B Sides for 02/20/2015
Entitled "Fingers Bloody Fingers", the episode tells the story of how a tragic accident caused Iommi to lose the tops of two of his fingers on his last day of work before becoming a full-time musician - as told by the rocker himself. The injury forced Iommi to re-evaluate his approach to guitar and led to the invention of the very first series of light gauge guitar strings. The feature was illustrated by noted U.K. artist Paul Blow and animated by VH1 senior designer Kee Koo. Watch it here.
"10 days ago, we played at a surprise party thrown by our friend Marc Benioff for the employees of his little up-and-coming company called Salesforce," says the band. "Check out the #MetOnTour video from the gig featuring footage from the Tuning Room and "Welcome Home (Sanitarium)" from the show." The group played the same event in 2011 when the company's chief executive officer, Marc Benioff, asked his neighbor - Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett - if they would perform. Metallica are currently in studio working on the follow-up to 2008's "Death Magnetic." The band return to live action May 9 when they headline the inaugural Rock In Rio USA festival in Las Vegas. Watch the video here.
The image (above) features singer Brian Johnson, guitarists Angus and Stevie Young, and bassist Cliff Williams�noticeably absent is drummer Phil Rudd. Rudd missed the photo session and a video shoot just weeks before his November 6 arrest on multiple charges by New Zealand police - including possession of methamphetamine, possession of cannabis and threatening to kill. Watch the video here.
Asked by Roadrunner Records to describe the average maggot, Fehn says: "It's tough these days to pin it down because there's everybody, such a huge variety. It's been 15 years now so kids that were 15 are now 30. Guys that were 30 are 45-years-old now. It's such a huge range and that's really awesome for heavy metal. "Not everybody that listens to heavy metal is crazy or out of touch, it's actually quite the opposite. These people are gonna run the world one day and it's a whole new world out there." Read more here.
The band's last album, 2014's Broken Crown Halo, is noted for its dark themes, but Scabbia says that doesn't make it a negative album. She tells MetalPR: "Music for us is sort of self-therapy. We push all out feelings, positive and negative in our music. When we wrote the lyrics we were going through illnesses in the family, deaths of loved ones, break ups. "Although with Broken Crown Hero we went through bad moments, it doesn't mean that it's a negative album. It's more of a way for us to say that there is always a light at the end of the tunnel. "Whenever you're experiencing something bad, when there's bullsh*t in your life, whenever you're sad, there's always time to touch the bottom and rise again." Read more here.
"She's a hard hitter," frontman Justin Hawkins tells Classic Rock magazine about Dolan, who has previously played with Bryan Ferry and Tricky. "She's got the chops and the attitude that you need to be The Darkness' drummer. She also makes us feel like dirty old men." "Ed has had some well-publicized health problems in the past. And for one reason or another, he wasn't capable of doing his job anymore," explains Hawkins. "We're still friends with Ed. But now that we have Emily in the band, the worry is gone." Davies will make her debut with The Darkness at an intimate secret show March 4 on Ireland's Valentia Island as part of a 10-show run across the country to road test their new material. Check out the song here.
Holopainen says: "Travelling is a necessary evil. If you could one day teleport yourself from one place to another, it would be a dream tour. It's easier these days. "I remember in the 90s, especially in America, you didn't have any phones - you always called home from telephone boxes. Now we have Skype and you can phone home from wherever you want so it's easier to be in contact with your family." Read more and watch the episode here.
Seviour is one of a number of collaborators on the title, set for launch on February 23 via InsideOut. Steve Hogarth, Jem Godfrey, Nik Kershaw, Heather Findlay and others feature alongside Lonely Robot band members Nick Beggs and Craig Blundell. Mitchell says in his latest video update: "I've known Kim for about 12 years now. I played at her 18th birthday and we became friends after that. "We've always discussed working on something together. I thought it would be great to get her on the album. In Touchstone she has a more operatic approach to her singing. "I think sometimes she has to sing men's vocal lines an octave up, because the guys write for their vocal ranges. So the nice thing about this album is it was more in her range. "I made sure it was more comfortable for her to sing. It's more of a delicate performance and she does it brilliantly. it's absolutely fantastic." Watch the video here.
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