POSSESSED: Video Footage From WACKEN OPEN AIR Posted Online
August 8, 2007Fan-filmed video footage of POSSESSED performing the track "Confessions" at this year's Wacken Open Air festival, which took place August 2-4 in Wacken, Germany, has been posted on YouTube. Watch the clip below.
POSSESSED's lineup for the Wacken concert consisted of sole original member Jeff Becerra (vocals) backed by members of California's SADISTIC INTENT.
Some time after POSSESSED's last release in 1989, Jeff Becerra was left paralyzed from the waist down in a shooting incident. In a 2002 interview with Battle Helm, Becerra was asked about the many different reports that had circulated about what happened to him — ranging from punishment from God to a carjacking. "That's all bullshit," he replied. "Firstly I don't believe in God. What happened is that a couple of crackheads robbed me when I was coming home from work and they shot me with a 9mm in the chest and a 21 in the hand. In some ways it was kinda stupid because I could've given them the money but it was the way they asked me and I told 'em to get fucked. They were caught that night and at their trial one of them said that the only reason they didn't finish me off was because they ran outta bullets. They went to prison but one of them somehow got released later and he managed to kill five more people..."
A limited-edition POSSESSED seven-inch single on multi-colored vinyl was released last year on Boneless Records in association with B.A.D.M./N.Y.D.M. Entitled "Ashes from Hell", the first 100 copies of the single came with a collector's pick.
Formed in the early '80s, POSSESSED released "Seven Churches" via Combat Records in 1985. They would follow with "Beyond the Gates" and the five-song EP "The Eyes of Horror" before disbanding several years later. A "best-of" collection, "Victims of Death", was released in 1993.
Upcoming POSSESSED shows:
Aug. 18 - Las Vegas, NV @ Jillian's
Aug. 19 - Hollywood, CA @ Knitting Factory (Gathering of the Bestial Legion)
Nov. 24 - Springfield, VA @ Jaxx
Nov. 25 - New York, NY @ B.B. King Blues Club & Grill
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