Dimebag Tribute

I've been anticipating it's release for some time and now we know the "official" line up and the tracks for Metal Hammer's 'Dimebag Darrell Tribute Album'.

(Dimebag is on the far right)

The CD/Albums release coincides with Metalhammer magazines 200th issue. The CD is inside the mag and comes packaged with it. It goes on sale Dec. 16th. Wicked!

Here's the kick a$$ track list. No matter the price, the first four tunes listed, make the purchase of the mag worth every penny.

01. ZAKK WYLDE - "Suicide Note Part 1"
02. MACHINE HEAD - "Fucking Hostile"
03. MALEFICE - "I'm Broken"
04. AVENGED SEVENFOLD - "Walk"
05. EVILE - "Cemetery Gates"
06. FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH - "A New Level"
07. BIOHAZARD - "Mouth For War"
08. SYLOSIS - "Strength Beyond Strength"
09. CHIMAIRA - "Slaughtered"
10. UNEARTH - "Sandblasted Skin"
11. THROWDOWN - "Becoming"
12. KIUAS - "This Love"
13. THIS IS HELL - "Rise"

Check it, Avenged Sevenfold's cover of "Walk".

Vocals aside, I can't imagine the pressure on AS lead guitarist Synyster Gates AKA: Brian Elwin Haner, Jr..

Here's (in my HO) a reasonable facsimile of the conversation between Gates and the rest of the band "Ya dude, you gotta' play like Dimebag Darrell... good luck!"

The other notable coincidence, the release of the mag & CD, mark the five year anniversary of Dimebag's untimely death.

I love what Robb Flynn, lead singer of Machine Head, said to Metal Hammer about the band's decision to play 'F#cking Hostile'.

"It was either that or 'Strength Beyond Strength' from 'Far Beyond Driven'. In the end, we decided that we wanted to do a classic. We chose 'F%cking Hostile' because it’s two and a half minutes of pure, raging metal. It's short, fast and brutal."

Darrell wouldn't have it any other way. RIP.

Ace ♠

No Paint, No Fenders, No Clearance... Wicked!

Found some dope, kick a$$ rods that epitomize what rattins' all bout'.

That is one SIC rod. Love it! Pics via: hot rods-no fenders.

Yup, just the way I like em'.

Ace ♠

I'll Have The Usual Please

In my HO, there is no other band in the world that can kick off a concert like Motörhead.

The boys storm out of the gate, blasting you with a ga-jillion db's of sound and then welcome you to their show. Awesome!



The crowd always goes nuts. Here's another example of their time honoured tradition, "We are Motörhead, and we play rock & roll".



Ya... nothing special right. Wrong.

We're creatures of habit. We know what we want and we know exactly what we'll get when we buy tickets to a Motörhead show.

Look at these guys, you think they want to be razzled & dazzled with pyrotechnics, lasers and huge video jumbo screens with a tight shot of Lemmy's mug (no offense Lem). Hell no! Don't mess with tradition.
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For example: in the morning some people like a simple cup of coffee and maybe a croissant with their morning paper.

Others prefer a bowl of cereal. Fine.

While some need more of a traditional fare. Breakfast aside, the topic of "best concert opening" proved food for thought. So I've dug up a few examples of other band's concert openings for comparisons sake.

How bout' one of the biggest "show" bands out there, Kiss.

This is how they opened their concert in Halifax. The hydraulic stage absolutely rocks... but it's certainly reflected in ticket prices.

They say Robbie Williams may have had one of the best openings ever seen on his tour.

Admittedly, it is quite spectacular! One of the comments on the YouTube post indicated the opening was great, Robbie however was not!

How bout' Lady Gaga. Ya, another case of style over substance. I hear Brittany Spears concert opening was way better.

And I'd be remiss if I didn't include AC/DC's opener for their Black Ice tour. It's pretty cool. Yes there are way more (I'm not going to bother looking though).

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Personally, I like to keep things simple, I'll have the usual please.

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Ace ♠