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Dream Deceivers: James Vance & Judas Priest
I’ve probably mentioned this to someone out there, but I actually lived in Reno in and around this time period when the incident occurred. Furthermore, the “victims” and I had mutual social circles, friends, acquaintances, etc. And, I briefly knew the one who lived and had that oh-so-unpleasant redux of a face. And that piece of playground equipment where it all happened was a mere two blocks from my place (a house that the camera actually passes by, eerily enough). Strange to see this all 20+ years later. Reminds me not only how much I’ve grown up since my irresponsible teens, but how dead-end the lives of these people really are when magnified by the perspectives of maturity and life experience. Jim Goad wrote about this phenomenon in his Redneck Manifesto book, and you can round up a copy of that for further edification.
Oh, and don’t buy the dad’s Mr. Innocent routine. He was pretty liberal with his fist and his son’s face, as I was privy to at least one breakdown over such abuse, not to mention the stories. When Rolling Stone reported that the Satanism card was erroneously pulled in this whole legal/media circus, I said to a friend, “Believe me, ‘Satan’ was the last of this kid’s worries.” To be real, Vance had a cursory perusal of The Satanic Bible at best, thought it was “kinda cool” and moved on. Even in my mid-teens, all I could think was how much he would have misconstrued the philosophy had he pursued it. And, yes, it’s strange that I even know all of this.
Reno gave me many tales of misspent youth, and this is one of them. But, trust me. The rest of them are actually cheery… in a relative way.
Thanks, Adel.
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From Satan To Sabbath: The METAL Interviews
Author and veteran drummer Joel Gausten (Pigface / The Undead / Electric Frankenstein) has released his latest book, “From Satan to Sabbath: The METAL Interviews 2000-2009,” which collects 16 conversations from the world of Hard Rock and Metal.
The 192-page “From Sabbath to Sabbath” includes the complete text of Joel Gausten’s out-of-print book “The SABBATH Interviews,” selections from Gausten’s books “Prong: The Early Years” and “Pandemonium: Inside Killing Joke,” cover art by Shannon Gardner-Gausten and previously unpublished, full-length interviews with past/present members of Aerosmith, Plasmatics, Celtic Frost, Opeth, Thin Lizzy, Bolt Thrower, Benediction, Hades, Watchtower and Napalm Death.
From exploring Black Sabbath drummer Bill Ward’s former life on the streets to revealing the real story behind guitarist Rick Dufay’s notorious stint in Aerosmith, “From Satan to Sabbath” cuts through the P.R. fluff and media propaganda and gets right to the flesh, blood and soul of the real world of Metal – straight from the mouths of those who live it.
Joel Gausten is an award-winning journalist and the author of six books, including “Tales Of Horror: The History of The Misfits & The Undead” and “Words From The Third Side: Essays on Sex, Satan & Success.” A drummer for nearly 25 years, he has worked with a vast array of artists including Pigface, Electric Frankenstein, The Undead and Effectionhate. He got his start in the music business as a promoter for The Misfits.
Softcover | Limited Edition Hardcover
No commentsHaxan – Desiderii Marginis – Beyond Retrieval
An evocative take on an old favorite. If you’ve yet to see Haxan, you should really pick up a copy of this classic.
2 commentsEffectionhate on Radio Free Satan
Multi-instrumentalist Shannon Gardner-Gausten, frontwoman of the experimental industrial project Effectionhate, is the featured subject of the latest episode of the “HeArtist’s Darkest Ends” program on Radio Free Satan. During the intimate 70-minute conversation, Gardner-Gausten discusses a variety of topics including her music and art projects, Satanism, witchcraft, BDSM relationships, voodoo and the Day of the Dead. The program also includes a demo recording of the Effectionhate track “Bleeding Out,” which is slated to appear on the group’s upcoming album, Music Is Dead. The program can be heard in its entirety here.
Gardner-Gausten is a Witch in the Church of Satan and has served as a media representative for the organization. Her artwork appeared in her husband Joel Gausten’s 2009 book, Words From the Third Side: Essays on Sex, Satan & Success (for which she also contributed an essay on BDSM culture) and will appear in the upcoming second edition of Gausten’s 2006 book, Tales of Horror: The History of The Misfits & The Undead.
Formed in 2007 and experimental in nature, Effectionhate creates noise ranging from techno to classical and atonal industrial noise, with the project’s evolving list of contributors ensuring that no two compositions are alike.
Effectionhate currently features full-time member Joel Gausten, a veteran of such bands as Pigface, The Undead and Electric Frankenstein. Contributors include drummer Martin Atkins (Pigface, Nine Inch Nails, Ministry, Public Image Limited) and guitarist Sonny Bellavance. Music Is Dead is slated for a late 2010/early 2011 release. Effectionhate audio samples are available here.
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Sprechen sie Black Sabbath?
from YouTube: Here is a 1969/’70 video of Cindy & Bert doing “Der Hun Von Baskerville”- a brilliant cover of Black Sabbath’s “Paranoid” apparently with lyrics relating Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes mystery, The Hounds of Baskerville.
FIX – Ministry Documentary Trailer
FIX – THE MINISTRY MOVIE TRAILER #1 from Gigantic Pictures on Vimeo.
Separating the fact that I’ve more or less enjoyed the music of Ministry in the past, this trailer reminds me of so many reasons why I bailed out on music scene nonsense, being in bands, putting up with clubs, etc. Throughout the above clip, there is that desperate attempt to appear “cool” through abhorrent behavior that should impress no one who rightfully holds the title of mature adult. There is also something so undeniably retarded about bragging up your glorified self-destructiveness and chemically-veiled weaknesses, let alone doing it in your 30s or 40s, that it simply boggles the mind. And at 51, Mr. Jourgensen, your redundancy in this area is beyond pathetic.
And I don’t mean that as a simple pejorative. What I see, as do undoubtedly many, is a sad old man’s lame attempt to bang damaged teen goths (despite the feigned disinterest) and run from old age by hiding behind such transparently insecure and pretentious statements as being “dangerously close to intelligent.” And how utterly innocuous is Navarro with his whole my-friends-are-tough-guys inference. As if anyone of any relevance cares. And to punctuate it all, we drag out the bloated corpse of Timothy Leary and the near-corpse of William Burroughs (two other drug addict losers) for interview time. Remember in the ’90s when it was trendy to read (or say you read) their stuff? No? Good, then time has done its job of pushing them into a deserved obsolescence. And as for Ministry…
Sorry, fellas, but you’ve been residing in the rock refuse bin alongside the ’80s hair bands for a while now, and all this video absurdity shows is what I’d sadly witnessed among certain folks from music scenes of which I was once a part: a total refusal to accept the hard fact that your youth is long over, your recklessness is no longer cute or condoned, and you impress only the very few — the last, largely consisting of the weak and the stupid. You’re the Spinal Tap of industrial. Except that those chaps aren’t real and your shenanigans do not an entertaining documentary make. Yes, even if turned to 11.
1 commentThe Contrarian – “Dweller On The Threshold”
from the webpage for this release…
1 commentBased on early 20th-century weird fiction (HP Lovecraft, Arthur Machen, Algernon Blackwood, etc.), Eldritch Musicks delivers top-shelf “haunt-rock” that, while entertaining, also offers a glimpse into an eerie world of symbol and derangement. With its uncanny atmosphere and guitar-driven authority, Eldritch Musicks calls to mind classic Blue Öyster Cult and other masters of occult musical mojo… The Contrarian engineered and produced the recording and also performs all instruments and vocals. Additional sonic material is supplied by The Ten Thousand Things, who contributed four lush and unsettling “eldritch drones” to the project.
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