THE DIRTY PEARLS: "Hurricane Benefit Video Shoot" At Grit N Glory (Teaser)!

Last Monday (November 19), New York City Rockers THE DIRTY PEARLS performed at Grit N Glory at a private concert in benefit of the victims of Hurricane Sandy. During the event our cameras were rolling and captured the essence of the current state of the New York City Rock N' Roll scene.

Today, we are releasing the teaser trailer of the video. The full version will premiere at the window of the store this Friday, November 30th. Grit N Glory is located at 186 Orchard Street in New York, New York.



Related links:
The Dirty Pearls
Grit N Glory

The Judas Syndrome cover Lady Gaga's "Judas"

New York City thrashers The Judas Syndrome decided to risk their reputation for being a hard hitting band, and to cover the song "Judas" by Pop Queen Lady Gaga. While Heavy Music is all about being open minded to new things, we don't think a band that is looking to get signed should be risking their reputation by covering a Pop song, specially when a handful of other artists have already covered Lady Gaga. Why not be original and cover a Heavy Music classic and add a unique flavor to it? Or taking a wise risk like Resolution 15 did when they covered U2's "Sunday Bloody Sunday" and proved that they are phenomenal musicians. Same goes for Slam One Down, who blew everyone's mind at the Horns Up Rocks 1 year anniversary party with their flawless covers of Pantera's "Becoming", ACDC's "Dirty Deeds" and Machine Head's "Davidian".

Some of you may think that we are being too harsh, but the music industry today is not looking for bands that are taking risks without measuring the consequences. Nowadays a record label will only invest in a band that is smart about how they handle their business on and off stage. Our advice to any up and coming band is to think carefully about what you want to represent and what your ultimate goal is. Don't put years of hard work down, by making the wrong moves.

Here is The Judas Syndrome covering the song "Judas" by Lady Gaga:
the judas syndrome - judas by The Judas Syndrome

Now here is also The Judas Syndrome with their original song titled "Death of the Soul":


Related links:
The Judas Syndrome on MySpace
Official site of the Judas Syndrome
The Judas Syndrome

Lady Gaga: A Metalhead?

This past weekend Iron Maiden brought their legendary flavor of Metal to Tampa, Florida and showed the sunshine state that Heavy Metal is alive and well. As usual they had an amazing show and the thousands of Metaleros that gathered at the St. Pete Times Forum are still nursing their necks from so much headbanging. One unusual headbanger who attended the legendary performance was none other then pop diva Lady Gaga. Yeah, Lady Gaga! And get this, one of her favorite songs is "Run to the Hills" and her 666th twit proved that she is an avid Iron Maiden fan.

"The Number of the Beast. Having' beers listening to Maiden w the New York Boys. Happy 666 Twitterland."


You're probably thinking "what a poseur"! Well, the truth is that Lady Gaga has been into Heavy Metal for many years. Actually, she claims that when she was a Gogo dancer one of the songs that got her grooving was Black Sabbath's "Black Sabbath". Speaking of Sabbath, when Ryan Seacrest interviewed Ozzy Osbourne this is what the "Prince of Darkness" had to say about Lady Gaga:

"She's very clever, very interesting. She's wacky and I like the zaniness of that woman."

To this Lady Gaga responded: "Are you kidding? I'm the biggest BLACK SABBATH fan on Earth!"

Next time you see Lady Gaga ask her to put her Horns Up and prove to you that she is not a poseur! Hahahaha.



Related links:
Iron Maiden's Official site
Lady Gaga's Official site

GWAR: Bloody Pit Of Horror

Many bands have tried imitating GWAR, and have all failed miserably. Not necessarily because of lack of talent, but because the masters of gore are untouchable. What makes them untouchable? Well, not only are they are one of the hardest working bands in the music world, but they are constantly reinventing themselves by stepping their game up and not losing focus of their status as a cult band . If you take a look at their 25+ year career, their music has evolved constantly and as a result the music industry has labeled them as Thrash Metal, Comedy Rock, Crossover Thrash, Hardcore Punk and Shock Rock. To us they are simply GWAR! No labels, no gimmicks, just original energetic Heavy Music with lots of humor and controversy.

In the past 6 months we’ve had the chance to get to know their master Oderus Urungus, and even though he is from Antartica, we’ve managed to get to somewhat understand his chaotic personality. One thing that is always evident is that GWAR is his Metallic pride and joy. Its always a trip experiencing the members of GWAR getting into character and how in a matter of seconds they can turn any venue upside down with their monstrous strength and powerful music.

So what is the fuel that feeds fire to Oderus and the rest of the band? Apart from their awareness about politics and pop culture, which are often portrayed during their live sets. They also feed from the adrenalized GWAR aficionado’s who know that when they go to one of the band’s shows, they must be ready to get sonically annihilated and drenched with fake blood. Some may call it a chemical warfare, but the Gwar fans call it a blood bath in a bloody pit of horror! An outsider might think that these kids wearing white t-shirts (so they can get drenched by GWAR) are crazy, but the reality is that next to Oderus and the GWAR clan, nobody is crazy.

At their recent show at the Starland Ballroom in Sayerville (or Slayerville) New Jersey, we had the chance to interview Oderus Urungus right before the band went on stage. Here is this EXCLUSIVE chaotic interview, which also features plenty of live footage and a fan interview! So put on your white t-shirt and enter GWAR’s Bloody Pit Of Horror!

WARNING: Due to the graphic nature of this program, viewer discretion is advised.


Special thanks to Oderus, Jon Freeman, Rene Encarnacion & all the GWAR aficionados!

Photo credit: Bet You I Did and Cornelia Wickel (Music Photocalypse)

Related links:
GWAR's Official Site
GWAR on Metal Blade Records