Category Archives: News
Alice Cooper is a pro
Alice Cooper got ill and canceled a show in Chile last night. Why am I reporting this, when bands cancel shows all the time? Yeah, true, but the last time Alice Cooper canceled a show was 30 years ago. Impressive? Quite so. We wish him a full and fast recovery.
Meanwhile, Axl Rose was only 30 minutes late to a show last night, and asked why no one is reporting on his excellent track record – not being that late two nights in a row.
Ozzy won’t cry over Black Sabbath
Ozzy was part of a legendary metal band. THE metal band, as far as I’m concerned. So it’s no surprise that the press will always nag him with Black Sabbath-reunion-related questions.
So you’ll never guess what someone asked him in a recent interview. I’ll give you a hint: It was about whether or not a Black Sabbath reunion would happen.
“I haven’t got a clue. If they want to call me, they can call me. I never say never. If it works, fine. If it don’t, I’ll move on. It ain’t the end of the world. I ain’t gonna get a box of Kleenex and cry my eyes out for the rest of my life. […] We’re not kids anymore. I don’t wanna bullshit them and I don’t want them to bullshit me. Why should I go back to that and be unhappy when I’m happy right now? I mean, I would love to do a great album with Black Sabbath. I would love to get the credit we so roundly deserve. At the same time, the pressure would be really intense. I could go tomorrow and make an album with them, but it wouldn’t necessarily be something I would be proud of.“
Read full interview here.
Can a new Sabbath album be worse than his reality show? What is he worried about? I say go for it.
Free Iron Maiden tracks
Amazing news Maiden fans, in celebration of the forthcoming From Fear To Eternity: The Best Of 1990-2010 collection nearing release, Iron Maiden are giving you away two awesome tracks absolutely free…
It just so happens that those two tracks happen to be songs we’ve all got already. Iron Maiden also know their shit, and like a lot of bands you have to do some lame connecting/liking crap via Facebook and Twitter to get the tracks. Oh yes, please do make me go through 10 minutes of bullshit Facebook spamming crap in order to download a song I’ve already had for the past 4 million years. Thank you Maiden.
Me cynical? Naaaah.
If you’re 10 years old and have yet to discover the awesomeness that is Iron Maiden, get your free tracks here.
South Park makes fun of Slash
South Park is a brilliant show. What it does is, they take current pop culture events and make fun of them by making an analogy. How that works is, something similar to current day events happens in the small town of South Park, and the way it happens there is sarcastic, ironic and cute, and it usually ends with one of the small boys making a rant which reflects the views of the creators. Isn’t this just genius?
15 seasons of this amazing type of humor which is not repetitive, unfunny, self-indulgent or badly animated in any way, shape or form have blessed our TVs and we have a feeling they’re not gonna quit soon. Why would they? They’re as original and as fresh as ever. How can small town analogies get old in just 15 years? Get real.
Anyway, the latest South Park episode targets Slash. I don’t know exactly how or why but apparently he appears as a constellation near the end. I don’t know why and I don’t care cause I don’t watch this show. But in case one and a half decades of the same type of jokes haven’t bored you yet, check out some scenes after the jump.
Amazing show.
Cryptopsy might sound good again
Canadian death metal legends Cryptopsy did something really productive – they recently hired their old guitar player Jon Levasseur back to the band.
Jon Levasseur, former lead guitarist and major creative contributing force behind None So Vile, Whisper Supremacy, And Then You’ll Beg… has returned to the band. The combination of Jon and Chris Donaldson has revived the power and energy of the infamous Cryptopsy string section, without losing the backup vocals and creative talent of Youri Raymond whom is now playing the six string bass. Eric Langlois has, for now, decided to step back and take a break from the Cryptopsy family. The reborn and fully motivated chemistry of Matt, Chris, Youri, Jon and Flo is determined to make an impact in 2011 and beyond.”
Now they need Lord Worm back on vocals and they would be back on track. Actually, to be fair, I don’t dislike the new vocalist like everyone else does. He isn’t that bad. He just needs to drop the clean vocals. As for the rest of the band, they need to drop the core elements, stop trying to fit in with the current metal scene and get back to creating brutal death metal albums. That’s what made them a household name in metal. That being said, I’m praying to god their upcoming album is better than that piece of garbage, ‘The Unspoken King‘.
