HAVE YOU HEARD THE BUZ ABOUT LAMB OF GOD?
Thursday, July 16th, 2009 at 10:30am by Axl Rosenberg
I’m not really a regular comics reader anymore so I have no idea if they still do this, but DC use to have this thing called Elseworlds where they basically reimagined the lives of various heroes – e.g., What if Superman had been Russian?, What if Batman was a vampire?, What if Wonder Woman had a dick?, etc. And I always really enjoyed those.
That same interest in the “what if?” questions must be why I’m also so fascinated when a band has to do a one-off gig without a key member and replaces said member with some other all-star musician – e.g., Metallica with Dave Lombardo and Joey Jordison, Trivium with Doc Coyle, and now Lamb of God with Unearth’s Buz “Banned from Wal-Mart” McGrath.
Yes, the Buzster will handling lead duties for the last six shows of the Virginia outfit’s European tour, while Mark “I’m Too Hungover for this Interview” Morton heads home to Richmond to be present for the birth of his child. Selfish prick.
As much as I love Morton, I can’t wait to see/hear the bootlegs from these dates. What’s it like when McGrath plays the solo on “Walk With Me in Hell,” for example? If any of our international readers hit up one of these shows, please drop us a line and let us know how it goes. Hey, that rhymed!
No word yet on whether or not McGrath’s usual partner-in-crime, Ken Susi, will be on hand to spit into the air, catch said spit, and then rub it into his hair.
-AR
Have you seen the video on MetalInjection with the Jazz interpretation of Set To Fail ? It’s hilarious you should check it out…
HA HA it is so fucking hilarious, I can’t help listening to it over and over again
http://www.metalinjection.net/tv/view/3373/lamb-of-god-set-to-fail-smooth-jazz-version
Thats fucking awesome!
The Slipknot one is Funnier.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wG6G4XBnvLQ
no it’s not
Elseworlds was fucking brilliant, especially the one with Superman being russian, I think it was called Superman: Red Sun or something. Jesus, I’m such a fucking geek.
Anyways, Buz is a cool guitar player, who’s solo style is quite different from Mark Morton’s. I’m interested in hearing stuff from these gigs.
ill be at sonisphere so I can say whether or not he sucked
anyone else heard that machine head quit sonisphere because of the Bizkit
Yes, that was announced early last week.
Wow someone who is even less talented than Morton. I saw Unearth play before Testament and he was just awful. Not that the music was anything demanding anyway.
Yeah, it’s too bad you’re busy. You could’ve saved metal. Oh well.
So, after you leave your job at Guitar Center, do you go to your own place, or still living with the folks?
Wow. Lamb of God mixed with Unearth. That’s a whole new level of fail. That’s so much fail it could rip a hole in the fabric of space-time and create a black hole of fail.
Would it be “Set To Fail”?
Sorry. I love LOG, but I couldn’t resist.
Win.
yet another example of the word “fail” just being slaughtered by an upset teenager
Replace “fail” with “shit” then. Don’t be such a crybaby.
saw Jason Bitner fill in for Charlie Benante on the Anthrax “reunion” tour with Joey a few years ago…same deal, he had to catch a plane to see his child’s birth.
fucking kids.
haha. Bitner nailed it though but still…
You are all madmen. I’m not a huge fan of Unearth’s music, but Buz fucking rips.
I’m curious to hear if Buz plays “Grace” that’s Mark Morton’s shining point (imo) and my favorite LOG song to date
The first paragraph got me excited for a Lamb of God comic…oh well, at least Dimmu Borgir still has that graphic novel coming.
Buzz shreds. He’ll do great. That would be a cool show to see…something a little different
I’d bet anything he can’t pull off a fraction of the leads Mark Fucking Morton can. I too want to see it, but mostly just to laugh at him trying.
have you ever played guitar?
hahahah. ok.