Film Buff Friday: Band vs Brand

The state of the union address for the music industry -

BAND VS BRAND

 coming to DVD and Digital Formats on February 12th

A documentary examining the current state of the music business and on how "the brand" of a rock group has more power than the band members

World premiere on Wednesday, January 23rd at the Marriott Delta Garden Grove just prior to the the annual The Hall of Heavy Metal History Gala

BAND VS BRAND, a feature-length documentary film directed by Bob Nalbandian (Director of the Inside Metal series), focuses on the current state of the music business and on how "the brand" of a rock group these days has more power than the band members themselves. It features interviews from several top industry executives and musicians of today, including David Ellefson of the Grammy Award-winning band Megadeth, Jack Russell from Jack Russell's Great White, Nik Turner and Nicky Garrett from Nik Turner's Hawkwind, Dave Lombardo from Suicidal Tendencies and formerly with Slayer, Marc Ferrari from Keel, Frank DiMino from Angel, Mike Varney from Shrapnel Records, Pat Gesualdo from The Hall of Heavy Metal History, manager Adam Parsons (Uriah Heep, Saxon, Europe, Thin Lizzy/BSR), guitarist/songwriter Jean Beauvoir (Plasmatics, Little Steven) and many others. 

The film will make its screening premiere on Wednesday, January 23rd at the Marriott Delta Garden Grove just prior to the the annual The Hall of Heavy Metal History Gala. Tickets for the awards gala are $30 each with the movie premiere open to the general public, free of charge.  For advance tickets or information on the Awards Gala, please visit: www.thehallofheavymetalhistory.org 

Official trailer: https://youtu.be/CAHI7PKAF5o

Pre-order DVD: https://mvdshop.com/products/band-vs-brand-dvd

Just Because...Nicki Minaj

Arriving in Style
Nicki Minaj

Just Because it's the weekend, Just Because life is a mystery & Just Because for some inexplicable reason I love this outfit - here is Nicki Minaj descending like a bird of prey on the Monse runway show for New York Fashion Week.

Can we be honest here? While I am not a fan of Minaj's music, I like her mouth, no not in a Deliverance sort of way. I mean her mouth as in her giving Zero F#cks take no prisoners attitude. The woman is bold to say the least.

She has dissed everybody from Cardi B. to Drake. She even took on the music industry Boy's Club. This being stated I have to say my favorite person Ms. Minaj took to task was Mariah Carey when they were both judges on season 12 of American Idol.

While I had pretty much stopped watching AI after the season Adam Lambert was on, I did tune in on occasion when I heard Minaj was sucking the wind out of the sails of that bloated arrogant douche bag known as Mariah Carey. Now that's entertainment minions!

Moving on...

Nicki on IG -
https://www.instagram.com/nickiminaj/?hl=en