By Metal Dave Glessner When Pat Idle started calling me “The Patron Saint of Rock-N-Roll,” I admit I was a tad intimidated. Sure, it’s a grand-slam nickname from a dearly beloved friend, but it also sounds like a formal title that has the ring of responsibility. Who? Me? Patron Saint? Making it sound even more [...]
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Yakking with Dangerous Toys’ Scott Dalhover
Posted: 26th November 2011 by admin in Yakking with ...Tags: alcatrazz, alice cooper, dangerous toys, judas priest, kiss, motorhead, ozzy, scott dalhover, the cult, van halen
LINE ‘EM UP: Austin hard rock heroes Dangerous Toys reunite for their annual gig at Red Eyed Fly, Saturday Dec. 3. This 1990 photo features, from left to right, drummer Mark Geary, guitarist Danny Aaron, singer Jason McMaster, guitarist Scott Dalhover and bassist Mike Watson. Danny left the band in 1992 following the Toys’ sophomore album, [...]
The Rev: Howling Back After Stints with Towers of London and The Prodigy
Posted: 8th August 2011 by admin in Yakking with ...Tags: guns n' roses, sex pistols, the howling, the prodigy, the rev, towers of london
By Metal Dave Glessner In 2005, the Towers of London were all too willing to rekindle the sneering anarchy and excessive self-abuse that turned the Sex Pistols and Guns N’ Roses into rock-n-roll anti-heroes. Young, loud and snotty? You bet! A terrific band? Absolutely! Doomed to fizzle? Sadly, yes. After meeting the Towers at SXSW [...]
Yakking with … Benji Lee of Supagroup
Posted: 31st July 2011 by admin in Yakking with ...Tags: ac/dc, aerosmith, alice cooper, benji lee, chris lee, guns n'roses, hail hail, sean yseult, supagroup, whitesnake
By Metal Dave Glessner I first got kicked in the teeth by Supagroup during the late 1990s when a business trip took me to Atlanta. By day, I reported to an office. By night, I prowled the Little Five Points district where I happened upon Supagroup who, in those early days, used to encore with [...]
Yakking with Chad Cherry of The Last Vegas
Posted: 22nd June 2011 by admin in Yakking with ...Tags: ac/dc, black crowes, broken teeth, buckcherry, chad cherry, guns n' roses, high class trash, iggy, motley crue, nate arling, nikki sixx, stooges, the last vegas, whatever gets you off
CHERRY ON TOP: The Last Vegas singer Chad Cherry digs chicks, monsters, rock-n-roll fashion, partying and opening for the likes of Motley Crue and AC/DC. Who doesn’t? By Metal Dave Glessner When it comes to shooting-star rock singers, they don’t burn hotter than Chad Cherry. A leather-legged version of vintage Rod Stewart spiked with the sex-bomb [...]
Yakking with …. D’Toys bassist Mike Watson
Posted: 28th November 2010 by admin in Yakking with ...Tags: alice cooper, bonsai, dangerous toy, faster pussycat, hammersmith odeon, jason mcmaster, judas priest, mike watson, motorhead, red eyed fly, sex pistols, steve jones, the cult
ABOVE: Ten Boots Stompin: Dangerous Toys in 1989 with Watson far right. It seems a lifetime of rock’n’roll has turned Mike Watson into a stark, raving – miniature tree enthusiast! Say wha? It’s true, but more on that later. More pressing is welcome news that Watson and his hard-rocking Dangerous Toys are reuniting Dec. 4 to [...]
Yakking with … Ginger, a Wildhearted rocker
Posted: 11th October 2010 by admin in Yakking with ...Tags: ginger, michael monroe, ramones, slade, wildhearts, willie nelson
I first met Ginger in 2004 when his band, the Wildhearts, returned to America following an extended absence. I didn’t know it at the time, but the Brit’s personal life was as troubled as his various bands (The Throbs, Quireboys, Wildhearts, SilverGinger5, Brides of Destruction and others I’m surely forgetting). When he phoned me out of [...]
Yakking with … Nicki Kin from Vains of Jenna
Posted: 30th September 2010 by admin in Yakking with ...Tags: iggy, muse, nicki kin, nirvana, vains of jenna
New blood is pulsing through Vains of Jenna as the Swedish sleaze-rockers return to America this weekend for the official unveiling of new music, a new lineup and a string of tour dates. With a five-song EP as a teaser, the Vains (yes, intentionally misspelled) are introducing new American singer Jesse Forte along with [...]