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FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH GUITARIST TELLS STORY BEHIND ALBUM TITLE
Five Finger Death Punch guitarist Zoltan Bathory told Guitar World that the name of the band’s new LP, And Justice For None, was inspired by both the group’s recent legal battle as well as the classic 1988 Metallica album, . . . And Justice For All. Bathory explained, “We were in a lawsuit with the label, and it was a long process. The thing is, no one really wins a lawsuit. So, when we were finished, And Justice For None was a line that Ivan (Moody, singer) dropped. We started thinking and decided to call the album that because it embodied the situation we went through. It’s also a nod to Metallica and we knew it would also piss off the online trolls (laughs). It was perfect.”
Story Source: Brave Words
WOMAN WHO INSPIRED GRETA VAN FLEET’S NAME VISITS WITH BAND
Greta Van Fleet reunited last Wednesday night (May 23rd) with 87-year-old Gretna Van Fleet, the woman whose name the band borrowed for themselves with a small alteration. Van Fleet and her husband Dale were invited to join the band at its sold-out show at the Fillmore in Detroit, meeting up with the members for the first time in five years.
Van Fleet told Billboard, “They’ve matured, I’ll say that. It was mostly ‘Glad to see you again’ and congratulations on their accomplishments and so forth. We had seen the parents in between, but not the boys. I hadn’t met the drummer yet, so it was nice to meet him.”
Story Source: Loudwire
RINGO STARR OFFERS FANS A CHANCE TO CELEBRATE HIS BIRTHDAY WITH HIM IN FRANCE
For a donation of only $10, fans can enter a lottery that could land them face to face with the former Beatles drummer in Nice, France celebrating his birthday. Ringo Starr posted on the Prizeo.com website explaining both his now customary global “peace and love” birthday declaration — along with how one lucky fan can say it out loud alongside him. Fans have 18 days left to donate and enter the lottery. For more info log on to http://bit.ly/2kAfDz2