40 Nights of Rock & Roll
NASHVILLE, TN—Finally unhindered by his wife Tipper’s 25-year-long household ban on violent and sexually explicit music, former vice president Al Gore, 62, reportedly embraced his newfound independence this week by listening to the albums of the heavy metal band W.A.S.P. “For the first time in decades, I get to play the kind of music I like without someone nagging me about what a bad influence it is,” said Gore, sitting on the floor of his living room as he cued up the song “Animal (Fuck Like A Beast)” on his stereo. “And I get to crank it up as loud as I want.” “These guys are kicking some serious ass,” added the two-term U.S. Senator. “Check out this guitar break coming up—it’s nasty.” …
40 Nights of Rock Archive: Day 14 video blog - Torche
Our hardscrabble travelers begin their day touring the Summerfest grounds in Milwaukee and visiting Kramp and Adler at radio station WLUM. Then they venture to Chicago for a backstage interview with stoner-metal heroes Torche before the band’s set at the historic Congress Theater.
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JUDAS PRIEST’S ROB HALFORD
EKOTREN - “DEATH BLANKET”
Wake up! It’s Saturday morning! Time for metal!
Randomly found these guys at a club called The Blue Goat in Salina, Kansas, last May while filming 40 Nights. Super nice dudes. We had a great conversation with them about being a gas-station road-food connoisseur (they taught us to use the hot water dispenser on the coffee/tea machine to make ramen noodles in a cup). And they could shred with the best of them.
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- 40 Nights Day 27 Video Blog, featuring EkoTren pondering life on the road and the possibility of a rock & roll cooking show. Crack-lighter creme brulee anyone?
- More Metal: Stream “The Gnashing” by Baroness
UMLAUT - “DON’T HASSEL ZE HOFF”
This video rules. And the lyrics? Sheer brilliance…
“Mitch Buchanon, he vas a tan man / So much oil you could svear his entire body vas comprised of lanolin”
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40 Nights Day 28 video blog, featuring Scott and Steve with Umlaut in Fort Collins, CO.
Baroness - “Wanderlust”
These guys boast one of the best dual-guitar attacks in rock, and this video is first-rate evidence. We caught them opening for Mastodon at the Orpheum Theatre in Madison, Wisc. - such an incredible show.
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Check out this 40 Nights video blog featuring a live clip from Baroness, as well as Scott’s spot-on analysis of the perils of slaving for Corporate America.
