Metal Photography – Bazillion Points Blog https://blog.bazillionpoints.com The blog is faster than the books... Wed, 20 Aug 2025 15:54:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/cropped-BAZILLION_POINTS_B_GREEN_144.png.jpeg Metal Photography – 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 Who Are You? #9: Library of Congress Edition https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2017/07/12/who-are-you-9-library-of-congress-edition/ https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2017/07/12/who-are-you-9-library-of-congress-edition/#respond Thu, 13 Jul 2017 00:40:05 +0000 http://blog.bazillionpoints.com/?p=9917 Our colleagues at the U.S. Library of Congress have wandered into a hall of mystery located in the palace of your and our expertise. Who is this unknown rock band pictured above? Based on the goth-y dusting of alternative grit over a dark shell of East Coast glam rock, we squinted hard and guessed Spread Eagle, which the members of the band promptly denied. So who then? The U.S.

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]]> https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2017/07/12/who-are-you-9-library-of-congress-edition/feed/ 0 Sat. 1/7, L.A.: Mike Watt Closing Party for WE GOT POWER! Photo Show https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2017/01/04/sat-17-l-a-mike-watt-closing-party-for-we-got-power-photo-show/ https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2017/01/04/sat-17-l-a-mike-watt-closing-party-for-we-got-power-photo-show/#respond Wed, 04 Jan 2017 21:59:27 +0000 http://blog.bazillionpoints.com/?p=9678 This Saturday, January 7, at 5 p.m., esteemed Los Angeles vinyl-only music outlet Pop Obscure Records winds up its extended photo exhibit featuring scores of images from We Got Power!: Hardcore Punk Scenes from 1980s Southern California by David Markey and Jordan Schwartz. The event offers a free performance by leading San Pedro punk luminary (and We Got Power! cohort) Mike Watt of the Minutemen/

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]]> https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2017/01/04/sat-17-l-a-mike-watt-closing-party-for-we-got-power-photo-show/feed/ 0 Only Paper Is Real: New Print Magazine Coming from Alex Skolnick, Randy Blythe & Tom Bejgrowicz https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2016/03/31/only-paper-is-real-new-magazine-from-alex-skolnick-randy-blythe/ https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2016/03/31/only-paper-is-real-new-magazine-from-alex-skolnick-randy-blythe/#respond Thu, 31 Mar 2016 17:09:43 +0000 http://blog.bazillionpoints.com/?p=8810 New magazine alert! Murder in the Front Row contributor and Testament guitar hero Alex Skolnick has joined forces with two friends-of-Bazillion, Lamb of God singer Randy Blythe and Dirty Deeds: My Life Inside/Outside AC/DC art director Tom Bejgrowicz, to create UNBUILT, a biannual, limited-edition culture and lifestyle publication debuting this April. manalivecreative.bigcartel.com The first…

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]]> https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2016/03/31/only-paper-is-real-new-magazine-from-alex-skolnick-randy-blythe/feed/ 0 Brooklyn, 4/26: Path of Descent Art Show at Saint Vitus Bar https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2016/03/25/brooklyn-426-path-of-descent-art-show-at-saint-vitus-bar/ https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2016/03/25/brooklyn-426-path-of-descent-art-show-at-saint-vitus-bar/#respond Fri, 25 Mar 2016 12:03:21 +0000 http://blog.bazillionpoints.com/?p=8771 Saint Vitus in Brooklyn has just announced Tuesday, April 26, as the date for the “Path of Descent” art show, featuring work by two dozen artists including friends-of-Bazillion Justin Bartlett, Mark Riddick, Seldon Hunt, Ross Sewage, and heavyweight Choosing Death cover painter Dan Seagrave. You might recall from Swedish Death Metal that Seagrave’s art has adorned the covers of some of the most…

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]]> https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2016/03/25/brooklyn-426-path-of-descent-art-show-at-saint-vitus-bar/feed/ 0 Bloody Roots Year-End 2015 Instro-Metal Show on Sirius XM https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2015/12/26/bloody-roots-year-end-2015-instro-metal-show-on-sirius-xm/ https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2015/12/26/bloody-roots-year-end-2015-instro-metal-show-on-sirius-xm/#comments Sat, 26 Dec 2015 19:08:23 +0000 http://blog.bazillionpoints.com/?p=8254 John Carpenter (Photo by Kyle Cassidy) BLOODY ROOTS YEAR-END 2015 INSTRO-METAL SHOW Week of December 26, 2015 Sat 12/26, 6PM ET Sun 12/27, 1PM ET Mon 12/28, 9AM ET Tues 12/29, 4PM ET Thurs 12/31, 9PM ET For the final new Bloody Roots metal history lesson of 2015, we shut down the vocals and let in the pouring deluge of 2015’s best metal instrumentals. From blues-doom to epic…

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]]> https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2015/12/26/bloody-roots-year-end-2015-instro-metal-show-on-sirius-xm/feed/ 1 MURDER IN THE FRONT ROW: Day in the Dirt! Slayer, Exodus, and Suicidal Tendencies Played on a Plywood Stage on This Day in 1983 https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2015/08/19/murder-in-the-front-row-day-in-the-dirt-slayer-exodus-and-suicidal-tendencies-played-on-a-plywood-stage-on-this-day-in-1983/ https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2015/08/19/murder-in-the-front-row-day-in-the-dirt-slayer-exodus-and-suicidal-tendencies-played-on-a-plywood-stage-on-this-day-in-1983/#respond Wed, 19 Aug 2015 16:23:34 +0000 http://blog.bazillionpoints.com/?p=7515 The legendary outdoor thrash metal gathering Day in the Dirt is one of the set pieces ofMURDER IN THE FRONT ROW: Shots From the Bay Area Thrash Metal Epicenter, by Harald Oimoen and Brian Lew. The plywood stage went up in Berkeley on today’s date in 1984, and Exodus, Slayer, Suicidal Tendencies and Blue Cheer (?) bonded and bled. We brought out the muddy party hats last year for the 30th…

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]]> https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2015/08/19/murder-in-the-front-row-day-in-the-dirt-slayer-exodus-and-suicidal-tendencies-played-on-a-plywood-stage-on-this-day-in-1983/feed/ 0 MURDER IN THE FRONT ROW: Ride the Lightning Turns Thirty-One https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2015/07/27/murder-in-the-front-row-ride-the-lightning-turns-31/ https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2015/07/27/murder-in-the-front-row-ride-the-lightning-turns-31/#respond Mon, 27 Jul 2015 17:55:27 +0000 http://blog.bazillionpoints.com/?p=7318 Ride the Lightning turns 31 today. ]]> Denim-clad headbangers rejoice, Metallica’s 1984 masterpiece Ride the Lightning turns 31 today. That means the album is far older than the ages of anyone playing on the record, plus it makes this the first anniversary of our 30th anniversary post, detailing how Harald Oimoen’s raging Cliff Burton photo ended up on the album sleeve. Read on! http://159.203.83.220/2014/07/26/murder-in-the-front…

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]]> https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2015/07/27/murder-in-the-front-row-ride-the-lightning-turns-31/feed/ 0 Thirty Years Ago, Slayer, Exodus, and Suicidal Tendencies Played on a Plywood Stage; “The Woodstock of Thrash Metal” https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2014/08/27/thirty-years-ago-slayer-exodus-and-suicidal-tendencies-played-on-a-plywood-stage-the-woodstock-of-thrash-metal/ https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2014/08/27/thirty-years-ago-slayer-exodus-and-suicidal-tendencies-played-on-a-plywood-stage-the-woodstock-of-thrash-metal/#comments Wed, 27 Aug 2014 16:08:02 +0000 http://blog.bazillionpoints.com/?p=6493 Harald Oimoen and Brian Lew packed a lot of power in their massive thrash metal photo book MURDER IN THE FRONT ROW: Shots From the Bay Area Thrash Metal Epicenter. One of the most mind-blowing events pictured took place thirty years ago this month, and both denim-bedecked photographers were there. Part of Eastern Front’s four-day outdoor festival at Aquatic Park in Berkeley, “Day in the Dirt”—the…

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]]> https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2014/08/27/thirty-years-ago-slayer-exodus-and-suicidal-tendencies-played-on-a-plywood-stage-the-woodstock-of-thrash-metal/feed/ 6 Traci Lords Gropes Some Heavy Summer Reading https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2014/08/14/traci-lords-gropes-some-heavy-summer-reading/ https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2014/08/14/traci-lords-gropes-some-heavy-summer-reading/#respond Thu, 14 Aug 2014 18:24:44 +0000 http://blog.bazillionpoints.com/?p=6459 John Waters’ new book Carsick is great and all, but his starlet Traci Lords has her hands full this summer with Heavy Metal Movies, by Mike McPadden… sorry, Waters!

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