IRON STEEL Frontman Reports From NAMM Show In Anaheim
January 18, 2008Fran Strine of the new thrash supergroup IRON STEEL has taken time out of his schedule at NAMM (National Association of Music Merchants) to write an exclusive blog entry for MetalSucks.
Over the next several weeks, MetalSucks will be featuring exclusive blog entries from all of the members of IRON STEEL, featuring Morgan Rose (SEVENDUST) on drums; Jim LaMarca (CHIMAIRA),Dave Ellefson (ex-MEGADETH) and Rachel Bolan (SKID ROW) all on bass; as well as Fran Strine on vocals and guitar and Tommy Redd on guitar. Each week a different member post an entry at MetalSucks; this week vocalist and guitarist Fran Strine reports from the trenches of the NAMM show in Anaheim. An excerpt from the entry follows:
"So, today I was walking around the 2008 NAMM show checking out all the new gear that everyone is going to give me because I'm so fucking rad, when I heard a loud 'bang.' I hit the floor as soon as I heard it — taking one of our many bassists, Dave Ellefson, along with me. 'They're coming,' I screamed. Dave was looking left to right and doing a military crawl, dragging me along until we got under the table at the Peavey booth. As people walked by, we saw our drummer, Morgan Rose, we called out to him 'save yourself, Morgan!' He came over, yanked Ellefson out from under the table and shook him by the shoulders, screaming, 'Dave — we are in Anaheim!' Next he did it to me, and once we were both shaken and sat down at the booth, we calmed down a bit. Morgan went and got LaMarca and Tommy and told them what happened. I could see them shaking their heads and when I read their lips, they were saying, 'Not again!' I finally figured out that the sound sent me right into a flashback from IRON STEEL's last tour in North Korea. They told me that if I told anyone anything about what went on there that I would have to kill them but I figure that once you listen to 'Attack' you will be slayed anyway, so here it goes…"
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