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If it's too loud, you probably have ear damage,
just like me. Hell yeah. That is what we are.
We are the music creeps, and here we are again.
I'm feeling pretty creepy today. Yeah, me too.
Me too. I've got my creepy loafers on. Oh. Yeah,
look at them. They've got buckles on them. Oh,
yeah. Yeah, buckled creepy shoes. Yeah, that's
even worse than tassels on your shoes. Yeah,
tassels, yeah. Tassels mean come kick my ass.
That's code for I like to have my ass kicked
by a real man. That's why I wear tassels. Yes,
but the buckles mean I'm an ass -kicking pilgrim.
Yes. All I need is a Buster Brown wig. Quaker
hat. Yep. Oh, hell yeah. Now I'm picturing the
Quaker Oats guy with breast pumps strapped to
his chest. That's where they get all that oat
milk. Oh, I know. I tell you what, he is a trooper.
He is. He produces a lot of oat milk. Yeah. Boy,
those things have to be saggy. Oh, yeah. All
the wear and tear. All the squeezing. Yeah. It
wouldn't be so bad, but he's got hairy nipples.
Oh, I know. They did have a contest that you
could come squeeze his... is milk for a full
day. Some lucky bastard won that. How do you
train for that? Just like go work at a farm?
I think they give you actually some prosthetic
ones that you can take home and you can do it
yourself. Apparently all that stuff is freely
available at your local porn site. Yes, it is.
Yeah, that's where they got it. Yeah. Yeah, it's
called insertthis .com or something like that.
Or, yeah, I like things in my ass or something.
I don't know. Like mayonnaise jars. Well, I remember
Rob telling us about the booty bandit. Yes. Stealing
all the sex toys. I know. Wow. Okay. The booty
bandit. Oh, yeah. That was a great kickoff one,
wasn't it? Oh, that was good. I love this segment,
Rob's Bag of Garbage. Because that's what it
is. Great stuff. Anyhow, I love the sound effect.
He's got a bag. Let's see what I got in here
now. All right. You got something in there? I
got bullet points. All right. Well, I was trying
to do a story the other day on... on -stage meltdowns
by rock stars, and I realized it really doesn't
transfer well from that to speaking it on a podcast.
But the one I did want to bring out was the singer
for Disturbed. David Draymond? David Draymond,
yeah. And he was at a... Yeah, there you go.
Something like that. They were at a venue, not
real big, maybe about the size of Uptown. Okay.
And it was a woman up on the balcony, several
rows back on the balcony, who was on her cell
phone. And Draymond stopped the show and started
calling her out for being on the cell phone in
a concert. Now, if she was right up front and
pointing the camera at you and recording you,
yeah, call her out. But she's up there in the
balcony. She paid for her ticket. She gets to
do whatever the hell she wants at your show.
But he called her out and ridiculed her. And
the person next to her started filming her and
her reaction. And she was kind of trying to smile
and laugh it off. But you could tell she was
like, what the hell is he picking on me for?
You never know. She could have had a sick child
at home. She did. Oh. That's what it turned out
to be. Her daughter was home alone and scared
and unhappy and nervous. And she was texting
her daughter to reassure her. Someone was coming
to help her and take care of her. You know, mommy
was at the concert. Yeah. Wow. And Draymond said
later, he apologized to her. And he said later,
he said, well, this just reinforces that you
never have any idea what somebody else is going
through, so keep your mouth shut. Okay, I respect
that. He learned his lesson. I respect that.
Okay. I've always kind of liked Dave Draven.
He seems okay. Yeah, and he wasn't being mean
and ugly about it the way the singer from Five
Finger Death Punch was calling out some guy who
was booing him, and he literally was screaming
and yelling that he was going to kick his ass
and fuck him up. Come on, man, right after the
show. Yeah, my bodyguard's coming over there,
and we're going to make sure I'm going to kick
your fucking ass right after the show. Why does
he need his bodyguard? It's just crazy. I get
it. Yeah. Okay. You know what? I mean, I remember
something like that. I spoke about this, I think,
with Rob. But you remember Tommy Morrison? Yeah.
He passed away. So he was a boxer. I remember
being down in Westport, and he was fucking with
people, and I observed one person just kick the
shit out of him. Knock the fuck out of him. I
heard rumors about that. Oh, yeah, yeah, that
would happen. His team tried to hush it up for
sure. Yes. Yeah, no, that happened right there
almost in front of Buzzard Beach in that parking
lot. Yeah. And he was going around. He was, like,
fucking picking on people, hitting on people's
girls and stuff like that, just being a dick
and drunk. And allegedly, I guess I've got to
put that in there even though he's dead. But,
okay, so I come out, and I'm like, man, oh, fuck.
That's Tommy getting his ass whipped. But I guess
he came out and he decided he was going to push
some guy. Some guy turned around and just knocked
the fuck out of him and didn't stop when he was
on the ground. And they ended up having some
people come over there, grab him, throw him in
the back of a limo and tear out of there. Yeah,
the problem there is Tommy has been trained to
fight under the boxing rules. Everybody else
just is like, hey, that's survival. I'm going
to do any dirty trick I can, man. I'm just going
to wail on you. I didn't see the start of it
or nothing. I saw it in progress. But I imagine
the guy probably just turned around and just
smacked him right in the face. And Tommy's probably
like, oh, and fell to the ground. Yeah. And when
I come out there, he was still kicking the shit
out of me. Well, I remember one clip of this
video showed David Lee Roth just drunk off his
ass during his Van Halen days, doing some random
rant about who knows what, and the guy in the
audience was giving him shit about, you know,
shut up and do a song. And David Lee Roth said,
well, I ain't gonna come out there and kick your
ass, but I am gonna fuck your girlfriend. Wow.
My reply would have been, you're not gay? My
bad. And remember Smash Mouth? Yeah. They were
playing at what basically was a glorified farmer's
market. I mean, that's how far down they had
come. Listen, they never were that great anyhow.
They had that one, hey now, you're a rock star
or something like that. And Might As Well Be
Walking On The Sun. Yeah, yeah, that one too.
Okay, they had a couple of songs. There was a
guy who was heckling them. and the lead singer,
whatever his name is, just started ripping out
all the F -bombs and, you know, shit this and
fuck you up bad and I'm going to kick your pussy
ass, motherfucker. There were lots of kids in
the audience. I mean, under the age of 10. And
you see people grabbing their kids and just running.
And he went on and on and on. He just went on
for minutes after minute. Oh, yeah. He would
not let... And the band tried to start a couple
of songs and he wasn't having it. And eventually
security started intervening because this guy
was wading out into the audience to go kick that
guy's ass. Talk about losing it on stage, man.
I guess he was pissed that they were kind of
pretty much an afterthought and a nobody anymore
and he wanted to be still treated like a rock
star. Well, he really wouldn't like it today
then. No. you know if there was like a big festival
or not a big festival let's say a smaller one
that's uh happening in like carney okay yeah
they have a little amphitheater there this festival
has a couple thousand people they would have
been the opener at 12 o 'clock during the day
yes and that's where they're at right now and
people go who yeah um they had a couple songs
in the 90s oh that explains it i wasn't born
Now, this wasn't a meltdown, but one of the worst
choices I've seen from a rock band on stage is,
it was, I forget who it was. I'm thinking Ariana
Grande. If it wasn't her, it was someone in that
vein of music. She also has a burrito name after
her. She does. Yeah, Burrito Grande, yeah. But
she stopped a concert and was yelling at a fan
who wasn't standing up. And she was yelling,
come on, get on your feet. What's wrong with
you? Stand up. Everybody else is standing up.
Let me guess. They were paralyzed. Yep. Paralyzed
from the waist down, stuck in a chair, couldn't
stand up to save their life, and she's there
shaming them in front of the entire auditorium.
That would be something else. I've got one for
you. I was a victim of doing something like that.
It was at a PetSmart in Ward Parkway. I don't
even know if it's there anymore. I don't think
so, no. Okay. Well, the guy was sitting down
and he was very, very, I mean, the rude part
of it, he definitely needed something. But anyhow,
it was over, I forgot what it was. It was a stupid
rule. And it was like, well, why didn't he even
do this, you know? And he refused to even, it
was like, that's just the way they do it. And
he was like, just being a real dick. So I called
corporate on him. I mean, he was like really,
really being abrasive and being derogatory. And
I said, and not only that, no, I didn't call
corporate. I called the manager there at the
office. I said, above that, I said, the fucking
slug. I said, he's so lazy, he can't even stand
up and do his job. And she goes, he's paralyzed,
sir. Oh. I hung up. Oh. I hung up. Yeah. Yeah,
there was no getting around. Yeah. Nope, not
anymore. I'm done. I remember an instance where
a woman who was probably 35, and she was seated
next to a woman in her 60s on a bus. Uh -huh.
And the woman's asking, you know, do you have
any children? She said, no, no, no children.
And the woman said, oh, honey, you need to get
started pretty quick. running out and if you're
going to have kids you better start right now.
And the woman looked her straight in the eye
and said, I've had seven miscarriages. What else
do you want to know? There's a big healthy dose
of shut up and mind your own business. Shaming
her for not having kids yet. I would have wrote
her a check for a thousand dollars. I hope this
covers it. But, you know, I've known a million
people like that who think they're being so kind
and sweet and caring. They think it's cute. Yes,
and they do it with a smile. And, oh, I'm just
a little old lady. They won't get mad when they
say the most stupid, ugly thing ever because
they're clueless. Yes. Good point. Now, I did
something similar once when I was in a group.
This is somewhere back in my 20s. And I was still
drinking back then. And it was close to Father's
Day. And somebody said, you know, hey, everybody
raise your glasses and let's all drink to our
fathers. And I set mine down. And he said, what's
wrong with you, man? What's wrong? And I said,
my father beat me when I was a kid. I'm not drinking
to that son of a bitch. And suddenly the attitude
on the whole party changed. It's like, get a
clue, people. Not everybody had a nice dad. Yeah,
and to me, that is like a classic no -no. If
someone does that, leave them alone. If they
don't volunteer information, leave them the hell
alone. Oh, that guy. He got everything he had
coming to him. Yes, he did. You should know better.
You'd be like, okay, he's not doing that. All
right. If he ever wants to tell me that's cool,
but other than that, yeah. Yeah. That was definitely
a wet blanket over that part of the evening.
But it's like, dude, leave me alone. That should
have done it. Yeah. You want to do some, are
you done or you got any more? I wanted to mention
an interesting show I saw the other day. Dan
Rather had that series called The Big Interview
with Dan Rather. Yeah, I remember that. And the
other day he was talking with Annie Lennox from
the Eurythmics. Is he still going on or is he
dead? No, this is all reruns now. I'm not sure
if he's dead, but he's not doing them anymore.
Oh, okay. All right, Annie. Annie Lennox, the
Eurythmics. The Eurythmics, yeah. And the first
thing that struck me was she talks really fast.
I mean, really fast. She doesn't sing like that.
No. I mean, on stage she's kind of this, you
know. elegant, classy presence for a lot of the
time, and she's very deliberate, but when she
talks, very fast, and you can hear a lot of Irish
accent in what she's saying. I can see that.
I don't know if she's from Ireland completely,
but you can tell that she grew up around Irish
-speaking people. I can believe that. She looks
like she could be very Irish, so yeah, I can
totally believe that. Yeah. Does she still have
red hair and all that? She had almost no hair.
Apparently that's the way she likes to go, is
just like a buzz cut, face cut. I think it was
kind of like a strawberry blonde color at the
time. That's about what she used to be, maybe
a little bit redder. Yeah, okay. But she was
talking about a number of things, and I have
a career who's changed over time, and she's a
very strong and diligent advocate for women's
rights and women's causes. Oh, yeah, I knew that.
Is she sober? She is now, yeah. Dave Stewart
was her longtime songwriting partner and bandmate.
And she said, she hinted to a brief period of
time where they were like sort of romantically
linked, but they made the decision, nah, we're
just going to keep this business and not become
a couple so we can make sure this continues well.
And that reminded me of what Cheap Trick did.
One of the things they say that helped them stay
together as a band so long is they never became
friends. They were always just... I remember
hearing that and it used to bother me. Yeah.
They get together for practice. They get together
for shows and tours and stuff, but they do not
hang out together. They don't hang out with each
other's families. They don't know a lot about
their co -workers. Yeah. And they said by keeping
a co -worker, we've bypassed a whole bunch of
the drama. They wouldn't be together now probably.
Yeah, I believe that. It's not like Motley Crue
where they used to get drunk all the time together.
Yeah. And they end up in a fight in front of
a limo or something, you know, because there's
a lot of documents, documentation of people there,
pictures of, I guess, Vince and Tommy used to
always fight, you know. And eventually it gets
to where it is now to where none of them really
want to talk to each other. Yeah. So, I mean,
by them not being friends, they still kind of
like the person at least. Yeah, yeah. I mean,
there's people I worked with for many years at
the post office, and we weren't friends. We didn't
hang out after work. But at work, we got along
great. You know, we'd help each other out. You
know, it's like, you know, so -and -so needs
to get off early. I said, yeah, I'll help him.
Yeah, yeah. That's exactly what I'm talking about.
You may not know them really well, and you may
not really care that much about what they do
and everything, but, you know, it's like by not
knowing them that well, you have no ill will
at all. Yeah. If you got to know them, there
might be some stuff where you're not. Yeah, and
the small things they might do that irritate
you or offend you, it's like, eh, it's no big
deal because we're not buds, we're not pals.
It's no big deal. If a stranger knocks you down
and doesn't apologize, it's like, eh, whatever.
But if someone you really care about does that,
you're like, hey, you knocked me down, you never
apologized. Yeah, then they're probably going
to go, okay, I'm sorry. I didn't view it like
that or whatever. And that's something I found
out too. A lot of times when people are being
rude, they're just not paying attention. They're
not trying to. And most people, if they're civil
and reasonable, you go, hey, you know, you just
said you did this. They're like, oh, I'm sorry.
I didn't mean to, I didn't mean it like that
or whatever. And a lot of times there's people
who are on the autism spectrum and you don't
know it. They can be very rude. I know some,
they just don't view things like that. Yeah,
the other day my wife was out to dinner with
some friends and the waiter came up and he said,
may I take your drink orders? So they gave him,
they said what they wanted to drink and he wrote
them down and just turned around and walked away.
And then he came up later and said, are you ready
to order or do you need a little more time? He
said, oh, yeah, I think we need a little more
time. Didn't say anything, just turned around
and walked away. So he was probably autistic
and thought, well, this is all I need to do and
all I need to say. So he wasn't being rude. He
was just not adding in all the little flourishes
and embellishments that waiters and waitresses
generally do to try to get bigger tips. Because
he wasn't trying to get a big tip. He just had
no clue. He was just doing what he... Yeah, I
get it. Okay. So he seemed rude and abrupt and
cold, but that's who he was. Okay. And, you know,
I'll take a person like that any day over the
waitress who's flirting to try to get a bigger
tip. I would, too. It's more real. Yeah. I agree.
It's a lot more real. Yeah. Okay. All right.
You got... I've got some bullet points we can
go into when you get a chance. But if you've
got something you want to go into, go ahead.
I started looking up another list of guitars
that you can get cheap because they have zero
resale value. Oh, yeah. So if you want to go
for a used guitar, I came up with a list of a
few that might be a pretty good bargain at this
point. Oh, that'd be good to know. The first
one on the list is Reverend guitars. I've tried
out a few. They really do seem to be well -made
guitar. They're mostly made in Asia. I did that
story on the Cortec plant in Indonesia. Yeah,
that makes most of the guitars. I think they're
made there, too. It is Horton Heat's cousin.
Yes. Yeah. Only certain people will get that.
New, they sell it for around $1 ,500. That's
kind of a mid -range price for them. Used, they're
less than half that. $600 to $750. And they're
really well -built guitars. They really are.
Here's one that's fairly surprising. PRS, Paul
Reed Smith. The market is flooded. I went on
a couple of used sites looking for what used
guitars are. And there were about three times
more PRS than anything else. So a lot of people
are buying them, getting tired of them, and trading
them in. retail on a lot of these models start
around 2000 but on the used market you can find
a lot for 400 going up to about a thousand so
less than half price and PRS are good quality
guitars they're really well made I've got one
PRS that my hands just don't seem to fit it all
that well, so I don't think PRS is really for
me. But they're very, very good, high -quality
guitars, so if you like the way they feel in
your hand... A lot of people like it. Like you
said, they sell a ton of them. Yep. $400 for
a used one. Wow. That's pretty good. That is.
Another brand is Schecter. You know Schecter.
Oh, yeah. New ones are like... Michael's brother.
Yes. And Rudolph's brother. Brand new, they're
around $1 ,000 to $2 ,000. And they come with
good fit and finish. Beautiful finishes. They
always have beautiful finishes. Used ones are
starting at $300. And most are under $800. Schecter's,
$1 ,000 to $2 ,000 brand new. And people are
buying them brand new for that price and liking
them. But you can get most of those models you
can get for under $800 on the used market. Wow.
Yeah. The next one, we have G and L. I forget
who G was, but the L was Leo Fender. Remember
after Leo Fender sold Fender, he started Music
Man, and then he sold that and started G and
L. I can't remember who the G was. Oh, L. I don't
remember either. It wasn't Gibson, I can tell
you that. Yeah. Now, new, the G &L guitars usually
go for $2 ,000 to $3 ,000. I mean, these are
high -end professional instruments. Yeah, very
much so. Used, they're going for about $1 ,000
to $1 ,500. It's about half price. Okay. But
the problem there is they're not selling at that
because they're basically just like the Fender.
They have the same body shapes, the Strat, the
Tele, etc. But they're twice the cost out of
an American -made Fender. You can get an American
-made fender for around $1 ,600. A new G &L,
they call it the Legacy, $3 ,000. Why would you
buy the more expensive G &L when you can get
a fender? Yeah. And another problem is the accessories
made for fender strats and fender tellies generally
don't fit on G &L versions. So there's yet another
reason to buy. Just go ahead and buy the fender.
So even though they're being listed used for
$1 ,000 to $1 ,500, they're not selling at that
price. Wow. So if you want a GNL, which is pretty
much like a souped -up fender, you can get them
used for pretty close to the price of a new fender
if you really want to. Ibanez. The problem there
is they have a lot of higher -end models. And
they're built to appeal to people who don't buy
used equipment. Well, I've always loved Ibanez.
To me, I've always found them as a great alternative
to the more expensive guitars. Yeah. And also,
Paul Stanley, famously, he had the Shattered
Glass Ibanez. Yep. It's just beautiful. Yes.
And I love the sound of it, too. I don't know
what kind of pickups and electronics. I'm not
sure either. It's the Iceman, wasn't it? The
Iceman, yeah. Oh, it's a beautiful guitar. John
Petrucci started out playing Ibanez? Yes, he
did. Ibanez, I can get, but go ahead. So the
used market is tough because a lot of these guitars
are kind of unique and kind of different. And
they don't have a mass appeal. And the people
who want that kind of guitar generally can go
buy a new one. And many models are built for
a specific style of playing. which cuts down
on the mass appeal. I mean, Ibanez has a whole
iron label series that is designed for shredding,
designed for downtune, etc. So you're limiting
your resale market when you have... Hello, this
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There you go. This is Phineas J. Baltar S. III.
That has been your music news for this evening.
I have one burning question for you all. Do people
really skip around the Maypole? Yeah, true. Excuse
me. And another, the last one I have is Tokai.
T -O -K -A -I. It's a Japanese manufacturer.
They make a lot of things that look just like
Gibson models. Les Pauls and SGs and things.
New, they're going from about $1 ,000 to $2 ,500.
And they are really well, well made instruments.
Pretty much anything you get from Japan is really
well made. Now they're selling for only $600
to $1 ,000. Generally they're bought new by people
who know the brand and know what they're getting
and are willing to spend that much. But when
they sell them used, a lot of people are like,
Tokai? Who the heck is that? I've never heard
of them before. And they're unwilling to buy
one sight unseen on the market. That is not a
sexy name. No, no. And their Les Paul version
is called the Love Rock. The Love Rock? Yeah.
It's like, eh, it's interesting. It is. But,
you know, if you're buying online, sight unseen,
you've never held this guitar, you've never played
it, you're not really sure how it sounds. Not
a lot of people are going to spring for a Tokai
when they don't know anything about it, and there's
no dealer in their area that deals in their instrument.
Don't get that Ibanez. People know what Ibanez
is. They've been around a long time, so I get
it. Yeah. I've got an Ibanez bass guitar that
I like. I don't have an Ibanez six -string, but
I have a bass, an SR500. Okay. And, you know,
super skinny neck, really bright, punchy sound.
I put flatwounds on it, which makes it sound
even better. I love that Ibanez bass. I mean,
it's a really good quality instrument. Davey
has two Ibanezes that I actually, man, they're
just great. You get one with the wizard neck,
like the RG series, the RGA series, they have
that wide, flat wizard neck. I think they're
up to the Wizard 3 version now, and that's apparently
super easy to play, super easy to shred on. Oh,
yeah. No, it is. the fret is easy to move around
and all that and uh i think davey has the animal
eyes oh okay yeah and that was during the animal
album animalized album the one that paul stanley
came out on stage with with that furry kind of
put together logo that they have on there so
anyhow it's a nice guitar and the sound oh my
gosh man Yeah, a lot of Ibanez use, you know,
their own pickup called the Super 58. I believe
that's what his is. Yeah. It's got that special
sound. Yeah. You hear it and you go, oh, yeah,
yeah, that sounds like an Ibanez. And then you
find out it is. Yeah. I have some bullet points.
I want bullets. Okay. All right. My first one.
Was Dio a bigger success solo or with Sabbath?
You know, I kind of think he was bigger solo.
I think his bigger was Sabbath. Oh, okay. And
here's why. What? No, actually, I don't know.
To me, it's kind of even because here, look,
I did it like this, okay? There's the honeymoon
years on both their careers, okay? True, true.
All right, so you had Heaven and Hell, huge album.
Oh, yeah. Mob Rules, another huge album, huge
headlining tour. Yeah. A headline with Blue Oyster
Cold and then another one, I forgot who it was.
But anyhow, sold out all over, did great. Dio,
as soon as he started his solo career, he had
Holy Diver and The Last in Line. Okay, so then
after that, they broke up, Sabbath broke up.
Dio went to Sacred Heart, which didn't do nearly
as well. Oh, I forgot about Sacred Heart. Didn't
do nearly as well. Yeah. He had a slight comeback,
a slight resurgence with Dream Evil, with Greg
Goldie. This is after Vivian Campbell left the
band. Yeah. Black Sabbath came back with Dehumanizer.
And on the Wayne's World, they're on Wayne's
World, you know, featured on there. And that
did very well. So, then they went away again.
They broke up. Dio went solo, and nobody knows
what albums came out after that, Magica and a
couple other ones, and they did horrible. Yeah.
So then Sabbath came back as Heaven and Hell.
The name Heaven and Hell was the band. Oh, yeah.
Yeah. And they came out with the Devil You Know
album, which did very well. And just because
of that, they came back one more time and had
a fairly well -selling album and a big tour,
and then Dio died the following year. I think
that to me, Sabbath, it's almost even, but I
give it to Sabbath because of the last end of
the career that Dio, when he went on solo after
he'd already had different... Greg Goldie was
okay as a replacement, but then after that, nobody
cared. Doug Aldridge was great, but nobody cared.
So I'm going with Sabbath by slight, and that's
it. Yeah, I can definitely see that, yeah. Really,
it's kind of a wash, if you ask me. It's pretty
close, I guess, if you have to come down on one
side or the other. Well, that's kind of the way
I broke it down. Do you think that's about right?
Yeah, yeah, you make a very good case. Okay,
well, anyhow. What about Ozzy? I'm going to say
Solo. Yeah, I'm going to say Ozzy Solo. But I
don't even think it's close. No, no. The mass
appeal was there for Ozzy Solo, whereas Black
Sabbath had a huge following, but there were
people they were never going to reach. Ozzy reached
those people too. Yeah, just by their name, people
would be like, I don't want anything to do with
that band. The connotation it gives. But Ozzy
somehow, well, a lot due to Sharon and a lot
of his antics, he became a friendly face, a non
-threatening guy that does crazy things, but
he doesn't harm anybody. Unless you're a dove
or a bat. Yeah, that's true. He walked a really
fine line. He appealed to all the rockers because
he was wild. He's out of control. He did drugs.
He was lecherous. He cussed. But at the same
time, he appealed to the less hardcore people
because he didn't do any of it with anger or
hatred. He was just having fun. He was just this
crazy stone drunk guy who was having a joyous
life. So it was safe to like Ozzy because he
never really did anything mean on purpose. Yeah,
so all your friends would be like, hey, what
are you listening to, Ozzy? Oh, yeah, yeah, hey,
cool, which one? Yeah, Friendly Party Band. Or
if you're playing Black Sabbath, it isn't quite
like if you were playing Merciful Fate back in
the day and everyone would be like, what are
you playing? Oh, my God, okay. It wasn't quite
that bad, but it was still like, okay, when you
get done listening to that, come see me. Yeah.
Like, if you're a teenager listening to Ozzy,
your parents wouldn't necessarily like it, but
they'd let you do it. Yeah, yeah. If you were
listening to, like, you know, a band in the range
of, like, Slayer or King Diamond, they'd be like,
oh, no, we're getting those albums out of the
house. Yes. Yeah. Yep. Yeah, and only the people
who understand parody and humor were the ones
who still hated Ozzy. Yeah. Yeah. So, all right.
Did you pay much attention to Black Sabbath during
the Tony Martin era? No, I really didn't. I tried
to get into it. It was good, and they have really
good albums. There was a couple of them, and
there was a lot of shit in there, too. The seven
-star album with Glenn Hughes was fair, but admittedly,
they were all on cocaine. I think for a large
part, it wasn't being played on any of the radio
stations I was listening to, so I would have
had to go look for it. I liked it, but I was
not in love with it. As a matter of fact, hindsight
reflected better on me afterwards. And I got
to love the music after the fact a lot more than
I ever did when it was around. And that's just
because later on I listened to a lot of stuff
and so much good music wasn't being produced.
So I started looking back and finding little
gems here and there. I've heard albums like that
where I initially get the album and it's like,
ooh. I don't really like this, but I keep it
because there's one or two songs I like, and
then I go back years later and listen, and it's
like, the rest of these are pretty damn good.
I don't know why I didn't like this before. Well,
for one, the music scene was too active. Yeah,
absolutely. It was too active to really get into
anything like that Sabbath. You had to have seen
it on MTV all the time. You had to see Tawny
Katane on a fucking car. It was ironic. When
MTV showed up and the music videos started being
a big part of it, In a way, that was really good
because it brought you a lot more and it was
a lot better exposure. But on the other hand,
it was bad because suddenly it wasn't all about
the music anymore. And you'd have mediocre songs
with great videos that were being really popular.
And like, no, the music should be the first thing.
Video comes second, but that wasn't the way.
And that's one of the things about Sabbath is
when they went into the Tony Martin era... And
even, well, Glenn Hughes, they tried to dress
up a little bit on there. It wasn't colorful
or nothing, but it was kind of like a way Judas
Priest kind of did glam. Yeah, yeah. They didn't
really participate in all that. They're always
like, it's the music. But it didn't go over well
during that era. Yeah. And nobody really cared
to listen to them because they were kind of viewed
as uptight, the old way of doing things. So,
yeah. All right. Well, I may never make it in
the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. I kind of think
they will. Yeah, but I tell you now, I don't
give a fuck. It should have been done years ago.
It should have been done years ago. And all the
time you're promoting a country artist or an
R &B or a rap artist, you're failing one of the
best metal bands ever that sold more albums than
any of them. And the fact that they did that
really shows you that... It doesn't really mean
anything anymore to be inducted into the Hall
of Fame. It just doesn't. No, I know. No, it
has absolutely no prestigious to it at all. Nothing.
When a band or an artist is inducted into the
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, it basically says,
we can make money off of your name and reputation
here at the Hall of Fame. That's why you're in,
because we can make money off of you. It's nothing
to do with their career, their music, their creativity.
It's just... Can we sell more tickets if we add
you to the Hall of Fame? Oh, we can. We're going
to do it then. Yeah. So it means nothing. It
just means we can make money off you. I agree.
Okay. All right. Okay, so everything you just
said, you pretty much answered the next question.
Okay. And it's why do you believe they've been
snubbed for so long? And you just answered it,
really. Yeah. You take a look. Is the Iron Maiden
fan base going to come to Cleveland, Ohio, buy
tickets to the Hall of Fame? Maybe not. Not in
significant numbers. And it's not worth inducting
them and putting the money into an exhibit if
they're not going to make that money back in
visitors. So I think from this point forward,
the Rock Hall of Fame is just going to start
trolling for people who are popular enough to
bring in tons of... visitors, I mean, they're
going to start grabbing people who've had one
good album and stick them in the Hall of Fame
just based on that. I'm surprised Taylor Swift
doesn't have a whole wing there because they
can make a shit ton of money off all the Swifties
coming. Eh, just wait. It'll happen. Taylor Swift
is an amazing musician, got a great head for
business, she writes really well, she performs
really well. But just the fact that she can draw
a lot of people to the Hall of Fame is the only
reason they'll consider her. Yeah. And, yeah,
she'll do whatever is good for her business and
her career. No one could fault her for that.
But I think musicians as a whole are starting
to just not give a damn about the Hall of Fame.
I think you're right. Yep. All right. Will we
ever hear from Mick Mars again? I'm kind of thinking
no. Me too. he's talked about maybe wanting to
do some side projects with other musicians, but
he's kind of lost his appeal now, doesn't he?
He has, and especially the way he did John Karabi,
from what I can understand. They had music already
produced that sounded much better than the shit
he put out. And he was trying to say, oh, the
product wasn't very good, I was tricked by somebody
on this music or something. I don't know. I don't
know. I think there's something else going on
there. Yeah, it probably didn't work out so well
in the contract as far as publishing rights and
money, etc. So they came up with an excuse to
not release it. Because if you don't release
it, no one makes money off of it. And you have
a chance to fix it. But if you go ahead and release
it under the existing terms... getting it fixed
later is always a real trouble. Well I went to
go see John Corabi and part of his concert is
this, it's a smaller venue of course, there's
probably 200 people there, and it's at the Scene
Rock Club, I don't think it's even there anymore,
Independence. Oh yeah. Or Nero or something like
that on 40 Highway, so I went to go watch it.
And he did a little Q &A. He does that in between
songs. Someone will go, hey, and he'll answer
the question. Well, someone asked him, and he
goes, yeah. He goes, well, he goes, I've still
been waiting for the call. They asked about Mick
Mars. They go, how come you haven't done anything?
He goes, well, he goes, honestly, I'm still waiting
for the call. He's never called me. He said,
I'm ready. I'd love to go sing music with him.
Nothing. So, I don't know. Something's going
on with Mick Morris and I don't know what it
is. Yeah. Okay, yeah. He's, what, 74 now? Yeah.
Yeah. And he has some pretty bad health conditions.
So, I don't know. So, alright. Zack Sabbath does
really well. Do you think it will hold up in
another 10 years? I'd say so. I think that type
of music will always have some sort of a... It's
place. in music no matter what the music is is
so cornerstone and started so many things and
people are so familiar with it i think that it
will always have something and i think you going
around saluting this is really good i mean yeah
yeah main guy for years he seems like he's a
pretty fun guy because i think he's He either
is or has recently done a tour where Black Label
Society is opening for Zach Sabbath. He's still
doing it. He's come by Kansas City with it. Zach
Sabbath opens up for him. He made the joke that
as a member of Black Label Society, he was looking
forward to this tour because he really wanted
to sleep with Zach Wild's wife. I love the guy.
He is funny as hell. Have you ever seen his stuff
on Instagram? No, I haven't. Oh, he does little
skits and stuff. It's funny. He is really humorous.
He used to always joke around. He used to come
up to me and go, those muscles, man. You can't
play guitar. that's going to mess up your guitar.
And he's like, no, it isn't. Yeah, you're making
it too slow. You can't move your arms as much.
He goes, no, that's my fingers, Ozzy. It's not
my hands. Yeah. Cain Roberts was monstrous and
he still played. He should have said that. He
should have said, well, go tell Cain Roberts.
Yeah. Anyhow, the way he describes that is funnier
than hell. As I said, Ozzy's kind of an unassuming
guy. He kind of walks up and goes... Oh, Zach
Boyd. Yeah, he called it, what did he call it,
boss? Yeah, boss? Those muscles, they're not
going to work, you know. I mean, he did it so
well, I can't begin to do it the way he does
it, but it's so funny when he does it. He kind
of like walks up with his hands in his pockets,
kind of slumped over like he walked, talking
to him like that. All right. Alex Van Halen is
looking for a singer to complete the Van Halen
songs left unfinished with help from Steve Lukather.
Wow. Did you know that? I knew he was working
with Steve Lukather. I didn't know that he was
working on unfinished Van Halen songs. Yeah,
the stuff that they never got to finish. Wow.
Yeah. This was a plan from him and Eddie, I guess.
When Eddie was like too sick. There was no turning
back. He couldn't really play anymore. He pretty
much bedridden. I think this plan was probably
put into existence about then. So should the
new singer be an unknown? Will it be more fresh
and uphold his brother's legacy better with an
unknown? Wow. I say yes. And I think that...
Playing with Sammy Hagar at this point would
not do them any justice at all. No, no. Even
if Eddie still got along with him when he died,
I don't think it mattered. Yeah. I'd like to
see him go for someone like Patti Smythe. Oh,
yeah, what he would have done. Yeah, because
after David Leak left the band, Van Halen wanted
a female lead singer, and they were set to tap
Patti Smythe, but she was doing pretty well with
her band. Plus, she was just... She was like,
what, seven months pregnant and said, I really
can't do a tour. Yeah. But they should go, if
she's still singing, go after her or go after
some woman with a strong, powerful voice who
can sing that. Oh, I'd love to see that. That
would be great. They also went after Ozzy. They
wanted him. And I understand that. That is an
amount of how good you could sing. They did have
David Lee Roth. And David Lee Roth can't really,
he never could sing. He's got such a limited
range. Yes. And he really, quite frankly, if
it wasn't for his acrobatics and all that and
his look and his appeal, he would have been nothing.
He would have been boring as hell. Yeah. Musically,
he couldn't really do it that well. I noticed
listening to the albums, I'm not listening to
David Lee Roth singing and going, wow, he's doing
such a good job. No, he's not. But when Sammy
was singing, I was thinking, damn, that dude
can sing. Yeah, yeah. But with David Lee, it's
just like, yeah, he's just, you know, he's there
for the live performance. He doesn't really come
through on the album so well. And then after
when he lost his look and got old and everything,
now nobody just views him as anything. They just
view him as Uncle Creepy. That's it. Yes, he
is. All right. Rainbow reformed and opted for
an unknown singer with Ronnie Romero. and he
was the best guy for the job do you think that
and you pretty much answer this but do you think
they need to do a search like richie blackmore
did you know richie blackman was famous for like
taking someone on tour like he took a elf with
ronnie james deal on tour rainbow or no with
with purple and then when he poured his own man
rainbow he went to ronnie james and said hey
uh He got to know him through touring with him
and everything. He said, hey, would you like
to form this new band with me? And Ronnie, of
course, was like, yes. And they did great stuff.
He did the same thing with Glenn Hughes. Trapeze
was opening for him in purple. And then when
Ian Gillen and Roger Glover left, it was like
a no -brainer. It was like, hey, remember that
one guy, Glenn Hughes? Okay, yeah, I'm going
to give him a call and see if he'll join the
band. Yeah. And it worked out very well. And
then they auditioned David Coverdell, who was
an unknown. Yeah. And he was the perfect guy
for it. No one could fill Ian Gillan's shoes,
but he did his own so well that nobody cared.
Yeah. So, yeah, I think maybe that should be.
Yeah. All right, and then finally, should Alex...
pulled out for the guy, even if it takes longer
to complete the project. I'd say so. You really
only got one chance to do this. Yeah, yeah. And
it's not going to matter if it's come out in
five years or seven or ten years. Yeah. The thing
is, I mean, a lot of other people, prolific people
in rock have passed away since then. So it's
not like it's a huge bulletin or nothing. True.
If he'd been able to get it out like two months
after Eddie passed away, then you could have
capitalized. Now it doesn't matter. Just do it
right. Yep. Okay. All right. Well, we agree with
that 100%. All right. You got something? Yeah.
I also was watching this video the other day.
They're talking about the feud between Sharon
Osbourne and Bruce Dickinson. Yes, that's been
going on. Me and Davey had such good laughs.
Oh, my God. We went and saw the spoken word with
Dickinson, and he was just bagging all over Sharon.
But go ahead. Well, the way the video laid it
out, he said Iron Maiden was opening for Ozzy.
on a tour, and Bruce Dickinson seemed to have
some issues with the Osbournes being reality
TV stars. Oh, yeah. I forget which show it was
that they started off with. So he was bagging
on them just about every night during Iron Maiden's
set, making fun of Ozzy and Sharon and everything.
And throughout the whole tour, they just let
it slide. Let it slide. Let it slide. And then
the final night of the tour, after Iron Maiden
had already played, then Ozzy came out. He did
his whole set. Sharon came out and said, you
know, we thank everyone for this tour. We want
to thank Iron Maiden. The guys are so great.
We love them. We love their crew. They're just
fun guys, amazing guys. We love working them.
But their lead singer in the audience started
screaming. He said, is a total prick. So she
went out and trashed him when he had no chance
to state his side. I thought that was pretty
funny. That is funny. And it was smart of her
to wait until the tour was completely over. Just
let him run his mouth, and then at the end, it's
like, all right. We love the band, love the crew,
hate the singer. And they needed them to sell.
the product. So yeah, they did the clever thing
and said, let him make the money off of him.
And then, at the very end, when we're not going
to make money off of him ever again, then get
him. That was pretty good because it pretty much
would turn Aussie fans against Iron Maiden just
because of the singer. That was a risk for Iron
Maiden to let him keep doing that. I didn't agree
or disagree with him versus Dickinson. He just
did it very... Humorous. Yeah. I mean, he wasn't
exactly, like, attacking her to make people go,
oh, fuck her. He was just having fun with it.
Yeah, yeah. It didn't seem real malicious and
mean -spirited. And if Ozzie had gone out and
started making jokes about Bruce Dickinson's,
you know, ingrown toenail or something. Or driving
a plane. Yeah. Being a pilot. You know, he could
have said that. Or a fencer. Or something that
Bruce Dickinson did extra curricular. Yeah. You
know, so. Okay. I also saw a news article showing
that Rick Allen, the drummer for Def Leppard,
he apparently has been taking some courses and
classes with a self -help guru, and his self
-confidence and self -esteem has been soaring
lately. So in a bold move, he's had his other
arm amputated. And now says, I'm going to be
the best no -arm drummer that anyone has ever
seen. I agree with that. Yeah. I think that's
a great idea. What could go wrong? Yeah. So,
I mean, the world fell in love with him being
a one -arm drummer. He's like, hey, next level,
man. So he had intentionally had his other arm
removed, and now he's going to be a no -arm drummer
and blow everybody away. I'm picturing him up
there behind the kit with no arms. I am too.
It's funny enough with one. I'm sorry. I mean,
he plays great, and the way they came up with
that is ingenious. Yeah. But it's funny. It's
weird. It's weird. Yeah. All righty. Is that
it? Yep. Pretty much what got left is the weird
band names. Okay. All right. We can go to that
in a minute, but I've got something here. Yeah.
Okay, since we're talking about Ozzy, Ozzy's
in the news again. Yeah. Maybe not the Prince
of Darkness, but a dog. A dog with the world's
longest tongue. Oh. Named Ozzy. Cool. Ozzy has
been certified as the Guinness World Record holder
of the longest tongue by any living dog. The
previous record for the longest tongue, just
over five inches. Ozzy, a mastiff. has won the
honors of having a close to a six -inch tongue.
Wow. Maybe instead of Ozzy, they should have
named him Gene. Yeah, yeah. I think so, yeah.
Oh, no, but then again, he'd want royalty, so.
Oh, that's true. Yeah, so, yeah, yeah. So, and
you never know, Sharon might be on the phone
here after this. Yeah. We know she listens, allegedly.
You'd have to spell Ozzy differently, like with
S's. Yeah, or an I -E or something. No, yeah,
that would work. That's true. A police sergeant,
oh, no, this is the next one. Okay. I got short
stories here. I forgot to put the perforated
line against it. Oh, yeah. I'll just do another
one real quick, then we can go into band names.
A police sergeant has been sacked for using,
or fired, as we say over here. Yeah. And has
been fired for using a picture frame to weigh
down laptop keys to give the false impression
she was working from home. Avon and Somerset
Police, or Avon, probably Avon, and Somerset
Police said the officer referred to as Sergeant
X used the trick on the majority of shifts she
worked in April and May of last year. Avon and
Somerset Police said the officer referred to
was under investigation. And after they figured
out what was going on, because the keystrokes
were way too fast to form sentences and to have
them be coherent. So when they looked into it,
they're like, no, no, no, this is a pattern of
someone that put something on the keyboard to
weigh it down to make it just continually stroke.
And so long form short, she'd been fired and
she has to pay back. Those two months that she
was doing that. Yes. I remember during COVID
lockdown when everyone was working from home,
the business boomed in a thing called a mouse
jiggler. I remember that. And it would hook up
to your mouse and it would wiggle it in random
ways so anybody watching your computer would
think you're there actually working. But then
they quickly figured out ways to decipher that
it was just a jiggler instead of actual purposeful
movements. And a lot of people got fired and
in trouble and all that. Yeah. All right. You
want to go to the band names? Let's do some band
names. All right. All righty. I guess we are
up to the S's. You can have that if you want.
I've got an extra. Oh, I like it. Yeah, I need
to go in the Paisley Possum studio. Yeah, yeah.
I'm going to tuck that right in here. All right.
All righty. On to the S's. We have saturated
fat. Okay. Saturn's flea collar. Scary Chicken.
Pretty much anything with chicken in it is pretty
good. The Screaming Moist Accountants. This one
I like. 74 Megs of Ryan. Oh my god. Then we have
The Sex Clark 5. Skankin' Pickle. Sharon Stoned.
She stole my beer. Okay. The Shirley Temple Pilots.
I just love that one. That might be my favorite.
This one is just plain good advice. And you can
also go by S2P. Oh, that's true. This is true.
This one is just plain good advice. Shoot the
mime. Yes. That's always good advice. Yeah. Nothing
good comes from the mime ever. Yes. Ever. Shorty
and the disappointments. Here's a good one. Sissy
boy slap party. Oh boy, that's great. Sloppy
seconds. The slutty nuns. Oh, I love that. Yep.
Sluts for hire. I love that. Sly and the family
jewels. Smelly tongues. This one not everyone
will get. Smorgasbord 9. Ernest Bord 9. One of
the most woefully unattractive movie stars ever.
Very much so. But a very good one, though. A
very believable one. The Sodom and Gomorrah Liberation
Front. Son of Sam Walton. That was a serial killer
in the 70s or 80s? Or both? Son of Sam. I'm thinking
he was around late 70s, 1980. That's what I was
thinking. Okay. Sparky the Lizard Hermaphrodite.
Spastic Colon. This one I've heard of. Special
Ed and the Short Nose. I have too. I've heard
of them. Stark Naked and the Car Thieves. Yeah.
Stiff Richards. Good one. Stink Wrinkle and his
Skidmarks. That was my contribution. I love it.
Stinky Binky. The string cheese incident. Okay.
St. Mucus. St. Mucus. Is that yours too? No,
that was... Okay. Stop calling me Frank. Here's
a good one. Stupid white people. I'd go see that
band. I would too. The surf maggots. Oh, I like
that one too. And rounding off the category,
sweaty bum chunks. Oh. Oh. Okay. Lovely. Wow.
Those were excellent. We got only a few letters
left, so we can finish these off today if we
wanted to. Okay. Gene Simmons had some Rock and
Roll Hall of Fame comments. Oh, yes. People didn't
appreciate it, but I did because I think he makes
valid points. He does. He does. Maybe he wasn't,
like, the nicest way of saying it or something,
but I don't give a shit about that. No. People
get hurt feelings in my world, and it doesn't
bother me. Yeah. So, all right. These are his
comments about the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
What a joke it is, and I agree with him. Yeah,
it is. He says hip -hop doesn't belong in the
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. On the Legends and
Leaders podcast, they suck. Yeah. Simmons criticized,
I don't know, they're probably good. Simmons
criticized the Hall for honoring hip -hop and
rap artists. Those genres aren't rock and roll
and don't speak his language, he claimed. Yeah.
And I get it. I do. Most people don't cross over.
They're like, you know, no, I like this music.
And it's not something you can train yourself
to like. You either like music or you don't,
and it's largely what you grew up with. But it
all plays into the undeniable fact that everyone
wants to cash in on the rock and roll image.
Country, rap, hip -hop, all these other genres,
they want what rock and roll has, so they're
faking their way in. Instead of making their
thing great, they're coming over and sponging
off of what rock and roll has created. Yes. They're
wannabes and posers. Yes, exactly. He also said,
it's not my music. I don't come from the ghetto.
It doesn't speak my language. Now that one. That
was rude. That was rude because you don't have
to be from the ghetto to listen to that music.
Yeah, that was completely wrong, and if you ask
me, he should have apologized for that. I would
say so, yeah. But other than that, I see nothing
wrong with what he said. Of course, if Gavin
Newsom can get away with saying, see, I'm just
like black people, I'm stupid. Yeah, oh my gosh.
Isn't that crazy? He's going out bragging about
low test scores and not being able to read and
say, see, I'm just like black people. Something's
in the air over there in California. I have no
idea. You're a bunch of idiots. How he made it
out from Atlanta after saying that is beyond
me. Well, you know, people tend to be a little
nicer and more forgiving for people who are obviously
stupid and brain damaged. And he obviously is.
Yes, I agree. I agree. Simmons wondered aloud
why classical music groups like symphony orchestras
aren't inducted if other non -rock artists are.
saying, how come the New York Philharmonic doesn't
get in? Yeah. Good point. Because it's called
the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Another good
point. He pointed out that metal bands like Iron
Maiden still haven't been inducted while pioneers
like Grandmaster Flash have. He quit. Yeah. And
I could actually even see Grandmaster Flash because
they did do a rock song with Aerosmith. Yeah.
No, that was Run DMC. Oh, wait a minute. It was.
Okay, sorry. All right. Thanks for correcting
me. But there was some crossover in there for
a while. There was, yeah. But I wouldn't have
10 emails. Thank you very much. 10 emails tell
me about what a dumbass I am. Hey, my fellow
heavy breeders. This is Dash Riptide. Your music
news. Legendary guitarist Sackwild unretires
the Grail. The 1981 Gibbs and Les Paul for the
new Ozzy Osbourne tribute track. You know this
guitar. It's the bullseye Les Paul he made famous
in the first few years of joining Ozzy. The grill,
as the guitar is known as. Zach is unretiring
the beauty for a tribute track saluting the Prince
of Darkness. No word on when or how the song
will hit the public. We will keep you posted.
This is Gash Rooktine, and that was your music
news. If it's too loud, you probably have ear
damage, just like me. I probably still will.
I just want to know when Led Zeppelin's going
to be in the Hip Hop Hall of Fame. Yeah. That's
a good one. Yeah. After Backlash over his use
for the term ghetto, oh, he did get it. Oh, good.
Yes. Okay, I get that. Simmons said he stands
by his comments. Listen, his comments may not
have been the best and may not have been correct.
But I love the way he's not backing down. I think
more people need to be like that. Okay, whether
it's wrong or right or whatever, I don't care.
I said it, and I'm not going to run in front
of it. The fact that Dolly Parton is in the Rock
Hall of Fame means that Rage Against the Machine
should be in the Country Hall of Fame. They should
be performing on the Grand Ole Opry, shouldn't
they? Yes. I agree. Fair is fair. Yeah, fair
is fair. His comments have been widely criticized
online, as we all know, as we just stated. Including
the Hall of Famers, like, oh, shit. I think,
you know what? It cut off. I don't know who Chuck
is. Chuck somebody. Chuck Berry. Probably Chuck
Berry. All right. Who saved us all. Chuck Berry's.
Probably pretty right on this too, but how far
do you take it is my question. He said that rock
and roll historically embraces a broad range
of black rooted genres, including hip hop. That's
too far to me. That's too far of a reach. Now,
if you would have said Motown and stuff like
that, I could have been like, okay, okay. A lot
of the blues and jazz and stuff like that, I
get that. And the fact that it doesn't go both
ways, you know, is you'll hear rap and hip -hop
songs on rock and roll stations and on country
stations. But have you ever heard Willie Nelson
on a rap and R &B station? No, and you won't.
Well, they never will. You won't. No, it only
goes one direction. I love the fact that Gene
Simmons is not apologizing, though, and the reason
is this right here. Once you start apologizing,
you're never going to stop. You know, stand firm.
I've always appreciated that, you know, I said
it. It might have been wrong, but I'm standing
by it. This is the way I felt. Yeah, yeah, just,
you know, you get to feel how you feel about
it, but I'm not apologizing. I'm not taking it
back. And it doesn't mean you're right either.
Yeah. Yeah. So, all right, you got something?
Just the band names. I'm trying to come up with
more stuff as I'm going along. Well, I got other
stuff. Yeah, go ahead and see if I can come up
with some more. All right. Bob Daisley was interviewed
recently about his not being back to the beginning,
which is so true. He should have, out of all
people, he should have been one of the first
ones invited by his body of work. He wrote so
many lyrics and some music for all of those classic
songs. Thousands of people singing my lyrics
and I don't even get to mention Bob Daisley responds
to Ozzy's final show snub. Opens up on the relationship
with the Osbournes. It was me not being there
and me not being asked to be there was really
the elephant in the room. Bob Daisley reflected
on not getting an invitation for Black Sabbath
and Ozzy's final show, telling Loaded Radio in
a new interview that he holds no grudges against
Ozzy's wife and manager, Sharon Osbourne. Given
that it attracted 45 ,000 concertgoers with 5
.8 million online viewers through The Guardian,
while contributing 33 .8 million pounds to UK's
gross economic output, per the bbc it's safe
to say that back in the beginning accomplished
what tom morello as the event's curator was asked
to do make it one for history books which it
did the emotions ran high although higher last
july 5th at birmingham's philip park because
former aussie osborne guitarist jakey lee was
given a chance to reconcile with osbornes and
joined the ranks of over a dozen heavy music
A -listers who gathered together to give Black
Sabbath and The Prince of Darkness a proper send
-off. Okay, Bob should have been there, but as
for Jake, Tom Morello called him personally.
And that's because Tom Morello was a huge, he's
a guitar player. Jakey Lee was one of his idols.
And so, I think it was natural for him to call
him. But a lot of people, they just know Ozzy's
music. They don't know who wrote it because all
of them say it was written by Ozzy when it obviously
wasn't. You know, so I think that it was a simple
matter of Tom just not realizing that he should
have been invited. I don't think there's anything
nefarious or a bunch of people getting together
going, we don't want him. Yeah, you can see how
a situation like that, there could be a lot of
overlooking. Well, I presume that you were going
to do it. I thought someone else had taken care
of it kind of thing. Yeah, and I mean, really,
as much of a fan as Tom Morello was, he's more
of a fan of the guitarists like Jakey Lee and
stuff like that. So I kind of see, and Randy
Rhoads, of course, was a huge influence on it
too. So I can kind of see how it could have been
overlooked, and it wasn't anything bad at all.
It's just a fact. But, you know, Bob Daisley
should. get more recognition than what he does.
And I don't know how you do that at this point,
but I guess it's kind of like this. The people
that know music know, and the people that don't
know. That's just all there is to it. I came
across an article showing that Sharon Osbourne
has officially confirmed that plans are underway
to revive OzFest in 2027. First time since 2018.
And I have some... I have an article on that,
and I have some questions that I want to ask
of that, but go ahead first. She was speaking
on February 6th at Palais de Festivus in Cannes,
France. Sharon revealed the festival will return
in 2027. Yes, absolutely. Yeah, we're going to
do it, she said. Well, the last one we did was
2018. It was just a month before Ozzy got sick,
and that was at the Forum in L .A., and there
were no plans to stop it. We were still going
to do it, but Ozzy couldn't. And Ozzy and I would
talk about it, and he'd say, do you think Ozzfest
would work without me? And I'm like, yeah, it's
a brand. It'll work without you. And he said,
we should do it. So, you know, permission from
Ozzy beforehand. So it was launched 30 years
ago as the first national hard rock and metal
touring festival that's kind in the U .S. And
Sharon is now imagining a refreshed format. That's
because Lollapalooza turned him down and said
he wasn't cool enough. Yes. And so they got angry
and said, watch this. Yep. Okay, here's my question.
Oh, is there more? Yeah, it says she's going
to mix up the genres. It said the addition could
broaden beyond strict heavy metal while still
honoring the festival's roots. Well, they're
going to have to if they want mass or appeal.
Yeah, I agree with that. The thing I have is
AI and holograms are so present. Do you think
they're going to work their way into this show?
Yeah, I think they'll bring back Ozzfest. And
after the first year or two, they'll bring back
the avatar of Ozzy. And that way, people like
Bob Daisley can go play in Ozzfest and do an
Ozzy set with the Ozzy avatar. Yeah, kind of
like they did with Dio. I went to that. Unfortunately,
it was... It didn't sell enough, so it was a
small venue. It was the Uptown Theater. So the
whole production wasn't there. So it was okay
at best. On a larger scale, like what Ozzfest
would be, I imagine it will be immaculate. It'll
look like Ozzy's up there 3D walking around.
While real people that are not brought to you
by holograms will be around him playing, like
they did with Dio. Dio had Doug Altridge and...
who was the other couple other really good musicians
i forgot playing oh tim ripper owens and uh uh
oney logan uh oney logan sang and lynch mob and
much other bands he's a really good singer yeah
but they would sing some video songs with live
band and then deal would sing with a live band
on certain songs and it was interesting they
switched it up really good it turned out well
yeah but Something as big as OzFest, I can guarantee
you, it's just going to be the mac and the way
they do it. And I would entertain going and seeing
that one time. Yeah. So you think it will continue
to air? Yeah. At some point, yeah. I think it
will eventually turn into that. Yeah. Okay. Anyhow,
go ahead. Remember on the Sunday night podcast,
I brought up the fake Jim Carrey that they were
trying to pass off on us? Well, information came
out that, yes, it was a fake Jim Carrey. It was
a makeup artist wearing a mask and makeup. But
look at all the people who bought into it. No
matter how ridiculous it looked, they said, oh
yeah, that's Jim Carrey because they said so.
And they just bought right in. The whole thing
was an experiment to see how gullible people
are and how quickly they would accept. a fake
replacement for their beloved celebrity. And
apparently it's really, really fast. And you
know, 9 out of 10 people just wouldn't have given
a damn if they'd never found out it was fake.
They're like, oh yeah, that's just what it is
now. Oh, okay. They're just willing to go along.
That's kind of scary that we're sharing the world
in this country with people who are so quick
to just accept whatever they're told. Yeah. It's
sad. It is. A bunch of rubes just waiting with
their mouth open to be baby birded through next
whatever. Exactly. It's like they have to report
to chaos every morning. Okay, today your assignment
is to look stupid. Yeah, so anyhow. All right.
So I'm wondering how many other fake celebrities
we've been subjected to. I mean, this one they
went ahead and gave the game up pretty quick.
But I also think it's a lot of what you said,
too. You said that they're trying to get you
accustomed to not believing what you see with
your eyes. Yeah. Yeah. And they're also trying
to get you accustomed to taking an inferior substitute.
Oh, see, this is good enough. Actually, yeah,
that's a really good point. You're right. I mean,
they'll sell you piss and mud water and slap
a Coca -Cola label on it, and you'll buy it.
It's great stuff. Oh, and they said it was good.
This must be their new flavor. People will buy
it and drink it and promote it just because they
were told to. Yeah, you're right. It's just like
when they said corn syrup, but it tasted identical
to real sugar, cane sugar. No, it doesn't. No.
People ate it up, though. Oh, yeah, yeah. I can't
taste any difference. I could. No, yeah. Like,
yeah, this isn't the same. Yeah. All right. Here's
a story if you want to read it. Here's a fun
little trend. People are meditating inside coffins
in Japan. Gaze at life through being conscious
of death. What started as a quirky offering from
a funeral home in Japan's Chiba Prefecture has
blossomed into a full -blown trend among Japan's
Zen seekers. Coffin -lying is what it's called,
or the practice of meditating inside a coffin
is giving people a safe, if rather claustrophobic
space to contemplate their mortality, or just
to recharge. While coffin lounges might sound
gimmicky to Americans, the concept of kuyo, which
translates to memorial service, is a well -established
part of Japanese culture and helps explain the
national tradition of embracing the fragility
of life and the beauty of death. Now, this is
something I've seen in countries that are really,
really crowded. They start looking at death as
a beautiful and wonderful thing that you should
strive for. Yeah. Because they're trying to reduce
the population. Yes. Yeah. Bill Gates. Bill Gates,
yeah. Cough and lying has also risen amid a period
of record high suicide rates among Japanese youth,
prompting people to get creative with mental
health advocacy. Businesses promoting their coffin
-lying services have said this kind of meditation
is useful for people who want to spend time alone
to ease their nerves. The trend has officially
grown big enough that there are different coffin
options to accommodate different personalities.
If a plain wooden box doesn't calm your nervous
system, perhaps you'll find the cute coffins
at a newly opened Tokyo spa, Meisoku -kan Kanoke
-in, more soothing. Designed by a company called
Grave Tokyo, Right. These colorful decorated
caskets are meant to facilitate a meditation
experience where you gaze at life through being
conscious of death in style. In style. So now
people are going to start competing to have the
most ornate. or fancy or cutesy fake coffin to
go meditate in. It's just another possession
to brag about. Yeah, that's it. The only thing
that added on to this, you read the same article,
only this says Live Nation. Sharon's been talking
to Live Nation. Oh. So I'm thinking it's going
to happen sooner than later. Yeah. They're probably
starting to line up acts already. Oh, I'm sure
they're talking to certain people. Yeah, a year
from this summer, they should probably be talking
to people already right now. Yeah, I'm sure they
are too. You had some band names? Yeah, let's
go to the T -list of band names. We're almost
at the end. Okay. So under the Ts, we have Temporary
Darkening of the Stool. Terry Dactyl and the
Dinosaurs. Test Icicles. The testosterone. I
like Terry Hesticle. Yeah, Terry Hesticle. The
baby won't eat his corn dog. Titty bingo. Titty
bingo. To live and shave in L .A. Okay. If you've
never seen the movie To Live and Die in L .A.,
it's a really good movie. It's real 80s. I mean,
it gives you the total 80s vibe. But it's got,
I think, my favorite car chase scene that was
not done with digital or effects. It's actually
people driving cars. So everything you see during
the car chase scene is pretty much legit. And
it's pretty amazing. Up next, we have Too Fat
to Skate. Here's a real tasteless one. Toxic
Shock and the Tampons. Google it. Google it.
Yeah. What was the brand? Was it Always? I think
it was. I think it was. Yeah. It was like super,
super absorbent tampons that were killing women.
I think it was Always. And we're back. Yes. You
have no idea what happened while we were briefly
on pause. And we're not going to tell you. Nope.
I found an interesting article just right here.
It says, Viagra may be one of our best existing
options for an Alzheimer's treatment. Such an
old man that can hear with boners. A lot of drugs
have more than one use and more than one purpose.
A lot of drugs are used off -label for various
things. There's an anti -seizure med that is
sometimes used as a mood stabilizer or as a migraine
prevention. So, all sorts of... But recently,
a number of existing drugs and vaccines were
tested to see if anything we had was going to
work for Alzheimer's. Three stood out. Viagra,
Zostavax, which is a shingles vaccine, and Riluzole,
which is an ALS treatment. All three of them
have been linked to studies showing that they
prevent Alzheimer's. Isn't that something? Wow.
It's bizarre that, I mean, they do such vastly
different things, but yet they help with this?
Yeah, I know. Wow. So they said the tolerability
of these drugs is also what makes them useful,
too. The Viagra one is an inhibitor that relaxes
blood vessels. That shows it can cut Alzheimer's
risk by reducing the toxic accumulation of tau
proteins. The shingles vaccine is even more promising.
The relationship isn't fully understood, but
it suggests the vaccine boosts the immune system
to do a better job protecting it. And then lastly,
there's riluzole, the drug that prevents neurons
from dying by altering biological pathways and
reducing the levels of brain chemicals previously
associated with neurodegenerative diseases like
Alzheimer's. Okay. So I was thinking that, you
know, we used to have a cocktail of drugs for
AIDS treatment. Yeah. It was like a three -drug
cocktail. Actually, a friend of mine that had
that disease. Took like 50 a day and you had
to take them at exactly the same time every day.
It was crazy. So I'm thinking that these three
drugs might wind up being in a cocktail. I think
so too, probably. Interesting. Yeah. I also saw
an article about Trent Reznor, who is currently
on tour with Nine Inch Nails. He's got like about
a month of dates left. If I remember correctly,
it wasn't much of a tour, was it? It's called
the Peel It Back Tour. I remember a song on the
album Downward Spiral where he says, take the
skin and peel it back. So I think that's where
he got the name. But in a recent show, he was
thanking the crowd and the audience for showing
up and supporting the show, and he just kind
of casually mentioned in an offhand way that
they probably weren't going to be doing any more
tours. So what a strange offhand way to just
say, Yeah, this might be it. You know what that
tells me? I don't really give a shit. It kind
of does. Yeah, it's like, yeah, whatever. Now,
several magazines have reached out to Nine Inch
Nails management, but they're not saying anything.
So apparently he caught them by surprise. They're
like, fucking Trent, what the hell are you saying
on stage? All that could have just been a feeling
at the time, too. Maybe he didn't feel like the
last few shows went very well, and he just kind
of made a ha fan comment, and everyone took it
and ran. I don't know. I could see that happening,
too. Yeah. Now, this comment was made in Tulsa,
and he has said that Tulsa was one of the first
places that Nine Inch Nails played where he really
felt a connection with. the people in the audience.
He said he was performing head like a hole and
he could see one guy in the back who was literally
screaming the lyrics along with him. And he thought,
wow, that's all I've ever wanted is to connect
with somebody on that level. So, you know, to
me this means I've made it. Tulsa's traditionally
a pretty good crowd too. You'll get to know that.
Have you ever been to Tulsa to see a concert?
No, I've not. Okay. I've driven through Tulsa
and Oklahoma City. Yeah, but never really stopped,
right? Yeah. I think I did an overnight in Tulsa
at a relative's house, but it wasn't all that
pleasant. Oh, okay. They usually, they pretty
much have a pretty good crowd there, and they
go to concerts and stuff. I mean, yeah, there's
probably not a whole lot. There's hunting and
fishing and stuff, but during the winter, there's
really not that much to do. So, yeah. So, I get
it. Yeah, interesting. Yeah, we'll see. I mean,
how old is Trent Reznor, though? He's probably
in his 60s, isn't he? Oh, gosh. I'm not sure.
Let's see. I remember him being big around 1990.
So he would have been born probably around 65
at the earliest. So that would put him about
60. Yeah. So he's probably around that age. I
don't think he's older than me. Okay, yeah, and...
Okay, what I think is this right here, is...
I think, like, maybe he meant no tours ever.
He didn't mean that. He meant not so many of
them, and who knows when we're going to do this
again. Yeah. That's what I think. By being about
60 and touring, I think that's probably pretty
much what you get there. Yeah. Yeah, that makes
sense. You know, I think I left off right...
Trent Reznor's age. Right in the middle of the
T band name. He's 60. Okay. Oh, my God. Look
at how different he looks. He's kind of a chunky
guy now. Yeah, he is. Yeah. He got fat and happy,
literally. Yep. Music isn't that good, but damn
it, he's all right. Yeah. He's having a good
time. Oh, and look at the first one. Ausfest.
Returning. It's what we've been talking about.
Yeah. All right. Anyhow, go ahead. Band -aids?
Oh, I just got an emergency text here. Uh -oh.
It says Pacheco leaving the Chiefs, question
mark. Okay. So I'm going to look into that right
now. I believe he is. Is Isaac Pacheco leaving
the Chiefs? Oh, yeah. Farewell to Isaiah Pacheco.
The Chiefs will part ways with a running back,
but already have his replacement lined up. It's
his birthday today, too. Oh, wow. Says the Chiefs
are getting ready to sign Travis Etienne. from
the Jags. Oh, they are going to then. It was
on, off, on, off, on, off. I didn't know what
was going on with that. Okay. I think that's
a significant upgrade. It is a significant upgrade.
Wow. Now the question is, do you keep Hunt and
Smith? I think you keep Smith, but maybe Hunt
becomes expendable. He might. You've got to get
him. Because ETN needs to get all the carries.
Yeah. But yeah, let's hope he drafts somebody
like third, fourth round. I hope so. Definitely
no higher than that. Yeah, I think our first
one should be dedicated to an edge rusher. Yeah.
Because they had a, I have it here, but I don't
even want to get into how they're, they were
reported by a couple of people saying they're
looking into Love out of the running back. Oh,
Jeremiah Love. Yeah, Jeremiah Love. Yeah. How
they're looking into him as a first rounder.
Yeah. You just don't take running backs in the
first round unless they're like the second coming
of Marcus Allen times Bo Jackson. Yeah, where
you get a nice serviceable guy to give you 1
,200 yards like they're about ready to sign supposedly
with Ed Tenet. Yeah, I think NFL teams have realized
that the offensive line is more important to
your running game than the back itself is. Exactly.
Yeah. Yep. And the reason he'll go with Pacheco
is because he's a power runner without a power
body, which means that he's always going to be
injured. And he has been. He's beating himself
to death. Poor guy. He'll probably live longer
if he's no longer a football player. Probably.
Probably. Let's see, where did I leave off? Toys
that Kill. Tracy and the Hindenburg Ground Crew.
Okay. Trailer Park Casanovas. That's probably
a real thing. Yeah. The Traveling Dingleberries.
I like that one. That might be one of my favorites
right there. Two Cow Garage. This is one I'm
sure you'll like. Umbrella Full of Semen. I don't
want to know how it got there either. Unidentified
Rocking Objects. I like that. Uncle Bob Touched
Me. Underpants machine. Which sounds goofier,
underpants or underwear? Underpants. Yeah, that
sounds goofier. Remember the kids' book, Captain
Underpants? Yes. Oh, the next one, the urinals.
Here's one called Urine Specimen. And Useless
ID. Let's see, I remember a song. The ending
of the chorus goes, pray for the daddy who smacks
you up and drink from the specimen in my cup.
Ew. Nasty. Okay. Don't want to know what's in
the cup. I think that song was called On the
Verge. Yeah, I think it was called On the Verge.
Okay, well, if it's a specimen cup. Okay, under
the V's we have Van Gogh's Ear, The Vast Void
of Emptying Nothingness, Vegetarian Meat, The
Veronica Cartwrights, Vomit Launch. Vomit Launch.
Okay, and our last one, there were no X's, Y's,
or Z's, so we end on W. Okay. I really like this
one. The Well Hungarians. Now, remember, these
band names are designed to get people in bars
to watch them. So, yeah. I remember a local band
called Free Beer. Yeah, yeah. And they put their
name on the marquee. Saturday night, Free Beer.
Yeah, and people come in. There they are right
there. And then there's a morning show called
Free Beer and Hot Beans. They suck, in my opinion.
Well, maybe we should have some Hungarians write
into the show and tell us if Hungarians in general
are well hung. Yeah, we need to know this. We
need to know this, yes. Wendy and her menstrual
cycles. White trash debutantes. This one is too
real. Whorehouse of representatives. It is a
whorehouse. It is. Very much so. Willie Nelson
Mandela. Woke Up Falling. I've heard of them.
And the Wrench Twisting Street Lickers. So there's
my end of my list of bizarre band names. All
right. How long have we got? We're up to an hour
and a half. All right. You want to go ahead and
cut it? I guess so. Yeah. I don't really have
anything that much better. Yeah. Okay, all right.
Everybody, hey, thank you for listening. We really
appreciate it. The numbers are showing how you
guys are going out and, like, screaming our name
and doing everything we ask you. So thank you
very much, and go fuck yourself.