M.J's "thriller" -1983

   Of course every child and adult in the early 80's knew Michael Jackson by now with his string of chart topping hits. However this Music video clocking in at a staggering 10 plus minutes (a "short film" really) is special for many reasons. First it's directed by John Landis (of Blues Brothers fame and American Werewolf in London), It features the brilliant Special Effects make-up by one of the horror industry's leading "gods" in Effects Rick Barker (American Werewolf In London & many more), and a cameo voice over by the greatest horror/suspense actor to ever live Vincent Price.
     This "short film"  came out October of 1983 and at once was a hit on MTV even amid controversy of it's length and it's use of gore.  The music video and the song itself both hold the test of time, they are played at nearly every Halloween bash i go to every year and that's a testament to Landis's great film making skills and Jackson's song writing abilities. And what would Halloween be without the classic "Thriller Dance"- you know you do it, everyone does it. http://youtu.be/jQ_ExkfcBao
     

NEW ENGLAND METAL HARDCORE & METAL FEST *SATURDAY'S SHOW*

ALL THAT REMAINS

OVERKILL

OVERKILL

   As their tagline line goes for this years event it's been "14 FUCKING YEARS".  I will admit i missed most of the earlier unknown Hardcore acts on the second stage as my friend was running a little late- no big deal, we got there at 4pm and started our Metal fest off with a Canadian band called:PERIPHERY  on the first stage; they were an ok band, more Screamo for my taste tho'. From there my friend Jenn and I went upstairs to catch some Hardcore acts. Our first band was: SHIPWRECK, and if i remember correctly they are out of New Jersey- great band and the crowd loved their cover of a Minor Threat song as there closer.  The Worcester Palladium allowed you re-entry into the place until 7:30pm, great for me as i took a few smoke breaks outside. And mingled with my fellow metalheads and of course we got to see members of Bands mingle with the crowd as well- very cool to see!
      Next up on our agenda was a our first Female fronted band of the night in: IWRESTLEDABEARONCE  My friend loved them, but i however thought the vocals were weak and their whole onstage presence lacked energy and it showed by the crowd not getting into them much at all.  Another smoke break later and 30 minutes of setting up by the UNEARTH  roadies we were ready for our first local act of the night. There set was the 3rd loudest of the night and the crowd went totally bat shit crazy for the guys in UNEARTH- that was great to see (finally). Next up was another Canadian band in: PROTEST THE HERO, there set was full of f-bombs towards the crowd and just off the wall antics that i thought were funny as hell, and they kept the crowd into there music for their entire set (hard to do, because by then it's now 8 hours into the festival).
     Third to last band were Thrash metal gods OVERKILL, there set was of course was peppered with mostly classics with the occasional new song. Best song of theirs "we don't care what you think- FUCK YOU" a crowd pleaser for sure. Next up was England's own DRAGONFORCE, a power metal band hailing from the late 90's. Not the best choice in my honest opinion to have them be the second to last act, although they did get most of the crowd into it. I just prefer my metal meatier i guess. Finally the reason why ever showed up: ALL THAT REMAINS, another band hailing from Massachusetts and they started the show off with a blast from the past "The Weak Willed". and from there they played an array of new songs and classics, I wasn't able to spend the full two hours for their set, but i did get to see a little over half of it and it was very impressive. This was there 11th New England Metal & Hardcore Festival. And the Festival being in it's 14th year, these guys have played almost everyone and it shows not only there heart but love for the genre and it's huge fanbase.  **i have some pix to upload and a couple of videos**

A new endeavor for me

I'm going to the New England Metal & Hardcore Festival tomorrow afternoon. It's a 12hour long  festival and i'll be taking pictures and video of some of the performances and doing a review of the festival for you all to see here by tomorrow night, or possibly mid day Sunday depending on when i get home from the event itself.

    It's a nationally known event in it's 14th year held at the Worcester Palladium over 3 days with easily over 50 bands performing, i'll only be commenting on Saturday's show solely as i did not buy a three day pass..   Here is a link to the palladium's website for more info on their storied history: http://thepalladium.net/  

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