Footage of GWAR live at Bonnaroo 2010, as well video footage of Oderus Urungus being a complete donkey can be found below:

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SLAYER will not be venturing north to Canada with MACHINE HEAD, MEGADETH, and SUICIDE SILENCE due to frontman Tom Araya being treated for chronic back pain. In addition, the band will not be appearing on Jimmy Kimmel Live this Wednesday, November 4.

Fortunately, MACHINE HEAD were able to reschedule their only United States headlining show at The Crazy Donkey in Long Island, NY.  The show is now scheduled for Thursday November, 12.

DOWN WITH WEBSTER have just released Time to Win Vol. 1, the Toronto’s band first album. With influences that range from rock to hip hop, DWW have been causing a stir for the past few months through their infectious live show. The band will open on Forever the Sickest Kids’ “Cheap Date Tour” in November to support the release of Time To Win, Vol. I.  Also, look for more details to follow as Down With Webster continues to tour North America this fall and winter, as well as in Europe in early 2010. Check out their video for “Time to Win” below.

November

11/6      American University                   Washington, DC
11/7      Sonar                                        Baltimore, MD
11/8      Diesel                                       Pittsburgh, PA
11/9      Highline Ballroom                       New York, NY
11/11    Crazy Donkey                            Long Island, NJ
11/12    Starland Ballroom                      Sayreville, NJ
11/13     Crocodile Rock                          Allentown, PA
11/14    Trocadero                                  Philadelphia, PA
11/15     House of Blues                          Boston, MA

MUTINY WITHIN has uploaded their very first ‘from the road’ tour vlog as they scurry across the US. Their Roadrunner Records debut will hit stores in 2010. MUTINY WITHIN will also be supporting MACHINE HEAD on November 6 at the latter’s only headlining show of 2009.

Machine Head support:

November 6 – Farmingdale, NY – Crazy Donkey

What is a cab ride home? Well, it’s a chance to pass out in your own bed, someone elses couch, or if you’re lucky, the opportunity to end up balls deep at that fat bird from the bar. Oh, they’re also a brilliantly named band from Virginia. This beer fueled quintet has just pumped out their debut EP. Aptly titled The Intoxicated Massacre, it is a seven song litre filled to the brim with hoppy metal. Think mid-80’s Hetfield in his liver ruining prime, at the height of his blackout drunkenness, trying to play a few riffs for some lucky ladies backstage…that’s the sort of music Cab Ride Home embodies. It’s a healthy mix between Dethlok, Swashbuckle, and The Haunted. With songs that every honest beer swiller can relate to, like “Drunk on Arrival”, Cab Ride Home is a fun but strangely serious metal band…and let’s be honest, how often can you say that?

One of the more enjoyable things about the upstart Virginia based act is that they’re overtly less gimmicky than these dime a dozen donkey performers who dress up like circus acts. Having opened up for many a metal act at the world famous Jaxx in Virginia, Cab Ride Home have certainly outlined their intentions and can hardly be classified as a “local” act. They’re musically sound, put on a tight, energetic live performance, and have smartly invested in their future. You can never take yourself too seriously, but seeing five guys band together in the name of beer and metal with the hope to stake their claim in the industry – I’ll toast to that.

First listeners will easily realize that Cab Ride Home are far from the final polished product, with the EP occasionally seeming a little repetitive, but it’s nothing that can’t be fixed with some proper production and musical guidance. Consider Cab Ride Home a prodigious college football talent, who under the guise of a good coach could actually make a few starts in the pro-leagues. With a little push, these marketable drunks in Cab Ride Home could really be one of those musical treasures that we crack open after drinking too much of the low carb mainstream guff. So why not blow the froth off a few and check out Cab Ride Home? It’s worthy of one last round.

Rating: 8/10
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Label: Unsigned