TAKING THE GOSPEL OF GROOVE-THRASH ON THE ROAD IN '92 -- STRONGER THAN ALL.
PIC INFO: Spotlight on a "Vulgar Display of Power" PANTERA record/tour advertisement, performing live at the Mirage, Minneapolis, MN, on 08/23/92.
"It’s funny because even though everyone looks back at that album as one of our best records, if not our best, it was an album that came out of a really sincere place. We were just so hungry. We were making $150 a week per diem. We weren’t making a paycheck. We were just doing it because we loved music and we had fun jamming together. We were a team. We were brothers. And that’s worth more than anything, man."
-- REX BROWN (American musician, PANTERA bassist) looking back at the VDOF era
July 27th 1984 Metallica released the GREAT album “Ride The Lightning”
Did you know..It’s their last album to feature songwriting contributions from guitarist Dave Mustaine.
July 27th 1984 Pantera released the album “Projects In The Jungle”
Did you know…The album was produced by Jerry Abbott.The band made their first music video for the track “All Over Tonight”.
July 27th 1984 Quiet Riot…
Butcher Babies opened up for Mudvayne at Toyota Pavillion. I've been trying to catch these Amazing ladies since 2014. Super stoked to finally catch a show and capture them in their element. 🔥
WHEN THE SLEEVE ART IS AS FIERCE & UNCOMPROMISING AS THE MUSIC HELD WITHIN.
PIC INFO: Spotlight on cover art to "The Great Southern Trendkill," the eighth studio album by American heavy metal/groove metal band PANTERA, released on May 7, 1996, jointly through Elektra Records and East West Records. The cover photograoh was taken by Zig Leszczynski.
Definitely one of the baddest-looking album covers in the last thirty years (well, almost 30), and I nearly fell under the serpent's gaze when I threw the album on earlier today. In fact, you don't even have to like the music in order to admit that it's just a really killer album cover. Stay @$!*#&% BRUTAL!
May 16th 1983 Iron Maiden released the album “Piece Of Mind”
Did you know… The album reached number 14 on the Billboard Charts.It was their first album with drummer Nicko McBrain.
May 16th 1989 Obituary released the album “Slowly We Rot”
Did you know….It was their only album to feature bassist Daniel Tucker.
May 16th 2000 Orange Goblin released the album “The Big Black”
Did you know…It is…