Tag Archives: Star Wars

Unsigned & Streamed: Listen to Hoth’s entire ‘Oathbreaker’ album

Posted by on May 14, 2014

Why should major label bands be the only ones who get love? Unsigned & Streamed is a column where we stream a song from an unsigned band we at Metal Insider really dig. Seattle-based duo Hoth formed in 2011, with Eric Peters and David Dees meeting in college and sharing a passion for metal. As you can tell from […]

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QOTSA’s Josh Homme wants in on new ‘Star Wars’ films

Posted by on October 2, 2013

[youtube]http://youtu.be/vfn1niX3K7Q[/youtube] With more Star Wars films coming out starting in 2015, there’s probably people lining up to get cast in the next trilogy. According to UK YouTube comedy team Stinky Mike, Queens of the Stone Age frontman Josh Homme is one of them, and as a huge fan, he’s interested in portraying a character. Not a […]

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Trekkies and ‘Star Wars’ fans have battle royale in Protest the Hero video

Posted by on September 19, 2013

Protest the Hero have released a lyric video for their single “Clarity,” and it’s sure to piss off quite a few fans of Star Wars and Star Trek. Because as many devoted fans of Protest the Hero there are, that’s nothing compared to the level of devotion the two science fiction franchises have. In the video, which […]

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Get your Star Wars geek on and listen to this drum cover of ‘The Imperial March’

Posted by on July 30, 2013

[youtube]http://youtu.be/ldNvHsKcZJ0[/youtube] Even though you didn’t need any other reason to be excited by Darth Vader’s Star Wars entry music “The Imperial March,” drummer Grant McFarland has given you another one. McFarland, drummer and producer of Century and former This or the Apocalypse member, has released a drum cover of the epic arrangement. The cover comes […]

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In Honor of Friday, Here’s a Guy Shredding the Star Wars Soundtrack

Posted by on November 2, 2012

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvep1WaUmOM[/youtube] As we read earlier in the week, Disney bought Lucasfilm for $4.05 billion and announced a 2015 release for Star Wars: Episode 7.  While that’s both cause for celebration (the saga continues! Disney did Avengers!) and concern (cash grab risks, Darth Mickey, epic nerd rage), it also means that we have a reason to revisit […]

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While You Dressed Up Like Han Solo For Halloween, Harrison Ford Dressed Up As A Hair Metal Musician

Posted by on November 3, 2011

We know that Halloween already happened three days ago, and we’re not entirely sure how we didn’t catch this until now. But we couldn’t resist sharing this picture of Harrison Ford dressed up as a hair metal musician with wife/actress Calista Flockhart this past Halloween. Ford may kick ass as Han Solo, Indiana Jones, and […]

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Weirdest Video Of The Week: Welcome To The Star Wars

Posted by on May 23, 2011

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRLjxjS72Gg&feature=player_embedded#at=73[/youtube] Did you ever watch any of the Star Wars movies and think to yourself, ‘wow, Chewbacca is badass, but he’d be way more badass if he danced like Axl Rose?’ Apparently, someone at Disney’s Hollywood studios thought so as well, as their “Star Wars Weekends” show features Chewbacca, clad in a red bandanna and sunglasses, […]

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Enter To Win: Family Guy “Star Wars” Trilogy On DVD

Posted by on November 30, 2010

If you were lucky enough to be at the Family Guy panel at this years San Diego Comic-Con, you got a very special treat as Seth MacFarlane previewed ten minutes from the final installment of the Family Guy Star Wars Trilogy based on Return of The Jedi titled It’s A Trap. For all of us […]

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Mastodon Play Fallon, Get Shout-Outs From Guests

Posted by on October 30, 2009

In the past two months, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon has done a great job of repping metal on national TV, with Shadows Fall, Megadeth and last night, Mastodon. Having already performed “Oblivion” on Late Show With David Letterman earlier this year, the band performed “Divinations” last night. As you can see, they were joined onstage by […]

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