Who was your first celebrity crush?
Submitted by Glory.
Bruce Dickinson, lead singer of Iron Maiden.
I saw his broad chest and heard his heavenly
voice. Oooo baby!
A message from Dave Mustaine:
I have an announcement to make concerning our upcoming
tour dates and what follows after that. Keeping it brief so
the V.O.T.B.P. won't take our fun away
Have a great time speculating, and love and bruises to you all.
BTW- I hope I see alot of old friends on the upcoming
promo-tour this month. It won't be long until the reviews
start coming in, and I just want to say there will be mixed
opinions. I know you all are some of the wisest fans in all
of music, let alone metal.
Iron Maiden summer '07 tour dates
June 6th Ostrava, Czech Republic Ostrava Banik Football Stadium
June 8th Ludwighafen, Germany Sudwestadion
June 10th Donington, England Download Festival
June 14th Venice, Italy Heineken Jammin Festival
June 16th Zwolle, Holland Fields of Rock Festival
June 17th Duisburg, Germany MSV Stadium
June 20th Rome, Italy Olympic, Stadium
June 23rd Dessel, Belgium Graspop Festival
Panther Rhoads
2/26/07
Iron Maiden has certainly gained popularity amongst rock fans.
In the past two months Iron Maiden was voted in two separate
magazine polls "best band". And bassist Steve Harris (founder
of the group) was voted "best bassist" in a Metal Hammer Magazine
poll. Readers of Rock Hard Magazine voted Iron Maiden "Best
All-time Band".
Results of Rock Hard Magazine's poll:
>Best All-time Band
Iron Maiden
>Best Album
A Matter of Life and Death (Iron Maiden)
>Best Live Band
[2] Iron Maiden
Results of Metal Hammer Magazine's poll:
>Best British Band
Iron Maiden
>Best Bassist
Steve Harris (Iron Maiden)
>Best Album
[2 ] A Matter of Life and Death (Iron Maiden)
>Best Band
[2] Iron Maiden
>Best Front Person
[2] Bruce Dickinson (Iron Maiden)
>Man Of The Year
[3] Bruce Dickinson (Iron Maiden)
>Best Guitarist
[4] Janick Gers/ Dave Murray/ Adrian Smith (Iron Maiden)
>Best Drummer
[4] Nicko McBrain (Iron Maiden)
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Tenacious D's The Pick of Destiny white Jackson not genuine
by,
Panther Rhoads
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Randy Rhoads surviving family confirmed the white Jackson in
The Pick of Destiny is a replica. Kathy Rhoads said the only artifact she approved
for the Tenacious D movie was a Rolling Stone magazine cover featuring Randy.
The Randy Rhoads white Jackson featured in The Pick of Destiny impressed friends of the Rhoads' family.
The white Jackson to Jack Black's right (above) is a magnificent replica.
The wings are slim, as Randy's original design. It's not a LTD Randy Rhoads Jackson (broader, shorter design).
The Randy Rhoads white Jackson is a closer replica than the Zakk Wylde
guitar parallel to it. The Zakk Wylde replica is an Epiphone Gibson. Not Zakk's
classic Gibson. Jack Black went to greater trouble replicating the white Jackson.
It reveals a greater devotion to Ozzy Osbourne's first guitar player.
We love you Zakk ...but Randy outshines the rest, dude...
Win Tickets To See Heaven & Hell in Canada
BW&BK/bravewords.com along with Gillett Entertainment Group/geg.ca are giving away 5 pairs of tickets
Heaven & Hell at Le Colisee Pepsi in Quebec City on March 25th and 5 pairs for the show at The Bell Center
in Montreal on March 26th. Here's how to enter:
For Quebec City- send an e-mail to MitchMinute@aol.com with the subject H&H in Quebec City with your
name and city by noon (EST) March 15th. For Montreal- send an e-mail to MitchMinute@aol.com with the
subject H&H in Montreal with your name and city by noon (EST) March 16th. Winners will be chosen at random.
A note about the prize:
Winners will only receive a pair (two) tickets to one of the above mentioned shows. The prize has no cash value
and no substitutions are allowed. No backstage passes, after show passes, meet and greet passes, or photo
passes are allowedTransportation (to and from the show/venue/city), accomodation (s) and food/beverages are
the sole responsibility of the winner and are not part of the prize.
Source: www.iommi.com
22nd February 2007
Official Confirmation of Heaven & Hell Live in Europe
We can officially confirm that Heaven & Hell will play the following dates in Europe this summer:
2nd June 2007 Zurich, Switzerland- Eishalle Deutweg
3rd June 2007 Milan, Italy- Gods of Metal Festival
7th June 2007 Solvesborg, Sweden- Sweden Rock Festival
9th June 2007 Tampere, Finland- Sauna Open Air Metal Festival
10th June 2007 Helsinki, Finland- Helsinki Icehall
16th June 2007 Biddinghuizen, Holland- Fields of Rock Festival
19th June 2007 Warsaw, Poland- Torwar
20th June 2007 Katowice, Poland- Spodek
22nd June 2007 Balligen, Germany- Bang Your Head Festival
23rd June 2007 Dessel, Belgium- Graspop
Tickets for some dates are already on sale so check with your local venue or festival site
A Matter of Life and Death (2006)
Iron Maiden
4 stars
Iron Maiden strikes back!
by,
Panther Rhoads
***************
Iron Maiden literally kicked everyone's ass
with the release of their album A Matter of Life and Death.
Once again, Iron Maiden outshines all the rest. This year,
Iron Maiden is too damned hot for Ozzfest!
Different World debuted # 7 on Billboard's charts not by
fluke. Adrian Smith, Dave Murray, and Janick Gers rocked
together in a perfect unity. The three guitar players have an
astounding chemistry together.
Bruce Dickinson owns the best set of vocals in metal,
Operatic and smooth. I do not hear where Bruce Dickinson
takes a breath on the song For the Greater Good of God.
Out of the shadows Bruce hits high notes sweet to the ears.
Steve Harris, Bruce Dickinson, and Dave Murray wrote and
composed amazing songs. The lyrical intelligence of A Matter of Life and Death
is very Iron Maiden. Descriptive and historically based on wars.
There's so much more A Matter of Life and Death offers.
I have searched for a weakness in Iron Maiden's latest album
but it's tight. A Matter of Life and Death is the best metal album of the
year. This is a must-own album for any true metal head.
Ten Thousand Fists (2005)
Disturbed
2.8 stars
Disturbed confusing at times
by, Panther Rhoads
**************
"Change myself, I'd rather die" (I'm alive) on Ten Thousand Fists
states everything you need to know about Disturbed's sound.
Disturbed squeezes into no genre.
I need a relief from genre whores such as Cradle of Filth. However,
a common Disturbed weakness is taking their independence too
far. There is no justification for a remake of Genesis' Land of Confusion.
Ten Thousand Fists greatest merit is guitarist Dan Donegan.
Donegan isn't a speed guitarist. He is a quality guitarist. He
chooses to flow steadily with the consistency of the group.
Reminding me of under rated and much greater guitarists
Ace Frehley (Kiss) and Janick Gers (Iron Maiden).
Ten Thousand Fists is a melodic break from the norm.
It is confusing when Disturbed wanders into Genesis territory.
Why the godawful mix of pop and metal? The good news
is every cd player is equipped with a skip button.
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