Let Us Know!

I'm stuck here at work so although I can easily get away with postin' GWAR's new "Let Us Slay" video (lead single off their uber-awesome Lust in Space), I can't crank up the speakers or even watch the darn thing. I sure don't want you all to miss out so please stream it for me during these next few hours, and once five o'clock rolls around I'll letcha know what I think. Early predictions include: drippy foam rubber, bad Chroma-Key, and basic cable-friendly omissions of the band's enormous monster genitalia! Enjoy:

I Should Listen to More AC/DC

Just got High Voltage's "Little Lover" on the shuffle, and, wow, what an awesome tune. Super slitherin' vo-kills, uber-tasty guitar licks, and -- best of all -- lines about Gary Glitter and "that wet patch on your seat"! I'm sold. Bon Scott: genius!

JP Inc is Number One...Twice!

I don't like a lot of funny stuff, but for whatever reason I always find the Pleaseeasaur side-splittingly hilarious. Here's 'Saur mastermind JP Hasson and his new video for "Jazzbot Xtreme" which has had me chucklin' since last Friday. Dig it.

DutyCast Episode 33: Basketball Jesus

Hola! Matt and Dev return this week to give you the skinny on all things metal and not-metal. This week:

• We riff on the hoop and the harm.
• Trent Reznor give his fans a whole lotta Downward Spiral.
• Rob Zombie makes music?
• Scott Ian agrees to a fake tour.
• The Beatles and Kurt Cobain get played with.
• Devon buys a TV, Matt buys an Xbox.

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I Love the 80's

Here's The Sound doing "Sense of Purpose" on a 1981 episode of The Old Grey Whistle Test. I've mentioned how much I'm digging these guys on our last couple DutyCasts, and now you can finally hear 'em for yerself. Enjoy.

DutyCast Episode 32: Does Anybody Want Some?

Well, we made it. After two weeks, the Duty's back on track and tryin' to scrape the rust off the cobwebs of our podcastin' skills. This week:

• We survived ArnoCorps. And had a ballsy fuckin' time!
• Nobody likes GWAR? WTF? Lust in Space is outta this world.
• Nobody like Fu Manchu? WTF? "Pigeon Toe" is toe-riffic.
• Everybody likes Slayer? WTF? Just kidding, Slayer's alright.
• Mastodon scores with Megan Fox, and Rex Brown is knockin' on death's door.

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Signs Of Upcoming Bad-Assness

Heavy Duty ultra-fav and San Clemente's loudest band Fu Manchu have set their return to rule the fuzz-rock landscape with 10 'blasts of riffage to be known as Signs of Infinite Power. The new LP drops on October 20th, and here be the tracks:

1. Bionic Astronautics
2. Steel.Beast.Defeated
3. Against the Ground
4. Webfoot Witch Hat
5. El Busta
6. Signs of Infinite Power
7. Eyes x 10
8. Gargantuan March
9. Take It Away
10. One Step Too Far

That, my friends, are some aaamazing song titles sure to become Fu classics. The lads are rockin' Neumos here in Seattle on October 24th, which gives us four days whole days to digest the album before the action is go!

Charlie Watts, Still on the Drums

Dammit! Start the presses! Y'know, I thought I was on the cutting edge breakin' the news how Charlie Watts had left the Stones, but not minutes after I publish the story, Brit music magazine NME uploads the band's urgent press release that emphatically states how the Wattsman is STILL IN THE ROLLING STONES. The full text:

"Contrary to a fabricated story that ran this morning on a small music web site
in Australia, drummer Charlie Watts has not left The Rolling Stones,"
the group explained in a statement.

Well, there ya go. I still hope the rumor's true just so Matt and I can finally work on a Definitive List o' Top Six: Rolling Stones Drummers We'd Like to See. Here's some "Honky Tonk":

Charlie Watts, Not on the Drums

Stop the presses! According to Australian music site Undercover, Charlie Watts has quit The Rolling Stones. Guess after 46 years the guy got tired of playing the same drumbeat. Maybe he can use his golden years to learn how to hit the snare and hi-hat at the same time. Zing!

The article sez Charlie Drayton, skinsman for Keef's X-Pensive Winos, will be the likely replacement, and, sure, that's a pretty solid choice even if the Heavy Duty'd prefer a Charlie "Chuck" Biscuits or a William "Flavor Flav" Drayton instead.

Here's some "Sympathy":