30 ANOS DEPOIS…
… o q “ficaram”?
… o q “ficaram”?
Nem Ginger Baker, nem Keith Moon. Tampouco Carmine Appice. Muito menos John Bonham. Quem começou com essa história de 2 bumbos na bateria foi um certo Louie Bellson, nos anos 50.
Daquelas coisas q ñ entendo: chega pra mim um solo desse cara, datado de 1957, pelo YouTube do celular, prodigioso tb q é em me indicar talk shows dos EUA (Jimmy Falon, Ellen DeGeneris etc.) e uma repórter incrivelmente deliciosa de Miami q entrevista seus convidados com os peitos (ñ peitões) quase de fora. E q ñ consigo lembrar nome… Jenny alguma coisa.
Mas estou divagando.
Normalmente ñ curto solos de bateria. Só o de Ian Paice em “The Mule” (do “Made In Japan”) e os de Neil Peart, mesmo os achando um tanto extensos nos últimos anos.
No entanto, posto o vídeo acima tb pra tentar exorcizar algum mau agouro pra cima de mim, tocador de bateria q sou, nessa onda recente de mortes de bateristas: Ginger Baker, Neil Peart, o do Cynic, o do Corrosion Of Conformity… Tá foda.
Ano apenas começando. Apenas começando…
Miolo de uma “Pestilence Bio”, assinada por um certo Robert Haagsma e contida em “Presence Of the Past” (2015):
“‘Consuming Impulse’ made Pestilence Hollands’ leading metal band and one of the prime players in the international death metal scene. A position that was cemented with a European tour with Autopsy and a series of concerts in America with Death. After that last tour Martin van Drunen left the band and joined Asphyx. Undeterred Pestilence returned to the US to record the third album in the famous Morrisound Studio in Tampa, Florida with the almighty Scott Burns himself. Patrick Mameli took over the vocal duties and American Tony Choy – known for his work with Cynic and later Atheist – was recruited for the bass parts. ‘Testimony Of the Ancients’ was another step forward. By adding melodic interludes Patrick Mameli pushed the boundaries of death metal in a way that was rarely heard before.
In May 1992 Pestilence played Europe with support act Monstrosity as part of the ‘Presence Of the Pest’ tour. It was the perfect preparation for what turned out to be the highlight of Pestilence’s existence. The band was asked to perform at the Dynamo Open Air festival in Eindhoven, Holland – at that time the most prestigious metal festival in Europe. It wasn’t an easy ride. Tony Choy wasn’t available due to his commitments back home. He was replaced by session player Jack Dodd. Patrick Mameli was still recovering from a motorcycle accident. And in the day itself Patrick Uterwijk had problems with his guitar and had to play on an instrument borrowed from his Monstrosity tour mates.
‘It was all quite nerve wrecking’, recalls Patrick Mameli. ‘Off course we knew this was going to be the one of the most important gigs of our life. It was pretty unique, a Dutch death metal band on this huge stage – I think we were one of the first. My parents and my sister were there. All the people from the record company. And a crowd of 40,000 metal heads. I remember I had a weird feeling in my stomach all day. Once we hit the stage it took a few songs to get rid of all the nerves. It turned out to be a fantastic gig. We made very little mistakes. Patrick Uterwijk played great on his borrowed guitar and the temporary bass player did and excellent job. The crowd was great that day – although it was hot as hell. I even requested water to be sprayed out over the first rows to cool things down a bit. The way that the crowd roared when we played ‘Out Of the Body’, our final song of that day, is something that I will never forget. As far as I could see people were totally into it. I remember walking off the stage soaking wet and thinking: what could possibly come after this?'”
Já há algum tempo o amigo Jairo havia sugerido uma pauta por aqui sobre encartes dos álbuns, cd’s etc.
Peculiaridades dos mesmos, ou detalhes q quem baixa os álbuns (ou os têm em fita) acaba despercebendo. Foi mais ou menos isso q entendi e resolvi pôr em prática, ñ como uma pauta fixa e engessada (determinado dia, determinadas vezes por mês, essas coisas), q estréio então tratando de Meshuggah.
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O encarte de “Destroy Erase Improve” (1995) contém o q eles denominaram “sources of inspiration”. Vejam elas:
“Earth Wind And Fire, Steely Dan, Slayer (Reign In Blood), Chet Baker, Queensryche, Pink Floyd, Fläskkvartetten, Chick Corea El. Band, Cynic, Mike Oldfield, Björn J:son Lndh and Staffan Scheja (Spirits Of Europa), Rush, Sting, Allan Holdsworth, Björk, Vinnie Colaiuta, Gary Husband, Jimmy Johnson, It Bites, Thin Lizzy, Edie Brickell, Tori Amos, Holy Moses (Finished…), Nirvana, Primus, Alice In Chains, Corneliis Vreeswijk, In Slaughter Natives, Memorandum, Peace Love And Pitbulls, Marillion, Anthrax (Spreading…, Among…), Metallica (Ride…, Master…), Megadeth (Peace…), Metal Church (1:st), Death (Human), The Aliens Trilogy, Jacobs’ Ladder, T2, Begotten, Legion, Bad Taste, Meet the Feebles, Braindead, Tetsuo (Iron Man), Klaus And Fritz, The Evil Dead Trilogy, The Starwars Trilogy, Naked Lunch (William S. Burroughs), Forrest Gump, Intruders, Steven Spielberg, Clike Barker, Graham Watkins, H. P. Lovecraft, Magnus Dahlström, American Psycho, GG. Allin, J.R.R. Tolkien, H.R. Giger, Robert Gustafsson, Peter Wahlbeck, Nasses Dieselknappar”.
Conhecido meu q mora no Canadá mandou cartaz deste festival heavy metal, a ocorrer por lá proximamente:
Compartilhem de minha indignação headbanger patriota, amigos: como é q o Sepultura ñ está lá? Ou o Torture “tocamos no Wacken” Squad? Ou o glorioso e garboso Chatowside?
Torta De Dannone, nem pensar? Nem o “nosso” “maestro” André Matos? Pqp!
Enquanto isso, ex-bandas em atividade como Anthrax, D.R.I. e Body Count constam. E bandas cover oficiais, como Slayer e Metallica. O Cynic (com todo respeito, mas 3ª divisão)! E uma horda chamada Bat Sabbath!!
Os canadenses realmente ñ apóiam o metal nacional…