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METAL BENEFIT FOR JAPAN EARTHQUAKE VICTIMS VIA MMA BR00TALITY

 Monday, May 16th, 2011 at 1:30pm by

Japan benefit

I couldn’t care less about MMA and couldn’t pick “superstar” Josh Barnett out of a lineup of a dozen other Affliction-wearing muscle-bound goons, but I can tell you this: the lineup of Mr. Barnett’s Japanese Benefit Fit show is completely unfuckwithable, it’s for a great cause (all proceeds will go to the Red Cross), and for that I feel compelled to stand up and offer the man a hearty clap. If I lived in the L.A. area I’d definitely be going.

The show will take place on Thursday, May 26th at the House of Blues in Hollywood and will feature All Shall Perish, Animals as Leaders, Cattle Decapitation and Abysmal Dawn, as well as local acts Internal Corrosion and Thrown Into Exile. Like I said, unfuckwithable. Even better, the show is ONLY $15; tickets are on sale now at www.hob.com and www.ticketmaster.com.

Comments Barnett:

As someone that has worked in Japan over the last nine years and even lived there for a time I felt an obligation to try and help a country which has shown so much love and hospitality to me over the years. This event dealt a devastating blow to the ‘Land of The Rising Sun,’ not only economically but to the hearts, minds and souls of its people. I don’t think that my event can in any way reverse what has happened or completely restore a country and its people, but music has the power to move the heart and soul. That kind energy can reach masses and be transferred to others and if even one person can be helped, it was worth it. In any form that we can generate funds, support and just simply the bushido spirit to all those affected by this we will be successful and keep the sun forever rising in Japan.”

More info on the event’s Facebook page.

-VN

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  • vedicardi

    who the fuck is josh barnett

    oh well it’s abysmal dawn yey

  • jd091

    Cattle Fuckin’ Decap! This is actually a pretty solid lineup. But it’s bullshit that Animals as Leaders is billed higher than Cattle.

    • Stu

      Well, they are bigger.

      • Alex678

        and better

        • Utmu

          At being slightly less awesome than Cattle Decap.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jonas-Nilsson/556141616 Jonas Nilsson

    Much respect to Josh Barnett for this, hope he runs through Brett Rogers like water in the Strikeforce grand prix (yeah i admit, i am a MMA-fan. We’re not all “bro’s” in affliction tees).

    Also, Cattled decaptitation!! Wish i could go!

    • warpigs

      indeed, barnett is actually fairly cool. he loves metal! (and steroids!)

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Will-Morley/618112437 Will Morley

    Most people who I know who watch/participate in MMA aren’t “Affliction-wearing muscle-bound goons” and the sport actually takes a lot of training an perseverance to even stand a chance in. I know that I don’t own, nor have I thought of owning a single piece of Affliction merchandise and I’ve been following the support for some time now. Those kind of comments are equally derogatory as someone who doesn’t like metal assuming that everyone who does worships satan or something equally archaic and stupid. Funny how you’re so quick to shit on other forms of entertainment when you spend so much time trying to reverse stereotypes of metal-heads.

    • BumpItCharlie

      Standing O my brother, stand.ing. O.

      I’ve been a fan of UFC since Oleg Taktarov was the baddest man on the face of the Earth.
      I absolutely love watching the sport, but the subculture really pisses me off. It’s a lot like how I feel about metal. I absolutely love many of the ridiculous genres that we have to name these days, but I can’t stand the elitism that comes out if I tell someone that I listen to some deathcore bands, or whatever.
      That’s the shitty thing about being a fan of something that’s not mainstream, or accepted by the mainstream. You get lumped in with the douchebags who outsiders associate with, in my case, metal and MMA.
      With that said, I love Satan… BRO!

    • Stu

      I’m a huge fan, and go to a good amount of events, and have followed for years and while my immediate group of friends and myself, don’t fall into that category, a VERY large portion of that world (the participants and fans) are Affliction, Tap Out, etc flat brimmed, Coors Lite pounding Neanderthals.

    • Slaughterhouse

      Took the words right out of my mouth. I was very offended when I read that line about Afflicition. I have been watching MMA religiously since 2004 and I can’t believe in this day an age, especially coming from someone who is a die hard metal fan and knows a little something about stereo-types would write such shit. Definitely lost some points in my book.

    • SlothIsLegend

      ITT: Will Morley schools the shit out of MetalSucks.

  • http://headmarketingstrategies.com/ Headnuts

    why is this not the partial lineup for summer slaughter???

    • A.C.

      Because this was the partial line-up for last year’s Summer Slaughter?

  • Ja5on

    Personally I think MMA & Metal go hand in hand very well. Also as the previous poster said it’s not all about “muscle bound Affliction wearing goons.” To me that just seems like an easy pot-shot stereotype statement to make. I’m constantly defending metal to people who don’t listen to it or understand it. People always make asinine assumptions about things they don’t understand. 

  • xblackvalor

    A little ironic Cattle is on this show cause it benefits humans haha. Solid lineup though

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Vince-Decker/100002225040320 Vince Decker

      i was thinking that! they would normally be like “lets eat them instead of help them,” but this lineup is perfect and i wish i lived there :(

  • Sambo

    I wish we had a lineup like that in Las Vegas!

  • trence75

    There needs to be a benefit for alabama tornado victims also.. This is for a good cause

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Vince-Edwards/184804344 Vince Edwards

    Josh has become a good friend of mine over the past few years and he is definitely one of the most well spoken, down to earth, and honest metal fans I’ve ever met. You can tell from his statement that he isn’t a lowest-common-denominator goon. It’s very cool that he’s spent countless hours putting this show together, especially when he’s training daily for his fight on 6/18.

  • pat

    This is for a good cause, and the bands are all good except aal. As for mma fans, who gives a shit what beer and what type of cap they want to wear? Wish this was in frisco

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Vince-Edwards/184804344 Vince Edwards

      Animals As Leaders is amazing to watch live.

  • Sergeant D

    Josh has been repping legit bands like Bolt Thrower forever. Seems like a cool guy.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Albert-Witchfinder/1013752031 Albert Witchfinder

    That’s an impressive lineup right there!

  • Utmu

    I would TOTALLY go to this. If only I lived in Hollywood… let alone California… let alone the West coast… I’m gonna’ stop there, cuz I’m about as far away as an American can be… namely the East coast.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Farhaad-Esfandiary/501309890 Farhaad Esfandiary

    Tickets = purchased. Can’t wait!!

  • Fenriz

    Japan will rebuild…a strong economy helps…they don’t need our help…what about taking care of disaster situations at home first….namely Alabama and the deep south.

  • logan

    Oh boy time for another insensitve joke, maybe cattle decapitataion will play bukkake tsunami at this concert.