Maynard James Keenan is challenged with Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Don’t mess with Maynard James Keenan. The man has a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. But then came this challenge.
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Madonna finished her tour with a show in front of 1.6 million people in Brazil
Madonna has played some big shows in her four decades–there was that crowd of 130.000 in Paris back in 1987–but nothing like this. Imagine 1.6 million people on Copacabana Beach singing “Like a
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Meanwhile in Brazil, a baby was born at a Metallica show (and Mom gets a call from James Hetfield)
If you know anything about Brazil, you’ll know that those people LOVE their metal. Nothing comes between those people and their heroes. This includes Joice Figueiró, a tattoo artist, who had tickets to
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A new Brazilian culture official says that rock’n’roll is linked to abortion
Yes, rock causes abortions–or at least according to Dante Mantovani, the new head of the National Arts Council (or Funarte in Portuguese). How? “Rock music leads to drugs, which leads to sex, which
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New Music From The Inbox – Tuesday Edition! (May 8, 2018): The Silhouette Era, The Dreggs, Brazilian Girls, and more!
Artist: The Silhouette Era Song: “Waste Me” Album/EP: The Silhouette Era Energetic garage-surf with a melodic guitar determined to wander along its own path, “Waste Me” is the lead track off the San Francisco
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Stage Collapse at a Brazilian Festival Kills a DJ and Injures Three
About 5,000 people were enjoying DJ Kaleb Freitas’ set at the Atmosphere Festival in Esteio, Brazil, Sunday afternoon when something went terribly wrong. As you can see by the video, the winds whipped
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Brazilian Man Demonstrates his Vocal Range. Poorly.
This dude seems to believe that he has a great sense of pitch and a fantastic vocal range. The reality is…well, you’ll see. Fortunately, the Internet was on hand to help out.
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Because It’s Monday, You May Need this NSFW Video from Massacration, Brazil’s Version of Spinal Tap
If you’re into mental metal parodies–Spinal Tap, Steel Panther–you should meet Massacration who perform a similar service for the good people of Brazil. Their new release, “Metal MILF,” is of the NSFW variety.
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U2 Ordered to Pay $1.5 Million Fine in Brazil
In a case dating all the way back to 2003–further, if you want to talk about what happened in Brazil with the PopMart tour–Bono and Larry Mullen have been ordered to pay a
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Behold the Brazilian All-Female Thrash Band
In an upcoming two-part Ongoing History of New Music, I’m going to look at the most fascinating all female bands in the history of alt-rock. On part one, we look back at the
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The Brazilian Megadeth Drum Orgy
First it was all those crazy Italians playing “Learn to Fly” in an effort to woo the Foo Fighters to play their town. Now we hear of this Brazilian attempt to set a
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