Just in time for the 4th of July, San Diego band Magnvm Chaos has released their patriotic, comedic ode to America as a video dubbed ‘A For America’. You can watch the video at this link or below:
The video was directed by vocalist Matt Gibson, who is also a filmmaker. Magnvm Chaos is comprised of Gibson, guitar player Daniel Konar, bassist Nick Shores, and drummer Greg Brown.The band is currently preparing to record an album and booking shows across Southern California.
Metal satirist Shaun Callaghan returns with his new album of metalled up versions of classic 80s/90s jingles. From your nostalgic Saturday morning via the medium of speed metal, Metalized Commercial Classics takes you through a nostalgic mind tunnel of such classics as Juicy Fruit and Connect Four, just with more thrash riffing. Check out the full album in the link below.
Press release:
Vocalist/Guitarist of GIVE ZOMBIES THE VOTE and notorious cat crooner brings you Metalized Commercial Classics
OCTOBER 16 (BOSTON, MA) – Shaun Callaghan is back with more deliciously satirical metal fun, releasing METALIZED COMMERCIAL CLASSICS, an independent micro-album of insane metal covers of the 80s and 90s jingles you remember from between your Saturday morning cartoons.
You may recognize Shaun as That Guy (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=El8ew2v2zrw) – you know the one who got wasted and insisted on sweetly serenading his feline friend with a blistering rendition of his bands single? After bandmates found the home video, Shaun’s antics went viral in 2012, cropping up everywhere from The Tonight Show with Jay Leno to MetalSucks.net and every Facebook feed near you.
Shaun is back and putting a metal spin on all of your childhood nostalgia. Recorded in his bedroom and mastered absolutely nowhere, this 4 song collection takes on your favourite classic jingles with hilarious metal style. Nicole Marie (ORCHIDS, Doom Lover) joins Shaun to bring in the feminine touch to a slamming rendition of My Buddy/Kid Sister and offering backing vocals on the rest of the tracks. Other tracks include: Juicy Fruit, Connect Four, and the won’t-leave-your-mind Skip-it.
Listen to it here, all within about two minutes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNX8SltQmhM&list=PLthr0-CW7XKdgLRreCkNk-dPc6Dt_vPrr
Shaun Callaghan is the guitarist and vocalist for Boston-based Melodic Metal outfit Give Zombies The Vote. Find them on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/gztvband) and Bandcamp (http://givezombiesthevote.bandcamp.com).
Henry & Glenn Forever by Tom Neely, once a pocket-size comic love story, is now available as a full-fledged graphic novel. The original was easily one of the funniest things we’ve ever laid our eyes on. For those not in the know Henry & Glenn take two of the most iconic men in the history of music, Henry Rollins and Glenn Danzig and sets them up as star-crossed lovers, roommates, and best of friends getting into all sorts of wacky situations in a crazy world. Not just a silly spoof on the male-dominated worlds of punk and metal, but also a clever, smart, satirical look at relationships using these two admired legends and icons of hyper-masculinity. I think even Rollins and Danzig, as serious as they are, would be hard pressed not to laugh at this!
From the press release:
Henry & Glenn “Forever & Ever” Graphic Novel
256 pages, 6 x 9″ paperback by Rob Halford and Tom Neely
The collected graphic novel of the greatest love story ever told features twenty short stories about the domestic life of “Henry” and “Glenn” as well as their neighbors “Daryl” and “John.” Digging beneath Glenn’s bricks in the front yard, Henry uncovers Glenn’s mother, freshly unearthed, moves in with him and Henry. Without giving too much away, [spoiler alert: Glenn has mommy issues] Glenn’s mommy issues come to the surface as she critiques his art, replaces his wardrobe, scrubs their dungeon, and recalls his childhood. Glenn tries to sell his signature to a UPS driver, takes a punch, and has some daydreaming adventures with a plunger. Henry, “a loud guy with a good work ethic,” shows his darker side and indifference to a fan as he drinks black coffee and bonds with Glenn over their distaste for their own bands; two men who suffer best alone together.
Henry and Glenn go to therapy together, battle an evil cult in the forest, and profess their love between dealing with repeated jealousy and normal relationship problems while trying to figure out if their soft-rocking neighbors are actually Dungeons and Dragons playing Satanists. It’s a true testament to the power of love to overcome even the biggest, manliest egos of our time. The book also features dozens of pin up art and full color covers from the original serialized series.
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