American Authors and Slipknot - "Best Unsainted Day of My Life"

Music used in this mashup:

• American Authors - Best Day of My Life
• Slipknot - Unsainted

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https://youtu.be/ aDs-pTdS79U - American Authors and Slipknot - "Best Unsainted Day of My Life"

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Slipknot in 1999 at their first Ozzfest

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https://youtu.be/ UmIrGCWgxac?si - Slipknot in 1999 at their first Ozzfest

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Slipknot In Milwaukee 9/29/21

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LineFest!

https://loudwire.com/knotfest-iowa-fans-two-hour-lines-water

The Office Fire Drill with Slipknot

This is my favorite scene in "The Office" - its flow is excellent and the camera angles are perfect.

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Some Music Funnies

May 15 - 17 in OH

Per https://sonictemplefestival.com:

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The Therapist

I've never seen "The Therapist" until today. I want to see more of him after seeing how he talks to Corey Taylor in this video:

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Corey Taylor acoustic set live @ Koko, London 2016

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What *is* Nu Metal?!?

Personally, I don't consider Incubus or Kid Rock "nu metal", but okay, whatever.

I've seen these "book your concert with a budget" graphics before for other genres. What irks me with 99.9% of these "book your concert with a budget" graphics is that there is never enough in the budget to get one from each row. You would need a budget of [10 + 20 + 30 + 40 + 50 =] $150 to do so.

As for my ideal concert?
$10 - Sevendust
$20 - Papa Roach
$30 - Incubus
$40 - Linkin Park (but only if Chester Bennington sang, otherwise, none)
$50 - Slipknot (but only because I saw Korn in 2017 at Chicago Open Air)

Out of those 15 bands, I've seen 4 - Korn, Papa Roach, P.O.D, and Sevendust, but if I factor in the number of times I've seen Papa Roach (Memphis, Moline, Cedar Rapids, Des Moines so 4 times), and the number of times I've seen Sevendust (Cedar Rapids x 2, a couple of minutes in Waterloo when they were an unannounced / unadvertised opener for Five Finger Death Punch), I get pushed up to 10. <grin>

Unsainted

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In a Mood for Covers

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All Out Life

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All Out Life Upon Us

Slipknot Release New Song!!

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Brilliant!

The equivalent of The Onion for heavy music fans is MetalSucks.net which I have linked to elsewhere on this blog. The latest funny thing that they posted is this article: Clickbait Magazine Says These are the 25 Best Metal Albums of All Time. In case you don't want to leave this page to view their Top 25, here they are:

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25. Sunn O))) - Monoliths and Dimensions
24. Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas
23. Napalm Death - From Enslavement to Obliteration
22. Black Sabbath - The Eternal Idol
21. Mastodon - Crack the Skye
20. Tool - 10,000 Days
19. Slayer - God Hates Us All
18. Slipknot - All Hope is Gone
17. Ozzy Osbourne - Ozzmosis
16. In Flames - Soundtrack to Your Escape
15. Korn - Korn III: Remember Who You Are
14. Morbid Angel - Heretic
13. Suicide Silence - Suicide Silence
12. Megadeth - The System Has Failed
11. Iron Maiden - A Matter of Life and Death
10. Pantera - Reinventing the Steel
9. Lamb of God - Wrath
8. Judas Priest - Angel of Retribution
7. Damn Yankees - Don’t Tread
6. Mötley Crüe - New Tattoo
5. Anthrax - Stomp 442
4. Guns N’ Roses - “The Spaghetti Incident?”
3. Adema - Topple the Giants
2. Metallica - …And Justice for All
1. Jethro Tull - Crest of a Knave

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Just in case you aren't sure that it's meant to be interpreted as satire, there's this clue:

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Jack Black Meets Slipknot

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Like a Punch to the Gut

Look for the Pink Bat - It's Hilarious

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Deflated

On the Cedar Rapids Craigslist page for Musicians, I saw this:
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Established metal band seeking a experienced drummer. All orginals. No covers. Ready to get back out and play asap. Shoot a text for more details. Or check out our page and have a listen. Www.facebook.com/suffocatingsilence thanks!
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So, I went to https://www.facebook.com/SuffocatingSilence and that led me to https://www.reverbnation.com/playlist/view_playlist/-4?page_object=artist_1827738 and then there was a hissing sound as all the excitement I had felt when I read the ad left me. I felt like a deflated balloon. While I certainly commend the band for playing a style of heavy metal that is similar to Lamb of God or a hardcore metal band, it's not the type of band / musical style I envision myself playing drums on a regular basis. Doesn't mean I'm not a fan of the genre because I still contend that bands like Lamb of God and, from only hearing one song, Suffocating Silence have a lot of musicianship.

And yes, I'm still pissed that Slipknot is touring with Lamb of God but only coming to Cedar Rapids with Hatebreed.

Disbelief

I'm not buying how "awesome" it is that Slipknot is playing at the US Cellular Center in Cedar Rapids, IA. Not only are they playing on Mother's Day, they are touring with Hatebreed. I saw Hatebreed as an opening act for Slayer in Davenport and they were absolutely awful. Now they are direct support for Slipknot, a band I kind of like, but not all that much. Now, they announce they are going to go on the road this summer with Lamb of God, which is a band I really REALLY like, but when they do, they don't come close to where I live. I'd have to drive to Chicago or St. Louis in August in order to see them.

European Tour

01/27 Birmingham, UK Barclaycard Arena
01/29 Paris, France Zenith
02/1 Amsterdam, Netherlands Heineken Music Hall
02/2 Esch-Sur-Alzette, Luxemborg Rokhal
02/3 Milan, Italy Forum
02/5 Budapest, Hungary Sportarena
02/7 Berlin, Germany Max-Schmelling-Halle
02/8 Hamburg, Germany O2 World
02/10 Oslo, Norway Spektrum
02/11 Stockholm, Sweden Hovet
02/12 Copenhagen, Denmark Forum
02/15 Helsinki, Finland Ice Hall

Soundwave Festival Appearances

02/21 Melbourne, Australia Soundwave Festival
02/22 Adelaide, Australia Soundwave Festival
02/28 Brisbane, Australia Soundwave Festival
03/1 Sydney, Australia Soundwave Festival

U.S. Festival Appearances

4/25 Ft. Meyers, FL Fort Rock
4/26 Jacksonville, FL Welcome to Rockville
5/3 Concord, NC Carolina Rebellion
5/9 Somerset, WI Northern Invasion
5/15-17 Columbus, OH Rock on the Range

Slipknot with Hatebreed

04/29 Pensacola, FL Pensacola Bay Center
04/30 New Orleans, LA Champions Square-Superdome
05/2 Pelham, AL Oak Mountain Amphitheatre
05/5 Knoxville, TN Knoxville Coliseum
05/8 Bloomington, IL US Cellular Coliseum
05/10 Cedar Rapids, IA US Cellular Center <==== MOTHER'S DAY 2015
05/12 Erie, PA Erie Insurance Arena
05/13 Scranton, PA The Pavilion at Montage Mountain
05/16 Grand Rapids, MI Van Andel Arena

European Festival Appearances

06/5-7 Nuremberg, Germany Rock Im Park
06/5-7 Mendig Germany Rock Am Ring
06/6 Nymegen, Netherlands FortaRock Festival
06/9 Lodz, Poland Impact Festival
06/11-13 Interlaken, Switzerland Greenfield Festival
06/12 Derby, UK Download Festival
06/13-14 Nickelsdorf, Austria Novarock
06/19-21 Cisson, France Hellfest
06/19-21 Dessel Belgium Graspop Metal Meeting

Slipknot with Lamb of God, Bullet for My Valentine, and Motionless In White

7/24 West Palm Beach, FL Cruzan Amphitheater
7/25 Tampa, FL MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheater
7/26 Atlanta, GA Aaron's Amphitheater at Lakewood
7/28 Detroit, MI DTE Energy Music Theatre
7/29 Darien Center, NY Darien Lake Performing Arts Center
7/31 Saratoga Springs, NY Saratoga Performing Arts Center
8/01 Wantagh, NY Nikon at Jones Beach Theater
8/02 Hartford, CT Xfinity Theatre
8/04 Boston, MA Xfinity Center
8/05 Holmdel, NJ PNC Bank Arts Center
8/06 Pittsburgh, PA First Niagara Pavilion
8/08 Toronto, ON Molson Amphitheater
8/11 Washington, DC Jiffy Lube Live
8/12 Virginia Beach, VA Farm Bureau Live
8/14 Indianapolis, IN Klipsch Music Center
8/15 Chicago, IL First Midwest Bank Amphitheater
8/16 St. Louis, MO Hollywood Casino Amphitheater
8/19 Denver, CO Red Rocks Amphitheater
8/21 Salt Lake City, UT USANA Amphitheater
8/24 Vancouver, BC Rogers Arena
8/26 Concord, CA Concord Pavilion
8/28 Las Vegas, NV MGM Resort Festival Lot
8/29 Phoenix, AZ Ak Chin Pavilion
8/30 Albuquerque, NM Isleta Amphitheater
9/02 Austin, TX Austin 360 Amphitheater
9/04 Houston, TX Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
9/05 Dallas, TX Gexa Energy Pavilion