Stone Sour frontman Corey Taylor has told Noisecreep that the band will take to the studio in January “for two or three months” to begin their next album:

“We’ve already got ten tunes fully written and another 15 we’re kind of working on here and there. When I’m not on the road I’m still working, I never stop. And it’s really good, everything we’re doing is really, really good.”

“I can say the material is darker than ‘Come Whatever May,’ but a lot more melodic, a lot stronger, a lot more mature, and the lyrics that are coming out of me are really good,” he says. “I’m really excited.”

When asked about how he chooses which songs for which band (he also fronts Iowan nine piece Slipknot) he replied:

“I just kind of go by my gut. A lot of times people ask me and this is a perfect example, why I brought ‘Snuff’ to the table for Slipknot. They’re like, ‘That’s so obviously a Stone Sour song.’ I was like, ‘How do you know? I wrote the song. How would you like to tell me what my song should go with?”

Sounding good, if they can make a better album than the fantastic Come What(Ever) May, then I’ll be extremely impressed.

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According to People.com, Slipknot/Stone Sour frontman Corey Taylor married Stephanie Luby on ‘lucky’ Friday, Nov. 13 at Las Vegas’ Palms Casino & Hotel, where the wedding party walked down the aisle to Metallica’s “For Whom The Bell Tolls”. 

Approximately 350 wedding guests packed the hotel’s nearby Pearl Concert Theater, including Sugar Ray’s Mark McGrath, as well as Camp Freddy’s Dave Navarro and Billy Morrison, who acted as the minister. The rockers then all took the stage, and even the groom joined in on three songs.

This is Taylor’s second marriage.

Taylor, 35, has two children: A daughter named Angie, born in 1992, and a son named Griffin, born in 2002, both of whom he had with his first wife, Scarlett.

Taylor divorced Scarlett — whom he married on March 11, 2004 in a small ceremony at the Botanical center in Des Moines, Iowa — in early 2007. 

In the November 2008 issue of Revolver magazine, he is quoted as saying, “After I got sober, I realized my relationship wasn’t right for me. My wife and I had damaged each other too much.”

According to People.com, SLIPKNOT/STONE SOUR frontman Corey Taylor married Stephanie Luby this past Friday (November 13) at Las Vegas Palms Hotel, where the wedding party walked down the aisle to METALLICA’s “For Whom The Bell Tolls”. 350 wedding guests packed the hotel’s Pearl Concert Theater, including SUGAR RAY’s Mark McGrath, as well as CAMP FREDDY’s Dave Navarro and Billy Morrison, who acted as the minister. The rockers then all took the stage, and even the groom joined in on three songs.

This is Taylor’s second marriage.

Taylor, 35, has two children: A daughter named Angie, born in 1992, and a son named Griffin, born in 2002, whom he had with his first wife, Scarlett.

Taylor divorced Scarlett — whom he married on March 11, 2004 in a small ceremony at the Botanical center in Des Moines, Iowa — in early 2007. In the November 2008 issue of Revolver magazine, he is quoted as saying, “After I got sober, I realized my relationship wasn’t right for me. My wife and I had damaged each other too much.”

Taken from Stone Sour’s fantastic sophomore album, Come What(ever) May, Through Glass is a fantastic piece of music. Written by Corey Taylor about his frustration at the current music scene:

“I remember exactly where I was. It was 2004 and I was on tour with Slipknot. I was sitting in a European hotel room watching a music video channel, seeing act after act after act of this insane, innocuous, plastic music. They were plastic, bubbly, gossamer-thin groups where it was really more about the clothes they wore and the length of their cheekbones than it was about the content of the song they were singing.
It really made me mad. I was like, is this it? Have we just gone full circle? Did the singer/songwriter revolution never happen? Is it just the same drivel from the same replicate over and over again? ‘Through Glass’ is really a very angry song. It’s me basically calling ‘bullshit’ on pretty much everyone involved with the ‘American Idol’-type shows. It has its place, but when you’re basically cornering the market and making it very hard for anyone who actually writes their own music to get ahead, then it’s wrong and that’s really why I wrote this song.”

A Slipknot frontembere, Corey Taylor egy interjúban elárulta: ő is próbálkozott a Velvet Revolvernél, mikor azok új énekes után kutattak. “Találkoztam a srácokkal, nyomtunk fel néhány demot közösen, de nem működött a dolog – különféle okokból. Nagyon király volt, pláne, hogy rocklegendákkal jammelhettem együtt egy darabig. És ebben maradtunk a továbbiakban is, maradtam egyszerű tisztelőjük és rajongójuk” – mesélte Corey.

Enligt Blabbermouth har Slipknots sångare Corey Taylor provsjungit för Velvet Revolver. Av någon anledning blev det dock inget av det, men Taylor tyckte visst ändå att det var jävligt fränt att ens ha varit påtänkt.

Rubriken är av varianten “sensationsrubrik”, och det är meningen.  Jag testar lite nya grepp.

Intresserade kan läsa originalartikeln här.

*To all Slipknot and Korn haters… GO TO HELL YOU FUCKIN’ FAGS. *midfinger*

Awesomeness!!! I uber love this video! It’s wicked! One of the best performances I’ve seen! Korn and Slipknot… It’s really nice to see the frontmen of 2 of the best metal bands on stage together.

The best part of the performance is from 3:04 to 3:30. Everyone was like up on his/her feet and headbangin’! Ahaha…so cooool! TOTALLY INSANE! Soooo fuckin’ awesome! And I love how the bass guitarist of Korn (Fieldy) plays in this vid….look at his moves…sweeeet…haha….yeahh! The part where Jonathan Davis beatboxes is also freakin’ awesome…he goes like…”Boom na da mmm dum na ema..da boom na da mmm dum na ema…GO!

Jonathan Davis (Korn) + Corey Taylor (Slipknot) = one awesome performance

Hmm…just wanna comment a little on Corey.

He certainly looks creepy with his mask on.  →

But he’s really good-looking…I mean, without the mask. (see his pics below)

The clean cut looks so good on him.  ↓

Sometimes, when two bands love each other very much… an awesome song is born!

10.
Eddie Van Halen & Micheal Jackson – Beat It
Not  so much a collaboration, more sheer luck, but still. This song is a masterpiece. Say what you want about Micheal Jackson, he was a musical Genius.

9.
Damageplan & Corey Taylor – Fuck You
The Slipknot/Stone Sour frontman provided vocals on this venomous, hate filled track.

8.
Fear Factory & Gary Numan – Cars
A re-invisioning of Gary Numan’s classic, both Numan and Bell share vocals, with a nice Metalificated (I’ve already explained, this IS a word) riff.

7.
The Damned & Lemmy – Ballroom Blitz
Motorhead singer/bassist Lemmy Joined The Damned on bass for this cover of The Sweet’s Ballroom Blitz.

6.
Paul Gilbert, Parry Gripp and MC Lars – Guitar Hero Hero (Beating Guitar Hero Doesn’t Make You Slash)
With Gilbert shredding, Parry Gripp on the chorus and MC Lars with the exellent verses, this ode to guitar hero is awesome.

5.
Elton John & Alice In Chains – Black Gives Way to Blue
Elton joins AIC on piano for the heartfelt tribute to late vocalist Layne Staley.

4.
Probot
A whole album, rather than a song. Foo Fighters frontman decided to make a metal album with all his heroes on vocals. The album featured Lemmy, King Diamond, Max Cavalera and Cronos, to name but a few.

3.
Apocalyptica & Corey Taylor – I’m Not Jesus
Finnish Cello Metal band, Apocalyptica, teamed up with Corey Taylor for this track from the Worlds Collide album. This song proves that Corey is an excellent vocalist, clean or otherwise.

2.
Aerosmith & Run DMC – Walk This Way
There’s not much that hasn’t already been said about this track, let’s let the music do the talking.

1.
Anthrax & Public Enemy – Bring The Noise
My personal favourite collaboration, I choses this above Aerosmith/Run DMC  because unlike that song the lyrics in this one actually work with the collaboration, The lyrics are about how Hip- Hop should be treated equally to Metal and Rock music, and if this track doesn’t prove it, nothing will. Plus, the Public Enemy original even mentioned anthrax, these bands were meant for each other!

Don’t agree with my choices, leave me a comment, any good suggestion will be added in!

Honorable Mention:
Temple of The Dog
Roadrunner United

Some shots from the Kerrang Awards in August this year which I shot for www.kerrang.com!

Rob Trujillo

Corey Taylor and Scott Ian

Bring Me The Horizon

Corey Taylor

Según una entrevista al vocalista del grupo de Iowa (Corey Taylor) este afirmo que aun están por grabar su mejor disco,pero que después del próximo LP no se sabe muy bien el futuro de la banda.

Last Friday I was surprised to find that I had Slipknot front man Corey Taylor on the show.

Slipknot is arguably one of the biggest metal bands criss-crossing North America right now.  Their four albums, beginning with 1999’s Slipknot are all platinum sellers in Canada.

When I was growing up, Slipknot became hugely popular during the days of “nu-metal.”  For that reason, the masks, the horror themes… they weren’t really my style.  Which is a bit of a shame, because knowing that I would interview Corey Taylor, I went back and had a listen and the music is pretty good.

I am more a fan of his softer stuff.  I think “Snuff” is their best cut and I always enjoy Stone Sour.

Mike Devlin over at the Times-Colonist does a good job of explaining it all…

Corey and I talked about growing up in Iowa in poverty, working multiple jobs, getting into metal and rock and roll.  The early days of Stones Sour and Slipknot.

We talk about what set Slipknot apart in 1999 and about the changes you’ll hear on the new(er) “All Hope is Lost.”

Some Slipknot fans are not so much into the changes… but fuck it, I like the new record!  and that surprised me.

Then we move on to, the end of Slipknot?

Finally, it gets weird and we talk about crazy fans, the masks, people dressed as Slipknot on Halloween, a horror convention in Las Vegas, and try to guess what kind of underwear Corey is wearing.

Mostly I liked Corey Taylor because even though I am clearly not a Slipknot fan, the dude was pleasant, respectful and a good time to chit-chat with on the radio.

So here it is, almost 19 minutes with Corey Taylor.

Download: Corey Taylor on The Zone Afternoon Show

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Saturday night I spent my evening in Langford for the last home game of the season for the Victoria Rebels football team.  They crushed the Vancouver Trojan by a score of like, a billion to twenty.  It was almost silly.  Friday on the ZAS before Corey came on the show, I had a chance to talk to a couple guys from the Rebels.

Download: Victoria Rebels on The ZAS

Go with yourself.

(2 SlipKnoT masks I bought this year… Though I’m not even going anywhere for Halloween… nice)

Well, my favorite time of the year has begun and Halloween quickly approaches. Halloween has always had a particular mystique for me because I was born just two hours before it (10:25 on Oct. 30′th). But it also wonderful to me because it is the one time that sick and disgusting depictions of dead people and rotting flesh are not only okay, but sold in every store! How great is that?

Last year was quite possibly the best Halloween of my life. That afternoon a good friend of mine flew in from California to hang out for my birthday. He is also a magician (as well as a great web designer, check him out) so we went to a big fall festival and blew some minds. Half the night we spoke in fake accents. Awesome.

This year I have no plans (other than going to one my favorite restaurants as they actually decorate the entire place and the wait staff is in costume), but I’m sure I’ll find something to get into… Uh… I mean do.

Also, keep your eyes out on Halloween day as a new sketch video will be dropping from ThatGuyCliff.

What do you have planned for Halloween?

SLIPKNOT

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On Saturday, I went to a place called Fear Farm to see the End of Summer Scorcher. It was a day long concert with Sevendust headlining. It was 104 degrees with a completely clear sky, so I purposely didn’t get there in time to see all the bands. I walked in while Sick Puppies was playing. They have some song on the radio right now that I don’t really like, but they seemed decent live. Then, Otep took the second stage. This was my third time seeing them. They were facing the sun, the sound wasn’t great, and they only had a 30-minute set. I couldn’t hear the guitar most of the time. They’re much better headlining a dark place like the Clubhouse in Tempe. After that, Atreyu hit the main stage. I was pretty sure I didn’t like them. I was right. They suck. Next, it was back to the second stage for Shadows Fall. I’d never seen them before. They’re good live, but I just don’t get into a lot of their songs.

Five Finger Death Punch was next. I saw them at the first End of Summer Scorcher a year ago. They were great then. They went on when the sun was still up, and the crowd wasn’t insanely huge. At one point during a song I was singing along to, I swear that signer Ivan Moody saw me getting into it and pointed me out. This year it was a bit different. They were still great, but the crowd was easily ten times the size. It was nuts. The concert sold out, and this band had to have the biggest crowd of the whole show. They only played two songs from their new album, one of them being “Hard to See”, which is really pretty good. I don’t recall them playing either of the singles that were tacked onto their first album after it had been out for a while. They finished with “The Bleeding.” It was great.

Corey Taylor’s Junk Beer Kidnap Band took the stage after that. I was completely ready to be disappointed. Earlier in the week he was on the local radio station saying that it’s not metal, and that he didn’t care if anyone liked the band. He and his friends were having fun. It was very not metal. The first song they played was “Let’s Go Crazy” by Prince. They did some crappy originals (that weren’t very original), a Rolling Stones cover, and the two mellowest Stone Sour singles. Toward the end they seriously played the Cheers theme song. “Where everybody knows your name”? - Yeah, that song. They finished with “Wish” by Nine Inch Nails. That was cool, but it hardly made up for the other crap. At the very end Corey yelled, “fuck you!” into the mic. No Corey, Fuck you.

Having never seen Sevendust before, I waited around for them to play, and I once I heard a few songs, I left. They seemed pretty solid live, but I’m just not that into them and I had a headache.

Slipknot member Shawn "Clown" Crahan will make his contemporary art debut and celebrate his birthday September 24 7 p.m.-midnight at the Hotel Kirkwood.
The show will feature Crahan’s acrylic on canvas paintings, framed photography, prints and Polaroid from his upcoming book, "The Apocalyptic Nightmare Journey."
The event is free, and food and drinks will be served. Mike Pfaff and Jeff Karnowski, of Crahan’s band Dirty Little Rabbits will perform jazz/world music as well as performing a second set of covers with their group The $nack$. DJ Starscream (Sid Wilson DJ of Slipknot) will perform with the Sound Proof Coalition.
Jewelry by Crahan’s wife Chantel, paintings by Frank Hansen and paintings and films by Scott Kaven will also be on display. The event will be curated by the Moberg Gallery.
Crahan said this about the event in a press release:
"My first gallery showing is truly the realization of a lifelong dream. Polaroid photography has helped open the doors in my mind about layering, saturation and backgrounds. Then of course there’s painting. I feel as though I’ve waited my whole life to be able to enjoy what I always imagined painting to be. This is now reality. Painting is one of the only artistic expressions that brings me ultimate happiness and freedom. This show is a fun way to have an evening dedicated to the celebration of everyone’s ambitions and love for art, whatever their medium may be. So, artists everywhere come as you are."

SHARED VIA ‘THE GAUNTLET”

Ozzy Osbourne Tribute

Sunset Strip Music Festival

House Of Blues Sunset

W. Hollywood, CA

September 10, 2009

It’s been 40 years…can you believe it?  Ozzy has been inspiring us musically for 40 years now.  To help celebrate this, the Hollywood rock community joined together and kicked off the 2^nd Annual Sunset Strip Music Festival with a special tribute honoring rock legend, Ozzy Osbourne.

The SSMF event honors icons who have made an impact on the legacy of The Sunset Strip. On Ozzy Osbourne’s first U.S. tour with Black Sabbath in 1970, the band performed a five-night stand at the legendary Whisky A Go-Go.

Ozzy’s well deserved tribute included special guest speakers Slash of Guns N’ Roses, actor Billy Bob Thornton, Henry Rollins of Black Flag, Motley Crue’s Tommy Lee, and comedian Jim Norton.

The evening commenced with an all star jam / tribute that included musicians John 5, Steve Stevens, Billy Morrison, Frank Perez, Steve Jones, Kenny Arnoff, Chris Chaney, Donovan Leitch, Mark McGrath and Corey Taylor.

The SSMF culminated into a huge live show that blocked the streets of the Sunset Strip that had Ozzy as the headliner and Korn as direct support.  Sure, the traffic and parking was nuts, but it was mind-blowing to see the Sunset Strip shut down…all in the name of rock!

I will be posting some live shots of Ozzy and Korn from the big event in the next few days.

Stay tuned…

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We would like to thank Tour Supply LTD (www.toursupply.com) @ Sonisphere 2009. They came to our rescue when we ran out of Guitars, by kindly donating this 24″ drumskin to us. It’s signed by the awesome LIMP BIZKIT – all members | Corey Taylor – Slipknot | Jerry Cantrell, Sean Kinney and William DuVall of Alice In Chains.

This will be up for auction soon – all proceeds go to Charity. Any queries please contact Alex Barron-Hough on abarron-hough@tigi.co.uk

..Visto che il clima si è autunnalizzato (adoro i neologismi!), direi che è giunta l’ora di fare un riassunto di quest’estate pregna di eventi..ma soprattutto di sfiga!

Eh sì, perché contro ogni previsione due dei gruppi della santa trinità sono giunti in Europa insieme nello stesso tour, e io non li ho potuti vedere! È la prima volta che non vedo gli AFI non appena abbiano toccato suolo europeo più o meno da quando esistono, per cui la cosa mi fa parecchio soffrire. Non aggiungo altro, altrimenti mi torna il tic all’occhio (“no mamma non sono stata io a prendere a testate il muro!!!“).

Ma non è finita qui. Sono giunti anche i Rise Against che purtroppo non ho mai visto live. DAMN. Come se non bastasse, i festival ai quali hanno suonato queste due band si tenevano in Germania e UK, Paesi che adoro…e insieme a loro hanno suonato Die Toten Hosen e Apocalyptica e Faith No More.

Devo aggiungere altro? No. Ecco. Appunto.

Ma le bruttecose non sono finite qui: ai primi di agosto ho perso il festival dei festival, l’evento degli eventi, il tripudio dei tripudi: il Wacken Open Air. Praticamente una settimana di metal, birra, metal, metal, campeggio, metallari tedeschi, clima nord-europeo…insomma il Valhalla sceso in Terra! (No, non il paradiso..il Valhalla è meglio perché è come una gigantesca ed eterna Oktober Fest).

Bene. Fantastico. È finita ora la dose di sfiga?

Of course not.

Come avete letto nel mio post precedente, è giunta la notizia anche da Dio Trent Reznor che quello di quest’estate sarebbe stato l’ultimo tour dei Nine Inch Nails…per sempre. O almeno per tanto ma tanto ma tanto tempo. Questa notizia mi ha completamente lasciata allibita e sperduta. Uno dei miei punti di riferimento sonori, una delle mie (poche) ferree certezze vitali si è sgretolata, è scoppiata come una bolla di sapone (ok scusate la metafora del cavolo, ma sono sconvolta, non pretendiamo troppo!). Niente più NIN. Il mio cervello semplicemente non lo vuole accettare.

Tutto questo ha contribuito ad amplificare le mie già massicce manie ossessivo-compulsive. Quindi se mi vedete in giro e vi sembro una maniaca, sapete perché. E non è colpa mia.

Però bisogna dire che sono successe anche alcune cose belle.

La prima cosa bella è una derivata diretta della triste novella dataci da Dio Trent Reznor: infatti sapendo che non avrei più potuto vederli, mi sono precipitata a uno degli ultimi concerti in terra italica. Ma di questo potete leggere nel post precedente. Il concerto in questione è stato seguito da un week end che ha messo a durissima prova il mio self control, nonché i miei (pochi) neuroni rimasti: la due giorni del Gods Of Metal.

Quest’anno il festival metalloso si è tenuto in quel di Monza, location storica che ci ha evitato: a)l’inferno dell’Arena Parco Nord di Bologna degli scorsi anni e b)il forno crematorio del Palasharp di Milano dell’edizione 2003 – alla quale io sono eroicamente sopravvissuta (inchinatevi).

Innanzitutto, diciamo che il neurone è stato pesantemente minacciato dalla presenza di uno dei miei idoli assoluti..sì, proprio lui, il Nikki Sixx in persona! Per sfiga non sono riuscita a guadagnarmi la prima fila per il concerto dei suoi Mötley Crüe, quindi l’ho visto solo da una ventina di metri – e forse è stato meglio così. Il concerto oggettivamente è stato mediocre, visto che Vince Neil ormai è un po’ un chiattone (sempre con rispetto parlando), ma Nikki è Nikki e i Mötley spaccano sempre e comunque. Cerco ora di non soffermarmi a considerazioni su Nikki, più che altro perché non voglio che mi censurino il blog. E per chi si chiedeva se era vero che avrebbero suonato tutto “Dr. Feelgood” sul palco del Crüefest europeo dico che..è vero!  Ecco un’immagine a titolo illustrativo del mio neurone dopo aver visto Nikki Sixx dal vivo:

In quest’occasione ho avuto inoltre il piacere di vedere uno degli dèi dell’olimpo metallico, ovvero un Ronnie James Dio più in forma che mai, una Lita Ford meravigliosa e dei fantastici Tesla. Come a confermare che ormai la buona musica arriva quasi esclusivamente dalle vecchie leve. Mi sono persa il set dei Backyard Babies al pomeriggio…ma pace, perchè nonostante mi piacciano davvero un sacco odio Dregen con tutte le mie forze quindi il non vederlo non è stato assolutamente un problema – anzi.

Seconda giornata del Gods decisamente più extreme. Iniziamo la giornata a suon di brutal grazie allo stereo del vicino di tenda, e dopo un meraviglioso (-.-) viaggio in bus fino al Brianteo facciamo colazione guardandoci lo show di Black Dahlia Murder e Napalm Death…meglio di così! I Saxon si perdono nell’ iperspazio, mi sento Tarja dagli spalti per il troppo sole (la adoro sempre, ma senza Tuomas Holopainen non è la stessa cosa), e mi godo il meraviglioso set dei Down di Phil Anselmo: non li avevo mai visti live ma spero di rivederli presto. La classe non è acqua. Tra l’altro, mentre aspettavamo lo show degli Slipknot, il batterista dei Down (Jimmi Bower) si è avvicinato alla transenna per firmare alcuni autografi e fare foto e *udite udite* mi ha addirittura baciato la mano…it’s love! Peccato lui abiti dall’altra parte del mondo…altrimenti…………

Subito dopo scendo in prima fila per il set degli immensi Blind Guardian, che propongono alcune delle loro chicche (immancabile “Nightfall”, meravigliosa “Imaginations from the Other Side” e sempre commovente “The Bard’s Song” cantata da tutti i presenti a squarciagola) insieme a  qualche canzone nuova che purtroppo non conosco. Non importa, l’esaltazione è grande sebbene il vedere Hansi Kürsch con i capelli cosrti abbia irrimediabimente sconvolto la mia esistenza quasi quanto l’usufruire dei bagni pubblici del Brianteo. Cena sbrigativa e molto, molto frugale sul prato ascoltando i mitici Carcass e poi via a corsa ad accaparrarsi la santa transenna per lo show degli Slipknot.

Nell’attesa dobbiamo subirci i Dream Theater, che nonostante l’innegabile superiorità tecnica rispetto ai comuni mortali sono di una noia insostenibile..io infatti collasso a terra tramortita dopo soli 10 minuti (che per i DT equivalgono all’intro di una canzone). Ma l’attesa paga e lo show dei nove di Des Moines non tradisce le aspettative: come sempre potentissimi, tecnicamente immensi e capaci di uno show degno di tale nome fatto di ottima musica, teatralità e carica emotiva. Il Brianteo è lì lì per esplodere quando Corey Taylor intona “People=Shit”, “Wait and Bleed” e la meravigliosa “Psychosocial”. Non sono mancati i momenti tradizionali che tutti i fans della band conoscono perfettamente ed ecco tutti i presenti sedersi a terra a metà di “Spit it out” per poi esplodere in un salto collettivo da far tremare la terra al segnale di Corey (“JUMPDAFUCKUP!!!”). Non è mancato nemmeno il momento di gloria del nostro amato Joey Jordison, con la solita batteria rotante. Le mie costole portano ancora i segni del tripudio, ma -damn- ne è valsa la pena!

I ricordi del Gods sono sempre bellissimi, dai viaggi isterici in bus da e per il campeggio, al tizio collassato in mezzo al prato sotto il sole del pomeriggio del sabato e per il quale tutta la gradinata faceva il tifo..fino al balletto improvvisato sulle note di Michael Jackson da parte di tutti i metalheads presenti a fine festival..e questo basta quasi a perdonare la Live per i soliti abomini (come ad esempio il fatto che l’acqua è finita alle 14 della domenica pomeriggio lasciando ai presenti la scelta tra il morire di sete e ubriacarsi di birra e superalcolici). Perché diciamolo, nonostante tutti i veterani da festival metal snobbino a parole il Gods ogni santo anno, alla fine è arduo rinunciare a partecipare. E divertirsi.

Bene, dopo questo brevissssssimo recap del festival, rimangono un paio di altre ilari cosette da raccontare.

Innanzitutto i sopracitati AFI si sono finalmente decisi a fissare la data d’uscita del prossimo album, “Crashlove” (sì, questo titolo mi mette un terrore immenso -.-), per il 29 settembre. È un peccato che non abbiano sfruttato la data del 9.9.09 che avrebbe fatto coppia perfetta con “Decemberunderground”, uscito il 6.6.06. E va beh. Almeno stavolta la data d’uscita sembrerebbe ufficiale, e non un delirio mentale (leggi: presa per il c***) di Jade. Questo è confermato dal fatto che il primo singolo, “Medicate”, è già acquistabile presso iTunes e quindi la data d’uscita non può essere troppo lontana. Singolo per altro veramente molto bello: non posso essere oggettiva parlando degli AFI per tutta una serie di motivi, quindi eviterò la recensione tendenziosa e mi limiterò a dire che lo trovo uno dei migliori singoli che abbiano mai scritto, molto meglio sicuramente di “Miss Murder”. Come sempre riescono a stupirmi, e l’hanno fatto ancora di più con la pubblicazione di un’altra canzone previously unreleased disponibile per il download gratis dal sito ufficiale, “Fainting Spells”. Non ho parole per descrivere questa canzone, il sound è subito riconoscibile ma è totalmente originale e la amo già dopo pochissimi ascolti..e poi il modo di scrivere di Davey è sempre stupefacente: come al solito si conferma, a mio parere, uno dei migliori lyricist in circolazione. Bentornati AFI!

Bene, penso che le cose importanti siano su per giù queste. E se siete arrivati a leggere questa frase vi faccio i miei complimenti – siete degli impavidi!

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Sempre fui um grande fã de rock. Metal, em especial. Minhas bandas prediletas eram Slipknot e Avenged Sevenfold. Quem manja de metal sabe do que estou falando. Como todos sabem, metal não é um estilo que se ouve pra relaxar e pensar na vida, e sim para realmente fazer barulho, ouvir pulando, balançando a cabeça, enfim.

Na verdade, aprendi a gostar de rock com meu tio Álvaro. Ele era fã de Black Sabbath e Slayer. Quando ele me mostrou esse estilo, gostei logo na 1ª vez que ouvi. Atualmente, tio Álvaro está quase surdo, pois ouvia música extremamente alta. Temos que repetir 5 vezes a mesma coisa para ele entender.

Por onde morei, esse estilo de música nunca foi muito popular. Sempre sofri certo preconceito por causa do meu gosto musical. Minha mãe, como fã de MPB (música na qual considero um lixo), sempre me criticou dizendo que minhas músicas não tinham sentido, que eu nem sabia o que eles falavam (e de fato, não sabia, mas o som era maneirão!) e que essas bandas de metal tinha pacto com o capeta. Não tava nem aí, eu nem ligava pra isso, meu negócio era ouvir a música, nem era muito ligado em religião.

Eu andava na rua com meu MP3 com o volume no talo, sendo que todos a minha volta conseguiam ouvir aquilo que eu ouvia. E o povo saía de perto, como se eu tivesse fedendo, ou coisa parecida. No início eu nem dava bola pra isso, mas com o tempo fui ficando cada vez mais isolado.

Decidi que me tornaria um novo homem. Iria parar de ouvir metal e me tornar uma pessoa mais sociável. Era uma decisão difícil. Era como um adolescente perdendo o piru. O metal era meu vício, mas eu estava determinado a viver sem ele.

A primeira semana foi complicada, pois eu não conseguia parar de pensar nas músicas. Porém, tive uma aproximação maior com as pessoas ao meu redor. Aquilo estava melhorando o meu “social”.

Até tentei ouvir outras coisas, mas não adiantava, não tinha o mesmo tesão. Era como beber cerveja sem álcool, ou café sem açúcar.

Nesse novo ciclo social, conheci Agatha, uma linda menina. Ela era uma menina meiga, nada parecido com aquilo que eu costumava me relacionar. O problema para mim é que ela gostava de pagode. No início, não achei que seria um problema, pois era apenas um gosto pessoal. Foi piorando quando ela começou a insistir para eu ir com ela à bailes e festas.

Eu era como um japonês na favela. Tinha a cintura toda dura, não tinha a menor ginga. Eu realmente não nasci pra dançar pagode. Isso sem falar nas letras, extremamente elaboradas, onde existe o início da música tinha meia dúzia de palavras melosas, e o refrão era alguma coisa totalmente imbecil repetida 6 vezes. Mas achei que por Agatha valia a pena.

Quando mostrei pra ela o som que eu curtia antes de conhecê-la, ela levou um susto. Não aguentou ouvir nem 5 minutos de metal, achou aquilo pesado demais (tinha a mesma opinião de minha mãe). Ali, ja vi que não adiantaria tentar levá-la ao meu mundo. O negócio então era tentar falar menos de música com ela.

Porém, ficou cada vez pior. Um dia, Agatha me convidou (recrutou seria a palavra adequada) para ir a uma festinha, onde a “banda” de seu amigo ia tocar (qual era o nome? Inimigos do Ritmo?). Eu não tava com a menor vontade de ir, mas não conseguia dizer não a ela.

Chegando lá, e começa aquela desgraça. Povo cantando com voz de choro, os outros se esfregando em uma dança que dizem ser ’sensual’. Enquanto eu estava sentado na mesa ao lado de Agatha. Ela perguntou se eu queria dançar, eu disse que estava com o joelho machucado (velha desculpa que nunca falha), e ela foi sozinha para a ‘pista’.

Achei que não teria problemas. Mas, como sempre, eu estava enganado. No meio daquele bacanal que eles chamam de dança, Agatha começa a dançar com um cara, que começa naquele esfrega-esfrega com ela. Naquele momento, o sangue veio aos meus olhos e me enfureci.

Naquele instante, o metal voltou à minha vida. Quando vi aquela cena, eu conseguia ouvir a voz rouca de Corey Taylor gritando “PEOPLE = SHIT! PEOPLE = SHIT!“

Lembro parcialmente do que aconteceu. Só me recordo de ter ido até a pista e dado uma cabeçada no meio do nariz do palhaço. Os seguranças me tiraram dali e Agatha nunca mais olhou em minha cara (meses depois, fiquei sabendo que ela estava namorando o cara cujo nariz foi quebrado por mim, vadia!).

Depois daquilo, pensei que não valia a pena mudar só para as pessoas gostarem de mim. Voltei a ouvir meu bom e velho metal. Atualmente, não tenho namorada, tenho poucos amigos, mas pelo menos não estou como tio Álvaro (comigo, as pessoas só precisam falar 3 vezes). Como diria Jimmy, do Matanza, PÉ NA PORTA E SOCO NA CARA!