News Round-Up: Rob Zombie Fights the MPAA, Lamb of God Fights Litigious Fans, Blaze Bayley Fights Class and Good Taste
Ho, ho, ho! Happy birthday, Jesus! I hope I look as good as you do when I turn 2,015.
Here’s your news round-up for the day, bud:
- Rob Zombie’s latest cinematic masterpiece, 31, is having problems with the MPAA (which is a totally bullshit organization — see the 2006 documentary, This Film is Not Yet Rated, for details):
- The cover art for the new Blaze Bayley album is ready to be on the side of your van now:
- Heavy Blog is Heavy has aggregated the year-end lists of a dozen major metal media outlets (including the one you’re reading now) and determined that we all like Deafheaven, Tribulation, and Baroness a lot. Read all about it here.
- Some dude made a documentary about the Deftones fifteen years ago, and then it got shelved for whatever reason, and tomorrow it will finally be released. Yay! Watch the trailer here.
- Bumblefoot (ex-Guns N’ Roses) is opening a music school in Oxfordshire, UK.
- Lamb of God’s Mark Morton explains the reason he can’t listen to your band’s demo (via The PRP):
Years ago, some aspiring band gave us their demo to listen to. Some time after that unremarkable incident, they presented us with a law suit
— Mark Morton 🇺🇸 (@MarkDuaneMorton) December 23, 2015
…they claimed that upon hearing their crappy demo, we stole some of their music and released as our own without compensating them….
— Mark Morton 🇺🇸 (@MarkDuaneMorton) December 23, 2015
…those allegations were (of course) completely untrue, & the whole thing went away as quickly as it had appeared….but….
— Mark Morton 🇺🇸 (@MarkDuaneMorton) December 23, 2015
….THAT, my good friends, is why I don't want to hear your demo. As so often happens in life…one asshole ruins it for everybody!
— Mark Morton 🇺🇸 (@MarkDuaneMorton) December 23, 2015
That’s it. All done. Go open your presents.
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