Often imitated, never duplicated. Established Sept 29 2001. On-line since May 14, 2002.
Back in the day (circa 2004/2005), there was a lot of talk about trying to create a (Metal Chef) cooking show…While it never actually happened, I did have a lot of support from many Bay Area thrashers, including Ray Vegas Jr (Vio-Lence), Mark Hernandez (Vio-Lence) and Steve “Snake” Green (Skinlab, Re:Ignition).
Three separate (untitled) tracks were recorded, but for the sake of brevity, I’ve merged them all into one.
Person: What does the tattoo on your knuckles say?Me: “Chef.”
Person: Oh, are you a chef?
Me: …
Saint Adrian
An old friend of mine gave this to me a few years back (circa 2008/2009)…Kind of prophetic, eh? In a retrospect, the only thing missing is that I’ve never grown a beard.
![This is my hand-painted, one-of-a-kind [metal] chef jacket.
Eat your heart out.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/d9becf5f97c2c482d237e46db7d2ebcc/tumblr_mjkibwTBCO1s568nco1_500.jpg)
This is my hand-painted, one-of-a-kind [metal] chef jacket.
Eat your heart out.
Tour:Smart - And Break The Band | Martin Atkins
I can never thank Martin enough for including me in this book. On the inside cover of my copy, he wrote “Out of the frying pan, into the fire!”
Revolver Magazine: Dec 2005 [No.41]| Kristina Feliciano
It would have been really nice if Kristina had bothered to proof-read this before sending it to print (my last name is Merrill, not Miller)…So because of her oversight, I got another mention (and an apology) in the Feb 2006 (No. 42) issue (see last photo). And not that, but she also failed to mention my website in her original article as well. Whatever.
Notwithstanding, this is definitely one of my proudest moments. After all, Revolver is the definitive [metal] magazine, dedicated to metal bands….not chefs. Moreover, If I wasn’t the original Metal Chef, this article wouldn’t have been written about me…it would be about somebody else.
Something else of note, regarding this issue:
- Pantera’s “Diamond” Darrell Abbott was murdered the previous year (Dec 2004)
- Avenged Sevenfold’s James Sullivan, died of a drug overdose (Dec 2009)
- Slipknot’s Paul Grey died of a drug overdose (May 2010)
24 Hours On Craigslist - the Metal Chef segments
My segments were filmed during the summer of 2003 at the Pound. The full documentary wasn’t released until 2005.
I used to run into Derrick Ramirez (Testament, Dragonlord) all the time.
The picture on the left was taken at DNA Lounge (11th & Folsom — just around the corner from Slim’s, in San Francisco) probably during the winter of 2003. The photo on the right…I couldn’t tell you when or where (probably 2005).
It was always a good time whenever we met up.
Kreator, Nile, Vader, Amon Amarth & Goatwhore tour - October 10, 2003
Pictured left with Goatwhore; on the right with Amon Amarth.
From July - Dec 2003, I catered every show/concert that took place at the Pound (100 Cargo Way, San Francisco).
