Bloodstock Open Air Festival 2011

Catton Hall, Derbyshire

11th-14th August 2011

Review & Photos by Jo Blackened

Altercarnated Photography

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Gigantour 2012

MEGADETH are excited to re-launch, for the first time since 2008, their critically acclaimed package festival, Gigantour. The multi-artist bill – with metal heavyweights MOTÖRHEAD, VOLBEAT and LACUNA COIL, all personally picked by Dave Mustaine – will kick off in early 2012 with dates tentatively set for late January through early March. Gigantour was founded by Mustaine in 2005 and was last in North America in May 2008.

The first Gigantour 2012 dates announced are:

January

26 – Susquehanna Bank Center – Camden, NJ

27 – Mohegan Sun Arena – Uncasville, CT

28 – Theater at Madison Square Garden – New York, NY

29 – Tsongas Arena – Lowell, MA

February

1 – Glens Falls Civic Center – Glens Falls, NY

2 – Colisee Pepsi – Quebec City, QC

3 – Bell Centre – Montreal, QC

5 – K-Rock Centre – Kingston, ON

7 – General Motors Centre – Oshawa, ON

8 – Copps Coliseum – Hamilton, ON

9 – Palace of Auburn Hills – Auburn Hills, MI

10 – Aragon Ballroom – Chicago, IL

12 – Eagles Ballroom – Milwaukee, WI

14 – Myth – St. Paul, MN

16 – Prairieland – Saskatoon, SK

17 – Shaw Conference Centre – Edmonton, AB

18 – Big 4 Building – Calgary, AB

20 – Abbotsford Ent & Sports Centre – Abbotsford, BC

21 – Showare Center – Kent, WA

23 – Event Center at San Jose State University – San Jose, CA

24 – Gibson Amphitheatre – Universal City, CA

25 – Comerica Theatre – Phoenix, AZ

26 – Tingley Coliseum – Albuquerque, NM

28 – The Fillmore Auditorium – Denver, CO

Tickets for the Quebec City and Montreal dates go on sale Saturday, November 5th at 12 noon, available at:

Bell Centre Box Office

By phone: (514) 790-2525 or 1 877 668-8269

Order online: evenko.ca

Ticket prices: $63 / $68 / $73 (taxes and service fees included)

For other ticket information visit Ticketmaster. More dates to be announced soon.

Gigantour is a chance to, as Mustaine says, tour with like-minded artists “that play heavy music in a high-energy environment,” with a fan-friendly ticket price. He founded the tour in 2005 and invited such artists as ANTHRAX, DREAM THEATER, FEAR FACTORY, LAMB OF GOD, OPETH, STATIC-X, and IN FLAMES to join Megadeth. For Lacuna Coil, Gigantour 2012 marks a return to the tour, as they performed on the 2007 Australian tour; the Italian heavy metal group’s singer Cristina Scabbia also appeared on Megadeth’ 2007 re-recording of their song, ‘A Tout Le Monde’.

While the original members of BLACK SABBATH – guitarist Tony Iommi, singer Ozzy Osbourne, bassist Geezer Butler and drummer Bill Ward – appear to be reuniting with one rehearsal already in the can, there’s talk that a tour will happen in early 2012. According to rumours passed along to BraveWords.com, the godfathers of heavy metal will be teaming up with fellow UK metal gods JUDAS PRIEST and the legendary MOTÖRHEAD for a tour of North America in the spring, before Sabbath heads over to Europe for the summer festival season in June/July. More news as it develops. No other details are available at this time. Once again, these should be taken as rumours and have not been confirmed by band management.

Black Sabbath - Past Lives

Judas Priest - 1978

Motorhead - the world is yours

Starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Rainn Wilson and Natalie Portman

In Stores Today!
DVD SRP: $28.98 / Blu-ray Disc SRP: $29.99

Loud music. Pornography. Burning shit to the ground. These are a few of Hesher’s favorite things, and all to the soundtrack of Metallica and Motorhead. And they are what Hesher (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) brings into the lives of TJ (Devon Brochu) and his father Paul (Rainn Wilson) when he takes up residence in the garage uninvited. Grief stricken by the loss of TJ’s mother in a car accident, Paul can’t muster the strength to evict the strange squatter and soon the long-haired, tattooed Hesher becomes a fixture in the household. Like a force of nature, Hesher’s anarchy shakes the family out of their grief and helps them embrace life once more.

Fans can currently check out some exclusive clips of special bonus features that have been posted at several locations throughout the past week. A hilarious “family dinner” outtake can be viewed now at MetalSucks.net, a “What is HESHER?” behind-the-scenes feature can be viewed at PureVolume.com, and a Hesher sketch book feature can be viewed at Bloody-Disgusting.com. These are the only locations that you can view these clips before purchasing the movie, so in order to see more clips like these, head out and buy your copy now!

DVD & BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES

• Deleted Scenes

• Outtakes

• Cast & Crew Interviews

• “Air Traffic” Shot Montage

• Sketch Gallery (Drawings featured in the film)

Featuring an all-star award-winning cast, Lionsgate debuts Hesher on DVD, Blu-ray Disc, Digital Download and On Demand today! Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Inception) leads the dark comedy in the title role, an unconventional loner who is more interested in pyromania than finding a job. Also starring Rainn Wilson (TV’s “The Office”), Devon Brochu (In the Valley of Elah) and Oscar® winner Natalie Portman (Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role, Black Swan, 2010), this dark comedy meets fairy tale was a film festival favorite – an Official Selection of South by Southwest, and nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance in 2010. Hailed as a “delectably anarchic black comedy…refreshingly original” (New York Post), the film features the music of Metallica and more. Hesher, featuring deleted scenes, outtakes, cast and crew interviews, a sketch gallery and more, is available for purchase today for the suggested retail price of $28.98 on DVD and $29.99 on Blu-ray Disc.

The Music of Hesher:

-The Shortest Straw: Metallica

-Fight Fire with Fire: Metallica

-Anesthesia: Metallica

-Battery: Metallica

-Motorbreath: Metallica

-Rock Out: Motorhead

-A Teenager in Love: Dion & the Belmonts

-The End of Time: The Hit Crew

-Deeply: Buddy Stuart

CAST

Joseph Gordon-Levitt Inception, (500) Days of Summer, Stop-Loss, 10 Things I Hate About You

Rainn Wilson TV’s “The Office,” Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Juno, Super

Devon Brochu Rubber, Ghosts of Girlfriends Past, In the Land of Elah, The Garage

And Natalie Portman Black Swan, Thor, No Strings Attached, Brothers, V For Vendetta

Piper Laurie Carrie, The Hustler, Children of a Lesser God, The Faculty

Heavy T.O.

July 23-24, 2011

Review and pics by Monika Deviat

 

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MOTÖRHEAD have issued the following statement regarding the passing of former guitarist Michael “Würzel” Burston who died on July 9th from ventricular fibrillation caused by heart muscle disease (cardiomyopathy), at the age of 61:

“We are greatly saddened to confirm that our long-time friend and comrade Würzel died Saturday at his home. Würz was pouring a Guinness and cracking a joke when he succumbed to a heart attack; at least we know he went with a smile. It is a cliche to say that words cannot describe how we feel, and in this case, other than ones such as ‘shit’ and ‘awful’ and ‘very very sad’ it is true, they really can’t. We all shared many many great times together, and what he did for Motörhead is quite simply indelible. As our good friend Steve ‘Krusher’ Joule said, ‘RIP dear Würzel, a rocker and a gentleman.’”

Motörhead frontman Lemmy Kilmister added: “Wurzel was my friend and my brother and he’s never going to laugh with me again or bitch me out or do….anything. And that truly and cosmically SUCKS. RIP Wurz Godspeed. Good Man.”

Würzel recorded nine albums for Motörhead starting with the collection No Remorse (1984) up until Sacrifice (1995).

On July 9th former MOTÖRHEAD guitarist Michael “Würzel” Burston sadly passed away in the UK. He was aged 61. The band has since issued a statement on the passing of former bandmate. A spokesperson for the band told RockAAA their thoughts were with their former guitarists family at this difficult time:

“It was actually Lemmy who gave Würzel his name in the back of a taxi, as he thought he looked like the TV character Worzel Gummidge because of his wild hair.”

The spokesperson went on to explain Würzel’s wife had said he had been unwell for some time with heart trouble, which left him struggling to climb the stairs at home.

As a tribute to their fallen friend, who they described as one of the nicest men, the band requested Rock Radio play ‘Killed By Death’ in tribute, as it was a track co-written by Lemmy and Würzel during a taxi journey from the flat they were sharing at the time and the Brittania Studios.

According to Wikipedia, before joining Motörhead in 1984, Burston had been a corporal in the Army, serving in Germany and Ireland with the 1st Battalion of the Gloucestershire Regiment, and had played in the bands BASTARD and WARFARE. Joining another relatively unknown guitarist, Phil Campbell, they played together at a Motörhead audition, and both were taken on. Würzel eventually left the band in 1995 and can be heard on the following albums:

No Remorse (1984)
Orgasmatron (1986)
Rock ‘n’ Roll (1987)
Nö Sleep at All (1988)
The Birthday Party (1990)
1916 (1991)
March ör Die (1992)
Bastards (1993)
Sacrifice (1995)

More recently, Würzel had launched a new band called LEADER OF THE DOWN, who headlined the main stage at Never Mind The Bullocks!, a fundraising music festival in aid of Midlands Air Ambulance in late June.

As posted to Bravewords.com:
According to official BW&BK sources, former MOTÖRHEAD guitarist Michael “Würzel” Burston sadly passed away earlier today in the UK. He was aged 61.

According to Wikipedia, before joining Motörhead in 1984, Burston had been a corporal in the Army, serving in Germany and Ireland with the 1st Battalion of the Gloucestershire Regiment, and had played in the bands BASTARD and WARFARE. Joining another relatively unknown guitarist, Phil Campbell, they played together at a Motörhead audition, and both were taken on. Würzel eventually left the band in 1995 and can be heard on the following albums:

No Remorse (1984)
Orgasmatron (1986)
Rock ‘n’ Roll (1987)
Nö Sleep at All (1988)
The Birthday Party (1990)
1916 (1991)
March ör Die (1992)
Bastards (1993)
Sacrifice (1995)

More recently, Würzel had launched a new band called LEADER OF THE DOWN, who headlined the main stage at Never Mind The Bullocks!, a fundraising music festival in aid of Midlands Air Ambulance in late June.

Burston acquired the nickname Würzel while in the Army, being compared to the character Worzel Gummidge due to his scarecrow-style hair and bumpkin-like manner. Motörhead singer Lemmy demanded that Würzel add an umlaut to the ‘U’ in his name, for heavy metal effect.

Würzel joined Motörhead for the classic ‘Ace Of Spades’ at the Hammersmith Apollo on November 28, 2009.

LEMMY KILMISTER (Motörhead), SLIM JIM PHANTOM (The Stray Cats) and DANNY B. HARVEY (Rockats, 13 Cats, Lonesome Spurs), have teamed up in a high-energy, “take no prisoners” combo to remind the world how real rock ‘n roll is supposed to f*ckin sound.  HeadCat serves up a delicious melting pot with flavors of rockabilly, punk, blues and undeniable rock ‘n roll!

HeadCat was formed in 2000 after recording an Elvis Presley tribute special to which all band members contributed.  Slim Jim Phantom (drums, percussion), was born in Brooklyn and listened to his parents’ jazz records. At the age of ten he took up the drums although he always says that the drums chose him.  He is an exceptional drummer who cemented his place among rock royalty long time ago and inspires and excites audiences worldwide.

Danny B. Harvey (guitar, piano) is Texas born and also discovered his love for music very early. He started playing the guitar at the age of six and even got a full scholarship to study classical guitar. He developed a finger picking guitar style that’s very unique and based on his idols Merle Travis and Chet Atkins but also a result of his classical-technique education.

Lemmy Kilmister (vocals, bass, harmonica) was born and raised in England and started to play the guitar at the age of sixteen. With a laughing eye he always said that he only took the guitar to impress the girls. He is an autodidact and changed early to bass as he stated he wasn’t a good guitar player. After founding Motörhead in 1975 he knows the ups and downs in the business and has reached the status of an Icon all over the world.

The new HeadCat album ‘Walk The Walk…Talk The Talk’ is due to be released July 5th, 2011 through Niji Entertainment Group, the record label Wendy Dio and her and late husband Ronnie James Dio formed before his untimely passing.

Twelve fantastic songs for ‘Walk The Walk, Talk The Talk’ were chosen easily. HeadCat prepare to take over the airwaves with their first single ‘American Beat’.  ‘American Beat’ is a song written in the studio – Lemmy had the words and the rest came together very quickly.  ‘I Ain’t Never’ is one of the songs Lemmy really likes and Danny knew it – a real country, rockabilly number, full of love and ready to take you drifting away.   ‘Let It Rock’ is one of their favorite Chuck Berry tunes – The Stones did it a lot in their live show in the 70′s – HeadCat plays a different version. ‘Something Else’ is a classic Eddie Cochran – Lemmy came on stage with the Stray Cats and jammed on it at a show in the 90′s at Hammersmith Odeon so it came quite natural to take this on the record as well.

‘Walk The Walk…Talk The Talk’ track listing confirmed as follows:
American Beat
Say Mama
I Ain’t Never
Bad Boy
Shaking All Over
Let It Rock
Something Else
The Eagle Flies On Friday
Trying To Get To You
You Can’t Do That
It’ll Be Me
Crossroads

For more information, visit:
www.facebook.com/nijientertainmentgroup
www.theheadcat.com
Facebook: The Head Cat Official Page
www.slimjimphantom.com
www.dannybharvey.com
www.imotorhead.com

Members of Motörhead, The Stray Cats, and Lonesome Spurs team up for new HeadCat release!
The band signs with Niji Entertainment Group!

LEMMY KILMISTER (Motörhead), SLIM JIM PHANTOM (The Stray Cats) and DANNY B. HARVEY (Rockats, 13 Cats, Lonesome Spurs), have teamed up in a high-energy, “take no prisoners” combo to remind the world how real rock ‘n roll is supposed to f*ckin sound.  HeadCat serves up a delicious melting pot with flavors of rockabilly, punk, blues and undeniable rock ‘n roll!

HeadCat was formed in 2000 after recording an Elvis Presley tribute special to which all band members contributed.  Slim Jim Phantom (drums, percussion), was born in Brooklyn and listened to his parents’ jazz records. At the age of ten he took up the drums although he always says that the drums chose him.  He is an exceptional drummer who cemented his place among rock royalty long time ago and inspires and excites audiences worldwide.

Danny B. Harvey (guitar, piano) is Texas born and also discovered his love for music very early. He started playing the guitar at the age of six and even got a full scholarship to study classical guitar. He developed a finger picking guitar style that’s very unique and based on his idols Merle Travis and Chet Atkins but also a result of his classical-technique education.

Lemmy Kilmister (vocals, bass, harmonica) was born and raised in England and started to play the guitar at the age of sixteen. With a laughing eye he always said that he only took the guitar to impress the girls. He is an autodidact and changed early to bass as he stated he wasn’t a good guitar player. After founding Motörhead in 1975 he knows the ups and downs in the business and has reached the status of an Icon all over the world.

The new HeadCat album ‘Walk The Walk…Talk The Talk’ is due to be released July 5th, 2011 through Niji Entertainment Group, the record label Wendy Dio and her and late husband Ronnie James Dio formed before his untimely passing.

Twelve fantastic songs for ‘Walk The Walk, Talk The Talk’ were chosen easily. HeadCat prepare to take over the airwaves with their first single ‘American Beat’.  ‘American Beat’ is a song written in the studio – Lemmy had the words and the rest came together very quickly.  ‘I Ain’t Never’ is one of the songs Lemmy really likes and Danny knew it – a real country, rockabilly number, full of love and ready to take you drifting away.   ‘Let It Rock’ is one of their favorite Chuck Berry tunes – The Stones did it a lot in their live show in the 70′s – HeadCat plays a different version. ‘Something Else’ is a classic Eddie Cochran – Lemmy came on stage with the Stray Cats and jammed on it at a show in the 90′s at Hammersmith Odeon so it came quite natural to take this on the record as well.

‘Walk The Walk…Talk The Talk’ track listing confirmed as follows:
American Beat
Say Mama
I Ain’t Never
Bad Boy
Shaking All Over
Let It Rock
Something Else
The Eagle Flies On Friday
Trying To Get To You
You Can’t Do That
It’ll Be Me
Crossroads
For more information, visit:
www.facebook.com/nijientertainmentgroup
www.theheadcat.com
Facebook: The Head Cat Official Page
www.slimjimphantom.com
www.dannybharvey.com
www.imotorhead.com

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MOTÖRHEAD was guest on last night’s (Wednesday, March 2nd) edition of NBC-TV’s Late Night With Jimmy Fallon promoting their new album, The Wörld Is Yours. According to Fallon’s website, “Motorhead performed on the show tonight, and it was totally badass. They stuck around after the taping ended to play their song, ‘Get Back In Line’, exclusively for our site.”

Check out the footage below.

Motorhead - the world is yours

The Wörld Is Yours available everywhere NOW

Motorhead - the world is yours

Legendary metal act Motörhead will be performing live on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon tonight (3/2) at 12:35/11:35C. Lemmy and co. recently released their 20th studio album, The Wörld Is Yours, which features the song “Get Back In Line.” The video for “Get Back In Line” can be seen here.

The band are currently on the road on a U.S. tour that will wrap up in Los Angeles at Club Nokia on March 11th. After that the band will take on Australia and South America in April/May before returning to Europe for a summer tour. For a complete list of dates visit www.imotorhead.com.

“Get Back In Line” video:

Motorhead - the world is yours

Legendary metal group Motörhead have just released their 20th studio album titled, The Wörld Is Yours, which is the follow-up to the band’s 2008 album, Motörizer. Lemmy and Co. also recently released a video for the single “Get Back In Line” which can be seen here: http://bit.ly/fZT8UU.

Motörhead are currently on the road on a U.S. tour that will wrap up in Los Angeles at Club Nokia on March 11th. After that the band will take on Australia and South America in April/May before returning to Europe for a summer tour. For a complete list of dates visit www.imotorhead.com.

Since there can never be enough Motörhead, the tour will coincide with the US premiere of LEMMY, the critically acclaimed documentary about Motörhead’s iconic founder which has already been tearing up the worldwide film festival circuit.

To stay current with all things Motörhead visit: www.imotorhead.com

“Get Back In Line” video:

Legendary metal act Motörhead recently made an appearance on late night show, CONAN, to perform their newest single, “Get Back In Line.” The clip can be seen here: http://bit.ly/eatrfm.

“Get Back In Line” is featured on the band’s soon to be released 20th studio album entitled, The Wörld is Yours, which in-stores on February 8th. The official video for “Get Back in Line” can be seen here: http://bit.ly/gTdeWG

Motörhead are currently on the road on a U.S. tour that will wrap up in Los Angeles at Club Nokia on March 11th. After that the band will take on Australia and South America in April/May before returning to Europe for a summer tour.

The band will be making an appearance tonight on Last Call with Carson Daly at 1:35 AM/12:35C on NBC.

To stay current with all things Motörhead visit: www.imotorhead.com

“Get Back In Line” on Conan URL: http://teamcoco.com/content/motorhead-explode-our-eardrums-%E2%80%9Cget-back-line%E2%80%9D

Motorhead - the world is yours