Pantera Photographer Joe Grin Unveil Old Classic Photos

As Pantera photographer had access in onstage and offstage life of the band he unveil some photos from the early years of one of the best metal bands ever created!

In a medal-worthy showcase of cartwheeling stage acrobatics, Giron captured Dimebag vaulting off of a riser and firing guitar picks between his legs into the audience after a show. “We’d make eye contact when he was right about to do that to try to get the most amazing shot possible.” Mission accomplished.

To pass time on the road, Dime videotaped himself creating various characters, such as this ZZ Top-inspired playboy he called “Local Yokel.” Not many musicians would pose with a guitar like that nowadays, but as Giron explains, “he’s playing to his Texas roots by having his Cadillac in there with the longhorns in the front. It was just one of the ways Dime liked to have fun.”

Slayer supported Pantera on their 2001 tour and Dime would summon Kerry King out to do a shot and to play Walk. “Here, Dime caught my eye and then tapped Kerry on the shoulder and said, ‘Look over there.’” This shot is also historic for another reason- it marked Pantera’s final US show.

An otherwise standard publicity shot from backstage in Phoenix, 2001, Giron explains, “I liked the way that Rex was hanging on and mugging with Dime. It really encompassed how much they loved having fun and joking around and the smile on Dime’s face perfectly captures his personality.”

Dimebag in Pantera’s early days. “This was their element,” Giron says, “a small, hot and sweaty club, playing in front of a bunch of kids and sweating right along with them.”

It’s easy to envision 80,000 roaring metalheads behind the photographer, but this was taken circa 1987 in a modest venue outside of Dallas. “It sounds clichéd, but it didn’t matter how small the venue was, they played it like an arena,” Giron says. “You could tell they were destined for bigger things, even back then.”

Taken in 1992 on their first Japanese tour, it is entirely unsurprising that Pantera’s favourite discovery in this new country was neither the food nor the landmarks, but the Sapporo beer. Giron recalls, “Another band gave them the Japanese headbands and Rex is holding the setlist like, ‘Here we go again…’”

Giron enjoyed unparalleled access during shows, and here, you can practically smell the Jack Daniels in Dimebag’s sweat. “Sometimes Dime would give me a little nod to walk up to him during the show. I was right there right in front of him with a wide angle lens while he’s jamming his ass off.”

“This was taken in Cleveland in 1993. They wouldn’t have me take this shot unless they thought the crowd was really good so you can tell that Cleveland earned the band’s seal of approval. The crowd were amazing that night” And there you have it, Cleveland – you really do rock.

I'd like to thank Metal Hammer for the photos and the description!

Green Day Have Uploaded A Lyric Video For ''Revolution Radio''

As its known Green Day have made a new album which is called <<Revolution Radio>> and will be available October 8th but you can preoder it now if you want!

Green have finished their album and they have present us with the same title song with a lyric video!Its the second song that they unveil. so the first one is called 'bang bang bang'. As  Billie tells Rolling Stone. “It was a trip to see people rebel against the old order … I was just watching this controlled chaos, and it was going and happening all over the country. I was feeling that people don’t want to feel obsolete in the things that we care about. That’s sort of what the song is about.”There not much to say about the song Its just Green Day punk rock Style and we love It.So here it is ! Enjoy!!

RATM Singer Zack de la Rocha Just Landed His First Ever Solo Single!!

Zack Is back again and he has his first ever solo single.

Zack de la Rocha in case you didnt know it is the Rage Against the Machine singer and since their last album has been away!He returned from the ashes fresh with an all new solo single song which is called 
  
 “Digging for Windows” 
 

I really like the way this song is bonded together its just Zack and people lova Zack! As the bassist of RATM  Tim Commerford  told Rolling Stone about Zack:  

"He's been working his ass off here in the last couple of years.
"The kid is an amazing musician. He built a studio in his house, and he's there all the time making a One Day as a Lion full album. That's his band, and he's a 'one band' kind of guy." 


Zack Keep It Up ! :-P

Slayer New Music Video For Pride In Prejudice Just Landed And Its As Fucking Awesome As You Expected!!!

Slayer New Music Video For Pride In Prejudice Just Landed And Its As Fucking Awesome As You Expected!!!

 slayer have continued the music video series with the pride in prejudice so now its a trilogy.
The other 2 videos that complete the trilogy are Repentless and You Against You.
It seems like Slayer have taking it to seriously but isn't what the pros do?
And the Fact this Trilogy features actors that are well known such as Danny Trejo and Bill Moseley m akes it even more fucking awesome! If you know Slayer then the least you could expect is violent stabbings and there are a lot of them in this and in the other 2 videos ! As Kerry King said in an interview : It was a pleasure working with [director] BJ [McDonnell] on this project.

"Slayer is notorious for letting the artist be the artist, the producer be the producer, and the director be the director, etc.

"By doing this we get a completely unique perspective that never really strays far from our own. Get ready for video three. It's my favorite!"

The director chimed in: "I'm particularly excited about this third video, because we played with stylistic differences with the trilogy. Where one video plays like an action film, this third one is more of a dramatic piece.

"The final story takes us into a world that is especially sinister in tone, with the dark and the light colliding. The conclusion is visually cinematic and harsh, with Slayer conducting us through it all with 'Pride in Prejudice.'"  
  
What i think About this is that its just Slayer from the song to the music videos and Jeff would be proud!

This is the Video!
  
 

Marking the 15th anniversary of SOAD's classic album "Toxicity" - released on September 4, 2001 - Rolling Stone published a rundown of 10 things you didn't know about the record.

Marking the 15th anniversary of SOAD's classic album "Toxicity" - released on September 4, 2001 - Rolling Stone published a rundown of 10 things you didn't know about the record.

 

We're looking at the record that brought us "Chop Suey!", "Toxicity," "Aerials," and more.

The facts await below, consult the source for the full thing.

1. The album was released a week before 9/11 and topped the Billboard 200 the week of the tragedy

After the attack, Tankian said in an essay:

"If we carry out bombings on Afghanistan or elsewhere to appease public demand, and very likely kill innocent civilians along the way, we'd be creating many more martyrs going to their deaths in retaliation against the retaliation. As shown from yesterday's events, you cannot stop a person who's ready to die."

2. Producer Rick Rubin offered the band crucial feedback on their reliably demented lyrics - even though he had no idea what they meant

Rubin said about the lyrics to either the title track or "Chop Suey!": "Serj didn't have words for the bridge. We were at my house doing the vocals and working on the idea, and I remember the idea of the father happening and then us trying to make it biblical in that way. It's really heavy.

"I don't know what it means, but I know how it makes me feel. It's like a lot of Neil Young songs, where the lyrics don't necessarily make sense, but they give you this feeling of something going on.

"This does that. And it goes from that wackiness of the verse to the epic sadness of the chorus. It's so weird. And listen to how much harmony there is. Vocal harmonies - no one has vocal harmonies."

3. In contrast to the band's first album, guitarist Daron Malakian went wild with overdubs on 'Toxicity'

"I know what I'm doing," he told MTV before the release. "There are just certain things that I thought could have been better from the last record ... I knew what I wanted to do with the guitars to make it more furious. On the last record, there were two tracks of guitars. On this record, there's 12 tracks on each song."

4. Despite its blatant orgy references, the blitzing 'Bounce' was used in the family-friendly animated film 'The Secret Life of Pets.'

"Unannounced Twister games, all players with no names/They lined up, double quick, but just one pogo stick," Tankian belts on "Bounce." "Everyone gets to play, runaway, exposé/It was so exotic, but just one pogo stick."

5. Metallica were huge fans of the album

"Ulrich named 'Toxicity' the second-best album of the decade, with 'Mesmerize' following at Number 16; he also voted for 'Toxicity' and 'B.Y.O.B.' on the songs list.

"Hammett named 'Mesmerize' the second-best album of the decade and 'Violent Pornography' the 16th-best song. At a November 2003 concert promoting 'Steal This Album!', Hammett even joined SOAD onstage to play 'Aerials,' 'Toxicity''s poignant centerpiece."

6. The band viewed hidden track 'Arto' - their first song without guitars - as a crucial creative breakthrough

"There's no guitars or anything on that one," bassist Shavo Odadjian proudly told MTV. "We used these Armenian instruments and we all chanted. It's really emotional, and my mom cries every time she hears it. I wanted to remember all the Armenians that died in 1915 during the genocide."

7. At one point during the sessions, Malakian and drummer John Dolmayan beat each other up severely - but later viewed the showdown as a badge of honor

"There were times when we fuckin' threw down," Malakian told journalist Jon Wiederhorn. "John and I were totally going at it. My lip was all cut up, and I took a microphone stand and hit him across the head and his head was all bashed in. Shavo and Serj were looking at us saying, 'Awww, man, we're done.' But right after we fought, we took each other to the hospital and got stitched up right next to each other. Both of us were sitting there laughing, saying, 'This is one of the coolest moments in the history of our band.'"

8. The Beatles helped the band learn how to balance the wacky metal aggression of their early work with concise pop song structures

"The Beatles made me realize song structure, putting things into three minutes – compress these things," Malakian told Guitar.com. "Maybe take some things out, which as a songwriter I think is the hardest thing in the world. It's easy to keeping throwing ideas in because you love all your ideas. But to make the song great, you gotta sometimes pull things out and that's the hardest part. What part of the song do you pull out to make it great? That's the biggest challenge."

9. System wrote more than 40 songs for Toxicity

"It took us a long time to even approach that subject," Dolmayan told MTV. "It was really tough," Odadjian added. "We all had to choose from all those great songs. We had to pick 17 that Andy [Wallace] mixed, and out of those 17 we had to pick 14 that made the album."

10. The brooding 'ATWA' was inspired in part by Malakian's fascination with Charles Manson

"The acronym 'ATWA' - 'Air, Trees, Water, Animals' - was coined by notorious convict Charles Manson as a term to promote harmony through nature."

"It's something that he tends to really be focused on," Malakian said in an interview promoting the LP. "Even his so-called 'family' that he's had: There was a method behind what happened there. … The Charles Manson everybody sees on television - everything is always one-sided on television ... I don't agree with killing anybody. I don't agree with going in and slashing anybody's throats or anything, writing shit on the walls. That's not what I'm into. That's not the side of the Charles Manson that I'm into. It's more of his ideas and his thoughts on society."

 Thats All!!! Thank You!!!! Special Credits to Ultimate Guitar For the Post ! And We All Love SOAD!

Serj Tankian: ‘There’s Definitely Communication Going On’ Concerning New System of a Down Music

Serj Tankian: ‘There’s Definitely Communication Going On’ Concerning New System of a Down Music

The last time we heard officially from soad was their last album Hyptnotize that was released in November 2005.Since then over the years soad have reunited to play a few shows here and there!Over the years a lot have heard about soad making new album but it seems like now is the real deal! During an interview on Loudwire Serj Tankain said:

''I’ve written a bunch of rock songs. We’ll see where they end up. I leave that vague on purpose because I don’t know what’s going to happen with them. Either they will become System or solo or whatever. We’ll see. Time will tell.”  

Furthermore the drummer of soad John Dolmayan and Shavo Odadjian have posted photos on their instagram account that thay are recording in a studio with Daron Malakian . Although no sight of Serj!Who knows?? Time will show what will happen but as a fan of Soad I Am really excited that we will hear new material from a band that defines what metal is at 90s!