I bet you didn't know that! Fun Facts - Metal edition !

[Pentagrimes]

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

[Cernunnos]

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

[Juggz]

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.

[Weltenfeind]

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

[Iron Aiden]

Godflesh's "Slavestate" EP heavily samples this 80s techno tune from a guy called Humanoid

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BK2U5ziV_Z8

[Pentagrimes]

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.

[Hambeast]

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.

[Emphyrio]

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!! 

[leoos]

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

[Pentagrimes]

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

[Cernunnos]

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

[Pentagrimes]

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/

[Ducky]

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.

[jobrok1]

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.

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

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!