Jimmy Duff, far right, humors the crew from “That Metal Show” as they try (again) to explain an unpaid bar tab Jimmy Duff is my new hero. Not only does the guy own a self-named, award-winning Brooklyn, NY dive bar plastered with heavy metal memorabilia, he also gets to party with the fiercest names in [...]
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Yakking with … Jimmy Duff
Posted: 9th September 2010 by admin in Yakking with ...Tags: brooklyn, don jamieson, duff's, eddie trunk, exodus, jim florentine, jimmy duff, kerry king, kiss destroyer, lemmy, slayer, type o negative
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Yakking with … Patrick Kennison
Posted: 3rd September 2010 by admin in Yakking with ...Tags: disturbed, lars ulrich, marilyn manson, nikki sixx, patrick kennison, shout at the devil, union underground
Shout at the Devil: Kennison live onstage with Heaven Below I met Pat Kennison some 20-plus years ago in San Antonio when the “manager” of his band, Boyzen Heat, brought me onboard to serve as the group’s “publicist,” artist and T-shirt designer. Being my first foray into the “business” side of rock-n-roll and considering Boyzen [...]
Yakking with … Colby ‘The Bastard Son’ Veil
Posted: 27th August 2010 by admin in Yakking with ...Tags: adler's appetite, aerosmith, dopesnake, guns n' roses, hollywood roses, nikki sixx, ramones
The Bastard Son of Axl Tyler Colby Veil grew up in Rockwall, Texas but hauled ass to Los Angeles so he could start livin’ out his fantasy of sleepin’ late and smokin’ tea. Actually, Colby moved to L.A. so he could marinate in the birthplace of Guns N’Roses. Once there, he drank up the Hollywood nightlife, [...]
Yakking with … Stevie Rachelle of Tuff
Posted: 20th August 2010 by admin in Yakking with ...Tags: american hair band, gene simmons, kiss, motley crue, stevie rachelle, tuff, vains of jenna
Stevie circa 2001 minus the hairspray and leather The going was rough for TUFF during Hollywood’s 1980′s hair-metal heyday. Admittedly obsessed with Motley Crue, the band did the whole big-hair/skintight/bandanna thing, but never gained the nationwide audience of second-tier peers like L.A. Guns, Faster Pussycat and Dangerous Toys. Best-known for the novelty song, “American Hair [...]
Yakking with … Jason McMaster
Posted: 12th August 2010 by admin in Yakking with ...Tags: broken teeth, dangerous toys, ignitor, jason mcmaster, watchtower
Welcome to the first installment of a new semi-regular 2Fast2Die Q&A feature called “Yakking With …” What better way to debut than with singer Jason McMaster, whose storied careers with Watchtower, Dangerous Toys, Broken Teeth, Ignitor and others has rightfully made him a Texas metal legend (“Can I get a Slayer?”). Jason’s website will give [...]