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'A Thousand Suns' – concept record?

Linkin Park‘s lead Cubase user, Mike Shinoda, blew the one chance he had of motivating the musical aberration that is his latest album, A Thousand Suns.

When asked if the album is a ‘concept record,’ Mike said “omg no,” calling it a ‘multi-concept record.’

Read the full article here, if you really want to laugh and get annoyed at the same time.

When asked what some of those ‘multi-concepts’ are, Mike Shinoda answered ‘shit, atrocious, bad, awful and fucking shit’

Alice in Chains change the face of music videos

Alice in Chains, the band named after a pedophile’s wet dream, have changed the face of music videos! Step aside, James Cameron, with your shitty 3D and ugly blue people.

Now, when I read this:

“The band has introduced an interactive music video experience for the band’s song “Acid Bubble.” Produced by Spy Films, director Nick Goso created an interactive space where users manipulate their perspective and experience 360-degree environments.“

My first assumption was: “Hey, pretty cool, so I get to watch the band perform or something from different perspectives, eh?”

WRONG. You see the inside of an esophagus, or something resembling internal organs, and all you do is look up, down, left or right, essentially seeing the same thing. What the fuck? This is the lamest, most deceiving description I’ve ever read about a video. Interactive my ass. Hey, if I ever wanna know what it’s like being eaten by a monster, I’ll give you guys a call.

The piece of shit video can be “experienced” here.

When asked why their video is a bad 3D rendition of the inside of a colon, Alice in Chains had absolutely no comment, cause they were busy playing Quake.

Source: Blabbermouth

Shakira covers Metallica

Colombian pop sensation and woman of my dreams, Shakira, covered Metallica’s hit (sellout) song, Nothing Else Matters, during her concert (which I wanted to attend, but couldn’t, DAMN!) in Montreal, Canada.

Fan videos of the performance after the jump.

When if she ever shook her ass to Master of Puppets, Shakira had no comment.

There is no justice in the world

“Nintendo metal” band Linkin Park debuted their first album ever not to feature either anime or remixes.

While metal legends Megadeth barely sold 3,000 albums (granted, of a live cd) in the first week, these guys are likely to sell 260,000. If that’s no proof that there is no God, I don’t know what is.

The album, entitled “A Thousand Suns,” features about 30 interludes and 3 full-length tracks, so make sure to pick it up if you have the attention span of a housefly and can’t stand tracks longer than 40 seconds.

Lars compares 'Big Four' to iPhone app

Metallica might be old, but they’re still up to date with the youth, yo. As Lars demonstrates in a recent  interview, comparing The Big Four to “something on the iPhone.”

“The vibe on this thing is so big, we’d be stupid to ignore it. You know on your iPhone, you can move the weather maps up and down? Well, the ‘Big Four’ is quickly moving up to the top in terms of potential occurrences for the next couple of years.“

Well, Lars, you know that button on the iPhone, the one that turns it off? Apparently that’s what “The Big Four” should have “clicked,” circa 1990.

Full article here.