I’m not hip, so before this past Friday, when Corey Mitchell alerted us to the existence of the below interview, I had never heard of St. Vincent (né Annie Clark). But I’ve listened to some of her stuff on Spotify now, and while it’s not really my thing, there is some pretty cool guitar work going on.

And so it almost — almost – makes sense that St. Vincent is apparently a metal fan, with a special fondness for the one and only Dimebag himself. (She also apparently likes Maiden.)

And then I found twenty bucks.

-AR

[via MTV, or I guess MTV Hive, whatever the fuck the difference is.]

The Glam Mistress Allyson over at Bring Back Glam! has reminded us of a truth that we so often selectively forget: Pantera got their start as a poofy-haired, spandex-wearing glam metal band. And by “start” I don’t just mean teenage garage-band days; I mean four full-length albums (!), the first three with original lead singer Terry Glaze. What would all the meatheads who chant “Dimebag! Dimebag!” at every metal concert these days say if they knew their slain hero pranced around the stage in videos like this one? I don’t know what’s better, Dimebag’s shiny silver spandex or the choreographed “wish I was Eddie” stage moves.

-VN

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