Lamb of God nominated for a Grammy despite themselves.
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- Lamb of God nominated for a Grammy despite themselves.
- The Gauntlet: Since The Flood Metal News
- News Item in Downtown Los Angeles
- Greetings from Iraq… it’s Hell with flies
Lamb of God nominated for a Grammy despite themselves.
Free with registration – Virginian-Pilot – AccessMyLibrary.com – Feb 10, 2007
(10-FEB-07) Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk VA). 10–For death metal act Lamb of God getting nominated for a Grammy has brought out a part of them they never knew was lurking inside. "It’s really an interesting doubl… “It’s really an interesting double-edged sword” said Chris Adler the group’s drummer. “Back in the day when (the Grammys) came on we’d just turn it off. It was just all this crap music. We’re like ‘I don’t even know anybody that listens to this stuff. ‘ They were these weird albums that were in my opinion just horrible. I certainly never aspired to get one. “Now that we’re in this spot to receive one it’s obviously overwhelmingly flattering to be picked out.
The Gauntlet: Since The Flood Metal News
thegauntlet.com – Feb 10, 2007
com and popular review site About. com who calls No Compromise “a nonstop assault of savage riffs pummeling drums and world class breakdowns The secret is to always leave them wanting more and Since The Flood has succeeded. ” Popular heavy music webzine The Punksite. com calls them “one of Metal Blade’s finest. ” Additional coverage is planned on Decoy Music. org and Absolute Punk… org and Absolute Punk. Since the Flood also recently confirmed an east coast run with hardcore legends Madball and up-and-comers Death Before Dishonor. Formed in 2002 in Nashua NH and on the North Shore Since the Flood composed of Chuck Bouley (vocals) Luke Buckbee (drums) Dave Stauble (guitars) Rob Deangelis (bass) and Dan Haggerty (guitar) is from the same surrounding area that Unearth Shadows Fall and All That Remains hail from. They have already made a dent in the scene through their brutal live show and intense instrumental assault recently finishing up their first tour in over a year with Shai Hulud and 100 Demons. Their last one being a European run with Madball and Sworn Enemy and they have shared stages on the road with such groups as All That Remains Twelve Tribes Full Blown Chaos and Bury Your Dead. Much more is planned for the band in the next few months; including an upcoming full US March tour so keep checking www.
News Item in Downtown Los Angeles
Downtown LA Scene – Feb 10, 2007
D’Alpert hits play on the boom box and a drum-heavy soundtrack fills the diminutive space. The dancers pair off in the middle of the room and begin to shake their hips. ne by one in time with the music each stops strikes a pose and brandishes a six-foot-long spear over her shoulder. Vaudeville With a TwistD’Alpert the show’s founder and producer who doubles as a burlesque beauty said Lucha VaVoom got its start in 2002 when her friend Liz Fairbairn was dating a Mexican wrestler. Fairbairn “went bananas” for the sport that is also known as lucha libre. Fairbairn’s initial attempt to spread the word about lucha libre involved hiring vans to shuttle people to matches in Tijuana. When that wasn’t a hit she decided to bring the wrestlers to the people… ”ne of the good guys slated to wrestle in the “Valentine’s Sextacular” is Blue Demon Jr. son of luchadore Blue Demon who dons the family’s electric blue mask with white accents. It may come as no surprise that black-and-white masked Misterioso described on Lucha’s website as “master of the street fight and death match” is one of the bad guys. Lucha’s eccentric cast of characters in the ring includes mini luchadores Crazy Chickens and the pink spandex-clad gender-bending duo Los Exoticos. The burlesque acts include D’Alpert and crew; the Wau Wau Sisters who do a heavy metal trapeze routine; the sexy Poubelle Twins who duke it out in the ring; Roky Roulette a male pogo stick-riding burlesque star; and Karis a hula-hoop master – who also has another trick up his sleeve. “He’s so beautiful everyone thinks he is a girl when he comes out” D’Alpert explains. Veteran Lucha MC Blaine Capatch who hosts the show with help from guests Patton swalt Tom Kenny and Dana Gould on Feb.
Greetings from Iraq… it’s Hell with flies
Daily Mail – Feb 10, 2007
In the evenings they would take the Iraqis out to patrol RouteSix the main highway between Baghdad and Basra. But between 1pmand 4pm it was too hot to work leaving them plenty of free time. Adark humour prevailed and the closer the shave with death thefunnier it was. ne afternoon Sergeant Paul Kelly platoon commander LieutenantJames Passmore and a private held a shooting contest on theadjacent airfield. Fora target they used a rusting metal object shaped like a tunacan but twice the size. The private’s first bullet brought him victory. He held thepunctured target aloft and was only slightly perturbed when he sawwires protruding from it – it crossed his mind that it might be ananti-personnel mine… Adark humour prevailed and the closer the shave with death thefunnier it was. ne afternoon Sergeant Paul Kelly platoon commander LieutenantJames Passmore and a private held a shooting contest on theadjacent airfield. Fora target they used a rusting metal object shaped like a tunacan but twice the size. The private’s first bullet brought him victory. He held thepunctured target aloft and was only slightly perturbed when he sawwires protruding from it – it crossed his mind that it might be ananti-personnel mine. But since it hadn’t exploded he assumed itwas an old tank part and took it back to camp. For the next few weeks the can was kicked around the televisionroom until it was Private Kevin Challis’s day to clean the camp.