Metal Hair Bands
Good luck to METAL SHOP listener David McCrary in New Orleans who is on his way to the ‘Kong Off’ competition in Denver, Colorado, a National ‘Donkey Kong’ Contest of the top 12 players in the world.
Yes, he is one of the 12 best and gets his inspiration from 80′s Metal… he streams METAL SHOP whenever he plays the game. In fact, his nickname for the contest this weekend is ‘Power Metal’.
David alerted me two years ago that he had been playing the original 1981 Donkey Kong arcade machine in his garage and attempting to get a Top 5 world record score. He achieved that goal a year later, becoming the fourth player to achieve an officially-verified score of over one million points on a Donkey Kong arcade machine.
He has noted “I can’t play without METAL SHOP being on and I stream my video gameplay over Justin TV. Several watchers have inquired about the music and all have became fans of the station and listen to Live365 now. Thanks for the awesome music, I couldn’t have done it without the jams.”
The Grammy Museum Opened the ‘History of Heavy Metal’ exhibit on April 11, 2012 to the press and METAL SHOP Rocks was invited for a preview.
Some of the memorabilia on display include hand-written songs by Ronnie James Dio and Randy Rhoads’ signature guitar. Many other instruments, wardrobe and music can be enjoyed by metal heads at this exhibit open now through February, 2013 n Los Angeles, California.
Here are a few photos… Enjoy. -Ralph
Guns N’ Roses rocked The Forum in Inglewood, California on December 21, 2011 and blasted through a three hour set that even I thought was just a little too long. Gn’R opened the show with the song ‘Chinese Democracy’. At first we couldn’t really hear Axl Rose singing… turns out his microphone was not working to well, but it was quickly fixed and from then on, it was in your face rock and roll, as the band blasted fan favorites like ‘Welcome to the Jungle’, ‘It’s So Easy’ and ‘Mr. Brownstone’.
About 15,000 fans were really into Gn’R and the atmosphere, but as the show continued it seemed to drag. It also didn’t help that every member in the band had some kind of solo or jam. I thought it could have been a solid two hour show with them just playing all the hits, instead they also covered songs from AC/DC and Pink Floyd. As the show approached the third hour, I could see that many fans had left and those still in attendance were looking really beat, that included me.
As the show came to its conclusion, the band jumped into ‘Paradise City’ for the final song as tons of streamers and confetti flew in the air to mark the end of the concert. In all, it was a pretty good performance. You have two more opporunites to catch Guns N’ Roses on this tour, they play at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas on December 30th and 31st.
See photos and video below. Special thanks to Kymm Britton at 60 Cycle Media.
SET LIST:
- Chinese Democracy
- Welcome To The Jungle
- It’s So Easy
- Mr. Brownstone
- Sorry
- Shackler’s Revenge
- Estranged
- Rocket Queen
- Richard Fortus Guitar Solo (James Bond Theme)
- Live and Let Die (Paul McCartney & Wings cover)
- This I Love
- Riff Raff (AC/DC cover)
- Motivation (Tommy Stinson song)(Tommy Stinson on lead vocals, with Band Introductions)
- Dizzy Reed Piano Solo (Baba O’Riley)
- Street Of Dreams
- You Could Be Mine
- DJ Ashba Guitar Solo (Ballad of Death)
- Sweet Child O’ Mine
- Instrumental Jam (Another Brick In The Wall: Part 2)
- Axl Rose Piano Solo (Gran Torino/Goodbye Yellow … more)
- November Rain
- Bumblefoot Guitar Solo (Pink Panther Theme)
- Don’t Cry
- Whole Lotta Rosie (AC/DC cover)
- Civil War
- Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door (Bob Dylan cover)
- Instrumental Jam
- Nightrain
ENCORE:
- Instrumental Jam
- Madagascar
- Better
- (Axl wishes a merry christmas … more)
- Instrumental Jam
- Patience
- Instrumental Jam
- Paradise City
On December 6th, METAL SHOP celebrated eight years streaming on the web via Live365.com and we’re thrilled to be one of the most listened to Rock Stations Online in the ‘metal’ genre.
A ‘Big Thanks’ to everyone who tunes in daily from your desktop at work or increasingly, with your smartphone or other mobile device. Live365 makes it easy with free mobile apps, so you can listen anywhere, even in your car!
So you get the audio on your mobile device, but what about the 80s Metal Hair news and other content available on the desktop version of the METAL SHOP website? Certainly, it’s tough to navigate on your iPhone or Droid.
As a result, a simpler version of the site was implemented using mobile website builder ‘DudaMobile,’ a free service that allows businesses and individuals a quick and easy way to convert their desktop site to a mobile site in only minutes.
Now, when you visit www.metalshoprocks.com or sister station Hair Band Radio at www.hairbandhits.com on your mobile device, you will be automatically forwarded to the mobile site, that features a lot of the cool stuff on the desktop version, including news items, photos, videos and more.
If you haven’t done so, please check it out. Your feedback is appreciated.
Thanks again for listening and Happy Holidays!
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