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Hands down the illest ventriloquist this side of the Mississippi River

Charlemagne In Sweatpants — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 00:42:33 -0800

To celebrate the release soulful Southern fried stoner rock band Clutch's new album, Earth Rocker, LA Weekly have put together a list of the Top Ten Awesomely Absurd and Absurdly Awesome Clutch Lyrics. It doubles as an introduction to Clutch, though you can just jump into the title track and Crucial Velocity from Earth Rocker.

Kids Rock

billyfleetwood — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 20:52:38 -0800

Here's the second most adorable version of Sweet Child O' Mine ever played. Here's the first (previously). Not Cute enough? Here's little Jonah rocking along with some System of a Down. Kids rock.

Monsters of Grok

XQUZYPHYR — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 10:33:48 -0800

Monsters of Grok. Fake band t-shirts for history's greatest minds.

Such Hawks Such Hounds

mhjb — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 02:17:50 -0800

Such Hawks Such Hounds explores the music and musicians of the American hard rock underground circa 1970-2007, focusing on the psychedelic and '70s proto-metal-derived styles that have in recent years formed a rich body of unclassifiable sounds.

"For the majority of Pentagram's career, if you wanted to hear them, you had to know someone who had a bootleg."

zarq — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 08:03:14 -0800

Meet Doctor Doom "Forty years ago, with his band Pentagram, Bobby Liebling invented a style of fiendishly heavy metal that hardly anyone heard. He spent the ensuing decades in a haze of hard drugs and big trouble. (5 arrests, 35 detoxes, more than 200 hospital visits.) Now, with the genre he spawned on the rise and a young wife and baby boy in tow, Liebling is feeling the first rumblings of success. Here's where things start to get weird." Pentagram's Official Site Wikipedia has a decent profile of the band, which also links to a 2009 interview with Liebling from the L.A. Record. Music: LastFM. MySpace Archive YouTube Official video for "Treat Me Right" was released on April 12, 2011. Concert Recording: Bobby Liebling with Hank Williams III and band onstage for their covers of the Pentagram songs "Be Forewarned" and "Forever My Queen" (2006) On some of these videos, album cover art is shown that includes a topless woman, so, nsfw: * Forever My Queen: 1, 2 * Be Forewarned * Life Blood * After the Last * Out of Luck * Burning Rays * Frustration * The Bees * Die in Your Sleep * Man * Ask No More Additional videos can be found under nightcomers66's YouTube page. (Do a search in 'uploads' for 'Pentagram') TubeVision on YouTube has a "BOBBY LIEBLING LIVES" playlist, recorded from 1999-2008, of him playing with various friends and bands. Also: Pentagram closed the Thrasher Magazine Death Match Show at SXSW 2011 in March. Photo. Show writeup.

Rock, rap, metal and folk music from Sápmi

taursir — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 09:42:14 -0800

SomBy were the winners of the Liet International 2009 song contest for minority european languages and cultures. Sámi rock, you say? But wait, there's more! There's Alit Boazu from the Norwegian side, and Tiina Sanila, a Skolt Sámi singer from Finland. And yes, there is Sámi metal, from the band Intrigue. There are plenty other Sámi musicians across Sápmi and outside of the genre of rock, of course. There's Amoc, an Inari Sámi rapper from Finland; Adjágas who are folky and bluegrassy at times; Niko Valkeapää, who is more ambient and electronic; and of course, Mari Boine, recently knighted for her long career of artistic work (translation). [Sound, MySpace warnings] Some more musicians from Sápmi that are possible starting points to discovering more on YouTube: Angelit/Angelin Tytöt - Who worked with Nobuo Uematsu of Final Fantasy fame on at least one song, Ulla Pirttijärvi, Sofia Jannok.

You wanna rock 'n' roll, or you wanna throw stuff?

the_very_hungry_caterpillar — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:18:50 -0800

Last weekend, (22-24 August 2008) saw the fantastic Reading Festival take place (dodgy timeline). Emerging from the National Jazz Festival in 1961, it mutated into the National Jazz, Blues and Rock Festival festival in the 70s, and on into the eclectic festival it is today. My personal faves were 1989 and 1992, but the best moment was seeing Meatloaf bottled off stage in 1988! Due to the combined force of the BBC and the interwebs, most of this year's performances - many complete - are available online for your delictation...

Are They Not KoRn?

SansPoint — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 14:43:09 -0800

Devolution: Nature's U-Turn is a new music video concept by rock band KoRn for their single Evolution. The premise? Mankind isn't evolving, it's devolving... getting dumber by the day. Wait. Haven't we seen this before? We have, and Devo's Gerald V. Casale isn't happy. "We denounce this as impostors playing with fire." he says of Korn on the Club Devo website. He elaborates in a new interview with Rolling Stone, including a possibility of their first new record in 20 years. Devo's also put out a new song, "Watch Us Work It", which appears in a commercial for Dell laptops [youtube link], with a official music video and single release to come.

I am Murloc

Bugbread — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 10:02:07 -0800

I am Murloc. Cool World of Warcraft music video. (Note: Impressed me, but I've never played WoW. Might not impress WoW players, I dunno. Won't change your mind if you already hate WoW. Horrible vocals.)

Nine Inch Nails - year zero

slimepuppy — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 04:31:40 -0800

Listen to 'Year Zero', the new Nine Inch Nails album for free. Album main page. Via nin.com

The Coolest Train Wreck You'll See This Summer

peewinkle — Sat, 03 Feb 2007 11:37:28 -0800

"Once Were Kings" Some call them 1980's pop icons, others the Kings of Heavy Metal. Regardless, Van Halen has announced a 2007 tour with David Lee Roth. But without Michael Anthony, will it be worth paying to see? While Dave's current fan base is huge, others feel he has not aged gracefully. Well, it could be worse.....(youtube, ytmnd, and bad 80's haircuts warning)

DO YOU WANNA HEAR SOMETHING SO HEAVY IT'S LIKE HAVING A BRIDGE KICKED OUT BY A MADMAN?!

koeselitz — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 15:09:53 -0800

"To me, I've always looked upon the stage as a much-hallowed place, a place of worship for real artists, as I said just before. That doesn't just stem from rock n roll days; to me, Judy Garland was a real artist, Al Jolson was a real artist, people like that gave their all and everything for the stage and most of them finished up dying for it as well. In my view, nobody should be allowed to stand on a stage unless they can present the total professional thing, unless they really can sing and really can play. Punk was a total anti-attitude towards music."NWOBHM: How a now-little-known nostalgic reaction to punk called the New Wave of British Heavy Metal changed the world.[much, much more inside]

When Buttrock ruled Detroit

klangklangston — Fri, 04 Aug 2006 07:14:47 -0800

Motor City Rock 1980-1990 A great archive of Detroit's most overlooked and ignoble musical era. Highlights include Bittersweet Alley, The Trash Brats, Vertical Pillows, The Dick the Bruiser Band, and many more. Great to listen to while you read the relauched (and vaguely sad) Creem.

SuperDork Guitar Techniques

spock — Wed, 22 Jun 2005 09:14:16 -0800

Learn to Play Guitar like a SuperDork . Can't. . . not. . . look. Don't miss the links in the comments.

Yumpin' Yiminy, Let Me See Your Lighters

jonmc — Fri, 16 Apr 2004 08:29:33 -0800

I have seen the future of Metal and it's name is Norselaw and their anthem "Sweet Home Scandinavia". Let the Berzerking Begin!

METALFILTER - Priest and Halford to Reunite

Joey Michaels — Mon, 14 Jul 2003 16:48:45 -0800

METALFILTER: Rob Halford reunites with Judas Priest. "Ripper" Owens, the fan who replaced Halford (inspiring the movie Rock Star), has been a "complete gentleman" about the decision, though opinion of the fans is mixed. Still no hope for a Osbourne/Black Sabbath Reunion, but (on the plus side) also no plans for a Halford reality series.

We fight for... sock? clock? dock? mock?

Katemonkey — Thu, 10 Jul 2003 06:10:04 -0800

Tired of your mullet and acid-wash jeans being sneered at in the local gay bar? Wishing that there was someone other than Rob Halford out in the metal scene? Pink Stëël is for you, my gay heavy-metal-loving brethen! Be out, be proud, and crank up "We Fight For Cock!"

Metallica's Integrity for sale!

valerie — Mon, 08 May 2000 19:15:45 -0800

Metallica's Integrity for sale! Don't know if what's left of it is worth the price though.