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Metallica’s India concert got postponed

Hey, remember this piece of news? Well, the day had come for Metallica to perform in India for the first time, but wouldn’t you know it… They didn’t.

They call it ‘technical difficulties.’ I call it ‘Kirk had waaaay too much curry!’ — But ultimately, it’s the same thing.

Fortunately for the fans, the concert wasn’t canceled, just postponed until tomorrow. Unless tomorrow it really gets canceled, then it’s bad. But still, fans have traveled from all over India and stood in line for hours, only to find out nothing is happening. It must suck.

I was fortunate enough to never go to a gig and find out it has to be canceled. But every gig is a physical effort for my fat ass, so I can understand the frustration of having to stand up for hours and get all excited, only to find out you’re going home.

A fan-filmed video of the chaos that ensued (wasn’t that bad though, I think) after the jump.

Clown compares Iowa to Kubrick classic

Shawn Crahan, also known as that clown in Slipknot who does nothing, was interviewed by ArtistDirect about Iowa‘s 10th anniversary.

When asked what movie he’d compare the album to, this is what he answered:

“I would say, not necessarily The Shining, but if you can imagine that child running through the maze at night with the snow falling and back-stepping his footprints to trick his father. It’s not so much the movie itself. However, think about this kid running through a maze. I guess the metaphor would be life and having forces out of control, which would be the weather. It’s deep snow coming down. It’s freezing. You’ve got to fight all of this. He’s running.“

Read full article here.

What? Maze, running, snow? WTF???

I like ‘The Shining’ as much as the next guy, but except for the mild similarities between Jack Nicholson swinging that axe and this Clown swinging his bat on stage, nothing else about Slipknot is comparable to Kubrick’s masterpiece.

Sorry.

Pretentious scale: all time high.

Most of Lulu was written in 4 days

Metallica and Lou Reed seem to be doing a bit of press for their new effort, and I use the term ‘effort’ loosely, because wouldn’t you know it? It took them like half a week to put the whole thing together.

Watch the interview above. Around the 0:35 mark, Lars starts talking about how long it took them to make this CD.

Just four days, huh? Wow, what a surprise. It’s not like the music sounds completely random and out of touch with reality or anything…

Brian Johnson goes on tour… Without AC/DC

Brian Johnson is embarking on an American tour, and it isn’t with his band.

He’ll go to 10 different cities to tell stories from his book, “Rockers and Rollers…” Joining him will be Rachel Bolan and Scotti Hill from Skid Row.

Brian just turned 64 this month, so expect a lot of talk about Prostatitis and medication for Prostatitis.

Dates and poster after the jump.

Rob Trujillo talks about new Metallica record (not Lulu)

I didn’t know Rob had been promoted to ‘talking about the new album’ privileges within the band, but I guess he was.

In a recent interview with GulfNews, he mentioned a few new songs the band has been working on for their new, post-Lulu album.

“We’ve been busy writing and recording. We’ve got a couple of new songs we have been working on the past couple of weeks. The writing process for the new Metallica album has begun. We’ve been in the studio with Rick Rubin, working on a couple of things, and we’re going to be recording during the most of next year. We’ve got a lot of work ahead of us. But the great thing is that we have sort of already jumped off the launch pad and we’re swimming. It’s happening. It’s reality. It’s a lot of fun, there are a lot of ideas, and we’re really excited about the new record.“

Read full interview here.

New ideas? Uhm, that doesn’t sound too good. Are they getting a new grandpa to mumble stuff over their riffs?

Seriously, whenever Metallica got a new idea, we got Load, ReLoad, St. Anger, S&M, and Lulu, so you can see why words like ‘ideas’ might spell trouble for me.

Anyway, read the whole interview, they talk about feeling like teenagers again. I’ll say, Lou Reed is probably around 300 years old, not hard feeling young around him.