two incoming magazines - classic rock summer 2014 issue & iron maiden fan club magazine no 98

Hellfest can waitttt..Hellfest can waitttt...Hellfest can waitttt...Hellfest can Wait For Another Day...,
(sung like Heaven Can Wait of course..)


OK, all my dumb reports and dumber photos of Hellfest 2014 and my backpack adventures have to waittttt....

because... I want to talk cock about two latest magazines that excites me...

Firstly, Classic Rock Magazine Summer 2014 issue no 199 (Rival Sons on the cover) does not only features some nice bands, but also includes a separate 24 pages magazine on IRON MAIDEN which is really interesting. The British Magazines are writing about Maiden due to the headlining of Knebworth 40 years by Maiden & of course Metallica under the Sonisphere name.

KNEBWORTH is a place I would like to go someday, I am awestruck by Led Zeppelin photos and stories playing two weekends there, the QUEEN helicopter flying in for that Magic Live photo but mostly definitely because of the video of that Robbie Williams three night dates.
Robbie Williams?
Yes, I have to admit, live he is simply awesome. And Knebworth is something of a legendary performance from Robbie Williams and what a very nice intro to that show...
Maybe one day Brian May should invite him to sing for Queen.

I seldom buy entertainment magazines nowadays, but this one is simply irresistible. I was going to purchase Terrorizer's latest special focussing on Norway bands, simply awesome issue this one if you are into that, but nope... I end up reading it at Kinokuniya instead LOL!!. Yes, I am a cheapskate, but again, we must always remember our priorities in life. hahaha.

OK, a short round up of this latest issue of Classic Rock magazine content, below are some articles that I read and enjoy. (As usual on any rock magazines, there are quite many bands articles and reviews that I completely ignore as I have no interest in them.)
- Rolling Stones touring US in 1969 makes a fascinating read LOL!!.
- Judas Priest with some very nice new photos...new articles... ah...and there was a mention of Desert Plains. I love this song, then and now.
- Chrissie Hynde - Why??? WHY ARE YOU SO SAD??? Something in your eyes........sob sob I stand sob.. sob...by...sob sob sob you...... A long article about her.
- EXTREME - Now this is a superb few pages articles on Extreme. Very nice story about all their problems and setbacks.
etc etc etc etc... plus lot of other bands, lots of reviews of releases, and lots of concert reviews, and actually I love to ogle all the advertisements of new releases, musical equipments and instruments, and of course all the beautifully designed incoming festivals and shows ads.

now for the Iron Maiden mini-magazine that came with this latest Classic Rock, (the ultimate guide to the World's Biggest Heavy Metal Band).. really?? the biggest? I am not sure, but the greatest, consistently awesome and forever the best? 99.9999% probability.
- pre Maiden years has quotes from friends and members of bands that Steve Harris was a part of during his teenage and younger years before he created Maiden.
- Fancy and nice merch and tickets..
- start of Maiden and how they got their record deals and all the stories back then and HM Soundhouse and all that
- short articles and quotes from those in Maiden from 1975 to 1980..
- Remembering World Slavery Tour, times when Maiden appears on national tv, children shows, 1988 DONINGTON PARK happiness and tragedy...
- I love the two pages on some history, literature, legends, fictions figures, events, and stories that influenced Maiden songs..
- the auditions to replace Bruce...and Bruce return is flashbacked...
- I think this is definitely new, Classic Rock had asked their readers to nominate the top 50 Maiden songs of their choice...
The top 50... its something inconceivable for me..... I cannot even nominate a Maiden top 100 or even a top 150!!!!!!!! , but its interesting choice this top 50...
ok... Enjoy some of these.... I think this is a very good buy magazine content if you are fans of the bands featured in this magazine's issue.

The top 50 as polled by this magazine's readers sometime back is really interesting...
Myself, it would be terrible to have to firstly narrow down the top 50 songs that I like, and then arranged them from 50 to 1st. LOL!!!
Out of spite, I would maybe select Black Bart Blues as number 1, LOL!!!!!!
(Exsscuse Me, Are you in a band or something cause its really cool googgle gaggle gooo..)
(Here Comes!!! The Geeetarrrrrr Soloooooo!!!) haha.
Come to think of it, that Anthrax song on the Beavis and Butthead soundtrack, that alphabet magazine thing which Butthead brings to the toilet with LOL!! its like Black Bart Blues really, a boy knocking on a bus. OK OK...I am out of topic..
I was wondering too, how many people votes in for Mission From Harry? hahaha.

Secondly,
Now for the latest Iron Maiden Fan Club Magazine number 98.
The front cover is actually the back design on the last year Event Tshirt of Maiden headlining Donington Park Download Festival 2013,  and the memory of being there still delights me.
The back cover is the artwork to commemorate the Maiden headlining of Knebworth 40 years with Metallica as part of Sonisphere. Its the front design for the Event Tshirt for Knebworth show anyway last Saturday.

So the contents as usual is simply awesome. 40 over full colour pages of many nice things.
I think the best is the few pages on Janick Gers answering and telling about his guitars and gears, his set ups and also his tech Justin sharing informations too.

Plus I think a very nice tribute to the memory of the late Andy Matthews, who was so nice when he walked with me to the Frankfurt Festhalle from the city center, and I really cannot identify his face, and I was puzzled when fans from Poland stop us and to take photos and then I realise who he was as we parted ways.

Plus stuffs about football, fans adventures in regards to Maiden, the management recruiting new staff who is a Maiden fan and writes for magazines before, and of course very very nice photos of Maiden for me to ogle.
I think I will stop.

 Enjoy some of these pages ...

heretic, gorguts, emperor, black sabbath, skyclad, schirenc plays pungent stench at Hellfest 2014 ((my Maiden Europe 2014 backpacking to Serbia, France & Hellfest 2014 report PART 3)

Moving on from the - World Cup dates happening during the Muslim Fasting Month of Ramadhan and its impact on Muslim players - article of the previous blog post, lets continue with Hellfest 2014 from the point of view of Yours Truly.

Continuation of short reviews, mostly photos and also personal itsy gritty stories and memories that etched on my mind, - My opportunity to be at Hellfest 2014 to see Iron Maiden headlining a French festival, and a glorious abundance of bands that I love, like, or just plain curious playing the type of intelligent, beautiful, wonderful, sweet, heavy, speedy, hard, slow, melodic, brutal, thrashy, no-compromise take no prisoners, entertaining, thrilling, lovely, LOUD music which I enjoy all my life.

One band that I really was looking forward to check out live is the Germans “URFAUST” which I am not really familiar but I know I will like them live as I kind of enjoy what opprotunites I heard of their music.

So there I was full of anticipation on day three entering the Temple Stage and I guess its “lucky me I got a clue something is not right” as behind the stage is the HERETIC banner. What? A check on my personal timetable and I got it right, correct timing correct location. So something is wrong, and anyway in Hellfest you don’t expect any master of ceremonies or announcements, you jolly well must know your own schedules and timetables. Be there at the location, and the band you expect will be there starting on the DOT!!. 
Everyone seems to be carrying their own sets of timetables and unfolding and checking their timetables often, and this is completely undertatandable with more than 150 bands playing from late morning till the early morning for the 3 days and nights. There is a BLACK EAGLE statue or is it a BLACK CROW sitting on the schedules at one area of the festival but its not really updated, Iced Earth is still on the bill according to the Black Eagle.

Another Side story I want to share was on the Monday, a Hellfest festival goer whom I spoke to at the train told me he was at the Opeth performance and asked me how was Iced Earth? As these two bands were supposely playing at the same time. (YES, Another Awesome Clash).
He have no idea Jon Scaffer has a recurrence of his medical condition and Iced Earth did not play. I told him I was already on the bus back to Nantes during that timing. Sorry Opeth, maybe another time LOL!!.
Thats an example of the happy-stress in the lineup of Hellfest 2014.

So HERETIC it is....

then I realised when the Heretic singer ‘informed that they are not Urfaust but still we got HALF OF URFAUST on stage’. The bassist. OK I learnt something new.
Anyway, dont confuse the Germans Heretic with the American Thrash Metal Band.

I like them. This is a short one minute video of Heretic that day.



OK, GORGUTS.. the Canadians... Annihilator was also at Hellfest (more of this band in coming posts) . I wish I got time to see Gorguts whole show. I think I have to leave because I really want to see the rockin Status Quo playing at mainstage 1. (another evil clash).
And Status Quo are really a very fun entertaining band. More of that next time, if I remember LOL!!

The clash of bands at Hellfest 2014 is crazy for me,

Here is a bit when Gorguts first came out on stage, I had a plan to record some videos of the bands I see as memories, so I try to record them at the start for a minute, take a few photos, and then enjoy the rest of the time.




Moving on.... and I am just jumping around writting about the bands I choose to see for the 3 days...

EMPEROR. Now, in Hellfest, they headline Mainstage 2. PRIME TIME. They play just before Sharon Osbourne's BLACK SABBATH plays Mainstage 1. As Iced Earth's Jon Scaffer had to go to hospital for another operation on his neck, and Iced Earth UNFORTUNATELY FOR ME has to cancel Hellfest, that means Emperor closes Mainstage 2.
So pretty pixs of them by yours truly. Anyway, its a nice experience. Ooo and again I stick to the left wing this time LOL!!.

Faust (its him right?), Samoth, Ihsahn.. I hope I goht tehe sspeeling coreccttt....

The next best thing about Emperor at Hellfest 2014 besides me watching them LOL, 
is that there is a very nice multiple camera Pro-Shot of them playing broadcasted by a France TV station and its already on youtube. Here it is... anyway, when I was there I was not expecting quite often Pyros for Emperor's set. Very nice surprise. Anyway I am worried for the keyboardist neck when I was watching from the left side. Seriously.




I am trying to imagine DEPECHE MODE plays immediately after Emperor. That would be simply breathtaking. Like I say if Depeche Mode was slotted into this Hellfest 2014 bill, it would be as complete as possible. I guess Depeche Mode is not rocking enough for Hellfest LOL!!! Evil enough most definitely, just not rocking enough :)  :)  :)

OK, since I mentioned Black Sabbath, lets talk a bit of Black Sabbath headlining mainstage 1. I GOT THE CURSE FOR CURSING SHARON OSBOURNE. BECAUSE BLACK SABBATH PLAYS TWO NEW SONGS, and for the next few days, that new song Age Of Reason melody keeps looping in my head LOL!!!.
They start with War Pigs as I guessed because I got my handphone ready to record this Air-Raid Siren Of War Pigs, it sounds so magical live this air-raid siren, but sorry not here with my handphone hahaha. This is where I stand most of the time.


Really not optimum location where I am standing. But I was tired, the people around me are too calm for Black Sabbath, maybe I would have more fun if I am more in front, but I dont think its worth it, at that time I was still in two minds to say goodbye to Sabbath and proceed to see 1349 plays instead at the tents LOL!!!.

If the original timetable of Paradise Lost clashing with Black Sabbath still stands, now that is a confirmed attendance for me at the tents hahahahaha. Really really incredible bill this Hellfest 2014.

Anyway, since they already big enough and can already afford Iron Maiden, I am not surprised Hellfest 2015 will have bigger rock bands ACDC and Metallica headlining the main stage next.

Anyway, I wish it was Bill Wards or at least Vinnie Appice  and I sit down when the drummer does his solo. I guess its just me being dissapointed LOL!. Still Ozzy Osbourne sounds wicked and evil at times, and he does his squat jumps a few times, and I was entertained.

So finally I kind of complete watching the trilogy of Tony Martin/Ronnie James Dio/Ozzy Osbourne fronting the band at last. I kind of just missed Cozy Powell plays for them thats all. But still I got to see Bobbi Rodinelli with them. I really am into Rainbow guys really. Long Live Rock N Roll Long Live Rainbow!!.

 anyway its been like so long since I listen properly to any Sabbath, and yet I remember the whole lyrics of NIB (LOL!!!) as I was like mouthing along, Snowblind got played, one of Black Sabbath best ever songs for me this one. Most of their popular songs got played anyway. I already start moving towards the exit when Sabbath plays their Sabbath Bloody Sabbath teaser with Paranoid. Then thats the trouble starts, "Age Of Reason" starts looping in my head. LOL!!!
I wish Sabbath records another album as their original Fab 4 and settle their difference with Bill Wards.
Ok enough of Sharon Osbourne, 

but continuing with a lady's involvement this time on stage.

SKYCLAD. I used to read about them, but now I got a chance to see how they really are. I love it. They are sort of a heavy rockin drinking songs band. For the last six songs they got I think an ex-guitarist to join them on stage.
What I never realised before was this band got a lady on violin who rocks the stage. She also plays the keyboards on some songs. I really like the band live. Its so much fun...

Oh ok as I think I better hurry up and finish all these Hellfest thingys postings...
another band I choose to check out was this one Schirenc Plays Pungent Stench, a word play on the singer plus the band's name due to some contractual issues. I like what I see and hear.

To Be Continued....

Ramadhan and World Cup coincide & Fuel for Footballers articles (artikel2 sokkabar- Bulan Puasa dan Piala Dunia dan permakanan untuk pemain2 pasukan kebangsaan team2 Piala Dunia).

Salam Jummat Uolls..cehhh.. Ni post bersempena bulan Ramadhan....cewah!!
mula2 kasi aku berbual kons speaking London, then melayu balik k..

I would like to share over here two interesting articles I read which appeared on June 30th and July 1st of the Singapore's English language newspaper, The Straits Times,

- about muslim players involved with the still surviving national teams (when this article was first written) in the current Brazil's World Cup Finals 2014 where the Muslim Fasting month of Ramadhan has just started after the end of the first round,

- and the diet of some different National Teams while competing in football matches and competitions. What they eat, when they eat, how many hours before their match begins, the drinks they consume, etc. It definitely makes a great read.

Yo korang, hari ni kita berhenti kejap cerita pasal segala tok nenek tentang Hellfest 2014, pasal... aku nak kongsi dua artikel sokkabar omputeh Singapore  (Straits Times) yang mungkin ada korang belum baca, dan aku rasa mungkin ada korang mesti minat artikel2 gini.

- Satu ialah pasal suasana berpuasa bulan Ramadhan di Piala Dunia di Brazil untuk pemain2 dari berbagai negara yang beragama Islam yang team dorang dapat masuk seken round.

- Dua ialah pasal permakanan beberapa pasukan beberapa negara ketika sebelum, semasa, dan selepas perlawanan dan pertandingan antarabangsa.

Antara menarik...

- Keluar ring dari bolasepak, NBA nye Hakeem Olajuwon nye statistik permainan meningkat giler babi gitu ketika dia puasa Ramadhan.

- Kolo Toure (walau dia gi main untuk Man City, main untuk Liverpool, dua team jantan kaberet, tapi dia tetap selamanya akan diingati sebagai seorang anggota INVINCIBLE ok!!! and he will always be remembered fondly la si Kolo Toure ni dalam hati aku..cehhhh....) cakap dia nye body dah boleh adjust lepas berapa hari puasa mula.

- Pasal Ramadhan kan mula tahun ni lepas Pusingan Pertama grouping abis, so yang masuk seken round...Peranchis ada 5 pemain Islam, Switzerland ada TUJUH!!! aku tak perasan siak Switzerland ada ramai gitu, Nigeria 2, Belgium tiga, Germany ada 2 ke 3?? hahaha tukang tulis artikel pun agaknye was-was muahahahaaha, dan of course negara Algeria?.. senang kira nak satu team la kan.

Of course banyak negara lain yang pemain Islam ada semua dah out ye tak first round?? AU REVOIR!! cehhhhhhh..... speaking sey

Ye la, dah masuk Quarter Final pun, Algeria nye player semua dah bukak puasa kat rumah dorang kat Algeria pun dah...haha.. kira macam dah basi kot artikel ni?? Tapi.... ni ilmu beb, ilmu tak basi ye tak?

- Artikel pertama ni abis ngan cerita pasal nanti panjang umur, 2018 kan pusingan akhir kat Russia nanti dijangka Bulan Ramadhan akan abis lepas seminggu World Cup 2018 final round dah mula.

So World Cup 2018, hah...  musim Lailatul Qadar, raya semua time World Cup ok.

Dah, artikel kedua lak... korang baca la sendiri... haha.

hah..... menarik la aku rasa korang minat bola mesti suka, cerita pasal kalori makanan dorang, apa dorang makan...

- Switzerland, EMPAT JAM sebelum apa2 perlawanan mereka, satu pasukan kena makan apa...

- Brazil setiap pemain ada istimewa nye Gatorade nye campuran.

- Mertesacker ( BFG - BIG FREAKIN GERMAN!! and I hope one day, dia akan jadi INVINCIBLE jugak...cehhhhh) makan apa2 tomato sop,

- JERMAN nye team, lepas game, tukang masak pasukan German akan guna air panas dari kepala paip bilik mandi bilik persalinan mereka untuk masak pasta kat bilik tu jugak untuk dorang makan...

Terbaik la artikel2 ni....  Serious berbual, baca2 gini, behind the scene gini yang best kalau kita minat sesuatu tu kan...ENJOY!!

Ni lak artikel kedua...

Dulu pun aku pernah tampal artikel dari sokkabar jugak pasal senarai pemain agama Islam di Liga Inggeris dan suasana bulan Ramadhan dan berpuasa untuk mereka...
kat sini...

http://deaf-angel.blogspot.com/2012/07/muslim-football-players-in-english.html

I mean aku suka baca maklumat cam gini...  rasa nya korang2 jugak la...

Sekian...

p.s - aku baru perasan tu hari Lionel Ritchie kan nyanyi kat Spore, korang tahu encore dia bawak lagu apa? We Are The World siot... korang tahu la dia punye song selection solo ngan Commodores memang terbaik nye la kan, siap campur ni lagu, giler nye power lagu2 si dekni.

so aku macam....ok.. tentu seronok la kan.....sekali tu aku baru perasan.... Lionel Ritchie nye shows pun ada orang tape la HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA


Kobe Japan 2014 coming up soon!! haha. Happy la oi..
Aku suka ok dekni...
You're Once...Twice....  cehhhhhhhh... giler babi romantik nak mampos lagu 3x a lady ni. Sedih..slow jack, ...tapi tetap sedap haha.

ok ok stoppp...

extreme live le bataclan Paris 23/06/2014 review and bootleg (my Maiden Europe 2014 backpacking to Serbia, France & Hellfest 2014 report PART 3)

My apologies if I jump-around when documenting my backpacking trip to Serbia/France and Hellfest 2014 to catch Iron Maiden and loads of stupendous awesome bands while at the same visit some awesome museums, castles, medieval fotress, those ancient historical stuffs and just walking thru the streets for hours and hours (I spent 10 hours walking during daytime in Belgrade on my first day there and 5 hours walking and exploring Nantes on my first day there too).
I will clear all the rocking things first, then after Hari Raya I will document my non-rocking activities.


For this blog post,
I am trying to upload my audience fan recording audio bootleg of EXTREME (GaryCherone/ NunoBettencourt/ PatBadger/ KevinFeguiredo) , thats Rihanna's live guitarist and Van Halen III singer for those who are not familiar with Extreme, playing their own headlining show in front of their passionate, loud Paris fans in this very nice famous music hall called Le Bataclan on 23rd June 2014.

Its an amazing experience for me absorbing the boisterous atmosphere generated by the French fans of Extreme.

Its a Monday night, Hellfest 2014 weekend is just over, and the Extreme Hardcore seems to be all at this hall.

I was actually very tired and lacking sleep from Hellfest, I got the train for the few hours journey from Nantes back to Paris on Monday morning, reach Paris at about 11am, then I have to find my way thru the maze of Paris subways to the Republique zone. I did got time to explore the Republic zone of outer Paris for about 2 hours...

Bataclan was Sold-out definitely, and speaking of Hellfest, I did catch a bit of Extreme performing at stage 1 on the Saturday late afternoon, though for just a while before I go on to watch other bands as I know I am going to see them at Le Bataclan.


So this was the setlist, I guess its correct,

they played the full Pornograffitti.
I guessed this is what hard rock + Funk can gives you.

From start to finish, Pornograffitti album itself is about over an hour,
then they finished of with a Queen song before leaving the stage.

Then a loud continuous chants for Extreme to return.

And Extreme of course return, play more songs, and the ending was a great gesture, they did spend quite a long time waving goodbyes and saying thank-yous to the French fans with Rise N Shine.

Like Nuno says, its always nice to say pleasant things about the fans everywhere they went, but he swore that the Paris fans are really very passionate. I have to agree. I was at the back, and its wonderful atmosphere really. Something memorable.

Ooo I bought the tour tshirt before the show.
On it includes the Singapore date, which I never went... (DAH MELAMPAU LA KAN asyik layan rok je kann?? haha)
the Hellfest date location was listed as Clisson and of course the Paris date.

So it makes a nice momento for myself.

ENJOY!!!




Or you can go to Youtube here - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBnJh9KISxc

This is the partition of the tracks I already did if you hear it on my youtube channel..

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Hellfest Photos, Reports and things I want to share with will continue soon....

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