Archive for Music

August 8th 2008

Alice Cooper Takes A Fall And Breaks A Rib

by Anwin in Entertainment, Music, Pics     tags: , ,       1 Comment

Shock rock veteran Alice Cooper — the man who long ago helped turn Rob into a Zombie and provided Manson imagary for a very young Marilyn — broke a rib last week during a concert in Redmond, Oregon.

After collapsing, Cooper got up and finished the show and most fans figured the fall was part of the performance. While he played a few gigs in the days following the accident, his side continued to ache and when he finally saw a doctor he discovered he had suffered a broken rib and ligament damage. The doc told him it would take three weeks of inactivity and rest to fully recover… What the hell do doctors know?

Oh I want to lay my hands on the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Along_Came_a_Spider_(Alice_Cooper_album)

May 28th 2008

Lemmy The Movie – About Motorhead Frontman Lemmy Kilmister

by Anwin in Entertainment, Movies, Music     tags: , , , , ,       No Comment

Of all the surviving heavy metal icons, none are more authentic or carry more credibility than Motorhead frontman Lemmy Kilmister. For over 40 years, Lemmy has defined the heavy metal lifestyle and music form, adhering to his principles, writing songs gloriously out of step with the times and flipping the bird to all those who who covers their ears. Astonishingly, Kilmister’s music not just been iconoclastic, it’s been hugely influential, laying the foundation for thrash, death metal and hardcore. And whether he’s tearing it up with Motorhead, picking up chicks at the Rainbow or stumbling drunkenly through a dark alley shouting belligerent curses at whoever he steps on, Lemmy remains ever true to himself and his values.

Lemmy Kilmister

Because of Kilmister’s historical, sociological and comical value, directors/producers Greg Olliver and Wes Orshoski decided to film Lemmy: The Movie, a documentary of their hero that’s scheduled to surface sometime in 2009. The flick is being shot on a combination of HD video and super 16 mm film and will include tribute interviews with Dave Grohl, Alice Cooper, and Steve Vai and wrestler Triple H as well as abundant video footage of Lemmy doing what he does best.

Read more at Headbanger’s Ball blog and watch the video of a classic hotel trashing ritual. Hehehehe.

April 3rd 2008

Celebrating 10 Years Of Mp3 Players

by Anwin in Music     tags: , , , , , ,       No Comment

This article by Anything But IPOD (ABI from now on) is brilliant. How many times have I wondered about the history of MP3 players. I’ve always wondered how it started, who was the first, and who was most original, etc. I know there are a lot of players in the market right now. But what about a decade ago? Here’s your answer. Some excerpts below:

The first MP3 player was introduced by MPMAN in 1998. It was expensive, awkward, and had 32MB of memory. 10 years later, we have flash players with 1000 times the capacity, several times the battery life, WiFi, Bluetooth, video and a mountain of other features.

I am a great fan of Creative players, mostly because of the enthusiasm brought in through Naveen. I own the Creative Zen Touch and the Creative Vision W mentioned in the article too. There are other players like Sony’s, Apple’s iPods, Cowon’s, Archos’s (which Anoop has two of)

March 20th 2008

Megadeth Concert Review And Pic

by Anwin in Bangalore, Concert, India, Music     tags: ,       No Comment

Megadeth, originally uploaded by Naveen Roy.

Megadeth kicked some serious ass last week at the Rock in India concert. We, Anoop, Naveen, Karthik and I went berserk at the concert. We were joined by Vinay Binny an old friend of ours. We just went carzy and completely mad at the concert.

Dave Mustaine and gang headbanged like crazy on stage. When they played A Tout le Monde, Rust in Peace, Holy Wars and others the crown were jumping and headbanging at the same time. So were we.

Read more reviews here and here.

And yes, we did watch Machine Head on stage too. They were excellent too on stage. But I didn’t know any of their songs. So…

February 4th 2008

Iron Maiden In India 2008 – They Played, They Rocked Again

by Anwin in Chows, Concert, Cool Stuff, India, Iron Maiden, Music     tags: , , , , , ,       2 Comments
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Almost a year ago I was one of the most fortunates to watch Iron Maiden in full concert in Bangalore.

I just can’t believe that its been less than a year and Iron Maiden came to India again! Wow! And to top it all, they started their Somewhere Back in Time World Tour 2008 with India as the first concert. Amazing. Thanks guys. You guys seriously made mine and my friends and so many other fans in India happy.

The concert was simply brilliant. I have too many words describe the experience. Some of the songs I best liked were Clairvoyant, Revelations, The Trooper, Heaven can wait and Moonchild. Mind you, these were songs that I didn’t expect them to play. So it was f’ing amazing when they played these songs out of the blue. I went berserk. And all the “Scream for me India” and “Scream for me Mumbai”. Oh boy, what a voice Bruce Dickinson has. Jeez!

So we were six for this concert when we were double for the concert last year. From the core Chows it was just Anoop and I. We missed the others, especially Renie and Naveen who could not make it to Mumbai.

Some pics taken at the Mumbai concert, courtesy Maiden Norway. They’ve even got a video of Eddie :) .

And when Eddie came on stage I almost cried.

That is Eddie playing the guitar with a little bit of help from Janick Gers.

The playlist was amazing with their 80′s songs. The songs I used to love when I was back in School. Ah, talk about bliss!

01. Intro – Churchill’s Speech
02. Aces High
03. 2 Minutes to Midnight
04. Revelations
05. The Trooper
06. Wasted Years
07. The Number of the Beast
08. Run to the Hills
09. Rime of the Ancient Mariner
10. Powerslave
11. Heaven Can Wait
12. Can I Play With Madness?
13. Fear of the Dark
14. Iron Maiden
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15. Moonchild
16. The Clairvoyant
17. Hallowed Be Thy Name

That was 1 hr and 45 mins of pure adrenaline. And best of all, how many of you can say that you were in a Heavy Metal concert and were able to see and participate in a mosh pit huh? We can, buddies, we can. Unwilling participants, yes, but still, we were there. YEAH!!!

Ask me or Anoop for more awesome details. Hehehe…