Pictured Life: Udo Dirkschneider
Onboard the bus during our interview, Udo displayed a copious thirst for whiskey (and generous hospitality).
Pictured Life: Psycho Mike-O Gets Infectious
By Metal Dave The 1991 photo above was taken behind the Cameo Theater in downtown San Antonio by my lifelong buddy Al Kelly who had just thrown up a few moments earlier. Nice shot, Al! The tough guy in the bandana is Suicidal Tendencies singer Mike Muir. The not-so-tough guy on the left is 2Fast2Die. The…
Pictured Life: Bret Michaels Calls Me Onstage For One Helluva Rockin’ Good Time
Bret said he would invite me onstage in San Antonio to experience the rock-n-roll thrill ride he enjoyed every night. “You’re a KISS fan, right?” he asked over the phone. Sure, I said. “We close the show every night with ‘Rock N Roll All Nite,’” he continued. “I’ll leave passes for you and call you up on stage.” Um, yeah. Whatever, dude!
Pictured Life: Pat Smear in Hollywood
By Metal Dave This photo was taken behind the Viper Room on Hollywood’s Sunset Strip circa 1999. On the right is guitarist Pat Smear who, besides having one of the coolest names in rock, got his start with crash-and-burn punks, the Germs, before moving on to Nirvana and the Foo Fighters. On the left is…
Pictured Life: Saxon’s Wheels of Steel lock up
By Metal Dave If every picture tells a story the one above is more humorous than most. It also makes a nice introduction to a random new 2Fast2Die feature I’ll call Pictured Life (thanks, Scorpions!). Pictured Life will let the photo do most of the talking with only minimal back story from me to set…
Pictured Life: Sitting Shotgun with Jake E. Lee
Jake climbed into my car, fired up his smoke and sat shotgun with me behind the club as I readied my trusty ghetto blaster to start the interview.