Get Thrashed: The Story Of Thrash Metal Plots Radio Takeover This Weekend
September 19, 2008, 16 years ago
The MySpace page for Get Thrashed: The Story Of Thrash Metal has been updated with the following:
"Director Rick Ernst and Associate Producer/ex-OVERKILL drummer Rat Skates all over radio the next 4 days!On Saturday/Sunday - check out Sirius Hard Attack (dates and times below) for an interview that author Ian Christe did with the makers of the film + some kick ass thrash "classics".
On Monday, tune in to XM Radio and The Boneyard as Rick and Rat join Eddie Trunk LIVE in the studio from 7 -10 PM (ET). Listen for your chance to win a copy of the film and the guys will take calls from listeners.
And tonight (Friday, September 19th), Bay Area fans can listen to Zetro Sozua (ex-EXODUS, DUBLIN DEATH PATROL) and Walter Morgan, who provided much of the footage seen in Get Thrashed, on 107.7 The Bone in San Francisco from 10 PM - 1 AM (PT) with host Nikki Blakk.
Here are the Sirius Hard Attack dates and times:
Bloody Roots Gets Thrashed! With Guest Filmmakers Rick Ernst And Rat Skates - Week of September 20th, 2008
Saturday, September 20th - 12 - 1 PM (ET)
Sunday, September 21st - 2 - 3 PM (ET)
Tuesday, September 23rd - 3 - 4 PM (ET)
Thursday, September 25th - 9 - 10 PM (ET)
This week Bloody Roots welcomes Rick Ernst and Rat Skates, creators of the long-awaited thrash metal documentary Get Thrashed, for a session of good, friendly, violent fun. Ernst, a longtime Headbangers Ball producer; and Skates, former drummer and founding member of Overkill, tell the tale of their worldwide journey in search of the energy and spirit of thrash metal - complete with behind-the-scenes stories from their encounters with thrash legends METALLICA, NUCLEAR ASSAULT, SLAYER, DEATH ANGEL, Dave Mustaine and MEGADETH, and many more!
Come taste the madness - from the insanity of Exodus in the 1980s, through the trend-defying PANTERA in the 1990s, through the resurgence of thrash metal and puffy white sneakers in the 2000s."
Get Thrashed: The Story Of Thrash Metal DVD is available now.