Ian Anderson plays Jethro Tull’s classic “Thick as a Brick” at the Paramount Theatre in Austin TX, Oct. 28. Ticket info here. By Metal Dave Back when sending a letter meant finding a pen and licking a stamp, I mailed a shot in the dark to music journalist Anne Leighton in hopes of getting some [...]
Posts Tagged ‘metallica’
Ask Ian Anderson: Name Your Favorite Album
Posted: 23rd October 2012 by admin in Quotes and ChatterTags: 1988 Grammy Awards, Beethoven, Ian Anderson, Jethro Tull, metallica, Paramount Theatre Austin, Thick as a Brick
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Cliff Burton: Metallica’s Mellow Misfit
Posted: 28th March 2012 by admin in ReviewsTags: 2Fast2Die, Cliff Burton book, Joel McIver, metallica
By Metal Dave Anyone who thinks Cliff Burton has been turning in his grave since “Master of Puppets” may have to reconsider after reading Joel McIver’s 2009 biography, “To Live is to Die: The Life and Death of Metallica’s Cliff Burton.” According to the author’s interviews with band mates, friends, family and peers, Cliff was [...]
Yakking with … Founder ‘Metal Dave’ Glessner As He Celebrates 2Fast2Die’s 100th Post
Posted: 7th June 2011 by admin in Yakking with ...Tags: ace frehley, anthrax, becky ozuna, buckcherry, chris gates, david bowie, david fricke, david lee roth, dio, gene simmons, ginger, glenn danzig, Iggy Pop, iron maiden, joan jett, lemmy, malcolm young, metal dave, metal edge, metallica, motley crue, natchet taylor, ozzy, paul stanley, peter criss, plasmatics, poison, ramones, steven tyler, van halen
LATE NIGHTS AND VOODOO: On the Buckcherry tour bus with singer Josh Todd in Houston, 2008. We met in 1999 after I was hired to write the band’s debut bio for DreamWorks Records. We’ve had a blast ever since! To mark the milestone of 2Fast2Die’s 100th post today (cue deafening applause), I decided to fulfill a [...]
Ozzy Osbourne gets ready to mumble
Posted: 19th January 2011 by admin in RewindTags: black sabbath, blizzard of ozz, metallica, motley crue, ozzfest, Ozzy Osbourne, randy rhoads, san antonio, the alamo
I still get bats in my belly knowing I talked to Ozzy Osbourne. Hell, he even tried his best to talk back! God love him. Making the conversations even more interesting was the fact that on both occasions, I was interviewing Ozzy for the San Antonio Express-News. Remember the Alamo? Duh! On the eve of [...]
Rewind: Cliff Burton, R.I.P.
Posted: 24th September 2010 by admin in RewindTags: bus accident, cliff burton, letter, master of puppets, metallica
Remembering Cliff Burton, 1962-1986 R.I.P. Twenty-four years ago this Monday, I was sitting at a four-way stop in the Briarwick neighborhood of San Antonio when news came over my Dad’s VW Rabbit radio that Metallica bassist Cliff Burton had been killed in a freak tour bus accident on an icy road somewhere in Sweden. I [...]
Rewind: Lemmy “God” Kilmister
Posted: 12th September 2010 by admin in RewindTags: hawkwind, lemmy, metallica, queensryche. jagger. jimi hendrix, rainbow
Anyone who’s ever had the pleasure of interviewing Motorhead frontman Ian “Lemmy” Kilmister will tell you he is hands-down one of the best interviews on the planet. Why? Because he basically doesn’t give two flips what anyone thinks of him! He’s irreverent, intelligent, humorous, well-spoken, full of fight and amazingly coherent (and alive) despite a [...]
Pictured Life: Psycho Mike-O Gets Infectious
Posted: 2nd September 2010 by admin in Every Picture Tells a StoryTags: cameo theater, infectious grooves, metallica, mike muir, robert trujillo, suicidal tendencies
The 1991 photo above was taken behind the Cameo Theater in downtown San Antonio by my lifelong buddy Al Kelly (right) who had just thrown up a few moments earlier. Nice shot, Al! The tough guy in the bandana is Suicidal Tendencies singer Mike Muir. The not-so-tough guy on the left is 2Fast2Die. The parrot on [...]
Rewind: Metallica’s Memories Remain
Posted: 31st August 2010 by admin in RewindTags: cliff burton, exodus, kiss, metallica
Until I heard Metallica, I thought thrashing was something sharks did (how fitting that I also discovered Accept around this time). Meaner, faster and uglier than everything that came before, Metallica took the hierarchy of heaviness to impossible new extremes. I mean, the band debuted with an album/mission statement called “Kill ‘Em All!” Any [...]
The Sword Gets Medieval on Your Ass!
Posted: 22nd August 2010 by admin in News BitesTags: austin, metallica, the sword, warp riders, waterloo records
A grinding storm of heavy axes rolls forth from Austin, Texas this evening when sludge-metal thunderlords, The Sword, get medieval on your ass. Besides being Lars Ulrich’s favorite band (he’s asked The Sword to tour with Metallica three times now), The Sword celebrates tomorrow’s official release of its third album, “Warp Riders,” at 7 p.m. [...]