I'm Annie Christ. I'm here to support unsigned metal bands and the people who love them. Period.
Saturday, May 22, 2010
Friday, May 21, 2010
Saturday, May 15, 2010
Annie Christ goes Country!
Yes, the title of this blog post was meant to shock you. (I was giggling when I wrote it.) Let me calm your nerves by saying up front that I am still (and will forever remain) a faithful and ardent supporter of all things METAL. \M/
Here's the deal:
Because I am from Alabama (and grew up in a trailer), I have what the folks back in the woods call "Redneck Credibility." This means that I not only can identify TRUE and GREAT country artists, but can also suggest them to you, my metal family, without impunity.
Usually, when I am forced to hear country music (when visiting family back at the double-wide or at the barn tacking up) I feel intense pain and sorrow. It's just so sad that something so vanilla and soulless gets put to music and sold to the mindless and the young. Getting a country song stuck in my head is like self-mutilation without the release. I've often wondered if they used that "Way down yonder on the Chattahoochee - it get's hotter than a hoochie coochie" song to torture prisoners at Guantanamo. If you've ever heard that song, then you know how effective it could be in "enhanced" questioning scenarios.
Anyway, I've already mentioned this artist in an earlier Friday shout out video. (You can watch it here.) Kyle Turley used to play pro football but now he is committed to his country music career. He calls his style of country "Power Country" and no- do not make the correlation to Power Metal. "Power Country" is Rock and Country but with outlaw and Metal sensibilities. It's recklessly dark, deliberately truthful, and refreshingly determined, oh, and it's nice to listen to.
Basically, it's what country music would be if it had a soul and a giant set of nuts.
Please friend Kyle Turley's Myspace page. You will see there that he is also a Slayer fan and has opened for Hank III.
And if you have any other Metal endorsed Country artists, I'd love to hear from you!
Kisses,
Annie Christ
Here's the deal:
Because I am from Alabama (and grew up in a trailer), I have what the folks back in the woods call "Redneck Credibility." This means that I not only can identify TRUE and GREAT country artists, but can also suggest them to you, my metal family, without impunity.
Usually, when I am forced to hear country music (when visiting family back at the double-wide or at the barn tacking up) I feel intense pain and sorrow. It's just so sad that something so vanilla and soulless gets put to music and sold to the mindless and the young. Getting a country song stuck in my head is like self-mutilation without the release. I've often wondered if they used that "Way down yonder on the Chattahoochee - it get's hotter than a hoochie coochie" song to torture prisoners at Guantanamo. If you've ever heard that song, then you know how effective it could be in "enhanced" questioning scenarios.
Anyway, I've already mentioned this artist in an earlier Friday shout out video. (You can watch it here.) Kyle Turley used to play pro football but now he is committed to his country music career. He calls his style of country "Power Country" and no- do not make the correlation to Power Metal. "Power Country" is Rock and Country but with outlaw and Metal sensibilities. It's recklessly dark, deliberately truthful, and refreshingly determined, oh, and it's nice to listen to.
Basically, it's what country music would be if it had a soul and a giant set of nuts.
Please friend Kyle Turley's Myspace page. You will see there that he is also a Slayer fan and has opened for Hank III.
And if you have any other Metal endorsed Country artists, I'd love to hear from you!
Kisses,
Annie Christ
Friday, May 14, 2010
Monday, May 10, 2010
Today's Blog Talk show - Metal Blade Records and the RIAA
Today I will host a one hour special (4-5 pm US Central time) on Metal Blade Records joining the RIAA- which makes it impossible for me to play any bands on their roster on any of my internet shows.
Feel free to call into the show and give your opinions on this new development. I'm not here to judge Metal Blade - and certainly, not its bands, BUT considering metal acts get very little regular air time, to restrict those of us who work so hard to promote these bands from doing so seems to be counter productive to helping the bands in the first place. Is it that Metal Blade is too big to need us anymore?
And considering how the RIAA has bullied people in the past, its business practices are the opposite of how metal labels have traditionally treated its fans. Does this mean that RIAA will soon come after (and sue) every 15 year old boy who has downloaded a Goatwhore or As I Lay Dying song? If so, what a boon for RIAA - they'll be suing kids for years.
Here is the LINK for the show.
I hope you can stop by and give your opinion.
AND feel free to call in and discuss with me and the listeners.
(718) 664-6570
Thanks!
Annie
Feel free to call into the show and give your opinions on this new development. I'm not here to judge Metal Blade - and certainly, not its bands, BUT considering metal acts get very little regular air time, to restrict those of us who work so hard to promote these bands from doing so seems to be counter productive to helping the bands in the first place. Is it that Metal Blade is too big to need us anymore?
And considering how the RIAA has bullied people in the past, its business practices are the opposite of how metal labels have traditionally treated its fans. Does this mean that RIAA will soon come after (and sue) every 15 year old boy who has downloaded a Goatwhore or As I Lay Dying song? If so, what a boon for RIAA - they'll be suing kids for years.
Here is the LINK for the show.
I hope you can stop by and give your opinion.
AND feel free to call in and discuss with me and the listeners.
(718) 664-6570
Thanks!
Annie
Friday, May 7, 2010
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