{"id":17653,"date":"2018-04-27T01:00:09","date_gmt":"2018-04-27T05:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southeastofheaven.com\/?p=17653"},"modified":"2018-04-25T20:16:32","modified_gmt":"2018-04-26T00:16:32","slug":"content-needed-stick-a-scepter-in-it-white-wizzard-is-done","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/?p=17653","title":{"rendered":"Stick A Scepter in It: White Wizzard Is Done!"},"content":{"rendered":"

As most of you know, White Wizzard<\/strong> made a triumphant return in 2018 with their ground breaking album Infernal Overdrive which saw the return of vocalist Wyatt Anderson and original White Wizzard guitarist, James J. LaRue.\u00a0 Ok, this is all a lie.\u00a0 It wasn’t triumphant, it was pretty much ignored by the metal media, and Infernal Overdrive is pretty much the sound of an artist on his last leg with an assembled band that sounded like they were breaking up while making the album.<\/p>\n

After a handful of shows that nobody seemed to really care about and a disappointing reaction to this shit sandwich of an album, Jon Leon too to the interwebs (SURPRISE!) and released his final manifesto announcing the decimation of White Wizzard as we will ever know it:<\/p>\n

Well the time has come.<\/strong>
\n I started White Wizzard in late 2007 a little over 10 years ago.<\/strong>
\n With the first line up we crafted a great EP that sadly had too much<\/strong>
\n talent in one band to last\u2026..<\/strong>
\n From there\u2026.I wrote 4 full length albums I am very proud of and had some fantastically talented musicians
\nthat played on them.
\nRegardless of the internet bullshit written about me or the band, it was formed in the spirit of the music I loved and
\nnothing more.
\nIt has always been about the music to me.
\nI feel all of our work has been world class and not only do I feel it is the best and most consistent in the \u201cclassic metal revival\u201d genre so to speak\u2026
\nBut I feel our last and final album Infernal Overdrive can hang with anything put out the past 20 years in rock and metal.
\nI am very proud of the work this project has done. I feel it can and will stand the test of time.
\nBut time does pass and some things run their course.
\nSo unfortunately I have to announce that White Wizzard is over.
\nThere will be no more albums or live shows. The last album is it. I am glad we got to do it.
\nI am proud of the latest video for Chasing Dragons and I wish all members of the band past and present well
\nin their musical and personal journeys.
\nFor me, a new ticket and a new ride must be bought and taken.
\nSo as this journey ends, a new one begins.
\nThis will be my last post about this. It is time to end Jon Leon as well.
\nKeep making music and loving it, because there is not much else in this world that is as real and special.
\nAll the best and to the fans, thank you.
\nJon Leon<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

“But I feel our last and final album Infernal Overdrive can hang with anything put out the past 20 years in rock and metal.”<\/span><\/em>\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong>Oh my fucking god.\u00a0 Are you for real, Jon.\u00a0 How modest and humble of you.\u00a0 That fucking train wreck can’t even hang with Over the Top which was not just YOUR best album but a metal masterpiece.\u00a0 That being said, Leon has always been a delusional tool and it really saddened me to see Wyatt (WHYATT?) and LaRue running back to Pimmental’s side to put out such subpar music.\u00a0 Lucky for those guys, this album is so forgettable that nobody will even know that they were involved.<\/span><\/p>\n

To Wyatt, LaRue, and that other dude, may you guys move on to better thing where you can be respected for playing truly great, reputable music.\u00a0 As for Jon Leon, what comes around goes around indeed buddy.\u00a0 How about all those Kickstarter incentives that never got honored?\u00a0 Maybe this is his way of filing for “bankruptcy” to keep from having to fulfill any more commitments.\u00a0 It makes sense because he is artistically bankrupt as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As most of you know, White Wizzard made a triumphant return in 2018 with their ground breaking album Infernal Overdrive which saw the return of vocalist Wyatt Anderson and original White Wizzard guitarist, James J. LaRue.\u00a0 Ok, this is all a lie.\u00a0 It wasn’t triumphant, it was pretty much ignored by the metal media, and Infernal Overdrive is pretty much the sound of an artist on his last leg with an assembled band that sounded like they were breaking up […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[277],"tags":[844,672,458,629],"class_list":["post-17653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music-news","tag-james-larue","tag-jon-leon","tag-white-wizzard","tag-wyatt-anderson"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17653","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17653"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17653\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}