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STORY TIME WITH LONN FRIEND

LonnfriendThis weekend inside the Hangar our friend and correspondent Thom Hazaert sat down with Lonn Friend. Lonn was the editor of Rip Magazine from July 1987 to June 1994. During that time he and the magazine helped spread the word of metal and hard rock to fans everywhere, including me. Lonn also wrote for Hustler, was a regular on Headbanger’s Ball, wrote liner notes for Motley Crue, Bon Jovi, Iron Maiden, Dio and others, plus wrote 2 books ‘Life on Planet Rock’ and ‘Sweet Demotion.’ Lon has a lot of great stories about the musicians and the magazine.

Faith no moreThis week’s In the Vault will come from Lonn regarding the first time he met Mike Patton as the lead singer of Faith No More.

metallica 2Our Power Set is actually two songs from Metallica and 2 songs from Guns n’ Roses as we revisit that fateful night in Canada when James Hetfield was burnt in a pyro accident and Axel blew up at something and took his band off stage.

Hatriot_cover_TVTIISteve Souza from Exodus is back with a new band called Hatriot. They will be the subject of this week’s Then & Now.

It’s 3 more hours of classic heavy metal this weekend inside Hangar 19, and a movie and soundtrack recomendation from a movie that personally means a lot to our guest Lonn Friend, School of Rock.

VIDEO VAULT: SLASH CIRCA 1993

This is featured on this week’s episode of Hangar 19. It’s Slash talking about all kinds of stuff on Swedish TV in ’93. Enjoy!

THIS WEEKEND: STEVE VAI


This weekend, Steve Vai is our special guest on Hangar 19. Vai practically invented the term “guitar virtuoso,” so we’re excited to have him on the show.

In honor, we turn our focus to other Guitar Gods and we’ll go in the vault with Joe Satriani. We also have a live Metallica Power Set from last month’s Orion Festival, a Then and Now from a guitar goddess, and music from Pantera, Iron Maiden, Michael Schenker, GNR and more!

We’ll also go to the movies with one of the great metal flicks of all time, This Is Spinal Tap.

It goes without saying but we’ll say it anyway: This weekend’s show (and every weekend) definitely goes to 11.

Image Credit: Vai.com/ Larry Dimarzio 

VINTAGE: THE MIDNIGHT RECORD SALE (METAL EDITION)

Once upon a time, people went to these places called record stores to buy these things called compact discs or “CD” for short.

When something really cool (and even some things that sucked) was coming out, the record stores would do these events called “midnight sales” where you, Joe Consumer, could go at midnight (woo! stay up late and be rebellious) to buy the new album and sometimes, you went home with something free like a limited edition t-shirt or if they were cheap, a commemorative bumper sticker.

Occasionally, there were no freebies -just the experience of waiting in line with your similarly crazy friends to buy that awesome new album (God, I hope it doesn’t suck – we’ve been here for hours).

Luckily for you, someone took their video camera – which would have been gigantic back then – to document one such experience.