ENUFF Z'NUFF Donnie / Chip reunion

[Michael Hotts Ghost]

This seems like a video the Sludge gang would be interested in.

Goddamn though, the Beetlejuice dude is a Janick Gers on crack. Settle down Beavis. He has the Glenn Hughes false teeth / dentures look too. Someone is out of tune.


ENUFF Z'NUFF ILLINOIS ROCK & ROLL HALL CONCERT 9/14/25 New Thing. Fly High Michelle

https://youtu.be/UcemJDass60?si=A27k8-uGkFL2KWo-

[ckgent]

The Janick Gers is Alex Kane. He has been in the band a few times over the years.

[endstand]

It does seem that those two guitar players can’t read the room.

Are they always totally overplaying? I mean, usually there is a lead vocalist whose role is to be front and centre.

[Spongie]

The acoustics of a high school gym.

Am I really seeing 4 guitars to pull off New Thing??

[AlexVonHaig]

What is Vik Foxx doing nowadays? Is Monnaco still in LA Guns?

[Anthrax442]

What is Vik Foxx doing nowadays? Is Monnaco still in LA Guns?

Dunno about Vik Foxx, but Monaco has been gone for a long time. Their second guitarist is Ace Von Johnson.

Monaco was Pearcy's guitar player, but then Pearcy started doing the Pearcy/Martini gigs with Cavazo as second guitarist, so I guess Monaco is odd man out at the moment.

[Wild Obsession]

It does seem that those two guitar players can’t read the room.

This ^....... is pretty much the definition of Alex "dancing grandpa" Kane's stage persona.........

[tooth]

They should have gotten Jimmy Chamberlin & did it, or at least part of it, as a 3 piece. When is the last time those two played together publicly?

[Black Stuff]

Pearcy is doing something interesting, two separate bands. If its a show with Warren, Carlos is in. If a solo show, Erik and Johmny are in.

[PBFSUCKS]

Well that was underwhelming. Bummer. What a clown show of hired guns.

Interesting during the “narrow minded” part of New Thing, Donnie puts his hand on Chip. lol

[Anthrax442]

Honestly, I'm surprised Donnie is still alive.

[TheDeadBastard]

Was Donny’s girlfriend in the audience to witness this audacious occasion?

[Fat_Elvis]

If those guitarists weren't running around, the damn thing would have looked like a painting.

[MattleyCrue]

Donnie is amazing. Need to get Chip, Monaco & Foxx all in the mix and it would be a fantastic band

[steviedoes]

Donnie is amazing. Need to get Chip, Monaco & Foxx all in the mix and it would be a fantastic band

I've always thought of how awesome an album "Enuff Z'nuff" could make if it was an album with Donnie singing 6 songs, Chip singing 4, and Monaco singing 2. Obviously Chip and Donnie's egos would never allow that. But if they could put those egos aside, it could be awesome. I don't think Chip wants Donnie in the band now, I think he likes being the "front man" even if back in 2016 when he took over vocals he claimed he did reluctantly. The second best scenario to me, would be Monaco on vocals/guitar/songwriting as a 3 piece with Chip and a drummer. On albums. Not just live shows. It was Chip who never let Monaco be the songwriter/vocalist on an album. Oh well. Even though I'm in the minority, I think the Chip fronted Enuff Z'nuff is "just fine". The new album is pretty solid. Although the revolving clown car door of guitarists and drummers is getting a bit lame.

[LitaStrauss]

They were a band that had every opportunity to succeed but could never get out of their own way. They still had a major label deal during the height of grunge in 1993 for their 3rd record. Howard Stern at the height of his fame was backing them. But they continually found a way to fuck it all up with drugs and bad decisions.

The other guitarists on stage needed to read the room and realize nobody was there to see them. It was about Chip & Donnie so tone it down.

[Van Ailin']

Well, they can't use Derek Frigo . . .

[endstand]

They were a band that had every opportunity to succeed but could never get out of their own way. They still had a major label deal during the height of grunge in 1993 for their 3rd record. Howard Stern at the height of his fame was backing them. But they continually found a way to fuck it all up with drugs and bad decisions.

The other guitarists on stage needed to read the room and realize nobody was there to see them. It was about Chip & Donnie so tone it down.

I don't think they had really any realistic chance to get any bigger they were. There is no doubt that the songwriting part from the musical perspective they had covered way better than most of other bands at the time and of course the content is always the big key for success. Without any songs you can't really get far.

However their musical style was more power pop rather than what other hard rock acts did at the time in 1989. So it was really not the flavor of the day (let alone the confusing image they had).

And like everybody knows, two years later when the second album came out it was already the last hurrah even for the big bands of the genre.

Then few years from there obviously it was anyway totally impossible to maintain any level of success let alone if you really did not even have a proper breakthrough. Being on a major label does not help at all at that stage - if you don't have any audience for your music, does not make any sense to push and promote anything since it is only loss of money for the record company.

Of course having substance abuse problems don't help the situation. With a clear head and professional attitude you might have shot to navigate through the challenging times and maybe at least have some kind of a career or make a way as a songwriter or whatever. But as a band I fail to see that Enuff Z'Nuff had any bigger potential.

[Hellsinkey]

They should have gotten Jimmy Chamberlin & did it, or at least part of it, as a 3 piece.

He's a great drummer, saw him recently in an arena with Smashing Pumpkins. I like Enuff Z'nuff but why would he join them? Have they ever even played together? Or maybe you're joking.

[LitaStrauss]

They were a band that had every opportunity to succeed but could never get out of their own way. They still had a major label deal during the height of grunge in 1993 for their 3rd record. Howard Stern at the height of his fame was backing them. But they continually found a way to fuck it all up with drugs and bad decisions.

The other guitarists on stage needed to read the room and realize nobody was there to see them. It was about Chip & Donnie so tone it down.

I don't think they had really any realistic chance to get any bigger they were. There is no doubt that the songwriting part from the musical perspective they had covered way better than most of other bands at the time and of course the content is always the big key for success. Without any songs you can't really get far.

However their musical style was more power pop rather than what other hard rock acts did at the time in 1989. So it was really not the flavor of the day (let alone the confusing image they had).

And like everybody knows, two years later when the second album came out it was already the last hurrah even for the big bands of the genre.

Then few years from there obviously it was anyway totally impossible to maintain any level of success let alone if you really did not even have a proper breakthrough. Being on a major label does not help at all at that stage - if you don't have any audience for your music, does not make any sense to push and promote anything since it is only loss of money for the record company.

Of course having substance abuse problems don't help the situation. With a clear head and professional attitude you might have shot to navigate through the challenging times and maybe at least have some kind of a career or make a way as a songwriter or whatever. But as a band I fail to see that Enuff Z'Nuff had any bigger potential.

That's kind of what I was saying. They had a horrible band name and a bad image. So despite having quality catchy songs, as well as having the opportunity and money poured into them that a lot of bands during that time didn't have, they still found a way to fuck it up. Even with the poppier songs, they could have still found an audience had they not looked like glammed out hippies and been drug addicts.

[AlexVonHaig]

Donnie is amazing. Need to get Chip, Monaco & Foxx all in the mix and it would be a fantastic band

I've always thought of how awesome an album "Enuff Z'nuff" could make if it was an album with Donnie singing 6 songs, Chip singing 4, and Monaco singing 2. Obviously Chip and Donnie's egos would never allow that. But if they could put those egos aside, it could be awesome. I don't think Chip wants Donnie in the band now, I think he likes being the "front man" even if back in 2016 when he took over vocals he claimed he did reluctantly. The second best scenario to me, would be Monaco on vocals/guitar/songwriting as a 3 piece with Chip and a drummer. On albums. Not just live shows. It was Chip who never let Monaco be the songwriter/vocalist on an album. Oh well. Even though I'm in the minority, I think the Chip fronted Enuff Z'nuff is "just fine". The new album is pretty solid. Although the revolving clown car door of guitarists and drummers is getting a bit lame.

Is there anyone on the planet that thinks that it was Chips ego and not Donnie being a junkie that has kept Donnie out of EZ?

[tooth]

They should have gotten Jimmy Chamberlin & did it, or at least part of it, as a 3 piece.

why would he join them?

The video is of EZN playing at the "Illinois Rock and Roll Hall of Fame" & Jimmy Chamberlin is from Illinois.

[tooth]

Howard Stern at the height of his fame was backing them.

I forgot about them on Stern. Looking back, while it was great to get on the Stern show, it was a double edged sword. You got booked on the Stern show solely to have everyone to make fun of you, make everyone laugh at you & make you look bad in front of millions. It worked, I was a huge Stern fan at the time, thought EZN were ridiculous, laughed at them & never checked them out.

[DonJuanDeMarco]

Nobody can say for sure why they never made it. They had the songs. The original version of the band was good as well as John Monaco and Ricky Parent in later years.

I only heard one of their Stern interviews when 1985 came out. They came across well. Howard was always complimentary of them.

Besides that after being dropped by Atco, they got picked up by Arista (Clive Davis) so that was as good as it was gonna get. Oh..and they were on Letterman too!

All I can think is that MTV only played New Thing and Fly High Michelle. I never saw Mother's Eyes, Baby Loves You or Right By Your Side.

Also, as mentioned, they were more power pop than arena rock so if they came out later, they may have toured with bands like Gin Blossoms. But it wasn't meant to be.

[FreddyFender]

Oh, I can say for sure why they didn't make it: people didn't like their music.

To 99.9999% of people, its glaringly obvious.

[steviedoes]

Donnie is amazing. Need to get Chip, Monaco & Foxx all in the mix and it would be a fantastic band

I've always thought of how awesome an album "Enuff Z'nuff" could make if it was an album with Donnie singing 6 songs, Chip singing 4, and Monaco singing 2. Obviously Chip and Donnie's egos would never allow that. But if they could put those egos aside, it could be awesome. I don't think Chip wants Donnie in the band now, I think he likes being the "front man" even if back in 2016 when he took over vocals he claimed he did reluctantly. The second best scenario to me, would be Monaco on vocals/guitar/songwriting as a 3 piece with Chip and a drummer. On albums. Not just live shows. It was Chip who never let Monaco be the songwriter/vocalist on an album. Oh well. Even though I'm in the minority, I think the Chip fronted Enuff Z'nuff is "just fine". The new album is pretty solid. Although the revolving clown car door of guitarists and drummers is getting a bit lame.

Is there anyone on the planet that thinks that it was Chips ego and not Donnie being a junkie that has kept Donnie out of EZ?

Touche. I guess I could have been clearer in my statement. "Could" should have been followed by "have". They "could have" back in the mid to late 90s when they were all in the band together. I didn't mean these days or in the future. It appears that Monaco is just as through with Chip as Chip is with Donnie. I would never expect that line up to get back together.

[woblinweebles]

All I can think is that MTV only played New Thing and Fly High Michelle. I never saw Mother's Eyes, Baby Loves You or Right By Your Side.

Both of the first two videos were in rotation for over 2 months on MTV, but Mother's Eyes was only in rotation for a little over a month and Baby Loves You only got a few weeks. I'm guessing that if they played the one for Right By Your Side, it was only on Headbangers Ball.

Rolling Stone featured them in their Hot Issue in 1991 and that obviously didn't help either. It is kind of fun to read again: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/mus ... ff-175286/

Looks like the band, management, and the record company thought they were going to blow up.