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How Long Would You Wait?
Wednesday, March 24, 2010 at 12:01AM
Let's say you've paid for a concert ticket and are waiting at the venue for the band to start. You wait and wait and wait...and the band never appears...or appears hours later. How long do you stick around? I ask because I just read Axl Rose kept Guns n' Roses fans in Chile waiting four hours the other day. Of course, we all know Rose has been keeping fans waiting for years now, but come on. It's disrespectful and I can't imagine just sitting and sitting and sitting...On the other hand, I'd hate to walk away from a show that cost a hundred bucks (or more) to attend.
Again, I ask: how long would you wait? I'm going to put my wait limit at around an hour. If a band can't get it together within an hour of the posted start time, then there's a serious problem. You can bet I'll be at the box office, demanding a refund - and I'm a pretty persuasive arguer, thank you very much.
Bands that keep fans waiting are lazy, really. Performing - and on time - is part of a musician's job. The high cost of ticket prices keep a lot of fans from attending shows these days as it is. I highly doubt many artists want to go the way of Axl Rose and just piss off music lovers more. Thoughts?
Reader Comments (47)
Read again! That's precisely my point. Google interviews with Whiteman. He duzn't have kind words for Purnell. It really would be great if they could put their differences aside and rock the same stage together again, but it would take a lot to make that happen.
And as far as interviewing Purnell, apparently it's next to impossible to get him on record now, let alone get him at all and also it's tricky stuff for a lot of the rock journalists out there who are afraid they'll offend the band if they interview him.
I would like to see somebody have the guts to, as the first two words of "Blow My Fuse" are spoken, "Do It!"...
Maybe the idea would be to interview all of the original members separately.
If a rock journalist were to make it clear to the band and Purnell that the interviews would be about the time Kix made the music and not the gossipy break-up stuff, maybe it could happen
The interviews, particularly Purnell's, would be great historical documents of one of the most incredible Glam Metal bands to ever jump around the face of the earth!
I can think of one rock journalist who's up to the task and I'm afraid it ain't you or me, Sweet Lou... a couple of goofballs walkin' up Purnell's driveway with a steadycam.
This ain't The O'Rielly Non-Factor. I'm talkin' 'bout a real professional who's interested in facts, not gawking and I think you know who I mean.
Someone who has passion for the subject matter beyond a cackling fan. Someone who has the real factual knowledge and the brains to do the research before the interviews.
Someone who has the quick smarts to ask the right questions and really shed some light on this man of mystery and the band that continues to defy the odds and make the history...
Metalboy!'s Metal Tip #2: Drink plenty of bottled water and make sure it's authentic pure mineral water and comes in glass bottles whenever possible.
If you ever want to see Purnell on stage again, leave it to the pro's. As much as I love Sweet Lou, this is a job, not for him, not for Metalboy!, not for anyone, but for a real rock journalist.
Congrats on your big 40! Do it Metalboy! style! When I turned 40 (wait, how is this possible, you are supposed to be older than me, Dad), I showed up 40 lbs. lighter, rented a black '73 Caddy Limo (a la "Song Remains The Same" from a movie car company in CT), loaded it with babes, 5 bottles of Dom, 3 Polariod cameras, and a couple of characterz and then proceeded to tear NYC apart in bell bottoms, stack heels and a hugely exaggerated collared shirt, all vintage from the 70's (xcept the chix, who were barely 21, hahaha!!! but dressed like Charlie's Angels and even wore their hair as such).
I'm not sayin' you do that, but do something big, maybe with yer kidz. 40 is a biggie, for sure, and you want to create a big memory for it, IMHO. One thing I did forgot to do in all my adventures was to have kidz. Just hangin' with them will probably be a big enuff bday present for ya. I bet yer makin' sure they carry the torch to Bring Back Glam!
Dude, I was at that Extreme show at the Cat Club. My chick at the time, Julliet, was in with 'em (hmmm...) and got us in for free! You might have known her. She was really in the scene, if you get my drift.
Anyway, I was point blank on Nuno's side and right in front (Julliet made sure of that) for (argh!), "More Than Words". Where were you in the bar for that show?
Look, there's no denying Extreme is a very talented band but they don't know what Rock and Roll is, unfortunately (maybe a couple of cuts on their first record show they could kinda "rock", sometimes, and their logo is cool).
Nuno should have found some real R'n'Rer's and Cherone should have gone The Survivor/Journey/AOR route he was born to take and which he's just innately better suited for, sparing this poor whiz shredder, Nuno, all the prissy a*s, hookless non-Rock he made him co-write with him.
The boy needed to be shown the world of big riffs back in the day and that just wasn't gonna come from the UNROCK Cherone.
Though I have "More Than Words" on my 303 song strong 80's Metal Powerballads mix, "Love Roxx", that duzn't mean I don't think it's one of the most insipid, inane and worst songs ever recorded. It's just on there for the chix.
Extreme (with the exception of poor Nuno, who mistakenly picked the wrong meal ticket) are just a bunch of poseurs (with undeniable chops, however, but look at that one dude's Loverboy get up on the cover of their first album. I rest my case)!
As far as being a NYC boy, for awhile I was, kinda, tho I'm really just a Maryland boy who lived in NYC for 13 years (then 6 year 'round in the Hamptons and now in Naples, Florida for comin' up 6 years, on and off). At least that's what my CIA dossier reads. They don't know I'm actually Metalboy! All of theez places, even NYC, to a degree, have become so UNROCK lately.
Where are you, Dad? Are you in L.A.? That place still Roxx!!!
p.s. Maybe you can get a pass from your family to attend M3 just this once, since Father's Day is really just one of thoze "Hallmark Holidays", and not a real one, per se, like Christmas or Hannukah... It would be great to see you there, Dad and I'm sure Al and the whole Glam Metal Gang would wanna see ya there, too! How 'bout this? Bring your wife and then celebrate "Father's Day" the following Sunday, bro!
p.s.s.t. I hope to see ya at M3, for real, bro, and so duz the otherz. As for the otherz -- I'll see ya there, kidz and that includes Sweet Lou! All right!
I'll express my breat milk again...it's not about fame, acolades, money...etc...it's about doing what is right, given the situations. unfortunately, you are dying to see avatar in 3-d, rather than sticking to your guns. you devil, I mean...offender (term stolen from a former colleague)
It's funny (and boring) that kiki wants to have your children. doesn't she realize that you don't stick around, other than as a degenerate stalker looking for more publicity. besides, "boys" can't have children; neither should stalkers who justify their obsession based on the money they are paid (hello, howard stern mentality anyone) or the sheep that follow their money trail (who do I begin to name).
but alas, MB has a few good posts, but "his" personal life cannot (and should never) compare to gary colemann's. although, there are many similarities. but, again, i'll digress...I cannot live my life without a bible in one hand and a psychology book in the other (sic) and wonder who is more fucked up: axl or metalboy.
apparantly, warren buffet already weighed in (no pun) on this issue...I just wish that he would send more money (because it is about the money- she said it, not me) so we can continue to rock in such an unrock atmosphere. I know, bravo. I made soooo many break-throughs...perhaps you're better off working for kidspeace or the catholic church...(at least in administration, and not the front line)...besides...
40/schmorty...I just wanna rock
Gee, I REALLY missed you, bro!
Dunno what your deal is, man.
I've never really attacked you with the venom and ire you shoot at me, bro.
Nice to see you haven't stopped leveling unfounded accusations against me with this lovely ongoing commentary of yours.
May I suggest that you might find a little more solace in your Bible, son.
As for me, I'm just giving my opinion about these Matters of Metal and clowns like Jackaxl. You can take 'em or leave 'em.
And look at my critique of Treat on Al's post a few back, "Who Likes Treat?".
This is proof I don't "hate" everything.
And it ain't about the $$$, only, man. At least for me. I'm so broke right now, it's beyond "Funny Money".
So as far as Bux are concerned, that might be the only thing to get Purnell out from under the '38 Ford and I'm talkin' 'bout for "performance".
He's the one who said, "I never made a dime from Kix."
Whiteman said right in front of that sold out crowd at Ram's Head Live! a couple of weeks ago, The NirVanas as my witnesses, that he's "finally makin' more money now" with the Glam Metal Renaissance and Kix newfound popularity than back in their heyday (and I was surrounded by hot teenage gurlz up front at that recent show in Baltimore like I had been beamed back to '89 at Hammerjack's or sumthin'. Meanwhile, most of the Kix boyz are like 50!).
Purnell is a real "artist" and should be justly rewarded...
Unlike Axhole, who just wasted money and got wasted doing it creating "Chinese Hypocrisy".
Me, I'm broke, but when I got it, believe me, I'm donating it, but I'm also blowin' it, too, like on my 40th, cuz I learned a long time ago, you only go 'round once, boy .
You say you "just wanna rock", but I don't see any evidence of you being anywhere close to having that ability, my friend.
I dunno what your problem is cuz I ain't got no beef with nobody, especially you, unless you're a former roady for Extreme or an avid Loverboy and Survivor collector or somethin'. Then it really would be all about the money, cuz that ain't even remotely close to anything like ART!
Do you even know what Rock and Roll is?
Enlighten us, if you do, Fletch, seriously.
We know nuthin' 'bout you, yet you seem to know so much 'bout us (not!)...
See if you can make it to M3, Sunny! And don't keep us WAITING! We'll have a beer summit. And don't forget your portable Polygraph, either, man... I'll bring Biden.
Peace Out!
"It is not about the money, but it is how you make it."
-- Metalboy! March 28th, 2010, 10:59 p.m. EST.
p.s. I have not and will not ever see Avatar, 3D or not. And you're dreamin' if you think I'm into publicity. If I was, I'd be runnin' up Purnell's driveway being attacked by his Pit Bulls with my long lost Dad, Metalman, lookin' stoopid tryin' to get an interview. Oh, and I guess you'll need to call for back-up, Fletch, since it's now Metalman and Metalboy! you are going to have to deal with! And your ongoing misrepresentation that I make any $$$ off my love of all things Glam Metal is "ABSURD" (Theater of the Absurd being a topic for awhile on here and now more relevant than ever with your ridiculous comments now). In fact, I'm broke from my real love of Glam Metal, what with all the CD collecting and frickin' ticket brokerz. Now I know why they call 'em "brokerz"... I am Metalboy! Also, Fletch, I will finally reveal that I am, by day, however, an unpaid Director of Civilian Flight Planning at The National Aeronautics Rock and Roll Space Administration (NARRSA)! T-minus 9 and counting... 8... 7... 6... 5... 4... 3... 2... 1...!!! We have lift off! Everybody on board for the Rock And Roll Space Station!... Oops! We forgot someone! Where's Fletch? No wait, we're actually all still on the ground! Who's on the Shuttle? Fletch? Is that YOU? We're so proud of you! Bon Voyage! Hey, what's this coming across the wire... Oh... er... um... It's just been announced that we've just discontinued all funding for The Program... Oh, well...
So please, my use (or lack thereof) of run-on sentences, misspellings, poor punctuation and poor use of structure is no reason to tell me NOT to go after Purnell. It ain't how you write, its how good you look doing it.
Now who knew that at almost 50 I would have a TV show spotlighting music, an internet radio station, and a website that people will actually read, all coming by summer? Not to mention book in the works (WITH an editor already BEFORE word one was written)??? Hmmmm, certainly not Mr. Saklehyde, who was my 10th grade Liturature teacher who told me that I "shouldn't even be allowed to READ a book, let alone try to WRITE one." Will any of it be successful? At my age I really DON'T need to care about the money...I'm just havin' fun. Ain't that what ROCK-N-ROLL is all about?
Sweet Lou.
ps
Purnell LIED about not making a dime on Kix! Just sayin'
I really can be an a*s sometimes, for sure.
I apologize, sir.
Gotta crash now but will comment on your comments hopefully after work sometime tomorrow. If you only knew what I do for my day job. And I thought I was gonna be an artist or an architect...
Ha!
...more later...