...just 24 hours away boys and girls...you wanted the best...and...you got the best...the hottest 100 hair metal bands in the world...except for KISS....ALL in a four day period...Gustav will have to wait because the music will rock you like a hurricane!!!!
...Skid Row...Ratt...Queensryche...and that's just Friday!!!!
...Saturday has Dokken playing a matinee...can you believe that!!!!...Great White...Lita Ford...mad crush back in the day!!!!...and the leader...el Presidente of the Wabo nation...SAMMY HAGAR!!!!!
...hurricane schmerricane...the rock gods give you ALICE COOPER on Sunday...Warrant...Yngwie Malmsteen...AND Slaughter as "opening acts"!!!!!
...MONDAY...MONDAY...MONDAY...don't be skurred...Bret Michaels in the house!!!!!...Dee Snyder and Twisted Sister...we're not gonna take it Gustav!!!!
...and if you want more...there are THREE other stages...and...an outdoor movie theater showing HEAVY METAL....WAYNE'S WORLD...etc...
...relaxation tents...amusement park...camping grounds...oh yeah...did I mention...LITA FORD!?!?!?!...the only thing missing is Cabo Waboritas...and...with Sammy here...you never know...
...I don't know...that's just me...
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...being the biggest KISS and Van Halen fan in the building...come on...there is a connection...some say Gene Simmons discovered Van Halen...isn't easy...but I realized my title was in jeopardy when...
...recently...senior sports producer extraordinaire...or...as I like to call him...chief engineer of the Enterprise...Scotty...on a trip to Best Buy or Fry's...or something like that...said he noticed a box titled...KISSOLOGY 3...which I've had since Christmas...a four disc set...with a bonus dvd...totaling more than nine hours of KISS!!!!!...and this was the THIRD set of the collection...
...well...I joked that it wasn't really fair to say it was nine hours of KISS because in this set...DUECE was in there about nine times!!!!....well...only five...but I'm told I exaggerate!!!!
...anyway...one day...actually...this morning...I decided to watch ALL NINE HOURS!!!!
...it was AWESOME!!!!...like back to back concerts!!!!...the UNPLUGGED portion...not sure why...was my favorite...except they didn't do...CALLING DOCTOR LOVE...but all in all...I wanted the best...and...I got the best...the hottest band in the world...KISS!!!!!
...oops...gotta go...don't want to be late for work...
...I don't know...that's just me...
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...I was going to start this blog with..."it was twenty years ago...today"...but that seemed too easy...
...so...instead...let's just start with...back in 1987...what probably should have been my senior year in college...or...my fourth year as a freshman...1987...you know...Ronald Reagan...thirtysomething...$25,000 Pyramid was alot of money game show...1987...Atari had a game console...the XE...Mattie and Dave hadn't "jump the shark" yet...1987...when I was at a record store...yes...I said RECORD...trying to decide between...Rick Astley...not really...PussieGalore's album...Right Now!...or a weirdly titled album...I thought...at the time...The Joshua Tree...by U2...
...well...I bought the 12 inch vinyl disc by the dudes from Dublin...went home...powered up the Denon stereo system...yeah...that's how I rolled back then...dropped the needle on the album...cranked the volume to "11"...Pattie...that's from a movie...plopped into a Papasan chair...and felt each wave of music...from this musical genius...wash over me...I may or may not have had some "help" in that department...and watched everything in my apartment...rattle and hum...
...today...as I was walking through the aisle of Fry's...I saw a sign that read..."reserve your copy of the re-release of The Joshua Tree...out November 20th...20 year anniversary edition"...20 years?!?!?...WOW!!!!...in those two decades of decadence...the record stores gave way to Fry's...albums all but pushed aside for CDs and DVDs...my Denon stereo abandoned for my Sony home theater...my Papasan chair...replaced by theater seating...I gained 30 plus pounds and a few gray hairs...while Bono was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize...knighted...and named Person of the Year...hmmm...almost fair trades...
...while U2 is no...Van Halen...Motley Crue...or Poison...Bono has penned some of the greatest lyrics of all times...Where the Streets Have No Name...With or Without You...In God's Country...I had no idea he wrote..."When Love Comes to Town"...FOR BB King...so...I will get the re-release version of The Joshua Tree...crank the Sony to "11"...plop into the Palliser WITH bass shaker...no "help" this time...well...maybe a different kind of help...because...I STILL haven't found...what...I'm looking for....
...I don't know...that's just me...
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…first of all…let me “reach down…between my legs…and…ease the seat back”…so I can get comfortable as I write this blog…
“I heard the news baby”…that “got me so I can’t sleep at night”…now “I live my life…like…there’s no tomorrow”…I mean “I’m living at a…pace that kills”…but this news took me back to ‘78...13...when I was “a live wire…barely a beginner”…to a slower time...Los Angeles…you know…before “I found the simple life…ain’t so simple”…my first Van Halen concert…Dave…Eddie…Alex…Michael!!!!
…these guys became my idols of rock…guitar god...drum demon...bad boy bass...crazy singer...awesome stage show...you know “man needs a lot to live…and…I’m living proof”…I thought these guys would rock on forever…then…the break up…the Diamond Dave years…OVER “maybe enough…ain‘t enough…for you”…enter Sammy Hagar…and “I tell myself…only fools rush in”…BUT I already liked the Red Rocker…my collie is named Sammy…I should have “learned my lesson…baby…and…it left a scar”…Hagar years…OVER…not EVEN getting into the Cherone months…
“Hear it comes…that funny feeling…again”…Van Halen…on tour…again…the ability to see the Hall of Famers one more time…Dave…Eddie…Alex…and…er…Wolfy…not really a reunion…and…there isn’t a Houston date yet…BUT…given one more chance to see “Eruption”!?!?!...to feel 13 again...“aaaahhhh…THAT’S…what dreams…are made of!!!!!”
…I don’t know…that’s just me…
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Poison Announces 'POISON'D! 2007' Summer Tour Dates
Poison will hit more than 50 U.S. cities this summer on their "POISON'D! 2007" tour. The national tour, with RATT and special guest White Lion joining Poison for most of the dates, rolls out on June 13 in Greenville, SC, with stops in and around New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston, Houston, Detroit, Washington, DC and other major tour markets across the country.
Poison's new studio album, POISON'D!, will be released June 5 on CD and digitally by EMI America Records/Capitol. Featuring Poison's original members, POISON'D! presents the band's first new studio recordings since 2002's Hollyweird. Since Poison's 1986 debut, Look What The Cat Dragged In, the band has sold more than 25 million records and DVDs worldwide.
POISON'D! packs 13 explosive cover songs, including new recordings of David Bowie's "Suffragette City," The Cars' "You're Just What I Needed," The Romantics' "What I Like About You," Sweet's "Little Willy," The Marshall Tucker Band's "Can't You See" and The Rolling Stones' "Dead Flowers." Some of Poison's best previously recorded covers are also featured on POISON'D!, including KISS' "Rock and Roll All Nite," Grand Funk Railroad's "We're An American Band" and Loggins & Messina's "Your Mama Don't Dance."
In July, VH1 will premiere a new reality show, "Rock of Love with Bret Michaels." VH1's description of the show has "the hard-rockin' Poison front man looking for a woman who can truly keep up with his rock-n-roll lifestyle and not become jealous of his one true passion -- performing, which has been the reason for and destruction of most of his relationships."
POISON'D 2007 TOUR: CONFIRMED DATES:
Wed., Jun 13 Greenville, SC BI-LO Center
Fri., Jun 15 Orange Beach, AL The Amphitheatre at the Wharf
Sat., Jun 16 Birmingham, AL City Stages (Miller Lite Stage)
Sun., Jun 17 Charlotte, NC Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
Tue., Jun 19 Cincinnati, OH Riverbend Music Center
Wed., Jun 20 Pittsburgh, PA Post-Gazette Pavilion
Fri., Jun 22 Bay City, MI Bay City River Roar
Sat., Jun 23 Cleveland, OH Blossom Music Center
Sun., Jun 24 Columbus, OH Germain Amphitheatre
Tue., Jun 26 Oakdale, CT Chevrolet Theatre
Wed., Jun 27 Reading, PA Sovereign Center
Fri., Jun 29 Big Flats, NY The Summer Stage
Sat., Jun 30 Mansfield, MA Tweeter Center
Sun., Jul 01 Virginia Beach, VA Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
Tue., Jul 03 Myrtle Beach, SC House of Blues
Wed., Jul 04 Orlando, FL House of Blues
Fri., Jul 06 Kinder, LA Grand Casino
Sat., Jul 07 Houston, TX Sam Houston Race Park
Sun., Jul 08 Grand Prairie, TX Nokia Live Theater
Thu., Jul 12 Biloxi, MS Hard Rock Biloxi Hotel & Casino
Fri., Jul 13 Pryor, OK Pryor Creek Music Festival
Sat., Jul 14 Oklahoma City, OK Zoo Amphitheatre
Sun., Jul 15 Bonner Springs, KS Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
Tue., Jul 17 Chicago, IL First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
Wed., Jul 18 Minneapolis, MN The Myth
Fri., Jul 20 Waukesha, WI Waukesha County Fair
Sat., Jul 21 Fond du Lac, WI Fond du Lac County Fair
Sun., Jul 22 Muskegon, MI Heritage Landing
Tue., Jul 24 Wantagh, NY Nikon at Jones Beach Theater
Thu., Jul 26 Gilford, NH Meadowbrook Center
Fri., Jul 27 Atlantic City, NJ Etess Arena (at Trump Taj Mahal)
Sat., Jul 28 Holmdel, NJ PNC Bank Arts Center
Sun., Jul 29 Bristow, VA Nissan Pavilion
Tue., Jul 31 Detroit, MI DTE Energy Music Theatre
Thu., Aug 02 St. Louis, MO Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
Fri., Aug 03 Davenport, IA Mississippi Valley Fair
Sun., Aug 05 Sturgis, SD Sturgis Motorcycle Rally
Wed., Aug 08 Silverton, OR Oregon Gardens
Thu., Aug 09 Roseburg, OR Douglas County Fair
Fri., Aug 10 Salinas, CA Salinas Sports Center
Sat., Aug 11 San Bernardino, CA Hyundai Pavilion
Sun., Aug 12 Los Angeles, CA Gibson Amphitheatre
Tue., Aug 14 San Diego, CA Coors Ampitheatre
Wed., Aug 15 Phoenix, AZ Dodge Theatre
Fri., Aug 17 Las Vegas, NV Pearl (at The Palms Casino & Resort)
Sat., Aug 18 Salt Lake City, UT USANA Amphitheatre
Sun., Aug 19 Denver, CO Coors Amphitheatre
Tue., Aug 21 Indianapolis, IN Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
Wed., Aug 22 Buffalo, NY Darien Lakes
Sat., Aug 25 Scranton, PA Toyota Pavilion
Sun., Aug 26 Saratoga, NY Saratoga Performing Arts Center
Fri., Aug 31 Tampa, FL Ford Amphitheatre
Sat., Sep 01 West Palm Beach, FL Sound Advice Amphitheatre
...I don't know...that's just me...
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