Ian Christe's Blog, page 81
March 23, 2014
Sirius XM Bloody Roots of Early European Speed Metal
BLOODY ROOTS OF EARLY EUROPEAN SPEED METAL
Week of March 22, 2014
Sat 3/22, 6PM ET
Sun 3/23, 2PM ET
Tues 3/25, 3PM ET
Thurs 3/27, 9PM ET
As metal grew faster in the mid-late 1980s, bands across Europe caught the thrash wave and updated their tempos and energies for the times. Join Ian Christe (“Sound of the Beast”/Bazillion Points) for a tour of early European speed metal bands who blazed forward with raw gusto as metal left the Iron Maiden era and prepared for high-speed battle. Featuring Living D...
March 20, 2014
Black Metal Relic: Slayer Mag # 3/4 From 1986 Is Up for Grabs
The Slayer Mag Archives are opening up a little and releasing some treasure. The Norwegian/English double issue #3/4 is up for grabs this week on eBay. The A5-sized zine from early 1986 contains features and interviews with bands like Voivod, Slayer, Venom, Bathory, Possessed, and Mefisto, plus one of the very first printed features ever on Mayhem. About a year later, editor Metalion helped Mayhem get it together to release Deathcrush, the infamous mini-LP dedicated to him.
March 17, 2014
3/30, Brooklyn: Music Book Club #1 Tackles What Are You Doing Here?
Kristen Korvette and David Castillo have started a music book club in New York, and the first go-round will tackle What Are You Doing Here?: A Black Woman’s Life and Liberation in Heavy Metal, by recent Brooklyn transplant Laina Dawes.
The concept is simple. we pick a book, you read it, then we get together for discussion, drinks, and music listening the last Sunday of every month at Over the Eight (594 Union Ave., Brooklyn, NY). To kick things off, we have a very special event where Laina Daw...
3/26, London: Experiencing Nirvana Photo Show Opening at Proud Camden
Experiencing Nirvana author Bruce Pavitt onstage behind Nirvana at LameFest UK, London, 12/3/89. Photo by Steve Double.
On March 26th, Proud Camden will host a book release party for Experiencing Nirvana: Grunge in Europe, 1989, Sub Pop Records cofounder Bruce Pavitt’s acclaimed microhistory of the legendary 1989 invasion of Europe by Nirvana, Mudhoney, and Tad. The event launches a six-week photo exhibition (March 27–May 11) of key shots by Experiencing Nirvana contributor Steve Double and le...
March 15, 2014
Sirius XM Bloody Roots St. Patrick’s Day Thin Lizzy Tribute
BLOODY ROOTS ST. PATRICK’s DAY THIN LIZZY TRIBUTE
Week of March 15, 2014
Sat 3/15, 6PM ET
Sun 3/16, 2PM ET
Tues 3/18, 3PM ET
Thurs 3/20, 9PM ET
In honor of Philip Lynott (1949-1986), his band Thin Lizzy, and all of Ireland, we celebrate the ancient folk hero Saint Patrick this week with a full hour of dual-guitar tributes to the most beloved Irish hard rock saviors. Thin Lizzy covers by Iron Maiden, Mastodon, Raven, Vader, Six Feet Under, Metallica, Assassin, Dublin Death Patrol, and many more. Kno...
March 11, 2014
SAT 3/29: Bruce Pavitt Talks Nirvana at Bookpeople, Moscow, Idaho
Experiencing Nirvana: Grunge in Europe, 1989, author Bruce Pavitt will appear at Bookpeople of Moscow, on Saturday, March 29. Unless we’re missing something, this will be Bruce’s book tour debut in the home state of Tad Doyle, one of the stars of his real-life photojournal and diary of eight crucial days on tour in Europe with Nirvana, Tad, and Mudhoney in 1989.
This jam goes down at 7:30 PM at the celebrated Moscow, ID, indie bookstore on 521 South Main Street. Bruce will be joined by Mark Ba...
March 10, 2014
WE GOT POWER!: The Descendents’ Frank Navetta in San Pedro, 1982
Quick reminder! When it comes to explosive photos and writing about LA punks in the 1980s, WE GOT POWER!: Hardcore Punk Scenes From 1980s Southern California, by David Markey and Jordan Schwartz simply rules. Here’s a photo snapped by Jordan Schwartz of the Descendents’ guitarist Frank Navetta, caught in a brief eye of the hurricane moment. He’s changing strings on his guitar during an early gig in front of a few dozen people at San Pedro’s Dancing Waters—the location Martin Scorsese used whe...
March 8, 2014
Sirius XM Bloody Roots of First Singers
BLOODY ROOTS OF FIRST SINGERS
Week of March 8, 2014
Sat 3/8, 6PM ET
Sun 3/9, 2PM ET
Tues 3/11, 3PM ET
Thurs 3/13, 9PM ET
Over the course of a metal band’s long crusade, the lineup often changes. Singers especially can make a crucial difference in sound, marking different eras or sometimes even completely different styles of music. Today host Ian Christe (“Sound of the Beast”/Bazillion Points) salutes singers, some infamous and some lesser-known, whose appearances helped launch the efforts of bands...
March 5, 2014
Cliff Burton’s First Soundcheck w/Metallica—the Burton/Hetfield/Mustaine Attack
Pictured above, a shot by Brian Lew of Metallica’s soundcheck prior to Cliff Burton’s first show with the band, March 5, 1983. Brian’s report on the night, as printed in Metal Mania #10, is reprinted in its exuberant entirety in MURDER IN THE FRONT ROW: Shots From the Bay Area Thrash Metal Epicenter. The very shortened summary quote: “With the addition of Cliff Burton, Metallica now have the heaviest and fastest lineup ever assembled…”
Lucky thing his iphone was fully charged! But seriously, w...
April 2014: Cauchemar “Dark Meditations” Tour Canada/Europe
HELLBENT FOR COOKING author Annick Giroux’s band Cauchemar is going on tour. In April and May, the Montreal-based doom metal outfit will spread their gloomy metal across Canada and Europe. Play gigs by night, feast on local cuisine—that is the program!The Dark Mediations tour kicks off in Sherbrooke, Quebec, on April 17, and climaxes in France on May 26. A few dates remain open; for booking information, the band can be reached at voyagetohell@gmail.com.
Cauchemar released their debut full leng...
