By Metal Dave The Stretwalkin’ Cheetahs didn’t enter my life with a warm smile and friendly handshake. No sir, they brick-bashed my ears and chainsawed my face in an ambush of chaos and decibels. Of course, I’m eternally grateful. As best I can recall, the year was 1999 and I somehow dragged my quivering corpse […]
Archive for March, 2014
The Streetwalkin’ Cheetahs: Reunited and Talking New Songs, Tour, Drugs & Flying Pigs
Posted: 26th March 2014 by admin in Quotes and ChatterTags: Bruce Duff, cheetah chrome, Frank Meyer, Little T&A Records, The Streetwalkin' Cheetahs
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Tool: The Weird Science of Alternative Metal
Posted: 20th March 2014 by admin in Quotes and ChatterTags: 10000 Days, Adam Jones, Aenima, Lateralus, Maynard James Keenan, Tool
By Metal Dave In 2006, I was fairly certain I could sooner have a beer with Bigfoot than land an interview with Tool. While the band dropped its mysterious shroud for international music publications like Rolling Stone and SPIN, it was rare for the guys to speak to every daily newspaper along the latest tour […]
Cheetah Chrome: Legendary Dead Boy is Still Loud and Snotty … And Playing ‘Solo’ at SXSW
Posted: 5th March 2014 by admin in Quotes and ChatterTags: CBGB, cheetah chrome, dead boys, Plowboy Records, Sonic Reducer, stiv bators, The Batusis
By Metal Dave Cheetah Chrome isn’t the biggest cat in the cage, but he can damn sure rattle it just as loud as the rest. From the machine-gun riff of “Sonic Reducer” through the rest of the Dead Boys’ savage punk rock, Cheetah’s raw guitar power is every bit as vicious as those strummers in […]