Category Archives: News
Nick Oliveri will not rejoin QOTSA
I’m assuming he won’t, because he faces up to 15 years in prison for his little stunt, so that’s more than the time he’s spent being in that band. Yes, sensationalist title, slightly misleading. Blow me.
“Former Queens of the Stone Age bassist Nick Oliveri has been charged with four felonies after a tense standoff with a S.W.A.T. team in L.A. last month — and now faces up to 15 years in prison.
After a fight with his girlfriend escalated into a four-hour standoff with police. Oliveri was booked on felony domestic violence — and after police searched his home, they found a fully-loaded rifle. But that’s not all they found — according to the charging docs, police also found cocaine and methamphetamines.
Oliveri is charged with two counts of possession of a controlled substance with a firearm, 2 counts of possession of a controlled substance, and one misdemeanor count of resisting, obstructing or delaying a peace officer.If convicted on all counts, the 39-year-old faces a max of 15 years in prison.“
Full article here.
That sucks, I always liked Nick and I really wanted him back in QOTSA. Then again, when you pull a stunt that sounds straight out of a 90s buddy cop film, what would you expect?
Let’s hope he doesn’t get the maximum sentence. Can someone get him Lindsay Lohan’s attorney?
‘Opposite world’ news also came in
Imagine a parallel universe where everything is the opposite of this one. In that one, I’d make fun of a new Napalm Death album, and I’d get excited over a new Korn one. I’d also have a gigantic penis. Well, since it’s the “opposite of opposite,” or I guess the NORMAL world I live in, here’s something to annoy me (and you): Korn just announced this on their Twitter:
Recording on the road 3 songs left then it’s done!
Since they also attached an image of a microphone to the tweet, my guess is it’s Jonathan who just needs to record the vocals, because I presume the instrumentals have been sitting on his MacBook for the past few months. In case you’re not aware, after jumping on the dubstep bandwagon, the band released Get Up, and the plans for a dubstep EP to come shortly after since turned into plans for a full album. Despite my fears of what an album combining an electronic genre that’s not a genre, with a metal genre that’s not metal might sound like, I’m a fan of the song, because it (be as it may) still sounds better than anything they’ve released in years. Which tells plenty about this band.
Napalm Death have some news
The sweetest news of them all — the new album is done! Well, at least according to Shane Embury, and the recent interview he did with Decibel Magazine. And he should know. Read the whole thing for details, but here are the most important ones:
- Everything’s done, including Barney’s vocals
- 19 songs have been recorded, a few will probably be cut from the regular release
- Song titles like Quarantine, The Wolf I Feed, Collision Course, Fall on Their Swords…
- Album title hasn’t been decided on yet
- They’re aiming for an October/November release date, though it might be pushed to next year
All I can say is — November can’t come quicker. Unless they really push it back to 2012. Then November is going to fucking suck.
Image credit: Nadine Ballantyne
20 years ago on this day, this happened
And nothing else matters. Just to be clear, the song above is Enter Sandman, so don’t hate on me (and even that simply because it was the first single). So, 20 years ago on this day, Metallica started sucking, or 20 years ago on this day, Metallica made their last good album, OR 20 years ago on this day, Metallica died because they sucked for the past four years and this was the culmination; all depending on which end of the fan/hater spectrum you are.
Now feel free to leave a random note regarding your thoughts on the album, I might read them later when I get home from town completely wasted.
