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Halloween (Wasted)

TRACK #250

Halloween by Wasted

To kick off October proper, we’re gonna pull the lead-off batter from last year’s Heavy Metal Halloween episode of Shindig Radio, which segues nicely, being that it makes good use of a crude reworking of John Carpenter’s classic Halloween theme.

The oldest Heavy Metal Halloween track thus far on The Shindig, this one comes from Danish rocker’s Wasted, who formed in 1981. After releasing this demo in 1984, they toured extensively across Europe and began putting together a follow-up record.

Unfortunately, their record company at the time didn’t much care for this new material at all. They added insult to injury by suggesting the band would be more successful if they altered their style to sound more like Twisted Sister or Bon Jovi.

Wasted didn’t handle this seemingly constructive, yet mostly damn questionable, criticism all that well and slowly began imploding.

However, they reunited recently and just last year released a new album of brand new material that thankfully sounds nothing like either Bon Jovi or Twisted Sister.

So, despite the record company’s shortsightedness and the toll that not playing that type of ball offered Wasted, I’d like to personally thank them guys for sticking to their guns and providing this solid stand-up double, that wholly secures their place on Halloween Shindig.

Happy October Weeners!

 

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A Heavy Metal Halloween: The Playlist

What began as a Mini-Playlist of the songs featured on Ep. 11 A Heavy Metal Halloween, has become the home of all things Heavy Metal Halloween.

In addition to all the new Heavy Metal “Halloweens” we’ve added over the years (and there’s certainly been enough to necessitate a Part 2), we’ve added all the Samhains and Hallows Eves you could ever want.

So, if your goal is to have a Heavy Ass Halloween, and you want that in it’s purest, Halloween form; accept no substitutes.

It’s ordered chronologically, cause I’m weird like that, but it’s the new player, so you can shuffle it up however you see fit.

Trick or treat…muthafuckas!

 

 

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Episode 11: A Heavy Metal Halloween

It’s Halloween again and Shindig Radio is celebrating its reason for your season: Halloween Songs.

But not just any Halloween Songs. These are songs exclusively called Halloween and performed exclusively by weird 80’s metal bands.

It’s a Heavy Metal Halloween!

Matt Mastrella returns to join Graham C. Schofield and Mikey Rotella on a Halloween journey through Heavy Metal history with 10 of the hardest, most head bangin’ Halloween hits the world has ever heard!