Celebrated by the inspid chunterings of jobsworth journos validating their freebies whilst jobbing bands phone in, on the whole, sub standard performances to whacked out goons in jester hats.

It seems that every cretin who can string a sentence together, and some who clearly can’t are now on the Glasto freebie bandwagon. Including what seems like the whole of the BBC. Surely a better use of our licence fee would be to take all the tickets wasted on the staff ‘working’ there and give them to the poor sods sat at home unable to afford a ticket, or locked out due to over distribution of said free tickets to all the journalists ‘working’ there clogging up the site to capacity.

Formed in 1982, NAPALM DEATH are the legitimate forefathers of grindcore and achieved a legendary status already during their early days with their viciously raw demos like “Hatred Surge” and the debut album “Scum” (1987), which started a truly violent revolution within the world of extreme music.

Ever since then their name is inevitably connected with raving high-speed, and although no member of the original line-up is playing in the band these days they haven’t cut down on their ferocity. The lot from Birmingham, England, still delivers a furious mix formed out of highly aggressive (extreme-) metal and savage hardcore/punk fitted with social criticism.

Passionately anti-war, pro-animal rights, and outspoken on social issues, the band never shy from standing up for their beliefs.

Worldwide touring has been a mainstay for the band, so after having completed a string of European summer festivals, NAPALM DEATH will head over to North America to initiate supporting their “Smear Campaign” on a tour with Hatebreed, The Black Dahlia Murder and Exodus to then return to Europe for more touring this Autumn. Expect to see the band crushing your vicinity sooner than later…

Discography :

Official Releases

Scum (1987)

From Enslavement To Obliteration (1988)

The Curse (7″) (1988)
Live In Europe (7″, 1989)

Split w/ SOB (split 7″, 1989)

Mentally Murdered (EP, 1989)

The Peel Sessions (1989)

Suffer The Children (1990)

Harmony Corruption (1990)

Harmony Corruption bonus live EP (EP, 1990)

Mass Appeal Madness (EP, 1991)

Death By Manipulation (1992)

Utopia Banished (1992)

Utopia Banished Bonus CD (EP, 1992)

The World Keeps Turning (EP, 1992)

Nazi Punks Fuck Off (EP, 1993)

Live Corruption (live, 1992)

Fear, Emptiness, Despair (1994)

Hung (EP, 1994)

Plague Rages (Promo, 1994)

Greed Killing (EP, 1996)

Diatribes (1996)

Cursed To Tour (split-cd At The Gates, 1996)

In Tongues We Speak (split-cd Coalesce) (1997)

Inside The Torn Apart (1997)

Breed To Breath (EP, 1997)

Bootlegged In Japan (live, 1998)

Words From The Exit Wound (1998)

Leaders Not Followers (EP, 1999)

The Complete Radio One Sessions (2000)

Enemy Of The Music Business (2001)

Order Of The Leech (2002)

Noise For Music’s Sake (2CD, 2003)

Punishment In Capitals (CD & DVD, 2004)

Leaders Not Followers: Part 2 (2004)

The Code Is Red…Long Live The Code (2005)

Smear Campaign (2006)

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Formed in 1976, this New York, USA-based quintet’s original purpose was to provide the antidote to the disco music that was saturating the airwaves during the mid-70s. Featuring Dee

Snider (b. Daniel Snider, 15 March 1955, Massapequa, Long Island, New York, USA; vocals), Eddie Ojeda (guitar), Mark “The Animal” Mendoza (bass, ex-Dictators), Jay Jay French (guitar) and Tony Petri (drums) they had a bizarre image that borrowed ideas from Kiss, Alice Cooper and the New York Dolls. Musically they combined sexually provocative lyrics and dumb choruses with heavy-duty, metallic rock ‘n’ roll. A.J. Pero (ex-Cities) took over on drums before the recording of their debut, Under The Blade. This was picked up from the independent Secret label by Atlantic Records, following a successful UK appearance at the Reading Festival and a controversial performance on The Tube television show in 1982. The band never lived up to their initial promise, with successive albums simply regurgitating earlier ideas. Their greatest success was Stay Hungry, which cracked the Top 20 album charts on both sides of the Atlantic. It also included the hit single, “I Am, I’m Me”, which peaked at number 18 in the UK. Their audience had become bored with them by the time Come Out And Play was released and the tour to support it was a flop. Pero quit and returned to his former outfit, Cities; Joey “Seven” Franco (ex-Good Rats) was drafted in as replacement. Snider steered the band in a more melodic direction on Love Is For Suckers. The album was still born; Atlantic terminated their contract, and the band imploded in 1987.

Snider went on to form Desperado, with ex-Gillan guitarist Bernie Torm(subsequently evolving, more permanently, into Widowmaker), before finding belated success as a heavy metal DJ. Twisted Sister briefly reunited to record a new song for the 1998 movie Strangeland, which was written by and starred Snider. Looking back on his days dressing up with his old band, Snider would conclude: “All that flash and shit wears thin. There’s gotta be something beyond it. And there wasn’t with Twisted Sister”. Nevertheless, he continues to play with the band on an occasional basis

Discography:

Albums:

Still Hungry 2007

Twisted 2006

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If the New Wave Of Classic Rock is in session, American Heartbreak is at the head of the class. Along with vocalist Lance Boone and former Exodus bassist Michael Butler (currently the host of the highly successful weekly Rock and Roll Geek Show Podcast), Rowe first introduced American Heartbreak to rock fans via the 1997 EP What You Deserve, initially released on Perris Records.

After several tribute album contributions and lineup changes, their first full-length, Postcards From Hell, surfaced three years later on hometown indie Coldfront Records. The album recalled the unpretentious fun of supercharged Sunset Strip rock while reinterpreting the buzz-saw melodies of arena rock legends such as Kiss and Cheap Trick for a post-alternative rock age. Following a 2001 split-CD with The Libertines, the group added rhythm guitarist Casey Crenshaw prior to a European tour, during which they recorded a live set that became the foundation of their next release. 2003s You Will Not Be Getting Paid (Perris Records) featured five live songs, five acoustic tracks (including Starz and Cheap Trick covers) and six remixed songs from the What You Deserve EP.

After the European releases of You Will Not Be Getting Paid and Postcards From Hell in 2004 (People Like You Records), the group returned to the continent for another tour in early 2005. Back on the home front, they toured the West Coast with Backyard Babies, The Chelsea Smiles and Crash Kelly that summer. (The group has also toured and/or gigged with The New York Dolls, The Donnas, Queens of the Stone Age, Buckcherry, Warrant, Cinderella, The Scorpions, Dio, Sebastian Bach, L.A. Guns, Starz and Tsar, among others.) By years end, the band completed its second full-length with co-producer Rick Parker (Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Space Twins [Weezer guitarist Brian Bells side project], Tyler Hilton).

The result: 13 tracks of timeless rock n roll. It proves that while trend-seekers may be fawning over the latest batch of rock saviors as if the genre was invented only yesterday, American Heartbreak is the real deal a band impervious to fads and driven purely by the desire to play loud, catchy rock.

Discography

American Heaartbreak
1. Somebody
2. Sick N’ Tired
3. Love Your Abuse
4. Things Are Looking Up
5. Raise Up Your Hands
6. The Girl Who Knows Nothing At All
7. The Last Of The Superheroes (Of The 1970s)
8. Unhappily Ever After
9. 21 & Easy (Simple Things Like Rock N’ Roll)
10. Crawling
11. Fallen Angels
12. Isolation
13. Bitch.

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Halford’s his first album Resurrection was included in Martin Popoff’s The Top 500 Heavy Metal Albums of All Time. As well, the songs Silent Screams & the title-track Resurrection were included in Popoff’s list. The track The One You Love To Hate featured a guest appearance Iron Maiden vocalist Bruce Dickinson.

In 2002 HALFORD released his second studio album Crucible, although no live recordings have been officially released to promote this album. A high-quality soundboard bootleg titled Live – From The Disney House Of Blues was made available for download along with a special DEP at www.robhalford.com in 2004. Halford released bonus tracks in Japan, such as She, Fugitive, Rock The World Forever and In The Morning. There is a video for the track In The Morning available at www.robhalford.com.

On November, 2006,released a single set from theIV album, titled Forgotten Generation. The first wave ofreleases included remastered editions of his solo band’s back catalogue and initially releasing them through Apple’s online iTunes Store. Fight also celebrated a release, an early recording entitled K5- War of Words Demos, which were the demos that Robhad recorded back when Fight had first formed. Lastly, a compilation was included, called Metal God Essentials, Vol. 1, which not only had the fans’ favoritetunes, but also had a new song called Drop Out.

Discography

Resurrection
1. Resurrection
2. Made in Hell
3. Locked and Loaded
4. Night Fall
5. Silent Screams
6. The One You Love to Hate Featuring Bruce Dickinson
7. Cyberworld
8. Slow Down
9. Twist
10. Temptation
11. Drive
12. Saviour
13. Sad Wings Japanese Bonus Track
14. Hell’s Last Survivor Japanese Bonus Track

Live Insurrection
Disc 1
1. Resurrection
2. Made in Hell
3. Into the Pit
4. Nailed to the Gun
5. Light Comes Out of Black
6. Stained Class
7. Jawbreaker
8. Running Wild
9. Slow Down
10. The One You Love to Hate
11. Life in Black
12. Hell’s Last Survivor
13. Sad Wings
14. Savior
15. Silent Screams

Disc 2
1. Intro
2. Cyberworld
3. The Hellion
4. Electric Eye
5. Riding on the Wind
6. Genocide [1st Encore]
7. Beyond the Realms of Death
8. Metal Gods [2nd Encore]
9. Breaking the Law
10. Blackout [Japanese Bonus Track]
11. Tyrant
12. Screaming in the Dark
13. Heart of a Lion , , Tipton
14. Prisoner of Your Eyes

Crucible 2002
1. Park Manor [Instrumental]
2. Crucible
3. One Will
4. Betrayal
5. Handing Out Bullets
6. Hearts of Darkness
7. Crystal
8. Heretic
9. Golgotha
10. Wrath of God
11. Weaving Sorrow
12. Sun
13. Trail of Tears

Bonus tracks:
1. She
2. Fugitive

The Japanese version has two different bonus tracks:
1. In the Morning
2. Rock the World Forever

LIVE – Disney House Of Blues Concert – Formerly available for free download from www.robhalford.com.

Metal God Essentials, Vol. 1 – Exclusive to iTunes, released as a CD in September 2007
CD1
1. Resurrection
2. Made In Hell
3. Screaming In The Dark
4. Golgotha
5. Silent Screams – 1999 Demo
6. Crystal
7. Into The Pit
8. Nailed To The Gun
9. Slow Down
10. Locked & Loaded
11. Forgotten Generation
12. Drop Out
13. War Of Words
14. Sun
15. Trail Of Tears

Bonus-CD
1. Hypocrisy U.S. Mix
2. Vendetta Australia and So. America Mix
3. Redemption European Mix
4. Resistance Canadian Mix

Bonus-DVD
1. Resurrection – Behind the scenes
2. Live Insurrection – Behind the scenes
3. Made In Hell
4. Betrayal
5. In The Morning
6. Silent Screams
7. Never Satisfied
8. Forgotten Generation

Silent Screams The Singles EP – Exclusive to iTunes

IV – working title 2008

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Their debut album Cracked Wide Open And Bruised was released in 2005 and contains the songs Let’s Roll, Superstar, Lady Deny, Crucify, Delirious, Get In The Ring, Every Dog Has It’s Day, So Cruel, Low Broke & Pissed, Do You Think About Me? and Something For Nothing.

2006 saw their second album Doin’ You Nasty and also contains the following tracks: Jaded Heart, Louder, Crack Of Dawn, Let It Loose, Hometown Hero, Slip Away, Starstruck, Drop The Bomb, Gotta Move On, Proud, White Trash Beauty and Moonshine Beat.

When you ask the band what they want to achieve with their music the answer is simple and in your face: to deliver some really heavy stuff that will make you believe in rock’n'roll once again. The message is loud and clear: we want our audience to have a good time and a blast, just like we do!

Discography

Doin’ You Nasty
1. Jaded Heart
2. Louder
3. Crack Of Dawn
4. Let It Loose
5. Hometown Hero
6. Slip Away
7. Starstruck
8. Drop The Bomb
9. Gotta Move On
10. Proud
11. White Trash Beauty
12. Moonshine Beat

Cracked Wide Open And Bruised
1. Let’s Roll
2. Superstar
3. Lady Deny
4. Crucify
5. Delirious
6. Get In The Ring
7. Every Dog Has Its Day
8. So Cruel
9. Low, Broke & Pissed
10. Do You Think About Me?
11. Something For Nothing

Promo 2003
1. Let’s roll
2. Delirious
3. Crucify
4. Suicide Street

Ten Things You Can’t Live Without
1. Hang Tough
2. Sweet Lovin’
3. Sticky Situation
4. No. 1
5. Round n’ Round
6. Superstar
7. Anything You Want
8. Time To Get Dirty
9. Spinnin’
1. So Cruel

Superstar
1. Sweet Lovin’
2. Time To Get Dirty
3. Superstar

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