RAMMSTEIN - ICH TU DIR WEH (New Single)

(HD Quality link here, with perfect audio: http://visit-x.net/rammstein/)
Already banned in Germany, this song, one of the best on the excellent 'Liebe Ist Fur Alle Da', is now accompanied by this awesome video, which will no doubt also receive some sort of criticism, much like it's popular and unique video for 'Pussy'

2009 Interview:

ALICE COOPER - LIVE @ THE HAMMERSMITH APOLLO

'Billion Dollar Babies', 'Go To Hell', '18', 'Welcome To My Nightmare', 'Poison'....the list goes on.

When people think ALICE COOPER the following words / emotions might come to mind: Shock, Horror, Show, Snakes, Death, Dark, School's out, Legend? YES...This Sunday I witnessed my first ever Alice Cooper gig and all I can really say is when's the next one? Like the Sold Out venue, expectations were high. Cooper is the King of Shock Rock and his delivery of more than just a concert filled with great tracks is standard. The crowd expect and demand a show, a production worthy of his reputation and this is what was promised this past Sunday. From the intro of 'School's Out' which rang with a school bell to reminisce any fan back to those days of pencil fiddling and table scratching ,to the mystifying 'Welcome to my Nightmare', Alice and the band delivered a set list to please any hard core fan. The tracks were heavily laden on the 1970's Alice with only some tracks from the 90's and 00's to be heard, but this choice of set list was one of many hundred combinations that Alice could have come conjured and would have still satisfied and worked marvellously with the production that was on offer. 4 Deaths, various costumes and a horribly attractive nurse coupled with classic songs made this a nightmare to remember. The band were terrific as they tore through the tracks with justice and some slight revamping, the sound was great, crowd even better and Mr Cooper is showing no signs of slowing down, and with the rumours that the concert is to be released on DVD/Blu-ray next spring...what could be better?

1. School's Out
   
2. Department of Youth
3. I'm Eighteen
4. Wicked Young Man
5. Ballad of Dwight Fry
6. Go To Hell
7. Guilty
8. Welcome To My Nightmare
   
9. Cold Ethyl
10. Poison
11. The Awakening
    
12. From The Inside
13. Nurse Rozetta
    
14. Is It My Body
15. Be My Lover
16. Only Women Bleed
    
17. I Never Cry
    
18. Black Widow jam
    
19. Drum solo
    
20. Vengeance Is Mine
21. Devil's Food
    
22. Dirty Diamonds
23. Billion Dollar Babies
24. Killer
    
25. I Love The Dead
26. No More Mr. Nice Guy
27. Under My Wheels

W.A.S.P LIVE @ THE SHEPHERDS BUSH EMPIRE

Wednesday 2nd Decemeber 2009

I was expecting a good gig, but It was better than that...

Blackie Lawless is a man in his 50's now, I'd seen clips from the 'BABYLON'S BURNING' tour online and there were no 'gimmicks' or stage props, which were typical W.A.S.P stage additions. I'd read that due to Blackie's faith, tracks such as 'Animal F*** like a BEAST' would not be played, so I was a little weary before attending the event.

Yet despite the bare bones set (minus a video screen), Lawless and the band played their hearts out. The band were tight, fast, powerful and Lawless gave it his all in a fantastic set list that pleased newer and hardcore fans. The Empire was packed and with a near front row position I was in for a ride. Newer tracks such as, 'Crazy' & 'Babylon's Burning' flowed and rocked the set as if they were classics. The highlight of the evening however was certainly the tracks played off the seminal concept album 'The Crimson Idol', and they certainly received a roar from the crowd as the words "Murders, murders in the New Morgue!" shook the Empire. If you haven't seen W.A.S.P before then go, if your wondering what to listen to next, try the tracks from the setlist below.

1. Mephisto Waltz (intro)
2. On Your Knees / The Real Me (The Who Cover)
3. L.O.V.E. Machine
4. Crazy
5. Babylon's Burning
6. Wild Child
7. Arena Of Pleasure
8. Hellion / I Don't Need No Doctor (Humble Pie Cover) / Scream Until You Like It
9. Chainsaw Charlie
10. The Idol
11. Take Me Up
12. I Wanna Be Somebody
13. Encore:
13. Heaven's Hung In Black
14. Blind In Texas

WASP - 'On your Knees / The Real Me'

WASP - 'The Crimson Idol Documentary