Ian Christe's Blog, page 68
August 13, 2015
NYHC: Agnostic Front U.S. Tour Dates Include 9/11 Matchup w/Napalm Death
A photo posted by Bazillion Points (@bazillionpoints) on Aug 3, 2015 at 10:48am PDT
Agnostic Front, one of the crucial bands (and cover stars) of Tony Rettman’s oral history NYHC: New Y...
August 12, 2015
MURDER IN THE FRONT ROW: The Smithsonian on Bay Area Thrash Metal
With the publication of MURDER IN THE FRONT ROW: Shots From the Bay Area Thrash Metal Epicenter, the important beginnings of Bay Area thrash metal was made available in startling clarity via the photographic lenses of Brian Lew and Harald Oimoen. The Bay Area took notice, as every regional newspaper, bookstore, and library stocked up, turned up, and recognized the power of local music created post-Summer of Love.
Well, the jagged wheels of steel have now rolled all the way uphill to Nationa...
August 8, 2015
Bloody Roots of Quebec Metal on Sirius XM
BLOODY ROOTS OF QUEBEC METAL
Week of August 8, 2015
Sat 8/8, 6PM ET
Sun 8/9, 1PM ET
Mon 8/10, 9AM ET
Tues 8/11, 4PM ET
Thurs 8/13, 9PM ET
For this week’s heavy metal history lesson, Ian Christe (“Sound of the Beast”/Bazillion Points) travels up the St. Lawrence River to trap the wild and rare breeds of metal raised in French-speaking Quebec. Cultural heritage, isolation, and extreme weather have raised a uniquely powerful metal heritage, hear for yourself with tracks by Voivod, Martyr, Katak...
August 7, 2015
HEAVY METAL MOVIES: The Fifth-Most Metal Moment in Movie History Turns Thirty-Four
HEAVY METAL premiered thirty-four years ago today
According to Mike “McBeardo” McPadden in HEAVY METAL MOVIES there are only four moments in movie history that ooze more metallic fury than this animated massacre propelled by Dio-era Black Sabbath. Do you have any problem with that at all?
August 5, 2015
Summer Scratch & Dent Special: 48-Hour SALE on Bazillion Points Books Display Copies
Bazillion Points has consolidated warehouses, and in the process we discovered several boxes of bookstore display copies. These are essentially unread, excellent condition books with slight marks on the covers or bent corners from bookshop browsing.
Current titles available for as little as $5.00 (updated hourly, contact us with your requests):
Heavy Metal Movies
Sub Pop USA
Metalion: The Slayer Mag Diaries
Murder in the Front Row
NYHC
What Are You Doing Here?
Only Death Is Real
Swedish Sens...
August 4, 2015
WE GOT POWER! David Markey Guests on New Podcast Hosted by Cris Kirkwood of the Meat Puppets
Meat Puppets perform “Walking Boss” at the WE GOT POWER! exhibit closing, Track 16, Santa Monica, 10/06/12.
Bazillion Points author, filmmaker, and all-around DIY legend David Markey sits down this week with old pal Cris Kirkwood of the Meat Puppets on Kirkwood’s podcast. Markey and the Meat Puppets have crossed paths many, many times dating back to the dawn of hardcore punk. Two years ago, the Puppets played the closing ceremony of the book release exhibit for Markey and Jordan Schwartz’s W...
August 1, 2015
Bloody Roots of Black Sabbath’s Sabotage on Sirius XM
BLOODY ROOTS OF BLACK SABBATH’s SABOTAGE
Week of August 1, 2015
Sat 8/1, 6PM ET
Sun 8/2, 1PM ET
Mon 8/3, 9AM ET
Tues 8/4, 4PM ET
Thurs 8/6, 9PM ET
Though the record seems ten thousand years old, Black Sabbath’s elaborate Sabotage LP just turned 40 this week. Host Ian Christe (“Sound of the Beast”/Bazillion Points) leads an expedition through the smoke-filled halls and arcane passages of Sabbath’s six album, a tortured and harrowing metal masterpiece filled with crushing tracks like “Hole in...
July 29, 2015
CHRIS REIFERT Alert: Autopsy Hits the Road…plus Violation Wound!
Autopsy, 27 years ago
Chris Reifert has hadhis gnarled paw stuck intodeath metal since the beginning,playing with Death, Autopsy, and Abscess. As a cherished elder, he has kept the flame burning in recent years by writing inspiringforewords to Daniel Ekeroth’s SWEDISH DEATH METAL and Jon Kristiansen’s METALION: The Slayer Mag Diaries. His encouragement has fueled every wave ofSwedish death metal since the start,and—who knows?—maybe Ekeroth’sbook even helped to resurrectAutopsy, who had been...
