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Mike is the drummer for Dream Theater after all
As expected, Dream Theater have chosen Mike to be their drummer. Except it’s not Portnoy, it’s the other one. Mangina or whatever his last name is. Here’s what he had to say of the situation:
“It means so much to me, I almost felt like crying a couple of times. [Laughs] I didn’t know what to do.”
Well, I know what I’d do: count my lucky stars, and start thinking of that beach house I always wanted to spend my retirement in.
To remind you, Mike Mangini was one of the seven drummers who were chosen to audition for the role. The entire list:
Aquiles Priester (age 39) (Angra, Paul Di’Anno)
Peter Wildoer (age 36) (Darkane)
Marco Minnemann (age 40) (Kreator, Necrophagist, Ephel Duath, Joe Satriani)
Virgil Donati (age 52) (Planet X, Seven the Hardway)
Derek Roddy (age 38) (Hate Eternal, Nile, Today is the Day)
Mike Mangini (age 48) (Steve Vai, Extreme, Annihilator)
Thomas Lang (age 43) (John Wetton, Robert Fripp, Glenn Hughes)
Rumor has it Lars Ulrich was supposed to audition as well, but the other guys insisted it wouldn’t be fair, so they bribed some film producers to keep him busy instead.
Bring Me The Horizon just got a bit better
How, you may ask? Did they finally step out of puberty and got some proper vocals (seriously, look at that picture, they look 13)? Did they sell their soul to Satan and got some mad skills overnight?
No and no. The only way this band can become better, is if it stops playing, and that’s what going to happen — their drummer Matt Nichols broke his arm during a football accident (Americans: it’s the one where you hit the ball with a foot during the entire game). Harsh? Yes, but to rid you of your fears and anger (all three of you fans reading this), their shows are actually continuing as planned, with Dan Searle of Architects replacing him on drums.
Guess what? Anthrax have a new album coming out
It’s called Worship Music, and it’s been in the making for, like, what now? 5 years? Well, don’t expect to hear it anytime soon, because we’ve just been treated by a clip by Scott Ian, and it’s super cool — 28 seconds of some riff he’s been working on, and it’s more of a promotion for some new amp, then the actual album.
But it might come rather sooner than later actually, because recently it’s all they’ve been talking about, in an interview for Rolling Stone they say they’re as tight as ever (which means never), and in another one Charlie Benante says it’s the most emotional one they’ve ever done. I guess the main emotion being confusion. You know, because of the singer(s). O yeah.
You don’t mess with Limp Bizkit fans
Brisbane Times are reporting that a fight between two men, involving a Limp Bizkit CD, led to a murder of one of them. You’d think that the Bizkit fan was the murdered one, but no, it was the other way around, apparently.
The court was told Emmanuel McPherson, 48, objected when his flatmate, James Albert Madden, played a Limp Bizkit album on Mr McPherson’s stereo.
A fight then broke out, in which Mr Madden allegedly beat Mr McPherson to death.
Let me guess, he got mad wigger skills and shit, yo? Someone being murdered is no laughing matter, but Limp Bizkit is, so excuse me for making a joke out of this. We can only pray the James guy blames Limp Bizkit‘s satanic metal music so we see them in jail as well.
Chimaira will answer your questions
Earlier today, Chimaira, or whoever is left in the band nowadays, have posted a message on their Facebook page, urging fans to think of questions and send them to chimairafaq@gmail.com. Apparently, the band will videotape themselves answering select questions, and include it on their upcoming DVD. Fun, right? Plus omg you can be on teh dvd.
Here are a few I came up with:
- How lame was Chris leaving the band via email? Doesn’t he know real men do it via text message?
- If Chimaira is a band but no one’s in it, does it make a sound?
- Will you be changing your name to Chimaairath?
- How awesome is Dose of Metal?
