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Coheed and Cambria, Painkillers and Armed Robbery

What do you think when you’re looking at the guy on the right in the picture above? “That guy must be on drugs, I wonder when he’s going to snap and threaten to blow up a store with a fake bomb”? Well, you hit the nail right on the head.

That guy on the right is called Michael Todd and he’s the bassist of Coheed and Cambria, a terrible artsy band that drove the poor guy into an addiction for pain killers. Get it? Because their music is so terrible that poor Mikey’s ears hurt so bad that only drugs could take away the pain.

Of course, I’m fucking with you but only partly. Michael Todd was indeed arrested for armed robbery after he threatened to blow up a store with a fake bomb if they didn’t give him OxyContin, a pain pill. Obviously not just one pain pill but six bottles of pain pills. Why so many? Well, Coheed and Cambria were supposed to open for Soundgarden later on that very day. That’s double the pain.

Todd then fled via taxi but police soon arrested him. Now, who the fuck flees via taxi? That’s pretty much the most stupid way to flee from police, unless you’re Tom Cruise and your taxi driver’s Jamie Foxx.

According to TMZ, he “was charged with armed robbery and unlawful possession of prescription narcotics” and “is being held on $10,000 bail and will be arraigned on Monday morning.” Go to TMZ to read more on that and to see a mug shot of Todd.

Evanescence smacked me in the face

Well, Evanescence promised that their new music would “smack you in the face”, and that’s exactly what listening to the 1 minute 18 second video above, featuring a sample of their new single, does to me. I feel like I’ve been just been smacked right across the face, and honestly, it’s left me in real pain.

I should sue the band for compensation for what they’ve done to my ears too…

The single will be called ‘What You Want’ and will appear on Evanescence‘s third, self-titled album, which is now scheduled for an October 11 release.

Big Four jam pro-shot footage

Professionally filmed video footage of the July 2 “Big Four” jam at Veltins Arena in Gelsenkirchen, Germany can be viewed above.

Towards the end of Metallica‘s set, Members of Anthrax and Megadeth joined Metallica on stage for a cover of Diamond Head‘s ‘Helpless’. Slayer weren’t available to take part because Dave was having another tattoo, Kerry was having a wank the band had to travel for their concert on the following night.

[insert prefunctory rant about The Big Four]

Slipknot’s Paul honored at UK Sonisphere

The late bassist of Slipknot, Paul Grey, was honored at today’s Sonisphere festival in Knebworth, UK. A two minute silence was held by the festival at 2pm in honor of Paul, who was known as ‘number 2’ in Slipknot.

In case you’re wondering what two minutes of silence looks like, a video of the two minute silence can be viewed above courtesy of RockAAA. Paul’s bass and red costume and mask were placed at the center stage as other members of the band and their crew stood nearby watching the proceedings.

R.I.P. Michael “Würzel” Burston

According to a posting by Tim Butcher on his personal Facebook page, Motörhead frontman Lemmy’s longtime bass tech and former Motörhead guitarist Michael “Würzel” Burston sadly passed away yesterday (Saturday, July 9) at 61 years of age.

There isn’t much else to add, other than condolences to his former bandmates, friends, family and fans around the world. R.I.P.