Good news blew in on a breeze of Jack and Coke this morning when Mario Escovedo emailed from San Diego to report the Dragons are dusting off their leather pants and reuniting for a pair of rowdy gigs at San Francisco’s Thee Parkside July 30-31. From there, the rock-n-roll kamikazes set their sights on [...]
Archive for July, 2010
The Dragons: They’ve Got the Jack, Jack, Jack
Posted: 29th July 2010 by admin in News BitesTags: alejandro escovedo, dictators, dragons, gearhead records, hanoi rocks, las vegas shakedown, rolling stones, sxsw, thee parkside
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Danko Jones: Get in the Ring!
Posted: 27th July 2010 by admin in News BitesTags: below the belt, bon scott, broken teeth, danko jones, lemmy, peter criss, thin lizzy
Fans of Thin Lizzy, Bon Scott and Peter Criss’ cowbell will want to drink a beer with tough guys Danko Jones. A Canadian trio that won’t soon be mistaken for Triumph, blood-sweatin’ Danko Jones has proved to be a show-stealer at prestigious European rock festivals (not to mention a formidable opener on Guns N’ Roses‘ recent [...]
Buckcherry Lights Up San Antonio, Gets Ready to Drop New Album, ‘All Night Long’
Posted: 26th July 2010 by admin in ReviewsTags: "All Night Long", buckcherry
I’ve seen more than 20 Buckcherry concerts, which could probably get me arrrested for stalking if the boys weren’t so loyal to one of their earliest hardcore fans. Thanks, guys! Last weekend in San Antonio, Buckcherry once again rolled out the rock and some hella hospitality as headliners of the 99.5 KISS Summer Swelter festival. [...]
Scorpions: A Fantastic Farewell!
Posted: 24th July 2010 by admin in ReviewsTags: dangerous toys, ratt, scorpions
To put it politely, the Scorpions F$#@&*! kicked ass Friday night in San Antonio. If this indeed is a final farewell tour and not a prolonged goodbye KISS (although KISS continues to be stellar in concert), then the Scorps left me floored. “Make it Real,” an obscure gem from 1980 and one of my all-time [...]
Buckcherry: Life is Good, Oil’s a Bitch!
Posted: 23rd July 2010 by admin in Quotes and ChatterTags: "All Night Long", buckcherry, Filter, gulf coast oil spill, Hellyeah, our world, summer swelter
This may come as a soul-crushing buzzkill, but there’s more to life than chicks and booze. So says Buckcherry frontman Josh Todd who phoned last week from a gig in Minnesota to discuss the sober side of life and Buckcherry’s bid to help those impacted by the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. On Finding Sobriety: [...]
Scorpions Bring the Sting on Farewell Tour
Posted: 22nd July 2010 by admin in News Bites, Quotes and ChatterTags: ratt, ritchie blackmore, scorpions, van halen
The Scorpions bring their final farewell tour to San Antonio’s AT&T Center tomorrow (Friday, July 23) for one last must-see blowout (blackout?). A revamped Ratt opens the show. The Scorps are promoting a fine swan song of a new album titled “Sting in the Tail” and will, of course, take you by force with a [...]
Ratt’s Axe: It’s a Riot!
Posted: 20th July 2010 by admin in News BitesTags: michael schenker, quiet riot, randy rhoads, ratt, scorpions
After going round and round in the quest for a second guitarist (Michael Schenker, John Corabi, Kerri Kelly, Alex Grossi and even Tracii Guns for one hot minute), Ratt seems to have made the perfect choice in former Quiet Riot six stringer, Carlos Cavazo. A formidable talent who replaced the late, great Randy Rhoads in Quiet [...]
Jetboy: Flying High Again
Posted: 19th July 2010 by admin in News Bites, Quotes and ChatterTags: hanoi rocks, jetboy, kiss, paul stanley, poison
Got an email from guitarist Billy Rowe informing me that his band JETBOY plugs in at the Midwest Rockfest this Saturday, July 24, in Wichita, Kansas. JETBOY, you may recall, once ruled the mid-‘80s Hollywood club scene alongside Poison and Guns N’ Roses until record industry politics spiraled the band into turmoil and obscurity (c’mon, [...]