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quarta-feira, fevereiro 24, 2010

TARJA TURUNEN's Upcoming Solo Album To Feature Her First-Ever Piano Recordings - Feb. 23, 2010

Former NIGHTWISH singer Tarja Turunen recently entered Petrax Studios in Hollola, Finland to begin recording her new solo album, "What Lies Beneath", for a late 2010 release. She writes on her blog, "I recorded my first-ever piano tracks!

"The grand piano in the studio is Bechstein, which sound I truly love. Bechstein is a very moody piano in general. I have the same brand at home as well.

"In these songs you will easily 'recognize' me playing the piano parts instead of a professional pianist. So if I don't consider myself as a piano player, you shouldn’t do that either.

"The feeling in these songs is the most important matter and I think I captured it."

Turunen previously stated about "What Lies Beneath", "The process for my second album started back in June 2008. Among the first songs that my friends and I composed at that time, a character called Naiad was born. The fantasy story of Naiad gave me the idea for the album title and for the whole album concept: 'What Lies Beneath'.

"It has been wonderful to be able to brainstorm again and decide the direction the album is going to take. I hope that you will be surprised again by my work; because that's the way I like it."

Turunen will perform a special "Classic and Divine" opera rock show with a symphonic orchestra and choir on June 12, 2010 at the Miskolc International Opera Festival at at the Miskolc Ice Hall in Miskolc, Hungary. Tarja's two-hour set will include a selection of the best-loved songs from her "My Winter Storm" solo album, classical gems, unpredictable rock covers, tracks from her career with NIGHTWISH, and songs from her upcoming album, "What Lies Beneath". She will be accompanied by her own band, a symphonic orchestra and a choir.

Turunen recently recorded three songs for a Finnish Christmas album, produced by Olli Ahvenlahti. According to Turunen, this was "a charity project for missionary workers in Finland."

Tarja's last album, "My Winter Storm", was re-released in January 2009. This double CD "extended special edition" was packed with 32 tracks, including the CD "My Winter Storm" with the addition of the song "The Seer" in its original version. The bonus disc presented several new tracks, remixes and live recordings. Among them, the new song "Enough" and "The Seer", this time featuring a duet with German rock star Doro Pesch.

.deathwish. at 6:01 PM

sexta-feira, fevereiro 05, 2010

Last man to see late AC/DC frontman missing at sea for three years

THE last man to see AC/DC frontman Bon Scott alive is missing and feared dead, adding another chapter to one of rock's most tragic tales.

Alistair Kinnear left Scott in his car to sleep off a night of excess during a freezing London winter, and returned to find his friend dead.

On the 30th anniversary of Scott's death, Kinnear is at the centre of his own mystery after disappearing with a yacht on the way to Spain.

If dead, he takes with him the only account of Scott's final hours, which his family says haunted him throughout his life.

The musician had set sail on 13m wooden-hull sloop Danara from Marseille, France, with two men in July 2006. They were heading to Spain, then vanished.

"We tried to get the coast guard and everybody else to look, but nobody could find anything," son Daniel said yesterday. "So he's missing, not legally declared dead. We have to wait seven years for that to happen."
Daniel describes his father as a "peaceful and calm individual", who had been disturbed by Scott's death at age 33. He died in Kinnear's car after a night at the Music Machine club in Camden Town on February 20, 1980.

Five years ago he came forward to detail the night's events, confirming he had driven Scott home.

During the drive he noticed Bon had "drifted into unconsciousness" and, unable to lift him out of the car, he left him for the night.

"I put the front passenger seat back so that he could lie flat, covered him with a blanket, left a note with my address and phone number on it, and staggered upstairs to bed," he told Classic Rock magazine.

A friend told him in the morning that the car was empty, but later that night he "was shocked to find Bon still lying flat in the front seat, obviously in a bad way".

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Marcadores: AC/DC, Music

.deathwish. at 8:56 PM

A quantas anda o mercado brasileiro para a Sony

A quantas anda o mercado brasileiro para a Sony

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.deathwish. at 8:34 PM

Alice in Chains Want You to 'Vote With Your Dollar' - Noisecreep

"We had no plan to do this, and a couple of years ago, I'd have said no," Alice in Chains drummer Sean Kinney told Noisecreep about the band's reformation after Layne Staley's death. "Just by taking little steps and little opportunities and the chance -- doing it with my buddies -- we ended up in a good place. This wasn't an easy task. I am proud of all of us, how we've gone about it. We lost such a dear friend and since we had no plan for it to do this, it's shocking to me. It's easy to have an opinion about it when you don't have to do it. But there has not a lot of resistance from fans. They've been great worldwide and have been supportive. That's cool. That makes you move and take another step forward."

Now that Alice in Chains are back in the game, the landscape has changed and the playing field is not only not level; it's completely different," he said. When they last released music, platinum records were much more common and iPods weren't yet invented and downloading was in its infancy. This cold, hard fact of the business forced the band to rethink strategies. "It's like telling people to vote with your dollar."

Kinney continued, "People don't buy music anymore. It costs so much to tour and make shirts, so you lose money. If you want to support a band, vote with your dollar, for your entertainment, and that will make better product for you to enjoy. Fans don't realize that so many bands have to go home and get a day job after touring and making records!"

Alice in Chains adapted to their new economic and industry realities. Kinney admitted, "We're seeing how it changed, and that was the challenge of this. We asked ourselves, 'How can this work in this economic environment?' So we are learning and dealing with that. Metallica has been through this, too, and they are like, 'Just wait.'

"At one of the shows that happened before album came out, we were in Detroit and one of the record company guys came by and had the finished packaging. He handed to me before we played, and I remember thinking, 'Do they try to figure out how to make it harder to steal this?' I never downloaded anything, but I got on the bus and checked torrent sites and it was on six sites," he added. "350,000 people already took it within three hours."

While one can argue that at least they cared enough to steal it, that doesn't make it right for bands trying to make a living in this business. So as Kinney suggested, go out there and vote with your dollar.
Alice in Chains Want You to 'Vote With Your Dollar' - Noisecreep

Marcadores: Alice in Chains, Music

.deathwish. at 7:55 PM

A quantas anda o mercado brasileiro, segundo a Microsoft * 2 de fevereiro de 2010| * 20h59|

Depois da debandada da Nintendo, no início dos anos 2000, o Brasil ficou órfão no mercado de games. Sem representação oficial, os consoles e jogos foram vendidos por importadores independentes e, é claro, pelo contrabando.

No meio desse cenário sombrio, dominado pela pirataria, a Microsoft decidiu arriscar e abriu caminho para o renascimento do mercado brasileiro de games. Em 2006, ela lançava oficialmente o Xbox 360 no Brasil.

É claro que o console veio caro. Caro demais. R$ 3 mil. Mas, o tempo passou, a empresa foi aprendendo a dinâmica do mercado de consoles e usou a experiência conquistada no complicado mercado de jogos para PCs para galgar espaço no mercado.

O perfil de desbravadora de mercados é uma marca da Microsoft na américa latina. No México, a Microsoft investiu primeiro no mercado e isso abriu caminho para a entrada oficial da Nintendo e da Sony.

Aqui no Brasil, parece que temos o mesmo perfil. Como a Microsoft tem mais fôlego financeiro, pode arriscar e testar o mercado.

“2010 será o melhor ano de nossa trajetória”, explicou animado Guilherme Camargo, gerente de marketing do Xbox 360 da Microsoft Brasil. “sobrevivemos à crise do ano passado e hoje o Xbox 360 está cada vez melhor.”

A política de redução sistemática de preços que a Microsoft perseguiu tem dado resultado. Hoje, o Xbox 360 custa uma fração do que custou no lançamento. Ainda custa caro, mas grande parte do preço é fruto dos impostos em cascata. 20% de imposto de importação, mais 50% de IPI, o ICMS de cada região, que em São Paulo é de 25 %, sem falar no PIS e Cofins. Por isso mesmo um console que nos EUA custa US$ 300 acaba custando algumas vezes mais por aqui.

Para derrubar os preços, além do câmbio favorável, a Microsoft conta com estratégias de redução de custos de transporte e aduana para, na legalidade, conseguir colocar o console nas prateleiras das maiores lojas do Brasil por um preço competitivo. Ainda assim, é complicado bater o preço que o contrabando consegue. Um Xbox 360 chega no mercado informal por pouco mais da metade do preço praticado oficialmente.

A garantia de um ano e rápida reposição dos consoles eventualmente defeituosos coloca a Microsoft em condição de brigar com os contrabandistas. Emn menos de 7 dias um console defeituoso é substituído.

Os jogos foram o maior trunfo da Microsoft. Antes dela entrar no mercado, era impossível comprar no mercado formal um lançamento por menos de R$ 250. Ela iniciou a venda de lançamentos, muitas vezes simultâneos com o exterior, por R$ 159. Isso mudou a dinâmica do mercado, para melhor.Esse é o preço de um lançamento de primeira linha, como Gears of War ou Halo.

Os R$ 159 são ainda muito caros para a esmagadora maioria da população, mas é um ciclo virtuoso que foi iniciado. A Sony tentou emplacar sua primeira leva de jogos por R$ 250, mas por conta da pressão do mercado teve que reavaliar sua estratégia e passou a equiparar seus preços de jogos com a Microsoft. A própria Nintendo, famosa pelos altos preços, se viu forçada a ceder.

E estratégia de reduções sistemáticas de preço da Microsoft também causou um aumento fenomenal de vendas. Por conta da redução promocial do preço do kit do Xbox 360 no natal de 2009, que passou a custar R$ 1.499, as vendas aumentaram 5 vezes em relação aos meses anteriores.

Segundo Camargo, o Xbox 360 também traz uma experiência multimídia além dos jogos. Com o console, é muito fácil integrar os computadores de uma rede doméstica ao console, para transferir e assistir conteúdos. Mesmo filmes em MP4 podem ser reproduzidos direto no console, pela rede ou por um pendrive.

O próximo passo para a Microsoft é manter sua posição de pioneirismo no mercado e defender-se da investida da Sony. É provável que vejamos uma guerra pelo mercado nacional, pois se o PS3 conseguir chegar a um preço inferior que o Xbox 360, a Microsoft vai se adaptar e brigar. E isso é bom para todos os consumidores.

03/02/2010 - 21:44
Enviado por: Bufo

A Micro$oft “lançou” o 360 aqui só pra fazer número, só pra ser uma estatística bonitinha no powerpoint e impressionar os acionistas como o console mais globalizado. Porque seriedade e interesse no mercado local é zero, senão já teriam lançado a Live por aqui, afinal já são mais de três anos de X360 “oficial” no Brasil. A palhaçada é tanta que só agora estão lançando o Arcade por aqui, enquanto os modelos anteriores era obrigatório o HD, sendo que o mesmo não serve pra nada sem a Live, já que não dá pra você copiar músicas ou filmes para o mesmo. É lógico que todos que compram o Xbox oficial por aqui, acabam apelando pra criar uma conta na Live americana e mentindo que mora nos EUA, o que no final das contas é a oficialização da gambiarra. E ai de você se tiver algum problema com sua conta, vai ter que gastar interubano pros EUA e se virar no inglês já que a Micro$oft aqui lava às mãos. E olha que nem estou falando de uma Live repleta de jogos e filmes (pois eu sei que quando a Live estreiar aqui depois de termos sediado uma copa e uma olímpiada será totalmente capada), mas de permitir ao menos jogar online. Nisso a Sony humilha a Micro$oft pois mesmo não estando oficialmente por aqui permite que você coloque um endereço brasileiro e jogue online (com sérias restrições, mas ainda assim é melhor que o NADA da Micro$oft)

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Marcadores: Games

.deathwish. at 7:40 PM

DREAM THEATER Keyboardist Announces JAMPLAY Question-And-Answer Sessions - Feb. 5, 2010

Critically acclaimed keyboard artist and DREAM THEATER band member Jordan Rudess has announced three free live webcam question-and-answer sessions on JamPlay.

Rudess first gained national exposure when the readers of Keyboard magazine voted him 1994's "Best New Talent" in the "Overall Best Keyboardist" category after his first solo release, "Listen". Since 1999, Jordan has been an integral member of and creative driving force behind DREAM THEATER, the most critically-acclaimed progressive hard rock band in the world.

JamPlay is an online music education community where musicians can learn to play the guitar via online video lessons. They also offer lessons live via webcam with leading instructors.

As part of these special webcam appearances, both Jordan and JamPlay are proud to offer a free seven-day trial membership offering full, unrestricted JamPlay access, including the ability to check out Jordan live on webcam in his question-and-answer sessions.

JamPlay offers 360 hours of lessons from 33 teachers, plus 12-plus hours of live webcam lessons take place daily.

Jordan states, "I've always wanted to reach out to students all around the world and be able to share what I have learned in my musical journey. In this new relationship with JamPlay, I'm able to achieve a new level of communication and extend my passion for teaching to all those who are interested to study with me."

Kevin Wimer, co-founder of JamPlay, says, "We are very excited to be working with Jordan. We are anxious not only to have him share his incredible talents with our existing community, but also to introduce his fans to JamPlay."

Register at jamplay.com/jordan.

Jordan's live JamPlay webcam schedule is as follows:

* February 10 - 8:00 p.m. EST to 10:00 p.m. EST -
* February 24 - 8:00 p.m. EST to 10:00 p.m. EST
* March 2 - 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. EST

Marcadores: Dream Theater

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AC/DC Lane To Be Transformed Into Shrine To World's Favorite Hard Rock Band - Feb. 5, 2010

AC/DC Lane will be transformed into a shrine chronicling the history of the world's favourite hard-rock band just in time for their arrival next week.

Fans are expected to descend on the city lane, which runs off Flinders Lane, as the Australian leg of AC/DC's Black Ice world tour kicks off in Melbourne on Thursday.

Letters penned by the band's original front man Bon Scott to his wife Irene will also be on display for the first time at Cherry Bar.

Cherry Bar co-owner James Young said AC/DC photos and posters would cover the walls of the lane.

"We plan to bring AC/DC to life through AC/DC-inspired art and music," he said. "It will be a one-off experience unique to Melbourne, the rock capital of the world."

Artist Ben Couzens said fans will see the history of AC/DC portrayed through photos and album covers.
"It starts with photos of the original singer Dave Evans at the bottom of the alleyway, then as you walk up the alley it includes all band members, album covers, images of Bon Scott's grave and more.

"It's my tribute the the greatest band in the world."

AC/DC Lane was officially named in 2004 to honour the band's link to Melbourne, where they lived and wrote their first two albums.

The band will play at Etihad Stadium on Thursday, Saturday and Monday.
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Marcadores: AC/DC

.deathwish. at 7:23 PM

AC/DC Singer: 'It Makes Me Mad When People Try To Use Politics Or Charity For Publicity' - Feb. 5, 2010

According to The Pulse of Radio, AC/DC singer Brian Johnson has lashed out at U2 frontman Bono and musician and Live Aid organizer Bob Geldof for their outspoken activism and public charity work. In an interview with Australia's Herald Sun, Johnson said that he donates to charity but prefers to stay quiet about it, explaining, "I don't tell everybody they should give money — they can't afford it. When I was a working man, I didn't want to go to a concert for some bastard to talk down to me that I should be thinking of some kid in Africa. I'm sorry, mate, do it yourself, spend some of your own money and get it done."

AC/DC does not play charity events, even turning down a slot at Geldof's massive 1985 Live Aid global concert. Johnson said, "Bob Geldof is a canny lad. He did what he thought was right at the time but it didn't work. The money didn't go to poor people. It makes me mad when people try to use politics or charity for publicity. Do a charity gig, fair enough, but not on worldwide television."

AC/DC starts its first Australian tour since 2001 next week amid reports that Johnson has been thinking about retiring after a possible throat cancer scare late last year. Johnson said, "Of course I don't want to retire, but I'm telling you if the body or the voice packs in there's nothing I can do. Pride is what it is. You don't want to let yourself, the band or the fans down. I'll go on as long as I can."

Marcadores: AC/DC

.deathwish. at 7:16 PM

quinta-feira, fevereiro 04, 2010

Entrevista com Slayer retirada do sonicexcess.com

The Reigning Kings of Metal

For the nearly 28 years they have been together, SLAYER has proven to be the ultimate driving force in metal and one of the most influential extreme acts in music. SLAYER has held true to their integrity, and their sound, with little compromise to the craft that they have decisively mastered. SLAYER has done so on their own terms, garnering them praise from fellow musicians, as well as one of the most loyal fan bases in metal today. With exceptional musicianship and writing abilities, SLAYER is credited with some of the most memorable anthems in the hallowed halls of metal history, such as "Angel of Death", "Hell Awaits", "War Ensemble", "God Hates us All", and their epic 1986 masterpiece, "Reign in Blood". SLAYER continues to deliver nothing less than 100%, both on and off stage. With the rhythm and leads of Kerry King and Jeff Hanneman, the pounding drum beats of Dave Lombardo, and the bass lines and screams of Tom Araya, SLAYER has found the perfect formula that continues to elude most, and that many others have tried, and invariably failed, to duplicate.

In November of 2009, SLAYER released their 11th studio album, "World Painted Blood", proving that they are as ferocious today as they were when recording their debut album "Show No Mercy" in 1983. SLAYER has recently teamed up with Megadeth and Testament for a U.S. tour, but, due to Tom Araya's back surgery, the tour has presently been cancelled. With some unforeseen down time becoming available, Dave Lombardo, dubbed the "Father of Double Bass" spoke with Sonic Excess.

Sonic Excess: We're honored today to be speaking with Dave Lombardo, the legendary drummer of SLAYER, and a man that needs no further introduction. How's it going today Dave?

Dave Lombardo: Very good. How are you doing?

SE: Great, thanks. It's wonderful to be speaking with you.

DL: Thank you.

SE: Congratulations on releasing SLAYER'S 11th studio album, World Painted Blood. The response from fans and critics has just been phenomenal. What's your proudest achievement about World Painted Blood, and did you set any new or different personal goals when recording it?

DL: There's so much to be proud of on that record. Each individual person's performance was one thing and having Greg Fidelman as the producer was another. He was able to capture the band in its broad and best form, which is what SLAYER'S about. There's so many elements. It's hard to pick just one. It's just the whole record.

SE: It's an amazing release. World Painted Blood is being compared to Reign in Blood. Do you have any thoughts on that?

DL: I mean, I think maybe because it has that magic that there's certain records, like AC/DC's Highway to Hell. That album has chemistry to it, some kind of balance on that record, and there's a lot of records that are like that. Some Led Zeppelin records that are like that, 'ya know the Led Zeppelin II. Pink Floyd has records like that. I mean even bands today have that, and I think we've captured it.

SE: We couldn't agree more with that. Our CD has never left the player. We need to pick up another copy, before we totally wear this one out. (Laughs)

DL: (Laughs) That's cool.

SE: World Painted Blood revisits SLAYER'S punk roots. Was this something that was pre-meditated, or was it something that unfolded naturally in the studio?

DL: Yeah. It bred, it's us. It's something that I think other bands, especially the more modern metal bands, missed out; that punk edge. I think a lot may be in the technology, because punk rock drumming is, I think, very organic, very raw, very street. Of course, technology and computers, being able to fix bass drums hits to an almost perfect metronomic state, kind of deceive the listener, and then they try to sound like that. It evolves. I think that going to your roots and staying with that is better.
SE: You brought us right to our next question. Your drum work sounds so natural on the album. Did you stay with the basics and forego all of the technology?

DL: I was always part of that. It has a lot to do with the producer and what he envisions the band to sound like. So previous records, at least the only one I can speak for is Christ Illusion, because on that record was the first record I used modern technology to where I used to record onto tape, 'ya know on the Seasons record. So, I did all that prior to computer editing. Christ Illusion, with the other producer, he made it more mechanical; to where that wasn't what SLAYER was about. I think Greg Fidelman, because of his showing up at rehearsal, recording us, and sending us home with demos for the weekend from what we did that week, or almost daily, I think he was able to understand what we were really about.

SE: So, it sounds like having Greg as the producer worked much better for the band.

DL: Absolutely.
SE: With so many recording artists relying on technology, it's amazing that you still record in the same way that you began.

DL: Yeah, we try to focus on not editing as much. We try to hold onto a large part of the performance. And, of course, if a song is say three minutes long, we will keep two minutes of the performance and then maybe edit a minute of it.

SE: You are hailed as one of the top drummers in metal. Does that put any extra pressure on you, or your work?

DL: It's interesting, because it seems like that would be the perception that people would have on somebody that is being put on a pedestal, or whatever it is people say. I don't think about that. I just do what I do, and I do it to the best that I can, under my criteria, and that's what people get. I don't always try to outdo myself. I just do what I do best, and take what I've learned from one period to another and apply it.

SE: That's a great attitude to have, especially with someone of your standing. We speak with a lot of musicians that do feel that pressure.

DL: You always have to go with, let's say your high point, and take it with your low points and vice versa. Just try to stay somewhere in the middle where you don't have to concern yourself with, "Hey, I'm playing in a small place. Oh no, there goes my career." No, because you have to go with it. If you play a bar or a club, you will have just as much fun at the small places as you do in the big arenas, or the big festivals.
AYER be doing a traditional headlining tour in packed clubs, where all the opening bands hear are SLAYER chants? When can we expect to see that again?

DL: Well, we were going to do that in November, but Tom unfortunately had to go into the hospital to get treated for some back problems. Eventually, it will come back around. We will eventually do those shows. They were in smaller places with just one opening act. So, it's more like an evening with SLAYER, rather than a festival setting.

SE: The "Big Four" tour has been one of the most talked about and rumored show for years. Why did it take so long to come to fruition? Are there any plans to bring it to North or South America?

DL: I really don't have an answer for that. I really don't know why it took so long. Sometimes you have to wait until schedules are parallel and every band has a record out around the same time. Or, maybe one band member didn't want to do that, or a couple of them, or maybe the whole band didn't. You never know what reason why. We have established ourselves as friends and lean on each other, more than just one.

SE: With the different bands having different releases, we're sure the planning and logistics are beyond what most anyone could understand.

DL: Yeah. I mean it's very hard to book a tour. Try booking all the bands on the tour. First, you have to try to get the bands to want to work together.

SE: Any plans of bringing the "Big Four" tour to North or South America?

DL: I don't know. That'd be great. It would be awesome.

SE: Any plans on a standalone SLAYER tour of South America then?

DL: Don't know. Maybe we will hit every other country but the U.S. It'll be last, like a big explosion, and do a coliseum tour.
SE: It has been quite some time since SLAYER has released a live CD. Any plans for doing so in the near future?

DL: That's true, it has been a while. The last one was Unholy Alliance in 2006, or something like that. I don't know, nothing has been brought to the table. We've been really concerned with Tom's health and making sure that he gets better. So, other things right now are secondary. First, is his health, and second would be re-scheduling this tour.

SE: Why do you think SLAYER has had such a lasting influence and cultural impact?

DL: I think maybe because we've been consistent. We're dependable. This is the first time in 24 or 25 years that we have cancelled any kind of touring. It's not AXL ROSE throwing a hissy fit and not doing a show. Our singer had to go into surgery, and in 24 years we have not missed a show. For the kind of music that we play, there is a physical demand that it takes. I think that's pretty cool. I think that says a lot for the band's reputation; that we're there, that we're loyal to the style of music that we play. The fans can always look forward to us being there with the product. They can go to shows and check out a band that will perform real; that's not computer generated, it's not play back. Sometimes bands will go onstage and there will be some kind of playback going on. The fans will think it's the actual band playing, but it's not.

SE: It's the newer, more modern technological version of lip-syncing. If you're going to be there, play the show.
DL: Yeah, and if voices can be lip-synced on stage, that can be done with double bass, and it can be done with drums. All someone has to do is look like they are doing the work. Being on stage is ten percent ability and 90 percent performance. Give it all in the performance each night.

SE: You wrote a song with Testament, 3 Days In Darkness, about 2012. What's your prediction for 2012?

DL: It's going to go by like 1999 going into 2000, with the whole hype. It's going to be the same thing. Nobody is going to when it's going to happen, or if anything's going to happen. So, to me, it is just another hype. If it isn't, bring it on. What are you going to do about it? I'm not going to panic, or disrupt, my life pattern because of it.
SE: During all the time SLAYER has been together, what is the one highlight that you think about most? Something that just stands out, that constantly pops up?

DL: Yeah, there is a period. The first tour that we did across the U.S., and the West coast tours that we did. You always, as a band, reflect on those days. We will be sitting in a van traveling from the airport to the hotel and somebody will say "Hey Dave. Remember when you did this or did that? Remember when you threw that cup out of the window?", whatever story, and we all start laughing at what we had done. Things are a little different now. We do get into a little mischief, but we always do reflect to that time when we were going across the country in Tom's Camaro and a U-Haul truck, or a ten-passenger van and a rental truck.

SE: There are recent and persisting rumors that SLAYER is heading for retirement, or at least thinking about it. Please tell us there is no truth to those rumors.

DL: No, that is not true. That was a misconstrued question, a European question, I think, towards Tom. They asked Tom a question, and I think it had to do with us doing our last record for American Recordings. It was a misconstrued theme that we're done and are not going to record anymore. But, no. We are finished with our agreement with American Recordings and Rick Rubin. Now, he has the option of bringing us back on board, or we go to another company. So, that's how that rumor came about. I don't plan on retiring. I'm going to keep playing until I can't play anymore.
SE: So, SLAYER is in contractual agreements, or looking at different contracts right now?

DL: Yeah. I think so, yeah.

SE: What else does SLAYER have planned for 2010, and any last words for your fans?

DL: Well, we are just concerned that Tom gets better. So, that way we can continue touring and making records. There has been a little talk among the band members, Kerry and myself and Jeff, where we might get together and utilize some of this time that we have. Rehearse maybe some new stuff, some new music, that maybe we will record an EP or something. So, utilizing the time that we have off now till Tom gets better, why don't we get together and write new music. It's exciting. I don't know that it's going to happen, but there's talk.

SE: Really? New SLAYER is always great news.

DL: It's the fastest turnaround that SLAYER'S ever done, as far as song writing, and getting into the swing of things.

SE: Any last words for the SLAYER fanatics out there?

DL: We just can't wait to get out there and kick some ass for everybody and make some good loud metal. We just can't wait to get out there and keep it real.

SE: Thanks again Dave. We can't wait to see SLAYER live, and we wish Tom and everyone the best.

DL: Thank you, and take care.

Interview by: Suzanne Drager & Brandon Marshall

http://www.sonicexcess.com/slayer_interview2_lombardo.html

Marcadores: Slayer

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