September 8, 2007
Win Tickets to see HIM in London
 This is about as simple as it gets. Click the link, and enter your info for a chance to win tickets to see HIM live at Borderline in London on 17 September.
Link: http://www.wmuk-apache.co.uk/HIM/borderlinecomp.htm
September 7, 2007
Iron Maiden’s Tour May Actually be Awesome
According to Pollstar [ http://www.pollstar.com/ ] Iron Maiden will focus almost entirely on the ’80s in both song choices and stage set for this tour.
Bassist Steve Harris said the choice of material and sets for the tour is a thank you to fans.
 ”On the last tour we opened the show by playing our new album, A Matter of Life and Death, in its 80 minute entirety,” Harris said. “We thought we needed the challenge and it proved the right thing to do. However, it can be hard on the fans playing so much new material, and we really appreciated the superb effort they gave us. So now I guess it’s payback time. It’s tremendous to be able to use the profile of the DVDs to do what is effectively an ’80s show.”
You damn right. That’s why they’re popular and that’s what they should do.
Show Off Your Guitar Skills and Go Backstage at a Five Finger Death Punch Gig
Five Finger Death Punch wants to see YOUR kick ass guitar skills. They’re having a contest to see who can do the best guitar cover of one of their songs off our debut album “The Way of the Fist”.
{a little help here - the tuning is true baritone B to B }
Here’s what to do:
1. Take a video of yourself playing any song off “The Way of the Fist” and post it on YouTube.
2. Tag your video with “Five Finger Death Punch” and the name of the song you choose.
3. Send an email to ffdpknuckleheads@yahoo.com with the link to your video so we can go check it out.
They’ll be picking the best videos and posting one new finalist on their site everyday. You can go vote and help them pick who has the best skills. The winner will get free tickets and backstage passes to the next show the band plays in your town. So show them what you got and who knows…maybe the band can teach you a thing or two. Contest will end September 29 so get those entries in!
New Music Video by Still Remains
STILL REMAINS
“Stay Captive”
September 6, 2007
Speaking of Coal Chamber
Since I mentioned Coal Chamber in the post about Deadstar Assembly, it made me remember one of their coolest songs (in my opinion) and one of my favorite covers ever done!
Do you remember this?
What the Hell: Mastodon and the Foo Fighters
“MASTODON WITH FOO FIGHTERS ON THE VMAS!Foo Fighters have enlisted friends old and new to join them for a night of exclusive one-time-only 2007 MTV VMA performances. System of a Down’s Serj Tankian, Mastodon and old friends Josh Homme & Troy Van Leeuwen of Queens of the Stone Age have all signed on to play alongside Foo Fighters in their Fantasy Suite. Don’t miss this one night only event, happening only on the 2007 MTV VMAs airing live on Sunday, September 9th at 9PM!”
Are they all playing at once? I have no idea but how do these bands even go together? LOL. Seriously, if you know - clue us in.
Random Band Alert: Deadstar Assembly
“Band you should listen to if you haven’t yet” just doesn’t have the same flow does it?
