Author Archives: Alex
Spotlight: Damage Inc. (Metallica tribute band)
It’s not easy being in a tribute band. Sure, you play other people’s songs, but you’re also faced with a lot of criticism, fanboy snobs and being constantly compared to the band you’re honoring.
But Damage Inc. is not just a random Metallica tribute band. They cover the songs quite faithfully and lead singer Chris Knight looks a lot like James, too.
I think these guys do their job well and I got to talk to three of the four guys in this band.
So if you want to read their opinion on Metallica, beachballs and read what Scott Ian thought of their solos, make the jump.
Young kids and instruments
My ears! My ears!!! This kid starts with a small intro, only I can’t understand anything he’s saying… Then he starts playing the bass, and by playing I mean torturing, because the sounds that are coming out of that bass are the musical equivalent of “HELP! GET ME OUT OF HERE”
Also, get a better camera! Although scratch that, it would mean clearer audio of that atrocity.
My rating:
Lars and Dave sitting in a tree…
The Big Four dates are approaching fast, so expect more and more press about the relationship between the four bands and especially between Metallica and Megadeth.
In this Lars interview, however, you get to read about what went on between him and Dave in the 80s and 90s. Why would you care? Because it’s pretty surprising how much they hung out, considering their ‘rivalry.’
“Dave would come up and play San Francisco a lot. And I would always go find him, and we would drink and do lots of drugs and sit around. For those years, ’84, ’85, me and him got over our issues really quickly at that time. […] Me and Dave had kind of a friendship and cool thing going at that time, up through most of the ’80s.
It wasn’t until both bands started getting bigger that this whole kind of thing started happening in the press, which was really kind of different than what we had going between us. […] In some way, you could argue that the thing press was doing, about setting our bands up, eventually started kind of transcending itself into our personal relationship and probably became a big part of the fact that over the ’90s, it got a little frosty at times.“
So basically the whole ‘kicking out’ thing was resolved quickly, but Metallica both bands got bigger and Dave the press started stirring the pot? I get it now.
Young kids and instruments
No timing, no rhythm, no anything, this is absolutely impossible to watch. Nice mohawk, kid, but you’re not good enough.
Terrible.
My rating:
Friday Top 10: Best looking guitars
That’s right people… It’s that time again… You know, where I rate instruments by their appearance and you all get pissed off.
This is the follow-up to my very popular Friday Top 10 about ugly guitars. I was supposed to write this last week, but it was April 1st so we decided to do something special for that day.
But now, without further ado, make the jump and get ready for my very biased opinions!
