November 2009
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PHISH PHUCKIN PHISH
Dude, bro. Sorry I’ve been so MIA, RiB readers. As previously mentioned, I’ve been forced to listen to some pretty not brutal music as of late, and this past week was another great(?) example of how much of a chick I am. The Beardo took me to not one, but THREE Phish shows. Twas an interesting experience, I’ll give you that. It’s been a while since I’ve seen...
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CONTACT INFO CHANGES!
A year into this blogging adventure, our email load has obviously increased quite a bit. We get plenty of press releases now, as well as people who just want to chat with us (we like those!). Anyway, we realized it was time we created separate emails for the two of us, as it has slowly become too confusing to share just one.
You can now contact Julia at reigninjulia[at]gmail.com and Elise at...
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"WE'RE MYSTIK SPIRAL....BUT WE'RE THINKING OF...
The recent Mastodon/Dethklok tour came up in in conversation while catching up with some hometown buddies this weekend. We then, of course, pow-wowed about all our other favorite cartoon bands, and my friend brought up one I had completely forgotten about: Mystik Spiral from Daria. This was their big ‘hit,’ “Freakin’ Friends.”
For the longest time, I...
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"I JUST LOOOOVE COCK ROCK"
Metal Hammer just started this cool new feature called “PopMetal,” in which they play current metal for some stars from mainstream music. For their first installment, they sat down with Ke$ha, who released one of my favorite guilty pleasure pop singles of the year: “Tik Tok.” A friend of mine coined Ke$ha’s style as “Valley girl hip hop,” which I...
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YAY TURKEY
Right about now, Elise is up to her neck in pumpkin pie and Julia is knee deep in mashed potatoes. Gotta love a holiday that revolves around dead animals and gorging oneself. Pretty brutal indeed. Happy Thanksgiving, we’ll be back to the metal tomorrow!
<3 RiB
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WHO'S YOUR DADDY? BE THANKFUL IT AIN'T CHARLES...
This one’s for all you adopted kids out there. Oddly enough, I’ve had quite a few adopted friends over the years- some being adopted straight out the womb, others later on, friends adopted from their own town and ones who were born in other countries. Thankfully I don’t know any biologically related to Charles Manson.
Matthew Roberts (Look at him! He’s got to be one of...
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THIS POST CONTAINS CHICKS WEARING THE SAME OR A...
Now that’s how you sell it. [pic via Victoria’s Secret fashion show.]
I’m sure you’ve all heard about this whole Cristina-Scabbia-should-be-naked controversy. Well….yeah, she should. I, along with many others, don’t care for any of her music, or for animal rights….so, yeah she could at least be workin’ that. I would probably never wear...
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WUSSY WEDNESDAY - 11/25/09
As I was packin’ up my stuff for a long weekend upstate with the famz, an oddly appropriate song came on shuffle on my iTunes. This is none other than German disco sensation, Boney M. and their song “Gotta Go Home.” Apparently, this evening, I will be celebrating “Thanksgiving Eve,” in which everyone from my home dirt will be out about town. I anticipate...
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DO YOU KNOW WHAT TODAY IS??
One year ago today, the hoopla you see before you….was born.
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POINT PROVEN
This just made my day. I love those dudes.
-Julia
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LEMMY UPDATE: STILL GOD
Lemmy was reportedly found sleeping outside a doorway a show in Glasgow this past weekend. Aspiring rockstars take note: ONLY LEMMY CAN PULL THIS SHIT AND STILL BE THE MAN.
He was found by a dude known only as “Tommy” who gave us this gem of a statement: “I came to work and there was a gentleman by my basic entry door to work. I said to him, ‘You’re cold and wet,...
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LISA MARX- METAL'S NEWEST EPIC FAIL
Well, THAT was fast.
After replacing Kristen Randall, Lisa Marx is finding out once again how it feels to get the boot. It’s being reported that Alana Potocnik is holding down the keyboard fort for Winds of Plague cause Miss Marx couldn’t quite learn all the songs in time for their tour. WOW-EE.
Now, not only is that embarrassing, but it’s just another band to add to...
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MELT BANANA ARE A MUST-SEE
Buzzgrinder recently posted a couple pics of Melt Banana’s performance at Fun Fun Fun Fest…and from what I’ve been reading about it, the band is still on their game.
Whenever people ask me what the best show I’ve ever been to is….my knee-jerk response is always the one time when I saw these guys. It was at the (now closed) Knitting Factory around 4-5 years ago. ...
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OUR RUNNER-UP SPEAKS!
A big thanks goes out to the MetalSucks dudes, who managed to get a statement for us from Miss Dallas Coyle HERSELF, regarding her second place finish in last week’s Hottest Chick bracket. Here’s what she had to say:
As you all know the manly, chiseled dudes over at Reign In Blonde had the nerve to vote me 2nd in The Hottest Chick In Metal tournament. I just have to say I’m...
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OZZY OSBOURNE HAS MELLOWED OUT
I’ve been having a very “mellow” weekend, myself as I brace myself for my new job that I’m starting tomorrow. (Oh yeah, did I mention I got a new job?? Wooooooo!!!!) Anyway, I tuned into last night’s episode of SNL, with host Joseph Gordon Levitt and musical guest the Dave Matthews Band. They did a sketch called “The Mellow Show” in which they...
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THE HOTTEST CHICK IN METAL BRACKET: THE FINAL...
This is it, everyone. This one’s for all the marbles. We needed a little more help this time around, so we’ve sought the expertise of not 1, not 2, not 3…but 6 metal superiors, including: that ball bustin’ diva of the MetalSucks mansion- Angela Gossowski, rockin’ music writer Zena Tsarfin, Metal Mark of SkullsNBones.com, as well as the one and only Seth...
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A LOT OF HAIR DOES A LOT OF GOOD
Hey! Are you in LA? Well, check this out (via Huffington Post)
Slash and friends join forces to battle youth homelessness in Los Angeles during the Los Angeles Youth Network (LAYN) Rocks! benefit concert November 22 at the Avalon Hollywood.
Hosted by comedian George Lopez, LAYN Rocks! will unite musical talents Slash, Ozzy Osbourne, Perry Farrell, Tom Morello, Billy Idol, Chester...
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THE HOTTEST CHICK IN METAL BRACKET: SEMI-FINALS
Ok, people. This is the one where we separate the women from the girls. It’s time to narrow it down to the final two. Here to guide us through this maze is MetalSucks’ resident pottymouth: Anso DF, as well as a gal pal of the RiB camp: Miss Stabitha Christie. Ready? Here we go….
SEMI-FINALS, ROUND 1: DALLAS COYLE (EX. GOD FORBID) VS. DAVE NAVARRO (JANE’S...
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THE HOTTEST CHICK IN METAL BRACKET: ELITE 8,...
Girls! Girls! Girls! Up next on our panel is metal PR extraordinaire, Natalie Camillo, as well as a fellow girly metal blogger: Jamie, the Hard Rock Chick herself. Something tells me they both have an eye for this sort of thing….
ELITE 8, ROUND 3: SCOTT HEDRICK (SKELETONWITCH) VS. SEBASTIAN BACH (EX. SKID ROW)
Personally, I’ve never had a thing for pretentious MILF’s. So in the...
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JUST DANCE (GAGA NEED NOT APPLY)
I’m gonna assume that most people that read RiB don’t keep up Dancing with the Stars. Ballroom dancing isn’t quite brutal enough for most of us. Well friends, our very own Kelly Osbourne has made it to the finals. Check out her Miss America reaction to receiving the good news.
I’m not hatin’, I love the Osbournes. Sell-outs you say? Sharon will beat your ass...
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WUSSY WEDNESDAY - 11/18/09
Oh boy, here we go. Remember when I said that my iPod kinda knows me better than an inanimate object ever should? It’s happened once again. Guess what I heard more than once today?
Yep. When Evanescence first came out, I was OBSESSED- and I continued to be obsessed for a couple of years. But then Amy Lee decided that they were gonna take a break… so I decided I would too. We...
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THE HOTTEST CHICK IN METAL BRACKET: ELITE 8,...
The competition is starting to get stiff. For the first two rounds of our Elite 8, we got a little help from the hottest chick of the Metal Injection Livecast: Miss Noa, as well as the sorcerer who made that pretty pretty logo up there, and knows a thing or two about hot bitches as well: Jayson Shenk.
ELITE 8, ROUND 1: ATSUO MIZUNO (BORIS) VS. DALLAS COYLE (EX. GOD FORBID)
Choosing a hot...
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IN THIS MOMENT: STILL NOT THRASH, BUT WORKIN' ON...
I just caught wind of a Slayer cover by In This Moment that ain’t half bad. ITM have covered quite a bit from Pantera to Blondie, but their version of Slayer’s “Postmortem” is music to my pierced little ears.
ITM and Maria Brink have caught a lot slack lately for not being “metal enough” but I say, live and let live. Lighten up. Tis the season to be...
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THE HOTTEST CHICK IN METAL BRACKET: SWEET SIXTEEN,...
Wrapping up our Sweet Sixteen rounds are Brooklyn Vegan’s rather poetic metal guru, Black Bubblegum, as well as everyone’s 3rd favorite metal VJ, Mr. Rob Pasbani of Metal Injection. Let ‘em have it, boys!
SWEET SIXTEEN, ROUND 7: GABE GARCIA (BLACK TIDE) VS. MATT HEAFY (TRIVIUM)
Sign your fretted instrument?
“Talk to my agent!”
Th’ slithering,...
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THE HOTTEST CHICK IN METAL BRACKET: SWEET SIXTEEN,...
We have some lovely ladies on the panel today: the painfully br00tal ‘Grim’ Kim Kelly, as well as the founder of the Metalcakes blog, Miss Kathy Bejma. Let’s see what they got….
SWEET SIXTEEN, ROUND 5: SCOTT HEDRICK (SKELETONWITCH) VS. DAN WETMORE (EX. MANTIC RITUAL)
Daaamn, girl! Dani Wetmore is packing some serious Latina heat. That Farrah Fawcett-worshipping...
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BANG IT OUT, FATTIEZ
Ok dudes, it’s official. You no longer have an excuse to be fat. No decathlons or trips to the gym are required of you anymore….all you have to do is drum like a maniac. An article in amNY this morning (and also on Syracuse.com) discusses the health benefits of drumming, specifically of Blondie’s Clem Burke:
The researchers from the University of Chichester and the...
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THE HOTTEST CHICK IN METAL BRACKET: SWEET SIXTEEN,...
We at Reign in Blonde are humbled to have King Axl and Sir Vince-a-lot of the MetalSucks mansion as members of our judges panel. If there’s anyone in this biz who knows hot bitches….it’s them.
SWEET SIXTEEN, ROUND 3: ANDREW WETZEL (ATTACK ATTACK!) VS. SPENCER CHAMBERLAIN (UNDEROATH)
I’d like to begin with a giant “fuck you” to Elise and Julia. Do they ever ask me to...
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REIGN IN BLONDE PRESENTS: THE HOTTEST CHICK IN...
Let’s face it, folks. Revolver’s “Hottest Chicks in Metal” issue is pretty much the dumbest thing to hit newsstands every year. We here at Reign in Blonde are frustrated with this crap because 1.) Most of the women involved make pretty bad music, and 2.) These chicks are not even that hot! Cristina Scabbia? Maria Brink?? LZZY HALE??!!!! Seriously, who’s picking...
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THE FORCE AIN'T GONNA BE WITH US
As reported this week, DragonForce has announced that they won’t be touring at all in 2010 in order to concentrate on getting a new record out in 2011. I have a special spot in my heart for DragonForce shows, after all they’re one of the first (the first?) metal show Elise and I saw together, and of course part of the story behind how RiB was created… who knows what kind of...
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GETTIN' LUCKY IN KENTUCKY, PART 2
Well, it wasn’t so great of a weekend for me here in the South. First of all, Syracuse LOST (how embarrassing) and secondly, I’m STILL IN Kentucky. Eff you Delta. If someone could explain to me why the “Cinicinatti Airport” is actually in Erlanger, KY and not Cincinatti, Ohio I’d greatly appreciate it.
Anyway, as I had previously posted this state isn’t quite...
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WAIT, SOMEONE WANTED TO INTERVIEW....US????
OH. SNAP. We were recently interviewed for Noisecreep.com. If you’d like to read about how we got into metal, how the blog came about, or about which bands we think are overrated/underrated, check it out here.
Big thanks to our buddy Carlos Ramirez for asking us to do it!
<3 RiB
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AVENGE YOUR DAMN MUSICAL TASTES, SEVENFOLD
I was skimming the news on Metal Hammer, when I came across this gem: Avenged Sevenfold frontman M Shadows was asked about his favorite albums of 2009… Just cause you name drop Dream Theater doesn’t mean I’m gonna let you get away with this atrocity:
“That’s tough. My favourite non-metal album is Dave Matthews ‘Big Whiskey And The GrooGrux King’… I think the new...
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WHERE WE AT??
You may (or may not) have noticed that we were a little slow this week. There are a couple of reasons for this, but things will pick up soon enough. Julia’s in Kentucky this weekend, and I’ll be throwin’ more than a few back here in New York. I’m checking out some Skeletonwitch tomorrow evening, which should be just divine.
As for next week, we have something very very...
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SOMEONE GIVE THIS GUY A HUG
Ok, so obviously this is really bad and totally hilarious….but I can’t help but feel bad. He looks so sad and miserable :( Be strong, mister!
I would love to hear his version of FRANTIC TICK TICK TOCK, FRANTIC TICK TICK TOCK, FRANTIC TICK TICK TOCK!!!!!!!!!
[via BuzzFeed.]
-Elise
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W T FINNTROLL
The year is winding down. Wanna know how I can tell? Well, Christmas decorations are already up everywhere I look, and I’ve also been drowning in a sea of “Best of” lists. Not even just normal end-of-year ones, but also a whole bunch of schmucky BEST 8436 ALBUMS OF THE PAST 3.5 DECADES or whatever. Um…we get it. You listen to a lot of music. RELAX! That said, Julia...
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GETTIN' LUCKY IN KENTUCKY? EH...
Today I’m heading down South- Louisville, Kentucky to be exact. Big show? Interview? Something METAL related? Alas, no. SU FOOTBALL is to blame for this trip! (Don’t worry I’ll stop talking about football soon. Basketball is starting!)
Anyway, if I’m traveling, I may as well see if there’s some good Kentucky metal to check out. So I head over to Google to see what I...
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FINGER LICKIN' GOOD
Trevor “T-Bone” Peres from Obituary has launched his very own BBQ sauce, folks. I don’t know if you noticed, but RiB isn’t just how we abbreviate Reign in Blonde around these parts. We LOVE us good rack of ribs What could be better than ribs smothered in a sauce made by (made by, not from) a fellow metal-er?
Yeah, I couldn’t come up with anything either. Check out...
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HAPPY VETERAN'S DAY
Sometimes I think my iPod is alive, and knows me far better than it should. Whenever I put it on “Shuffle” it somehow plays the most appropriate songs for whatever I may be feeling or whatever is going on. For example, when I’m frustrated, I get a lot of Hatebreed and Throwdown. When I’m excited, I get 80’s hair metal. When I’m stressed, it’s like...
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WUSSY WEDNESDAY - 11/11/09
I’ve been reading some write-ups on this past weekend’s Fun Fun Fun Fest in Austin and I discovered this all-girl band from Japan called Shonen Knife. I’ve always admired the Japanese for their very sunny dispositions, but I gotta give it up for a band who devotes an entire song to throwing a “BBQ Party.” At least they’re not totally wussy.
Throw a...
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THEY DID THE MATH
Good ol’ UVTV posted this video of the song “Gone Devil” by a band called Dr.Slaggleberry. Now my question is, why in bloody hell has no one brought this to my attention before? What is wrong with you people? Don’t you know that I love this sort of thing? This band, quite frankly, is the shit. You can definitely tell who their influences are….<3
They...
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LOSING YOUR CAT IS REALLY BRUTAL!
At first I had no idea why my friend Mike sent this to me, since it just seemed like some indie schmuck movie short…..but it’s actually pretty damn funny. Meet “Sally Cohen,” a bubbly young girl who discovered metal (power, heavy and death!) after the tragic loss of her kitty cat, Buster. Major props to Amon Amarth for their “cameo” in this, but I...
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METALMEN PREFER BOMBS
Ever since Julia informed me that Nergal of Behemoth was dating some cheesy Polish pop star named Doda, I’ve taken a small interest in her. Jezebel just posted some pictures from last week’s MTV Europe Music Awards and you’ll never guess who was there…..or what she was wearing:
Perhaps the title of “The Polish Britney Spears” isn’t quite as on point as...
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THE WIDE WORLD OF INSTRUMENTS. GET IT.
Friday night Elise and I headed over to the Gramercy Theater (f.k.a. the Blender Theatre at Gramercy. *Sigh* Shitty sound system, but I think for atmosphere and “home-yness” may be my fave NYC venue) for HEATHENFEST.
We needed something to do. People watching is always fun.
Anywho, twas a better show that I expected (but just as nerdy as a crowd as we expected. No haterade here, just...
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TED LEO > YOU
The internet has been buzzing about this for the past couple days and I’m SO HAPPY there is actually video of it. Indie rock superstar Ted Leo played a show in Philadelphia on Halloween as Glenn Danzig with the band TV Casualty as his backup “Misfits.” I’ve heard of people doing this before but holy shit this is awesome.
I’ve liked Ted Leo for quite some...
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HIGH SCORE VOLTAGE
Looks like AC/DC got this kid a B!…FTW….OMG! Hee hee.
Ya know, I seem to remember doing something like this once….and I don’t think it worked out quite as well. That said…MAKE SURE YOU STUDY, KIDS! Schoolz is good for you.
[via.]
-Elise
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MARILYN MANSON? MORE LIKE MARILYN MICHAELS
Oy vey. Today on Perez Hilton (yes, Perez Hilton) the latest video from Marilyn Manson was posted and obviously Mr. Perezzers has major issues with it. As if the title of “Despicable Marilyn Manson Promotes Domestic Abuse!” isn’t descriptive enough, he says:
He probably did this hoping to get some controversy and press for his hasbeen musical career, but that doesn’t...
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...SOMETHING BORROWED, SOMETHING BLACK AND BLUE
Ouchies. I guess some Brits aren’t big on the goth scene and have nothing better to do than beat up brides.
Metal Hammer is reporting that Lucy Emmingham, who was married this past Halloween was beaten up outside of her reception by three men who didn’t like her appearance. The men started insulting her “alternative” appearance, and after her husband tried to step in and...
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CURIOSITY KILLS THE KITTIE?
*Sigh* Is anyone listening to me???
Today on MetalSucks, a reader named Justin noticed that “My Plague” from Kittie’s latest release In The Black is a “rip-off” of Lamb of God’s “Laid to Rest.” Observe for yourself:
Allow me to quote myself, from a post on September 7th, 2009: …and you can’t say the the first 10 seconds of “My Plague”...
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MY ODE TO THE "OTHER GUY"
Back during my college days, a friend of mine used to throw parties and play nothing but awesome early-mid 90’s R&B/dance music. Some staples to that mix included the likes of La Bouche, Real McCoy, and Aqua. My buddy used to always joke about these bands because they all had one thing in common: “the other guy.“ What I mean is, each of those groups had a male rapper who...
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SHOCKING NEWS: DAISY FALLS OUT OF "LOVE"
A reality dating show couple that doesn’t last? How truly shocking…
My bitch boo Daisy de la Hoya and her latest man-meat “London” have entered into a little town I like to call Splitsville. According to her MySpace blog, some babymamadrama was the cause of the breakup, citing:
Because he’s a broke ass artist he couldn’t ‘fix’ it… then he tells me she had a miscarriage…...