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Cool Video: Chickenfoot finally releases their long awaited new single, “Big Foot”…

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Chickenfoot, the supergroup band that includes the lineup: Sammy Hagar, Joe Satriani, Michael Anthony and Chad Smith have finally released their new single “Big Foot”. I love the song a lot. It’s definitely heavier than their first album.

As for the video itself, while it’s pretty humorous, the thing that I find strange is that I thought I was seeing two Joe Satriani’s in the same band. I thought to myself, is Joe Satch playing guitar and drums in this video? I know the drummer is actually Chad Smith with a bald head but two Joe’s in the same band is a funny thought though.

Enjoy. Can’t wait to get the new album. I’m a fan of Chickenfoot, they are one of the good supergroups. I also love Them Crooked Vultures as well.

Kev

Edit to add: The drummer is not Chad Smith with a bald head. He’s actually Kenny Aronoff who is also bald. I remembered Kenny, he was the longtime drummer for John Fogerty’s solo career.

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Tonight’s VMA’s was a nightmare of a show…

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Yes, I ended up watching MTV VMA’s tonight just for something to watch. The only three good things about tonight’s show was the Amy Winehouse tribute and they showed off “The Hunger Games” teaser trailer. I also liked how they showed clips of the new “Beavis & Butthead”. They were the plus!

The rest of it was just a disaster. I think Lady Gaga and Katy Perry takes the prize of worst fashion awards, what the hell were they up to? Katy Perry a block of cheese on top of her head and Lady Gaga dressed as John Travolta from “Greese” or the Fonz from “Happy Days”? Plus all the live performances were really bad too and they were all lip synching, of course.

Chris Brown was the wrong performer to pay tribute to Nirvana. The Foo Fighters should have been up there doing that.

I thought it was cool that Tony Bennett revealed a new Amy Winehouse song that those two recorded in the studio together before her death. A pregnant Beyonce performing was horrible too. Performing like that is not good for the baby, she shouldn’t have done it.

I don’t get why the music industry continues to award Chris Brown all the glory and fame when he is nothing but a woman beater. Why is he up there,  when Rihanna should have been up there instead?

The VMA’s continue to get worse every year.

Kev

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Sebastian Bach’s, New Jersey is home is all flooded out…

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Former Skid Row singer, Sebastian Bach is even feeling the Irene experience. His longtime home in New Jersey is all flooded out. Lot of his important KISS memorabilia and other important items have been destroyed and lost in the flood.

Check out his facebook page, Sebastian shares a few photos of his flooded home.

Like I said before, if your home is destroyed, that’s not important. Staying alive is important. Whether your home is either flooded out or trees has fallen through the roof, all that can be fixed and replaced. What can’t be replaced is your life. So it’s a good thing that Sebastian is still alive. He need to not worry about that memorabilia. He needs to worry about himself and his family.

If something like this happened to my home, I wouldn’t even be sad about it. I would have been happy to survive it. We should be happy that we survived Irene. Think about it.

Kev

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RIP: Stevie Ray Vaughan

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21 years ago today, we lost one of the greatest guitar players of all time. That is Stevie Ray Vaughn. On August 27th, 1990, Stevie was killed in a helicopter crash along with two other men he was flying with. He is definitely one of my favorite guitar players. I’ve been listening to his music for years.

In honor of the great SRV, here are several videos of some of his greatest live performances. Enjoy!

Kev

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Report: Metallica finally opens up about recording with Lou Reed in the studio, Kirk Hammett says Lou’s songs made the band cry…

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Metallica have been pretty quiet about the recording of their new album with Lou Reed for a while, now they are just starting to open up. Lou wrote a song called, “Junior Dad”, which reminded Kirk of his father who passed away. The song was too emotional too him that he had to spend time alone in a different room. The song also made James Hetfield emotional as well.

More on it, here.

Can’t wait to hear the song! I’ve been a long time fan of Lou Reed, and still am. I’ve followed Lou’s career for years. Love his music, so I can’t wait to hear this project. Fuck the haters!

Kev

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BREAKING NEWS: Gibson guitar companies raided for use of imported wood from India…

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To you guitar lovers like myself out there, there is some sad news to report that the makers of the iconic Gibson Les Paul guitars, are in trouble with the law by the government. Gibson’s main companies in Nashville and Memphis were raided by federal agents. What is Gibson being accused of? They are being accused of producing wood that was imported from India. According to the U.S. government, that is illegal. Gibson says they are innocent and they vow to fight back.

Read their full press release, here.

This is very sad. The Gibson guitars were created and invented by a musician named, Les Paul. He was the one who pioneered the Gibson legacy.

The Gibson guitars have launched the careers of many famous musicians such as Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Slash, and many more.

It would be very sad if the Government shuts down the Gibson company because of this. Lets hope and pray they fight this battle successfully. I’m on Gibson’s side. They will win.

Kev

 

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Report: Liam Gallagher drops lawsuit against own brother, Noel, after apology…

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Liam Gallagher, decided to have a change of heart with his brother Noel, and dropped the lawsuit. Noel must of apologized and it seems that they kissed & made up.

Read more on it, here.

Nice to finally see them acting like adults for a change. Hopefully they will bury the hatchet and patch it up soon, ’cause they’ve been feuding for years. This feud is entertaining and hilarious though. Some of their attacks and insults at each other are priceless. In a new post sometime, I’ll do a blog post with some of the best “Gallagher Brothers” insults from their interviews with the press. I’ve been following this feud for a long time.

I would like to see Oasis make a reunion down the road, though. Maybe it won’t happen right away, but you know they WILL reunite someday. They’ll come back.

Kev

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Thought: Was Kurt Cobain good to work with in the studio? You may be surprised of this answer or not…

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In celebration of Nirvana’s iconic album, “Nevermind” being re-released as a 20th Anniversary deluxe edition, Butch describes Kurt’s work ethic in the studio while making the album. What a lot of people may wonder, was Kurt good to work with in the studio? Butch Vig, the band’s producer, said Kurt was very difficult to work with. Butch says Kurt was a pain in the ass and had mood swings.

Read more on the story, here.

Kurt may have been a pain in the ass, but that’s what you must do if you want your songs the way you want them to be. Kurt had a vision of what his songs would wanted to sound like in his head and he was just trying to put it out on recording. So to do that, he must harass and annoy Butch to get the sound that he wanted. It’s about the artistic direction, the music.

Actually, Kurt was doing nothing wrong, it’s Butch that’s actually being the pain in the ass. Butch should have done what Kurt wanted.

Kev

 

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Cool Photo: Oh wow! See Superman, Faora and a mysterious villain go face to face!!!

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More behind the scenes pics of Zack Snyder’s “Man of Steel” surfaces the web today. These are pretty controversial pics too.

See Superman, Faora, and a mysterious villain in a mo-cap costume standing next to Faora. Check them out, here.

As you can see in the AICN talkbacks, people are bashing the new Superman costume. Superman got rid of his red underwear and the yellow belt that he’s known to wear. I hope I’m not the only one that likes the idea because it doesn’t hurt to change Superman’s looks and image for once.

The same Superman look does get old after a while don’t you think? I warned ya before that Zack Snyder is making all kinds of changes with the Superman franchise. The reason for the new look that Zack wants to give this movie a current feel, so the film is looking like it’s taken place in our current time.

On top of that, there are plenty of Superman comic books where he didn’t have the red trunks. Seriously, look it up if you don’t believe me. The new comics decided to put blue jeans on him. So I can tell that DC is getting bored with the same look as well.

I love the Faora costume though who is played by Antje Traue, a German actress. There are similarities to Urtha.

As for the mysterious mo-cap costume, what is a mo-cap, some of you may ask? For those who don’t understand films that much. You wear mo-caps all over you as it picks up on a computer creating an animated character. A mo-cap suit may look silly on set but it is needed to create the character. Read more on motion capture, here.

Whatever the mo-cap character is, it’s definitely not General Zod. I’m hoping that character is Brainiac or Metallo. It could be either one of them.

Back to the Superman costume, I’m in favor of it. I’m willing to give it a try. That new look of Superman, gives him a new personality. It makes him look tougher and makes him more human looking. They wanted to give it a realistic feeling. Zack said many times he wanted this film to be realistic and different.

I’m loving what I’m seeing so far. Can’t wait to see what Michael Shannon is going to look like as Zod.

Look like they are all done casting. Look like they won’t use Lex Luthor or Jimmy Olsen at all. That’s okay though, I’m fine with that.

Kev

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Report: Amy Winehouse toxicology reports are in, she did not die of illegal drugs…

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See? It’s not always the drugs. You can’t always blame it on the drugs. Turned out that Amy was pretty clean. Still though, it could be possible that alcohol and legal prescription drugs could take the blame. It may not be that either. Her death may have been simply accidental or she could have been really sick and never told anyone. Her cause of death is a mystery for sure.

TMZ, reports.

Kev