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Yes: put simply, if there are positive setlist changes I'll go to more shows. The supply of tickets is relatively vast for the mainly non sold out shows outside the USA. So it is much easier to make last-minute decisions to see shows this year. Conversely, if the set list is identical to...

I listened to Real Dead One on cassette in the mid 90s, with no lyric sheet b/c it had a poster. I was convinced for years: Napalm screams was... Nicko screams !

I think Adrian had to re grow into the role after 1999. Go back to around then and Janick was overall a bit more dominant both on stage and also in interviews. From about 2003 I felt Adrian had re-imposed himself … not that it’s a competition I should add

Excellent news! Am I seeing things or does Nicko’s hand tremble in this video? Hope I am seeing things

I am re watching it soon and will pay attention to this sequencing!!! Prowler is obv the highest literary composition

Not screening in Singapore yet, starts on 15 May, so some more box office will trickle in from other locations.

I can tell you for fact one of these accusations is wrong. When I arrived for filming, the Burning Ambition team had just returned to the UK from Florida where they told me they interviewed Nicko. My understanding was they spoke to other band members for the documentary as well.

I’ve seen the Di’anno doc now. It was playing in the Odeon in Kingston Upon Thames. Better than I feared but still fairly exploitative towards the middle and end, making something to watch out of his suffering. Hetfield, Gary Holt, Andreas Kisser do a great job of defending Paul’s legacy as a...

I just got back from also watching the Paul Dianno documentary, and it seems (spoiler alert) that ...

Nice chap, I sat next to him at the screening. Hadn’t heard of him before but he explained his vet show to me.

Phenomenal evening and I had a great view from the carpet of this chap:

Inbound for the London premier - will report back! Tux ready

Hallowed is the legendary song that (alongside Phantom) really help make their musical reputation. But judged as a closer, Rhyme and Alexander to me are the ‘best of the bookends’

Mick Wall’s book is the big culprit - almost two thirds of his book covers only up to 1985. Then he speeds up. He gets bored it seems by the 90s. Bearing in mind Run to the Hills was an official biography, so he could not ignore Blaze totally. But Mick Wall’s Black Sabbath book is unofficial...

To say the least, yes indeed. When I first watched this clip I didn’t realise at first that was my voice coming on during Mariner.

Also a new snippet of the movie was released today:

I have found my article! Outside a payall, this should give you the PDF: Machine Guns and Machine Gun Drums:Heavy Metal’s Portrayal of War (2010)...

Oh dear yes, Nicko's drum show / stand up comedy routine in Shepherd's Bush London, maybe around 2010? I can never recall the year because I have largely blocked it from memory. The comedy material was let's just say 'dated'. And perhaps not in tune with the local demographic mix outside in...

This is a trip down memory lane for me, these are old articles: Machine Guns and Machine Gun Drums: Heavy Metal’s Portrayal of War (2010) Cycles of Metal and Cycles of Male Aggression: Ageing and the Changing Aggressive Impulse (2011) The Trooper or the Sandman: The differing creative paths...

Thanks guys, all really really appreciated! A quick note on how I got involved: some years ago while limping through my doctoral studies, I tried to cheer myself up by writing psuedo academic articles on metal. The first on how metal music portrays themes of warfare. The second on metal music...