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In response to some of the comments for my gays and metal post.
GnR did one song called ‘One in Million’ which was satire…but totally misunderstood. Americans as a whole don’t do satire or irony very well. It could be argued that Axl should have known that but didn’t give a shit. Most of the people who had a cow about the whole ‘Lies’ record were not hard rock or metal fans, anyway, and just wanted an excuse to lay into the genre.
As was said before, Halford was an open secret since the 80s, and NO ONE gave a damn…ditto Joan Jett and several of the other gay rockers. The reason Halford has not sold that well is that most of his post-Judas Priest material has been total rubbish (Two= ew!), barring his second to last outing.
The genres of both hard rock and metal are both very androgynous. Think 80s Glam: Cinderella, Britney Fox, Faster Pussycat, Dogs D’Amour, TigerTailz, & Poison et al. Men looked like women, women looked like men (in some cases), and no one cared, especially backstage. If it moved you tried to shag it, no matter what sex it is or used to be, or, in some cases, species.
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I would like to thank Andrew Sullivan for mentioning my thoughts about “minorities” and hard rock/metal. Welcome to all those who have trekked over here from Mr Sullivan’s blog.
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Got to love this. There is a new online satirical magazine just for the EU. It’s called The Sprout, and I am sure they are on their way to getting banned. So toddle over there and let this lot know they are appreciated.
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Rob Halford’s old band is now in the sights of PETA. These pro-animal do-gooders, who seem to have way too much time on their hands, are in a snit because of an album title. Hell Bent for Leather, one of the band’s first, has come under fire from these nitwits because it contains the word “leather” in its name. PETA have written to the band asking them to change the name to something more animal-friendly. They suggest Hell Bent for Pleather…oh yeah, how very metal!
Somehow “Hell Bent for Naugahyde” does not have the same ring to it. Let’s face it, the reason we metal/rock heads love leather is because it’s sexy, cool looking, and damn comfortable. Faux leather shares none of these qualities because, as with any other “man-made” fibres, mother nature does it better. Fake leather does not get better with age like leather, either. The more you wear, say, leather trousers, the better they get. You get to the point where you never want to take the bloody things off. Truth be told, I seek every excuse possible to wear mine. It is fairly obvious why un-lined leather is comfortable; it feels like a second skin because that is exactly what it is! (As one rake put it to me recently: leather trousers on men are what Wonderbras are to women. With the right attitude you can’t help but get noticed by the opposite sex.)
I digress; back to the PETA pinheads. They don’t have much of a chance, since the band probably do not own their back catalogue. Besides that, Judas Priest managed to overcome the parents of two teenage drug addicts who tried (one successfully) to end their pitiful lives with a shotgun. The parents sued the band and claimed that JP music had somehowed influenced their behaviour. (Ozzy Osborne had something similar happen to him over his song ‘Suicide Solution’.) The Judge, as in the Ozzy case, tossed it out. Better still, in the JP case, the Judge lectured the parents on trying to project their guilt.
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Yet more new reviews on Blogcritics from moi. Once a rock critic always a rock critic; I can’t help myself.
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