Ian Christe's Blog, page 81
April 25, 2014
Sirius XM Bloody Roots of ’90s Hardcore
Sirius XM Bloody Roots of ’90s Hardcore
Week of April 26, 2014
Sat 4/26, 6PM ET
Sun 4/27, 2PM ET
Tues 4/29, 3PM ET
Thurs 5/1, 9PM ET
This week’s heavy metal history lesson takes a hard look at ten years of hardcore, from the basic NYHC breakdowns of 1990, through the muscular vegan-straightedge-justice militants of the mid-decade, leading to the cracked-up and next-level intensity of the scene at the turn of the century. Tracks by Bane, Judge, Madball, Chokehold, Rorschach, Botch, Skitsystem, Conve...
April 12, 2014
Sirius XM Bloody Roots of Heavy Metal in Outer Space
BLOODY ROOTS OF HEAVY METAL IN OUTER SPACE
Week of April 12, 2014
Sat 4/12, 6PM ET
Sun 4/13, 2PM ET
Tues 4/15, 3PM ET
Thurs 4/17, 9PM ET
As space rovers and voyagers test the vastness of our solar system, heavy metal explorers are already light years ahead. Looking to the stars and bringing back visions of cosmic creation, horror, and power, this week’s metal history lesson features metal from across the galaxy by Voivod, Satyricon, Assassin, Black Sabbath, Hawkwind, Cathedral, Gojira, Inquisition,...
April 6, 2014
Sirius XM Bloody Roots of Technical Death Metal
BLOODY ROOTS OF TECHNICAL DEATH METAL
Week of April 5, 2014
Sat. 4/5, 6PM ET
Sun. 4/6, 2PM ET
Tues. 4/8, 3PM ET
Thurs. 4/10, 9PM ET
Somewhere on the bloody trail up from the poison swamp, brutal death metal absorbed a higher intelligence, and technical death metal was spawned. For this week’s metal history lesson, Ian Christe (“Sound of the Beast”, Bazillion Points) delivers a master class of bizarre overachiever head-cracking bands like Gorguts, Meshuggah, Cynic, Death, Necrophagist, Demilich, Bor...
April 1, 2014
TOUCH AND GO: Decibel Streams New Meatmen Song Today
THE MEATMEN. Photo by Joe Gall.
No kidding, Decibel magazine is today premiering a new track from hardcore punk veterans The Meatmen. Plucked from the bosom of Savage Saga, the band’s first original recording in almost twenty years. Weenbags and wenches with the appropriate amount of cojones can follow this link to the song “Dinosaur,” plus a mini-interview with main man of meat Tesco Vee discussing the coming album, Honey Boo-Boo, and more:
Sunday 4/6, Seattle: Bruce Pavitt at the Experience Music Project
EXPERIENCING NIRVANA: Grunge in Europe, 1989, author Bruce Pavitt joins a top-shelf crew of luminaries for a FREE event this coming Sunday at the Experience Music Project museum in Seattle, WA.
http://www.empmuseum.org/calendar/events/come-as-you-are.aspx
It’s been 20 years since the untimely passing of Kurt Cobain—one of the most creative forces in the Northwest’s music community. In remembrance of his life, EMP Senior Curator Jacob McMurray will host an in-depth conversation with panelists C...
BAZILLION POINTS To Ditch Paper in 2015; Full Catalog Google Glass Conversion Underway
Leading North American indie Bazillion Points, publisher of authoritative music and film books including:
•Experiencing Nirvana: Grunge in Europe, 1989, by Bruce Pavitt
•Swedish Death Metal, by Daniel Ekeroth
•Touch and Go: The Complete Hardcore Punk Zine ’79-83, by Tesco Vee and Dave Stimson
•Murder in the Front Row: Shots From the Bay Area Thrash Metal Epicenter, by Brian Lew and Harald Oimoen
•Mellodrama: The Mellotron Movie, by Dianna Dilworth
•Heavy Metal Movies, by Mike “McBeardo” McPadden
•P...
March 29, 2014
Sirius XM Bloody Roots of Berserker Viking Metal
BLOODY ROOTS OF BERSERKER VIKING METAL
Week of March 29, 2014
Saturn’s Day 3/29, 6PM ET
Sun’s Day 3/30, 2PM ET
Tiw’s Day 4/1, 3PM ET
Thor’s Day 4/3, 9PM ET
By the roots of Yggdrasil, this week’s fearless metal history lesson host Ian Christe (“Sound of the Beast”/Bazillion Points) honors the valiant and bearded sounds of Viking metal. Strap on your horned helmet, hoist high your goblet, and join the marauding war party for a powerful and glorious collection of bellowed hymns by Enslaved, Bathory, M...
March 24, 2014
Welcome to Firenado Country!
Beast wishes to Rocky Mountain Arsenal firefighter Thomas Rogers for capturing this crazy “firenado” on video one day while at work near Denver. Some extremely hectic forces of nature on display here! Once Rogers had the clip, he knew just what to do…
(Thanks Jeremy Balderson!)
SLAYER Mag X Reissue: Red Jacket Printer Proofs Approved
If you haven’t heard, Bazillion Points is reissuing SLAYER MAG X, Jon Kristiansen’s crucial record of black metal in Norway. Jon’s METALION book is the big picture, the full epic story of a life lived for metal—Slayer Mag X is the most sharply-focused, savage slice of that.
Released in 1994, the zine contains candid1992-1994 interviews with bands likeEMPEROR, BATHORY, MAYHEM, BURZUM, SATYRICON, ABRUPTUM, DISSECTION, DARKTHRONE, ENSLAVED, MARDUK, etc. Slayer Mag X is without question the fulles...
R.I.P. Dave Brockie, 1963–2014; GWAR’s Oderus Urungus
Bazillion Points is saddened to hear of the extremely premature expiration of Dave Brockie of Gwar. The disgusting, repulsive artist known as Oderus Urungus first entered our orbit in 1988, with the release of the all-time classic Hell-O record on Shimmy Disc. From extremely humble beginnings, Gwar created its own category of sleazy, hilarious entertainment, drawing together headbangers, punks, nitwits, art fiends, and all manner of cops and curious onlookers. The sick regurgitation of life i...
