Ian Christe's Blog, page 84
November 11, 2013
Sat 12/7: Experiencing Nirvana Release Party at Fantagraphics Seattle
Join author Bruce Pavitt and a host of heroes from the early years of Sub Pop Records, the label he co-founded, at a special December 7 signing and release party at the wonderous Fantagraphics store in Seattle, WA. Pick up a copy, hot off the presses, of Experiencing Nirvana: Grunge in Europe, 1989, an eight-day odyssey of photos and diary entries by Bruce documenting the moment that Seattle rock caught fire. Get it signed by Bruce, the one and only Tad Doyle, and other luminaries from the ki...
November 9, 2013
Sirius XM Bloody Roots of Mercyful Fate’s Melissa at 30 Years
Sirius XM Bloody Roots of Mercyful Fate’s Melissa at 30 Years
Week of November 9, 2013
Sat 11/9, 6PM ET
Sun 11/10, 2PM ET
Tues 11/12, 3PM ET
Thurs 11/14, 9PM ET
On October 30, 1983, obscure Danish quintet Mercyful Fate released its haunting and evocative debut album, Melissa. Guitarists Michael Denner and Hank Shermann, bassist Timi Grabber, drummer Kim Ruzz, and wholly unique vocalist King Diamond conjured an instant masterpiece of dark, occult metal. For this week’s metal history lesson, Ian Chri...
November 2, 2013
Sirius XM Bloody Roots of Old School Death Metal
BLOODY ROOTS OF OLD SCHOOL DEATH METAL
Week of November 2, 2013
Sat 11/2, 6PM ET
Sun 11/3, 2PM ET
Tues 11/5, 3PM ET
Thurs 11/7, 9PM ET
For this week’s metal history lesson, host Ian Christe (“Sound of the Beast”/Bazillion Points Books) slides down a dark hole to extract the gory, hell-possessed early teenage roots of death metal. Digging through demo tapes and rare vinyl releases, the raw roots of death metal are laid bare with Autopsy, Possessed, Death, Repulsion, Slaughter, Necrovore, Morbid Ange...
October 26, 2013
Bloody Roots of Werewolves in Metal
Bloody Roots of Werewolves in Metal
Week of October 26, 2013
Sat 10/26, 6PM ET
Sun 10/27, 2PM ET
Tues 10/29, 3PM ET
Thurs 10/31, 9PM ET
The season of horror continues as Bloody Roots brings you a survey of werewolves in heavy metal. Host Ian Christe (“Sound of the Beast”/Bazillion Points Books) unchains a vicious zoo of half-human predators as imagined by Macabre, Death Breath, Moonspell, Dillinger Escape Plan, Metallica, Usurper, Six Feet Under and more! Howl for your Roots!
PLAYLIST:
DEATH BREATH –...
October 21, 2013
Decibel Talks Meatmen, Hardcore, and Family Life w/Tesco Vee
Above: The Meatmen!
Decibel magazine recently interviewed the great and entertaining Tesco Vee, Meatmen frontman and co-creator of TOUCH AND GO: The Complete Hardcore Punk Zine ’79–’83. This veteran handmaiden of hardcore punk covered subjects as varied as playing punk rock in his ’50s, child-rearing the Tesco way, and wanting to suffocate Ann Coulter with his buttocks. Sample these choice nuggets…
On the eclectic reviews in the mainly punk oriented Touch and Go zine: “I think people were surpr...
Slayer Mag + Black Metal Artifacts at Rockheim Museum, Trondheim, Norway
The stalking of black metal by popular art museums continues! Thanks to Linn Halversrød for catching this shot of various issues of Slayer Mag as part of an archive of national black metal artifacts at the Rockheim popular music collection in Trondheim, Norway.
Though the plywood display case looks a little DIY and slapdash, the museum itself is crazy fancy, check out the massive light roof which changes color based on the darkness of artifacts on display:
Congratulations to Slayer editor Jo...
October 19, 2013
Sirius XM Bloody Roots of Slashers in Metal
BLOODY ROOTS OF SLASHERS IN METAL
Week of October 19, 2013
Sat 10/19, 6PM
Sun 10/20, 2PM
Tues 10/22, 3PM
Thurs 10/24, 9PM
Look out behind you! During this howling season of the witch, Bloody Roots highlights the shining blades and cruel dispositions of knife-wielding slashers throughout metal genres. Host Ian Christe (“Sound of the Beast”/Bazillion Points Books) hunts down killer tracks by Slayer, Cannibal Corpse, Six Feet Under, Iron Maiden, Goatwhore, Motorhead, Mortician, Dismember, Death Breath...
October 14, 2013
SiriusXM Bloody Roots of Carcass Worship
SiriusXM Bloody Roots of Carcass Worship
Week of October 12, 2013
Sat 10/12, 6PM ETSun 10/13, 2PM ET
Tues 10/15, 3PM ET
Thurs 10/17, 9PM ET
Over the past 25 years, the impact of Liverpool metal band Carcass has been repeatedly felt worldwide in countless forms. From the gory early recordings to the slick melodic major label era, Carcass has proven as durably influential as forerunners like Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, and Slayer. This week, host Ian Christe (Bazillion Points Books), examines the ca...
Check Out the Cover of Experiencing Nirvana, by Bruce Pavitt
Along the paper-strewn production path of a book, the day the sample covers arrive is definitely always a memorable milestone. This is when a bunch of pixels and pictures take three-dimensional form for the first time. Here’s Magnus at Bazillion Points judging the cover of our upcoming Experiencing Nirvana: Grunge in Europe, 1989, by Bruce Pavitt. Everything is rightside-up, and we cheered! Now we put some pages inside… check back soon!
EXPERIENCING NIRVANA
October 4, 2013
10/4-10/5 We Got Power! in Phoenix: Support the Scene!
The wayward youth of Southern California are running wild with the tumbleweeds in the streets of Phoenix, AZ, this weekend. WE GOT POWER!: Hardcore Punk Scenes from 1980s Southern California authors David Markey and Jordan Schwartz are headed to the desert for a weekend of photos, films, and fun:
First Friday Party, Oct. 4 from 6–9 PM, Perihelion Arts presents:
Exhibit of classic photo prints from the original WE GOT POWER!negative scans, featuring Black Flag, Minutemen, Red Cross/Redd Kross, G...
