PUNK ROCK PIRATES: Gamblers Ian MacDougall (aka Capt. Photogenic), Fadi El-Assad and soon-to-be-overboard singer Mike Wiebe with a hatless Metal Dave. Arrghh!! By Metal Dave Glessner What happens when the Riverboat Gamblers hijack a double-decker party barge and throw a punk-rock barbecue bash on Lake Travis? According to an early announcement from the ship’s crew, […]
Archive for June, 2011
Riverboat Gamblers: Punk Rock Pirates
Posted: 28th June 2011 by admin in ReviewsTags: emo's, krum bums, lake travis, rise against, riverboat gamblers, street dogs
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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 […]
By Metal Dave Glessner SAN ANTONIO – Motley Crue, Poison and the New York Dolls never claimed to be Rush or the Clash. Jaw-dropping guitar solos? Hah! Political agendas? Huh? Pyro and gyrating stripper chicks? Hell yeah and woo-hoo! Such was the scene Thursday night at the money-grubbing AT&T Center where a parking fee of […]
Tommy Lee 2005: The Call of the Wild(man)
Posted: 6th June 2011 by admin in UncategorizedTags: dr. feelgood, girls girls girls, mick mars, motley crue, new york dolls, nikki sixx, pamela anderson, poison, shout at the devil, the dirt, theatre of pain, tommy lee, tommyland, too fast for love, vince neil
2Fast2Die Note: As Motley Crue threatens to uncork some raunch-n-roll debauchery at the AT&T Center in San Antonio June 9 (with special guests Poison and the legendary New York Dolls), I decided to dig up my previous interviews with rock’s most notorious dirtbags. Ticket info is here. By Metal Dave Glessner Tommy Lee is calling long-distance, […]
Vince Neil: Tattoos, Tequila and Turmoil
Posted: 1st June 2011 by admin in UncategorizedTags: dr. feelgood, girl girls girls, hanoi rocks, mick mars, motley crue, nicholas "razzle" dingley, nikki sixx, shout at the devil, theatre of pain, tommy lee, too fast for love, vince neil
2Fast2Die Note: As Motley Crue threatens to uncork some raunch-n-roll debauchery in San Antonio June 9 at the AT&T Center with special guests Poison and the legendary New York Dolls (get there early!), I decided to dig up a few of my previous interviews with rock’s most notorious dirtbags. The Crue’s current setlist is reportedly chosen […]