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Marilyn Manson & Alice Cooper Team Up For Bucharest Festival

infernus — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 18:29:02 GMT

Glam rockers Marilyn Manson and Alice Cooper made history onstage at the B'Estival in Bucharest, Romania on Sunday when they played together for the first time. The colourful duo performed together for the first time as part of Manson's headlining set. They teamed up for a cover of Eurythmics' Sweet Dreams.

The duet put reports the two stars don't get along to rest.

Prior to the show, Cooper told Romania's Hotnews.ro, "We invented the shock on stage. Manson re-invented it for another generation."

Exodus Talk About Upcoming Album

infernus — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 18:28:19 GMT

EXODUS guitarist Gary Holt has issued the following update: "Sorry about the total lack of communication, but I've been staying in the Bay Area at my parents' house (I live three hours north nowadays) and have had no Internet, nor the time since we have been locked away with Mr. Sneap for up to 14 hours a day, just killing ourselves. But all that's left are Lee's [Altus] solos and then the mix and it's finished. And I know you hear this shit all the time, which is why I've stay pretty silent through all this, but this record is like nothing you've ever heard. A genre-defining record, a career-defining record — simply put, the baddest fucking slab of metal recorded in years. Epic, crushing, huge in scope, and at times brutally simple, and at time massively complex. I am sooo stoked! You can't wipe the smile off of my face when I am listening to it. Proudest moment, for sure. Solos are off the hook, Lee is adding a ton more shred as I am typing this, Tom [Hunting] raised the bar on drumming in general, Jack's [Gibson] bass is a jack hammer, and Duke's [singer Rob Dukes] just kills it like never before. Can you tell I'm a bit excited about this one? No if only it will fit on one disc, we are off and running! Song titles coming soon. I have to have some secrets."

Vocalist Rob Dukes added: "Just got home (New York) after being in Cali for two months... Everyone — Gary, Jack and Lee — killed. I'm so glad Tom [Hunting, drums] is back and playing in my opinion better than ever. He defintely schooled motherfuckers in the thrash drumming department. He just killed. Working with Andy Sneap was rad. I don't want to say too much and sound like everybody else about how heavy the new record is; I'll let it speak for itself when it comes out and kicks your fucking face in... I'm so stoked to be a part of it; it's the coolest thing I have ever done in this life..."

Former Korn Guitarist Ashamed Of Introducing Innocents To Wild Ways

infernus — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 18:26:01 GMT

Former Korn star Brian 'Head' Welch can't forgive himself for introducing young rockers to sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll. The heavy rocker-turned-born-again Christian admits he and his bandmates were responsible for turning many innocent young rockers onto a life of hedonism.

He tells the Bakersfield Californian newspaper, "We went at it. It seemed that everybody did. Some bands we provoked to party, like Incubus. (Former Korn bandmate) Fieldy got the guitar player to drink for the first time in his life. We saw them after that and they were drinking all the time."

Welch insists he has turned his back on the wild life, two years after quitting Korn to follow his religious calling - and now he'll never be tempted to drink alcohol or take drugs.

He adds, "You could put me in a room with anything: pills, beer, meth, and I wouldn't touch any of it. I'm totally set free and I will never do drugs again."

Guns N' Roses Supported By Local Band In Japan

LoNe_WolF — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 18:23:31 GMT

Japanese promoter Creativeman has announced that the opening act for all five of GUNS N' ROSES' upcoming Japanese dates will be a local band called MUCC.

MUCC (sometimes referred to as 69, which is pronounced "muku" in Japanese) is a Japanese rock band formed in 1997. Supposedly named after a character from the Japanese children's program "Ponkickies", the band has, as of 2007, released seven studio albums, along with several live albums, EPs, singles and DVDs, some of which were also released in Europe.

GUNS N' ROSES / MUCC tour dates:

July 14 - Chiba, Japan - Makuhari Messe
July 15 - Chiba, Japan - Makuhari Messe
July 17 - Nagoya, Japan - Nippon Gaishi Hall
July 18 - Tokyo, Japan - Nippon Budokan
July 21 - Osaka, Japan - Intex Osaka

Ozzy To Help Taiwan In U.N. Membership Bid

LoNe_WolF — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 18:22:47 GMT

Reuters has posted this report:

After 14 failed attempts at joining the United Nations using media campaigns and presidential appeals, Taiwan is turning to a local Goth-style Rock band backed by Ozzy Osbourne in its quest for membership to the world body.

The band, named CHTHONIC, will travel to at least 80 cities in four countries by the end of the year, supported in part by the Taiwan government, which is providing pro-U.N. literature and a slogan-painted truck.

The band will visit Canada, Germany, Britain and the United States.

CHTHONIC has also recorded a song urging the United Nations to let Taiwan join, even though its bid for membership keeps getting knocked down because of objections from Beijing.

"I'm not for any political party, but I'm for my poor country's joining the United Nations," band lyricist Freddy Lim told reporters on Wednesday at the tour's launch.

Ozzy Osbourne, a satanic-theme rocker known for biting heads off bats on stage, is helping set up 20 of the U.S. gigs, paying some transport costs and letting the Taiwan band promote U.N. membership as it wishes, Lim said. He said the band hooked up with Osbourne through personal connections.

Taiwan's leadership came up with the idea as it prepares to reapply for U.N. membership later this year, the cabinet's news office said on Tuesday.

China blocks self-ruled Taiwan's applications every year because it sees the island as part of its territory and not a separate country. The two sides split after civil war in 1949, and Taiwan left the United Nations in 1971 under Chinese pressure.

New Motorhead Live Album Available For Streaming

LoNe_WolF — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 18:22:12 GMT

Better Motörhead than Dead: Live at Hammersmith", a double live CD recorded at MOTÖRHEAD's 30th-anniversary show on June 16, 2005 at London's Hammersmith Appollo/Odeon, is available for streaming in its entirety. Due on July 16 via SPV, the set will be released in digipak form and is available for pre-order from www.play.com.

Here is the "Better Motörhead than Dead: Live at Hammersmith" track listing:

Disc 1

01. Dr. Rock
02. Stay Clean
03. Shoot You In The Back
04. Love Me Like A Reptile
05. Killers
06. Metropolis
07. Love For Sale
08. Over The Top
09. No Class
10. I Got Mine
11. In The Name Of Tragedy
12. Dancing On Your Grave

Disc 2

01. R.A.M.O.N.E.S.
02. Sacrifice
03. Just 'Cos You Got The Power
04. (We Are) The Road Crew
05. Going To Brazil
06. Killed By Death
07. Iron Fist
08. Whorehouse Blues
09. Bomber
10. Ace Of Spades
11. Overkill

Behemoth Frontman Speaks About Ozzfest, Polish Ban

LoNe_WolF — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 18:21:39 GMT

Patrick Douglas of The Culture Shock recently conducted an interview with BEHEMOTH mainman Adam Michal Darski (a.k.a. Nergal). A few excerpts from the chat follow:

The Culture Shock: Tell me what you're feeling right now with the new album set to come out in the U.S. in a couple of weeks and the start of Ozzfest coming up. Do you feel like this will be a huge step in taking over the U.S. in terms of gaining new fans?

Nergal: Yeah, man. It seems like there's no turning back. This is the only option now. (laughs). We're in such a position that we just have to bite the bullet. We have to make it happen right now. With this record, I'm pretty sure that we can definitely launch everything to the next level. Different things have been going around this record. A different excitement. I'm very positive actually, especially after talking to all these journalists and getting first reviews on our MySpace site from activity on the new song, man. I'm nothing but positive. I think it's gonna be totally awesome. In upcoming months, we'll be touring for another six months, so it's gonna be just awesome. Very fruitful. Yeah, awesome period, you know. It's gonna pay off, all the hard work and all the effort that we put into this record.

The Culture Shock: What's your number one goal when you sit down to write an album?

Nergal: To overcome myself. To fuckin' do it better in any possible terms. To do it better than before. Big production and songwriting and lyrics. To be sincere. I wanna be sincere when I write songs. I just talked to this guy a few minutes ago, I'm like I wanna make sure that these words, these lyrics, these songs, these themes mean something, there's a deeper meaning. I have this impression that these days, the whole music genre, not just metal, but metal too, is like everything is about numbers. How many hits on MySpace, how many albums sold, how many fuckin' … how much was the budget? How many people are at the show? Everything is about the numbers and I think that people miss the point and the point is to get into the music. To make this happen, you have to make the music that will intrigue people. I really wanna make sure that BEHEMOTH isn't just about being brutal or whatever. I want to make sure that the fuckin' different factors that will intrigue people and to make this album unique and to make this album last longer than two months. Time shall tell, right?

The Culture Shock: The death metal crowd is very passionate about what their bands are doing and who they're associating with. Was there any kind of hesitation on your part to accept the Ozzfest invite knowing that some die-hard BEHEMOTH fans might look at it as a bad thing?

Nergal: You know what? You can't really satisfy everyone and I'm not here to satisfy everyone. I'm here to make myself happy in the first place and if a band like BEHEMOTH gets an opportunity to be part of this absolutely amazing and probably the biggest festival tour on the planet, I'd be an idiot to say no (laughs). We're one of the very few bands that are actually fortunate enough to have this opportunity to bring this kind of music, to bring dangerous extreme metal music to the masses and I'm gonna make my fucking best to impress people. To show the kids that 'hey, the stuff that you see on the MTV and the stuff they tell you that this is metal, that's not entirely true.' What is metal is what we are doing. All this emo, Christian-inspired bands, that's not really what metal is all about. This is the main reason why we're there. I'm sure we're gonna scare the shit out of the kids in the first place, but I'm sure by the end of the set, when we do 'Chant for Eschaton', everyone is gonna fuckin' have horns up and chanting along to the song, so I'm positive about it.

The Culture Shock: Have you gotten any negative feedback from fans?

Nergal: To be honest, not even one. It's kind of suspicious you know. I'm like 'what the fuck?' David Vincent from MORBID ANGEL once said, 'you are nobody until someone hates you.' I really like that. Actually it makes sense of course. For some reason, we get so much support and so much faith and so much credit. When people read about this Ozzfest, all the comments I read on the Internet, and I'm not talking about my friends because, of course, they'll be supporting me, but all the fans are like 'man, it's awesome! Kick their ass.' Everybody's just freaking out that extreme metal's BEHEMOTH is part of this, uh, let's use the term mainstream tour. I don't like these kinds of categories, but I'm like, I'm happy they like the idea that we are there.

The Culture Shock: Once you got on board with Ozzfest, how happy were you to be a part of this festival that usually draws quite a good crowd in the states?

Nergal: First of all, we got a great spot. We play before HATEBREED every day. And this is awesome. I'm speechless. It feels sometimes kind of abstract. Until I'm up there onstage and looking at these people, I'm not gonna believe it. Yeah, we're making our preparations, man. We're gonna make sure we have a full production. Everything's gotta be ready. We're totally overwhelmed. It's awesome. We're flattered to be a part of this deal. What else can I say? Everything sounds cliché anyway. It's cool.

The Culture Shock: First of all, what do you think of this free admission, and secondly, do you think this will easily bring in capacity crowds at all venues?

Nergal: I think it's already sold out everywhere. I mean, it can't be 'sold out' but it is (laughs). It's gonna be packed. Man, I think it's a great idea. It's a historical event, man. Just think of any other festival like that. There's so much money involved and everything and it's free. I'm not talking about all the commercials and stuff. There's gonna be lots of money anyway but the fact that kids can just get there and enjoy all these bands … Sharon did an awesome job with that. It's great.

The Culture Shock: What's going on with the Polish government? I just read the implications that they may start banning bands in your home country.

Nergal: I don't know what to say. It's just embarrassing. I'm sorry. You know what? I'd love to sit here and say 'hey, man, my country's a really good country. They support us. They're proud of what we've achieved so far and they're fuckin' looking forward for BEHEMOTH to conquer the universe.' But it's not like that. We live in a country that's not proud of what we do and we are less and less proud of being Polish. It sounds sad, I know, but that's how it feels. We have a government that for some reason wants to fight people like us. I don't know. Maybe because we are the only real ambassadors of this country. I can't think of any other Polish artists whoever, who have gone that far. It's like 'they have a negative influence on the kids and we need to stop them.' I'm like 'man,' I haven't seen a single fuckin' guy going … it's all just crazy energy and everyone's just having fun, but you're never gonna see that because you've never seen us live. What are the categories that they judge us by? Why they do this and why they fight this ephemeral enemy they call Satanism and they never gave me the definition of what Satanism is. No one even approached me about it and I'm like 'what can I do?' What are we gonna do? We're just gonna do our thing. I don't give a fuck. They actually raped the most basic democratic idea by what they're trying to do. I hope it's not gonna happen. These fucks seem pretty determined, so let's see.

The Culture Shock: It's like the mid-'80s here in the States with the PMRC coming out and hitting heavy metal pretty good. Dee Snider was one that came out and defended it.

Nergal: Yeah, I know the story.

The Culture Shock: Is there gonna be a chance for you to go in and sit before somebody and defend yourselves?

Nergal: The thing about (being) a public enemy is there's no media and no one really has interest in promoting guys like me. It's not like they're gonna put me on TV and let me speak. I doubt that. I've done some interviews in Poland, no TV, but some magazines. They seem to understand our position. They seem to be very sympathetic about us because there's no logic. It's just stupid, what they're doing. I'm not expecting people to love my music. I'm not expecting people to understand my ideals, but fuckin' let me live. Let me fuckin' do my own thing. Let me fuckin' express myself. That's it. I'm not here to fuckin' offend anyone. I don't enter your house and offend your wife, or fuck her (laughs). We have our shows and all the people and the kids who buy the tickets and go to the shows, they are perfectly aware of where they're going and what they're going for. It's stupidity, man.

H.I.M. Singer Talks About Heavier New Album

LoNe_WolF — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 18:20:56 GMT

H.I.M. frontman Ville Valo said in interview that the band's upcoming album, "Venus Doom", is a darker and heavier effort than its previous CD, 2005's "Dark Light". Valo explained, "There's...a lot of SABBATH and old-school METALLICA (in there). I wanted the album to be more aggressive, heavier and more out there."

The new direction also allowed Valo to switch up vocally. "I wanted to sing lower — use my baritone a lot more," he said. "When all those influences come together, it's like, 'I wanna do that [Mark] Lanegan, Leonard Cohen-y type of vibe.'"

Valo added that the disc's tentative first single, "Kiss of Dawn", was inspired by the suicide of one of his best friends. Valo said, "The whole song is a tribute to him. It's also a love song. I love that dude. He was a great friend of mine. We hung out and had great f***ing conversations. It's a celebration of life, rather than death."

H.I.M. will have a chance to see how the new stuff stacks up with METALLICA when they open a few dates in Europe for the metal gods. "It's going to be fun," Valo said. "I grew up with 'Master of Puppets'. For us it's kind of scary to play such big places. Wembley [Stadium] is like 70, 80,000 people. It's a totally new experience."

"Venus Doom" is due out on September 18.

A new H.I.M. track called "Passion's Killing Floor" can be heard on the soundtrack of the movie "Transformers", which arrives in stores on Tuesday (July 3).