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From all of us at PCL.

From Sept. 6th, 2011: The Corn Wine Odyssey of The Flower People from Stonehenge

Welcome to Their Jungle.

Luka Sulic and Stjepan Hauser are 2Cellos. Because headbanging cello cover songs never get old for me.

[via Cover Me.]

Stunt Rock.

This was shared with me by a friend on Facebook tonight. (BTW, have you become a fan of PCL on Facebook yet? The link is right over there. -----> ) Now my question is, where has this movie been all my life?

A Fine Addition to the Canadian Little Person Glam Metal Genre.

Kris Kelly - "Nothing Short About Me"

Who can resist a come-on like "I want to touch you in your birthday suit"? Two track from this opus have been posted over at Waxidermy.

R.I.P. Ronnie James Dio

RIP

Since Holy Diver was the hymn of 80s Heavy Metal and the passing of Ronnie James Dio I think it's only right to salute him in the most proper way.
Ride the Tiger Ronnie!


Pat Boone - Holy Diver

Seek and Destroy

METALLICA Seek and Destroy (Metal Hammer Festival 1985)
Uppladdat av Sacripan

True Norwegian Black Metal

'Kvitrafn of Wardruna'

"... In the last two decades a bizarre and violent musical subculture called Black Metal has emerged in Norway. It has its roots in a heady blend of splatter movies, heavy metal music, Satanism, Pagan mythology and adolescent angst. In the early-mid 1990's, members of this extremist underground committed murder, burned down medieval wooden churches, and desecrated graveyards. What started as juvenile frenzy came to symbolize the start of a war against Christianity, a return to the worship of the ancient Norse gods, and the complete rejection of mainstream society. .." (quoted from the Press Release)

Peter Beste: True Norwegian Black Metal, exhibition at Steven Kasher Gallery.

Medieval Sabbath

Can you imagine what Black Sabbath would have sounded like if Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward would have formed the band in the 14th century? Would “War Pigs” or “The Wizard” have been as powerful if played on medieval instruments like lute, fiddle and harp?

For the curious here's Rondellus, with their tribute CD to the Godfathers of Metal, "Sabbatum".
Sound samples are here: Sabbatum (Apologies - still working on posting direct links to mp3's)

Also check out the video for "After Forever" from Master of Reality


Have you ever thought about your soul - can it be saved?
Or perhaps you think that when you're dead you just stay in your grave
Is God just a thought within your head or is he a part of you?
Is Christ just a name that you read in a book when you were in school?

When you think about death do you lose your breath or do you keep your cool?
Would you like to see the Pope on the end of a rope - do you think he's a fool?
Well I have seen the truth, yes I've seen the light and I've changed my ways
And I'll be prepared when you're lonely and scared at the end of our days

Rock On

So You Want To Be A Rock & Roll Star?

Chris Holmes is infamous for his contribution to the 1988 documentary The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years, during which he was interviewed while floating in a swimming pool, fully dressed and extremely intoxicated. This interview stood out in stark contrast to the more light-hearted and humorous interviews conducted by director Penelope Spheeris, which mostly portrayed rockers as good-natured party animals.

From his My Space Page: Chris Holmes

Chris Holmes's Details
Status: Single
Hometown: Pasadena, CA
Body type: 6' 6" / Slim / Slender
Ethnicity: White / Caucasian
Zodiac Sign: Cancer
Smoke / Drink: Yes / Yes
Children: I don't want kids
Education: Some college
Occupation: Guitarist

Are you ready this time?

Where were you in '79 when the dam began to burst
Did you check us out down at the local show
Were you wearing denim, wearing leather
Did you run down to the front
Did you queue for your ticket through the ice and snow

Saxon-denim and leather
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I didn't think so. Traitors!

It's Friday - Just Let Me Rock

The Number of Da Boots

"... That Iron Maiden must be one of the least mashed bands in history is undeniable. It certainly proved a challenge. Having spent the last 3 months trying to fit artists as diverse as the Pet Shop Boys, Blondie, Bob Marley over Nicko McBrain's less than rock solid timing, it's easy to see why. On this compilation, however, we have 6 Mashers willing to do just that and hopefully you'll agree, succeeding with flying colours. ..."

The Number of Da Boots Album - The Iron Maiden Bootleg Compilation at Mashuptown.com. (via YesButNoButYes)

Heavy Load

As perhaps probably some of you have figured out my first musical fling was Heavy Metal.
My interest in Heavy Metal back then is probably a good reason why I ended up doing this blog more then 2 decades later. In 1982 I had my first encounters with the genre. I think it was some various artists and tracks. Bands like Judas Priest, Saxon, Motörhead, Tygers of Pan Tang, Van Halen, Thin Lizzy (not so metalish though...), Accept, AC/DC and of course... KISS.
The metal scene back then (at least to me) was mostly NWOBHM spiced with american acts in a more classic hard rockin' vein, like Van Halen, KISS and Quite Riot and the heavy boogie rock coming from downunder by AC/DC and Rose Tattoo and the big German metal scene with bands like Scorpions, MSG, Helloween, and Accept.

Sweden? Not much here. The scene was about to explode. But it hadn't happened yet in '82.

What we had back then was pretty much this,

Heavy Load - Heavy Metal Angels:

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No wonder the scene was to explode here in Sweden. Man, it had to explode.
Heavy Load paved the road. They were pioneers. Not very good. But. Still. Pioneers.
In Metal and... Leather.

And at the age of 13 you can't afford to be picky. At least their albums looked violent and cool middle-agely enough. And that was the important thing!

Bonus: Listen to the album "Death or Glory" (from which "Heavy Metal Angels" was taken from)