Cinemetal 140 THE RETURN OF WAYNE’S WORLD February 7th, 2011 at 11:00am Axl Rosenberg …Wayne’s World sketch. This is the first time a Def Leppard shirt has been worn on national television during the 21st century, and it may be the last. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIfLGh7e5F4 -AR…
Br00tal-lists 230 RELEASES BY BLIND GUARDIAN AND GRAVE DIGGER MAKE LIST OF “10 NERDIEST LITERARY INSPIRATIONS FOR CONCEPT ALBUMS” February 4th, 2011 at 12:00pm Axl Rosenberg If you consider yourself a geek (as I do) and you’re not reading Topless Robot, you’re really missing out. Proprietor Rob Bricken covers all things nerd on a daily basis,…
\m/ 90 BTBAM’S TOMMY ROGERS + OWEN HART DID IT FOR DIME January 31st, 2011 at 4:30pm Axl Rosenberg …Owen Hart to join them for some Pantera covers, and, of course, someone caught it all on video. The quality’s not 100%, but it’s good enough to know that the…
Green Eggs and Slam 1110 DEFILER IS THE FUTURE OF DEATHCORE! January 26th, 2011 at 11:00am Sergeant D …From reading their MySpace and YouTube responses, they seem real nice, and I expect big things from them if they stick with it. Hit them up on Facebook (or MySpace…
Green Eggs and Slam 1380 SOME NERD MADE A VIDEO ABOUT SEEING SUNN O)) January 24th, 2011 at 4:00pm Sergeant D Earlier today I was listening to Sunn O)) on Youtube because I was trying to drown out some people around me who were being loud, and I came across this…
Music Dorkery 420 METAL MAKES EVERYTHING BETTER January 24th, 2011 at 1:00pm MetalSucks Admit it: this picture makes you SO FUCKING HAPPY. Recently, my friend sent me a YouTube link to a Bee Gees cover group. Excuse me, tribute band. That is the…
\m/ 490 NERGAL IS OUT OF THE HOSPITAL January 19th, 2011 at 5:00pm Axl Rosenberg …of the hospital and staying with his folks. Yes, Nergal is staying with his parents while he recovers. I love that there are assholes all over Poland who want this…
Upcoming Bullsh*t 430 PROTEST THE HERO’S NEW ALBUM ARTWORK IS BLOWING MY MIND January 19th, 2011 at 2:30pm Vince Neilstein (click to enlarge) For the most part you will never see me posting about album covers. It’s not that I don’t appreciate artwork, it’s just that in the digital age…
Green Eggs and Slam 360 BIG CHOCOLATE = THE GUTTURAL SLAMMING JUSTIN BIEBER (PLUS THE DEBUT OF A NEW DISFIGURING THE GODDESS SONG!) January 19th, 2011 at 1:00pm Sergeant D …of death metal. Like the Biebz, he made his mark with a series of YouTube videos, but has since released a few dozen studio tracks and done guest spots with…
Book Reviews 600 VINCE NEIL HAD SEX WITH SQUIRRELS… WHAT THE…?!? January 18th, 2011 at 2:00pm Corey Mitchell …and if you are a fan of the English language, you will despise this book. So that about covers all of the bases for those of you who may or…
Green Eggs and Slam 1110 EX-ATTACK ATTACK GUITARIST NEEDS UR DONATIONS!!!!! January 17th, 2011 at 4:00pm Sergeant D …where he quit the band via Youtube– it’s cool that there were no hard feelings, I thought the montage of his memories w the John Meyer song in the background…
New Stuff 160 NEW MOONSORROW??? NEW MOONSORROW!!! January 14th, 2011 at 3:30pm Vince Neilstein …the U.S. around the same time they’re leaving a fat stack of cash on the table to illegal downloads). Enjoy the epic 16-minute new track “Huuto” from YouTube, re-posted above….
Rampant Rumors 180 SCION ROCK FEST 2011 LINEUP RUMORS BEGIN TO SWIRL January 12th, 2011 at 10:30am Vince Neilstein …on Scion’s dime (Scion usually covers bands’ travel costs to and from their fests) they may as well take advantage of the situation by doing a full tour. Other rumored…
...And F*ck You Too 450 MIKE PORTNOY IS AVAILABLE FOR BAR MITZVAHS January 11th, 2011 at 11:30am Axl Rosenberg …will spend his time not playing originals, but covers — and not even covers that really require his immense talents. I mean, I love The Beatles — seriously, only Nazis…
Music Dorkery 450 SOME OF THE BEST READER-SUGGESTED ELEPHANTS MARCHING RIFFS January 7th, 2011 at 4:00pm Axl Rosenberg …Suffocation, “Suspended In Tribulation” — kmfcm suggested this one, and it’s an excellent call. I can’t find the studio version on YouTube, but in the below live clip, the riff…
Slave to the Grind 200 THERE’S NO REAL MYSTERY TO IT: NAPALM DEATH ARE RECORDING A NEW SONG January 7th, 2011 at 3:30pm Axl Rosenberg …are really only two kinds of songs in the world — covers and originals — and we know that this won’t be cover, it has to be an original song….
Hipsters Out Of Metal! 300 STEEL PANTHER HITS BOTTOM January 6th, 2011 at 2:30pm Anso DF …it’s important that, until December, none of those shows took place outside of West Hollywood. At the Sunset Strip weekly, the set is blockbuster covers, a few Steel Panther originals,…
Music Dorkery 560 SORRY, DUDES, BUT THESE AIN’T ELEPHANTS MARCHING RIFFS January 6th, 2011 at 12:30pm Axl Rosenberg …suggestions, guys! Keep ’em coming. YouTube links/specific times you want me to listen are much appreciated. And then in the next day or two I’ll write about some of my…
Upcoming Bullsh*t 220 WE’RE LESS THAN TWO WEEKS AWAY FROM THE RELEASE OF NYC SUCKS!!! January 5th, 2011 at 4:30pm Axl Rosenberg …cover for Volume 2. The covers were designed by the very talented Jesse Zuretti. Volume 1: (Jan 18) 1. East of the Wall 2. Made out of Babies 3. Tiger…
New Stuff 30 FROM EXILE DESCEND INTO “THE GREAT BELOW” January 5th, 2011 at 1:00pm Axl Rosenberg We’ve known for awhile now that Atlanta’s From Exile were working on a Nine Inch Nails covers EP; we’ve even gotten to hear a sample of the band’s version of…
