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You’ve got to be Shatning me…
William Shatner is working on an album with Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Paice, Zakk Wylde and Mike Inez. I’ll say it again, because I had to read it two times to believe it, also. William Shatner is working on an album with Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Paice, Zakk Wylde and Mike Inez.
Hey, April 1st is behind us guys, is this really happening?
I guess it is. According to Blabbermouth,
“Cleopatra Records has inked legendary actor William Shatner to a worldwide recording deal for a space-themed concept album entitled “Searching For Major Tom,” to be released later this year. Comprised of 19 “interpretations” of classic intergalactic rock anthems.”
Read full article here.
Make the jump to see a video of Zakk Wylde recording ‘Iron Man.’ Be careful, it’s an assful of wah action.
Lady Gaga is a metalhead. Yawn.
Lady Gaga is beautiful, talented, original and legendary. The previous sentence comes true once you insert ‘not’ before each of those adjectives.
But between releasing horrible Nintendo-sounding pop songs, she occasionally dances to Metallica songs and shit.. All while wearing meat dresses and deformed sunglasses. She’s a genius, really.
So what do you think she tweeted as her ‘666th tweet’? Well, about Iron Maiden, of course.
‘The Number of the Beast. Having’ beers listening to Maiden w the New York Boys. Happy 666 Twitterland.’
Read tweet here.
Aww, isn’t that sweet? You like Maiden… That totally makes up for all the bad music you’ve subjected the public to for the last couple of years…
Hey! Alex song idea! “My my my Iron Maiden, my my Iron Maiden” repeated over and over again and she wears a tinfoil suit while she performs this. Isn’t that just tremendously innovative and original? Wow, I hope she does that. She’s so great!
Stephen King hearts Metallica
Stephen King is a bit like Ozzy Osbourne. His 70s work is legendary but he’s done so much filler stuff since then, it’s hard to take him seriously nowadays. Which is probably why he doesn’t really like Ozzy or Black Sabbath. But instead loves Metallica.
“Metallica, Anthrax. I still listen to those guys … There’s a band called The Living Things that I like a lot. Very loud group. I never cared for Ozzy very much. [Black Sabbath] doesn’t really work for me. ‘I AM IRON MAN!’“
Read full interview here.
I don’t think anyone blames him for not being a huge Ozzy fan but making fun of Black Sabbath? Really? Ozzy should send an evil clown to haunt this guy…
When asked if he he’s honored by this statement, big horror fan Kirk Hammett had no comment. He just said ‘tee hee hee’ and wept.
The Famine has ended!
Bono, if you’re reading this, no, we’re not talking about actual famine… Unfortunately that’s still going on.
Texas-based death metal band The Famine called it quits though.
“In my mind, bands break up because Courtney Love kills their singer or because they can’t stand each other. Neither of those circumstances is descriptive of our situation. For us, life simply got in the way, as it often does.“
Read full statement here.
Isn’t it a bit wrong to call your band ‘The Famine‘ when three of your members are overweight? And then ending it because ‘life got in the way’? I can’t help but think real famine only ends when death gets in the way. Do you see where I’m going with this? It’s like a band of midgets calling themselves “Standing Tall” or Linkin Park calling themselves “Analog music.”
And don’t even get me started on the random namedropping… Going out with a ‘bang,’ huh?
Goodbye!
Headlines! Headlines! Headlines!
Time for some headlines, baby! Let’s get it on…
Children of Bodom announced a month-long North American headlining tour in June. Main support? The Devin Townsend (pictured above) Project. Also supporting are Obscura and Septicflesh. Sounds like a nice lineup to me. Dates have yet to be announced.
All-girl metal (I use the word “metal” very loosely in this context) band (I use the word “band” very loosely in this context) Kittie are going into the studio, to record the follow-up to ‘In The Black,’ next week. Yay, I guess. Yay for those who enjoy Pussy’s Kittie’s music. Yay for all two of you.
Seether frontman Shaun Morgan claimed that former Seether guitarist has gone back to his former band Evanescence. Eh, what’s a Seether? Anywho, shortly after Morgan claimed that, Evanescence’s management declined it. But honestly, who the fuck cares?
When asked about why Slayer chose Gary Holt as a replacement for Jeff Hanneman, Dave Lombardo had the following to say:
“Me and Kerry were on the side of the stage at Hellfest, in France. Both me and Kerry, were “Come on, let’s go listen to Exodus. Let’s hear Exodus. We haven’t seen them in a while.” We saw Exodus and I was like, “Wow. Now I remember why I liked them so much, when I was young.” […] “Look at that guy. That guy’s an amazing guitar player. He’s a good player.” And so, when this happened, the first person that came to Kerry’s mind, and myself, [was] Gary. I mean he was there, from the beginning. He knows that style.”
Read the full interview here.
Dave Murray, of Iron Maiden, was recently asked if there is going to be a follow-up to ‘The Final Frontier.’ Rumors that this was going to be Maiden’s last album surfaced ever since the band reveiled the title of the album. Murray had this to say about the situation:
“Possibly there will be, but it’s hard to say at the moment. It definitely won’t be next year, anyway. My gut feeling is once we sit down, if everyone’s up for it — that’s the main thing — then we’ll go for it.”
Read the full interview here.
Feel updated now? You are ready to go out and be metal now, my friend.
