Life is what happens when you are making other plans~ John Lennon
An eye for an eye will make the whole world blind~Gandhi
The time is always right to do what is right~ Martin Luther King Jr.


Tuesday, September 8, 2015

25 Best Metal Mascots

Since there are so many metal bands out there, they might have logos or even mascots, an easily identifiable logo or image associated with that band (i.e. Eddie the skeletal creature-Iron Maiden). According to Loudwire.com, here are what they consider to be 25 of the Best Metal Mascots. I'm sure, without a doubt in the world, Motorhead and Iron Maiden are going to be on here.

Motorhead
-Snaggletooth
Vic Rattlehead
-Megadeth
Murray
-Dio
Knarrenheinz
-Sodom
Facebones
-Dethklok
Chaly
-Overkill
The Guy
-Disturbed
Knucklehead
-Five Finger Death Punch
Not Man
-Anthrax
Ziltoid the Omniscent
-Devin Townshend
Don't know exactly what it's supposed to be, but it's funny looking and makes me laugh, lol
Jack O. Lantern
-Helloween
This was the only image I could find for the mascot for Helloween
Set Abominae
-Iced Earth
Fallen Angel
-Black Sabbath
Violent Mind
-Kreator
Sargent D
-S.O.D.
Roy
-Children of Bodom
Deathbat
-Avenged Sevenfold
Crystar
-Danzig/Samhain
Jesterhead
-In Flames
If you don't like clowns, this may not be the band to listen to, lol
Scary Guy
-Metallica
Allister Fiend
-Motley Crue
Adrian
-Running Wild
Heartbeast
-Kataklysm
Mad Butcher
-Destruction
Eddie the Head
-Iron Maiden

Rock + Metal musician movie cameos

We all know that some of our favorite rock or metal musicians have made cameos in movies. Here are some of those metal and rock musicians

Maynard James Keenan
-Tool
-Crank 2: High Voltage
Lemmy Kilmister
-Motorhead
-Airheads
Flea
-Red Hot Chili Peppers
-Back to the Future 2 and 3
Anthony Kiedis
-Red Hot Chili Peppers
-Point Break
Chester Bennington
-Linkin Park
-Saw 3D
Ozzy Osbourne
-Black Sabbath
-Little Nicky
Twisted Sister
-Pee Wee Herman's Big Adventure
Rob Halford
-Judas Priest
-Spun
Jeez, if those tattoos are all his real tattoos, I bet his tattoo artist loves him!
Henry Rollins
-Black Flag
-Jack Frost
Alice Cooper
-Wayne's World
Cannibal Corpse
-Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
Marilyn Manson
-Party Monster
Lars Ulrich
-Metallica
-Get Him to the Greek
Rammstein
-XXX

Monday, September 7, 2015

September Birthdays

Since it's September, time to say Happy Birthday to the following people

Hugh Grant
-Birth name: Hugh John Mungo Grant
-DOB: 9/9/1960
-Where: Hammersmith, London, England
-Has for a long time wanted to make a movie about his grandfather's real life escape from a prisoner of war camp during WWII
Jeff Foxworthy
-Birth name: Jeffrey Marshall Foxworthy
-DOB: 9/6/1958
-Where: Atlanta, Georgia
-Known for his "You might be a redneck..." one liners
Colin Firth
-Birth name: Colin Andrew Firth
-DOB: 9/10/1960
-Where: Grayshott, Hampshire, England
-Has lost his on-screen wife to two members of the Fiennes family-to Ralph Fiennes in The English Patient, to Joseph Fiennes in Shakespeare in Love
Joe Perry
-Birth name: Anthony Joseph Pereira
-DOB: 9/10/1950
-Where: Lawrence, Massachusetts
-Met his current wife Billie Montgomery during production on the video for his single "Black Velvet Pants" with the Joe Perry Project in 1985
Tom Hardy
-Birth name: Edward Thomas Hardy
-DOB: 9/15/1977
-Where: Hammersmith, London, England
-He battled addiction to crack cocaine and alcoholism in his early to mid twenties and has been sober since 2003
Yao Ming
-Birth name: Ming Yao
-DOB: 9/12/1980
-Where: Shanghai, China
-Other than Shawn Bradley, who is 7'6'' also, he is tied with being the tallest NBA player
David McCallum
-Birth name: David Keith McCallum
-DOB: 9/19/1933
-Where: Glasgow, Scotland
-Worked as a theater electrician's assistant when he was 14
Twiggy
-Birth name: Leslie Hornby
-DOB: 9/19/1949
-Where: Neasden, England
-Considered "The Face of 1966"
Ian McShane
-DOB: 9/29/1942
-Where: Blackburn, Lancashire, England
-Lives in the Venice Beach area of Los Angeles
Harriet Walter
-Birth name: Harriet Mary Walter
-DOB: 9/24/1950
-Where: England
-She is the niece of late actor Christopher Lee
Avril Lavigne
-Birth name: Avril Ramona Lavigne
-DOB: 9/27/1984
-Where: Belleville, Ontario, Canada
-Known for her pink and black color scheme
Jeremy Irons
-Birth name: Jeremy John Irons
-DOB: 9/19/1948
-Where: Cowes, Isle of Wight, England
-Despite smoking, he claims he can't drink without getting sick

Cute Guy Monday: Robert Carlyle

I know not a lot would think this guy is cute. But after seeing him in The Full Monty, which no matter how many times I see it, I will still love it, he's good looking. No matter if he's English, Irish, Scottish, etc. He's handsome!
DOB: 4/16/161
Where: Glasgow, Scotland

Trivia
-Known for his thin frame
-Is of both Scottish and Irish descent
-He turned down a role in the 2004 film Flight of the Phoenix
-When he was 17, he worked as a butcher
-After turning down a role in 28 Days Later, he took a role in the sequel 28 Weeks Later