Ian Christe's Blog, page 47
November 15, 2016
MURDER IN THE FRONT ROW: Brian Lew’s Whiplash Zine Makeover for Metallica’s Fan Mag
MURDER IN THE FRONT ROW coauthor Brian Lew has a place in Metallica history as one of the band’s very first boosters and chroniclers, dating back even prior to their move to his hometown Bay Area. In ye olde metal days, his main outlet for documenting the heavy musical revolution was his carefully constructed, painstakingly “curated,” and relentlessly honest mag Whiplash.
In 2006, Lew wrote a cover story for Metallica’s fan club mag So What! about how those self-published periodicals connecte...
November 14, 2016
Bloody Roots of the NWOBHM: When Hard Rock Became Heavy Metal on Sirius XM
BLOODY ROOTS of the NWOBHM: When Hard Rock Became Heavy Metal
Week of November 12, 2016
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Sun 11/13, 1PM ET
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The onset of the 1980s brought heavy metal to the forefront, thanks to the newfound energy and modernizing influence of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, or NWOBHM. Bands like Diamond Head, Saxon, Raven, Iron Maiden, Blitzkrieg, Angel Witch, Tygers of Pan Tang, and hundreds more got down to business, producing D...
November 10, 2016
WE GOT POWER!: Break Off a Piece of “1991: The Year Punk Broke”
WE GOT POWER! coauthor David Markey’s all-time classic rock documentary 1991: The Year Punk Broke chronicles with machine gun wit and guerrilla flair Sonic Youth’s tour of Europe that year while accompanied by Nirvana, the Ramones, Dinosaur Jr., and Babes in Toyland.
Shortly after Rolling Stone recently named 1991 one of the “Top 25 Punk Films of All Time,” L.A.’s vinyl-only Pop Obscure Records honored We Got Power! with a photo exhibit featuring images—and live humans—from the book. Among t...
CENTINEX Is the Swedish Death Metal Band of the Week
Arising from the old Swedish city Hedemora in 1990, the eardrum-pummeling Centinex has ventured forth from an initial hardcore hybrid featuring two lead vocalists into what Swedish Death Metal author Daniel Ekeroth calls: “pure death territory…settling somewhere between the Swedish and American sounds.”
Two demos in 1991, Stupid Humanity and End of Life, set the course for the band’s hideously decorated debut long-player in ’92, Subconscious Lobotomy. From there, the band proved prolific, re...
November 7, 2016
SUB POP USA/EXPERIENCING NIRVANA: TAD Lives! Sub Pop Flexes Heavy w/Long-Awaited Classic Album Reissues
While EXPERIENCING NIRVANA: Grunge in Europe, 1989 costar Tad Doyle has been busy laying waste with Brothers of the Sonic Cloth, Sub Pop Records has been flexing some serious muscle by readying three essential albums for re-release by Doyle’s history-hammering outfit TAD.
On November 4, Sub Pop unleashed remastered, deluxe editions of God’s Balls (1989), Salt Lick (1990), and the notorious 8-Way Santa (1991), along with assorted singles from Tad’s initial triumphant 1988-1992 campaign to gru...
November 5, 2016
Bloody Roots of Swedish Death Metal Gods ENTOMBED on SiriusXM
BLOODY ROOTS OF SWEDISH DEATH METAL GODS ENTOMBED
Week of November 5, 2016
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The recent return to Entombed of all-time death metal drum powerhouse Nicke Andersson deserves a special dedicated metal history session. Join us as we unearth the relentless power, melody, and groove of Stockholm, Sweden’s, death metal magistrates featuring tracks from Entombed; the pre-Entombed band Nihilist; the post-Entombed ba...
October 29, 2016
Bloody Roots Celebrates Halloween 2016 on Sirius XM
BLOODY ROOTS CELEBRATES HALLOWEEN 2016 on SIRIUS XM
Week of October 29, 2016
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Sun 10/30, 4PM ET
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Thurs 11/3, 9PM ET
Light the candle, pile high the sweet stuff, this week’s metal journey follows the parade of songs celebrating the most metal of all holidays, Halloween. Honor the night when all become metal fiends with seasonal incantations by King Diamond, Blind Guardian, Cradle of Filth, the Misfits, Type O Negative, Necrophagia, the Black...
October 22, 2016
Bloody Roots Prelude to Terror: Horror Film-Inspired Metal Songs on Sirius XM
BLOODY ROOTS PRELUDE TO TERROR: EVIL METAL BORN OF HORROR MOVIES
Week of Oct. 22, 2016
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Sun 10/23, 1PM ET
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As the spirit of the Halloween season thickens, join host Ian Christe for an hourlong heavy metal homage to great horror films including Evil Dead, Maniac, Friday the 13th, Asphyx, The Slayer, Texas Chain Saw Massacre, City of the Living Dead, Blood Feast, Black Sabbath, and others. Tracks by Testament, Entombed, Ty...
October 21, 2016
Fri 11/11, Zurich: Tom Gabriel Fischer Talk / Triptykon Live / Celtic Frost Doc. Screening
Red Bull Music Academy Presents A Conversation With Tom Gabriel Warrior & Triptykon Onstage In Zurich, Switzerland
ONLY DEATH IS REAL author Tom Gabriel Fischer’s band Triptykonbeen invited by the Red Bull Music Academy to succeeda line of featured artists including luminaries such as Diamanda Galás or Stephen O’Malley. On November 11, 2016, the band will perform a special, intimate concert in itshome town of Zurich, Switzerland, part of an evening celebrating the aura and lineage of Triptyko...
October 19, 2016
NYHC: Tony Rettman’s Gotta Fight for Breakdown Vinyl Reissues
NYHC: New York Hardcore 1980-1990 by Tony Rettman chronicles Manhattan’s buzz-cutted, combat-booted extreme punk scene with bare-knuckled nerve and mosh-pit verve on par with the music itself. Andin the modern age of remasters and reissues—we’re happy to report that Rettman’s work is never done.
Check out Tony’s adrenaline-drenched write-up at Clrvynt ofPainkiller/540 Records‘first-ever vinyl edition of the legendarily savage self-titled 1987 demo by Yonkers-based hardcore brawlers, Breakdow...
