Metallica is ready to rock the toy aisle.
Funko revealed plans for its latest Pop! Rock toys on Thursday and they’ll feature the metal band that has sold more than 150 million albums.
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They Tweeted It … Flea signs autographs for Metallica?
The Red Hot Chili Peppers aren’t Metallica and Metallica isn’t The Red Hot Chili Peppers.
But there’s some Flea-signed Metallica stuff out there now. Check this post out …
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On Friday night, Metallica played “Happy Birthday” for Willie Mays — tonight their guitars can be yours
A pair of guitars are heating things up on the auction block — but not where you might expect.
They can be found on MLB Auctions.
One of the headlines from Friday read, “Metallica serenades Willie Mays during San Francisco Giants’ 4th-annual Metallica Night” — an event where members of the Bay Area band played “Happy Birthday” for Mays (he turned 85 yesterday) and played the national anthem before the game. Their equipment from that night is being auctioned for charity.
They Tweeted It … Oakland A’s ready Metallica-loving Sean Doolittle gnome
🤘 Sean Doolittle Metallica Gnome WITH SOUND 🤘 April 30. #2016Promotions @whatwouldDOOdo @Metallica pic.twitter.com/HCPMzRoy0r
— Oakland Athletics (@Athletics) January 19, 2016
Sean Doolittle of the Oakland A’s leads the league in rocking preseason promotion hype with an assist from Metalllica. The gnome in the video above was revealed by the team this week in advance of an April 30 date where 15,000 fans will know “For Whom The Bell Tolls.”
On a scale of one to 10, this one goes to 11.
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Buzz List: Five 1990s rockers who need a certified autograph card
When the news broke that former Stone Temple Pilots singer Scott Weiland had died at age 48 on Thursday night, the chatter online turned to the memorable songs of the band that was a memorable one for a stretch in the 1990s.
Naturally, Buzz wondered if he had any trading cards — knowing that rock n’ roll and cardboard have never really meshed in the past save for a few forgettable releases in the early 1990s. It turns out Weiland had a single cut autograph produced in modest quantity from a major company. In 2009, Upper Deck made 23 copies of a card with a cut auto. For the record, it’s in the 2009 Upper Deck Prominent Cuts Cut Signatures set and just a single one had been sold in recent months. (Its low-quality image is seen here.)
That got Buzz brainstorming … which definitively 1990s rockers should have a certified autograph card?
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