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Captain Metalbeard Baronas’ first exposure to Metal – Twisted
Sister’s Stay Hungry notwithstanding – was
via local `80’s music video station V-66 that played AC/DC’s “Sink the Pink” one
fine afternoon. Angus Young’s raw guitar sound
switched his ears on and he soon acquired the band’s
entire back catalog.
Craving more intensity, Baronas took a chance and picked
up Metallica’s Master of Puppets in 1986 – it
reigns as the most-listened-to album of his life. He
continued his conquest for power in 1987 and turned to
Europe, purchasing Walls of Jericho by Helloween
and To Mega Therion by Celtic Frost, the latter
immediately becoming his favorite band to this day. Metal
had become as equally important to Baronas as his love
for Horror films, and the high school senior continued
to listen to as many different bands as he could afford
to on a Bradlees part-time salary.
At the time, Baronas often tuned in to a local college
radio station’s Metal show and it was at that point
that he decided he wanted to enroll in a school with
a great Communications program (read: kick ass radio
station). Fitchburg
State College allowed him this opportunity and he joined forces with
fellow staffer Mark Fields to create “The Big O
Thash Show” for WXPL. Soon
he was seeing, meeting & interviewing every band
he had ever hoped to (with the exception of his first
love, AC/DC, with whom he still hopes to shake hands
with someday).
Directionless upon graduation, Baronas decided to combine
his two passions that he felt overlapped in many ways.
The legendary half-Horror/half-Metal magazine G.A.S.P.
etc. was the result. Six issues were produced and
distributed internationally until 1994. This online version
you’re currently viewing was resurrected 12 years
later...
To view Baronas’ Horror-themed bio, client list for convention appearances and DVD antics,
please view our sister site, Paura
Productions.
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13 most frightening HORROR MOVIES
- The
Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
- City
of the Living
Dead
- Jaws
- Cannibal
Holocaust
- Night
of
the
Living
Dead (1968)
- Henry:
Portrait
of
a
Serial Killer
- Phantasm
- Hellraiser
- Suspiria
- A
Nightmare
on
Elm
Street
- The Shining
- The Thing (1982)
- Poltergeist
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13 favorite METAL ALBUMS
- Slayer – Reign
in Blood
- Celtic Frost – Monotheist
- Celtic
Frost – To Mega Therion
- Metallica – Master
of Puppets
- Entombed – Clandestine
- AC/DC – Fly
on the Wall
- Wargasm – Why Play
Around?
- Bathory – Blood Fire Death
- Dark
Angel – Darkness Descends
- Death – Spiritual
Healing
- Destruction – Release
From Agony
- Voivod – Dimension
Hatross
- Trouble – s/t
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Saucy Wench
Alesha was fortunate enough to have cool parents that listened to good music. By age six, she knew Pink Floyd's The Wall by heart and was subjected to Lynyrd Skynyrd, Aerosmith, Zeppelin, and Van Halen repeatedly. The first record she ever asked for (1982) was Stray Cats' Built for Speed.
With a good basic background to grow from, Alesha's explorations in music were limited to word of mouth, local rock radio stations and later, MTV. When the hair-metal era began, she embraced it. Not only did some of it stand out (Whitesnake's Slide it in, Skid Row's Slave to the Grind, etc.) but it also kept her out of the "in" crowd. For that she remains eternally grateful.
In 1988, a friend introduced her to the underground secrets of Metallica and then Slayer respectively. From then on it was over, metal had wrapped it's bloody fingers around Alesha's heart. During high school, when Metallica started to bore her, the radio sucked, and MTV turned into TVTV, she turned back to her roots. She broke out the old vinyl and delved deeply into Lynyrd Skynyrd and The Doors mainly. Until the fateful day someone handed her another life-changing tape, Death's Human. Thus beginning her never-ending quest to find more music that can make you close your eyes and smile.
Alesha likes to keep her taste buds open to all flavors of music but her addiction to metal prevents her from going a single day without some kind of metal fix. When she's not writing or working at her two jobs, she's spending all her spare time and cash on the support of music or trying to herd lost souls toward the omnipotent power of Music. Alesha still enjoys a good horror flick (esp. vampire), and started to really get into them as a kid, but lost focus when metal wrapped her around its finger.
TOP 10 HORROR MOVIES
1. Maximum Overdrive
2. Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn
3. House (all)
4. Jackass (you cant tell me they don't horrify people)
5. The Stand ("Come down and eat chicken with me Beautiful. It's so dark")
6. Killer Clowns from Outer Space
7. The Seventh Sign
8. Witchboard (1987)
9. Hellraiser (all)
10. Labrynth (any movie with David Bowie is classified as horror right?)
TOP 13 METAL ALBUMS
1. Death - Human
2. Slayer - Reign in Blood
3. Clutch - Live in Flint, Michigan
4. Pantera - Cowboys from Hell
5. Reveille - Bleed the Sky
6. Deftones - Adrenalin / Got Milk
7. Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine
8. Second Coming - Second Coming
9. Scissorfight - Jaggernaut
10. Marlyn Manson - The Last Tour on Earth
11. Bloodsimple - A Cruel World
12. All that Remains - This Darkened Heart / The Fall of Ideals
13. Unearth - The Oncoming Storm
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Powder Monkey
The Rabid One has been a horror fanatic since the young age of 8 when he saw the original trailer to Friday the 13th before a showing of Popeye in 1980. Over time, his love for make-up FX grew but quickly diminished when he realized he wasn't good at it. He remained just a fan until 2001 when he became a member of the now defunct Spookyworld, scaring people from all over New England. That fun ended in 2003. Since then, acting has been in his blood and has continued on stage and screen. His film credits include Cricket Snapper, Eamon's Road, and Fetus (with 2 films pending later in 2006).
Horror is Rich's life, his love, his reason for being.
TOP 10 HORROR MOVIES
- The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
- Battle Royale
- Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
- Cannibal Holocaust
- Nosferatu (1922)
- The Beyond
- Necromantik
- Evil Dead
- Meet The Feebles
- Psycho (1960)
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Boatswain Matt Coe has been an avid Metalhead since the age of
11. The first band to capture his attention in the heavy
world was Iron Maiden, as he loved the shocking cover
art with mascot Eddie and the energetic instrumentation
on display. Coe’s first live show was Twisted Sister/Iron
Maiden in January 1985 at the Worcester Centrum as Iron
Maiden was in support of the Powerslave album.
Coe started writing for music magazines in his freshman
year of college and hasn't stopped having opinions regarding
music all these years. Favorite genres run the gamut
from AOR and Progressive/Power Metal on through to the
classic traditional Metal of Europe, Doom Metal and the
Bay Area Thrash movement. He also has an affinity for
technical Death Metal.
Coe doesn’t get the chance to go to as many shows
as he would like as he is the father of two daughters
and works overnights at Emerson Hospital in Concord,
MA, but his love for Metal has never waned through the
years.
TOP 10 METAL ALBUMS
- Blind Guardian – Nightfall in Middle-Earth
- Wild
Dogs – Reign of Terror
- Wuthering Heights – Far
From the Maddening Crowd
- Iron Maiden – Piece
of Mind
- Death – Human
- Accept – Restless
and Wild
- Judas Priest – Screaming For
Vengeance
- Thin Lizzy – Live and Dangerous
- UFO – Strangers
in the Night
- Fates
Warning – Awaken the Guardian
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Bootymaster
Chuck was born in Ft. Worth Texas in 1971 and credits
this for the fact that he’s a die-hard Dallas
Cowboys fan. He’s also a true metal fan, having cut his
teeth during his formative teenage years holed-up in
his adolescent bedroom listening to Led Zeppelin, Black
Sabbath and Deep Purple vinyl. In Chuck’s opinion, “metal
is an ever expanding genre, full of true artists and
poseurs alike. The notion that metal needs to be all
about Satan, or played at extreme speeds (although that
can be cool sometimes) is silly. Just look at bands
like Black Sabbath, Sleep, or Kyuss…they’ve
proved that sometimes slower is better. It’s
all about the riff. You can play as fast as you want,
but if the riff has no ‘meat and potatoes’ behind
it, then forget it. I don’t need to hear all that
tinny mid-range sounding tone just because it’s
fast and the singer is grunting like Cookie Monster talking
about how Satan is his lord. Pffffttt.”
Chuck is a fairly accomplished drummer, having played
in a number of different types of bands over the years.
His dream is to form a doom metal band and conquer the
world with heavy, crushing riffs and canon-like drums.
Until that happens, you can count on Chuck for his honest, “pull-no-punches” reviews
and whatever Captain Mike wants him to write about.
TOP 10 HORROR MOVIES
I’m hardly a horror aficionado like some of the
other GASPers, that’s for sure. My definition of
a good horror movie is one that makes the hair stand
up on your neck, as opposed to grossing you out with
gore and hacking. With that said, here’s my humble
list (in no particular order).
- Poltergeist
- The Amityville Horror (1979)
- Night of the Living Dead (1968)
- Nosferatu (1922)
- The Omen (1976)
- 13 Ghosts (2001)
- White Noise
- Jaws
- The Exorcist
- Rosemary’s Baby
TOP 10 METAL ALBUMS
Top ten lists are always an interesting thing…tastes
vary so much from person to person, and truthfully, my
own tastes vary day to day which makes this a daunting
task. Am I going to claim that the following ten (actually,
17) albums listed below are the BEST metal albums of
all time? Nah, I’d rather just say that these are
my personal favorite heavy and metal records over the
years so far. I should also point out that my list is
in no particular order, and if you check back with me
in a month, it will probably be different.
- Black Sabbath – Sabatoge
This is the classic lineup Sabbath record that is often
overlooked, but I say it’s the best of them all...it’s
the perfect combination of the thunderous riffing that
Iommi and Co. were so great at delivering, along with
a certain amount of experimentation and drug-induced
mania. It never fails to satisfy.
- Metallica – Master of Puppets
This is one of two records that I think the majority
of GASPers will include on their list. These guys are
the biggest, best-selling metal band of all time, and
this is probably their best work. Play “Disposable
Heroes” at 11, and you’ll remember why.
- Sleep – Holy Mountain
What’s not to like about this record? Huge Sabbath-like
riffs and songs about dragons and crimson skies…it’s
the prototype for the “stoner” metal movement.
- Kyuss – Blues for the Red Sun
Kyuss created their own heavy stoner sound (and I mean
HEAVY), and none of their records do a better job of
conveying their sound than this one. Listening
to it today, it’s hard to believe it was released
in 1992…highlights are “Thumb” and “Writhe”…
- Black Sabbath – Masters of Reality
The third record from the Ozzy-led Sabbath, this offering
is flawless. The riffs are crushingly heavy, and Ozzy
never sounded better…I dare say this is the
Sabbath record which influenced more metal bands to
follow than any other.
- Soundgarden – Badmotorfinger
This is the record that thrust Soundgarden into the
limelight, and it’s also their most fierce, heavy, and “metal” sounding
disc. Soundgarden took a quantum leap forward in their
songwriting and fully delivered the goods from beginning
to end on this one.
- Electric Wizard – Dopethrone
This record is the perfect marriage of “stoner” and “doom” metal
into one massively heavy, thick, dense, black cloud
of smoke…
- Sepultura – Roots
The Brazilian thrash legends were in full stride with
this record…perhaps their heaviest sounding
disc, they actually received a little bit of commercial
exposure (remember “Ratamahatta”?) and
influenced countless other bands in the “alternative
metal” subgenere. This would also be the last
record featuring the original lineup.
- Prong – Cleansing
Prong never quite reached that upper echelon of metal
royalty, but they should have with this record. With
the best line up the band ever had (Tommy Victor, Ted
Parsons, and the newly added Paul Raven, formerly of
Killing Joke, on bass), there isn’t one weak
track here. It’s a muscular, tight, and
varied offering that surpasses anything they recorded
prior (and yes, I’m including Beg to Differ on
that list). This is a great disc from an underrated,
underappreciated band.
- Pantera – Far Beyond Driven
At this point, Pantera had pretty much become the biggest
selling Metal band of the `90’s, and Far
Beyond Driven is fierce, tight, and bludgeoning.
This was the peak of their songwriting and playing—they
would begin to lose focus after this one, but as far
as “commercial” metal is concerned, it
doesn’t get better than this.
- Slayer – Reign in Blood
Do I have to say anything? One of the greatest of all
time...timeless and always satisfying. Every GASPer
probably has this one on their list.
- Black Sabbath – Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
This record represents the height of Sabbath’s
creative peak—full of ambitious, melodic metal,
this record redefined what metal could be (acoustic guitars?!?)
and set Sabbath’s critics back on their collective
heels.
- Ministry – Psalm 69
Thrash and industrial were married together perfectly
on this crushing release from Al Jourgensen and friends.
The first time I put this disc in my player and hit
play, it was like getting punched in the face—the
record literally pummels the listener as it speeds
along like a dump truck careening down a mountain road
with no brakes.
- Fudge Tunnel – The Complicated Futility
of Ignorance
Loud, sludgy, and nasty, this record has a sound of
its own. Imagine throwing Motorhead and Prong into
a blender, and turning it up louder, and you might be
able to imagine what this disc sounds like. It’s
a relentless, angular and extremely heavy record and
it, no doubt, influenced many bands to follow.
- Helmet – Meantime
Touted as the “next big thing”, Interscope
Records won a huge bidding war to get Helmet signed,
and they didn’t disappoint with this, their first
major label release. It’s an amazing suite of songs,
featuring Page Hamilton’s start-stop riffing and
John Stanier’s precise, military drumming. No band
was better at using space in their songs to ad impact
to a riff than Helmet, and this record does it better
than any other. Despite all the attention, the only track
that hinted at commercial accessibility was the single “Unsung”.
- Corrosion of Conformity – Blind
On Blind, C.O.C. went headlong into a very
metal direction which was a departure from their more
core/metal crossover sound. From here on out, it was
all metal, and Blind stands as record that
was clearly years ahead of anything else released at
the time (1991). Heavy and catchy all at once, C.O.C.
kept their political and social commentary in the foreground
while blazing new heavy trails. This is one of the
most metal albums of the `90’s.
- Godflesh – Selfless
The best way to describe Godflesh is Sabbath-esque
doom meets industrial. It’s a shame that Ministry
and Nine Inch Nails tend to get all the attention as
being the forefathers of metal/industrial, because
Godflesh were doing it before either of them (while
Al and company were busy singing about how much they
loved Halloween), and they were extremely heavy in
their approach. Selfless represents the culmination
of a maturing songwriter (in Justin Broadrick) and
a refining sound that became slightly more accessible,
but still heavy and dissonant enough to scare away
the trendy alt-rock kids. It’s a very heavy slab
of doom-laden industrial wonder.
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Quartermaster
TOP 10 HORROR MOVIES (alphabetical)
- Bad Taste
- Day of the Dead
- Dead Alive
- Evil Dead 2: Dead By Dawn
- Maniac
- Re-Animator
- Shaun of the Dead
- The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
- The Thing (1982)
- Zombi 2
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TOP 10 METAL ALBUMS (alphabetical)
- Believer – Dimensions
- Death – Leprosy
- Dew-Scented – Impact
- Entombed – Left Hand Path
- Kreator – Pleasure to Kill
- Napalm Death – Enemy of the Music Business
- Slayer – Reign in Blood
- Suffocation – Effigy of the Forgotten
- Terrorizer – World Downfall
- Trouble – Psalm 9
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Grogmaster Goz has been a fan of Horror movies & Metal music
since his teens. His first memorable horror movie moment
was watching Night of the Living Dead on a local
UHF station in the early `80’s. From there, it
spiraled into The Evil Dead, Friday the
13th (on Boston’s Channel 38) and A Nightmare
on Elm Street before venturing into some of the
more classic horror movies. Somewhere along the way The
Texas Chainsaw Massacre passed before his eyes,
and things haven’t been the same since…the
meat hook scene forever burned into his mind.
He was turned on to metal music during the mid-80’s,
with Bay Area thrashers Megadeth, Metallica (now just ‘lica
as far as I am concerned, because there isn’t any
metal left in them), and Exodus paving the way. Other
notable bands Goz enjoyed at the time were the almighty
Slayer, and local thrashers Wargasm and Meliah Rage.
Once away at college, Goz befriended Mike Baronas and
Mark Fields, who were the pioneers of “The Big ‘O’ Thrash
Show” at the college radio station. This brought
more extreme metal music to his ears, such as the great
Entombed, Dismember, Carcass, and numerous other death
and thrash bands. The search for even more diverse metal
continued, and with it the birth of “The Noise
at 9” – a segment on Goz’s radio show
where he would play the nastiest, noisiest, and often
times the least musical sounds to pass through the airwaves
of WXPL. Favorite bands for this segment included Minch,
A.C., Agathocles, and Seven Minutes of Nausea, to name
but a few.
Today, Goz is a postal worker and is also an avid Boston
Red Sox and New England Patriots fan.
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10 HORROR MOVIES
- The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
- Jaws
- Psycho (1960)
- Poltergeist
- The
Shining
- Zombie
- The Thing (1982)
- Frankenstein (1931)
- Horror of Dracula
- A Nightmare on Elm Street
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10 METAL ALBUMS
- Slayer – Reign in Blood
- Judas
Priest – British Steel
- Entombed – Left
Hand Path
- Metallica – Master
of Puppets
- Iron Maiden – Powerslave
- Death – Individual
Thought Patterns
- Brutal Truth – Extreme
Conditions Demand Extreme Responses
- Carcass – Symphonies
of Sickness
- Fear Factory – Soul
of a New Machine
- Edge of Sanity – Crimson
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Chaplain
Eric fell in love with horror years and years ago going through his uncle's movie collection and finding The Evil Dead. Undead, gore, chainsaws, Bruce Campbell... it was the start of something beautiful. Since then HORROR is his life. Movies, games, books, art, jobs, tattoos, comics, music and beyond. Eric has also started his own horror/dark art based company called "Coroner's Creations" where he creates art and t-shirts for the masses.
TOP 10 DEATH ROCK/PUNK ALBUMS
(not so metal)
- Stiffs, Inc. - Nix Nought Nothing
- Stiffs, Inc. - Electric Chair Theatre Presents
- Blitz - Best Of Blitz
- The Brickbats - Creepy Crawly
- Slaughter & The Dog - The Punk Singles Collection
- The Brickbats - Monster Party
- Ghoultown - Give 'Em More Rope
- Gein And The Graverobbers - The Passion Of The Anti-Christ
- The Misfits - Legacy of Brutality
- The Trouble - Nobody Laughs Anymore
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TOP 10 METAL/CORE ALBUMS
- Shai Hulud - Hearts Once Nourished With Hope And Compassion
- Slapshot - Greatest Hits, Slashes And Crosschecks
- Send More Paramedics - The Hallowed And The Heathen
- Poison The Well - The Opposite Of December...
- Scissorfight - Guaranteed Kill
- Isis - The Mosquito Control
- Suicidal Tendencies - Suicidal Tendencies
- Bad Brains - Bad Brains
- Acme - ...To Reduce The Choir To One Soloist
- Earth Crisis - Destroy The Machines
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TOP 10 HORROR MOVIES
- The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
- The Evil Dead
- The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
- The Bride With White Hair
- The Fearless Vampire Killers
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- Dellamorte Dellamore
- Return of the Living Dead
- Freaks
- Phantasm
- Battle Royale
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Cabin Boy
Like many other people, I came into Metal because I was an angry middle-schooler. When I was in the seventh grade, I bought Pantera's Reinventing the Steel on the day of its release, and there was no turning back after that. By the end of middle school, I was a full blown Metalhead. Listening to this form of music over the years has been many things for me; from therapy, inspiration, and sometimes simply entertainment. In the past few years, I have found myself becoming more and more passionate about Metal, and I don't see any sign of stopping.
On the topic of horror films, I am not interested in them specifically, but more so film in general. I have been studying film and film history for the past four years independently, and hope to be either a film critic or professor. My friends describe me as a film snob, and they may be right.
TOP 10 HORROR MOVIES (in no order)
- The Exorcist
- Freaks
- The Shining
- Nosferatu (1922)
- The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
- Frankenstein (1931)
- Hour of the Wolf
- The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
- Audition
- Poltergeist
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TOP 10 METAL ALBUMS
- Blind Guardian – Nightfall in Middle-Earth
- Pantera – Vulgar Display of Power
- King Diamond – Abigail
- Iron Maiden – Somewhere In Time
- Immortal – Damned in Black
- Hollenthon – With Vilest of Worms to Dwell
- Pantera – Cowboys from Hell
- Blind Guardian – A Night at the Opera
- Mercyful Fate – Melissa
- Tobias Sammett's Avantasia – The Metal Opera
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Lieutenant
Dan cut his teeth as a horror and metal fan in junior high, while devouring Stephen King novels to the tunes of AC/DC, Iron Maiden, and Queensryche. His music tastes have remained firmly entrenched in the more contemporary annals of hard rock and heavy metal, sometimes to the chagrin of the other GASP Scallywagz. But once in a while, Dan manages to surprise the rest of the crew.
A professional writer by trade and prolific reader by night, Dan frequently contributes book reviews from his favorite genres: suspense, science fiction, and of course horror. He's a devout fan of the Red Sox, Patriots, Bruins, and all things Star Wars. Oh, and beer.
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10 HORROR MOVIES
- The Shining
- The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
- Night of the Living Dead (1968)
- Friday the 13th
- A Nightmare on Elm Street
- Dawn of the Dead (2004)
- The Blair Witch Project
- The Ring
- Carrie (1976)
- Halloween
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10 METAL ALBUMS
- AC/DC – Back in Black
- Queensryche – Operation
Mindcrime
- Iron Maiden – Number
of the Beast
- Metallica – Master
of Puppets
- Dokken – Tooth and
Nail
- Ozzy Osbourne – Bark at
the Moon
- Megadeth – Rust in
Peace
- Skid Row – Slave to the
Grind
- Faith No More – King for
a Day
- Judas
Priest – Angel of Retribution
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Stowaway
Freddie Poe (aka “Dr. Vollin MD”) is a classic horror addict and blames his mother for making him the mentally ill movie monster memorabilia maven that he is. The first horror film he remembers them watching together on an old Motorola was the original Frankenstein back in 1959 on "Shock Theatre" (or "Zacherley at Large"). He was 4 years old at the time.
To further fuel the fire, his mother’s cousin (Dr. Haddad) was married to TV’s original horror host John Zacherley's sister Laura. They met in medical school in Pennsylvania, the Zacherley home state. Poe got his first "Passport to Transylvania" in 1961, the year of the "Frankenstein Jubilee" via the Zacherley Fan Club. Poe later went on to collect everything related to Universal Monsters – from toys to magazines to movie posters.
Today at 50, he is the curator of the HOUSE OF POE, his private 8-room Monster Museum that pays homage to the greats like Lugosi, Karloff, the Chaney’s, Vincent Price, Rathbone, Lorre, Carradine and the rest. Poe also writes a monthly column for Movie Collectors World magazine called "How To Collect A Monster" going into its 4th year.
While Poe realizes that the "new world of Gods & Monsters" is now the "new world of Gore & Slashers", he can't give up his roots and would prefer to watch a B&W silent film any day.
While he doesn't write a whole heck of a lot for this site, there's no denying the Doctor's power over us all!
TOP 10 HORROR MOVIES
- White Zombie
- Dracula (1931)
- Frankenstein (1931)
- Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (1932)
- The Black Cat (1934)
- Island of Lost Souls
- The Wolf Man (1941)
- The Man Who Laughs
- Mystery of the Wax Museum
- King Kong (1933)
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TOP 10 'Psychedelic' ALBUMS
- Mountain – Twin Peaks
- Mountain – Nantucket Sleighride
- Mountain – Flowers Of Evil
- West Bruce & Laing – Whatever Turns You On
- West & Laing – The Wild Wild West Show
- Cream – Disraeli Gears
- Cream – Wheels Of Fire
- Jimi Hendrix – Crash Landing
- Jimi Hendrix – Axis: Bold As Love
- Jefferson Airplane – The Worst of Jefferson Airplane
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Carpenter
TOP 10 HORROR MOVIES
- Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
Easily the king of them all. Not much more needs to
be said.
- Halloween
Still great even though we’ve all seen it a million
times. Best use of “Don’t Fear the Reaper” in
a film.
- Jaws
Fairly mainstream, but still scared the crap out of
people when it came out. Excellent dialogue, especially
Quint’s
story about his ol’ Navy days.
- Rosemary’s Baby
Great conspiracy feel to this film, as she slowly discovers
everyone’s in on the master plan.
- The Omen (1976)
Another great Satanist conspiracy film. Satan’s
son is destined to rule the world (funny how Art imitates
Life).
- Carrie (1976)
Haven’t we all wanted to kill everyone we went
to high school with? Those kids from Columbine shouldn’t
be in jail, they should be applauded.
- Evil Dead
Kinda campy and low budget, but still really great.
People should probably stay away from haunted cabins
and such. Bad stuff tends to ensue.
- Suspiria
A band I used to be in opened for this film at Chet’s
Last Call once, and I’ve never forgotten it.
Scary as hell soundtrack. The opening sequence is crazy
scary, even though nothing really happens.
- Dawn of the Dead (1978)
Had to get a least one Zombie movie in here. When the
dead start roaming the Earth, it can really ruin your
day.
- Seven
I had to get one serial killer film in. Cool plot and
great ending. If only Brad Pitt didn’t suck so
badly.
TOP 10 METAL ALBUMS
- Slayer – Reign in Blood
Hands down the finest Slab o’ Rifftastic, Satan-Worshiping,
Agression ever recorded. It doesn’t get any better
than this, and never will.
- Black Sabbath – Sabotage
My personal favorite Sabbath record (so hard to pick
just one). Starting to get a little poppy here (synths?),
but, still a classic.
- Black Sabbath – Black Sabbath
This is the stuff. No explanation needed.
- Black Flag – Damaged
Is this Metal? I don’t know or care. This band,
at this point in their career, absolutely slayed with
the best of them. A huge influence on everyone.
- Queens of the Stone Age – Songs for the
Deaf
All their records are great, but, I’ll pick this
one because of Dave Grohl’s awesome drumming. Unique,
original & innovative.
- Prong – Beg to Differ
Way ahead of their time. If this record came out in
2002, they’d be the biggest band ever.
- Sleep – Holy Mountain
So, let’s admit it, we all love Sabbath. If there
was a Sabbath Anonymous 12-step program, these guys
should teach it.
- C.O.C. – Animosity
Let’s talk about crossover. Hardcore kids can love
metal, and this is a great example. Absolutely brutal.
- Voivod – Nothingface
The Yes of the metal world. In fact, Piggy got a lot
of riffs from playing his Yes/Rush records backwards.
Worth it for the killer Pink Floyd cover alone.
- Soundgarden – Superunknown
Ok, this record was extremely popular, but not without
reason. Great stuff from start to finish. Proves that
you can be really heavy, and still write great pop
songs.
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Cooper
Matt has been a metal head since he can remember, or at least since his older brother brought home Iron Maiden’s Piece of Mind and played it for him. He would watch the late night cable show Night Fllght on USA network to catch videos and live clips of hard rock and metal artists like Ozzy, AC/DC, Iron Maiden etc. He was soon buying Ozzy and AC/DC albums and attending concerts like AC/DC (how does the 1983 Flick of the Switch tour 12 rows back when you’re 12 years old sound?) with his brother and he was hooked. He saw many metal shows that came through the Worcester Centrum with the convenience of living 10 minutes away from the venue. One particular life-changing concert was seeing Metallica open for Ozzy in 1986 (Master of Puppets tour) in the second row below Cliff Burton. He knew right away he had to grow his hair long so he could thrash like James Hetfield did at that show. He started playing guitar at 13 and has played in several bands since high school including an early incarnation of doom legends WarHorse from 98-99. Although he has explored many other genres of music, metal will always have a special place in his heart. Currently his favorite styles of metal are anything that has a doom sound to it or anything brutal like Behemoth and old school kings like Slayer, Voivod, King Diamond, and Celtic Frost to name a few.
As for horror, he grew up on the classics like Halloween, Friday the 13th, Nightmare on Elm Street, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and The Omen. Nowadays not many horror movies impress him but 28 Days Later (and the sequel i) piqued his interest and he’s been exploring older classic horror flicks like White Zombie, Nosferatu, the original Dracula and Frankenstein.
An original GASP etc. crew member back in the early 90’s Matt contributed art work then but now he writes for this online version.
TOP
10 HORROR MOVIES
- The Omen (1-3)
- The Texas
Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
- A Nightmare
on Elm Street (1&2)
- House
of 1,000 Corpses
- Evil Dead 2:
Dead By Dawn
- Hellraiser (1&2)
- The
Shining
- The Exorcist
- Psycho (1960)
- American
Psycho (just had to have a movie with
Chloe Sevigny in my top 10!)
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10 METAL ALBUMS
- Slayer – Reign in Blood
- Voivod – Dimension
Hatross
- Sabbat – History of a Time to Come/Dreamweaver
- Black Sabbath – Black Sabbath/Master
of Reality
- Sleep – Sleep's
Holy Mountain
- Celtic Frost – To
Mega Therion/Monotheist
- King Diamond – Abigail/Them
- Mercyful
Fate – The Beginning/Melissa
- Cathedral – Forest
of Equilibrium
- Skyclad – Wayward
Sons of Mother Earth
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Travis has been an avid horror movie fan for as long as he can remember. His favorite memories are Saturdays as a child, just after cartoons, watching "Creature Double Feature" on Channel 56 in Boston where he marveled as giant lizards devoured policemen or vampire brides with their ample cleavage attacked young gentlemen in Hammer vampire films. Through the `80’s his quest for a good scare was endless, and thanks to video Travis was able to revisit classics he missed in the `70’s as well. His obsession with gore was taken to new levels after meeting Tom Savini during a Fangoria convention. He became deeply engrossed in special effects, getting his own make-up kit and turning everyone into ghouls and gory victims. His love for horror continues today and has morphed into a new career as a professional “haunter”. For eight years Travis has been scaring people in October at SpookyWorld (where he met his wife) in Boston.
Travis' metal history began in his childhood with KISS and Alice Cooper, as their gory theatrics captured his attention with rabid abandon until his parents found God. He became a Christian for four years, smashing all of his KISS albums and paraphernalia and denouncing such bands "in league with Satan." It was during high school when all of that changed as he befriended a group of guys in a band called Torch who made Travis listen to Black Sabbath. He then realized that heavy metal wasn’t going to send him to hell. Thanks to "V66" and radio shows like "Heavy Metal from Hell" and "Nasty Habits," he began to experiment deeper with metal and spent his teen years going from one concert to the next.
Travis has also been performing for about nine years as a poet, actor, singer, performance artist and clown. He's toured with 2 infamous poetry groups - The Collective & The Barnum and Buddah Poetry Circus - all over New England as well as NYC, NJ, PA and KY. He has been nominated for an Irene Ryan Award for Acting Excellence and a Cambridge Poetry Award for Best Love Poem. Travis has also been published in many online and print magazines, most recently in England. He currently resides in East Boston with his beautiful wife Holly and squeaky but cute guinea pig Puffy White Cloud, and is often found explaining where the restrooms are to the many guests that visit the information desk of a very famous museum on the Charles River.
TOP 10 HORROR MOVIES
- The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2
- The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
- The Exorcist
- Jaws
- Halloween
- Hellraiser
- House of 1,000 Corpses
- Dawn of the Dead (1978)
- Maniac
- Phantasm
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TOP 10 METAL ALBUMS
- Post Mortem – Coroners Office
- Black Sabbath – Sabotage
- Black Sabbath – Master of Reality
- Black Sabbath – Black Sabbath
- Black Sabbath – Paranoid
- Celtic Frost – Morbid Tales
- Celtic Frost – To Mega Therion
- Post Mortem – Festival of Fun
- Hellhammer – Apocalyptic Raids
- Motorhead – No Remorse
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Surgeon David Zuzelo has loved horror movies for as long as
he can remember. After spending years of watching late
night UHF showings of various and sundry black and whiters
over the heads of his parents (by sprawling flat down
the flight of stairs by his bedroom after lights out)
his tastes have remained as skewed as those black and
white Universal images appeared. Rabidly watching anything
weird and gory for years, and forsaking much childhood
playtime, he began to write and write about them. And
write some more.
After getting a lucky break and having Chas. Balun agree
to publish a piece about Italian Splatmaster Lucio Fulci
in the beloved Deep Red magazine, the bug
was firmly planted under his enjoyment epidermis and
sharing the trashy goodness of cult cinema became a passion.
Starting Tomb of DVD.com (still in archive form
on the web) in 1999 and continuing on in blog form,
it is rare to find him without his fingers pecking away
about the joys of Bruno Mattei, spewing off with an obsessive
compulsive libriarian-esque cataloging of Lina Romay's
curves or gargling out praise for one German gore-fest
or another. Zuzelo also writes his own horror tales,
including The Scream Box and had success
in 2005 with the release of his Ascension
of the Blind Dead from Indie Gods Publishing. This limited edition
chapbook is available from Shocklines.com under the New
Voices Guarantee, so check it out.
Every once and a while, Zuzelo tilts his head and remembers
hanging on those stairs – and even though the movies
have become so much sleazier – he hopes to have
a nice set of stairs for his son to sneak a peek at the
forbidden cinema from someday. He just has to remember
to hide his Jess Franco collection though.
TOP
10 HORROR MOVIES (in no order)
- Friday the 13th
- House by the Cemetery
- The
Lorelei's Grasp
- Hunchback
of
the
Morgue
- Virgin
Among
the
Living
Dead
- Violent
Shit
3
- Burial
Ground
- Curse of the Crying Woman
- Return
of
the
Evil/Blind
Dead
- The
Hills
Have
Eyes (1977)
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10 (somewhat Metal/loud) ALBUMS
- Skinny Puppy – VIVISectVI
- Ministry – Land
of Rape and Honey
- Iron Maiden – Powerslave
- KMFDM – XTORT
- Genitorturers – 100
Days of Genitorture
- Cannibal Corpse – Tomb
of the Mutilated
- Revolting Cocks – You
Goddammed Son of a Bitch
- Scraping Foetus
Off The Wheel – Nail
- Big Black – Atomizer
- My Life
With The Thrill Kill Kult – Reincarnation
of Luna
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