| MUTEMATH - Chaos |
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Music video for MUTE MATH's song Chaos
compiled of footage from Mute Math's new live
dvd - Flesh and Bones Electric Fun avaiilable
March 20th, 2007 at shows and in stores.
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| Chaos Theory Trailer |
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Movie starring Ryan Reynolds and Emily
Mortimer.
Plot: A story within a story about an
obsessively organized man (Reynolds) who
finds out he is sterile -- and that his
daughter was fathered by his best friend
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| CHAOS Robot From Autonomous Solutions |
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Chaos is a highly mobile small robot useful
for
* explosive ordinance disposal,
* surveillance,
* reconnaissance,
* search and rescue,
* hauling gear,
* and other dull, dirty, or dangerous
tasks
Read more about it on Technabob:
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| MISFITS on CAPITAL CHAOS TV 1999 |
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MISFITS @ The Crest Theater - Sacramento, CA
1999..one should not drink too much coffee
prior to filming without a tripod.
http://misfits.com The Misfits are a horror
punk band formed in 1977 and led by singer
and songwriter Glenn Danzig (born Glenn
Anzalone) and later, bassist Jerry Only (born
Gerald Caiafa). They were highly influential
on the genres of heavy metal, punk and rock
music in general. Though they ceased
recording and performing in 1983, a new
version of the band (led by Only and without
founder and former frontman Danzig) began
operations in 1995 (see below).
The early Misfits were often quite melodic,
featuring Danzig's versatile singing, which
had a style rooted in Italian tenors such as
Mario Lanza and in 1950s doo-wop. Musically,
the band has also displayed some Rockabilly
influences (but not as much as Psychobilly
bands). Early Misfits songs tended to have
catchy, sing-along choruses, initially backed
by Danzig's distorted keyboard accompaniments
(circa 1977), and later by willfully crude
guitar-rock. The band began as a largely
untrained ensemble. After several lineup
changes and increasing international acclaim,
Danzig disbanded the original Misfits in
1983.
The band often wore corpse paint when
performing, and bassist Jerry Only reputedly
invented a hairstyle called the devilock,
with the bangs coming to a point in front of
the nose or chin, a style still worn by fans
(A.K.A. Fiends) today and contributed to the
foundation of Horror Punk.
When the band originally reformed, it
featured Michale Graves on vocals, Jerry Only
on bass, Dr. Chud (Cannibalistic Human
Underground Drummer) on drums, and Jerry's
brother Doyle on guitar. Doyle is currently
estranged from the group and is working with
a new group named Gorgeous Frankenstein,
which formed in 2005. Doyle recently reunited
with Glenn Danzig's band Danzig to perform
special sets of Misfits songs on Danzig's
Blackest of the Black 2005 and 2006 tour.
A third, "touring" incarnation of the band,
without original singer Danzig, is presently
led by the only other "constant" original
member, bassist Jerry Only. Members of the
touring group have included Marky Ramone (of
the Ramones), and both drummer ROBO (who was
a member of the original band), and guitarist
Dez Cadena of Black Flag fame.
http://myspace.com/themisfits History
The history of the Misfits can be split into
two main eras. The first era marks the
foundation of the group, founded and fronted
by Glenn Danzig. The second era saw former
members of the band with various new
vocalists playing a mixture of new and old
material.
[edit] Glenn Danzig era
[edit] Formation
In January of 1977, after singing in several
garage bands such as Talus,Whodat and Boojang
that mostly played Black Sabbath songs,
twenty-one year old Glenn Danzig decided it
was finally time to create something serious
and original. As a tribute to Marilyn Monroe,
he named his musical project after her final
movie, The Misfits.
The Misfits, circa 1977.
The Misfits, circa 1977.
For weeks, Glenn wrote songs and practiced
with friends and old band mates, trying to
find a suitable lineup of musicians to bring
his vision to life. The first complete
Misfits lineup consisted of Jimmy Battle on
guitar, his old band mate Manny Martínez on
drums, Diane DiPiazza on bass, and Danzig on
electric piano and vocals. However, after
only about a month of practicing, both Jimmy
and Diane left the band. In need of new band
mates, Manny suggested that his friend, Jerry
Caiafa, should audition for bass. Jerry, a
young football player who had been voted most
popular in his senior class at Lodi High
School, had just received a bass guitar for
Christmas and had only been practicing with
it for two months. Despite Jerry's fledgling
bass talents, Glenn accepted him into the
band and offered to teach him how to play.
After three months of practicing, the trio
headed into the studio to record their first
single, "Cough/Cool". The single contained
two keyboard-driven songs (the B-side was a
version of the song, "She") that were quite
different from the music they became known
for. The title track was somber and poetic,
and reminiscent of The Doors. The band
released the single themselves through their
own label, Blank Records.
Over the next several months, Glenn, Manny,
and Jerry (who had adopted the stage name
Jerry Only after a misspelling on the single
liner notes) played a handful of gigs (their
first two at CBGB in New York City) as they
continued to practice and forge their own
sound. Their experimental art rock style was
met mostly with confusion.
By October 1977, British punk bands such as
The Damned and New York punk bands like The
Ramones began to have an influence on The
Misfits. They decided to take the band in a
more punk direction by adding guitarist
Franché Coma to the band and ditching the
keyboards, allowing Danzig to engage in
antics typical of a punk frontman.
At this time The Misfits caught their first
big break. Mercury Records wanted to use the
name Blank Records for a subdivision, but
Danzig had secured a trademark on the name.
They contacted Glenn and offered him thirty
hours of free time in a professional studio,
in exchange for full use of the Blank Records
title. Danzig accepted the offer and in
January of 1978, The Misfits headed into a
New York studio to record their first full
length album.
Seventeen songs were recorded, featuring a
unique combination of their early art rock
material and a hard driving direction, akin
to the powerful sounds of punk at that time.
Excluding the songs "Teenagers from Mars" and
"Return of the Fly", they wouldn't draw on
B-movies for lyrical inspiration for at least
another year, and at this point their lyrics
instead portrayed a futuristic dystopia of
television saturation, automaton-like
submissiveness, and glamorized sex and
violence. As 1977 drew to a close, Glenn and
Jerry decided that Manny was too unreliable
and asked him to leave the band. He was
replaced by Jim Catania, aka "Mr. Jim".
Once the album was complete, the band shopped
it around to various labels but no one was
interested in releasing it (it would later
see the light of day in 1997 as Static Age).
The album was shelved and would remain (for
the current time) unreleased. With no labels
interested, the Misfits decided to take four
tracks from the album and release them as an
EP. In June 1978, the Bullet EP was released
on their new label, Plan 9, which Danzig had
named after the infamous Ed Wood movie Plan 9
from Outer Space.
[edit] The birth of horror punk
The Misfits, circa 1979.
The Misfits, circa 1979.
Around this time, both Glenn and Jerry
decided they wanted to take the band in a
more horror-themed direction. Glenn began to
write more songs inspired by low-grade horror
and sci-fi movies, and both he and Jerry
began to adopt ghoulish appearances, with
Jerry applying dark makeup around his eyes
and Glenn painting bone designs on his
clothes. The band started to play more
frequently and began to go on small tours in
support of the Bullet EP. In October of 1978,
during a small tour through Canada, Franché
Coma decided he couldn't handle touring and
quit the band before the tour was complete.
Guitarist Rick Riley stepped in temporarily
to fill out guitar duties for the rest of the
tour. Mr. Jim wasn't fond of the horror
direction the band was heading in, and opted
to leave the band once the tour was over.
Within two months, Glenn and Jerry had
recruited two new band members, drummer Joey
Image, and guitarist Bobby Steele. Around
this time, Jerry Only began to comb his hair
in The Misfits signature hair style, which
would later be dubbed the devilock.
In December of 1978, after less than two
months, the new Misfits lineup began playing
shows together. Over the course of 1979, The
Misfits further evolved the horror elements
of their music and their imagery, influenced
by The Damned, who had recently regrouped in
the proto-Goth lineup of the Machine Gun
Etiquette album. Glenn and Jerry adopted a
skull mascot for the band from an old poster
they'd come across for a 1946 Republic movie
serial, The Crimson Ghost (aka Cyclotrode X).
Two more records followed on their Plan 9
label, the Horror Business EP and the "Night
of the Living Dead" single, respectively.
They began to establish a small but loyal fan
base and decided to start their own fan club,
which they called the Fiend Club. Glenn
operated the Fiend Club from his mother's
basement, where he would print out t-shirts,
assemble records, mail out merchandise
catalogs, book gigs, and respond to fan mail,
making the Misfits exemplary practitioners of
the DIY ethic.
As their popularity slowly began to increase
within the underground American punk
movement, many people started to consider The
Misfits as the American equivalent of The
Damned, whose singer, Dave Vanian, adopted
the look of a classic vampire and sang in a
brooding baritone. On June 26, 1979, The
Misfits opened for The Damned at a gig in New
York City. Before the show, Jerry spoke with
Dave Vanian about the possibility of The
Misfits doing a tour of the UK in support of
The Damned.
In November of 1979, The Misfits flew over to
England for their tour with The Damned.
However, Dave Vanian had not taken Jerry
seriously and was surprised when Jerry showed
up at his front door. Instead of turning The
Misfits away, Dave tried his best to arrange
for them to take part in the tour, but The
Misfits weren't happy with the situation.
After playing only two gigs, The Misfits
dropped off the tour. Their return flight
back to America wasn't until late in
December, and so The Misfits were forced to
kill time in England. Jerry spent some time
with Sid Vicious' mother, who he had
befriended after Sid's death. On December 2,
Glenn and Bobby went to see a gig by The Jam
in London, where they were harassed by
skinheads while standing in line. Glenn broke
off a piece of glass and used it to fend off
the skinheads while Bobby ran to get help.
However, when the cops arrived, they arrested
Bobby and Glenn, for what they described as
"threatening behavior". In an interview with
Revolver in the October 2005 issue, Glenn
went into greater detail about the event. He
said the police found a knife in his
possession and accused Glenn of being a
"ripper" that had been stalking the area at
the time. The police began to beat him, and
Glenn fought back. He claims he did
considerable damage to the police before they
were finally able to subdue him. Glenn and
Bobby then spent two nights jailed up in the
London district of Brixton, during which time
Glenn wrote the lyrics to the future Misfits
song, "London Dungeon".
After the failed European tour, Joey Image
decided to leave the band, and later formed
the band The Mary Tyler Whores. Upon their
return to America, The Misfits released the
Beware EP and decided to take a short hiatus
from the band in order to recover from their
bad experience in England. After a four month
break, Arthur Googy was recruited as the new
drummer. Around this time, Jerry's younger
brother, Doyle, who had been a huge fan of
the band since the beginning, started
learning to play guitar with help from Glenn
and Jerry. The Misfits began working on a
full length album, which they planned to
release through Plan 9. In August of 1980,
they went into the studio and recorded twelve
songs. Jerry began to persuade Glenn that
Doyle would fit into the band much better
than Bobby Steele. Doyle began to practice
with the band and even entered the studio to
record his own guitar tracks for the twelve
songs they had recorded. Bobby has said that
during this time period, Jerry would
purposely neglect to inform him of practices,
in order to make Bobby look bad. Jerry denies
these accusations. Regardless, in October of
1980, shortly before the band's annual
Halloween show, Jerry informed Bobby that he
was being replaced by Doyle, who was only
sixteen at the time. Bobby Steele went on to
form his own punk band a few months later,
called The Undead (not the San Francisco band
of the same name, also friends of the
Misfits). On Halloween of 1980, what many
people consider to be the classic Misfits
lineup made its debut.
After only playing a few shows with the new
lineup, they took a six month break from the
band. During this time, instead of releasing
the entire album they had recorded, they
selected three songs from it and released it
as the 3 Hits from Hell EP (in 2002, Caroline
Records finally released the entire album,
which they called 12 Hits from Hell, but the
release was canceled at the last moment at
Jerry and Glenn's request). Throughout the
year of 1981, The Misfits continued to go
into the studio to record tracks for a full
length release, which they planned on calling
Walk Among Us. Although they had planned on
releasing the full length themselves through
Plan 9, they got an unexpected offer from
Slash Records to release the album. They
accepted the offer and decided to rework the
album before releasing it. On Halloween of
1981, The Misfits released the "Halloween"
single through Plan 9, which consisted of two
more tracks from the shelved full length they
had recorded the previous summer.
Sometime in 1981, Glenn wrote the song
"Archangel" for The Damned vocalist Dave
Vanian to sing with The Misfits backing him.
However, due to scheduling conflicts, Dave
never recorded vocals for the song and it was
set aside until 1983, when Glenn decided to
re-record it with his next band, Samhain.
http://onethirtyeight.com Walk Among Us
Walk Among Us.
Walk Among Us.
In March of 1982, Ruby/Slash Records released
Walk Among Us, the first full length Misfits
album to be available to the public. Walk
Among Us would later be considered by most
fans to be the quintessential Misfits album,
as well as one of the best punk albums of all
time. The band began playing shows again
after nearly a year. They started to become
notorious for their intense stage presence
and brutal live performances. Doyle was a
sports athlete like his brother, and shared
his linebacker physique, which, coupled with
their ghoulish appearance, caused some to
view them as two of punk's most intimidating
axemen. Between the brothers, Glenn Danzig
would bellow out his morbid lyrics while
thrashing around on stage or crawling around
on the floor, sometimes throwing and
receiving punches from the crowd. Despite
Glenn's smaller stature at about 5'5", he was
fond of fighting, and enjoyed taunting the
crowd, and instigating violence.
Perhaps the most infamously violent Misfits
show took place in San Francisco on April 10,
1982. During the show some people in the
crowd began to throw cans of beer at the
stage. After Doyle was nearly hit in the head
with a full beer can, he smashed his guitar
over a crowd member's head, instigating a
full out riot.
Arthur Googy and Danzig argued often and
finally, after a lengthy argument, Danzig
kicked him out of the Misfits. The Misfits
had to cancel their plans to record their
next EP, which they had planned on calling
Earth A.D..
In need of a drummer, they offered the role
to Doyle's friend and classmate, Eerie Von,
who had served as an occasional photographer
and roadie for The Misfits. Eerie reluctantly
turned down the offer because he had already
committed to drumming for the local band
Rosemary's Babies. Black Flag vocalist, Henry
Rollins, who had become great friends with
The Misfits during their west coast gigs,
informed ex-Black Flag drummer, ROBO, that
The Misfits were in need of a drummer. In
July of 1982, ROBO flew to the east coast and
joined the band.
Doyle graduated High School and began working
full time at his father's machine shop with
Jerry. They used their earnings to purchase
new instruments (because they tended to smash
theirs on a weekly basis), and to fund The
Misfits tours, recording sessions, and album
pressings. While they provided funding for
the band, Glenn would handle the Fiend Club
and work on composing new songs. A common
misconception is that Glenn only wrote lyrics
and sang for The Misfits. Glenn is a
multitalented musician, and would often write
new songs himself and later teach them to his
band mates at practice, where the songs would
become fleshed out (practices were usually
held in Jerry's garage, which they referred
to as "The Pit").
[edit] Dissolution
In September of 1982, The Misfits embarked on
a large scale tour with their friends, The
Necros, opening for them. During the tour,
The Misfits stopped by a studio to record the
instrumental tracks for the Earth A.D. EP
while Glenn slept. On October 17, the band
were arrested in New Orleans on the charges
of grave-robbing while in search of the
burial place of voodoo practitioner Marie
Laveau. The Misfits denied the charges, and a
witness reportedly attested that they had not
even entered the cemetery gates. The band
bailed themselves out of jail and skipped
court to drive to their next performance in
Florida. Upon returning from the tour, The
Misfits released an album of live material
called Evilive.
During this time Glenn was becoming
increasingly dissatisfied with The Misfits,
for reasons that are disputed. He began to
write songs for a new band project, which he
considered calling "Danzig", but instead
chose to name "Samhain", after the ancient
Celtic holiday which influenced the modern
Halloween celebration.
In July of 1983, The Misfits went into the
studio to finish working on Earth A.D. They
decided to record and add two of their new
songs to the album, making it closer to full
length status. In order to make it a proper
full length album, Glenn decided to record
two of the songs he had intended for Samhain:
"Bloodfeast" and "Death Comes Ripping". The
resulting album was Earth A.D., a gritty,
thrashy album which none of the members were
quite satisfied with. In August, after a
series of arguments with Glenn, ROBO decided
to leave the band. Glenn became further
disenchanted with The Misfits and began to
audition musicians for his new band project.
On October 29, 1983 (see 1983 in music), The
Misfits played their yearly Halloween show in
Detroit, Michigan. Glenn had selected Brian
Damage to be the new Misfits drummer.
However, Brian got drunk before the show and
continuously messed up the songs. After
several songs Doyle escorted Brian off the
stage and the drummer for the Necros filled
in for the rest of the set. The band members
were visibly upset with each other and Glenn
informed the audience that it would be the
last Misfits show ever. The next day the band
members drove back home without saying a word
to each other and went about their respective
lives.
The last show of the original Misfits was at
Greystone Hall, Detroit, Michigan, on
Saturday, October 29th,1983, when the band
showed up and played one of their longest
sets (about 30 songs). This show was
filmed.[citation needed]
[edit] Jerry Only era
[edit] Legal battle
After the demise of the Misfits, Glenn Danzig
focused on his new band project, Samhain,
which was darker and more experimental than
The Misfits, with more emphasis on creating a
grim atmosphere and less on poppy melodies.
Meanwhile, Jerry Only and his brother Doyle
moved to Vernon, New Jersey, where they went
to work full time in their father's machine
parts factory.
During this time, Only became more focused on
his family and his baby daughter, Kathy. He
became more serious about his Christian
faith, and regretted some of the things he
took part in during his time with the
Misfits. He watched as Danzig continued to
grow in popularity with Samhain, a band that
Only viewed as Satanic. In 1987, Only decided
to start a new band, one that would oppose
the "dark path" chosen by Danzig. Together
with Doyle, Only (who changed his stage name
to "Mo the Great") started writing songs for
a Christian heavy metal band with barbarian
imagery, called Kryst the Conqueror. They
then created the "Doyle Fan Club" to help
spread the word about their new band. Despite
Only's efforts, Kryst the Conqueror failed to
gain a following. Although they released one
limited edition EP, the band never played
live.
Also in 1987, Samhain, after touring
extensively and releasing two full-length
albums and an EP, were signed to a major
label and the band's name was changed to
Danzig. Although the Misfits had gone mostly
unnoticed during their seven years as an
active band, by the late 80s, they were
becoming icons of the underground music
world, thanks in part to word of mouth,
Metallica's public adoration for the band,
and Danzig's success with Samhain. The
Misfits' back catalogue had been reissued and
was selling extremely well. Around this time,
Only contacted Danzig about getting a cut of
the Misfits' royalties, beginning a legal
battle that lasted several years. Only
concedes that Danzig wrote nearly all the
lyrics and most of the music, but he
contended that he and Doyle "wrote 25% or
maybe 30% of the music,"[1] and deserved
compensation. Danzig, on the other hand,
insisted that he himself wrote all songs, and
that the other Misfits' creative input was
minimal at best.
In late 1988, Danzig, the band, released its
eponymous debut album, the first release on
star producer Rick Rubin's new Def American
record label. Seven years later, in 1994
Danzig broke into the mainstream when the
live video for its first album song,
"Mother", became a hit on MTV, introducing
thousands of new fans to Danzig's back
catalog, and to his work with Samhain and the
Misfits.
Around this time, many older punk bands began
to do reunion tours, earning often hefty
paychecks in the process. In 1994-95 Jerry
Only and Doyle approached Danzig about
reuniting as the Misfits, and they even went
to his hotel room after a Danzig show in New
Jersey. In interviews Only jokingly remarked
that security escorted them from the
property, and "we took that as a 'no'". Only
decided to cease his pursuit of songwriting
credits, and instead tried to reach an
out-of-court settlement that would allow him
to use "the Misfits" name and images. In
1995, Only and Danzig finally settled, with
Only gaining the rights to record and perform
as the Misfits, but sharing merchandising
rights with Danzig.
[edit] A new beginning
Jerry and Doyle reformed The Misfits
immediately, retaining Kryst the Conqueror
drummer, Dr. C.H.U.D., and after Danzig
rejected their offer to return as lead
singer, they held open auditions for a new
vocalist (Jerry had approached Damned
vocalist Dave Vanian about filling the open
position, but he declined the offer). Michael
Emanuel, a nineteen-year-old New Jersey
native, impressed them with his audition, and
was soon established as the new vocalist,
taking the stage name Michale Graves.
This new incarnation of The Misfits
(sometimes referred to as "The Newfits",
"MisfitsTM", "The Jerry Only Band", or
"Misfits 95") released their debut album,
American Psycho, in 1997. The album was
fairly well received, introducing The Misfits
to a new generation of fans. However, many
fans of the original Misfits had trouble
accepting the band's renewed existence
without its founder and key songwriter, Glenn
Danzig, who usually refuses to acknowledge
the new band's existence, and does so only
with derision. Detractors also took issue
with the new band's focus on a more
"cartoony" image, and Jerry Only's apparent
desire to make the band more family-friendly,
by refraining from the use of vulgarities in
their new songs.
In May of 1998, Michale Graves went on hiatus
from the band. The Misfits were then briefly
fronted by lead singer Myke Hideous of the
New Jersey goth/deathrock band, The Empire
Hideous, during their subsequent South
American and European tour. Hideous was
purportedly forced out by Jerry and Doyle for
an unwillingness to "pump up" by lifting
weights (The Misfits with Graves and Chud
were featured as Characters in WCW
wrestling), and left the band after the
European tour. Hideous recounts details of
his stint singing for the Misfits in his book
"King of an Empire to the Shoes of a Misfit".
Michale Graves rejoined the band later that
year.
In October of 1999, The Misfits released
Famous Monsters, a diverse album that further
established their own sound apart from the
Glenn Danzig era of the band. In 2001, The
Misfits released Cuts from the Crypt, a
collection of rare and unreleased
"resurrected" Misfits tracks. On October 25,
2000, after months of internal band turmoil,
Michale Graves and Dr. Chud officially quit
the band during a performance at the House of
Blues in Orlando. Doyle then took an
indefinite hiatus from performing,
effectively putting an end to another era of
the band.
[edit] 25th anniversary and beyond
Only then took over lead vocals in addition
to his bass duties, and recruited punk
veterans Dez Cadena of Black Flag, and Marky
Ramone of The Ramones to undertake a Misfits
25th Anniversary Tour, which lasted about
three years, intermittently.
Freed from the Misfits' contractual
obligations to Universal's Geffen and
Roadrunner imprints, Only and Misfits
confidant John Cafiero formed Misfits Records
and launched their new label with two
releases, the American debut of Balzac (a
Japanese horror punk band strongly influenced
by The Misfits and Samhain), and a new
Misfits album featuring the band's retakes on
ten 1950s rock classics, Project 1950. The
album featured not only the punk rock
all-star Misfits lineup of Only, Cadena and
Ramone, but prominent appearances from 60's
pop chanteuse Brendan Passey, Blondie
keyboardist Jimmy Destri and also saxophonist
Ed Manion from Southside Johnny & the Asbury
Jukes. Cafiero also featured strongly on
backing vocals.
Meanwhile Michale Graves and Dr. Chud had
formed their own band, Graves, which released
a single album before breaking up. In 2003,
Michale Graves sang in Gotham Road.
Currently, Graves is fronting his own solo
project, Michale Graves, while Dr. Chud is
fronting for his own band called Dr. Chud's
X-Ward.
In December of 2004 Glenn Danzig performed a
half hour worth of classic Misfits tracks, in
the middle of his Danzig set. Joining him on
guitar was none other than Doyle. It was the
first time the two have performed together in
20 years, and the first time Doyle has taken
to the stage since he went on hiatus. These
shows have prompted rumors of a reunification
of Jerry, Doyle and Glenn, although Danzig
has repeatedly made public statements
shooting down such rumors. Glenn and Doyle
plan on performing more shows together, and
Glenn has stated that this is as close as
anyone will ever get to seeing a true Misfits
reunion. Doyle and Danzig also performed
together for approximately 30 minute sets
during The 2006 Danzig Australian Tour.
Recently, Marky Ramone has left The Misfits
25 lineup, and the new lineup contains ROBO,
formerly of the Glenn Danzig days of the
Misfits, and originally of seminal hardcore
punk band Black Flag. A full European tour
has been booked with this new lineup, and
some select dates in the U.S. have been
announced. The UK leg of the tour had to be
canceled due to a problem with ROBO's visa,
and as a result the band could not play the
City Invasion 2005 tour. A rescheduled UK
tour followed in September.
Marky appeared alongside the new line up of
The Misfits in late 2006 while touring as a
member of Osaka Popstar.
The Misfits and their Japanese counterparts,
Balzac, staged a show at Tony Bennett's
studio complex in Englewood, N.J., for a
possible future live CD and/or DVD release on
Misfits Records. Original Misfits guitarist
Franché Coma made a guest appearance to
perform three songs from the Static Age LP.
Meanwhile, Doyle returned to play with Danzig
for the Blackest of the Black tour in the
fall of 2005. Glenn claims that this will be
his final tour, though he says he will
continue to make music. He is currently
slated as the producer for Doyle's upcoming
band, Gorgeous Frankenstein, which currently
lacks a lead vocalist, but will feature
Argyle Goolsby on bass.
The Misfits are currently writing and
recording material for a new studio album
which they began work on in early 2006. The
album will apparently feature Dez Cadena on
guitar and ROBO on drums. They have yet to
say whether Dez will contribute to
songwriting and singing. The material planned
for the new release, according to the band,
is intended to be "the hardest, most
aggressive Misfits material to see the
pressing plant since Earth A.D.".
[edit] 30th "Anniverscary"
The Misfits will perform at the Desensitised
festival on 8th September 2007. They will be
one of four headline acts.
http://www.myspace.com/desensitisedfestival
is the website for tickets
The band will then perform a full UK tour to
celebrate their 30th anniversary. Special
guests are The Briefs.
It has been loosely confirmed that Michale
Graves and Doyle will be returning for the
2007/2008 studio album. Dez Cadena has stated
that two guitars will be featured on the new
album, thus implying Doyle will be playing on
the new album, although no real concrete
evidence exists to back up this claim. Jerry
Only has not yet commented on the status of
the album.
As of June 25th, the new Misfits website has
been launched, giving a list of tour dates,
and confirming a US tour this fall, with
dates to be added.
[edit] Legacy
The influence The Misfits have had on punk
rock, and rock music in general, sometimes
seems disproportionate to the publicity and
critical attention they have received. Myriad
bands have imitated The Misfits' style, such
as Balzac, Blitzkid, The Coffin Caddies, The
Bathory Boys, The Zombie Mafia, and
Calabrese, and these bands have become known
as horror punk. Psychobilly has various
similarities with horror punk.
A number of bands have recently surfaced
which, although in some cases less obviously
horror punk, are still strongly visibly and
audibly influenced by The Misfits. These
include, most notably, bands such as AFI,
Alkaline Trio, Marilyn Manson, Rob Zombie,
Avenged Sevenfold, Wednesday 13 and the
Murderdolls. Many musical groups whose
resemblance to The Misfits seems far removed
also cite the band as crucial influences,
such as Metallica, Megadeth, Red Hot Chili
Peppers, and Guns N' Roses. Other bands who
hold The Misfits in high regard are Slayer,
Pantera, NOFX and more recently, Slipknot.
Many local New Jersey hardcore, punk, emo and
alternative rock acts such as My Chemical
Romance and The Banner, cite The Misfits as a
main influence. Winnipeg born Breakcore
artist Venetian Snares considers the Misfits
a huge influence, inspired by the subtle, but
frequent use of 3/4 time. Also New Jersey
based bands Northfall Division and Royal
Stigma cite The Misfits as a major influence.
These underground 80s punk groups have used
the lyrics from many Misfits songs as basis
for the lyrics of their own songs.
The Misfits' far reaching influence is also
evident in the vast number of fans from all
different facets of the music world who
follow the band. Wildly popular among punk
rock fans, the band has also received much
exposure to the heavy metal community from
Metallica's numerous Misfits cover songs.
Misfits fans themselves can often be easily
discerned, as many completely immerse
themselves in the band's imagery. At
underground shows, and especially at
Halloween, it is not uncommon to see many
punks and metalheads dressed in black with
Crimson Ghost facepaint and the devilock
hairstyle. Black leather jackets, oversized
leather boots, as well as gloves and
bodysuits printed with the skeletal structure
are also common.
The Misfits have greatly influenced the
Grenade snowboard apparel company run by the
two-time Olympic silver medalist and
professional snowboarder Danny Kass, and his
brother Matt. The Kass brothers grew up in
New Jersey and are long time Fiends. Danny is
a good friend of Jerry Only's son and used to
skateboard on a halfpipe in the Only's back
yard. Numerous Grenade products are Misfit
tributes using or drawing from Misfits
imagery. In classic Misfits tradition,
Grenade allows 'soldiers' to enlist in their
'Army' to receive stickers and other items,
following along the lines of the Misfits'
Fiend Club. Grenade follows in the vein of
DIY mentality displayed by the Misfits and
many punk bands, and reflects its influence
on snowboarding today.
Misfits posters and shirts have been spotted
in numerous films and TV shows, such as
Click, Men in Black, Detroit Rock City,
Shorties Watchin' Shorties, as well as Saved
by the Bell and CSI.
Recently My Chemical Romance did a cover of
the song "Astro Zombies" for the Tony Hawk's
American Wasteland videogame. The band Aiden
did a cover of "Die, Die My Darling" for the
Kerrang! magazine compilation. AFI have
covered several Misfits songs, including
"Halloween" on All Hallows E.P,"Last Caress"
on the vinyl edition of Shut Your Mouth and
Open Your Eyes and "Demonomania" on A Fire
Inside E.P . Also in the Red Hot Chili
Peppers video, "Dani California", lead singer
Anthony Kiedis represented the Misfits by
dressing like Glenn Danzig in a portion of
the video. A Green Day side project known as
The Network recently did a cover of the song
"Teenagers From Mars" which originally
appeared on the Misfits album Static Age. The
Mexican rock band Molotov did a cover of the
song "I turned into a Martian" with the song
"Marciano" on their cover album Con Todo
Respeto. The Texas Chainsaw Mascara covered
"Halloween" for their MySpace in celebration
of the holiday in 2006.
Caroline Records released an album titled
"Violent World - A Tribute to the Misfits"
that payed homage to the band with covers by
various punk, hardcore and metal bands. It
included the bands: Snapcase, Pennywise,
Shades Apart, Tanner, Therapy?, Prong, 108,
The Bouncing Souls, Goldfinger, Deadguy, Sick
of it All, NoFX, Earth Crisis and Farside.
In 2002, during their Halloween show at the
Metro, Alkaline Trio gave away 7" records to
attendees. The two tracks on them were covers
of Halloween and Children in Heat. Derek
Grant, the drummer of Alkaline Trio once
auditioned to be in the Misfits, but the spot
was taken by Michael Graves. Both Derek Grant
and Matt Skiba have admitted to being
influenced by The Misfits. Derek Grant can
often be seen with a devilock.
The 2002 release by NOFX, "45 or 46 Songs
That Weren't Good Enough for our Other
Records" features a cover of "Last Caress"
that originally appeared on the Violent World
Tribute.
In 2006 the band Sum 41 recorded a cover of
the song "Attitude" for their MySpace and as
a B-side for their new album expected to be
released in early 2007.
Brodie Foster Hubbard has not only performed
Misfits songs at his live shows, but fronts a
Misfits tribute band called 138 with members
of Night Wolf. The title and album cover of
his second CD release, Legacy of
Sentimentality, was an homage to the Misfits
collection Legacy of Brutality. His third CD
release, Don't Screw Up Like I Did, concludes
with a cover of "Astro Zombies".
In common with the Ramones, The Misfits have
had some of their songs covered by The Nutley
Brass - on the album The Misfits Meet The
Nutley Brass Fiend Club Lounge - in a lounge
music style.
In the Lamb of God DVD Killadelphia, D.
Randall Blythe, the band's vocalist can be
seen wearing Misfits slip-on shoes in one of
the hidden features when the band records
their commentary.
[edit] Discography
[edit] "Original" Misfits
[edit] Studio albums
* Walk Among Us (1982)
* Earth A.D. (1983)
* Static Age (1997, recorded in 1978)
* 12 Hits From Hell (2001, recorded in
1980, not properly released)
[edit] Live albums
* Evilive (1982)
[edit] EP's
* Bullet (1978)
* Horror Business (1979)
* Night of the Living Dead (1979)
* 3 Hits from Hell (1981)
* Die, Die My Darling (1984)
[edit] Singles
* Cough/Cool (1977)
* Teenagers From Mars (1978)
* Halloween (1981)
* Who Killed Marilyn? (1981)
[edit] Compilations
* Beware EP (1980)
* Legacy of Brutality (1985)
* Collection I (1986)
* Collection II (1995)
* Box Set (1996)
[edit] "Resurrected" Misfits
[edit] Studio albums
* American Psycho (1997)
* Famous Monsters (1999)
* Project 1950 (2003)
* Untitled Misfits Album (2007/2008)
[edit] Live albums
* Evilive II (1998)
[edit] Singles
* Dig Up Her Bones (1997)
* The Day the Earth Caught Fire (2002)
* Monster Mash (1999)
* Psycho in the Wax Museum (2006)
* Scream! (1999)
[edit] Compilations
* Cuts from the Crypt (2001)
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SLAYER perform Bitter Peace & Death's Head on
the "Diabolus In Music" world tour @
Sacramento Memorial Auditorium 1998...also on
the bill were FEAR FACTORY, KILGORE & THE
COUNCIL...Slayer is an American thrash metal
band, formed in 1981 by guitarists Jeff
Hanneman and Kerry King. Slayer rose to fame
as a leader of the American thrash metal
movement with their 1986 release Reign in
Blood, which has been called "the heaviest
album of all time.The band is credited as one
of the "Big Four" thrash metal bands, along
with Megadeth, Metallica, and Anthrax.
Slayer is known for its musical traits,
involving fast tremolo picking, guitar solos,
double bass drumming, and shouting vocals.
The band's lyrics and album art, which cover
topics such as serial killers, Satanism,
religion and warfare have generated album
bans, delays, lawsuits and strong criticism
from religious groups and the public.
Since their debut record in 1983, the band
has released two live albums, one box set,
two DVDs, two EPs, and ten albums, four of
which have received gold certification. The
band has received two Grammy nominations,
winning one in 2007 for the song "Eyes of the
Insane", and headlined music festivals
worldwide, including Ozzfest, The Unholy
Alliance and the Download Festival.
http://slayer.net Early days (1981--1982)
Slayer formed in 1981, when guitarist Kerry
King met Jeff Hanneman while auditioning for
a band. The two recruited bassist and
vocalist Tom Araya, who had played with King
in a band called Quits, and drummer Dave
Lombardo who met King while delivering
pizzas. The band began playing cover versions
of Iron Maiden and Judas Priest songs at
clubs and parties in Southern California.
Early shows relied on a Satanic image, which
featured pentagrams, make-up, spikes, and
inverted crosses A rumor has the band
originally known as Dragonslayer, after the
1981 movie of the same name. However, when
King was asked "How did you come up with the
name Dragonslayer, King responded "We never
did; it's a myth to this day."
The band was offered to open for Bitch at the
Woodstock Club in Los Angeles, performing
eight songs — six being covers. While
performing the song "Phantom of the Opera" by
Iron Maiden the band was spotted by Brian
Slagel, a former music journalist who had
recently founded Metal Blade Records.
Impressed with Slayer's performance, Slagel
met with the band backstage and asked them to
record an original song, "Aggressive
Perfector"(sample (help·info)) for his
upcoming Metal Massacre III compilation. The
band agreed and the song created underground
buzz, which led to Slagel offering the band a
recording contract with Metal Blade.
http://myspace.com/slayer
Show No Mercy (1983--1984)
Without a recording budget, the band was
forced to self-finance its debut album.
Combining the savings of Araya, who was
employed as a respiratory therapist,[9] and
money borrowed from King's father,[2] the
band entered the studio in November 1983. The
album was rushed into release, hitting
shelves three weeks after tracks were
completed. Show No Mercy, released in
December 1983 by Metal Blade Records,
generated underground popularity for the
band, and they began their first national
club tour in 1984 to promote the album
traveling in Araya's Camaro towing a U-Haul
trailer.[2] The tour gave the band additional
popularity; sales of Show No Mercy reached
more than 20,000 in the US and another 20,000
worldwide.[8]
Slayer's Show No Mercy covered topics such as
Satanism, Hell, and the Devil.
Slayer's Show No Mercy covered topics such as
Satanism, Hell, and the Devil.
In August 1984, Slayer released a three song
EP, entitled Haunting the Chapel. The EP
featured a darker, more thrash-oriented style
than its predecessor, and laid the groundwork
for the future direction of the band.[10] The
opening track, "Chemical Warfare," has become
a live staple, played at nearly every show
since 1984. After the release of Haunting the
Chapel, Slayer made its live European debut
at the Heavy Sounds Festival in Belgium
opening for UFO,[11] returning to the US to
begin the Haunting The West Coast tour.[12]
Following the tour, King temporarily left
Slayer to join Dave Mustaine's new band
Megadeth.[13] Hanneman was worried about
King's decision, stating in an interview "I
guess we're gonna get a new guitar
player".[2] While Mustaine wanted King to
stay on a permanent basis, King rejoined
Slayer after five shows, stating Megadeth was
"taking too much of my time".[2] The split
caused a rift between King and Mustaine,
which evolved into a long running feud
between the two bands.[14] Following King's
return, the band embarked on the 1984 Combat
Tour, with Venom and Exodus, and released a
live album titled Live Undead in November.
[edit] Hell Awaits (1985--1986)
Slayer released its first live home video in
1985, dubbed Combat Tour: The Ultimate
Revenge. The video featured live footage
filmed at New York's Studio 54 club, on the
band's 1984 tour with Venom and Exodus. By
early 1985, Show No Mercy had sold over
40,000 copies,[8] which lead to the band
returning to the studio to record a second
full length album. Metal Blade financed a
recording budget, which allowed the band to
hire producer Ron Fair.
Released in September 1985, Slayer's second
full length release Hell Awaits expanded on
the darkness of Haunting the Chapel, with
hell and Satan as common song subjects. The
album was the band's most progressive
offering, featuring longer and more complex
song structures.[2] The intro is a backwards
recording of a demonic-sounding voice
repeating "Join us," ending with "Welcome
back" before the track begins.[15]
[edit] Reign in Blood (1986--1987)
Following the success of Hell Awaits, Slayer
was offered a recording contract with Rick
Rubin's newly founded Def Jam Records, a
largely rap-based label.[2] The band accepted
and with an experienced producer and major
label recording budget, the band underwent a
sonic makeover resulting in shorter, faster
songs with clearer production. Gone were the
complex arrangements and long songs featured
on Hell Awaits, ditched in favor of stripped
down, hardcore influenced song structures.[2]
The release of Reign in Blood was delayed due
to the nature of its artwork and lyrical
themes.
The release of Reign in Blood was delayed due
to the nature of its artwork and lyrical
themes.
Def Jam's distributor, Columbia Records
refused to release the album Reign in Blood,
due to its graphic graphic cover art and
lyrical themes.[2] "Angel of Death", detailed
the Nazi concentration camps and human
experiments conducted by Nazi physician Josef
Mengele. The album was distributed by Geffen
Records on October 7, 1986. However, due to
the controversy Reign in Blood did not appear
on Geffen Records release schedule.[2]
Although the album received virtually no
radio airplay, it became the band's first to
enter the Billboard 200, debuting at #94,[16]
and the band's first album certified gold in
the United States.[17]
In October 1986, Slayer embarked on the Reign
in Pain world tour, with Overkill in the US,
and Malice in Europe. The band were added as
the opening act on W.A.S.P.'s US tour, but
just one month in, drummer Lombardo left the
band: "I wasn't making any money. I figured
if we were gonna be doing this
professionally, on a major label, I wanted my
rent and utilities paid."[2] To continue with
the tour, Slayer enlisted Tony Scaglione of
Whiplash. However, Lombardo's wife convinced
Dave to return in 1987.[2] At the insistence
of Rubin, Slayer recorded a cover version of
Iron Butterfly's "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" for the
film Less Than Zero.[2] Although the band was
not happy with the final product, Hanneman
deeming it a poor representation of Slayer
and King labeling it "a hunk of shit", it was
the first songs to garner radio airplay.[2]
[edit] South of Heaven (1988--1989)
Slayer returned to the studio to record their
fourth studio album. To contrast the speed of
Reign in Blood, the band consciously decided
to slow down the tempo incorporating melodic
singing, rather than screaming. Hanneman
asserted; "We knew we couldn't top Reign in
Blood, so we had to slow down. We knew
whatever we did was gonna be compared to that
album, and I remember we actually discussed
slowing down. It was weird—we've never done
that on an album, before or since."[2]
1988's South of Heaven received mixed
responses from both fans and critics,
although it was Slayer's most commercially
successful release at the time, debuting at
#57 on the Billboard 200,[16] and the second
album to receive gold certification in the
United States.[17] Press response to the
album was mixed, with All Music Guide citing
the album as "disturbing and powerful",[18]
and Rolling Stone calling it "genuinely
offensive satanic drivel".[19] King says
"that album was my most lackluster
performance," although Araya called it a
"late bloomer" which eventually grew on
people.[2]
[edit] Seasons in the Abyss (1990--1993)
Slayer returned to the studio with
co-producer Andy Wallace in 1989, to record
their fifth studio album. Following the
backlash created by South of Heaven, Slayer
returned to the "pounding speed of Reign in
Blood", while retaining their new found
melodic sense.[20] Seasons in the Abyss,
released in October 1990, was the first
Slayer album to be released under Rubin's new
Def American label, as he parted ways with
Def Jam owner Russell Simmons over creative
differences. The album debuted at #44 on the
Billboard 200,[16] and was certified gold in
1992.[17] The title track, spawned Slayer's
first music video, which was filmed in front
of the Giza pyramids in Egypt prior to the
Gulf War.
Slayer returned as a live act in September
1990 to co-headline the European Clash of the
Titans tour with Megadeth, Suicidal
Tendencies, and Testament. With the
popularity of American thrash at its peak,
the tour was extended to the US beginning in
May 1991, with Megadeth, Anthrax and opening
act Alice in Chains. The band released a
double live album, Decade of Aggression in
1991, to celebrate ten years. The compilation
debuted at #55 on the Billboard 200.[16]
In May 1992, Lombardo quit the band due to
conflicts with other members, as well as
arguments over his wish to bring his wife on
tour.[21] Lombardo formed his own band Grip
Inc, with Voodoocult guitarist Waldemar
Sorychta,[22] and Slayer recruited former
Forbidden drummer Paul Bostaph to fill his
place. Slayer made its debut appearance with
Bostaph at the 1992 Monsters of Rock festival
at Castle Donington. Bostaph's first studio
effort was a medley of three Exploited songs,
"War", "UK '82", and "Disorder", with rapper
Ice-T, for the Judgment Night movie
soundtrack in 1993.[23]
[edit] Divine Intervention (1994--1995)
In 1994 Slayer released Divine Intervention,
the band's first record with drummer Bostaph.
The record became the band's highest charting
at that time, debuting at #8 on the Billboard
200.[16] The album featured songs boasting
about Reinhard Heydrich, an architect of the
Holocaust, Jeffrey Dahmer, "213" his
apartment number where he murdered, raped,
and tortured seventeen victims. Other themes
included murder, the evils of church, and the
lengths to which governments will go to wield
power, Araya's interest in serial killers
inspired much of the lyrical content.[9][24]
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Slayer geared up for a world tour in 1995,
with openers Biohazard and Machine Head. A
video of concert footage, Live Intrusion was
released, featuring a joint cover of Venom's
"Witching Hour" with Machine Head. Relations
between Slayer and Machine Head have since
badly deteriorated.[25] Following the tour,
Slayer were billed fourth at the 1995
Monsters of Rock festival, headlined by
Metallica.
[edit] Undisputed Attitude (1996--1997)
In 1996, Undisputed Attitude, an album of
punk covers, was released. The band covered
songs by Minor Threat, T.S.O.L., D.R.I.,
D.I., Dr. Know, Verbal Abuse and Iggy and the
Stooges. The album featured three original
tracks, "Gemini", "Can't Stand You", "Ddamm"
written by Hanneman in 1984--1985 for a side
project entitled "Pap Smear". Bostaph left
Slayer shortly after the album's release to
work on his own project, The Truth about
Seafood. With Bostaph's departure, Slayer
recruited Testament drummer Jon Dette, and
headlined the 1996 Ozzfest alongside Ozzy
Osbourne, Danzig, Biohazard, Sepultura, and
Fear Factory. Dette was fired after a year,
due to a fallout with band members; Bostaph
returned to continue the tour.[26]
A lawsuit was brought against the band in
1996, by the parents of Elyse Pahler, who
accused the band of encouraging their
daughter's murderers through their
lyrics.[27] Elyse was drugged, strangled,
stabbed, trampled on, and raped as a
sacrifice to the devil by three fans of the
band.[27] The case was unsealed by the court
on May 19, 2000, stating Slayer and related
business markets distribute harmful products
to teens, encouraging violent acts through
their lyrics,[27] and "none of the vicious
crimes committed against Elyse Marie Pahler
would have occurred without the intentional
marketing strategy of the death-metal band
Slayer".[28] The lawsuit was dismissed in
2001, for multiple reasons including
"principles of free speech, lack of a duty
and lack of foreseeability".[29] A second
lawsuit was filed by the parents, an amended
complaint for damages against Slayer, their
label, and other industry and label entities.
The lawsuit was dismissed; Judge E. Jeffrey
Burke stated "I do not consider Slayer's
music obscene, indecent or harmful to
minors."[29]
[edit] Diabolus in Musica (1998--2000)
Diabolus in Musica (Latin for "The Devil in
Music")[30] was released in 1998, and debuted
at #31 on the Billboard 200, selling over
46,000 copies.[31] The album received a mixed
critical reception and was criticized for
adopting characteristics of nu-metal music
such as tuned down guitars, murky chord
structures, and churning beats.
Blabbermouth.net reviewer Borijov Krgin
described the album as "a feeble attempt at
incorporating updated elements into the
group's sound, the presence of which elevated
the band's efforts somewhat and offered hope
that Slayer could refrain from endlessly
rehashing their previous material for their
future output.",[32] while New York Time's
Ben Ratliff had similair sentiments by saying
"eight of the 11 songs on Diabolus in Musica,
a few of which were played at the show, are
in the same gray key".[33] However, Adrien
Begrand of PopMatters said the songs "Bitter
Peace", "Death's Head", and "Stain of Mind";
"blow away anything that young pretenders
like Slipknot have put out."[34]
The album was the band's first with drop D
tuning, as featured on the lead track,
"Bitter Peace",(sample (help·info)) making
use of the musical range referred to in the
Middle Ages as the tritone or Devil's
scale.[35] Slayer teamed up with digital
hardcore group Atari Teenage Riot to record a
song for the Spawn soundtrack titled "No
Remorse (I Wanna Die)". The band later payed
tribute to Black Sabbath by recording a cover
of "Hand of Doom" for the second of two
tribute albums, entitled Nativity in Black
II. A world tour followed to support the new
album, with Slayer making an appearance at
the United Kingdom Ozzfest 1998 alongside
Black Sabbath, Ozzy Osbourne, Foo Fighters,
Pantera, Soulfly, Fear Factory, and Therapy?.
[edit] God Hates Us All (2001--2005)
The original cover of God Hates Us All was
deemed "too graphic", so a slip-insert was
created to allow the album to be distributed.
The original cover of God Hates Us All was
deemed "too graphic", so a slip-insert was
created to allow the album to be distributed.
After delays regarding remixing and
artwork,[36] including slip covers created to
cover the original artwork as it was deemed
"too graphic", God Hates Us All was released
on September 11, 2001. The band received its
first Grammy nomination for the lead track
"Disciple", although the Grammy was awarded
to Tool, for "Schism".[37] Promotional
material announcing the album title and
release drew an unintended connection with
the September 11 terrorist attacks.
The attacks jeopardized the 2001 European
tour Tattoo the Planet originally set to
feature Pantera, Static X, Biohazard and
Vision of Disorder. Dates were canceled or
postponed due to flight restrictions, with a
majority of bands deciding to withdraw,
leaving Slayer and Static X remaining for the
European leg of the tour.[38] Pantera, Vision
of Disorder and Biohazard were replaced by
Cradle of Filth and other bands dependent on
location; Amorphis, In Flames, Moonspell,
Children of Bodom, and Necrodeath. Drummer
Bostaph left Slayer before Christmas in 2001,
due to a chronic elbow injury which would
hinder his ability to play.[39] Slayer's "God
Hates Us All" tour was unfinished so King
contacted original drummer Lombardo, and
asked if he would like to finish the
remainder of the tour. Lombardo accepted the
offer, and stayed as a permanent member.[39]
Slayer toured playing Reign in Blood in its
entirety throughout the fall of 2003, under
the tour banner "Still Reigning". Their
playing of the final song "Raining Blood"
culminated with the band drenched in a rain
of fake blood. Live footage of this was
recorded at the Augusta Civic Center in
Augusta, Maine, on July 11, 2004 and released
on the 2004 DVD Still Reigning. The band also
released War at the Warfield and a box set,
Soundtrack to the Apocalypse featuring
rarities, live CD and DVD performances and
various Slayer paraphernalia.
From 2002 to 2004 the band performed over 250
tour dates, headlining major music festivals
including H82k2, Summer tour, Ozzfest 2004,
the Download Festival and a European tour
with Slipknot. While preparing for the
Download Festival in England, Metallica
drummer Lars Ulrich was rushed to hospital
with a mysterious illness, and was unable to
perform.[40] Metallica vocalist James
Hetfield searched for volunteers at the last
minute to replace Ulrich; Lombardo and
Slipknot drummer Joey Jordison volunteered,
with Lombardo performing the songs "Battery"
and "The Four Horsemen".[40]
[edit] Christ Illusion (2006--present)
The album Christ Illusion was originally
scheduled for release on June 6, 2006, and
would be the first album with original
drummer Lombardo since 1990's Seasons in the
Abyss.[41]. However, the band decided to
delay the release of the record as they did
not want to be among the many, according to
King, "half-ass, stupid fucking loser bands"
releasing records on June 6,[42] although USA
Today reported the idea was thwarted because
the band failed to secure sufficient studio
recording time.[43] Instead, Slayer released
Eternal Pyre on June 6 as a limited-edition
EP. Eternal Pyre featured the song "Cult", a
live performance of "War Ensemble" in
Germany, video footage of the band recording
"Cult", and a five minute video of a Slayer
fan carving the band's name onto his forearm.
Five thousand copies were released and sold
exclusively through Hot Topic chain stores,
and sold out within hours of release.[44] On
June 30, Nuclear Blast Records released a 7"
vinyl picture disc version limited to a
thousand copies.[45]
Christ Illusion was released on August 8,
2006, and debuted at #5 on the Billboard 200,
selling over 62,000 copies in its first
week.[46] The album became Slayer's highest
charting, improving on its previous highest
charting album, Divine Intervention, which
had debuted at #8. However, despite its high
positioning, the album dropped to #44 in the
following week.[47] Three weeks after the
album's release Slayer were inducted into the
Kerrang! Hall of Fame for their influence to
the heavy metal scene.[48]
Slayer performing at The Unholy Alliance Tour
Slayer performing at The Unholy Alliance Tour
A worldwide tour dubbed The Unholy Alliance,
was undertaken to support the new record. The
tour was originally set to launch on June 6,
but was postponed to June 10, as Araya had to
undergo gall bladder surgery.[49] In Flames,
Mastodon, Children of Bodom, Lamb of God, and
Thine Eyes Bleed, Which features Araya's
brother Johnny Araya, were supporting
Slayer.[50] The tour made its way through
America and Europe and the bands who
participated, apart from Thine Eyes Bleed,
reunited to perform at Japan's Loud Park
Festival on October 15, 2006.[51]
The video for the album's first single, "Eyes
of the Insane", was released on October 30,
2006.[52] The track was featured on the Saw
III soundtrack, and won a Grammy-award for
"Best Metal Performance" at the 49th Grammy
Awards, although the band were unable to
attend due to touring obligations.[53] A week
later, the band visited the 52nd Services
Squadron located on the Spangdahlem U.S. Air
Force Base in Germany to meet and play a
show. This was the first visit ever to a
military base for the band.[54] The band made
its first network TV appearance on the show
Jimmy Kimmel Live! on January 19, playing the
song "Eyes of the Insane", and four
additional songs for fans after the show,
although footage from "Jihad" was cut due to
its controversial lyrical themes. Slayer
toured Australia and New Zealand in April
with Mastodon, and appeared at the Download
Festival and Rock Am Ring.[56] The band
planned to attend the Heineken Jammin'
Festival,[57] Switzerland's Greenfield
Festival, and a summer tour with Marilyn
Manson.[58] In May 2007, Blabbermouth.net
announced that a 'first English language
Slayer biography' was being written by
British author Joel McIver, although no
release date was announced.[59]
[edit] Influence
Slayer is credited as one of the "Big four"
thrash metal bands along with Megadeth,
Anthrax and Metallica, all of which rose to
fame in the early 1980s.[1] These four bands
have had a great influence on thrash and
death metal scenes. "Their downtuned rhythms,
infectious guitar licks, graphically violent
lyrics and grisly artwork set the standard
for dozens of emerging thrash bands, and
Slayer's music was directly responsible for
the rise of death metal" states MTV, ranking
Slayer as the sixth "greatest metal band of
all time,"[15] also ranking number 50 on
VH1's "100 Greatest Artists of Hard
Rock".[60] Hanneman and King ranked number 10
in Guitar World's "100 greatest metal
guitarists of all time" in 2004,[61] and were
voted "Best Guitarist/Guitar Team" in
Revolver's reader's poll. Lombardo was also
voted "Best Drummer" and the band entered the
top five in the categories "Best Band Ever,"
"Best Live Band," "Album of the Year" (for
Christ Illusion), and "Band of the Year."[62]
The band's 1986 release, Reign in Blood has
been an influence to extreme and thrash metal
bands since its release. The album was hailed
the "heaviest album of all time" by Kerrang!
Magazine,[3] a "genre-definer" by Stylus
Magazine,[63] and a "stone-cold classic upon
its release" by All Music Guide.[64] In 2006
it was named the best metal album of the last
20 years by Metal Hammer.[65] Richard
Christy, former member of Death was blown
away by Dave's performance on the album Reign
in Blood,[66] as was Cannibal Corpse drummer
Paul Mazurkiewicz.[67]
Drummer Lombardo has been an influence on
many modern metal drummers including Ray
Herrera of Fear Factory,[68] Pete Sandoval of
Morbid Angel,[69] former Cradle of Filth
drummer Adrian Erlandsson,[70] and Krisiun
drummer Max Kolesne.[71] Patrick Grün of
Caliban's inspiration to play drums came from
Lombardo,[72] with Jason Bittner of Shadows
Fall inspired by Lombardo's double bass,
utilizing double bass when starting his own
music career.[73]
[edit] Style
Early works were praised for their "breakneck
speed and instrumental prowess," combining
the structure of hardcore tempos and speed
metal the band released fast, aggressive
material.[1] The album Reign in Blood is the
band's fastest, performed at an average of
250 beats per minute.[74] The album Diabolus
in Musica was the band's first with drop D
tuning, God Hates Us All the first with drop
B tuning - utilizing seven-string
guitars.[75] All Music Guide cited the album
as "abandoning the extravagancies and
accessibility of their late-'80s/early-'90s
work and returning to perfect the raw
approach",[76] with some fans labeling it
nu-metal.[77]
Hanneman's and King's dual guitar solos have
been called "wildly chaotic,"[1] and "twisted
genius."[78] Drummer Lombardo uses two bass
drums, instead of the double kick which is
used on a single bass drum. Lombardo's speed
and aggression earned him the title of the
"godfather of double bass" by Drummerworld.
Lombardo states his reasons for using two
bass drums: "When you hit the bass drum the
head is still resonating. When you hit it in
the same place right after that you kinda get
a "slapback" from the bass drum head hitting
the other pedal. You're not letting them
breathe." When playing the double bass
Lombardo uses the "heel-up" technique,
angling his pedals.
Writing lyrics and music
Hanneman, King and Araya contribute to the
band's lyrics, and Lombardo, King and
Hanneman create the music. Araya's first
contribution to lyrical content was 1988's
South of Heaven, forming a lyric writing
partnership with Hanneman, which can
overshadow the creative input of
King.Hanneman states writing lyrics and music
is a "free for all"; "It's all just whoever
comes up with what. Sometimes I'll be more on
a roll and I'll have more stuff, same with
Kerry — it's whoever's hot, really. Anybody
can write anything; if it's good we use it,
if not we don't."
When writing new material the band writes the
music before incorporating lyrics. King or
Hanneman will use a 24-track and drum machine
to show band members the riff they have
created, and to get their opinion. Either
King or Hanneman and Lombardo will mention if
any alterations can be made. The band will
play the riff to get the basic song
structure, and figure out where the lyrics
and solos will be placed.
Feuds
As of 2007, Araya and King have an ongoing
feud with Dave Mustaine of Megadeth. It began
when Mustaine attempted to convince King to
stay with Megadeth rather than the "lame
spikes" and "eyeliner" with the "poseurs" in
1984. Mustaine proceeded to tell Araya he
liked it when he "sucked his dick" at the
1991 "Clash of the Titans" tour. Araya
rebutted calling him a "homo" on stage. Since
their falling out at the tour, King lashed
out at Mustaine in several interviews stating
he is a "cocksucker", "everybody hates him",
and he is a "dictator". Recently in
GuitarWorld.com's Dear Guitar Hero, King
"admires him to this day" but as a guitarist
even though he considers Mustaine as a
"hypocrite".
Relations between Machine Head and Slayer
deteriorated when King labeled Machine Head
as "sell-outs" after the release of its 2001
album Supercharger. King continued to
criticize the band stating "They're
responsible for rap-metal", "they fooled me
into thinking they're metal", "'they have no
integrity left." Machine Head front man Robb
Flynn stated King was not provoked, and these
comments had come from nowhere. Flynn, who
once idolized King rebutted "Oh, Mr. SUM 41
video has so much fuckin' integrity now!?
Shit?!" after King appeared in Sum 41's music
video "What We're All About", also stating
"King's eaten so many cheeseburgers his
brain's starting to clog up." However, on
June 16, 2007 Flynn reported that the two
sorted out their 'beef' at the Metal Hammer
Awards, at which Slayer won an award for
'Metal Icon'.
Controversy
The lyrics of "Angel of Death" were inspired
by the acts of Josef Mengele during World War
II
Slayer has been accused of holding Nazi
sympathies, due to the band's eagle logo
bearing resemblance to the Eagle atop
swastika, Schutzstaffel stickers on guitars,
and the lyrics of "Angel of Death". The
lyrics of "Angel of Death" were inspired by
the acts of Josef Mengele, the doctor who
conducted human experiments on Jewish and
Roma prisoners during World War II at the
Auschwitz concentration camp, and was dubbed
the "Angel of Death" by inmates. Throughout
their career, the band members were asked
about these accusations, and have stated
numerous times they do not condone Nazism,
and are merely interested in the subject.
Slayer's cover of Minor Threat's "Guilty Of
Being White" raised questions about a
possible message of white supremacy in the
band's music. The controversy surrounding the
cover involved the changing of the refrain
"guilty of being white" to "guilty of being
right", at the song's ending. This incensed
Minor Threat frontman Ian MacKaye, who stated
"that is so offensive to me".
In a 2004 interview with Araya, when asked,
"did critics realize you were wallowing in
parody?", Araya replied, "No. People thought
we were serious!...back then you had that
PMRC, who literally took everything to heart,
when in actuality you're trying to create an
image. You're trying to scare people on
purpose". Araya also denied rumors that
Slayer members are Satanists, but they find
the subject of Satanism interesting and "we
are all on this planet to learn and
experience".
The controversial cover of "Christ Illusion"
The song "Jihad" of the album Christ Illusion
sparked controversy among families of the
September 11 victims. The song deals with the
attack from the perspective of a religious
terrorist. The band stated the song is spoken
through perspective without being sympathetic
to the cause, and supports neither side.
Seventeen bus benches promoting the album in
Fullerton, California were deemed offensive
by city officials. They felt the Antichrist
and skull were inappropriate, and felt the
name "Slayer" pertains to a murderer. City
officials contacted the band's record label
and demanded that the ads be removed. All
seventeen benches were removed.
In India, the album was recalled by EMI India
after protests with Muslim and Christian
religious groups due to the nature of the
graphic artwork. The album cover depicts
Christ mutilated, missing arms and an eye, in
a sea of blood with severed heads. On October
11, 2006 EMI announced that all stocks had
been destroyed, noting it had no plans to
re-release the record in India in the future.
Main article: Slayer discography
Studio albums
* 1983: Show No Mercy
* 1985: Hell Awaits
* 1986: Reign in Blood #94 US[16]
* 1988: South of Heaven #57 US[16]
* 1990: Seasons in the Abyss #40 US[16]
* 1994: Divine Intervention #8 US[16]
* 1996: Undisputed Attitude #34 US[16]
* 1998: Diabolus in Musica #31 US[16]
* 2001: God Hates Us All #28 US[16]
* 2006: Christ Illusion #5 US[16]
EPs/Box Sets
* 1984: Haunting the Chapel
* 2003: Soundtrack to the Apocalypse
* 2006: Eternal Pyre
DVDs/Live CDs
* 1984: Live Undead
* 1991: Decade of Aggression
* 1995: Live Intrusion
* 2003: War at the Warfield
* 2004: Still Reigning
[edit] Band members
[edit] Current members
* Tom Araya - bass, lead vocals
(1981--present)
* Jeff Hanneman - guitar (1981--present)
* Kerry King - guitar (1981-present)
* Dave Lombardo - drums (1981--1986,
1987--1992, 2001--present)
[edit] Former members
* Paul Bostaph - drums (1992--1996,
1997--2001)
* Jon Dette - drums (1996--1997)
* Tony Scaglione - drums (1986--1987)
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