The grille or whatever its called. The speaker cover. Blue and black tiger stripes.

The most pomposity we ever did was to fill the stage with dry ice "smoke", put on the Jeopardy theme through the PA, then play the intro to the first song totally hidden. The intro was usually a song called Back To The Drawing Board (fourth song on the Van Vranken MySpace) with an electric rather than the acoustic that is on the recording. Then windfans would clear the stage as we would go into the first verse.

I know this must sound simply horrifying to many of you, but it was fun, and I think that's the most important aspect of being in a band. We had a lot of enthusiastic fans, wrote songs about emerging from depression, being in high school, and porn star tragedies. Slightly different than the usual metalhead fare.

And yes, the poon was a nice perk. However, a gentleman never tells if he knows what is good for him.

It was a fun time in my life, but I got more serious about music later.

I refuse to believe that I wasn't the first to post that Vinnie Vincent Invasion video.

I forgot to say that someone else DID post that on here a few moons ago.

I don't want to be accused of plagiarism or the uncouth "street" term "kerbel'd"

Guys, this is the best fucking thread ever! Check out Faster Pussycat for some awful hair metal. Ponce.

Kyle Motor wrote:Absolutely the best ever.

That's the spirit! Coming in on a tank and the weird bit with the little girl on the bed whilst singing about sex and then blasting her teddy bear with a laser.

I bet most Hollywood and British directors started on this shit. I know David Fincher and Tony Kaye did.

vinnie vincent & dana strum

grim reaper- rock you to hell

trixter- give it to me good

sleeze beez- heroes die young

shark island- paris calling

dangerous toys- teasin' pleasin'

junkyard- hollywood

Skronk wrote:Guys, this is the best fucking thread ever! Check out Faster Pussycat for some awful hair metal. Ponce.

I need specific youtube links. Everything Faster Pussycat did/have done is balls. I know they have been going after the Sunset Strip/ Decline of western civilisation days. Maybe one of those with fat girls dancing at a live concert!

A couple of years ago I "met" this girl who "followed" all the hair metal bands around England. She had some stories I can tell you. She was some dirty girl. Very very sexy. The Vince Neil story was the best.

Kyle Motor wrote:Absolutely the best ever.

Woof! I've read some of Mark Manning's autobiographical books, and they are the most disgusting, vile, and hilarious reads I've had in a long time.

hench wrote:vinnie vincent & dana strum

grim reaper- rock you to hell

trixter- give it to me good

sleeze beez- heroes die young

shark island- paris calling

dangerous toys- teasin' pleasin'

junkyard- hollywood

Grim Reaper: What's with the singer who has hair extentions so he can go back to his job selling real estate? Also at 2.42 the Toxic Avenger appears. Is this on the soundtrack to one of those movies?

Also, how load was the fucking SNARE back then?