For the first of two posts today featuring video footage from Bazillion Points book events, here’s a very cool piece of reporting from the Murder in the Front Row: Shots From the Bay Area Thrash Metal Epicenter party at Issues bookshop in Oakland. Authors Harald Oimoen and Brian Lew are on hand, along with a star-studded array of Northern California metal merchants young and old, including Ron Quintana, Craig Locicero of Forbidden, Fred Cotton of Spastik Children, Mrs. Gary Holt, and guys from Heathen, Ruffians, and Mordred.
Danny Shipman of Reality Check TV was a Ruthie’s Inn scene fixture, and he packed this short clip with interviews and cool snippets that show off the rowdy but fun-loving spirit of the Bay Area’s front row survivors. Personalities are on parade, believe it! Back at Bazillion Points HQ, we await the full 3-D feature…
