http://www.metalhistory.com/news Official blog of Banger Films Inc. Mon, 28 Nov 2011 20:21:45 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.metalhistory.com/news/metal-evolution-official-trailer-region-free/2011/10/ http://www.metalhistory.com/news/metal-evolution-official-trailer-region-free/2011/10/#comments Tue, 25 Oct 2011 16:30:53 +0000 Admin http://www.metalhistory.com/news/?p=559 Anyone outside of the USA would have been a little miffed at failing a Geographic check by the website when trying to view the Metal Evolution Trailer. Well strap on those studded wristbands again and feast your eyes on 50 seconds of Metal Splendor! Metal Evolution premieres on VH1 Classic on 11/11/11 at 10PM (Eastern) [...]]]> http://www.metalhistory.com/news/metal-evolution-official-trailer-region-free/2011/10/feed/ 69 http://www.metalhistory.com/news/rush-live-in-cleveland-trailer/2011/10/ http://www.metalhistory.com/news/rush-live-in-cleveland-trailer/2011/10/#comments Mon, 17 Oct 2011 20:57:52 +0000 Admin http://www.metalhistory.com/news/?p=542 ..Update.. Let us know what you thought of the film in the comments below: Hey folks. Sorry about the radio silence recently. HQ has been ‘hellbent for leather’ pounding through some intense footage spanning Maiden, Motorhead, Rush and then on top of that completing the Episodes for Metal Evolution!! I’ll try to summarize what’s going [...]]]> http://www.metalhistory.com/news/rush-live-in-cleveland-trailer/2011/10/feed/ 7 http://www.metalhistory.com/news/metal-evolution-launches-on-111111-on-vh1-classic/2011/07/ http://www.metalhistory.com/news/metal-evolution-launches-on-111111-on-vh1-classic/2011/07/#comments Sun, 24 Jul 2011 19:03:01 +0000 Admin http://www.metalhistory.com/news/?p=527 VH1 broke the news on the much anticipated Metal Evolution TV series earlier this month. The series will launch onto the small screen on November 11, 2011 at 10pm ET/PT following 11 Days of Metal related videos on VH1 Classic leading up to the premiere of Metal Evolution. Here is a sample of the press [...]]]> http://www.metalhistory.com/news/metal-evolution-launches-on-111111-on-vh1-classic/2011/07/feed/ 12 http://www.metalhistory.com/news/guess-who-we-ran-into-in-chile/2011/07/ http://www.metalhistory.com/news/guess-who-we-ran-into-in-chile/2011/07/#comments Sat, 02 Jul 2011 19:50:44 +0000 Admin http://www.metalhistory.com/news/?p=516 There’s been a fair bit of chit chat and we thought we’d give you something solid. Yes, we hooked up with Motorhead for an intimate evening of crazed crowd surfing and balcony diving in Santiago, Chile. It was purely coincidental that while filming several Iron Maiden shows in South America, Motorhead would be setting up shop [...]]]> http://www.metalhistory.com/news/guess-who-we-ran-into-in-chile/2011/07/feed/ 1 http://www.metalhistory.com/news/opening-the-vault-2008-interview-with-sam-dunn/2011/05/ http://www.metalhistory.com/news/opening-the-vault-2008-interview-with-sam-dunn/2011/05/#comments Wed, 18 May 2011 04:06:26 +0000 Admin http://www.metalhistory.com/news/?p=513 This is a great interview. There are a shitload of rehashed q&a sessions with nothing new and nothing learned. This is a beauty moment captured a couple years after the release of Metal a Headbanger’s Journey and just after the release of Global. We’ve received permission from Mike Shaw to reprint the story. Thanks man! Forget Morgan [...]]]> http://www.metalhistory.com/news/opening-the-vault-2008-interview-with-sam-dunn/2011/05/feed/ 3 http://www.metalhistory.com/news/banger-films-filming-rush-in-cleveland/2011/04/ http://www.metalhistory.com/news/banger-films-filming-rush-in-cleveland/2011/04/#comments Sat, 16 Apr 2011 02:23:59 +0000 Admin http://www.metalhistory.com/news/?p=503 The show is underway in Cleveland Ohio and the crew has spent all day setting up multiple cameras to capture this historic concert on Rush’s 2011 Time Machine tour. In 1974 Donna Halper, at that time the Music Director at WMMS Cleveland spun Rush to American listeners for the first time… The rest is history [...]]]> http://www.metalhistory.com/news/banger-films-filming-rush-in-cleveland/2011/04/feed/ 14 http://www.metalhistory.com/news/rush-around-the-net-and-amazing-kids-singing-iron-maiden/2011/03/ http://www.metalhistory.com/news/rush-around-the-net-and-amazing-kids-singing-iron-maiden/2011/03/#comments Sat, 19 Mar 2011 18:37:48 +0000 Admin http://www.metalhistory.com/news/?p=492 I watch over a lot of the online chatter that filters around the net and while most of it is just a rehash of the film synopsis filled with Amazon links, there are also many insightful and intelligent discussions on the Band and the film. Every now and then I like to list off a [...]]]> http://www.metalhistory.com/news/rush-around-the-net-and-amazing-kids-singing-iron-maiden/2011/03/feed/ 0 http://www.metalhistory.com/news/rush-and-banger-films-grammy-award-did-we-get-it/2011/02/ http://www.metalhistory.com/news/rush-and-banger-films-grammy-award-did-we-get-it/2011/02/#comments Sun, 13 Feb 2011 19:28:39 +0000 Admin http://www.metalhistory.com/news/?p=484 As I’m sure we all know by now, Rush did not win the Grammy and lost (perhaps in a close race) to an amazing piece on the Doors and primarily Jim Morrison. You should all check it out. -admin Don’t miss the announcement to take place during the Prelude event starting at 1pm Pacific here . http://www.grammy.com/news/prelude-to-musics-biggest-night [...]]]> http://www.metalhistory.com/news/rush-and-banger-films-grammy-award-did-we-get-it/2011/02/feed/ 2 http://www.metalhistory.com/news/banger-films-one-film-2-award-nominations-amazing-year-so-far/2011/02/ http://www.metalhistory.com/news/banger-films-one-film-2-award-nominations-amazing-year-so-far/2011/02/#comments Mon, 07 Feb 2011 23:56:03 +0000 Admin http://www.metalhistory.com/news/?p=470 Official Press Release from Banger Films Headquarters. Originally released for Feb 3, 2011. A 2011 Juno Nomination for best Music Video of the year follows 2011 Grammy Nomination, both for Rush: Beyond The Lighted Stage, Kicks off a Stellar Year for Banger Film Directors Scot McFadyen and Sam Dunn Toronto. February 3, 2011. Banger Films [...]]]> http://www.metalhistory.com/news/banger-films-one-film-2-award-nominations-amazing-year-so-far/2011/02/feed/ 1 http://www.metalhistory.com/news/rush-beyond-the-lighted-stage-gets-juno-nod/2011/02/ http://www.metalhistory.com/news/rush-beyond-the-lighted-stage-gets-juno-nod/2011/02/#comments Tue, 01 Feb 2011 17:17:14 +0000 Admin http://www.metalhistory.com/news/?p=454 Today is starting out with fantastic news as Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage has been nominated for a 2011 Juno Award under the Best Music DVD category! As many of you will remember, Banger Films took this same award last year for the work on Iron Maiden: Flight 666 which marked a new movement in [...]]]> http://www.metalhistory.com/news/rush-beyond-the-lighted-stage-gets-juno-nod/2011/02/feed/ 1