Agree with your main points, but my issue with her is how she treated other musicians. Standing up to record companies is one thing, but why screw over other, sometimes struggling, musicians? She just perpetuates the system Ozzy/Sabbath were so bitter about when they got screwed over by their manage...

1. And I didn’t even have to hear it.

“Are you people ready to soft rock?”

https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/24/entertai ... ione-death

With the kids, the money, and the legacy?

Flying High Again!

DangerZone wrote: ↑Wed Jul 23, 2025 9:08 am Sharon was banging Randy?

Once. Sarzo talked about it in his book, and Sharon has mentioned it in interviews.

Elliot was Thelma’s kid from before their marriage. Ozzy adopted him. Then came Louis and Jessica w/Thelma.

If RR had actually gone back to school to get a degree in classical guitar he would have been out of the professional music game for a few years at least - he only had a high school GED as I recall, so he would have needed to first get a BA then go for a Masters. That is about 6 years of college, un...

I saw Ghost when they opened for Iron Maiden. I had taken a buddy along who wasn’t really into metal. I ended up apologising to him about Ghost. They were embarrassingly silly live I thought. All good they are enjoying success but to me they offer absolutely nothing new and many others do that schti...

And it was 35 years ago. Damn.

Santana, Faith No More, and the Rolling Stones. All in Germany. 19 years old. Spent the summer working on a dairy farm near Dortmund as part of a language immersion program. Fun times.

Best decision I ever made.

I’m sure it’s been said before on this forum, but is there a definitive reason why, with all of Ratt’s post Robin guitar player changes, Jake never rejoined the band as a FTM?

Scorpions with Uli. Not always, but when they did, it was a mistake.

Sickness now the hour of dread!

Favorite song of theirs, the live versions.

Ozzy Ultimate Sin, Def Leppard Hysteria. Neither did a thing for me.

I agree. HH is as good as any of the really good (maybe not great/perfect) albums of that era, but these guys could write songs and their lyrics were good for non English speakers. I think a great intro to them is the live album from a few years later, especially the live version of Long Stick Goes ...

Not a whore joke, and since no one laughed at my walrus joke so I share this with trepidation, but here goes: A gimpy white guy is taking a piss at a urinal and a big black guy comes and is taking a piss next to him. White guy looks over/down and says “Wow, how do I get one like THAT?” Black guy dec...

A strong second for Best of the Doobies. All you really need.

I’d add, in the “really good best of albums” 10 from 6 from Bad Company.

Chet Atkins said it well. Playing guitar is like running. Almost anyone can run, but not everyone can run a marathon.

Slightly off topic, but when I encounter a Springsteen fanatic or a New Jersey native (generally one and the same), I’ll sometimes let drop that IMO Seger is superior to Springsteen in every way - songs, performance, consistency.

Try it sometime. Their reactions are epic.

I got into and WORSHIPPED Ozzy between Diary and BATM. This was between 6th and 8th grade. Parents (single mom) didn’t care but classmates and teachers at school were very freaked out by him and even metal head friends were cautious about publicly admitting they liked that “devil worshipper.” I took...

Neil Young and Crazy Horse with Patti Smith opening. A Match.com date took me and bought me dinner. NEVER liked Neil Young but it was a good show. Saw Soundgarden in the same venue (Patriot Centervin Fairfax VA) and they were terrible.

Roger apparently never wanted Kenny Jones in the band either. I for one liked Kenny’s drumming live on the old songs.

Walrus takes his car in for repairs. While he is waiting, he buys himself a vanilla ice cream cone, and gets a bunch of it on his chin. When he goes back to the shop the mechanic says “Well, looks like you blew a seal” and the Walrus says “It’s just ice cream I swear!”

Psychobolia.com wrote: ↑Thu May 01, 2025 9:37 am Agreed. And you don't have to be old to be wise.

But it helps. Man, it really helps.

For some reason. Slow news day?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertai ... asp-trump/

Have a Drink on Me in the verse riff. Shoot to Thrill in the intro.

Mike's background vocals and stage presence were so strong that he earned his 25% anyway in my book. I saw them 4 times with Hagar and 3 times with the Roth reunion but I never got to see the 4 all together at once. Mike's absence was palpable. Stage presence? Seriously? Dude has the stage presence...

I listened to it. Yes, a lot of early life details but still entertaining. Very interesting discussion of his time in MC and especially interesting how he came to contribute to The Dirt book and its aftermath. As rock bios go, I thought it well above average if not outright good.