The expansive pantheon of heavy metal musicians includes junkies, Satanists and murderers, born-again Christians and teetotallers, stadium-touring billionaires and toilet-circuit journeymen.Īward-winning comedian and life-long heavy metal obsessive Andrew O'Neill has performed his History of Heavy Metal comedy show to a huge range of audiences, from the teenage metalheads of Download festival to the broadsheet-reading theatre-goers of the Edinburgh Fringe.
It is the story of a worldwide network of rabid fans escaping everyday mundanity through music, of cut-throat corporate arseholes ripping off those fans and the bands they worship to line their pockets. The history of heavy metal brings brings us extraordinary stories of larger-than-life characters living to excess, from the household names of Ozzy Osbourne, Lemmy, Bruce Dickinson and Metallica (SIT DOWN, LARS!), to the brutal notoriety of the underground Norwegian black metal scene and the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal. 'As funny and preposterous as this mighty music deserve' - John Higgs 'A man on a righteous mission to persuade people to "lay down your souls to the gods rock and roll".' - The Sunday Times loud and thoroughly engrossing' - Alan Moore Nominated Best Show at Leicester Comedy Festival, so it's probably not just for metal heads.'One of the funniest musical commentators that you will ever read. Come and watch an extremely funny (multi award nominated) comedian talk about the thing he loves most in the world. WARNING: This show will contain references to the musical genre know as heavy metal, not a loosely scientific defined subset of elements that exhibit metallic properties.Īndrew O'Neill (Buzzcocks, Museum Of Curiosity, Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle) knows more about metal than you've had hot dinners. *The New Zealand All-Blacks are a rugby team and have nothing to do with heavy metal *It takes the average metalhead 10 minutes longer to get ready to go out due to their all-black wardrobe They later expressed surprise at the defecatory habits of woodland bears and the religious inclination of the Pope
*When Judas Priest singer Rob Halford, writer of the song Hell Bent For Leather, Ram It Down, Delivering The Goods and Breaking The Law came out as gay in the mid-90s the metal community was shocked.
*Any Old Iron by Harry Champion was the first heavy metal record Keen to learn the difference between blackened thrash and grindcore? Stand-up comedian and lifelong metalhead Andrew O'Neill presents a celebration of the music and subculture that spawned him.Īlways wondered what happens in a moshpit? The guys from Obituary run a cat sanctuary.
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