It’s hard to be tr00. In this new Metal Injection feature, every week, the editors of MetalSucks.net, Axl Rosenberg and Vince Neilstein, will dissect the week’s stories and decide which stories are deemed worthy of the title “tr00″and admonish all posers who are false and upset the metal gods. Here are this week’s entries:
tr00:
Jon Becker
Aspiring singer and gum-chewer Jon Becker becomes a hit on YouTube, singing Skid Row's "The Threat" and hitting piercingly high notes; in between chews of his gum.Dallas Coyle / God Forbid
The God Forbid guitarist keeps it real by blogging his true sentiments, much to the chagrin of his brother and record label.Trent Reznor
Made 3/4 of a million dollars overnight by selling out the ultra-special deluxe edition of his new DIY album Ghosts.
False:
Disturbed
Everyone's favorite metal punching bag Disturbed re-wrote their old songs and called it the new single "Perfect Insanity," inciting riots on metal message boards everywhere.Courtney Love
Degraded drinkers of beer, then responded to a post about it under a fake name on the MetalSucks comment boards.Munky / Billy Gould
Korn guitarist Munky teams up with ex-Limp Bizkit guitarist Wes Borland and ex-Faith No More bassist Billy Gould for a new supergroup, giving Faith No More fans a reason to cry.
