[Rushfan2112]

Thanks for the Shocktober songs guys.

Great stuff !

[Freewaymad]

Shocktober looks to be in full swing. You guys are awesome. Thanks.

[Nunchuck]

 

 

Hey there Rockers,

Hints are a bit late this week. Have a heart… the Cubs played an afternoon game, so I had no time.

 

The Cubs win!!! Go Cubs Go!!

 

Ok, now it is time for all of our “Big Brains” to shine and solve all the clues leading to this weekend’s Shocktober Week Two release. We have a great line-up + there will be bonuses all month long!!!

 

 

Hint for Song #1
Let’s get this party rolling with one of the greatest metal vocalists ever. The song is from this artist’s second album. Although he was lead singer of more than one great band, this is from the band that is named after the singer. It was the first single from that album and had a music video to accompany it.

 

 

Hint for Song #2
For our next track, we have one of the greatest country artists ever. The song was written by another potential Shocktober artist. The song appeared on the artist’s 81st album. That is correct — 81st!! This somber track was later also recorded by the artist that wrote it.

 

 

Hint for Song #3
For our final non-bonus track of the week, we have one of my favorite artists of all rock music. This great singer/songwriter has been to the Funhouse before; both with his solo projects, and a song with a great psychedelic band. This guy could have had 5 to 10 songs that would fit Shocktober. This artist had a great documentary film made about him. This song’s lyrics are odd and filled with creepy goodness including ghosts, demons, goblins and Lucifer.

 

 

We thank you all for playing along. Last week we had 2 of 3 answered correctly. Let’s get them all this week!!

 

We will see ya all this weekend. Have a great week!

 

Remember to Rock Out… Life is Short

[naginalJJ]

#1 Dio – The Last in Line

 

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[glarms]

Is #2 Johnny Cash- Delia’s Gone

[hotfuzz]

#3 Roky Erickson – The Wind And More

[Nunchuck]

Hey there Rockers,

We have had one correct answer to the hints and two that are close but not the correct song. Can you figure it out before this weekend’s release?

[rawsewage]

#1 Dio-Mystery

[hotfuzz]

#1 – I’ll go with this one since raw sewage came up with my other guess

 

[hotfuzz]

#2 It might be multiple songs from this album but I will go with:

 

[zimbabwean]

Hi guys. Cheers for all the good stuff you keep putting out.

 

I’ll go with #2 Johnny Cash – Thirteen

[Nunchuck]

 

 

Hey there Rockers,

 

The weekend has finally returned to the Funhouse for week two of Shocktober! It is a big one, so I won’t delay. Let’s get right to the creepy goodness!!

 

Song for Hint #1

Dio – Mystery

RB3 Link –

http://customscreators.com/index.php?/page/index.html/_/mystery-r18638

Phase Shift Link –

https://mega.nz/#!HRkkxb7C!UbfJUblWmy1DtexsBR4Iy2MeB-KcqSbtn2milCGFpnM

 

Song for Hint #2

Johnny Cash – Thirteen

RB3 Link –

http://customscreators.com/index.php?/page/index.html/_/thirteen-r18637

Phase Shift Link –

https://mega.nz/#!ecMAVRKD!V14Qi48eMvZMaOF16gfMcxgYMhC1Y5L7m3N8PipQBfo

 

Song for Hint #3

Roky Erickson and the Aliens – The Wind and More

RB3 Link –

http://customscreators.com/index.php?/page/index.html/_/the-wind-and-more-r18636

Phase Shift Link –

https://mega.nz/#!fANAXBoa!RJVfSCSB8PfXbreTaI1uqjtbJdGpAXjuM49kJpV69sQ

 

And some upgrades of the previously released Rock Erickson and the Aliens tracks

 

Roky Erickson and the Aliens – Two Headed Dog (Red Temple Prayer) **Newly Upgraded**

RB3 Link –

http://customscreators.com/index.php?/page/index.html/_/two-headed-dog-red-temple-r11267

Phase Shift Link –

https://mega.nz/#!TY0DRKBJ!3jdcuu_zYGzXT_ZCBUxdIAFu-fvZqqe4GZZHppR06dY

 

Rocky Erickson and the Aliens – Bloody Hammer **Newly Upgraded**

RB3 Link –

http://customscreators.com/index.php?/page/index.html/_/bloody-hammer-r11341

Phase Shift Link –

https://mega.nz/#!qAEDhaya!R4Blj1Mv1AcYXfJpGM_rSW1lB8l3zS3uIiW8JzjkLTo

 

This week we also have a full album for you!!!

 

Dr. Mastermind – Abuser

RB3 Link –

http://customscreators.com/index.php?/page/index.html/_/abuser-r18629

Phase Shift Link –

https://mega.nz/#!LAFGDSib!zBOdsNtXU8HWTkwq8l3tWtrGp2MJt_egpdxJZQPXAEc

 

Dr. Mastermind – Black Leather Maniac

RB3 Link –

http://customscreators.com/index.php?/page/index.html/_/black-leather-maniac-r18630

Phase Shift Link –

https://mega.nz/#!bF02QYQS!5G4EZ9IVPpaNGjaQYuYCdhA3mcvrrZFxMHyepaQom2U

 

Dr. Mastermind – Control

RB3 Link –

http://customscreators.com/index.php?/page/index.html/_/control-r18631

Phase Shift Link –

https://mega.nz/#!CJURHBqC!0Hn1zi928A1vZItf3hv_fbh2o14Kuwuw9_xYTPSKx_g

 

Dr. Mastermind – Domination

RB3 Link –

http://customscreators.com/index.php?/page/index.html/_/domination-r18632

Phase Shift Link –

https://mega.nz/#!LBEVDAIK!H1ow0Yo0LStoAdpXjouV94ywTm6OsCw85lMRJoaKMSM

 

Dr. Mastermind – Man of the Year

RB3 Link –

http://customscreators.com/index.php?/page/index.html/_/man-of-the-year-r18633

Phase Shift Link –

https://mega.nz/#!DIlkEIYZ!dgRzKvBNJgLqe_CcZ03prxIX0NuO8Huhbx-NpMxOP6A

 

Dr. Mastermind – The Right Way

RB3 Link –

http://customscreators.com/index.php?/page/index.html/_/the-right-way-r18634

Phase Shift Link –

https://mega.nz/#!Cct0DZLL!UZToxy5kmaGT12ggbIpYv3-qxmqa9Ja7ve4xs1yZzY4

 

Dr. Mastermind – We Want the World

RB3 Link –

http://customscreators.com/index.php?/page/index.html/_/we-want-the-world-r18635

Phase Shift Link –

https://mega.nz/#!GYkEjBRZ!hYs_56ZIFDpv_fBQVyn3jah5HCY9NCBf5rt8U2NJHP8

 

Dr. Mastermind – The Villa (2631) **Newly Upgraded**

RB3 Link –

http://customscreators.com/index.php?/page/index.html/_/the-villa-2631-r14348

Phase Shift Link –

https://mega.nz/#!mUlmSSCI!mFUld49o1B-_B1kcH7fGgey3HzHot3YvS3GGpXNB5ZE

 

Dr. Mastermind – I Don’t Wanna Die **Newly Upgraded**

RB3 Link –

http://customscreators.com/index.php?/page/index.html/_/i-dont-wanna-die-r13247

Phase Shift Link –

https://mega.nz/#!addy3QyQ!JkGJAAxx1gOedsJN0ilFrP4KtWSDN9maX6Duy8U1eYs

 

 

Release Notes

Dio – Mystery is another of Dio’s great tracks. Dio had everything that would make a good Rock Band track, Mystery is a great example. Fun to play and a riot to sing, we hope this rocks every Rock Band party this month!!

 

Johnny Cash – Thirteen is a guitar and vocal track. The song was written by Glenn Danzig for Johnny Cash. It is a somber track with haunting vocals. It is great to have any track from the American Recordings years.

 

Roky Erickson and the Aliens – Wind and More is 100% infectious and catchy. It is no secret I love Roky Erickson’s music. It is spooky and rocking and always awesome to play. this week we also gave the upgrade treatment to the two previously released Roky Erickson and the Aliens songs. They both are big upgrades and should replace the old versions. Don’t snooze on these great tracks. They rock!!

 

We also have a full album release, but Sy will make a post telling you peeps all the details on one great speed metal album!!

 

We had 3 “Big Brains” this week and they got all three songs. Great job everybody!!

 

hotfuzz (1)

rawsewage (1)

zimbabwean (1)

 

Thank you all for playing along. It is you “peeps” that make this fun!!

 

Have a great weekend! We will see you next week for Shocktober Week Three!!

 

Remember to Rock Out… Life is Short

 

[Sygenysis]

Really glad that we were able to finish the full self-titled Dr. Mastermind album, which is the first full album that we’ve charted all the songs for, as well as my current C3 profile picture. A bit of a history lesson, I suppose, this was a Shrapnel Records project with a collaboration between Matt McCourt, most famously of the band Wild Dogs, from Oregon, the “Dr. Mastermind”, if you will, famous (and infamous as well) session drummer Deen Castronovo, also of Wild Dogs, and Kurt James, who took up guitar duties, and was meant to showcase his guitar playing. This was effectively a one-off album, in the same vain as the Cacophony albums and the other Shrapnel shred-a-thons, but featured Matt’s songwriting and vocals, which gives it a more distinct sound than the rest of the catalogue at the time, and has more opportunities to feature the other instruments, even though based on the difficulty values, guitar is the highlight.

 

Matt still plays the old music to this day, with a new live band that focuses on the Dr. Mastermind and Wild Dogs tracks, and everything he touches is gold, in my opinion, which I’d love to do more stuff that are a part of his many projects. I also had the good fortune to speak to him on Facebook, which honestly just reinforced in my mind how cool the man is. There’s one other studio album (non-compilation album) released under the Dr. Mastermind name with a completely different lineup, and a sound that’s more like hard rock, more akin to the track Haunted that we did, also with Matt performing.

 

These are some of the hardest guitar charts that I’ve ever made, and every song has at least one balls to the wall guitar solo, but also have extremely short track times, with the two we previously released, and now updated, The Villa (2631), and I Don’t Wanna Die being the only exceptions, which are also the least formulaic of the rest of the songs. Most of them fit the same sort of song structure, like intro drum fiesta, opening guitar solo, verse, chorus, verse, chorus, main guitar solo, chorus, then outro solo, then big rock ending, with a bit of variation, but are mostly pretty similar.

 

All the songs are amazing, in my opinion, and work together and form what I think is my favorite album of all time, although the not-so-interesting vocals, seemingly overly-similar sounding songs, and relentless speed/difficulty might be a turn off for some people. I thought Shocktober was a perfect opportunity to get the full album done, as most of the songs fit the mood quite well.

 

Seriously, these songs are all ridiculous on guitar, but my personal recommendations would be Domination, Man of the Year, Black Leather Maniac, (easiest song on the album by far) as those three have the most interesting parts to me, but I Don’t Wanna Die and The Villa (2631), despite their difficulty, on drums and guitar, respectively, would fall under what I’d recommend as well, but if only for sheer difficulty.

 

Don’t feel obligated to check these tracks out, but if you want a challenge, I’d absolutely recommend every song!

[Nunchuck]

The Funhouse presents

RockFight Saturday Night

Shocktober

Black Sabbath

vs.

Danzig

In an Electric Chair Match

Voting starts now and ends Oct. 22 at 8am EST

Voting Closed

Remember to Rock Out… Life is Short

[naginalJJ]

I know he won’t win but I voted for Danzig as we have lots of Sabbath already but barely any Danzig tunes

 

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