Last Post Of 2015

For the last post of 2015, I figured we might as well dig into the vaults and pull out a great clip! Today needs a little Blue Murder and "Jelly Roll." Have a great New Year's Eve celebration tonight everyone - be safe. Don't drink and drive, rock out and party hard!

Comments

[Bob]

Allyson, a very happy new year to you, and the whole BBG crue! My wife and I are keeping it simple -- hanging out at home with some champagne and good tunes. Then, just after midnight, we'll go for our traditional one-mile walk around the neighborhood which is always a good time.

[Him]

Happy New Year to everyone. I hope you had a great 2015. I hope you have an even better 2016.

[Gary]

Oh yeah,one more idea.(and quite possibly my last sarcastic post of 2015) Maybe Adler and Izzy should form a Ratt tribute band and take it on the road....

[Metalboy!]

Allyson, you've outdone yourself once again, pulling this perfect specimen of Glam Metal (though unintentionally so) out of the Bring Back Glam! Time Capsule housed underneath BBG! Headquarters on Sunset Strip. (Look for the giant chrome letters, "BBG!" on the side of the mirrored glass and granite 80's looking Frank Gehry designed "Flying V" structure just past Chateau Marmont if you're having a hard time finding it, folks!)

What more perfect way could there be to Bring Back Glam! than to send off the New Year with perhaps one of THE most visually hilarious Rock videos ever committed to videotape.

How John Sykes could keep a straight face during this shoot is beyond all comprehension, no doubt motivated by the almighty dollar. Hey, anything to make a buck. Not surprisingly, the A&R "genius" behind this platinum Bubble Gumetal confection is none other than John Kolodner the same 80's Hair Metal Guru who both ruined and saved Aerosmith when they fell into his clutches over at Geffen during the 80's and early 90's, overseeing every aspect of such magnificent failures as the ultimately disposable "Pump" and "Permanent Vacation" albums, among others (Look for the bride in the "Dude Looks Like A Lady" vid).

His same cornball sh*t that sent him AND the whole Hair Metal genre into early retirement is on full display here. All the Hair Metal Music Video 101 visual cues are on full display along with a plot line even the "See Spot Run" set can comprehend... Can we just start a new category here... Stupid Metal"? The by-the-numbers video production circa 80's L.A. combined with Sykes' made for Headbanger's Ball almost too perfect looks and overblown-out bleach blonde Rodeo Drive coiffed locks plus both the Shelby Cobra replica and platinum blonde Swedish Barbie rented for the 1/2 night it took to shoot, make this the "Metal Masterpiece" it truly is...

The icing on the cake is the climax of the video when Sykes falls to his knees in front of Uncle Tom's Cabin on the Dreamworks backlot, tearing off his wife beater, artificial rain pouring down (Yikes! What happened to the Kobra?), in an obviously Kolodner concocted "Metal Fabio" moment, only to have the Swedish Bombshell come out of the screendoor asking Sykes what the hell he's doing rolling around in the mud out there -- a question, no doubt, Sykes was probably asking himself when his career ultimately stiffed just a few precious years later.

Speaking of a few precious years later, "Have a Happy Metal New Year" to all!

May 2016 be on par with Lemmy's "1916"!

[Bob]

speaking of 2016, what do you BBG-ers think of the possibility of David Lee Roth's "Eat -Em and Smile" band going out on tour? Apparently they were supposed to play a gig in November that got cancelled at the last minute, reportedly because of a fire code issue.

[Jeff]

Video aside, this was the best song that Blue Murder released in their short time together

[Gary]

John Sykes is quite possibly the most talented,under appreciated guitarist/vocalist/songwriter on the face of Gods green Earth. It's criminal the low amount of recognition he gets for Whitesnakes explosion of popularity in the late 80's, as the music to almost all of those huge hits was his....

[JAT]

This Blue Murder album is on my Top 10 records of all time. Prolific songwriter, great guitar player.

[Metalboy!]

Yeah, Gary, I agree...

But how come Sykes' stuff doesn't hold a candle to his Whitesnake stuff?

Seriously, JAT... Top 10 Favorite? Badlands, Rock City Angels or Little Caesar are all in a similar vein to his stuff, yet blow Blue Murder away. Don't get me wrong, I have the albums but they don't ROCK like these two bands. Unless you have them above Blue Murder, my list (of that sort of thing) would look a lot different.