ABOVE: Houston and I writing songs together in 2004. The longtime Austin punk rocker celebrates his 39th birthday April 3 and continues to fight cancer. Be sure to wish Houston a Happy Birthday this weekend and make plans to attend one of the upcoming benefit gigs being held in his honor. Do it for Huey! Info below. [...]
Archive for March, 2011
Jesse Malin Gives Us Another Beautiful Day
Posted: 22nd March 2011 by admin in Every Picture Tells a StoryTags: D Generation, glitter in the gutter, jesse malin, sxsw 2011
By Metal Dave Glessner When Kim and I drove to the hospital to welcome our son into the world three years ago, the soundtrack to our journey was Jesse Malin’s “Glitter in the Gutter.” As Jesse sings in that album’s opening track, it was indeed a “beautiful day.” As a fan of Jesse’s since his [...]
Randy Rhoads: In the presence of greatness
Posted: 19th March 2011 by admin in Every Picture Tells a StoryTags: hollywood, motley crue, mountain view cemetery, Ozzy Osbourne, randy rhoads, san bernardino, sunset strip, van halen
By Metal Dave Glessner After years of daydreaming and wishful thinking, I finally landed in Hollywood for the first time around 1997. It was a lifelong goal of mine to party on Sunset Strip and visit the clubs that birthed the likes of Van Halen, Quiet Riot, Motley Crue, Poison, WASP and all the other [...]
Hell’s Bells! Malcolm Young is on the phone
Posted: 16th March 2011 by admin in Quotes and ChatterTags: ac/dc, angus young, back in black, bon scott, brian johnson, cliff williams, malcolm young, phil rudd, stiff upper lip
By Metal Dave Glessner When AC/DC guitarist Malcolm Young phoned my house in 2000, I was certain a friend was prank calling me. In a cartoon voice that sounded like a chain-smoking Popeye, Malcolm’s Australian accent wheezed into the phone asking for “Die-vit Guh-lesshneh.” When I told him it was me, he informed me I was [...]
Crank County Daredevils: ‘Cinco’ Makes 5
Posted: 7th March 2011 by admin in Every Picture Tells a StoryTags: Adam Fever, Billy Velvet, buckcherry, Crank County Daredevils, faster pussycat, Kings of Sleaze, Los Angeles, Mark Hammer, Scotty P., sxsw, the bulemics
KINGS OF SLEAZE: Crank County Daredevils circa 2002, left to right: Billy Velvet, Scotty P., drummer Mark Hammer and Adam Fever at SXSW in Austin (Photo by Jerry Milton) As the honorary fifth member of sleaze-metal band, the Crank County Daredevils, I was nicknamed “Cinco” and/or “#5” about six years ago and lived to tell [...]
Skid Row and the Headband Gone Wrong
Posted: 1st March 2011 by admin in Every Picture Tells a StoryTags: austin, B-Movie Rats, britny fox, dave gara, johnny solinger, rachel bolan, rock city ice house, scotti hill, sebastian bach, skid row
As much as I’d like to blame a lost wager on this ridiculous headband I wore to a Skid Row concert three years ago, I must confess the frilly malfunction was nobody’s fault but my own. Hell, even the hair-metal Skids knew the ‘80s were dead and gone! What the Bach was I thinking? Despite the [...]