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HEAVY METAL MOVIES: Today the Texas Chain Saw Massacre Turns 50

Chief — Tue, 01 Oct 2024 11:02:05 +0000

Fifty years of skin masks and chain oil later, today is a BIG anniversary from Mike “McBeardo” McPadden’s mighty HEAVY METAL MOVIES: Guitar Barbarians, Mutant Bimbos, & Cult Zombies Amok in the 666 Most Ear- and Eye-Ripping Big-Scream Films Ever!. Tobe Hooper’s original unrelenting, taboo-busting masterpiece premiered exactly fifty years ago today, on October 1, 1974. Rooted in pitch-black…

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Thurs 2/8, San Diego: Rettman’s pre-LA Weekend STRAIGHT EDGE Panel at Super7

Chief — Tue, 06 Feb 2018 22:31:09 +0000

This Thursday, Feb. 8, at the Super7 Store on 701 8th Street in San Diego, STRAIGHT EDGE author Tony Rettman arrives to sign books, take names, and talk hardcore punk with Rob Moran of Unbroken, Tim Gonzalez of Amenity, and Daniel Saint of Over My Dead Body. Of course an event such as this demands free drinks, and neighbors Heartwork Coffee Bar will step up with enough vats of the strong stuff to…

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Sat 2/10 & Sun 2/11, L.A.: West Coast STRAIGHT EDGE Weekend Events

Chief — Wed, 17 Jan 2018 19:34:10 +0000

Tony Rettman heads west in early February for a weekend of straight-shooting book events at Top Space and Vacation Vinyl celebrating the primary participants in his widely heralded new book STRAIGHT EDGE: A Clear-Headed Hardcore Punk History. Come freak on some of the best current bands in hardcore and a panel discussion featuring Tony Rettman, Jon Roa (Justice League, End To End, Eyelid)…

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Friday, 1/12, Münster DE: Laina Dawes Unleashes Keynote at “Pop Hero and Action Princess” Conference

Chief — Wed, 10 Jan 2018 21:39:40 +0000

Columbia University’s Laina Dawes, author of the groundbreaking and barrier-busting WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?: A Black Woman’s Life and Liberation in Heavy Metal, travels to Münster, Germany, this weekend to deliver a keynote address to the “Pop Hero and Action Princess” Conference at Münster University. The free-of-charge, open-to-the-public conference takes place January 12-13…

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Sat 12/2, Trenton, NJ: STRAIGHT EDGE / NYHC Author Tony Rettman Wrecks the Halls at the Trenton Punk Rock Flea Market

Chief — Mon, 27 Nov 2017 17:03:39 +0000

This upcoming weekend, Tony Rettman, author of STRAIGHT EDGE: A Clear-Headed Hardcore Punk History and NYHC: New York Hardcore 1980–1990, will set up shop with loads of books, pins, sweatshirts, and good cheer at the holiday “Wreck the Halls” edition of the ever-growing Trenton Punk Rock Flea Market. Joining Rettman will be the operatives of Radio Raheem, who come bearing copies of their new book…

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Roots Welcomes CHOOSING DEATH Author Albert Mudrian to SiriusXM

Chief — Sun, 26 Nov 2017 18:49:22 +0000

ROOTS WELCOMES CHOOSING DEATH AUTHOR ALBERT MUDRIAN Week of November 25, 2017 Sat 11/25, 6PM ET Sun 11/26, 1PM ET Mon 11/27, 9AM ET Tues 11/28, 4PM ET Thurs 11/30, 9PM ET Join host Ian Christe (“Sound of the Beast”) and guest Albert Mudrian (“Choosing Death”, Decibel magazine) for an overview of the birth, explosion, and legacy of death metal and grindcore. Tracks by Morbid Angel…

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Sun. 12/3, Los Angeles: Pat Fear and Other Stories, by WE GOT POWER!

Chief — Thu, 16 Nov 2017 15:38:56 +0000

Pat Fear, the persona created by a young punk rock genius from Riverside CA Bill Bartell, sang and played guitar in White Flag, slammed with the Germs in the film Decline of the Western Civilization, and achieved many other wild things. As Pat Fear, Bill wrote music, produced records, and toured the world (including Iceland!) ceaselessly before his untimely death in 2013. On December 3…

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ONLY DEATH IS REAL: View the Tom Gabriel Fischer and Ian Christe Zurich Footage

Chief — Fri, 10 Nov 2017 13:43:24 +0000

One year ago tonight rates as a very special date in Bazillion Points history. Barely ten miles from the subterranean bunker on the outskirts of Zurich, Switzerland, where Hellhammer pounded out its anarchic darkness beginning in 1981, Hellhammer, Celtic Frost, and Triptykon leader Tom Gabriel Warrior sat with our publisher Ian Christe for a wide-ranging, candid, and lengthy discussion.

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Roots Remembers Martin Eric Ain of Celtic Frost on Sirius XM

Chief — Sat, 28 Oct 2017 11:01:46 +0000

ROOTS REMEMBERS MARTIN ERIC AIN OF CELTIC FROST Week of October 28, 2017 Sat 10/28, 6PM ET Sun 10/29, 1PM ET Mon 10/30, 9AM ET Tues 10/31, 4PM ET Thurs 11/2, 9PM ET We honor the tragic loss of heavy metal titan Martin Eric Ain (7/18/67-10/21/17) of Hellhammer and Celtic Frost. R.I.P. to an unsurpassed creative force. PLAYLIST: CELTIC FROST – “Dethroned Emperor” from THE EMPEROR’S…

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Thurs 11/9, Sonos NYC: Exclusive STRAIGHT EDGE Book Launch w/Tony Rettman

Chief — Fri, 13 Oct 2017 19:34:18 +0000

UPDATE: Thursday’s itinerary has turned to out to be pretty well packed, and will include an author Q&A hosted by Scott Crawford (director of the DC hardcore documentary Salad Days); an open bar (?!); limited Al Barile / SSD Champion sweatshirts; plenty of chances to pick up copies of the book signed by Tony Rettman and stamped with a unique rubber event stamp. Come see for yourself!

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