Advertising Goes Too Far For My Blood

Ok, I'm all for the bands we love making some cash off their hit songs, but this latest ad takes the cake... er, bun. Wendy's is using Mr. Big's "To Be With You" in a pretzel bun ad. I mean, the commercial literally made me cringe when I saw it last night. Whatever I guess. I suppose the guys in Mr. Big thought it was worth it.

Giveaway: 'The Big Book of Hair Metal'

On August 15, Martin Popoff's new book The Big Book of Hair Metal: The Illustrated Oral History of Heavy Metal's Debauched Decade will hit store shelves. The book takes a nice, long look at the music we love so much complete with previously unpublished quotes, anecdotes, photos, and memorabilia.

Bands in the book include Twisted Sister, Bon Jovi, Poison, Mötley Crüe, Ratt, Warrant, Great White, Whitesnake, Cinderella, Vixen, Skid Row, L.A. Guns, Guns N' Roses and more.

I'm actually reviewing this book for the Dayton City Paper and that write-up will be featured in mid-September. When I mentioned that review to the publicist, he thought it would be cool for me to give away a copy of the book to one of you lucky BBG! readers as well! To win the book, simply shoot an email to allyson@bringbackglam.com and put "Popoff Book" in the subject line. I'll need your full, legal name and mailing address as well. Anyone in the world can win. Entries that don't include an email address or full name will be discarded. Enter by Sunday, August 3 at 11:59 p.m. ET. Good luck.

'The Final Tour' Sizzle Reel

Last night I stumbled on the sizzle reel for Motley Crue's current tour. The video is what you would expect, but the interesting thing is the music: the reel features a longer snippet of Motley's new song. I haven't heard this much of "All Bad Things Must End" before and it is surprisingly good. I mean, it's not Shout At the Devil good, but I think it's definitely solid. What do you think?

Fiber Sure Is Metal

Once again, brands look to metal to sell stuff. This time, FiberOne tapped The Scorpions to sell some processed snack bars. Check it out. And good for The Scorpions for making some extra cash.

Quiet Riot Sounding Good on Tour

The current incarnation of Quiet Riot is weaving around the country on tour. The video below was shot just a couple days ago. I'll admit, I'm impressed.

Lessons From Bret Michaels

Today, uncle Bret teaches us how to destroy other people's property. Also known as hotel rooms. You can't make this up.

Happy Saturday, ya'll!

Tom Keifer Releases 'It's Not Enough' Lyric Video

Here you go, ya'll: a new lyric video for Friday. Tom Keifer is promoting the single "It's Not Enough" from the album The Way Life Goes.T.G.I.F!