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Metallica in Rio

Metallica just announced a date for 2011. It’s in Brazil, they will headline “Rock in Rio 2011.”

“We know it’s pretty nutty to announce a show almost a year in advance . . . certainly not something we’ve ever done before! However, when we were asked to headline the original Rock in Rio, the one actually in Rio de Janeiro (!!), we just couldn’t say “no.”

Tickets go on sale on November 19th, 2010 only at the Rock in Rio official website, RockInRio.com.br. Other points of sale will be available only after July, 1, 2011.“

If you’re Brazilian and like Metallica, you’re in luck.

Replacing Weiland is tricky

I once on the toilet one day and I took a pretty slimy dump. You know the type, the one that feels like peanut butter and jelly. I’m almost done and I notice there’s no more toilet paper left. I was faced with a pretty shady decision: should I jump in the shower like this and clean it up? I said… Yes… So I jumped in the shower and I noticed I left a trail of shit drops on my way to it, kind of like a feces version of Hansel and Gretel.

But I think, right, at least now I get cleaned up. Only the shower wasn’t working, and then I realized I had received a note a day prior about water being shut off for a few hours. So I thought to myself… I’m royally fucked.

Then I remembered I had both Mentos and a few bottles of Diet Coke. Pheeew.

“Trying to find the right guy for this thing is a lot more complicated than one would probably think.  So we will keep on toiling away it until we hit that magic and when that happens then everything will start rolling“ said Slash about auditioning new singers.

Read full interview here.

So yeah, from now on I check my toilet paper supply thoroughly before doing the deed. At the very least, I check the fridge for Diet Coke. God bless the internet.

Marilyn Manson found a label

It’s hard to put a label on Marilyn Manson, but you can put a Marilyn Manson on a label, and that label seems to be “Cooking Vinyl Records.”

“Cooking Vinyl overcame fierce competition from several labels in the U.S. and U.K., both major and independent, to release what will be Marilyn Manson‘s eighth studio album.

The global deal will see the album issued via Marilyn Manson‘s own label — Hell, etc. — in a joint venture between Cooking Vinyl, with the album slated for release in 2011.“

Read full article here.

I know, I know, I also had high hopes of never hearing MM music again after he left Interscope. Tough luck for all of us, I guess.

Mini-review: James Hetfield signature picks

A while ago we told you that in order to play like James Hetfield, all you had to do was buy his signature picks. Not true, it seems, cause I just bought some and I couldn’t write “Master of Puppets 2” like I had originally anticipated. Bummer.

But, are they any good? Well, make the jump and find out.

The end of all weeks to come

So, first week of November and we’ve been busier than Corey Taylor in a Victoria’s Secret shop.

What have we done? Well, I don’t know… We just interviewed Peavy of Rage.
And we’ve mini-reviewed the Big Four DVD.
We also made a Top 10 of the most pretentious videos.
We introduced you to Mordax.
We told you about Metallica’s private corporate gig.
We made fun of Head’s head injury.
And we scared the living shit out of you by showing Corey’s drag costume.

What will we do next week? We’ll simply just be even more amazing than usual (yes, it’s possible).