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Drummer needed. Second arm optional.

As you might know, there are 9 arms in Def Leppard, which is kind of cute in a “Ripley’s Believe it or not” kind of way.

So when I hear that a band called Pyromania is looking for a one-armed drummer, I’m thinking it’s either a “The Fugitive” tribute band or they want to emulate Def Leppard. Guess it’s the latter, which is also cute, in a Victorian sort of way.

“Pyromania, a Def Leppard cover band based in Dallas, Texas, is currently looking for a new drummer with only one arm, just like actual Leppard drummer Rick Allen. Their hand-written ad also insists that the prospective percussionist must have “no prosthetics” and should own a “flame retardent kit and stick.“

Full article here.

So if you are a drummer, have one arm, pro gear and no prosthetics, give these guys a HAND and join a tribute band. Imagine how easy the audition process is.. “Can you clap?” “No.” “You’re in the fucking band.”

For an extra laugh, on the same page of that article there’s news about some rapper called T.I. getting a handjob in prison or something.

ALEX IDEA: Donate one arm to T.I., then join Pyromania.

The day Germany sued Finland

In 2007, Apocalyptica released their album ‘Worlds Collide,’ that featured many guest vocalists, including Till Lindemann of Rammstein, who sang on their cover of David Bowie’s ‘Heroes,’ called ‘Helden’ in German. That much I knew already because I’m a fan of this particular song and especially Lindemann’s vocals on said track.

Apparrently, Apocalyptica promoted ‘Worlds Collide’ in Germany with a sticker on it, saying ‘featuring Rammstein,’ instead of… you know… ‘featuring Till Lindemann of Rammstein‘ and that caused Rammstein to sue Apocalyptica for trademark infringement and Apocalyptica were ordered to pay 45,000€ (about $59,000) to Rammstein.

I don’t want to add anything to this because Rammstein are known to even sue their fansites for ridiculous reasons. Check out a fan made video of Apocalyptica featuring Rammstein Till Lindemann after the jump. It’s a good song nonetheless.

Sepultura reunion… possible?

There’s one I didn’t see coming. As you may know, Max Cavalera kept talking and talking and talking about a possible Sepultura reunion of the old line-up. Sepultura on the other hand made it clear that they don’t want to reunite with the Cavaleras.

That’s where we stood in December but it’s 2011, bitch, and the cards are being reshuffled. In a new interview with Andreas Kisser, Sepultura guitarist and the guy who told Max Cavalera to move on and stop talking bullshit just a couple of weeks ago, said this;

“[It’s] not impossible, but we cannot do something just for the sake of doing it. We would have to establish a new identity, [and rebuild the] friendship [between us].”
“Max has been talking a lot about this reunion [in recent interviews], perhaps because his other bands, Cavalera Conspiracy and Soulfly, are not as good as Sepultura. But if a reunion was to take place, it would have to be something decent. And only time will tell [if something like that can happen].”

If you speak Portuguese, go here for the whole interview.

So much for staying true to your word. Is this a Shyamalan movie or where did this twist come from?

Whiplash get Sikth

New Jersey Thrash Metallers Whiplash have, apparently, once again parted ways with the group’s original drummer, Tony Scaglione. He rejoined the band all the way back in December 2010, so let’s be fair, he has been back in the band a while now… A whole month.

Whiplash have announced that Tony‘s replacement is Dan Foord, once drummer for the U.K.-based metal band Sikth.

Viagra Pistols

Sex Pistols have a mission. They will prove, once and for all, that you can live on old fame and one album for 30+ years. This time (if it happens, this will be their 6th reunion, which brings me to an observation, they probably hold the record for the band that’s split up and reunited about as many times as they have entered studio to record songs). But this time, there’s a twist. Johnny Rotten hints a possibility of new studio material.

“Because I’ve been able to get PiL back together – and because I’ve really been in a songwriting mode – can now look back on the Pistols and imagine writing with them too,” he said.

See kids, that’s how hype is created and concert tickets are sold.

Is this metal? No. But I just crossed the road on red light and I felt such a rush, I ran home to write this article.