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Ronnie James Bio
“PG Brunelli traveled the world with Ronnie from 1983, photographing him onstage, backstage, at home and in the recording studio. This special, large-format hardback book takes the best of PG‘s photography and weaves a memoir of Ronnie‘s life starting onstage at Donington Monsters of Rock in 1983. Featuring unique written contributions from Bruce Dickinson, Rob Halford, Doug Aldrich and many of Ronnie‘s peers, colleagues and fellow professionals“
The ‘photographic memoir’ will be released on the 30th of November, but you can already pre-order it here. If you want the ‘hardkase’ version, you can pre-order it here. £10 (or £30 on the hardkase) from the sale of each copy will be donated to the Stand Up and Shout Cancer Fund. Some photos after the jump.
Bad Company indeed
It seems the members of Bad Company don’t really enjoy each other’s company — hence the name, I guess — because they will call it quits. Soon. Maybe.
They still have some dates to play though so of course they’re talking about it now, it’s not like word getting out that it’s the end will increase the ticket sales or anything.
“The British rock group’s concert on Oct. 7 at The Joint inside the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Catoosa, Okla., near Tulsa, will be its last U.S. date on its 2010 reunion tour, and the show could be the band’s swan song to American fans, said lead singer and co-founder Paul Rodgers.“
Full article here.
Lars is a good actor
Even more Lars news. We know you can’t get enough of him. This time he’s acting.
“Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich and actor Peter Coyote are featured in the trailers for the upcoming 33rd edition of the Mill Valley Film Festival, set to take place October 7-17, 2010.“
The two trailers, after the jump.
Today's your lucky day
Because I know how much you love interviews which aren’t really informative, just the same series of questions everyone asks. For once I’d like to see an interviewer ask the questions I’d like to ask.
Disturbed (pictured above) singer David Draiman was interviewed by some chick who looks like a fish. Nothing special, video after the jump. I would have asked him why he shaves his head instead of embracing his Constanza hairline.
Metallica keep giving interviews left and right in Australia and New Zealand. Probably because they have 20 dvds coming out. Anyway, this interview is with Lars Ulrich, but nobody asked him to be polite and take the plums out of his mouth while talking. Video after the jump.
The third interview is with Dimmu Borgir’s guitarists, whose names I can’t really spell. Gagler and Erkejetlag or something. Anyways, check out all the flowers in the background, a very appropriate setting for this band. No questions about why they sound like Borat, unfortunately. Video after the jump.
And the final interview of the day is with none other than Suicidal Tendencies. Are they a softcore porn site with tattooed chicks? Nope, that’s what we thought too, though. They’re a real band! And apparently they’re huge, as you can see by the high profile blogspot blogger who interviewed their guitarist. It’s just an audio interview, and they don’t have the money to stream it so you have to download it.
Metallideth Charity
Half of The Big Four are doing some charity work. Not together, but at the same time, which is quite a coincidence.
Metallica are auctioning a one hour drum lessons and dinner with none other than Lars Ulrich. This will mean flying to their headquarters, getting a tour of the Metallica HQ, etc… All proceeds go to the “Andre Agassi Foundation for Education, a not-for-profit public charity dedicated to transforming education to create opportunities for children.“ — More info here.
Megadeth are auctioning a Hartke bass amp, signed by the whole band, directly via eBay. All proceeds go to the American Cancer Society.— More info after the jump.
Now, we usually crack a joke or two about each news item we post. I could say that that taking drum lessons from Lars is like taking driving lessons from Stevie Wonder. Or ask if Megadeth is auctioning off a bass amp cause you can barely hear it anyway in most of their songs. But I’m not gonna do that.
Seriously though, charity is always a worthy cause so make sure you start bidding.
