Posts Tagged ‘Crank County Daredevils’

Crank County Daredevils ‘Feed the Beast’

Posted: 31st May 2017 by admin in Reviews
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By Metal Dave Crank County Daredevils sound like a band that makes lunch out of whiskey and saw blades.   Raw, raunchy and possibly out on bail, North Carolina’s most notorious sleaze rockers return from hiatus with a rampaging six-song EP that would easily be considered contraband in most civilized corners of the world. (Hey, it […]

Ask Buckcherry Guitarist Stevie Dacanay: Which Album Made You Wanna Rock?

Posted: 14th April 2014 by admin in Quotes and Chatter
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By Metal Dave I first met “Stevie D” in an alley off the Sunset Strip (and no, it wasn’t for the purpose of some illicit exchange). The year was 2004 (or was it ’05?) and I’d flown to Los Angeles to meet the Crank County Daredevils as they pillaged their way to the West Coast […]

Metal Edge Takes Me From Reader to Writer

Posted: 28th March 2011 by admin in Every Picture Tells a Story
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By Metal Dave Glessner As someone who remembers buying “Back in Black” as a brand-new vinyl album when it was released in 1980, I can recall the days when rock magazines were as close as you got to meeting your favorite bands. Before MTV, Google and YouTube, there was Creem, Circus and Hit Parader. Naturally, […]

Crank County Daredevils: ‘Cinco’ Makes 5

Posted: 7th March 2011 by admin in Every Picture Tells a Story
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KINGS OF SLEAZE: Crank County Daredevils circa 2002, left to right: Billy Velvet, Scotty P., drummer Mark Hammer and Adam Fever at SXSW in Austin (Photo by Jerry Milton) As the honorary fifth member of sleaze-metal band, the Crank County Daredevils, I was nicknamed “Cinco” and/or “#5” about six years ago and lived to tell […]

Ratt’s Revenge: ‘Infestation’ Kicks Ass!

Posted: 3rd August 2010 by admin in Reviews
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By Metal Dave OK, so I recently bagged Ratt for being less-than-fierce while opening for the Scorpions last month. Truth be told, there may not be a band on the planet that could have competed with the Scorpions’ mojo that Saturday night in metal-heavy San Antonio. That said, I’d be criminally negligent if I didn’t […]