I have no idea when this was announced, but the Rockstar Mayhem Fest looks pretty decent. Granted I’ll be at the beer tent for all most of the show, they managed to pull some heavy ass bands along on the same tour. Notable acts include The Red Chord, Mastodon, Machine Head, Dragonforce, Slipknot and my personal favorite, Underoath.

Still, some of the other acts are really out of place. Disturbed managed to get the direct support spot, but I guess I can’t complain too much as someone who still digs Slipknot. From the press release:

BURBANK, CA – March 17, 2008 – ROCKSTAR ENERGY MAYHEM FESTIVAL announces
today that hard-hitting metalcore band UNDEROATH will headline the HOT TOPIC STAGE at
this summer’s highly anticipated tour, set to kick off July 9th at the White River Amphitheatre in
Seattle. The much-buzzed-about tour will hit 30 cities in the U.S. and Canada between early
July and late August. A full itinerary will be announced on April 1 with the festival’s Pre Sale
commencing on April 4 and the national on sale to commence on April 19.

Underoath joins an all-star lineup that includes main stage
closer SLIPKNOT, DISTURBED, DRAGONFORCE and MASTODON and a plethora of hard
music’s most influential artists and exciting young voices. The tour will have two second
stages: Underoath will headline the HOT TOPIC STAGE and MACHINE HEAD will
headline the JAGERMEISTER stage. The second stages will also feature BLACK
TIDE, SUICIDE SILENCE, AIRBOURNE, FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH, 36 CRAZY
FISTS, THE RED CHORD, WALLS OF JERICHO and the JAGERMEISTER Battle of The
Bands Winner.

Tour title sponsor ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK, who will be offering product samples and
providing great surprises for attendees, will also be presenting the VIP area THE ROCKSTAR
LOUNGE where a national contest will take place, and fans can PARTY LIKE A ROCKSTAR in the
VIP area. Details for this special promotion will be forthcoming and can be accessed at
www.rockstar69.com

Festival organizers have also announced that world famous freestyle motocross team METAL
MULISHA—known for its lineup of legendary riders—are joining the riotous road show,
performing three backflip-laden sets at each date in the festival area. “The Rockstar Energy
Mayhem festival combines the best bands in extreme music with the Metal Mulisha rebels,” says
freestyle Motocross legend Brian Deegan. “They’ll be mixing the sound of riffing and ripping
250CC motorcycles flying 150 feet in the air against the backdrop of double bass drums and
shredding guitars.”

Word.

my blog about Disney canceling the first date of Machine Head’s Black Tyranny tour was really good. I would have posted it five minute before Daniel but somebody decided to trip the power to my computer right before I hit “save.” Daniel pretty much covered it in the post below.

I really hope someone goes the the rescheduled show in pomona in a full Mickey Mouse suit and proceeds to tear shit up in the pit all night long.

Fuck Disney in its mousehole.

From the Press Release:

In a stunning last-minute move, Walt Disney Properties have pressured promoter Live Nation into canceling Machine Head’s performance tomorrow night at the House of Blues venue in Anaheim (on their Disneyland property). Citing violent imagery, undesirable fans and inflammatory lyrics as the reason, the diversity-impaired corporation began pressuring the promoter on Saturday to cancel all upcoming heavy metal concerts, placing Machine Head under an internal “review process” that took 5 days before bothering to convey their alarming decision to the band late yesterday - less than 48 hours before their Black Tyranny Tour was to kick off at House of Blues Anaheim on Friday night.

While the enactment of this new blanket rule applies to all upcoming heavy metal shows at the House Of Blues Anaheim (with some metal bands having been banned from performing on name alone), Machine Head is the first band to actually have tickets go on sale, and remain on sale for 2 months, before intense pressure and vague threats of liability from the Corporation left the promoter with no choice but to remove the show from the venue.

As a result, Live Nation’s Paul McGuigan did the honorable thing and incredibly, on one days notice, managed to salvage the tour’s opening night by moving the first date of The Black Tyranny tour (featuring Machine Head, Arch Enemy, Throwdown, and Sanctity) to The Glass House in Pomona, CA (located at 200 W. Second Street). All existing tickets will be redeemable for entry at The Glass House, and all Will Call pickups will now be available for pickup at the new venue. Any fans unable to make the 70-mile trip to The Glass House as a result of this ridiculous turn of events will be able to have their money refunded in full. Strangely, all other Black Tyranny dates at House Of Blues venues on Disney property will remain unaffected.

On behalf of all four bands on the bill, Machine Head wish to extend their gratitude to promoter Paul McGuigan and Live Nation for finding an alternate venue for tomorrow night’s show on such short notice.

“Undesirable fans”? Has anybody at Disney Corp ever walked around fucking Disneyland? That place is like a concentration camp for fucking American asshole lopdicks and their progeny. No wonder Machine Head is sending out press releases about this. Being a Metal band and getting labeled “inflammatory” by Disney is like a being a teenage dude and having some girls parents say she shouldn’t date you. It’s like she probably wouldn’t like you that much, but now she’s totally gonna at least jack you off, just to piss off her dad.