BLAKE JUDD IS THE CHARLIE BROWN OF METAL
Tuesday, March 17th, 2009 at 1:00pm by Axl Rosenberg
Seriously, does anybody have worse luck than this poor dude? First Nachtmystium weren’t able to complete last year’s tour with Opeth, then they’re kicked off of the free Scion fest for some bullshit about Nazis (which, for the umpteenth time, is NOT TRUE), and now the band has to drop off their upcoming, MetalSucks-sponsored tour with The Haunted because Judd has broken his leg. Says the band:
“Sorry to anyone hoping to see us in April! After this whole bullshit fiasco with the Scion Rock Fest a few weeks back, and now this, it’s been one thing after the other around here. Fear not, we will be back soon enough.”
We wish Blake a speedy recovery – the band apparently has plans to hit the road again in June, so hopefully we’ll get to see them live again at some point.
Meanwhile, this means that three of the four originally announced support acts for The Haunted are no longer on that tour. As far as we know, The Haunted are moving forward with The Agonist and Marauder. We’ll just have to wait and see if a replacement band for Nachtmystium gets announced or not.
-AR
Thanks to Vincent Neilstein, Esq. for the excellent headline suggestion!
Merauder.
Even if they WERE Nazis, why wouldn’t they be able to play at the show?
I mean, I wouldn’t buy their records if they were Nazis, (or even listen if the lyrics promoted hate), but that’s just a very, very unfair thing to do. “You can’t play this show because of your political beliefs!”. Whatever.
I heard they’re suing over this. May actually be the first time in US history slander charges were issued when actually needed rather than people wanting cash.
Had to scream when I heard this, I’m so glad I didn’t already get my ticket…no way would I pay to go see The Haunted w/o Nachtmystium, no matter how awesome The Agonist is, never heard Marauder either…………….
Hey, here’s an idea…join the Mastodon tour with Kylesa and Intronaut… it WOULD be THE trippiest show ever.
I guess Blake Judd broke his leg while trying to kick the football, then? BLAME IT ON LUCY!!!
Hope these guys come back to indy soon.
Selaphiel, Nachtmystium wouldn’t be kicked off for their “political beliefs”- they’d be kicked off because Nazis are synonymous with killing Jews.
Judging from the evidence against them which I’ve read up on, they are Nazis masquerading as hippies to the mainstream crowd.
I’d feel better if they quit lying about it, honestly.
That whole Nazi bullshit is so gay. I mean look at half the shit slayer does and half of their T-shirts and all. Nobody truly bitches about all that stuff why do they care
I am not saying you shouldnt like Slayer I am just saying if I were Jewish and was going to choose which band that I was offended by…
Because Slayer does it purely for shock value.
Nachtmystium lies about shit to be on a big label.
I adore Nachtmystium, but jeeez, if Rick Allen can play drums without an arm, Judd can play guitar without a leg.
Proof that Nachtmystium were once an NS band who softened their message: http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2009/02/nachtmystium_de.html
bad luck for sure
While I am confused as to why a band who claims to have canceled tours because they were with Nazi bands would be signed to a label like Vinnland Winds or Resistance Records sub-labels (according to my memory and the just-about-as-reliable-as-my-memory Wikipedia), they say it was all about the music and not the politics. Fair enough. But, honestly, great music has been made by card-carrying, true believing Nazis. And I’m not even talking rock music. Maybe you’ve heard of a little composer named Richard Wagner? Carl Orff? Richard Strauss?
Hell, Richard Strauss was commissioned by the Reichsmusikammer to de-Jew popular works by Jewish composers like Mendelssohn. He refused and Carl Orff picked it up for him. You know, Carl Orff? The guy whose “O Fortuna” is used in the trailer of just about every action movie, ever? Seriously, THEY PLAY RICHARD WAGNER’S MUSIC IN THE ISRAELI PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA! THE GUY WHO INSPIRED ADOLF HITLER, PLAYED BY THE ISRAELI PHILHARMONIC! If that’s not proof that the music means more than the men behind it, I don’t know what is.
So I guess my point is: Who gives a shit? They’re a really good band. If the possibility that you’re supporting a Nazi band makes you uncomfortable, download the CDs and don’t go to the shows. And seriously, what black metal band HIDES the fact that they are Nazis? Even the black metal bands that AREN’T Nazis have CDs with titles like “Go Fuck Your Jewish God”, so it’s not like Nachtmystium has a lot to gain by pretending to not be National Socialists.
Or maybe I’m completely full of shit.
I cannot believe you people bow at blake’s alter like he’s the second coming of Abraham. I grew up with the guy…known him since we were 15, and still occasionally talk to him if I see him around here in Chicago. He is a narcissitic, shallow opertunist who changes his most dearly help ‘beliefs’ at the drop of a hat or the gust of the wind. He is out for nothing more than to be ‘famous’ and fuck chicks. It’s not just me that feels this way, I am not ‘hating’…..everyone in the Chicago metal scene will echo my words. Stop fellating the fucking guy. Nachtmystuim, no matter how much the press sells it as so, are not ‘pioneers’….’trippy black metal’ ??? C’mon. Enslaved, Sigh and countless other bands were doing that shit a decade ago, and much more convincingly. They ‘couldn’t complete the Opeth tour’?? They were fucking KICKED OFF for behaving like 15 year olds whose parents were out of town. Jesus’ fuckin’ christ.