Luxury cruise ship of METAL!!!

"Imagine starting the year in style. In January 2011, 40 Heavy Metal bands and 2,000 fans will go to the Caribbean to take over the luxury cruise ship "Majesty of the Seas" for a 5 day and 4 night trip of a lifetime."

Link: http://www.70000tons.com/home.htm

Bands confirmed: Saxon, Epica, Amon Amarth, Sodom, Raven, Uli Jon Roth, Stratovarius...

Dream Theater??? !!! : ) I dream...

Pretty sure there was already a thread on this recently :) It's a pretty cool idea, apart from the whole 'sausage fest' part :P

haha a metal ship!!!! fuck yeah!

I've been looking into it a bit... would be amazing if DT played!  i was looking at their site and they have a forum up there too

That would be a sweet vacation.

It'd so turn into a pirate ship

something_wicked


It'd so turn into a pirate ship

If JLB attended.

ViolinTheater

something_wicked


It'd so turn into a pirate ship

If JLB attended.

i was thinking more JR with ear jewellery

either a pirate ship or a viking ship..... amon amarth is on the boat afterall. maybe there will be like a pirate / viking battle

That sounds SO AWESOME. Reminds me of a Phil Floyd thing they hold in Greece every year, with tribute bands - sounds like Saga holidays for old prog rockers.

something_wicked

ViolinTheater

something_wicked


It'd so turn into a pirate ship

If JLB attended.

i was thinking more JR with ear jewellery

DT band members call JLB "The Pirate!!"

jdprsaga

something_wicked

ViolinTheater

something_wicked


It'd so turn into a pirate ship

If JLB attended.

i was thinking more JR with ear jewellery

DT band members call JLB "The Pirate!!"

I know. Just fancy seeing Mr Rudess in an oversized unbuttoned white shirt, undersized brown shorts whilst playing an accordion.

It's not too much to ask, is it?

is anyone of you guys going to this?

i guess that means no? :(

I guess so. I would, but time and expenses prevent it.

Death Angel has been confirmed!

I may be mistaken, but I believe that Shadow Gallery is performing live for the first time on this cruise.

A luxury cruise isn't the first thing that springs to mind when someone mentions heavy metal.  This seems to me like a really stupid pairing.  It'd be like playing Vivaldi on rollercoasters.

That would be an awesome time.  I wonder if the bands would be hangin out on the ship for the duration

If I had the means I´d do it.

sacrificed acid


I may be mistaken, but I believe that Shadow Gallery is performing live for the first time on this cruise.

I believe that was a different cruise that was canceled because the promoter had a family emergency/crisis.

Yea... so far i havent seen anything about Shadow Gallery.... these are the bands confirmed:  http://www.70000tons.com/artists.htm

My friends have done 'Jam Cruise' before.  Same concept except with Jam bands.  They had a great time. 

something_wicked


It'd so turn into a pirate ship

I'm sure Swashbuckle will do their best. (Gee, I wonder if they'll play Cruise Ship Terror?) Perhaps Running Wild and Alestorm will secretly board in the middle of some dark night and complete the takeover.




Actually this could be a lot of fun. I'll see how the money thing is in a bit, but I'm not gonna be too hopeful. Then again... Epica.

Hmmmm... Simone... on a boat... miles from land...

She'll have to pay attention to me now!

Ragutis

Then again... Epica.

Hmmmm... Simone... on a boat... miles from land...

She'll have to pay attention to me now!

You forgot one minor detail there.... Simone, possibly in a Bikini, on a boat...miles from land

dream evil

Ragutis

Then again... Epica.

Hmmmm... Simone... on a boat... miles from land...

She'll have to pay attention to me now!

You forgot one minor detail there.... Simone, possibly in a Bikini, on a boat...miles from land

Gotta love metal babes in bikinis.

Not just any metal babe, SIMONE!!!!

Let's see which bands are performing.

Amon Armath - Not interested.

Death Angel - Decent

Epica - I strongly dislike Power Metal not named Blind Guardian or Manowar

Exodus - Its been ages since Exodus was actually good.

Finntroll - Decent

Forbidden - Never heard of them

Moonspell - Same as above

Obituary - First two albums are extremely important for death metal's history, but other than that, pass.

Raven - First band on here that actually interests me.

Saxon - Not interesting

Sodom - Boring Thrash

Sonata Arctica - Boring Power Metal

Stratovarius - Really boring Power Metal

Swashbuckle - Never heard of them, but I take it they're a pirate metal gimmick? Sorry, only Running Wild gets that honor.

Testament - Haven't been good in ages.

Trouble - Fucking awesome first album, haven't really explored them past that. Not sure how they are live though.

Uli Jon Roth - Never heard before.

Witchburner -  Never heard either.

All in all, this doesn't sound very appealing at all, not something I'm going to waste my money on.

Seventh Son of a Seventh Son




Forbidden - Never heard of them

They were part of the "2nd wave" of the San Fransisco scene.  The same time as Testament, but not quite as popular.  (although *that* was one of the biggest crimes of metal history)

Their debut album "Forbidden Evil" is a must have...and IMHO, their often overlooked swan song "Green", is in a three way tie with Reign in Blood and Beneath the Remains for the greatest thrash metal album of all time.

They just got together for a reunion, and a new album of all new material is coming within the next couple of months I believe.

(as a side note, their guitarist Tim Calvert played for Nevermore on their masterpiece Dreaming Neon Black)

sacrificed acid


I may be mistaken, but I believe that Shadow Gallery is performing live for the first time on this cruise.

That cruise was cancelled. SG is playing (live for the first time) in Europe at Prog-Power Europe.

Seventh Son of a Seventh Son


Uli Jon Roth - Never heard before.

Well... have you ever heard of the Scorpions???