The makers of "Get Thrashed: The Story of Thrash Metal" have announced three June screenings of the documentary — Saturday, June 2 at the Seattle True Independent Film Festival, Sunday, June 3 at the Hoboken International Film Festival and Friday, June 22 at the Staten Island Film Festival. "The Los Angeles screening was a total ...
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"Get Thrashed: The Story of Thrash Metal" — the much-anticipated documentary profiling the thrash metal scene of the early Eighties and its impact on the music scene — will hit Meriden, CT this Saturday, May 12 as part of the New Haven Underground Film Festival. The movie screens at 5:30 p.m. at the Augusta Curtis ...
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Fresh from supporting STONE SOUR and BREED 77, Essex, U.K.-based upstarts FOREVER NEVER have been confirmed as main support to MNEMIC on their upcoming U.K. tour: Jul. 02 - Manchester Academy 3 Jul. 03 - Glasgow Cathouse/Barfly Jul. 04 - Leeds Rio's Jul. 05 - Nottingham Rock city Jul. 06 - Sheffield Corporation Jul. 07 ...
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Director Rick Ernst and associate producer Rat Skates (ex-OVERKILL drummer) will attend the West Coast premiere of "Get Thrashed: The Story Of Thrash Metal" at the Silver Lake Film Festival in Los Angeles on Saturday, May 5. After the screening, there will be a question-and-answer session with Ernst, Skates, as well as former EXODUS vocalist ...
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Director Rick Ernst and associate producerRat Skates (ex-OVERKILL drummer) of "Get Thrashed" — the much-anticipated documentary profiling the thrash metal scene of the early Eighties and its impact on the music scene — have been scheduled as the special phone-in guests of DJ Will, host of KNAC.COM's trad/underground metal specialty program "The Vault" this Sunday, ...
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Former WWE champion and FOZZY lead singer Chris Jericho will co-host Eddie Trunk's "Friday Night Rocks" radio show on New York's Q104.3 FM this Friday, April 27 beginning at 11:00 p.m. EST. If you live in the U.S., you can listen to the show live on the Internet at this location. Chris Jericho ...
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Former WWE champion and FOZZY lead singer Chris Jericho will release his memoir, on October 25 through Grand Central Publishing. The book, called "A Lion's Tale" (book cover), focuses on his formative years in the wrestling business. For more information, visit Amazon.com. FOZZY's third album, "All That Remains", was released in ...
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Following successful screenings and rave reviews at film festivals in London, Austin, and Philadelphia, the makers of "Get Thrashed: The Story of Thrash Metal" — the much-anticipated documentary profiling the thrash metal scene of the early Eighties and its impact on the music scene — have announced that the documentary will screen in the MusicFest ...
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What a nice change of pace "VI" by San Francisco's THE FUCKING CHAMPS has been. For those unaware of the existence of the trio ("VI" is in fact my first exposure to the band), the act has been in existence since 1992 and prides itself on finely honed instrumental rock/metal albums. But "VI" is not ...
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"Get Thrashed: The Story of Thrash Metal", the much-anticipated documentary profiling the thrash metal scene of the early Eighties and its impact on the music scene, will have its East Coast premiere in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on Sunday, April 1 at 6:00 p.m. as part of the Backseat Film Festival. For more information on the Backseat ...
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Essex, U.K.-based upstarts FOREVER NEVER have been confirmed as the opening act on the U.K. leg of the STONE SOUR / FLYLEAF tour. The details are as follows: Mar. 11 – Birmingham, UK - Academy Mar. 12 - Manchester, UK - Apollo Mar. 13 - London, UK - Astoria - London Mar. 15 - Glasgow, ...
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A new trailer for "Get Thrashed: The Story of Thrash Metal", the much-anticipated documentary profiling the thrash metal scene of the early Eighties and its impact on the music scene, has been posted online at this location (Windows Media). "Get Thrashed: The Story of Thrash Metal" will receive its North American premiere on ...
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POWDERBURN, FORCE FED and COURSE OF RUIN will perform at the North American premiere of "Get Thrashed: The Story of Thrash Metal", the much-anticipated documentary profiling the thrash metal scene of the early Eighties and its impact on the music scene. The free rooftop screening is scheduled for Sunday, March 11 at 8:00 p.m. at ...
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"Get Thrashed: The Story of Thrash Metal", the much-anticipated documentary profiling the thrash metal scene of the early Eighties and its impact on the music scene, will have its North American premiere on Sunday, March 11 at 8:00 p.m. as part of the 2007 Texas Rock Fest. This will be a free rooftop screening at ...
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Zach Selwyn of "Attack of the Show" recently chatted and sang with wrestler/FOZZY frontman Chris Jericho about heavy metal, THE POLICE reunion, his upcoming memoirs, and the rumors about his return to wrestling. Watch the interview at G4's The Feed. As previously reported, FOZZY's cover of the JUDAS PRIEST classic "Metal Gods" has ...
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Essex, U.K.-based upstarts FOREVER NEVER have been confirmed as the opening act on the U.K. leg of the STONE SOUR / FLYLEAF tour. The details are as follows: Mar. 11 – Birmingham, UK - Academy Mar. 12 - Manchester, UK - Apollo Mar. 13 - London, UK - Astoria - London Mar. 15 - Glasgow, ...
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MetalSucks.net recently conducted an interview with STUCK MOJO guitarist Rich Ward. A few excerpts from the chat follow: MetalSucks.net: How is everything going right now with the band and the new record "Southern Born Killers"? Rich Ward: It's been an amazing process. I went from a musician who toured full-time for a living, ...
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The makers of "Get Thrashed: The Story of Thrash Metal", the much-anticipated documentary profiling the thrash metal scene of the early Eighties and its impact on the music scene, have posted a video clip of METALLICA guitarist Kirk Hammett about the San Francisco Bay Area club scene and the first time he met Lars Ulrich ...
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STUCK MOJO's official forum was recently updated with a question-and-answer session with the group's new frontman Lord Nelson. A few excerpts follow: Q: Were you a fan of STUCK MOJO before you auditioned and did you know Rich [Ward, guitarist/songwriter] or Bonz [former STUCK MOJO frontman/rapper] beforehand? Lord Nelson: Yes. I was and I am ...
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FOZZY's cover of the JUDAS PRIEST classic "Metal Gods" has been posted online at this location. The track was recorded a year ago for an upcoming all-star PRIEST tribute album. No further information is available at this time. FOZZY's third album, "All That Remains", was released in January 2005 via SPV Records. A ...
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The video for "Open Season" from the new STUCK MOJO album "Southern Born Killers" is No. 29 on the "Most Viewed Music Videos" (English) list on YouTube and No. 38 on the list of ALL music videos. It is also the 74th top-rated music video. Watch it at this location. As previously reported, ...
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The makers of "Get Thrashed: The Story of Thrash Metal", the much-anticipated documentary profiling the thrash metal scene of the early Eighties and its impact on the music scene, have posted a gallery of Slipped Disc Records "in-store" archives, featuring photos of such artists as MEGADETH, SLAYER, EXODUS and DEATH ANGEL holding signing sessions at ...
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"The Rock of Jericho", FOZZY frontman (and former WWE wrestler) Chris Jericho's music show on XM Satellite Radio's heavy metal channel Da Boneyard (XM Channel 41), is being cancelled after two years "due to a change in the inner structure of XM," according to Jericho. Although the show's final installment was initially set to air ...
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The makers of "Get Thrashed: The Story of Thrash Metal", the much-anticipated documentary profiling the thrash metal scene of the early Eighties and its impact on the music scene, have posted a video clip featuring German thrashers SODOM talking about thrash metal and punk rock. Check it out at this location (Windows Media). ...
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Atlanta-based rap-metal pioneers STUCK MOJO, who recently announced the addition of vocalist Lord Nelson to the group's lineup, have posted another new track, entitled "Home", on their MySpace page. Also available at the same location are the songs "Metal is Dead" and "That's When I Burn". "All three of these tracks are rough ...
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The makers of "Get Thrashed: The Story of Thrash Metal", the much-anticipated documentary profiling the thrash metal scene of the early Eighties and its impact on the music scene, have posted a video clip featuring Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth from OVERKILL talking about having a stroke. Check it out at this location (Windows Media). ...
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STUCK MOJO/FOZZY guitarist Rich Ward has elaborated on the reasons for his decision to sell a guitar and amp from his personal collection in order to help cover the recording costs for STUCK MOJO's new album, "Southern Born Killers". In a posting on his official message board, Ward writes, "In a perfect world, I would ...
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STUCK MOJO/FOZZY guitarist Rich Ward has posted the following message on his official message board: "With recording costs of [STUCK MOJO's upcoming] 'Southern Born Killers' album continuing to escalate, I have decided to part with two of my dear friends. Those of you who know me well will find this shocking, but I ...
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FOZZY, the band featuring vocalist Chris Jericho (of WWE wrestling fame) and members of STUCK MOJO, has lined up the following dates: Nov. 17 - Soho's - Columbus, GA Nov. 18 - Rick's - Macon, GA FOZZY's third album, "All That Remains", was released in January 2005 via SPV Records. A video for the album's ...
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Guitarist Rich Ward of the Atlanta-based rap-metal pioneers STUCK MOJO, who recently announced the addition of vocalist Lord Nelson to the group's lineup, has issued the following update on the recording sessions for the band's new album, "Southern Born Killers": "We have re-cut the whole record with [Lord Nelson]. I am now in the process ...
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