Roth Funnily Responds to Concert Goer Who Threw Beer Can at Him

I've attended many a concert in my day. Personally I just have no clue as to why someone would throw their beer; especially if they are paying the astronomical prices that they charge for them at such events these days. However, someone did so at a recent Van Halen concert in Camden, NJ a few days ago toward lead singer David Lee Roth. The incident can be viewed in the video below.

Roth then at the end of the song decided to stop the band for a moment so he could address the culprit, saying:

"Somebody just threw a beer up here. In a younger day I would’ve promised I would’ve slept with his girlfriend. At this point in my career, the roughest, most f—ed insult I could probably make to this guy is that I probably already have slept with his wife. ‘Can you control that motherf—er? I’ll talk to you later, sweetheart.’"

Before starting the next song, Roth made one last comment saying:

“The next time, you save the beer for me, you slime,” he said before making an obscene gesture with the microphone and flipping the bird.

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“The next time, you save the beer for me, you slime,”, after which he flipped the guy the bird.

I guess no matter how old you get some people just never grow up. Why pay all that money to get into a big show like this if you're only going to behave like a dumbass? Drunk or not, you should know better. If you really didn't want to see the band, why go in the first place? Oh well. While Roth may not have been the classiest about how he handled the situation, at least it was pretty funny.

5 Songs to Get You Through the Week #41

5 Songs to Get You Through the Week is a feature I run on Young Ears, Fresh Perspective on Sundays/early hours of Monday morning where I pick out 5 tunes that I think are notable and tell you a bit about them. The point is to give you some rocking music to help you deal with your weekday blues. You can either listen to one each day, listen to them all at once, or any other combination that you feel. As long as you can get through the week without the man getting you down, that's all I care about. Without further ado, here are the 5 tracks I've picked out for this week:

1. Everyday, by Diane Coffee

Need some glitter and sparkle in your life? Diane Coffee aka former Disney voice actor Shaun Fleming is about to release his second album Everybody's a Good Dog September 4th and it is full of early 70's glam rock goodness. Everyday is the main single for it and it does a pretty good job representing the album. It's just shocking to see that a young artist is out there making new music that sounds almost exactly like it came out of 1971. You seriously need to check this out if you're into stuff like Elton John, David Bowie, Mott the Hoople, etc.

2. I Feel Love (Every Million Miles), by The Dead Weather

If glitter and sparkle isn't so much your bag, give Jack White's side project The Dead Weather's new single I Feel Love (Every Million Miles) that will be on their upcoming album Dodge and Burn a shot. It's full of intense bluesy dark magic. The song absolutely pours with powerful emotion from start to finish. Anyone who has an interest in music that explores the darker side of life will be entranced by the beauty of this raw music.

3. How Shall I Know, by Ken Hensley

This is an absolutely beautiful piano ballad from Uriah Heep keyboardist Ken Hensley's 1975 solo album Eager to Please. The harmonized guitar melody is delicious and feels like it is wrapping you in a sense of warmth that only this kind of classic rock could. If you're out there in the world still looking for love and don't think you will ever find it, then you will relate to this song almost immediately.

4. Cradle Rock, by Rory Gallagher

Need some in your face rocking blues from an Irishman? This is just the tune for you. During his life time Rory Gallagher took the blues and brought the genre to a whole new level by just blasting it into outer space; especially in the 1970's. Cradle Rock shows just how insane he could get on a fret board during the height of his career. It's one of his best riffs and has some of his best solos; though naturally it was way better live.

5. Streets, by Avenged Sevenfold

This is one of what I feel is Avenged Sevenfold's most under rated tracks of all time along with quite a few of the other tracks from their 1999 debut album Sounding the Seventh Trumpet. Streets is a fun ripping and running pseudo-punk metal song that has some pretty decent melodic vocals despite the fact that singer M. Shadows hadn't had professional voice lessons at that point. It doesn't have any of A7X's signature harmonized guitar solos, but really it doesn't need them.

Great Albums to Listen to Late at Night

Have you ever just been chilling out late at night in the dark and wanted some music that really suits the mood of what you're currently vibing? Something that weaves in with the tapestry of the darkness and moonlight? Something that lets you lose yourself in the groove of the black pool of the twilight? Of course you have. Tonight I've got a few albums that should help you do just that.

1. Sea of Cowards, by The Dead Weather

This is the second album from Jack White's side project The Dead Weather. This band has been described as 'dark magic' and it's not hard to see why. With their haunting grooving heavy blues rock sound and lyrics that explore the deeper enigmas of life it is the perfect record to just put on and immerse yourself in when shutting out the lights and sitting in your living room chair on a Friday night where you have no place to be.

2. Dark Side of the Moon, by Pink Floyd

This is one of those classic records you just have to listen to from start to finish as all of them connect to one another and share various themes with one another. From start to finish you can just feel the wind of a warm evening blowing through your face and across your brow while also going further and further down the rabbit hole that Pink Floyd intended to lead you down. There is an overall dark warmth to this album that at first can seem frightening, but once you open your heart is comforting and familiar.

3. Born Again, by Black Sabbath

Now this album isn't quite as a relaxing groove as the previous albums, but it is a perfect album to listen to at night because in many ways it is also quite haunting and fits the mood of a spooky night. It features Deep Purple singer Ian Gillan on vocals instead of Ozzy Osbourne, but by all means do NOT let that be a deterrent. There are many upbeat raucous heavy metal numbers on it, but at the same time there are also a fair amount of well composed tunes that will send a chill up your spine in just the right way.

4. Spectrum, by Billy Cobham

This jazz fusion album by former Miles Davis drummer Billy Cobham is entirely instrumental and fills the air of the night like no other. It is the perfect album to get lost to in the dark of your basement because it grooves in just the right way to where you are relaxed and yet you're surrounded by warm sound at the same time. Plus, if you're into musical prodigies jamming their hardest then you will definitely be fond of what the record has to offer.

5. Giant Robot, by Buckethead

Buckethead is about as strange as you can get and showcases the fact ever so well in his first American release. However, his darker take on life and pop culture makes it feel like Halloween night all the time. Certain parts of the album seem sinister, but others just plain creepy. It is the perfect album to have you looking over your shoulder a bit while in the comfort of your own home. If that doesn't convince you, at the very least the guitar chops are wild beyond belief.

So do you agree with my list? What are some of your favorite albums to put on and listen to all the way through in the dead of night? Let me know in the comments!

Throwback Thursday: All the Young Dudes, by Mott the Hoople

 
In 1972 British glam rock band Mott the Hoople were facing some rough times and were about to break up. They were struggling and just not having the kind of success that they were hoping to achieve. However, by a stroke of luck the king of glam himself David Bowie saw great potential in the band and decided to try to save them by stepping in to write a hit and produce a new album for them; both would become known as All the Young Dudes.

Bowie's writing and production certainly did Mott the Hoople a lot of good. All the Young Dudes is full of glitter, sparkle, and everything else one looks for in a glam rock album. The guitars played by Mick Ralphs almost literally sound like they are gleaming with light and life while singer Ian Hunter brings the songs to life with his charismatic vocal style. The songs are upbeat, cheery, and overall just good fun.

All the Young Dudes is what pretty much put Mott the Hoople on the map and made them a staple in the glam rock genre. The guitar melody in the intro makes it one of the most well known songs in glam. It was written by David Bowie and is a sad funeral-like ballad talking about the troubles of growing up in the 70's as well as teenage suicide. The song screams Bowie, but it does fit in well with the rest of the album.

Ready For Love/After the Lights is a slower grooving blues tune. It is a bit of a departure from the style of the rest of the album. Rather than trying to make the song shimmer it is more gritty and guitar centric. The layering of acoustic guitar underneath in the interludes however helps tie it in to their overall sound a little bit. Guitarist Mick Ralphs who wrote the song would later rework the song and make it punchier and more rocking for Bad Company's debut album Bad Company in 1974.

If you're interested in getting into glam rock, All the Young Dudes is a fantastic place to start. In nine songs it spells out what the entire movement was and even to this day is all about. No doubt this is thanks to the help from Bowie, but the natural talent of these musicians also played a heavy role in the success of the album. Unfortunately Mott the Hoople would break up not long after it was released, but its members would go on to do bigger and better things.

All the Young Dudes, by Mott the Hoople receives 3.5 stars out of 5.

Track List:

1. Sweet Jane
2. Momma's Little Jewel
3. All the Young Dudes
4. Sucker
5. Jerkin' Crocus
6. One of the Boys
7. Soft Ground
8. Ready For Love
9. Sea Diver

Buy the album on Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/All-Young-Dudes-Mott-Hoople/dp/B000E6EJAC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1440732975&sr=8-1&keywords=All+the+Young+Dudes

Guns N' Roses Original Line Up Rumour Kicks Up

It doesn't take long for rumours to start circulating, does it? Not even a week after Slash publicly announced that he and former Guns N' Roses band mate singer Axl Rose had ended their nearly two decade feud and become friends again a new reunion rumour has popped up.

This rumour comes from James Young while on Australia's Triple M (on Ultimate Guitar) saying he was privy to the most amazing rumour that the band would be headlining next year's Soundwave Festival. Young elaborates saying “Now we know that a mystery band has come in and saved the festival, and now owns it, so they they are going to have a big say,” teased Young. “So what mega band could it be?”

When pushed for more information Young responded:

“Now we know that a mystery band has come in and saved the festival, and now owns it, so they they are going to have a big say,” teased Young. “So what mega band could it be? I have heard ‘fantasized’ … that it will be: Steven Adler, Izzy Stradlin, Duff McKagan, Slash, and Axl Rose, the reformation of the original 1987 Appetite for Destruction Guns N’ Roses lineup,” he continued. “Can you believe it? It’s incredible; I’ve had sleepless nights fantasizing about it.”

Personally I think Young is full of shit. The ex-members of the band have turned down MILLIONS of dollars to reunite multiple times over the years. However, now that many of them seemed to have patched things up with one another you never know. However, I still think it is really unlikely. I can see one or two members joining Axl's current incarnation of Guns N' Roses for a song or two here and there, but I still don't see a full blown reunion happening.

Motorhead Release Cover of "Sympathy for the Devil"

Heavy metal/punk legends Motorhead have at the request of wrestler Triple H just recorded and released a cover of a Rolling Stones classic: Sympathy for the Devil.

It is a pretty faithful cover and keeps a great deal of the Rolling Stones vibe to it with the jungle drums this time laid down by drummer Mikkey Dee and the iconic "woo-wooing" in the background. However, at the same time they definitely make it their own with singer and bassist Lemmy Kilmister's beastly vocals and guitarist Phil Campbell's ripping and wailing guitar solos.

While I do give the band props for doing such a fantastic job on this cover, at the same time it does sound a LOT like the Guns N' Roses cover of it that came out in 1994 for the film Interview With a Vampire's soundtrack. The only really noticeable difference is who is doing the vocals and some of the more minor nuances.

This cover will be featured on Motorhead's upcoming album Bad Magic, which will be coming out this Friday. In the mean time however you can pre-order the album on iTunes and Amazon. To listen to the cover you can click here to listen to it on SoundCloud

5 Songs to Get You Through the Week #40

5 Songs to Get You Through the Week is a feature I run on Young Ears, Fresh Perspective on Sundays/early hours of Monday morning where I pick out 5 tunes that I think are notable and tell you a bit about them. The point is to give you some rocking music to help you deal with your weekday blues. You can either listen to one each day, listen to them all at once, or any other combination that you feel. As long as you can get through the week without the man getting you down, that's all I care about. Without further ado, here are the 5 tracks I've picked out for this week:

1. Linoleum, by NOFX

This is one of the most energetic pieces of 90's punk that isn't pop-punk I have ever heard. If you want something loud, raging, yet also melodic at the same time to help you start a revolution in the streets then this is the track for you. It encompasses the struggle of the every man who works hard and does what he has to every day just to get by.

2.  Welcome to the Jungle, by Guns N' Roses

What better way to celebrate the reconciliation between Slash and Axl Rose after their nearly 20 year feud than by blaring one of their best known songs at top volume? This song has everything: wailing guitar solos, heavy drums, rumbling bass, howling vocals, etc. I kind of doubt Slash will be rejoining the band, but I suppose those of us who are long time fans can still always dream about such a miracle, right?

3.  Should I Stay or Should I Go, by The Clash

If ever there was a tune to crank, air guitar, and whip your hair around to it's this. It's classic punk rock at its roots and finest. The Clash took what bands like The Ramones did and then put it on steroids. This classic tune is proof enough of that. It's upbeat, catchy, and has a memorable chorus. What more can you really ask for in a song meant for everyone to be able to relate to?

4.  Black Magic Woman, by Santana

Although this tune was originally written by Peter Green during his tenure in Fleetwood Mac, this song did not gain particular notoriety until Santana released their hot Latinized cover of it in 1970. Carlos Santanta's fret work in this song is phenomenal. You would think that his guitar was literally on fire the way he just rips through the song. This cover is definitely on par with the original.

5.  Still Got the Blues, by Gary Moore

Love (or recent loss thereof) got you down? Blues guitarist Gary Moore understood. In 1990 he released a song with so much heart, pain, and soul called Still Got the Blues. It has one of the most memorable guitar melody hooks that I've heard in some time. It cuts like a knife and makes you feel as though your gut is being torn even if you weren't sad before. Nothing like good music to do what words never could...