The focus of this convention was shifted more towards the development of new artists within the metal scene, emphasizing the growth and nurturing of the style. ![]() This was a week when three metal albums (by Skid Row, Mötley Crüe and Warrant) dominated Billboard's Top Pop Albums chart. Decline of Western Civilization)Ī two disc compilation cd was available free of charge to those attending the event, showcasing bands that Concrete was working with.įoundations Forum 89 took place from September 21–23 at the Sheraton Universal Hotel in Los Angeles. Jim Cardillo (Managing Director Foundations Forum '88)Īndy Somers (Frontier Booking International) The Keynote speaker for the event was Sharon Osbourne and it incorporated parties in honor of RIP Magazine's second anniversary and Concrete's fourth. The theme of FF88 was the credibility and respectability of metal within the music industry as a whole. ![]() On September 30 – October 1 at the Sheraton Universal Hotel in Los Angeles, Concrete Marketing, Metal Blade Records and RIP Magazine joined forces to create the first annual Foundations Forum convention. There were also plenty of performances all weekend of the best signed and unsigned talent the heavy metal world had to offer, over the years including bands like Judas Priest, Pantera, Alice in Chains, Extreme, Ozzy Osbourne and Prong.ĬD samplers of signed and unsigned artists were distributed to each forum attendee. There would be panels and workshops made up of industry personnel particular to the theme who would discuss contemporary issues and answer questions. The forums usually invited a keynote speaker who would open the event and touch on important themes for the weekend ahead. By sitting down and talking about the genre, the good and the bad points, having the indies interacting with the majors, it makes for a healthy industry in general." "The way heavy metal is growing, we want to be careful not to have it blow out. ![]() Realizing there was little or no attention or focus on this growing market, and having seen the far reaching distribution of the trade magazine, they decided to put together an annual meeting, bringing together key industry personnel, vendors and artists (and in later forums fans as well) offering advice on surviving the industry, discussing the changing climate of the scene and business, and allowing people to network.Įxecutive Director Bob Chiappardi summed up the purpose of the Forum: The convention was set up by Concrete Marketing who had in January 1988 created the first industry trade magazine for the heavy metal world – Foundations. ( November 2010) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)įoundations Forum was the first exclusively heavy metal music industry convention, held annually from 1988 to 1997 in Los Angeles. Please help improve this article if you can. But for now, “ Awaken, My Love!” is an enthralling trip into the land of funk.This article may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia's quality standards. Only time will tell if Childish Gambino has remade himself into the post-millennial D’Angelo. Is “ Awaken, My Love!” just a fantastic conceit? There’s some evidence of that: The themes of “Baby Boy,” which slinks along like an outtake from Sly and the Family Stone’s There’s a Riot Going On, and the Eddie Hazel-like scratch-guitar instrumental “The Night Me and Your Mama Met,” sound as if they could be coming from the mind of Earn Marks, the Princeton dropout, babydaddy and would-be rap manager at the center of Atlanta. When he serenades a girl moving to the Golden State over the kitschy calypso beat of “California,” it adds well-timed comic levity to his heavy soul odyssey. The wah-wah guitars and rolling percussion of “Riot” crackle with psychedelic energy. On “Have Some Love,” he swings with a leisurely gait akin to Funkadelic’s “Can You Get To That” as he implores us, “Have some time for one another/Really love one another.” He subtly underlines his excursions with a message: “Stay woke … now don’t you close your eyes,” he cries in a high, Prince-like falsetto on “Redbone,” a spacy boogie exploration that thumps with thick lowrider bass. ![]() Whether it’s rocking his best George Clinton impression over the platform boot stomp of “Boogieman,” or delivering a deep-hued spoken word manifesto on “Baby Boy,” Childish Gambino fully inhabits his funkadelic guise.
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