dmbrocker wrote: ↑Wed Jul 23, 2025 6:32 am I thought everyone on here agreed that it's Frankie Valli that will go next.

Frankie's not going anywhere. He's still got shows to do.

Dead or alive.

It's fine.

As much as I dislike Van Hagar, I enjoy most of Sammy's solo catalog. Basic meat and potatoes rock.

schlonginski wrote: ↑Sun Jul 06, 2025 8:19 pm Zakk is a beast and could probably play anything with anyone if he wanted to.

I guess you never saw his trainwreck show with the Allman Brothers.

I bought tickets, good seats.

Broke up with my girlfriend, not realizing that she had the tickets at her apartment. Wasn't worth the hassle to try to get them back.

Unfortunately, that was the last time that Clapton was interesting.

Bought a used Krokus "Best Of" cd, a few years back.

Four out of the ten tracks were covers.

Chicago IX

Voted Hall & Oates, but "The Seeds of Love" is one of my all-time favorite albums.

Sam: "Al won't answer my calls or texts! I keep reaching out, and he won't respond!"

Also Sam: "Just leave me alone, Al!"

Anthrax442 wrote: ↑Fri Apr 18, 2025 7:03 am Aortic Dissection

kanister wrote: ↑Sun Mar 23, 2025 7:39 am I actually think he probably needs the money.

I would guess that he probably needs to be "Diamond Dave" more than he needs money.

"It ain't no fun without an audience."

Alex Nelson (Lizzy Borden)

My first exposure to half of those songs was on "Unleashed In the East', so the studio versions pale in comparison.

So it was a bit like discovering the first KISS album, after you've already heard Alive!.

They should stick Wolfgang Van Halen on that shirt, just for the hell of it.

Hot take: British Steel kinda sucks. Zero amazing Rob vocals, boring drums and mostly elementary solos. Yes, they were trying to be AC/DC, but they aren’t AC/DC so that’s just dumb. I saw the tour when they played the whole thing and it really dawned on me how little “Priest” is actually on that al...

As great as it is, the first Montrose album kinda flopped on release.

It eventually went platinum, but that didn't happen until after Sammy joined VH - 13 years later.

Sea Hags - s/t

I know Steve Hunter did the slide stuff. From Hunter's website: This album is important to Steve for a very good reason, it introduced him to Jason Becker who became a lifelong friend along with his family. Jason had been asked to do the album and David Lee Roth wanted him to have a little more Blue...

I actually listened to this on my way home from work last night (I found the box set for under $40, so I bought it). I didn't think much of it back in the day, but it's better than I remembered. Decent songs, not great. I agree that most of the album is nothing like the title track. Jason Becker's t...

BernieTaupson wrote: ↑Sat Mar 01, 2025 5:48 pm That was then, this is now.

Roth should’ve given Steve and Billy anything and everything they wanted. Vai was always going to leave and do his own thing. Maybe he would've hung around for one more album, maybe not. He had no interest in being a rock star. He even admits that the whole Whitesnake thing was basically a money gr...

I like most of Dave's solo stuff, but I get why a greatest hits album (like "The Best") is enough for most people.

Real or not, the schtick is tired.

Daaaaaaamn, is everybody rooting against the Chiefs now? I thought people hated Tom Brady more and want Patrick Mahomes to break his Super Bowl record. Taylor Swift hates Trump too, so I thought everybody would love the Chiefs for that alone. My stepson is an annoying Pats fan, so I've enjoyed watc...

Exactly. To say that QR is only remembered for Randy, as good as he was, is complete BS. Yeah back then most of the fans were teenagers, and how many of them in 1983 actually knew about the Randy Rhoads connection? Probably not alot. It wasn't exactly common knowledge. Just sayin. Clearly you weren...

Seth Rogen.

I would've gone to see them, but other than a couple of Florida dates, they pretty much skipped the southeast. Same goes for the House of Blue Light tour.

Also how he and Strum did it. They had a history, Strum brought in his buddy to VVI and kissed label ass so they could keep the deal after leaving Vinnie. The label wanted pretty boy Mark but would never have heard of him if Vinnie never hired him. No wonder Vin feels that they backstabbed him. He ...