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Conference napalm::heavy_metal

Title:HEAVY_METAL - Talent Round-Up DayDay
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Moderator:BUSY::SLABB
Created:Wed May 04 1988
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1238
Total number of notes:65616

235.0. "Vices in Metal" by REGENT::GALLANT (The Wild Heart) Fri Sep 16 1988 10:44

    
    
    
    	Okey doke. Here's the topic that I said I would start.
    
    	I don't know if it would be considered linked to HM
    	or not, but everyone knows that R&R's drink, don't they?
    
    	Feel free to talk about the artists and their problems,
    	solutions, and basic opinions.  And maybe toss in a few
    	of your own experiences...
    
    	But just remember ... try not to outdo everyone else,
    	they'll wind up putting us in the AA conference!
    
    	Tig~~
    
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235.2The dry boys from BostonVICKI::SHIPPINGRemember... walking in the sandFri Sep 16 1988 10:5817
    Well, I know the bad boys from Boston hit the bottle with the
    best of them a while back, among other things.  But I remember
    an article in Rolling Stone or something like that a while ago
    that read;
    
    Steve Tyler and Joe Perry seen in bar, order Perrier with Lemon!
    
    It told all about how they cleaned up their acts.  Last year they
    did all kinds of commercials saying don't drink & drive, and its
    cool not to get wasted, get a job and all that stuff.  Anybody
    else remember an article like that?
    
    Particularly with Aerosmith, they seem to have really cleaned up
    their act.  Anybody have any details?  Anyone know any other groups
    like them who have sobered up?
    
    HITMAN
235.3 J D VICKI::SHIPPINGRemember... walking in the sandFri Sep 16 1988 11:0816
    reply .1...
    
    Fine stuff, ain't it?  Fine, fine, fine...
    
    Straight or with iced tea.  Thats the way I started drinking it
    in... in... well, along time ago...
    
    The first time I tried it I was listening to "Born to be Wild".
    I guess thats appropriate!  Youre right, JD and rock&roll go
    together like the beach and beautiful women.  
    
    I wonder if the big HM bands feel pressured to drink like fish.
    (That might be like saying, I wonder if the big HM bands feel pressured
    into bringing babes backstage...)
    
    HITMAN
235.4A diverse night on stage!EUCLID::OWENFri Sep 16 1988 11:1510
    I saw Guns 'n Roses with Aerosmith.  What a dichotamy(sp).
    Slash (guitar w/ g 'n r) must have drank 2 Pints of JD on stage.
    Aerosmith, did drink Perrier!
    
    I saw Aerosmith back when they were Fuc*ed up, and now.  Wow have
    they improved.  On the Back in the saddle tour, It took half the
    song to figure out what they were playing, Now they sound krisp
    and cleen and they Jam alot onstage now.  I know a lot of people
    don't agree with me, but I think their music now is as good as or
    better than it's ever been!
235.5Van Halen on the wagonCSC32::G_HOUSEBack in BlackFri Sep 16 1988 11:248
    Where's .1?
    
    I've read several interviews recently with Eddie Van Halen which
    said he and Alex were alcoholics, but since the start of Monsters
    were dry.  He said he used to pop a brew as soon as he got up in
    the morning and continued all day.
      
    gh
235.6Will I ever be right?HAZEL::STARRYou ain't nothin' but fine, fine, fine!Fri Sep 16 1988 11:459
>    Where's .1?

It was a reply I put in about how Jack Daniels is all that really matters
to true rocka nd rollers. But after I entered it, I sort of thought it
was a worthless comment, so I decided to delete it. 

But it looks like I was on the right track from the start!

cat
235.8Ah men...ASAHI::COOPERJS Bach is a head-bangin' rocker !Fri Sep 16 1988 12:121
235.9Do it AFTER the show!CSC32::G_HOUSEBack in BlackFri Sep 16 1988 12:415
    I completely agree.  I don't really care what they do after the show,
    that's their business, but if I pay good $$$ to get in, I want to hear
    some good music and see a good show, not a bunch of intoxicated slobs. 
    
    gh
235.10Talking about booze is one thing, doing it anotherVICKI::SHIPPINGRemember... walking in the sandFri Sep 16 1988 13:4614
    Couldn't have said it any better myself.  If you go to a baseball
    game, you don't expect the outfield to be hung over, the infield
    to be stoned and the catcher to have an icepack on his head...
    
    I have a relative of mine that for years was an alcoholic.  Now
    he doesn't touch the stuff at all.  I respect him above most
    people for doing that.  The same way I respect Aerosmith now.
    
    As for rock & roll jargon on drinking, in lyrics and in talking,
    thats fine, and all in good fun.  Being smashed on stage is another
    thing!
    
    HITMAN (JD is great, but ya won't catch this guy on the road with
            even one bud in his system!)
235.11SUBURB::DALLISONWe want a shrubbury!!!!Mon Sep 19 1988 05:1518
    
                                  
    Saw an interview with Steven Tyler yesterday :
                                        
    Interviewer : "You must have made a *lot* of money"
    Tyler : " Yup, millions"            
    Interviewer : "millions ????"                 
    Tyler : "yup, millions"                 
    Interviewer : "and where's it all gone ??"
    Tyler : "up my nose !!!!! (laughing) I must have sniffed up the whole
    	of Peru!!!!"                   
        
    agagagagaga !!!!!!
         
    BTW - could we change the note to something like "Vices in metal"
    or something, so that we can discuss things like this ??? peeerlease.
         
    -Tony             
235.123 strikes, you're DEAD !!!RAVEN1::JERRYWHITEBig Brother's watching youTue Sep 27 1988 06:0112
    Insert first line of "2 Late 4 Love" by Tesla *HERE*
    
    Remember back when there were 3 things most bands were into other
    than the music and 2 of 'em would kill ya but the other 1 was still
    a pretty safe bet ? (we're talking drinking, drugging, and horizontal
    recreation ...)
    
    Seems like the deadliest "crack" of the 80's may not be narcotic.
    This leaves the wise musician plenty of time but NO inspiration.