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Topics Discussed:
0:00 - Kevin meets Brian / Cheers to 40 years of Metal Blade Records
0:53 - Hello from Peter Tägtgren (PAIN, Hypocrisy, ex-Lindemann)
1:11 - Today In Music: Guns N’ Roses’ debut record ‘Appetite For Destruction’ (1987) went #1 in America (1988)
1:30 - Have you heard “ABSUЯD” by Guns N’ Roses?
2:34 - Pre-'Appetite For Destruction' Guns N’ Roses
3:33 - Today’s Quote: “What is most visible is rarely most valuable.” - Unknown
“I ASK SOMEONE” W/ BRIAN SLAGEL (FOUNDER & CEO OF METAL BLADE RECORDS)
4:03 - What is the main thing you look for in a band?
5:26 - What is the special ingredient in all "world-renown" bands?
6:39 - Giving Metallica a shot on his ‘Metal Massacre’ compilation (1982)
9:08 - “Shy” James Hetfield (Metallica)
9:47 - “Incredibly intelligent” Cliff Burton (Metallica)
13:20 - Listening to ‘Metallica’ (The Black Album) (1991) with Lars Ulrich (Metallica), before the album's release
15:03 - Metallica & their fans / 'The Metallica Podcast'
16:32 - Introducing Adam “Nergal” Darski (Behemoth) to Metallica in San Diego, CA in August 2017
17:40 - Boot shopping with James Hetfield in Denver, CO in February 1992
19:00 - James & Lars asked Slagel to choose the setlist in 1980s
20:05 - Working with King Diamond (Mercyful Fate, King Diamond)
22:05 - New Mercyful Fate is coming!
23:30 - Brian’s Buffalo Sabres analysis
25:55 - Discovering Cannibal Corpse / Flagship Metal Blade bands?
27:40 - George “Corpsegrinder” Fisher (Cannibal Corpse) "is not a human"
28:30 - Early Goo Goo Dolls / ‘A Boy Named Goo’ (1995)
31:35 - RAMMSTEIN / Brian’s greatest concert
33:31 - Meeting Richard Kruspe (Rammstein, Emigrate) and Paul Landers (Rammstein) at a strip club in Phoenix, AZ
33:51 - Meeting Till Lindemann (Rammstein, Lindemann) at Scarpetta at The Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas, NV
35:47 - Was Lizzy Borden’s ‘Master Of Disguise’ (1989) Metal Blade’s breakthrough album?
37:33 - “Learn from your mistakes!”
39:36 - Brian’s “wall of vinyl” story
41:50 - What are some hobbies you have to alleviate stress?
43:30 - Do bands make money through streaming platforms?
47:43 - What are three metal songs that give you goosebumps?
50:15 - Why are you most proud of Armoured Saint’s fourth studio record ‘Symbol Of Salvation’ (1991)?
53:32 - What question should I ask John Bush (Armoured Saint, ex-Anthrax), next week? / Metallica & Armoured Saint
54:48 - "The music keeps me young!"
Links:
"ABSUЯD" by Guns N' Roses (2021): [ Ссылка ]
"Skull Full Of Maggots" by Cannibal Corpse (1990): [ Ссылка ]
Cannibal Corpse performing "I Cum Blood" at Wacken Open Air 2007 in Clisson, France: [ Ссылка ]
"Messed Up" by The Goo Goo Dolls (1987): [ Ссылка ]
"Master Of Disguise" by Lizzy Borden (1989): [ Ссылка ]
"Last Train Home" by Armoured Saint (1991): [ Ссылка ]
Errors & Omissions:
2:26 - The line from "ABSUЯD" by Guns N' Roses goes, "Pussy full of maggots, isn't that absurd?"
8:30 - I have been fortunate enough to meet guitarist Lloyd Grant on two occasions: Outside The Fillmore in San Francisco, CA in December 2011, and inside T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, NV in November 2018
11:46 - Cliff Burton's older brother, Scott, died of a cerebral aneurism at 16 years-old
16:50 - A common word to describe James Hetfield by people who know him is, "loyal"
22:05 - Formed in 1981 in Copenhagen, Denmark, Mercyful Fate was a huge influence on Metallica. Their singer, King Diamond, formed his solo band in 1985.
49:09 - Clive Burr played drums for Iron Maiden from 1979 to 1982, and perfomed on their first three studio records: 'Iron Maiden' (1980), 'Killers' (1981), and 'The Number Of The Beast' (1982). Burr passed away in 2013 from complications with MS.
52:30 - Dave Prichard was a founding member of Armoured Saint, and played lead guitar on their first three studio records: 'March Of The Saint' (1984), 'Delirious Nomad' (1985), and 'Raising Fear' (1987). Prichard passed away in 1990 from leukemia.
55:10 - John Bush of Armoured Saint, formerly of Anthrax
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NEXT WEEK: JOHN BUSH (SINGER & CO-FOUNDER OF ARMOURED SAINT / EX-SINGER OF ANTHRAX)
