July 2006 Blog Posts (18)

Solo Paul Stanley

I just heard on the radio that Paul Stanley is releasing a solo album entitled "Live to Win" (due out in September) and will tour behind it. The band is not a who's-who, but will include Bruce Kulick, who is a name …

Continue

Added by Big Robbo-MFA Admin/Deity on July 31, 2006 at 5:30pm — No Comments

Ron Keel

I saw something on VH-1 a while back discussing some of our favorite hair metal bands from the 80's and where the were now. It was the usual stuff: family, reunion tours, rehab---but one struck me in particular. Ron Keel, we were told, had begun a career in country music. When I stopped vomitting, I quickly forgot all about it. I was thinking about it today and took some time to snoop on the web. Seems Ron Keel is still very…

Continue

Added by Big Robbo-MFA Admin/Deity on July 30, 2006 at 5:30pm — No Comments

Obscure Metal Song Of The Week: Where There's A Whip There's A Way

It's Saturday here folks, and that means the Obscure Metal Song of the Week!!!! This one is a real rocker. I was in Mexico a while back and this particular diddy came on the radio as we were going to Tijuana to get bent over by the local police department. I wasn't a HUGE fan of Faster Pussycat, but I couldn't believe I didn't know this song. I felt worse when my partner in Metal mayhem sang it…

Continue

Added by Big Robbo-MFA Admin/Deity on July 29, 2006 at 5:00pm — No Comments

Heavy Metal CEO?

I was watching one of those annoying new HP commercials last night (which almost rival the annoying MAC commercials, but not quite) and JAY-Z is claiming to be the CEO of Hip Hop. Wow, he could be on to something. Maybe Hair Metal could use a CEO. Who would it be? I vote for two darkhorses, but as always the discussion is open. My votes? Close race between Dave… Continue

Added by Big Robbo-MFA Admin/Deity on July 28, 2006 at 5:00pm — No Comments

Clerks 2 and King Diamond

While sitting through Clerks 2 last night (it has it's moments) I was hit full in the face by not one but TWO King Diamond songs. Both songs show up on the soundtrack available at the website, and both are from 1988's THEM. Just thought I'd toss… Continue

Added by Big Robbo-MFA Admin/Deity on July 28, 2006 at 5:00pm — No Comments

Album O' The Week: Back For The Attack

It's Thursday, and Thursdays mean Album of the Week. We're trying to get on a schedule here folks. Thursday is Album of the Week, Tuesday is Which Song Rocks Harder, Saturday is the Obscure Metal Track, and Friday is the day Josh takes his bath. Today's album of the week, by my favorite 80's hair metal band, is Back for the Attack by…

Continue

Added by Big Robbo-MFA Admin/Deity on July 27, 2006 at 5:00pm — No Comments

Metal Remakes?

The summer movie season is upon us, and that means tons of summer blockbusters. While I was thinking about movies, I started to think about sequels (I hope Clerks 2 is good) and that led me to thinking about remakes. The last one I saw was War of the Worlds, and it sucked. Metal music loves to remake the oldies, in fact…

Continue

Added by Big Robbo-MFA Admin/Deity on July 25, 2006 at 5:00pm — No Comments

In My Dreams vs. Lay It Down

Alright Metalheads, we're going to set aside our Tuesdays to set aside our differences on metal songs we pledged our allegiance too. We will single out two songs that are close to each other on the rock richter scale, and clash them against our panel of experts. Today's two are mainstays of the 80's hair metal scene. "In My Dreams" by Dokken and "Lay It Down" by …

Continue

Added by Big Robbo-MFA Admin/Deity on July 25, 2006 at 5:00pm — No Comments

Obscure Metal Song Of The Week: Fantasy by Aldo Nova

I'd like to introduce another new department to the Hair Metal Blog, one we like to call the "Obscure" Metal Track of the Week. We're gonna be pretty liberal with the obscure tag, because it may mean more to one person than the other. Zodiac Mindwarp and the Love Reaction may be obscure to 99% of the people that come in here, but there will be some idiot named Steve who might know every track on…

Continue

Added by Big Robbo-MFA Admin/Deity on July 22, 2006 at 5:00pm — No Comments

AC/DC Vs. Van Halen

I came across this on You Tube last night, and thought it was hilarious. I checked the web, and there seems to be a lot of discussion on this piece still today, so I feel real late in finding this gem. I like both bands, I really do, but …

Continue

Added by Big Robbo-MFA Admin/Deity on July 21, 2006 at 5:00pm — No Comments

Album O' The Week: Electric

Ok Metalheads, it's time for the album of the week. With all of the recent discussion of the Cult, and our wholehearted opinion that they are underappreciated, this weeks Album is Electric by the Cult. This will be a good one for me, since I haven't heard alot of it. I first discovered the Cult with…

Continue

Added by Big Robbo-MFA Admin/Deity on July 20, 2006 at 5:00pm — No Comments

Tour Dates

I was looking over some tour dates of some bands that interest me, and this summer is a great time to go see them live. If you live in Europe that is. While a majority of the Metal Gods are ripping it up across the pond, here are some bands of interest that are touring the U.S. I should add that these are bands of interest to me, you might not give a shit. Click on the band name to see dates:…

Continue

Added by Big Robbo-MFA Admin/Deity on July 19, 2006 at 5:00pm — No Comments

You Me and Dupree

A while back, we did a list of our favorite metal bands and it seemed each of us had the same CORE bands, but there were some variations. The one band I should have put but didn't was WASP. Can't believe I forgot 'em, but I love 'em. I went to see You, Me and Dupree last night and they had a pretty good soundtrack. It included…

Continue

Added by Big Robbo-MFA Admin/Deity on July 17, 2006 at 5:00pm — No Comments

Def Lep/Journe

I was gonna sit it out, but at the last second I hooked up with some buddies and went to see Def Leppard and Journey last night in Charlotte, NC. I'm glad I did. Journey started promptly at 7:30 and had a shorter set than I would have thought. The lead singer that replaced …

Continue

Added by Big Robbo-MFA Admin/Deity on July 15, 2006 at 5:00pm — No Comments

Alice Cooper on Monk

Hey Alice Cooper fans, I found some interesting stuff on Mr. Sick you might want to keep your eye on. In addition to his recent U.S. Tour, Alice is making an appearance on USA's Monk tonight. No news of what capacity he'll be in, but I'm sure it will be enough to make Monk squirm. The episode airs tonight at 9pm EST.

Added by Big Robbo-MFA Admin/Deity on July 14, 2006 at 5:00pm — No Comments

Album O' The Week: Shout At The Devil

Another new twist we've added to our little blog is the Album Of The Week. In light of Motley Crue making our list of bands whose stock was up for the week, we'll highlight them. Shout at the Devil is our first album of the week. If you've got it, rock it, and post your comments here in this forum. If you don't have it, buy it, then post. Scratch that last request. If…

Continue

Added by Big Robbo-MFA Admin/Deity on July 13, 2006 at 8:30pm — No Comments

Stock Up/ Stock Down

Something new we've planned around here is the "Midweek Metal Stock Report." We will tell you which metal songs/bands/albums/ex wives/ex guitarists/hairstyles have seen an increase in their stock, and which have seen a decrease. Here are this week's winners and losers:

Stock Up:

Motley Crue is teaming up with Aerosmith for a fall arena tour, dubbed the "Route of All Evil" tour. Check it out. … Continue

Added by Big Robbo-MFA Admin/Deity on July 12, 2006 at 8:30pm — No Comments

2006 Summer Tours

Alrighty, Children of the Beast, we've been away too long. Sorry for the recent inactivity, but several of our posters have been relocating or were on vacation. We're back, and ready to revive the steady "shit shooting" on our favorite topic: HEAVY METAL. This summer has already seen some great metal bands hitting the road, so let us know what shows you've seen, which shows you WANT to see, and which shows need to go up in a cloud of makeup grease and pyrotechnics. I was reading on…

Continue

Added by Big Robbo-MFA Admin/Deity on July 12, 2006 at 8:30pm — No Comments