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- Sun May 12, 2024 2:02 pm
- Forum: The Original Gossip Board
- Topic: How much on average do you pay at a concert venue?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 165
Re: How much on average do you pay at a concert venue?
You can be sure that while we conduct a straw poll here, Live Nation knows that every head buys .2 parking spaces, .4 t-shirts, 1 beer, etc, bringing them x$ per attendee. For every person who spends nothing, there’s another bringing a tray of 4 beers back to his seat twice during the night.
- Sun May 12, 2024 11:46 am
- Forum: The Original Gossip Board
- Topic: Heart is headlining arenas????
- Replies: 18
- Views: 442
Re: Heart is headlining arenas????
Do people not understand how this works yet? Live Nation books a tour into mostly venues they own/operate. They serve as promoter, ticket seller (as they own Ticketmaster), and venue. They make good money off the die hards who buy overpriced good seats early. Then, they play with pricing and paper (...
- Tue Apr 30, 2024 5:44 am
- Forum: The Original Gossip Board
- Topic: New Deep Purple
- Replies: 16
- Views: 675
Re: New Deep Purple
Excellent track… a little Pictures Of Home, a little Rapture Of The Deep. Real solid for near octogenarians!
- Mon Apr 29, 2024 5:27 am
- Forum: The Original Gossip Board
- Topic: Cheap Trick 2024
- Replies: 6
- Views: 742
Re: Cheap Trick 2024
I saw them about two years ago, in May 2022, and they were a 5-piece, with Robin’s kid on 2nd guitar and helping out on vocals.BernieTaupson wrote: ↑Sun Apr 28, 2024 7:52 pm https://youtu.be/ut1z_iW8QIM?si=1KQcWXoEfl_QXmfH
How long have they had a backup guitarist?
Rick kinda sucks now.
- Sat Apr 27, 2024 3:54 pm
- Forum: The Original Gossip Board
- Topic: Motley haters WTF do you want???
- Replies: 32
- Views: 1383
Re: Motley haters WTF do you want???
They need a current songwriter. Someone like Andrew Watt. He wrote the new songs for Ozzy, Rolling Stones, Iggy Pop, Pearl Jam That’s the last thing they need. This actually sounds like that… manufactured “product” that came off an assembly line, not actual music. What I want is for a bunch of 60 y...
- Fri Apr 26, 2024 11:44 am
- Forum: The Original Gossip Board
- Topic: Motley Crue "Dogs Of War" full song
- Replies: 102
- Views: 4909
- Sun Apr 21, 2024 3:05 pm
- Forum: The Original Gossip Board
- Topic: Heart - Opening Night Setlist is...
- Replies: 54
- Views: 2631
Re: Heart - Opening Night Setlist is...
This one has $25 concert week tickets written all over it… for the Fall leg.
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 4:00 pm
- Forum: The Original Gossip Board
- Topic: R.I.P. Dickey Betts
- Replies: 7
- Views: 735
Re: R.I.P. Dickey Betts
A legend. Shocked there’s not more chatter about this. One of my all-time favourites.
He’s Frank Hannon’s father-in-law and Frank revered and respected him. I know he’s gutted.
He’s Frank Hannon’s father-in-law and Frank revered and respected him. I know he’s gutted.
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 6:43 pm
- Forum: The Original Gossip Board
- Topic: Burton Cummings is done f'ing around
- Replies: 39
- Views: 2376
Re: Burton Cummings is done f'ing around
What set Burton off is tons of radio and print ads, featuring his voice and likeness, fooling people into buying tickets. Let’s be honest… the crowd going to see the Guess Who is pretty geriatric, they’re not going online and doing research as to who’s there or not, particularly since the band has b...
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 5:15 am
- Forum: The Original Gossip Board
- Topic: Burton Cummings is done f'ing around
- Replies: 39
- Views: 2376
Re: Burton Cummings is done f'ing around
Unfortunately, the.bogus act owns the name it sounds like. Owning the name doesn’t really help if you can’t play the old songs, which they no longer can since the publisher, Burton Cummings, pulled the performing rights license. It’s a precedent in the industry that can have far reaching ramificati...
- Sat Apr 13, 2024 11:52 am
- Forum: The Original Gossip Board
- Topic: Burton Cummings is done f'ing around
- Replies: 39
- Views: 2376
Re: Burton Cummings is done f'ing around
Greg Smith, who played in bands we discuss here, is the current bass player in the Guess Who. He has some great Sludge on his FB page, calling out Burton. I see a lot of self-serving nonsense on that page. This guy Greg is a hired hand who's collecting a check, nothing more. While I feel for him th...
- Sat Apr 13, 2024 9:29 am
- Forum: The Original Gossip Board
- Topic: Burton Cummings is done f'ing around
- Replies: 39
- Views: 2376
Re: Burton Cummings is done f'ing around
Greg Smith, who played in bands we discuss here, is the current bass player in the Guess Who. He has some great Sludge on his FB page, calling out Burton.
- Fri Apr 12, 2024 10:58 am
- Forum: The Original Gossip Board
- Topic: KERRY KING: New song "Residue" out now!
- Replies: 5
- Views: 486
Re: KERRY KING: New song "Residue" out now!
I have the album for review purposes. It’s good, but there are no curve balls coming. It’s exactly what you would expect. It sounds like latter day Slayer’s and latter day Death Angel’s baby. If you like Slayer and DA’s last albums you will like this, if you don’t you won’t. I’m giving it a 7 to 7.5...
- Thu Apr 11, 2024 5:40 pm
- Forum: The Original Gossip Board
- Topic: Anyone know when/if Judas Priest are announcing Fall US dates?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 661
Re: Anyone know when/if Judas Priest are announcing Fall US dates?
Faulkner told my colleague, off the record, prior to an interview, that they would be in Canada in October.
- Thu Apr 11, 2024 5:27 pm
- Forum: The Original Gossip Board
- Topic: Tony Montana on the TPF Show addressing recent Jack Russell stuff, + the Bassist is a Hot Head
- Replies: 38
- Views: 2822
Re: Tony Montana on the TPF Show addressing recent Jack Russell stuff, + the Bassist is a Hot Head
Do you guys think Jack doesn't know what's going on? He's not senile but everyone else is to blame because he won't face reality. It's no different than Paul DiAnno, Ozzy, Bon Jovi or Paul Stanley. Like them, he knows. It's his pride and vanity dragging him on that stage, not those scabs. Fuck him....
- Fri Apr 05, 2024 5:48 pm
- Forum: The Original Gossip Board
- Topic: GREAT WASTE ... Jadk Russell's Great White last nite in Texas = WTF
- Replies: 82
- Views: 6208
Re: GREAT WASTE ... Jadk Russell's Great White last nite in Texas = WTF
A fan on FB writes the following... """""""""""""Whoever the promoter is for Jack Russell's great white band you should pull your head out of your ass and understand that the show we saw at Lava Cantina The Colony tonight was an embar...
- Fri Apr 05, 2024 2:16 pm
- Forum: The Original Gossip Board
- Topic: GREAT WASTE ... Jadk Russell's Great White last nite in Texas = WTF
- Replies: 82
- Views: 6208
Re: GREAT WASTE ... Jadk Russell's Great White last nite in Texas = WTF
That’s brutal!
How does anyone think it’s right to have Jack out on the road? Be it Jack, bandmates, promoters, booking agent, or management.
I know there’s a lot of opinions on Jack, but I would not want to wake up every day and walk in his shoes.
How does anyone think it’s right to have Jack out on the road? Be it Jack, bandmates, promoters, booking agent, or management.
I know there’s a lot of opinions on Jack, but I would not want to wake up every day and walk in his shoes.
- Tue Mar 26, 2024 1:45 am
- Forum: The Original Gossip Board
- Topic: Is KK sinking all his money into KK's priest?
- Replies: 42
- Views: 3303
Re: Is KK sinking all his money into KK's priest?
Music for Priest fans who think Painkiller is their best album. That’s who the real Priest is catering for as well. Not at all. If you listen to the new album the best part of it is the diversity. There’s absolutely elements of Painkiller, but also elements of Turbo/Ram It Down, the reunion era, th...
- Mon Mar 25, 2024 9:37 am
- Forum: The Original Gossip Board
- Topic: Is KK sinking all his money into KK's priest?
- Replies: 42
- Views: 3303
Re: Is KK sinking all his money into KK's priest?
They are great at playing Priest material. Their originals are generic, paint by numbers metal crap. Music for Priest fans who think Painkiller is their best album.parasite74 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 25, 2024 8:37 am KK Priest is a much better band than Judas Priest is at this point. Both live and on record.
- Thu Mar 21, 2024 6:31 pm
- Forum: The Original Gossip Board
- Topic: ROY CATHEY = UNHAPPY ... I’m watching Gen X crowd request Tribute Bands for cruises designated for original artists
- Replies: 32
- Views: 2588
Re: ROY CATHEY = UNHAPPY ... I’m watching Gen X crowd request Tribute Bands for cruises designated for original artists
Funny how it’s never successful artists, who wrote and performed great originals, who have these gripes. Always a D-lister who’s jealous the cover band draws 5x the crowd and $ he does. Here’s an idea… be better, or accept your lot in life.
- Wed Mar 20, 2024 3:16 pm
- Forum: The Original Gossip Board
- Topic: *POLL* Is "Cigarettes" King's X best song?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 1054
Re: *POLL* Is "Cigarettes" King's X best song?
Great choice! I also agree with you on people simply naming singles/videos.Rocker4Real wrote: ↑Tue Mar 19, 2024 10:21 pm Dogman is the best album and "Pretend" is a great song. If you've only heard "It's Love", and "Over My Head", you aren't familiar with King's X.
- Mon Mar 18, 2024 7:15 pm
- Forum: The Original Gossip Board
- Topic: *POLL* Is "Cigarettes" King's X best song?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 1054
Re: *POLL* Is "Cigarettes" King's X best song?
It’s excellent… but Dogman is their best song.
- Fri Mar 15, 2024 9:33 am
- Forum: The Original Gossip Board
- Topic: How "at capacity" do venues need to be at to make $$$?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 1445
Re: How "at capacity" do venues need to be at to make $$$?
A lot of the answer has to do with if it’s a corporately (often Live Nation) owned venue, or a privately held club. In the case of a Live Nation owned venue, they are the promoter, the ticket seller, and a venue. So even though there’s overhead/staffing/etc. to pay for the venue, they are paying the...
- Wed Mar 13, 2024 8:51 am
- Forum: The Original Gossip Board
- Topic: Priest tour 2024 Panic Attack : worst Halford has ever sounded
- Replies: 43
- Views: 2567
Re: Priest tour 2024 Panic Attack : worst Halford has ever sounded
That’s what a man in his 70’s singing heavy metal sounds like. I don’t find it all that bad, and friends there said it was great.BernieTaupson wrote: ↑Wed Mar 13, 2024 6:14 am Fucking horrible.
https://youtu.be/b1Il_BMoP6M?si=lbYJjnzEbcy_Hrt2
- Fri Mar 08, 2024 10:31 am
- Forum: The Original Gossip Board
- Topic: JUDAS PRIEST: Streaming new album
- Replies: 25
- Views: 1780
Re: JUDAS PRIEST: Streaming new album
An absolutely amazing release for any band, let alone a veteran band. Heavy moments, melodic moments… a very diverse record; well played and produced, with Halford in fine voice (admittedly with “help” I’m sure). Fans from every era can enjoy this record. 8.5/10 PS - blows KK’s Priest away. THAT was...
- Sun Mar 03, 2024 3:07 pm
- Forum: The Original Gossip Board
- Topic: Generation Swine revisited
- Replies: 29
- Views: 2398
Re: Generation Swine revisited
Worst Crüe album. Total botched comeback attempt. Instead of giving old fans the nostalgia they wanted they tried to be modern and failed epically. Give me New Tattoo or SOLA any day.
- Sat Mar 02, 2024 9:05 am
- Forum: The Original Gossip Board
- Topic: New Dickinson up on streaming
- Replies: 8
- Views: 619
Re: New Dickinson up on streaming
It’s a 8/10 for me. Thinking man’s metal. Bruce challenges the listener… it’s not paint by numbers metal (a la KK or Accept). It takes several listens to take everything in, establish favourites - and those favourites will evolve. It’s nowhere near Accident of Birth or The Chemical Wedding, but it’s...
- Sun Feb 25, 2024 12:41 pm
- Forum: The Original Gossip Board
- Topic: What concert were you at that debuted a scab?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 1342
Re: What concert were you at that debuted a scab?
I was at Ray Gillen’s third show with Black Sabbath. Pre-internet days, and nobody knew Glenn Hughes was out, nor who the new guy was. It took a review in the local paper, two days later, to provide the story… and the mystery singer’s name.
- Sun Feb 25, 2024 12:36 pm
- Forum: The Original Gossip Board
- Topic: the new Mick Mars album?
- Replies: 45
- Views: 4277
- Sat Feb 24, 2024 9:35 am
- Forum: The Original Gossip Board
- Topic: Favorite Publicity Stunts
- Replies: 33
- Views: 2016
Re: Favorite Publicity Stunts
Motley Crue "retirement contract" This is my favourite, as every now and then, here on Sludge, or on social media, you get people referring to it as if it was real/legal/binding, and using it as the basis of their argument. Truly the gift that keeps giving in being able to point out human...