The guitar riff in Poison is actually from a song on John Waite’s Rovers Return called Encircled. I recall Desmond said he either wrote both songs or ripped off the riff for Poison. https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/john-mccurry-on-writing-alice-coopers-poison And they reached an agree...

The guitar riff in Poison is actually from a song on John Waite’s Rovers Return called Encircled.

I recall Desmond said he either wrote both songs or ripped
off the riff for Poison.

MattleyCrue wrote: ↑Sun Jul 27, 2025 3:33 pm What an awesome song.

Do you also enjoy it?

Fantastic song!

Pleasure Palace is awesome too.

Really good album but they should have let David Glenn Eisley stay in the band IMO.

Only way it stops is if people stop buying tickets to see this trash. And they never will. Exactly. I saw Dokken a couple of weeks ago. They were handing out free tickets so I figured why not. I knew what I was getting. Place was half full (800 capacity). Even with Lynch on a couple of songs. I thi...

The guy from Ministry refused to sign their first album and didn’t acknowledge it. Recently, I have heard he has started signing it.

It was electronic synth - really good but then he went all hardcore. Completely different direction.

Axl & the band sounded fantastic as always! Gotta give Axl some credit. Looks and sounds better than he has in a while. Ugh, you thought mickey mouse sounded good on those Sab songs? Get Tyler to front GnR as well. I had Vince Neil expectations for him. So it wasn't a high bar. Axl 1987 ain’t w...

MattleyCrue wrote: ↑Sat Jul 05, 2025 1:02 pm Axl & the band sounded fantastic as always!

Gotta give Axl some credit. Looks and sounds better than he has in a while.

Sounds like Ted should have taken a nap and reevaluated before posting that shit about a baby. I'm sure it sucked but he sounds like a douche. Exactly what I thought. I am Assuming he has no kids - and if he does he is pretty ignorant to say that. Any parent can empathize with a screaming baby - es...

First album is phenomenal.

Better than anything Journey has done since Frontiers, IMO.

And it’s the best album Waite ever did, IMO.

One reason I would never live in Nashville as a musician.

Would much rather live in a smaller town and get paid.

mrsnikkisixx wrote: ↑Wed Jun 18, 2025 6:34 pm Will forever be “wrapped up like a douche”.

This. I was waiting for someone to say it.

An all-timer!

Surrender is a Fantastic song! Should’ve been huge like Danger Danger. One of the beat ballads of the genre! Give it to me good!

alexleehooker wrote: ↑Sun Jun 08, 2025 2:38 pm The Outfield

Or are they more pop/rock?

The first 3 Outfield albums are fantastic. Ironically, they were called The Outfield to sound more American.

Under the Influence is one of the best albums of the genre IMO.

It comes out in ‘86 and it’s another story for them.

Michael Hotts Ghost wrote: ↑Sat May 31, 2025 4:11 am Would you rather it be Ashba?

Yes. He should have been IMO. Better fit, has already worked with then.

I wonder why they didn’t pick him?

Fantastic album.

Too bad Jon basically doesn’t even acknowledge it, let alone play anything from it.

In and Out of Love
Only Lonely
Silent Night
Hardest Part is the Night
Tokyo Road
Always Run to You is a stellar track as well.

Is Enuff z Nuff the smallest draw of all the hair metal bands that tour constantly?

What do they draw? 30 or 40 people every time I see them.

Good.for Chip.

Must be a lot of work being out there so much.

Janet Gardiner quitting Vixen. Why not just go solo on the side? Billy Squire Twisted Sister - Leader of the Pack as the first single Do label decisions count? Epic completely made a mistake with Danger Danger by not releasing ‘Don’t Walk Away’ as a single from their debut. They could’ve been someth...

YNGWIE J. MALMSTEEN Homeboy gets 90% of the stage, the peasants and pondscum get to fight over the remaining 10% area over there on the left. I was just about to chime in - agreed! I saw him and it was an embarrassingly stupid setup. He crammed the rest of the band into the corner while he hogged t...

Life Loves A Tragedy is a fantastic tune.

It should have been a single - shame they will never play it live (did they ever?)

IMO, Rocking Horse was a better tune than ‘Your Mamma Don’t Dance’ (which surprisingly was a top10 hit for them).

I always thought "Never Use Love" should have been released too. Overall it's a great record. “Never Use Love” is a great song, but I’ve never really considered it single material. Maybe “Closer to My Heart” would have worked since it’s somewhat ballad-ish. Exactly. Closer should have bee...

Fantastic tune. Surprised I heard it on HairNation SXM a couple of weeks back.

The Big Prize is a fantastic album s well.
Feel it Again was the first single.

Fantastic to see Warren back in.

Why no Juan? Did he not want to do it or wasn’t he asked?

The Story of My Life of his solo album.

I think he wrote it for someone else but ended up using it himself.

This is awesome! Glad you enjoy collecting them and thanks for showing them there. And I like the kitchen- declutter - it is good!

Curious, do you have a Wildside or Danger Danger shirt?!

I think the producers have a big impact on these records. A good producer who can write songs a la Mutt Lange or Desmond Child would have a big influence even though they aren’t credited songwriters.

What he could do is write another book and stick strictly to how each song came about, what it was like working with each artist, etc.

His catalog is so vast, I think it would be a good read.

Desmond is my favorite songwriter of all time.

However, I thought the book wasn’t very good. Too much about his personal life and not enough about how all these songs and collaborations came together. That’s what I, and a lot of people, would have been more interested in IMO.

Watched “Owner Of A Lonely Heart” video last night. There was about a 30 second gap from 1st chorus and second verse. Just hawks flying and snakes slithering around. Weird Yes! Just goofy. The song starts completely over, doesn’t it? There’s the original version of the video that is completely diff...

“No Way Out” - Starship

Explosions, bombs, talking. The overdubs were louder than the song!