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Rob Zombie would rob all the zombies he could if Rob Zombie could rob zombies!

(Obviously! 😁)

Happy 12th!

Ha!  

 Just found this!
 

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ERIC BLOOM of BLUE ÖYSTER CULT recalled a show nearly 25 years ago, when the band tried to sneak into San Diego under a “top-secret” pseudonym. “We were coming straight off of [playing] stadiums and we agreed to this little club date, the Bacchanal [December 9, 1984], but all the publicity listed the band as ‘Soft White Underbelly’ [BOC’s original pre-LP name]. The idea was that only real hardcore fans would even be aware of our history with that name, and even then they’d probably think it was some other band, not Blue Oyster Cult. One of your local radio stations blew it the day before the show, I forget which one, whichever one wasn’t promoting the show [KGB with Fahn & Silva produced] but there were tons of people showing up and a lot of angry cops, I remember that much. Kind of a failed experiment. Tell San Diego we’re sorry we tried to fool them.”

This just showed up in my YouBoob video feed.  Brought back memories because this Craig was my guitar teacher back in the day!  Craig had a difficult childhood and often slept in his car or the music store he taught out of.  He's a couple years older than me and, when he was at home, lived two blocks over from me.  Ronnie James Dio learned about his abilities and home life and became his godfather (which obviously helped him join Dio eventually!).  He replaced Jake E. Lee in Rough Cut when Jake left to join Ozzy and he was also a member of Guiffria.  I got to play with him a few times (for about six weeks) in Foolish pleasure because he wanted a second guitarist who had no desire to be in front or take a lead.  LOL!  We played a kegger party, a roller rink and then the big one:  Opening for Blue Oyster Cult (billing themselves as an older name, Soft White Underbelly to try and keep the interest only to die-hard fans - it didn't work and caused a massive traffic issue!). 
 

1 hour ago, SuperFreq said:

This is like inducting Paul while ignoring the Beatles.

But, which Paul? 🤔

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5 hours ago, T Boog said:

The new Shure dual-purpose mic stand

 

"Dual purpose?"  What else is it good for? 🤔

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Like soda, pop is bad for your health! 😁

8 hours ago, fjz said:

The Boomtown Rats - I Don't Like Mondays

 

*TRIVIA!*  I was actually shot at by Brenda Spencer!  (Where this song comes from.)  

I wasn't a student at the elementary school that was directly across the street (I was in Junior High half a block away - now called a "Middle School"), but was walking with a friend above the elementary school when we heard what we thought were firecrackers.  As such, it was a teen boy requirement to go watch and, when we got close to a chainlink fence, a bullet aimed at me ricocheted off a fence pole then a school play yard person started yelling at us to get down.  For the next two hours we had to lay on our stomachs while the bullets kept wizzing around and all the police arrived.  When we could, we snuck off without anyone noticing and got to school late with an interesting story to tell.  The next semester I got one of Brenda Spencer's old schoolbooks (back then you checked one out then returned it at the end of the class semester).  She was one year ahead of me - kinda spooky seeing her name in the front of the book.

Just watched this today (which probably showed up in my YouBoob feed due to listening to M above! 😆).  It was pretty interesting!
 

Manfred Mann - Blinded By The Light  (Originally by Bruce Springsteen)

Bangles - Hazy Shade of Winter  (Originally by Simon and Garfunkel)

Am I too late with this? 🤔

You sound bitter... 😁

Oops!  Thought I was on the last page!  Guess not!  😆

Keven de Vries - Dance With Me

She's eye-candy and ear-candy!  Ol' Robert's still got it too.
 

Bob's too nice.  Is it ok if I criticize rap?  😁

Did you hear about the lady who backed into the running airplane propeller?   Disaster!  😁

Kind of like how Coca Cola and Pepsi now are owned by the same corporation? 😁

(Bob's a show off! 😜)

The Byrds - Mr. Spaceman

1 hour ago, Notes_Norton said:

Very few artists make over a billion dollars and can afford to do that.

Name two.

1 hour ago, Xoo said:

Good word there.  More people should use it.

there

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