July 2009
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TOP 5 METAL DRUMMERS
I’m no groupie, but I’ve always had a thing for the drummer. Just something about them; so nonchalant in demeanor, but yet so FEROCIOUS behind the pots and pans. And you know that muscular arms are right up their with a nice beard. So, I present to you, the top 5 metal drummers:
5. Pickles (Dethklok)- Big boozin’ and hard hittin’. Become real and let’s hang...
June 2009
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LET'S GET LITERAL
Last night, during her concert in Sunrise, FL, Beyonce halted her performance in the middle of her hit song “Single Ladies (Put a Ring On it).” She handed the mic down to a young man in the audience, who then proposed to his girlfriend in front of a sold out 20,000+ crowd. Put a ring on it, indeed.
Would this ever happen at a metal show? Actually DOING what the song tells you to...
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WARP IT
Isn’t this comforting to know: According to this article from Label Networks, the Vans Warped Tour is still going strong. Dad got laid off from the office, and sister can’t afford college, but gee golly, these crazy kids are still going to get their shitty music fix, no matter how many weeks’ allowance it takes.
Julia and I just happened to discuss this past weekend how she...
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BEHOLD, THE WORST BAND EVER
Hi-ho, RiB here. It’s around 2 am on a Saturday night, and we’re having a super sexy sleepover. We just finished our pillow fight…guess who won?? Now we’re sitting around in our undies, and eating s’mores…SHIRTLESS. YEAH….
Anywho, while snoopin’ the interwebs tonight, we happened to stumble upon an ad on SkullsnBones for a band seeking a new...
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BOTTOM 5 MTV VJ'S
Just cause. Maybe I sense a new RiB trend?
5. Teck Holmes
4. Brian McFayden
3. Vanessa Minnillo
2. Dave Holmes
1. Jesse Camp
-Julia
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TOP 5 MTV VJ'S
Top 5’s are fun. This one was inspired by Julia’s last post…
5. Adam Curry
4. Ed Lover
3. Downtown Julie Brown
2. Kennedy
1. Matt Pinfield (very obvious bias)
-Elise
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THE MOST METAL DISNEY CHARACTERS, PART 3
So let’s wrap this shiz up….
6. Shenzi, Banzai & Ed (The Lion King, 1994)
Let’s face it. Scar was nothing without the three hyenas. The only thing that makes you more metal, is having metal friends. They’re basically the scummy pit kids that you see at EVERY SHOW.
DISTINGUISHING METAL FEATURES: Large tongues, awful posture.
ROCK OUT TO: The Dillinger Escape...
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THE MOST METAL DISNEY CHARACTERS, PART 2
So in yesterday’s ‘The Most Metal Disney Characters, Part 1,’ I brought you a few br00tal animated champs from years long gone. After some research, it appears as if the metal-ness skipped a couple decades.
Also, just an FYI, the villain is not always the most metal character of a movie. I’m afraid a somewhat evil/deceitful disposition does not automatically grant you...
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WatchI didn’t know that In This Moment covered Blondie’s “Call Me”, let alone did a video for it. It’s pretty cheese-tastic, but if you close your eyes and just listen, it’s not a completely terrible cover. At least it’s not as bad as I thought it was going to be.
My thing with In This Moment is that they straddle the line with pop rock and metal. Personally,...
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THE MOST METAL DISNEY CHARACTERS, PART 1
Those who know me, know that I love anything that I was supposed to outgrow 15 years ago. (Apparently, I also love multi-part posts.) After doing some extensive reading on the upcoming release of Disney’s The Princess and the Frog (due out Thanksgiving-ish), I got to wondering…..which animated Disney characters are the most br00tal? In my eyes, there are quite a few:
1. The...
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How NOT to make new friends... →
I’m a loser that still uses MySpace. Get over it. At this point I friend just about everyone, but today I got a good one:
“WHAT UP PUSSY. we posted a metal cover of Soulja Boy’s “Kiss Me Thru the Phone” FUCKING LISTEN TO THAT SHIT. SHOW YOUR PUSSY FRIENDS N’ SHIT”
Wow dude, you’re a douche. You can go chug a gallon of gasoline. NOT INTERESTED.
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WHY DOES THIS BAND LOOK SO SAD??
Because I’m up late watching Vegas Vacation? Nope.
Because Julia forgot what our site was called? Not quite.
Well folks, it looks like Julia will be missing out on her favorite band YET AGAIN. It was announced today that Lamb of God will be the main support on Metallica’s Fall tour. I’m almost positive that both New York dates are already sold out.
I’m sure...
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Did you know... →
I came across this information quasi-randomly… I was looking for further information and some of Elise and I’s favorite metal men, and instead found this. In case you don’t know what a “satyr”- as in Satyricon’s lead man, aka Sigurd Wongraven:
“In Greek mythology, satyrs (Ancient Greek, Σάτυροι, Satyroi) are a troop of male companions of Pan and Dionysus...
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Reign in... blonde-ish?
So uh… oops?
In short, I haven’t seen my actual, natural hair color since the age of 12. In high school I went through an angsty, goth-esque phase and it was as close to black as it could be without actually being well, black. I went blonde again sophomore year of college and it got blonder and blonder… UNTIL TONIGHT. I’m not sure if it’s exactly my natural, but...
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Hey! New girly metal!
Sometimes I get forwards and emails about various metal bands and usually it’s kinda of hit or miss (but you can always send me and Elise emails at reigninblonde@gmail.com!). Today was more of a hit kind of day.
RiB reader Ryan gave me some info on two female fronted metal bands on the rise and now I’m bringing them to you. First up is Madder Mortem from Norway. I’d say that in...
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AMY LEE IS A ROBOT
It’s my turn to weigh in on this. Why I am doing a post on Evanescence is beyond me, but here it goes…
Since yesterday’s news broke about how former Evanescence members are teaming up with American Idol finalist Carly Smithson, Amy Lee has decided to throw in her two cents:
There’s some pretty weird stuff flying around right now and I’d like to clear up some confusion in the...
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Watch“Crowdsourcing killed punk rock.” Damn, yo.
Yesterday, I stumbled upon this video of writer Chris Weingarten (Revolver, Rolling Stone, Idolator, Decibel, etc.) giving a speech at the 140 Characters Conference. The whole thing is quite funny, and true. The ‘Rock Critic’ is pretty much dead these days because of the multitude of music blogs out there. While Julia and I...
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ANOTHER Conversation I Just Remembered From Last...
Grandma Ellen: So what exactly is this website you do?
Julia: It's a heavy metal blog. Elise and I write it, it's just metal news and stuff we think is funny, bands we like...
Uncle Dan: You should write about Simply Red.
Julia: Uh, no.
Grandma Ellen: Do you know who Julie's favorite band is?
Julia: Uh, do YOU know who Julie's favorite band is?
Grandma Ellen: Lamb of God?
Julia: Oh... maybe you do! Touche!
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Everyone's a Comedian, Part 3.
Wrapping it up…
7. Tragedy
Do you like the Bee Gees? Well, these guys really like the Bee Gees, like…a lot. But they don’t just cover them..they add a much needed kick of heavy metal. Disco…dead? Never. Metal tribute bands are shticky, sure. But when they’re paying tribute to something as classic and with as much mass appeal as The Bee Gee’s, there’s something for...
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A Conversation I Just Remembered From This...
Jac (Julia's cousin): Can you put on some black people music or something?
Elise: Go put on God Forbid...
Julia: Or Killswitch.
Jeremy (Julia's friend): Or Sevendust!
- record stops -
Jeremy: What?
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WatchJulia had a fun graduation partayyy this weekend at her house, upstate. Lots of family, friends, grillin’, DESSERTS, and of course, booze for days. Check out Julia and her friend Patrick’s 2 am rendition of “Hot For Teacher,” followed by a shameless plug.
I get way giggly after a few screwies.
-Elise
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THE BR00TAL TR00TH - NOA
We at Reign in Blonde have a new feature we are debuting on the site today: an interview series with some of our favorite people in the metal community, appropriately titled THE BR00TAL TR00TH. If you are a metal blogger, photographer, DJ/VJ, roadie, merch dude, etc., and would like to get probed by two cool chicks, please send us an email at: reigninblonde@gmail.com.
For our first edition of...
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Australian Boy Unintentionally Achieves Ultimate...
CANNON Cribb has one helluva ‘tattoo’ but it’s not something he wants to last forever.
The five-year-old recently returned from Bali where locals painted a dragon on his arm with what his parents now realise was a substance containing para-phenylenediamine (PPD).
All was fine until the tattoo wore off completely and the entire area welted into the shape of the original...
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Everyone's a Comedian, Part 2.
Continuing on with my overview of today’s most notably brutal & funny….
4. HORSE the Band
HTB’s album R. Borlax came out while I was in college. “Cutsman” was a total dorm fav. NINTENDOCORE??!!! LOL NO WAYYYY. I mean, it makes sense. Nerdy hardcore/metal kids like video games….why not combine the two? Everyone needs a shtick. The result: magnificent. After 2005’s The Mechanical...
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Everyone's a Comedian, Part 1.
Well, I’ve had nothing to really say for the past few days. I don’t like posting links all day. I’d much rather bring you, the people, some original content. Today, I’m diggin’ into something kinda fun: metal of the comedic persuasion. When does it work? When does it fall flat? Here is my personal overview of today’s most notably brutal & funny…
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WatchI just died and went to heaven.
I effing love Gwar, and this video just made my week. Suck on THIS, Wolf Blizter- Fox News is fair, balanced and BRUTAL as far as I’m concerned!
And the Jethro Tull joke was clutch. Loved it.
-Julia
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WatchElise and I might have to fight this one out- I think Howard Jones wants us to compete for his love.
KsE’s new video is out, and it’s official. Howard is now both a baldie AND a beardo. That plus the fact that he’s a good looking specimen in general and we love his voice… near perfection. However, MetalSucks is claiming that the new vid is a lot like the ones for...
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Holy CRAP, I KNEW it! →
I didn’t want to jinx my report about Pat O’Brien a couple days ago by saying “deaths happen in three’s”… But good GOD DAMN, they really do happen in three’s!
28 year-old Boško Radišić of Serbian thrash band Space Eater was killed in an apartment fire on June 2nd (The same day I reported on Pat O’Brien- weird). His sister Marija, 25, also died in...
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