Help Wanted: Heavy Metal Bands Needed for Duty in North Korea!
North Korea's Dear Leader is locked, loaded, nuclear-tipped, and ready to rock the planet. According to the official Voice of Korea website:
If you are a band playing any kind of rock, including heavy metal, then you can participate 'ROCK FOR PEACE' in Pyong Yang, the capital city of North Korea. This is the very first time in history that North Korea allows western musicians in the heart of DPRK territory to play capitalist popular music. There are few restrictions and conditions on participation but any band will be considered even though you are from USA. The lyrics should not contain admirations on war, sex, violence, murder, drug, rape, non-governmental society, imperialism, colonialism, racism, anti-DPRK, and anti-socialism. The concert will be held from March 01 to March 04, 2007 under the management of Voice of Korea. We currently received requests of 35 bands from 19 countries and participations are increasing everyday. ROCK FOR PEACE will be the 2007 version of Woodstock rock festival in 1969 but in different location and in different goals, We welcome every musician as long as they are purely music based without political intentions. For inquiries, email to Jean-Baptiste Kim, the head of Voice of Korea.
Never mind the lyrical restrictions, the mind-bending Woodstock comparison, and the dubious potential for merch revenues; these three words should might make the trip worthwhile for any metal band looking for a few new thrills:
North! Korean! Groupies!
Voice of Korea (Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea) website: LINK
(Photo above, Halloween 2006, by Telstar Logistics)
We are a popular metal band from Northern Ireland, and are up for anything, check out our music through the URL and get back to us, thanks
Posted by: Fixation | 18 March 2007 at 06:11 AM
It is nice to hear a metal song with a free in parental guidance lyrics. Is it metal? It is good that you are intiating Rock for Peace.
Posted by: metal_sucker | 21 June 2007 at 08:27 PM