I hope they are still jamming, the doc made me want to help somehow.
I was hoping that the company would give them visas and send them on a US tour; But I suppose putting a Middle Eastern band on a major heavy metal tour would piss off a lot of dumb ass American medal heads.
http://www.metalunderground.com/news/details.cfm?newsid=42059
shareOP I think you are very stereotypical and wrong. Why would that piss Americans off? I, for one, have no reason to hate or dislike anyone from the Middle East. I love that area more than here. Their culture,language,religion,everything-I love.
So, who are you to assume that everyone in the US would be angered?
You realize that System Of A Down is Middle Eastern and was/is the top metal band in the US?!
Get your facts straight before coming on here and posting BS. I think YOU are the one with the hatred.
Calm down fire-crotch...you just said it, he was merely assuming! Yeah, he's wrong, but you're the one who sounds like a jerk.
If anything he was being somewhat realistic. There are a lot of insensitive, close-minded and sheltered Americans that see the world through a box (Iraqis = terrorists, and vice-versa). Assuming that some Americans may not 'appreciate' their music or presence is not as crazy as you may think.
I - like you, and possibly even the OP - could and should care less, and after watching the film, would love to see these guys play live with some of my favorite metal acts.
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Ok I said Metal heads, not pop culture bull, like those who listen to SOAD or Slipknot or any other mainstream bologna. Clearly you weren’t at any of the heavy shows after 9/11 were the audience was chanting things like “Kill the Rag Heads”. I still go to shows that are none hatecore oriented and hear thing about nuking the Middle East. Now if you had actually read the post, I believe I said American METALHEADS. Ask a Diehard true-blue metalhead what he thinks of SOAD (bet you won’t get the same result as the rest of pop America). And I don’t want to hear about how they headlined Ozzfest, because I went that year, and there was a grip of pissed off people in the audience (Ozzfest also made such mistakes as putting Crazy Town as a headliner) Now I’m gonna make an assumption here and say you’re probably not a metalhead yourself (thank goodness) and with that on the table I’m gonna suggest you keep your opinions to yourself.
BTW You were right about one thing, I am full of hate; and it’s not the music I listen to that does it. Its people like you!
From Wikipedia:
After applying for asylum the United States government granted them refugee status, which allows them to apply for green cards after one year. Tony, Faisal, and Firas came first.[11] Tony went to Michigan to handle some family business and started living there. Faisal and Firas settled into their new lives in New Jersey. A humanitarian relief and refugee resettlement agency, International Rescue Committee, placed them in an apartment in Elizabeth, New Jersey.[3][12] Then in the early morning hours of January 30, 2009 Marwan arrived.[11] On their second day in America they were able to watch Metallica at the Prudential Center in Newark. Each band member met the group backstage and James Hetfield, Metallica’s lead singer, presented them with one of his guitars, a black ESP, after signing it “Welcome to America”.[3] The Metallica concert was only their second ever stadium concert; the first being the band Testament, which they saw a few months earlier in Turkey.[3]
The band's first officially released album, Only the dead see the End of the War, is a four song EP Released on Vice Records.[13] It was produced by Alex Skolnick of Testament and was made available on March 9, 2010. Acrassicauda will follow the release with Cannibal Corpse, Voivod, and other metal bands at the Scion Rock Fest in Columbus, Ohio, on March 13.[14]
Ok I said Metal heads, not pop culture bull, like those who listen to SOAD or Slipknot or any other mainstream bologna.Funny you mention those bands, they were wearing t-shirts of those bands in the documentary.
and with that on the table I’m gonna suggest you keep your opinions to yourself.Just because you don't like what someone has to say, you don't have any right to tell them to not speak their mind. Whether you agree or disagree, you have to allow everyone the right to speak their mind if that's what YOU expect in return (to be able to speak YOUR mind). Don't get hypocritical, just make your argument and if it's solid you don't need to tell someone else to shut up.
Yay! They're safely in the US. I wish them well with the band...I'd go see them in a hearbeat. Great documentary!
"Don't get chumpatized"! -The King of Kong (2007)
i just saw this documentary the other day myself. it was heartbreaking to say the least... i literally cried when i saw their destroyed practice space and burnt instruments (hey, i'm a chick - i'm allowed). they were cranking out some of the finest metal i've heard in years! learning they had to sell their instruments to pay the rent was disheartening and i began to fear we'd never hear from them again. then i came here and saw the news links saying they've made it safely to the states - HUZZAH!!!
to them i'd like to say:
welcome to the u.s. dudes!! now please, grow your hair long and give us some more of those crunchy riffs you do so well! i wish you all the best and i'm looking forward to your first disk....
In dis guise... that was sweet of you to say that, and I totally agree. I wanna go see 'em too. Pretty epic. I'm glad they're in the US too.
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You know what I hate? People who take certain films seriously.