Heavy Metal at the Movies! Metallica, Slayer, Megadeath and Anthrax – Live from the Sonisphere Festival, June 22 – WIN TICKETS!

Heavy Metal’s “Big Four” – Metallica, Slayer, Megadeath and Anthrax – bring their historic European tour to the global stage via satellite to movie theaters around the world in a special HD cinematic event.

The four legendary acts broke out of the underground thrash movement in the 1980s to dominate the metal world, selling millions of records and packing arenas across the globe. It’s hard to believe these musical giants have never shared the same stage until now. The legendary June 22 concert from the tour’s stop of the Sonisphere Festival in Sofia, Bulgaria will air the same day in over 450 theaters in more than 140 markets in the U.S., as well as beamed into theaters in Europe, Canada and Latin America. Delayed screenings are planned in Australia, South Africa and New Zealand. Tickets for “The Big Four:  Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth, Anthrax” are on sale now at participating theater box offices and at www.thebigfourlive.com, where fans can also view the event cinema trailer.

Atlanta Music Guide is giving away to the screening at Perimeter Pointe 10 theater on Mount Vernon Highway. Simply email us at win@ticketalternative.com with your mailing address for your chance to win.

Freak Out at the Rock ‘N’ Roll Monster Bash at Starlight Six Drive-In – Sunday, June 6!

FACT: Halloween is too much fun to only celebrate once a year.

The folks at The Starlight Six Drive-In and Silver Scream Spookshow agree. Dress up in your scariest and get down at the Rock ‘N’ Roll Monster Bash on Sunday, June 6 – it’s Halloween in June!

What to expect from the Monster Bash 2010?

- Miss Monster Bash!
- Brain eating contest!
- Blast Off Burlesque!
- Live bands all day long – Iron Maiden All Star Tribute, Daikaiju, Apocalyptic Vision, The Luchagors and Grinder Nova!
- Creature Double Feature: Kingdom of the Spider and Grizzly!

Rock ‘n’ Roll Monster Bash
Starlight Six Drive In
Sunday, June 6

The Fat Boy Chronicles Taps Into the ATL Music Scene For Soundtrack – Movie Premier June 30 at The Plaza Theater

Inspired by a true story, The Fat Boy Chronicles reveals the emotionally painful world obese teens experience in the face of a thin-obsessed society. At age 14, 5’5″ Jimmy weighs in at 187 pounds. Outside the comfort of his family and church, life for Jimmy is a constant struggle. The cruel taunts of his classmates make going to school or playing sports a humiliating experience. Yet, he still manages to focus on his goals — to lose weight and win over the girl of his dreams.

Music Supervisor for the film, Kim Burdges (Mixtape Atlanta), tapped into the Atlanta music scene to create the perfect soundtrack for The Fat Boy Chronicles. Atlanta bands such as Weapons of Audio, Death On Two Wheels, Y-O-U, The Judies and All Get Out are featured in the film.

Mixtape Atlanta and Tin Roof Films present The Atlanta Premiere of The Fat Boy Chronicles. Cast, filmmakers, bands from the soundtrack, and other notables are all coming out to celebrate the release of this featured film based on the popular book by the same name.

Red carpet starts at 7 p.m.  and the film starts at 7:30 p.m. Ticket to premiere includes free admission to after-part/concert at Vinyl featuring performances by All Get Out and Weapons of Audio. Both bands’ music is featured in the film.

Fifth Annual “Flicks on 5th” Brings Outdoor Screenings to Midtown

Summer means lots of things in Atlanta. Unbearable heat in the day time. Crazy storms around lunchtime. Out-of-school kids running around everywhere. But it also means free movies in lovely green spaces at night time, when the outdoors become bearable. We’re excited that Flicks on 5th is back for it’s fifth year on Technology Square (at Spring Street and 5th Street) in Midtown Atlanta. Many of the surrounding restaurants will be serving up some movie-night specials, so get there early at 7 p.m. before the film starts at 9 p.m.

Here’s the lineup:

June 9  – Sherlock Holmes (PG13)
June 16 – The Hangover (R)
June 23 – The Blind Side (PG-13)
July 7 – Hurt Locker (R)
July 14 – Fantastic Mr. Fox (PG)
July 21 – Hot Tub Time Machine (R)

Help the Makers of “40 Nights of Rock & Roll” Raise Cash for their Rock & Roll Movie!

Friend of Atlanta Music Guide, member of Attractive Eighties Women, former Paste editor and all-round cool guy Steve LaBate is joining filmmaker Scott Sloan to make an amazing film about music and the road:

Renowned rock journalist Steve LaBate and filmmaker Scott Sloan team up to bring you the most ambitious and brutal rock documentary ever made, “40 Nights of Rock & Roll – a Fearless Journey Through the Dark Heart of Rock & Roll Music on the Road in The United States of America”

Check out blog at 40nights.tumblr.com

We will be driving to 40 different cities in 40 consecutive days to see and interview 40 different bands.

This is not going to be easy. … Continue Reading

CD Review: When You’re Strange: A Film About the Doors — Soundtrack

Soundtrack
When You’re Strange: A Film About the Doors
Rhino

By Al Kaufman

Jim Morrison will not die. Almost 30 years after his death, the rock and roll shaman still holds many a follower in his drunken sway. By the time he died in Paris in 1971, he was a bloated, alcoholic, ragamuffin, whose poetry had been reduced to “drunken gibberish,” according to Doors keyboardist Ray Manzarek. Yet, like Elvis and Michael Jackson, death made him great again to mythical proportions. Tom DiCillo’s When You’re Strange is the latest attempt to revive those free-thinking times in which Morrison and the Doors overblown, apocalyptic songs and melodies flourished. They struck a chord with every disillusioned teen and Vietnam protester, and also to a lot of women who wanted to try to get inside Morrison’s whirling mind as much as his leather pants. The Doors were the perfect mix of psychedelia and freedom, of spirituality and sexuality. Plus they were all incredible musicians. Morrison’s mesmerizing but heavy-handed rants would not have stood up over time without Manzarek’s swirling keyboards, Robby Krieger’s heavy guitars, and John Densmore’s moody percussion. The bottom line is that the Doors, though not to everybody’s liking, were a great band, and great bands do not die. … Continue Reading

Atlanta Film Festival Opening Gala to Feature Stanley Nelson’s “Freedom Riders,” April 15

The Atlanta Film Festival is one of those gems that can be easily forgotten in the giddiness of the first signs of spring warmth. Yet it features some amazing creations as well as thrilling guests. The festival kicks off this year with a screening of Stanley Nelson’s Freedom Riders, a phenomenal piece of work about the 1961 Freedom Rides:

“Nearly 50 years after dozens of college students, Black and White, boarded two buses and risked their lives to challenge Jim Crow’s stranglehold and to push a nation to act, Freedom Riders is a film that documents a critical moment in American history and presents an amazing account of our nation’s conscience embodied in the actions of the young.”

The screening keeps up the festival’s tradition of introducing – or reacquainting – audiences with unsung heroes of American history. The film’s creator Stanley Nelson himself will be there, as well as many noted Civil Rights participants, including Ambassador Andrew Young.

Sneak Peak of The White Stripes Doc Under “Great White Northern Lights” Tonight at The Plaza Theatre

Atlanta’s White Stripes fans get a chance to view a sneak peak of the band’s new documentary Great White Northern Lights, which follows the band on their 2007 Canadian tour. View the trailer and a clip of the rockfest above, and then buy your tickets for the March 11 screening at the Plaza Theatre at Ticket Alternative.