Damn, I was hoping to get a review of Drop Kickmurphys

I can recall 23/40. My personal top three:

Win - Heart
Place - Marx
Show - Hagar (although I prefer the live acoustic version)

Hard to pass on ranking Motley, but I'm at the point now where if I never hear that song again, it'll still be too soon.

Meanwhile, Chris Laney (Pretty Maids guitarist/keyboardist, but also a producer who's worked with Crazy Lixx, H.e.a.t, Candlemass and more) is currently "reimagining" some of Jani's old demos, where he's combining polished-up old vocal tracks with newly recorded music. It sounds kinda Fran...

There were nights where Jani was great. There were nights where he wasn't. To imply that he was always only one or the other is inaccurate.

Has nothing to do with today's rebranding, but I wonder why they didn't do this at the Rio, where Kiss Mini-Golf is located. I know it's not on the Strip, but neither is the Virgin/Hard Rock.

I either didn't know or didn't remember about Kotzen. (Here's a story with more -- https://bravewords.com/news/richie-kotzen-on-almost-joining-ozzy-osbournes-band-there-was-this-huge-blow-back-on-an-aol-thread/) He's one of my favorite guitarists, but he's not the kind of guy who plays others' solos...

Jake E Lee posted that he’s playing “The Ultimate Sin” with Nuno, Ellefson and Lzzy Hale, then “Shot In The Dark” with the Disturbed guy

Pretty slim pickings this month. Here's what stuck: Volbeat - God Of Angels Trust (favorite song: "By A Monster's Hand," https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTUPgEse6_A) Surprise of the year for me, as I used to HATE this band. This album has riffs for miles. Great workout record. Buckcherry -...

Normally, I don't like it when people who type up interview transcriptions leave in conversational fillers, but whoever transcribed these Joe Perry quotes deserves a gold fucking star (you know): https://bravewords.com/news/joe-perry-opens-up-about-steven-tyler-and-the-possibility-of-a-final-aerosmi...

Gee, I wonder why?

https://www.teamwass.com/music/twisted-sister/

...but still no mention of who will play drums. I'm still guessing it'll be Tichy. https://blabbermouth.net/news/paul-stanley-says-kiss-army-storms-vegas-event-will-go-through-some-major-changes-confirms-he-and-gene-simmons-will-perform-15-songs Funny how this went from Gene saying "it's not a ...

Many, if not most, markets are part of the Live Nation $30 sale. Hartford couldn't be announced until after the Mohegan Sun show last month. No idea why Wichita wasn't part of the initial announcement, but surely they weren't going to have four days off in the middle of the tour. Speaking of Hartfor...

Liked this much better than "Black Mamba," although I'm not so sure about vulture imagery in a video filled with old farts who are near death.

Two questions I hope I don't regret asking:

--Who's the guitarist?

--Since you ate Panda Express, 7-Eleven burritos and Tommy's all within a 12-hour period, how are you up and running today? I'd be velcroed to the shitter for days.

I've tried to be better this year about checking out new music, but I didn't find much to connect with this month. Hopefully June will be better. A-Z - "I Am Numb" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyZjGjQZsMs) I admittedly slept on the first album from this project featuring Fates Warning'...

Verses are great, but needs a better chorus (no pun intended). The live version smokes the studio version.

C.C.'s version has at least some charm ("They threw me out of first class 'cause I said we were the bomb"). Bret's version is as pedestrian as it gets -- and not to mention, gross ("I left my love running down her dress").

Anyone know why they didn't call it "Waiting IV The Punchline" or "Waiting 4 The Punchline" or some such shit?

Worth the price of admission for “Midnight Express” alone.

Always loved the chorus of “Shadow Boxing” as well. And “Unconditionally” probably would have been a monster hit if it was on III Sides.

Well, kinda. It's actually a new Gary Hoey song with Lita on vocals.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXuXdRNTMLE

I've heard better, I've heard worse. Next.

I'm curious, but not curious enough to spend a dollar to download it.

(I did, however, just listen to the new Faster Pussycat song. Someone should have paid me a dollar to sit through it.)

I think the bigger tell is that it says "Warner Brother A&R"

Bumping this with a fresh quote from Rikki from his appearance w/ Eddie Trunk: "“We are planning, you know, we got a great offer. And to be honest with you, it’s in Bret’s [Michaels, lead singer] lap right now, honestly. So, we’re good to go and hopefully we can make a deal and do it. I think i...

Keep in mind that the RIAA certifications were based on units shipped, not units sold. I know "Crazy Nights" wasn't a mega-hit, but it had three legit MTV hit singles, so I'm guessing the record company expected that "HITS" would fare similarly. They probably shipped 500K copies+...

I'll attempt to add more to this conversation. In trying to reverse-engineer why I bought the cassingle 35 years later, the only thing I can come up with is that I was too cheap to buy the full album. Even if I really liked a cassingle, it was very rare for me to circle back to get the full album, a...

Nothing to add except that yes, I had the cassingle!

26/40, thought I'd remember more...

Never really liked "Rocket" and hate songs with whistling, so here's my trifecta as of 1989:

Win - Lita/Ozzy
Place - Jovi
Show - Marx

That's the spirit, Huey. It's not their best album, but it's about fucking time that a rock band tops the charts again. Sleep Token might do the same in a couple of weeks. Hopefully the rising tide will lift all boats, etc. etc.

Ever since "Square Hammer," Ghost has had lots of success at U.S. active rock radio, which is one of the reasons they graduated from cult curiosity to arena headliner. Current chart = "Satanized" is #7 and rising (http://www.mediabase.com/mmrweb/fmqb/charts.asp?format=6) Previous...

This was the first time I'd checked out one of his songs since I watched his awful Jimmy Kimmel debut (his first-ever live performance, I believe). It's actually pretty good. Dig the OTT guitar tapping. Video was fun too, although I agree re: the sound effects. I still don't care about him one way o...