By Metal Dave Glessner As someone who remembers buying “Back in Black” as a brand-new vinyl album when it was released in 1980, I can recall the days when rock magazines were as close as you got to meeting your favorite bands. Before MTV, Google and YouTube, there was Creem, Circus and Hit Parader. Naturally, [...]
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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 [...]
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 [...]
Voivod Roars Into Bold New Dimensions
Posted: 3rd February 2011 by admin in Every Picture Tells a StoryTags: angel rat, away, blacky, dimension hatross, jason newsted, nothingface, piggy, rrroooaaarrr!!!, snake, the outer limits, voivod
CHAOS MONGERS: At SXSW 2010 in Austin I slipped “backstage” to meet Voivod bassist Blacky (above) and drummer Away (below right) just moments before they stormed the stage (and got short-circuited by technical difficulties). Meeting Blacky for the first time last year was an honor as there was no dude more metal when I was younger (see [...]
Shooting smack with Slash (talk, not drugs)
Posted: 26th January 2011 by admin in Every Picture Tells a StoryTags: austin, Axl Rose, Back Room, guns n' roses, Iggy Pop, Slash, Slash's Blues Ball, Snakepit, the cult
It seems I went through a Rob Zombie/Phil Anselmo phase in 1997 as evidenced by this photo of me and my beard hanging out with Slash. The photo was taken by my good friend Houston Ritcheson behind Austin’s now-defunct Back Room music venue when Mr. Top Hat was touring with his post Guns N’Roses/Snakepit cover [...]
A Weekend With Anthrax Singer John Bush
Posted: 17th January 2011 by admin in Every Picture Tells a StoryTags: anthrax, armored saint, jason mcmaster, john bush, killeen, megadeth, motley crue
The photo above looks calm enough, but it’s surrounded by some crazy before/after stories. Thanks to my pal Jason McMaster and his longstanding friendship with mighty metal singer John Bush (above), I’ve had awesome access to Anthrax (and Armored Saint) over the years. Obviously, great access = great stories, but not everything is caught on [...]
Marky Ramone: Backstage Blab
Posted: 12th January 2011 by admin in Every Picture Tells a StoryTags: austin, bates motel, belligerent 86, jesse malin, johnny pisano, marky ramone, marky ramone & the intruders, ramones, sloppy seconds, stubb's
It’s no secret the Ramones are 2Fast2Die’s all-time favorite band so it’s always a thrill to rub black-leather elbows with New York’s pioneering punks. Three of the original members are no longer with us (RIP), but the Ramones’ legacy forever remains too tough to die (I told you it’s no secret). The photo above was taken [...]