November 26th, 2008
If there was a band called Turkey Decapitation, we’re sure they would have art work like this sweet illustration we found via a Google Image search that took us to the MySpace page for Street King Record.
Having ascertained an appropriate image for the holiday, we wanted to round things off with a video of a [...]
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November 26th, 2008
In this week’s edition of “The Eye of a Clown,” Slipknot percussionist and creative photographer Shawn Crahan discusses a scary portrait he took of a guy named Satone. If you’re lacking some company around your Thanksgiving dinner table, why not keep your computer monitor on and have Satone join you for turkey and stuffing. Just [...]
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November 26th, 2008
“Touring the world sucks… the food outside of the USA sucks… people overseas suck…”
That’s all I ever used to hear from bands before I had the opportunity to tour outside of the United States. When I started touring outside of North America I thought I would really miss the comforts of our home culture. [...]
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November 25th, 2008
Maybe in order to prevent Gene Simmons from suing them, the makers of the cartoon series “Detroit Metal City” had to offer him a role in their blockbuster (at least in Japan) film. And while Simmons isn’t nearly as good in Toshio Lee’s “Detroit Metal City” in the role of Jack II Dark as he [...]
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November 25th, 2008
The WTF story of the day goes to mask-wearing metal terrorists Slipknot and Dragonfly-riding prog-rockers Coheed and Cambria, which will tour together in the new year. And if we’re interpreting the symbols correctly, this is certainly one of the seven signs of the apocalypse. Trivium will open the show and, perhaps, assume the role of [...]
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