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Rob Zombie
Hellbilly Deluxe II
Roadrunner Records

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

There are worse things in life than receiving a chain letter in the mail. You could, for example, receive Rob Zombie's newest musical abortion through the postal service. You could place it into the CD tray and hit play, and then walk back 5 minutes later and stop it. You could repeat this process over...

Fame can be a tricky and strange thing, especially in the realm of popular music. How can a band know that the follow-up to their first smash-hit also certify them some amount of success? How does one make sure that their sophomore effort allows them to stay in the public spotlight and some charting? It is a tricky endeavour,to say the least. Sometimes, though, fame can be a bitch. Certain bandmembers hop onto the famous train of a band whose dynamics they grow angry with and eventually decide to depart from, only to decide to start up their own outfit and hope to see comparable success. So without further ado, here are a list of people who have left/disbanded successful bands in order to strike it out on their own with a similar-sounding endeavour, only to fail and return to their...

 

Countdown To Armageddon: News - Thursday, August 6th, 2009

100 Bands, Two Hours, One Great Time

 Get ready to get your face ripped off one hundred times as Countdown to Armageddon (or C2A, for those in the know) will be hosting a 100-song grindcore extravaganza on Thursday, August 20th. Featured artists include Napalm Death, Pig Destroyer, Agoraphobic Nosebleed, Anal Cunt, Brutal Truth, Graf Orlock, Terrorizer, Trap Them, The Locust, Carcass and dozens more show up and kick ass. Consider yourself adequately warned. Tune in on Thursday from 4 to 6 pm for...

• An inability to see anyone's playlist except one's own
• Why is there a "Blog This" button at the bottom right of the playlist creator? Chances are people will accidentally click it a lot given how close it is to the Submit radio button. Can this be relocated?
• Can we attach filesizes to filetypes? Because right now someone can upload a giant png/gif/jpg/jpeg file and that wouldn't be pretty.
• Where's the message board at?

Oh you are a real piece of work.