01. Red Queen
02. My Plague - Slipknot (new abuse mix, previously unreleased)
03. The Fight Song - Marilyn Manson (Slipknot remix, previously unreleased)
04. Something Told Me - Coal Chamber (previously unreleased)
05. Name of the Game - The Crystal Method
06. Everyone - Adema
07. Invisible Wounds - (the suture mix, previously unreleased)
08. Anything But This - Static-X (previously unreleased)
09. Halleluja - Rammstein
10. Dirt - Depeche Mode (previously unreleased)
11. What Comes Around - Ill Nino (day of the dead mix, previously unreleased)
12. Dig - Mudvayne (everything and nothing remix)
13. Release Yo Delph - Method Man (Prodigy mix)
14. 800 - Saliva (previously unreleased)
15. The Infinity - Five Pointe O
16. Umbrella Corporation, The
17. Resident Evil Main Theme
18. Seizure of Power
19. Reunion
20.

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Rock and roll, classic rock, progressive rock (whichever term you like) is the music we grew up with and love.  The music produced by these artists is endlessly fascinating.  We never get tired listening, discussing, and collecting this music.  And rock has no better arena than in the live setting.  The thrill of hearing (and watching) these artists translate their thoughts and emotions on stage is the only true place to experience the transcendent beauty (or ridiculousness) they create.  
There are many websites dedicated to a particular band.  Many websites will offer great information on Bob Dylan, Led Zeppelin, or the Rolling Stones.  But no other free website in the world offers the comprehensive and detailed analysis of live music for all artists as contained on this site.  Of course Dylan, The Beatles, The Stones and Led Zeppelin are the basis of this site, but you will also find reviews of releases by such diverse acts as Emmylou Harris, Paul Simon, and the kings of Norwegian black metal Darkthrone.

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So Dragonforce is coming to town. I found this out when I was picking up tickets to the In Flames and Amon Amarth/Ensiferum shows and I was thinking, "haha, sweet, I bet they're terrible live - I wonder how much tickets cost." I asked the girl and she said the whole shebang was around $45 total (she was lying, I looked online and saw they were $35 a few days ago). And for someone who paid $35 to see In Flames, a sweet band, why would I pay that much to see a band who is good for amusement value at best and is probably terrible live? Yea, wasn't planning on going.

However, a few days ago I thought I'd look and see who's opening, just incase they're sweet. It's this band called Turisas that I'd never heard of before, so I went to look on youtube to have a listen. Well, if you know Turisas, you will know that the first song I came across would be Rasputin. So I hit it and listen. Then I think, "hey, I know that tune.... oh man! OH MAN! YES! FUCKING YES!" It was a metal cover of Rasputin by Boney M, which is a sweet disco song made even SWEETER by being metal. I came very close to soiling myself with excitement.

So I go to the next song, which was the official video made of fan clips for the song Battle Metal, which I guess is their big thing. The song was awesome in a way that claims fame to wicked music, killer vocals, and just a hint of cheese.

So of course I went straight to Play and bought The Varagian Way (limited Paganfest tour edition). It's more or less a story album about a viking journey, from what I gathered (Varangian being a term for viking).

I popped it onto my computer and started copying it and I thought... this first song (To Holmgard and Beyond) is unbelievable! The intro music draws you right in and I love Mathias "Warlord" Nygård's vocals. You can tell the thick Finnish accent without it limiting his voice, but actually makes it seem more suitable for the music. And the music - it's just awesome. The whole collaboration of the actually band members' instruments with the symphonic stuff that Warlord provided for the background just makes the song. Also, Warlord growls just enough to change up the vocals but without being annoying. I straight up love it.

The next song (A Portage to the Unknown) starts out with an accordion intro that has kind of a piratey-viking feel to it that you don't get in much metal unless you venture into the realms of Finntroll and Korpiklaani. The slowed down vocals are really nice so you can actually hear what Warlord is saying. The collaboration of multiple singers into the chorus gives it more of an epic feel too. I particularly like when one of them busts out the "give me all you 'ave..."

I wasn't sure at first if I liked Cursed Be Iron or not. I find the clanking blacksmith noises to be cool but the initial singing has a bit more of a mainstream American feel to it. However, once he slows down with the accordion droning in the background it sounds good again. After you get past the intro shock, it actually sounds just heavy and not American. I also really like the part at the end with the whispering. I read that this song was inspired by a finnish epic poem called The Kavelava but I couldn't find it to compare. Lyrically this song is very interesting.

I actually didn't know Fields of Gold was a separate song at first because Cursed Be Iron flows into it so directly. It takes the feel of Cursed Be Iron and continues on with it, softening the harshess and allowing the song to be a bit more musical. It has a nice feel following Cursed Be Iron.

The Court of Jarisleif is another one with a bit of a Finntroll folky feel to it, just a happy accordion song that makes you want to dance around and party with King Jarisleif, like the song indicates. Jarisleif was actually a ruler in Rus (Yaroslav I the Wise), so this song is actually a very entertaining take on real history. The violinist really gets going in this song too, which I really like.

I LOVE the intro the Five Hundred and One. The piano has a really beautiful sound that reminds me of the title screen music for the Tristan and Isolde DVD and I love the music from that movie. The song is a bit heavier than I would've expected from such a pretty intro. It changes quite abruptly but becomes a really intense song, going up and down in intensity while maintaining flow.

The Dnieper Rapids really does feel like an raging river as it starts. Warlord's little introductory growl is a nice touch leading into the false sense of calm that comes before the vocals pick up again. This one picks up and makes you feel on edge, putting you in the place of raging rapids. The chorus singing is pretty awesome as well.

The Miklagard Overture is very blatantly an epic song. It is the end to the journey of The Varangian Way and ends it in a dramatic fashion. You even hear him near the beginning saying "to Holmgard and beyond" again, but softer. The backing music just adds the oomph that gets you into the great conclusion of the CD. It stirs you up and lets you out gently while you still want more, and is really a fantastic conclusion to the album. However, lucky me, my copy of TVW had copies of Battle Metal and Rasputin at the end of the CD, so there is fun still to be had once the adventure that is this CD is finished.

For the band themselves, I did some research and I really respect them. Warlord says that he's not writing about dragons and cheesy crap like that, their music has meaning and substance and they believe in it. I really respect that (how'd they end up being the opening band for Dragonforce? Haha!)

As well, just from fans alone, they seem like really nice, friendly guys. They are shockingly young but have done unbelievably well for themselves considering. Their ages range from 18 (Netta Skog, the accordion player) to 27 (the violinist, Olli Vänskä). Their warpaint and viking/barbarian outfits are pretty awesome and their live shows, from what I've seen on the bonus disk, are incredible. They've already made a fair name for themselves in Europe, playing festivals and the like.

What I find is incredible is that, for the style of viking/folk metal, it's not really been heard much in Canada yet. I mean, Finntroll is the biggest and original folk band and they just came to Canada last month for the first time. Helloween, who is a power metal band who've been around since at least the 90s, just came to Calgary for their first time too! These unique bands don't usually get to Canada for YEARS, and Turisas is already big enough to be opening for Dragonforce, and coming to Canada after they've been around for not even 3 years. That's insane!

As a violinist, I really appreciate the fact that these guys have, along with vocals, guitar, bass, and drums, an actual violinist and accordion player IN the band, not just in the studio. It's nice to know that Netta and Olli are respected as actual metal musicians, not just studio music. I really like that. And Warlord is just a genius in general. He writes most of the lyrics, as well as does the piano (now that their pianist quit) and symphonic backing music in studio.

So in summary, I have been listening to Turisas since... approximately October 3rd, and I think they are bloody brilliant. Warlord's vocals are everything I've ever hoped to find in a viking metal band, they have incredible musicians, including those guys who make the extra folky music included in their songs, and they put together one hell of an epic adventure on their second CD. So before, when I was saying that I wouldn't be going to Dragonforce... yea, I'll be going, but not to see them. I want to hear some Battle Metal and rock out to Turisas.

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Album: Namenlos
Year: 2008
Genre: Gothic Rock / Darkwave
Country: Austria

Tracklist:

CD1:

01. Vergessen
02. 1000 Voices
03. Behind The Light
04. Bleib
05. Requiem
06. Lost
07. Blutrot
08. Reborn
09. Es tut mir leid
10. Niemals
11. Jenseits der Schatten
12. The Cleansing
13. Namenlos

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CD2 (Bonus Disc):

01. Erneuerung
02. When The Sun Has Ceased To Shine
03. Love Is Lost (cover version by Anthoni Jones)
04. When The Sun Has Ceased To Shine (cover version by Spiritual Front)
05. Es tut mir leid (cover version by Steinkind)
06. Niemals (cover version by Sieben)
07. Requiem (cover version by Whispers In The Shadow)
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Mary Beth at http://novembersfyrestudio.blogspot.com tagged me in a comment and introduced me to a blogging game of Tag!

I checked out her site and blog and apparently, now I am supposed to go Tag 7 other blogs, list them and write some random, strange facts about me down here.
So here goes;

1. I'm ALWAYS going to find something more interesting to do than clean up my chaos. The only way I do housecleaning is if I can "trick" myself into it!
2. I'll always name my pets after food items. Evidence? Our two cats named "Bean" and "Licorice".
3. I know for a fact that our cats merely tolerate us for food, litter changing and "skritchies", so I occasionally humiliate them by taking silly photos of them when they're trying to sleep.
4. My favourite song right now is "The Highwayman", sung by Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, Waylon Jennings and Johnny Cash.
5. I still occasionally "squee" at the sight of Orlando Bloom with his shirt off, although the fascination is fading...
6. Sometimes I have uncontrollable urges to colour my hair. I've been holding off for over a year and a half now...my resolve is starting to flake at the edges.
7. I'm really really good at procrastinating about house-cleaning!

Blogs I tagged:
http://everybodylikessandwiches.blogspot.com/
http://pinuptales.blogspot.com
http://tartelette.blogspot.com/
http://lampworkbylori.blogspot.com/
http://www.jodigreen.ca/blog/
http://thatbeadgirl.blogspot.com/
http://missmalady.blogspot.

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Iron maiden's first classic.Iron Maiden's third album and their first to feature their longest-running singer, the great Bruce Dickinson. Circa 1982: freshly out of his former band Samson, Dickinson would replace Maiden's original singer Paul Di'Anno,Bruce Dickinson is one of metal's best singers.Steve Harris, songwriter/backing vocalist also is one of the most talented bassists.Dave Murray and Adrian Smith they are efinitely one of the most perfect guitar duos out there.And Clive Burr is a highly underrated drummer.

"Invaders" is a fast-paced, attention-getting opener. It tells the tale of a Viking invasion upon a Nordic village, I think. The drums thunder like a thousand running feet, the bass and guitars like cries of fear and fury."Children of the Damned," I'm not so sure what this one's about. It starts off kind of slow and has great guitar work from Smith and Murray, and slowly gets more up-beat, but then in the bridge of the song."The Prisoner" has a little sample from the sci-fi sitcom of the same name, then breaks into a mid-tempo beat that is simply infectious for foot-tapping. Then it speeds up so suddenly and without warning, with a sweeping, powerful instrumental thrust. Dickinson snarls and barks out the tale of a man in prison who has one thing in mind: getting out. Very catchy chorus, too."22 Acacia Avenue," another faced-paced track, is a fable of a prostitution house and how truly insane and upside-down one could be. While the song is excellent and I could be stuck on a deserted island with it, it is probably one of my lesser-favorites.

"The Number of the Beast"..., the source for many a parent's apprehensions that their kids are listening to bad music. A streamlined and fast-paced tale of a man's encounter with an unholy cult performing a Satanic ritual, yes - but by no means promoting Satanism; rather, this takes a fearful outlook upon such practices, as the narrator within the song is trying to get away...but ultimately, unsuccessfully. After an eerie intro by the late Vincent Price, the atmospheric guitar riffs kick in, with Dickinson's worried-sounding vocals coming in with a now-classic opening line: "I left alone...my mind was blank..." The solos in the bridge of the song dazzle, and the little gap between them is amazing in itself as the pace slows down, then picks up again for a huge "shebang!" Parents may still want their kids to avoid a song that has "666" in the chorus, but regardless, this is one of Maiden's best.

"Run to the Hills" this time tells the story of the white settlers that came to this land we now call America, and as they mercilessly hunted down and slew the natives and deals with the troubles the American Indians had. The beginning drum beats lead into a great trio of guitars and bass, and then Dickinson comes in with his furies snarls. Then, like many Maiden songs, the song suddenly picks up pace and fires off into a blistering, galloping juggernaut.It is probably the catchiest and most famous song on here"Gangland" is yet another uptempo piece, this time focusing on living in the more ghetto side of town, and the fears of going outside, for the gangs might get you. Rather violent and up-in-your-face lyrics, too. Like "22 Acacia Avenue," one of my lesser favorites, but still a masterpiece.this song very catchy too.
"Total Eclipse" is a prophetic tale of nature taking revenge upon mankind for our decades of causing such damage to her. It starts off with mid-tempo, fairly heavy riffs that are like thunder in the sky, and then builds up the pace a little. Dickinson's vocals are at their most furious here, I think.

And then there's "Hallowed Be Thy Name," the ultimate masterpiece on this album.which has an main riff that has been ripped off by such bands as Papa Roach. A nice solo is included here, as well.This is the tale of a man's final hours as he is on death row and waiting for his time. The massive bridge is breathtaking with its powerful time changes and solos...and with the subject matter, this song is an excellent choice for an album closer.

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These 5 cover songs - in their original versions - appeared between the 70s and 80s. I cant say I was a great fan of all the songs in their original form at the time but theyre all classics and I certainly came to appreciate them eventually. Each of the artists in these cover versions brings their own flavour in some way and each cover fulfils my 3 Tenets of Cover Songs (which Ive made up just now):
1 - Be Original: the Cover Artist must bring something fresh to the original song, whether it be supplanting the song into another genre or casting it in a different light through context, tempo, musical colour, etc.
2 - Have a Point: the Cover Artist has to have a reason to cover the song - and we need to see it, whether its simply a love for the original or an outright mock; the remake should make the artists intention clear and convince us that they really did have to make a whole new version of an old song.
3 - Respect the Original: doesnt mean that the Cover Artist cant make fun of a song - it just means that they have to know what worked musically and build off it or reference it in some way that makes it clear theyre not just slapping their own music on a more popular song to try and gain some fans. Usually, a Cover Artist is covering a song thats well known and was once popular to some extent so they should have some degree of respect for the fact that the songwriter knew what they were doing.
I like em all - I hope you like them too! (and thanks for the help fOo.

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Said it before, will say it again: in relevance, Mat Sinner is (or should be) as a for German Metal as artists like Udo Dirkschneider or Doro Pesch or Rock Rolf or Kai Hansen. Not only has he achieved preserving his own band for 26 years(!) now, not only has he achieved in being associated with major events on German ground, he still is respected for his works (SINNER, PRIMAL FEAR) and participations/appearances while the mans still hungry for rhythmic Metal the German way.

Henny Wolter (THUNDERHEAD) is back on the trek and SINNER delivers another in-your-face European Hard Heavy album, "Crash Burn". If you seek for something innovating from SINNER itll as well be like looking for a Prog Metal album from RUNNING WILD. Yes, there are bands willing to preserve ideals. Even if the band did flirt at times with some Metal stuff (90s) or German Hard Rock hits (late 80s) or even elements (late 90s), fact is that the legacy of THIN LIZZY and a rendition of the whole British pre-NWOBHM movement of the 70s, along with the metallic lightning of ACCEPT are the trademark for SINNER and this does not change that easily.

Engineered by Dennis Ward and mixed by Achim Kohler, this album will not make you love SINNER if you already haven it will not disappoint you either, if youre a follower of the band through the years. for PRIMAL FEAR fans (who - I think - are much more in numbers) that are not familiar with SINNERs blend: if the Ralf Scheepers-fronted steps on the neat post-mid-80s PRIEST bombarding sound, the SINNER mildness goes back in times and collects more Metal stuff for spotlight.

Mat Sinner has written enough songs with Henny Wolter but also requested from Igor Gianola (U.D.O.) and Magnus Karlsson (Allen/Lande and several other Frontiers-related projects). The result?

- "Crash Burn": the sirens turned on, the guitar riffs break loose and the German equivalent to SAXONs 90s-00s deeds cuts loose in some ride away tempo.
- "Break The Silence": Mid-pace thunder with sharp chords and some harmony chorus. A blistering hardrockin solo from Wolter steps in between.
- "The Dog": A faster tempo, with some hardhittin riff and a call-of-the-wild choir outcry. A Rock Roll attitude track here.
- "Heart Of Darkness": If you think of THIN LIZZY/Gary Moore and RUNNING WILD, you got the recipe. Twin leads intro carries on with some narrative vocals, to refrain up in the SINNER non-stick tradition.
- "Revolution": Straightforward Hard Rock, rather for the likes of SINNER but - anyway - a pure party .
- "Unbreakable": Getting mid-tempo again, with a chorus that brought the 80s days of SINNER to mind (the way Mat twists his voice around, in specific).
- "Fist To Face": NWOBHM meets Germanys straightforward Metal and hell hath no fury. Full speed at high level, a Metal thunder youll not resist.
- "Until It Hurts": a mild tune, with some sore chords and the voice of Sinner trying to be . Good but not that impressive.
- "Little Head": A positive vibe song, hardrockin and winning your feet dancing to the rhythm eventually.
- "Connection": The references to THIN LIZZYs inheritance carries on here. An up tempo rocker with all the Irish aura shivering your spine.
- "Like A Rock": mid-pace stormblast, an U.D.O.-meets-SINNER integration, full of energy and with a sample of PRIMAL FEAR-ish late refrains.

The limited edition of "Crash Burn" will boast a digipak and will include a video for the song "Revolution" plus two bonus tracks, "One Night Only" (written by Mat Karlsson) and "Fast Decision 2008". For those wondering whats the addition, lets bring back to mind year 1983 and the same-titled second (then) album of SINNER (its needless to say that Sinner is the only surviving member of the band from those days, while former members played sooner or later with bands like SAXON, VIVA, TALON, THUNDERHEAD, TYRAN PACE, VICTORY, ACCEPT, GRAVESTONE, U.D.O., PRETTY MAIDS, BONFIRE, SILENT FORCE and METALIUM - talking bout the significance of Mat Sinner in German Metal?).

"Crash Burn" means neat German simple Metal anno 2008. Trust Mat.

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Emperor - Prometheus: The Discipline Of Fire Demise

Año: 2001
Tamaño: 71 Mb
Estilo: Extreme Symphonic Metal
Pais: Noruega
Tema Lírico: Satanism (old), Nature, Mythology, Mysticism
Discografica: Candlelight Records

Tracklist:
1. The Eruption
2. Depraved
3. Empty
4. The Prophet
5. The Tongue Of Fire
6. In The Wordless Chamber
7. Grey
8. He Who Sought The Fire
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recent deal with Getty that will allow the stock giant access to Flickr photos. From what I understand, Getty will hand select the best photos on Flickr and then offer the photographers the option to license the photos for sale through Getty. The photographer gets paid on a sliding pay scale and Getty gets a ton of rights to the photos.
I personally dont see it as a bum deal. Amateur photographers that would normally just have their work sitting on Flickr can now make some cash for their work, and pros that have never entered the world of stock photography can have an added revenue stream. If you dont want Getty to own your work, dont sign the agreement.
I realize that this deal sucks for professionals that have relied on Getty for years to make their living, but sadly, with microstock sites proliferating like bad weeds, it is bound to happen anyway.
The fact is, photo editors are already scouring Flickr for stock and news photos. Ive sold hundreds of dollars worth of pictures that would be collecting digital dust on my hard drives if they werent on the site. Ive always used Flickr as a place to dump photos that are either personal or I cant sell to magazines. I upload them at low res with watermarks and have had very few images stolen. Sure, Ive received the occasional lame email from an editor asking to use my photo in exchange for some useless photo credit, but just as often, Ive had a legitimate offer to buy a photo.
What Im more surprised about, is why Flickrand its parent company Yahoonever tried to turn the site into a microstock site similar to iStock or Shutterstock. They could have cut out the middle man and reaped most of the benefits. As of now, Flickr is mum about what they are getting out of this. Its also interesting that Flickrs founders quit the company just a month before this thing was announced. Only time will tell. Getty says that nothing has been decided on yet, and they will be selecting photos over the next six months or so.

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With less than three weeks left to the so much anticipated Iron Maiden concert in the city stadium Poljud, we would like to remind you to grab one of the few tickets left for the show. By the end of December the famous British Rock band Iron Maiden officially announced their first concert in Dalmatia: This will be our very first visit ever to the city of Split and were very excited about getting there to play on this tour. We have visited Croatia only a couple of times before, both times in Zagreb much further north in the country. The first time was way back in 1986 and last time on the Give Me Ed tour 3 or 4 years ago. So to us this will just be like playing somewhere new for the first time which always gets us going on stage and Im sure many of our friends from Zagreb will be making the trip down south for this special show., says Steve Harris
Tickets are available for sale online at Ticketpro.hr at a price of 250 kuna (about €35). For more cultural events in the city of Split check out our Event Calendar where we will keep you updated on everything what is about to happen.

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the LA Times Bill Dwyre of April 6,1987, the evening in which Al Campanis committed career suicide on and Dwyres paper scrambled to figure out exactly what happened.
Nightline would come on in Los Angeles too late for our deadlines, so we would have to wait until the next day to get a tape and analyze. That seemed OK for a while, until our reporters started checking in. There seemed to be plenty of smoke and maybe some fire.
Campanis was reached at his hotel by The Times Sam McManis, in Houston with the Dodgers, and Campanis told him he hoped he hadnt been misunderstood. McManis hadnt seen the program and didnt know exactly what had been said to be misunderstood. Suspicions and likelihoods are not printable.
The night editor in charge of The Times sports desk, a fiery guy named Paul Gelormino, wouldnt let it die. It wasnt a slow night at the paper, by any means, with Sugar Ray Leonard shocking Marvin Hagler for the middleweight title. But Gelormino kept pushing, kept saying there was something there. He wanted the story in the paper now, not later, when wed have to spruce up our lack of timeliness with analysis and reaction and pretty charts and graphs. Gelormino was a news guy, not a pretty charts-and-graphs guy. He wanted verified facts, in the paper. Now.
In todays world, of course, Campanis TV blunder would have been on 2,000 websites immediately and stirred the hackles of twice that many bloggers. Campanis would have been a dead man walking within minutes of unclipping the microphone from his lapel. Newspapers, with deadlines mandated now mostly by people who never wrote on one, would be an after-thought.
By the time we sorted through our options, had already played in the Central zone. We had one shot left, the Mountain time zone, and The Times owned a paper in Denver, the Post.
Buddy Martin was a sports columnist at the Denver Post. I called his home and asked him to turn on and take notes. He was less than happy, knowing he may be participating in a huge story that his paper would miss because its deadline had already passed.
I reminded him of who owned who we used to do things like that.
He watched and listened, at first grumbling that this was ordinary stuff. Then, Campanis uttered his now infamous blacks lack the necessities and, a time zone away, I could sense Martin straighten in his chair. Soon, Campanis was raising the question of why blacks werent good swimmers and opined that they lack buoyancy.
I thanked Martin, who was now miserable. Another paper had a story he would love to have. He was a news guy. He couldnt have cared less about ownership or corporations.
In the resulting firestorm, Campanis was relieved of his duties as Dodgers GM (replaced by Fred Claire), and ultimately became synonymous with old-boy-network racism in professional sports.   No shortage of Campanis associates have argued over the years that his ill-advised remarks were not a true reflection of his beliefs, but given the paucity of black managers and executives in the game at the time, it was at the very least a shameful moment for the L.A. organization and Major League Baseball.
All of that said, Im not entirely certain I agree with Dwyre that Campanis wouldve been toast in the modern era.

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kept us out of the front row and away from some great Lita Ford shots we could have been getting, I thought I'd dig a few up so the Angels that could not be there could see how Lita did during her first show in front of a major audience in 15 years. She looked good (like it or not, that's always been a part of Lita's show) and she seemed genuinely excited and energetic to be there.

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Apres une "petite" entracte le promoteur vient annoncer au micro que Pete ne sera pas sur scène avant 23h30, l' Eurostar etant tombé en panne .
So Coooool !!!
Enfin ça laisse le temps d' aller s' en griller une et de taper la discute ; personne n'est dupe, mème s'il s'avère que c'est totalement véridique, les plus folles rumeurs courent et lorsqu ' une ambulance passe devant le Rex toute sirène hurlante tout le monde se met à gueuler s' attendant à en voir surgir un Pete complètement hagard.
La triste réalité nous rattrape quand le concert est officiellement annulé vers 11h30 .
Les quelques chanceux encore dans la salle auront droit à une chanson joué par Pete au téléphone depuis sa prison Eurostaresque .
Une partie des décu(e)s rentre chez elle tandis que l' autre squatte devant la salle, ce soir il n' y aura pas de mouillage de petites culottes;

Fin du premier Acte.

Comme dans tout bon scénario qui se respecte il y a toujours un rebondissement de dernière minute: Vers minuit l' info circule que, des son arrivée sur le sol parisien, il se rendra directement dans un petit bar situé à un jet de pierres des grands boulevards afin d' y jouer. Mes informateurs étant suffisamment crédible, nous nous rendons illico au Truskel .
La petite rue Feydeau grouille d' animation, c'est bon signe, mais toujours pas de Pete .
A l' intérieur du bar c'est l' étuve ; ça s' excite, ça s' énerve . Il faut dire que le staff est complètement dépassé par les événements.
Le bar est archi-bondé, impossible de bouger et dire que Pete va devoir fendre la foule pour accéder à la scène préparée en toute hate . Ca rappel des souvenirs aux plus anciens et ce fameux concert d' Iggy Pop au Gibus.
Ca fait deux heures et demi q'on attend. Va t-il venir ?
Ce n'est que vers 2 h du mat' que les geoliers de la SNCF consentent à le liberer .

Fin du deuxième acte .

Il est 2h30 lorsque Pete se pointe mais le concert ce n'est pas pour tout de suite, petite halte au bar du truskel pour se désaltérer et oublier les 7h passées dans l' Eurostar .
Ce n'est que vers 3h15 du matin que Pete monte sur scène, accompagné de toute sa cour.
Devant c'est de la folie, il faut se battre pour sa vie coincé entre ceux qui poussent derrière et deux crétins qui se sont improvisés "personnel de sécurité" qui, au lieu de calmer les fans, les bourrent de coups de coudes afin d' éviter l' envahissement de la scène.
Comme toujours dans ces cas là, les plus faibles abandonnent gentiment encouragés par la
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If you listen to much indie rock, Vampire Weekend are probably old news. Thanks to good press and a bunch of songs available online — an early version of this album surfaced in September — the New York quartet became one of 2007s most buzzed-about new bands. Theyre four ex-Columbia University students with a suave sound that incorporates ska, New Wave and Afro-pop — interesting enough for listeners looking for variation among their buzz bands, though not nearly as interesting as some press would suggest. On their debut, Vampire Weekend mostly earn points the old-fashioned way: by writing likable songs youll be glad to revisit next month.

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After the band had gained a fair bit of fame and had released their very fast selling EP The Soundhouse Tapes, the band had finally released their self titled debut after they first formed in 1975 and went through a few line up changes. The line up on this album consisted of Paul Di'Anno on vocals, Dave Murray and Dennis Stratton both on guitar, Steve Harris on bass and Clive Burr on the drums and a solid line up it was indeed for this album. The album cover itself is very evocative and just screams New Wave Of British Heavy Metal right at you.The album is a bit inconsistent musically, but that isn't usually anything out of the ordinary for many band's debut albums. The album kicks off with Prowler, which is kinda catchy and has a cool tempo increase at 1:46, with an unfortunately somewhat sloppy guitar solo, which I'm guessing was Dave Murray as live performances around that time often show him bending out of tune. Even if the effect was intentional, which I hope it wasn't, it just sounds a bit off and unpleasant to the ears. Sanctuary is a pretty straight forward metal song, and like many of the songs off this album you can hear a punk influence going on. The next song, Remember Tomorrow is definitely one the more interesting songs on the album, featuring some of Maiden's progressive influences in the song writing. Excellent song, with great vocals and the rest of the band in shining form. Up next, is a pretty average and uninspiring track, Running Free .But what comes next, is anything but uninspiring. Phantom Of The Opera . The opening riff is really cool and from there onwards, the track gathers steam, and the song feels much shorter than the 7 minute+ track length. There is a seriously cool harmony part after the 6/8 section, featuring all stringed instrument wielding guys playing a melody in the same rhythm. After that section is over, we get to hear what would become a signature sound for Iron Maiden. Yes, the galloping rhythm section just after the 4:30, and then onto a cool instrumental section which features some 2 great solos from Murray and Stratton. After following a fairly non linear path throughout, the band finally comes back to the B (second) section of the song form. An amazing song, with a cool progressive song writing path.

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