NOTE: This article originally published in the Austin American-Statesman, March 6, 2012 SXSW PREVIEW: THE CULT RETURNS WITH NEW RECORD, ‘STILL INQUISITIVE, STILL PASSIONATE’ By David Glessner Special to the American-Statesman When you run with wolves and jackals, you get wise to the ways of survival. Just ask Ian Astbury, singer for the Cult. Reached [...]
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The Cult: Ian Astbury talks new album, GN’R, the Doors & more on eve of 2012 SXSW gigs
Posted: 6th March 2012 by admin in Quotes and ChatterTags: Choice of Weapon, guns n' roses, Ian Astbury interview, SXSW 2012, SXSW free shows, the cult
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Pure Rubbish: Too Much Too Soon?
Posted: 28th December 2011 by admin in Every Picture Tells a StoryTags: ac/dc, aerosmith, alice cooper, appetite for destruction, bad luck charms, dee dee ramone, derek dunivan, evan dunivan, guns n' roses, hanoi rocks, herman's hermits, jarrett gardner, kelley osbourne, mick jagger, mike clink, mike mcwilliams, motorhead, nashville pussy, new york dolls, ozzfest, Ozzy Osbourne, PURE R, pure rubbish, sharon osbourne, stiv bators, supersuckers, sxsw, t.rex, u.s. bombs
YOUNG, LOUD AND SNOTTY: I shot this photo at Flamingo Cantina in Austin on the night I met Pure Rubbish at SXSW 2001. From left, Jarrett Gardner, Mike McWilliams, Derek Dunivan and Evan Dunivan. Average age? Maybe 16. By Metal Dave Glessner Pure Rubbish hooked my attention at SXSW 2001 when word from the gutter [...]
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 [...]
Metal Dave: Karaoke Kamikaze
Posted: 5th July 2011 by admin in Every Picture Tells a StoryTags: guns n' roses, headhunters, jerry milton, skid row
By Metal Dave Glessner Here’s a photo I like to call “Don’t Quit Your Day Job.” The shot was taken by Jerry Milton circa 2005 (?) at Headhunter’s in Austin, which has long been one of my regular haunts. On this night, a live band was playing karaoke requests behind shameless and willing wannabes such [...]
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 [...]
Duff McKagan’s Loaded: Grunge N’ Roses?
Posted: 14th June 2011 by admin in ReviewsTags: alice in chains, circle jerks, duff mckagan, guns n' roses, Iggy Pop, the beatles, the fartz, the ramones, the sword
Loaded Gun: Duff McKagan, center, and his Loaded band mates (photos by Lance Mercer). By Metal Dave Glessner As the resident punk rocker of Guns N’ Roses, Duff McKagan holds a lot of promise for a 1-2-3-4 rant of a record. He is, after all, the same misfit who played drums for The Fartz and introduced [...]
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 [...]
Review: GN’R's Adler Unloads His Destruction
Posted: 15th October 2010 by admin in ReviewsTags: guns n' roses, steven adler
Above: Which one of these guys is totally wasted? In a 4-1 vote, drummer Steven Adler, second from right, was kicked out of Guns N’ Roses for being the biggest junkie in a band full of druggies. As he explains in his tell-all book, things only got worse from there. As the original drummer for Guns N’ [...]
Yakking with … New Disaster’s Natchet Taylor
Posted: 16th September 2010 by admin in Yakking with ...Tags: guns n' roses, motorhead, natchet taylor, new disaster, stooges
I first met Natchet Taylor nearly 10 years ago at my favorite Austin dive bar, Headhunters, where his self-named, three-piece punk-n-roll band used to encore with Danzig and Rancid covers. Just as the Natchet Taylor band was gaining momentum on the strength of an electric live show and a hard-earned 2005 debut album called “Barely Legal,” [...]