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Yesterday’s headlines
I’ve been a bit absent from this site for the last couple of weeks because I’m a winner, and I’m #winning, and my goddesses kept me busy. But now I’m back, and because there’s no news for today, I’ll turn back the hands of time (#winning) and give you Monday’s headlines a day too late.
Queens Of The Stone Age (pictured above) are performing on Conan next month. This would be interesting news if the year was 1999.
Texas is a great state. They gave us Pantera. But then they also gave us Hellyeah. Anyway, the city of Austin decided that “Motörhead Day” will be celebrated on March 8th. Let’s be honest, Lemmy does look like he belongs in Texas, so it’s a good match.
In Flames have a new guitarist. I didn’t even know they lost their previous guitarist. Wait, who are In Flames again?
Marilyn Manson walked on a runway at a fashion show, because when you say “Marilyn Manson” you immediately think “model, fashion, runway, hot.” How could this happen? Well, it was in Japan, so go figure.
Mirror, mirror on the wall…
Who’s the loudest of them all? Is it AC/DC? No, it’s not AC/DC. In fact, Justin Bieber is much louder than AC/DC.
What the fuck am I talking about? Loudness war. So yeah, take that fist you had pointed at me back. There’s a geeky event called Dynamic Range Day, and the guys behind it have took some of the most memorable (and/or simply loudest) albums, and made a little graph that shows how albums got progressively louder over the course of the past few decades (and I’d say musically worse, but who’s asking for my opinion).
Wondering who’s the first on the list? Well, click that “continue reading” button then. But trust me, you know.
Fans still supporting Motörhead
Last week in North America, Motörhead released their 986th album, The Wörld Is Yours. The album cracked the top 100, selling 7,000 copies in its first week, which is considered an impressive amount for a metal, unless you’re Metallica. Sure, 7,000 copies might not seem a lot but that’s more than their previous two albums (Motörizer in 2008 sold 6,400 in its first week and their 2006 release Kiss Of Death sold 3,500).
When asked for comment on the bands success over the last 30 years and what keeps them still going strong, Lemmy said “that was a great time, the summer of 71. I can’t remember it, but I’ll never forget it!”
Lemmy likes the penny
There’s a beer commercial featuring Mötorhead playing a slowed down version of “Ace of Spades.” Why did they do it?
“We got paid a lot of money” said Lemmy.
Wow, what a surprise. And here I was thinking you just did it for the fans, cause they like beer. At least he’s honest about it.
Make the jump to see the ad.
The Iron Maidens save the day
The Iron Maidens (the World’s only all female Iron Maiden tribute band apparently) recently “saved the day” at a Paul Di’Anno (original Maiden vocalist) gig. Paul was unfortunately unable to make it to the venue due to being snowed in, but fortunately (or unfortunately, depending on how you look at it), The Iron Maidens just happened to be in the crowd. The girls stepped up to perform an hour and a half set along with an ex Anthrax singer. Not sure which one though, Anthrax have had about a hundred vocalists. Nah, I’m kidding, it was Neil Turbin. As in the original singer that isn’t Joey.
Motörhead guitarist Phil Campbell also helped out The Maidens. It is the reported that the crowd were happy with the alterations, as this was the first time they had seen women this close up.
More info found here.
