HLN 'Salute To The Troops': The Unsatisfied send "Love & Blood" to The 18th Infantry in Iraq!

Punk rock cult legends The Unsatisfied were featured on HLN's "Salute To Troops" on Monday (October 31st). The group honored Sgt. Michael Watson of the U.S. Army 18th Infantry who is currently serving at Camp Taji in Iraq. Earlier, Watson, who is from Dalton, GA, had contacted The Unsatisfied on Facebook asking how he could get some of the group's music, and commenting that the soldiers in his unit had a hard time getting their hands on new entertainment while being deployed.

The punk rockers sprang into action and had a box full of CDs, stickers, snacks and other items shipped to the troops within days. Sgt. Watson wrote an enthusiastic thank you note that said in part, "the CD's have disappeared, there are Unsatisfied stickers on our gun trucks and my guys are singing your songs!"

After a recent photo shoot the group shot a short segment via iPhone to post on CNN's iReporter website saluting Sgt. Watson and the rest of the 18th Infantry. Doug Bales, drummer for The Unsatisfied: "We didn't really expect HLN to run the piece. We were just going to post it on the site and send Sgt. Watson and his wife a link to share with the troops and their friends. We thought they'd get a kick out of it."

Group bassist, E.T. commented "It made us all proud that our music meant something to people who are risking everything on a daily basis for our country. We've gotten to be friends with Sgt. Watson and hope to play a show for him when he gets home."
-Robin Meade, anchor for HLN's Headline News Morning Express, "That is the most original Salute To Troops we've ever had!"

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Revolver Magazine "Salute the Troops" Issue!

Revolver Magazine is constantly releasing issues that are collectors items. In commemoration of the 10-year anniversary of the 9-11 terrorist attacks, they united forces with various Heavy Music musicians in an issue titled "Salute the Troops". One of the bands featured on this issue (available everywhere on August 16th), is Five Finger Death Punch who talk about how their 2010 trip to the Middle East to play for U.S. troops helped bring them closer together. 5FDP’s highly-anticipated third album titled "American Capitalist" is set for release on October 11th, 2011. The band is also featured on the cover of the magazine.

Other artists that discuss their experience on U.S.O. tours include: Avenged Sevenfold, Disturbed, Godsmack, Staind, and Shinedown. Additionally, members of Tool, All That Remains, and others share stories of their times serving in the military.

The new issue of Revolver Magazine also includes a feature on American Idol contestant James Durbin, who urged the United States to “give Metal a chance.” He discusses how he discovered Metal by listening to Ronnie James Dio on the radio, what performing on Idol alongside artists like Zakk Wylde and Judas Priest was like, and what the future holds for him.

This legendary issue includes articles on Megadeth and former Skid Row singer and reality TV star Sebastian Bach, as well as Metallica, the movie Fright Night, Theory of a Deadman, Kittie, Chimaira, Eyes Set to Kill, and many others.

Wait, there's more! As a special exclusive bonus, the newsstand edition of the new issue contains limited-edition baseball cards of the “Big 4” bands of Thrash Metal (Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth, and Anthrax), who are set to play the historic first Metal show ever at Yankee Stadium on September 14. The cards are modeled after the classic Topps baseball cards from 1986, the same year these four bands released their masterpieces.

The new issue of Revolver Magazine is available everywhere on August 16th! Pick it up!

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