Great Metal Tunes

Remember when the Flotsam singer had a biological son on American Idol. Probably the product of an after show encounter, who was given up for adoption, it was pretty funny and cool at the same time. Kid couldn't be more different except the voice





https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/the-american-idol-dream-is-over-for-f…

The "American Idol" dream is over for Creighton Fraker — the biological son of FLOTSAM AND JETSAM singer Eric "A.K." Knutson — who was one of 12 singers to be sent home during tonight's (Thursday, March 1) episode of the Fox singing competition.

"American Idol" bid farewell to half its semi-finalists on Thursday, cutting the field from 25 singers to just 13 and setting up viewers for the first round of the finals next week.

Fraker has resided in Astoria, New York for the past eight years, although he grew up in South Dakota as the adopted son of a preacher.

In an interview that aired on "American idol", Fraker said, "I was adopted when I was just a little baby and I grew up as a preacher's kid, singing church music. And then, I always had this rock and roll thing going on in me and it was kind of out of nowhere. Come to find out my birth father, who I never even knew until I was, like, 25 years old, was the lead singer of this big heavy metal band from the '80s called FLOTSAM AND JETSAM. I meet my dad and I'm like 'Oh, I get it, Fine. OK, It makes sense now.'"


Fraker went on to say that Knutson is "the person who really inspired me to audition for this," adding that, "He's a person whose opinion I can respect, so if he says I should be doing this, I guess, OK, I'm gonna do it."

After Fraker made the final 25, his birth dad said, "I've always hoped I would have a part in his life. I just can't wait for the rest of [his] career to start right now."

This is what us kids consider metal. Old metal sux

True Story, When I was14 I watched the Mike Tyson VS Michael Spinx PPV at the same chip in $10 party as Mike Muir and the singer for Excel.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXCV0IeaquQ

Stumbled upon this band Alluvial recently:

Wolfgang Van Halen sounds good to me. I was impressed with his singing.

Jerry Cantrell has new solo album coming out. Sounds like some old school moody Alice In Chains. Hen sang almost as much in Alice as Lane Staley especially towards the end.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F76Vp9ODy6s&t=125s

The death of Joey Jordison had me digging through some Slipknot I never listened to before. Their old stuff is heavy as hell. Some parts of these songs sound like their ripped straight from death metal songs with blast beats and tremolo picking. I had no idea how brutal old Slipknot was. Anyways...

I’ll throw some of my favorites out. A little thrash by Every Time I Die

A little old school with Norma Jean

Hands down the best show I have seen live outside of AC/DC is Parkway Drive. The rawness is unbelievable

IWrestledABearOnce is outstanding live. This chick is unreal with her vocals.

The ridiculously talented Tim Henson and Polyphia

The ending is great

Saw this band randomly at a tiny bar 10 years ago and I'll never forget them!

These guys are rad too