Author Archives: Guido
AC/DZ to enter studio
Yes AC/DZ, not AC/DC, will enter the studio in November to record their debut album. Who are AC/DZ, you might ask. Well, AC/DZ are an AC/DC tribute band. Why is it news? Because AC/DZ includes Thrash Metal giants from Exodus, Tenet and Testament, among others.
To see who plays in the band and who’s going to appear on their debut album, read on after the jump.
Phil Anselmo interviews some footballer
Former Pantera, Superjoint Ritual, Christ Inversion, Southern Isolation, Viking Crown, Eibon and current Down and Arson Anthem member Phil Anselmo recently did an interview with New Orleans Saints tight end Jeremy Shockey for Housecore TV.
If you know as much about American Football as me, which equals nothing at all, you’re probably going to be bored watching the interview. If you do know your American Football, you’re probably going to be bored anyhow because you can barely understand Anselmo’s babbling but if you’re already bored right now (which makes sense because you’re reading this website), watch the interview after the jump.
Dan Nelson, what is he up to?
Dan Nelson, the guy in the middle between his former bandmates of Anthrax up there, was the singer for Anthrax for 2 years, toured with them, recorded an album with them and then got kicked out of the band.
Even though his recordings for ‘Worship Music’ will probably never see the light of day, I’ve seen them live in 2009 and Nelson proved that he is a beast on stage. I was looking forward to hearing his work with Anthrax but now, that that’s scrapped, I thought why not check out what he has been up to since his “release” from Anthrax?
Over at MySpace Nelson has a page dedicated to some work he has done since his Anthrax days, with a couple of friends in his garage (Someone’s taking the Neil Turbin road) and according to Wikipedia (reliable sources FTW!) he is the current vocalist/guitarist for Inside Hollow, who-the-fuck-ever that is.
So anyway, even though he won’t be seen (or heard) with Anthrax any time soon again, Dan Nelson is still making music. And that’s a good thing because most of the songs on his MySpace page are pretty good and catchy as hell. Just check it out.
Scott Ian doesn't give a shit about cover songs
Scott Ian of Anthrax, the band that covered approximately two thousand songs, said “Who gives a shit about cover songs? We’re so far away from that.” in a recent interview with the Miami New Times.
Who gives a shit, Ian? Your fans do. ‘Got the Time’, ‘Antisocial’ and ‘Bring the Noise’ are just three of your covers that turned into crowd favorites and made you the band you are today (which isn’t necessarily a good thing because you’re barely a band at all nowadays).
The interview question above referred to the rumors about Anthrax putting covers of Refused‘s ‘New Noise’ and some Alice in Chains song (I guess, I missed that last rumor) on their new album. Anthrax have covered ‘New Noise’ live (Video after the jump) with Dan Nelson on vocals and it turned into a shitfest. Don’t get me wrong. ‘New Noise’ is a great song and Anthrax (once were) a great band but hell… that just didn’t work.
Either way, ‘Worship Music’ will probably be the next ‘Chinese Democracy’ so we still have 11 more years before they release it and before Scott Ian has to worry about which songs to put on the album.
Black & Purple Maiden
Tony Iommi (Guitars, Black Sabbath), Ian Gillan (Vocals, Deep Purple), Nicko McBrain (Drums, Iron Maiden) and Jon Lord (Keyboard, Deep Purple) are going to record a charity song to raise money to rebuild the Armenian Music School.
Iommi and Gillan were already involved in a charity re-recording of Deep Purple’s biggest hit ‘Smoke on the Water’ to raise money for something something* in Armenia in 1989.
* If you really want to know what they raised money for, read the Blabbermouth article.
My thoughts: Deep Purple are still doing music? And Nicko McBrain still has a weird shaped nose.
