The Metal Thread

[sarah]

Very cool!  Coincidentally, I brought City along on the way to work today for the first time in a very long time...I'm happy to report, it's still awesome.

~s

[owen]

Oh my!

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Festival promoter AJ Maddah has confirmed via twitter that the Soundwave Festival line-up that was widely reported today, is indeed the first official announcement for the 2011 event.

Expressing his disappointment that the line-up was revealed 24 hours earlier than originally planned, Maddah confirmed that there would be eight more bands announced in October one of which “is the [festival’s] third headliner.”

Festival headliner Iron Maiden also announced on their website that as well as heading up Soundwave 2011 they will be playing two super-sized sideshows on 23rd February at Hisense Arena in Melbourne and 24th February at the Entertainment Centre in Sydney.

The official first 2011 Soundwave Festival Line-up:

Iron Maiden
Queens Of The Stone Age
Slayer
Primus
Slash
Social Distortion
The Gaslight Anthem
Rob Zombie
Pennywise
Avenged Sevenfold
Thirty Seconds To Mars
Stone Sour
Gang Of Four
New Found Glory
Sum 41
Anberlin
Third Eye Blind
Devildriver
Sevendust
Less Than Jake
The Bronx
Monster Magnet
Terror
MXPX
Protest The Hero
Melvins
36 Crazyfists,
Ill Nino
The Ataris
The Starting Line
Bayside
Mad Caddies
The Maine
Trash Talk
Mayday Parade
Foxy Shazam
Never Shout Never
The Blackout
Alesana
Asking Alexandria
All That Remains
High On Fire
Dommin
The Sword
Kylesa
A Skylit Drive
There For Tomorrow
Breathe Carolina
Taking Dawn
I See Stars
Rise To Remain
Nonpoint, Veara,
Every Avenue.

And more to be announced very soon.

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http://www.fasterlouder.com.au/news/local/24965/Soundwave-confirm-line-up-and-Iron-Maiden-sideshows.htm

[tgraham]

OK this is STRANGE...

My wife (normal listening includes Yanni, David Lanz, and that blind Italian guy. Only things we agree on are CGT,T-Lev, Michael Hedges, and classical) just introduced me to a metal band.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kqzUrJ18Lk" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kqzUrJ18Lk</a>

Bad sound but I'd go see them. They're apparently the biggest thing in Japan, our nephew over there made my wife swear she would check them out.

[owen]

Reminds me a bit of Painkeller era Judas Priest.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uie63E4gqno" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uie63E4gqno</a>

[tgraham]

They have been playing together since the early 80s.
They played the Sunday main stage at Lollapalooza, last but one before Soundgarden.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgDdpATtGlM" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgDdpATtGlM</a>

STRANGEST thing, wife says she wants to go see them if they come here.

[Chip]

The gift of death metal does not smile on the good looking.  That's extracurriculariffic!

[Geno]

Thanks. That was hilarious, even if it doesn't let you punch the head to stop it from bouncing.

[Sebastian Knight]

By the way, be sure to click on "Deafening" on the list at the end of that episode, to hear a line I routinely quote to my (confused) students:
"I come for the wuggas, but stay for the jiggy juggas!"

Also, I still think my favorite musical sbemail is the guitar episode.