Ian Christe's Blog, page 61
February 12, 2016
SUB POP USA’s Bruce Pavitt: “I Was Literally Visualizing Washington State as an Island”
Bruce Pavitt in his natural environment—a record store (photo: Andy Bokanev)
In its 50th issue, HUCK Magazine has posted a vivid interview with Sub Pop Records Bruce Pavitt, author of EXPERIENCING NIRVANA: Grunge in Europe, 1989, and SUB POP USA: The Subterranean Pop Reader, 1980-1988. Writer Casey Jarman goes exceptionally deep in examining the philosophical underpinnings behind Pavitt’s role exposing unheard regional music as a radio DJ, fanzine editor, newspaper columnist, record store...
February 6, 2016
Bloody Roots of California Hardcore on Sirius XM
For a total oral and visual early history of CA HC from the origins onward, check out WE GOT POWER!: Hardcore Punk Scenes from 1980s Southern California, by David Markey and Jordan Schwartz.
Bloody Roots of California Hardcore on Sirius XM
Week of February 6, 2016
Sat 6/6, 6PM ET
Sun 6/7, 1PM ET
Mon 6/8, 9AM ET
Tues 6/9, 4PM ET
Thurs 6/11, 9PM ET
The Golden State has been a hotbed of hardcore punk since the days of mohawks and safety pins. Join Ian Christe (“Sound of the Beast”/Bazillion P...
February 4, 2016
Bloody Roots: Heavy Metal Remembers David Bowie on Sirius XM
Bloody Roots Heavy Metal Remembers David Bowie
Week of January 30, 2016
Sat 1/30, 6PM ET
Sun 1/31, 1PM ET
Mon 2/1, 9AM ET
Tues 2/2, 4PM ET
Thurs 2/4, 9PM ET
And available on demand at SiriusXM.com
This week’s metal history lesson honors the passing of a great figure in rock history, thin white duke David Bowie. Hard rock tracks by early Bowie and his 1980s band Tin Machine are joined by tribute covers from Behemoth, Raven, Danzig, Racer X, Celtic Frost, Melvins, Atrocity, and more. RIP Spa...
January 25, 2016
Tues 1/26, New York: Laina Dawes Talks Women in Metal at the Ray-Ban Hub
Attention New York City! WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE? author Laina Dawes will speak with photographer Justina Villanueva to celebrate “Pretty Good for a Girl,” an exhibit and guided DJ set focused on the female writers, musicians, and artists who write, perform, and create in the hardcore and metal communities.
WHEN: Tuesday, Jan 26, 7PM
WHERE: The Ray-Ban Hub, 116 Wooster Street, New York City
Bring your ears, questions, and open eyes.
January 23, 2016
Bloody Roots Best 2015 Metal Debuts on Sirius XM
Bloody Roots Best 2015 Metal Debuts on Sirius XM
Week of January 23, 2016
Sat 1/23, 6PM ET
Sun 1/24, 1PM ET
Mon 1/25, 9AM ET
Tues 1/26, 4PM ET
Thurs 1/28, 9PM ET
This week’s heavy metal history lesson summons the rising tide of 2015, as host Ian Christe (“Sound of the Beast”/Bazillion Points) stirs the cauldron with a sample of the strongest band debuts of 2015. Meet the overlords of tomorrow from across metal genres, featuring fresh 2015 tracks by Crypt Sermon, Riwen, Outre Tombe, Abbath,...
January 16, 2016
Bloody Roots Gleaming Metal Highlights of 2015 on Sirius XM
Bloody Roots Gleaming Metal Highlights of 2015 on Sirius XM
Week of January 16, 2016
Sat 1/16, 6PM ET
Sun 1/17, 1PM ET
Mon 1/18, 9AM ET
Tues 1/19, 4PM ET
Thurs 1/21, 9PM ET
This week’s heavy metal history lesson recaps the metal highlights of 2015, flashing like the gleam of a mad ripper’s blade. Join Ian Christe (“Sound of the Beast”/Bazillion Points) for a gaze across thelandscape as reshaped by seasoned veterans (Satan, Slayer, Enslaved, Napalm Death) and radical newcomers (Tribulation,...
January 13, 2016
WE GOT POWER!: Circle Jerks To Reissue VI, Long Out-of-Print 1987 LP
The classic 1987 album by these SoCal Hardcore Punk Pioneers finally re-issued after years being out of print.
In 1987, with four LPs, numerous tours, and countless beers under their belts, the Circle Jerks looked around Los Angeles and found themselves virtually the last band standing. All of the initial wave of hardcore punk bands from Southern California had split up, fizzled out, grown their hair, or worse. That year, the Jerks lineup of Keith Morris, Greg Hetson, Zander Schloss, and...
January 9, 2016
Bloody Roots of Deep Purple on Sirius XM
BLOODY ROOTS OF DEEP PURPLE
Week of January 9, 2016
Sat 1/9, 6PM ET
Sun 1/10, 1PM ET
Mon 1/11, 9AM ET
Tues 1/12, 4PM ET
Thurs 1/14, 9PM ET
In honor of Deep Purple’s 2016 induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, this week’s metal history lesson salutes these metal forefathers whose early 1970s hard rock records introduced speed, technical musicianship, and classical elements to sound of early metal. Host and Hall of Fame voter Ian Christe (Bazillion Points, “Sound of the Beast”) deliv...
December 30, 2015
Bloody Roots Goodbye to Lemmy Kilmister on Sirius XM
BLOODY ROOTS GOODBYE TO LEMMY KILMISTER
Week of December 29, 2015
Tues 12/29, 10PM ET
Weds 12/30, 5PM ET
Thurs 12/31, 1PM ET
Fri 1/1, 9AM ET
Sat 1/2, 6PM ET
Sun 1/3, 1PM ET
Mon 1/4, 9AM ET
Tues 1/5, 4PM ET
Thurs 1/7, 9PM ET
On December 28, 2015, the world lost Lemmy Kilmister of Motörhead, heavy metal’s field marshall and moral compass for four decades. Our broken hearts go out to the band, “Fast” Eddie Clarke, Lemmy’s son Paul, and more than an armful of broken-hearted beautiful women. Ho...
December 26, 2015
Bloody Roots Year-End 2015 Instro-Metal Show on Sirius XM
John Carpenter (Photo by Kyle Cassidy)
BLOODY ROOTS YEAR-END 2015 INSTRO-METAL SHOW
Week of December 26, 2015
Sat 12/26, 6PM ET
Sun 12/27, 1PM ET
Mon 12/28, 9AM ET
Tues 12/29, 4PM ET
Thurs 12/31, 9PM ET
For the final new Bloody Roots metal history lesson of 2015, we shut down the vocals
and let in the pouring deluge of 2015’s best metal instrumentals. From blues-doom to epic neoclassical masterpieces, behold the instrumental majesty of Kalpa, Tempel, Zombi, Sannhet, Trna, and film director...
