Sunday, October 21, 2007

and speaking of metal

Did anyone happen to catch FOX's new show "The Next Great American Band" on Friday? I just happened upon it, and I think FOX is onto something. More interesting than Idol, and how cool was it to see Sheila E. as one of the judges? The lady rocks.

The highlight, however, was a band of young (twelve and thirteen-year old) teenagers from SoCal called "Light of Doom." The name cracked me up, as did the cute little dudes, especially when it was announced that they were a "metal" band.

Then they played (scroll down the page a little to watch the clip). Holy cow. I've never been an Iron Maiden fan, but this version of Flight of Icarus was a jaw dropper. Check out the guitar solo, for instance. I'm quite sure having that much talent at that age just isn't natural.

2 comments:

  1. holy crap, those kids are straight up hardcore haaaaavy!

    I am worried sick about them! STay away, music biz vultures!!!! Begone, groupies!!!

    Love the metal moms too.

    My boy Bucky the Nerd fancies himself as a rock star. He can play guitar and drums and has started piano. He's got the hair and the tude for it,but I'm not letting him near a stage, other than recitals, until he's at least 18!

    Seriously those little dudes have got chops. I hope the voice change doesn't wreck everything!!!!

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  2. I know, Heidi! The mom in me and the rocker in me are battling it out over what attitude to take toward these boys. I hear ya about the groupies, especially. Ugh.

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