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Lemmy isn’t racist

As you may know, Lemmy has a documentary out called  “Lemmy: 49% Motherfucker, 51% Son of A Bitch.” But apparently the scenes showing his Nazi paraphernalia from World War II made people wondering if there isn’t room for more adjectives in his film’s title. Lemmy says no.

“Let’s face it, it isn’t skinheads and shit collecting this stuff. It’s too expensive. This is doctors and lawyers collecting it… And I didn’t collect any of the ideology, believe me. I’ve got friends of all colors and religious persuasions. I ain’t got a racist bone in my body.“

Full interview here.

I don’t think owning things from the second World War makes you a racist. But I don’t understand one thing… Why do this? If it offends so many people, why collect this shit? It’s like white people and the n-word. I do think it’s a bit idiotic to ban a whole word, but if a certain group of people gets seriously offended by it, why use it in the first place?

Seems like it’s more about the thrill of doing something immoral. It’s like my collection of mature porn. It’s more about the thrill of seeing grandmas sucking young kids off than about how they look per se.

Get ready, America! (updated)

It was obvious that this was gonna happen after the media attention and the DVD sales, but now it’s confirmed. The Big Four are coming to the U.S.

No dates yet, but there’s a big poster on Metallica‘s official website. You can either check it out there or make the jump to see it here. They’re also advertising this Facebook page, but right now all it has is a photo of elephants. Not cool to make fun of Kerry King like that, if you ask me.

So Dave will have to pretend to like Lars for a little while longer. Finally he can promote himself using Metallica‘s name without taking a jab at them. His dream came true.

Anyways, I caught two Big Four dates in Europe last year and it was definitely worth my time, so make sure you check them out if you can. Don’t forget, they’re also doing England and France this summer…

**UPDATE**: They posted a new image on the Facebook page saying more details will be announced tomorrow (January 25th). Stay tuned, we’ll be making fun reporting this. Image after the jump.

Vince Neil’s sobriety is questionable

Ah rockstars. Gotta love their consistency.

“There’s other things in life than just drugs and alcohol“ said Vince Neil one week prior to his DUI charge. I guess he’s right, there’s other things than drugs and alcohol… Things like… Driving while on drugs and alcohol. Can’t fault your logic, mr. Neil.

“Vince Neil will plead guilty to a drunken driving charge on January 26 and spend two weeks in a Las Vegas jail. He was arrested by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department for driving while intoxicated and speeding at 60 mph in a 45 mph zone in his Lamborghini sports car on June 27 near the Las Vegas Strip. He will serve 15 days in the Clark County Detention Center, followed by another 15 days of house arrest.“

Read full article here.

Do as I say, not as I do, right Vince? Hey, Lemmy drinks too, at least he owns up to it. So no judgment from me for your ‘hobbies,’ just don’t fucking lecture us on it if you’re not gonna stay sober. That’s all I’m asking. Is it too much?

No statue of Lemmy, LOLZ

Apparently 318 people from Lemmy and Slash‘s city of birth signed a petition to erect (hehe, erect) statues of the two rockstars. Surprise surprise, it didn’t work.

“I think this idea is a complete waste of time and effort, and the petition was the wrong way for this to be brought to us“ said the city’s labor councilor

“It’s actually quite selfish to focus on these two specific artists and I think there should be a more diverse monument to the range of that this city has produced.“

Read full article here.

Can you blame them? Think about it… Donatello and Michelangelo are dead, so who has enough talent to take on the daunting task of sculpting Lemmy’s face with all its… details?

Old freak on a leash

Jonathan Davis, the nu-metal version of Tobias Fünke, turned 40 today. Ah, he’s all grown up now. Seems like only yesterday he was on MTV, brainwashing little kids into thinking Korn are actually metal.

Well, happy birthday Mr. Davis. Have a good one. Thanks for founding one of the best genres out there and here’s to another 40 years of musical genius.

Make the jump for a video summary of his career and legacy.