Wednesday smilejerker: great AC/DC and Metallica stand up comedy

Well one of my favorite comedians, Jim Breuer(you might know him as the goat guy, or from his hilarious act about how to drink without throwing up), happens to be a big hard rock and metal fan; and what could such a comedian do? Naturally, he would do an act about some bands. Well to cut a long story short, here they are! Check him out, he rocks! AC/DC: Metallica: YEAH!

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Metallica album delayed?!

A few days ago we announced in an article that everything seems to announce the new Metallica album for February. Now sources from within the band’s record label announced that album is now expected to hit the stores in September. Even more than that, the band is still in the studio! Fans can at least think about the fact that the last time Metallica spent so much time on an album was in 1991 and…

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Metallica: New Album To Be Released In February?

Regarding this topic, people are divided into two sides: those who admit they eagerly await the new Metallica album and those who don’t. OK so their last album was… not quite we expected to say the least. But we all expect the next one especially since it promises a lot. The gods have a chance to redeem themselves and my bet is they won’t give it up. Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich (who else?) speaks about…

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2008 sounds great

First of all we hope you had a very good year and enjoyed Christmas (in case you are Christian) and may you have a happy new year. Kudos to those who still find the time to read us in these days; you made our year good. For us it was a very busy yet rewarding year with lots of good music to choose from. We tried to give props to those who deserved it and…

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2007: the year of reunions and more …

“They just kicked out another band member? Is there anybody left?” “What in the name of all that is good would possess him to move in with Courtney Love?” “Is THAT really metallica?!” “So they are finally releasing Chinese Democracy…. again?” These questions say a lot about recent years, as well as this one, in music. We could not think about one to sum it up as it was an amazing year, musically speaking, from…

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Metallica’s new single to come out via Rock Band [?!]

It seems more and more bands are starting to release their material through  unconventional and exclusive distribution methods. Only this year there’s been [tag]Paul McCartney[/tag] with his Starbucks Memory Almost Full, the famous [tag]Prince[/tag] Verizon mobile released single “Guitar,” [tag]Eagles[/tag] comeback album “Long Road To Eden” released exclusively in Walmart stores and a lot lot more. We live in a digital age of piracy, so I guess artists have to find new ways of promoting…

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The 2008 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nominees

Yesterday, the nominees that have the honor of being inducted in next year’s Rock & Roll HOF were announced. Our of the 9 nominees, only 5 will make the cut; quoted with the best chances are [tag]Beastie Boys[/tag] and [tag]Madonna[/tag]. For a band to be nominated they had to release their first single before 1982, the year that Madonna’s “Everybody” and the Beasties’ punk EP Polly Wog Stew came out. I have to say that…

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Matt Sorum describes new Metallica album

It seems all [tag]Metallica[/tag] members are working hard on their ’08 album, spending long hours in the studio to bring the best out. [tag]Velvet Revolver[/tag] drummer Matt Sorum, good friend of Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich, is amongst the first to listen to a few of the tracks from the new album. He describes them ‘sick’, ‘long’ and ‘fast’, with awesome solos of epic lengths. Don’t belive me ? Read on: “Lars is a good friend…

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Metallica with more details concerning upcoming LP

After a few weeks ago [tag]Metallica[/tag]’s drummer Lars Ulrich and bass player Robert Trujillo took the time to be interviewed, reveling details concerning their ’08 spring album, it’s time lead guitarist, Kirk Hammett, to show some love and provide a little more info on the much awaited upcoming release. Hammett confesses for MTV, in a interview, that the new album is, in playing style, somewhere between 1989’s …And Justice For All and its 1991 follow-up…

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Rock Band: the best console game in ages

Ok this has to be the game of the year, seriously, its brilliant. What am i talking about? I’m talking about Rock Band, it’s basically a multi-player Guitar Hero game, developed by the same producers (Harmonix) distributed by MTV Games. Yesterday it was unveiled to the world, at the E3 video games conference, were it produced massive positive reactions, including my own. I mean the developers have struck gold, it’s unique, as a concept/idea, its…

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