Damn you! I’m a “recreational” drummer and guess what is “stuck” in my head?
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- Thread starter daytona4me
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I play(ed) for years. Arthritis sucks but I can still handle a few jazz sessions.
Hard to believe this was almost 17 yrs ago, another CLE local metal band. The singer is from Mushroomhead, the drummer is Gene Hoglan from bands like Strapping Young Lad and was also the drummer for the Metalocalypse cartoon Dethklok. Featuring yours truly on vocals at 4:14, 4:25 and 4:56 
@fatarms That kit in the first video is to die for. Wish they’d put a camera on his feet.
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Favorite band overall for me for the past 25 years. The singer and I correspond quite a bit, my wife and I always hang out with him after the shows in town. Band outta Jacksonville, FL. May I present COLD, this band has gotten me through some tough and some great times. I've had their Spider logo on my cars now for about 20 years.
Fucking love this band.
Fucking love this band.
Ahh, Zeal and Ardor. A Swiss metal band led by a black man. At first, you say so what?
The birth of the band is actually a sad story that turned into something awesome. Singer Manuel Gagneux gave an interview that's available on Youtube where he explained that he would ask for two music genres and then mash them up in a few minutes into songs and post them for review. People would rate the mashups and let him know what they thought. The twist is that he was doing this on the old 4chan dot org board.
Posters from 4chan found out he was a black man and decided to do the usual 4chan thing... for those familiar with the place. If you're not familiar, I'd suggest you stay away unless you go in "shields up" in terms of computer security. I digress...
If you know anything about 4chan back in the day, the posters told him to mash up "black metal" and "N_____ music" (yeah, that N word) or more accurately, African American slave chants. He took the challenge on rather than to take issue with their racism and created the sound that would become the staple of Zeal and Ardor.
He posted the clip and they were pretty amazed. The song below is one of their heavier ones, but many others incorporate chants and metal together, I've not heard any other band that does anything like this before and probably won't for a long time, if ever. He took people jabbing at his race, applied his musical talent and is now not only making a living from it, but probably out-earning those clowns. A sad story of racists who with their hate inspired a man to create a new sound never heard before to create some extremely amazing music. I only found out about this band a couple years ago and have really liked everything they've put out.
The birth of the band is actually a sad story that turned into something awesome. Singer Manuel Gagneux gave an interview that's available on Youtube where he explained that he would ask for two music genres and then mash them up in a few minutes into songs and post them for review. People would rate the mashups and let him know what they thought. The twist is that he was doing this on the old 4chan dot org board.
Posters from 4chan found out he was a black man and decided to do the usual 4chan thing... for those familiar with the place. If you're not familiar, I'd suggest you stay away unless you go in "shields up" in terms of computer security. I digress...
If you know anything about 4chan back in the day, the posters told him to mash up "black metal" and "N_____ music" (yeah, that N word) or more accurately, African American slave chants. He took the challenge on rather than to take issue with their racism and created the sound that would become the staple of Zeal and Ardor.
He posted the clip and they were pretty amazed. The song below is one of their heavier ones, but many others incorporate chants and metal together, I've not heard any other band that does anything like this before and probably won't for a long time, if ever. He took people jabbing at his race, applied his musical talent and is now not only making a living from it, but probably out-earning those clowns. A sad story of racists who with their hate inspired a man to create a new sound never heard before to create some extremely amazing music. I only found out about this band a couple years ago and have really liked everything they've put out.
Was just backstage with these guys in Mansfield last July. I’ll bring pics (I know the guys from Chimaira so we had artist passes)
Mushroomhead is a complete cover band now. No original members left. It's kinda sad.Was just backstage with these guys in Mansfield last July. I’ll bring pics (I know the guys from Chimaira so we had artist passes)
Pretty much and kind of. Skinny is still in the band. I think he's the only one left, but it's a revolving door. I remember being in a band opening for them at a festival in the early 2000's before J Mann left and as a whole, they were just dismissive of all the other bands. We loved their music (Super Buick, I think is my favorite album), but just couldn't vibe with them. It felt tense.
Chimaira, other than Mark being a bit rowdy at times, everyone is super cool.
We were backstage for everyone we saw. This was Chimaira. We also got to meet Biohazard, Chevelle and Poison the Well, to name a few. Very cool to meet some of the musicians that inspired the metal aspect of our playing growing up.
From what my drum teacher told me, because he saw John play live, that even from behind his kit was the loudest player he's ever heard. Absolute icon here.