I love press quotes from artists sometimes. Case in point on the track 'Was it Worth It?'. Alexi had this to say:
"The single is a total party song," says guitarist/vocalist Alexi Laiho. "It doesn't have your typical BODOM sound, but it's one of my favorites and heavy as hell!"
I wouldn't say this is a party song. At least not a party involving non metal heads. While I agree that it isn't a typical Bodom song the reason for that is that Alexi's "wow,wow,yeah,wow" vocals are buried and processed. Therefore I was not as annoyed. Still can't understand a thing being said though. The new video premiered and here it is after the jump. Do you think it's heavy as hell? Personally I've heard alot heavier stuff from a shitload of other bands.
Here is another quote from Alexei on the album 'Reckless,Relentless,Forever'.
"We worked super-hard on this album, at least for me it was pretty much no sleep or rest for six weeks," stated Laiho. "But we were determined to make the best COB album ever, so we were willing to do whatever it took. Of course, having our producer Matt Hyde kicking our asses 24/7 definitely made the results even better, so obviously we're more than anxious to get this album out there"
If you were going to make the best CoB album ever you would have hired a vocalist. I can't stress how much I can't stand Alexei's vocal style and that he should just stick to guitars and music arranging. Also stop with the lame attempt to be edgy and cool and just be a neo classical thrash band. Having the look of a metalcore band, with the song titles and lyrics of Kid Rock is not helping your cause.Oh and when I think of skaters and metal,it's still Municipal Waste. Lighting skateboards on fire and doing the guitar flip that was cool in 1986 just makes you look like out of touch douches. Oh wait.
For those of you that think I'm a dick and CoB is the best band ever look for the new album on March 8th.
This is some funny stuff. Everybody has heard of the television show Glee right? The show that has about 10 minutes of thin plot and the rest of the time does exact replicas of famous songs and videos? Like a weekly High School Musical just with less originality.
It seems they approached Slash to do some Guns n' Roses covers for the show and Slash promptly told them to go fuck themselves. Here is the excerpt I found from Blabbermouth.
Slash told Entertainment Weekly he would not like to see "Glee" do a GUNS-themed episode or even have the cast perform one GUNS song. Slash explained, "We got asked about that once already but it got turned down. In the current climate of what's going on in entertainment these days, I try to be more optimistic than negative because it's really easy to get negative about it, but I draw the line at 'Glee'."
Slash added, "'Glee' is worse than 'Grease' and 'Grease' is bad enough . . . Actually, I look at 'Grease' now and think: Between 'High School Musical' and 'Glee', 'Grease' was a brilliant work of art."
Check out the response from Glee creator Ryan Murphy in Rolling Stone after the jump.
"Usually I find that people who make those comments, their careers are over; they’re uneducated and quite stupid," Murphy said.
Really Ryan? Based on that article do you act like a spoiled bitch everytime someone tells you no? What an ignorant ass you are. Slash will most likely be around long after your trendy show is outgrown. You know what would be cool, is if Glee did a cover of Kids Bop. It's not too much of a stretch.If I was Slash I wouldn't want rich little hipster kids bastardizing songs that were not intended for their demographic either.
Anybody remember Mike Tramp? Former lead singer of White Lion who brought us probably one of my most hated ballads of the era.
Well what is Mike Tramp up to these days? Still making music and apparently wants to try and revive gimic glam rock with a theme. Mike Tramp's Rock n' Roll Circuz is set to release it's second album on March 28th entitled 'Stand Your Ground'.
Look, I miss classic style of rock as much as anybody and I'm sure there is an audience for this but I don't think the world is ready to go retro 80's just yet. If you're songs are not strong enough on their own without having to rely on outrageous gimmicks and stage garb then why do it? I'm listening to the Myspace page and the music is pretty tame and generic. Defintely doesn't fit the imagery. So I ask you, does a band that looks like this
Blabbermouth ran an interview where Chester Bennington of Linkin Park was talking to the Pulse of Radio about being banged up but being the self sacrificing guy he is the show must go on. Problem is, Chester doesn't seem to know how to self edit himself.He could have said I got hurt playing basketball. But no, he has to go into detail and apparently basketball in a Chuck E. Cheese is brutal shit man. How do you tear a ligament shooting a ball through a hoop to win prize tickets? Oh and by the way Chester, I think we all know what a fucking Chuck E. Cheese is. Apparently ol' Chester's body is wearing out in every way. I can't see how because he's always looked like such a strong, powerful figure of manhood anyway, amirite?
Another shooting and another excuse to blame heavy music. This time Drowning Pool's song 'Bodies' is being accused as one of many for fueling Jared Loughner's rampage that left 6 dead( One being a nine year old girl)and 14 others injured including Rep. Gabrielle Giffords who is in critical condition.
I usually don't get very topical on this blog site but I think something needs to be brought up on this issue in regards to the song. Here is the quote from the band.
"'Bodies' was written about the brotherhood of the mosh pit and the respect people have for each other in the pit. If you push others down, you have to pick them back up. It was never about violence. It's about a certain amount of respect and a code.
"We've performed for the troops overseas several times in places like Iraq, Afghanistan and Kuwait. Through our song 'Soldiers', we were able to create a petition that helped pass the Lane Evans Mental Health Care Reform Bill, which we presented to then-Senator Barack Obama.
"We've been lucky enough to have some of the biggest success of our career with our new album and we want to continue to spread positivity for the future, not dwell on negativity. For someone to put out a video misinterpreting a song about a mosh pit as fuel for a violent act shows just how sick they really are. We support those who do what they can to keep America safe.
"Our hearts go out to the victims and their families of this terrible tragedy."
My reaction after the jump.
That song has been out for almost 10 years now and I have never attributed it to a mosh pit. If that's the intent then yes I can see Drowning Pool rushing to it's defensive but honestly when you listen to the song it's very ambigious on it's meaning and almost does suggest insanity in a first person perspective. Here are the lyrics.
Let the bodies hit the floor
Let the bodies hit the floor
Let the bodies hit the floor
Let the bodies hit the floooooor
Beaten why for (why for)
Can't take much more
Here we go!
Here we go!
Here we go!
One - Nothing wrong with me
Two - Nothing wrong with me
Three - Nothing wrong with me
Four - Nothing wrong with me
One - Something's got to give
Two - Something's got to give
Three - Something's got to give
Now
Let the bodies hit the floor
Let the bodies hit the floor
Let the bodies hit the flooooor
Let the bodies hit the floor
Let the bodies hit the floor
Let the bodies hit the flooooor
Now!
Push me again
This is the end
Here we go!
Here we go!
Here we go!
One - Nothing wrong with me
Two - Nothing wrong with me
Three - Nothing wrong with me
Four - Nothing wrong with me
One - Something's got to give
Two - Something's got to give
Three - Something's got to give
Now
Let the bodies hit the floor
Let the bodies hit the floor
Let the bodies hit the flooooor
Let the bodies hit the floor
Let the bodies hit the floor
Let the bodies hit the floor
Skin against skin blood and bone
You're all by yourself but you're not alone
You wanted in now you're here
Driven by hate
consumed by fear
Let the bodies hit the floor
Let the bodies hit the floor
Let the bodies hit the floor
Let the bodies hit the floooooooor
One - Nothing wrong with me
Two - Nothing wrong with me
Three - Nothing wrong with me
Four - Nothing wrong with me
One - Something's got to give
Two - Something's got to give
Three - Something's got to give
Now
Let the bodies hit the floor
Let the bodies hit the floor
Let the bodies hit the flooooor
Let the bodies hit the floor
Let the bodies hit the floor
Let the bodies hit the floor
For someone reading that and having no knowledge of the true intented meaning of that song would you correlate moshing with this? We used to use that song as a soundtrack when raiding a boss in World of Warcraft.And it was usually because our characters were certainly going to be doomed.
I guess the point I'm trying to make is that one side should stop using heavy music as a scapegoat for tragedy's of this nature because insane people are going to do what they're going to do despite the soundtrack in their life.Musicians or their art cannot be held responsible for the actions of someone who should have been flagged as insane and a danger to society. But bands also should not be shocked and dismayed when their work is being accused of being an influence either especially when it can be interpreted in various ways sometimes by the same crazy individuals.
There will be no graphics or videos on this post to highlight what I'm saying.You can look up on Youtube the song and decide for yourself if my point is valid. Instead take the time with me to honor the victims and families in this tragedy as you see fitting.
I'm seeing this thing all over the interwebs the past two days and you can tell it's a slow news day when I post this after a Seahawks post. So Suffolk County in jolly old England decides they want to attract more tourists and hold a poll for icons of the region to put on posters and commercials stating "Come to Suffolk". Guess who wins in a landslide.Now look at that picture. Would you want that to be representative of your county for tourist to go visit? Come to Suffolk, where Cradle of Filth resides and records horrible gothy black metal. So after an uproar of wait a minute we don't want this shit, there has been a redo and all the votes for poor Dani were thrown out. Quotes Mr. Filth:
I've been in The Sun for worse. It didn't include Jesus or the government this time so I was slightly relieved but it's all been very weird. The whole thing was weird from the off, in concept, anyway. I feel quite knocked by the whole thing. They've tried to do one thing to prove a point that Suffolk is diverse or whatever and when it's not the painting of Suffolk they expected, they withdrew it.
Dani, the only people that are going to come to your county based on this thing are old people that can barely toddle on and off a bus and want to see the quaint cottages and listen to Benny Goodman. That would be like my county trying to drum up tourist business and have Papa Roach be the selling point. We'd be better off selling that C.C. Sabathia,Jeff Gordon,Jermaine Dye, and Mr. Miyagi are from here. Get what I'm saying?
Sebastian Bach's year can't end soon enough. Hot on the heels of getting arrested for mischief and marijuana possession after being an asshole in a shithole bar in his hometown in Canada, it looks like divorce is now imminent for everyone's favorite manchild.
Courtesy of Facebook:
For the record, my wife and I have decided to separate. In all but every way, we have actually been separated since last April. We have tried to work things out for the sake of our family, but it has become apparent that our differences at this point are irreconcilable. In 2011 we go our separate ways.
Yes Sebastian, probably because she already has three kids with you and you make the fourth and are probably a bigger pain in the ass to deal with then the children are. 42 is the new 17 amirite?
Anyways far be it from me to speak ill. Any single ladies fancy having a go at old Sebastian? He's available.
Judas Priest is calling it quits but Rob Halford has already eluded to the fact he will continue on with his solo projects. Oh happy days. After the timeless Christmas metal album and countless other hilarity we can continue to be subjected to songs like the title track of the newest album Made of Metal and its accompanying video.Observe.
Wasn't that awesome!? You couldn't get graphics like that from an Xbox Live. No sirree bob. And these lyrics. Boy. I'll be up all night pondering the hidden meaning.
Super sonic silver flying machine
Made of metal it's a NASCAR dream
Super sonic silver flying machine
Made of metal it's a nitro scene
Super sonic silver flying machine
Made of metal it's a NASCAR dream
Super sonic silver flying machine
Made of metal it's a hot rod scream
Over and over again.
Please don't completely retire Rob,I don't think the world can survive the absence your creative vision brings.
I understand the importance Henry Rollins has in the hardcore and punk scene. I remember Black Flag and even recall listening to some songs. Henry is a very intelligent and articulate individual and I would totally love to sit down one and have a discussion with him. With that being said, here is a clip for a German show that was filmed in New York City where in my estimation he also showed a douche side to himself. Here is the clip.
So Henry gets recognized and though the girl yells out a couple of things he launches into an intelligent insult laden tirade masked over with the Iranian lady as a shield. While these girls had annoying piercings and armpit hair that clearly label them as hipsters there really wasn't any call to assume that because they were yelling things out that they were laughing at him for what he perceived to be a self conscious thing. I'm in my 40's too Henry and honestly I'm ok with that. We all morph. These girls may or may not get out of this stoner induced hipster phase just like you grew out of the violent face smashing phase. I just don't find it necessary to get into a battle of wits that may not have been necessary in the first place.
So what do you think? Do the damn dirty hipsters in this vid get exactly whats coming to them or was Henry just being a crotchety old man? Or was Henry just trying to impress the Iranian lady to get in her pants?
There are tons of bands that have Facebook fan pages. From the super popular to the newcomers. Facebook has been the place where bands can truly interact with fans unlike Myspace which became a clusterfuck of graphics and music samples.According to Blabbermouth today Jon Schaffer, the "mastermind" behind Iced Earth, just figured out Facebook's usage for his band this year. Here is the block quote from the article:
"When we launched Minions of the Wicked," Schaffer said, "the real power and usefulness of social-network sites like Facebook was unknown to us. Everyone knew about MySpace. Practically every band was already there. Twitter was more or less still in its infancy. Consequently, very few bands used it. Facebook existed, of course. But it was a big question mark. How could bands like ours use Facebook to keep in touch with fans?"
He continued: "On September 1st of this year, we launched the official Iced Earth Facebook page. We had no idea what would happen. All we knew is that other bands were on Facebook, and hundreds of fans requested that we be on it as well. So we asked our publicist, Bill Murphy, to create the official ICED EARTH Facebook page for us with one stipulation: That he be as passionate about it as he is about our music. He was. And we were blown away by the response we got. In two months' time, we added over 6,400 followers. Over six thousand four hundred! And it grows by nearly 100 per day. In Facebook, we found the perfect way for us to talk to fans, and — more importantly — to hear from them. In real time. We were thrilled."
I've got a alot of band pages I've fanned up so I can get live feeds from any news they may or may not have on Facebook. Sometimes it works out because I've occasionally received breaking news before Blabbermouth on a lineup change or a break up or a album release. Most of the time it's just clutter on the page though. I have my favorites and then I have some that I wish I could unlike. Let's start with the how not to do it after the jump.
Disturbed by far has the most annoying wall feeds. If you like your bands to be narcissistic and treat their fans like it's an issue of Teen Beat, then this is the page for you. Let's go over few status updates excluding the annoying spam for each and every show they're doing in England.
"TRIVIA: Who did the cover art for Disturbed's 2005 album "Ten Thousand Fists"? Umm...who really cares? If you like comic book art it was a cool cover but who is really obsessed with the band to know that?
"How many Disturbed albums are in your collection?" All of them so far but if I said none would you send the mafia at me? Seriously looking for self assurance that people buy your stuff guys?
" Have you pre-ordered Asylum yet? Which version did you get?" Seriously guys shut the fuck up. People are going to buy your shit. Relax.
In between these gems of personal interaction are behind the scene photos and merch whoring. And that's all fine but my main focus is on the status updates where someone is actually typing out something and not copy and pasting an update.
Now let's move to my favorite.
3 Inches of Blood treat the Facebook page like it's your coolest friend going out and partying every night. The kind of friend that listens to metal but geeks out on movies and videogames too. Here are samples.
"what makes a man, is it the woman in his arms? just cause she has big titties?
or is it the way, he fights every day? no, it's probably the titties" Truer words could not be spoken.
"MAGNUM FORCE rules! All hail Dirty Harry! -jhag" These guys are watching Clint Eastwood on the bus between shows. How cool is that?
" Show went pretty well in Virginia Beach today. Lots of cool fans at the signings, thanks for coming and saying hello. Can we please get one day where its stays cloudy all day?" See what I'm saying here? A very down to earth, personable, and gracious post.
Now they do post concert dates and any press they get which is fine and professional but they're not so self absorbed in themselves either. Now you may be asking why the hell I have Disturbed as a fanpage anyway. Because I like their music. As do millions of others. That is why in honor of 3 Inches of blood being the cool dudes that they are I'm going to not just do a link to their Myspace. I'm going to post a clickable banner so you can check out the new deluxe rerelease of Here Waits thy Doom. Because they deserve to sell as many albums as Disturbed does without losing their soul.
Every once in awhile a concert or festival booking matchup just leaves me scratching my head. Earlier there was the report of a pairing of Dimmu Borgir and Korn in Europe. Well it is Europe so I guess somehow that makes sense out there. But then this comes up.
According to Blabbermouth Twiztid is appearing with Nevermore,Suffocation, and Gwar to a Rock and Shock festival in Massachusetts. Nevermore seems kind of odd to be on this bill unless Warrel dresses up all goth like he did during the Enemies of Reality tour. But really. They're going to bring juggalo's to this thing?Juggalos.I'll be shocked if this event goes off without any fights because juggalo fans are moron's and will probably do something stupid to get kicked out. Like talk shit about Gwar or Suffocation. Jesus, I hope this won't be a trend where you have your token juggalos at every metal show. It'd be like having that one mentally challenged cousin that always shows up when you really don't want him too and embarasses himself every damn time.
Here is a little life lesson to anybody who is in a band or other form of musical career. Don't piss off the people that give you free advertising. Awhile back I did a little piece on a guy in L.A. called Happenin' Harry and the Haptones. You can check it here if you want to. So this guy is a good friend of a co-worker of mine who grew up on the Sunset Strip. She never listened to any of the bands but knew the guys from the scene and suggested I connect with Harry to maybe get something going for the blogsite. So I did and got some dialogue going and posted on the blog and got his approval. Let's fast forward in time after the jump to see how this all played out. So as everyone knows Ronnie James Dio passed away and Harry was posting tribute videos on his Facebook page. One of those videos was an old live clip of Ronnie with Rainbow. I posted a comment and things went south from there. Here is how the conversation went down. Me: Are you going to the memorial Harry? Harry: Why would you ask me that? lol and why here?? Me: Because I just got the info and I knew it was in your neck of the woods and was just wondering if you were going. Sorry. Harry: And that's a private message????
So that little exchange kind of pissed me off because I didn't see anything wrong with me asking that. But I didn't want to create any waves so I deleted my comments and defriended him. Apparently he deleted his part of that exchange as well. Well the memorial came and went and out of boredom and curiousity I went to his page to see if he went. And there is a whole shit load of stuff on there, from some benefit concert his band was doing, to mentioning the Baptist people and how he was going to confront them. So I couldn't ask if you were going to the memorial but your page is filled with the stuff and people are commenting left and right with no issues? Well guess what? Here is some free friendly advice MARK. 1. Change the name of your band. Happenin' Harry and the Haptones sounds like some fucking surf band that's opening for Paul Revere and the Raiders not something from the Sunset Strip.
2. See these pics?
That's the same face you make in every picture, you fucking poser. Mix it up some and stop looking like you want jizz in your mouth.
3. You're in your mid 40's and it's not 1990 anymore. Hanging with porn stars and drug addicted former famous musicians is a soulless existance. You should have realized that by now.Grow up.
4. The Cat Club's reviews portray it as a shithole dive catering to over the hill musicians trying to hold onto some sort of legacy. I know you want to think you're hot shit for all of the people you know but you're promoting a piece of crap. Polish a piece of turd and it's still a turd.
5. The next time you get an offer for free advertising the least you could do is follow through with a couple of favors in return like interview contacts. I know it's a selfish business but I'm not getting payed for this and you'd be helping your "friends" out a little too.
So in closing, this accomplished nothing but it makes me feel better.I should have known this was going to be a waste of time when the first thing he typed back to me on my friend request was "Nice to meet you, any friend of anonymous is well...a friend of anonymous lol". I've removed the link from the Devilish friends section.If anyone happens to be in the area down there and wants to hit the Cat Club. Do NOT tell them That Devil Music sent you.
Apparently Carly Smithson is fed up with the comparisons of We Are the Fallen with Evanescence. And I for one agree with her. Check out this article from Blabbermouth and listen to the second audio link to see how frustrated she is with the whole thing.
Sure there are coincidences. Like the fact the band was going to originally be named Fallen just like the name of the original Evanescence album. Ben Moody played in both and was one of the primary songwriters, but come on guitarist and songwriters move on to DIFFERENT things all the time right?
Amy Lee is from Arkansas and Carly Smithson is from Ireland. Carly has a huge tattoo on her right arm , Amy Lee doesn't.
The banner pic has 5 members. This one only has 4.
Carly Smithson was on American Idol and Amy Lee wasn't. See? These two couldn't be more different right?
I hate it when something that should be a good idea on paper turns out to be shit. Rob Zombie making a remake of a horror classic should be a no brainer right? Wrong.I finally got around to watching this thing and figured it's been a long time since I posted on here so why not? Why indeed.. The original film was awesome because it was basically the first of it's kind with the inhuman psychopath killing machine. Sure, it was light on plot but since it was one of the first it had a ton of suspense behind it and actually made you nervous opening the door for kids on Halloween.It didn't need a ton of plot. You knew as a kid he killed almost his whole family and was locked away in a asylum for 15 years and escaped. Apparently Rob Zombie disagrees.
What Rob Zombie has basically done in this movie is give you a ton of unnecessary backstory leading up to the rampage.Seriously, for 45 minutes we are treated to redneck trailer trash vulgarity leading to death leading to a ton of attempted rehab of Michael Myers leading to more death. Basically Rob tries for the sympathetic angle towards Michael almost throughout this thing that left me bored.
And then to top it off later when you think the movie is about to end surprise! There is another 20 minutes of Michael's shenanigans.Is it a bad film? No....not really. It's just a long drawn out slasher flick.Lots of boobs and blood but way more characterization then is necessary. I had part 2 queued up in Netflix but I'll probably pass up on it. This was one of those times I find myself sort of agreeing with the masses on a movie and I think that's what really pisses me off.
Gather 'round kiddies. It's storytime. It's the story of a quest to meet a legendary vocalist in the metal world and the trials and tribulations along this journey. And there will be a moral of sorts at the end. Everybody got their Snuggies on and ready? Good coz here we go. So everybody by now should know that Ozzy Osbourne had written an autobiography not too long back. Well he rambled and someone wrote it all down would be more accurate but I digress Ozzy had a book out called "I am Ozzy". So with any book of this magnitude there was the inevitable book signing tour. Lo and behold there was a date for a San Francisco signing. Was I going to pass up on this? Surely you jest.So I called up my friend Draeden and he agreed we'd be stupid to pass this up. So we ordered our books for pick up and waited for the day to come to go and meet the famous Ozzman.
So the day arrives and mind you that both Blabbermouth and the book store's information said that he would be appearing from 1-3 p.m. So we arrived at around 10 in the morning figuring that a line would be starting. When we get there we noticed the sign you see there stating that he would be appearing at 3 o' clock. What the fuck? The guy behind the counter tells us that there was an error in the information and that he would indeed be appearing at 3. I then ask him the important questions like"When will the line start forming and from where?". I don't think this douchebag had ever been involved in a book signing like this because he acted like we can come back to the store whenever and pop the book in Ozzy's face to have him sign it. Uh, no jackass he's not going to be sitting all lonely for 2 hours while pople just wander by and ask him to sign a book.
Great,so what do we do for 5 hours in increasingly wet and rainy conditions in the middle of San Francisco? I guess we walk down to Fisherman's Wharf and putz around for a few hours. And it's raining on us. Luckily there was a street vendor there selling 5 dollar umbrellas. These guys know their tourists. So we end up at Pier 39 and are messing around some of the shops. I forgot to get some pics of some cool t-shirts but hey, here's some pics of related material at another shop.
So then it was time to grab a bite to eat before trudged back to stand in where ever the fuck the line was going to be at. Oh look!
Now I've been in a few Hard Rock Cafe's in my day and they're ok depending on which one. This one was pretty basic in comparisons but there were a few things of note on the walls.
Eddie Van Halen guitar signed that was given to Jason Becker.
Kerry King Flying V
Slayer Flyer for a concert on a wall
And a No One like You video by the Scorps on Hard Rock Cafe TV.
So we said our goodbyes to Hard Rock and journeyed back to the ferry terminal. By now the wind had also kicked up along with the rain so not only did we have to get umbrellas but also pick up 5 dollar ponchos from the Alcatraz Cruise shop. When we get back to the signing area look at what we find.
Not so cavalier about this now are we Mr. Bookstore salesguy? So after trudging around and then getting into this line at around 1 we were in for another 2 hours of standing and waiting.Then at last almost on time Ozzy arrives.
Draeden tried to get pics of him exiting the SUV and going in but you'd think it was a high profile witness for the Mafia being ushered in. No luck with pics.
Now comes the interesting part. We knew the rules going in or so we thought.
No memorablia to be signed. No posed pics however you could take pictures as he's signing your books. No personalized autographs
That's fine let's just get in there and get this done.Well as it turned out they first had a guy assigned to go along the line reminding people that memorablia was not going to be signed. Then as you got close to the door to get in the building they had another guy telling you what page he will be signing and to make sure you have it opened at that spot ready to go. Ok fuckwad, let's be even more anal about this,k? Then as you got close to the door of the bookstore you had another guy taking your ticket and repeating the part of having the book ready to go.
And there is.
Keep in mind this was the only good picture we could get between two cameras. People were being hustled along and the book taken out of your hand and placed on the table and as he signed was then folded back up and shoved back at you with the words "You need to move sir, we need to keep the line going". The woman on the left was the condescending bitch telling me good job for taking the picture as my friend gets his signed. So in short Ozzy never looked up, no time to even say hello, and ended up with this after 6 hours of grueling bullshit.
I'm ecstatic, can't you tell?
Overall they should really have had him to do a private signing and then just shipped them to customers because I know for a fact that most of those people in line went well out of their way to make it there to see him and all they got was a glimpse or two, rained on,aching feet and legs and a signed book for all of their trouble.I was hoping to make amends for some of my harsh words about Ozzy in the past and this did nothing to fix that.
So if you ever happen to go to one of these things make sure you call the location and get as much information as possible including correct times and exact rules of engagement otherwise you to could end up with 6 hours of your life you won't get back.
I was asked if it was worth it. In the immediate no, but Ozzy is a living legend and in his sixties so in the long run I'll probably look back on this and be glad I did it. But I won't do this for anybody else again, I don't care who it is.
So there you go, a book signing day in pictures. Hope you enjoyed reading it more then I had living it.
*Update* I saw these people going around filming and I guess we were not awesome enough to appear in the final cut. But here is the vid that was recorded for this signing.
I love the editing on this thing to make it look like it was the greatest day ever. So based on this if you're a child under the age of 12 and/or a woman at the front of the line, you had a fantastic time.
Last year Revolver did it's first ever Golden Gods Award show and it appears that they decided to mature it up a bit based on most of the category names. True, hottest chick in metal is still there and wasting space but the retarded category names like Most Awesome Drummer have at least been reduced to Best Drummer. But for the life of me I can't figure out where in the hell they get the nominees for each category from. Come on people we're used to the Grammys being a bunch of clueless douchebags but this is where we as knowledgeable metalheads get it right. Right? Apparently not. Here are the nominees for this year with my comments sprinkled in. Best Guitarist:
* Kirk Hammett (METALLICA) * Tony Iommi (HEAVEN & HELL) * Tom Morello (RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE, STREET SWEEPER SOCIAL CLUB) * Dave Mustaine (MEGADETH) * Slash (VELVET REVOLVER, GUNS N' ROSES) * Zakk Wylde (BLACK LABEL SOCIETY)
Obviously this has nothing to do with the past year as most of these guys haven't released anything for at least two years. I've got respect for some of the nominees but honestly none of them are my favorites.
Best Drummer:
* Chris Adler (LAMB OF GOD) * Brann Dailor (MASTODON) * Dave Grohl (THEM CROOKED VULTURES) * Gene Hoglan (DETHKLOK, FEAR FACTORY) * Dave Lombardo (SLAYER) * Jimmy "The Rev" Sullivan (AVENGED SEVENFOLD)
Some pretty good talent listed here. But come on, would the Rev honestly be listed here if he hadn't died? I'm so tired of the pity votes.
Best Vocalist:
* Jonathan Davis (KORN) * Ronnie James Dio (HEAVEN & HELL) * Neil Fallon (CLUTCH) * Lzzy Hale (HALESTORM) * Serj Tankian (SYSTEM OF A DOWN) * Corey Taylor (SLIPKNOT, STONE SOUR)
With all of the vocalist in the world this is what comes up for nominees? Dio is a given and unlike the Rev would have probably been nominated regardless of the cancer story. But Clutch? What the hell have they done since 1995? Halestorm? They just got a record deal. Korn's been on hiatus and Serj isn't really metal without SOAD.How about Chuck Billy,Mikael Akerfeldt,Blitz Ellsworth? Be consistent please.
Album Of The Year:
* ALICE IN CHAINS - Black Gives Way to Blue * HEAVEN & HELL - The Devil You Know * MASTODON - Crack the Skye * MEGADETH - Endgame * SLAYER - World Painted Blood * THEM CROOKED VULTURES - Them Crooked Vultures
Some strong nominees here.Hopefully Alice in Chains won't get screwed here.Heaven & Hell's album kind of bored me sadly.Slayer's album was an improvement over past releases and is a toss up with Endgame.I can't get into Mastodon and believe me I've tried and I haven't listened to Them Crooked Vultures yet though I should.
Best Live Band:
* THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA * LAMB OF GOD * METALLICA * MOTÖRHEAD * ROB ZOMBIE * SLAYER
I saw Metallica in their heyday and they were pretty awesome. I understand their show is still pretty good though I don't want to hear Hetfield's vocals on the old stuff now.I've seen Rob Zombie and his show is pretty good too though he forgets the words to his own silly songs.I've seen concert vids of LoG and they look like a cookie cutter live hardcore band.Same goes for Prada.I'd have an opinion on Slayer if I could have seem them on time this year.And I've never seen Motorhead. Best Underground Band:
* BEHEMOTH * BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME * THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER * CONVERGE * THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN * OBITUARY
Again like I said last year. Metal for the most part is underground so this is kind of redundant from the redundancy department. I'm not a fan of any of these bands but if I had to pick it'd be Behemoth.
Most Metal Athlete:
* Josh Barnett (MMA fighting) * Marc Colombo, Cory Procter, and Leonard Davis (NFL football) * Chris Jericho (WWE wrestling) * Mike Piazza (MLB baseball) * Jason Ellis (Pro skateboarding) * Jolene Van Vugt (Pro motocrosser)
What is the criteria for this? Seriously.I'm a Cowboys fan and since Colombo and the boys actually do have a metal band I'll go with them.Oh wait I forgot about Fozzy. Which was a joke band incorporated into a WWE storyline years ago when Jericho had long hair and now they're trying to be legit. (Yes I'm a recovering douchebag that watched wrestling on and off again for years)
Hottest Chick(s) In Metal:
* Pearl Aday (PEARL) * Maria Brink (IN THIS MOMENT) * Lzzy Hale (HALESTORM) * Lacey Mosley (FLYLEAF) * Alexia & Anissa Rodriguez (EYES SET TO KILL) * Cristina Scabbia (LACUNA COIL)
Not bad on the categories so far until now. They kept this on here. For Christ sakes, these girls shouldn't really be proud of this. How is the acceptance speech going to go? "Uh thanks guys for thinking I'm hot, but I'm in a band and so ...what do you think of our music...hey...eyes up here please". And Flyleaf isn't even metal.Lacuna Coil barely is. Utter fail here.
Comeback Of The Year:
* AC/DC * ALICE IN CHAINS * ANVIL * FEAR FACTORY * HEAVEN & HELL * KISS
AC/DC gets points for being gone for 8 years then making millions of dollars from really strong cd sales and concert tour. Anvil's documentary made the world go..."Oh yeah ..I remember those guys" and the new cd's sales still stink.Fear Factory would be a dark horse here. Heaven & Hell? That should have been last year. If there is a God don't let it be Kiss. Alice in Chains should get this hands down.
Have you ever wanted to hear Silent Lucidity with jugglers? How about about The Thin Line with Go Go dancers? Well too bad because you missed it. According to Blabbermouth Queensryche played a couple of shows at a casino in Washington with family and friends onstage but the kicker was it was all done in a cabaret style.
Now normally I'd wonder if this was going to end up being the direction these guys take and shudder but honestly would it be too far fetched? Let's go back shall we? 1983
Look I'll be the first to admit I enjoy some rave type trance or techno from time to time. And I like some metal every once in a while. But mixing the two together? I'd rather stick my head in a vat of acid then see this genre grow any further.
Hard Rock Performance: AC/DC won for War Machine. Soo much fail here. Was Alice in Chains "Check My Brain" too much to understand? Was it too much of a quality song? Was it not catchy enough? Because heaven forbid AC/DC ever change their formula all these years. Might as well give an award to ever song they ever wrote.This really sucks as I would have loved AIC cap a triumphant return with this statue.
Metal Performance: Judas Priest "Dissident Aggressor" from Touch of Evil Live. Seriously. This won. Ok Grammys you can stop now. Just take these categories or even this one out. I'd rather it not be there then endure these uneducated nominations and even worse choices as winners. You fuckers aren't even trying at this point.
