This article documents and preserves known details, visual evidence, and archival photography relating to a Dickinson active stage monitor wedge built for, owned and used by Muse, and utilized onstage by Matt Bellamy during live performances between 2012 and late 2014.¹
[Read more…]Siouxsie and the Banshees | Steven Severin Tour Used, Music Video and Televised Performance Stage-Played Wal Mk1 Bass
This article documents and preserves known details, visual evidence, and archival photography relating to a Wal Mk 1 bass guitar owned and used by Steven Severin, founding member and bassist of Siouxsie and the Banshees.¹
[Read more…]Check Out My New YouTube Channel and Website: PopCultureKind
Hello Everyone,
Obviously, it has been some time since I’ve posted here on the Original Prop Blog.
I’ve launched a new YouTube channel, website and discussion forum, PopCultureKind, and I hope that you take the time to check it out.
The initial YouTube episode provides some explanation and background behind the creation of this new brand and my overall objectives (as well as a lengthy tour of my personal music memorabilia collection):
I’ve also dropped three additional episodes on the launch day today:
You can subscribe to the new YouTube channel here:
www.youtube.com/@popculturekind
You can check out the new website here:
You can join and participate in the new online discussion forum community here:
Thank you,
Jason DeBord
Jason DeBord’s Depeche Mode Facebook “Fan Takeover”: April 9th, 2017 (Day 23)
2017 is a big year for Depeche Mode. The band has released their 14th studio album, Spirit, and they embarking on their latest world tour this year. However, DM are doing something really interesting this year – inviting fans to apply for an opportunity to takeover their official Facebook page for one day, with plans to do this for one full year with a different fan featured each day. Well, I was surprised to learn I was selected to do this, so I thought I would publish this supplemental feature for fans who make their way over to my Rock Subculture website… [Read more…]
Metallica (San Diego Comic Con “Secret” Concert) at Spreckels Theatre | San Diego, California | 7/19/2013 (Concert Review)
“What do you think? You’re scared… you want to know more, you want to see the whole thing”… Capping off “Metallica Day” at Comic Con International: San Diego (i.e. San Diego Comic Con) with a “secret” concert at Spreckels Theatre, the metal band’s front man James Hetfield makes a mid-gig reference to the IMAX 3D film, Metallica Through The Never. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame band gave away tickets to the intimate 1,463 capacity concert venue during their Comic Con Hall H appearance earlier in the day (and funny enough, Hall H accommodates a much larger crowd of around 7,000. I know from picking up my own ticket at the special will call earlier in the day that many Fan Club members were also in attendance, so it was a pretty great energy from the crowd. Though the show was not too long (they came on an hour late at about 11 PM and finished up well before 12:30 AM), it was a fairly relentless onslaught of the metal music fans came to hear.