This post is much louder than my usual

The following post is totally off topic.  I’ll follow it up with something authory or witty tomorrow. 

I’ve told you my husband is a musician.  How that affects our life is thus: there is a million cd/casette tapes/lps in this house.  Music is played really loudly here because My Honey can’t hear. In fact, as I write this a Pink Floyd concert is playing very loudly in the living room. There are a zillion guitars in the office and various closets, either hanging on the walls, tucked away in cases or standing up on the floor.  There are amps and speaker cases and microphone stands in the way quite often.  Once a week or so he’s off to band practice so the kids and I have to fend for ourselves (hence the famous “waffles for dinner” extravaganza). 

I like the guys in his band.  In fact, with few exceptions, I’ve liked all the guys he’s played with as long as I’ve known him.  They are a motley group but that makes it interesting.  One or two of them are like my husband.  By that I mean they look family-ish.  Another one has pitch black hair down past his ass.  Yet another is covered in tattoos and wears a giant ring through his nose.  He also happens to be absolutely hysterical and I like him a lot.  His daughter has just started babysitting our kids.  I like the wives, too, which is very convenient. 

The reason I bring this up is that they just finished recorded a track on a tribute album.  I don’t expect you to know the band or the drummer in which they are playing in tribute of unless you’re into very heavy metal.  I am not, but I recognize the name which is more than I can often say of the bands he talks about.  The band this time is Type O Negative and apparently the singer/bass player died around this time last year of heart failure.

The entire song was recorded here in our house on My Honey’s equipment.  I have yet to hear the entire thing – only bits and pieces as they mixed it, but it sounded cool.  Nevertheless, it’s pretty cool to be invited to be on the album and I’m proud of them.

Metalunderground.com To Release Exclusive Peter Steele Tribute Album, “All For None, None For All: A Tribute to Peter Steele”

Band Photo: Type O Negative (?)

Last year the musical world was dealt a serious blow when gothic metal titan Peter Steele tragically passed away at the age of 48. While Peter may be gone, his music and his legacy live on, and they continue to inspire musicians around the world.

To honor Peter’s memory on the anniversary of his passing, and lead a new generation of metalheads to his music, heavy metal news site Metalunderground.com has teamed up with a dozen underground bands from across the globe to release an exclusive tribute album. The tribute, entitled “All For None, None For All: A Tribute to Peter Steele,” was done in collaboration with Dan Mitchell of Beneath The Woods Studio and features twelve stellar cover songs from many stages of Peter’s career in both Type O Negative and Carnivore.

The songs covered, which include interpretations running the gamut from depressive rock to power metal to death metal and many stops in-between, are as follows:

My Honey’s band is Blind Greed and their song is Christian Woman.  It’s released next Thursday.