Happy Anniversary, Glam Fans

It's December 3rd, 2013. That means today is the seventh anniversary of Bring Back Glam! It blows my mind that I've been updating this site every single day for the past seven years, but here we are. It's certainly been a fun ride and some of my best friends came about because of this site!

I thought it might be cool for people to share their favorite music-related experience of all time in the comments section today. You know, to reminiscence and what not.

You all know my stories. What have you got to share with me?

Comments

[Christian]

Meeting you at Rocklahoma has to be a highlight for me. Being at the barrier for the 'somewhere back in time' tour and ending up on the DVD. Meeting Ozzy was pretty cool. Soundwave has had several, but being near the front for a very sweaty and very brief BVB show was another. Being at the front for Rob Zombie, 5FDP, The Darkness, etc at my last ROTR would be another.

[reptileblvd]

My best rock memory was Rocklahoma 2008 when I scored an all access backstage pass and got to meet everyone who played that five day weekend. That was the year of the big storm when two of the stages collapsed.

[Allyson B. Crawford]

How about the fact that I can't do math. This is the 7th anniversary - not 6th. I fixed the content above. :) - Allyson

[roy]

Happy Sixth Anniversary to Allyson & Bring Back Glam! Thank you and many more!!!

Peace, Roy \m/ \m/
http://www.wix.com/roythebatboy/roycoston

[Brian L]

My all time fav time was being at my first and only ROK in 09
The four day fest was unbelievable. Got to meet Skid Row and Bon Fire and the lead singer of Helix. WildStreet, Big Cock, Baton Rouge, Lord Tracy!!!! Awesome. Miles Beyond! Camping right next to the Garden of Evil and rockin all night long after hours. Never did see Dirty Penny there, but saw them in VA. I'll also never forget the blood that was thrown around by Lizzy Borden. I'd never seen such a thing! Metal Day was cool too.
All Stages were awesome that year, especially the Retrospect Stage! I'm sad that my fav new band from that fest is no longer: Wildstreet. Felt like a kid again during that week and will never forget it.

[Red6ixx]

Congrats and keep the faith and the writing coming, i dont comment much but i always vist to see what you have to say - we dont see much Glam around these days, certainly not writin anyway and hardly ever positive other than yourself.

Keep up the good work.

[Metalboy!]

Congrats, Allyson! If it hadn't been for stumbling across your site in 2007 (?) when I was searching out Marc Torien because I heard he lived in my newly adopted hometown (at the time), Naples, Florida, I probably would not have gotten back into this music as heavily as I was back in the day!

Highlights of my Rock & Roll Life to come...

Gotta rush into work now.

[Kevon]

Hanging out with Phil Lewis and L A guns at the hotel the day before M3. Chillin with Ron Keel at the bar on MOR cruise and Enjoying a beer and talking with Brian Vollmer on the beach on Monster Island!!!! All great times and great fellas!

[Rita]

Lots of fun times come to mind for sure.

Absolute high points have to be hanging with Slaughter on their bus, hanging out at the club with Jani Lane and Jerry Dixon after the Warrant show, and hanging with Jani and Vince Neil on his bus, all in the same night.

Having Jani play us some of the songs on his upcoming solo CD at the time was also pretty cool.

Another high point was a private performance of my favorite Von Groove song (a Canadian band that was awesome and should be checked out) by the lead singer and guitarist on my birthday after one of their many shows we went to. That was heaven.

Plus second row for the Van Halen 1984 show, being on the guest list for the Hysteria tour and backstage, and seeing Original KISS four times on the 96/97 World tour. Those were pretty nice memories too.

Thanks to Allyson for keeping things alive. Good job.

[Ace Steele]

Congratulations on a 7 year run. That says a lot to have a blog & update it every day for that amount of time.

[bob]

a very happy Anniversary to BBG. Allyson, you do a great job with this site, and are a class act to boot. I have lots of fond musical memories, but here are my two absolute highlights...#1. Jamming with Buddy Miles for most of the night at a gig in 1996. #2. Seeing George Thorogood perform at a small club in Allentown, PA when the Stabler Arena was accidentally double-booked. We squeezed all the way up to the stage, and the volume of the music made my hair shoot straight back...both incredible experiences I will never forget.

[Rita]

Ace - if anyone needs to comment here, it is you. Metalboy! too.

Let's hear some highlights. I'm sure we could all appreciate them.

[Gene]

I think you have done an amazing job on this site..congrats and thank you..since you asked..my top moments..
1. My band opening up for Faster Pussycat in 1989
2. Seeing GNR at the Ritz in 1988
3. Seeing Skid Row at a small club in 1989
4. Kiss reunion concert in 1996 at Madison Square Garden
5. My band reunion show in 2008..opening up for RATT.

thanks again...Gene

[Jakki Steal]

I just wanted to say thanks Allyson.

I love your website!!!
I love how you keep up to date w/alot of my favorite bands.
I can't stand it when people only talk about the stuff these bands did in the 1980's & early 1990's.

:)

[Chuck]

Wow...music memories. Not sure where to start

Seeing KISS at Hammerjacks before the Revenge tour and getting a pick from the Starchild

Having Jani Lane literally jump on my head during the shooting of the Blind Faith video

Meeting Bruce Dickenson and realizing that he only came up to my shoulders. He looks so larger than life on stage.

Literally "bumping" into Scott Ian at a restaurant on the upper west side of New York next to the building I was living and realizing we were neighbors.

[Bad memory]...having front row tickets and backstage passes for Ozzy's No Rest For The Wicked tour and showing up to the venue to discover that he cancelled the show.

Working security for the first KISS reunion tour at Mountain View in SF. Worked for the first two songs and then got to watch the rest of the show 3 feet from Ace Frehley.

Monsters Of Rock concert at RFK. Kingdom Come, Dokken, Scorps, Metallica, and Van Halen.

GNR/Metallica/FNM at RFK...first time I ever saw GNR get through an entire show without being shut down or arrested.


While I am at it...these next couple are not really Glam related, but for a music buff like me they were beyond belief:

Going to Hammerjacks for a private invitation only album release party of some god-awful band I had never heard of (they sucked BAD). Out in the parking lot after the show was a bunch of dudes giving promo copies of their CD away to all of the people coming out of the club. The name of the CD...Ten. The band...some new nobody band called Pearl Jam. Wish I could remember which member mine came from.

Pearl Jam story #2...Seeing Pearl Jam the night the Kurt Cobain killed himself. Eddie coming on stage with no stage lights and just a single lit candle on stage and singing an a cappella version of "Release". Still get chills thinking of it.

Seeing Jean Shepherd sing "Honky Tonk Angels" at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville. A living country legend on the most famous stage in country music. Unreal.

[lajustice77]

I can definitely say congrats and a job well done Allyson!!

[Bryon]

Allyson - Congratulations, and thanks! I've been a daily reader for years now, and will continue to be as long as it's around!

As for favorite rock 'n roll memories, 2 spring to mind.

The first is the Van Halen 1984 tour at Maple Leaf Gardens. This was my first big rock show and it completely blew me away. I've seen over 150 shows since, yet this show remains one of the best I've ever seen and reminds me of all the things rock shows should be - loud, entertaining & larger than life.

The second is seeing Metallica at Maple Leaf Gardens in 1991 on the black album tour. The show itself was electric and Metallica was at the height of their popularity. Afterwards, we headed to Rock 'n Roll Heaven to catch Varga. On the way back to our cars, we walked past the Gardens and happened to run into a small group of people hanging around to meet the guys in Metallica. Moments later, Lars emerged from the underground parking in a stretch limo and chatted with each of us. He was incredibly cool, and it was the perfect cap to an amazing rock n roll night.

[Gary]

Thanks for bringing a bunch of like minded misfits together Ally!!! Like Ace deftly pointed out,it has to be an assload of work to update a site everyday,regardless if you feel like it or not.

[GNR]

Absolute fun is this site. Not sure what year I stumbled on it, probably not quite an Lycos or Hotbot serach on "where to meet cool glam lovers on the internet". But nonetheless, my path was forever changed.

I would like to thank everyone for all they share, for keeping "rock n roll" relevant, or for actually "GASP" having an opinion on what is good music and what is shit.

I have a request for a recurring article: Metalboy! reviews remakes. I think he should review some of these remake albums that seem to be everywhere or "covers" of these awesome glam songs and give it a rating. Maybe like a 1 to 3 or 1 to 5 scale that only he understands as it relates to the essence of this site, to glam, and to what truly constitutes good music :)

Thanks Allyson for all the work you do.

[Metalboy!]

Hahaha!!!, GNR! It is YOUR and everyone else's opinions that fascinate me on this incredible site! I get so disappointed when I don't see the usual suspects commenting from the Peanut Gallery. Allyson really is amazing with the topics she comes up with and the same goes with MOST of her staff, hahaha!!! Notice, I didn't say "ALL", hahaha!!!

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