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Recap by The Metal Wulf;If you tuned in at 9 p.m. Friday night to find...well, not sure what exactly would have been heard at that time, to be honest...anyhoo, you may have been a little disappointed. Or not? Suffice to say, the show had been pre-empted by an hour due to circumstances beyond our control... Okay, so we went live at 10:00 instead, it was all good. It was actually a relatively calm night, with a bigger focus on the music, which, as I've said before, is never a bad thing! Kinda nice to push the silliness in the Stupid Room (as we've affectionately come to call it) off to the sides every now and then. Besides, quiet nights like these usually result in twice the craziness when things go back to "normal" on the following week.
So, as far as music goes, we were featuring new material from Flotsam And Jetsam, which is actually REALLY, REALLY good, more than worth a listen or two! Triptykon has a new EP coming out soon, and we were more than happy to feature "Shatter", the discs title track. I'll be gettin' my paws on that one, without a doubt. We also threw some High On Fire and Torche into the mix, as we anticipated seeing both bands (along with Kylesa) at Waterstreet Music Hall the following night. Yep, the entire Onslaught crew were in attendance, and I'll tell ya, that was one crazy damned crowd! Personally, the best club show I've ever attended, and High On Fire are officially the heaviest band on the frickin' planet. Okay, maybe with the exception of Behemoth, but I personally haven't seen them perform yet...
Also featured some tracks from "Bitten By The Beast", which is the new solo disc from David "Rock" Feinstein of The Rods. We'd been treated to some of these tracks at a couple of shows in recent months, but there was one track in particular that I badly wanted to hear the studio version of. "Metal Will Never Die" features vocals by David's cousin, now departed metal legend, Ronnie James Dio himself. It was great hearing David performing the song live with The Rods, back in June in Ithaca, as well as last month in Auburn, but to hear the actual song off the disc, knowing it was among Ronnie's last recordings, well that's something pretty damned special in my book!
No Jeffie last week, which probably contributed greatly to the feel of "normalcy", but he'll be back this week, I'm sure. On top of that, Halloween is fast approaching, so I can only imagine how that night's going to go! Hell, last year I totally missed out on Halloween on The Metallic Onslaught as I was recovering from my foot surgery, so this year I get to make up for lost time! Heh, heh, somethin' to look forward to!
October 9, 2010 - The Sneezing Metal Wulf
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Recap by The Metal Wulf; Well, I made a bit of a slip in the first talk break, I must admit. Joe had played Armored Saint's "Can U Deliver" in the opening set of music, and I confessed on the air that I'd almost creamed myself... Okay, so it had been awhile since I'd heard it, and I was pretty pumped. Can ya blame me? Anyway, that little slip only led to things spiraling downward very quickly in the early going of the show, especially when Steve Papagiorgio showed up. Yeah, he walked in, much to our surprise, and proceeded to hand me something, saying "Read this, Wulfie." Turns out it was a subpoena, and that he was planning on suing me for NOT BEING A WOLF! That son of a bitch! I promptly reminded Steve that he'd been in on the whole gimmick from the beginning, and that he knew full well that I wasn't really a werewolf, but he wasn't having it, telling me I'd better get a lawyer. Now, I can't quite remember who it was who mentioned this, but somebody suggested that Just Joe from The Last Exit For The Lost could represent me in court. Forgive me if I'm a little hesitant about jumping on that... From there, Joe threatened to sue Steve in return, because he isn't really a cyborg, meaning he isn't really made of metal! Oddly enough, for some reason I started sneezing at the mention of "metal". It got worse, too, because the more somebody said "metal", the more I sneezed. Something definitely wasn't right, and I mentioned that I was pretty sure something had happened when Bill, Rick, and myself had gone to visit The Last Exit the week before. Rick said that he knew what was going on, but he was sworn to secrecy. Hmmmmm...maybe Jeffie would know what was going on, assuming he wasn't still in rehab.
Cuss Muffin had joined us once again, as there was a derby bout on the next night. Joe, Rick, Josh, and I were all in attendance for that, by the way, and we had a great time cheering the Roc Stars to victory over the Boston B Party! Anyhoo, it's always great to have Cuss on the show, and she was even kind enough to bring along some brownies and cookies as a gesture of thanks for passing Animal over to her. Seems Animal has been repaired and holds a special spot in her home, which is great because I think the poor guy wouldn't have survived too much longer on the Onslaught!
Jeffie arrived eventually, and he promptly informed me that he was going to make me pay his rehab bill... WHAT?!?!?!?! Now, Papagiorgio's news was bad enough, but for Jeffie to say I was going to have to cover the rehab expenses, well, that was just a bit much, right there! On top of that, I was in pretty rough shape from sneezing all night at the mere mention of "metal". Jeffie actually made a call to Azkath to get to the bottom of the situation, and to see if there was any way to stop it.
Now, on a previous edition of The Last Exit, Just Joe had been hypnotized and was asked to envision what the Earth would be like after December of 2012. Apparently he'd seen a lot of terrible things, like rabbits...BURNING RABBITS! Hordes of 'em, and lots of tentacles, which we've come to learn are actually Shoggoths. Well, that explains a lot right there, doesn't it? I KNEW that Jeffie's word of God was anything but! More like the word of ELDER GODS!!! Anyhoo, during our recent visit to The Last Exit, Azkath had hypnotized me to get some insight into Just Joe's vision. Sure enough, I saw the burning bunnies, and the Shoggoths, and something far, FAR WORSE!!! Nope, can't think of that one, WAAAAAY too terrible to mention! Anyhow, while in that hypnotic state, Azkath had planted the suggestion in my brain that anytime I heard the word "metal", I'd become allergic to wolves, and being a wolf, well... Okay, that certainly explained the problem, but how about getting rid of it? Seems that all I had to do was envision the "unspeakable horror" I'd seen in my vision, and I'd stop sneezing. So, reluctantly I tried to remember what I'd seen, and sure enough, once I'd remembered that, the sneezing stopped. Of course, I'm still left with that vision of The Unspeakable, so things aren't really much better...
Recap by The Metal Wulf; Well, I made a bit of a slip in the first talk break, I must admit. Joe had played Armored Saint's "Can U Deliver" in the opening set of music, and I confessed on the air that I'd almost creamed myself... Okay, so it had been awhile since I'd heard it, and I was pretty pumped. Can ya blame me? Anyway, that little slip only led to things spiraling downward very quickly in the early going of the show, especially when Steve Papagiorgio showed up. Yeah, he walked in, much to our surprise, and proceeded to hand me something, saying "Read this, Wulfie." Turns out it was a subpoena, and that he was planning on suing me for NOT BEING A WOLF! That son of a bitch! I promptly reminded Steve that he'd been in on the whole gimmick from the beginning, and that he knew full well that I wasn't really a werewolf, but he wasn't having it, telling me I'd better get a lawyer. Now, I can't quite remember who it was who mentioned this, but somebody suggested that Just Joe from The Last Exit For The Lost could represent me in court. Forgive me if I'm a little hesitant about jumping on that... From there, Joe threatened to sue Steve in return, because he isn't really a cyborg, meaning he isn't really made of metal! Oddly enough, for some reason I started sneezing at the mention of "metal". It got worse, too, because the more somebody said "metal", the more I sneezed. Something definitely wasn't right, and I mentioned that I was pretty sure something had happened when Bill, Rick, and myself had gone to visit The Last Exit the week before. Rick said that he knew what was going on, but he was sworn to secrecy. Hmmmmm...maybe Jeffie would know what was going on, assuming he wasn't still in rehab.
Cuss Muffin had joined us once again, as there was a derby bout on the next night. Joe, Rick, Josh, and I were all in attendance for that, by the way, and we had a great time cheering the Roc Stars to victory over the Boston B Party! Anyhoo, it's always great to have Cuss on the show, and she was even kind enough to bring along some brownies and cookies as a gesture of thanks for passing Animal over to her. Seems Animal has been repaired and holds a special spot in her home, which is great because I think the poor guy wouldn't have survived too much longer on the Onslaught!
Jeffie arrived eventually, and he promptly informed me that he was going to make me pay his rehab bill... WHAT?!?!?!?! Now, Papagiorgio's news was bad enough, but for Jeffie to say I was going to have to cover the rehab expenses, well, that was just a bit much, right there! On top of that, I was in pretty rough shape from sneezing all night at the mere mention of "metal". Jeffie actually made a call to Azkath to get to the bottom of the situation, and to see if there was any way to stop it.
Now, on a previous edition of The Last Exit, Just Joe had been hypnotized and was asked to envision what the Earth would be like after December of 2012. Apparently he'd seen a lot of terrible things, like rabbits...BURNING RABBITS! Hordes of 'em, and lots of tentacles, which we've come to learn are actually Shoggoths. Well, that explains a lot right there, doesn't it? I KNEW that Jeffie's word of God was anything but! More like the word of ELDER GODS!!! Anyhoo, during our recent visit to The Last Exit, Azkath had hypnotized me to get some insight into Just Joe's vision. Sure enough, I saw the burning bunnies, and the Shoggoths, and something far, FAR WORSE!!! Nope, can't think of that one, WAAAAAY too terrible to mention! Anyhow, while in that hypnotic state, Azkath had planted the suggestion in my brain that anytime I heard the word "metal", I'd become allergic to wolves, and being a wolf, well... Okay, that certainly explained the problem, but how about getting rid of it? Seems that all I had to do was envision the "unspeakable horror" I'd seen in my vision, and I'd stop sneezing. So, reluctantly I tried to remember what I'd seen, and sure enough, once I'd remembered that, the sneezing stopped. Of course, I'm still left with that vision of The Unspeakable, so things aren't really much better...
October 2, 2010 - Fleshburn Visit
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Recap by The Metal Wulf; This night saw Seneca Falls band Fleshburn drop in for a couple of hours. Imagine my surprise when I walked back into the studio after our traditional trip to Cold Stone Creamery to discover not only the band, but their manager, Jeff Barrett. Now, Jeff also plays in another Seneca Falls band by the name of Str8jacket, and I've personally known the guy since, hell, roughly the age of six or so! Yep, we go back a ways, and it was very cool to get to hang with him on the show! I actually mentioned that he needs to get Str8jacket to pay us a visit, but it seems that they are currently searching for a new drummer... Anyhoo, we were playing a few Fleshburn songs throughout the evening, and gotta say, ummmm...they're just a little on the heavy side! Okay, it's like this, the first song they mentioned was supposedly their "weakest" track, and it was anything but! Heavy, brutal, very much in the death metal vein. Good stuff, by all means keep your eyes and ears open accordingly!
Dave Henninger from Spater also joined us for a bit to let folks know that they're starting to look into booking bands for next years Fingerlakes Metal Fest. I was happy to hear that the event will actually be held a week earlier than usual, in the hopes that more people will attend if it's not on Memorial Day weekend. That's right, no excuses! Next year you don't have to worry about passing it up for a camping trip, and I won't have to worry about missing it because I have to work the entire holiday weekend!
Gotta point out a great moment that Josh had. During one of the music breaks, while chatting with the guys in the band, we somehow got on the subject of anal leakage (you know, chips, Olestra, unpleasant oozing from your bum...don't ask me how these things come up, they just do!) Josh joked that Anal Leakage would be a great name for a Grindcore band, and I told him I'd have to search the name out on MySpace, just for shits and giggles. Well, Bill whipped out his trusty Droid-X and searched it out himself, and guess what? THERE'S AN ACTUAL GRINDCORE BAND ON MYSPACE CALLED ANAL LEAKAGE!!! I shit you not, it's actually there! Of course, we had to bring this up on the air, which everybody agreed was a terribly wrong thing to discuss on the air. But discuss it we did, and it was pretty damned funny!
Another source of amusement was our teasing Bill about his interest in going to see Lady Gaga's show in Buffalo next March. Yes, Bill is probably a little more diverse than the rest of us in his listening interests, and he likes some of Lady Gaga's material. For my part, I don't really care for her music, but I've heard enough about her live shows to admit a grudging semi-interest. But, no, I'm passing on that one. Got myself in enough hot water just by going to see Jackyl!
No Jeffie on this show, and it was mentioned that he was probably at Wicked Ithaca. I'd brought up a bit of news I'd heard though, and passed along that he was in rehab after i-dosing just a little too much. This news was greeted by general disinterest from the rest of the crew, which really wasn't very surprising. Should be interesting to see if he happens to find his way back to us this week!
Recap by The Metal Wulf; This night saw Seneca Falls band Fleshburn drop in for a couple of hours. Imagine my surprise when I walked back into the studio after our traditional trip to Cold Stone Creamery to discover not only the band, but their manager, Jeff Barrett. Now, Jeff also plays in another Seneca Falls band by the name of Str8jacket, and I've personally known the guy since, hell, roughly the age of six or so! Yep, we go back a ways, and it was very cool to get to hang with him on the show! I actually mentioned that he needs to get Str8jacket to pay us a visit, but it seems that they are currently searching for a new drummer... Anyhoo, we were playing a few Fleshburn songs throughout the evening, and gotta say, ummmm...they're just a little on the heavy side! Okay, it's like this, the first song they mentioned was supposedly their "weakest" track, and it was anything but! Heavy, brutal, very much in the death metal vein. Good stuff, by all means keep your eyes and ears open accordingly!
Dave Henninger from Spater also joined us for a bit to let folks know that they're starting to look into booking bands for next years Fingerlakes Metal Fest. I was happy to hear that the event will actually be held a week earlier than usual, in the hopes that more people will attend if it's not on Memorial Day weekend. That's right, no excuses! Next year you don't have to worry about passing it up for a camping trip, and I won't have to worry about missing it because I have to work the entire holiday weekend!
Gotta point out a great moment that Josh had. During one of the music breaks, while chatting with the guys in the band, we somehow got on the subject of anal leakage (you know, chips, Olestra, unpleasant oozing from your bum...don't ask me how these things come up, they just do!) Josh joked that Anal Leakage would be a great name for a Grindcore band, and I told him I'd have to search the name out on MySpace, just for shits and giggles. Well, Bill whipped out his trusty Droid-X and searched it out himself, and guess what? THERE'S AN ACTUAL GRINDCORE BAND ON MYSPACE CALLED ANAL LEAKAGE!!! I shit you not, it's actually there! Of course, we had to bring this up on the air, which everybody agreed was a terribly wrong thing to discuss on the air. But discuss it we did, and it was pretty damned funny!
Another source of amusement was our teasing Bill about his interest in going to see Lady Gaga's show in Buffalo next March. Yes, Bill is probably a little more diverse than the rest of us in his listening interests, and he likes some of Lady Gaga's material. For my part, I don't really care for her music, but I've heard enough about her live shows to admit a grudging semi-interest. But, no, I'm passing on that one. Got myself in enough hot water just by going to see Jackyl!
No Jeffie on this show, and it was mentioned that he was probably at Wicked Ithaca. I'd brought up a bit of news I'd heard though, and passed along that he was in rehab after i-dosing just a little too much. This news was greeted by general disinterest from the rest of the crew, which really wasn't very surprising. Should be interesting to see if he happens to find his way back to us this week!
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