Ian Christe's Blog, page 88
July 2, 2013
Bay Area Thrashers Book Bash at Issues Oakland
For the first of two posts today featuring video footage from Bazillion Points book events, here’s a very cool piece of reporting from the Murder in the Front Row: Shots From the Bay Area Thrash Metal Epicenter party at Issues bookshop in Oakland. Authors Harald Oimoen and Brian Lew are on hand, along with a star-studded array of Northern California metal merchants young and old, including Ron Quintana, Craig Locicero of Forbidden, Fred Cotton of Spastik Children, Mrs. Gary Holt, and guys fro...
June 29, 2013
Sirius XM Bloody Roots of Motor City and Michigan Metal
BLOODY ROOTS OF MOTOR CITY AND MICHIGAN METAL
Week of June 29, 2013
Sat, June 29, 6PM ET
Sun, June 30, 2PM ET
Tues, July 1, 3PM ET
Thurs, July 3, 9PM ET
For this week’s metal history lesson, Ian Christe (“Sound of the Beast”/Bazillion Points) traces decades of Detroit and Michigan innovation, including the early punk and hard rock of the Stooges and Death; the hardcore assault of Negaative Approach and the Meatmen; the grindcore godfathers Repulsion; and modern day motor-vators Battlecross and the...
June 19, 2013
Sirius XM Bloody Roots of Brazilian Thrash Metal
Bloody Roots of Brazilian Thrash Metal
Week of June 22, 2013
Sat 6/22, 6PM ET
Sun 6/23, 2PM ET
Tues 6/25, 3PM ET
Thurs 6/27, 9PM ET
As the people of Brazil take to the streets to protest government corruption, this week Bloody Roots host Ian Christe (“Sound of the Beast”/Bazillion Points) delves into the history of unrest captured by Brazil’s legendary thrash metal legacy. Hear South American aggression from Sepultura, Sarcofago, Anthares, Violator, Holocausto, Torture Squad, the all-female Nervosa...
June 18, 2013
SPIN Gallery of Jeff Hanneman/Slayer Shots from Murder in the Front Row
SPIN.com is honoring the life of Slayer guitarist Jeff Hanneman with a gallery of early photographs by D.R.I. bassist Harald Oimoen, coauthor with Brian Lew of the book Murder in the Front Row: Shots from the Bay Area Thrash Metal Epicenter. The photos capture several live and candid moments from the rise of U.S. thrash metal circa 1984, including Hanneman and Slayer performing outdoors on a plywood stage; Slayer’s very first face-to-face encounter with the members of Metallica; Oimoen’s clas...
June 14, 2013
NYPost’s 83-Year Old Gossipist Cindy Adams Calls MURDER IN THE FRONT ROW a “Sweet Read”
Today, Donald Trump gets no ink and is crying. In her venerable Page Six gossip column in the New York Post, Cindy Adams, born 1930, jettisons the mogul in favor of “the sweet read” Murder in the Front Row: Shots From the Bay Area Thrash Metal Epicenter, by Harald Oimoen and Brian Lew. She makes special mention of the Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth, and Possessed photos. See above! This is close as Possessed has ever been to a Park Ave. penthouse. Adams has a famous Yorkie named “Jazzy”—maybe “T...
Sirius XM Bloody Roots Father’s Day Special
BLOODY ROOTS FATHER’S DAY SPECIAL
Week of June 15, 2013
Sat, June 15 6PM ET
Sun, June 16 2PM ET
Tues, June 18 3PM ET
Thurs, June 20 9PM ET
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Hails to metal dads! As metal tackles the mighty figures of history in search of subject matter, of course the role of fathers becomes fair game for heavy scrutiny. Join host Ian Christe (Bazillion Points / “Sound of the Beast”) for a celebration of fatherhood and fathering, feat...
June 11, 2013
EXPERIENCING NIRVANA: Grunge in Europe, 1989, by Sub Pop Cofounder Bruce Pavitt, Now Available for Pre-Order
Photo by Bruce Pavitt, from Experiencing Nirvana
Bazillion Points Books is proud to announce the October 2013 deluxe hardcover release of EXPERIENCING NIRVANA: Grunge in Europe, 1989 (ISBN 978-1-935950-10-3). This intimate photo journal and wild grunge rock micro-history was shot and written by Bruce Pavitt, co-founder of Sub Pop Records, the legendary Seattle label that signed Nirvana in 1988. The book features over 200 live and candid color photos shot by Pavitt over a tumultuous one-week pe...
Return of the Needles: Swedish Death Metal Ink Spreading
Back in 2011, we heard from a rabid Swedish Death Metal reader who had tattooed Nicke Andersson’s insidious cover artwork on her body. Looks like this flesh-desecrating disease is spreading! Reader Nino Madonia went under the needle, and we are once again in awe of the dedication of Daniel Ekeroth’s readers—not to mention the needle magicians found in good tattoo parlors. How many more Bazillion Points tattoos are out there?
June 6, 2013
Sirius XM Show: Bloody Roots of Sexagenarian Metal
BLOODY ROOTS OF SEXAGENARIAN METAL
Week of June 8, 2013
Sat 6/8, 6PM ET
Sun 6/9, 2PM ET
Tues 6/11, 3PM ET
Thurs 6/13, 9PM ET
Sixty is the new 666! As heavy metal crunches into its fifth decade, the classic earthshaking early music remains timeless, and continues to perpetually enchant and transfix new generations. At the same time, the bodies of metal masters like Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, and Motorhead are accumulating mortal years. As Black Sabbath releases its first studio album with Ozzy Osb...
June 5, 2013
Treat a Father Right: Only Paper Is Real
With the third Sunday in June coming down fast, we’ve noticed a lot of crap being peddled on behalf of fathers, and we’d like to get out in front of that avalanche of dumb hats, gift cards, and cheap tools with our own better offer. Put some slow-burning fuel on dear old Dad’s fiery heart with something from our unrivaled shelf of masterpieces by the fathers of the metal, hardcore, and rock scenes.
And you should buy the guy a beer on us, so use coupon code FATHER at checkout...
