MUSICBLOGR – Music Video Blog

Avenged Sevenfold have been up to some wild antics on the Taste of Chaos tour.  Watch this hilarious video Mendoza snapped of Avenged hopping into the jacuzzi in the middle of their set, and then deciding to play another song :
A7X in the jacuzzi

Check out these other Taste of Chaos exclusives:
Live videos of A7X, Atreyu, Blessthefall
Behind-the-scenes photos of A7X, Atreyu

Mendoza snagged some great footage of Taste of Chaos for Buzznet.  Check out Avenged Sevenfold’s jaw dropping stage show, and some great performance footage of Atreyu and Blessthefall from Minnesota :
Avenged Sevenfold
Atreyu
Blessthefall
Also, here’s a really cool video of Atreyu’s soundcheck in Denver

Don’t forget to check out these exclusive behind-the-scenes photos of A7X and Atreyu

In a case of a metal show gone a bit too out of control, seven people were injured in riots that occurred during Iron Maiden‘s performance last Thursday in Bogota, Colombia according to Colombian news website
ElTiempo.com.
The show was a stop on Iron Maiden’s ongoing Somewhere Back In Time world tour. More than 42,000 fans from Colombia and surrounding countries like Panama, Ecuador, and Venezuela were reportedly in attendance. In addition to those injured, 480 people are said to have sought treatment for headaches and other health conditions related to substance abuse (drugs in Colombia!? Shocker!).

Thankfully, none of the injuries were serious, but this is the second time in less than a year that such an incident has occurred in Colombia. Information on the previous incident, which involved Cannibal Corpse, can be found here. Hopefully, further incidents can be avoided in the future.

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[/cut] Let’s be honest, there probably hasn’t been a cross-over artist in the past decade as popular as Daft Punk. The robot-looking Frenchmen have spun electronic dance anthems in clubs across the globe, sampled by Kanye West,
and featured in a handful of TV commercials — yet people still don’t
know for sure what they look like under those helmets. [cut = Read
more...] This summer Daft Punk bring their highly anticipated film Electroma to DVD and Blu-Ray formats July 22 on Vice Records.

Electroma
is an experimental feature that debuted in 2006 at the Cannes Film
Festival to critical acclaim. Daft Punk have described their
directorial debut as “music for the eyes” and comes available in a
metal case complete with imprinted cover images and a 40-page book of
stills from the movie.

From a recent press release:

“Each
scene can be viewed independently, likening the experience to the
viewing of an art exhibit, or the recollection of one’s own memories. 
With its breathtaking cinematography, innovative filming techniques,
and above all its underlying search for humanity within a dystopian
environment, Daft Punk have delivered a film that finds a common thread
with their previous work while exploring new horizons as directors of
their first feature film.”

There are two screenings of Electroma scheduled for next week in Florida:

3/13: Orlando, FL – The Club at Firestone
3/14: Tampa, FL – Czar [/cut]

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The Offspring have had a bunch of hit singles over the past 24 years, including Come Out and Play, Self-Esteem and Why Don’t You Get a Job?, but it was 1998′s Pretty Fly for a White Guy that became an anthem for people of all ages and music lovers of all genres. [cut=Click to read more...]

With its catchy intro of “Give it to me baby, uh, huh, huh,” the song is a perfect mix of both catchy music and hysterical lyrics about a wannabe who is trying as hard as he can to fit in with the hip-hop culture because it’s the “cool” thing to do. The topic is something most of us have probably experienced and can relate, which is possibly why the song did so well.

The video that accompanies the track is still one of my favorite music videos of all time. The premise: A skinny white guy from suburbia spends the day driving in his car and trying to mimick every hip-hop sterotype imaginable. Dressed in an oversized jersey with a sidways red har and gold chain … well, you can only imagine how the video ends when he messes with the wrong crowd.

Pretty Fly for a White Guy went on to top many charts and The Offspring are due for a track with as much commercial success. Perhaps this will be accomplished when they release their eighth album this year.

Click on the photo below to watch the video for Pretty Fly for a White Guy

Share your memories of this unforgettable song and video in the comments below!
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The Foo Fighters have announced the first several dates of their summer U.S. tour, including two nights at Red Rocks in Morrison, CO.  The summer of 2008 is going to be a big one for the Foos, as they have sold out two June dates at England’s Wembley Stadium, and will visit Canada, Japan, Finland, and Australia. [Cut = Read more...]

Dates are as follows:
July 9 – Seattle WA – Key Arena
July 10 – Portland OR – Rose Garden Arena
July 14 & 15 – Morrison CO – Red Rocks
July 17 – Oklahoma City OK – Ford Center (rescheduled from earlier this year)
July 20 – St. Louis MO – Scottrade Center

Where do you want the Foos to play this summer? And what would your dream setlist look like?

Also, don’t forget to check out all the great new photos of the Foos on their Buzznet page: Foo Fighters

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I attended Friday night’s show co-headlined by Devildriver and Napalm Death at the House of Blues in Hollywood.  It was a raucous affair enjoyed by fans from all sections of the aggressive music universe. [Cut = Read more...]  Here are my two cents: 

  

    Straight Line Stitch kicked things off with some neo-nu metal action (or alternative metal, whatever you want to call it).  Nothing too impressive, but the combination of a female singer and some catchy melodic choruses could gain this band some popularity as time moves forward.  The band is reminiscent of Sevendust and POD, so if you enjoy that sort of stuff, you will probably find a lot to like.

    Up next was Invitro, who have to be one of the most bizarre acts I have ever witnessed live.  The Los Angeles natives began the set wearing labcoats and aluminum helmets made to look like alien heads (I think…).  Thankfully, they ditched the costumes after the first couple of songs.  Even without the costumes, the band was hard to put a finger on, as they couldn’t seem to decide if they wanted to be a punk band or a metal band.  Unlike crossover thrash bands ,such as Suicidal Tendencies, they didn’t combine the two styles.  Instead they alternated between straight up punk songs and metal songs.  Unfortunately, none of their styles caught on with me.  Two thumbs down for Invitro.

    After a seemingly interminable sound check, Napalm Death hit the stage and sent the place into a frenzy.  Before the show, my friend and I had somehow managed to sweet talk Napalm’s merch lady into giving us their setlist, so we had a fun time calling out each song before it started.  As Barney Greenway (singer of Napalm Death) pointed out, they have been a band for 27 years now, yet it was the first time I have ever seen them, so you could definitely have colored me excited.  As could be expected there was an interesting cross section of fans in the pit during their set, as Napalm’s music has a large  crossover between different sections of the aggressive music scenes.  There were punks, hardcore kids, and metalheads all throwing down.  The only people who did not seem to be particularly enjoying themselves were the nu metal fans there to see Devildriver, as Napalm is extremely inaccessible to people who have not been conditioned to listen to music with that level of intensity.  Fortunately, no fights resulted from any tensions between different types of fans.  Here is Napalm’s (incredible) setlist:

    Devildriver went on last and seemed to be in somewhat of a rush due to Napalm Death running over their allotted time with their long sound check.  Devildriver have always struck me as being somewhat generic, but that said, they certainly put on an energetic set.  Their fans seemed extra amped for them on this evening because Devildriver are SoCal natives.  They played everything that one would expect, mixing newer material from The Last Kind Words album with all of the old favorites.  All in all, not the best show I’ve ever attended, but worth every penny to see Napalm Death after all these years.  Their set could not have been better.

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You don’t need to be rich to party with these girls. Millionaires have only been together for 5 months and they have already performed to sold out crowds in California. Two of the members are 18-years-old while the other is only 16! Find out what all the fuss is about.