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ianchriste

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About Me


I'm the author of SOUND OF THE BEAST: THE COMPLETE HEADBANGING HISTORY OF HEAVY METAL [aka HOLLEN-LARM (Deutsche), DABLUV HLAS (Czech), PEDON METELI (Suomi), and EL SONIDO DE LA BESTIA (Espanol)], and a radio host on Sirius Satellite Radio's almighty HARD ATTACK channel. My weekly metal history hour, BLOODY ROOTS, airs Tuesdays 9PM ET & Fridays 1PM ET on Hard Attack. Other hijinks are constant and ongoing -- check the Bang! Bang! demo blog at BANGBANGBLOG.INFO .
Before that the bands Half Japanese, Grouse Mountain Skyride, Willing, Les Opportunistes, and Dark Noerd the Beholder, and sound creation in New York for dance projects, installations, films, busts, and other sorcery, soft skin and cold steel. Currently working on a demo with a Satanic hardcore band with three really good friends, probably called CROSSING THE COLOSSUS or some shit like that.

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Member Since: 10/10/2005
Band Website: soundofthebeast.com
Band Members:CRUSHING THE COLOSSUS: Ian Christe - guitar, One of Us - guitar, 138 - howls, James Lo - pounds, Robbie Kongress - undertone
DARK NOERD THE BEHOLDER: Ian Christe - miasma
Influences: Black Sabbath, Kraftwerk, Judas Priest, Gary Numan, Godflesh, Napalm Death, Carcass, Bill Monroe, Hanatarashi, Death, Metalheadz, Oval, Burning Witch, Mysticum, Entombed, Steve Reich, Fuad Ramses, Celtic Frost, Thin Lizzy, The Fall, old Run-DMC, Nitro, Bolt Thrower, Black Flag, Randy Rhoads, Hank Shocklee, Jacques Dutronc, The Accused, Bathory, AOF, BOA, BOC, COC, TOD, Voivod, Don't Torture a Duckling, Jet Li, Henry Miller, Wonder Showzen.
Sounds Like: Largeness. Overcrowding. Mistakes. Dreadnaughts. Flashing lights. A Kingdom Crowned by Pencils & Pentacles.
Record Label: Kill Rock Stars, London Records, Evolving Ear
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

BANGBANGBLOG.INFO is the blog address

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Posted by ianchriste on Thu, 08 May 2008 10:58:00 PST

Village Voice: "Van Halen ReuniteJust in Time for Their Excellent Unauthorized Bio"

(By the way, I have a round head like Charlie Brown. Charles Schulz, RIP!)http://www.ocweekly.com/music/music/re-running-with-the -devil/27878/Re-running With the DevilVan Halen ReuniteJust in Time fo...
Posted by ianchriste on Wed, 17 Oct 2007 10:11:00 PST

EVERYBODY WANTS SOME: THE VAN HALEN SAGA News

My Van Halen book has been in stores for a few weeks now, and the first book reviews are great:"Van Halen reunitesjust in time for their excellent unauthorized bio." -- The Village Voice"[Christe's] ...
Posted by ianchriste on Thu, 04 Oct 2007 11:10:00 PST

EVERYBODY WANTS SOME! VH Day is August 24

Hot off the press, I just got a hardcover copy of my new book Everybody Wants Some: The Van Halen Saga. This thing is going to be bedside reading everywhere in a few short weeks, and it's dressed sult...
Posted by ianchriste on Tue, 14 Aug 2007 12:26:00 PST

Bang! Bang! Metal Demo Blog is Reborn !!

If my cassette spindles have seemed frozen for a few months, they have been. The original Demo-lition blog barely got off the ground before I scrapped the whole shebang and started over with a better ...
Posted by ianchriste on Tue, 10 Apr 2007 04:53:00 PST

TMO Rates SOUND of the BEAST 10/10

Wow! That's all I could say after reading this glowing review of Sound of the Beast on The Metal Observer. Almost four years after the original book was released, it still feels great (and humbling) t...
Posted by ianchriste on Mon, 26 Feb 2007 09:59:00 PST

BLOODY ROOTS - WEEKLY METAL Playlists Posted

BLOODY ROOTS playlists are now online weekly at SOUNDOFTHEBEAST.COM. Why didn't I do this a year ago? Dumbie! But now this metal onslaught is a-rolling, digging out the chestnuts from the fucking fire...
Posted by ianchriste on Fri, 09 Feb 2007 07:30:00 PST

GIVE THE GIFT OF METAL - Signed copies of SOUND OF THE BEAST

So you love your friends and family, right? And you love heavy metal -- or you want to learn to love metal. Cross SOUND OF THE BEAST off everybody's list by hitting me up for signed copies of the so-c...
Posted by ianchriste on Sun, 03 Dec 2006 04:17:00 PST

BLOODY ROOTS of Political Metal * Election Night Playlist

Here's how the election night Bloody Roots show went down -- I guess this made a difference! Well, anyway, it was a blast assembling this rundown of mouthpiece metal -- the metal revolution in its mos...
Posted by ianchriste on Wed, 08 Nov 2006 12:38:00 PST

Demo-lition: The Metal Demo Tape MP3 Blog

For those of you seeking thrash/death/black/power metal demos, put away your SASEs and IRCs. The spread of outdated metal mania begins today: http://demo-lition.blogspot.comThis had to happen eventual...
Posted by ianchriste on Thu, 13 Jul 2006 01:47:00 PST