Last night was one of the nights that the Big 4 were playing in our local cinemas, so I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to see Anthrax play. The show was filmed in late June at Sofia, Bulgaria and finally made its way to the bottom of the planet.
It went without a hitch here in Wellington, but Hamilton had some trouble. Apparently the trouble was the late arrival of the screen masters and not being able to transfer it to their hard drives. So not sure, but maybe they don’t use tape spool projectors any more. The cinema managed to contact all but 30 people, who turned up after having got drunk first and were mad, possibly because, well other than the fact that they’re redneck hicks, that they had to go back home to their families. One man threatened theatre staff with his walking cane, so I hate to think what would have happened if he threw his teeth down. Police escorted the old drunken git off the premises. (more…)
Today’s Wednesday WTF?!?! is going to focus on bands that are a bit rude. Rude band names, rude song names. Bands like Cannibal Corpse have made a name for themselves by being as offensive as possible (including getting themselves and their recordings banned in Australia and Germany until recently), but today I’m going to focus on the more obscure.
All of the bands are grindcore, or some offshoot of it, but that wasn’t my aim. It’s just the way the die rolled. I guess it’s pertinent that the idea behind that genre is to be as abrasive and nasty as possible, not just in the sound, but in the themes as well. So naturally, the nastiest bands seem to gravitate toward grindcore. (more…)
Metallica have added one more show in Christchurch, NZ. According to them:
“We are so psyched to add a second show in Christchurch, New Zealand at CBS Canterbury Arena on September 21…thanks again for demanding that we visit you there!!
Now to the real reason we’re here taking up space on this site…we also want to announce that all of our play dates have now filled up with the addition of this show…that’s right boys and girls, this will be the last date added to the World Magnetic Tour! So if you’re waiting for us to come to the Polar Ice Caps, your undiscovered planet or even your basement, sorry, this is as good at it gets.
It has been a very long, and most amazing run. The number of shows played depends on when you start counting. We are gonna go with what the boys in the band say, ‘cuz they have been out on the road more or less continuously since May of 2008 and that brings us up to a total of 212 shows in 153 cities. Each and every one of them has been memorable and special and we thank you for that. This is where we could spew a bunch of crazy numbers at you…you know the 2.3 million tickets sold, 300 million miles traveled, 3,000 pounds of bacon consumed “shtick,” but you don’t care about that stuff and frankly neither do we. What we DO care about is letting you know the immense gratitude we feel for all of your love and support over these past two and half years. When we embarked on this “magnetic” journey, none of us ever, in our wildest dreams, imagined how truly incredible it would be and it’s all because of hanging out with YOU!
It’s obviously not over just yet, so let’s not get too sappy here…we’re off to Australia, New Zealand and Japan in the Fall for what promises to be some of the loudest, craziest, most rocking shows!”
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Holy shitmonkeys. Iron Maiden have released the video for The Final Frontier. This is a sci-fi mini-epic which packs more action in 5 minutes than an entire season of Star Trek or Babylon 5.
http://myspacetv.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=105822368
If this is shaping up to be a concept album that tells a story, and as long as videos like this are released for all the songs, I will embrace it with open arms.
The full track listing of The Final Frontier, with a total running time of 76:35, is:
Given that the title track is listed as nearly 9 minutes, and that this video is only 5, either there’s more to come, or they blew their budget already. But either way I don’t feel shortchanged. Well, not yet anyway because I haven’t paid anything. I expect I will on August 17 when it comes out. (more…)
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