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City and Colour 2011 dates

Dallas Green, of Alexisonfire, has announced some special dates for 2011, for his solo project, City and Colour.

Although, I could have sworn C&C aren’t Metal in the slightest, their CDs are found in the Metal section of my local HMV (I kid you not), so I must have been wrong, right?

Regardless, dates are after the jump.

Youth Gone Wild

Just replace “youth” with “aging has-been” and you should get the idea…

Apparently Sebastian Bach, former member of Skid Row, but mostly known as the BFF of Axl Rose (he’s not too well known anymore, hence why he has to wear a tshirt with his own name written on it – see above picture), was arrested on Monday. Footage of Bach getting violent, being restrained and eventually arrested, has made its way onto the internet (thanks to TMZ.com).

Lucky us ‘ey? Video after the jump.

Coheed and Cambria will answer your questions

Got any questions for Coheed and Cambria? Like how come you suck? Or why do you spend more time writing stupid stories than actual songs? Or why will I have to put up with an hour of your “music” in order to see the band I paid to see, Deftones? Or when will the singer finally get a haircut? Or why did you trick me into giving your music a chance by labelling it Prog, when it’s anything but Prog? Or how did you trick me into reading this news when I could be busy watching porn?

If so, you can submit them to Metal Hammer, and the band will answer some of the questions in the next edition of the magazine (I’d guess).

Some guy performs some thing

Guns N’ Roses Guitarist to Perform National Anthem at Kansas City Chiefs Game.

My first thoughts when reading this story this morning, for just under a second, was; oh awesome, Slash will be performing the national anthem at a Kansas City Chiefs game (I’ll be honest, I’m not American, and no I don’t know what that is).

Of course, I was wrong though, because this is 2010, and in reality, Guns N’ Roses don’t exist anymore. There’s a bunch of guys no one has heard of that like to make use of the name, but no one really cares do they? Here’s an example:

Guitarist D.J. Ashba will perform the national anthem during the Arizona Cardinals at Kansas City Chiefs NFL football game on Sunday, November 21 at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri.

Look, does anyone care? No, they don’t. I’m willing to bet most people will be saying “who the fuck is D.J Ashba?” – well, he’s the current Guns N’ Roses guitarist… Apparently… So, there you go, do you care? No you don’t

Let's play a game…

I’m going to tell you Danish Metallers Illdisposed will be entering the studio in January to record a new album, and you’re going to pretend you care. Good? Good.

That is, unless you’re from Denmark, in which case you might actually care, as the band’s last album, To Those That Walk Behind Us, managed to get to number 32 in the charts over there.

If you are interested, hover your mouse over the following word and press once on the left button to find out more. Bliker-de-do-da.