Who says puppies aren't metal?
Deicide frontman Glen Benton may have a history of spreading cow, pig and sheep organs across the stage, but we're willing to bet that if you put a cute puppy doberman in front of him, he'd melt like a stick of butter in the hot Florida sun.
When envelopes containing the Anthrax virus were being sent to media outlets across America, Anthrax guitarist announced the band was considering changing its name to Basketful of Puppies. Sure, Ian was just joking, but we're guessing he's still filled with puppy love -- and not just for his wife/Meatloaf's daughter Pearl Aday.
And finally, no one would accuse The Dillinger Escape Plan guitarist Ben Weinman of being a wuss, yet the dude loves his pet pug, Blixa, probably more than his own family. And he's so enamored of puppies and the adult canines they grow into that he's launched the Web site Garmutt.com to sell rock apparel to dog owners. Logos on t-shirts and sweatshirts include "Black Labbath" and "Petallica Master of Puppies."
So, with all the puppy appreciation going around in the metal kingdom, we feel no shame in saying that after a full day of listening to death metal, black metal, thrash, power metal, prog-metal, experi-metal, ambient metal, deathcore, metalcore and straight ol' heavy metal, we like to put on a Neil Young CD, crack open a Bud Light and check out the basketful of puppies URL "Shiba Inu Puppy Cam," which has been all the rage for the past five weeks. Thanks to our comrades over at MetalSucks.net who introduced us to it. Click "more" to revel in the violence and death -- errr, cuteness. Read more...
another Dillinger drummer goes up in flames
Dillinger Escape Plan have pretty much finished the tour cycle for their Ire Works album, but that's not keeping 'em out of the public eye. Recently, the band pulled out of a tour opening for Suicide Silence, which raised all kinds of eyebrows regarding whether the band felt shafted by not being offered the headline slot. Dillinger's excuse was that they were having some problems with their lineup, and soon after the claim proved true. Or, so it seemed when reports abounded that drummer Gil Sharone had acrimoniously quit or been booted and that guitarist Ben Weinman had auditioned Marco Minneman (Necrophagist, Ephel Duath) and Terry Bozzio's son, Raanen Bozzio. Of course, those tidbits were merely rumors and were filled with inaccuracies.
So, to get to the bottom of what's really going on with Dillinger and whether Sharone had indeed formulated an escape plan, we went straight to Weinman for answers. As always, he gave us a mouthful. In addition to clarifying the facts regarding the Suicide Silence tour offer and the Dillinger drummer situation, Weinman filled us in on his plans for Dillinger's next album, the band's upcoming DVD, his opinion of deathcore and his new line of heavy metal t-shirts for dogs. Click more to stream or download the podcast. Read more...
We've got an exclusive guest blog from Dillinger Escape Plan guitarist Ben Weinman responding to the recent press battle between him and Disturbed guitarist Dan Donegan. But first some background. The strange beef started about a month ago when Australian magazine The Beat ran a story about Dillinger, in which Weinman talked about witnessing a Disturbed soundcheck. Read more...
