Time for another quick Scrap Metal Report. I went to see the Brooklyn, NY based band Early man last night so I’m kind of tired after getting home at 1 am and getting up for work at 6am. You’ll see the results of that here in a bit. Let’s get started so maybe IO can get a good night’s sleep. Sleep? Who needs that, right? I do. It’s going to be a long day Friday at Mayhem Fest and If I don’t catch up a little tonight I’ll be draggin’ ass in Virgina Beach.
There is a new Ozzy impersonator on …read more

I went into my sons room the yesterday and he was playing his MP3 player tapped into a radio and Ted Nugent’s Cat Scratch fever was playing. Of course he has no idea what the song is about and that’s all good right now. It was at the bridge where The ‘Nuge sings “It’s nothing dangerous, “I feel no pain, I’ve got to ch-ch-change”. What comes out of his mouth? “It’s nothing dangerous, I feel the same, I’ve got a choo-choo-train!” I quickly corrected him in a stern voice and walked out of the room before busting out in laughter. …read more

Ultimate-guitar.com has posted the top ten guitar solos of the 70’s and the 80’s. They bring up some good points, and while some or all of us may not agree with the top ten you have to admit that these are some killer solos. Here is an excerpt from the original article and the top ten. Click on the link at the bottom to read the full article.
“The definition of metal changes every decade as musicians continually push the genre to new extremes, writes Chris Gill of Gibson.com. But several elements have remained consistent throughout the years: distorted guitar, heavy …read more