MONTHLY NEWS LETTER
| BIRTHDAY'S - MAY 1 Felix Hanemann 1952 2 Matt Thor 1962 3 Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth 1959 3 David Michael Phillips 1961 5 Bill Ward 1948 6 Dwain Miller 1964 7 Phil Campbell 1962 8 Alex Van Halen 1965 8 Eric Brittingham 1964 10 Paige Haley ? 12 Dez ? 12 Billy Squire 1951 12 Dave Wanklin 1957 13 Kim McAuliffe 1959 14 Paul Shortino 1958 14 Mike Inez 1966 14 Rich Beddoe ? 14 C. C. DeVille 1966 16 Krist Novoselic 1965 17 Trent Reznor 1965 17 Page hamilton 1960 17 James Neal 1956 17 Audie Desbrow 1957 17 Rat Skates 1961 18 Randy Rand 1957 18 Rohan? 19 Kris Kohs ? 18 Rei Aylumi 1961 18 Ingo Schwitzen 1965 19 Peter Townsend 1945 |
19 Phil Rudd 1946 19 Duke Erickson 1964 20 Jay Schellen 1960 22 Kenny Hickey ? 25 Klaus Meine 1952 25 Anders Johansson 1962 26 Tommy Stewart 27 Sean Kinney 1966 27 Claude Schnell 1958 28 Mick Zane 1959 29 Francis Rossi 1949 30 Peter Holmes 1959 30 Tom Morello 1964 31 John Bonham 1948 HISTORIC EVENT'S - MAY 1 Led Zeppelin's Presence reaches #1 1976 2 Kenny Jones first Who concert 1979 11 Iron Maiden's Killers released 1981 12 Led Zeppelin's Houses Of The Holy reaches #1 1973 13 Kiss' first European concert, Manchester, England 1976 13 Iron Maiden's Piece Of Mind released 1983 14 Fast Eddie Clarke leaves Motorhead 1982 14 Keith Relf died 1976 15 Loudness' Lightning Strikes released 1986 15 Motley Cure's Girls, Girls, Girls released 1987 17 Peter Criss leaves Kiss 1980 21 Hear 'N Aid recording session 1985 23 Poison's Look What The Cat Dragged In released 1986 23 AC/DC's Who Made Who released 1986 25 Dio's Holy Diver released 1983 29 Heavy Metal Day, US Festival 1983 30 Europe's The Final Countdown released 1986 |
IN FLAKE NEWS
Yet Another Nashville Flake Gathering
Flakers in the Tennessee area can't seem to stay away from each other. Another Flake Fest is in the works.The roster for this one so far includes, DEB, Hardrock69, Ardra, Gladrial, HeatherMetal and Battle Angel.The Fest is tenatively scheduled for June 1st. If you need information or wish to make this get together, email us or check the message boards as this develops.Babes In Flake Land
We just keep getting stronger. The latest victims to posting addiction are;. JesterAntics, Downing's Maiden, Icarus, Metal Andy, Ogre, Fimbul, Trock, Skull, kerrang, and gemini. Make sure you haze these folks REAL good!
Site Changes & Additions
As you all know, Metal Flakes is an independant site, by the fans, for the fans. We don't have sponsors and we don't charge for membership. Everything from logos to web design and management are contributed voluntarily. We appreciate this and want to make sure you get the credit you deserve. A credits page will be added soon to see that credit is given for all the things around the site that are not noted in their location. Also to give credit for the things that go on that you don't even see. If you have a contribution please let us know so we don't accidentially leave you off this page.
There are more resident photos up and another MP3 has been submitted by gemini, for his one man band, "Sergv", and is ready for download in the Flake Music section. Take a listen and give gemini some feed back.
Thread Of The Month
A new feature to be added to this newsletter is "Thread Of The Month".
This month's hottest topic was written by Ouroboros - Topic:What Makes Good Music (Inc: why shredders suck)
To add your comments, look for this thread on the message boards.
Chat Anyone?
Want to talk metal in real time? Come to the chat. This was real popular not so long ago. We want to get it going again. Following are the upcoming scheduled chat dates. However feel free to stop in when you can. Once it's kicking in there again, someone will almost always be there. For now chats will be happening Wednesday and Saturday nights 11:00 p.m. board time.Don't forget to ask chatters for their web cam addy, you never know who or what you will see in those windows!
IN METAL NEWS
W.A.S.P.'s "Unholy Terror"
Produced by Blackie Lawless, with some guest appearances by Roy Z, Frankie Banali and Valentina, this release will take you back to the classic metal sound while also making you think about things today.You have got to check this out! Look for tour dates in the U.S.this August.
Is out and avilable in stores now. A real return to the classic sound of WASP, this disc only contains 10 tracks, all of quality, free of extra filler tunes. With a similar sound to the "Headless Children" release, this disc deals with subject matter of a more political nature. It addressess many issues we deal with everyday.
The track list includes:
Let It Roar
Hate To Love Me
Loco-Motive Man
Unholy Terror
Charisma
*Who Slayed Baby Jane
Euphoria
Raven Heart
Evermore
*Wasted White Boys
* Denotes lead guitar played by Roy Z, who appears to have his "hands" in many things rock/metal these days.We recently had the opportunity to talk with Blackie Lawless of WASP regarding "Unholy Terror" and various other topics. He spoke at length with us, and you don't want to miss what he had to say. The Blackie Lawless interview is now up in the interviews section to read at your leisure. Come on, aren't you dying to know if it is boxers or briefs for him?
Slash Contest
Don't forget to submit your reviews of the Slash's Snakepit new release "Ain't Life Grand" You have until June 4th to get your best written review in. Winner will receive an autographed 5x7 photo of Slash taken on the last tour. Review will also be featured in the next newsletter.
Motorhead
Stay tuned for next month's feature interview with Lemmy of Motorhead. Ronnie Dannelly spoke with Lemmy in Atlanta, and he has the facts according to Lemmy. You know this will be a good one! Lemmy always has his own spin on things and this time it's no different. Learn some things and get some laughs
JJoker's Corner
A nun is sitting with her Mother Superior chatting. "I used some horrible language this week and feel absolutely terrible about it."
"When did you use this awful language?" asks the elder.
"Well, I was golfing and hit an incredible drive that looked like it was going to go over 280 yards, but it struck a phone line that is hanging over the fairway and fell straight down to the ground after going only about 100 yards."
"Is that when you swore?"
"No, Mother," says the nun. "After that, a squirrel ran out of the bushes and grabbed my ball in its mouth and began to run away."
"Is THAT when you swore?" asks the Mother Superior again.
"Well, no." says the nun. "You see, as the squirrel was running, an eagle came down out of the sky, grabbed the squirrel in his talons and began to fly away!"
"Is THAT when you swore?" asks the amazed elder nun.
"No, not yet. As the eagle carried the squirrel away in its claws, it flew near the green and the squirrel dropped my ball."
"Did you swear THEN?" asked Mother Superior, becoming impatient.
"No, because the ball fell on a big rock, bounced over the sand trap, rolled onto the green, and stopped about six inches from the hole."
The two nuns were silent for a moment. Then Mother Superior sighed and said, "YOU MISSED THE FUCKNG PUTT, DIDN'T YOU?"
Tom was so excited about his promotion to Vice President of the company he worked for and kept bragging about it to his wife for weeks on end. Finally she couldn't take it any longer, and told him, "Listen, it means nothing, they even have a vice president of peas at the grocery store!" "Really?" he said. Not sure if this was true or not, Tom decided to call the grocery store. A clerk answers and Tom says, "Can I please talk to the Vice President of peas?" The clerk replies, "Canned or frozen?"
Personal Announcements and Messages
From:DEB
To:Metal Flakers
Get to the chat room!
From: Metal Flakes
To: Tennessee & Mississippi Flakers
Get together brewing for the end of May. Get in touch!CREDITS:
Writing: DEB
HTML Editing: DEB
DoozyQ Cam photo: By DoozyQ
Jokes contributed by: JJoker
Ouroboros photo: By Ouroboros
Motorhead photos: Contributed Ronnie Dannely
W.A.S.P. photos: Contributed by Chipster Entertainment
Got a message or announcement? Send it in! We will add it to the next letter!
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