Okay, so imagine Guns’N’Roses slipped a roofie into Metallica’s Heineken back in the ‘80s. I mean, you must have always wondered what would happen if a thrash band and a sleazy glam band had a baby, right? Well, Hardcore Superstar sure did – and their ferocious blending of the two styles is the result. They call it sleaze metal, a new breed of rock with more double bass drum kicks and crunchy guitar than your average denim and leather clad aficionado could handle. Add in lyrics that you can actually understand – and strangely, harmonies that could actually inspire crowd sing-alongs – and you’ve got the basic idea. Call it what you will, but these Swedish rockers are reinventing the ‘80s metal sound.You want to know what the NHL calls them? Good for ratings, apparently. They invited the band to open their premiere last night (October 4th), which pitted the Ottawa Senators against the Pittsburgh Penguins at the Globe Arena in Stockholm (Penguins won in OT, 4-3, in case you were wondering). The guys must have felt right at home in their capital city – which is good, since their performance reached 100 million viewers in 100 countries worldwide, so no pressure or anything. Their two-song set ended with “We Don’t Celebrate Sundays Anymore”, a song off of their self-titled 2005 release. And could there be a better audience than the originators of “hockey hair” themselves? Hardcore Superstar may just have rocked the mullets right off these poor bastards…
For more info about this global sensation, check out their web site. Did anyone see them before the game? Post a comment…
