On December 11, Eldridge Industries hosted a private Christmas party in Port Chester, NY. The event featured an all-star covers band called The Dirty Bats. The core lineup consisted of Slash (Guns N’ Roses), Duff McKagan (Guns N’ Roses), Andrew Watt (Post Malone, etc.), and Chad Smith (Red Hot Chili Peppers). A number of other guests also took part including: Yungblud, Brandi Carlile, Anthony Kiedis (Red Hot Chili Peppers), Eddie Vedder (Pearl Jam), and Bruno Mars. The setlist and footage can be found below.
Setlist:
With Yungblud:
01. “Start Me Up” (The Rolling Stones cover)
02. “Stay With Me” (Faces cover)
03. “War Pigs” (Black Sabbath cover)
With Brandi Carlile:
04. “Black Dog” (Led Zeppelin cover)
05. “The Story” (Brandi Carlile track)
06. “Tie Your Mother Down” (Queen cover)
With Anthony Kiedis:
07. “Ace Of Spades” (Motörhead cover)
08. “Search And Destroy” (Iggy & The Stooges cover)
09. “Nervous Breakdown” (Black Flag cover)
10. “If You Want Me To Stay” (Sly & The Family Stone cover)
11. “Whipping Post” (The Allman Brothers Band)
With Eddie Vedder:
12. “Corduroy” (Pearl Jam cover)
13. “Better Man” (Pearl Jam cover)
14. “Wishlist” (Pearl Jam cover)
15. “Waiting On A Friend” (The Rolling Stones cover)
16. “Sonic Reducer” (Dead Boys cover)
17. “(What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace, Love And Understanding” (Brinsley Schwarz cover)
With Bruno Mars:
18. “Whole Lotta Love” (Led Zeppelin cover)
19. “Roxanne” (The Police cover)
20. “Fire” (Jimi Hendrix cover)
21. “Dirty Diana” (Michael Jackson cover)
22. “Smells Like Teen Spirit” (Nirvana cover)
With Bruno Mars, Anthony Kiedis, Eddie Vedder, Brandi Carlile, and Yungblud:
23. “Johnny B. Goode” (Chuck Berry cover)
24. “Rockin’ In The Free World” (Neil Young cover)
[via The PRP]
More bands have been added to next year’s Milwaukee Metal Fest. That event will take place at The Rave/Eagles Ballroom in Milwaukee, WI on June 5-7. A pre-party is also being scheduled for June 4. The updated lineup includes: Acid Bath, Killswitch Engage, Ministry, Obituary, Power Trip, Agalloch, After The Burial, All Shall Perish, Nails, Iron Reagan, Havok, Nunslaughter, Hirax, Integrity, Prong, Internal Bleeding, UADA, Deadguy, Master, Weekend Nachos, Morta Skuld, Polkadot Cadaver, Sworn Enemy, Belushi Speedball, Incite, Casket Robbery, Dusk, Jeffrey Nothing, Brick By Brick, Dead By Wednesday, Human Artifacts, Thanatotic Desire, Eyes Of The Living, Misery, Striking 13, Trip To The Morgue, and Dark Horse Prophet.
As previously reported, Matt Zane recently launched a crowdfunding campaign for an unauthorized documentary on Wayne Static (Static-X) and Tera Wray despite the wishes of the late married couple’s families. Now, the filmmaker has officially responded to their “strenuous objection,” saying his “obligation isn’t to the families — it’s to Wayne and Tera.”
Zane said the following:
“I understand the family’s concerns, especially Wayne’s sister Aimee who is a wonderful person, but my obligation isn’t to the families — it’s to Wayne and Tera. They asked me to do this, and I know they would want the focus to be on the two of them.”
He went on to discuss the families’ request to turn over unseen footage for Static-X’s “Evil Disco” documentary:
“I think the family is a bit confused about the creation of the official documentary ‘Evil Disco‘. I was hired and edited about 85% of that and in good faith allowed my footage to be used within the edit. I never signed over the footage legally for use but was willing to do so if the agreed-upon terms were met. I also allowed my personal footage of Wayne to be used in multiple music videos such as ‘Stay Alive‘ and ‘All These Years‘ even though the band hasn’t officially licensed it from me.”
He continued:
“I personally think both movies can exist. I watched a working cut of Evil Disco with Wayne’s sister Aimee and it’s really cool, but it’s more about the band — past and present. My movie is about Wayne and Tera.”
He also added the following about the unreleased music he worked on with Wayne:
“As far as the unreleased music, unfortunately I’m unable to use any of that without the family’s consent. What I may do is create tracks based off of the music Wayne and I worked on and bring in other singers, similar to what Jonathan Davis did for ‘Queen Of The Damned.’
But I can tell you this: there are six tracks Wayne wrote and recorded that I did not have any part in that are truly his final solo works. Yes, his vocals are on them and they were done in 2013.”
Sigh will be releasing a deluxe edition of “Ghastly Funeral Theatre” on January 23 and a deluxe edition of “Hail Horror Hail” on February 27. Both efforts have been remastered by Patrick Engel and they will be available on vinyl, CD, and digitally. Pre-orders can be found HERE and HERE.
Both reissues will include a number of bonus tracks:
“Ghastly Funeral Theatre” bonus tracks:
“Hail Horror Hail” bonus tracks:
No/Más have premiered a new song titled “Manic.” You can check that out below. The track is from the band’s new album “No Peace,” which will be released on March 13.
Vocalist Roger Rivadeneira commented:
“The song was originally inspired by events that occurred with an old roommate who was schizophrenic, but with a violent twist. While my roommate wasn’t necessarily violent towards us, these episodes would lead to broken things around the house amongst other things. I correlated the writing of the song with how people may imagine what it would be like if they killed someone.
The tone of the song resembles someone having a mental breakdown and going through the thought process of what leads to them actually killing someone. i.e., not feeling like enough, being shamed by others, not capable of dealing with one’s own thoughts etc.. It’s definitely a reflection of someone with a troubled past that needs to seek counseling, but doesn’t have the resources. Mental health is very important and how we feel in dark times shouldn’t be brushed off.”
Guitarist John Letzkus added:
“‘Manic‘ was the hardest song to write — I have around 25 versions. It took a year. That’s all I think about when I hear it.”
“No Peace” Track Listing:
01. “Foreign Threat“
02. “Manic“
03. “Overthrow“
04. “Blood Soaked Soil“
05. “Abolition“
06. “Leech“
07. “Act Of Killing“
08. “Ley Indigena“
09. “Choke Point“
10. “Spineless“
11. “No Peace“
12. “Cycle Of Sacrifice“
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