so for any of you who watched the paris opening ceremony and loved the Gojira performance (they're literally my favorite metal band they can't NOT go hard), let me talk about a little something I and a few other people noticed
the guitar Joe Duplantier was playing here is very interesting
Duplantier, for those who don't know, has had a pretty good relationship with the company Charvel, putting out 3 whole signature models with them and generally being a big name for the company and I would love one of those sigs, they look so beautiful
HOWEVER, with this performance in paris, we can see Duplantier playing something completely new, from a completely different company entirely
now we turn to social media where the Japanese company ESP, who has big bands in their roster such as Metallica, Korn, Slayer, Rammstein, basically anybody whos anybody in metal has an ESP signature at this point
and guess what ESP posted to their Instagram
That's right! Joe Duplantier's guitar for the Paris Olympic opening act is a custom made prototype of a new ESP signature, which could mean Duplantier is switching from Charvel to ESP which is HUGE news
"I watched a couple of westerns when we were doing this, like Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid which gets a reference in there. I also just wanted to put ‘belly-button piercings’ in a tune, I thought that would be good. I’d kind of wanted to do it for a couple of weeks and then managed to fit it in there. Why? I’d not thought about them for a while and they came on my radar somehow. And then I thought about this thing of them and the stars being juxtaposed."
Baby Luke, Mini Luke & Maxi Luke are ready for MegaCon London!
Also, if you happen to go to London and want a set of baby phantoms (aka the band in the smallest size) let me know. A few people didn't pick up their sets in Paris.
Portrait of the musical group, the Ebonairs. Musician in center of group poses with guitar. Autographed on front: "To Smithie, Wishing you all the luck, from the Ebonairs." Printed on front: "The Ebon-Aires [sic]. Management Del-Ray. Delbridge & Gorrell, Fox Theatre Bldg., Detroit. Pary of Detroit."
E. Azalia Hackley Collection of African Americans in the Performing Arts, Detroit Public Library