Indeed, how could any woman say no to a member of Poison
My new best friend bart-calendar has a tag called "axl sucks," yet he remains my best source for urgent 80's metal news.* Two recent news items for those of you playing along at home:
Rikki Rocket arrested for rape. bart-calendar says, "At least he went for alliteration in his crime. Also, how could any woman say no to a member of Poison?"
I learned the new fact that RR's real initials are also RR. Do you think that Bobby Dall's real name might not be Robert Dall?!?
Interview with Slash. I do have to wonder about the man. He's mad chill and wicked hot and all, but I think he has some serious co-dependency issues. How do you go from Axl to another notoriously flakey (and drug-addicted) front man? Axl wasn't on drugs, but that was a bad thing. I'd love to give the boy some lithium.
For the record, I am of the opinion that Velvet Revolver sucks, not in a painfully sucky way like System of a Down, but in an uninspired-you-guys-are-better-than-this kind of way. Slash's Snakepit has produced far more rocking albums. What VR was missing was a songwriter like Izzy. A crazy frontman can only get you so far. Like the sign says, "Where's Izzy?"
I never saw a Velvet Revolver show, but I did see Slash's Snakepit open for AC/DC at an outdoor venue in 2000. Yes, you should all be insanely fucking jealous that I saw AC/DC the last time they toured North America. Complete with So Cal delinquents lighting bonfires out of plastic cups and plates all over the lawn. Anyway, Slash's frontman at the time was awesome, and he did a killer Axl impersonation singing "Mr. Brownstone," complete with swaying hips. Slash's repretoire stands on its own, of course, but that was a nice surprise in their set.
* It just occurred to me - is that the ultimate oxymoron? News about 80's metal that is "urgent?"
Rikki Rocket arrested for rape. bart-calendar says, "At least he went for alliteration in his crime. Also, how could any woman say no to a member of Poison?"
I learned the new fact that RR's real initials are also RR. Do you think that Bobby Dall's real name might not be Robert Dall?!?
Interview with Slash. I do have to wonder about the man. He's mad chill and wicked hot and all, but I think he has some serious co-dependency issues. How do you go from Axl to another notoriously flakey (and drug-addicted) front man? Axl wasn't on drugs, but that was a bad thing. I'd love to give the boy some lithium.
For the record, I am of the opinion that Velvet Revolver sucks, not in a painfully sucky way like System of a Down, but in an uninspired-you-guys-are-better-than-this kind of way. Slash's Snakepit has produced far more rocking albums. What VR was missing was a songwriter like Izzy. A crazy frontman can only get you so far. Like the sign says, "Where's Izzy?"
I never saw a Velvet Revolver show, but I did see Slash's Snakepit open for AC/DC at an outdoor venue in 2000. Yes, you should all be insanely fucking jealous that I saw AC/DC the last time they toured North America. Complete with So Cal delinquents lighting bonfires out of plastic cups and plates all over the lawn. Anyway, Slash's frontman at the time was awesome, and he did a killer Axl impersonation singing "Mr. Brownstone," complete with swaying hips. Slash's repretoire stands on its own, of course, but that was a nice surprise in their set.
* It just occurred to me - is that the ultimate oxymoron? News about 80's metal that is "urgent?"