Slipknot Is In Legal Trouble. Yet another sad case where Metal is the "cause"?

The last time we heard the words legal issues and Slipknot were back in January when there was a death in one of their concerts in their home city of Iowa, or also the time when Slipknot threatend to sue Burger King for using their persona in their "Chicken Fries Commercial", but now once again the group find themselves in legal problem for yet another death but this time not in a concert but in California where two teens killed a friend of theirs, the young woman Amber Rose Riley wass accused of helping Jason Harris kill 22-year-old Terry Taylor in 2003.

But during their trial she said that what enticed her into the murder was a song out of he band's "Disasterpiece", that includes lyrics that mention the killing of a victim through slitting of their throat, Taylor was stabbed more than 20 times, and his neck was slashed in the brutal attack. Harris was sentenced to serve 50 years to life behind bars in August.

Harris reportedly told San Bernardino police detectives that he wanted to know what it was like to kill someone and Khim told the jury that Riley admitted to having "a fascination about what it would be like to see a dead body".

I wanna hear your opinions on wether you believe that murders should be blamend on heavy metal music?. I truthfully believe that rap is more likely to drive people to kill others because of its high content of curse words and lyrical themes for songs, a good example of this the genre best known as "Ganasta Rap". But what do you think?

Band Of The Week #5

The Jimi Hendrix Experience was a band formed in London in 1966. When Hendrix got to London with his new manager Chas Chandler he decided that it was time to move from a solo career into a permanent band, he began tryouts and autoaticaly he acquired bassist Noel Redding. That same year Hendrix met his most valuable musical partner, drummer Mitch Mitchell. The name The Jimi Hendrix Experience was coined by their business manager Mike Jeffery. They were one of the few bands that started the "power trio" band type such as Cream, meaning a band that only involves three members. Hendrix mixed lead and rhythm guitar duties into one, while also making use of guitar effects such as feedback and later the wah-wah pedal to an extent that had never been heard before. Their first huge show was in the USA after the Monterey Pop Festival, the band delivered and outstanding performance which other than having the big name star (Hendrix) gave them their fame. After the festival they were then asked to go on tour with The Monkees as the opening act. They left the tour after only a few dates, Chas Chandler later said that it was all a publicity stunt. With the band, Hendrix recorded his five hit singles "Hey Joe", "Purple Haze", "The Wind Cries Mary", "Burning of the Midnight Lamp" and "All Along the Watchtower", and his three most successful albums, Are You Experienced, Axis: Bold as Love, and Electric Ladyland.

Hendrix decided to split the group in 1969, the deteriorating relationship with Redding caused the band to dissolve. In August 1969, Hendrix joined with another "power trio" band known as "Band Of Gypsies", which broke up in 1970. Then Hendrix got "The experience" back together without Redding, drugs were a companion, performances usually ended late shaded into parties that lasted till the morning, often to the detriment of the music, especially when the band began to tour via airplane, necessitating early wakeup calls and taking away the hours of sleep and relaxation on the Greyhound that had been their staple before 1968. Hendrix himself had begun to experiment with depressants and other psychadelic drugs, his own performance had become erratic, resulting in inter-band conflicts that contributed to the first breakup.

This lead to his death in the same year.

A bit late but here is Band Of The Week #4

I know last week I forgot to entretain you guys with a band of the week so this week we are having back to back bands of the week, last week's band of the week was none other than "The Beast" Iron Maiden.

Iron Maiden is an English heavy metal band from Leyton, East London, England, formed in 1975. The band got started as a side project by bassist Steve Harris, shortly after he left his previous group, Smiler. The longest living members of the original band are Steve Harris and guitarist Dave Murray. Original vocalist Paul Day was fired as he lacked "energy or charisma onstage". The band split in 1976, A poor gig at the Bridgehouse in November 1977, with a makeshift line-up including Tony Moore on keyboards, Terry Wapram on guitar, and drummer Barry Purkis resulted in Harris firing the entire band. Dave Murray was reinstated and Doug Sampson was hired as drummer. They struck gold in 1978 when they released their first demo The Soundhouse Tapes. Featuring only three songs, the band sold all five thousand copies within weeks. Several other guitarists were temporarily hired until the band finally settled on Dennis Stratton. In 1980 they reached the UK Albums Chart with their first album "Iron Maiden", the group became one of the leading proponents of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal movement.

By 1981, Paul Di'Anno was demonstrating increasingly self-destructive behaviour, particularly through cocaine usage. His performances began to suffer, just as the band was beginning to achieve large-scale success in America. At the end of 1981 the band fired Di'Anno and began to seek a new vocalist. Bruce Dickinson tried out and became the band's new vocalist.

After their release of their album "The Number Of The Beast" Iron Maiden was declared to be "Satanist" in many countries. To the point where a group of Christian activists went on to destroy Iron Maiden records in protest against the band.

The band released Powerslave on September 9, 1984. The album featured fan favourites "2 Minutes to Midnight", "Aces High", and "Rime of The Ancient Mariner". The tour following the album, dubbed the World Slavery Tour, was the band's biggest to date and consisted of 193 shows over 13 months. This was one of the biggest tours in music history.

In 1995 the band released 'The X Factor', the band faced their lowest chart position since 1981 for an album in the UK . Chief songwriter Harris was experiencing personal problems at the time with the break-up of his marriage, and many fans and critics feel the album's sound is a reflection of this.

Now it is 2009 and Maiden has set out to run their best tour yet, rumor has it that this is their last tour before retierment and guess what city and arena got selected to be their closing show for their tour, The Bank Atlantic Center in Ft.Lauderdale, Florida.

Do you feel honored that we got selected out of any city to be their last American Tour Date?

Metallica's front-man is recovering.

Metallica front-man is recovering from his dehydration virus which doctors have narrowed down to a 24 hr virus or a bad oyster, in an interview James Hetfield said "I hate to admit it but yes even an oyster can take me down", the super star is currently recovering. Because of this disease their show that was scheduled for March 8th at Stockholm's Globe Arena, some fans are crossing their fingers for Metallica to still reschedule for this show, Hetfield said "I acknowledge and apologize for any inconvenience this has caused to fans who had traveled near and far for this show. I had done everything possible to make it, and I was at the point of falling if I stood up. On a lighter note since my illness, the support band "Swedish Oyster Club" will be thrown out of thee tour. More cowbell..... More like...... More barf bags."

What do you think of James' apology, if you were a fan would you accept it?

Skinlab added to Mayhem Festival!

When the Mayhem Festival comes around it brings a randomly picked out band "out of a hat" to play at the Jägermeister Mobile Stage, this year the lucky band to be picked was the groove metal band Skinlab, they were selected just days ago. They will be the show's second band next to the opener band Behemoth, They plan to release a new album on July 7th. Not only that but the pre sale albums will be sold during the shows which you can buy for $10 and then get it signed by the band at the Jägermeister tent.





Have you ever heard of these guys if you haven't then heres one of my favorite hits by them, then tell me your opinion about them: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uLu6Iwb_Ig

Band Of The Week # 3

Well it is the third week that I personally do "Band Of The Week" and until now I've only been doing famous bands with big names so I decided to take this time to take you guys into the world of underground bands that are partly known and local. This week we start with the band Here We Rise.
You've probably seen them before at the Talent Farm or at Revolution Live before and if you havent today is the day to check them out, go to their Myspace page at http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewProfile&friendID=388023152

They started like any local band would, local kids that are friends and they decide "Hey lets start a band" , these kids have a real talent worth admiring, their music choices were metal, grindcore or hardcore. They went with a mix of all those together, if you want to check theme out they will be playing a show on friday at The Talent Farm. Line up is on guitars you have the talented Kyle and Jose, bassist Steve, drummer A.j. Lino and singer/screamer David. They are trying to get votes to play at Vans Warp Tour and recently looking for a record label but they do have shirts and demos at their shows if you may be interested message me and I'll talk to them for you.

If it was up to me, there wouldn't be no such thing as the establishment - Jimi Hendrix

Crue Fest 2???

Yes it is official, Motley Crue has made the final decision to hold another Crue Fest on 2009, bands involved so far include Godsmack, Rob Zombie and Alice Cooper. Motley Crue also gave the greatest news ever since their new CD "Saints Of Los Angeles" , for this tour they plan to only play their most legendary album "Dr. Feelgood" which for anyone that can remember it is known as the album that brought fame to Motley Crue, which also was a number one on the Billboard Charts. Most details will be revealed on March 13th at an interview their having in New York City. In my opinion this was a great idea on Crue's mind since most people that truly know them would pick Dr. Feelgood over any other one of their albums.

What do you think of this choice?