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Today's your lucky day

Because I know how much you love interviews which aren’t really informative, just the same series of questions everyone asks. For once I’d like to see an interviewer ask the questions I’d like to ask.

Disturbed (pictured above) singer David Draiman was interviewed by some chick who looks like a fish. Nothing special, video after the jump. I would have asked him why he shaves his head instead of embracing his Constanza hairline.

Metallica keep giving interviews left and right in Australia and New Zealand. Probably because they have 20 dvds coming out. Anyway, this interview is with Lars Ulrich, but nobody asked him to be polite and take the plums out of his mouth while talking. Video after the jump.

The third interview is with Dimmu Borgir’s guitarists, whose names I can’t really spell. Gagler and Erkejetlag or something. Anyways, check out all the flowers in the background, a very appropriate setting for this band. No questions about why they sound like Borat, unfortunately. Video after the jump.

And the final interview of the day is with none other than Suicidal Tendencies. Are they a softcore porn site with tattooed chicks? Nope, that’s what we thought too, though. They’re a real band! And apparently they’re huge, as you can see by the high profile blogspot blogger who interviewed their guitarist. It’s just an audio interview, and they don’t have the money to stream it so you have to download it.

Metallideth Charity

Half of The Big Four are doing some charity work. Not together, but at the same time, which is quite a coincidence.

Metallica are auctioning a one hour drum lessons and dinner with none other than Lars Ulrich. This will mean flying to their headquarters, getting a tour of the Metallica HQ,  etc… All proceeds go to the “Andre Agassi Foundation for Education, a not-for-profit public charity dedicated to transforming education to create opportunities for children.“ — More info here.

Megadeth are auctioning a Hartke bass amp, signed by the whole band, directly via eBay. All proceeds go to the American Cancer Society.— More info after the jump.

Now, we usually crack a joke or two about each news item we post. I could say that that taking drum lessons from Lars is like taking driving lessons from Stevie Wonder. Or ask if Megadeth is auctioning off a bass amp cause you can barely hear it anyway in most of their songs. But I’m not gonna do that.

Seriously though, charity is always a worthy cause so make sure you start bidding.

Lars compares 'Big Four' to iPhone app

Metallica might be old, but they’re still up to date with the youth, yo. As Lars demonstrates in a recent  interview, comparing The Big Four to “something on the iPhone.”

“The vibe on this thing is so big, we’d be stupid to ignore it. You know on your iPhone, you can move the weather maps up and down? Well, the ‘Big Four’ is quickly moving up to the top in terms of potential occurrences for the next couple of years.“

Well, Lars, you know that button on the iPhone, the one that turns it off? Apparently that’s what “The Big Four” should have “clicked,” circa 1990.

Full article here.

Metallica still playing in Christchurch

Christchurch, New Zealand sounds like the type of “Location” the Pope would use on Twitter as a joke. Turns out, it’s a real city.  A 7.2 earthquake hit the city recently (although I don’t know why it got such a low rating, it’s still a 10 in my book if it hit something with “Christ” in it) and Megadeth fans were happy to speculate that Metallica will not play their scheduled shows there.

Wrong. Lars Ulrich was happy to inform the fans that the lease on his Mercedes is not up yet, so he HAS to make every show, regardless of natural disasters.

“We’re still traveling to Christchurch . . . hope to see YOU there!” is what a recent post on Metallica.com says.

When asked if he hopes for an earthquake during their concert, Dave Mustaine had no comment. He just laughed. Frantically. Fran-tic-tic-tic-tic…