Killing Cancer is a charity that is aiming to raise £50m to fund further trials into Photodynamic Therapy, a treatment that can help cure some forms of cancer by killing cells through a combination of drugs and light.
"It really is an injustice that this form of treatment is not available to everyone in the U.K.," said Plant. "I have friends currently receiving PDT, but only because we pushed to get it."
AEROSMITH guitarist Joe Perry has told MTV News that the band is effectively off the road (they have a pair of Hawaiian gigs slated for this weekend) while he continues to focus on promoting his new solo album, "Have Guitar, Will Travel".
"Well, from where I sit, and from the latest I have heard from the other guys ... I talk to the three guys probably every week or 10 days or so, because we have a couple of gigs left to do. We're gonna be on indefinite hiatus, I think, at this point," Perry said. "We need some time apart. For myself, it's worked out great, because I've got this project going, and I'm getting all kinds of offers to do things I would normally have to turn down. ... Being in charge of the ship, I can say, 'Well, we're not going to work that night. I'm gonna go do this show.'
"I think that AEROSMITH needs some time apart to get back into the same headspace of making the record," he continued. "We need to do a great studio record, and I want to do with an A-list producer. ... I think we need some space at this point. That's from me. You'll have to ask everybody else and ask Steven [Tyler, vocals] what he thinks, but that's where I'm at."
According to Billboard.com, Anglo-Australian hard rock legends AC/DC are among the finalists for the 2009 Billboard Touring Awards, which will be handed out at a special reception in New York on November 5. The awards are based on global box office numbers reported to Billboard Boxscore from October 1, 2008 through September 30, 2009.
The finalists for the Top Tour and Top Draw awards, which acknowledge the top grossing and ticket selling tours, respectively, are the same three global treks: AC/DC's "Black Ice" tour, U2's "360" tour and MADONNA 's "Sticky & Sweet" tour.
Other than the Boxscore-related awards, Ozzy Osbourne will be named 2009 Legend Of Live.
Judas Priest's vocalist, Rob Halford, is known for his extraordinary vocal range and his solid reputation as one of the godfathers of heavy metal music. He has become known as the Metal God — a moniker fittingly adopted from a famous Judas Priest song and given to his business ventures and solo projects outside Priest, titled Metal God Entertainment. And Halford's Metal God Entertainment is now launching Metal God Apparel — creating rock and roll T-shirts that will appeal to just as many consumers outside the heavy metal circle. It is a cool collection, debuting thirteen T-shirts for both male and female rockers.
And for the Holiday season, Rob Halford will be releasing a solo CD, Winter Songs, in the first week of November. It is a disc of unique Christmas songs — some of the heaviest yuletide known to man. Two of the tracks — a neckbreaker named "Get Into The Spirit" and "We Three Kings" — is currently available for download at www.RobHalford.com.
Powerline A.D.: Rob, you've been a busy man lately.
Rob Halford: (laughs) Can you get me another hour in the day, please?
Powerline A.D.: I was just going to ask you, where do you find the time?
Rob Halford: I know, it's crazy, but isn't it great? Aren't people at my age supposed to be slowing down instead of speeding up? (laughs) That just goes to show you, I haven't lost any of the passion or energy for what I love to do.
Powerline A.D.: Do you find being an entrepreneur exciting? I mean, it's a pretty exciting thing, having your own apparel and having other different projects going on.
Rob Halford: It is, yeah, and I don't lay claim to all of that because a lot of it is by this wonderful team of people that I work with. There are very few of us that can get to where we get to without the support and the dedication of other people. That's certainly the case with my primary focus of work with Priest, of course. That's the band that leads in my life and always will. With my solo activities, it's all the great people who work over at the offices in Phoenix, and Marc Sasso, my designer for the apparel company in New York. It's all great, you know, everybody's connected and everybody has the same type of enthusiasm and confidence and all the optimistic things I seek from people.
Powerline A.D.: It can be challenging for a creative person to get into the business and legal side of things.
Rob Halford: More importantly now with all the constant stealing and thievery that surrounds us, sadly. You know, Gene (Simmons) was talking about the new KISS record the other day, saying that it's still very simple: you're stealing from people and that's illegal. And then the big debate starts and then we go back to Lars (of Metallica) and Napster and all this kind of thing, but it's still ongoing. So you need to protect yourself. You need to surround yourself by the right legal language. And before you know it you have an entrepreneur in your title as well, but it's important. I find myself more than ever to be at a wonderful point in my life. 58. I'm still a singer for one of the world's greatest metal bands with Priest. I've got my solo activities, my record company, the clothing line. So things are wonderful and I'm out having a blast.
Powerline A.D.: And it makes perfect sense for you to have your own apparel. You've always successfully connected fashion and image to music.
Rob Halford: Yeah, it is important. Again, a lot of people cite Priest as the inventors of the look and the sound of metal, and I think we'll take that, you know. It's an important part of what people know about the metal world. What I'm doing recently with this initial launch – with the tried and trusty t-shirts – is a step in that direction. I don't know where it will end up. We may just stay in this particular avenue but ... it's all based on the feedback. No matter what you do, in whatever career or business you run — if the support is there and the growth is there then your ideas start to move forward.
Powerline A.D.: I think it can create a buzz, especially with the fans. I can remember when I was a kid — and we were already into Priest - but we would go down to the newsstand to see what Rob Halford was wearing or what Priest was wearing. You know, the image created a buzz as well as the music.
Rob Halford: Those are... I was going to say those were the good old days. You know, the one thing I pride myself on is that I haven't turned into a cynical, bitter old man, which is very easy to become in rock n' roll. Just by virtue of living for fifty-eight years. But I don't feel that way, and the point that you raised... I know that it's just as important to the fans of new metal bands or whomever it may be. Nowadays, they don't have to go down to the corner newsstand. You just log onto to the internet and it's there for everybody to enjoy instantaneously. We live in a world of instant gratification, as you know, now. So the excitement and the buzz is to some extent more difficult to sustain, don't you think?
Powerline A.D.: Yeah, you know, Rob, you're right, because there was more of a mystery (to a band) back then. We couldn't log on and instantly see what Priest was doing. You didn't have a site, or blog, or twitter stuff... there was obviously none of that. We would basically pick up a magazine and see what you guys were up to, and that news might be a month or so old.
Rob Halford: Exactly, but you, like myself, have been determined not to be left behind, and you, like myself, have moved forward with technology and embraced the opportunity to — more than ever — getting your story out and your ideas out and your creativity out. Not only in your own local town, city or state or country but globally in an instant. We're connected 24/7 around the planet, and for a lot of us that's a double-edged sword obviously.
Powerline A.D.: Did you ever have it in the back of your mind to do your own apparel?
Rob Halford: No, I hadn't. To be perfectly honest it was out of ideas that started to be discussed when we launched Metal God Entertainment about a year ago – the platform for Metal God Entertainment. We are very slowly but methodically laying out this platform, providing projects that become real and go out into the world. At the moment – with the record company that goes through Metal God Entertainment – we've shown the ability to make really good quality product, and initially a lot of it has been on the reissues of the Halford and Fight stuff. But it was important just to let people see and feel and touch and go 'Yeah, well, Rob's doing it. He's talking about it, but here's the real thing. I'm holding it in Best Buy'... or wherever. So, that's great. It's all very real ambitions that are coming to life. And, so, just one of the things that came out of that about a year ago was 'What do we all feel about opportunities we can explore with
clothing ideas' and we were like 'Do we want to?, is it worth it?, the economy sucks.' But we just said let's go ahead slowly and steadily and see what we could put together. And we just got excited when the designs and the ideas started to come forward, and we thought, 'C'mon, let's see what happens.' You never know what's going to happen with an idea until you lay it out to everybody. The initial feedback's been great. I just had a really crazy day in New York ... flew in and out of New York and had like 15 hours of intense grilling by people in the clothing industry and they were all very cool. They didn't kind of push me to one side. I think the fashion world is very much like the music industry — or film industry — something new is happening all the time. That's America. That's the dream. That's why I love this country. And even though we are going through the recession there is still light at the end of the tunnel. We haven't stopped. All the
creative people haven't gone 'Let's forget everything. Let's just stop and wait til things turn around.' You can't do that. Everybody's working hard in all portions of life — whether you are in the auto industry that seems to be somewhat surviving or the record industry ... everybody's in a struggle together. But we all need to keep the ideas coming. So, that was the philosophy that we had with just moving ahead with Metal God Apparel.
Powerline A.D.: And the T-shirt images are pretty elaborate... almost like tattoos.
Rob Halford: It's funny you should say that because I was sitting down with a couple of these really cool Goth gals in New York and they go 'Hey, why don't you do some kind of designs by some of the tattoos that you wear?' And I go 'Isn't that a cool idea. Why didn't I think of that?' And they said, 'That would be really cool if you took some of your artwork and mingled it into a couple shirts.' So, with their idea that's what we might be doing for the next batch that come out in February at the Magic Show (convention for clothing and apparel) in Vegas. Marc Sasso is the main guy — the guy with all the brains and creativity — he's known me forever, comes to my shows, looks at what I do, reads the lyrics of the songs, listens to the music, and his brain starts putting together all these images.
Powerline A.D.: The press release for Metal God Apparel reads "Defining consumer fashions for today's rock and metal lifestyles" but you can be easily targeting people who don't know much about metal or Halford or Priest.
Rob Halford: Yeah, that's true. Again, talking to these two girls they said that particularly from the female perspective there's been this incredible revolution like Stephenie Myer in the Twilight series and vampire things. And all the chicks are getting really edgy, you know? With the blood and the skulls and the crossbones and the dragons and the demons, and they were saying 'Don't leave us out. This isn't just a male dominated thing here.' And that's really cool because I am really determined to even out the launch of this clothing by next February. But, yeah, I think the designs are edgy enough to where you don't need to be a metalhead. If you like to wear that kind of display, I think it says something about your personality. That's why I think in that press release I said that what we wear, defines us. How we dress up, how we go out on the town, go to a show, people look at you and get a little bit of an idea what makes you click and tick inside
by what you're wearing.
Powerline A.D.: What about striking up an exclusive deal with a major department store like Target or WalMart?
Rob Halford: Yeah, that's what we're working on. Because we're in the 60-90 dollar range I've kind of pushed myself out of the Made in China WalMart. I know that's a big slap, but all of my stuff is made in America.
Powerline A.D.: But, you know, all the shirts that are currently in department stores — the ones that have rock design shirts — their quality is not that good.
Rob Halford: I'd love to see myself in Macy's. I'd love to myself in Nordstrom. I don't see why I shouldn't, but, again, you have to jump through the hoops, and we're doing what we need to do to get to that place. I need retail, so I'd love to find a place in that area, but again, it's very, very tough. Competition is cut-throat, so you just do what you do to try to get to a place that's important, so if I can find retail that would be a blessing.
Powerline A.D.: You commented on the price but if you look at concert shirts they are 30-40 dollars a pop ...
Rob Halford: And you wear them for six months and they shrink in the dryer.
Powerline A.D.: Exactly.
Rob Halford: I mean, it took us about eighteen months to get to the launch stage because you have to stick this material in machines and tear them up and shred them, dry them and run over them in a car, and all this crazy stuff. People demand quality and that's why we are in a slightly higher bracket because it's good stuff. You will get a lot of wear out of it. The more you pay for something, the better it is. That's the bottom line.
Powerline A.D.: Now, do you have a favorite shirt out of all of them?
Rob Halford: I love Pray For Rock & Roll (shown above), I don't know why (laughs). I think it's Freudian. Please pray for rock and roll. I don't know whether I'm thinking about illegal downloads or the quality of music today — which I think is amazing, the variety and the style. The music is just wonderful today, you know, in and outside of metal music. But I still always got that feeling: Please God, let something spectacular happen. I'm waiting for the next big gigantic moment, whatever that may or may not be. There are few bands that can do what U2 can do. You got U2. You got the Stones. And then on a different degree you got bands like AC/DC and KISS that can do these big venues. But what will be the next great big thing? Will there be a next great big thing? You're old enough to remember the days of the records that used to sell ten million a pop. If you get gold today you are a success. If you get a million today that's the equivalent of a 3-5
million record of the 80s. If you get a record that sold a million copies then I think it's fair to say that 2-3 million have been illegally downloaded. That's a fact. Sad.
Powerline A.D.: And back to speaking of new ideas, how did you come up with the idea for the Christmas CD? An interesting idea. You think about pairing metal with Christmas and you might think it's unusual — not as unusual as say Pat Boone doing "You've Got Another Thing Comin'" — but ...
Rob Halford: I always wanted to do it. The first tracks are basically to send a signal out to all the metal fans that this isn't gonna be light and wimpy. It's got a lot of depth. It's got a lot of beautiful moments. Big guitars. Big drums. Big vocal things going on. There are some nice lucid moments as well. I don't think it's that far removed from what I'm known for. But the main thing is the message, you know, just on a personal level. That time of year means a lot to me in a spiritual sense. I'm not pushing that side of me, but I think it's nice to display a part of me that is significant in terms of the messages within the music. Especially the traditional arrangements that have been covered. I know that there isn't that much of that type of experience around for people in my world to enjoy, so I'm hoping that whether you're a Halford fan or not, you might be interested in the treatment of these songs in this way.
Powerline A.D.: Did Priest ever think about doing this?
Rob Halford: No. And ... we never talked about it in Priest. And I don't know if we ever would or if we ever wouldn't. You know, Priest is this wonderful beast that is the Priest. I think you have to be careful with these kind of releases, especially in the message and the content. Because it's saying something quite important if you want to get deeply into it. I'd like to feel — more than anything – that this is a personal statement for me.
Powerline A.D.: It sounds natural. That's the important thing.
Rob Halford: Yeah. Exactly. If it sounds forced, if it sounds too in-your-face ... I don't want that. This isn't the record that has the need for that type of experience. I'll leave that to Priest, you know. Or leave that to my other solo activities. But it's a great record and these opening cuts that we displayed, they're not the full story. There are ten very, very different types of musical statements. But they all coalesce, they all come together. It's a great record. I played it like a million times, and I'm my worst critic. I'm tearing myself up all the time because that's what we do. At least that's what I think we all do. We're constantly critiquing ourselves. But I just love the flow of this record and each time I listen to it I feel great and I want to listen to it again. So I'm excited to get the feedback for the ten other tracks when they finally hit the airwaves and shelves.
Powerline A.D.: On the other side of the spectrum it was once rumored that you wanted to do a Black Metal album, with the guy from Emporer, is that true?
Rob Halford: Why not, you know?
Powerline A.D.: Yeah, I actually read that on Wikipedia, so I don't know if I trusted that or not.
Rob Halford: Checked Wikipedia and there were a couple things that needed to be adjusted, but the Wikipedia that you're reading now has been vetted by the eyes of the Metal God. But, yeah, you know, I love that kind of music. I love that kind of vibe. When will I get time to do it, I don't know. But I do want to do it eventually at some point.
Powerline A.D.: If you think about ... I only see it as singing about the subject of mythology. In America it's kind of touchy but...
Rob Halford: Yeah. I think again, it's the way it's displayed. And it's the way that it's perceived by certain genres. I mean, metal's been kicked in the teeth more than once by people who don't understand it.
Powerline A.D.: And there have been so many different genres of metal since it began.
Rob Halford: That's why I'm always excited by it. That's why I'm always thrilled to know what's coming next down the pipeline. If you put a list of heavy metal bands in Wikipedia, it will print out I don't know how many hundreds and hundreds of names. There's a section in Wikipedia of all these different sub-genres: classic metal, gothic metal, black metal, death metal, speed metal, thrash metal... it's fascinating to see all these different band names that you've never heard of. ... And what is rock and roll? What is it? Is it Chuck Berry or is it U2? And I think it's the same thing about Metal these days.
Powerline A.D.: So what's next for Rob Halford?
Rob Halford: I'll be having a day off in Tokyo. And then I'll be on-stage in Tokyo at the Loud Park Festival (Judas Priest will be headlining October 17th) with Megadeth, Arch Enemy, and a bunch of other great bands.
Powerline A.D.: You still love playing there after all these years, huh?
Rob Halford: Yeah. It's a fantastic place to visit. It's unique. It's like no other place in the world. Metal fans are the same all over the planet, but all of them have got their own special vibe and the Japanese definitely have something that's quite different. Looking forward to that. So I'll do that, come back and get ready for the launch of the Winter Songs.
Powerline A.D.: Any more acting? I remember watching the movie Spun and all of a sudden there you were.
Rob Halford: It was also a surprise to me. Out of the blue I get a call. But I don't know...
Powerline A.D.: You were believable as that clerk. What was it like working with Mickey Rourke? Was it intimidating? It's kind of like a young metal band opening up for Priest.
Rob Halford: You know what precedes him. Mickey Rourke's lived a very volatile life. But, as it is with a lot of us, we all build up this idea of what a person is going to be like. He was just the opposite. He was one of the nicest people I've ever met.
Powerline A.D.: Sure, but in the scene, he got kind of intense with you.
Rob Halford: Well, he told me in advance: 'These are my ideas. Are you cool?' And I said 'Mickey, you're the expert. You know, you do what you need to do to make it work.' He threw me around the room for a few hours til we got the take right, but it turned out really well. And I'm so excited for him because he's been through the meatgrinder, you know. And for him to come back with The Wrestler, and get ready with the next Iron Man movie, he deserves this recognition again.
Powerline A.D.: It's interesting how things change.
Rob Halford: Yes, that's life.
The Hellfire II festival will take place at the NEC Birmingham in Birmingham, England from November 6th - 8th.
Former IRON MAIDEN frontman BLAZE BAYLEY is now confirmed for the festival, and will perform on Saturday, November 7th.
Acts on the bill include: SAXON, ANVIL, KATATONIA, BLAZE BAYLEY, ANATHEMA, FIELDS OF THE NEPHILIM, BENEDICTION, IMPERIAL VENGEANCE, BURY TOMORROW, CINDERS FALL, MALEFICE, MY DYING BRIDE, ABGOTT, NO MADE SENSE, TRIGGER THE BLOODSHED, SEROTONAL, TESSERACT, VIKING SKULL, RISE TO REMAIN, SPIT LIKE THIS, SACRED MOTHER TONGUE, OCTOBER FILE, ELECTRIC EEL SHOCK, CANCER BATS, TED MAUL and many more.
Tickets for Hellfire II are on sale now. Further details can be found at this location.
DEF LEPPARD have announced that due to unforeseen personal matters, the third leg of their North American Tour, set to begin on October 22nd, has been cancelled.
"We know how truly blessed we are to have such committed fans," said the band in a statement. "That's why we've agonized over this decision. Even if just a single concert, we don't take cancelling shows lightly, but unfortunately life's commitments need to be the priority."
Ticket refunds are available at the point of purchase. Further details on this cancellation to follow.
As previously reported, according to Graham Walker from Thestar.co.uk, Dave Kilner, the voice of Sheffield radio, who championed showbiz careers and helped to raise millions of pounds for charities, was remembered at Sheffield Cathedral in Sheffield, UK on October 14th.
Def Leppard bassist Rick Savage was among the hundreds of friends and colleagues who attended the funeral for the 48-year-old, who lived in Whirlow and was the best-known DJ in South Yorkshire for many years.
Before the service, Savage told The Star that his memories of the DJ were "too many to mention."
"We mutually gave each other helping hands at the beginning of our careers and that blossomed into an ongoing friendship," the rocker said. "This is a really sad day," he added.
MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine has commented on the interview he gave to Norway's Lydverket blog on August 7, 2009 at the Langham Hotel in London, England in which he spoke at length about his brief tenure as the guitarist in METALLICA. A video report (see below) containing excerpts from the chat was posted on the Lydverket web site on Wednesday (October 14) and was published on BLABBERMOUTH.NET yesterday.
In a post on MEGADETH's official forum from early this morning (Friday, October 16), Mustaine writes regarding the Lydverket interview, "These people are scum. Don't listen to their interviews, don't buy their shit magazine, don't go to their pathetic garbage website. And stand by, because as soon as I see that interviewer again, I am going to put him in a hospital. [Note: The Lydverket interview was actually conducted by a female reporter, Kristin Winsents, who is said to be one of the most experienced music journalists in Norway. — Ed.] That is a promise. I will find him too.
"Again, [the interview was] set up by Roadrunner [MEGADETH's record company] and left hanging by the label.
"Too bad the promo person was not there like I asked so this shit wouldn't happen.
"Thanks for nothing, [Roadrunner]."
In a separate posting on the MEGADETH forum, Mustaine reveals his disdain for the U.S. branch of Roadrunner Records for allegedly dropping the ball in regards to the promotion of the band's new album, "Endgame".
He writes, "I don't know what to say. How a record company could be presented with a worldwide critically acclaimed record, and that they can let it plummet down the charts in just four weeks into the hundreds, is inexplicable.
"I knew I shouldn't have done this. Why didn't I trust myself?
"I regret a lot of things in my life, but this is the most regrettable."
"Endgame" has sold around 72,000 copies in the United States since its release four weeks ago. The CD has registered the following U.S. weekly sales, according to Nielsen SoundScan:
Week 1: 44,696
Week 2: 12,833
Week 3: 8,640
Week 4: 5,583
"Endgame" currently sits at position No. 105 on The Billboard 200 chart.
Norwegian journalist Kristin Winsents, who was threatened with bodily harm by Dave Mustaine after she published an interview with the MEGADETH mainman focusing primarily on his brief tenure as the guitarist in METALLICA, has laughed off Mustaine's reaction to her report and says that she is not intimidated by his threats.
In a post on MEGADETH's official forum from early this morning (Friday, October 16), Mustaine wrote regarding the "Lydverket" interview, "These people are scum. Don't listen to their interviews, don't buy their shit magazine, don't go to their pathetic garbage website. And stand by, because as soon as I see that interviewer again, I am going to put him in a hospital. That is a promise. I will find him too."
"The fact that he does not even remember that the interview was conducted by a woman says that he does not remember the interview clearly," Winsents tells Andreas Øverland of Norway's Lydverket blog.
"I actually tried to follow the guidelines that were set for the interview, which was to not talk about METALLICA, but it was he who chose to bring the subject up," she says.
"When one has been one of metal's superstars for almost thirty years, one should understand the what doing an interview is all about. I am a journalist, not a part of his fan club," says Winsents.
"Lydverket" is the Norwegian broadcaster NRK's weekly pop music show
Dave Mustaine has elaborated further on what appeared to be a thinly veiled threat against a Norwegian journalist for publishing an interview with the MEGADETH mainman that focused primarily on his brief tenure as the guitarist in METALLICA.
In a post on MEGADETH's official forum from early this morning (Friday, October 16), Mustaine wrote regarding the "Lydverket" interview, "These people are scum. Don't listen to their interviews, don't buy their shit magazine, don't go to their pathetic garbage website. And stand by, because as soon as I see that interviewer again, I am going to put him in a hospital. That is a promise. I will find him too."
The journalist in question — Kristin Winsents, who is actually a female — laughed off Mustaine's reaction to her report and said that she was not intimidated by his threats.
"The fact that he does not even remember that the interview was conducted by a woman says that he does not remember the interview clearly," Winsents told Andreas Øverland of Norway's Lydverket blog.
"I actually tried to follow the guidelines that were set for the interview, which was to not talk about METALLICA, but it was he who chose to bring the subject up," she said.
"When one has been one of metal's superstars for almost thirty years, one should understand the what doing an interview is all about. I am a journalist, not a part of his fan club," said Winsents.
Responding to Winsents' comments, Mustaine once again took to MEGADETH's official forum to make the following statement:
"You have got to be kidding! As if there aren't enough stupid people in the world.
"Now I have some 'thing' reading my post in my forum from me — a guy who is notoriously a wise guy (since she doesn't seem very bright, I'll give you a clue — I mean me), AND I PURPOSELY SAID 'GUY' FOR A REASON, SO THIS SELF-CENTERED SCRIBE would say, 'Well he has got to be joking, because I am (maybe not) a girl.'
"Did you think I was going to like it? Deep down inside, are you that mean-spirited that you had to do this to me? DO we REALLY need one more person asking me about [METALLICA], or do we really need one more person to jump on me?
"Oh yeah, we wouldn't have you in our fanclub: even MEGADETH has standards.
"Instead, you insult someone who is reasonably smart, and say I don't remember you were a girl. And people wonder why I want to have my interviews monitored; because of assholes who keep asking the [METALLICA] questions. You show the clip that says, 'I am tired of being second,' and then you cleverly cut to 'Crush 'Em' and play the line that says, 'You'll never be more than second best?'
"You disgust me!
"Besides not being very clever, being an instigator, and just plain not very smart, you can now add 'gullible' to the litany of tabloid rag journalism credits you've amassed over your illustrious career (NOT!). Oh, by the way, if those credits mattered before, they don't matter anymore now that you are just a trash novelist.
"When you have credits in the USA, then you will matter to me.
"And while you're at it, why don't you put the entire interview up, so that people can see that I said that I don't want to answer it; so that people will see just how you really are. Just disgraceful! I hope you don't have any children that will follow in your claw prints.
"That was a long interview and you cut it up for your own benefit. You didn't play one note of our new record. Nothing. Am I supposed to say, 'Wow, what a funny bitch?'
"We were promoting our new record 'Endgame', since you probably don't know the name of it (add to list of several billion things you don't know) and you didn't say shit about it. NOTHING.
"Did you think that I came all the way to Germany and the UK to sit down and have you try to humiliate me? What the fuck is wrong with you???
"Shame on you and shame on your shitty style — OR LACK THEREOF. More like shame on whoever gave you anything better than a dismissive wave and a parting gift.
"The problem, is, NOW I really am pissed, and YESTERDAY I was joking.
"And frankly, if you are a noteworthy journalist, host or presenter I feel sorry for the good people of Norway.
"In closing, I am not going to put you in the hospital, since you clearly don't know that it was a JOKE (and I do know you were/are a female). Frankly, I wouldn't even slap you, because shit splatters."
****UPDATE***: Around 50 minutes after posting the above statement, Mustaine wrote the following message on the MEGADETH forum:
"Now that I am awake, I have had a chance to think about what I have said and I have handled this wrong.
"I was deeply offended by what I saw in an interview yesterday, and I posted something. I made a mistake saying something.
"I read the journalist's reply, and I am glad she laughed it off, and I wanted to delete my previous post this morning, but not until I wrote this.
"Kristin, we will never be friends, but thank you for not taking this serious."
"Lydverket" is the Norwegian broadcaster NRK's weekly pop music show.
Pictured below are Kristin Winsents and Dave Mustaine on the day the interview was conducted — August 7, 2009 at the Langham Hotel in London, England.
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MANOWAR will embark on the "Death To Infidels World Tour 2010" in January. The band's first world trek since 1998 is sure to be a grand testament to one of the greatest heavy metal bands of all time. Don't miss the chance to see MANOWAR in all of its glory as it takes up the reins for its first globe-trotting assault in more than a decade.
Tickets for the first two shows in Germany are already on sale:
Jan. 18 - Fürth, Germany - Stadthalle
Jan. 31 - Cologne, Germany - Palladium
This is the first time MANOWAR goes on an indoor tour of Germany since 2007. Add to this up-and-coming Magic Circle Music artists HOLYHELL and METALFORCE and the "Death To Infidels World Tour 2010" is sure to be one of the "don't-miss" spectacles of the New Year.
Tickets can be purchased through the The Kingdom Of Steel web site for 65 euros (all fees AND shipping included!!!).
And, for those who are thirsting to drink from the pool of molten metal that is filled with the blood, sweat and tears of MANOWAR in honor of their fans... then PROST! The "Death To Infidels World Tour 2010" "Ultimate Fan Pass"... is also on sale now... for a very limited number of 50 per show!
Each "Ultimate Fan Pass" includes:
* Admittance into the MANOWAR show of your choice during the "Death To Infidels World Tour 2010"
* "Ultimate Fan Pass" complete with laminate and lanyard
* Early admission into the venue
* Photo with MANOWAR right before the show
* Soundcheck experience (with MANOWAR present whenever possible)
* "Death To Infidels World Tour 2010" T-Shirt
* Personalized, autographed MANOWAR signature card
* Watch the show from the pit!
Priceless for any metal fan... but for MANOWAR's "Ultimate Fans"... Only 150 euros! Limited number of 50 "Ultimate Fan Passes" available per show!
MANOWAR's long-awaited new DVD in the "Hell On Earth" series is due on November 27. "Hell On Earth V" will cover MANOWAR's recent world tours including Germany, Norway, Spain, Finland, Russia, Romania, Turkey, USA and Canada. It will feature live performances of old and new classics such as "Gloves Of Metal", "The Crown And The Ring", "Hand Of Doom", "Hymn Of The Immortal Warrior", "Father", "God Or Man" and many others.
Commented Johnson: "Picking up where the Earthshaker left off.... 'Hell On Earth V' covers the amazing 'Demons Dragons & Warriors Tour' complete with onstage Vikings and all the craziness that happens behind the scenes of a MANOWAR show.
"I have done my best to show new and classic songs never captured on camera before, including the much-requested 'Mountains' and songs from the new EP, 'Thunder In The Sky'. It will be a step above 'Hell On Earth IV' in quality and spectacle."
"Father", the first song released from MANOWAR's new EP, "Hammer Of The Gods", was recorded in 16 languages and was included as a bonus CD with the band's new EP, "Thunder In The Sky".
MANOWAR's new album, "Hammer Of The Gods", which is the first installment of "The Asgard Saga", the band's unique multimedia fantasy adventure with best-selling author Wolfgang Hohlbein, is tentatively due before the end of the year.
DOKKEN and LYNCH MOB (featuring former DOKKEN guitarist George Lynch) will share the stage for the first time ever in November. Confirmed dates are as follows:
Nov. 27 - House of Blues - West Hollywood, CA
Nov. 29 - House of Blues - Anaheim, CA
HIM, THE 69 EYES, FLAMER, GHOST BRIGADE, VANITY BEACH, MAJOR LABEL and ANATHEMA will perform at the fifth annual Helldone festival, set to take place December 28-31, 2008 at Tavastia and Semifinal clubs in Helsinki, Finland.
The festival schedule is shaping up as follows:
Monday, December 28:
Tavastia stage
HIM
FLAMER
Semifinal stage:
THE 69 EYES (unplugged)
Tuesday, December 29:
Tavastia stage:
HIM
GHOST BRIGADE
Wednesday, December 30:
Tavastia stage:
HIM
VANITY BEACH
Semifinal stage:
THE 69 EYES (unplugged)
Thursday, December 31:
Tavastia stage:
HIM
MAJOR LABEL
Semifinal stage:
ANATHEMA (acoustic)
Tickets will go on sale on October 20 at 9:00 a.m.
For more information, visit www.myspace.com/helldone.
Brian Rademacher of Rock Eyez recently spoke with STEEL PANTER singer Michael Starr (real name: Ralph Saenz). The following is an excerpt from the interview:
Q: Did you go into music for the girls?
A: "I originally got into music because of DAVID LEE ROTH and metal. I found out if I play music the teacher is going to give me those great big boobies, but as far as other things. I want a new car, a rockstar car and see what that guys doing, I want to do that now. That's my inspiration."
Q: So at what age did you first have sex?
A: "I was a late bloomer, I was seventeen. Well with a woman... I still know her; she has five kids and lives in Wyoming."
Q: So when's the first time you went muff diving?
A: "Hot damn, that's a great question dude. God damn, I totally like eating pussy, when I grew up and you saw a girl that had hair coming up from her shorts I would say I wanna fuck that bitch. I tell ya dude eating pussy is one of my favorite things and that's why 'Eatin' Ain't Cheating' is one of my favorite songs."
HYPOCRISY, DARK TRANQUILLITY and SUBWAY TO SALLY are the first confirmed bands for next year's installment of the Summer Breeze festival, set to take place August 19-21, 2010 in Dinkelsbühl, Germany.
Century Media has set a November 13 release date for SENTENCED's complete discography in a coffin-styled box set. Entitled "Coffin - The Complete Discography", the set will include 16 CDs (144 audio tracks), 2 DVDs (42 videos) and a book.
Limited to 4,000 copies worldwide, "Coffin - The Complete Discography" contains:
CD 1 - "When Death Joins Us" (demo)
CD 2 - "Rotting Ways To Misery" (demo)
CD 3 - "Shadows Of The Past"
CD 4 - "Journey To Pohjola" (demo)
CD 5 - "North From Here"
CD 6 - "The Trooper"
CD 7 - "Amok"
CD 8 - "Love & Death"
CD 9 - "Down"
CD 10 - "Frozen"
CD 11 - "Crimson"
CD 12 - "The Cold White Light"
CD 13 - "The Funeral Album"
CD 14 - "Buried Alive I"
CD 15 - "Buried Alive II"
CD 16 - "Dead Leaves" (A Collection Of B-Sides And Rarities)
DVD 1 - "Buried Alive I"
DVD 2 - "Buried Alive II"
The surviving members of the long-defunct Finnish band SENTENCED issued a statement in June 2009 regarding the passing of the group's former guitarist and main songwriter, Miika Tenkula, who was found dead at his home on February 19, 2009. He was 34 years old.
The statement reads as follows: "To stop rumours about Miika Tenkula's cause of death, his family wishes to state the following: Miika had a genetic heart condition and died from a sudden attack at his home on February 18, 2009. For those wondering where Miika is buried, his grave can be found at the Kirkkosaari cemetery in his hometown Muhos, Finland."
SENTENCED's posthumous DVD, "Buried Alive", was certified platinum last year in the band's native Finland. The disc topped the official Finnish chart upon its release in late 2006.
The former members of SENTENCED were presented with the platinum award for "Buried Alive" on August 14, 2008 at Century Media Records' 20th-anniversary party at the Tavastia club in Helsinki where ex-SENTENCED singer Ville Laihiala's new band, POISONBLACK, and labelmates NORTHER and KIVIMETSÄN DRUIDI performed.
An e-card for "Buried Alive" DVD, which captures the Finnish band's final performance in their hometown of Oulu, Finland on October 1, 2005, can be accessed at this location. The e-card features a full mock-up of the DVD menu and a taste of "Buried Alive", including one full live song as well as snippets from all chapters.
Directed by Mika Ronkainen of Klaffi Productions, the two-disc set features the entire concert, including a special guest appearance by former SENTENCED vocalist Taneli Jarva.
SENTENCED's last-ever studio CD, aptly titled "The Funeral Album", entered the Finnish national chart at position No. 1 back in June 2005. The follow-up to 2002's "The Cold White Light" was recorded primarily at Finnvox and Tonebox studios (both in Finland), and mixed and mastered at Finnvox. Producing the effort was Hiili Hiilesmaa, who also worked with SENTENCED on the group's previous two albums, 2000's "Crimson" and "The Cold White Light".
On the sunday of Lawnparties this fall, Michele Tyler '12 and Lola Aceves '11 passed on the usual Princeton garb of sundresses and sandals, instead donning very different outfits: knee-high black boots with studs, heavy black eye makeup, short black skirts and Misfits T-shirts.
As the two heavy metal fans entered Cap & Gown Club, a bouncer inspected their proxes, let them in and then respectfully asked them about the reception they were getting on campus. Further down the Street, Tyler and Aceves heard some students considering asking the bouncers to kick them out of Cloister Inn. And later, two female students outside Campus Club asked them with skepticism, "Do you guys go to this school? Where do you guys hang out?"
While this hostile reaction is not unusual, Tyler, Aceyes and the rest of Headbangers Inc. - the first and only Ivy League hard rock and metal appreciation group - are busy proving to skeptics that "Princeton" and "heavy metal" can actually be used in the same sentence.
The tagline on the group's Facebook page puts it simply: "We are dedicated to banish generic music one headbang at a time."
After facing difficulty meeting fellow metal and hard rock enthusiasts during their first few months on campus, the group's four founding members - Aceves, Jeremy Borjon '10, Bilhuda Rasheed '10 and Ivana Dimitrova '10 - came together during spring of their freshman year in 2007. (Aceves subsequently took a year off, but she was a freshman at the time.) "Quite frankly, we weren't a big fan of the Lawnparties bands," former president Borjon said. "So we said, 'Let's organize a concert.' "
To get funding for an event, however, the four original headbangers needed to form a student group. They initially had some trouble picking the perfect club name. The original idea was to call the group the Princeton Metal Alliance, but they worried that might exclude hard rock fans. "If we just stuck to metal, there probably wouldn't be enough students to even form a group," Aceves said. And so they settled on the simple, catchy title of Headbangers Inc. "Essentially the musical criteria is anything you can headbang to," Borjon said.
Headbanging, he explained, is usually done just at concerts and not while metal fans are simply walking down the street listening to music on their iPods -"unless a song really possesses us," he added with a laugh.
There are different personal styles of headbanging, including spinning one's head around in a circle as opposed to moving one's head up and down, but really, Borjon said, "It all depends on the hair."
The kickoff concert for Headbangers Inc. was held at Theatre Intime in spring 2008 and featured the obscure metal gem Justin Cotta. He performed an acoustic rock set because, Borjon explained, the group felt that it couldn't throw a full-blown heavy metal concert right away: "We needed to introduce ourselves to the campus community and take it slow."
While the club is relatively small compared to some other student groups on campus, it seems to have a visible presence on campus based on the way many members dress, often wearing T-shirts featuring metal or hard rock bands.
While Tyler, who boasts prominent tattoos, has had plenty experience with people staring at her, she said the incidents at Lawnparties were definitely shocking. "We're all at the same intellectual level, we go to the same classes, and we go to the same school, so why are you discriminating against me as if I'm inferior in some way because of the clothing I wear?" she asked.
"I don't think I even own a sundress," Tyler added. "I'm not going to go out of my way to adhere to what everyone else is wearing."
Borjon said he thinks the resistance the group faces stems not from hostility but from a lack of understanding of the sense of humor behind this music and its relevant culture. "It's tongue-in-cheek. I mean, at our activities fair table, we have a coffin full of candy and a portrait of Ozzy Osbourne. We don't take ourselves seriously; we laugh at these things," he said.
But some people still don't seem to get it. When first forming the group, the founders noticed that many people automatically assumed that metal had something to do with Satanism. Aceves said this assumption likely arises when listeners have negative reactions to music without carefully examining the lyrics.
"You could listen to music that's really hard and sounds really brutal, and it could end up being straight up Christian rock," she added. "People need to read their shit before they call us Satanists."
Borjon said it all relates back to the sense-of-humor issue, saying, "Ninety percent of this 'Satan is real' stuff is show. It's just to ruffle up the feathers of the conservative types who don't like this. It's entertainment."
Since its initial concert, the group, which now has around 20 active members, has hosted regular study breaks where students listen to and analyze new albums together. The group also sends out e-mail updates listing upcoming metal and hard rock concerts going on New York, Philadelphia and New Jersey. "It's one of those sources that helps you when you want to go see a show," Borjon explained. "Through the group you can find someone to go with so you don't have to go alone." Aceves said she especially appreciates this aspect of the group: Before she met her fellow headbangers, she had traveled alone via both train and taxi to get to a Cradle of Filth concert in Sayreville, N.J. "I was only 18. It was rough," she recalled.
Borjon said that group members play an enormous role in opening musical doors for each other. "Though we each have our own specialties, musically, we learn from each other a lot," he said. "Sure, we have music debates, and each have our own opinions, but for the most part, people are very open-minded about hearing music suggestions, and that's one thing I've really liked and have tried to push."
The members come from all over, ensuring that each person has his or her own local taste to contribute. "People that like this music are from such different backgrounds," Aceves, said citing the founders' homes of Texas, California, Pakistan and Bulgaria. "The club may not be huge, but it is really amazing to get people from all over to appreciate the same thing."
Many of the headbangers' love for hard rock and metal seems to have begun early in their lives and appears to be rooted in how they were raised. Borjon's musical taste was mostly influenced by his mother, who has always been his number one concert buddy. "We went to a record store when I was pretty young, and she bought me AC/DC's 'Back in Black,' Metallica's Black Album and a Judas Priest 'Best of,' and since then I've never looked back," he said. Tyler was raised by parents who listened to music like AC/DC, Aerosmith and Led Zeppelin, and she got into alternative heavy rock bands like Staind and Seether in middle school. In high school, she met a friend who introduced her to many of her current favorite artists and took her to her first Ozzfest heavy metal and hard rock festival at age 13. Aceves' discovery of metal came with Godsmack's self-titled album when she was 9. Over the years, she explained, "I've definitely developed a taste for the
harder stuff."
When they're not listening to metal, the headbangers vary in their musical tastes. After doing choir singing for many years, Tyler said she enjoys listening to musicals, as well as traditional Celtic music. In addition to metal, Borjon has a love for Joe Cocker, Meatloaf and Spanish music with flamenco guitars. Aceves still enjoys listening to classic rock like Led Zeppelin and The Doors, but when she studies, she said, "I guess it depends on what mood I'm in. If I'm more cheery, I won't necessarily listen to real hard stuff. Maybe something like Korn."
The group's members have many ideas for the future of Headbangers Inc. Aceves said she hopes to organize a charity concert along with some other student groups and would like to host public interviews with metal artists and engineers. After going to many concerts, including Ozzfest - which he has attended every year since 2002 - Borjon has met numerous bands that are interested in coming to Princeton.
"Anytime you tell a band, 'Princeton wants you,' they're like 'Huh?'" he said.
The headbangers also want to invite metal-related guests to speak at Princeton. "One of the things I've really wanted to do with this group is bridge the academic community and the metal community," said Borjon.
One of Borjon's hopes is to invite Sharon Osbourne to talk to Princeton business students about Ozzfest, which she helped found and organize. Ozzy Osbourne himself would also be an ideal guest, as he is about to release an autobiography. "I am chomping at the bit trying to find contact information for his publisher to bring him down to Labyrinth or somewhere near here," said Borjon.
On a smaller scale, there has also been talk of the club offering a sort of "Metal 101" class. Such an event would include a screening of the documentary "Metal: A Headbanger's Journey," which was directed by Sam Dunn, the Canadian anthropologist who is considered the authority on metal history.
Borjon said he believes Headbangers Inc. is going to have a good year. "Depending on the activities fair, we can usually tell how the year is going to go. This year, we didn't get any complaints; everyone was very friendly and loved us. Kind of scared, but nonetheless friendly."
No matter what their reception on campus may be, the headbangers will always be proud of their distinctiveness. In the words of Aceves, "When it comes to hard rock appreciation, we kick Harvard's ass."
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