My my my, so many musicians, so many goddamn keys to cities. Latest on the list of humbly bestowed key holders is Testament and Possessed, who this past week received the keys to Albuquerque, New Mexico.
On October 23, the city’s mayor Time Keller gifted the bands with the jingle jangles before they were set to perform a joint concert also featuring thrash band Kreator at the Albuquerque Convention Center.
Testament shared a pic from the event in a post, wherein the band’s members were gleefully posing with their keys aside Keller. They have kid-like smiles on their faces, and it is just absolutely precious.
“A few nights ago before a packed concert at Albuquerque Convention Center, the boys received keys to city, courtesy of the Keller Bros, Metal @mayorkeller and Metal Minister Scott Keller.
“These genuine metal keys are modeled after those which once unlocked the city’s jail cells. Towards the end of the set, TESTAMENT’s 1987 prison breakout anthem ‘Over The Wall’, was played in dedication, to which Tim Keller responded with a Mayoral crowdsurf.
“Thanks to the Keller Bros and the City of Albuquerque for this great honor and to the ABQ fans for always making the band feel so at home in ‘The Duke City!’”
Becerra also posted about his new present, saying “I’m honored to receive the key to the city of Albuquerque. I support Tim Keller. I support the Democrats in New Mexico #possessed”.
I guess Keller really is a metalhead mayor. On top of wearing several band tees in the past of bands like Soulfly, Pantera and Machine Head. According to him, metal goes pretty deep within the city. In an interview with the New York Times a few years ago, Keller confirmed this by saying how “Albuquerque has always been pretty strong on the heavy metal front. What can I say, this is something I’ve been into for a long time.”
Looks like Albuquerque is now on my list of possible future homes.
