9-25-09
YARDBIRD - (yahrd-burd) – noun, slang - A CONVICT OR PRISONER
Only a handful of artists have been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice. Only one has been inducted three times.
They are both guitarist giants and they are both going to rock the joint, together, bigtime, in 2010.
Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck.
Beck was inducted into the Rock Hall for his solo career and as a member of the Yardbirds. Clapton was inducted as a member of both Cream and the Yardbirds and as a solo artist.
The pair announced today they’ll play one night together at London’s O2 Arena on February 13th, 2010.
Back in the day, Clapton and Jeff Beck never actually played together in the Yardbirds - Beck joined just two days after Eric Clapton left the band.
Then, 44 years later, the two would finally play together for the first time in their careers at a pair of concerts in Japan this past February.
“I’ve always considered Jeff Beck to be one of the finest guitar players around. He’s a friend, a great guy, and a truly gifted musician. We had such a fun time in Japan that it seemed natural to play together again,” Clapton said. Added Beck, “Eric and I played together in Japan earlier this year and had a blast. Since then we have been in regular contact and talked about doing a similar show for our fans. Looking forward to the show in 2010.”
9-24-09
OVER THE HILL, OVERWEIGHT GOTHER, INVADED BY H1N1
Marilyn Manson, he of controversial stage persona and victim of extremely sucky concert reviews on his current tour, picked up a bug recently. Marilyn posted on his MySpace, "So I have officially been diagnosed, by a real doctor, with THE SWINE FLU.
I know everyone will suggest that fu**ing a pig is how this disease was obtained. However, the doctor said, my past choices in women have in no way contributed to me acquiring this mysterious sickness. Unfortunately, I am going to survive.”
Indeed, that is bad news for everybody.
9-23-09
WHAT...DO WE GOTTA SUE THIS GUY?
The Honolulu Star-Bulletin is reporting that "Aerosmith will finally make good on playing two concerts in Hawaii next month, after first canceling a Maui concert two years ago that resulted in a successful class-action lawsuit and then canceling the remainder of their summer tour this year due to injuries to lead singer Steven Tyler."
The dates are October 18th and 20th in Hawaii, and if that's the case, it would seem to indicate that Steven Tyler is now good to return to work.
Here's even more of an indication - contactmusic.com is reporting that Steven Tyler and Roger Daltrey will be guest stars on the annual holiday tour for the Trans Siberian Orchestra this fall.
Perfect. Lets get that makeup Bone Bash Ten Aerosmith date booked and lets rock!
Remember? You guys owe us one.
9-22-09
ONE MAN'S SEAT IS ANOTHER MAN'S COUCH
TELEGRAPH.CO.UK - (London) - High levels of obesity have forced one of Britain's biggest music venues to make its seats bigger to accomodate overweight concert-goers.
Birmingham's LG Arena, currently in the midst of a £29million revamp, has had each of its 14,000 seats made more than an inch wider, providing the equivalent of 1,200 feet of extra space.
Around 1.2 million Britons are clinically obese, and Phil Mead, managing director, said: "The seats will be brought into line with what audiences attending contemporary concerts and events expect."
We here at the portly Seaweed Page support this gargantuan trend of music venues having to accommodate corpulent fans. After all, fat bottomed girls make the rockin world go round.
9-21-09
ONE FOR YOU NINETEEN FOR ME
Proving once again that they do not understand the concept of not pissing off their customers, music royalty groups ASCAP and BMI are harassing online music stores such as iTunes to pay performance fees not only for the songs that they sell, but for the 30 second clips that they use as previews.
They want to be paid for listening to an advertisement for their product.
Look, iTunes found the perfect price point at 99 cents. Anything more and people will just steal the music because it's easier.
Why are these people clinging to an outdated business model while simultaneously trying to bankrupt themselves?
Because they are dinosaurs.
If they were car dealers, they'd charge you $50 to test drive a new car.
At a movie theatre, you'd be paying a $2 surcharge to watch a movie trailer.
Next thing you know, they'll charge you a fee for charging a fee.
Should five per cent appear too small,
Be thankful I don’t take it all.
- George Harrison, 1966
9-18-09
SHOT THROUGH THE HEART, WHO'S TO BLAME?
Jon Bon Jovi is saying that he wouldn't want some dead guy singing some other guys' songs either, even if the other guys' songs were his songs.
You can read the original complaint four postings down this page, but in response to former Nirvana members Dave Grohl and Kurt Novoselic's protest of the use of their bandmate Kurt Cobain's likeness in the Guitar Hero 5 video game being used to sing Bon Jovi songs, Bon Jovi himself said yeah, he supports their grievance.
"I don't know that I would have wanted it either," Bon Jovi told the BBC. "To hear someone else's voice coming out of a cartoon version of me? I don't know. It sounds a little forced."
In fact, Bon Jovi says he declined an offer to appear as a playable character in the same game. "I had the paperwork, they wanted me to be on that game and I just passed," he explained. "But no-one even broached the subject with me that I would be singing other people's stuff. I don't know how I would have reacted to that."
Run away?
9-17-09
THE GREAT RONNIE MONTROSE JOINS THE WEEDMAN IN THE BONE STUDIOS
9-16-09
COLD PLAY ON WORDS?
Apparently Coldplay and Joe Satriani have settled their lawsuit.
That would be the one where Satch claimed that Chris Martin and Coldplay ripped-off his 2004 song If I Could Fly for their 2008 single Viva La Vida.
"I felt like a dagger went right through my heart. It hurt so much," Satriani told website Music Radar at the time. "The second I heard it, I knew it was If I Could Fly."
"Almost immediately, from the minute their song came out, my e-mail box flooded with people going, 'Have you heard this song by Coldplay? They ripped you off man.' I mean, I couldn't tell you how many e-mails I received. Everybody noticed the similarities between the songs. It's pretty obvious."
Coldplay denied the allegations: "If there are any similarities between our two pieces of music, they are entirely coincidental, and just as surprising to us as to him."
Now Billboard.com reports that a financial settlement between the two parties may have been reached.
Translation: Satriani gets an assload of money.
We hear that Coldplay will not be required to admit to any wrongdoing but, because they are such nice guys, will fork over the cash out of the goodness of their hearts.
9-15-09
CAN'T YOU HEAR ME STOMACH GROWLING?
While the Rolling Stones have made over $400 million on their records over the years, and their spectacular tours have grossed almost $300 BILLION over the years, their best and most important guitarist is living in near poverty in England.
Mick Taylor preceded Ronnie Wood and was the musical genius behind the Rolling Stones’ golden years. That era was represented by the albums Let It Bleed, Sticky Fingers, Exile on Main St., and Goats Head Soup, all of which featured Mick Taylor on lead guitar.
Mick's guitar work on Can't You Hear Me Knocking is absolutely spectacular.
Honky Tonk Women, Wild Horses, Angie, It’s Only Rock And Roll - that is all Mick Taylor.
And he hasn’t seen a penny in royalties from the Rolling Stones since 1982.
‘I should have got a lawyer,’ he said in a rare interview.
The Beatles never did that to Ringo. Pink Floyd always paid founding member Syd Barrett even though he went mad.
What's up with Mick and Keith?
"They all know it’s not right. In fact it is outrageous," adding, "I’ve tried to talk to Mick a couple of times, but I realise that hiring a lawyer is probably the only way they’ll take me seriously. But they figure I’m not going to do anything about it."
Hopefully that will change. "I’m going to do something about it because it’s morally wrong to cut my royalties for those albums."
Read more about the ex-Rolling Stone in this London Daily Mail interview.
9-14-09
YOU GIVE KURT A BAD NAME
If you've got a spare 30 seconds, check out the video above and see why Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic are so upset that their former Nirvana bandmate Kurt Cobain is being made a mockery of on the new Guitar Hero 5 game as a digitized avatar rocking his way through Bon Jovi’s You Give Love a Bad Name.
You heard correctly. The late Kurt Cobain actually sings You Give Love a Bad Name and it is very disturbing.
As we blogged last month, the blame lies squarely with Cobain's ex, the irrational Courtney Love, who signed off on the deal.
"We want people to know that we are dismayed and very disappointed in the way a facsimile of Kurt is used in the Guitar Hero game. The name and likeness of Kurt Cobain are the sole property of his estate - we have no control whatsoever in that area.
While we were aware of Kurt’s image being used with two Nirvana songs, we didn’t know players have the ability to unlock the character. This feature allows the character to be used with any kind of song the player wants. We urge Activision to do the right thing in 're-locking' Kurt’s character so that this won’t continue in the future.
It’s hard to watch an image of Kurt pantomiming other artists’ music alongside cartoon characters. Kurt Cobain wrote songs that hold a lot of meaning to people all over the world. We feel he deserves better," so says Novoselic and Grohl.
9-9-09
ROGER MORTIS HAS SET IN
BBC (Arnhem, Netherlands) - An actor from Greater Manchester has been given a "licence to still" after winning a top award in the World Statue Championships in the Netherlands.
Chris Clarkson, 29, from Stockport, became James Bond for the day, firing water out of his "Walther PPK".
Crowned the public's favourite living statue, he managed to stand nearly motionless for four hours at the event attended by about 300,000 people.
He said: "It's hard work, my whole body had to be tense, but it's great fun."
Dude - don't you listen to the commercials? If you're stiff like that for 4 hours, you're supposed to call your doctor to get that thing looked at!
9-8-09
JEFFERSON WHO? WHEN?
A little over 41 years ago today, Syl Johnson, a Chicago songwriter, claims that he co-wrote a song called Dresses Too Short, which was later performed by San Francisco's own Jefferson Airplane as You Wear Your Dresses Too Short, included on a concert recording and subsequently made part of the group's repertoire, without giving him any credit or compensation.
Now he wants money.....and recognition.
Four decades later.
For a 9 minute, 16 second song that nobody has ever heard of. And probably never will.
Btw, back in the day, a "jefferson airplane" was a roach clip made from a spent paper match by splitting the paper layers in half, placing the roach in between the layers, and holding the match on both ends. That way hippies wouldn't burn the crap out of their fingers smoking the last bit of a joint.
Red Bull & Vodka anyone?
9-3-09
JAEGER, WEEDMAN, SULLY & BABY HUEY @ AC/DC
9-2-09
HERE WE ARE NOW - ENTERTAIN US
Guitar Hero 5 came out yesterday and features the legendary Kurt Cobain of Nirvana as a playable character AND it also features Smells Like Teen Spirit and a live version of Lithium.
Activision had actually been trying to get Kurt Cobain on Guitar Hero for the last 3 years, but had a few "difficulties" dealing with Courtney Love, his widow and overlord of the Cobain estate.
Eventually, though, Courtney played a big role in shaping what the Kurt Cobain avatar would look like. "Courtney supplied us with photos and videos and knew exactly what she wanted Kurt to look like. She picked the wardrobe and hair style, which turned out to be the 'Teen Spirit' look. She wanted him to have that sort of athletic definition but not overly so."
Too bad. The internet is beating the s**t out of Courtney over this Cobain avatar. One of my favorite posts was from Black Hole Sun:
I seriously hope this is nothing more than a sick joke… I just spent those 5 minutes in total and utter shock watching this atrocity. Congratulations Courtney Love, you successfully turned Kurt into the very thing he hated; an entertainment monkey, a public clown. Hope you sleep well at night knowing how you trashed his legacy.
Hey, "Load up on guns. Bring your friends."
9-1-09
(I CAN'T GET NO) SUBSTANTIATION
It's been over 40 years since the founder of the Rolling Stones, Brian Jones, was discovered at the bottom of his swimming pool at Cotchford Farm, his country estate in England once owned by A.A. Milne of Winnie The Pooh fame.
Some say he was murdered.
The coroner called it "death by misadventure," and also reported that Brian Jones' liver and heart were heavily enlarged by drug and alcohol abuse.
Now we hear that the cops will review their investigation into Jones death after uncovering new evidence related to the case - 40 years later.
Never mind that the woman who found him at the bottom of the pool is now dead, or that the guy who everybody claims murdered Brian Jones, and in fact admitted that he was the killer, has been dead for many years, the Brits just can't resist a good murder mystery.
In England, a crime is a puzzle, not a social problem, and they loves them some dead bodies in a library somewhere.
Or a swimming pool.
8-31-09
CAT SCRATCH FAWNER
The Jesusita Fire in Santa Barbara this year caused these two babies to be instant pals. The fawn is about 3 days old and the bobcat about 3 weeks.
Animal Planet is reporting that the bobcat kitten was rescued near Arnold Schwarzenegger's ranch, where it was dehydrated and near death. They rescued the fawn during the wildfire.
Although wild animals, especially of separate species, are never placed together due to regulations, in this emergency situation, they had no choice. During the mayhem of the fire, they were forced to put animals anywhere they could, since they had run out of crates large enough for the fawn. When placed together, the bobcat immediately ran to the fawn, where an instant bond occured as the two snuggled under a desk at a dispatch office.
Your feel-good story for the day.
8-27-09
COOL GARAGE DOORS
A German company called Style Your Garage creates posters for garage doors that make it look as if your garage is where the action is.
Made for the up-and-over garage doors common in Europe, they mount with velcro and can be adapted to fit sectional garage doors. Check out a few of their designs below.
(Thanks to my friend Tina)
6-27-09
SENATOR TED KENNEDY
"The more our feelings diverge, the more deeply felt they are, the greater is our obligation to grant the sincerity and essential decency of our fellow citizens on the other side.
-speech on "Truth and Tolerance in America," Oct. 3, 1983, Lynchburg, Va.
8-26-09
STEVEN TYLER SPEAKS UP, UNABLE TO GET BACK IN THE SADDLE
“Do I sound f**ked up or stoned?” Steven Tyler asks, calling from his home in New Hampshire on Monday. In his first comments to the press, Tyler wants to set the record straight about what happened when he fell off the stage in South Dakota on August 6th — followed by a cancellation of Aerosmith’s summer tour and subsequent reports of band turmoil. “Truth be known, I jumped off the stage on purpose,” he jokes at first. “Figured we hadn’t gotten any new press in so long.” But then Tyler got serious.
How’s your health?
I’ve been better. I’ve got my arm in a sling [from a broken shoulder]. I’m on all the drugs I’m not supposed to be on. But I’m dealing with the pain pretty good.
What happened that night?
I don’t really know. There was a torrential downpour and the guys [at the campground] said, “Look, it’s still slippery.” I watched myself on YouTube, and it could have been my knee buckling or any ankle. The last thing I remember before I hit the ground was people grabbing for me, but they couldn’t reach me because of the barricade. At any other Aerosmith show I probably would’ve been caught and thrown back onto the stage — naked and without jewelry [laughs]. I stood up and couldn’t raise my arm and knew I’d broken something.
Were you sober?
As sober as you can be.
Care to comment on that clip on TMZ of you in a liquor store?
Oh, Jesus Christ. A good friend of mine and Joe’s — the brother of the guy who works on my house, my housekeeper — passed away. I was at the funeral. And after the funeral, they’re Italian and had a feast at the house, a wake, and I stopped at the liquor store and paid for the booze. I did not buy any for myself. It was never proven that I did. Some kid whipped out a phone and took a picture. Anything to sell papers. It was for the wake. I would do it over and over a million times.
How do you look back at Aerosmith’s cursed summer tour?
Every once in a while we gotta be human [laughs] and get Joe’s knee or Brad’s head or whatever done. I’m Italian and I don’t believe in talking about my bandmates. I’m just so pissed it was such a great tour. I had to ruin it all by falling and I’m sorry. I’ve said that to the fans and my band and everybody else. I f**ked up. I get in the zone when I’m onstage. I don’t really have to explain anything. I love what I do. The world knows what I do. And I only hope they forgive me for having to cancel such a f**king awesome tour.
How do you respond to reports of dissent within the band?
Someone is leaking stuff, pretending to know, and you know, I don’t even care. Has the band done things to me where I’ve wanted to quit? Positively. But I’ve stuck in there for the sake of a few sounds we got. I respect the power this band has in and of itself regardless of who says what.
When did you last speak with the other guys?
Two days ago. Sh*t’s good. I’m not the leader. No one’s the leader, we’re just one for all, all for one. It’s probably why we’ve never quit. No one’s got enough money! We split it evenly.
But you have signed with a different management company than the band, and you’re working on a solo album.
I would imagine … I can’t tell you for sure, but I think there’s a little animosity that I went with another management agency. Which is for me to know and you to find out. I’m certainly not in outs with the guys. But look, I do what I do. The easiest thing in the world is to say he’s drunk or stoned. But what are you gonna do?
- ROCK & ROLL DAILY
8-25-09
TURBO B-DAY!
Happy Birthday to Robert John Arthur Halford, aka the "Metal God", born on this date in 1951.
We likes us our Rob Halford around here; his band Judas Priest were headliners at Bone Bash a few years back, ya know.
And how about that nearly four octave vocal range of his? Hold on to your wine glass - the man has been known to scream with a vengeance and shatter one or two of them.
AND he's the nicest guy on the planet, graciously thanking enchanted fans on his latest tour by saying, “We've been making heavy metal for 35 years! We love what we do. Thank you for your loyalty.”
8-24-09
CHILI PEPPERS VACATION OVER
After the incredible success of Stadium Arcadium (debuted at #1 in 27 countries, best-selling album of the year, 5 Grammy's), The Red Hot Chili Peppers decided to go on hiatus for "a minimum of one year."
Drummer Chad Smith joined the group Chickenfoot with Sammy Hagar, Michael Anthony and Joe Satriani, frontman Anthony Kiedis has been taking care of his new son and has been working on a series for HBO, guitarist John Frusciante is continuing his solo career, and bassist Flea is at USC studying music theory.
Apparently the va-ca is over!
Chad Smith confirmed that the Red Hot Chili Peppers will re-unite this October, stating, "Everybody was like, 'Y'know, I really like having this time off, not being a Chili Pepper and doing other things. It'll be two years in September, so now we're ready." Good timing. The Chickenfoot tour ends in September.
Anthony Keidis stated that they "went back to the roundtable and the decision was, ‘Let’s do this,’" adding, “The seeds are being planted.” Flea said simply, "I’m just into it and ready to go forward.”
Let the re-Californication begin.
8-21-09
MIGHT AS WELL FACE IT, YOU'RE ADDICTED TO FACEBOOK
8-20-09
TOMMY LEE PYROTECHNICS
Rock Tour Bad Luck strikes again.
Mötley Crüe's Tommy Lee was forced to abandon his usual place behind the drum kit after burning his left hand after playing with sparklers.
SPARKLERS??
At least he know's he's a dumbass: “First of all, I suck — I was having fun and I burned myself,” Tommy told the Crüe Fest 2 crowd in Detroit a few days ago.
Oh, he's still onstage. Nikki Sixx wrote on his MySpace that Tommy Lee would be “jumping around” and “helping out with vocals,” while drummer Morgan Rose of Sevendust will be the one playing the drums while he's on the mend.
And one juicy bit of gossip - we hear that Tommy Lee is back with Pam Anderson!
We're predicting even more fireworks.
Don't get burned again, dude.
8-19-09
DUDE LOOKS LIKE A LADY
Bummer of a day. Bone Bash X was supposed to be tonight, but the guy with the sling called it off because, well, his arm is in a sling.
We're really sorry and all that but you know what? Steven Tyler owes us one.
A big one.
8-18-09
A WHIFF OF TRUTH?
(CNN) -- The term "dirty money" is for real.
In the course of its average 20 months in circulation, U.S. currency gets whisked into ATMs, clutched, touched and traded perhaps thousands of times at coffee shops, convenience stores and newsstands. And every touch to every bill brings specks of dirt, food, germs or even drug residue.
Research presented this weekend reinforced previous findings that 90 percent of paper money circulating in U.S. cities contains traces of cocaine.
"When I was a young kid, my mom told me the dirtiest thing in the world is money," said the researcher, Yuegang Zuo, professor of chemistry and biochemistry at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. "Mom is always right."
Money can be contaminated with cocaine during drug deals or if a user snorts with a bill. But not all bills are involved in drug use; they can get contaminated inside currency-counting machines at the bank.
"Cocaine binds to the green dye in money," professor Zuo said.
Paper Money don't hold
-Montrose, Hagar, 1974
8-17-09
THERE'S A LOBSTER LOOSE AT WOODSTOCK
With the 40th anniversary of Woodstock, the greatest hippie/peace/love/dope festival ever, upon us, I do have a story.
No, I wasn't there.
Apparently my friend The Lobster was there.
Lob and I worked together for many years at the legendary 97-3 KRQR the Rocker, San Francisco. His Lobster Breakfast in the late 80's and early 90's got awesome ratings.
During that time, The Lob-Dude was only too happy to recount his presence at the storied Woodstock festival which as you know caused quite a commotion in 1969 when an extra 100,000 people showed up - remember? - "The New York State thruway is closed, man!"
The best part was when Lobster would show you a picture of the massive gathering of 300,000 bodies and point to a tiny speck in the distance and say "there....see that's me."
Btw, Led Zeppelin was asked to perform at Woodstock, but their manager Peter Grant said no "because at Woodstock we'd have just been another band on the bill."
8-14-09
P-JAM GETS THEIR WOODY ON
With Pearl Jam's SF visit to the Outside Lands festival in Golden Gate Park just 2 weeks away, we've gotten word that Wednesday night in London Pearl Jam broke out a bunch of rarities in concert, as well as a few brand new songs and the Rolling Stones’ Ronnie Wood even made an appearance on Bob Dylan's All Along the Watchtower.
Playing in front of a fan-club-only audience at the legendary Shepherd’s Bush Empire (which is kind of like our Fillmore), Eddie Vedder and the boys even played Pink Floyd’s Interstellar Overdrive, segueing into Corduroy.
Pearl Jam’s mini European tour continues tomorrow in Berlin, then Manchester and London’s O2 Arena. The band recently announced more U.S. dates this fall and will also play a bunch of outdoor gigs in Australia and New Zealand. Their new album Backspacer is due out on September 20th.
8-12-09
LISA MOANING AFTER LATEST ATTACK
PARIS, France (CNN) -- Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece the Mona Lisa was attacked with a mug earlier this month, but the world's most famous painting -- protected by bulletproof glass -- emerged with its enigmatic smile undimmed.
French police say a woman "not in her senses" lobbed the mug at the 500-year-old painting, which sits in the Louvre gallery in Paris.
Hey, that's nothing. In 1911, somebody STOLE the Mona Lisa from the Louvre. She came back 2 years later.
Nowadays, visitors generally spend about 15 seconds viewing the Mona Lisa. Plenty of time to unload a coffee mug they might have picked up in the gift shop.
And how about the guy who painted the Mona Lisa? Leonardo da Vinci, a vegetarian Renaissance man who was charged, then acquitted of sodomy at the age of 24, didn't begin work on the Mona for another 50 years. It took him yet another 16 years to wrap things up and get that sly, slightly nefarious smile of hers absolutely just right.
Our advice - when in Paris, drop by and visit the old gal. Definitely worth a look.
And stop with the hating.
8-11-09
WHEN YOU REARRANGE THE LETTERS
DORMITORY becomes DIRTY ROOM
PRESBYTERIAN becomes BEST IN PRAYER
ASTRONOMER becomes MOON STARER
DESPERATION becomes A ROPE ENDS IT
THE EYES becomes THEY SEE
GEORGE BUSH becomes HE BUGS GORE
THE MORSE CODE becomes HERE COME DOTS
SLOT MACHINES becomes CASH LOST IN ME
ELECTION RESULTS becomes LIES - LET'S RECOUNT
MOTHER-IN-LAW becomes WOMAN HITLER
SNOOZE ALARMS becomes ALAS! NO MORE Z 'S
A DECIMAL POINT becomes IM A DOT IN PLACE
ELEVEN PLUS TWO becomes TWELVE PLUS ONE
AND FOR THE GRAND FINALE (When you rearrange the letters with no letters left over and using each letter only once):
PRESIDENT CLINTON OF THE USA becomes TO COPULATE HE FINDS INTERNS
8-10-09
ROCK TURNS 75!
Alcatraz crowds have been huge in San Francisco this summer, but especially yesterday when they celebrated the 75th anniversary of the opening of the federal prison out there on The Rock, way back in 1934.
I've lived in the Bay Area since 8th grade, and I STILL haven't made the trip to Alcatraz!!
Saw in yesterday's San Jose Merc travel section Tripadvisor.com's Top Ten Unusual Tourist Attractions, #1 - The Rock!
During its 29 years of operation, they claim that no prisoners have ever successfully escaped. 36 were involved in 14 escape attempts (two men trying twice); 23 were caught, six were shot and killed during their escape, and two were lost at sea and never found.
Remember The Rock from 1996? "Alcatraz. Only one man has ever broken out. Now five million lives depend on two men breaking in."
And Sean Connery's classic line: "Losers always whine about their best. Winners go home and fu*k the prom queen."
8-7-09
LIVIN' ON THE EDGE
Yea for Aerosmith drummer Joey Kramer! He's the only one in the group who hasn’t been laid up so far this year.
Keyword: "yet"
Four years ago Joey actually had to have his son Jesse, who also plays drums, fill in for him at several Aerosmith shows while recovering from strained muscles.
Unfortunately even with 4 kids and one grand kid, Steven Tyler has no backup for when he gets injured which as you've probably heard, happened again.
On Wednesday, Steven fell backwards off the stage during an Aerosmith concert in Sturgis, South Dakota, injuring his head, neck and shoulder.
How embarrasing to have that happen in front of a gazillion bikers in town for their annual motorcycle rally in the Black Hills. Tyler even rode up to the concert on his motorcycle with girlfriend on back!
Now he's on his back with a BROKEN SHOULDER!.
8-5-09
HAVE TWEET WILL TRAVEL
Exactly two weeks 'til Bone Bash X! And our favorite left-handed guitarist who plays guitar right-handed, Joe Perry, will be rippin' it on the stage at the Sleep Train Pavillion with his boys Aerosmith.
Tonight, they're in Sturgis, South Dakota, and Joe recently posted on Twitter, "Getting charged for sturgis! Never been. Got a few bikes in garage between me and the kids."
Joe Perry also used Twitter to solicit fans to name his upcoming solo album, due in November: "Joe Perry....Have Guitar Will Travel...that's it gang!"
Speaking of which, we hear that Joe will actually sing on four of the tracks; another five are sung by a relatively unknown German musician called Hagen who was discovered by Perry’s wife, Billie, on YouTube.
Seaweed Page Exclusive !! - Included on Joe Perry's solo album will be an early Fleetwood Mac tune called Somebody’s Gonna Get (Their Head Kicked In Tonite).
8-3-09
SMELLS LIKE TOON SPIRIT
When they name a street after you, you know you're officially an A-lister.
In L.A. you've got your old school "Bob Hope Drives" and "Gene Autrey Ways"; there's "Joey Ramone Place" in NYC, The Flaming Lips have an alley named after them in their hometown of Oklahoma City, and even U2, the band "where the streets have no name," we're honored with a temporary "U2 Way" when they did the Letterman show.
Now Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters gets his very own boulevard in his birth town of Warren, Ohio.
Actually, it's more like an alley - “David Grohl Alley.”
Dave showed up on Saturday for the festivities, was given a key to the city, introduced his parents to the huge crowd, played drums with a local band (kind of like when he played drums for that local band, Nirvana), then treated the fans to three Foo Fighters songs - Times Like These, My Hero and Everlong.
Btw, just for the record, there IS a "Seaweed Street" in Mickey's Toontown at Disneyland. We believe that is the same street where Roger Rabbit, an A-list Toon, was framed for murder when he caught his wife, Jessica Rabbit, playing pattycake with some Toon-dude who later showed up dead.
Just sayin'.
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