Fuck I hate John 5. He is the epitome of limp-wristed, unexciting guitar player. There is never a point where he seems like he is feeling ANYTHING, and his playing reflects that.

I don't think marrying Val slowed Eddie down one bit. I used to know a girl he banged backstage on one of the Van Hagar tours. She said it was all very perfunctory...bent her over a sink, did his bit and took off. Average day for Ed.

Also notice that they edited it specifically to look like Vince was involved...but he is at a different place.

Still, surprised to see the 3 instrumentalists in a room together.

Like every Kotzen song I have ever heard, I find this completely unmemorable, twiddly and shitty sounding.


Sounds like he could use a songwriter and producer.

Don't Damn Me wrote: ↑Mon Apr 29, 2024 11:50 pmI don't know what I do with myself if I wasnt working on music.

You should probably find out.

The 4NonBlondes thing is okay, in a deliberately quirky way. Like Manson doing that Eurythmics cover. Oh, the song that put Manson on the map? The song that made that garbage album "Smells like Children" go fucking platinum singlehandedly? Yes, they are 2 peas in a pod. I mean seriously, ...

GreatWhiteSnake wrote: ↑Mon Apr 29, 2024 2:18 pm Not rare enough...

HE IS CORRECT, AS RARE IS THE OPPOSITE OF WELL-DONE.

Glad you covered 4 Non Blondes. That's a song you never get annoyed from hearing. So I went to Adam Ant on Friday and was in the VIP lounge thingy, and we went in right behind Marilyn Manson, who was sort of just milling around. He was INCOGNITO, is thin, has his hair kind of shoulder length, was w...

Glad you covered 4 Non Blondes. That's a song you never get annoyed from hearing. So I went to Adam Ant on Friday and was in the VIP lounge thingy, and we went in right behind Marilyn Manson, who was sort of just milling around. He was INCOGNITO, is thin, has his hair kind of shoulder length, was w...

Terrible song and all...I am so tired of this shit where "bands" make music and videos without ever stepping into the same room at the same time with each other.

This is more a product of the music producer and video editor/animator. There is no Motley Crue here.

This is some hilariously un-self aware shit right here: "It's a benevolent dictatorship. I’m the quarterback. It’s my vision — always was. It’s my record deal. The band were hired. Richie didn’t even take an integral role in the songwriting until the third album." Liiiike, he simultaneousl...

Pretty brutal how they end that article with: "RATT's latest album, "Infestation", has sold under 50,000 copies in the United States since its April 2010 release, according to Nielsen SoundScan."

Which band???

I was all like: "Oh hey, that band that I thought was goofy when I was a child is trend-jumping again...I guess disco and hair metal must be done."

I could play guitar or bass for 95% of bands. Sing for 40%, do harmony vocals for 100%. Play pedal steel or keyboards for 25%.

I do think, except for some outliers like Priest (the one with Half, not the one with Merc), all bands are only good on their first 5 albums. Then they go to ok, and then they go to bad. I dont think Maiden had outside help, but they just couldnt write for shite once they turned 30. There are other...

I like his early solo output. It got a bit too cringey for me around VOA, but Standing Hampton is a classic of that hard-rock-but-not-quite-metal era.


First show I ever saw was Sammy on SH with Aldo Nova opening. It was great.

The entertainment industry is going to get fucked by AI. Musicians are going to almost instantly lose a shitload of revenue streams like session work or composing for film. Visual artists can pretty much just fuck off and go buy tents in prep for their impending homelessness. ...and the film industr...

Meh. The Ai is here. Just tell it to whip up some new GnR for you then pop over to make an album cover. It'll be better than anything GNR is capable of.

I have tickets to see them at Hollywood Forever Cemetery in September. I am much excite.

This documentary should be on your viewing list: https://youtu.be/6PYsy52kVE4

Well, maybe it's a cultural thing, but over here in the 70s/80s the leather-clad gay guy in the Brando cap and chaps (with optional extra handlebar moustache) was a well-established comedy trope. Hell, you all got the Police Academy gag with the Blue Oyster Bar, right? And none of the actual bikers...

pieceofme wrote: ↑Tue Apr 16, 2024 7:33 pm

Bono Nettencourt wrote: ↑Tue Apr 16, 2024 7:02 pm Eh. He likes disco.

Even worse. Brit pop!

WHY NOT BOTH?? https://youtu.be/qJS3xnD7Mus

He's a good seventies style player. Should be in the conversation with Joe Perry, Randy Bachman etc. Randy Bachman can play rings around either one of those fumble-fingered hacks Blue Collar https://youtu.be/lvV0d0SddJ8?si=VSTJynvcZg2CQH4c Lookin' Out For Number One https://youtu.be/N4_0Pt3HAR8?si=...

Okay, if it wasn't unique or special, then who else was doing it?

unclejoshc wrote: ↑Tue Apr 16, 2024 12:17 pm As a guitarist he is an amazing singwriter.

I fuckin' love a good singwriter.

The musicians were talented, but their pseudo-intellectual "poet" front man was woefully average. I mean, people go saying this hipster nonsense all of the time...but back it up. If Morrison was average, then it follows that he must have a huge number of peers doing his thing at his skill...

He's a good seventies style player. Should be in the conversation with Joe Perry, Randy Bachman etc.

Not when I was a kid, no...but I used to do some colorization work for the Tom of Finland Foundation in the nineties, so I am VERY familiar with the stuff.

when we saw the "we are stars" video.. everyone then knew rob was gay. He spent his entire career after the first album dressing like a fucking Tom Of Finland poster, how the fuck did anybody NOT know he was gay? I am always astonished when somebody is all: "I knew Halford was gay wh...