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Mayhem’s Before They Were Famous – 4. Jonathan Davis (Korn) August 21, 2024

Filed under: Before They Were Famous — justwilliam1959 @ 1:02 pm
Tags: Dead Bodies Everywhere, Jonathan Davis, Korn, Pretty

Many people, often for the wrong reasons cite metal bands like Korn as dark and related to horror. I don’t really see that, well maybe the dark part. But for those who do see them like that knowing what frontman Jonathan Davis’ first job will not change your opinion. He was an embalmer, albeit for a short while, after completing a mortuary studies course. Some Korn songs including “Dead Bodies Everywhere” and “Pretty.” are apparently drawn from that working experience.

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Leeds Festival Day 3 Sunday 27th August 2017 August 30, 2017

Filed under: Review — justwilliam1959 @ 11:13 pm
Tags: Blaenavon, Cabbage, Casey, Dream State, Eminem, Everything Everything, Frank Carter and the Rattlesnakes, Hype Media, Inheaven, John Hayhurst, Korn, Leeds Festival, Leeds Festival 2017, Pumarosa, Snapagig, The Hype Media, The Real Slim Shady, Viagra Boys, Vukovi, Wolf Alice

Click here to read my review of day 3 of the 2017 Leeds Festival on the Hype Media site. I would like to thank the lovely gang at the Hype Media for giving me the opportunity to be there! Words by me and pictures by rock photographer extraordinaire John Hayhurst of snapagig. Except for the Marshall Mathers picture, that one was a lucky find.

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“I’m a atom brained man with a heart of gold” December 5, 2014

Filed under: Trivia — justwilliam1959 @ 1:05 am
Tags: Alien, Atomic Playboys, Atrocity, Attahk, Blondie (band), Brain Salad Surgery, Carcass, Carl Palmer, Celtic Frost, Danzig, Dead Kennedys, Debbie Harry, ELP, Emerson, Emerson Lake And Palmer, Eparistera Daimones, Floh De Cologne, Frankencrhist, Freiheit Fuer Die Sklaven, Giger, Hallucinations, Heartwork, How The Gods Kill, HR Giger, Jonathan Davis, KooKoo, Korn, Lake & Palmer, Magma, Mumien Kantate Fur Rockband, Pankow, Recesses For The Depraved, Sacrosanct, Steve Stevens, Switzerland, The Jam Was Moving, The Shiver, To Mega Therion, Triptykon, Walpurgis

I knew that late, great Swiss artist H.R. Giger had produced a number of LP/ album covers, but I hadn’t appreciated just how many there were. Many of you must know Giger from his amazing designs for the ‘Alien’ films, but check out his album art and let me know what you think. I reckon there is some great stuff there.

‘Brain Salad Surgery‘ – Emerson, Lake and Palmer (ELP)

‘Attahk’ – Magma

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYiu8dWdrs0

‘How The Gods Kill’ – Danzig

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HF6z7F4PTHc

‘KooKoo‘ – Debbie Harry

‘Frankenchrist‘ – Dead Kennedys

‘To Mega Therion’ – Celtic Frost

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SgtScsVUg4

‘The Shiver’ – Walpurgis

‘Atomic Playboys’ – Steve Stevens

‘Hallucinations’ – Atrocity

‘Heartwork’ – Carcass

‘Eparistera Daimones’ – Triptykon

‘Mumien Kantate Fur Rockband’ – Floh De Cologne

‘Recesses For The Depraved’ – Sacrosanct

‘Freiheit Fuer Die Sklaven’ – Pankow

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPCTc44g2rA

In addition to those 14 albums there was also;

“The Jam Was Moving” – Debbie Harry (single)

Jonathan Davis – Korn (Microphone Stand)

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“Hidden violence revealed, darkness that seems real look at the pages that cause all this evil” February 22, 2012

Filed under: News,Observation — justwilliam1959 @ 10:57 pm
Tags: America No More, Are You Ready To Rock, Bagpipe, Bagpipe Star, KLF, Korn, Morris dance, Prickly Thorn But Sweetly Worn, Rhythm Of My Heart, Rod Stewart, Scotland, Shoots and Ladders, White Stripes, Wizzard

I am half Scottish so I feel I am at least partly qualified to make a comment about bagpipes. That comment being that I really can’t stand the bloody things. In a traditional music and dance sense there is only one thing that I dislike more and that is Morris Dancing. I think I would generally find nailing my head to the floor a more pleasurable pursuit than watching Morris Dancing.

So based on my view of the Bagpipes just how shocked and horrified do you think I was when I realised that you are able to purchase the game ‘Bagpipe Star’ on DVD. What the hell is that all about then? I was hoping it was a spoof but it doesn’t look like it. Click here to check the site yourself.

I got me thinking about are there any rock songs that actually use the bagpipes in a reasonably good way. Thankfully I think there are and here is my bagpipes in rock choice just for you! Remember it is really a musical instrument and not an instrument of torture!