. Then I end up crying at night, trying to figure out what's wrong with me. What do you think?" -- RANK WRITES: Dear Nuetured, Ball-less Freak Of Nature... ...."I pretty much think you are a hopeless fucking case. I wouldn't waste anybody's time anymore, with your maldroit, gauche, malapropos attempts at social intergration. Although I'm willing to bet your dipshit antics were a prodigious source of entertainment. Being the waste of sperm that you are, I wouldn't waste any more of the planets precious oxygen either, so go pick up INTERNATIONAL NOISE CONSPIRACY'S - 'The Cross Of My Calling'. Slap it into your mp3 & sneak into someones garage, stick your head into a noose, & rejoice at the bunyanesque favor your'e doing humanity... ......Adios fuckwit".
# 23 November: Thanks Metalsucks.com NEW ALT/ROCK RELEASES - STARTING TUESDAY, NOV' 25/08.
Christ!!!... ....there is for once, some truly, decent shit offered in Alt-world this week!!!! Julian Cope (PICTURED)... .Supersuckers... ..Frank Zappa... .. & Rivers Coumo. This is fucking rare, but our pick is between Supersuckers & the UK's Julian Cope (ex-The Teardrop Explodes)
11/25/2008 BROKE BLACK METAL - 'GETTING TO KNOW GAAHL' - PART 3/8.
Last week, we brought you up to speed on the life of Gaahl, upon his 2nd release from prison & 2 fines he was required to pay to his "torture victims". To get a real idea of the "reality" Gaahl inhabits, check out this video, GAAHL GOES MANSON ON JOURNALISTS Did you catch him referring to a number of his fans as a"flock of sheep" of which he has NO interest in having? Remember that, the next time you go to buy a GORGOROTH album. In 2001, he was fined $26,963. for assault....plus prison Then in 2006, he was fined another $ 32,424. for assaulting & alleged torture.......plus prison... ....again. Thats $59,387. for assaults. The 2008 Dodge Challenger with a 5.7 litre 'HemI' runs about $42,000. .........nuff said. Our local Metal-dude, Sam Dunn, briefly interviewed Gaahl for the 2005 documentary Metal: A Headbanger's Journey. In it, Gaahl gives commentary on the events in Norway in the early 90s as well as some of his views on Satanism and Christianity. Click GAAHL, Bride Of Satan @ Youtube to catch the hilarity. In July 2008, Gaahl revealed in an online interview that he was involved in the creation of "Wynjo", an upcoming fashion collection for women, together with his (ex-lover) Norwegian modeling agent Dan De Vero and designer Sonja Wu. He is a practitioner of old Norse Shamanism, and is opposed to imposition of one's own religious beliefs on others. He can often be seen wearing a Mjolnir pendant. (the hammer of Thor, according to Norse Mythology) ] He is also a vegetarian and is "very fussy about food" according to his mother. Next week? - "Gaahl's practise of Norse Shamanism & his claim as a Satanist". In reality, the 2 are separate ideoligies & practises. Thanks: Metal A Headbangers Journey/Wiki. BURN IN HELL, DR PEPPER!! - FREE CAN OFFER = CLASSIC 'BAIT & SWITCH' - 'OVERLOADED' WEBSITE PREVENTS FANS FROM CLAIMING 'FREE POP'.
Yeah... ...no one saw this stinker coming. Dr. Pepper offers a free can to all Americans "IF" G N' R releases Chinese Democracy before Dec' 31 st. Well, Axl did......today. So Dr. Pepper, thinking that the public has the IQ of a peanut from a pile of monkey shit, adds conditions to its offer AFTER, its made. Result???............A GIANT FUCKING SCAM!!!!!!!!!! According to WalletPop.com, Dr Pepper's web site appears to be having a hard time keeping up with demand for a soda following the soft drink manufacturer's announcement earlier in the year that it would give a free drink to everyone if GUNS N' ROSES' long-awaited new album, "Chinese Democracy", actually dropped in 2008. Interested fans are being asked to visit DrPepper.com today (November 23), the day "Chinese Democracy" is released in the U.S. exclusively via Best Buy. After registering online, fans will receive a coupon redeemable for a 20-oz. Dr Pepper wherever the drink is sold. The twist: the coupon is only available for 24 hours and will expire on February 28. Repeated attempts by WalletPop.com staff to reach DrPepper.com have resulted mainly in a longtime "loading" message on the main page. When WalletPop.com has managed to get in, the coupon location wasn't immediately clear. It's apparently behind "Promotions" and then "Free Dr Pepper" — but then that page wasn't loading for WalletPop.com either. Then WalletPop.com tried 1-888-drpepper (1-888-377-3773), as recommended to the site by a company spokesman. WalletPop.com called midday and got an operator after a 15-minute wait. The spokesman also said the company was working to add more servers to handle the web traffic — this also around noon, 12 hours into the 24-hour promotion. Thanks Blabb. BEST NEWS SO FAR THIS WEEK?? - NORWAY'S HOTTEST METALLERS: 'SUSPERIA' - NEW ALBUM DETAILS ANNOUNCED!!!!
Note:.....!!!!THIS WILL BE THE "FINEST FUCKING METAL" ALBUM IN 09'...BITCHES!!! Oslo's Susperia deliver total ball-cracking Metal, that Metallica haven't delivered since The Black album. Check out the band yourself HERE, @ SUSPERIA MYSPACE And if you call yourself Metal, you'll drop everything release day, & go get this baby. Norwegian thrashers SUSPERIA have set "Speaking Killing Words" as the title of their new album, due in early 2009. The band has been working continuously throughout the year on the follow-up to 2007's "Cut From Stone" approximately ten tracks were written for the new CD. Commenting on the new material, SUSPERIA recently stated that "It's a mix of hard and fast songs with some nice touches of melody." SUSPERIA released its fourth studio album, "Cut from Stone", last year through the Tabu label in Europe and Candlelight Records in the USA. It entered the Norwegian chart at position No. 18 and was the No. 1 most added album on the influential CMJ Loud Rock and FMQB radio charts in the U.S. "Cut from Stone" was recorded at Strand Studio, Oslo, Norway during 2006. The mix was completed by Daniel Bergstrand (IN FLAMES, MESHUGGAH, SOILWORK) at Dug-Out Studios in Uppsala, Sweden, while the production was handled by SUSPERIA and Marius Strand. Thanks Susperia myspace. TRAVIS BARKER SUE'S AFTER SURVIVING CRASH - AMOUNT ASKED FOR, WOULD BARELY BUY A DR PEPPER & A COPY OF 'CHINESE DEMOCRACY'.
I had to re-check the sum Barker is suing for............about a dozen times. In this day of 'lawyers gone wild', $25,000. for surviving a plane crash with "xtra-krispy" written all over your ass, seems a little low. Blink 182 drummer Travis Barker is suing two companies for damages following the plane crash he was involved in. Barker was injured in a plane crash in South Carolina in September in which four people died. The drummer has since sued Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co, which owned the Learjet which crashed, and an aeroplane maintenance company, reports Fox News. He is seeking $25,000 (£17,000) in damages for pain and suffering, disfigurement, loss of earnings plus medical and legal expenses. Thelma Martin Still, the mother of Charles Monroe Still Jr, Barker's bodyguard who was killed in the crash, is joining the drummer in the lawsuit. She is suing for damages including grief and sorrow and funeral expenses. In the lawsuit the pair claim that the plane's pilots were not properly trained and that the Learjet was "defective". Thanks NME. DANIEL LANOIS TOSSES AROUND SAME WORN OUT LINES DESCRIBING THE NEW U2 ALBUM - SOMEONE GET THIS FUCKER A THESAURAS!!
Talk about arrogance. The 'we've re-invented Rock' bullshit line, is 40 yrs old & was beat to fucking pulp decades ago. So when over-rated (our own Canadian) producer Lanois starts throwing those worn-out lines around when describing U2's upcoming album... .... Is there anybody left on the planet who would actually take him serious... ....other than Larry Mullen Jr? Remember, as well as U2, Peter Gabriel & others... ...........Lanois is single-handed responsible for unleashing these fucking 'pimple-on-the-ass-of-music' acts: - Martha & The Muffins - The Parachute Club - Nash The Slash - Neville Brothers - Luscious Jackson - and.......Scott Weiland.........("shudder")
If there’s ever been a band shrouded in hyperbole, it’s U2. From their millions sold to their outspoken front-man who’s saviour complex has even attracted a petition against him, the band’s unquestionable success has led to its share of arrogance in interviews. Now, long-time producer Daniel Lanois is joining in on the "fun". When talking about U2’s upcoming album No Line On The Horizon with The Boston Herald, Lanois said, “The president of the company is singing better than ever and the tracks are wildly innovative. I would never have thought things would have gone this way. I believe, well, rock’n’roll has been reinvented one more time.” The new U2 album is due in early 2009, and will likely “reinvent rock'n’roll” with sold-out stadium tours, more millions from their Live Nation deal, and some huge radio singles. The Edge recently spoke with NME and said they delayed their album until 2009 because they wanted it to be “their year,” adding that “it's taking a while, but I'm told there's no short cut to greatness!” Thanks Exclaim.ca "WIBUMBA--METAL & HARD ROCK ALMANAC" - MONDAY, NOV' 24/08. "ON THIS DAY" 2001 . .After unprecedented cooperation between the major labels and tv and cable networks, a key benefit CD album was just days away from arriving in stores. The Concert for New York City featured Paul McCartney, The Who, David Bowie, Mick with Keith, Elton John and Billy Joel. 1991 . . Freddie Mercury, frontman of Queen died of AIDS at the age of 45. Also this same day Eric Carr drummer with Kiss, died of cancer at 41.carr had joined Kiss in 1982 when founding drummer, Peter Criss, left the group. 1972 . .In Concert, the ABC-TV late-night rock show, debuted. The first episode starred Alice Cooper, Chuck Berry, Blood Sweat & Tears, Poco and The Allman Brothers Band. 1979 . . Marianne Faithfull is arrested at the Oslo, Norway, airport for possession of marijuana.
"BORN" 1970: Chad Taylor ( guitarist: Live) 1969: Rob "Blasko" Nicholson (bass, vocals: Ozzy/Rob Zombie) 1962: John Squire (guitar: Stone Roses) 1955: Clement Burke/Elvis Ramone (drummer: Blondie/Ramones/sessionist/guest) 1944: Bev Bevan (drums, percussion: The Move/ELO/Black Sabbath)
"PASSED AWAY" 2007: Casey Calvert (26) American guitarist for the emo/post-hardcore band Hawthorne Heights. (died in his sleep on the band's tour bus of a probable pulmonary embolism, he had also been suffering with acute asthma). 1991: Freddie Mercury/Farrokh Bulsara (45) Zanzibar-born British musician, frontman, singer, pianist founder member of Queen: The finest frontman in living memory, he is remembered for his powerful vocal abilities and charisma as a live performer. As a songwriter, he composed many international hits. (Freddie died from complications of AIDS, greatly increasing awareness of the disease) b. Sept 5th 1946.
Thanks To: Metal Storm/ Triple A Radio/ The Gauntlet/ Phil Brodie band.
PROPS TO: "WARSTEINER PILSNER" Germany (5.0%)... ........Once more... Fuck you Dr Pepper!.................Florentine Pagan... ..............Donkey Tang. - Rank Hank Posted November 23, 2008 | Download of the day: Korn - Evolution.mp3
0News Slab: Prime news cuts from the metal and rock worldFRIDAY, NOV' 21/08: - WEEKEND EDITION - BEST FUCKING NEWS THIS WEEK?? - 'SEVENTH VOID' DEBUT ALBUM TO ARRIVE THIS SPRING - TYPE O NEGATIVE MEMBERS SLAPPING PAINT ON THE BEAST!
Hey Type O Negative fans!!!! Listen up bitches!!!! Cus' this is the fucking future of Type O', if 'TON' frontman Pete Steele self-destructs as it appears he's well on his way to do. Recent photograph's show Steele looking like 20 lbs of shit in a 10 lb bag. Shitty personal issue's & an ornery coke habit have plagued the big dude for ages. Meanwhile, SEVENTH VOID is a kick-ass, mind-fuck of a Sludge/Metal unit that boasts more than a little of Type O Negative feathers. Frontman/gutarist Ken Hickey, does a fair whack of TON's backing & alternate vocals. Many TON fans don't know that. SV drummer John Kelly, is also Type O's drummer. SEVENTH VOID, the new band formed by TYPE O NEGATIVE guitarist Kenny Hickey and drummer Johnny Kelly, will release its debut album in March/April 2009 through Big Vin Records, the label formed by HELLYEAH/ex-PANTERA drummer Vinnie Paul Abbott. Check em' out @ SEVENTH VOID MYSPACE Rounded out by bassist Hank Hell (INHUMAN) and guitarist Matt Brown (ex-SUPERMASSIV), SEVENTH VOID continues TYPE O's tradition of slow, heavy riffs and existential lyrics, but with a slightly sludgier, "stonier" flavor. Thanks Blabb/Seventh Void myspace. ROB ZOMBIE - KILLS ANY HOPE OF A 'WHITE ZOMBIE REUNION'.
Awwww shit. We didn't hold out much hope, but we weren't the only ones who would've killed to see White Zombie back together. Rob Zombie's been hounded for years to re-activate this unit. And when word came out that he was putting together a WZ box-set........... Metalheads worldwide started checking the band out again, many for the first time. Rob Zombie calls the new White Zombie four-disc/one-DVD box set Let Sleeping Corpses Lie, and that's just what he's doing with the band, which many fans hoped would reunite. Explaining that he was "closing the book" on the group that made him famous, Zombie says that the process of putting together the new compilation was like writing an epilogue. "I felt the band had two major shifts that were important, " he says. "The band really had two different lives: Soul Crusher was as far as we could take our New York underground art-damaged insanity, and Sexorcisto was sort of the beginning of taking White Zombie out to the world phase.." While going through tracks, Zombie was surprised at some of the gems he uncovered. "I found some early demo stuff that isn't on the box set that kind of stood out to me in how weird it sounded, " he says. "It sounded like when you listen to old '60s compilations of garage bands.
And at the time I hated it, but now I was kind of enjoying it because it was so ridiculously raw." Still, Zombie opted not to include the material in the package. "It was probably just fun for me: I don't think anyone else would enjoy it." - WHERES THE BAND NOW? - Rob Zombie - producing/directing horror movies, working on a new album John Tempesta - pounding skins for The Cult. Jay Noel Yuenger - recording engineer and record producer, currently building a studio in New Orleans. Sean Yseult - touring bassist with The Cramps. Zombie, who has spent much time of late directing horror pictures, promises to deliver a new solo album next year, and he says he's fired up. "I feel like with the solo stuff, Hillbilly Deluxe was the pinnacle of the first phase, and then I believe this record, whatever it may be called, is the capper of where it's going "For me, Educated Horses is a great record, but it was definitely a transitional record. I was sort of coming out of that other phase and [there were] new guys in the band. But now the band has been locked in tight for a couple of years - we've solidified - and it's the next real legitimate strong phase of what we're doing." Thanks Musicradar.com RAMMSTEIN UPDATE: - BAND SAYS, 'COOL IT", ALBUM PROBABLY WON'T BE OUT UNTIL FALL OF 09'.
That will make it 3 1/2 yrs between albums. Which in this day of 15 yr. 'Chinese Democracy's'.........isn't that long of a time. Especially, while crafting quality fucking Krautrawk!! The official newsletter from German industrial metallers RAMMSTEIN includes the following update on the band's new studio album: "While RAMMSTEIN are recording their newest studio album in sunny California, the first snow has fallen today in Berlin. You have sent us a lot of questions since news reached you via the RAMMSTEIN website about the recordings for the new album. Many rumours have flooded the internet since then. The production of the album will take some time and a release isn't planned before autumn 2009. If everything goes according to plan, we'll hear the first single before summer 2009 and be able to greet RAMMSTEIN at the beginning of their tour before the end of the year. This tour, which is to stretch far into the year 2010, will finally give you enough of a chance to see the band live again after the long period of waiting. Above all, there are some surprises in store for our loyal fans and Community members in the 2009/2010 tour year." Meanwhile, RAMMSTEIN's "Völkerball" DVD was released in North America in September 2007. The disc features performances from France, England, Japan and Russia. The DVD was released in three different formats. The standard two-disc DVD/CD package contains a 140-minute live video and 75-minute live CD. The special-edition package also includes a tour documentary and a behind-the-scenes look at the making of "Reise, Reise". Finally, the limited collectors' edition contains four discs packaged in a 190-page book with photos from the tour. Thanks Rammstein Myspace. SEPULTURA'S KISSER: - DECODES NEW ALBUM 'A-LEX' - PLUS, TRACKLISTING & INTERNATIONAL RELEASE DATES.
Fuck all the haters, who yabber on about how this ain't Sepultura. The Cavalera brothers are 'waaaaaay' over-rated. This band is making relevant, electrifying Thrash... .............'Dante XX I' proved it. On SEPULTURA'S latest release, "A-Lex", guitarist Andreas Kisser and his three colleagues, Derrick Green (vocals), Paulo Jr. (bass) and new addition Jean Dollabella (drums), have dedicated themselves to Anthony Burgess's book "A Clockwork Orange", creating an awesome thrash metal opus around this timeless and exciting subject. "A lot of people know Stanley Kubrick's film 'A Clockwork Orange', which is a movie classic, but few realize that the last chapter of the book is missing from the film. And that's what in my opinion is extremely important for the message that Anthony Burgess wanted to convey: it's your own free will, your own free choice, in which environment you choose to move, " Kisser explains his interpretation of this historic publication. "Following his stay in hospital, Alex, the book's main character, returns to society, meets old friends, finds a wife and starts a family. He makes this choice of his own will, irrespective of what the government had in mind for him." The recording is divided into four chapters, the first three of which cover the familiar plot from the movie, while chapter four reflects the final part of the story from the book. "Every chapter, from 'Alex I' to 'Alex IV', starts with a brief introduction which allows the listener to follow the story at all times, " Kisser explains. Along with SEPULTURA's familiar raw metal tunes, which are omnipresent on the one-hour recording, they have authentically translated Alex's affinity with Ludwig van Beethoven: supported by classical symphonic musicians from Sao Paulo, the track "Ludwig Van" picks up Beethoven's "9th Symphony" and transposes it into a heavy metal context. This number is a definite must, and it would be impossible to optimise this combination of classical music and savage thrash metal.
"A-Lex" (which stands for "no law" or "without law") will be released via SPV Records on the following dates: Thanks Blabb. REM - PREPARE FOR ANNIVERSARY OF THE LEGENDARY 'MURMUR' ALBUM - REISSUING DELUXE VERSION.
For the 80's?......This was one of THE top ten albums that defined Alt Rock.
REM are to celebrate its 25th anniversary by reissuing a deluxe version of their debut album Murmur. Thanks NME NAZXUL GUITARIST: KILLED IN MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT - AUSTRALIAN BAND HAD JUST COMPLETED NEW ALBUM & TOUR WAS PLANNED.
Metal Underground reports: Mortal Sin has posted the following message online: "Our long time friend Greg Morelli, guitarist of Nazxul was tragically killed in the early hours of Thursday morning November 20th in a motorcycle accident. "As many locals would know a huge storm hit Sydney last night and Greg was riding his motorbike home and hit a greasy wet patch on Parramatta road North Strathfield. Greg's death will be a huge loss to the Australian metal scene and of course the international black metal scene. "The new Nazxul album had just been completed and Greg was really looking forward to getting back out on the road and we had also talked about the possibility of heading over to Europe for some shows next year. Greg explained to me that the new album was sounding like they finally wanted to sound like, and was really proud of what he had achieved." "I hope all the black metal fans out there will raise their horns tonight for Greg. Rest in peace mate, you're a fucking legend." The staff here, send our thoughts & condolences to Gregs family & friends. Thanks Antimusic. WIBUMBA--METAL & HARD ROCK ALMANAC" - FRIDAY, NOV' 21/08. "ON THIS DAY" 1995 . . Billie Joe Armstrong, Green Day's singer was arrested at their concert in Milwaukee, WI. and fined $141 for dropping his pants 1991 . . Aerosmith made a special guest appearance on an episode of The Simpsons called "Flaming Moe's." 1988 . .Pink Floyd issued their first live album, The Delicate Sound Of Thunder. 1967 . .The Who Sell Out album was released. It featured a very humorous, satirical cover featuring members of the band touting products such as Odorono deodorant. The disc, one of the first rock concept albums, included the classic "I Can See For Miles" and the pre-Tommy mini-opera "Rael."
"BORN" 1980: Ana Fernández (keyboards: Dark Sun) 1977: Tobias Sammet (vocals: Edguy/Avantasia) 1968: Alex James (bassist: Blur) 1965: Bjork Gudmundsdottir (Icelandic singer: Sugarcubes/solo) 1967: Margret Ornolfsdottir (Icelandic keyboardist:Sugarcubes) 1955: Peter Koppes (Australian guitarist: The Church) 1948: John "Rabbit" Bundrick (keyboard, piano: Free/freelance)
"PASSED AWAY" 1995: Matthew Ashman () Guitarist, Adam And The Ants/ Bow Wow Wow (complications caused by diabetes) 1995: Peter Grant (60) manager for The Yardbirds, Led Zeppelin and Bad Company, and a record executive for Swan Song Records. He is widely credited with improving pay and conditions for musicians in dealings with concert promoters (heart attack)
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PROPS TO: "WILD ROSE INDIA PALE ALE" (5.5%), Alberta... ...........Best Thrash album in Jan'? - Sepultura's 'A-lex' out Jan' 25... ..........Ghetto Bladder... .........Infared Riding Hood. - Rank Hank Posted November 21, 2008 | Download of the day: Hueman - Out of this World.mp3
2News Slab: Prime news cuts from the metal and rock worldTHURSDAY, NOV' 20/08: - 'ROCK BAND' & CENTURY MEDIA - ANNOUNCE 'CENTURY MEDIA GIRLS OF METAL 01', VIDEO GAME.
Huh... .we thought that Jon Schaffer (Iced earth) would have made this list. Seriously tho'..............we wonder why they slapped 2 Lacuna Coil tracks on, when they should have added Century Media artists, 'Arch Enemy' as the 3rd band. They were probably wooried that Arch's Angela Gossows 'bowel-loosening howls' would make too many 12 yr. olds shit their pants. Gotta admit that Maria, (PICTURED) from 'In This Moment' does indeed sport an anti-gravity "uber-rack". Century Media Records recently partnered with the popular video game Rock Band to release an add-on pack of three songs for the game.
The pack, dubbed "Century Media Girls of Metal Pack 01", became available for download this week and features music from IN THIS MOMENT and LACUNA COIL.
The songs can be purchased as part of the bundle for 440 Microsoft Points ($5.50) or individually for 160 points ($2.00) per track. The following tracks are now available: Thanks Blabb. SMASHING PUMPKIN'S CORGAN - FINALLY CRACKS & STARTS TO LOSE IT ON STAGE: - 'WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU WANT FROM US?'
Jesus!!!...........He puts the show on hold for at least 10 min' so he can whine like a 10 yr old girl!!! When will this dumb-assed ego-maniac realize it's time to disappear into obscurity? Corgan, in Chicago on tuesday, continued his recent hobby of disrespecting, insulting & berating fans onstage. Greg Kot of ChicagoTribune.com reports: "After retiring the SMASHING PUMPKINS eight years ago, Billy Corgan brought the brand — if not the original lineup — back to his hometown Tuesday [November 18] for the first of four concerts. Check out ALL THE DRAMA @ BILLYTUBE "For part of the two-and-a-half-hour show, he kept up his end of the deal with original PUMPKINS drummer Jimmy Chamberlin at his back and an assortment of replacement PUMPKINS and backing musicians — a nine-piece band in all — playing with a road-tested roar that was spirited, lacerating, goofy and indulgent, sometimes all at once. "And then it all ended in deflating weirdness, with Corgan ranting on the microphone while the crowd filtered out wondering what happened. After a rousing first half, the momentum ebbed and flowed, and then finally nose-dived. "'Why are you upset with us?' Corgan said. 'It's 'cause we don't do what you want us to do. … We don't know what the [expletive] you want from us.'" Thanks ChicagoTribune.com BLINK 182 MEMBERS - BURY THE HATCHET - REPORTS SAY BAND SEEN, 'HUGGING, CRYING & RUNNING THRU FIELDS OF FLOWERS, HOLDING HANDS'.
Yeah, ok ....we're all teary-eyed that Travis barker is healing & playing his drums. And now the dudes are all emo & shit, talking about old times, laughing & hugging and restating their undying love for each other. But to hint that a Blink 182 reunion may be in the future............ Is taking this Hallmark moment way too fucking far!!!!! Ex-Blink 182 star Mark Hoppus has suggested that the pop-punk group could reform in the near future, after splitting up in 2005. The singer also discussed the recovery of the band's drummer Travis Barker, who recently suffered injuries in a plane crash in which he was one of just two survivors. Writing on Pickrset.com, Hoppus wrote: "In the midst of everything else that has happened lately, Tom [DeLonge, frontman] Travis, and I have all spoken together. First through a number of phone calls, and then a couple of weeks ago we all hung out for a few hours. "They've all been great, very positive conversations. We're just reconnecting as friends after four years of not talking, " he continued. "Obviously the first question for a lot of people will be, 'Does this mean a Blink 182 reunion?' The answer is none of us know. We haven't talked about it at all, " he added. "Right now it's just good for the three of us to see one another, reconnect, and let the past be the past." Hoppus also said that Barker was on the mend after the being badly burned in the crash. "Travis is a brother to me, and since the crash he has gone through more than I can even imagine, " he wrote. "From the day after the plane went down, when I saw him in the burns unit out in Georgia, to the hospital here in Los Angeles, to seeing him at home, his recovery is nothing short of amazing. "Every day gets a little better, and not only is he my brother, but also the best drummer and musician I've ever seen. "The man was born to play drums, and it is great to see him starting to get back into the studio and behind his kit." Thanks NME. THE 'HOW TO' FOR THIRD WORLD COUNTRY, US RESIDENTS, TO CLAIM THEIR FREE CAN OF POP - THIS IS A BIG DEAL, WHEN YOUR COUNTRY'S ECONOMY IS IN THE TOILET.
This is the only reason 'Chinese Democracy' is worth anything. A free goddamned can of pop. And for those poor fuckers south of us here in Canada, we say............ "Please enjoy the fucking thing"!!!!!!! Cus' lord knows, you guys have no other reason to wake up to another day. The agonizing wait for the 17-years-in-the-making masterpiece "Chinese Democracy" will finally be over (fingers crossed) on November 23, 2008. Sure, there have been more rumored release dates than the 23 flavors of Dr Pepper, but if "Chinese Democracy" hits stores as announced, it's going to be so easy, easy for every American to get a free Dr Pepper as promised. "We never thought this day would come, " said Tony Jacobs, vice president of marketing for Dr Pepper. "But now that it's here, all we can say is: The Dr Pepper's on us." Dr Pepper is ready to give out free soda coupons to every American when the album releases on November 23, 2008. If you're out to get a free Dr Pepper just follow these simple steps: How to get your free Dr Pepper: 1. On the Nov. 23, 2008 release date, go to www.drpepper.com 2. Register your information to receive a coupon for one free 20-oz. Dr Pepper. 3. When your coupon arrives, redeem it wherever Dr Pepper is sold. 4. Drink your Dr Pepper slowly to experience all 23 flavors. Dr's orders. Coupons will be available for 24 hours, starting at 12:01 a.m. Eastern Time on Nov. 23, 2008. Allow 4-6 weeks for coupon to arrive. Coupons will expire on February 28, 2009. Limit one coupon per person. Full terms and conditions available at www.drpepper.com. Thanks Blabb. 11 TOTALLY USELESS FACTS ABOUT THE MAKING OF 'CHINESE DEMOCRACY'
'CHINESE DEMOCRACY' is due on shelves Sunday, Nov' 23. Regardless of Axl's wrath & court cases involving premature ejaculation of the album, it's now streaming online on a gazillion sites. Fans seem split on whether it blows chunks......or is the best fucking thing to arrive in the last 15 years. All that aside, here are some weird-assed facts about the disc: 1: "It's taken a third of Axl Rose's life". Lest we forget, the making of Chinese Democracy began at LA's Complex Studio in 1993, when Rose was a fresh-faced enfant terrible of 31. When it's released on November 24, he will be a middle-aged recluse of 46. If you'd had a baby when he hit 'record', your kid would now be sitting exams and stealing your cigarettes. 2: "It shattered the classic G N' R lineup". When GN'R swaggered out of LA in 1985, their fierce unity suggested the band that bangs strippers together, sticks together. Chinese Democracy split the last gang in town in less than four years, with Slash departing under a cloud in 1996 and holding the door open for Matt Sorum and Duff McKagan. 3: "Axl hasn't shot the piano man (yet)". Aside from Chairman Rose, the sole survivor from the Use Your Illusion period is keyboard player Dizzy Reed. Keep your head down, Reed…
4: "You can't get the staff…" According to original A&R man Tom Zutaut, Axl insisted that everyone involved in Chinese Democracy was approved by his late spiritual therapist Sharon 'Yoda' Maynard. (PICTURED)"You had to get a black and white picture to Axl's assistant and then you'd be vetted and told if you could work with him, " says Zutaut. 5: "A Real Gravy Gig." If your face and aura fitted, Chinese Democracy was a gravy train. In 2005, The New York Times put the monthly payroll at $11,000 per bandmember, $6,000 per tech and $14,000 for the chief engineer. 6: "It's taken eight guitarists to get here." Discounting the web forum tittle-tattle, that's – deep breath – Slash, Gilby Clarke, Paul Tobias, Gary Sunshine and Buckethead, along with current axeslingers Richard Fortus, Ron 'Bumblefoot' Thal and Robin Finck. 7:". … and that doesn't include the celebrity guests". The nicest man™ and biggest ego™ in rock formed an unlikely alliance in the early stages of Chinese Democracy, as Brian May laid down a solo for Catcher N' The Rye. "He's not always easy to work with, " was the Queen guitarist's diplomatic assessment. May's solo has since been dumped off the album. 8: "Dave Navarro only lasted an afternoon…" How many egos can you fit into a top LA recording studio? Only one, it seems. "I spent an hour-and-a-half at the studio, " shrugs the Jane's Addiction peacock, who played the solo on 1999's stopgap track, Oh My God. "It just never worked out." 9: " … and Zakk Wylde not much longer Ozzy's grizzly sideman was briefly in the frame circa 1995. "I had a blast with those guys, but nothing ever materialised, " he recalls. "It could have worked out. At the time, you had Slash, Duff and Axl, so it was almost like the original lineup. But that's when Black Label Society happened." 10: "Take one chicken coop… Buckethead insisted he record his parts from a makeshift coop erected in the live room. "He's got his chair and a little sofa, " recalls Zutaut, "and there's a rubber chicken with its head cut off hanging from the ceiling, and body parts. It's totally Buckethead's world." Meanwhile, was a pile of faeces left in the coop by Rose's timber wolf puppy. "One of the engineers says, 'Bucket, we'll get it cleaned up' and Buckethead says, 'I love the smell of dog poop – leave it right here', " recalls Zutaut. "Three days later, the studio stinks to high heaven…" 11: " The final tab is over $13 million…" …which works out at $928,571 (about £625,000) per song. Thanks Musicradar.com WEILAND SUGGESTS HE'S 'RETIRING FROM THE ROAD' - THE 'BAND-WRECKER' WOULD LIKE TO BE CLOSER TO HIS KIDS & DEALER.
Yeah Weiland... ....lugging your 'horse-artillery' around on the road must be a bitch. Much easier to be a Base crazie at home than on the bus. The 'Earl of Estuffa', the 'Dean Of diggity', Scott Weiland sez' he's 'Tired Of The Road' & wants to be home near his kids. Maybe............& maybe there's better 'rambo' in town. According to The Pulse of Radio, STONE TEMPLE PILOTS frontman Scott Weiland spoke emotionally in a video interview with L.A. Weekly this week about his desire to spend more time at home with his young children instead of on the road. Check it out RIGHT HERE, @ LA WEEKLY & WEILAND Weiland said, "It pains me when I am gone for a month, even, and I come back and there's differences — big positive amazing differences, beautiful differences — that I haven't been a part of because I've been working...to make the money, out there on the road." Weiland told The Pulse of Radio something similar as he neared the end of his recent six-month reunion tour with the PILOTS. "I kind of want to stop that phase of my life, being on the road nonstop, " he said. "It's always tempting to make a lot of money, but there just comes a certain point where spending more time with your kids and also creating the kind of music you want to create outweighs those other things." Weiland issues his second solo album, "Happy in Galoshes", on November 25. It follows up 1998's "12 Bar Blues". The singer said that much of the album was inspired by his personal turmoil during the last year. His brother died in 2007, his mother recently battled cancer, he split with wife Mary Forsberg and he was dismissed by his previous group, VELVET REVOLVER. Weiland will perform on the November 21 edition of NBC's "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" and the November 26 episode of ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" He'll also play some scattered radio festivals in December before kicking off a U.S. tour in January. Thanks TPOR "WIBUMBA--METAL & HARD ROCK ALMANAC" - THURSDAY, NOV' 20/08. "ON THIS DAY" 2003 . .Producer Phil Spector (Let It Be) plead not guilty after being charged by the Los Angeles County District Attorney with one count of murder in the shooting death of an L.A. actress. 1973 . .Keith Moon collapsed twice during the first date of The Who's U.S. tour in San Francisco. Initially, he fell over his drum kit in the midst of "Won't Get Fooled Again." After being attended to backstage, Moon returned to play for another 10 minutes before having to be carried off again, allegedly due to jet lag, or because of his drink being possibly spiked with PCP as some claimed. A desperate Townshend asked the audience if there was a drummer in the house. A 19-year-old named Scot Halpin came forth, took a quick shot of brandy, got behind his idol's drums, and did a decent job of finishing the set. Halpin's 15 minutes of fame parlayed into many TV and radio appearances the following week. 1970 . .For the second time in a year, The Kinks' Ray Davies had to re-record a phrase in a single, replacing the line "The air pollution is a-foggin' up" which too closely resembled a naughty word. Earlier in the year he had been forced to change "Coca-Cola" to "Cherry Cola" in "Lola." 1967 . .Time magazine, in metaphor-laden prose, described The Doors' second album Strange Days as a work that took "its listeners not only past such familiar landmarks of the youth odyssey as alienation and sex, but into symbolic realms of the unconscious, eerie night worlds filled with throbbing rhythms, shivery metallic tones, unsettling images."
"BORN" 1986: OlI Sykes (UK metal/deathcore vocalist: Bring Me The Horizon). 1975: Davey Havok (vocalist: AFI). 1975: Antto EinarI MelasniemI (keyboards: HIM) 1972: Thomas Petersson (guitars: Tiamat - 90'-94 &96'-08') 1965: Mike D/Micheal Diamond (US rapper: Beastie Boys). 1962: Andy Kuntz (vocals: Vanden Plas/Abydos) 1954: Frank Marino (guitarist: Mahogany Rush) 1947: Joe Walsh (guitarist, singer: Eagles/solo).
"PASSED AWAY" 2005: Chris Whitley (45) US guitarist, because of his unique style of playing, he used many alternate tunings for his guitars. He appeared in the concert film documentary Hellhounds on my Trail - The Afterlife of Robert Johnson. As well as his solo work he has also recorded with Shawn Colvin, Cassandra Wilson, Rob Wasserman, Little Jimmy Scott, Mike Watt, Johnny Society, Joe Henry, Michael Shrieve, Chocolate Genius, DJ Logic, Ely Guerra, Goat, Dave Pirner (of Soul Asylum), Clint Mansell and Jeff Lang (lung cancer) b. August 31st 1960 2004: Jenny Ross (42) English keyboardist and vocals with post-punk/techno band "Section 25" best known for their classic Techno single "Looking from a Hilltop." She was also known by her married name, Jennifer Cassidy (cancer) b. 1962
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2News Slab: Prime news cuts from the metal and rock worldWEDNESDAY, NOV' 19/08: - WE CAN'T BELIEVE IT!!!! - POWERMAN 5000 BEAT THE ODDS! - FIRST SONG THAT DOESN'T SUCK IN 9 YEARS!!!!
I absolutley....DID NOT think....Powerman 5000 had another decent track left in them. They peaked with the 99' fucking dope disc, "Tonite The Stars Revolt", Then they wasted 9 years cranking out!!!!! 5!!!!! absolute pieces of total, certified shit!!!!! The verdict was, that after a 10 member line-up change... .......this turkey was fucking done. Yup... they had milked the dying Robot-schtick cow, for what little it was worth. That fact was sealed with the gawd-awful "Destroy What You Enjoy" in 06', that reaked of mis-direction, no inspiration & a ginormous lack of talent. Then outa the fucking blue, 5000 mainman, Spider One, releases this retro-gem, SUPER VILLIAN @ POWERMAN 500 MYSPACE Spider One had this to say about it: "The new album is not done but we are so happy with what is finished we have decided to start releasing it in parts. So, maybe three songs next month another three or four after tour and so on. We think this is a good plan. The reaction to 'Super Villain' has been fucking amazing! THANX!! "Many of you have been begging for the band to return to the days of 'Tonight The Stars Revolt!' and I think in a way we are. The new stuff is unique and not a retread of that sound but it has a certain spirit that reminds me of those days. Your future has arrived... again! So there you have it. Spider One might just make it back to the glory days of no more 'd-curcuit bars... a "real tour bus"... & no more calls to big brother Rob Zombie... ..for some cash for 'blow & doritos'. Thanks Blabb. FUCK CHINESE DEMOCRACY! - ZAKK WYDE'S GOT A HOT-SAUCE LINE THAT'LL DESTROY ANY 'BUCKETHEAD SOLO'!!
'Yaaaaaaaaaaawn'....... We could bore the shit outa ya with yet more talk about 'Chinese Democracy'........like the other sites are doing right now. But we'd rather you walk away from your computer with knowledge of a more useful kind. Knowledge of "Hotsauce" bitches!!!! Particularily "Zakk Wylde's Berserker sauce". BLAIRS presents Zakk Wylde's Berserker Hot Sauce. Flavors so bold they could only be made for the Berserkers, but tasty enough for everyone to enjoy. Blair's has been producing top-shelf hot sauces and food condiments for as long as Zakk has been one of America's top guitar slingers, and is considered the industry leader amongst sauces according to many. "Strength, Determination, and Mercilessly Hot! were my initial thoughts, " exclaimed Zakk after tasting the first production run of the sauce. "I said, let's unleash this stuff now and let me feel the heat on stage from a back-row burp at the next show, " he later joked. Upon hearing that, Blair commented, "When that happens, I'll really know we delivered!"
Distribution for the sauce is being handled jointly between Blair's and Bravado International Group, the largest music merchandise company in the world, and a company that has enjoyed a 10-year long relationship with Zakk and BLACK LABEL SOCIETY. Blair's will focus on distribution of the sauce to traditional food retailers, while Bravado will handle non traditional distribution at retail and online sales via the BLACK LABEL SOCIETY webstore (www.blacklabelsociety.com). In other words, if you are a connoisseur or collector sauces in a bottle, or a BLS music maniac, you'll find the Zakk Wylde's Berserker sauce available everywhere. Retail price for the sauce is $9.95 per bottle and $39.80 for the complete Berserker line. Thanks Blabb. JAMES HETFIELD'S 'MYSTERY FLYING V' - AXE USED ON DEATH MAGNETIC TOUR - FINALLY IDENTIFIED.
Musicradar has tracked down one of the main axe's James Hetfied's using on Metallica's current tour for Death Magnetic. It's a "Zemaitis GZV500MF-MBK" And the goddamned thing is freakin' beautiful!!!!!!!! Tony Zemaitis was born in London, England in 1935. As a child he was constantly designing, making and building - everything from model flying airplanes to handmade bicycles. In the 1950s he became a keen guitar player but unable to find a suitable guitar, he studied a friend's classical guitar and then set off to build his own design - the very first Zemaitis guitar! Tony Zemaitis was an enthusiastic performer on the London blues and folk scene and so Tony Zemaitis' guitars found many fans amongst fellow guitarists. This is where his reputation started to became established as 'name' guitarists like Davey Graham, Long John Baldry and Spencer Davis, who loved the great sound and playability of his guitars, became customers. His early work was Zemaitis acoustic guitars and especially Zemaitis 12-strings, the most famous being Eric Clapton's "Ivan the Terrible" (sold recently by Eric at Christies for $253,000!). However, it wasn't long before Tony Zemaitis produced his first full Zemaitis electric guitar - built as a prototype and ending up in the collection of George Harrison. It was for Zemaitis electric guitars that Tony became best known.
Tony Zemaitis was always seeking to improve and a major innovation was the now famous Zemaitis Metal Front™. His original idea was to shield the guitar and reduce the hum found in many mainstream guitars. Tony's first Zemaitis Metal Front™ guitar was made for Tony McPhee of the Groundhogs and the idea was successful in more ways than one. Not only did it reduce noise but also the Zemaitis Metal Front™ became one of Tony's signature models - the highly decorative, individually hand engraved works of art so much favored by rock's elite. By the 1980s Tony Zemaitis became a living legend. Collectors began trading second-hand Zemaitis guitars for high prices but Tony remained true to his ideals - still working by himself, only producing a handful of guitars each year. Tony Zemaitis passed away on August 17, 2002 The Zemaitis GZ Series GZV500MF-MBK full specifications are:
# Body: Solid Duralumin Top, 2-piece Mahogany back If you can track one down for sale – and at the time of writing, we couldn't – expect to pay in excess of $3500. As metal as it gets? We think so… Thanks Musicradar. MORE ON METALLICA: - HOW THE BAND IS COPING WITH, 'OLD AGE/ NEW METAL & CHINESE DEMOCRACY' - & HETFIELD GOES THE SOBER ROAD.
And speaking of Hetfield........... It seems the angst is watered down from the days of the 'Black Album'. The old mans mellowing out with acupuncture & Motts Clamato. ANDREW DANSBY of the Houston Chronicle caught up with the (kinda) angry one for a quick chin-wag on the bands health, new Metal & Axl & Chinese Democracy: Q: You guys look pretty fit. Is touring a thrill? Or does it leave you feeling weary? A: (Laughs.) Right now I’m standing in front of our voodoo doctor’s room. He can either manipulate your back or do reflexology. He can do some acupuncture or hook up some electrodes to us. Or make a secret vegetable concoction to get us through the show. Q: That’s not very dark and evil. A: No. (Laughs.) It’s weird, actually. Instead of the booze and pills it’s the health stuff: we’re addicted to that. Q: Do you feel sobriety changed the way you write? A: I can say I’ve taken off the black-cloud glasses. It’s pretty amazing and continues to be. I’m not here to preach about it, to say it’s got to be this way for everyone. But it feels like things happened where I didn’t get the full effect, and now I do. Better late than never. Q: Yet you have a death-filled album titled Death Magnetic . . . A: Well you can’t turn that off. (Laughs.) We stick to pretty core stuff. When I try to tell a story tell or explain history or something it always comes out wrong. When I can get dark and universal with it, it’s a little more real. But we’ve heard a lot of things like, “I caught you smiling. How’re you going to write songs?” It happens, man. I’m not going to spend the rest of my life trying to sort out the first half of it. It’s a work in progress. Q: For the first time in years there seem to be several young metal bands getting attention. Do you think it all just follows a 20-year cycle? A: Yeah, the burning of the forest. It grows back healthier. A lot of these bedroom guitar players and bedroom drummers that have come up and discovered old metal have challenged it. Some of these musicians are unbelievable as far as agility. Obviously you still need a good song to go with that. But there are a lot of heavy bands, scary heavy bands out there now. It’s making what they called new metal a few years ago sound like pop. We’re seeing kids out there with their parents who grew up listening to us. Q: You guys have an uneasy history with Guns n’ Roses. Have you heard Axl Rose’s new record? Do you even care? A: I’ll certainly listen to it. But I haven’t lost sleep waiting for it. I thought we took a long time to make an album. But you know he’s late for everything so it makes total sense. We saw him play at a festival in Germany two years ago. He’s a good frontman. He’s eccentric, but all artists are. If they don’t show that they’re quirky, they’re lying to you. They’re either pretending they’re not or they’re pretending they’re an artist. Thanks Chron.com. 'ASHES DIVIDED???' - ASHES DIVIDE SPLIT UP - HOW THE FUCK DOES A 'ONE MAN BAND' SPLIT UP?
This is puzzling. Cus' Ashes Divide, is really just Billy Howerdel... . with a bunch of session/touring musicians. Much like Trent Reznor & NIN. It was HIS project.....so how the hell does it "Break Up"??? Whatever the fuck... ..could this finally mean that A Perfect Circle will finally put the ego's in a sack & make some decent music? Might be possible, since Maynard Keenan's 'Pucifer' is dryed up & his 'Vegas-styed caberet act', is pretty much guarenteed to be pure horseshit. "Inside sources" have told The Pulse of Radio that ASHES DIVIDE, the band led by former A PERFECT CIRCLE guitarist and singer Billy Howerdel, has split up. The group, which released its debut album, "Keep Telling Myself It's Alright", last spring, has been off the radar since pulling out of a fall tour with PUDDLE OF MUDD for unspecified reasons. ASHES DIVIDE appeared this past summer on LINKIN PARK's Projekt Revolution tour. Thanks TPOR. "WIBUMBA--METAL & HARD ROCK ALMANAC" - WEDNESDAY, NOV' 19/08. "ON THIS DAY" 2004 . .Vines lead singer Craig Nicholls reveals that he has Asperger Syndrome, a neurobiologcal disorder that causes autistic-like episodes and severe communication difficulties. 2001 . . Scott Weiland of Stone Temple Pilots was arrested for fighting with his wife at a Hard Rock hotel, Las Vegas. He was booked on domestic battery, but released 12 hours later. The band had performed at the club that night. 1998 . .Motley Crue fans are able to fulfill all their fashion needs when the bands new retail store, S'Crue, opens at 7201 Melrose Ave. in Los Angeles. The store stocks merchandise from the band's worldwide tours, clothing from both the clothing lines by bassist NikkI Sixx and vocalist Vince Neil and all Motley Crue albums. 1997 . .Johnny Cash is listed in serious but stable condition at Baptist Hospital in Nashville after contracting double pneumonia. The 65-year-old country legend suffers from Shy-Drager Syndrome, a form of Parkinson's Disease. 1993 . . Nirvana recorded an MTV unplugged concert in New York.
"BORN" 1981: Seigneur Pâquet (guitar: Cryptic Summoning) 1979: Keith Buckley (vocalsr: Every Time I Die). 1972: Frontenac von Borealys (vocals: Cryptic Summoning) 1970: Justin Chancellor (UK bassist: Isis/Peach/Tool). 1969: Travis McNabb (US drummer: Better Than Ezra). 1960: Matt sorum (drums: Guns N Roses, The Cult, Velvet Revolver)
"PASSED AWAY" 2007: Kevin DuBrow (52) American rock singer, best known as the lead vocalist of the heavy metal band Quiet Riot from 1973 until his death. During Quiet Riot's commercial heyday in the 1980s, he was known for his on-stage charisma, gravelly bluesy voice, and suspenders. He recorded 10 albums with his band and 4 solo albums (cocaine overdose) b. October 29th 1955 2003: Greg Ridley (56) UK bassist - Spooky Tooth, Humble Pie: he entered music using the name Dino. He co-founded one of the first super-groups in 1969, Humble Pie which originally consisted of himself on bass, Steve Marriott former lead singer, songwriter and lead guitarist of Small Faces, Peter Frampton former lead singer and guitarist of The Herd, and seventeen-year-old drummer Jerry Shirley (pneumonia) b. October 23rd 1947.
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PROP TO: "BROOKLYN LAGER" New York (5.2%)... ................Mike Anthony - enough of the 'Van halen hurt my feelings crap', (a new quote every day).....move on with Chickenfoot... .............Bobo The Dog-Faced Boy... ...........Don't Kill The Nipper. - Rank Hank Posted November 19, 2008 | Download of the day: Killing Joke - Walking With Gods.mp3
2News Slab: Prime news cuts from the metal and rock worldTUESDAY, NOV' 18/08: - BEST INTERVIEW THIS WEEK??? - MOTORHEAD'S 'LEMMY': - 'IF I LOOK LIKE A PIG WITH A GOITER, IT'S NOT GOOD'.
Good ol' fucking Lemmy........... Always good with a quote. Always perceptive with the shit going down in this world. Always good for a laugh. Always got a surprise for you.......did you know he wrote Ozzy's, "Mama, I'm Coming Home"? Neither did we. Lemmy sat down with Jon Wiederhorn of 'Inked Mag" for a Q&A:
Inked: When did you get your first tattoo? Lemmy: In 1973 when I was in HAWKWIND. We were in Dayton, Ohio, on a Sunday, and the tattoo shop was the only place open. We were totally fuckin' bored, so we all went down there and got a derisive hippie tattoo. Mine was a marijuana leaf, which I've since had covered up because it looked like a pizza with wings. Inked: What's your favorite tattoo? Lemmy: The Ace of Spades one, but you can't read that anymore. It says "Born to Lose, Live to Win" around it, but the words have bled into each other. That was done in 1979 in Holland. Inked: You've probably seen some wild MOTÖRHEAD tattoos over the years. Lemmy: No shit, man. A friend of ours in Germany has his entire back covered with the logo and he's got us tattooed on the sides of his head and chest. He's got our faces on the calves of his legs. Inked: Is it strange to see your face tattooed on someone? Lemmy: If it's a good picture, I don't mind, but if I look like a pig with a goiter, then it's not so good. I've seen both. Inked: "Motörizer" has some fairly political lyrics. Lemmy: Yeah, one of 'em's about Iraq, "When the Eagle Screams". I wrote that because I know the history of war. I've studied it, and this is a prime example of money sending boys to their deaths. The interest's winning over the logic. Everybody knew there were no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq because we sold them everything they had. I'll tell you a funny story. You know when the British invaded Iraq with you guys? We didn't have any desert uniforms. We only had the green and the khakI because we sold all the desert uniforms to Iraq three years before. Isn't that great? I just hate all politicians. They're all bastards. Inked: Your signature song is "Ace of Spades". Are you a big gambler? Lemmy: No, not really, I just like to play. Like it says in the song, "The pleasure is to play, makes no difference what you say." No gambler ever wins, not in the long run. The most I've lost at any one time is three grand. I won nine grand on one pull of a lever seven years ago at the Venetian in Vegas. I put two grand back and took seven grand home. That's very good for me.
Inked: You often go to strip clubs. Are you a fan of the lap dance? Lemmy: Sure. It's a tease, but you can sometimes talk them into it, you know? And you can only talk them into it if you have a lap dance. You can't convince them to go home with you from the bar. Inked: Ever hook up with a porn star? Lemmy: Five of them over the years, actually. Inked: Anyone we'd recognize? Lemmy: I don't kill and tell. Inked: Are porn stars better in bed than regular girls? Lemmy: No, they're just the same, but then again I'm not as good in bed as the people I usually fuck, so I suppose it evens out. Inked: Any hobbies? Lemmy: Mostly chasing women, I suppose. Actually, no, that's a career. The music's the hobby. Inked: You told Maxim you've slept with 2,000 women. Lemmy: No, I said 1,000 and I think they inflated it a bit. But I'm not keeping count, you know? Inked: You wrote one of Ozzy Osbourne's biggest ballads, "Mama I'm Coming Home". How did that happen? Lemmy: Just after I moved to the States, Sharon [Osbourne] rang up and said, "Can you write four songs for me, " and made me an offer I couldn't refuse. One of them was "Mama I'm Coming Home". I made more money out of those four songs than I did in 15 years with MOTÖRHEAD. And then I wrote two more for "Ozzmosis".
Inked: You seem to have a love/hate relationship with Sharon. Lemmy: No, it was just she took over our management for a month in 1991. And when we went to Japan, she sent a tour manager over with us and he fucked up all the money and then said it was our fault. She trusted his word over ours, which is fairly natural because she was his guy. But I never forgave her until last week when she finally said, "Okay, I believe you." Inked: Are you at all religious? Lemmy: I'm an agnostic, really. I'll wait and see … and I can wait. But I'm not afraid of dying. What's the point of being afraid of the inevitable. I just hope it won't be in a hospital surrounded by assholes and tubes up your nose, you know? My ethic is, "Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die." You can be as careful as you want, but you're gonna die anyway, so why not have fun. Inked: The world is at war and the economy and the environment are a mess. Is mankind doomed? Lemmy: Don't kid yourself. It is too late. We're done. Pretty soon we'll all be extinct or living in hermetically sealed caves because we're poisoning the air we breathe, the water we drink, and the food we eat. Any questions? And it's not like we haven't known this, but businesses wanted the money more than they wanted their children to live. Isn't that wonderful? You can count on mankind every time. Thanks Jon Wiederhorn. For the full interview, go to www.inkedmag.com. TRAVIS BARKER (+44/BLINK 182) - BACK BEHIND DRUM KIT - LESS THAN 2 MONTHS AFTER BEING BURNT IN PLANE CRASH.
Reportedly, Barker had some nasty freakin burns to his torso. He also had a shitload of Tattoo work done there. So, we're sitting here pounding beers & wondering, since theres a considerable amount of Tat' work here in the office....... Can scarred tat's be repaired? Meh... .....I'll Google it another time.
Meanwhile, Musicradar has this report: "Former Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker is back in the studio less than two months after being involved in a harrowing plane accident. Barker appeared via satellite from his studio in Los Angeles yesterday (16 November) for MTV's Total Finale Live. "Thanks for all the support, " the drummer said. "I feel better every day." The appearance was Barker's first on-camera interview since a private plane skidded off a South Carolina runway in September, killing four and leaving him and bandmate DJ AM severely burned. Barker said he hopes to make music with AM again soon. "It was like riding a bike, " the drummer said of his first time back behind his drumkit. "It was really exciting to know I still have my chops. It still felt good. I still can make it around the kit. Everything felt right, so I'm thankful to be able to play." - Barker's former Blink-182 bandmate and current +44 member Mark Hoppus said he expects the drummer to full recover and return to music full-time soon. "He can't not drum, you know? The man was born to sit behind a drumkit and do his thing, " Hoppus said. "The doctors are saying that his body is really healing in a positive way." As for the future, Hoppus added: "No matter what I work on, Travis will be part of, for sure." Thanks Musicradar.com ??WTF?? - TOOL'S MAYNARD KEENAN: - PUTTING TOGETHER A 'CABERET-STYLE VEGAS ACT' - WE WEEP IN RUM-SOAKED DESPAIR.
After Tool's "10,000 Days" tour wound down, Keenan was dropping hints that the next Tool album (if there was one) would be a "loooooooong fucking way off". Why is it that some of Rocks most powerful & dynamic vocalists, like Keenan & Chris Cornell for example, feel the need to let their ego's over inflate on the pretencious-scale & become corporate sellouts? The Pulse of Radio reports that TOOL frontman Maynard James Keenan is putting together a cabaret-style show for a string of dates at The Palms in Las Vegas, beginning in mid-February. According to an inside source, the shows will feature both comedy and music. Keenan is not a stranger to this kind of gig — he told The Pulse of Radio that his side band PUSCIFER actually evolved out of a similar type of show he used to do in his pre-TOOL days in Hollywood. "Generally started off as a name that I was attaching to some of the comedy things I was doing with (comedian) Laura Milligan at this club called Tantrum which existed in the Diamond Club on Hollywood and La Brea, " he said.
"(We'd) have a variety show, lots of talent coming through there just kind of trying out their new stuff. So PUSCIFER was kind of like the band that would kind of close the show." Milligan is a comedian and actress seen on "Mr. Show" and more recently in "Tenacious D: The Pick of Destiny". Several performers from both projects used to work on the same gigs as Keenan. Keenan's Vegas act will reportedly incorporate both friends and outside musicians to perform some music from PUSCIFER and other material. PUSCIFER's debut album, "V Is For Vagina", came out in the fall of 2007. TOOL has been on vacation since the end of last year, when it finished an 18-month tour in support of its 2006 album, "10,000 Days". Thanks TPOR. SLAYER'S TOM ARAYA: - TALKS SHIT ABOUT METALLICA'S 'DEATH MAGNETIC'.
Whooaaa... ........ This is some pretty bitter shit from Tom Araya of Slayer. Granted, 'Death Magnetic' sure isn't 'And justice For All'. But is this because DM has sold 2 million copies & counting? And Slayers recently released track 'Psychopathy Red', has been a dissapointment to a lot of fans? Austrian heavy 'zine Stormbringer.at conducted an interview with bassist/vocalist Tom Araya of the California thrash metal veterans SLAYER prior to the band's November 16, 2008 concert in Vienna, Austria. Watch the 24-minute chat below. During the interview, Araya was asked if he has heard METALLICA's new album, "Death Magnetic", and what he thinks of it. "You don't wanna know, " Araya replied. "I heard the album. That's all you wanna know. I heard the album… That's why when they [the SLAYER management] said, 'We wanna release this [new SLAYER song], 'Psychopathy Red'.' And this is after listening to the [METALLICA] album. I'm like, 'Yeah, that sounds like a great idea. Let's release this song and give it away, because at least the fans will know what they're getting with our album.' [Laughs] I'm being serious. When I heard the METALLICA album, it didn't appeal to me at all. And all I could think about was, 'Man, what happened?' And then they wanted to record three songs to help sell the tour, that we're working on new material, and I'm like, I thought it was a great idea to release this song. Because people then can have something to compare something to — [show them] that Rick [Rubin, SLAYER and METALLICA producer] still has it. It wasn't Rick. And that was kind of a way to show people, 'Hey, it's not Rick Rubin. It's the band. It's what the band brings to the table. People are always comparing albums. So now they have something that they can compare it to. And they know that this is what they're gonna be getting with our record. You're gonna be getting SLAYER." Thanks Stormbringer.at HEY AXE-MEISTERS!! - GIBSON 'LES PAUL' CELEBRATES 50 YRS. - APPARENTLY, IT CAN STILL BE IMPROVED!!
Depending on who you yak with, Gibson are either fucking gods... .....or notorious for new products that need a shitload of tweaking, to bring em' up to performance level. Thats why we are divided here on the new 2008 Standard. 50 yrs since Gibson introduced the first "Les Paul". Musicradar Has This: "It's 50 years since Gibson unveiled the sunburst Les Paul Standard, kicking off the journey of an initially far-from-popular instrument. Now, along with Fender's Stratocaster, it's become the world's most popular and recognisable electric guitar. Like Fender, Gibson has various historically accurate reissues available, but has also chosen in 2008 to release a new Standard. The new Standard advertises an enlarged neck tenon plus a properly chambered body to trim weight and add resonance. Time to open the case then… "SO WHATS NEW"?
The new 2008 Standard looks forward with numerous changes that would seem to be aimed to bring it in line with, most obviously, more modern brands like PRS and ESP. The 2008 is a little lighter and seems a little more alive as you tap your knuckles on its body. Here the body back is one-piece and the maple top subtly figured. Without the pickguard it also looks a little leaner and less fussy. Although the 'board and inlays seem dry and dirty, set-up is good (the guitar arrived with a 'Plek'd' sticker on the bridge pickup) including the nut, although we suspect opinion might be split over the tuners – one of the numerous changes to the 'standard' formula that we see here. These are Grover locking types with chromed tulip buttons, not the more classic plastic of the traditional Klusons. The lock is achieved very easily with a large rear thumbwheel, which clamps the string in its post hole. Like the tuners, the tune-o-matic and stud tailpiece lock to their posts. They are TonePros parts and, while the claim of increased sustain may be hard to confirm, they certainly won't fall off when you take all the strings off.
Gibson advertises an 'asymmetrical' neck profile that's quite rare, especially on production electrics – the only other one that sticks in the mind is the profile used on the original Music Man Eddie Van Halen signature. (PICTURED AT LEFT) Here the bass-side is more 'D' shaped and the treble side is more of a 'C' with a shallower shoulder. It's slightly less deep (20.5mm at the first fret, 22.73 at the 12th) than Gibson's '50s rounded profile that, while similar at the first (21.28mm), fills out to 25.5mm by the 12th. Electronically, the 2008 has a BurstBucker Pro 1 at neck and a BurstBucker Pro 2 at the bridge and Bourne gold-plated pots visible through a smoked translucent control cover: also new is the Neutrik locking output jack tidily inset into the guitar's rim. Remove the electrics backplate and things all looks rather high tech: the four square pots are soldered onto a Gibson logo'd PCB: the pickups connect to the PCB with clearly marked solder-less push-in connects: likewise the outputs to the toggle switch. " WHAT DOES THIS OLD-TIMER SOUND LIKE"?
The 2008, while offering what seems like a slew of modern updates actually sounds older. What we mean here is that, certainly on the bridge pickup, which sounds a little hotter than a '57 Classic, we have more edge and spark to the sound: it clears up nicely too and you can really get older Les Paul voices – more classic blues (Peter Green) than modern rock (Slash). Playability-wise the 2008 feels like a modern production Gibson. Those frets still feel a little intrusive initially, and while the 2008's slightly slimmer neck feel will have its fans, some players may yearn for the more familiar neck shapes available in other areas of the range. Like Fender, Gibson's main business is providing us with umpteen versions of its classic guitars: they may be historically accurate or signature versions or look a little to the future, as with the 2008. We certainly have no problem with that and, barring a few minor quibbles, we have no problem with this guitar – especially with this year's trim price and its palpably sharper construction. Whether the slightly edgier, older sounding 2008 Standard will suit you, is really down to what you want from a 'Paul. What we will say is that if Gibson keeps up this improved, detailed construction, a few more boutique-y other-brand single-cuts will begin to look rather costly. Verdict With its added features the 2008 Standard moves into a more boutique area but remains very well priced and quite old-school." Thanks Musicradar. THE VINES - FRONTMAN, CRAIG NICHOLLS 'MENTAL CONDITION DETERIORATED RAPIDLY' - SUFFERING FROM 'ASPERGERS SYNDROME' - NO, ITS NOT ASSBURGERS.
Being in The Vines would suck ass.. And having Aspergers syndrome would really blow too. Now imagine being in The Vines & having Aspergers too. Thats the life of The Vine's frontman, Craig Nicholls. Australian rockers The Vines have cancelled all their upcoming shows after the deterioration of singer Craig Nicholls' mental condition. Nicholls suffers from Asperger's syndrome, a mild form of autism, which causes him to behave erratically. The band has cancelled appearances at the Homebake, Pyramid Rock and Big Day Out festivals, as well as their upcoming Japanese tour. "It is with a great deal of regret that The Vines today announced that they have cancelled all of their Australian festival appearances, " the band said in a statement. "Craig Nicholls' mental condition has deteriorated extremely rapidly over the past month to the point where he requires immediate help over an extended period of time." The Sydney four-piece formed in the late 1990s and found international success with their 2001 debut album Highly Evolved, which went top 10 in Australia and the UK.
The Vines fell from grace after their second album, Winning Days, failed to match expectations in 2004, and Nicholls' erratic behaviour turned violent. After abusing fans and assaulting a Sydney photographer, Nicholls was diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome. A two-year hiatus followed, before The Vines released their third album Vision Valley in 2006, and resumed touring. Nicholls' bandmates Hamish Rosser, Ryan Griffiths and Brad Heald sent their thanks to fans, friends and family who had supported them since their 2006 return. "On behalf of The Vines we would like to extend our sincerest apologies to those of you who won't be able to see us perform, " Rosser said. "We are all absolutely devastated that we've been forced to cancel all upcoming shows as there's nothing we love more than playing on stage before an enthusiastic audience." "The band and Craig's family would like to ask that sensitivity be shown at a difficult time and ask that this statement be taken as their only comment on this matter, " The Vines said. Thanks The age.co.au "WIBUMBA--METAL & HARD ROCK ALMANAC" - TUESDAY, NOV' 18/08. "ON THIS DAY" 1993 . . After a fight broke out in a New Orleans' bar, Eddie Vedder, the singer of Pearl Jam was arrested in for disturbing the peace. 1993 . . At Sony Studios, New York, Nirvana recorded their unplugged special for MTV 1992 . . Black Sabbath got their star on the Rock Walk in Hollywood. 1983 . . R.E.M. made their debut appearance outside the US when they appeared on 'The Tube' a UK TV show on Channel 4. The following night they made their live UK debut when they played at Dingwalls in London.
"BORN" 1984: Johnathan "Johnny Christ" Seward (bass: Avenged Sevenfold) 1976: Stian Tomt "Shagrath" Thoresen (vocals/guitars: Dimmu Borgir/Chrome Division) 1962: Kirk Hammett (guitars: Metallica/Exodus) 1962: Jeff Ward (drums: NIN: 91'-93') * passed away March 19/93 1950: Rudy Sarzo (Cuban bassist: Quiet Riot, Ozzy Osbourne, Whitesnake, Manic Eden/freelance). 1949: Herman Rarebell (drums: Scorpions 77'-96')
"PASSED AWAY" - no Metal/Rock entries today -
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PROPS TO "FISH TALE BLONDE ALE" Washington (4.0%)... ...........Tommy Lee's working on another 'Method's Of Mayhem'- no one cares Lee, stick to the Crue... ...............Conventional Wisdom... ..............Bullwinkel Ghandi. - Rank Hank Posted November 18, 2008 | Download of the day: Nightwish - Wish I Had An Angel.mp3
7News Slab: Prime news cuts from the metal and rock worldMONDAY, NOV' 18/08: - NEW METAL RELEASES - STARTING TUESDAY, NOV 18/08.
JIM-BOB WRITES: "Dear Rank:...........Hope you can help. Field-dressing a deer can be a bitch at the best of times. What do recommend is the best way of removing the intestines, while the deer is still warm?
RANK WRITES: "Dear Jim-Bob:............You caught me chowing down on a massive plate of Ravioli, but no problemo... Reach through the opening in the pelvic girdle as far as possible, grasp the intestine as near the anus as you can and pull it back through the pelvic girdle and out with the intestines. With a female deer, first cutting around the anus and the sex organs will permit you to squeeze off and pull both back through the pelvis and out with the intestines. If you carry a small axe, heavy knife or bush saw, you can continue your belly cut through the pelvic bone all the way to the female sex organs or the anus in a male to make their removal easier. By the way, it helps if you have the new, KINGS X - "Gretchen Goes To London, Live" to drown out the sound of the guts slurping around whilst exiting the deer's asshole."
# 18 November: Thanks Metalsucks.com NEW ALTERNATIVE/ROCK RELEASES - STARTING, TUESDAY, NOV' 18/08.
Kick back, roast a bowl of BC atomic herb & crank up Stoner/Pychedelic jammers, EARTHLESS - 'Live At Roadburn".can't go wrong.
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Alaska in Winter - Holiday (Milan) Thanks Exclaim.ca NIN - REPLACEMENT DRUMMER - DID 'WARPED TOUR' AT AGE 9 - IS IN GUINESS BOOK OF WORLD RECORDS.
If you are slated to see NIN in the new year........ Heres some shit you should know about new drummer, IIan Rubin: - By the age of 9 was ready to play for F.o.N., a band that eventually would do three stints on the Vans Warped Tour, where, in addition to playing with F.o.N. Ilan would fill-in on drums with bands such as NOFX. - In 1999, F.o.N. opened Woodstock on the "Emerging Artist Stage" and, as a result, 11-year-old Ilan gained entry into the Guiness Book of World Records as the youngest musician to ever play on a Woodstock stage.
NINE INCH NAILS has tapped LOSTPROPHETS' Ilan Rubin to handle the drum duties for the group on the road beginning in early 2009. Drummer Josh Freese will exit NIN's current lineup at the end of its current North American tour. Writing on the NINE INCH NAILS web site, the group's mainman Trent Reznor said regarding the band's latest addition, "I had the chance to see Ilan playing his ass off at Reading and Leeds [festivals in the UK] a couple summers ago and he blew me away. We recently invited him out to rehearse with us and he blew US away — the perfect guy to pick up the sticks after Josh leaves us at the end of the year." Freese has played with NINE INCH NAILS for the last three years, joining the lineup in late 2005. Ilan Rubin, 20, began playing drums at the age of 8, when he discovered his father's 1968 Silver Sparkle Ludwig drum kit set up in the garage. He has reportedly taken lessons from BLINK-182's Travis Barker and David Uosikkinen, drummer of famed '80s band THE HOOTERS. He is also an accomplished guitarist and classical pianist. Thanks Blabb. FLAMING LIPS - 'CHRISTMAS ON MARS' - 3 DIFFERENT DVD PACKAGES RELEASED - JUST IN TIME FOR A 'CRUNKED UP CHRISTMAS'.
You don't need a PHD to realize that Wayne Coyne is one weird fucker. This dude inhabits a reality few of us rarely see without the help of pails of peyote & salvia. Seven years in the making, The Flaming Lips have finally completed their much talked about and highly anticipated movie "Christmas on Mars." The Sci-FI movie, which began filming in 2001 and premiered in 2008 at The Sasquatch Music Festival, tells the story of the first Christmas on a newly colonized Mars and comes complete with all the unpredictability, weirdness, optimism and oddities The Flaming Lips have been known for. Vocalist of The Flaming Lips, Wayne Coyne, not only wrote, edited and directed "Christmas on Mars" but he also acted in the movie along with all his other band mates. Artisan News Service caught up with Wayne Coyne at the Los Angeles premiere to get his thoughts on The Flaming Lips success contributing to the film's delay, but in that process they became better film makers. "But I do think we were sort of interrupted by the success but I have to say that really made the film so much better. I think if I would have finished it the first year or two or three when we started, I don't think it would be anything like it is now. It would not be as rich and as strange and as weird and as optimistic and as unpredictable. Most of what makes the film good is I feel like, I made like three or four films in the time. I've had so much more experience and so much more willing to take chances and more willing to just go for the absurd and go for whatever my subconscious commanded me to do. So, I think for whatever the comparisons to Chinese Democracy, that might apply."
So after experimenting with numerous music videos throughout the years with The Flaming Lips, Wayne and the band knew the time was right to make a movie. "We would make music videos but a lot of times we were just making silly little art films that featured our songs but we were never trying that hard to be played in the top ten of VH1 and MTV, we simply did crazy things and that was satisfying enough for us but you know I kept saying 'We should make a film' and those guys were saying the same thing 'You guys should make a film. It seems like you're ready for that.' Whatever that means. So I think in my mind I was starting to think we should make a movie. The Flaming Lips, not that we need a movie but it sort of felt like these groups that we would align ourselves with especially like a Pink Floyd or even The Beatles, you know they had movies and they had stuff. You know it's not just records and shows. So I felt free to say 'OK, we'll make a movie.'" So now that the long road of artistic creativity is finally over, does Wayne feel relieved to have the project finished? "If nothing else being able to make the movie with my family and friends and all the cool that worked on it with me and all that. Just doing that alone to me was well worth it and then to have this great, crazy, absurd Christmas story come out of it, that's all just icing. And then to have people like it and for it to be a another vehicle that expresses the sort of Flaming Lips philosophy or something then that's even better. So yes, the question is I'm relieved and yes!" "Christmas on Mars" was released on DVD on November 11th, 2008 in three different packages. One package is a conventional DVD available at conventional retailers. There will also be a deluxe edition containing the film on DVD as well as a soundtrack CD. The Mega Deluxe Edition will feature: The Film and Soundtrack (in Deluxe Edition packaging), an exclusive t-shirt, a collectible movie ticket replicating those used during the rock festival tour, trading cards featuring all four members of the band from the movie on one side and performing on stage on the other, an "Eat Your Own Spaceship" bumper sticker, and a box of "Flaming Lips" popcorn featuring Wayne as The Martian. The first 1,000 Mega Deluxe Edition versions will have the popcorn boxes signed by all four members of The Flaming Lips. Of those 1,000 copies ten will contain a "golden ticket" good for two tickets to the Lips annual New Year's Eve concert in Oklahoma City. Thanks Artisan news. BROKE, BLACK METAL - 'GET TO KNOW YOUR GAAHL' - PART 2/8.
Last week we brought you up to date with the latest on GAAHL's current legal battles with the bands true founder, INFERNUS . And as you may well know by now, besides being gay............ Gaahl is also one intense motherf#@ker!! Gaahl, was born, Kristian Eivind Espedal ( August 7, 1975). He spent his youth living in a small valley called Espedal, in the municipality of Fjaler in Sogn og Fjordane. Gaahl, along with his family, still reside in the valley, though they are fifteen minutes apart from each other. Gaahl has been involved with black metal since 1992, and has been in bands such as Gaahlskagg (with Gorgoroth live guitarist Skagg), trelldom, and Sigfader (with Skagg and Kvitrafn) Yes, even tho' Gaahl is now claiming ownership of the Gorgoroth name, he joined Gorgoroth in 1998, and was first heard on their Nuclear Blast album Destroyer: however, he only sang on the title track. Gaahl was sentenced to one year in prison for assault in 2001, and was forced to pay the victim 158,000 NOK (26,963 US$). In 2006, Gaahl spent another 9 months (of a 14 month sentence) in prison for brutally assaulting a man and alleged torture in 2002. The victim received a total of 190,000 NOK (32,424 US$). Gaahl was released in December 2006. ( It seems that prison life agrees with Gaahl... ..........thats interesting.) In "Metal: A Headbanger's Journey" a 2005 documentary directed by Sam Dunn, Gaahl, appeared to be having a shitty day, giving our hometown dude, Dunn, a difficult time. Oh... ....Gaahl also re-stated his penchant for burning churches. Check out Sam Dunn's METAL: A HEADBANGERS JOURNEY for a in-depth look at World Metal. Thanks to: Steve Johnson@cadnauseum/Metalhistory.com/Wiki. LAMB OF GOD'S: CHRIS ADLER - IN VANCOUVER FOR IN-STORE SIGNING.
If you live on Vancouver Island like the staff here do... ........Here's the ritual we go thru for Metal, off the island: - Rotting in a ferry lineup for over 2 hrs. - Enduring a 1hr & 45 min' Titanic-replay, thru one of the choppiest channels on the planet. - Scarfing down the sloppiest burger known to man (White Spot Bacon & Cheddar) in a ferry cafeteria that rocks 45 degrees. - Checking out 2000 different shades & textures of vomit on the boats side. - And surviving a 50 min' white-knucke ride thru hell from Delta, Vancouver, to the downtown core........ - Just to see Lamb Of God's... CHRIS ADLER!!!!!!!!!!!
Yup... Adlers coming to Vancouver, bitches, & if your'e Metal, you wanna catch "Metals Best Drummer", according to Drum Mag. LAMB OF GOD drummer Chris Adler will make an in-store appearance on December 2 from 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. at Tom Lee Music in Vancouver (929 Granville Street), British Columbia, Canada. This will mark Chris' first appearance at Tom Lee. LAMB OF GOD guitarist Mark Morton recently spoke to MTV.com's "Metal File" about the Richmond, Virginia band's forthcoming album, "Wrath", due on February 24, 2009. According to Morton, the members of LAMB OF GOD decided well before even writing a single note for "Wrath" that they wanted to make a record that sounded nothing like 2006's "Sacrament", and the guitarist feels they were able to do just that. "We usually try to do something fresh every time, " he said. "This one, I think, is deliberately a little more raw and more aggressive than 'Sacrament' was. 'Sacrament' was a really, really dynamic record on every level, and the songs were all over the place — it was also heavily produced. This one's really raw and real-sounding, from every angle, and we're celebrating imperfections on this record. We're choosing what takes stay on the record based more on their character and personality than how completely mechanically precise they are. It's more about vibe and attitude in the takes than it is about, 'Wow, that was perfect.' It's the perfect ones that get thrown away, because they're just too sterile." Thanks Blabb. "WIBUMBA--METAL & HARD ROCK ALMANAC" - MONDAY, NOV' 17/08. "ON THIS DAY" 2005 . .Pink Floyd, the Kinks and the Eurythmics are among the honorees inducted into the U.K. Music Hall of Fame. The second annual show, which takes place in a ceremony at London's Alexandra Palace, features some momentous reunions, including the gathering of the original Kinks and a performance by the classic line-up of Black Sabbath, featuring Ozzy Osbourne. 2000 . .Kid Rock sideman Joe C. (Joseph Calleja) dies in his sleep at his home in Taylor, Mich. He is 26.calleja had suffered from Celiac Disease, an intestinal disorder, since he was a child.
"BORN" 1973: Andreas "Vintersorg" Hedlund (vocals:Borknagar/Vintersorg) 1973: Randy Black (drums: Primal Fear/Annihilator) 1970: Paul Allender (guitarist: Cradle of Filth) 1966: Jeff Buckley (US singer-songwriter, guitar: Shinehead/Solo) * passed away 29.May.1997. 1959: Harry Rushakoff (drummer: Concrete Blonde/Ministry) 1957: Jim Babjak (lead guitarist: The Smithereens) 1946: Martin Barre (lead guitarist: Jethro Tull)
"PASSED AWAY" 2001: Michael KarolI (53) German guitarist: guitarist and founding member of the German Krautrock band "Can". (cancer) 1979: John Glascock (28) Bass player with The Gods, Carmen, Jethro Tull also sessioned and freelance with many other bands (congenital heart defect).
Thanks To: Metal Storm/Billboard/Phil Brodie Band/The Gauntlet.
PROPS TO: "RACE ROCKS AMBER ALE" Victoria (5.2%).................Check out Vancouver Alt/Rock vets, 54-40's new album, "Northern Soul", in bins now... ...........Half Man, Half Biscuit... ..........Cranargula. - Rank Hank Posted November 16, 2008 | Download of the day: Smashing Pumpkins - united states.mp3
4News Slab: Prime news cuts from the metal and rock worldFRIDAY, NOV' 14/08: - WEEKEND EDITION - VELVET REVOLVER: - STICK A FORK IN EM', BAND IS DROPPED BY LABEL
Slash & Duff have been just pissing their time away with this lame-duck act. And Weiland is just walking bag of 'bad karma', who leaves nothing but shit-prints & destruction in his path. So can we get the fuck on, with a "full-on, GUNS N' ROSES reunion" motherfuckers????
BLABBERMOUTH.NET has received word from a reliable source that RCA Records (a Sony BMG label) has dropped VELVET REVOLVER, the band featuring former GUNS N' ROSES members Slash, Duff McKagan and Matt Sorum. VELVET REVOLVER released two full-length albums through RCA/Sony BMG — 2004's "Contraband", which has sold 1.98 million copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan. And its follow-up, "Libertad", which has shifted 301,000 units in the U.S. since its July 2007 release. VELVET REVOLVER has been looking for a new frontman since dismissing Scott Weiland back in April. Rumored candidates have included ex-SKID ROW singer Sebastian Bach, former MTV VJ Steve Isaacs (THE PANIC CHANNEL) and ex-SPACEHOG vocalist Royston Langdon, who apparently had several successful rehearsal sessions with the band. Weiland reunited with his previous act, STONE TEMPLE PILOTS, and has spent the last few months on the road with them. In a recent interview with MTV.com, Weiland said about the split with his previous band, "VELVET REVOLVER fell apart because there were too many big egos in the band — and I'm including myself. It wasn't necessarily about bad egos, just big egos, and unfortunately, it just mistakenly kind of eroded." Thanks Blabb. FENDER RELEASES THE NEW, 'FENDER EVH WOLFGANG GUITAR' - EDDIE: ' ITS LIKE A SEXY WOMAN'. - ?? WHAT THE FUCK IS ED DRINKING NOW??
First... .....to be 18 & have a guitar named after you....is just not right!! You gotta earn the goddamned honor. Unless of course, your daddy is Eddie Van fucking Halen. Sez Ed: "A guitar is a very personal extension of the person playing it. You have to be emotionally and spiritually connected to your instrument. I’m very brutal on my instruments, but not all the time. I’m not to the point where I’m like Pete Townshend and smashing the shit out of it after a gig. I wouldn’t do that to an instrument that is a part of me. I don’t need to do this for financial reasons. I could have just stayed at home and built this guitar for myself. I do this because a lot of people ask if they can get what I use. Well, yes you can and what you get is identical to what I use.” “The tolerance of things on this guitar is like NASA standards. It had to be tight, and it had to be quality. Regarding the slim profile of the Wolfgang neck, Van Halen commented, “It was a matter of closing my eyes and feeling it. We went back to some of my earlier guitars, like the striped guitar I had back in 1984. That’s the way I like it to feel. It’s nice. It’s like a sexy woman.” When asked if we could expect any new music from him soon, the guitarist had this to say: “I’ll be making music ’til the day I die. I’ve done all kinds of stuff, and more is coming. I can’t tell you exactly when right now. Wolfgang is in the 12th grade and he needs to graduate first. Then I’m getting married in June. We’ll pick it up after that.” Thanks Guitarworld.com PURE INC. - SWISS GRUNGE?? - YEAH & THIS SHIT HITS THE MARK!!
CHRIST!!!....any more swagger to this shit & It'll venture too closely to (real) old Soundgarden territory. But these Swiss know just when to rein the Seattle influence back & add their own ingredients to the mix. And that makes it original & deadly as shit, man!! Jesus... .4 repeated listenings to "Serenade Of Aggresion" & I still can't get enough of this band. I haven't been this blown away by a "new band" in a very looooooong time, broski. 'Black Water Rising' was the last act to make this kind of impression. Click PURE INC. MYSPACE to check this class act out. "Dead Calling", the new video from Swiss rockers PURE INC., can be viewed on the WBUMBA VIDEO PAGE. The track comes off the group's third album, "Parasites & Worms", which entered the official chart in the band's home country at position No. 70. The CD was mixed at the Little Creek Studios in Gelterkinden (Baselland) with V.O. Pulver (studio owner, engineer and producer, as well as singer and guitar player of GURD). According to a press release, "the band redefines rock on this third record — combining the high times of ALICE IN CHAINS, SOUNDGARDEN with the strength of great rock traditions a la LED ZEPPELIN." PURE INC. last year announced the addition of bassist UelI "Hoffi" Hofstetter to the group's ranks. The band's second album, "A New Day's Dawn", was released in March 2006 via AFM/MV. The follow-up to 2004's "Pure Inc." was produced by Tommy VetterlI (CORONER, KREATOR) while the mastering was handled by Mika Jussila (H.I.M., NEVERMORE, EXODUS) at Finnvox studios in Helsinki, Finland. Thanks Pure Inc./Blabb. NIGHTWISH FREAKOUT - EXCUSES FLY, AFTER VOCALIST LEAVES STAGE BAWLING.
Bottom line?..... This chick ain't cut out for pro-Metal. If she can't handle the jerf-offs & jackass's that routinely flip you off & heckle... . She should look for another line of work. That's the excuse NIGHTWISH topdog, Tuomas Holopainen is peddling about what happened, back on Monday. In Belo Horizonte, Brazil Monday night (November 10) which ended shortly after the group's singer, Anette Olzon, suddenly appeared to start crying at the end of the song "The Poet And The Pendulum" (about six tracks into the group's set) and walked off stage. The rest of the band finished the song with bassist/vocalist Marco Hietala attempting to handle some of the lead-vocal parts. The group then played two more cover tracks and ended the show, explaining to the crowd that Anette was "really not up to doing this kind of heavy shit right now." Olzen, then released a statement to the Brazilian media in which she blamed the incident on "an excessive amount of smoke" inside the Belo Horizonte venue, which "was irritating my vocal cords." She explained, "When I felt my voice was beginning to go, I ended up panicking and had to leave the stage. The band tried to give me some time to recover but I had no way of coming back since I was not able to sing." - (Yeah, right...3rd excuse from the band/management - Rank) Tuomas said, "[Anette] freaked out because she couldn't handle the different mannerisms of the fans here. There were a lot of people screaming the former vocalist's name, making obscene gestures (with the middle finger). Normally she can shake that stuff off, she has good self-esteem, but it's been hard to deal with the fans and the critics. I guess it was a sudden breakdown: she just... lost her mind for a second. It's kind of scary, and we all feel for her and understand what she is going through. We hope she can put her mind at ease and make the rest of the shows. So far it's been fine: she's feeling much better." (Start looking for ANOTHER replacement, dudes......& you might wanna consider getting a METAL DUDE this time. - Rank) Thanks Blabb. 80'S HAIR-METALLER, 'LITA FORD' RETURNS: - OLDER, SAGGY, MORE WRINKLED THAN EVER!! - (WE DON'T KNOW WHY, EITHER)
Live-Metal.net recently conducted an interview with '80s hard rock queen Lita Ford. A couple of (hilarious) excerpts from the chat follow below. Live-Metal.net: You recently announced that you will be working on a new album for a 2009 release, what can you tell us about the project? Lita: Heavier than ever, nastier than ever, more sexual than ever… Very personal lyrics — yeah me and Jim [husband Jim Gillette: ex-NITRO] are freaks! There will be no denying that when everyone hears the new songs! Live-Metal.net: Would the new material be "Classic Lita" or more of a departure? Sonically, what can we expect? Lita: Raunchy filth with a touch of class and a whole lotta ass! (RANK - "yeah, 2 fucking axehandle width's worth") Live-Metal.net: What do you hope that people come away with after listening to your music or seeing your live performance? Lita: Listening to my music — I guess high on the list would be that chicks can rock a guitar! Also, with these songs I tried to show that you can be a mom, have a family, make dinner and still be a FREAK with your man when the kids go to sleep! Just because we're getting older and have real lives doesn't mean we have to get boring! Actually, we're getting freakier and freakier! When you hear the songs, you'll know what I'm talking about! The live show is all about forgetting everything and having fun. I want the audience to forget all their problems and responsibilities for an hour and just rock. Feel that intense energy that I did when I was 13. RANK - when was that, 40 yrs ago"?) Hopefully I can cause the same kind of impact that my first concert had on me! Live-Metal.net: Is their something that jumps out at you in your mind as the defining moment of your career? Lita: A tidal wave coming at me and it's happening right now! (RANK - "Menopause") Actually, I do kind of have something. Sometimes when I'm walking through an airport or having a bite to eat at a restaurant someone will come up to me and tell me how they started playing guitar because of me. Or a girl will start crying and tell me that my music really helped her through some rough times. I'm so glad to know that I've touched so many people's lives. It's a wonderful feeling to know you've helped people. People that you don't even know. I love that. Thanks Livemetal.net AFTER OVER 40% OF FANS AGREE THAT 'NO PLANT= NO ZEP' - LED ZEPPELIN MEMBERS DECIDE TO USE ANOTHER TAG.
This is a smart move on Page & Co's part. Touring as "Led Zeppelin" without Robert Plant, would've been a disaster. Led Zeppelin have confirmed they are to tour under a different name while they are without frontman Robert Plant. The Kashmir hitmakers announced last month that they plan to hit the road in 2009 without Plant, who has opted out of the reunion shows. The remaining stars, Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones and the late John Bonham's son, Jason, are now auditioning singers to take over vocals. But after weeks of speculation, the band has confirmed that they will not be using the Led Zeppelin name for the live dates - because it is not the same band without Plant. A spokesman for the trio says, "Whatever this is, it is not Led Zeppelin. Not without the involvement of Robert Plant." Thanks The Gauntlet. "WIBUMBA--METAL & HARD ROCK ALMANAC" - FRIDAY, NOV' 14/08. "ON THIS DAY" 2004 . . The Rolling Stones were refused permission to pursue a claim against their former record company Decca for unpaid royalties through the courts. A High Court judge in London said the dispute would go to arbitration. The dispute was over their Forty Licks compilation CD, which was released in 2002, the first collection to span their entire career. 2000 . . Marilyn Manson's "Holy Wood (In The Shadow Of The Valley Of Death)." is released. The cover of the album was banned by several retail chains due to the cover art, depicting Manson on a crucifix. The banning chains released an alternate cover. 2000 . .As promised, the Offspring give away $1 million of its own money to a lucky fan. Two finalists in the band's online giveaway, where fans who downloaded the song "Original Prankster" were automatically entered, appear on MTV's "Total Request Live" to compete in a trivia contest to determine who will take the prize. 14-year-old Ashley Hitchcock wins, correctly identifying Noodles as the oldest member of the band. 2000 At the Drive-In had to postpone a pair of shows after their van hit a patch of ice in Colorado, causing it to flip upside down. 1995 . . Blur brought chaos to traffic in central London, England when over 3,000 fans turned up for a signing at 'Book's Etc' in Charring Cross Road.
"BORN" 1979: Tobin Esperance (bassist: Papa Roach) 1975: Travis Barker (drummer: +44/ Blink-182) 1974: Juha-Pekka Leppäluoto (vocals: Charon/Northern Kings) 1967: Nina Gordon (US singer, songwriter, guitar: Veruca Salt/solo) 1962: Josh Silver (keyboards: Type O Negative) 1953: Frankie BanalI (drummer, Quiet Riot/W.A.S.P.) 1949: James Young (guitar: Styx)
"PASSED AWAY" 2007: Bud Mills - (40) US drummer for death metal band Insanity: he created the 1-1 drum beat that was faster than the fastest thrash beat used at the time. (esophageal cancer)
Thanks To: Metal Storm/Billboard/The Gauntlet/Phil Brodie Band.
PROPS TO "PINKUS MULLER ORGANIC PILSNER" Germany (5.2%)... .............Call it a day, Velvet Revolver... ..............Bob's Mock Cooter Stew... ............Bricks Are Heavy. - Rank Hank Posted November 14, 2008 | Today's video by PURE INC. | Download of the day: System Of A Down - Lost In Hollywood.mp3
4News Slab: Prime news cuts from the metal and rock worldTHURSDAY, NOV' 13/08: - SMASHING PUMPKINS, CORGAN - PISSING OFF FANS, THOUSANDS AT A TIME.
Corgan is coming off more like a total douche-bag every week. -- Ridiculous lawsuits... ....dumbass media statements... .....shit music. And now.........his latest hobby. Mocking fans that pay big money to see him. The Pulse of Radio reports that SMASHING PUMPKINS frontman Billy Corgan followed up his mocking of the audience at the band's New York City show last Thursday (November 6) by taunting a member of the crowd at a gig in Washington D.C. on Tuesday night (November 11), according to HipstersUnited.com. After Corgan observed an audience member giving him the finger following the band's jam-heavy cover of PINK FLOYD's "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun", Corgan asked what the problem was. The man responded that the band "no longer rocked" and wondered where original guitarist James Iha was. -- This prompted Corgan to bring a female fan onstage and say that she was Iha, before he went off on a lengthy rant about how he has not "sold out" in his 20-year career. At last week's show in New York, a less than enthusiastic response from the crowd to the absence of hits and a 40-minute jam session in the middle of the set prompted Corgan to mock the crowd by asking, "Did I pay for this shit?" Not all reactions to the PUMPKINS' shows on this tour have been negative, however. HipstersUnited said that the middle portion of the D.C. gig was "particularly energetic and impressive, " while fans have posted supportive comments on message boards. The shows are part of a 20th anniversary tour in which the PUMPKINS are playing different sets each night, with some of the shows skipping a lot of the band's biggest hits in favor of more obscure material. The group played in D.C. again on Wednesday night (November 12) and moves to Boston for a two-night stand this weekend. Thanks TPOR. RUSH'S, 'SNAKES & ARROWS' LIVE DVD: - RELEASE DATE - SCREEN CAPTURE LINK HERE!
This should be entertaining as fuck!! Cus RUSH never, do a half-assed job on any of their "Live" releases. Zoë Vision/Anthem Entertainment will release the "Snakes & Arrows Live" DVD from the legendary rock trio RUSH on November 25. This three-disc DVD set, also available as a Blu-ray Disc, follows the band's Zoë Vision DVD releases "R30" (2005) and "Rush in Rio" (2003). Check out some of the screen captures at the RUSH fan site POWER WINDOWS The "Snakes & Arrows Live" DVD (full track listing below) was filmed with 21 high-definition cameras in 16x9 widescreen format over two nights in October 2007 at the Netherlands' Ahoy Rotterdam arena during the renowned rock trio's lengthy world tour. Additional SD footage was filmed in Atlanta this past July. The five-month trek supporting RUSH's critically acclaimed 2007 studio release "Snakes & Arrows", which includes the Grammy Award-nominated track "Malignant Narcissism", topped Pollstar's Top 100 2007 Tours list at #12. While previous DVD releases showcase different sides of the band, this DVD offers fans a rare and close up look at the prodigious musicianship for which the band is renowned.cameras follow bassist and vocalist Geddy Lee, guitarist Alex Lifeson and drummer Neil Peart closely, capturing not only their playing note for note, but also the intimacy they share on stage. The diverse track list includes many new songs from "Snakes & Arrows" as well as old favorites like "Tom Sawyer" and "Freewill" plus an explosive rendition of "Between the Wheels". Among the hidden gems and numerous special tour moments included as extras is the fan-coveted "What's That Smell" vignette and outakes, a skit used to intro the second set, which capitalizes on the still emerging comedic talents of both Alex and Geddy who excel (and revel) in their roles as wild characters. Featuring collector's quality packaging and a choice of Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound or PCM Stereo for a superior audio experience, the DVD was mixed by frequent collaborator Richard ChyckI (AEROSMITH, MICK JAGGER). Total running time is 221 minutes. Thanks Blabb. CHILI PEPPERS, FRUSCIANTE: - NEW WEBSITE & UPCOMING SOLO ALBUM.
Yesterday, we gave you the lowdown on what The ChilI Peppers are up to since going on hiatus. But we forgot to mention, guitarist John Ffusciante. Red Hot ChilI Peppers guitarist John Frusciante has some famous friends on his upcoming album, The Empyrean. Flea and Johnny Marr are just some of them. Also guesting on the record, due 20 January on Frusciante's own Record Collection imprint, are drummer Josh Freese, the Sonus Quartet and The New Dimension singers. Since rejoining the Red Hot ChilI Peppers in 1998, Frusciante has released seven solo albums. The band is currently on a hiatus of unknown length, following the touring they did to support their last studio effort, 2006's Stadium Arcadium. New album means new website In preparation of releasing The Empyrean, Frusciante has created a new website, johnfrusciante.com, with which he hopes to establish a more direct means of communication with fans and friends. All of his records will be available through the website store. Frusciante also intends of blogging periodically about his musical endeavors as well as random thoughts. Given the mercurial nature of his work, we can't wait to check in. Thanks Musicradar. DUELING ASSHOLES: - JERRY MONTANO & JOHN RICH - BEER-BOTTLE BRAWL, GOES TO COURT.
Montano has a pattern emerging. Which include being the FORMER bassist for Hellyeah, the FORMER bassist for The Deadlights and the FORMER bassist for Nothingface. Now he can add... .nose-bulleye, for redneck swinging beerbottle. According to TMZ.com, bassist Jerry Montano (DANZIG, NOTHINGFACE, HELLYEAH) — who allegedly took a beer bottle to the face from John Rich of of the country duo BIG & RICH on October 17 — has filed a lawsuit against the singer for the beatdown. In the lawsuit, filed Monday in L.A. County Superior Court, Jerry claims that before the violence, he was warned by Rich's business manager that the star often became "extremely violent when drunk" — but even with that warning, he decided to go back to the guy's hotel room. While in the room, Jerry claims Rich became "increasingly violent and belligerent" over a girl — and that's when all hell broke loose. Jerry is suing for an undetermined amount for costs related to the "cuts, scrapes, permanent scarring, swelling, and bruising to his lips, jaw, face, teeth and nose." Read the court documents HERE ON THIS PDF FILE Jerry previously told TMZ.com that he wouldn't press charges over the incident. -- Thanks TMZ. "WIBUMBA--METAL & HARD ROCK ALMANAC" - THURSDAY, NOV' 13/08. "ON THIS DAY" 1990 . .An English woman filed a lawsuit against Rod Stewart, claiming that a football that he had kicked into the audience at a concert at Detroit's Pine Knob Music Theatre had ruptured a tendon in her middle finger, rendering sex between her and her husband impossible. The suit was later tossed out by a judge. 1974 . . An impostor posing as Ritchie Blackmore borrowed a Porshe in Iowa City, and wrecked it, having already conned food and shelter out of several Deep Purple fans. The impostor was arrested and charged.
"BORN" 1985: Matías Sosa (guitars: Dreamaker) 1979: NikolaI Fraiture (French-Russian bassist, Strokes) 1972: Ryan Van Poederooyen (drums: Devin Townsend) 1953: Andrew Ranken (drums: Pogues) 1949: Roger Steen (guitar: Tubes)
"PASSED AWAY" 2004: John Balance (42) UK musician and artist: he was the founder and half of the experimental music group Coil. He was responsible for vocals, lyrics, chants, synthetics and various esoteric sound-making instruments and devices (lost his balance & tipped over the banisters at his home while under the influence of alcohol)
Thanks To: Triple A Radio/ Metal Storm/ Billboard/ Phil Brodie band/ The Gauntlet. A SHOUT TO: "ROGUE DEAD GUY BEER" Oregon (6.2%)... .................Boycott All Smashing Pumpkins Shows until Corgan starts treating his audiences w/ respect... ...........Keira Nightly Emmisions... ..........Phlegm Fatale. - Rank Hank Posted November 13, 2008 | Download of the day: Hellfueled - Sunrise.mp3
0News Slab: Prime news cuts from the metal and rock worldWEDNESDAY, NOV' 12/08: - BEST FUCKING NEWS THIS WEEK?? - DOWN - WORKING ON A NEW ALBUM!!
Christ... ...this has got me writhing on the floor & talking in tongues of raptuous fucking joy!! Bassist Rex Brown -- who, like Down frontman Philip Anselmo, hails from Pantera -- tells Billboard.com that the group "is all our priorities now, " with plans for a full spate of touring in 2009 and to record a fourth album shortly after that. Down is currently on the road mixing opening dates with Metallica and its own headlining shows, and the new year will bring more North American concerts, a tour of South America and European festival dates. "(Down) is gonna keep rolling, " Brown says. "We're not getting any younger, and this is what we're kicking ass at. All that other stuff people were doing kind of cleansed itself out. There's no reason to take time off anymore. This is a band we can grow old in together, which is really cool." Brown says there's "a lot of material left over" from last year's "Down III: Over the Under, " which was recently released in a deluxe edition through Best Buy for Down's current live run. The outtakes will be considered for the fourth Down album, but Brown adds that the quintet is also "writing constantly on the road. We still have all these ideas, and we play a lot of new stuff at sound check, just to feel it out. Hopefully we can get back in the studio in the fall and work on something." Before a new album, however -- and perhaps as soon as the first quarter of 2009 -- Down plans to release a documentary of its 2006 reunion after a nearly four-year hiatus, including both live and behind-the-scenes footage. "It's kind of about us learning how to walk together again, " Brown says of the film, which is not yet finished and is so far untitled. "It just chronicles the life on the road of us starting to play again. We're right in the middle of it now." Brown, who joined Down in 1999, also promises that a new version of Down's 1995 debut, "NOLA, " with him playing bass, "will definitely happen" but hasn't been planned yet. And outside of Down he says some Pantera archival projects are being planned -- "boxed set stuff and a whole bunch of home video stuff, " according to Brown -- but those haven't been firmed up yet, either. Thanks Billboard.com IF YOU THINK RADIO SUCKS ASS NOW - WE AIN'T SEEN NOTHING, CUS' - GAVIN ROSSDALE SAYS, 'A BUSH REUNION IS PROBABLE'.
@#$#@, man. You get rid of one BUSH, And another rears it's ugly head. We can't decide which would be worse....... -- A Bush reunion............or a Creed reunion. Cus' lately BOTH bands have been rumoured to be considering reuniting to torture the pubilic again. Nov. 12, 2008 Blender.com recently conducted an interview with former BUSH frontman Gavin Rossdale. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Blender.com: So on this album ["Wanderlust"] you worked with Bob Rock, who has produced METALLICA. Were you easier to work with than METALLICA? Gavin: I worked longer hours, that's for sure. And no therapy sessions. But every morning when I'd come in, Bob would be like, "How are you doing?" And I'd say, "I'm doing fine." And he'd say, "No, really, how are you doing? Are you OK?" "Yes, I'm fine, Bob, leave me alone." After two years of therapy with METALLICA, he couldn't help it. Blender.com: What are the chances of BUSH reforming? Gavin: Quite high. "Wanderlust" was going to be a BUSH record for about two or three months. And then the guitar player, Nigel [Pulsford], who originally was the one who didn't want to tour anymore, suddenly didn't want to leave his family. I understand. I think he felt that he missed his daughter growing up the first few years. It would have been a great year for BUSH: it would have been a really good return. No one stole anyone's motorbike or wife, so it's always possible. Thanks Blender. 'GIBSON GUITARS' CREATES THE AXE - WITH 'ROBOT GUITAR TECHNOLOGY' - WE GO TOTALLY APE-SHIT STINKO FOR IT!!
This monster has been the talk of muscians in shops for awhile now. An axe that has 500 tunings programed.......wireless connection to your laptop.......& the ability to produce every imaginable guitar sound! Want one? This baby comes out Dec' 15th Time to turn the guilt on the girlfriend/wife/parents, whatever, anything to get your greasy paws on this geetar. If you play & really dig this kind of tech', read on:
You may have read reports by now about Dark Fire, a mysterious new guitar from Gibson. Billed as a "marriage between Chameleon Tone Technology and Second-Generation Robot Guitar Technology", let's try to decipher the information that's currently available. Essentially equipped with second generation Robot Guitar technology, the Dark Fire's automatic tuning system now tunes up in less than a second, making it possible to use multiple tunings in the same song. A single battery charge will now power 500 tunings – a significant improvement on the performance of Robot Guitar version 1.0. Meanwhile, the tuners themselves have also been redesigned to be smaller and lighter. So far so good. Now we get to the part that's a little unclear. "Chameleon Tone Technology" Gibson's statement that "never before has one guitar been able to produce every imaginable guitar sound" is a bold one. However, it seems like Dark Fire certainly does offer a massive amount of potential. On the more traditional side of the equation, the pickup pairing of a Burstbucker 3 and a P-90h is combined with six individual piezo saddles. Anything from 0-100 percent of the piezo signal can be blended with the magnetic signal using a rotary potentiometer built into the pickup selector toggle switch. Things begin to get more complicated when the Robot Interface Pack (RIP) is factored into the equation. Described as "the Dark Fire's conduit for Chameleon Tone Technology" here's what Gibson has to say about it: "The RIP's front panel carries a single 1/4-inch stereo input for the Dark Fire, a 1/8-inch headphone out with level control and a pilot light, which changes from dim blue to bright blue when the Dark Fire input is detected. The rear panel carries two balanced 1/4-inch line outs, a FireWire connector to link to your PC or laptop and a hex connector that carries the outputs of each string and a composite piezo output.
"An optional adaptor provides easy connection from this hex output to popular MIDI guitar interfaces such as those made by Roland and Axon, or allows you to divide out the six individual signals to their own balanced one-quarter inch connectors. There's also a 12-volt DC connector for the RIP's power supply, which both powers the RIP itself and recharges the Dark Fire's battery when required. "The RIP can act as a connecting point between any guitar and your computer-based recording or sound processing system, its built-in hex decoder circuitry comes to life when the Dark Fire is plugged in. Of course, you can also use the RIP to connect to your favourite digital audio workstation, but you don't even need to be in possession of such a system to begin making the most of the Dark Fire's digital capabilities." Phew. Much of the functionality seems to be assignable via the onboard Master Control Knob, which can apparently adjust tones and tunings simultaneously. We'll have to wait until the guitar is launched on 15 December to see how this works in practice. In addition, Dark Fire comes with a Gibson-modified version of Native Instruments Guitar Rig 3. Robot Guitar users will be able to purchase an upgrade kit to convert their instruments to Dark Fire specifications, and 2009 will see the launch of a Bluetooth device that allows wireless connection to your desktop or laptop computer. And that's about as much as we can tell you at this stage. Opinion in the MusicRadar office seems to be that it's currently just as bewildering as it is exciting. Visit the official GIBSON WEBSITE for the latest on Dark Fire. Thanks Musicradar.com A SEPULTURA REUNION?? - PUT IT THIS WAY: - DERRICK GREEN HAS NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT.
Chances of a "original" Sepultura reunion continue to be nothing more........than a wet dream. With Max & Igor Cavelera finally talking again after NOT doing so for 10 years, rumours were flying that the Cavalera's next stop was back in Sepultura. Apparently... not so. Recently, in interviews, Igor has been quoted as saying, he's not interested. And now Max is doing the "I dunno" routine.
Steven Patrick of Uweekly.com recently conducted an interview with Max Cavalera (SOULFLY, CAVALERA CONSPIRACY, ex-SEPULTURA). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Uweekly.com: Now that you've reconciled with your brother Igor [ex-SEPULTURA and current CAVALERA CONSPIRACY drummer], do you see a SEPULTURA reunion happening in the future? Max: Well, it's not impossible, you know? But it's also something that we're not spending too much time on now because there is really a long way to go to that. I'm just happy to make peace with Igor, really… and doing the CONSPIRACY album. Playing with Igor again is great. Maybe. Everybody knows we would like to have a reunion, and even to the person who said it would happen … to be fair to the hardcore fans, it would also be good to invite the other players, not just the classic lineup … some of the guys from the first period of the band, which was the first 10 years — it was more death metal, you know, SEPULTURA … it really was a death-metal band in the beginning — and have these guys come out and do some of the reunion. If it happens … if it happens, I would want to do it this way. It would be more … it would have more integrity than just the SEPULTURA that everybody knows. Thanks Uweekly.com CHILI PEPPERS, KIEDIS - BOOK 'SCAR TISSUE" - TO BE TURNED INTO HBO SHOW.
This has "truck loads of shit" written all over it. The book was a great "how to" on applied drug use........... But to turn it into a TV comedy?? I just hope they put Tom Arnold in as Kiedis....... Just shows how desparate Hollywood has become for any goddamned fresh idea it can get its hands on. Red Hot ChilI Peppers frontman Anthony Kiedis' 2004 autobiography, 'Scar Tissue', is set to be adapted for a new TV show on US network HBO. The show, produced by Marc Abrams and Michael Benson, is set to be an offbeat comedy, reports the Guardian. It will focus on the singer's early life in Los Angeles, where he lived with his father, a drug dealer to musicians in the area, plus beyond into the LA rock scene. Red Hot ChilI Peppers are currently on hiatus, with the band previously saying they would take a break from band commitments for at least a year from May 2008. MEANWHILE: While the band's on Hiatus, Flea has enrolled in the University of Southern California (USC) music programme. The bassist, real name Michael Balzary, said he decided to take music classes at the prestigious private California university to learn "the math and academics" of musical structure. And drummer Chad Smith is busy doing "Chickenfoot", one of the more promising "supergroup" acts to emerge with Joe Satrianni, Sammy Hagar & Micheal Anthony. Thanks NME WIB' OFFICE CELEBRATES! - TICKETMASTER - TO 'EXPERIMENT' WITH DROPPING 'ADD-ON FEES'.
Yeah, by probably including them in the regular ticket price. These assholes are missing the real problem..... Ticket-resellers & ticket pre-sales, which are killing the average fans ability to get a chance to see prime shows. IE:?..... AC/DC & Metallica... .shit even in our hometown, NIN tickets were "gone" in 20 min'. But ticket resellers had shitloads of em' for a 30 % - 50% markup way before they went on sale. Ticketmaster Entertainment president and Ticketmaster CEO Sean Moriarty said yesterday (Nov. 10) during a conference call with investors that the company is beginning to experiment with "eliminating add-on fees" for ticket purchases. "We're already testing the program on certain upcoming tour on-sales, " Moriarty said, noting that concertgoers who use Ticketmaster electronic delivery system TicketFast would not be charged with additional service fees. "We look to lead the way with this dramatic new approach, and fundamentally change the way tickets are sold in the live entertainment industry." The first act to experiment with the elimination of service fees is Front Line Management client the Eagles. Newly dubbed Ticketmaster Entertainment, which recently acquired a controlling equity interest in Irving Azoff's Front Line Management Group, now operates as a free-standing, publicly traded company. A statement on Ticketmaster.com for the Eagles' Jan. 17 concert at North Carolina's Greensboro Coliseum Complex reads: "This is a no-fee event! The price you see is the price you pay. No convenience fee. No order processing fee. No delivery fee if you choose to print tickets at home." Tickets for the concert range from $60 to $100. "Our combination with Front Line and Irving Azoff's approach to getting things done is already dramatically changing the live entertainment landscape, " Moriarty said. "We're really proud that Ticketmaster Entertainment is the leader in this important new aspect of the artist and fan experience." Ticketmaster Entertainment is expected to issue a press release tomorrow containing further information about its experiment to eliminate convenience charges. So far, the Eagles is the only act to experiment with eliminating concert ticket service fees, according to the company. A Ticketmaster Entertainment spokesperson declined to comment further at deadline. Thanks Billboard.com "WIBUMBA--METAL & HARD ROCK ALMANAC" - WEDNESDAY, NOV' 12/08. "ON THIS DAY" 2004 . .Candlemass announce they have reconsidered parting ways and are back together working on a new album. 2001 . . Pulp singer Jarvis Cocker made an appearance as a DJ at Pentonville Prison, North London as part of his club night 'Desperate.' 1999 . . One-time Brit "glam rock" star Gary Glitter was sentenced to four months in a U.K. jail after pleading guilty to charges of child pornography. 1990 . . Rolling Stone Ron Wood broke both his legs after his car crashed on the M4 motorway near Marlborough, Wiltshire, England. Wood was trying to wave other cars past his when he was run over. 1970 . . The Doors made their last appearance with Jim Morrison in New Orleans. In retrospect, the surviving members of the band recalled Morrison seemingly losing all of his energy as their final concert together came to a close.
"BORN" 1978: Miika "Azhemin" Niemelä (vocals/synth: Soulgrind) 1968: Aaron Stainthorpe (vocals: My Dying Bride) 1968: Jo Dunne (bassist: Fuzzbox) 1964: David Ellefson (guitars: Megadeth - 02'/Soulfly - 05') 1945: Neil Young (Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist: Crosby Stills Nash & Young)
"PASSED AWAY" 2003: Tony Thompson (48) International session drummer with Rod Stewart, David Bowey, Diana Ross, Debbie Harry, Sister Sledge, Mick Jagger & many more. He is best known for his work with Chic. In 2005 Tony and the Chic band members were inducted into the Dance Music Hall of Fame.(died within a month of being diagnosed with kidney cancer, just 3 days before his 49th birthday) b. November 15th 1954.
Thanks: Triple A Radio/ Metal Storm/ Billboard/ Phil Brodie band/ The Gauntlet.
A SHOUT OUT TO: "Labbats Blue" Canada (5.0%)... ..............Do Homeless people get 'Knock Knock Jokes'?..................A Cat In The Oven, Is Not Cake... ..............Lucifigous Prick. - Rank Hank Posted November 12, 2008 | Download of the day: Julian Cope - The Mystery Trend.mp3
2News Slab: Prime news cuts from the metal and rock worldTUESDAY, NOV' 11/08: - FINNISH GOTHS, ENTWINE - COMPLETE THEIR 6TH ALBUM. - 'BEST OF' DISC, ALSO ON IT'S WAY.
"Baby HIM" Thats probably the quickest way to describe Finnish Goth act, ENTWINE. Not quite the real deal, like The 69 Eyes. Not as much self-pity like HIM Never able to let the 'self-loathing clutch' fullout, like Poisonblack. And without the calorie ridden, "radio-icing" of The Rasmus.
Finnish goth-metallers ENTWINE have completed work on their sixth album with producer HiilI Hiilesmaa (HIM, APOCALYPTICA, SENTENCED). More information on the CD, including the track listing, title and release date, will be made available soon. Thanks Blabb. SO WHAT THE HELL'S GOING ON WITH FEAR FACTORY?? - FF'S WOLBERS, (SORTA) TALKS ABOUT FF, HIS NEW BAND & WHAT HAPPENED WITH HIS 'OZZY' GIG.
Just what the hell does Fear Factory have to do to get it's shit together???? Hire the fat mexican back? Sell their souls to satan? Honest to fuck guys...... Do both if you have to... there's millions of FF fans teaching their kids to pray at night for another (decent) Fear Factory album!! Robert Williams of Metal-Rules.com recently conducted an interview with FEAR FACTORY/ARKAEA guitarist Christian Olde Wolbers. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below:
Metal-Rules.com: If I understand correctly, FEAR FACTORY is temporarily on hiatus so that Burton C. Bell can focus on his side project ASCENSION OF THE WATCHERS. Do you have any timeframe of when we can expect FEAR FACTORY to fire on all cylinders again? Christian:"We're talking here and there about what the possibilities are and when we will start the machine back up. He (Burton C. Bell) is still doing ASCENSION OF THE WATCHERS and he has family as well…he has two newborns and Raymond [Herrera, FEAR FACTORY drummer] and I are doing ARKAEA right now. We had all this music written that we kinda originally wrote for FEAR FACTORY. I didn't wanna have it sit there and …sometimes it's like wine it gets better the longer it sits there, I just feel like I wanna get it out. A very good friend of mine who is also in one of the first bands I ever produced called THREAT SIGNAL — Jon Howard — he's a great singer from Canada. I asked him if would be interested to do the project and sing on this record and it seems like this has become a full-time band. Honestly, deep in my heart... and this is no bullshit, I feel like this ARKAEA record is gonna blow away the last three FEAR FACTORY albums. It is that good."
Metal-Rules.com: Back in 2003, Jason Newsted [ex-METALLICA], who was at the time playing bass for Ozzy Osbourne's band, parted ways with the Prince Of Darkness and ended up being replaced by Rob "Blasko" Nicholson. I think a lot of people don't know that before they settled on Blasko you were jamming behind the scenes with Ozzy, Zakk Wylde and Mike Bordin. This is a big what if, but if you would have landed that gig, do you still think you'd have the freedom to be doing everything your doing right now? In hindsight are you kind of glad in a way that you weren't chosen as the new bassist? Christian: "Probably not. When I see Blasko, he runs a management company so pretty much all he's up to is just Ozzy… I had the Ozzy gig. It was mine…and I kinda gave it away. (Laughs) . They sent me like eighteen CDs. They said, "Come to rehearsal and we're gonna pick six songs to play." But they didn't tell me which songs. So I had to sit there and learn all these songs. I had to learn all of the different bass players' feel and I called Rob (Blasko) a few times and I was like, "Dude, what do I do with this?" and he went "Dude, just do it like this." Or "Put your own feel into it." Once I went to rehearsal... me, Zakk and Mike Bordin clicked instantly. We already were friends and stuff and we knew each other… FAITH NO MORE and FEAR FACTORY go way, way back since the early days in FEAR FACTORY. Billy Gould was one of the first people besides Ross Robinson that produced the FEAR FACTORY demo before we got signed. So there's a lot of history there and Zakk, he's a real cool guy he looked at me and he was like, "Man, that's it." He was kinda happy when I showed up. He was happy to see me. Then I told the Ozzy camp that I was possibly not gonna be able to do it, because I just switched over to guitar in FEAR FACTORY and we just wrote an entire album and reformed our entire group, I felt really bad leaving Raymond and Burt in the dark and moving on to Ozzy's camp just because I got a really nice gig and leave everything behind. It didn't feel like the right timing for me because I would have loved, I mean, it felt really good and we had fun playing the songs and I was on "The Osbournes", the TV show, rehearsing…it's a great gig but at the time when I denied the gig, Ozzy had an accident about a week later. The quad bike accident. So then he was out for a long time so then I felt like maybe I made the right decision. I would've been sitting at home and I know those guys were sitting at home for a while. Now FEAR FACTORY has been in downtime for so long I'm like, "Man, I wish I was in Ozzy." (Laughs)" Read the entire interview from Metal-Rules.com. MUDVAYNE - DETAILS OF BAND'S 'INTERACTIVE CONTEST' - MAKES OUR HEADS HURT - ALCOHOL APPLIED TO EASE PAIN.
Ya have to hand it to Mudvayne, at least they're being creative in their marketing shit. But this sounds like 'waaaaaaaay' too much fucking work. I'd rather crack some beers.......crank the fucking album up & marvel at how they don't even sound like the same band that did 'LD50'.
Bringing together the gaming and the music world, MUDVAYNE are taking fan relationships to the next level, by creating a unique and immersive experience with "The New Game" which reaches across many media channels. Beginning the day of release, fans will find the following items inside their album packaging to play the game: a unique code number they will need to register on Mudvayne.com, 11 mugshot photos of different suspects and the full back-story on the situation involving each suspect. To solve the mystery by eliminating one suspect each week, fans must use the full album packaging including: lyrics for the new album: the mugshots and information on each suspect included in the packaging: their historical knowledge of MUDVAYNE: and the video for "Do What You Do" (which premieres and airs all day on MTV2 Monday, November 10 as well as MTV2.com), along with weekly clues revealed at www.mudvayne.com. This innovative marketing approach enables fans to discover the music in a brand new way. The grand-prize winner will claim a MUDVAYNE "VIP Laminate for Life." A lucky runner-up will receive a Washburn signed guitar and 10 additional runners up will receive signed copies of "The New Game" deluxe edition CD, which includes expanded artwork and packaging. All copies of "The New Game" will contain the code needed to play, as well as a free one-year fan club membership giving them first access to ticket on-sales and other exclusive opportunities. The full lists of rules will be announced on November 18, 2008. As MUDVAYNE unleash an uncompromising aural assault on America via "The New Game Tour 2008" — with dates through December 20 in Orlando, FL — the band's current single, "Do What You Do", is tearing up radio and proving to be the fastest-rising single of their career. The song has reached #5 at Active Rock and #25 at Modern Rock, according to BDS. Meanwhile, fans can tune into the nationally syndicated radio show "Rockline" Monday, November 10 to hear a live interview with MUDVAYNE (check local listings for air times). Thanks Blabb. NIGHTWISH, 'NIGHTWENCH' - RUNS OFF STAGE 'BAWLING' - THIS IS WHY METAL SHOULD BE SUNG BY DUDES!!
Fuck. The guys in 2% Metal act Nightwish, have gotta be shaking their fucking craniums at this shit. Metal + periods = a big goddamned mess!! Finnish/Swedish symphonic metallers NIGHTWISH were forced to cut last night's (Monday, November 10) concert in Belo Horizone, Brazil short after the group's lead singer, Anette Olzon, suddenly started crying at the end of the song "The Poet And The Pendulum" (about six tracks into the group's set) and walked off stage, leaving the rest of the band to finish the song with bassist/vocalist Marco Hietala attempting to handle some of the lead-vocal parts. The group reportedly played two more cover songs and ended the show, explaining that Anette is going through a difficult phase in her life, and that she was really sad. Fan-filmed video footage of Olzon walking off can be viewed ANNETE PULLS A SCOTT WEILAND! NIGHTWISH cancelled the last four shows of its North American tour — September 23 in Knoxville, Tennessee: September 24 in Charlotte, North Carolina: September 26 in Baltimore, Maryland: and September 27 in New York City — due to Anette Olzon's "sudden severe illness, " according to a posting on the band's web site. "This was one of the best tour legs we have ever done, and it's a pity it has to end this way, but there's no competing with the forces of nature, " the group said. "There is nothing anybody can do about these things. We want to thank all the fans for all the sympathy, you guys have been so understanding, it's heartwarming. Thank you!"
Hold it......who said we had any sympathy? ......Fire her ass. Thanks Blabb. MASTODON 'VINYL BOX-SET' - TAKE THE EMPTIES IN - CUS' THIS FUCKER'S PRICEY!!
Sheee-yit!! This thang is $ 237.00 fucking pesos, chico!! Actually, $240.00, when the shipping & crap is added on. And I don't even own a goddamned turntable. A collector's edition MASTODON vinyl box set will be released on November 18 via Relapse Records. This box set will be a one-time pressing strictly limited to 1,000 copies and include nine 180-gram LPs encapsulating the legendary band's entire history of recordings. The box set will be cased in a heavy duty, foil stamped black box and include the following: * The vinyl pressing of MASTODON's 2006 Reprise debut, "Blood Mountain", on expanded double LP. * The band's critically acclaimed 2004 release "Leviathan", expanded to double LP. * MASTODON's covers of "The Bit" (MELVINS), "Emerald" (THIN LIZZY) and "Orion" (METALLICA). * A live record documenting the band's performance at the Relapse Contamination Festival in 2003. This LP is, and will remain, exclusive to this box set. * The band's reissue of early recordings, "Call Of The Mastodon". * The final vinyl pressing of the original "Lifesblood" recording. The box set will also include an embroidered logo patch, a vinyl sticker set, as well as a custom MASTODON turntable mat. All of these items will be exclusive to this box set, never to appear outside of it. For more information on this release, CLICK MASTODON/RELAPSE .COM Thanks Relapse.com VELVET REVOLVER'S, DUFF - ON WEILAND'S 'OTHER DEMON' - THAT FINALLY GOT HIS ASS FIRED.
One of our local Metal stations. Seattle's mighty KISW, recently had a chin-wag with Duff McKagan on the whole "Firing of Weiland diirtpile" Below, is an except of the coversation KISW's Steve the Producer, had with Duff about Weiland's "Demons":
Duff: "We [VELVET REVOLVER] had gotten rid of [singer] Scott [Weiland], last, it was actually on April Fools Day of this year…." Steve: Was there any irony in that, by the way, Duff? Duff: "It was kind of cool… it was kind of cool. It was the 'step into my office, you’re fired' kind of thing. I have to say. We went through a lot…he put us through a lot of crap that last tour. So it was kind of that feeling. We were getting through the gig, we were in Amsterdam…. we were getting through our last few songs. I started to get, I can't lie…. a little giddy. 'This going to be great…this is going to be great.' So we got done, and yeah… Slash and I did the 'step into my office' thing." Steve: "So you guys were on stage and the rest of the band knew?" Duff: "Oh, we knew four months prior we were going to do it. We just wanted to finish the tour." Steve: "Wow." Duff: "It was kind of cool. I mean, it wasn't cool that we had to do it at all. We put so much work into that band…but we had been through so much… anguish is too dramatic of a word… but B.S. on that tour. And Scott is a great guy… but he's just got this other demon that gets in the way of him being a great guy. And it got in the way of us doing good business. We were coming on late and he missed a couple of shows. We had to cancel two tours. . . He's just got so many things…. 'cause I have the same disease he has. In saying all this, I can make fun of some things, like saying we went through some B.S. and it felt good to have him step into the office. But all funning aside, he has the same disease that I have and a lot of us have and that is alcoholism and drug addiction. He is in a different stage of addiction than I am. I don't use or drink, and I've done things to help me through life, and I have a great life. There are some that are just less fortunate." Thanks KISW/ Steve The Producer. "WIBUMBA--METAL & HARD ROCK ALMANAC" - TUESDAY, NOV' 11/08. "ON THIS DAY" 2003 . .The paperback edition of late Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain's "Journals, " bolstered with 14 pages of new material, including an extended narrative about a semi-fictional serial killer, is released with a front cover reproduction of Cobain's red Mead notebook bearing his hand-written caveat, "if you read, you'll judge." 1995 . .The Smashing Pumpkins held down the top album spot on the charts with Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness. 1992 . .Axl Rose is found guilty of property damage and assault at a 1991 Guns N' Roses concert in Maryland Heights, Mo. He is given two years probation and ordered to pay $50,000 to community groups. 1990 . . A 21 year-old AC/DC fan was attacked and died outside the Brendan Byrne Arena in New Jersey where the band were playing a gig that night. 1973 . . Thirty US radio stations broadcasted what was said to be a 'live' Mott The Hoople concert. In reality it was the band recording in the studio with the applause dubbed in.
"BORN" 1976: Jesse Keeler (Canadian bassist, multi-musician: Death from Above/MSTRKRFT/ Femme Fatale). 1973: Lars Sköld (drums: Tiamat) 1973: Jason White (US guitarist: Pinhead Gunpowder/Green Day). 1962: Mic MichaelI (Swedish keyboardist: hard rock band Europe). 1957: Mike Mesaros (US bassist: Smithereens) 1953: Andy Partridge (UK singer, songwriter, guitarist: XTC) 1945: Chris Dreja (UK rhythm guitarist, bass, photograher: Yardbirds/Led Zeppelin)
"PASSED AWAY" - no Metal/Rock entries today -
thanks: Metal Storm/Billboard/The Gauntlet/PhilBrodie band.
THANKS "DEMON 'THE BREWMASTER'S BEER' (Czech (5.2%)... ...............A Led Zep' Tour without Plant - fans voted 42% against it, according to Musicradar.com... ............Washtucna Hoe-down... .........Jesus Can't Skate. - Rank Hank Posted November 11, 2008 | Download of the day: Katatonia - Walking By A Wire.mp3
0News Slab: Prime news cuts from the metal and rock worldMONDAY, NOV' 10/08: - NEW METAL RELEASES - STARTING MONDAY, NOV' 10/08.
JENNY WRITES: Dear Rank:......"Now that hockey season is back, my boyfriend does NOTHING but play hockey (no hit league) all week & watch the NHL games during the weekend. I'm feeling left out & ignored. I've tried to do other things with him, shopping, romantic walks, vineyard tours, etc. But he always comes up with an excuse, or flat out refuses to go with me. What can I do to get his attention again?
RANK WRITES: Dear D-bag:......."Vineyard tours"??? Prior to the NHL season... your boyfriends life sounded like 10 lbs of shit in a 5 lbs bag!! Relax, that poor son of a bitch is just giving his system a well-deserved enema. You want his attention?...do this: #1. slap on a bikini, the next time the Canucks are playing & serve him & his pals cold Corona's & buffalo wings. #2. Next game he comes home from, offer a massage with some "Icyhot", while he tunes in "Coaches Corner", with Don Cherry. #3. Go buy MUDVAYNE'S "The New Game", cus' honey, there's a new game on... .& your'e NOT it.!"
# 10 November: Thanks Metalsucks. NEW ALTERNATIVE/ROCK RELEASES - STARTING TUESDAY, NOV' 10/08.
Don't be ashamed... ...we didn't know MUDCRUTCH was Tom Petty's original band, before he went on to form Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers either. Anyway, Mudcrutch has an extended play ep out... ....featuring Tom Petty back in the band. And the critics are going ape-shit crazy for it.
11/11/2008 Thanks Exclaim.ca BURTON C BELL - (FEAR FACTORY/ASCENSION OF THE WATCHERS) - SHOWS 'NADS' FOR GIVING THE TRUTH BEHIND TOUR SHUTDOWN.
Lately, you've probably noticed a wack o' tours & shows cancelled, by not just newer bands, but also mainstream veteran acts. Whats "rare", is the truth behind the axeing of the shows. "Personal Reasons"...."Scheduling Difficulties"...."Going On Hiatus"... ..all kinds of cookie-cutter responses, from labels & management.. However, fans, (esp' Metal) aren't a stupid bunch. We too, can read a newspaper & watch CNN. Now finally, someone has the balls to say why the REAL reason their tour is cancelled.
FEAR FACTORY frontman Burton C. Bell has issued the following update on ASCENSION OF THE WATCHERS, his new band also featuring John Bechdel (MINISTRY, KILLING JOKE, FALSE ICONS: "My dear friends, it is with great sadness that I inform all of you that the ASCENSION OF THE WATCHERS tour that was scheduled for November 27 - December 14 had to be cancelled due to the lack of ticket pre-sales. "In these troubling economic times, the risk of the tour failing was far too great for all parties involved. After much consideration, canceling the tour for this season was the best course of action. "To those who did purchase advance tickets, 'Thank you for your support!' I assure you that this is only a temporary setback and that THE WATCHERS will reschedule more dates at a later time. I am hoping that time will be be very soon."
Granted "The Watchers" album, is an aquired taste. But kudo's to Burton C Bell, for maning up & having the balls to tell it like it is. Thanks AOTW Myspace. MEGADETH GUTARIST, CHRIS BRODERICK: - DRESSES UP AS HIS 'BOSS', FOR HALLOWEEN.
..........."gave my tongue a rest from licking Dave Mustaine's ass."
Well..........thats what we expected to hear. For those of us that caught Broderick in this years Megadeth line-up on the 08' Gigatour. One of the worlds current top technical guitarists... ....reduced to rythym-guitar status just so the Megadeth Ceo isn't shown up. MEGADETH guitarist Chris Broderick (formerly of NEVERMORE and JAG PANZER) has posted the following message on the band's official forum: "I wanted to catch everyone up with what I have been up to the past few months. Well, first of all, I have been practicing (as usual) trying to keep my technique improving and writing new riffs and pieces. While I had the summer pretty much free, I took the opportunity to vacation for a week on a houseboat in Lake Powell (it was definitely needed). The week was filled with wakeboarding, jet skiing, hiking, and good friends. More recently, my girlfriend and I threw a Halloween party. I dressed up as a psychotic clown and looked pretty stupid. Ahahahah. Between all of this, of course, I have been heading down to Vic's Garage [MEGADETH's newly built studio], getting the studio up and running and starting the writing process with Dave [Mustaine: guitar, vocals], James [Lomenzo: bass] and Shawn [Drover: drums]. At any rate, I am looking forward to getting back out on tour and meeting more of you." Thanks Chris Broderick Myspace. 'BROKE- BLACK METAL' - GORGOROTH'S, GAY, GAAHL: - 'I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT ANY POTENTIAL LOSS OF INCOME'.
Gaahls' always pissed me off. From his suppresion of Gorgoroth lyric's to the fans, To his being an asshole to interviewer, Sam Dunn ("Metal: A Headbangers Journey"). So Gorgoroth's "Gaahl", (real name - Kristian Eivind Espedal) who recently announced he's gay, says that people may have a "difficult time swallowing it". What a fucking kidder!! I wonder if tube-steak is in Gaahl's rider? In case you didn't know... there are 2 Gorgoroth's running amok. Originals guitarist Infernus', who's suing Gaahl for the name. reportedly, his version is pretty fucking good. Gaahl's version....which has a tendency to "suck". Ha! In an interview that was published in the latest issue of Germany's Rock Hard magazine, Gaahl, 33, spoke for the first time about his sexual orientation, stating, "It doesn't feel to me as if I've outed myself because up until now the whole thing was a non-issue for me. All this evolved very naturally. I feel how I feel and I've never made any secret about it." When asked what prompted him to open up about his sexuality in a magazine interview, Gaahl told NRK, "I know that people have been looking into my background. People have seen me at festivals with men and there are many others who have known about this, but who have not seen at it as any issue. But Rock Hard was the first [magazine] to dare to ask me about it." After the Rock Hard interview was published and the English-language translation of the article first appeared on BLABBERMOUTH.NET, Gaahl's former boyfriend, 20-year-old Norwegian modeling agent Dan DeVero, told the Norwegian media that he had received death threats from the black metal community by phone and e-mail. Gaahl claims that he has not received any negative feedback since he spoke out about his sexuality and he doesn't believe that it will affect GORGOROTH. "I am not worried about any potential loss of income [as a result of people being aware of Gaahl's sexual orientation], " he said. "Some may have a difficult time swallowing it, but it can also attract other people. All in all, I do not think this will make a huge difference." Thanks Blabb. DEFTONES BASSIST'S NEUROSURGEON: - EXPECTS CHENG TO BE PLAYING AGAIN, BUT 'TOUGH RECOVERY LIES AHEAD'.
Our best wishes are with Cheng & his family. DEFTONES drummer Abe Cunningham has issued an update on the band's bassist, ChI Cheng, who was seriously injured in a car accident in Santa Clara, California, on Monday (November 3). According to HardDrive Radio, Cheng and his sister were apparently on their way back from a memorial service for their older brother when the accident occurred. Cheng's sister was driving their vehicle, but it remains unknown at this time what caused the crash. Cheng was reportedly in a coma in an Intensive Care Unit at a local hospital, with his condition listed as "serious but stable." Cunningham posted a message at the band's studio blog in which he wrote, "I spoke to ChI's mother this morning. The neurosurgeon treating ChI says the first 72 hours are critical, and as of now he is fighting the good fight and the doctors remain optimistic. We are seeing your prayers in action. The family asks that all the prayer warriors out there to continue to pray for Chi, and keep sending out your positive energy!" ChI's mother Jeanne released the following statement via the band's MySpace page: "When asking ChI's head neurosurgeon what kind of thank-you gift we could get for he and his team of doctors, he responded that some of the surgeons love the DEFTONES and he would like them to have tickets for when chI's back onstage. He expects a tough recovery but in the end expects ChI will be playing his bass again. Praise Jah. For himself, the doc has a special request for all of you. He will give you more details soon. It is 1:00 a.m. now and I am with Chi. I've been reading your emails to him. You are so wonderful. My heart aches with love for you. We are all connected." Cheng is 38 years old and is a poet as well as a musician. He released a CD of his poetry called "The Bamboo Parachute" in 2000. Thanks Blabb. "WIBUMBA--METAL & HARD ROCK ALMANAC" - MONDAY, NOV' 10/08. "ON THIS DAY" 1992 . . Axl Rose was found guilty of assault and property damage at a 1991 Guns N' Roses concert in Maryland Heights, MO. He was given two years probation and ordered to pay $50,000 to community groups. 1984 . . Frankie Goes To Hollywood made their debut TV appearance on Saturday Night Live performing 'Two Tribes' and 'Born To Run'. Also on this day after setting a new record for advanced orders, 1,099,500 copies, Frankie Goes To Hollywood went to No.1 on the UK album chart with their debut LP 'Welcome To The Pleasure Dome.' 1972 . . Alice Cooper appeared live at Glasgow's Playhouse, Scotland, Alice Cooper.
"BORN" 1979: Chris Joannou (Australian bass guitarist: Silverchair). 1974: Kalma/Niko Hurme (Finnish bass player: Lordi). 1967: Andrew "Mushroom" Vowles (member of the electronic band Massive Attack) 1966: Steve Mackey (UK bassist: Pulp) 1965: David Hawes (UK bassist: Catherine Wheel) 1947: Greg Lake (singer, guitar, bassist: The Gods/King Crimson/Emerson, Lake & Palmer)
"PASSED AWAY" - no Metal/Rock entries today -
Thanks to: Steve Johnson,-cad nauseam.(Gaahl)/Metal Storm/The Gauntlet/Phil brodie band/Billboard.
THANKS "MCEWAN'S SCOTCH ALE" Scotland (8.5%)... ..............C'mon & finish your album Ace Frehely, Dr Pepper is calling... ............My Brother, The Cow... .............Hungry For Stink - Rank Hank Posted November 09, 2008 | Download of the day: Simple Minds - Underneath The Ice.mp3
2News Slab: Prime news cuts from the metal and rock worldFRIDAY, NOV' 07/08: - WEEKEND EDITION - RAMMSTEIN: GOING INTO STUDIO NEXT WEEK!! - FUCKING BOOYAH!! - WE CELEBRATE WITH TUBS OF 'WARSTEINER & VOLKERBALL'!!
THIS IS A VERY GOOD THING!!!!!! The crazy Germans are at it again. The Volkerball DVD is insane! And Live, they're nothing short of amazing! But the world needs them back in the studio. Producing some of the worlds finest, precision-crafted, superb Industrial. And after that prank, last year, where a rumour was unleashed that frontman, Til Linderman was supposedly quiting, My fucking ticker needed an new album announcement to get it back to beating right. Rammstein has issued the following update: "Now that the band has finished pre-production in Berlin for its new album, Operation "Album 6" is going forward full steam ahead. Christoph Schneider arrived in Los Angeles last week to meet with Jacob Hellner and production team (i.e., currently Ulf Kruckenberg and Florian Ammon) to undertake preparations for recording of all the drum tracks. Also to arrive in L.A. this week for the drum sessions, Paul and Richard. Finally, a studio has been rented near San Francisco for the bulk of the main recording work, and the band will go into retreat there for several weeks starting on November 9th, 2008. Clear the decks, the Rammstein tanker is once again under steam!" (Thank fucking god! - Rank) Thanks The Gauntlet. IT JUST GETS BETTER! - FINLAND'S, CHARON: - SAY, '15 SONGS IN THE CAN'! - FOR A 2009 RELEASE.
Fuck, for once the news ain't all shit!! It just gets fucking better as the day goes on, my bray!! If you don't know Charon's stuff... ....... You must have a photgraphic memory of your lower colon. Cus' thats where your head would have had to have been. Next to Finland's 'Poisonblack' & 'The 69 Eyes', 'Charon' are the most radtastic, hawtest, fucking Goth act to emerge from that frozen chunk of dirt. Finnish gothic metallers CHARON have finished writing 15 songs for a new album which the band expects to record early next year for a 2009 release. According to the group, the new tracks "pretty much all kick ass." CHARON will play a special New Year's Eve (Decemebr 31) show at Club Relax in Moscow, Russia. CHARON's latest CD, "Songs for the Sinners", debuted on Finland's national album chart at position No. 6 back in September 2005. The follow-up to 2003's "The Dying Daylights" was recorded at Finnvox Studios in HelsinkI with producer Mikko Karmila. Thanks Blabb. IGGY POP/ALICE COOPER/HENRY ROLLINS &?MOBY? - STAR IN 'VAMPIRE SATIRE FLICK' - DIRECTED BY CANADIAN, ROB STEFANIUK
Canadian actor/director, Rob Stefaniuk just kind of quietly goes about his shit in the movie-biz'. Now he's doing a Rock-satire about vampires, starring Iggy Pop, Henry Rollins, Alice Cooper Moby & Malcolm McDowell, to name a few. And some of his stuff's find of funny, heres just a few of the things he's done:
Blown Away (1992)
Bloody-Gisgusting has this:
"While walking the floors of this year's AFM in Santa Monica, CA, we came across an interesting film from Rob Stefaniuk. He is slated to write and direct SUCK, a new movie in which "Vampires Rock". What's big about this film is that Alice Cooper, Moby, Iggy Pop and Henry Rollins all star, alongside Malcom McDowell (Heroes, Halloween) and Jessica Pare. In the film Eddie Van Helsing hunts down a band of vampires. In short, SUCK is a Rock'n'roll vampire satire about a group of rockstar wannabies in search of immortality and a record deal. Rob Stefaniuk also stars in the newest film with bite." (RANK - I sure hope they kill Moby in this.) Thanks Bloodydisgusting.com WHY THE HELL ARE POD GOING ON 'HIATUS' - JUST BEFORE A UK TOUR WITH FILTER?
The following, is an "overheard quote" from a meeting with POD members at a local Baptist church, youth-group meeting:
SONNY - "Hmmm..........men, we have a problem. Our upcoming UK tour with Filter, has only sold 36 tickets, in 6 shows. Does anybody have an Idea what we should do?" WUV - " How about we pray & leave it in god's hands?" TRAA - "Homie, thats the most stupetarded fuckin' thang, my earmeat's heard all fuckin' day!" SONNY - "How about we say we're going on "Hiatus" & then cancel the shows, to keep our cred'?" WUV - "I'd rather pray... but that works for me".
And so, The previously-scheduled POD and Filter co-headline UK tour, which had been set for February 2009, has been cancelled after POD revealed they are to go on hiatus. POD announced the tour cancellation in a statement, but did not reveal the reason behind their break. In the statement, Filter said they were planning to reschedule the dates to play headline shows of their own. They told fans to return to the point of ticket purchase to obtain refunds. The cancelled tour dates are:
Birmingham Academy 2 (February 11) Thanks NME. DEATHSTARS: - ARTWORK & CONCEPT BEHIND THE ALBUM.
Yesterday, we ran that Deathstars piece, on how they have recorded album #3......Yawnnnnnn, zzzzzzzzzzzz Deathstars are a "hit & miss' act, that constantly leave the listener guessing as to whether the suck part-time or full-time. We can't quite decide here either. Industrial/ Goth rockers have just revealed the artwork for their upcoming Nuclear Blast release, Night Electric Night. Emil "Nightmare Industries" Nödtveidt: "This album is the very mirror of our last years and our struggle through this time up until now. It deals with a whole spectrum of emotions, but without losing that straightforward nerve of raw dark feverish rock music a la DEATHSTARS. Even though the songs vary more now, from the ripping 'Night Electric Night' to the seriousness in 'Via the End', which I wrote the very night I found out about my brother's suicide [Emil's brother was DISSECTION frontman Jon Nödtveidt — Ed.], it holds an honest consequence right through the album." Thanks The Gauntlet. WEEZERS, RIVERS CUOMO: - HIGH SCHOOL PHOTO PROVES, HE & ROBERT SMITH (THE CURE) - ARE THE SAME PERSON.
Christ... ...... Rivers Cuomo of Weezer fame, has no shame. The fucking hair. He's got that Robert Smith thing happening. But the goddamned music's shit too. And the dweeb thinks it's all good. Whatever brand of goddamned prozac he's on... .....I want lots too. The first thing you'll notice is the hair. You can't get past it. On the cover of the upcoming Alone II: The Home Recordings Of Rivers Cuomo, Weezer's main man shows off the kind of shag that harkens back to the days of hair metal. Check out the warbling HERE, AT RIVERS IS TONE-DEAF. "For some reason, I missed the photo session in my high school for my senior portrait, " Cuomo says in an interview with Pitchfork. "So I had to go to a photo studio in Willimantic, Connecticut. I didn't really have any ideas: the guy just did his thing. And this is what he came up with. But it's from the same session as my high school picture. "This was my look in high school. I was, you know, somewhat famous - or infamous - in my town for looking like this" While the hair farmer cover image of Rivers Cuomo is enough to make Alone II (due out 24 and 25 November) a must-have for Weezer fans, the music (recorded during 1992 - 2007) is the real attraction. The 19-song set of demos finds Cuomo doing a Weezer-ized cover of The Beach Boys' Don't Worry Baby and collaborating with Jermaine DuprI on a number called Can't Stop Partying. As an added bonus, there's three tracks from the famously unreleased Weezer album Songs From The Black Hole. "I was really surprised when I put Alone II together and listened down to it, " says Cuomo. "I was really surprised how great it was. It makes me wonder if I have more good stuff on my hard drive than I thought I did. This one is not a step down in any sense." Not with hair like that it isn't. Thanks Musicradar.com "WIBUMBA--METAL & HARD ROCK ALMANAC" - FRIDAY, NOV' 07/08. "ON THIS DAY" 2002 . .Riots in Vancouver after Gun's N' Roses cancel concert. 1995 . .Alice in Chains' "Alice in Chains" is released on CD and cassette. Previously, the album only existed in a vinyl edition, released on Halloween of 1995. 1991 . . Frank Zappa was diagnosed with prostate cancer. 1975 . . Steve Anderson becomes new World Guitar Champion with continuous string plucking for 114 hours 17 mins 1974 . . Ted Nugent won a National Squirrel-shooting contest after picking off a squirrel at 150 yards. The heavy metal guitarist also shot dead 27 other mammals during the three day event.
"BORN" 1978: RonnI Clasen (keyboards: Manticora) 1974: Chris Summers (Norwegian drummer: Turbonegro). 1971: Robin Finck (guitars: Guns N' Roses/NIN) 1968: Greg Tribbett (guitars: Mudvayne/Hellyeah) 1967: Steve Digiorgio (US bassist: Sadus/Testament and Death). 1966: Richard Fortus (rythym guitar: Guns N' Roses) 1960: Tommy "Space Man" Thayer (lead guitars: Kiss)
"PASSED AWAY" - no Metal/Rock entries toay -
Thanks to: The Gauntlet/Billboard/Phil Brodie/Metal Storm.
THANKS "MALHEUR 10 BEER" Belgium (%10.0)... ..............No more, Osbournes on TV... ..........The Size Of Watermelons... .............Baby Shit Brown. - Rank Hank Posted November 07, 2008 | Download of the day: ACDC - Thunderstruck.mp3
4News Slab: Prime news cuts from the metal and rock worldTHURSDAY, NOV' 06/08: - BLACK LIGHT BURNS - WES BORLAND ISSUES BAND UPDATE.
I'm beginning to suspect that the negative comments bouncing around the 'net, about Wes Borland & his awesome fucking unit, "BLACK LIGHT BURNS", belong to one person, & one person only......... Fred Durst. Cus' if you have even a mere 8% working brain capacity......you'll realize BLB are original, write damned good shit, & make Limp Bizkit sound like Burl Ives!! Former LIMP BIZKIT and current MARILYN MANSON guitarist Wes Borland has issued the following update on his BLACK LIGHT BURNS project: "The BAD news: Our good friend and cohort Sean Fetterman [bass], for reasons we are unable to disclose, will no longer be able to play with BLACK LIGHT BURNS. We're thinking of him and hoping the best for him wherever he is. The GOOD news: Bass duties from now on will be covered by no other than Anvil Pants celebrity Dennis 'Jr.' Sanders. Some of you may have gotten to know Dennis out on the road and some of you may even know that he's played a show on bass with us before when Sean couldn't make it. The loss of Sean is great, but I think our gain with Dennis is even greater. If you saw the one show he played with us, you know he's a wild cat up there and brings a lot of filthy swagger to the show. He's also a professional son of a gun." BLACK LIGHT BURNS earlier in the year released "Cover Your Heart And The Anvil Pants Odyssey", a combination CD and DVD package on I Am: Wolfpack/YMA Music Group. Packed with reinterpreted songs of bands including DURAN DURAN ("Hungry Like the Wolf"), THE JESUS LIZARD ("The Art of Self Defense"), SISTERS OF MERCY ("Lucretia My Reflection") and PJ HARVEY ("Rid of Me"), "Cover Your Heart" is a deconstruction and reconstruction of music that the band has loved and appreciated. Thanks Blabb. SWEDEN'S, 'DEATHSTARS' - BEAT THE SHIT OUTA THE 'ORIGINALITY MULE' - IN HOPES OF A 'SUCCESSFUL' 3RD ALBUM.
We're putting Deathstars news in today, cus' we still haven't decided if these guys shred...... ....or suck like a $10 whore. Honestly... ..just when I think I'm finally getting their brand of knock-off 'Manson-meets-The 69 Eyes'... . I catch another flat, lackluster track like "Cyanide" that puts me into a coma.
Swedish industrial goth metal band DEATHSTARS will release its third album, "Night Electric Night", on January 30, 2009 via Nuclear Blast Records. The CD was mixed at Toytown studios in Stockholm, Sweden with Stefan Glaumann. Thanks Blabb. JUDAS PRIEST 'FAN-ATIC' - LISTENS TO 'NOSTRODAMUS' - 145 DAYS IN A ROW!
You can just tell... .......that this guy has NEVER been laid............. And NEVER will. Get a look at those 'serial-killers eyes'. Hey... we're big Priest fans here too... ...but what a pathetic bastard. Friday, November 7, 2008 will mark the 145th straight day Cleveland, Ohio JUDAS PRIEST fan Jim Bartek has listened to PRIEST's "Nostradamus", a double-disc concept album based on the mysterious, world-known 16th century French prophet Nostradamus, in its entirety from start to finish since the initial release. To put his obsession in better perspective, this translates to approximately 249 hours or one-and-a-half weeks of his life listening to the album. There have even been some days when Bartek has listened to the entire album multiple times so the numbers are higher than reported. He owns all the various configurations released and mixes between listening to the 2-CD and 3-LP sets. Asked why this album has made such an impact in his life, Bartek responds, "I wish I could answer that! I don't know, it just grabs me and I enjoy listening to it. I honestly wish I could pinpoint and give a rock solid answer but I can't." Bartek adds "The flow of the record and the way you can just feel what the guy (Nostradamus) was going through from the way PRIEST play and sing it. Rob's [Halford] vocals tell you exactly how the guy is feeling at a particular moment. It all just fits perfectly. I'm not tired of it yet. It's an epic record about a very interesting subject." Bartek is holding hopes the band fulfills its promise to perform the album in its entirety and says if the dates are limited he promises to travel to be there. He has become a popular cult icon in the Cleveland area with PRIEST fans and is asked often while out in public, where he can be seen sporting his "Nostradamus" t-shirt (see below), if the streak is still going. He is a true "fan" in every sense of the word. Both "The Classic Metal Show" and Cleveland's WJCU "Metal On Metal" radio programs have interviewed Bartek. Bartek returns to the "Metal On Metal" show this Friday, November 7 at 7:30 p.m. (EST) to tell his story and give an update on the listening streak. You can listen to the program live via the Internet at www.wjcu.org. Thanks Blabb. SOUTH KOREA'S 'DOWNHELL: - WILL MAKE YOU FORGET ABOUT 'KIA'S & SUJO'!
Well, who the fuck woulda thought a South Korean band would have balls as big as DOWNHELL? Calling themselves, 'rebirthed Classic Metal', comparisons to Testament & Priest come to mind right off. Fuck, they've even opened for Megadeth & Sweden's Dark Tranquility!! Having veteran American Metal drummer Mike Terranna (Yngwie Malmsteen/Masterplan/Steve lukather) has cemented their sound solid. Check out their 'Fight '(Rob Halford) cover "Into The Pit", HERE, AT DOWNHELL MYSPACE
DOWNHELL, the Korean band featuring drummer Mike Terrana (MASTERPLAN, TARJA TURUNEN, RAGE), has posted a live version of its cover of FIGHT's "Into The Pit" on MySpace.
The track comes off the group's "Karma" EP, which was released last month via Dope Entertainment. The CD was recorded at MOL Studio in Seoul, Korea with engineer Cho Sang Hyun (VASSLINE, CRASH) and features cover artwork by Gustavo Sazes (FIREWIND, SERENITY, KRISIUN). The logo was designed by Travis Smith, who will also create the art for the band's forthcoming album, "A Relative Coexistence". Thanks Blabb/Downhell Myspace. DESPARATE TO DESCRIBE THEIR ALBUM - U2 SAY IT'S: - 'RELIGIOUS-SOUNDING, & IT HAS A 'FUCK-OFF SONG'.
I Wonder what church U2's the Edge goes to? Probably Catholic..............sin & swear like everybody all week, Then repent in 10 min' on sunday... ......and your'e a holy boy again.
Musicradar has this: When it comes to U2, no one can expect Daniel Lanois to be impartial. As if to prove this, the producer calls the band's upcoming album, No Line On The Horizon, "fantastically innovative" and says it represents "some of their best work." Lanois helped shape some of U2's classic albums by co-producing The Unforgettable Fire, The Joshua Tree, Achtung Baby and All That You Can't Leave Behind. He also had his hand in one song off the band's 2004 release, How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb. Originally, Rick Rubin was brought in to helm the U2 sessions, but it was eventually decided that the band would again work with their longtime collaborators Lanois and Brian Eno. As they have done in the past, the two producers also contributed to the writing of the album. "We thought, If we're all writing together we'll get more stuff and it'll be a more fruitful use of time, " The Edge says in a recent interview with Q magazine.
?? A "religious-sounding" tone?? Experimental and spontaneous writing sessions held last year in Fez, Morocco, resulted in numerous new songs. Some even bear an unmistakable North African flavour. A visit to the World Sacred Music Festival enhanced what Edge calls the "religious-sounding" tone of a few of the tracks. Work-in-progress highlights include a "fuck-off rocker" called Breathe, For Your Love (which Edge claims is one of his best-ever riffs) and Get On Your Boots, which the guitarist describes as "Eddie Cochran with barbershop harmonies." "But we don't want to be musical tourists, " the guitarist stresses. "We came back with a certain flavour and influence of that trip and a sense of freedom." Over time, the music grew ever more diverse. "There is some dark, heavy stuff but there are also some lighter things, " says Edge. "Some we've really had to sweat to get and some just came so easily." Thanks Musicradar.com DAMON ALBARN SAY'S - 'BLUR MIGHT REFORM - BUT THEN AGAIN MAYBE NOT'.
Actually.....I couldn't give a flying fuck if Blur decided to "reform". Cus' Damon Albarn irritates me almost as much as Thom Yorke (Radiohead). They only ever had 1 track, that didn't make me scramble for the radio-knob in a frantic attempt to change stations when they came on. I think it was "Song #2"...whoo, hoo. The rest of their shit's gay-assed! When Damon Albarn isn't doing Monkey operas, Gorillaz and The Good The Bad And The Queen he might well be thinking about doing a Blur reunion. Now, after an "enjoyable lunch" with Graham Coxon – the one band member who might oppose a reformation – Albarn's up for it… "It's very possible I'll go back to Blur, it really is very possible, " Damon Albarn told the BBC. "The truth be known Graham and I have been hanging out together a bit. He's great, it's fantastic to get my old friend back. So it's good but I can't really say any more than that." Graham Coxon left Blur in 2002, and - after recording 2003's Think Tank without him - Albarn stated he "felt uncomfortable" about continuing as a band. A bit busy It really wouldn't surprise MusicRadar if Blur did reform at some point. But, seeing as how Damon Albarn's opera, Monkey: Journey To The West, is on its way back to London and a new Gorillaz album hangs in a "halfway finished" balance, we don't recommend holding your breath. Oh, and let's not forget that Coxon is currently recording with Pete Doherty. Maybe next year, then? Thanks Musicradar.com "WIBUMBA--METAL & HARD ROCK ALMANAC" - THURSDAY, NOV' 06/08. "ON THIS DAY" 2001 . .Less than a year after the breakup of the Smashing Pumpkins, Billy Corgan reemerged with a new band called Zwan. The new Chicago combo featured former Pumpkins' drummer, Jimmy Chamberlin. 1975 . .The Sex Pistols played their first gig at St. Martin's School of Art in London. Anarchy in the U.K.! 1973 . . Singer Gram Parsons' manager Phil Kaufman and Michael Martin was fined $300 for stealing Parsons' body from the Los Angeles International Airport. Kaufman claimed that it was Parson's wish to be cremated in the desert. 1972 . . Bill Wyman lost his driving licence and was fined £20 by Chelmsford Magistrates court after being caught speeding in his Mercedes on the A12.
"BORN" 1976: Mike Herrera (US singer, bassist, songwriter: MxPx) 1973: Carmelo Orlando (guitars/vocals: Novembre) 1967: Brad Roberts (Jizmak Da Gusha) (drums: Gwar) 1966: Christian Lorenz (German keyboardist: Rammstein) 1964: Corey Glover (lead singer: Living Colour) 1963: Rozz Williams (US singer: Christian Death/Premature Ejaculation) * passed away 01.04.1998 1947: George Redburn Young (songwriter, record producer: AC/DC) * brother to Angus & Malcolm.
"PASSED AWAY" 2006: Jance Garfat (62) US bassist in the pop-country rock band Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show, later named Dr.Hook, from 1972 till they disbanded in 1985. At the height of their success Dr Hook were top of the charts in 42 countries, they amassed 60 gold and platinum singles and albums. (tragically killed in a motorcycle accident, while swirving to avoid a dog in Oakland, Ca). 1972: Billy Murcia (21) drummer, New York Dolls (died after choking on coffee after an overdose of Mandrax and alcohol, while on a UK tour).
Thanks: The Gauntlet/Metal Storm/Phil brodie/Triple A radio.
THANKS "PALOMINO HONEY LAGER" Vancouver (4.5%)... ............Ya think Scott Weiland's ever worn 'galoshes? (except for that incident with that sheep?)... ............Bertha Does Moosejaw... ............Its All Meat. - Rank Hank Posted November 06, 2008 | Download of the day: Vast - The Last One Alive.mp3
0News Slab: Prime news cuts from the metal and rock worldWEDNESDAY, NOV' 05/08: - DEFTONES BASSIST - HOSPITILIZED AFTER 'SERIOUS CAR CRASH'.
Deftones bassist ChI Cheng has been hospitalised after being involved in what singer Chino Moreno called a "terrible" car crash. The incident, which took place on Monday (November 3), resulted in Cheng being taken to the intensive care unit at a hospital in northern California, where he remains in a "serious, but stable" condition according to Moreno. Writing on the Deftones blog, Moreno asked fans to pray for Cheng. "It deeply saddens me to inform you all that our brother ChI Cheng was involved in a terrible car accident last night. He is currently in a northern California hospital in a serious, but stable condition, " he explained. "I am on my way up north right now to be by his side along with the rest of our bandmates and family. ChI is one of the strongest people I know, and I'm praying that his strength will get him through this. Please say a prayer for him as well." Our thought are with ChI & his family. Thanks NME. SLAYERS, KING: - 'TWO MORE ALBUMS, THEN ITS QUITS FOR SLAYER'.
Awwwww...... I didn't need to start my day hearing this shit. I could listen to fuckin' Slayer albums, till my nut hair is gone. Old school Thrash is timeless & lives on. Slayer's recipe is good for more than 2 albums worth. SLAYER guitarist Kerry King told music web site The Quietus backstage at the London stop of the band's current "Unholy Alliance" European tour said that he would like to record two more albums with SLAYER before the group finally calls it quits. "We're talking of going in the studio next February and getting the next record out, so if we do things in a timely manner, I don't see there's any reason why we can't have more than one album out [before SLAYER packs it in], " he said. "So if we do get a record out next year — and everything's pointing to yes — before the summer time when we tour, then I'd want to start working on another one because we're all having a good time. I think the time's gonna come when somebody just says, 'I'm done. I don't wanna do this anymore.' Because we've been doing it more than half of our lives. [Laughs] But I'm having a blast! You saw the show yesterday — I had a blast yesterday. I'm going to have more of a blast today because I'm more familiar with the set we're doing." King also revealed that if SLAYER did split up, he could pretty much play with "anybody who is anybody, " but he wouldn't consider becoming a producer or working with another band at the same level as SLAYER. "I don't have the patience to be a producer, " he explained. "I don't know how those people do that because I'll get it really close to good, and it sounds great, but I know it's not good enough, really. I mean, I get tired of playing the songs, so I would also get tired of telling someone to play it again. I would say, 'Fuck it. Get the fuck out of here. We're done.' [Laughs] You know, I'd be the asshole producer! But I've got so many friends in this business — more than anyone else [in SLAYER] because I hang out more, so I've got a lot of options and I could just about play with anybody who is anybody. I wouldn't have to start over but I'm certainly not going to start another career as long as this one." Thanks The Quietus. UK RAVE/INDUSTRIALISTS, 'THE PRODIGY' - ENLIST DAVE GROHL (FOO FIGHTERS) - SAYS: 'THIS THIZZLE SHIZZLE'S HARDCORE, HOMIE G!!'
Remember The Prodigys "Fire Starter"? Only decent track they ever had, but christ that song kick ass!! So since Grohl has put the Foo Fighters on ice for awhile... he's decided to go the Rave route. Careful Grohl........... You'll wind up like Chris Cornell... ....writing R&B with Timbaland.....& wearing your pants around your fucking knees. The Prodigy have revealed that they'll release a new album, Invaders Must Die, on 2 March 2009, and that one of the tracks features Dave Grohl on drums.
The collaboration, called Run With Wolves, was agreed via email, with Prodigy frontman Liam Howlett telling The NME: "He [Grohl] laid down a week's worth of drums, we got really inspired by it. We did some more work and over the internet it all came together." Howlett has also admitted that The Prodigy's poorly received 2004 album Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned, marked an "all-time low" for the band, and that the new record will see them making music like they used to. "I've been really inspired by our first two records [Experience and Music for the Jilted Generation] and wanted to combine that old-school equipment with cutting-edge production, " he explains. This marks a change of approach for Howlett, who previously expressed his love for Reason. Indeed, he was quoted as saying that "literally everything" on Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned was written in Propellerhead's software studio. The Prodigy have also announced that they'll be touring UK arenas in April 2009, with Dizzee Rascal lined up to support. Thanks Musicradar.com HELLYEAH/NOTHINGFACE GUITARIST, TOM MAXWELL FORMS (YET!) ANOTHER BAND - 'KNIVES OUT'
Sometimes muscicians spread themselves thinner than the cheese on a "2nd Slice Pizza" (total shit). And that my bray... is exactly whats happened here. Recycled riffs...........generic song structures.......... 'Bout the only redeming feature is vocalist, Todd Smith, whose throat-sonics, make Hellyeah/Mudvayne frontman, Chad Gray, sound like Micheal Buble. Hellyeah guitarist Tom Maxwell has teamed with former Nothingface drummer Tommy Sickles and Disco Dog Fashion members Todd Smith (vocals) and Jasan Stepp (guitar) to form Knives Out!. You can check out some of the bands first songs HERE, AT KNIVES OUT MYSPACE. Here's their press: Est in 2008 in their hometown of Baltimore, MD. Five friends...members of HellYeah, Nothingface, Dog Fashion Disco and PolkaDot Cadaver come together and form KNIVES OUT! It isn't pretty and it isn't safe. In a world of copy cat bands KNIVES OUT! stands up to deliver to the world a breath of fresh air to a stagnant, plagiaristic genre. Go hard or go home...horns up and KNIVES OUT! Thanks The Gauntlet. CHRIS CORNELL IS INDEED 'LOSING HIS FUCKING MARBLES' - SIGNING POSTERS W/ TIMBALAND & DREAMING OF LAYNE STALEY.
Shit... ..........I don't think even Jerry Cantrell dreams of Layne Staley. Here's just another reason why we've given up on CORNELL, a sad, sellout, sack of shit of an artist. #1: Kills off Soundgarden........best fucking Grunge band to emerge from the states............period!!!! #2: Kills off Audioslave... .......not anywhere as good as 'Rage Against The Machine', but what the hell, they had their moments. #3: Covers Micheal Jacksons, "Billy Jean", which blows fuckin' chunks of grundle. #4: Teams up with Timbaland (Pussycat Dolls/Nelly Furtado/Brandy) R & B, rapper, & known for producing fast-cash $$$albums$$$ for the fucked up zombie, record buying public . Now Cornell, on his blog, is coming off all mystical, Emo & shit with some supposed wacked-out dream he had about Staley. CAUTION: don't eat before reading this shit: Click 'ESSENCE OF DREAMS' BLOG Faaaccckkk!!! Cornell... aren't you a sagacious prick? Come off all fucking gnostic & shit & maybe, just maybe....your pushed-back album (now it's not out till 09') w/ Timbaland, might just sell enough to pay off some of that fat rappers bill. Rank. QUEEN + PAUL RODGERS - 'THE COSMOS ROCKS" - TANKING BIGTIME!
Here's why the new "Queeen & Paul Rodgers" albums stinks as bad as a rotting moose carcass in a tub of egg-salad. #1: Drummer Roger Taylor, should have sung on the album. No shit... he did a lot of the backing vocals on "Bohemian Raphsody", where he tops the final chord with a falsetto B? in the fifth octave!.......Fucking Eh!! #2: Original bassist, John Deacon refuses to be part of the reformed Queen. And Deacon's cool. #3: Paul Rodgers is a cheesy vocalist, a cheesy frontman, and has nothing but fucking cheese lyrics to offer.
And now the album's moving slower than grandpa's bowels after a week of cheese & codiene.
The new QUEEN + PAUL RODGERS album, "The Cosmos Rocks", sold almost 12,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 47 on The Billboard 200 chart. "The Cosmos Rocks" arrived at No. 4 on the European Top 100 Albums chart back in September. It delivered a No. 5 U.K. debut on sales of 28,000. QUEEN's last studio album was "Made In Heaven", released in November 1995 and containing the last recordings with Freddie Mercury. The LP became the band's biggest selling studio album, with world sales in excess of 20 million. Thanks Blabb. "WIBUMBA--METAL & HARD ROCK ALMANAC" - WEDNESDAY, NOV' 05/08. ON THIS DAY" 1999 . .The members of Van Halen announce that Gary Cherone is leaving the band. The musicians and the singer maintain that the departure is without rancor. 1998 . . Liam Gallagher of Oasis was arrested for allegedly attacking a photographer and damaging his camera equipment. Same day, Ex Smiths singer Morrissey lost an appeal ruling that all band profits should have been split equally and faced a backdated payout to former Smiths member Mike Joyce estimated at £1million. 1995 . . Garbage, with Shirley Manson, played their first live gig at the 7th Street Entry in Minneapolis. 1983 . . Topper Headon of The Clash was arrested for walking his dog while drunk on London's Fulham Road. 1977 . . The manager of the Virgin record store in Nottingaham was arrested for displaying a large poster advertising the new Sex Pistols album, 'Never Mind The Bollock's, Here's The Sex Pistols'. High street stores banned the album after police warned they could be fined under the 1898 indecent advertising act. 1973 . . At Newcastle City Hall, a performance of 'Quadrophenia' by the Who is halted after Pete Townshend attacks group sound man Bobby Pridden, who plays a taped section fifteen seconds out of sequence
"BORN" 1986: AleksI Virta (keyboards: Finntroll) 1975: Angela Gossow (German singer: Arch Enemy) 1971: Jonny Greenwood (guitar, keyboards, Radiohead) 1959: Bryan Adams (Canadian singer, guitarist, songwriter)
"PASSED AWAY" 2005: Frederick Lincoln "Link" Wray (76) singer, guitarist: inspired Bob Dylan, Marc Bolan, Pete Townsend, Bruce Springsteen, countless others, credited with inventing 'fuzz' guitar after punching a hole in a speaker (heart failure).
THANKS "GLACIER BEER" Calgary (6.0%)... .............Shut it down Queen & keep some dignity... ..........Human Piss Parade... .........Dracula Does Calculus. - Rank Hank Posted November 05, 2008 | Download of the day: Dark Tranquillity - Haven - Feast Of Burden.mp3
0News Slab: Prime news cuts from the metal and rock worldTUESDAY, NOV' 04/08: - BEST FUCKING NEWS THIS MONTH!! (SO FAR) - LAMB OF GOD - SET, FEB 24TH, AS RELEASE DATE FOR NEW DISC, 'WRATH'.
Better than 25 lbs of BBQ ribs!! Better than a "Warsteiner mini-keg"!! And better than a date with Cristina Scabia (Lacuna Coil) ....Ok, NOT REALLY... ...but goddamn......its NEW LOG!!
(PR) Lamb Of God will release their fifth studio album "Wrath", on February 24th, 2009. The record will be released in North America by Epic. Wrath is produced by Josh Wilbur and was recorded in studios in New York, Virginia, and New Hampshire. Thanks PR. MANIC STREET PREACHERS - RELEASING NEW ALBUM, WITH LYRICS FROM BANDMATE - WHO'S BEEN MISSING FOR 14 YRS!
If you don't know the story behind the Manic Street Preachers... .heres the super-short version: Working-class band from the UK, with Punk beginnings, developes 'rabid' following. (to this day) Not long after, main writer/guitarist, Ritchie Edwards, starts acting goofy, cutting himslf, blah, blah...gets help. But apparently, not enough. In Feb' 95', he goes missing. (car found near a 'popular suicide site) To this day, no real clues have ever been found as to what happened to the dude. But Interestingly, sightings of Edwards have been common, so much so, that the band have even kept a percentage of the royalties aside should Edwards ever return. And now, The Manic Street Preachers are set to release an album featuring lyrics written by said missing member, Richey Edwards. The Welsh trio told NME.COM that they had recorded nine songs with producer Steve AlbinI for the album, tentatively titled 'Journal For Plague Lovers', which they plan to release in spring 2009. - The album will only feature lyrics written by Edwards, which his bandmates kept following his disappearance in 1995. "We've had these lyrics for 14 years and we all felt compelled that this was the right time to do it, " bassist Nicky Wire told NME.COM. "It's a follow-up to [1994 album] 'The Holy Bible' in a lot of ways. "There's a small amount of editing involved, because some of them [Edwards-written passages] are prose and they needed to be made into lyrics, but they're all Richey's." For the full interview with Wire and more details on the album, see the new issue of NME, out in the UK tomorrow (November 5). Thanks NME. BLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE CLUB - NEW ALBUM AVAILABLE FOR D-LOAD - LINK HERE!
$6.00 lousy bucks!!!! Thats all that L A based, BRMC are charging for their brand new album 'The Effect Of 333' . Ands thats due to the fact the the fat-ass, greedy labels, haven't got the greasy paws involved. And thats a GREAT FUCKING THING!! So support this kickass Rock outfit & order their new disc. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club have released a new album online this week (November 1). The band announced the release of 'The Effect Of 333' in a message posted on their website last week (October 27). The album, featuring ten new songs, is available to download now from BLACK REBEL OFFICIAL SITE Although all ten songs on the album are new, the entire album is instrumental. It is also the band's first to be released independently from any record label. In a statement posted on their website, the band explained: "As our first release through our Abstract Dragon label, this record is exactly that - no lyrics, no apologies, no regrets, just abstract. This has been in the works for the last three years at least, on and off the road, in hotel rooms, bus bunks, and backstage."
The tracklisting for 'The Effect Of 333' is: - The band made the album available to buy at 3:33am (Pacific Time) on November 1. 'The Effect Of 333' is Black Rebel Motorcycle Club's first album since drummer Nick Jago left the band for the second time in their history in June 2008. Thanks NME. CHINESE DEMOCRACY, 'LEAKED LINER NOTES' SAY - BRIAN MAY'S GUITAR PARTS CUT - MAY 'UNAWARE' - ARE 'SHAQ'S PARTS NEXT?
I'm gonna go out on a limb & stick up for Rose on this one. Cus' maybe Rose heard the new Queen album 'The Cosmos Sucks'... or whatever the fuck its called. Why?........its a pile of horseshit. If I was Rose & there was even a slight possibility of that album's author being associated with 'ChI Dem'.... I'd change all his parts....& my phone # too.
Brian May recorded lead guitar parts for Guns N' Roses' track Catcher N' The Rye way back in 1999. The song has been confirmed to appear on the ridiculously long-awaited album Chinese Democracy, but a leaked sleeve note suggests that the Queen guitarist's contribution has been removed. - Possibly the world's biggest Brian May fan, Thomas Eisele, wrote on Brianmay.com to break the unfortunate news: "HI Brian, First I want you to know that I'm a huge fan of your work. I grew up with all of your music and still love listening to it. Now, ChiDem is about to hit the market and the booklet is leaked. Do you know that you're not on CITR anymore? What do you think about it? Makes me a little sad as I was looking forward to hear your part more clearly. I'm one of the webmasters of the German GN'R-Board and just wanted to know your opinion. I'll keep it for me and I won't tell anyone. But I don't know if you read this email... :) I wish you all the best with your band (that I love so much), Thomas" Here's BrI's response: "Ah ... well, I did not know this! Thanks, Thomas. Well, it is a shame, perhaps ... I did put quite a lot of work in, and was proud of it. But I could understand if Axl wants to have an album which reflects the work of the members of the band as it is, right now. I do have mixes of the tracks with my guitar on, work tapes at the time, but they will remain private, out of respect for Axl. Thanks for your kind wishes, Thomas. Cheers, Bri" What about Shaq? A grand total of 18 musicians contributed to Chinese Democracy during the 14 years of hard graft it took Axl Rose to finish it. Whether the likes of Jane's Addiction's Dave Navarro or basketball/rap legend Shaquille O'Neal have also felt the blade of Axl's axe remains to be seen. Thanks Musicradar.com SEPULTURA: 'A-LEX' - ARTWORK & RELEASE DATE.
The haters can bitch all they want...... But Derrick Green is an awesome frontman & a formidible presence on the album's he's done with Sepultura. Brazilian thrashers SEPULTURA will release their new album, "A-Lex" (which stands for "no law" or "without law"), on January 26, 2009 via SPV Records. The CD, which is based on the Anthony Burgess novel "A Clockwork Orange" (later turned into the classic film by Stanley Kubrick), was recorded at in São Paulo, Brazil at Trama Studios and was mixed at Mega Studios.
According to SEPULTURA, the follow-up to 2006's "Dante XXI" features 18 songs with a total playing time of 60 minutes and was completed in record time because it is basically a recording of the band's studio jams captured over a three-month period. Thanks Blabb. "WIBUMBA--METAL & HARD ROCK ALMANAC" - TUESDAY, NOV' 04/08. "ON THIS DAY" 1998 . . Amazon.com formed "Advantage For Music", which allows independent labels and unsigned artists to sell music online. 1993 . .Depeche Mode's Martin Gore was arrested at the Denver Westin Hotel after refusing to turn down the music. 1978 . .Boston (the band) plays in the city of Boston for the first time, a sold-out show at the Boston Garden. 1968 . .Rock's first supergroup, Cream (featuring Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker) played their final gig on U.S. soil on Long Island.
"BORN" 1977: Ivan Corcuera (drums: Vahalla) 1975: Wayne Static (born:Wayne Richard Wells) - (vocals/guitar: Static X) 1974: Cedric Bixler-Zavala (US singer, lyricist: At the Drive-in, The Mars Volta) 1965: Jeff Scott Soto (vocals: Axel RudI pell/Yngwie Malmsteen/Babylon Ad, etc) 1963: Graeme English (bass/backing vocals: Skyclad) 1956: Jordan Rudess (keyboards: Dream Theatre)
"PASSED AWAY" 2004: Robert Heaton (43) UK drummer with the punk band New Model Army (pancreatic cancer). 1994: Fred Sonic Smith (45) US guitar player: co-founder of the legendary MC5 (heart failure).
THANKS "THIRST AID KIT BEER" Yukon (5.5%)... .............Go back & check out LOG's 'Sacriment', before u get the new 'Wrath'... ...........Baldilocks... .............Disciples Of Ed. - Rank Hank Posted November 04, 2008 | Download of the day: The Cult - Rise.mp3
3News Slab: Prime news cuts from the metal and rock worldMONDAY, NOV' 03/08: - NEW METAL RELEASES - STARTING TUESDAY, NOV' 04.08.
DONALD WRITES: Dear Rank:...."A month ago, my older sister moved back into our house after being on her own for 6 months. besides being a total pig & a beotch, she blasts shit music like 'Lil Wayne', 'Rihanna' & 'Kanye West', 20 hrs a day from her basement room. Life for me, is going to hell fast! My parents aren't listening to my case. I'm only 15, but moving out is looking like my only option. What else can I do?
RANK WRITES: Dear Femdom victim :.......It's time for you to mark your territory. Start off by sending this bitchass from hell a behemothic notice that you alone, are the king ching fadoodle... .the magnate o' da manor... the baron of the bungalow!! Just before she goes for a shower, pop the shower-head off & stick a beef bullion cube in....she won't be able to wash the broth off until it totally disolves. NEXT?.....cut open one of her stuffed bears or whatever, & insert a couple of dried fish (sunfish or bluegill are best) & sew it back up. NEXT?....before she's going to use bathroom, again, sneak in & spread "IcyHot" or cinnamon oil all over the toilet seat (spreads clear)...she'll realize that you are a force to be reckoned with....FINALLY?...buy the new ARCH ENEMY - 'TYRANTS DVD' & blast that fucker through the air vent above her room, when your parents are out......Bitch tamed!"
# 4 November: Thanks Metalsucks.com NEW ALT/ROCK RELEASES - STARTING TUESDAY, NOV' 03/08.
Our pick? Go with Brooklyn, New Yorks, "End Of The World" - French Exit. Sparse, ambient Rock, with a lot af attitude.
11/04/2008 Thanks Exclaim.ca METALLICA'S HETFIELD, GOES ALL 'EMO' - 'SOULS OF GUITARS SPEAK!' - THE STRAIGHTJACKET IS ON IT'S WAY!!
METALLICA'S Hetfield, just enlisted a shitload of Emo kids as fans. By revealing, that yes, he too, gets depressed.
Aaron Beck of The Columbus Dispatch recently conducted an interview with METALLICA guitarist/vocalist James Hetfield. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. The Columbus Dispatch: You've been doing this since you were a teenager. What do you physically and mentally still get out of playing METALLICA music? Hetfield: When I don't pick up the guitar, I get depressed. When I'm at home and starting to get bummed out, my wife will point it out: "Well, you haven't played guitar in a couple of weeks." Then I'll sit down and play. It's my weapon: it's my pacifier: it's kind of everything just to write one riff and then feel good about myself: "Oh, yes! I'm still relevant!" But just using different amps, different guitars — I truly believe, finding an older guitar that might cost some crazy amount of money, you get this thing, and there's something living in it. It's still got riffs in it, and I think they're grateful that you have the guitar. I think the souls of these guitars speak. The Columbus Dispatch: You've had to be onstage and singing a few times without a guitar, most notably after you were burned onstage in Montreal in the early '90s. What does that feel like? Hetfield: It sucks. You're up there and you're singing, but a lot of our songs have some pretty long instrumental bits and it's, like, "What the hell am I going to do here? Head backstage, do some laundry?" You can only be a cheerleader for so much, and it looks kind of silly. I did not like it. It is kind of job security when you can play guitar and sing. The Columbus Dispatch: What is in your mind when you go onstage now versus, say, 1990? Hetfield: We get pretty inspired when we go in the tuning room beforehand and jam together and maybe write a riff. We bond that way, then we hit the stage. I don't know if it's us against them anymore: it's more just us. In the old days, it was us against them: "Let's kill 'em! Let's smash it!" Now it's more "Let's go out there and show them what a force to be reckoned with we are and see how many new fans we can disease with METALLICA and see if they'll come back." The Columbus Dispatch: How did having children change your approach to your job? Hetfield: At the beginning, it was a big struggle, me being the first one having kids and drummer Lars (Ulrich) soon after. Trying to separate the two was hard, you know? "I have to carve out time for family, " and it wasn't well-received. Then it became more of a normal thing for us. We have to balance these two things and have them live together. We have to get everyone knowing each other. There's really a lot of fear for the wives — "What's going on out on the road?" and "Why don't they want us coming out?" Sometimes it is what it is, and sometimes it's "I need my space." But as soon as you invite 'em, sometimes it's, like, "No, I don't want to go" (laughs). But the kids have brought such a joy to all of us. I think it inspires us, and it's made us happier so we can be even more "metal" (laughs), if that makes any sense. Read the entire interview from The Columbus Dispatch. ALICE IN CHAINS - FIRST STUDIO UPDATE W/ VIDEO FOOTAGE!
Hell, in this studio footage, Cantrell's looking more like Zakk Wyde... ...than Wylde does. AIC's new disc is slated for a summer 09' release. And we are (semi) stoked about it. Lets face it, Cantrell has always written AIC shit, so the writing & riffage will be as good as ever. But we're still not convinced that William Duvall is the man for the mic'. Here's Blabbbermouth:
The first in a series of video clips featuring behind-the-scenes footage from the recording sessions for the new ALICE IN CHAINS album can be viewed AT AIC WEEK #1 UPDATE. Jerry Cantrell (vocals, lead guitar), Mike Inez (bass), Sean Kinney (drums) and William DuVall (vocals, guitar) are hunkered down in a Los Angeles studio crafting their latest opus. Produced by Nick Raskulinecz (FOO FIGHTERS, RUSH, STONE SOUR, TRIVIUM, SHADOWS FALL, DEATH ANGEL), the album promises to be a sonic journey guided by eerily psychedelic solos, and unforgettable riffs. ALICE IN CHAINS' manager, David Benveniste (Beno) of Velvet Hammer Music and Management Group, previously stated, "Our collective vision is to extend ALICE IN CHAINS into phase two of their career worldwide. They have tremendous heritage, having sold some 15 million records, and an amazing repertoire of new material that they've written. Most importantly, ALICE IN CHAINS will be on the road in 2009 bringing new music to fans everywhere." The new disc will mark the recording debut with ALICE IN CHAINS of frontman William DuVall, who has been singing with the group since they officially reunited in 2006. Original vocalist Layne Staley died in April 2002. ALICE IN CHAINS will kick off 2009 with a main-stage slot on Australia's Soundwave Festival (February 21 - March 1) alongside such acts as NINE INCH NAILS, LAMB OF GOD, ALKALINE TRIO, THE RED JUMPSUIT APPARATUS and more. Thanks Blabb. ROB ZOMBIE AXEMAN, 'JOHN 5' - RELEASING 'BEHIND THE PLAYER', DVD.
John 5 is certainly NOT THE BEST guitarist currently around............ Satrianni... ..Wylde... ...& Alex Skolnick, to name a few, have better chops. But J5's in the top 10 for sure!!! Watch him go from Metal, to Country pickin' in a split second, HERE, AT JOHN 5 BLOWS AWAY DRAGONFORCE'S, HERMAN LI! John 5 has played with MARILYN MANSON, K.D. LANG, Rob Halford's TWO, DAVID LEE ROTH and currently ROB ZOMBIE. His virtuoso talents span many styles, from bluegrass to metal. In his IMV "Behind the Player" DVD, John 5 gives an intimate behind-the scenes look at his life as a professional musician including rare photos and video footage. John 5 then gives in-depth lessons for how to play "Let it All Bleed Out" and "Lords of Salem" by ROB ZOMBIE on guitar and jams the tracks with ROB ZOMBIE drummer Tommy Clufetos. "Video Tab" shows exactly how John 5 plays the two tracks. The video-game-style animated tablature is similar to Guitar Hero, but shows how to play the tracks for real. Get your copy at Guitar Center or www.IMVdvd.com on November 1, 2008. The producers of the IMV series donate $.25 from the sale of each DVD to Little Kids Rock, an organization that gets instruments in the hands of underprivileged kids. Thanks Blabb. 'PRAY' - NEW 'KINGS X' VIDEO HERE - PLUS UPCOMING 'LIVE DVD' UPDATE.
This bands time has finally arrived........ About 20 yrs late. If you haven't heard of em'... pull your head out of your ass & check them out. Cus' Kings X offer up some of the most original riff-based Rock currently around! Click KINGS X 'PRAY' to catch the latest from the bands tightest album to date, "XV".
The song comes off the group's latest album, "XV", which sold 4,450 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 145 on the Billboard 200 chart. This marked the first time in over a decade that the band had cracked the Top 200 in the first week of release. Thanks Kings X official site. "WIBUMBA--METAL & HARD ROCK ALMANAC" - MONDAY, NOV' 03/08. "ON THIS DAY" 2007 . . Witold "Vitek" Kieltyka passed away from injuries received in a car accident in Russia 2005 . . Depeche Mode cancels its planned North American tour opener at Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.'s BankAtlantic Center due to power outages and curfew limitations in the area stemming from Hurricane Wilma. 1997 . . Metallica came to a out of court agreement with a fan who claimed he lost his sense of smell after being dropped on his head by fans at one of their shows four years earlier 1988 . . The U2 concert movie "Rattle And Hum" opened 1964 . . A 17 year-old Rolling Stones fan fell from the balcony during a gig in Cleveland, Ohio.
"BORN" 1979: Tim McIlrath (US lesd singer, guitarist: Rise Against). 1976: Ras/Rahsaan J Bromfield (singer: Damage) 1973: Mick Thompson (American guitarist: Slipknot) 1967: Steven Wilson (guitar, singer, bass, keyboard, producer: Porcupine Tree) 1969: Mark Roberts (Welsh singer, guitar: Catatonia) 1962: Ian McNabb (UK singer, guitar: Icicle Works/solo) 1954: Adam Ant/Stuart Leslie Goddard (singer, actor: Adam & the Ants)
"PASSED AWAY" - no Metal/Rock entries today -
Thanks to - Billboard/Phil Brodie/Metal Storm/The Gauntlet.
THANKS "CLEAR CREEK ICE LAGER" Wisconsin (6.2%)... .......Led Zep' tour?...without Plant?..faggeddabout it!..It ain't Zeppelin!... .............Phallus Dei... .............Spock's Johnson. - Rank Hank Posted November 02, 2008 | Download of the day: Deathstars - Cyanide.mp3
3News Slab: Prime news cuts from the metal and rock worldHAPPY FUCKING HALLOWEEN! - FRIDAY, OCT' 31/08 - WEEKEND EDITION - MUDVAYNE, TRAPT & PAPA ROACH BORE US WITH HALLOWEEN TALES.
Friday (October 31) is Halloween, and The Pulse of Radio asked several musicians to share some of their Halloween experiences, whether it be a costume they wore onstage or a time that they got a good holiday scare. TRAPT frontman Chris Brown told The Pulse of Radio about the time he dressed as a Japanese sumo wrestler for a show in Raleigh, North Carolina. "There's this big, baggy suit that you put on, and then there is a belt pack underneath it that has a battery pack connected to an oscillating fan that's in the back, " he said. "And so when you turn that on, it fills the suit full of air, so you just turn into this massive sumo wrestler. And I went onstage and I think I made it through two songs before I was absolutely dying from heat exhaustion inside that suit."
(Rank - Warning: "the following is pretty gay-assed") PAPA ROACH vocalist Jacoby Shaddix, meanwhile, told us that one of his earliest costumes offered a sure sign that he might perform for people some day. "I was like 11 or 12 years old, my mom's like, 'Well, what do you wanna be for Halloween?' And I was like, 'You know what? I wanna be Liberace,'" he said. "And I was Liberace for Halloween. And I'm telling you, I had the crushed red velvet pants with the gold lace and the cape and the shirt with the ruffles on the front and I had my hair all feathered and I was like full makeup and that's when I knew I was, like, a little bit different. And my mom thought that was so cool and I was just in the zone, I loved it."
(Rank - "The following is NOT gay... McDonough is a dope fucking drummer!) MUDVAYNE drummer Matt McDonough (PICTURED) did not remember a particular costume, but did recall one time that he stayed home on Halloween — and got a good fright anyway: "I'd probably been watching a movie, it was about eleven o'clock at night. I was taking the trash out, and I go downstairs — I was living in an apartment building at the time — I open the door to the parking lot, and as I open the door, it sounds like a U2 concert. So loud that it actually scared me. It was 80,000 screaming people that were partying two blocks from my house. It was crazy! And I ran outside and I'm like, 'Oh my God, you know, what's going on?' Put the trash out and I went back and hid in the house for the rest of the night. And I'm like, 'I am not going out tonight.'" Thanks TPOR. WE'VE GOT A 'BEER-POWERED METAL-COLUMNIST' - BUT THIS DUDE CREATES 'ABSINTHE-POWERED SYNTHESIZER.
Looks like I ain't the only thing controlled by absinthe........ Some of music's greatest works have been composed by artists who were under the influence: now we have a synth with a sound that's controlled by the demon drink. Confused? Allow DamagedMeat, the man responsible for this liquor-based lunacy, to elaborate. "I love Absinthe, and I love modular synthesizers, so I thought it would be a good idea to do something featuring those two wonders." That something involved plugging a mic into a modular hardware synth (a Doepfer A100, to be precise) and then using said mic to capture the sound of absinthe dripping into a glass. This sound was then used to change many of the synth's parameters – pan, frequency modulation, filters and delay clock – resulting in the bizarre musical creation that you can watch and hear in this video. Once the recording was finished, it seems that DamagedMeat decided to drink the absinthe, which, as he explains, did cause one problem. "I had to make several takes and edited the thing while I was totally drunk." Thanks Musicradar. STONE SOUR - SAY RECORDING TO START, END OF 09' - WE THINK SLIPKNOT'S ON THE ROAD TO 'DEADSVILLE'.
So if Taylor & Root say they are gonna be in the studio at the end of 09'..... That means an early end to Slipknot's (not really) touring sched'. Me thinks the end of the 'Knot is on it's way. Think about it... ..a pissed off clown... ...injuries fucking galore... .cancelled shows... ..meh, stick a pitchfork in em'! STONE SOUR guitarist Josh Rand has issued the following update: "Our tentative plan is to start rehearsals for the new album in the fall of 2009, hit the studio at the beginning of 2010, and release around summer time. I have to say that all of us are really thrilled about having Roy [Mayorga, drums] in the writing process this time around. I've heard song ideas from everyone, and I have a feeling this could be the most diverse STONE SOUR album yet!" In related news, Josh has been working on a new project called MOONSHOT. "It's a female-fronted rock band, and I'm pretty excited about it!" he said. Three songs from the group — "Blood Red", "Fedback" and "Riptide" — are available for streaming on the MOONSHOT MySpace page. STONE SOUR's gold-certified sophomore CD, "Come What (ever) May", is available in a special edition featuring six bonus tracks, four music videos, and a complete concert filmed in Moscow. Thanks SS Myspace. CHINESE DEMOCRACY 'LEAKER' - HAS CHARGES 'REDUCED'. Kevin Cogill, the blogger who posted nine Guns N' Roses Chinese Democracy songs online illegally last June, could still be facing the music, but much less than he originally thought. Slash said, that he hopes that this dude, "Rots In Jail". Ain't gonna happen.
His charge has been reduced from a felony to a misdemeanor. The maximum jail term Cogill could now face, if convicted, is one year, versus five. Los Angeles federal prosecutor Craig Missakian declined to say why the US attorney's office changed the charge, but according to Cogill's attorney, David Kaloyanides, the prosecutors "decided that a misdemeanor was more appropriate." (Well, that certainly clears that up.) On Tuesday, the authorities and Kaloyanides are expected to pick a trial date. However, it is also rumored that a deal may be in the offing. Not that Cogill will be in the clear, however. He could still be liable for monetary damages should Guns N' Roses sue him. And with Chinese Democracy having cost upwards of $30 million to produce, Cogill might find himself working as Axl Rose's unpaid lackey for years to come. The original felony charge was brought against Cogill, who blogs on his website Antiquiet under the name 'Skewrl,' last August after he uploaded onto YouTube the unreleased songs Chinese Democracy, Better, The Blues, Madagascar, There Was a Time, IRS, Rhiad And The Bedouins, Prostitute and If The World. Chinese Democracy is set to be released 23 November. Who knows? Could be the same day Cogill starts carrying Axl Rose's luggage. Thanks Musicradar.com HOLY, MEQUITE-ROASTED BABOON-SHIT!! - SOCIAL DISTORTION & MOTORHEAD TEAM UP FOR: - 'MUSNIK TATTOO & MUSIC FESTIVAL'.
Holy Fuck!!!!! What a goddamned cave-stomper this is gonna be!! Cu's Lemmy is fucking Metal, personified .....& Mike Ness is as Punk as they fucking come, man!! Please, Please... ..add some Canadian dates. Social Distortion and Motörhead will be headlining the upcoming Musink Tattoo & Music Festival in Costa Mesa, California. The festival will be a 25-date tour, which takes place from January to March 2009. Official tour dates and many more bands are to be announced soon. . SD frontman Mike Ness is currently planning a solo tour. Earlier this year, Ness noted that the band will return to the studio next year to rework their still-untitled new album. This will be their first studio album since 2004's Sex, Love and Rock ’n’ Roll. Thanks punknews.org "WIBUMBA--METAL & HARD ROCK ALMANAC" - FRIDAY, OCT' 31/08. ON THIS DAY" 2000 . .Travis was named the Best Act In The World at London's Q Awards. ("?Wtf?") 1997 . .Counterfeiting plagued Jane's Addiction on Halloween night at their reunion concert at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York. Hundreds of fans are turned away from the show, left holding bogus tickets. 1995 . . Alice in Chains release a special vinyl edition of their album, "Alice in Chains." 1990 . . Billy Idol dumped 600 dead fish in Faith No More's dressing room, while at a gig in Seattle, Washington: Faith No More responded by walking on stage, naked during Idol's set. 1986 . . Roger Waters went to court in Britain to keep former band mates David Gilmour and Nick Mason from touring or recording under the name Pink Floyd. 1975 . . The rock band Queen release the legendary track 'Bohemian Rhapsody' 1974 . . Led Zeppelin launched their record label 'Swan Song'. Named after an unreleased Zeppelin instrumental track. 1967 . . Iggy and the Stooges made their live debut when they played at a Halloween party in Michigan.
"BORN" 1981: Frank Iero (guitarist: My Chemical Romance) 1966: King Ad-Rock/Adam Horovitz (rap artist: Beastie Boys) 1963: Mikkey Dee [Swedish drummer: Motorhead] 1964: Colm O'Ciosoig (Irish drummer: My Bloody Valentine) 1961: Larry Mullen Jr (drums, U2)
"PASSED AWAY" 2005: John "Beatz" Holohan (31) American drummer in the band Bayside (at approximately 3:13am in Cheyenne, WY, after leaving their Boulder, Colorado show, Bayside's tour van hit a patch of ice, skidded off the road, and flipped over, John "Beatz" Holohan was killed). 2000: Watanabe KazukI (19) Japanese guitarist and of founder Raphael. (drug overdose)
THANKS "HARAR LAGER BEER" Ethopia (4,25%)... ..........Ethopia? fuckin' eh!!... .........Much Ado About Shit... .............The Dead Tibetians. - Rank Hank Posted October 31, 2008 | Today's video by PAIN | Download of the day: Soilwork - Exile.mp3
3News Slab: Prime news cuts from the metal and rock worldTHURSDAY, OCT' 30/08: - BRAND, NEW VIDEO FROM SWEDEN'S 'PAIN' - FEATURING 'NIGHTWISH VOCALIST'.
PAIN are perhaps Sweden's best kept Metal-secret. Most Metal bands will admit that Pete Tagtgren has been more than a small influence for them. No hype... no mass media... .very little press... yet PAIN generates superbly-crafted Metal masterpieces, that far outlives crap that passes for Metal, but is out there, due to big label cash. "Follow Me", the new video from Swedish metallers PAIN, can be viewed AT - PAIN @ YOUTUBE . The clip, which was shot earlier this month, features a special guest appearance by NIGHTWISH singer Anette Olzon. The performance footage in the video was filmed during PAIN's October 9, 2008 concert at Tavastia in Helsinki, Finland. "Follow Me" is the first single off PAIN's new album, "Cynic Paradise", which will be released in Germany on October 31 via Nuclear Blast Records. The follow-up to "Psalms of Extinction" (which was released in 2007 via Roadrunner) features "eleven gems offering a vast variety of styles and influences which are even new for PAIN, " according to a press release. Anette Olzon makes a guest appearance on two tracks — "Follow Me" and "Feed Us". The artwork was created by renowned artist Travis Smith (AMORPHIS, OPETH, NEVERMORE). Nina Rung from Domination conducted an interview with PAIN frontman Peter Tägtgren (see video below) prior to the band's concert at Tavastia in Helsinki, Finland. Also available is video footage of the "Follow Me" performance at Tavastia featuring Anette Olzon (live footage courtesy of Finland's HardcoreSounds.Net). Thanks Blabb. NEW 'SLAYER' TRACK!!!! - THERE IS A REASON TO GET OUTA BED TODAY!
New SLAYERRRRRRRRRR!!!!!! And it sounds good to my "allergic-to Nu-Metal brain"!! Click PSYCHOPATHY RED to catch the new cut. Its a non-CD-quality version of the track "Psychopathy Red" — which is set to appear on the band's forthcoming album, due out summer 2009. The Jeff Hanneman-penned song gives a chilling look into the twisted mind of AndreI Chikatilo, a notorious Russian serial killer. The members of SLAYER spent a couple of weeks in a Southern California recording studio earlier this month tracking three new songs, including "Psychopathy Red". SLAYER kicked off the European "Unholy Alliance Tour: Chapter III" Monday night (October 27) at the Manchester Apollo in Manchester, England. The trek is scheduled to wrap in Helsinki, Finland on November 27. The band plans to return to the studio early next year to finish recording the new album. Thanks Blabb. CHICKENFOOT/EX-VAN HALEN'S, MIKE ANTHONY - 'BEING REPLACED BY A 16 YR OLD, WAS A BITTER BLOW.'
Anthony has an industry rep' as a genuine "nice guy". So when VH pulled that Album cover shit awhile back... .fans went fucking apeshit, to say the least. In 2 days, Mike's face was back on the covers, on the VH site. With NO explanation from VH. For Michael Anthony, forming the new supergroup Chickenfoot with Sammy Hagar, guitarist Joe SatrianI and drummer Chad Smith, has been "a Godsend. You don't expect to get into something this incredible at my age." Being that the bassist spent much of his adult life as a founding member of Van Halen, he knows of where he speaks. In an exlcusive interview with MusicRadar, Anthony recalled his shock when he heard that Van Halen was reforming with singer David Lee Roth, an event he wasn't to be a part of. I found out when the rest of the fans found out, early last year, " said Anthony. "I guess they tried to put something together earlier but it fell apart and Eddie had to go to rehab or something." Being replaced by Eddie Van Halen's then-16-year-old son Wolfgang was a bitter blow, but it didn't compare to the sting Anthony felt when he clicked on the group's website and discovered that "they took my pictures off the old record covers and replaced them with Wolfgang. Even the first album cover. "I mean, to think that somebody would go to the trouble of trying to erase me from the band's past, that hurt. But I think the fans felt the same way because a day or two later the website was changed and my pictures were put back." Anthony's ego is very much restored with Chickenfoot, who are finishing their debut album under the guidance of producer Andy Johns. "In terms of pure engery, Chickenfoot is like early Van Halen, " he says. "It's four guys jammin' hard and playing live, which became less and less what Van Halen was all about as the years went on. We've gotten back to that, and it feels great." Thanks Musicradar.com QUEENSRYCHE - NEW ALBUM - 'YAAAWWN', RECYCLED THEME.
Queensryche haven't done anything resembling worthwhile Metal in 10 yrs. This self-indulgent pathetic excuse for a band needs 2 things. 1: Get Chris DeGarmo back 2: Drop the fucking arrogance & pompous attitude, Geoff Tate... who thinks he's gods gift to metal QUEENSRŸCHE is currently in the studio putting the finishing touches on its twelfth studio album, "American Soldier". The concept effort, due this spring from Rhino/Atco, finds the band once again tackling some heavy subject matter, this time focusing on telling the story of war from a firsthand perspective. Singer and chief songwriter Geoff Tate has spent the last few years conducting extensive interviews with veterans and has crafted their thoughts into this epic tale. "American Soldier" examines American wars from World War II through Iraq from the viewpoint of those in the trenches and on the frontlines. Following the album's release, QUEENSRŸCHE plans to present tracks from the album live on an extensive spring tour of the U.S., with international dates to follow later in 2009. The first date of the tour will be a hometown gig at Seattle's Snoqualmie Casino on April 16. "QUEENSRŸCHE has always had incredible support from members of the Armed Services, " says Tate. "It seems like after every show, I'd end up speaking with a fan that was or had been involved with the military. The more and more I began to hear their accounts and feelings, the more I really felt a conviction to tell their story. Over the last two years, I've conducted dozens of one-on-one interviews with veterans of many different American wars. I listened to their amazing and moving recounts and did my best to examine war through their eyes." Thanks Blabb. CRADLE OF FILTH'S, PAUL ALLENDER: - 'CONCEPT ALBUM?, WHAT CONCEPT ALBUM?'
Australia's PyroMusic.net has issued an interview with CRADLE OF FILTH guitarist Paul Allender. The following is an excerpt: Q: I've read about the concept behind the new album and it seems like a very appropriate theme for a Cradle Of Filth album. Who came up with this idea? A: "It was Dan, he came up with it. I mean, I wrote the music with my friend and we did the whole album and just gave it to Dan and said, 'right, write the lyrics and do what you want with it' (laughs). So he came up with the whole concept of Gilles de Rais and basically put the lyrics to the music." Q: Was it difficult to make a 72-minute album based work around that one concept? A: "Well I didn't even know what it was going to be about to be honest, I just wrote the songs, as far as I was concerned one song is its own entity you know, it's not connected to anything. I just wrote a whole collection of songs that I put together at that particular point on time and it was just weird, it was just lucky that when they were all put together and Dan done the lyrics for it, they all just seemed to flow perfectly, which was quite strange. It's one of those happy moment things!" (laughs) Filth are touring N America, here are the confirmed dates:
As previously reported, Cradle Of Filth will be spreading their black metal seed across North America next year, along with support acts SATYRICON and SEPTIC FLESH. Tour dates are as follows: Thanks BW&BK. BILLY CORGAN SAYS: - 'ORIGINAL PUMPKINS MEMBERS" ARE 'NEVER' COMING BACK.
Billy is a douche. Cus' the only reason those 2 "original" members aren't coming back..... Is because Corgan would have to pay them. Pay them a lot fucking more than the piss-ass wage the session players he's got now are making. According to The Pulse of Radio, SMASHING PUMPKINS frontman Billy Corgan has posted a lengthy message online at his blog in which he wrote that the original lineup of the band will never play together again. When Corgan reformed the PUMPKINS in 2007, it was without founding guitarist James Iha and bassist D'Arcy Wretzky. Although fans have speculated about whether the pair would ever return, Corgan wrote, "I can now say definitively that they aren't ever coming back. Period. There is no maybe. If the door was once open to at least have the conversation and consider the possibility, it is now closed. For good. We have moved on. We love them, and we wish them well. The SMASHING PUMPKINS are now whoever is standing on that stage, on any given day, with a willingness to play those songs." - Corgan added that the current PUMPKINS nevertheless "absolutely, without reservation, honor" the band's former members. The PUMPKINS will head out on a 20th anniversary tour this fall, beginning on Friday (October 31) in Columbus, Ohio, which will feature the band digging deep into its back catalog. Corgan wrote that when fans see the set lists for the shows, "I don't think terms like 'hearkening back' or 'sentimental' will be the words that will come to mind. This tour is a celebration of where we are, not where we've been . . . Enjoy it if you will, we realize it's not for everybody." Thanks TPOR. "WIBUMBA--METAL & HARD ROCK ALMANAC" - THURSDAY, OCT', 30/08. "ON THIS DAY" 2005 . . Victor Gallego, drummer of the Colombian death metal band MASACRE, passed away. 1998 . . All four original members of Black Sabbath reunited for the US TV's David Letterman Show, for a one off performance to play 'Paranoid'. 1990 . . Guns N' Roses singer Axl Rose was released on $10,000 bail, after being arrested for allegedly hitting a neighbour over the head with a bottle. The incident happened after a complaint to the police about loud music coming from the singers house. 1988 . . Kurt Cobain smashed his very first guitar. 1967 . . Rolling Stone Brian Jones was sentenced to nine months imprisonment after admitting possessing 'Indian hemp.'
"BORN" 1974: Martin Henriksson (bass/guitars: Dark Tranquility) 1966: Daniel Zimmermann (drums: Gamma Ray/Freedom Call) 1965: Gavin Rossdale (lead singer, guitar: Bush/Institute) 1963: Jerry De Borg (guitar: Jesus Jones) 1946: Chris Slade (drums: Uriah Heep/AC/DC/Asia/The Firm)
"PASSED AWAY" 2007: Linda S. Stein (62) American former manager of the Ramones and others: left band management and became a "real estate agent to the stars" (murdered in her apartment by former personal assistant Natavia Lowery) 2003: Steve O'Rourke (63) manager Pink Floyd (suffered a stroke and died while in Miami, Florida, USA). 1984: Wells Kelly () Drummer, Orleans / Meat Loaf (heroin overdose).
THANKS "BIG ROCK JACK RABBIT ALE" Alberta (3.8%)... ...............Wish Billy Corgan would never come back... ................Results Of Inbreeding... ..............Phlegm Fatale. - Rank Hank Posted October 30, 2008 | Download of the day: Internal Bleeding - Hatefuel - Hatefuel.mp3
3News Slab: Prime news cuts from the metal and rock worldWEDNESDAY, OCT' 29/08: - ROB ZOMBIE - ON, UPCOMING 'T- REX FLICK', FRED DURST & WHITE ZOMBIE.
Blender.com caught up with senor Zombie & picked his noggin' on a few things. Here's how it went: Your next movie, Tyrannosaurus Rex, is shrouded in mystery, but we do know that it’s not about dinosaurs. What can you tell us about it? RZ: Well, it’s not about anything at the moment because I’m not actually working on it yet. It’s become one of those projects that got announced way too early. The movie I’m actually working on is The Haunted World of El Superbeasto. I’ve been working on that for three years, and I’m actually in the last weeks of it--I’m mixing the sound this week. I’m not sure of the release date yet, but that’ll be out probably early 2009. It’s a full-length adult animated comedy. I don’t even want to talk about Tyrannosaurus Rex. I hate talking about projects that are that far in the future. Things change so often. This year has seen movies from Madonna, Adam Yauch and Fred Durst. How do you rate your fellow musicians-turned-directors’ films? RZ: I haven’t seen any of those movies. All I know is the Fred Durst movie was The Longshots, which looked like a teen comedy for young girls about a girl football player. I wouldn’t have gone to see that no matter who directed it. I didn’t go see Beverly Hills Chihuahua either--I just don’t see movies like that. There’s a White Zombie box set coming out next month. When will we hear any new music from you? RZ: You’ll never hear any music from White Zombie. And as far as me, I’m finishing up a record that should be done around Thanksgiving. I don’t know the release date yet, but in early 2009 I should have a new record. It’s the first record that I’ve made with the [touring] band that I’ve had for a while now. Really, this is the first time since White Zombie that I’ve actually made a record with a band.usually it’s myself with sort of a rotation of musicians. And I think that for that reason the new record has a really solid vibe to it. There’s something to be said for a band of guys who are really playing and working things out rather than a person all by himself. Thanks Blender.com MASTODON - ON NEW ALBUM - 'COUNT CHOCULA MEETS DEEP PURPLE' - TITLE & TRACK LISTING HERE!
Brent Hinds is an ass............ But we fuckin' love Mastodon here at Wib'.
MASTODON have set "Crack the Skye" as the title of their new album, due in early 2009 via Reprise Records. The seven-song, 50-minute effort was recorded at Southern Tracks Studios in Atlanta and was produced and mixed by Brendan O'Brien, who has previously worked with VELVET REVOLVER, RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE, BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, PEARL JAM, AC/DC and STONE TEMPLE PILOTS, among others.. MASTODON bassist/singer Troy Sanders stated about the group's forthcoming album, "I think most of our new material is going to be more under the rock category, but it's pretty epic and involved, extremely layered, broad, melodic, dark, and creepy." "Brendan [O'Brien], can pick out little things that we can try to do that we hadn't even thought of before, whether it be vocally or sonically with the guitars or something. So it is going to be more of a rock kind of Count Chocula-meets-DEEP PURPLE thing. That's kind of what we're saying." Thanks Blabb. STONER/FOLK ROCKERS - 'SPIRITS OF THE DEAD' - MYSPACE LINK HERE.
Think Blue Oyster Cult meets The Doors. That pretty much sums this stuff up. Personally?....I couldn't take more than 30 seconds of the shit. For some reason, at moments, the frontmans vocals verged on like something from "Hot Hot Heat". That had me reachin' for the goddamned computers plug!!!! But, if If your idea of listening to ultra-retro is a good time, then check the band out HERE, AT SPIRITS OF THE DEAD Former EINHERJER vocalist Ragnar Vikse, who sang on the group's "Odin Owns Ye All" (1998) and "Norwegian Native Art" (2001) albums, has formed a new band called SPIRITS OF THE DEAD. The group's musical style is described in a press release as "West Norwegian, psychedelic, stoner folk rock." SPIRITS OF THE DEAD's self-titled album was released on September 29th. Thanks SOTD Myspace. SLIPKNOT'S TAYLOR - SHOOTING HIS MOUTH OFF AGAIN - 'KISS ARE THE DISNEY OF ROCK'.
Talk about the fucking pot calling the kettle............ In a way, Taylor's right... Kiss have become a absolute joke. On the other hand, Slipknot, aren't far away from that themselves. In a brand new interview with Australia's The Age, SLIPKNOT frontman Corey Taylor has described the band's shows as "out-and-out war." He said, "It really taxes the body and spirit after a while. This isn't just four dudes rolling in their street clothes. This is a production, a battle and a celebration. There are so many moods that go into this, sometimes you can get lost in the shuffle. We really rely on each other. If one of us is having a bad day, we know. We say: 'Guys I need you tonight'. And they got ya." On the positive message of the band's music: "I've always tried to blend the darkness with a big dose of positivity. With our (dark) imagery, it obviously get lost a bit. But for me it's always been about giving people a reason to live rather than a reason to give up." On the band's stage show: "There's obviously a genre of theatrical rock, but for us it's just a piece of the puzzle. It's always been about the content and why we wear what we do. There's a lot more art than there is shock. KISS and ALICE COOPER really broke down a lot of barriers, but we're different to them. I've always felt that we were like if PINK FLOYD started a metal band. I doubt you're gonna see SLIPKNOT shoot cereal anytime soon — KISS really have become the Disney of rock." ALSO: Slipknot have just cancelled their first gig in Isreal, due to "personal & family reasons". - Whatever the fuck that means. Thanks Blabb. SWEDEN'S, THE HIVES - SUED FOR 'PLAGERISM' OVER 'TICK TICK BOOM'.
Swedish rockers The Hives are set to be sued for alleged plagiarism by Los Angeles-based songwriter Jason Shapiro. Shapiro claims is his song Why You? - recorded by The Roofies in 1997 then again by Three Way in 2002 - was copied by The Hives on their 2007 single Tick Tick Boom, Check out the Hives track, 'TICK, TICK BOOM' Now, check out Jason Shapiro & The Roofies track, 'WHY YOU' and be the judge. That riff is almost the same, note for note. Thing is... ...both songs suck dog scrotum.........so we really don't give a fuck. But it's news. Shapiro claims that Tick Tick Boom uses a vocal melody and riff from his song. He also consulted a musicologist before deciding to sue. "He [the musicologist] said the part in question – the main riff and vocal melody - was very similar and its uniqueness led him to believe it wasn't just a coincidence, " he told the LA Times. "He also runs it through a background test seeing if any charts from previous songs are close and we were clear on that front." "I don't feel great about suing a band I love" Jason Shapiro Shapiro added: "I absolutely love The Hives and don't feel great about suing a band I love. But I also feel credit is due where it is due if you borrow a riff." Thanks Musicradar.com "WIBUMBA--METAL & HARD ROCK ALMANAC" - WEDNESDAY, OCT' 29/08. "ON THIS DAY" 1998 . . Steven Adler, former Guns n Roses drummer, surrendered to authorities to begin serving a sentence of 150 days for two counts of battery and violation of probation. 1996 . . Manchester band The Stone Roses split up. Singer Ian Brown said 'having spent the last ten years in the filthiest business in the universe, it's a pleasure to announce the end of The Stone Roses.' 1993 . . Oasis signed a six-album deal with Creation Records for a £40,000 advance. 1991 . . Three members of Pink Floyd were injured in a auto race in Mexico. 1983 . . Pink Floyd's album Dark Side of the Moon became the longest listed album in the history of the American charts when it stayed in the charts for a 491st week.
"BORN" 1977: Aydan (guitars: Elvenking) 1977: Johnny Sandin (drums: Seventh Wonder) 1965: Steven Sweet (drums: Warrant) 1955: Kevin DuBrow (lead singer: Quiet Riot) * Passed away 19.Nov.2007 1955: Roger O'Donnell (Keyboards: Cure/Psychedelic Furs/Thompson Twins/Berlin)
"PASSED AWAY" 1971: Duane Allman (24) guitar: Allman Brothers. He was noted for his mastery of the slide guitar as well as intensity and soulfulness on "standard" lead and rhythm guitar, also a sort after session player. (Motorbike accident, Duane lost control of his Harley Sportster while trying to swing left, striking the back of the truck or its crane ball).
THANKS "MADDHATTERS MERCURY LAGER" Yukon (5.0%)... ...............Hey Rob Zombie, some "new" White Zombie material would be a great fucking idea!..............Scrape Goat... ............Dumpy's Rusty Nuts. - Rank Hank Posted October 29, 2008 | Download of the day: Mastadon - Seabeast.mp3
1News Slab: Prime news cuts from the metal and rock worldTUESDAY, OCT' 28/08: - MACHINE HEAD DELIVER NEW VID' - MAIDEN'S, 'HALLOWED BE THY NAME', HONORED IN FULL, FUCKING METAL-GLORY!!
We are absolutley fucking sure, this blows away Iron Maiden's original version. And that is NOTan easy thing to do. This is goddamned nuclear, my bray!!!!!!!!!! Machine Head have made this track ther own. Like SpiderBait did with "Black Betty". And the live clips shot aren't too shabby either. Check out the brand new video for MACHINE HEAD's cover of IRON MAIDEN's 'Hallowed Be Thy Name', brilliantly directed once again by Mike Sloat, available RIGHT HERE, METALHEADS!!! Originally appearing on Kerrang's Maiden Heaven tribute CD, the song is now being released as a bonus track on The Blackening Special Edition, due in stores today overseas, tomorrow stateside. Tnanks BW&BK. ITS TRUE! - EMO-BAND BUSES, BURN FASTER THAN METAL-BAND BUSES.
Musy be all the fucking eye-liner thats flammible or whatever. Last week, Chicago-based emo-rockers Kill Hannah and their support band My Passion managed to avoid serious injury when their tourbus caught fire en route through the Swiss Alps. (PICTURED AT LEFT) Then, this weekend, it was the turn of Feeder's road crew to escape with their lives from a bus blaze on a UK motorway. Although none of the band were on the bus at the time, 13 members of Feeder's crew were travelling from Glasgow to Lincoln overnight. Driver Colin Campbell noticed smoke and flames, pulled over immediately and woke and evacuated the sleeping passengers. Moments later, the vehicle burst into flames. Speaking about the incident, Feeder frontman Grant Nicholas said: "It's terrifying to think what might have happened, just shocking. We can't praise Colin enough for his quick thinking and action, he saved all their lives." The Lincoln branch of sports fashion retailer JD Sports supplied the crew members with £800 worth of clothing and footwear to replace possessions lost in the fire. Although the idea of big tattooed road crew guys wearing blinding white nylon tracksuits is mildly amusing, we can only imagine that they were appreciative given the circumstances. Thanks Musicradar.com THE 'ORIGINAL' JANES ADDICTION REUNITES FOR ONE-OFF, 200 SEAT SHOW - & DELIVER A BARN-BURNER!!!
This is what fans have been begging this disfunctional cluster-f@#k of a band, to do for years. And finally... .they clued in. Check em' out doing "Ocean Size", HERE, AT KEEP GOING YOU MORONS! The original lineup of Jane's Addiction rocked a tiny Los Angeles Mexican Bar called La Cita last Thursday night (23 October), and guitarist Dave Navarro calls the experience "old school 1987 Jane's." The reformed band - vocalist Perry Ferrell, bassist Eric Avery, drummer Stephen Perkins and Navarro - performed an hour-long set for a privileged crowd that included such notables as Tom Morello, fueling hopes for a full-scale reunion. Writing on his blog, Dave Navarro was over the moon about the gig, which featured some of the group's earliest songs, including Trip Away,1%, Pigs In Zen, Ted...Just Admit It, Ocean Size, Had A Dad and Been Caught Stealing. Apparently, the Jane's Addiction show was such a hot ticket - at a joint that holds little more 200 people, how could it not be? - that fire marshals were called to turn away patrons, including those on the band's personal guest list, a situation Navarro addressed on his blog: "Let me just say how sorry we are to everyone who came all the way down to the show and waited in line, only to be turned away at the last minute. Many of our own friends and family members were unable to attend as a result and it looks as though we are simply going to have to make it up to everybody somehow!" Which is another way of saying that all looks good for a for-real Jane's Addiction reunion in the very near future. On his blog, Navarro was especially effusive about original bassist Avery, who has been absent from Jane's events since the core group split in 1991. According to Navarro, Avery "brought the bottom punk rock glue that we have been missing for years." While the band has reformed at times with other bassists (including Flea), Navarro writes that "this machine cannot really run as well with after-market parts. Jane's Addiction has to be fully stock in order to do what it does best. "The quick non-stop pace left all of us and just about everybody drenched by the end of the hour. Everything came together, hopefully not for the last time." Thanks Musicradar.com SCUM OF THE EARTH - FREE MP3 - 'BOMBSHELL FROM HELL', LINK HERE!!!
Scum of the Earth is giving away a free mp3 download of the band's latest single, entitled BOMBSHELL FROM HELL. You can grab it from the following location: Get the free mp3 download: RIGHT HERE! Thanks The Gauntlet. MEANWHILE... RIGGS HAS HIS HANDS FULL IN THE "BIBLE-BELT": From SOTE official site comes this: "SCUM OF THE EARTH frontman RIGGS, 13 year old son was recently reprimanded by his eighth grade art teacher for wearing an inappropriate tee shirt in the class room. The art teacher, Mrs. Christy Lawrence alledgedly insulted the student in front of his peers, dragged him out of class into the hallway and forced him to pray on his knees for forgiveness from Jesus Christ." Riggs says legal action is definetly an option, along with other Human Rights action. No news on the outcome of this from Riggs yet. When it's resolved & posted, we'll let you know whats gone down. Thanks SOTE official site. LORDI: - CHAMPAGNE FAME - ON A (NO-NAME) BEER BUDGET.
Aprox $1200. clams (or less) a month??? Thats what Eurovision-winners LordI are making, each member/per month. Now, I might be off on this, but, with practices/appearances/press/shows... these dudes are putting in at least a 6hr day @ say, 5 days a week. = 30hrs/week. Or, 120 hrs a month. So, $1200 Divided by 120 hrs/month = $10.00 hr for dressing up like a "Vegas-style Gwar" & putting out 2nd rate Shock-Rock. $10.00 a fucking hour!!!!.............McDonalds (here in BC) is paying $12.00 hr. According to the Manchester Evening News, Finnish monster rockers LORDI failed to strike it rich despite winning the Eurovision Song Contest in 2006, according to a Finnish newspaper. LordI Enterprises, the company created by LORDI, had "surprisingly" made a loss in its first 12 months to last December, reports the financial paper Kauppalehti. The company, which had a turnover of 711,967 euros (approximately $885,000), still managed to lose nearly 54,000 euros (approximately $67,000). The newspaper said during this fiscal year only 105,697 euros worth of salaries had been paid for an average of six employees. When divided into equal shares, this would only amount to less than 1,200 euros/month per monster/worker. The newspaper suggest the losses could be due to start-up which is often the most difficult period for firms. Thanks Blabb. LED ZEP'S, JOHN PAUL JONES - ON ROBERT PLANT - 'HE DOESN'T WANT TO MAKE LOUD MUSIC ANYMORE'.
Yeah, Plant thinks he's some kind of hillbilly now. Whilst chewin' on wheat, sippin' 'shine on the porch & watching Allison Krause bend over in her daisy dukes. LED ZEPPELIN bass legend John Paul Jones attended The Mansons Guitar Show at the Riverside Leisure Centre in Exeter, UK yesterday (October 26th). When asked what Jones, guitarist Jimmy Page, singer Robert Plant and drummer Jason Bonham have in store for 2009 he answered: "I'm afraid, there's no final answer yet. Jimmy, Jason and I are actually rehearsing and we've had the odd singer come in and have a bash. As soon as we know - which we don't - we will let you know. But we really hope that something is going to happen soon because we really want to do it and we're having a lot of fun just rehearsing. We really want to do something and Robert doesn't want to do this for the moment. I don't really know what his plans are. He really doesn't want to make loud music anymore. But what we've done so far sounds absolutely fantastic. When it does come, it will come and you'll know about it." Thanks BW&BK. "WIBUMBA--METAL & HARD ROCK ALMANAC" - TUESDAY, OCT' 28/08. "ON THIS DAY" 2004 . . Courtney Love was ordered to stand trial on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon after Kristin King told a Los Angeles court Ms Love threw a bottle and a lit candle at her after turning up at the home of a former boyfriend in the early hours. 1999 . .Korn debuts its new single on the season premiere of "South Park." Korn members Jonathan Davis, James "Munky" Shaffer, Brian "Head" Welch, Reginald "Fieldy" Arvizu, and David Silveria lend their likenesses and voices - as well as the song "Falling Away From Me" - to the episode. 1997 . . R.E.M. drummer Bill Berry announced that he was leaving the group after 17 years. 1977 . .The notorious first album by The Sex Pistols, "Never Mind The Bullocks Here's The Sex Pistols" was released in America.
"BORN" 1982: Daniele FulignI (keyboards: Kaledon) 1979: AkI Hakala (Finnish drummer, The Rasmus) 1958: William Reid/Lazycame (guitar: Jesus and Mary Chain/solo) 1957: Stephen Morris (drums, New Order) 1956: Dave Wyndorf (vocals/guitars: Monster magnet)
"PASSED AWAY" 2006: Christian Loos (guitars: Funeral) * found dead in his apartment, suspected overdose.
THANKS "GREAT WESTERN LAGER" Saskatchewan (5.0%)... ................LordI - start pimping 'Vans', or something for christs sake!... ..............The Horny Mormons... ............Ancient Chinese Penis. - Rank Hank Posted October 28, 2008 | Download of the day: Justin Clayton - Tragic.mp3
0News Slab: Prime news cuts from the metal and rock worldMONDAY, OCT' 27/08: - NEW METAL RELEASES - STARTING, TUESDAY, OCT 28/08.
FRED WRITES: "Dear Rank... ............Last night, I caught my girlfriend & my best friend together, at my trailer. I was so upset, that I just drove out to the woods, listened to my HIM cd's & cried all night. Should I confront those two & tell them how much they hurt me, or should I just write the both of them off & disappear?"
RANK WRITES: "Dear ball-less wus... ........"How an nuetured asscrack such as yourself gets by in life without being everbody's doormat, is a fucking mystery. Confront them? Of course, you moron! However, to make your point stick, you'll need help. Preferably a "KR3 Hickory Comp 33" baseball bat. After your ex-bitch leaves for work, quietly sneak into your former home & introduce your new best friend , the "KR3", to the jerk-off's leg. Start at the fibula, then connect bat to his tibia & the femur, ending with a fine, fucking "how-do-you-do" to his patella (knee-cap). Now walk over to your stereo, plug in the new BENEATH THE MASSACRE - "Dystopia", crack a beer.......& congratulate yourself on finding a tiny, solitary testicle."
# 28 October: Thanks Metalsucks.com NEW ALT/ROCK RELEASES - STARTING TUESDAY, OCT' 28/08.
Feeling stale? Light up some salvia divinorum & crank up the new HELIGOATS - "The End Of All-Purpose". After that, 'dull'.......will be just fine.
10/28/2008 HEY, 'DOOM-AHOLICS' - UK'S, MY DYING BRIDE - NEW STUDIO ALBUM COMPLETED!
MDB are one of those acts, with a legion of overly-possesive fans. Sort of a worst-kept secret among the..."I wish it rained more, " Doom fans. Blissfulviolet of Beyond The Dark Horizon recently conducted an interview with vocalist Aaron Stainthorpe of the UK doom metal band MY DYING BRIDE. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Beyond the Dark Horizon: I just received news that the band has recently recorded MY DYING BRIDE's ninth studio album at the Future Works studio in Manchester. What can you tell us about this particular LP? I hear the violins are back… Aaron: The majority of the music has now been recorded, including the violin, leaving just the keyboards and ambient effects as well as the final mix to do. Naturally, we think it's our best work to date and has a sort of "new-meets-old" sound: the violins giving a nod to our past and the new riffs and vocals showing the way forward. It is quite possibly the most depressing thing we've created to date, and all the more wonderful for it. Beyond The Dark Horizon: The band previously used keyboards in place of the genuine violin sound on a few albums. Has technology offered some qualities that you were unable to find in actual violin players in the past? Aaron: It has indeed which we took full advantage of. We always liked the idea of getting another violin player but didn't actually do a great deal about it, favoring more guitar harmonies instead, which worked wonders for us. Rather lazily, we were waiting for a violinist to contact us rather than the other way around. Beyond The Dark Horizon: This brings me to ask about the bands recent addition, Katie Stone… Tell us about her and what she brings new to MY DYING BRIDE's table. Aaron: She's a superb violin and keyboard player and a great addition to the band, young and attractive too which is surely a bonus. She brings a touch of "old school" back to the band with her violin: however, playing it differently to Martin, it sounds more modern. It's hard to explain really, kind of old meets new so interesting stuff. Beyond The Dark Horizon: Back to the new album, how do you feel it differs from MY DYING BRIDE's last studio album, "A Line of Deathless Kings"? Aaron: 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. Beyond The Dark Horizon: Lyric-wise, was there any difference in the approach you took when it came down to writing songs for this album? Aaron: To be brutally honest, no. 99% of all the music was written AND recorded before I wrote a line! I got a rough mix on CDR, listened to it heroically all day — every day and wrote how I felt during the hours of darkness, candles spluttering, red wine at hand and I'd like to think it's rather good. Read the entire interview from Beyond The Dark Horizon. DANZIG - ON HIS 'LYRICS' BOOK, PUNK & MARTIAL ARTS.
Hey... I'm a fucking Danzig fan too. But when he starts talking about martial arts........... The juice-monkey is always good for a couple of hearty gafaws. Why? Cus' poor Danzig can't fight. He can't even protect himself in fights that he starts. He's a talented vocalist, etc.......but he's got NO cred' as an authority on martial arts. Watch Dan from the Northsidekings, HAND DANZIG HIS ASS in this famous clip taken awhile back. D.X. Ferris of Riverfront Times recently conducted an interview with Glenn Danzig. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. On his book of lyrics, which will be accompanied with new illustrations by Simon Bisley, the visual artist known for DANZIG covers, in addition to Doom Patrol and other comics: Glenn Danzig: When Bisley's done with the drawings [the book will be released]. If you know the history of Simon Bisley, he's a very talented artist. I can't say he's lazy, 'cause he works hard. But I think he likes drinking and riding his bike, you know what I mean? He's an artist. In a lot of ways, he's really similar to Frazetta [the famous fantasy artist whose images were used for MOLLY HATCHET covers, among others], who would rather be golfing than painting or drawing. Simon, he loves drawing, but he'd rather take a break and go here and there. But the work is incredible, though, so what are you gonna do? So he's late, and that's why it hasn't come out. Riverfront Times: Is the plan to include every one of your songs? Glenn Danzig: Not every one. Maybe eventually, but this will just be a first volume in possibly a two- or three-volume thing. And it's only the songs that haven't had their lyrics reprinted. So he does an illustration, and we print their lyrics. Riverfront Times: Color? Glenn Danzig: No. Black and white illustrations. Riverfront Times: Hardback? Glenn Danzig: No. Maybe eventually hardback. But it'll probably be softbound. Riverfront Times: Any kind of special edition, or will the book itself be the special edition? Glenn Danzig: The book in itself is pretty special. But if we do a hardcover later on, we'll make it special. We'll see where that goes. Riverfront Times: Do you see that distinction between metal and punk as superficial? Glenn Danzig: It depends. There are metal bands that are metal. Back in the day, you could listen to VENOM if you were a punker or MOTÖRHEAD, and nobody would think anything of it. But if you said you listened to this band or that band, people would say, "What?" There was stuff that was accepted and that wasn't. Riverfront Times: You've studied martial arts, including Jeet Kune Do [Bruce Lee's tradition-shattering style of martial arts, which freely drew on eclectic traditions], correct? Glenn Danzig: Yeah, a lot of stuff. Riverfront Times: Do you see a parallel between that and traditional martial arts as a parallel with your music? Like how traditional arts focus on the forms and doing everything the same way every time? Glenn Danzig: Jeet Kun Do is form with no form: You react to your situation, pretty much. I don't really know that it has anything to do with that? Riverfront Times: Is that what you do with your music? Glenn Danzig: Not really, no. It's much different. Read the entire interview from Riverfront Times. AC/DC'S 'BLACK ICE' - BLOWING AWAY 'DEATH MAGNETIC'.
Metallica's "Death Magnetic" did somewhere in the range of 490,000 copies in the first week of release. "Black Ice" is around 800,000. "Black Ice", AC/DC's first studio album in almost eight years, has entered the UK album chart at No. 1. According to Hits Daily Double, the companion web site of music industry tip sheet HITS, "Black Ice" — which arrived in the U.S. on Monday (October 20) exclusively at Wal-Mart stores, Walmart.com and ACDC.com — is reportedly blowing the doors off of the retail giant. Sales for "Black Ice" are outpacing the EAGLES' first week, which was also a Wal-Mart exclusive. Estimates for first week are currently ranging upward of 800,000, which would make it the biggest Sony BMG release in the past two years. "Black Ice" is also scoring huge sales figures around the world, with an initial shipment of more than 2.1 milllion. The biggest territories are Germany (550,000), Canada (344,000), the UK (227,000), France (209,000) and the band's native Australia (202,000). What’s more, the European and North American legs of the "Black Ice World Tour" reportedly sold out in a matter of minutes, while worldwide catalog sales on the year are a split hair short of 5 million units. Wal-Mart has reportedly purchased 2.5 million copies of "Black Ice" on a no-return basis. The band's last effort, 2000's "Stiff Upper Lip", sold 131,000 copies in its first week of release and has shifted more than 900,000 units to date. AC/DC has sold 26.4 million albums since 1991, when SoundScan first began tracking record sales. Thanks Hits Daily Double. "WIBUMBA--METAL & HARD ROCK ALMANAC" - MONDAY, OCT' 27/08. "ON THIS DAY" 2001 . .Courtney Love plays her first-ever solo show at the Ventura Theatre in Ventura, Calif. 1998 . .Marilyn Manson kicks off its highly anticipated Mechanical Animals tour in Kansas City, Mo., without incident. Civic leaders from Syracuse, N.Y., however, immediately begin raising objections to the scheduled concert in their hometown a month later. 1996 . .Veteran California Highway Patrol Officer, Ruben Rios, 53, is struck and killed by a motorist leaving Ozzy Osbourne's Ozz Fest '96. Rios had been directing the heavy post-show traffic when a motorist quickly changed lanes and struck him. 1988 . . U2's film 'Rattle And Hum', received its world wide premiere in Dublin. 1970 . . Black Sabbath played their first ever-live show in the US when they kicked of a 16-date tour at Glassboro State College
"BORN" 1981: Lisa Johansson (vocals: Draconian) 1970: Adrian Erlandsson (drums: Cradle of Filth) 1967: Scott Weiland (vocals: Stone Temple Pilots/Velvet Revolver) 1958: Simon Le Bon (vocals: Duran Duran/solo) 1951: Ken "K.K." Downing [guitars: Judas Priest]
"PASSED AWAY" 2007: Ricky Parent (41) American drummer with the band Enuff Z'nuff, was involved in other bands and projects including a brief stint with Alice Cooper as well as playing with Sass Jordan and Tod Howarth's Frehleys Comet (cancer). 1980: Steve Took (31) UK drummer, percussion, bass, piano and harmony vocals: T Rex (choked on a cherry stone, after some magic mushrooms had numbed his throat).
THANKS "ANARCHIST AMBER ALE" Canada (5.5%)... ................Zimmers Hole - bad run of bad luck. Hang in there... .........Florentine Pagan... .............Full Throttle Aristotle. - Rank Hank Posted October 26, 2008 | Download of the day: Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - Worlds Apart.mp3
0News Slab: Prime news cuts from the metal and rock worldFRIDAY, OCT' 24/08: - WEEKEND EDITION - HOLY SHITE! - NEW SLAYER IS BEING RECORDED!!!!!!
I haven't smiled in 6 weeks... ........that is, until today. Slayer's recording & life is good again. The members of SLAYER spent a couple of weeks in a Southern California recording studio earlier this month, recording three new songs for a brand new album expected out summer 2009. A clip of the guys recording one of the brand new songs, "Psychopathy Red", a Jeff Hanneman-penned track that gives a chilling look into the twisted mind of AndreI Chikatilo, a notorious Russian serial killer, can be viewed at Spin.com. SLAYER headlines the European "Unholy Alliance Tour, Chapter III" which kicks off this Monday, October 27 in Manchester, England, and wraps in Helsinki, Finland on November 27. The band plans to return to the studio early next year to finish recording the new album. Fans who attend any of the upcoming European "Unholy Alliance Tour, Chapter III" dates, will receive a new SLAYER song via an exclusive download card that will also include special material from the entire tour's lineup — SLAYER, MASTODON, TRIVIUM and AMON AMARTH. The download card, along with a limited edition "Unholy Alliance Tour" clothing patch, will be given away free only to ticket holders when they arrive at their local venue the night of the show. Thanks Blabb. NEW ROB ZOMBIE - 'WAR ZONE' PLAYING RIGHT HERE!!!
ROB ZOMBIE's brand new song "War Zone" is available for streaming RIGHT HERE, YA FREAK!! "War Zone" is the first track off the soundtrack release to "Punisher: War Zone" from Marvel Comics' latest film adaptation of fictional vigilante and deadly antihero Frank Castle. The lethal motion picture soundtrack features a powerful collection of A-list rockers including the first new music in thre years from ROB ZOMBIE in addition to heart-pounding songs from rock icons such as SEETHER, SLAYER, SLIPKNOT and RISE AGAINST. The fifteen-track album attacks stores on November 25. The film opens nationwide on December 5. The original track "War Zone", written for and inspired by the film, contains the kind of raw, throttling energy that has made ROB ZOMBIE a platinum-selling artist. The song will also serve as the first single from the soundtrack. Rob Zombie said, "I love writing music for films, rather than just throwing them an unwanted B side or remix. This track was written exclusively for 'Punisher: War Zone'. A punishing track for a punishing movie." The record also features SLAYER's 2008 Grammy-winning "Final Six" and current chart-topping singles from SLIPKNOT "Psychosocial" and SEETHER "Fallen". The beatdown doesn't stop there, with a broad mix of new and unreleased music that spans every niche of the rock genre, including unreleased songs by premiere punk group RISE AGAINST and emo scenesters SENSES FAIL. Thanks Rob Zombie Official page. CHINESE DEMOCRACY IS COMING OUT - MEANWHILE, 'SLASH' HAS A SOLO ALBUM IN THE CAN. - CAN YOU SAY, 'NOBODY FUCKING CARES, SLASH?'
With G N' R's Chinese Democracy finally seeing the bins soon... ....Slash must be feeling VERY left out of the party. Sorta like the dweeb, standing in the corner at a party, with the checkered pants & bad haircut. But more than that... .......Velvet Revolver, really hurt Slash's cred'. shit riffs........ shit songs......... shit singer......... shit future. Former GUNS N' ROSES and current VELVET REVOLVER guitarist Slash has told Billboard.com that he "at the very tail end of the demo phase" for his solo project. Which he hopes to start recording early next year. He began coming up with material during VELVET REVOLVER's last tour and says that while it will have references to his work with that band and GUNS N' ROSES....... "there's really no particular direction. I just wanted to take a little bit of a break from all the politics and the democracy that is a band and just sort of do my own thing for a little bit. There will be a lot of stuff I don't have the freedom to do in a band situation." Thanks Billboard.com NOW WOULD BE A DAMNED GOOD TIME TO GO DEAF!!! - HINDER HAVE ALBUM #2 COMING OUT.
We hated Hinder when they first stunk up radio. Then, we hated & loathed them even more, upon witnessing their nuetured "performance" opening for Godsmack a couple of years ago. Now... ....I haven't stopped vomiting since the news that, not only are they still around... .......... But theyr'e gonna defile my ears with another disc. Oklahoma limp-wristed wanna-be's HINDER, are gearing up for the release of their second album, "Take It to the Limit", which pollutes on November 4. HINDER frontman (Henry) Austin Winkler recently told The Pulse of Radio that the band will team up with MÖTLEY CRÜE for an arena tour early next year. Winkler did not provide any more information about the trek except that it will begin in January. HINDER will be supporting "Take It to the Limit", which has its own CRÜE connection: guitarist Mick Mars plays lead on the title track. Drummer Cody Hanson told The Pulse of Radio how they got together. "He actually called us up and wanted to do some writing, " he said. "And we were like, 'Yeah, of course, I mean, would you be interested in playing some guitar on the album? And he was like, 'Absolutely,' you know. So we sent him the track and he loved it, and we ended up going up to his house. And, you know, he laid down a few different passes of the solo on 'Take It to the Limit'. So it was an amazing experience, you know, getting to meet one of your idols, I guess." Thanks (for absolutley nothing) TPOR. AT ONLY 4 YRS OLD! - WORLDS YOUNGEST DRUMMER - ALREADY HAS ENDORSEMENTS & OWN 'COVERS' BAND - PLAYING SUNSET STRIP TOO.
Fuck... .... This makes me feel so old... ......I should probably be carbon-dated. This kid makes the 16 yr olds in 'Blacktide'... ........seem as old as Sammy Hagar. Julian Pavone is an exceptionally good drummer and he's only four-years-old. He's so young that the words 'World's Youngest Drummer!'® sit next to his name whenever it appears in print. Videos of the phenomenon first surfaced two years ago, and now, Pavone is making history as the youngest performer to grace the stage of Whiskey A Go-Go on the Sunset Strip. Check out his skin-bashing skills, HERE, AT WATCH OUT MATT SORUM On 27 October, The Julian Pavone Band will join Whiskey A Go-Go's impressive legacy of performing acts including Led Zeppelin, The Doors and Guns N' Roses. We're guessing Pavone's rider differs slightly to that of Slash's in the 1980s. Milk and cookies, anyone? Julian must also be the youngest fully endorsed drummer having already signed to Innovation Drum, Sabian, Vic Firth and ddrum. He's fussy too: unless that's a Remo drum skin, he's not interested. Take a look at Julian at two-years-old, three-years-old and covering Journey with his current band at four-years-old. A Michael J Powell-produced debut album is already in the pipeline, too. There's nothing like starting young… Thanks Musicradar.com SWEDEN'S, THE POODLES - THE GAYEST ROCK BAND IN EXISTANCE - YES, EVEN MORE GAY THAN GAAHL (GORGOROTH).
Faaaaaaaacccckkkk!!!!!!!! This shits gay!!!! What we wanna know, is how can these guys can do this crap with a straight face? Check out some Swedish gay-rock, at - THE POODLES, ARE GAY. Swedish??hard?? rockers THE POODLES have issued the following update: "Around the clock, 24/7, the quest continues to write and demo material and to put together a set of songs that will become our next album. We're getting close and in a few weeks we will enter the studio and start the recordings." THE POODLES's latest single, "Raise The Banner", came out on July 2. THE POODLES recently recruited guitarist Henrik Bergqvist (SOUTHFORK, TIAMAT) to replace Pontus Norgren, who left the group to join HAMMERFALL. The new axeman made his live debut with THE POODLES on June 6 at the Sweden Rock Festival in Sölvesborg, Sweden. THE POODLES — whose lineup is rounded out by frontman Jakob Samuel (THE RING, ex-TALISMAN, JEKYLL & HYDE), bassist Pontus Egberg (ex-LION'S SHARE) and drummer Christian Lundqvist — released its latest album, "The Sweet Trade", in September2007 via AFM Records. Thanks Blabb. ALMANAC??? - OKAY HERE'S REALLY WHAT HAPPENED. Honest to god, I did the whole Almanac. Then some shit went down on the street out front. I went out.......... And the shit out front, caused me to become ginormously agitated. So when I came back in... ....... I forgot where I was & fucked things up with the program. I went to the office fridge... popped a beer... ...and another... ...and another. Well........you can see where this is going. So there will be no Almanac today........"Hic".
Rank. - Rank Hank Posted October 24, 2008 | Download of the day: Nine inch nails - Slipping Away.mp3
3News Slab: Prime news cuts from the metal and rock worldTHURSDAY, OCT' 23/08 - FUCKIN' EH! - CANADA - GIVES THE FINGER TO EXCLUSIVE US DISTRIBUTION DEALS.
According to MarketNews.ca, HMV Canada has proclaimed that it is continuing "to champion Canadian consumers' right to choose where to purchase their music, and is thrilled to be carrying the highly anticipated new GUNS N' ROSES release, " "Chinese Democracy". On Sunday, November 23, 2008, HMV will be one of a variety of Canadian retailers carrying "Chinese Democracy" (which will be exclusively sold via only one retailer across the United States). Humphrey Kadaner, President of HMV Canada, said in a statement, "At HMV we are in the consumer business, and ultimately it is our mandate to support the consumer's right to choose where they shop for their music. We are committed to providing the broadest selection of music to meet the needs of consumers in Canada. In that regard, we have actively and passionately worked to educate music artists and the music industry that most Canadian consumers believe it should be the consumer's choice as to where they shop for music. As such we’re thrilled that GUNS N' ROSES have decided that their hot new record ('Chinese Democracy'), 14 years in the making, will be made available in Canada via a variety of retailers, including of course, HMV. We thank GUNS N' ROSES for recognizing that the Canadian retail market is quite distinct from the United States." This past week HMV ran a full page advertisement in Billboard magazine thanking musicians and industry representatives alike for their continued support and recognition that Canada is a separate country, by not allowing U.S. originated exclusive retail deals for music to be extended into Canada. With more than 35% share of all retail music sales in Canada, HMV is Canada's #1 music retailer. Thanks Marketnews.ca DR PEPPER SEZ' - 'SURE YOU CAN HAVE A FREEBIE, BUT GIVE US YOUR EMAIL & PRIVATE INFO FIRST'.
What a bullshit scam this turned out to be!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Dr Pooper originally said they would give EVERYBODY IN AMERICA a free fucking can of Dr Pepper, if G N'R released the dumb-assed record before years end.. Now??? You have only 24 hrs (on Nov' 23 rd) to "register" online, to recieve a coupon for the shit. What about the millions of Americans WITHOUT a computer??? And what a scumbag way of Dr Pepper of gathering email info so they can deluge you with their goddamned spam. Here's The Report: "Soft drink manufacturer Dr Pepper, which this past spring offered to send a free can of the beverage to "everyone in America" (excluding ex-GN'R members Slash and Buckethead) if GUNS N' ROSES' new album, "Chinese Democracy", were to arrive anytime during the calendar year 2008, has revealed details of the plan. "We never thought this day would come, " says Dr Pepper VP of marketing Tony Jacobs. "But now that it's here all we can say is: The Dr Pepper's on us." According to Billboard.com, interested fans are being asked to visit DrPepper.com on November 23, the day "Chinese Democracy" is released in the U.S. exclusively via Best Buy. After registering online, fans will receive a coupon redeemable for a 20-oz. Dr Pepper wherever the drink is sold. The twist: the coupon is only available for 24 hours and will expire on February 28. "Chinese Democracy" has been in the works since the mid-'90s, with speculation and mystery surrounding the album's 13-year journey, ever-changing roster of players and spiraling recording costs." Thanks Blabb. J MASCIS, BLACK ANGELS, DANDY WARHOLS - RELEASE 'BREATHE EASY PROJECT' TRACK - LINK HERE.
Fuck, I paid the buck cus it's got 'Dinosaur Jr' mainman, J Mascis on the thing. And if your'e into Alt-Rock... you know who Dinosaur Jr is. The first song from the Dandy Warhols' Breathe Easy project has been released and is available for download on the Breathe Easy MySpace site. Called simply "J Mascis, Black Angels, Dandy Warhols, " the track, described by Dandys' frontman Courtney Taylor-Taylor as a "prog-rock school fight song, " is a dark, driving piece, anchored by Dandys' drummer Brent DeBoer and the tom-heavy beat, and Dinosaur Jr.'s J Mascis, who forgoes his usual guitar for a high-fretted bass. Vocals -- provided by Zia McCabe, Brent, and Brian Coates -- though sparse, are powerful and effective. The single syllables, the distant shouts, become part of the swirling landscape. Indeed, the music conveys both the individual contribution of the players and the integrity of the whole piece, a 5-minute long depiction of grunge-fueled psychedelia. The sessions with J Mascis and the Black Angels, recorded on different days at the Dandy Warhols' Odditorium, were filmed and compiled into an episode, which helps to trace and explain the progress of the first track, and is now playing on the Breathe Easy MySpace site. 100% of profits will go to the Three Rivers Land Conservancy, a non-profit organization that works to conserve and preserve land by the Clackamas, Tualatin, and lower Willamette Rivers against urbanization. Through the purchases of these songs, along with and corporate contributions, the initial goal is to save 10,000 acres of Oregon's natural habitat. All songs will be available for purchase on the BREATHE EASY site. Thanks PR. 'ROCK BAND 2' - GIVING AWAY 20 TRACK DOWNLOADS - OF SHITTY, 'NEVER-HEARD-OF-EM'-BANDS'.
The marketing wiz's behind Rock Band 2 are feeling desparate these days, and to prove it they're offering 20 songs gamers can download for free starting 4 November. Most of the acts (available to anybody who owns Rock Band 2 on XBox 360, PlayStation 3 or Wii) are fairly unknown - The Cab, Tickle Me Pink, Dealership - while some are downright "never heard of them." But there is one group, Thenewno2, that people might know a thing or two about - because it's led by DhanI Harrison, whose likeness and singing style bears an uncanny and almost eerie resemblance to that of his late father, ex-Beatle George Harrison. (Check out DhanI's rather impressive homemade video, a nod of sorts to The Clash's Rock The Casbah, for proof. Even donning a grey wig, he's a dead ringer for George.)
Exposing new artists "The Rock platform is an unparalleled destination for music discovery, offering a broad cross section of rock, from iconic rock artists to emerging bands, " said Paul DeGooyer, MTV's Senior Vice President of Electronic Games & Music. "With the addition of the 20 new songs we're announcing today, owners of Rock Band 2 will have the ability to experience music from over 100 artists - ranging from the acts they already know and love to up-and-coming bands we think they will like." With the kind of sales the Rock band franchise has been racking up, they can afford to toss off some freebies. Thanks Musicradar. JOE SATRIANI - GIVES TIMELINE ON UPCOMING 'CHICKENFOOT' DEBUT DISC - COULD THIS BE THE 'ONE' SUPERGROUP, THAT WILL NOT DISSAPOINT FANS?
I'm being the eternal pessimist as usual with the whole "super-group" bullshit here. But this time... .....something seems different. ..............more chicken, less feathers maybe? And a ton more freakin' talent is packing here, than a lot of previous collaborations. Guitar legend Joe SatrianI has told Fredericksburg.com that work on the debut album from his new collaboration with Sammy Hagar (ex-VAN HALEN), Michael Anthony (ex-VAN HALEN) and drummer Chad Smith (RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS) is nearing completion. "Sammy and I will go in the studio and finish the record in December, we'll get it mixed in January, it'll be out by April, and come midsummer, we'll go on tour, " he said. SatrianI said he's looking forward to revisiting his roots on the project. "It's a chance to expand what I do, but at the same time, kind of go to the kind of music I used to write before my solo career really took off. Basically, I always saw myself as a guitar player that stood behind the lead vocalist." Of course, the lead vocalist also happens to be a pretty decent guitarist. "Yes he is, " said Satriani. "And I'm trying to get him to put his guitar on. Sammy really just wants to be the singer — but I'll get him to pick up his guitar." Read more from Fredericksburg.com. Thanks Blabb. ALICE IN CHAINS - NAME PRODUCER FOR NEW ALBUM.
Man, I dunno......... The more I see of new AIC frontman, Billy Duvall on Youtube, the more it seems like Jerry Cantrell should just take over the vocals himself. Duvall, is at best, a 2nd rate coverband singer. And Cantrell is MORE than capable of lettin' er' rip vocal wise, especially on older AIC material. Duvall just can't say the same. ALICE IN CHAINS will kick off 2009 with a main-stage slot on Australia's Soundwave Festival (February 21 - March 1) alongside such acts as NINE INCH NAILS, LAMB OF GOD, ALKALINE TRIO, THE RED JUMPSUIT APPARATUS and more. However, more touring isn't the only thing up ALICE IN CHAINS' sleeve for 2009. There's also a new record on the way — the band's first studio album since 1995. Right now, Jerry Cantrell (vocals, lead guitar), Mike Inez (bass), Sean Kinney (drums) and William DuVall (vocals, guitar) are hunkered down in a Los Angeles studio crafting their latest opus. Produced by Nick Raskulinecz (FOO FIGHTERS, RUSH, STONE SOUR, TRIVIUM, SHADOWS FALL, DEATH ANGEL), the album promises to be a sonic journey guided by eerily psychedelic solos, and unforgettable riffs. ALICE IN CHAINS' manager, David Benveniste (Beno) of Velvet Hammer Music and Management Group, comments, "Our collective vision is to extend ALICE IN CHAINS into phase two of their career worldwide. They have tremendous heritage, having sold some 15 million records, and an amazing repertoire of new material that they've written. Most importantly, ALICE IN CHAINS will be on the road in 2009 bringing new music to fans everywhere." The new disc will mark the recording debut with ALICE IN CHAINS of frontman William DuVall, who has been singing with the group since they officially reunited in 2006. Original vocalist Layne Staley died in April 2002. Thanks Blabb. "WIBUMBA--METAL & HARD ROCK ALMANAC" - THURSDAY, OCT' 23/08. "ON THIS DAY" 2001 . .R.E.M. plays a surprise show at Seattle's Crocodile Cafe, which guitarist Peter Buck co-owns with his wife, Stephanie Dorgan. 1995 . . Def Leppard gave themselves a place in the Guinness book Of World Records, by playing three gigs in three continents in 24 hours. Tangier, London and Vancouver. 1989 . . Nirvana played their first ever European gig when the appeared at Newcastle's Riverside Club in North East England. It was the first night of their European tour sharing the bill with Tad. 1978 . . CBS Records raised the price of vinyl their records by one dollar to $8.98 and Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious attempted to commit suicide while awaiting trial for killing his 20 year old girlfriend, Nancy Spungen.
"BORN" 1971: Rafael Bittencourt (guitars: Angra) 1967: Dale Crover (drums: Melvins) 1964: Robert Trujillo (US bassist: Suicidal Tendencies/Metallica) 1959: 'Weird Al' /Alfred Matthew Yankovic (singer, comedian, accordionist, tv producer) 1949: Michael Burston (lead guitar: Motorhead]
"PASSED AWAY" - no Metal/Rock entries today -
THANKS "FLYING DOG ROAD DOG PORTER ALE" Colorado (5.5%)... ...........betcha didn't know the new Candlemass is out, & it's damned good!... ..............Dance Club Massacre... .............If Lucy Fell. - Rank Hank Posted October 23, 2008 | Download of the day: Electric Hellfire Club - Electric Hellfire Acid Test.mp3
0News Slab: Prime news cuts from the metal and rock worldWEDNESDAY, OCT' 22/08: - FINLAND'S 'BEFORE THE DAWN" - NEW ALBUM STREAMING! - IF YOU CAN'T DIG 'BTD', YOU ARE A FUCKING TURBO-TARD!
This shit has got to be some of THE HOTTEST new Metal around!!!!!!!!!!! Yeah, We keep saying that, but truth is, we've been fans of BTD for years now & it astounds me, how they keep slipping under the publics radar, largely unnoticed. With the combo of Toumas' inventive riffage & Lars Eikind's world-class vocals, this band are becoming contenders for king in this Metal genre. So we intend to pimp this fucking band as much as possible... ...cus' they've truly got some outstanding vibage going, that deserves notice! (Check out "Last Song" - on the myspace link below, damned amazing!!) Before The Dawn's entire new album entitled "Soundscape Of Silence" is available for streaming at the band's MYSPACE PAGE "Soundscape Of Silence" will be released in Scandinavia on October 29 via Stay Heavy Records (October 31 in the rest of Europe). The bands doing some shows in their homeland, here are the dates:
30 Oct 2008 20:00 WEILAND SAYS: - 'I DON'T KNOW WHERE WE ARE GONNA GO WITH STP.' - HELL, DOES ANYONE CARE ANYMORE??
On one hand... ....this is a prime example of the evils of record labels & why the big un's should die. On the other hand... ....does Weiland or STP for that matter, have an album in them that people will give a damn about? The Pulse of Radio reports that STONE TEMPLE PILOTS begins the final week of its six-month-long reunion tour on Wednesday (October 22) in Hidalgo, Texas, with the trek wrapping up on October 31 in Pelham, Alabama. What happens after that? Although the band has talked about making a new studio album, singer Scott Weiland told The Pulse of Radio he's not so sure that will happen. "I don't know where things are gonna go with STP, " he said. "It was sad to find out that we're still in some way locked in a contract with Atlantic Records, which is a travesty, actually. If it ends up being that we have to, you know, make a certain amount of records for Atlantic in order to be free, then I don't know if I have that in me." Atlantic Records filed a lawsuit in June claiming that Weiland and STP drummer Eric Kretz had threatened to stop performing and wanted to terminate their contract with the label unless it was changed. The band issued a response saying that it was "deeply disappointed" to see that the label had filed the "surprise lawsuit" during the middle of "what were believed to be cordial and positive discussions about STP returning to the studio to make a new album after five years." Atlantic stated in the suit that it wanted the group to record up to three more albums. Thanks TPOR. WTF!?!?! - GOJIRA - FRENCH METAL ACTUALLY MAKES IT TO 'BILLBOARD'S TOP 200'!! - TOUR DATES TOO!
And another sign that Metal is coming back as "cool".
Gojira catapulted to the top of Billboard’s New Artist chart this week with the release of The Way Of All Flesh, the band’s second release for Prosthetic Records, while simultaneously debuting at #138 on the Billboard Top 200 (marking Prosthetic's third Top 200 debut in the past three months). Thanks The Gauntlet. FOO FIGHTERS - FUND THEIR 'SEMI-RETIREMENT" WITH RELEASE OF DVD.
Why are there no pre-2000, "older" tracks on here? Like "This Is A Call" & "Big Me"? I guess if your'e a fan of "radio-rock'... .then go knock yourself out & buy the thing. We'll stick with Dimmu Borgir's, "The Invaluable Darkness" Dvd package. Foo Fighters may be taking a break, but they still have some new releases planned. On November 18, 2008, the band will be releasing Live at Wembley Stadium, which unsurprisingly, will contain a live performance recorded at England's famed Wembley Stadium. The disc is due out on DVD and Blu-Ray and runs through 18 songs recorded over two nights in London. Along with the band's official quartet, guest musicians include former Foo's guitarist (and former Germs guitarist) Pat Smear, as well as members of the Wallflowers and others. Heres' the track-list: #1. The Pretender #2. Times Like These #3. No Way Back #4. Cheer Up, Boys (Your Make Up Is Running) #5. Learn to Fly #6. Long Road to Ruin #7. Breakout #8. Stacked Actors #9. Skin and Bones #10. Marigold #11. My Hero #12. Cold Day in the Sun #13.Everlong #14. Monkey Wrench #15. All My Life #16. Rock and Roll #17. Ramble On Thanks Punknews.org. (GWARDI) 'LORDI' - - ANNOUNCE FIRST EURO' TOUR DATES.
"Yawwwwnnnn"..........These guys "Monster-schtick" got old real fucking quick. They gotta get penis-sheaths & tons more blood like Gwar, if they wanna stay relevant. LORDI's fourth studio album, "Deadache", will be released in the U.S. on October 28 and internationally in the same week. The Nino Laurenne-produced CD, much like its predecessors, is catchy, melodic hard rock, but this time around there is a rougher edge to the music.
The band will embark on a European headlining tour in January. Confirmed dates so far are as follows: Thanks Blabb. "WIBUMBA--METAL & HARD ROCK ALMANAC" - WEDNESDAY, OCT' 22/08. "ON THIS DAY" 2000 . . R.E.M. graces its Athens, Ga., hometown with the band's first concert appearance there in eight years. The three-song performance, held on the steps of the Athens Clarke County Courthouse, comes as part of Land Aid, a local festival that strives to improve the economic environment of Athens and its surrounding area. 1999 . .Sinéad O'Connor was reportedly attempting to purchase the church where she had been ordained in the Catholic sisterhood. 1990 . . Pearl Jam played their first ever concert when they appeared at the Off Ramp in Seattle. 1988 . .U2’s Rattle And Hum rose to the top of the U.S. and U.K. charts. “Desire,” the first release from the double-album set, became the group’s first #1 single in the U.K. 1964 . .The Who, then known as The High Numbers, auditioned at EMI. The record company failed to discern any commercial potential and declined to sign the group.
"BORN" 1980: Mike Rochford (vocals: Ashes Of Eden) 1979: Aram Kalousdian (drums: Nu.Clear. Dawn) 1969: Stuart Chatwood (bass/guitar/keyboards/programming: The Tea Party - 90'-05') 1960: Darryl Jenifer (bass: Bad Brains) 1952: Greg Hawkes (keyboard/sax: Cars) 1949: Stiv Bators (singer, guitar: Dead Boys/Whores of Babylon/Wanderers ) * passed away 02.June.1990.
"PASSED AWAY" 1986: Jane Dornacker (39) Albuquerque-born actress, keyboardist, songwriter, weather reporter: founded the all-woman rock group Leila and the Snakes. (helicopter crash during a live traffic report for WNBC radio in New York. Listeners heard her terrified voice screaming "Hit the water, hit the water" as the helicopter from which she and pilot Bill Pate were reporting, fell from the sky and crashed into the Hudson River).
THANKS "BODDINGTONS PUB ALE" UK (4.7%)... ................STP - 'slither' off into the murk, forever... .............You May Have Already Won... .............TeriyakI Asthma. - Rank Hank Posted October 22, 2008 | Download of the day: Rammstein - Amour.mp3
5News Slab: Prime news cuts from the metal and rock worldTUESDAY, OCT' 21/08: - CHINESE DEMOCRACY 'LEAKER' - PLEADS INNOCENT IN COURT.
A 5 year sentence & $250,000 fine?!?!?!?! For an album that'll suck more ass than Gorgoroth's 'Gaahl'? Christ... this album will tank on its own merits! E! Online reports that the California man charged with illegally leaking tracks of GUNS N' ROSES' long-awaited new album, "Chinese Democracy", pleaded not guilty today in federal court. Kevin Cogill, a 27-year-old blogger known as "Skewrl" who uploaded nine tracks from the forever-in-the-works LP on his Antiquiet web site in June, was arrested on August 27. Cogill was charged under a three-year-old federal anti-piracy law that makes it a felony to distribute a copyrighted work on computer networks before its release. He was released on $10,000 bail. If convicted of the misdemeanor count, Cogill faces a possible five-year prison sentence and a $250,000 fine. Ex-GUNS N' ROSES and current VELVET REVOLVER lead guitarist Slash slammed Cogill in a recent interview, telling the Los Angeles Times, "I hope he rots in jail. It's going to affect the sales of the record, and it's not fair. The Internet is what it is, and you have to deal with it accordingly, but I think if someone goes and steals something, it's theft." Assistant U.S. attorney Craig Missakian, who pursued the case with the FBI and recording industry, said, "In the past, these may have been viewed as victimless crimes. But in reality, there's significant damage." Cogill posted the songs at a web site called Antiquiet, where they were available for public access. The site crashed from the amount of traffic it received once word of the leaked tracks got out. Cogill took them down again after he was contacted by representatives of GUNS N' ROSES. The tracks were allegedly taken from the band's yet-to-be-released "Chinese Democracy" album. Cogill, who used to work in distribution for the group's record label, says he received them from an anonymous source. GUNS N' ROSES issued a statement saying, "Though we don't support this guy's actions at that level, our interest is in the original source. We can't comment publicly at this time as the investigation is ongoing." Thanks E! Online. ANGUS ON BRO' MALCOLM YOUNG - 'THE LAST PERSON HE WANTS TO SEE IS HIS KID BROTHER.'
Guitar World magazine recently conducted an interview with AC/DC's Angus Young for the cover story of the January issue, on newsstands in November. Asked about playing in a band for more than 30 years with his older brother/guitarist Malcolm, Angus said, "I'd be lying if I said it was 100 percent smooth. We might get pissed off with each other, but blood is thicker than water. And what we share together is AC/DC. Outside of that, we have different interests — I might read a book on history and Malcolm might read a book on football. But we spend most of our life on the road, so we see a lot of each other. The last person he wants to see sometimes is his kid brother." In the extensive interview, Young also discusses the writing and recording of the band's new album, "Black Ice", his famous Gibson SG guitars, and the differences between working with producers Brendan O’Brien and Mutt Lange. Mutt, says Young, had a particular way of getting him to re-record his guitar solos. "He would say, 'Hmm, that’s interesting,'" Young tells Guitar World. "And that was his code word for shite!" GUITAR WORLD TABS has also teamed up with AC/DC to present exclusive, official guitar transcriptions to six AC/DC songs. Available for free on the site are transcriptions to: * "Back in Black" * "You Shook Me All Night Long" * "Thunderstruck" * "Let There Be Rock" The site is also presenting two brand new songs from "Black Ice", tabbed for the first time anywhere: "Rock 'N Roll Train" and "War Machine". All songs include all guitar and bass lines and full lyrics, and are currently available for free at Guitar World Tabs. Thanks Guitar World/Blabb. WATCH 'U2' HIT BRICK WALL - WRITING (NOT REALLY) NEW ALBUM.
CLICK U2 RUN OUT OF GINKO BILOBA to see the band alzhieming out in a dementia-haze, trying like fuck to come up with something...anything! to put out as an album. At this rate... we might see a follow-up to 'Atomic-Bomb', sometimes in 2020. Dr. Pepper apparently, is watching the band "closely". From Musicradar: "We love it when bands post sneaky in-the-studio videos. They often bare little resemblance to the finished product, but they feed imaginations. While U2 might not be considered as internet-trailblazers, they've jumped on this particular bandwagon with enthusiasm. While a previous video revealed Larry Mullen Jnr's drum parts for reported single Sexy Boots, the latest snippet shows only a painstakingly slow songwriting process. The Edge and producer Daniel Lanois silently stare at a blank piece of paper while Bono thinks about clicking something on a MacBook. The new album - which may or may not be called No Line On The Horizon - is toted for an early 2009 release. If this is the case we'll assume the majority of songs are, in fact, already finished. Perhaps U2 are merely trying to come up with a title - following 2004's How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb can't be easy… " Thanks Musicradar.com MUSE - 'RARE' TRACK LINK HERE & UPDATE ON 'NEW MATERIAL'.
Muse have made a rare live track available as a free download from their website, Muse.mu. In April the band played one of their smallest shows of the year at London's Royal Albert Hall in aid of the Teenage Cancer Trust. Now, a video version of their 2003 track 'Fury', recorded at the show, has been made available to fans. Dating back to sessions from the 'Absolution' album, the song was left off the album, appearing as a bonus track on Japanese pressings. It eventually emerged as a B-side for the 'Sing For Absolution' single. Head to MUSE.MU to get the free song now. MEANWHILE: Bassist Chris Wolstenholme told BBC 6music, "There's about six or seven songs that we've started work on, but they're still very young. "I don't think there's anything that we're ready to record yet. "We just wanted to get started this year, to get the ball rolling a little bit rather than wait for a year doing nothing then get in the studio, and go, 'What do we do now?'. "Sometimes you can suffer from having too much time off." The band's last studio album, 'Black Holes And Revelations', was released in July 2006. Thanks NME. POST- METALLISTS 'ISIS' - PREPARING TO BIRTH #5 ALBUM OF METAL - THAT WILL GO OVER MOST PEOPLES HEADS.
Experimental/Psych/Sludge Metallists, ISIS, are in the process of writing the follow-up to 06's "In The Absence Of Truth". ..........which was probably their best album to date. Isis recently unveiled plans to enter the studio to begin work on their forthcoming full length and follow up to 2006's In the Absence of Truth: " We are heading back into the studio in a few weeks to begin working on our fifth full-length album to be released via Ipecac Recordings (USA), Conspiracy Records (UK / EU), and Daymare (JP). We could not be luckier than to have the one and only Evil Joe BarresI to be at the engineering helm. Joe has recorded many of our favorite / loudest bands i.e. Melvins, Tool, Queens Of The Stone Age, Kyuss, etc. It's going to great to have him on board and can't wait to hear the results." In December, the band will be performing at ATP and also hitting venues in the UK and Europe. Thanks Punknews.org "WIBUMBA--METAL & HARD ROCK ALMANAC" - TUESDAY, OCT21/08. "ON THIS DAY" 2006 . .Sandy West, drummer for influential '70s band the Runaways, dies after a long battle with lung cancer. He is 47. 2003 . . Acclaimed singer/songwriter Elliott Smith was found near death in his Los Angeles apartment from an apparent self-inflicted knife wound. Smith, 34, was later pronounced dead at U.S.C. Medical Center. 2002 . . For the second year running, Radiohead is honored as "best act in the world today" at the Annual Q Awards, held in London. 1998 . .Kiss members Paul Stanley and Bruce Kulick are sued for copyright infringement over the song "Dreamin', " which the suit alleges sounds too similar to the Alice Cooper hit "Eighteen." 1995 . . Green Day singer Billie Joe was arrested and fined $141 after mooning at the audience during a gig in Milwaukee. 1995 . .Blind Melon ("No Rain") lead singer Shannon Hoon was discovered dead on his tour bus from an accidental drug overdose. 1978 . . The Clash fired their manager Bernie Rhodes, saying the band and record company 'find him hard to deal with', Melody Maker journalist Caroline Coon took his place. 1976, The legendary rock drummer Keith Moon played his final North American gig with The Who as the band wrapped up an extensive tour at Toronto's Maple Leaf Garden.
"BORN" 1978: Henrik Klingenberg ( keyboards: Sonata Arctica/Graveyard Shift) 1973: Nick OliverI (bass/vocals: Mondo Generator/Queens Of The Stone Age/Kyuss) 1957: Juilian Cope (guitar, organ, vocals: Teardrop Explodes] 1957: Steve Lukather (guitar: Toto) 1947: Tetsu YamauchI (Japanese drummer: Faces /Free/sessionist)
"PASSED AWAY" 2007: Lance Hahn (40) US guitarist and frontman with punk band J Church (kidney disease) 2007: Paul Fox (56) British guitarist founder of The Ruts: early 80's joined a London rock band called Dirty Strangers, who recorded two albums, that The Rolling Stones guitarists, Keith Richards and Ron Wood, both guested on.(lung cancer). 2003: Elliott Smith (34) Folk-punk singer, songwriter: Heatmiser/solo (suicide) 1995: Richard Shannon Hoon (28) Lead singer, accoustic guitarist with the band Blind Melon (intense but accidental cocaine overdose in New Orleans).
"THANKS "RUTTING ELK RED" Alberta (5.0%)... ............Areosmith - "new material recorded" - why? like, how many more sappy fucking ballads do we need?... ...............Colon On The Cob... ...........Phat Luv. - Rank Hank Posted October 21, 2008 | Download of the day: Type O Negative - Be My Druidess.mp3
0News Slab: Prime news cuts from the metal and rock worldMONDAY, OCT' 20/08: - NEW METAL RELEASES - STARTING OCT' 20/08.
REX WRITES: Dear Rank... ..." Here's my problem. I've got a neighbor, that has a demolition/bin service biz'. He fires up his loud diesel truck Sat & Sun' mornings at around 7:00 am. With the banging around & yelling, the racket is driving me around the bend. I've asked him to stop, threw shit at the truck (at night) & complained to the municipality, but nothing helps. What the fuck can I do?
RANK WRITES: Dear Rex... ...."It just so happens, that dealing with shit-bag, neighbors with no consideration for others on the block, is in my line of expertise. Go purchase (my favorite) a Mossberg - "Rolling Thunder" model 500 special purpose pump action shotgun ($349.99/Cabelas) & stroll on over for a " neighborly chat, with the aforementioned firearm. Show him the 23" fixed cylinder barrel & choke set-up. Let him appreciate the 6 shot 2 3/4" mag capacity. Let him see the gleam in your eye, match the gleam of sunlight that reflects off the black matte finish. Then tell the motherfucker, that you plan on sleeping in untill 2:00 pm next saturday. I'll bet you the new "DARKTHRONE" - 'Dark Thrones And Black Flags' album... ..that you'll be able to hear a pin drop, 2 blocks away untill the following monday."
# 20 October: Thanks Metalsucks.com NEW ALT/ROCK RELEASES - STARTING OCT 21/08.
Check out Ohio's, "Two Cow Garage", midwest urban Rock, that fills you up without that bloated (Radiohead) feeling.
10/21/2008 Thanks Exclaim.ca LAMB OF GOD'S, RANDY BLYTHE - ON HOW HE HAD TO 'AUDITION' FOR HIS PART IN UPCOMING HORROR FLICK.
This film probably won't help Lamb Of God's problem... .....being banned from the LA Forum. LOG is supporting Metallica until they hit the forum... ......then they've been told by the Forum's religious owners, that they can piss off cus' of the name LOG originally had before they were LOG........"Burn The Priest", offends their christly sensibilities. LAMB OF GOD vocalist D. Randall Blythe will appear in the upcoming horror/thriller "The Graves" which will be screened for distributors this fall. The film stars Tony Todd ("Candyman") and Bill Moseley ("The Devil's Rejects") and was written and directed by former comic book writer Brian Pulido. "The Graves" is Randy's first foray into film. He plays Deacon Luke, one of the evil denizens of Skull City. In a recent interview with Penny Blood magazine, Blythe stated about the role, "The character named Luke is pure aggression — which is what I am when on stage. He intimidates and keeps townspeople in line. I'm Tony Todd's bitch in the movie! I got to deal with a really cool special FX guy and there’s a knife involved, so there was just blood everywhere. When I got done I looked like the cover of the SAMHAIN record 'Initium'." Blythe added, "They didn't give me a part because I'm Randy from LAMB OF GOD. I tried out for that, did a few video interviews, sent some tapes, and then went to Arizona to try out in front of the producers." Read more from PENNYBLOOD MAGAZINE. Thanks Blabb/Pennyblood mag. MARILYN MANSON - SAYS NEW DISC WILL HAVE 'ANTICHRIST SUPERSTAR' SOUND - WE SAY, 'DREAM ON, YOU ANDROGENOUS PRICK'.
Loads of Manson fans think "Holywood" was the Manson at his top, however "Antichrist Superstar" was probably Manson's bet album ever........... But we don't think he's got that kind of juice left in him. So he can talk this thing up all he wants, but we'll believe it when we hear it. Bloody-Disgusting.com spoke to Marilyn Manson at the Scream Awards last night (Saturday, October 18) in Hollywood, California. Manson revealed that he is "pretty much finished" with his next album that he wrote solely with bassist Twiggy Ramirez, who reunited with Manson back in January. Guitarist Wes Borland (BLACK LIGHT BURNS, LIMP BIZKIT), who joined Marilyn Manson in August, will "just be touring with the band." According to the singer, the sound of the new album "will be more like [1996's] 'Antichrist Superstar'." The CD is not expected to drop until early 2009. Ramirez toured with Manson earlier this year for the first time since 2002. The two co-wrote "Antichrist Superstar", "Mechanical Animals" and "Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death)" together and Manson told The Salt Lake Tribune this past spring that he couldn't be happier about Ramirez returning. "I missed having my best friend, " Manson said. "We were like brothers." Thanks Blabb/Bloody-Disgusting.com BRIAN ('BRAIN') MANTIA, ON REDOING 'CHINESE DEMOCRACY' DRUM BITS - $300,000 SPENT OVER 5 YEARS, REDOING JOSH FREESE'S DRUM TRACKS!!
You know, it would be better for Axl, if this album never, ever came out. Because it's a legend. And releasing it, particularly if it sucks (as we think it will) will reduce Rose's cred', what molecules are left of it, into the goddamned toilet. On November 25, the world will finally hear a sound nobody ever thought possible: the new Guns N' Roses album Chinese Democracy. The product of 15 years, millions of dollars spent, scores of band members come and gone, chicken coops and, most of all, Axl Rose's unchecked ego, Chinese Democracy has already become the stuff of folklore. What really happened during the making of the Heaven's Gate of albums will be told and retold for decades to come. One musician who played a large role in the recording of Chinese Democracy is speaking out: drummer Bryan "Brain" Mantia, (Primus) who joined Guns N' Roses in 2000 and may or may not still be a member of the touring group (drummer Frank Ferrer signed on as a replacement drummer when Brain's wife gave birth to a baby girl in 2006: management says both drummers are currently part of the outfit). In an interview with EQTV, Brain revealed how more than $300,000 was spent over a seven-month period on redoing drum bits note for note after Josh Freese left the band. Brain claims that he now holds the record for the duration that a single drum kit had been set up in any one recording studio. "Five years my drums were set up" - Brain "I think it was five years that my drums were set up at the Village Recorders in Los Angeles, " Brain said. "It was five years and it went through three different producers. It went through Sean Beaven, Roy Thomas Baker and then I guess Axl is the producer now. Five years my drums were set up." 30 drum tracks transcribed note for note Brain said Freese played on 30 songs before he split the band. While Axl Rose admired Brain's feel, he was set on the patterns that Freese had played, so he had Brain replicate Freese's parts note for note. The drums pieces for each song had to be transcribed, a thankless job that went to a Sony employee/musician who was handed two CDs (and, one would imagine, several tons of legal documents). "It was every song written out note for note. Some were seven-minute songs including Josh doing solos, " Brain said. Thanks Musicradar.com LAST WORD ON THE - 'JERRY MONTANO GETS HIS ASS WHUPPED' INCIDENT. - (WE PROMISE)
Okay... .this will be THE LAST report we do on this douch-bag of a walking sack o' lard. Last Friday, we reported that Bassist Jerry Montano (DANZIG, NOTHINGFACE, HELLYEAH), got into a beatdown with country crooner John Rich (Big & Rich) Now Montano sez' he allegedly took a beer bottle to the face from John Rich of of the country duo BIG & RICH Friday morning (October 17), and has told TMZ.com that the whole thing started because Rich was "stinking drunk." Montano was allegedly drinking with John Rich at the Rainbow Bar and Grill in West Hollywood late Thursday night when suddenly John became an angry drunk, and started randomly yelling, "F**k L.A.! How do you guys live here?!" Jerry tells TMZ.com that John wanted to leave the bar, and invited the group back to Rich's hotel room at the Mondrian. While in the room, Montano says Rich became an angry drunk and started to get violent. As Montano tried to leave the room around 4:00 a.m., "he says he turned into a glass object Rich was swinging around the room, " according to TMZ.com. "His nose basically exploded on impact." Paramedics and police were called to the scene." Jerry says he refuses to press charges, chalking the whole thing up to a night where they both had a little too much to drink. Thanks TMZ. "WIBUMBA--METAL & HARD ROCK ALMANAC" - MONDAY, OCT' 20/08. "ON THIS DAY" 2001 . .Top figures of the film and political world, along with musicians such as The Who, David Bowie, Keith Richards, Mick Jagger, Elton John and many other big names, performed at Madison Square Garden for VH1's Concert For New York to benefit the victims and families of the 9/11 attack. It was one of the most-seen cablecasts and largest fund-raisers ever. Millions watched and donated some $30 million. 1998 . . Mark Nieto filed a lawsuit against Aerosmith for alleged hearing loss after he attended an Aerosmith concert. 1997 . . Alice Cooper guitarist, Glen Buxton dies in Clarion, Iowa. of complications from pneumonia and emphysema. 1998 . . Mark Nieto filed a lawsuit against Aerosmith for alleged hearing loss after he attended an Aerosmith concert.
"BORN" 1977: Nick Hodgson (drummer: Kaiser Chiefs) 1976: Tom WisniewskI (US guitarist: MxPx) 1974: Jérôme (drums: Carnal Lust) 1966: Jan-Chris de Koeijer (vocals/bass: Gorefest) 1966: Fred Coury (drums: Cinderella) 1965: Norman Blake (Scottish guitarist & vocals: Teenage Fanclub/BMX Bandits) 1964: David Ryan (drummer: Lemonheads) 1950: Tom Petty (guitar, vocals, songwriter: Heartbreakers/Traveling Wilburys)
"PASSED AWAY" 2007: Paul Raven ( bass: Killing Joke/Ministry/Prong) *died due to an apparent heart attack in his sleep. 2004: Björn Lorson (guitar: Flowing Tears) * died in car accident. 2004: Christian Zimmer (drums: Flowing Tears) * died in car accident. 1997: Henry "The Sunflower" Vestine (52) guitarist: Mothers of Invention/Canned Heat: (died from heart and respiratory failure in a hotel outside Paris after the band had completed a tour of France). 1977: Ronnie Van Zant (29) US singer: lead vocalist, primary lyricist, and a founding member of the Southern Rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd. He was the oldest brother of .38 Special founder and vocalist Donnie Van Zant and current Lynyrd Skynyrd lead vocalist Johnny Van Zant. (4 band members were killed along with the pilot, Walter McCreary and co-pilot, William Gray when the band's rented plane, a Convair 240, ran out of fuel and crashed into a swamp in Gillsburg, Missouri) b. Jan 15th 1948. 1977: Steve Gaines (27) US guitarist and vocalist with the Lynyrd Skynyrd band. He played with RIO Smokehouse, The Ravens, Rusty Day, Detroit and Crawdada, before joining the Lynyrd Skynyrd band, replacing guitarist Ed King in 1976. His skills were a major contribution to the band, as proven on the 1977 album Street Survivors. (same aircrash as above) b. Sept 14th 1977. 1977: Cassie Gaines (29) US singer: a member of female gospel vocal trio The Honkettes, who in 1975 became the backup singers for Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd (air crash as abvove) b. Jan 9th 1948. 1977: Dean Kilpatrick (?) assistant road manager of the Lynyrd Skynyrd band (air crash as abvove) Thanks to - Metal Storm/P Brodie band/The Gauntlet/Billboard.
THANKS "LAGUNITAS INDIA PALE ALE" California (5.7%)... ..............Evergrey's - 'Torn' album Swedish Metal hit a new level of excellence... .............Come Back To Shelby... ...............Barnyard Slut. - Rank Hank Posted October 19, 2008 | Today's video by Evergrey | Download of the day: Tiamat - Cain.mp3
0News Slab: Prime news cuts from the metal and rock worldFRIDAY, OCT' 17/08: - 'WEEKEND EDITION' - BILLY CORGAN SAYS 'BAND REUNION HASN'T BEEN PERFECT' - BLAMES FANS (AS USUAL).
..........."Hasn't been perfect"???? With only 1/2 of the lineup... .it's not even a real reunion, for fucks sake!!!!!!!!!!!! And "Zeitgeist" was flat. According to The Pulse of Radio, SMASHING PUMPKINS frontman Billy Corgan admitted in a new interview with Rolling Stone that the band's reactivation after a seven-year hiatus hasn't exactly gone according to his wishes, especially when it came to introducing new songs and band members to the fans. Corgan explained, "You're standing onstage and hearing people going, 'I don't know how I feel about this.' ' We found that America had turned every older band into the 'reunion band.'It was 'I just want to hear those eight songs and drink my beer.'You think, 'I'm 41 years old, and I've earned some level of trust.' And you find out you're just like everybody else. You're no better than BON JOVI." The band's 2007 album, "Zeitgeist", did not sell as well as anticipated, and the PUMPKINS subsequently parted with Warner Bros. Records, who Corgan says gave "zero support" to the group. The PUMPKINS will head out on a 20th anniversary tour this fall, beginning on October 31 in Columbus, Ohio. Before that, they'll perform at Spike TV's "Scream 2008" event on Saturday (October 18) in Los Angeles and Neil Young's Bridge School Benefit on October 26 in Mountain View, California. The band's new single, "G.L.O.W.", will appear on the upcoming Guitar Hero: World Tour video game. It's the first song ever written specifically for Guitar Hero. When asked by Rolling Stone if he played the game, Corgan replied, "You don't play Guitar Hero if you are a guitar hero." The PUMPKINS will issue a documentary and concert DVD called "If It All Goes Wrong" on November 11. As for the group's next studio effort, Corgan says they'll begin recording a "long-ranging concept album" early next year. Thanks Blabb/TPOR. STILL PISSED THAT THE VANCOUVER AC/DC SHOW SOLD OUT IN 4 MIN'? - DUBLIN, IRELAND SHOW SELLS OUT IN 3 MIN'!! - ANGUS SAYS MALCOLM, IS THE NATURAL IN THE BAND.
Fucking resellers & presales are making the whole concept of aquiring a goddamned ticket, a ulcer-inducing trip. Rumours are that "1 hour after going on sale", tickets were on ebay for 500 euros. According to The Irish Times, tickets for AC/DC's first concert in Ireland in 12 years sold out within three minutes this morning. Ticketmaster Ireland managing director Eamonn O'Connor said it was "one of the fastest-selling concerts we ever had." At one stage, 12,000 fans were logged on to try and buy tickets. There were also long lines outside Ticketmaster outlets across the country. AC/DC plays the O2 Point on April 18, the band's only show in Ireland. The group, which released its new album, "Black Ice", in Ireland yesterday, also sold out concerts in London, Manchester and Birmingham within minutes of the tickets going on sale. Tickets for a second show in London on April 16 also sold out immediately. Read more from The Irish Times.
PLUS, ANGUS SAYS BROTHER, MALCOLM, IS THE NATURAL. Guitarist Angus Young of Australian hard rock legends AC/DC has told Kathy McCabe of News.com.au he remains in awe of his brother Malcolm's (the other half of AC/DC guitar duo) natural talent. "My ambition was just to be able to play, " he said "(Growing up) Malcolm was always way ahead of me with it, he did it so naturally but for me, it took some learning to get it and get better. I'm still in amazement. Malcolm's unique in that he has that sound, that style. "Even when we were recording ['Black Ice'], [producer] Brendan O'Brien was looking at Malcolm — not anyone else — and he was in amazement, just watching him, just watching that hand. "Once when we were in London and Keith Richards said to come on down to one of their shows — we'd played some gigs for them — and he was talking about playing and he asked me if I ever f...ed up. "And I told him 'I'm not a f...in' robot, everyone can screw up. But I've got one saving grace, Keith. I've got Malcolm.' "He knows what Malcolm's got goin' and he knows it's no easy thing to do because it's the same as what he does. -- "It ain't no easy thing to do, it's rare." Thanks news.com.au THE HAUNTED'S, PETE DOLVING - RANTS ON US POLITICS.
Love him, or hate him... The Haunted's, Pete Dolving, is never stuck for words. As usual, he nails the limitations of US politics, bang on. If you listen carefully... ..can hear the Republican, flag-waving haters, foaming at the yap. Here are some of Pete's thoughts on the US Presidential race: About Heavy Metal: What are your favorite and least favorite things about visiting the U.S.? Peter Dolving: I think this needs to be clarified. We don't visit. We go to U.S. to work, OK? We work and pay taxes in the U.S. for what we do in the U.S. For me personally it's great because I get to see my family, half of them are rednecks from Oregon and Oklahoma. I was raised American, what can I say? We should just just get green cards instead of our work permits. It's a hassle that we keep having to take care of every album. It's not like we try to hide our opinions and you always know where to find us if you think that's important. But good and bad in the U.S.? I love the fact people are mostly friendly. I don't like the macho B.S. that a lot of American men have got going, that's just old veneer. But mostly there's a positive attitude that I can understand, no matter what mood I'm in. Sure, the occasional (jerk) crosses our path every once in a while, but mostly it's up to me as a person or us as a group to set the mood of the day. About Heavy Metal: The U.S. presidential election is coming up soon. As someone who is not American, but has a strong interest in world affairs, what do you think the impact will be if McCain wins, and what will it be if Obama wins? Peter Dolving: Wow, that's a really hard question. I think in most ways it won't really be that different. The reason is, of course, the fact that both dominating parties in the U.S. are simply two sides of the same coin. They're fundamentally capitalist and there's only so much you can do when you share the basic view of how things should be solved. There is of course a great deal of diversity in U.S. politics, but it doesn't get much attention in world media, hell, any media. I honestly don't think there's going to be that much of a change. The Wall Street crisis and the sudden Obama/McCain unity in the matter gives a good preview of this. Perhaps Obama could push a slightly more populist system on domestic politics, but I really don't know. I feel like U.S. democracy has lost all credibility, too many professional spinsters are pushing issues in D.C., and big money has too much influence for the system to function, at least to pass as a democracy. About Heavy Metal: What's the biggest problem facing the world today? Peter Dolving: Apathy and resignation amongst ordinary people is the biggest problem, without a doubt. Maybe not so much in countries like the Phillipines, Argentina or Poland, but definitely in the U.S., Europe and Australia. We need to start getting off our asses and act on what's going on, no matter what political views we sympathize with. We need to get up and go. You know, I think much of it has to do with a basic misconception that this means you have to lay your life to waste in getting organized and engaged. It's not like that. The cool thing with actual democracy is how it functions through tiny steps and wide participation. Watch the news, act as respectfully as your capacity allows you each new day. A little bit of care goes a long way. Apathy however, kills it. Read the entire interview from About Heavy Metal. EX 'HELLYEAH/DANZIG BASSIST' - GETS HIS PUSSY, WHIPPED, BY COUNTRY POSEUR.
Jerry Montano's rep' just gets worse & worse. While in Hellyeah... he takes a swing at guitarist, Tom Maxwell. Then whips out a gun at Vinnie Paul's club in Texas & threatens people with it. .........obviously, he got his ass kicked outa Hellyeah. Now, all 400 lbs of him, got his ass whupped by a psuedo country-crooner. How fucking humiliating! TMZ.com reports that bassist Jerry Montano (DANZIG, NOTHINGFACE, HELLYEAH) got into a fight with John Rich of the country band BIG & RICH early this morning (Friday, October 17) at a hotel in California. Cops were called to the Mondrian Hotel in West Hollywood at 4:20 a.m. Paramedics responded to the scene at 4:28 a.m. and "one of the dudes was treated for a bloody nose but no one was transported to the hospital, " according to the site. "Cops say they're investigating the incident but no arrests have been made — at least so far. Neither guy wanted to press charges against the other."
According to unconfirmed reports, it was during HELLYEAH's CD-release party on April 10, 2007 at the Clubhouse, the Dallas nightclub founded by HELLYEAH drummer Vinnie Paul and his late brother, PANTERA guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott, that the group's then-bassist Jerry Montano got drunk and violent, allegedly threatening his bandmates. One week later he was dismissed from the band and was subsequently replaced by Bob "Zilla" Kakaha, who played with the Abbott brothers in their post-PANTERA group, DAMAGEPLAN, until Dimebag's death. HELLYEAH singer Chad Gray spoke to The Pulse of Radio about the events leading up to the band's dismissal of Montano. While Gray was not present for the incident, he told The Pulse of Radio that the group took the decision to let Montano go very seriously. "I've heard through the grapevine that obviously some things went down or whatever, and we just banded together as a group and we felt, all of us, including Jerry, I think we all felt like we needed to do what was best for HELLYEAH and we wanted to do what we thought was best for Jerry at the time, " he said. "And we wish him the best and we love him, and it was for a lot of reasons and it was, believe me, there was a lot of deliberation. I mean, it took us a long time to come to that decision." No official explanation was ever given for Montano's exit. Thanks Blabb/Tmz. 'CHINESE DEMOCRACY', 2 CHANGES IN 1 WEEK. - HERE WE GO AGAIN - AFTER BUMPING RELEASE DATE, BEST BUY 'MODIFY'S' CHINESE DEMOCRACY TRACK LISTING.
Ok... .we'll go along with this. First, Best Buy were saying the disc would drop on Nov' 23rd. Then they changed that, to Nov 25th. Now Best Buy is "revising" the tracklist. A revision for an album that probably won't come out, or... ..will be pushed back, again & again & again...........
Best Buy.com has modified the track listing for the new GUNS N' ROSES album, "Chinese Democracy." Best Buy will carry the album in the U.S. starting on November 25. Thanks The Gauntlet THE SCORPIONS, 'KLAUS MEINE' - 'WE GO A LOT OF PLACES, WHERE OTHER BANDS DON'T'.
Yeah... ....like seniors homes. Bands do not get more global than hard rock veterans THE SCORPIONS. Since recording debut LP, Lonesome Crow, in 1972, the German group has sold more than 80 million albums and played over 4,500 concerts. Equally as impressive is the influence the band has had, often in far-flung territories. “I’ve been told by travellers who have gone down the Amazon that they heard children at the side of the river singing 'Wind Of Change',” says frontman Klaus Meine, referring to The Scorpion’s massive 1991 hit single. “When we played in Russia, close to the Chinese border, the hotel in which we were staying had a local band playing – and one of the songs they performed was 'Wind Of Change'. “In Bangalore, India, we played to a crowd of between 40,000 and 50,000 and when we played at Shillong, near the Himalayas, last December all the townspeople were given a day off to mark the occasion. “We’ve played in a snowstorm in Siberia in temperatures of minus 10. With music there are no borders. It’s a real privilege, we go to a lot of places where other bands don’t go." Thanks BW&BK. "WIBUMBA--METAL & HARD ROCK ALMANAC" - FRIDAY, OCT' 17/08. "ON THIS DAY" 1995 . .Sting's former financial adviser, convicted of bilking the singer to the tune of $9.4 million, is sentenced in a London court to six years in jail. 1991 . .John Mellencamp is hospitalized in Seattle after suffering dizzy spells during a promotion at a local radio station. His doctor later attributes the problem to ``too much coffee, stress and not enough breakfast." 1986 . . The film biography "Sid And Nancy" opened nationally. 1969 . .Despite problems obtaining permits from the American Federation of Musicians as a result of drinking and fighting onstage at previous engagements, The Kinks finally launched their first US tour in four years. 1969 . . Paul Kantner of Jefferson Airplane was busted for marijuana possession and fined £205, while Led Zeppelin kicked off on their 3rd US tour at Carnegie Hall, New York
"BORN" 1975: Marcin "Novy" Nowak (bass: Vader/Behemoth) 1974: Emerson Burton (keyboards: HIM) 1947: Michael "David Ivor St Hubbins" McKean/ (actor, singer, guitarist: Spinal Tap] 1935: Michael Eavis (UK dairy farmer: founder of the Glastonbury Festival)
"PASSED AWAY" 1996: Chris Acland/Christopher John Dyke Acland (30) UK drummer of the London-based shoegazing and britpop band, Lush. (Tragically, committed suicide by hanging himself in his parents' house. His bandmates were devastated and disbanded after a long period of mourning) b. Sept 7th 1996. (thanks Metal Storm/P. Brodie band/Tripe A radio)
THANKS " MOUNTAIN CREST CLASSIC LAGER" Wisconsin (5.5%)... ..............White Zombie - "Let Sleeping Corpses Lie' box-set, will be the best release in Nov'... .............Men Who Stare At Goats... ...........Inspect Her Gadget. - Rank Hank Posted October 17, 2008 | Download of the day: The Smiths - How Soon Is Now.mp3
0News Slab: Prime news cuts from the metal and rock worldTHURSDAY, OCT' 16/08: - 'TEENAGE HEAD' FRONTMAN, FRANKIE VENOM - DIES AT 51.
(Venom's second from left in the photo, up front) They were an ugly fucking band. Sorta like The Ramones meets The Sex Pistols. Canadian rock icon Frankie Venom (a.k.a. Frank Kerr), lead singer of Hamilton punk pioneers TEENAGE HEAD, died of natural causes on October 15. He was 51. Teenage Head formed at Westdale Highschool in Hamilton, Ontario in 1975 and went on to become what many considered to be the Canadian equal to the Ramones. And unlike many of their Canadian punk rock contemporaries, Teenage Head released records that sold very well, appealing to a cross-section of music fans from around the world. In recent years, TEENAGE HEAD reformed, releasing a new album with Marky Ramone on drums, and touring internationally. While touring Canada, the band dropped by CBC Radio 3 and spoke with Lisa Christiansen for an interview that can be heard at this location. The staff here sends its condolences to Kerr's family & friends. Thanks Blabb/CBC Radio MORE 'SUPERGROUP' HYPE - CHAD SMITH (CHILI PEPPERS) - TALKS ABOUT 'CHICKENFOOT'.
Is it Chad Ferrell...........or Will Smith?? The resemblance is fucking uncanny. As drummer for the Red Hot ChilI Peppers, Chad Smith is in one of the biggest bands in the world that practically everybody has heard. But as drummer for the new 'supergroup' Chickenfoot, he's in one of the most talked-about bands in recent memory that practically no one has heard. "It's so crazy, " Smith marvels during a pre-interview chat. "I've never been in a situation where there was so much interest before a single note of music made it to the public. I would say it feels like pressure, but we're doing this for ourselves as much as anybody else, so we're hell-bent on keeping it fun." The 'we' Smith speaks of, the group that goes by the code name Chickenfoot, consists of himself, singer-guitarist Sammy Hagar, guitarist Joe SatrianI and bassist Michael Anthony. Already they've made waves earlier this year when Hagar, in a tequila-induced state of euphoria, said the band could "rival Led Zeppelin"- a boast he mostly denies, although he admits to saying something to that effect. Smith, for his part, chuckles at Hagar's enthusiasm, but in his view, "Led Zeppelin is the last band we're trying to sound like. Influenced by? Who isn't? But we're doing our own thing, and it's coming out great. I can't wait for the world to hear this powerful stuff we're doing." This from a hard-hitting drummer who, since he joined the Red Hot ChilI Peppers in 1988, has burned a hole through the musical community with seismic rock-funk performances on half a dozen Peppers albums and almost a hundred guest spots on records by artists ranging from The Dixie Chicks to John Fogerty. A self-described 'entertainer,' he's not above performing at times nearly nude, and other times with distinctive headgear like giant light bulbs and flame flowers. Antics aside, Smith remains an obsessed, dedicated musician who relishes conducting clinics around the world, especially since these events afford him the occasional opportunity to jam with heroes such as Ian Paice from Deep Purple. Thanks Musicradar. 'HIM-LITE', ENTWINE - RELEASING 'BEST OF' ALBUM - BABY-GOTHS, SIGH IN (DISGUISED) APATHY.
Hey Mall-Goths! Is the moody, syrupy Love-Metal of "Him" too much emotion to digest all at once, without wanting to cut yourself & bleed out all over a faux bear-skin rug? Then check out the watered-down, but basically the same (and safer) "crush-Metal of Finlands, ENTWINE. Finnish metallers ENTWINE have issued the following update: Spinefarm UK will be taking Entwine onto the UK label and there will be a "Best Of" album released by them! The tracklisting is being finalised at the moment and a release date is still to be confirmed. UK live dates have just got another step closer, so watch this space for CD release dates and, fingers crossed, some UK gigs early next year! Where do you want them to play??! And get yourselves along to the Spinefarm UK forum and join their street team if you want all the news fast and the chance for freebies and free gigs." Thanks BW&BK. HEY EUROPEAN'S!! - CAN'T SLEEP? - HERE'S THE PERFECT SOLUTION, RECOMMENDED BY 212/213 DOCTORS! - FILTER & POD TOGETHER.
Can't sleep??..........we got the solution. FILTER & POD... .....together. We know... .....you might not wake up for a month. FILTER will bore you to snoozeland......& christian metallers, POD, will help you with prayer end of things.
PR) Filter are to return to Europe in early 2009 for a co-headline tour with P.O.D. The 31 date tour that will take bands all over Europe's mainland and through the UK.
January: Thanks Antimusic. SAY GOODBYE TO 'RIPPED CD'S'? - 'SLOTMUSIC CARDS' BEING PIMPED TO MAJOR RECORD CO'S
PR) The world's four largest music companies and SanDisk Corporation, a leading seller of MP3 players and flash memory cards in the United States, today unveiled the full list of artists joining the inaugural slotMusic line-up. Thanks Antimusic/PR. WALKING EGO, TED NUGENT - BOOK 'TED, WHITE & BLUE' - IN NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER LIST.
Another bigotted, hypocritical, conservative nutjob.............. gets a "bestseller". I was a "Huge-Nuge" fan for a long time, until I started doing some research into this asshats background. Try it yourself. In a halfhour, you'll have a totally different outlook on this pompous asshole. Ted Nugent — multi-platinum guitar icon, author, outspoken activist, outdoorsman and host of the popular Outdoor Channel TV show "Ted Nugent Spirit Of The Wild" —has launched his latest assault onto the New York Times bestseller list as his book "Ted, White, And Blue: The Nugent Manifesto" enters the Top 10 at No. 8. This marks the fiercely independent rock legend's second time charting on the New York Times bestseller list, a spot he achieved with "God, Guns, and Rock 'n' Roll" (2000). Ted's other successful books include "Kill It and Grill It", "Blood Trails: The Truth About Bowhunting" and "Blood Trails II". Released on October 6 via Regnery Publishing, "Ted, White & Blue: The Nugent Manifesto" features 10 chapters on how to fix America. What is Ted's manifesto? Nugent describes his book as "brutal honesty and irrefutable evidence that the amazing quality American Dream that is my life is available to anyone willing to fight for rugged individualism and genuine independence by putting their heart and soul into being the very best that they can be, even when it is difficult and trying." "That logic, honesty, goodwill and decency will guide a person to a quality of life — and that if a wild guitar player like me can be an asset to self, family, community, country, mankind and the good earth, nobody has an excuse to be a liability, " says Ted. "Doing the right thing is ridiculously easy and always much more satisfying." Thanks Blabb. "WIBUMBA--METAL & HARD ROCK ALMANAC" - THURSDAY, OCT 16/08. "ON THIS DAY" 2005 . . David Reilly (God Lives Underwater vocals) died of an infection. 2001 . .Bob Dylan was not allowed entrance backstage into his own concert in Bend, Oregon. He had demanded that security be tighter during his post-9/11 Love And Theft tour. Denied entrance when he could not produce a backstage pass, Dylan was reportedly pissed and called for the resignation of the security worker who did not recognize the Zimmerman. 1972 . . Creedence Clearwater Revival split up "BORN" 1979: JonI Miettinen (bass: Entwine) 1976: Casey Grillo (drums: Kamelot) 1972: Tomas Lindberg/Goatspell (singer: At The Gates/Lock Up/The Great Deciever) 1971: Chad Gray (vocals: Mudvayne/Hellyeah) 1970: Marc Reign (drums: Destruction) 1962: Flea/Michael Peter Balzary (Bassist, Red Hot ChilI Peppers) 1943: C F 'Fred' Turner (Canadian bassist: Bachman Turner Overdrive).
"PASSED AWAY" 2005: David Reilly (34) US singer, songwriting, multi-musician, production partner in the electro-rock band God Lives Underwater /GLU (complications of a coma brought on by pain medication for an abscessed tooth).
THANKS "BARON BOHEMIAN BEER" Czech (4.7%)... ..............Go fuck yourself, old Russian bag that yelled at me on the bus yesterday... ..............Emily's Sassy Line... ...........Dumpy's Rusty Nuts. - Rank Hank Posted October 16, 2008 | Download of the day: RL Burnside - Rollin' Tumblin' (Remix).mp3
4News Slab: Prime news cuts from the metal and rock worldWEDNESDAY, OCT' 15/08: - SHADOWS FALL - DROPPED BY ROADRUNNER IN EUROPE - AND ON 'THIN ICE" WITH ATLANTIC IN NORTH AMERICA. - WE HAVE THE SOLUTION!!
Allright... "Threads Of Life" was a mediocre album at best. But Machine Head were also dropped by Roadrunner (then re-signed by them). They huddled.......took a torque wrench to the sound n' shit & came up with a awesome comeback disc ("Through The Ashes Of Empires") . So, going even FURTHER than Machine Head, we think Shadows Fall should take a page from Roadrunners "Golden Boys"... ....NICKLEBACK. First, SF frontman Brian Fair, should take yoga or something & learn to give himself some 'chicken-head', just like Chad Kroeger bragged he loved to do. Obviously... Roadrunner loves this shit. Then Fair should rent a lamborginI (just like Kroeger owns) & bust the fucking sound-barrier whilst shitfaced & refuse to leave the car after being busted by the local popo. Again... ....Roadrunner loves this shit. But, what the fuck do we know? So heres the report: Massachusetts metallers SHADOWS FALL are rumored to have lost their European record deal with Roadrunner Records, which released the band's latest effort, "Threads of Life". The group's U.S. deal with Atlantic Records is also said to be on shaky ground, with "Threads of Life" having only shifted around 98,000 copies in the United States since its April 2007 release — a fraction of the 308,000 sales total achieved by its predecessor, 2004's "The War Within", which was released by Century Media. In a June 2006 interview with MTV.com, SHADOWS FALL singer Brian Fair spoke about jumping ship from Century Media Records to Atlantic for the band's most recent studio effort. "We were friends with [the folks at Century Media] before we signed with the label, and they definitely went above and beyond what we thought an indie label could possibly do, " he said. "They did offer us a great deal [to stay with the company before we signed with Atlantic], but we wanted to ... see if we could take it to another level. . . It was a tough decision [to sign with Atlantic], but one we felt we really needed to make. We've been together 10 years, so we came with a contract and we knew exactly what we wanted. If people weren't into that initial thing, we knew we could cut them off right away. We weren't settling. We were brutally honest right at the beginning, and it stopped a lot of those dinners right away." He added, "These labels knew they weren't signing BRITNEY SPEARS. They were just getting a bunch of Masshole metalheads. We were just psyched to get some free pizza and beer." Thanks Blabb. WANNA USE OUR STUFF? - FINE, JUST ACKNOWLEDGE THE SOURCE - OTHERWISE, IT'S FUCKING 'ON'!
Someone brought to our attention that a certain other 'unnamed' Metal site plagiarized WIBUMBAMUSIC last week. We ran the news on Scars On Broadway cancelling their tour, on Tuesday. "They" ran it on Wednesday........which is allright, cus' aprox' 2,000,986 other suckass sites did the same. However... ...a couple of lines seem to have been "lifted" right from our page. .........without crediting the source.....us. Now granted... ...we will scan & take breaking news from other sites too. But... ...we ALWAYS give credit where its fucking due!!!!!!!! Therefore, not being the pussies to sit & whine about it... ..we just turned around & basically did the same. Hey " -"... how does it fucking feel to see another site take something that you came up with & just tweak it a bit to make it look like our own? ...............thought so, douchbags. Rank Hank. WHITE ZOMBIE BOX SET - 'LET SLEEPING CORPSES LIE" TITLE & RELEASE DATES ANNOUNCED.
"Astrocreep" was an amazing disc. So I'm all over this box-set baby!!!
has reportedly set "Let Sleeping Corpses Lie" as the title of the much-anticipated WHITE ZOMBIE four-CD/one-DVD box set, which is due for release on November 25. According to Zombie, "All I can say is boy the early shit is whacked. I haven't heard some of these songs in over twenty years. I don't know what the hell we were thinking. Everything is included on this set. Over four-and-a-half hours of music plus tons of never-before-seen videos. Five discs in all." AC/DC'S 'BLACK ICE' - ENTIRE ALBUM STREAMING HERE!
Before you man-up & prepare to brave the unholy isles of your local Walmart... .you can catch the entire "Black Ice" album, RIGHT HERE AT VH1 Sony reports: AC/DC's Black Ice is currently streaming on VH1's The Leak, giving fans a taste of AC/DC's first album in eight years a week early. Black Ice will officially be available for purchase starting Monday, October 20th. Events surrounding AC/DC's Black Ice launch in NYC and LA this week, bringing fans a first taste in the countdown to the excitement of Black Ice's release date. Fully decked-out interactive Black Ice trucks and "pop-up" stores will enhance the fan experience to new heights. Beginning Thursday, October 16, AC/DC fans will be able to visit the Black Ice trucks in various locations (see schedule below) to listen to the Black Ice album in full, try out the yet-to-be-released AC/DC Live: Rock Band Track Pack video game and compete for AC/DC concert tickets amongst like-minded super-fans. Thanks Sony.com YOUR 'WiI' GATHERING DUST? - GUITARISTS FIND 'WiiMOTE' USEFUL AS WHAMMY BAR!
Click WiiMOTE DOES THE BENDING to catch another use for your little brothers 'WiI' Although Rob Morris sent in the info on this 'discovery'.........the guitarist in this vid' isn't Rob. However the effects are the same. MUSICRADAR has this report: "We all know about gamers who live out their rock star fantasies playing Guitar Hero – now meet the guitarist who uses a gaming controller when he plays for real. Rob Morris straps a Wiimote to his Strat, then uses the controller's motion sensitivity to create a variety of effects. Pitchbending is a particular favourite: the Wiimote data is sent to a computer running Max/MSP, and this then sends data via MIDI to a Digitech pedal. The system enables Rob to add slight tremolo or bend the pitch by up to an octave, and his effects can be applied to multiple notes, too. Could this be the future of guitar effects processing?" Thanks Musicradar.com DETROITS, CHRIS CHELIOS: - 'DEF LEPPARD FRONTMAN PUT STANLEY CUP UPSIDE DOWN ON PURPOSE'!
This is more on Joe Elliot's fuckup at last weeks NHL opener in detroit. To bad Chelios wasn't on stage when this happened. He would've "cross-checked" Joe Elliot clear into retirement! The again, Elliot & Def Leppard's carreers are also "upside-down". Watch old Joe AS HE FUCKS IT UP Veteran defenseman Chris Chelios of the Detroit Red Wings ice hockey team — and the current Stanley Cup champion — has told Jim Johnson (a.k.a. J.J.) and Lynne Woodison of the Detroit rock station 94.7 WCSX that DEF LEPPARD singer Joe Elliott placed the Stanley Cup upside down (see video below) "on purpose" during the band's performance last Thursday night (October 9) at Detroit's Fox Theatre prior to the NHL's North American opener between the Red Wings and the visiting Toronto Maple Leafs. An excerpt from Chelios' interview, which aired Wednesday morning (October 15), follows below.
Chelios: "Someone should have drove that guy, he did that on purpose." Lynne: "Joe Elliott did it on purpose?" - J.J.: "You think he did it on purpose?" Chelios: "No, we know he did... we talked to people at the show and the guy was being real rude to everybody. He was in a bad mood when they got there, so for whatever reason he didn't want to be there. And that's his way of showing it and taking it out on the NHL.... Darren McCarty didn't really get a chance to see it: I guess he was going off the stage when it happened. And you know, Quincey (Kyle Quincey) was the only one that said he would have done something to him." Lynne: "Do you think Quincey would have really popped him?" Chelios: "No I don’t know if he would have popped him, but he could have gave him a good shove." Joe Elliott issued a statement earlier in the week defending himself against criticism that he should have known better than to place the Stanley Cup upside down. He said, "I will, as always, take full responsibility for what happened because I have big pucks. However, someone at the NHL should have known better and informed me first instead of keeping the Stanley Cup under lock and key until the last minute. The practice run the day before with a coffeemaker went swimmingly because it, like every other sporting cup I've ever seen, was wider at the top than the base. Ironic, isn't it, that after that night's gig, a NHL insider told me that long ago the Stanley Cup was also designed to be put down that way? Like most of my fellow Brits, I'd never seen it before until it was handed to me sideways by which time I had a 50/50 chance of getting it right. Whoops..." Thanks 94.7 WCSX "WIBUMBA--METAL & HARD ROCK ALMANAC" - WEDNESDAY, OCT' 15/08. "ON THIS DAY" 2003 . .The members of veteran independent rock act Dub Narcotic Sound System are involved in a car accident, forcing the hospitalization of frontman Calvin Johnson and bassist Chris Sutton. 1996 . . Tommy Lee (Motley Crue) was charged with attacking a cameraman that was trying to take pictures of him and his wife Pamela Anderson Lee. 1973 . . The U.S. Supreme Court refused to review a 1971 Federal Communications directive that broadcasters censor from the airwaves songs with drug-oriented lyrics: and Keith Richards was found guilty of trafficking cannabis by a Court in Nice, France. He was given a one- year suspended sentence and a 5,000 franc fine and banned from entering France for two years. 1968 . . Led Zeppelin made their live debut at Surrey University, England.
"BORN" ( our usual source is down today, we apologize for the lack of Metal data) 1951 - Frank Dimino, Wash DC, rock vocalist (Angel) 1966 - Douglas Vipond, British pop drummer (Deacon Blue-Raintown) 1942 - Don Stevenson, Seattle Wash, rock drummer (Moby Grape)
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