Metal Allegiance, the all-star band of metal legends led by Mark Menghi, will take over City National Grove of Anaheim during NAMM on January 20th for a monumental tribute to our fallen musical heroes. Hosted by Jackson, Charvel & EVH, with Loudwire, and Musician’s Institute and Monster Energy joining as co-sponsors of the event. Mikkey Dee (Motorhead), Eddie Hermida (Suicide Silence), Arejay Hale (Halestorm) and Carla Harvey (Butcher Babies) are now added to the line-up.
VIP packages are now sold-out, General Admission tickets are available and can be purchased here: http://bit.ly/MAheroestix
There is also a special guitar giveaway where fans have the opportunity to win a Jackson JS12 guitar that will be signed by the Metal Allegiance line-up from the show. Enter here:
Musician’s Institute has also announced that they are picking 2 of their students to play alongside their metal legends.
This night marks the first time in a year that the core four, David Ellefson, Alex Skolnick, Mark Menghi, and Mike Portnoy have played together. Joining them on stage are the newest recruits to this already incredible line-up; Mikkey Dee (Motörhead/Scorpions), Eddie Hermida (Suicide Silence), Arejay Hale (Halestorm) And Carla Harvey (Butcher Babes) Chris Jericho (FOZZY), Mark Osegueda (Death Angel), Phil Demmel(Machine Head), Gary Holt (Slayer/Exodus), Charlie Benante (Anthrax), Chuck Billy (Testament), Billy Sheehan (The Winery Dogs). The show starts at 7pm with sets by Marty Friedman, Gus G, and Martyrd.
Check out what the members have to say:
Eddie Hermida
“I am so honored to be invited to perform at such a prestigious event. To be honoring such legends on stage is one of the most humbling and bad ass experiences in my life. Metal horns up for metal GODS!”
Billy Sheehan
“So excited to be joining my friends in Metal Allegiance for their Fallen Heroes tribute in Anaheim this year! I’ll get up for a few songs and we’ll have a fabulous night of incredible music! Don’t miss it!”
Alex Skolnick
“A Metal Allegiance show is always a great time for us and the audience, but nothing quite compares to when it happens in Anaheim during the month of January. It becomes a very big event and with so many friends in town, we’re able to have a unique combination of musicians that would be very difficult to pull together otherwise. This will be the first time we play our originals in Anaheim and the first time we do specific dedications to our Fallen Heroes. It will be a very special night. See you there!”
Mark Menghi
“I’m stoked to return to Southern California where this crazy Metal Allegiance concept and once pipe-dream of an idea all spawned from way back when! SoCal and the entire Anaheim area are so damn near and dear to me as we started this thing there… and now we get to return to our second home in SoCal and unleash our brand of thrash. Get ready for the biggest and craziest MA show to date.”
Chris Jericho
“Of all the bands playing in Anaheim that week, this is the one show you don’t wanna miss! Thrash metal played at its finest by a band that has sold over 50 million records collectively with an audience made up completely of bikini models! Well, all of those things might not exactly be true, but you get the idea. The point is, come see the coolest fuckin’ band in Anaheim that week – Metal Allegiance!”
Phil Demmel
“Can’t wait to eat lightening and crap thunder with my bros in MA again at our Fallen Heroes tribute show in January!”
David Ellefson
“Every year, Anaheim becomes the largest gathering and annual musician summit anywhere in the world. I’m proud that this year Metal Allegiance is taking center stage to make sure it gets very loud with a special tribute to the many great “Fallen Heroes” of our genre.”
Metal Allegiance released their newest EP, entitled Fallen Heroes, which pays homage to the 3 legends – Lemmy Kilmister, David Bowie, and Glenn Frey – who impacted not just their lives but the world as well.
