By Metal Dave Glessner My heroes have seldom been cowboys, but Willie Nelson is a clear exception. Along with other real-deal outlaws like Waylon Jennings, Merle Haggard and Johnny Cash, Willie was part of my childhood soundtrack thanks to Dad’s passing preference for country music. When I moved to Austin in 1995, it was hard [...]
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The Gospel According to Willie Nelson
Posted: 10th January 2012 by admin in Every Picture Tells a StoryTags: austin, joe ely, red headed stranger, willie nelson
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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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Fun Fun Fun with Big Boy Chris Gates
Posted: 4th November 2010 by admin in Every Picture Tells a StoryTags: austin, big boys, chris gates, fun fun fun, hardcore, texas
Before “Fun Fun Fun” became the name of an annual three-day, alterna-punk-metal festival in Austin, Texas, it was the title of a song by seminal hardcore band, the Big Boys. Likewise, before Austin musician Chris Gates became a friend of mine, he was the bass player in said Big Boys. On the eve of this year’s Fun [...]
2Fast2Die Joins the Ramones Oct. 22, 1992
Posted: 21st October 2010 by admin in Every Picture Tells a StoryTags: 1992, austin, cj, joey, johnny, marky, ramones
1-2-3-4!!! The Ramones may be gone, but they’ll always be Too Tough To Die! Until I got married and later became a father, the most memorable day of my life was Oct. 22, 1992. On that date, 18 years ago this week, I finally met the Ramones. Thanks to publicist Ida Langsam (a friend [...]