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Hace una temporada hice un post sobre una guitarra salida de Extremely Fuckin? Rare Guitars. Hoy vuelvo a dirigirme a los posibles aficionados a visitar el MIMF, para que echen un vistazo a esta serie de guitarras exóticas. Y de muestra, un botón:

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A pesar de la foto de la izquierda (sacada de un post anterior), el título no hace referencia a Manowar [wiki].

Se trata de Gayowar («proud to be loud… AND gay»). Su (¿única?) canción «When We All Know We’re Gay», que se puede encontrar en diversos sitios (como, por ejemplo, éste ), demuestra que es posible superar tanto a Manowar como a Thor (recurriendo a la parodia, eso sí), a propósito de lo que apuntaba Blax en su comentario sobre el post de ayer.

Por cierto, sólo para dejarlo claro: Si no he comentado nada sobre el sabotaje de la actuación de los Maiden en San Bernardino se debe a la acumulación de mala leche que me produce. Resumiéndolo mucho: la forma de actuar de Sharon Osbourne me parece, como poco, tan ridícula como la portada de la imagen.

Dicho-he.

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Y no es como pensáis. En primer lugar, el «directo» lo protagonizó Kirk Hammet:

KIRK TO PERFORM WITH FLUX
9/19/2005

A very unique and special event was held last night at the Herbst Theatre, in San Francisco, CA. Kirk, on his electric guitar, performed with FLUX, a string quartet, with Saul Gropman on his classic guitar. The melding of Flux’s experimental, innovative and aleatoric composition along with Kirk’s improvisational skills on the electric guitar made this performance a unique and memorable one.

Para ver algunas fotos del evento, seguid el enlace de la noticia.

Por otro lado, Metallica [wiki] ha vuelto a un estudio para grabar… sus voces. Concretamente, han grabado algunas frases para un futuro capítulo de The Simpsons [wiki]:

Metallica In Springfield
9/20/2005

The guys were in the studio today to record their voices for an upcoming episode of The Simpsons!

The show will air sometime in May 06, so you have plenty of time to set those recorders. When we have more info, we will be sure to let you know. In the meantime, check out the pics of the guys saying their lines!

Nuevamente, para ver «the pics«, tendréis que visitar el enlace de la reseña. Nótese la presencia de Roberto Agustín Miguel Santiago Samuel Trujillo Veracruz, cuyo increíble talento sólo ha conocido (por el momento) éste estudio como miembro de Metallica (aparte de los directos). Por cierto, por si alguien se molesta en seguir los enlaces a la Wikipedia [wiki]… ¿os habéis fijado en el único external link que tiene la entrada de Mr. Trujillo? ¿Alguien me lo explica, plis?

En todo caso, si en el capítulo se escucha algo de música del grupo, habrá una razón para actulizar «la lista«.

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THOR Struck By Lightning! – Sep. 19, 2005

After conquering over 40 cities and towns in as many days, THOR «The Mighty Rock Warrior» was struck down by an unimaginably powerful bolt of lightning!

This unthinkable event took place in Portland where he was performing for dazzled audiences. As he placed the steel bar to his lips in order to bend it in half with his muscular arms, lightning split the sky and struck him down. He managed to finish the show, but immediately afterwards was rushed into the care of Venus (nurse to the Gods). Due to these unforseen circumstances THOR was forced to cancel the remaining dates on the tour. He is quite fully recovered now and plans to tour again this winter. Look for dates soon.

THOR is continuing to promote his new album, entitled «Thor against the World», and retrospective DVD, entitled «An-THOR-logy», available on Smog Veil Records.

Esta «noticia» (ya no saben lo que inventar para cancelar las giras que no resultan rentables) me ha revelado a un personaje que supera a otros anteriores (búsquense otros ejemplos en los posts de Chorradas). I give you…



THOR (The Legendary Rock Warrior)

Pensaba escoger alguna foto especialmente «interesante» (la de arriba es una entre decenas), o algún dato especialmente suculento (como su costumbre de doblar vigas o reventar bolsas de agua caliente inflándolas a soplidos como parte de su espectáculo), pero navegando por la página no he podido decidirme por una sóla cosa, así que os dejaré para que os empapéis del personaje por vuestra cuenta. Yo de momento voy a buscar la siguiente canción para bajármela:

Throwing Cars At People (On Coke with THOR)
(written by Seth of Anal Cunt)

seth- thor’s coming to town, we’re ready to rock

thor- how much coke do we have in stock?

seth- i’ve got a pound of coke and thor does too

thor- we’re gonna throw every car in town at you, cuz we’re

chorus

thor- throwing cars at people

seth- throwing cars at people

thor- throwing cars at people

back up vocals- on coke with thor

(chorus 4x)

seth- the cops can’t stop us from throwing cars

thor- we’re not afraid of jail, i’ll just bend the bars

seth- we’ve both got noses and needles and pipes

thor- we’ve been up for 7 straight days and nights, just

chorus

seth- the coke’s all gone, guess it’s time to go

thor- plus we’ve run out of cars to throw

seth- we’ll both be back in a day or 2

thor- throwing a bunch of cars at you, cuz we’re

chorus

back up vocals- on coke with thor

thor- on coke with me (x4)

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Tal y como se adelantaba ayer, Black Label Society [wiki] ha cambiado de bajo:

James Lomenzo who has been supplying the bass for the last couple of years is no longer playing with Black Label Society.

John «JD» DeServio will be playing bass on the Black Label Society «MAFIA» post-Ozzfest tour. Most of you will remember J.D. from the early BLS days, and we’re excited to have him back rockin the low end once again.

Zakk has always said that the bass position is like «Mount Bassmore» and Zakk enjoys playing with many different bassists.

The decision to part ways with James Lomenzo was a mutual one between James and Zakk.

Por otro lado, Arch Enemy [wiki] ha anunciado al guitarrista que cubrirá la vacante dejada en el grupo por Christopher Ammot:

The new guitar player!

Arch Enemy have now settled on Fredrik Akesson as a replacement for Chris Amott (guitar) for the continued ?Doomsday Machine? touring campaign…

Michael Amott comments:
?This guy, he just simply kills on the axe!
Rhythms and Leads ? he?s really got a shredding and musical style. He was down here rehearsing with us last week and we had a great time playing music and hanging out. We are eagerly looking forward to hitting the road again, this time with Fredrik on board the good ship Arch Enemy.?

Fredrik Akesson, born and raised in Stockholm, Sweden first picked up the guitar at the age of 12, discovered Michael Schenker at the age of 14 and has been hooked on the ?shred? ever since! Other early influences include Uli Jon Roth, Yngwie Malmsteen and George Lynch.

Over the years Fredrik has lent his awesome guitar talent to such varied artists such as Talisman, John Norum, Krux, Tiamat and his own (now defunct) group, Southpaw.

Fredrik Akesson comments on joining forces with Arch Enemy:

?Hi all ARCH ENEMY fans!
I was really thrilled when Michael Amott called me up and gave me the opportunity to play with Arch Enemy. I am excited about going on tour with them, and to meet you all.
C-Ya out there ? it?s time to burn! /Fredrik?

Arch Enemy start their European tour in Paris @ the Bataclan on the 2nd of October?

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19 Sep 2005 by arch enemy

Suerte para los dos… os estaremos vigilando :P.

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