Damn guys, this took forever so I hope you appreciate all of the BS I went through to bring you an entertaining story, pics form the red carpet and video footage from the actual awards ceremony -- the First Annual Fuse/Fangoria Chainsaw Awards! Read on and rock with 30 Seconds to Mars, look Jonathan Davis square in the face and read about one hell of a frustrating evening. Dig it and watch the Chainsaw Awards on Fuse Sunday, October 22nd.
INDEX:
WINNERS HERE
Part 1: Videos
Part 2: Images
Part 3: Story
PART ONE: VIDEOS
Korn's Jonathan Davis walks the red carpet
Avenged Sevenfold part 1
Removed per request by Fango
Avenged Sevenfold part 2
Removed per request by Fango
30 Seconds to Mars part 1
Removed per request by Fango
30 Seconds to Mars Part 2: Right up in my face!
Removed per request by Fango
Rob Zombie accepting the big award!
Removed per request by Fango
PART TWO: IMAGES
Hatchet Director Adam Green and Star Joel Moore!
Korn frontman Jonathan Davis!
Robert Englund scares the crowd
Automaton Transfusion's Steven C Miller!
The Roost's Ti West!
LA rock band Avenged Sevefold
Chop-Top Bill Moseley
American Haunting's Courtney Solomon & the After Dark Girls!
Jamie Kennedy wakes up, does a line and shows up...
...then gets slapped for obvious reasons
Slither's James Gunn and his lovely wife
Wrong Turn 2 Director Joe Lynch!
KNB boys
Andrew Bryniarski (Leatherface) scares us all
The Lost's Marc Senter poses for B-D
Michael Bailey Smith before winning an award!
Michael Bailey Smith after winning an award with my roommate Bill!
The Rage's Robert Kurtzman
Rock band Sum 41
The most immature and idiotic people I've ever seen in my life-- The Used
PART THREE: THE STORY
Last night was Fuse TV and Fangoria’s First Annual Chainsaw Awards, which were held at the Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles, California. I’ve had a really rough October as not only it the busiest month on Bloody-Disgusting but I’m also right in the middle of running the Screamfest Horror Film Festival. So to say the least -- I’m stressed beyond belief. After the Scream Awards taping, red carpet premieres of Texas Chainsaw, Going to Pieces and The Tripper, I just wanted a break from it all… but the f-ck if anything is easy in this damn town.
Tony Timpone, or as I like to call him “King Sh-t” of Fangoria, had e-mailed Rogers and Cowan, the PR firm behind the night’s events, “Hope all is well with you. I am producing the CHAINSAW AWARDS with Mike Kostel. Please add BRAD MISKA to the FUSE/FANGORIA all-access press list.” Simply put, pretty easy to understand. I get an e-mail confirmation from them telling me I am squared away and good to go.
The plan: Hit the red carpet, take some pics, then relax and watch a fun show. As for the after party- it’s extremely stressful to get into these things, so the plan was to make a small effort and if not head home and relax (much needed). So to say I was going to the awards with a strong agenda and to brag would be false. Just do a little coverage and kazaam on out of there.
So I get to the event and I’m with Michael Bailey Smith- who WON a flippin award that night. They’re okay and then I go to check in… I open my little envelope to find a red carpet pass.
So I ask, where’s my all-access pass? They can't find anything nor do they have my name down for even the show. I tell her “Im supposed to have all-access, but just give me two tickets and we’ll head over to the carpet.” She tells me “Sorry we only have four tickets,” to which I reply, “Good, you’ve got two for me.” She argues and I’m forced to become that ultimate dick I never wanted to become… “So what you’re telling me is that I’m supposed to drive all the way the f-ck down here, stand on the red carpet like a monkey, take photos of your stars, drive home and tell half a million people to watch your show -- and you don’t even have the courtesy to give me two tickets to watch the damn thing?” Then she says “Well I can’t do anything about it,” to which I screamed “why don’t you get off your ass and find someone who can then?” Some customer service! I gave them five minutes before I was going to head home and post nothing (their lose, not mine). Finally I got my way and got tickets, which had my fiance and me on separate sides of the theater… the kicker is that when we finally got to the show we discovered that half of the theater was EMPTY (apparently no one was givebn tickets). They were pushing people to the front so it looked jammed-packed. Go figure, yayyy Rogers and Cowan. I know I sound like a jerk, but seriously, I’m telling all of you to watch this show in this post, don’t you think I should be able to at least watch them tape it?
I ask that any studio working with these buffoons look elseware (shall I suggest Allied or MPRM?)
Yes I am angry, yes I never want to speak to those idiots at Rogers and Cowan ever again, but I have to focus on the awards and be completely honest- because that’s the right thing to do.
I attended the Scream Awards last week and even though I had a blast I thought the show was boring and organized. The Chainsaw Awards were not only fun and entertaining, but they were focused and relevant. They had three strong musical performances (30 seconds to Mars, Chingy and Avenged Sevenfold), the categories were all horror related (except one musical award) and the flow was extremely smooth. I think some parts ran a little long but with some great Fuse editing Im sure the show will be tighter than ever.
But if you want more on the side story, here's more Rogers and Cowan juice. When you're throwing a major event and want big stars and big names to come and support, don’t you want to treat them like royalty? I personally can list out about 20 stars that were all extremely pissed off that they had to get back in their cars and drive a few miles down the road to pick up their tickets to the ceremony. The best part… a lot of them didn’t get invited to the after party! Robert Englund… no invite? Seriously? It was astounding how insulting the event was to the people who helped build this genre so they could even have this show. I can go on and on about this, but I think I’ve vented enough…
Dig it and watch the Chainsaw Awards on Fuse Sunday, October 22nd.
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