Rockers We Lost 2012

In Memoriam

Riot founder and guitarist Mark Reale passed away at the age of 57 on Jan. 25 after complications from his longtime battle with Crohn’s disease.

Former vocalist of Swedish heavy metal pioneers Destiny, Therese Hanserot, died on Jan. 17, 2012 at the age of 48.

Heavy metal lost an important name on January 14 when former Diamond Head drummer Robbie France passed away at the age of 52.

Singer Nicole Bogner passed away after a battle with an unspecified “serious disease” in early January 2012 at the age of 27. Bogner fronted the Austrian symphonic metal band Visions of Atlantis.

Larry “Rhino” Reinhardt, former guitarist for rock legends Iron Butterfly, passed away at the age of 63 on January 2.

**** And those not so Metal ****

Actor Larry Hagman who played the iconic J.R. Ewing died November 24th in the Texas city that made him a household name.

Phyllis Diller died at the age of 95 on August 20th

Singer/Songwriter Andy Williams passed away on September 25th

Astronaut Neil Armstrong died on August 25th, aged 82

Indian sitar maestro Ravi Shankar

Jazz legened Dave Brubeck

Comic artist Joe Kubert passed on August 12th

Author Gore Vidal died July 31

Bee Gee Robin Gibb

Disco legend Donna Summer died on May 17

Beastie Boy Adam Yauch

Men at Work member Greg Ham was found dead on April 19th

Film artist Ralph McQuarrie (who designed the original look of the first 'Star Wars') died at the age of 82 on March 3rd

The Monkees'Davy Jones died February 29th

Whitney Houston died February 11th

Boxing trainer Angelo Dundee died at the age of 90 on February 1st

General H. "Stormin'" Norman Schwarzkopf passed December 27th

Festive Grub

The tastiest skin from a bird EVER. It might be bad for you but how can something this good be so bad? Makes chicken skim taste like lettuce. Oh my God fathers is it lush. Like an orgasm really. True story.

Below is the festive Phaal curry I make with the leftover meat. Gently fry some onions in lightly oiled saucepan, add the meat, the curry paste (I use Patak's) and pepper and chili and simmer for 15 minutes. You can add tomatoes too if thats your thing.
Oh and cook with some great metal playing in the background. I had Trivium's brilliant Ascendancy album kicking out.




Phaal Curry


Bacon and Cheese on Toast

Dogs D'Amour Gig prog

Amazed how this concert programme has survived with me since 1989 (23 fooking years!) but it has, and I was at the gig of course: 11th October 1989, Cardiff University. Burning Tree in support.

Join The Army

Suicidal Tendencies ~ Join The Army (1987)

1. Suicidal Maniac
2. Join the Army
3. You Got, I Want
4. ALittle Each Day
5. The Prisoner
6. War Inside My Head
7. I Feel Your Pain and I Survive
8. Human Guinea Pig
9. Possessed to Skate
10. No Name, No Words
11. Born to Be Cyco
12. Two Wrongs Don't Make a Right (But They Make Me Feel a Whole Lot Better)
13. Looking in Your Eyes

Mega Death!!

Dare me?

Nope this has nothing to do with a certain Dave Mustaine's band but it WILL have you sweating bullets (see what I did there?) and a whole lot more I shouldn't wonder. Hold on to yer asses, this journey might get a little bumpy because my fellow moshers I give you the Mega Death Sauce! A sauce that contains ingredients 500 times HOTTER than a Jalapeno Chile. Crikey! To add to the fear factor(y) it has various 'Warnings O'Doom' on the bottle such as "Use sparingly" and "Not recommended for use without dilution". Gulp. Along with the other spices, Mega Death Sauce contains Habanero Peppers, Cayenne Peppers and Chipotle Peppers. And I simply have to try it. I can deny it to my tastebuds no longer.

Disclaimer: Warning: this product contains the hottest known ingredients on the planet earth. Please use with extreme caution.

It ARRIVED!!

Farmfoods: Spicy Wings

Farmfoods has become a great place to stock up on frozen junk food at wallet friendly prices. Feasts Of Metal cannot ignore this and since one has recently opened in Carmarthen (near MacDonalds), ive decided to share some tasty goodies. If you've never been there, seriously do so. They charge signicantly lower prices than what Tesco or Morrosons do. £1 for 4 turkey burgers, £2 chicken nuggets, £1 battered/crumbed onion rings. Ideal for parties or barbecues.

Spicy chicken wings


Chicken (buffalo) wings are not as popular here as they are in the United States for some reason (wise up people!) but they are a perfect snack to have on picnics or during movies/rugby matches/gaming marathons. (Ive even taken them into the cinema!) You can create different dips and sauces too so that things don't get samey.
To be honest I wan't expecting great things from these wings from Farmfoods but I was happy to have been proved otherwise. Really tasty and quite meaty too considering they are only chicken wings. (I know in the video below I say theres not much meat on them but that was filmed before id tried the bigger pieces.) In fact some bits seemed like bits of thigh. Only recommended for the spicy lovers out there, this is not a mild tasting sauce. £1.50 for a bag of 9 pieces is very easy on the pocket meaning you can stock up on a few extra bottles of the hard stuff.

The Result:



The chicken below wasn't from the same pack but a blog can never have enough pix of fried chicken and scotch. That was supper a few months ago.

Vindaloo Soup

Yup you read it right! Vindaloo Soup, I went against the naysayers, ignored the doubters and just went ahead and made it. Grabbed a packet of Hidi Grand vindaloo paste (50p from Home Bargains), heated it on a hob without meat (hey it was almost vegan hehe) and tipped it into a bowl. Bingo!
So how did I come up with the idea? Am I so BADASS that im willing to eat 'raw' vindaloo curry? Truth is I was feeling a little under the weather but was tired of boring old chicken soup, so decided a bit more horsepower was needed (emphasis on 'power' not 'horse'.) And do you know what? It wasn't half bad either! In fact if I had used a better curry paste and not some cheap stuff from Home Bargains this would have been fairly f**king awesome! Cleared my sinus headache lovely.
Another bonus was it restored my appetite. Weird huh? Curry seems to have this effect on me, I might be suffering from the dodgiest of stomach pains (very rare due to Ox-like constitution) but one whiff of a strong curry and im healed like Jesus on a leper.


Just add bread