Author Archives: Alex

Video interview with Joey Belladonna

‘Belladonna’ means beautiful lady in Italian, but you wouldn’t think it when looking at Joey. Maybe this is why he was tackled at an L.A. concert.

Watch the interview above for info on what exactly happened that day. Watch this site for more lessons on the Italian language, and the cultures of the world in general. DoM writers are very, very intelligent.

Metallica employee loves his job

Tracy Calderon is a video technician for Metallica, and apparently he joined the crew when he was 25 — he’s now in his 50s, and still working for the band.

He’s describing his job as ‘the best in the world.’ I’ll say, he probably banged a lot of fat groupies in the early 90s.

Watch the interview above, and realize your sex life sucks compared to the amount of poon rock stars and roadies had.

Metallica’s India gig actually canceled — Alex jinxed it

If you’re wondering about the title, well, I’ve been writing on this site for over a year, and I’ve never seen my own name in the title. This seemed like a good opportunity to feed my (already overinflated) ego.

Anyway, yesterday when I posted about Metallica‘s postponed gig in India, I kinda suggested it wasn’t that bad since it would happen the next day, UNLESS it got canceled for real. Well, either God reads Dose of Metal and decided to pull a little prank on India (as if making Bollywood wasn’t enough of a joke from him), Alex can predict the future, or Alex is God — thus not only does he read Dose od Metal, but he also does the heavenly pranks.

Turns out, God doesn’t exist, so this is just a case of bad luck for Indian Metallica fans. Here’s a statement from the band:

“We arrived in Delhi on Friday very excited and ready to play our first show ever in India. […] Immediately at the end of our afternoon press conference, […] we were notified that there was a serious question as to whether the show could proceed with regard to the safety of the concert audience. And our first and foremost concern is always for the safety of you, the fans.”

First concern is the fans’ safety? That’s cool, what about the fans’ taste in music? Is that your concern? I guess not, cause if it was, Load, ReLoad, St. Anger and Lulu would have never happened. But I digress…

“Once we, along with […] the promoters of the show, determined that there was a failure of a security barricade in front of the stage that could not be adequately repaired, the promoter reluctantly announced the postponement of the show until Saturday. Unfortunately, on such short notice the promoters were unable to secure a permit for a show on Saturday. Therefore, DNA announced that we would not be able to play in Delhi.“

So it was a problem with the barricade in front of the stage? Correct me if I’m wrong, but that sounds like it’s more of a safety concern for the band, not for the audience. Moving along…

“We are deeply disappointed with this news as we were looking forward to our first experience in India as much as you guys were. “

Read full statement here.

Okay, say what you will about Metallica, but they rarely miss their gigs. Didn’t they travel via ferry when the volcanic ash cloud delayed all the flights? They wouldn’t go to India only to refuse to play a few hours prior to the concert, so it’s the organizer’s fault.

This sucks for the fans who traveled from all over for this gig, and waited hours and hours yesterday. But if there were really safety concerns, better safe than sorry, eh?

Friday Top 10: Replacements for Lars Ulrich

We’ve all fantasized about Metallica having a different drummer… Maybe a faster one, a more technical one, one that doesn’t sue Napster, that sort of thing.

Since they were supposed to perform tonight in India but didn’t, I have ten suggestions for you guys. Ten impressive drummers who would probably own behind a proper kit.

This is a bit different, you’ll see, but it will instantly remind you of St. Anger.

Without further ado, here are my top 10 recommendations for Metallica‘s drummer spot — should it ever be vacant.

Machine Head also release music video

Machine Head released a video for their song ‘Locust,’ off their Unto The Locust album which our very own Guido reviewed. Unlike Trivium’s album, MH’s effort got a maximum score on our site, which either means it’s really good, or we’re really dumb.

So what’s the video about? Hmm, let’s see. It starts with some shots reminiscent of Metallica‘s “Unforgiven II” video. Then we see some closeup of a locust mutating (or something) and all hell breaks loose with insects, Hitchcock style!

That’s about it, really. The locusts reach the band at some point, but they keep performing… It’s probably a metaphor for illegal downloading. I got that from the millions of insects which probably represent millions of downloads, and they BUG (get it? GET IT? HAHA) the shit out of the band, but they keep going on, anyway. But at the end, they get destroyed by it anyway, because illegal downloading is bad and it ruins musicians.

Okay, so it’s probably not that, but I like to misinterpret music videos so I don’t have to admit to myself how awful they really are. I guess I should have learned by now.

Patience, young grasshopper — pun definitely intended.