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Ian "the Pit Viper" Sugierski

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About Me

Wanna make some mistakes?! Here's your chance!I also play drums WOLFBAIT (a NWOBHM outfit with costumes and a love of Dio and Danzig), SUPERCHRIST (a beer-metal band with the speed of Motorhead), and WASTELANDER (a post-apocalyptic, road-warrior-themed black metal terror trio). And I endorse custom snare drums from Medicine Man Drums AZ. www.medicinemandrumsaz.comThis Mad Max footage and its soundtrack sums me up best.

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My Interests

Drumming for THE MEATMEN, WOLFBAIT, SUPERCHRIST, WASTELANDER, and RED SWAN; two bass drums; hording drums; upsetting people by the amount of drums I have; HEAVY METAL; HISTORY; LANGUAGES; a post-apocalyptic world modeled after the Mad Max trilogy; Turkic peoples; Finno-Ugrians; North Africa; hill-folk; bibles hollowed out for whiskey flasks; Siberia; diving knives strapped to thighs; Celtic Britain; Amazons in loin-cloths; DRUM AND CYMBAL ENDORSEMENTS; Eurasian steppes; Hungarian women who could curse my family with generations of lycanthropsy; Ireland; Irish women who are trouble; Mongolia; bad encounters between children and wild animals; Scandinavia; being a public embarrassment.

I'd like to meet:

My great, great aunt, Billie Burke, who played Glinda the Good Witch in _The Wizard of Oz_. Phil Lynott and Brain Downey of Thin Lizzy would be bitchin' to meet too.

Music:

THE MEATMEN, WOLFBAIT, SUPERCHRIST, WASTELANDER, RED SWAN, The Clash, The Who, *THIN LIZZY*, David Bowie, Black Sabbath, Motörhead, Mael Mordha (Irish doom metal), Danzig (nothing past _Danzig IV_ though), JUDAS PRIEST, Blue Öyster Cult, TestAmenT, Deep Purple, Omen, Faith No More, KISS, Saxon, W.A.S.P., Iron Maiden (with Paul Di'Anno and Clive Burr on drums), Megadeth, DIO, AC/DC (with Chris Slade on drums), Motley Crue (circa _Too Fast for Love_), Kyuss, Slough Feg, Overkill, Cirith Ungol, Devil Lee Rot, Sabbat (British), Brocas Helm, Nachtmystium, Ted Nugent, ZZ Top's first six albums, anything with a heavy Celtic shuffle.

Movies:

The Mad Max Trilogy, Stripes, Caddyshack, Blood Diner, Just Visiting, The Dark Crystal, Conan the Barbarian, Young Frankenstein, Critters I and II, Warlock, Pumpkinhead, Dune, Ralph Bakshi's Lord of the Rings, Wizards, Fire and Ice, V For Vendetta, The Wicker Man (1973), ZARDOZ -- which has decided my costume for Halloween '08! I could totally pull this off! AND FINALLY, someone's making movies for me! This is going to be über bitchin'!

Television:

Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Venture Bros., Camp Lazlo, Mork and Mindy, Silver Spoons, Degrassi: The Next Generation, The Naked Trucker and T-Bones Show, most NOVA programs -- especially Nov. 2007's Master of the Killer Ants.

Books:

NON-FICTION: Justin II; The Viking Way; The Long-Haired Kings; Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire; The Rise of Western ChristendomFICTION: Winesburg, Ohio; Spoon River Anthology; the Conan series by Robert E. Howard; Michael Moorcock's Elric saga; H.P. Lovecraft; anything by Gogol

Heroes:

Phil Lynott, Mad Max

My Blog

SUPERCHRIST in Februarys METAL MANIACS!!!

SUPERCHRIST are in February's issue of METAL MANIACS!!!  We've got a 3-page article starting on page 12 with pics and an awesome layout!  You can get a copy at any Barnes & Noble or Schu...
Posted by Ian "the Pit Viper" Sugierski on Sat, 09 Feb 2008 07:35:00 PST

Clive Barker and Motorhead

For two months I've been watching Motorhead's video for "Hellraiser," a song written by Ozzy, Zakk Wylde, and Lemmy for the former's No More Tears and recorded by Motorhead for the movie Hellraiser II...
Posted by Ian "the Pit Viper" Sugierski on Sat, 05 Jan 2008 11:10:00 PST

WASTELANDER demo reviews!

Here are two reviews of WASTELANDER'S demo as posted in Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives. Songs on it and others will be recorded -- starting Dec. 15th -- for the official full-length album ...
Posted by Ian "the Pit Viper" Sugierski on Wed, 12 Dec 2007 08:09:00 PST

From BBC Wales

With it being Halloween, an ancient Celtic-derived holiday of sorts, I've been missing my brief study in one of my favorite Celtic lands: Wales (Cymru) where I studied the Welsh languag...
Posted by Ian "the Pit Viper" Sugierski on Thu, 25 Oct 2007 08:10:00 PST

SUPERCHRIST in Lansing's NOISE

We're portrayed in the uncouth thinking man's manner and love for smut that we're known for!  Check it out! http://hub.lsj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070613/NOISE 02/706130303/1141...
Posted by Ian "the Pit Viper" Sugierski on Sun, 17 Jun 2007 08:51:00 PST

Red Swan and What They Did at Electrical Audio

RED SWAN have returned for Electrical Audio in Chicago after a three-day session (May 11th-13).  Greg, our engineer there, was excellent.  He got mic's set up perfectly and had my drum level...
Posted by Ian "the Pit Viper" Sugierski on Thu, 17 May 2007 11:16:00 PST

SUPERCHRSIT in BLABBERMOUTH

Check out the article on BLABBERMOUTH.NET on the new SUPERCHRIST line up and the release of the new album _Headbanger_.http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.n et/news.aspx?mode=Article&news...
Posted by Ian "the Pit Viper" Sugierski on Tue, 15 May 2007 09:24:00 PST

New SUPERCHRIST Interview in Illinois Entertainer

There's discussion of the new album Headbanger and announcemnet of the Lansing lineup.  Check it out . . . or I'll move in with you!  http://illinoisentertainer.com/2007/03/30/sup...
Posted by Ian "the Pit Viper" Sugierski on Mon, 02 Apr 2007 12:22:00 PST

Red Swan in Lansing's NOISE

Red Swan is featured in this week's issue of NOISE.  Here's the link. http://lsj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061206/NOISE02/6 12060302&SearchID=73265232611665...
Posted by Ian "the Pit Viper" Sugierski on Thu, 07 Dec 2006 06:09:00 PST

Endorsed by Medicine Man Drums!

That's right!  Medicine Man Drums in Arizona has me on board as an endorsor of custom snare drums.  I just got in the mail two birch snare drums made by Medicine Man's very own PJ Clevegner....
Posted by Ian "the Pit Viper" Sugierski on Thu, 10 Aug 2006 10:04:00 PST