craigb

You sure Captain D's isn't a house of prostitution?

They used to have him standing on boxes out of the shot for some scenes.

What, you don't like plug-ins? ?

Starship - Jane

Thank Bob the pubs remain open, ya??? ?

Now Paulo, don't wake people up so early. ?

Black Sabbath - Iron Man

It's actually my birthday today (for another 12 minutes - lol) and LOTS of the conversations I've had today have brought back a ton of memories! Oh well...

Ok, back on topic! The Cure - Hot, Hot, Hot

Craig was in Rough Cut for a bit over a year I think (into 1983? after he replaced Jake E. Lee who left to replace Randy Rhodes with Ozzy), then he was in Foolish Pleasure which just gigged around San Diego for a bit. I played that second guitar guy who hides in the back for three gigs: A kegger house party, at a roller rink and, the big one, where we opened for Blue Oyster Cult at the Bacchanal in 1984. Craig then went on to help start Guiffria before moving on to Dio (replacing Vivian Campbell). He's two years older than me and, when he was allowed to stay at home, lived two blocks away. Most of the time though he lived in his car or slept in the music store where he gave lessons. Tough life! Oh, and he was already out of Rough Cutt when Metal Heart came out (in 1985). Interestingly, the second guitarist in Rough Cutt at the time was also part of Mickey Ratt. My friend in school (same grade) was Michael Grove who was one of the early drummers for Mickey Ratt and also the drummer for Foolish Pleasure (who is NOT the Foolish Pleasure band that came out later in the 1990's). Unfortunately, I never got to see Mike after that because I found out at our high school 10-year reunion that he passed away (cause unknown) in 1987... I only played in two bands and only for mere six weeks and yet FOUR of the drummers involved died! Talk about Spinal Tap! Heck, one died after a gig we did at the Tom Cat bar across the street from Miramar Naval Air Station when he tried to cross the busy street drunk and got hit by a car only to be decapitated by a second car?! One died like Bonham drowning in vomit, and the other one committed suicide by drinking excessive alcohol with lots of sleeping pills after his girlfriend left him... Yikes! Memories! [Edit: Just thought of this... I think the main connections were that Ronnie James Dio's wife (Wendy?) was the manager for Rough Cutt.]

Knowledge bomb: Boxing day has nothing to do with pugilists! ?

The band that other Craig was in for a bit! (My guitar teacher, Dio's Godson and very short time bandmate. ? )

Kajagoogoo - Too Shy

I'm the guy who programmed the leap year logic for Verizon Wireless. It's a leap year if: If the year is divisible by four But not if the year is divisible by 100 Unless the year is also divisible by 400! Fun, eh?

I can't wait until everyone, including medical people, wake up... SMH...

Four years? It doesn't seem like more than 1,461 days! ?

I'm offended!

Pathetic Effort Needs Immersive Strumming?

BTW - Has anyone else noticed that the days are getting longer again? ? ?

Ya, writing lyrics today, telling you to take out the trash tomorrow. I can see where this is headed! ?

Probably Every Nuance Is Strummy!

"Ask me no questions, I'll tell you no lies" ~ About 100 songs...