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In 1984, a metal band from Richmond, Va. gave the music world something it had never seen before - sci-fi costumes, political and social theatrics, lighting and sound spectacle extraordinaire - it was unlike anything music fans had experienced up to that point. It was GWAR.

When it comes to muscular hard rock and metal, few in the gritty extreme music world have a longer resume or more battle scars than Phil Anselmo . The former Pantera frontman has been wracked by guilt over his falling out with his former guitarist Dimebag Darrell Abbott , who was gunned down onstage in 2004 in an Ohio club while he played with his band Damageplan . Anselmo has also struggled with drug addiction, chronic back and knee pain and the breakup of Pantera – which was one of the bigg

LIT’s Jeremy Popoff talks to Eric Blair about The Slidebar and Allen Shellenberger’s brain cancer Allen Shellenberger – “My Hero” tribute video LIT – Worst Enemy DRUM COVER [drums by rebeat2u] Lit drummer Allen Shellenberger dead at 39 Consequence of Sound is a New York- and Chicago-based, worldly influenced music blog that seeks to cover the music world as it has never has been covered before. Features news, reviews, mp3, and festival outlook. Lit Drummer Allen Shellenberg

A big pour on the floor for Jerry Wexler, please. Before dying Aug. 15 at his Sarasota home, the man contributed immeasurably to the music world as a journalist, label mogul and producer.