Murder in the Front Row – Bazillion Points Blog https://blog.bazillionpoints.com The blog is faster than the books... Wed, 31 Jul 2024 15:48:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/cropped-BAZILLION_POINTS_B_GREEN_144.png.jpeg Murder in the Front Row – Bazillion Points Blog https://blog.bazillionpoints.com 32 32 MURDER IN THE FRONT ROW: Cliff Burton Photo Prints in AWMH Charity Sale https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2024/07/31/murder-in-the-front-row-cliff-burton-photo-prints-in-awmh-charity-sale/ https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2024/07/31/murder-in-the-front-row-cliff-burton-photo-prints-in-awmh-charity-sale/#respond Wed, 31 Jul 2024 15:47:48 +0000 https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/?p=12753 For the first time ever, twelve signed prints each of two of Brian Lew’s incredible early Metallica photos from MURDER IN THE FRONT ROW are available. All net proceeds from sales of these signed and numbered 14″ x 20″ digital prints of Cliff Burton images will benefit Metallica’s Foundation All Within My Hands. Since February 2017, AWMH has donated millions worldwide to support education…

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]]> https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2024/07/31/murder-in-the-front-row-cliff-burton-photo-prints-in-awmh-charity-sale/feed/ 0 ROOTS Final Scream for SLAYERRR! | on SiriusXM https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2019/11/27/roots-final-scream-for-slayerrr-on-siriusxm/ https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2019/11/27/roots-final-scream-for-slayerrr-on-siriusxm/#comments Wed, 27 Nov 2019 18:14:19 +0000 https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/?p=11296 photo: Harald Oimoen, from MURDER IN THE FRONT ROW ROOTS Final Scream for SLAYERRR! | on SiriusXM Week of November 30, 2019 Thurs 11/28, 9PM ET Fri 11/29, 11AM ET Sat 11/30, 6PM ET Sun 12/1, 1PM ET Mon 12/2, 9AM ET Tues 12/3, 4PM ET Thurs 12/5, 9PM ET They came for blood in 1981, and after this week, Slayer finally sleeps. Join Ian Christe (“Sound of the Beast”/Bazillion Points) for a…

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]]> https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2019/11/27/roots-final-scream-for-slayerrr-on-siriusxm/feed/ 1 * Updated 8/6/19 * Upcoming Murder in the Front Row S.F. Thrash Metal Doc Screenings https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2019/08/06/updated-8-6-19-upcoming-murder-in-the-front-row-s-f-thrash-metal-doc-screenings/ https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2019/08/06/updated-8-6-19-upcoming-murder-in-the-front-row-s-f-thrash-metal-doc-screenings/#respond Tue, 06 Aug 2019 19:43:17 +0000 https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/?p=11188 The “Murder Movie,” based on our book MURDER IN THE FRONT ROW: Shots From the Bay Area Thrash Metal Epicenter, by Harald Oimoen & Brian Lew, is gathering steam and intensity with dozens of new U.S. screenings just announced. Here’s where to catch a riot and watch MURDER IN THE FRONT ROW: The San Francisco Bay Area Thrash Metal Story [list updated 8/6/29]: Buy tickets and check screenings at…

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]]> https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2019/08/06/updated-8-6-19-upcoming-murder-in-the-front-row-s-f-thrash-metal-doc-screenings/feed/ 0 Roots Hails the Return of POSSESSED | on SiriusXM https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2019/06/01/roots-hails-the-return-of-possessed-on-siriusxm/ https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2019/06/01/roots-hails-the-return-of-possessed-on-siriusxm/#comments Sat, 01 Jun 2019 14:05:30 +0000 https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/?p=11068 Roots Hails the Return of POSSESSED | on SiriusXM Week of June 1, 2019 Sat 6/1, 6PM ET Sun 6/2, 1PM ET Mon 6/3, 9AM ET Tues 6/4, 4PM ET Thurs 6/6, 9PM ET When there’s no more room in hell, Possessed shall walk the Earth! Join us this week as we mark the release of Revelations of Oblivion, the Bay Area death metal pioneers’ first album in over thirty years. Delve into new tracks, rarities…

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]]> https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2019/06/01/roots-hails-the-return-of-possessed-on-siriusxm/feed/ 3 Roots Farewell to Slayer, Part II: The Killing Years | on SiriusXM https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2018/11/30/roots-farewell-to-slayer-part-ii-the-killing-years-on-siriusxm-2/ https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2018/11/30/roots-farewell-to-slayer-part-ii-the-killing-years-on-siriusxm-2/#respond Fri, 30 Nov 2018 19:16:17 +0000 https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/?p=10835 ROOTS FAREWELL TO SLAYER, PART II: THE KILLING YEARS 1986-1991 Week of Dec. 1, 2018 Sat 12/1, 6PM ET Sun 12/2, 1PM ET Mon 12/3, 9AM ET Tues 12/4, 4PM ET Thurs 12/6, 9PM ET Our farewell to Slayer series continues, leaving the early Metal Blade years behind for a look at the Def Jam era and three classic albums Reign in Blood, South of Heaven, and Seasons in the Abyss.

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]]> https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2018/11/30/roots-farewell-to-slayer-part-ii-the-killing-years-on-siriusxm-2/feed/ 0 Sun, Dec. 2, L.A.: Tom Gabriel Fischer, Albert Mudrian, Brian Lew, Ian Christe at Decibel Metal + Beer Fest https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2018/11/27/sun-dec-2-l-a-tom-gabriel-fischer-albert-mudrian-brian-lew-ian-christe-at-decibel-metal-beer-fest/ https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2018/11/27/sun-dec-2-l-a-tom-gabriel-fischer-albert-mudrian-brian-lew-ian-christe-at-decibel-metal-beer-fest/#comments Tue, 27 Nov 2018 19:29:01 +0000 https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/?p=10828 BAZILLION POINTS Book Signing and Q&A Sunday, Dec. 2, 6 P.M., Decibel Metal + Beer Fest L.A. Wiltern Theatre, 3790 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles Bazillion Points and Decibel are righteously stoked to announce a Sunday signing and Q&A session at the Decibel Metal + Beer Fest in Los Angeles. Four authors of the heaviest books known to humanity will celebrate ten years of Bazillion Points and…

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]]> https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2018/11/27/sun-dec-2-l-a-tom-gabriel-fischer-albert-mudrian-brian-lew-ian-christe-at-decibel-metal-beer-fest/feed/ 1 Roots of Proto-Thrash Metal — on Sirius XM https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2018/08/25/roots-of-proto-thrash-metal-on-sirius-xm/ https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2018/08/25/roots-of-proto-thrash-metal-on-sirius-xm/#comments Sat, 25 Aug 2018 21:32:41 +0000 https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/?p=10707 ROOTS OF PROTO-THRASH METAL on SiriusXM Week of August 25, 2018 Sat 8/25, 6PM ET Sun 8/26, 1PM ET Mon 8/27, 9AM ET Tues 8/28, 4PM ET Thurs 8/30, 9PM ET Join host Ian Christe (“Sound of the Beast”/Bazillion Points) for a molten metal outburst of early 1980s tracks that took heavy metal to the brink just moments before the birth of thrash metal. Tracks by Riot, Accept, Acid, Venom, Exciter…

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]]> https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2018/08/25/roots-of-proto-thrash-metal-on-sirius-xm/feed/ 9 Roots Farewell to Slayer, Part II: The Killing Years, on SiriusXM https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2018/08/09/roots-farewell-to-slayer-part-ii-the-killing-years-on-siriusxm/ https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2018/08/09/roots-farewell-to-slayer-part-ii-the-killing-years-on-siriusxm/#comments Thu, 09 Aug 2018 16:17:26 +0000 https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/?p=10687 ROOTS FAREWELL TO SLAYER, PART II: THE KILLING YEARS 1986-1991 Week of Aug. 4, 2018 Sat 8/4, 6PM ET Sun 8/5, 1PM ET Mon 8/6, 9AM ET Tues 8/7, 4PM ET Thurs 8/9, 9PM ET Our farewell to Slayer series continues, leaving the early Metal Blade years behind for a look at the classic Def Jam era and three classic albums Reign in Blood, South of Heaven, and Seasons in the Abyss.

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]]> https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2018/08/09/roots-farewell-to-slayer-part-ii-the-killing-years-on-siriusxm/feed/ 9 Roots Farewell to Slayer, Part I: The Early Years on SiriusXM https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2018/05/05/roots-farewell-to-slayer-part-i-the-early-years-on-siriusxm/ https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2018/05/05/roots-farewell-to-slayer-part-i-the-early-years-on-siriusxm/#comments Sat, 05 May 2018 22:11:08 +0000 http://blog.bazillionpoints.com/?p=10562 Roots Farewell to Slayer, Part I: The Early Years on SiriusXM Sat 5/6, 6PM ET Sun 5/7, 1PM ET Mon 5/8, 9AM ET Tues 5/9, 4PM ET Thurs 5/11, 9PM ET This week’s metal history lesson begins to bid farewell to the almighty Slayer. As the band starts its final tour, we launch headfirst into a series of episodes examining each phase of Slayer’s 35-year reign. Part I covers the Show No Mercy…

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]]> https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2018/05/05/roots-farewell-to-slayer-part-i-the-early-years-on-siriusxm/feed/ 1 Cliff Burton Day: Roots of Metallica’s Demo Tape Days 1981-1983 on SiriusXM https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2018/02/10/cliff-burton-day-roots-of-metallicas-demo-tape-days-1981-1983-on-siriusxm/ https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2018/02/10/cliff-burton-day-roots-of-metallicas-demo-tape-days-1981-1983-on-siriusxm/#comments Sat, 10 Feb 2018 22:44:16 +0000 http://blog.bazillionpoints.com/?p=10452 photo: James Hetfield and Cliff Burton, Keystone Palo Alto, Sept. 1, 1983, by Harald Oimoen from MURDER IN THE FRONT ROW. CLIFF BURTON DAY: ROOTS OF METALLICA’S DEMO TAPE DAYS 1981-1983 on SIRIUSXM Week of January 10, 2018 Sat 1/10, 6PM ET Sun 1/11, 1PM ET Mon 1/12, 9PM ET Tues 1/13, 4PM ET Thurs 1/15, 9PM ET As Castro Valley, California, honors its native major bass rager with an…

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