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VH1 Revisits and Updates Metallica’s Behind The Music
A lot has happened since Lars Ulrich took on Napster and all the 13 year olds downloading his music and stealing food out of his kids mouths! And VH1 wants you to know about it. Metallica is one of the bands getting an updated episode of Behind The Music. Other bands to get the treatment are Judas Priest, Motley Crue, Def Leppard, John Lennon and Genesis. The series starts up again February 6th at 9pm est. The original Metallica episode aired in 1998, and this updated version will feature new interviews, concert and award show clips. Metallica won Grammy’s for 2004’s St Anger and 2009’s My Apocalypse. For a primer on all Lars Ulrich accomplished with fighting Napster, feel free to view South Park’s “Christian Rock Hard” episode, Weird Al Yankovic’s “Don’t Download This Song” or MC Lars “Hurricane Fresh” or “Download This Song”. VH1 will most likely give a far more watered down version, and in the spirit of fair and equal reporting, get all sides of the story.
On the same night at 11pm est VH1 also brings back “That Metal Show”. Upcoming guests include Megadeth’s Dave Mustaine and Anthrax guitarist Scott Ian. “That Metal Show” is now entering it’s fourth season.
For more information, visit the official Behind The Music website:
It’s a new day, and you’ve got new John Carpenter to listen to. John Carpenter, Daniel Davies and Cody Carpenter have released the new track He Walks By Night this morning, the second single off their upcoming album Lost Themes IV: Noir, out May 3 on Sacred Bones Records.
Lost Themes IV: Noir is the latest installment in a series that sees Carpenter releasing new music for John Carpenter movies that don’t actually exist. The first Lost Themes was released in 2015, followed by Lost Themes II in 2016 and Lost Themes III: Alive After Death in 2021.
Sacred Bones previews, “It’s been a decade since John Carpenter recorded the material that would become Lost Themes, his debut album of non-film music and the opening salvo in one of Hollywood’s great second acts. Those vibrant, synth-driven songs, made in collaboration with his son Cody Carpenter and godson Daniel Davies, kickstarted a musical renaissance for the pioneering composer and director. With Lost Themes IV: Noir, they’ve struck gold again, this time mining the rich history of the film noir genre for inspiration.
“Since the first Lost Themes, John has referred to these compositions as “soundtracks for the movies in your mind.” On the fourth installment in the series, those movies are noirs. Like the film genre they were influenced by, what makes these songs “noirish” is sometimes slippery and hard to define, and not merely reducible to a collection of tropes. The scores for the great American noir pictures were largely orchestral, while the Carpenters and Davies work off a sturdy synth-and-guitar backbone.
“The trio’s free-flowing chemistry means Lost Themes IV: Noir runs like a well-oiled machine—the 1951 Jaguar XK120 Roadster from Kiss Me Deadly, perhaps, or the 1958 Plymouth Fury from John’s own Christine. It’s a chemistry that’s helped power one of the most productive stretches of John’s creative life, and Noir proves that it’s nowhere near done yielding brilliant results.”
You can pre-save Lost Themes IV: Noir right now! And listen to the new track below…
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