So have you any weird/strange or relatively unknown facts about Metal albums/Artists/Songs/Lyrics if so share the knowledge !
ill get it started:
Bathory-> There was a bit of beef between Quorthon and Onslaught regarding album titles. So onslaught accused Quorthon for ripping off their album title "Blood on ice"
In Quorthon's own words from an interview in Aug 1989:
"we used to be on the same record company, unless now they are too big - ha ha!! They didn't sell records, we did. The record company said, here we have 2 bands, one from Sweden that sells records and another band from England that don't sell records and they want to call their album "Blood Upon The Ice" or something like that, what do we do? Onslaught wanted us to change the title, but with the support from the record company we didn't have to do that. Both of us wanted to do a double album, but we didn't and they changed label so.... Now they are giving us and the record company a lot of shit"
So Onslaught ended up calling their album "In search of Sanity" and just called one of the tracks on the album "Blood upon the Ice"
Another Bathory Fun fact which a few people may already know is the Album cover for Under the sign of the Black Mark is an actual photograph taken in the Royal Opera in Stockholm, he used a then top class body builder with a cut out of the goat from the self titled album as a mask.
- So anyone got any fun facts to share?
Sticking with Onslaught, there's a song on In Search of Sanity called Lightning War with a chorus refrain of
"Die Die Die
By our Blitzkreig
Die Die Die
It's a lightning war"
Shortly after the album was released one of the recording engineers, Richard Barraclough, was actually struck by lightning and died.
Tomas Lindberg from At The Gates has a lovely horse
https://music.avclub.com/at-the-gates-tomas-lindberg-on-why-he-loves-his-north-1798273287
Trent Reznor had a cat called Fuckchop.
Devin Townsend sampled the break from NIN's "Happiness in Slavery" on the SYL tune "Centipede".
Justin Broadrick was asked to play guitar for Faith No More but declined (downer).
Metallica were inspired for the cover art for Load directly by Godflesh's "Crush My Soul" video and were accused of stealing artwork from it - they actually just used the same artist who directed the video.
Quote from: ochoill on January 11, 2019, 11:41:46 AM
Metallica were inspired for the cover art for Load directly by Godflesh's "Crush My Soul" video and were accused of stealing artwork from it - they actually just used the same artist who directed the video.
Yep, Andres Seranno - and to make it a a heavy metal hat trick, Fear Factory's "Piss Christ" takes it's name from a Serrano piece
Quote from: Pentagrimes on January 11, 2019, 11:51:26 AM
Quote from: ochoill on January 11, 2019, 11:41:46 AM
Metallica were inspired for the cover art for Load directly by Godflesh's "Crush My Soul" video and were accused of stealing artwork from it - they actually just used the same artist who directed the video.
Yep, Andres Seranno - and to make it a a heavy metal hat trick, Fear Factory's "Piss Christ" takes it's name from a Serrano piece
Never knew that, learned something new already!
Quote from: ochoill on January 11, 2019, 12:05:21 PM
Quote from: Pentagrimes on January 11, 2019, 11:51:26 AM
Quote from: ochoill on January 11, 2019, 11:41:46 AM
Metallica were inspired for the cover art for Load directly by Godflesh's "Crush My Soul" video and were accused of stealing artwork from it - they actually just used the same artist who directed the video.
Yep, Andres Seranno - and to make it a a heavy metal hat trick, Fear Factory's "Piss Christ" takes it's name from a Serrano piece
Never knew that, learned something new already!
Same as that! Keep them coming :)
staying with Metaliica, this one is quite amusing:
Lars Ulrich had drum lessons around the the recording of Master of Puppets, from Flemming Runsdorf of Artillery
He obviously has forgotten anything he learned long ago :laugh:
Before joining Megadeth, Nick Menza landed the Slayer gig for a week before they went back Lombardo.
Menza also secured the gig in Overkill but shot himself in the foot by talking too much about money before he got in and they went for Sid Falck instead.
Gary Holt tried out for Machine Head around the time of The Burning Red.
Quote from: Wiseblood on January 11, 2019, 12:33:27 PM
Gary Holt tried out for Machine Head around the time of The Burning Red.
now that would have been a total waste of talent!
Quote from: Wiseblood on January 11, 2019, 12:33:27 PM
Menza also secured the gig in Overkill but shot himself in the foot by talking too much about money before he got in and they went for Sid Falck instead.
Just as well, Tim Mallare was still only on a wage after ten years in Overkill. He was never made a full band member. Menza wouldn't have been a happy bunny there.
Quote from: Juggz on January 11, 2019, 12:41:35 PM
Quote from: Wiseblood on January 11, 2019, 12:33:27 PM
Menza also secured the gig in Overkill but shot himself in the foot by talking too much about money before he got in and they went for Sid Falck instead.
Just as well, Tim Mallare was still only on a wage after ten years in Overkill. He was never made a full band member. Menza wouldn't have been a happy bunny there.
Bobby Gustafson is on record saying that the agreement was that Falck became a full member but the other 2 reneged and kept him on salary for an extra album beyond what was agreed. Similar story to Jeff Young if his Megadeth woes are to be believed.
Quote from: ochoill on January 11, 2019, 11:41:46 AM
Justin Broadrick was asked to play guitar for Faith No More but declined (downer).
Geordie Walker from Killing Joke was also
very close to getting that spot.
Quote from: Juggz on January 11, 2019, 12:51:49 PM
Quote from: ochoill on January 11, 2019, 11:41:46 AM
Justin Broadrick was asked to play guitar for Faith No More but declined (downer).
Geordie Walker from Killing Joke was also very close to getting that spot.
Was this to replace Jim Martin or before he was in the picture?
To replace Jim.
Quote from: Juggz on January 11, 2019, 01:01:14 PM
To replace Jim.
Prior to Randy Rhoads, Gary Moore was being lined up to be guitarist for Blizzard of Ozz but, having grown frustrated with Lynott's addictions, Moore was relucatant to swap Phil and replace him with Ozzy.
The artwork for Darkthrone's The underground Resistance, was done by our very own Jim Fitzpatrick (Most famous for Che Guevara print & Thin Lizzy covers)
There's only one Jim Martin! Ferocious guitar player.
Quote from: Eoin McLove on January 11, 2019, 01:08:15 PM
There's only one Jim Martin! Ferocious guitar player.
Fact! He also came up with the cover concept for Testament's Practice What You Preach album.
Wandering back to Ozzy's guitarists, Steve Vai was lined up to play on what would become Ozzmosis... which would have been interesting, only to get the cold shoulder treatment after several recording sessions.
Quote from: Juggz on January 11, 2019, 01:11:07 PM
Quote from: Eoin McLove on January 11, 2019, 01:08:15 PM
There's only one Jim Martin! Ferocious guitar player.
Fact! He also came up with the cover concept for Testament's Practice What You Preach album.
Wandering back to Ozzy's guitarists, Steve Vai was lined up to play on what would become Ozzmosis... which would have been interesting, only to get the cold shoulder treatment after several recording sessions.
Didn't Alex Skolnick get similar treatment? Landed he gig then cuntballs Sharon decided she didn't like the look of him.
Also agree on Jim Martin. Great player. Last seen doing live work with Infectious Grooves.
Yep, around the same time, too.
Keeping on the guitarist slot theme, both Bobby Gustafson and Lee Altus were lined up for Megadeth but both turned it down. Gustafson reckoned he'd have thumped Mustaine and Altus was not down with the drugs issue.
Devin Townsend once shoved Jay Leno's landline telephone up his hole. I can't remember what his reasoning was, but there's a photo floating around online.
In the early days of SYL he was getting dicked around by a record company (Sony possibly?) and he was getting fairly fucked off with them because the only cared about money. They asked him to send the demos for an album and sent him a post-paid shipping label so he wouldn't be charged shipping fees. He got a great big box, filled it with rocks, stuck a photo of his ass on top, and attached the shipping label so they got charged a fuckton for shipping a box of rocks across the country. There's also a photo floating around I believe.
Quote from: Hambeast on January 11, 2019, 02:22:48 PM
Devin Townsend once shoved Jay Leno's landline telephone up his hole. I can't remember what his reasoning was, but there's a photo floating around online.
I just searched for that photo, he was a total nutter back then, id get banned from this site if i shared that photo , filthy :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
His Reason for doing so :
Explaining how he got to the backstage with the band and his buddy Mark, Devin added: "We were like, 'These guys suck. This sucks.' And Steve's in a shitty mood and Jay Leno's like, *funny voice* 'How you doin' kid?' So Mark's like, 'We should fuck with them.'
"So we went into the backroom, there's an office there, a green room, a phone and all this stuff. So we locked the door, I took all my clothes off and started doing all these poses and Mark's like, 'You should stick that phone up your ass.' So I did and we took a photo and it's online"
On the Live in Leipzig album the "are you dead?" "come on join us" "come on Leipzig " is actually Necrobutcher and not Dead.
The gun that Samoth posed with for the Zyklon B pictures belonged to Ihsahns father who was a police officer.
The original Whiplash lineup in '84 consisted of 3 members, and they were all called Tony.
Quote from: Cernunnos on January 11, 2019, 02:42:18 PM
Quote from: Hambeast on January 11, 2019, 02:22:48 PM
Devin Townsend once shoved Jay Leno's landline telephone up his hole. I can't remember what his reasoning was, but there's a photo floating around online.
I just searched for that photo, he was a total nutter back then, id get banned from this site if i shared that photo , filthy :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
His Reason for doing so :
Explaining how he got to the backstage with the band and his buddy Mark, Devin added: "We were like, 'These guys suck. This sucks.' And Steve's in a shitty mood and Jay Leno's like, *funny voice* 'How you doin' kid?' So Mark's like, 'We should fuck with them.'
"So we went into the backroom, there's an office there, a green room, a phone and all this stuff. So we locked the door, I took all my clothes off and started doing all these poses and Mark's like, 'You should stick that phone up your ass.' So I did and we took a photo and it's online"
I'm still curious of the thought process between "we should fuck with them" and "I'm going to shove a telephone up my ass" :laugh:
If you ever want to get someone back with minimal effort, particularly if they work in an office, you just leave a post-it on their phone which reads "This phone has been up my arse."
It will stop anyone in their tracks. It's a classic move, quite well known, I thought.
Fair play to him for actually following through.
Not gonna embed the image, but here's a link to that Devy pic... :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
https://mobile.twitter.com/BlueRaja237/status/472547311847882752/photo/1 (https://mobile.twitter.com/BlueRaja237/status/472547311847882752/photo/1)
:laugh: fuckin hell!
Fantomas apparently recorded a version of "What a Feeling" from Flashdance as part of "The Directors Cut" but left it off the final album. Dying to hear it
Jeff Walker (carcass) has a Metal Country album -> Jeff Walker and Die Fluffers, recorded with some other well known names, Danny Cavanagh, Bill Steer, Ken Owen to name a few.
Not my cuppa but heres a track:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3g-1caWLPYM&list=PL92cRjBEmvg6Iob5xHOaJu36OZrvtbDb8
Rivers Cuomo of Weezer fame was a pouffy-haired, L.A. hard-rocker in the 80's with Avant Garde, before discovering nerd-rock and cardigans could be far more lucrative.
(https://www.metal-archives.com/images/7/6/9/8/76989_photo.jpg)
Shawn Calizo(Goat from Von) appears in the 90s movie Dead man on campus and also composed the song Sperm that features on the soundtrack.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_j9BbR6bI_I
He aslo features in this Melissa Etheridge video, hes the one in the Brad pitt rules shirt.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_RV2oTT6IQ
Godflesh's "Slavestate" EP heavily samples this 80s techno tune from a guy called Humanoid
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BK2U5ziV_Z8
The Dismember thread reminded me.. the Nicke Andersson/Alex Hellid version of Entombed apparently re-recorded a bunch of old songs a year or two ago. They're unlikely to be released though from what I was told.
Another SYL one:
On "Alien" they were recording a cover of "What's New Pussycat", but it never got finished. Would have loved to hear it.
When Sunn O))) were recording Black One, they got Malefic from Xasthur to do vocals. He's claustrophobic, so they locked him in a coffin with a microphone, threw it in the back of a car, and drove it around while recording his screams. Sounds like one of those stories which could be made up, like the one about Marilyn Manson getting a rib removed.
Quote from: Juggz on January 14, 2019, 01:38:21 PM
Rivers Cuomo of Weezer fame was a pouffy-haired, L.A. hard-rocker in the 80's with Avant Garde, before discovering nerd-rock and cardigans could be far more lucrative.
The shtate of him!! :laugh:
Quote from: Hambeast on January 14, 2019, 04:26:50 PM
When Sunn O))) were recording Black One, they got Malefic from Xasthur to do vocals. He's claustrophobic, so they locked him in a coffin with a microphone, threw it in the back of a car, and drove it around while recording his screams. Sounds like one of those stories which could be made up, like the one about Marilyn Manson getting a rib removed.
I'm fairly certain I saw photos on the Southern Lord forum or blog at the time of yer man in the coffin about to do the vocals
There was a photo of O'Malley in it with a microphone at some point anyway. Theres also a video of Malefic doing a gig with them somewhere that showed up o line where the "lyrics" are him insulting the audience for being posers
Obituary's cause of Dead artwork by Micheal Whelan was originally intended for Sepultura for beneath the remains, but they went with the giant skull artwork in the end. Igor Cavalera actually had part of the artwork tattooed on his arm and for years he was pissed of that Whelan gave the artwork to obituary!
Enslaved once stole a sheep that was the property of politician & Liberal Party leader which was a protest Over a new law regarding Illegal Music Downloading in Norway
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRY3baFA-S4 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRY3baFA-S4)
Quote from: Cernunnos on January 29, 2019, 12:48:50 PM
Obituary's cause of Dead artwork by Micheal Whelan was originally intended for Sepultura for beneath the remains, but they went with the giant skull artwork in the end. Igor Cavalera actually had part of the artwork tattooed on his arm and for years he was pissed of that Whelan gave the artwork to obituary!
And before either of them considered using it, the original painting "Lovecraft's Nightmare" had been used in the early 80s as a bunch of HP Lovecraft book covers. Which is where I presume the lads discovered it.
https://www.michaelwhelan.com/galleries/lovecrafts-nightmare-a/
For a period of time in the early 90s Canadian sythpop cheesslords Men Without Hats (they of "The Safety Dance" fame) featured Away from Voivod on drums.
Been slowly working my through a show on Netflix called 'VAN HELSING'.
Vampire apocalypse series.
I know!!! I know!!!
But I really like to switch off every once in a while.
Anyway!
Just kicked off Season 3 and realised that all the episodes are named after Soundgarden tunes.
Quote from: Pentagrimes on January 29, 2019, 02:10:56 PM
Quote from: Cernunnos on January 29, 2019, 12:48:50 PM
Obituary's cause of Dead artwork by Micheal Whelan was originally intended for Sepultura for beneath the remains, but they went with the giant skull artwork in the end. Igor Cavalera actually had part of the artwork tattooed on his arm and for years he was pissed of that Whelan gave the artwork to obituary!
And before either of them considered using it, the original painting "Lovecraft's Nightmare" had been used in the early 80s as a bunch of HP Lovecraft book covers. Which is where I presume the lads discovered it.
https://www.michaelwhelan.com/galleries/lovecrafts-nightmare-a/
What a nice synchronicity that this thread should get bumped today!
Quote from: Black Shepherd Carnage on March 20, 2019, 02:49:02 PM
Quote from: Pentagrimes on January 29, 2019, 02:10:56 PM
Quote from: Cernunnos on January 29, 2019, 12:48:50 PM
Obituary's cause of Dead artwork by Micheal Whelan was originally intended for Sepultura for beneath the remains, but they went with the giant skull artwork in the end. Igor Cavalera actually had part of the artwork tattooed on his arm and for years he was pissed of that Whelan gave the artwork to obituary!
And before either of them considered using it, the original painting "Lovecraft's Nightmare" had been used in the early 80s as a bunch of HP Lovecraft book covers. Which is where I presume the lads discovered it.
https://www.michaelwhelan.com/galleries/lovecrafts-nightmare-a/
What a nice synchronicity that this thread should get bumped today!
A good article here about Michael Whelan
https://dmrbooks.com/test-blog/2019/3/15/metallic-mirrors-part-one-michael-whelan
Sorry didnt see your other thread!
When Claypool auditioned for Metallica he didn't realize that the intro to For Whom the Bell Tolls was played on bass, so the song kicks in and they're all looking at him expectantly and he's like, "...what?"
The bass player for The Mars Volta, Juan Alderete de la Pena, wasn't always dapper in Cuban heels and playing spazzcore prog. He used to be John Alderete, covered in spandex with a poodle perm and playing in Racer X.
Quote from: Mooncat on March 23, 2019, 05:49:26 PM
When Claypool auditioned for Metallica he didn't realize that the intro to For Whom the Bell Tolls was played on bass, so the song kicks in and they're all looking at him expectantly and he's like, "...what?"
That surely can't be true???
It's in the Primus oral history: Over the Electric Grapevine.
Here's an excerpt from an interview where he tells the same story (and yes, pretty shocking he didn't know!):
https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/primus_les_claypool_remembers_metallica_audition.html (https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/primus_les_claypool_remembers_metallica_audition.html)
Here's one I just remembered today.
Patrick Walker from Warning/40 Watt Sun appears in a Terry's Chocolate Orange advert . That's him lurking in the shrubbery at the the 0:009 mark and flouncing away with a chunk of orangey chocolate goodness around 0:016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-XzKjVKCzg
Quote from: Pentagrimes on September 17, 2019, 04:24:01 PM
Here's one I just remembered today.
Patrick Walker from Warning/40 Watt Sun appears in a Terry's Chocolate Orange advert . That's him lurking in the shrubbery at the the 0:009 mark and flouncing away with a chunk of orangey chocolate goodness around 0:016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-XzKjVKCzg
Stole the show tbh.. hope it kept it going. Should have an Oscar by now :laugh:
All this time and I never knew Kerry King played a few shows with Megadeth early doors, thanx Iron Fist for that little gobsmacker. C'mon , there must be SOMEONE else right? Right??
I'll do you one better, Mustaine was once in Metallica.
Mind = blown.
Was watching the Master of Puppets doc on youtube last night, never realised they were originally going to try and get Geddy Lee to produce it
So glad they didn't. It wouldn't have been such a masterpiece had it been a rush job...
Sure it wouldn't have come out till 2112.
Quote from: Thorn on April 10, 2020, 01:45:23 PM
All this time and I never knew Kerry King played a few shows with Megadeth early doors, thanx Iron Fist for that little gobsmacker. C'mon , there must be SOMEONE else right? Right??
This lockdown is sending me into a sarcasm overload. Yeah it's something that Kerry King seemed to be a little bit embarrassed by. A lot of shit talking until they kissed and made up for The Big 4 tour. Mustaine reckons that King was influenced by his time and Megadeth and that's what made Slayer the thrash band that they are.
Well that was worth it for the Rush gags!
Quote from: Iron Aiden on January 14, 2019, 01:45:43 PM
Godflesh's "Slavestate" EP heavily samples this 80s techno tune from a guy called Humanoid
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BK2U5ziV_Z8
Crush My Soul is built around a sample from this Caustic Window (AKA Aphex Twin) tune, it kicks in around the 4:00 mark:
https://youtu.be/L7tdyj8LgoY
Quote from: Carnage on June 09, 2020, 10:10:27 PM
Quote from: Iron Aiden on January 14, 2019, 01:45:43 PM
Godflesh's "Slavestate" EP heavily samples this 80s techno tune from a guy called Humanoid
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BK2U5ziV_Z8
Crush My Soul is built around a sample from this Caustic Window (AKA Aphex Twin) tune, it kicks in around the 4:00 mark:
https://youtu.be/L7tdyj8LgoY
Deadly
Quote from: Cernunnos on January 11, 2019, 12:14:55 PM
Quote from: ochoill on January 11, 2019, 12:05:21 PM
Quote from: Pentagrimes on January 11, 2019, 11:51:26 AM
Quote from: ochoill on January 11, 2019, 11:41:46 AM
Metallica were inspired for the cover art for Load directly by Godflesh's "Crush My Soul" video and were accused of stealing artwork from it - they actually just used the same artist who directed the video.
Yep, Andres Seranno - and to make it a a heavy metal hat trick, Fear Factory's "Piss Christ" takes it's name from a Serrano piece
Never knew that, learned something new already!
Same as that! Keep them coming :)
they talked a lot about all those things in the mags at the time. used to be fun to buy music mags in those days
The instrumental outro at the end of Left Hand Path is the theme tune for the 1979 horror movie Phantasm. On a slightly different note the intro to Dimmu Borgir's Alt Lys Er Svunnet Hen is Magnum's Sacred Hour.
Adrian Gurvitz, he of 80s cheese ballad "Classic" and having contributions to The Bodyguard fame, was frontman of The Gun, who were most famous for their song "Race with the Devil", which he wrote when he was only a teenager.
Good thread, some really interesting facts in here.
My two cents - Zoltan Bathory (5 Finger Death Punch guitarist) is a highly respected Brazilian Jiu Jitsu artist who has won medals at a couple of world championships and was hired by the US Army as an unarmed combat instructor
I got hooked on BJJ a few years ago and I like knowing stuff like this because it shows that it's possible to balance training and being a musician. I got my blue belt around the same time as Dave Mustaine.
Here's one,
Terry Dubrow from the TV show Botched is the younger brother of Kevin Dubrow from Quiet Riot.
Also, Darren White formerly of Anathema is Cilla Black's nephew.
Quote from: Anton Arcane on June 10, 2020, 11:32:45 PM
Here's one,
Terry Dubrow from the TV show Botched is the younger brother of Kevin Dubrow from Quiet Riot.
Also, Darren White formerly of Anathema is Cilla Black's nephew.
:laugh: interesting on both counts. Sad that I'm familiar with Botched!
The original artwork used for Gates of Ishtar's second album Dawn of Flames is a blatant rip-off of Exciter's Long Live the Loud. Invasion Records used it without either bands knowledge or permission. As is often the case the former is worth a great deal more than either of the subsequent two reissues.
Quote from: vinterland on June 10, 2020, 12:16:41 PM
The instrumental outro at the end of Left Hand Path is the theme tune for the 1979 horror movie Phantasm.
I'll go one better as it's one I've never really seen anyone remark on, and shows the ties (or perhaps competition) between the two bands: The track "outro" at the end of Carnage's "Dark Recollections" is a metalised version of "Lauries Theme" from the soundtrack of Halloween 2.
Also, on a similar and more jaw dropping note..Judas Priest's "Breaking The Law", one of the most recognisable opening riffs in metal, is stolen from Donna Summer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8H7UJnH6_k
Never in one hundred years would I have guessed Donna Summer gave us the riff to one of the most recognised and covered metal songs of all time. Cheers for that. A friend had told me about the link between Carnage's outro and Helloween 2 years ago but was buried deep in the subconscious. No harm being reminded.
Quote from: Pentagrimes on June 11, 2020, 10:57:20 AM
Quote from: vinterland on June 10, 2020, 12:16:41 PM
The instrumental outro at the end of Left Hand Path is the theme tune for the 1979 horror movie Phantasm.
I'll go one better as it's one I've never really seen anyone remark on, and shows the ties (or perhaps competition) between the two bands: The track "outro" at the end of Carnage's "Dark Recollections" is a metalised version of "Lauries Theme" from the soundtrack of Halloween 2.
Also, on a similar and more jaw dropping note..Judas Priest's "Breaking The Law", one of the most recognisable opening riffs in metal, is stolen from Donna Summer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8H7UJnH6_k
Quote from: Thorn on April 10, 2020, 01:45:23 PM
All this time and I never knew Kerry King played a few shows with Megadeth early doors, thanx Iron Fist for that little gobsmacker. C'mon , there must be SOMEONE else right? Right??
Away from Voivod recorded and toured with Men Without Hats (they of "The Safety Dance" fame) :abbath:
https://www.decibelmagazine.com/2015/02/23/metal-without-hats-when-voivod-did-the-safety-dance/
Edit - browsing the thread, I've already posted this. I should assimilate some of the other facts on this thread, expand my horizons :laugh:
Quote from: vinterland on June 11, 2020, 07:23:42 AM
The original artwork used for Gates of Ishtar's second album Dawn of Flames is a blatant rip-off of Exciter's Long Live the Loud. Invasion Records used it without either bands knowledge or permission. As is often the case the former is worth a great deal more than either of the subsequent two reissues.
pity GOI are so unknown, well pretty unknown at least
Quote from: vinterland on June 11, 2020, 12:27:11 PM
Never in one hundred years would I have guessed Donna Summer gave us the riff to one of the most recognised and covered metal songs of all time. Cheers for that. A friend had told me about the link between Carnage's outro and Helloween 2 years ago but was buried deep in the subconscious. No harm being reminded.
Quote from: Pentagrimes on June 11, 2020, 10:57:20 AM
Quote from: vinterland on June 10, 2020, 12:16:41 PM
The instrumental outro at the end of Left Hand Path is the theme tune for the 1979 horror movie Phantasm.
I'll go one better as it's one I've never really seen anyone remark on, and shows the ties (or perhaps competition) between the two bands: The track "outro" at the end of Carnage's "Dark Recollections" is a metalised version of "Lauries Theme" from the soundtrack of Halloween 2.
Also, on a similar and more jaw dropping note..Judas Priest's "Breaking The Law", one of the most recognisable opening riffs in metal, is stolen from Donna Summer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8H7UJnH6_k
donna summer was the most sampled artist of the 80s and 90s. When sampling became a big deal in the mid 80s, it was all the disco vinyl from the 70s that the then young people used to borrow from.
Would the Donna Summer /Judas Priest thing be more of a coincidence than plagiarism? Just like the start of Creeping Death and Metal Storm /Face the Slayer being very similar?
Quote from: Bogmetaller on June 12, 2020, 09:16:06 AM
Just like the start of Creeping Death and Metal Storm /Face the Slayer being very similar?
Quote from: Bogmetaller on June 12, 2020, 09:16:06 AM
Definitely similar, but not exactly alike.
the chorus to Creeping Death however.... a hold over from Kirk's Exodus days
https://youtu.be/gkiwoiuOEvY (https://youtu.be/gkiwoiuOEvY)
A familiar part of For whom the bell tolls can be heard here in this clip of Cliff Burton and Jim Martin of FMN's school band
https://youtu.be/N1q0zLaXUuE -
*Edit
Sorry I just repeated what the last post said.
Do we have a "lifted riffs" thread on here or was that the old forum?
The first line of Sanctuary's "Ascension to Destiny" makes me automatically think of the middle eight of Metallica's "Escape".
old forum but would be worth getting it going again
Derrick Green co-hosts a TV show about plant-based eating called 'Highway to Health'.
Wat.
Quote from: Ducky on June 15, 2020, 02:45:56 AM
Derrick Green co-hosts a TV show about plant-based eating called 'Highway to Health'.
Wat.
Derrick
Green
https://youtu.be/zPey1z0pvGA Richard Christy (death/iced earth) was a regular on Howard Stearns show doing prank calls. Is absolutely hilarious with a few smokes