Interview and live pics by Emily Eve; girls on stage pic by Friedia Niimura In one sense, making records is like using the toilet: It takes more to do number two than number one. And in the case of L.A. heavy metal semi-parodists Steel Panther, a follow-up to their wildly funny and compulsively banging 2009 debut [...]
Two weeks I wrote about how Ratt’s “Dance” is an excellent stripping song, and jested about trying it out myself. Jokes aside, I’ve always been fascinated by strip clubs and strippers and the whole shebang. It’s just so weird to me. The way it all functions and how lucrative it really is. When I was [...]
Note- What follows is clearly something that happens to every band. I make no claim of uniqueness or anything else. Take it as yer "typical asshole r n r story". But than again, aren't they all "typical asshole r n r stories"? This past friday nite we were playing a show at The Trash Bar - a real cool punk rock type of joint; in "hipsterville" Williamsburg Brooklyn New York. We were ostensibly "headlining" for some out of town bands, which meant- trying to make friends so WE could get out [...]
"I am dressed as a janitor tonight because I am here to clean up. I am here to clean up. I am here to get pledges to keep WFMU operable for another year. I am here to clean up. I am here to sweep up the mess ... Okay, I lost the footing on this metaphor already, but I'm telling you right now I am here dressed as a janitor 'cause I am here to clean up, to sweep up your pledges!" -- Tom, explaining the thematic underpinnings of his Week 2 wardrobe "What's gonna trend [...]
They may have had a bit of success in the early '90s, but in my opinion Enuff Z' Nuff never reached as many ears as they should have. Maybe it has something to do with inner band turmoil fueled by substance abuse, maybe it was just bad timing ... I'm not really sure, but the band's songwriting duo - Donnie Vie and Chip Z' Nuff - know the formula for great power-pop songs. As is the case with many of the bands from the hair metal era, it's [...]
Holy ballz! This is so awesome. Those two stuffed shirts Neilstein and Rosenberg are out of town on a gay cruise on business and they left me in charge. And with those macho tyrants (pictured here) away, we’re free to make MetalSucks a No-Pants Zone (NPZ). So get yer kits off! Oh and in an [...]
There are very few things in this world I would willingly own up to enjoying even if it meant enduring endless grief - but hair metal is one of those things. That being said, I always involuntarily cringe when someone asks me to recommend a band in the genre, because, well, a lot of [...]
The only time I ever saw Slaughter live, there were so few people in the crowd that Mark Slaughter (real name: Schlomo Slaughterowitz) was able to run through the audience high-fiving people. That's a long way to fall from being on MTV and having the cock-eyed chick from 90210 in your video. So I guess Mark [...]
In the continued game of one-upmanship that Download and Sonisphere have been engaging in for no good reason, today Download decided to annouce thirty acts. How the hell are we supposed to come up with enough snide and bitchy comments about thirty bloody bands? I ask you. Slash The Used The Damned Things Atreyu Cancer Bats BREED77 Sweethead Porcupine Tree No Americana Senser Halestorm Nonpoint As I Lay [...]
So Rocklahoma, the once cock-rockalicious festival, may be a wash this year, but it seems that there's already a new fest to grab ahold of the Aquanet and let us relive our youth gone wile: Rock N America, which take place from July 23 to July 25 in - get this - Oklahoma. Huh. The line-up [...]
Fuck $14,000 moon-men statues; THIS is what I need. A laughingly shitty electric bass and an 8 Watt practice amp that are both "pre-owned" (?!?!?) by Chip Z'nuff? WANT WANT WANT! Will someone with $150 to spare pretty please buy this combo for me? Deals this good don't come around often. That's "$150 FIRM," people. No [...]
Friday Five : \ˈfrī-(ˌ)dā,-dē ˈfīv\ : On the sixth day of every week I hit the shuffle button on my iTunes and share my five and drop a little knowledge and insight for each track. Sometimes there is a playlist involved, sometimes there isn’t. Sometimes we have guest, but most of the time it’s just me. The rest is up to you, our friends and readers! Fire up your media player of choice and share the first five random track of your shuffle in the comments. Editor's Note : While short on [...]
Remember when I posted Enuff Z'Nuff's awesomely terrible video for "Fly High Michelle" back in September? Well, in case you don't or just need to re-live the glory, here's the clip again: Amazing, right? I mean "amazing" in the sense that "Holy poop I cannot believe anyone ever thought that this was an okay idea," not [...]
Our friend Chris Krovatin sent us this video for Enuff Z'Nuff's "Fly High Michelle," announcing that "it blew my mind in its awfulness." I assume that means he's never had the (dis?)pleasure of watching it before. Personally, I haven't seen it in years, and somehow forgot how bad it really is. Even when Enuff Z'Nuff [...]
The Veronicas - Untouched The Veronicas = ((Avril x 2) + Veruca Salt) + Enuff Z'Nuff drummer / Teen Disney Originally marketed to a tween demographic, the twin sisters (Jessica and Lisa) that make up the Aussie pop-rock band The Veronicas have entered that awkward phase that Christina Aguilera went through after leaving Disney to start her solo career. They are good looking young women who appeal as much to guys in their 30's as they do kids in [...]
Howard Stern played the above clip of Beyonce singing "If I Were A Boy" on Today last November-a version that you didn't hear, because it was the one that was run through the soundboard, while the version of her voice that went out over the air was, ahem, in tune with the track for most of its running time. Stern and his sidekicks note at the end of the clip that she probably sounded like crap because of her inability to hear her voice properly, but who on the Internet would let the truth get in the way [...]
From the just when you think you've seen and heard it all department: When I saw a commercial advertising this album the afternoon, I was quite so sure it was going to be listenable. After listening to it this evening, I'm positive this album requires a few cocktails and a valium or three before attempting to digest. Now, you folks know I've loved me some hair metal in my lifetime...but my days would definitely not be merry and bright if I had to listen to this in its entirety again. Heh. There were a few enjoyable tracks though [...]
Song: There Goes My Heart Artist: Enuff Z'Nuff Album: Favorites Comments: Get this album because it is probably the most misunderstood band of the 90's. Song: I Gotta Move Artist: Frank Black Album: Frank Black and the Catholics Comments: Get this album because it makes move and it gives me a taste. Song: Up tempo Venomous Poison Artist: The Hives Album: Barely Legal Comments: Get this [...]
"You know if you see some DJ dancing ... he's dancing? Not a DJ. He's a guy with a fast Internet connection." -- Tom, preferring the throwback stylings of sore-backed DJ Ted Shred to the laptop chowderheads "He's got that friendly, super-warm, Everyman quality. He doesn't seem like a bullying blowhard at all." -- Tom on endearing Presidential hopeful Fred Thomspon "Is that the one on the horse or in the pool?" -- Tom, asking Mark in Toronto about his country's beloved lacrosse "If you're a giant robot, [...]
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