Masters of Metal Tour 2008, Testament, Motorhead, Heaven and Hell, Judas Priest, I Can't Wait!

In about a month the Metal Master Tour will break ground to the Chicago (August 19, 2008) area metal maniacs, the rest of the states first week in August. All I can say that it's about fuckin time. As well as having a line up that is pure metal. Once one glues their ass to their seat no leaving unless to take a piss. Metal fans want metal, old, or new, but metal, not some punk rolled into metal or soft cell hell singing before head bangers. I'm not saying that all line ups are disgusting; there are a ton of fans that love the line ups when they happen. You can love all type of music. I hate to mention some of the stuff I listen because it would probably drop you rolling with laughter. However many lines ups are just shit, that is why the seats are empty till the headliner comes on. I always wonder who the fuck comes up with the bands, do they even know the damn fan base. I keep forgetting that the sponsors buy out all the tickets and give them away; the damn true fans to the artist are stuck in the back because they can't afford a 1000 dollar ticket. Yes you see the front rows of people, who are their for the moment, they don't even know at times who the fuck is on stage (or care).

The Metal Masters is Testament, Motorhead, Heaven and Hell (let's be correct, Black Sabbath with Dio) and Judas Priest. All of them left a mark in metal history. Testament, six plus foot tall Chuck Billy leading the crew, a dominant presence since the late 1980s. At time, I like to consider myself a disciple of the watch. Lemmy Kilmister, the god who started the punk/thrash generation, a known drinker and womanizer, and the rest of the mad horde of Motorhead. Heaven and Hell, to all better known as Black Sabbath, who gives a shit about the litigation of the use of the name Sabbath, to all, the name of the band is Black Sabbath. The presence and return of Ronnie James Dio for the past few years has revived the Sabbath fans. Dio the frontman of Heaven and Hell, the man who brought us the devil horns as well as took us to hell is back. Some years ago, I listened to an interview with Ronnie James Dio, I am sure I'm misquoting, "it all comes down from our superstitions"; referring to his grandmother. She would give him the cabash better to us known as the iconic metal devil horns. The metal icon, a brand for the denim and leather maniacs (Saxon, listen to them my friends). And last but not least, Judas Priest, one of the few who penetrated the full tilt of the 1980's MTVrs with METAL. They drove and preached the language to all...they kept the faith alive and filled the stadiums. Wasn't there a movie loosely based on Priest (think about it because it was not Bon Jovi).


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