Howard Stern Prankster Richard Christy Returns to Metal Roots

Howard Stern fans know him as Rod Stiffington, a practitioner of practical jokes willing to Rosetta Stone Outlet endure Brazilian waxes and nationally televised same-sex make-out sessions, all for the benefit of the show. But heavy metal fans have been following Richard Christys work for years, since he punished his drumkit for the likes of Death, Incantation, and Iced Earth, long before he joined Sterns menagerie of merry misfits. And this summer, Christy plans to return to his first love.Earlier this week, Metal Blade Records inked a deal with Christys latest project, Charred Walls of the Damned. Christy has been writing material for the bands debut album for months, and will hit the studio with his former roommate and metal producer du jour Jason Suecof (God Forbid, Black Dahlia Murder, Trivium) to record the set, which is slated for release this fall.Despite his penchant for tomfoolery, Christy says Charred Walls of the Cheap Rosetta Stone V3 Damneds self-titled debut will be as serious a metal album as they come, and hes assembled an all-star lineup. In addition to producing, Suecof will play guitar on the album, while former Death, Autopsy and Iced Earth member Steve Digiorgio will handle bass. Providing vocals will be another of his former Iced Earth bandmates, Tim "Ripper" Owens, who is perhaps best known for his work with Judas Priest during the late 1990s.The name of the band, he says, was inspired by his unrelenting assault on various Christian swap-and-shop radio hosts. Christy says one of them caught on to his larks, and lambasted the drummer and his cohort, Sal Governale, on the air, saying he wanted to "see you sitting beside us there, at the marriage supper of the lamb, saved by Gods grace and not in a Devils hell, where youd be putting your nails Rosetta Stone German into charred walls of the damned.""Right away, Sal looked at me and said, That would make a great name for your band, " Christy says. "I Googled it, and sure enough, there were no bands called that and nothing close to that, so, that was it."Christy, who hopes to tour with Charred Walls of the Damned this fall, tells Rosetta Stone that hes always known hed return to heavy metal, and about a year ago, began writing material for Charred Walls."I got inspired when I did a Howard TV drumming special, and it was really cool," he recalls. "They filmed a lot of new footage of Cheap Rosetta Stone V3 me doing drum solos, and I wrote an original song.

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