SLASH Interviewed In Sydney; Video Available - May 11, 2010

Kathy McCabe of Australia's Daily Telegraph conducted an interview with Slash when the legendary VELVET REVOLVER/ex-GUNS N' ROSES guitarist was in Sydney on April 30, 2010. Watch the chat below.

Slash performed at Melbourne, Australia's Palace Theatre on April 28 to celebrate the launch of MTV's latest channel MTV Classic.

The event — titled "MTV Classic: The Launch" — saw Slash performing classic GUNS N' ROSES songs as well as tracks from his new solo album, "Slash", with some of Australia's finest musicians, including ROSE TATTOO frontman Angry Anderson and WOLFMOTHER's Andrew Stockdale.

Slash's setlist for April 28, 2010 at The Palace, Melbourne:

01. Nightrain
02. Back From Cali
03. Beggars & Hangers-On
04. Nice Boy (with Angry Anderson)
05. Civil War
06. Sucker Train Blues
07. Nothing To Say
08. Starlight
09. Slash guitar solo / "Godfather" theme
10. Sweet Child O' Mine
11. By The Sword (with Andrew Stockdale)
12. Woman (with Andrew Stockdale)
13. Slither
14. Paradise City

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SLIPKNOT's CLOWN To Appear At 'Joey Ramone Birthday Bash' In NYC - May 11, 2010

Celebrating what would have been the 59th birthday of punk icon Joey Ramone, the annual Joey Ramone Birthday Bash will take place Wednesday, May 19 at The Fillmore New York at Irving Plaza. Mickey Leigh, event organizer and brother of Joey Ramone, has announced this year's lineup and a sellout Bash is expected again. Net proceeds will go to benefit lymphoma research.

This year's headliners are HANK III and MORNINGWOOD. Once again, the spectacular party will conclude with The Joey Ramone Birthday Bashers featuring Richie Ramone, Hank III, Walter Lure, Cheetah Chrome, JP Thunderbolt, Ed Stasium, Jean Beauvoir, George Tabb, Ivan Julian, Al Maddy, Walt Stack, Dave Merrill, Mickey Leigh, Shawn "Clown" Crahan (SLIPKNOT) and others. Also appearing are THE SIC FUCKS, THE INDEPENDENTS, SPANKING CHARLENE (winners of Little Steven's Wicked Cool Records contest) and HEAP. As the audience enters the venue they will once again be greeted by musician Tracy Thornton, playing RAMONES songs on the steel drum. And, in what has become a Birthday Bash tradition, SEAN O'SULLIVAN'S PUNK PIPERS will round out the night with their rendition of "I Wanna Be Sedated" on bagpipes. The Masters of Ceremony for this year's fete will be Steven Van Zandt, Steve Craig, Matt Pinfield and Pete Ashner. Additional surprises are expected at the evening's events.

Ramone, who passed away in April 2001 after a seven-year battle with lymphoma, had a history of encouraging up-and-coming bands in New York's downtown music scene by showcasing them at his special "Joey Ramone Presents…" events. Since Ramone's passing, his brother and their mother Charlotte Lesher carried on the tradition "by featuring bands that make great music and getting together some of Joey's friends to celebrate him on what would otherwise be a sad, somber day," Leigh explained.

Tickets are available in advance at the Fillmore box office for $25 ($30 day of show) or through LiveNation.com.

The Fillmore is located at 17 Irving Place, corner 15th Street, in New York City. Doors open at 7 p.m.

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Misfits Konser di Jakarta

Kemarin pada tanggal 10 April 2010 Band Horror Punk asal New Jersey,Amerika"Misfits" menggebrak Pantai Karnaval Ancol-Jakarta.Meski sempat molor selama 1 jam,para audiens masih tetap semangat menunggu band kesayangannya tampil.Tampil selama 90 menit,mereka membawakan 50 single andalan mereka seperti Astrozombies,Skull,Green Hell,dll.Konser pada malam itu yg kebanyakan audiensnya berpakaian hitam berlangsung heboh.Para audiens mengaku mereka puas dg konser band kesayangan mereka kali ini.Hal ini dikarenakan Misfits sengaja datang ke Asia,dan hanya main di Jakarta.

Promotor Andressiawan, mewakili Solucites Entertainment mengatakan“Konser Misfits di Jakarta ini akan menjadi satu-satunya konser mereka di Asia. Rombongan mereka berjumlah delapan orang dan akan terbang khusus dari Amerika Serikat ke Jakarta,”Andre bercerita bahwa booking agent Misfits selama beberapa tahun terakhir ini sudah sangat sering menerima penawaran dari Indonesia namun tak satu pun promotor yang serius menindaklanjutinya.“Mereka sebenarnya sangat tertarik untuk datang ke Indonesia namun karena banyak yang tidak serius akhirnya menjadi antipati, awalnya pun kami menerima perlakuan seperti,” imbuh Andre lagi.

Menurut Andre, sebelumnya pihaknya memang sempat ditawari oleh beberapa pihak untuk mendatangkan Misfits namun masih ragu dengan fanbase mereka di Jakarta.
“Namun setelah kami membaca rumor tentang kedatangan mereka di website Rolling Stone dan melihat respon yang masuk kami pun serius menindaklanjutinya,” ungkap Andre.

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Sejarah grup band SlipKnot

Aliran yang diusung SLIPKNOT antara lain: Alternative Metal, Neo-shock rock, rap Metal, tapi saya lebih suka mengolongkanya sebagai Nu Metal (dengan definisi yang berbeda dari LP pastinya).

Mereka identik dengan atraksi panggung yang heboh, penuh energi (juga kebencian), serta topeng helloween serta menambahkan semacam “mysterious anatomity” dan nama alias dalam identitas mereka. Penggunaan nomor 0-8juga disertakan di kostum khusus mereka.

SLIPKNOT terbentuk pada akhir 1995 di sekitar Des Moines, IA.penasaran sama nama asli mereka??hehe.. ini yang penting!!no urut beserta nama asli mereka:

0- DJ Sid Wilson
1-drummer Joey Jordison
2-bassist Paul Grey
3-percussionist Chris Fehn
4-guitarist James Root
5-sampler/programmer Craig Jones
6-percussionist Shawn “Clown” Crahan
7-guitarist Mick Thompson
8-vocalis Corey Taylor.

band yang mengusung ambisi akan ke-tidakpercayaan ini meluncurkan album tepat pada Halloween 1996 yang berjudul: Mate. Feed. Kill. Repeat. album ini didistribusikan oleh Nebraska-based -ismist label dan mendapatkan prerhatian dari RoadRunner records yang pada akhirnya mengontrak mereka pada tahun 1997. Diproduseri pleh Ross Robinson,1999 keluar lagi album mereka yang berjudul SLIPKNOT. Pada saat Summer Ozzfest Package tour, penampilan panggung mereka mulai banyak dibicarakan oleh para metal-fans.Pada penghujung tahun 2000,Slipknot yang dikenal orang dari tour dan “mulut ke mulut” menorehkan prestasi tersendiri bago Roadrunners:platinum.

Mulai dikenal banyak banyak orang, media memprediksikan kalau album terbaru mere akan menduduki nomor 1 di awal penjualanya, tapi persaingan yang ketat di minggu itu membuat album IOWA yang diliris tahun 2001 “hanya” menduduki peringkat 3.

Setelah toyr album baru yang melelahkan, mereka mamutuskan untuk beristirahat sejenak dan memperisapkan label mereka sendiri alias: INDIE yang bernama Maggots Recording dan mengangkat band yang bernama “Downthesun” (ntar aku cariin artikelnya lagi).

Saat istirahat sejenak tadi mereka juga punya side job lho!! nih dia:-Sid Wilson menjadi Dj solo yang ber nick-name DJ star scream

-Root dan Mike Thompson,keduanya bekerja pada solo material
-Joey punya sideband yang bernama The Rejects
-sementara Corey juga punya sideband yang bernama Superego yang sukses menyumbangkan lagu “Bother” menjadi OST Blockbuster MoVie:Spiderman.

Para personil ini pernah mendapatkan kabar gembira dari Inggris dengan ditemukanya Website yang juga bernama “SLIPKNOT” yang dibanjiri email-email kasar.

Di awal 2003,bersama Rick Rubin muncul kepermmukaan:Pulse Of The Maggots!! didalam album ke tiga mereka: vol3:[subliminal Verses].Kedahsyatan Slipknot sama sekali nggak berkurang,simak saja Duality,POM,Vermillion dll.

I WON’T WALK ALONE ANY LONGER,WHAT DOESN’T KILL US JUS MAKE US STRONGER!!

simak Crazy big day out di Sidney, Juga konser live mereka di london,Nampol!!

Perubahan Topeng mereka dr album ke album:
1.SlipKnot


2.Iowa


3.Vol.3:The Subliminal Verses


4.All Hope Is Gone

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Clown For Governor - April 12, 2010

City View the weekly newspaper in Central Iowa just released their list of 25 People Not Running For Governor That Should. Clown made it on to their list,check it out to see what they had to say!

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METALLICA Performs 'The Unforgiven III' Live For First Time; Apr. 14, 2010

METALLICA played the "Death Magnetic" track "The Unforgiven III" live for the first time ever earlier tonight (Wednesday, April 14) at Telenor Arena in Oslo, Norway.

Fan-filmed video footage of the performance can be viewed below.

The band's setlist was as follows:

01. That Was Just Your Life
02. Cyanide
03. Fuel
04. The Shortest Straw
05. The Day That Never Comes
06. Of Wolf And Man
07. The Judas Kiss
08. Sad But True
09. The Unforgiven III
10. ...And Justice For All
11. One
12. Master Of Puppets
13. Battery
14. Nothing Else Matters
15. Enter Sandman
- - - - - - - -
16. Helpless
17. Phantom Lord
18. Seek And Destroy

METALLICA kicked off a new European tour yesterday (Tuesday, April 13) in Oslo, Norway. This leg follows a successful South American run, which brought the guys to Peru, Panama, Costa Rica, Argentina, Chile, Brazil and several other countries.

So far this year, METALLICA has had a busy tour schedule, but when the guys do have down time, they try to make the most of it. Bassist Robert Trujillo told The Pulse of Radio what he does on breaks between tour legs. "When we come off the road, we kind of go our own ways," he said. "It just happens naturally, that's kind of a normal thing, I think, for a lot of bands. But I kind of immediately end up at the headquarters. I'm a SoCal guy and I'm living in NorCal, and I don't know a whole lot of people except my bandmates, so I always end up at the headquarters and kind of jamming there and taking care of emails and whatnot."

METALLICA's "headquarters" is located in San Rafael, California.

The band's current tour winds down June 27 in Istanbul, Turkey. On the itinerary is an appearance at Rock In Rio in Lisbon, Portugal on May 30, followed by Rock In Rio in Madrid, Spain on June 14.

For see the video,click here.

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Scorpoins Live in Czech Republic

Grup band hardrock veteran Jerman,Scorpions,tadi malam(15/03/10)kembali menggebrak panggung di "Get Your Sting And Blackout Farewell Tour 2010".Di usia mereka yang rata2 60-an mereka masih dapat membawakan performa yang baik.Dalam konser yang diadakan di Rep.Ceko mereka membawakan 24 lagu2 diantaranya Always Somewhere,Send Me An Angel,Holiday,dll.Foto2 konser mereka dapat dilihat disini.

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