Subject: Metallica

• Beatallica: Because the Beatles & Metallica Need the Money

  Ever wonder what Beatles songs done in Metallica's heavy, hyper style would sound like? Me neither. But the clever buggers in Beatallica thought this would be a smashing concept; hence the forthcoming release of Sgt. Hetfield's Motorbreath Pub Band (out July 10 on Oglio Records). The group consist of Jaymz Lennfield, Grg Hammetson, Kliff McBurtney and Ringo Larz. They put the pun in punishment. As is the case with most of these novelty projects that aren't Spinal Tap, the song titles are the m

  June 18, 2007

• Pigs* Bust OiNK

  The BBC reports that British and Dutch police today have shut down the popular and flagrantly illegal music-downloading site OiNK and arrested its overlord, a 24-year-old man from Middlesbrough, England. That sound you hear is the celebratory high-5ing of major-label employees worldwide and Metallica. OiNK's ringleader, who works for a multi-national corporation, “is being questioned on suspicion of conspiracy to defraud and infringement of copyright law,” the article states. OiNK's Amst

  October 23, 2007

• This Week in the OC Weekly

  September 26, 2008

• Napster Up Your Asster

  June 29, 2000

• Could It Be . . . Satan?!?

  March 13, 2003

• Lamb of God: Too Dangerous for LA, Just Right for Anaheim

  Faithful Central Bible Church, the owners of The Forum in Inglewood, have (again) deemed Lamb of God not worthy of playing in their arena. They were scheduled to open up for Metallica there on Dec. 17 and 18. The good news, though, is that even though the band, whose debut album was called Burn the Priest and who recently released a DVD entitled Walk with Me in Hell, will indeed be performing Dec. 16 at the Grove of Anaheim as scheduled. Which proves that even though we might be traditionally m

  November 5, 2008

• No More Virgins Left in Orange County

  Virgin Megastores, that is. Just got back from a lunch break to find out how true today's report on the Register's retail blog is, and the answer is . . . very. The Virgin Megastore at the Block in Orange will indeed be closing. The plug gets pulled January 4. In the meantime: bargains! I grabbed a yellow flier loaded with exclamation points:"Prices slashed up to 40% off the lowest ticketed price! Everything must go! Save now! Makes a great gift! Super selection! Tremendous savings! Twenty perce

  December 3, 2008

• Top 10 Metal Albums of 2008

  In a year worthy of your rage, metal delivered in spades. What with the economy circling the drain and Sarah Palin coming down from the tundra and then refusing to go back, 2008's been the kind of year that really makes you want to smash your head into walls or punch random strangers in the face. Good thing there were so many awesome records available to serve as a soundtrack for exactly that kind of behavior. The ten discs below are just the tip of a very big, very heavy iceberg. Metal seems to

  December 26, 2008

• Five Ways To Survive the Current Economic Crisis

  BY COLE HADDONThese are tough economic times, what with the depression that's being driven by the housing crash, and skyrocketing unemployment. It's damn near impossible in such a climate to enjoy or even splurge on our hobbies and passions. Who can afford those New Kids on the Block tickets or iPods jam-packed with soundtrack-baiting Killers tracks when they can't even make their rent? Well, because care about your need to rock, we've come up with a few suggestions on how you can survive the cu

  January 16, 2009

• Absorbing 'Death Magnetic,' Metallica's Latest Badass Opus, Entirely in Video-Game Form

  September 25, 2008

• Old School Hip-Hop: Back from the Dead

  I've been a Sirius Satellite subscriber (hello alliteration) since the night before Howard Stern broadcast his first censorship-free show. But in that time, I've come to love certain aspects of the other channels and have recommended this product to everyone from friends to my parents.Sirius and XM, its competitor, merged a few months ago after what seemed like an endless battle to turn two into one. To be honest, I didn't follow the merger as much as I should have because ultimately, I really d

  January 28, 2009

• Incoming: Metallica at the Honda Center

  Way back when, there was this radio station called KNAC. They were based out of Long Beach and played metal. I was in middle school, so needless to say, I loved it.Every freakin' night, KNAC had a program called Mandatory Metallica. It was hosted by Poundin' Pat and it had this killer intro that went something like this:KNAC guy: "KNAC. What do you want to hear?"Then they'd run through a bunch of clips of supposed callers yelling "Metallica" as wild and hession as possible. When you're 12, it's

  March 26, 2009

• K'Naan

  February 19, 2009

• [Sound Guy] The Best Tribute Bands to Never Exist

  January 8, 2009

• [CD Review] Melvins, 'Nude With Boots' (Ipecac)

  July 10, 2008

• A Week of Bad Manners

  November 4, 1999

• Go Pluck Yourself

  May 15, 2008

• ¡Ask a Mexican!®

  January 24, 2008

• Steep Learning Curve

  Don Caballero’s Jazzbo Metal Is Greater Than the Sum of Its Parts

  November 29, 2007

• Sprawl of Sound

  Putting Rock in Your Electro (and Vice Versa): Dan Sena’s Busywork Night Is Anything But Drudgery

  September 13, 2007

• Hasta La Muerte

  Vintage thrash metal is back with a vengeance, and it’s speaking Spanish

  September 6, 2007

• Irony Maiden

  May 2, 2002

• Letters

  'What is this nonsense? Geek goes to San Diego+geek buys toys=cover story?'

  August 16, 2007

• Aural Reports

  Puppets of Masters: Damage Inc ride Metallica's lightning

  August 2, 2007

• One Door Closes, Another One Opens

  The Cult get their mojo risin again

  August 2, 2007

• For Those About to Schlock . . .

  KNAC/DC supply the metal, you shout at the devil

  July 19, 2007

• Northern Light Junkyard Music

  Under Byen orchestrate a Danish treat

  June 28, 2007

• Evil-free!

  August 14, 2003

• Danzig's Lost and Found

  Underground auteur unearths hits from hell

  May 24, 2007

• Radical Chick

  You cant tell Natalie Maines to Shut Up & Sing

  November 16, 2006

• Tapping All Levels

  July 27, 2006

• New Reviews

  June 15, 2006

• Troubled Man

  March 30, 2006

• 4,100,000,000 Flies

  March 30, 2006

• Oxxnard

  December 22, 2005

• Kick Ass, Dont Sell Out

  November 10, 2005

• HOT AS IN GOD

  July 7, 2005

• Goko Cafe

  April 28, 2005

• Live Previews

  November 25, 2004

• Live Previews

  October 28, 2004

• Triumph of Mediocrity

  August 28, 2003

• Chase Frank

  September 5, 2002

• Johnny Jones

  August 16, 2001

• In a State

  December 7, 2000

• Rage Against the Machine's Machine

  June 1, 2000

• Call Your Mother!

  May 18, 2000

• Were Winning the War Against Crappy Music!

  December 16, 1999

• Play That Riff...Literally

  Fu Manchu guitarist Bob Balch has a website devoted to music lessons. Now, that in itself isn't newsworthy, but I did a little snooping and realized he's really onto something.   Anyone who ever took a lesson knows how boring they are. A 14-year-old wants to learn Metallica riffs (at least I did), not pentatonic, major and minor scales. Balch seems to know this and has set up videos by musicians from bands such as Fu Manchu (duh), the Dwarves, Helmet, TSOL, Torche, Monster Magnet, the Dicki

  May 13, 2009

• Free Crap That Came In The Mail: The Bluegrass Tribute to The Goo Goo Dolls

  It's a Goo Goo Dolls tribute album, but it reminds me more of a Metallica song: "The Thing That Should Not Be." Quite certainly the most unnecessary release since "lullaby renditions of Rascal Flatts" and the highest "no, really, this actually exists" quotient since The Essential Stabbing Westward. More thoughts to come, when I get a chance to actually listen to it. Who wouldn't be intrigued? I always thought "Iris" could use some fiddle.

  July 15, 2009

• TONIGHT: The Bangover at the Crosby

  ​OK, this is cool. We all know the usual DJ nights: crappy current hip-hop tunes, people you wouldn't normally want to be seen in public with grinding on the dance floor. Then came hipper, more "indie" DJ nights, where you'd be more liable to hear Justice or LCD Soundsystem. That's all well and good, but second Wednesdays at the Crosby in downtown Santa Ana are taking it to another, much harder, darker, eviler, and generally more badass level with "Bangover."It's pretty much how it sounds: Met

  September 9, 2009