Happy Metal Fun Time (Chuck)
Widely known as the month for lovers, at least since a greeting card company decided they need to make more money, February give us Valentine’s Day, that special time when every man’s metal is tested...
Author: Chuck Loesch
Happy Metal Fun Time (Chuck)
January is a particularly strange month for many reasons. In the music industry the wheels begin turning again after about a month of ‘best of’ lists and compilation releases, the New Year always marks ‘new...
Happy Metal Fun Time (Chuck)
This month I wanted to offer a little more depth into the metal offerings during Fun Fun Fun Fest happening at Auditorium Shores this weekend. ACL Fest was decidedly not metal, and that’s acceptable, but...
Happy Metal Fun Time (Chuck)
I am not a festival guy, and right now everyone around me keeps yelling about how they can’t wait to see some crappy band at ACL Fest the next couple weekends, and I couldn’t care...
Happy Metal Fun Time (Chuck)
This month finally marks the demise of summer. By now I am exhausted from all the metal festivals, and the damn heat destroyed all the beautiful things. Fall begins to decay the rotting corpses left...
Happy Metal Fun Time (Chuck)
In case you didn’t know, the metal festival known as the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Tour rolls into Austin tomorrow. When Ozzfest took a dirt nap back in the mid oughts, it seemed to be...
Happy Metal Fun Time (Chuck)
As our country celebrates its birth this week, I am doing the most American thing possible, taking the easy way out. I thought about doing all kinds of heady thought metal for the controversies surrounding...
Happy Metal Fun Time (Chuck)
This month, I started thinking about Summer, not only due to the triple digit heat outside, but this time of year has always held a lot of great times, especially in this part of the...
Happy Metal Fun Time (Chuck)
On my way home last night, my phone started going insane with the news that Jeff Hanneman had passed away at the age of 49 from liver failure. I didn’t believe all the text messages...
Happy Metal Fun Time (Chuck)
After the death of the touring festivals for more mainstream music in the ‘90s, metal took the reins via Sharon Ozbourne and Ozzfest. It revived the tradition of pairing some of the largest names in...
