Shortly after that Iron Maiden concert, Izzy and Axl regrouped Hollywood Rose for a one-off gig at Dancing Waters. The South Bay club featured an actual waterfall cascading down behind the stage, but I never actually saw it because the joint wasn’t
There’s an old saying amongst poker players, “If you can’t spot the fish, you are the fish.” My freelance music-business school courses depleted my settlement funds at a pace comparable to lighting up blunts using hundred dollar bills. I invested in the
Six days after Axl Rose departed L.A. Guns, Ronald Regan earned a second presidential term with the largest electoral vote landslide victory in United States history. Maybe it just seemed like it because I was nineteen, but times were good in a
About two weeks later, I got a call from Mr. Axl Rose himself. He didn’t beat around the bush. Right after a hello, he straight-out asked, “Is L.A. Guns still looking for a singer?” We met up to have a few drinks
Barely a month after my chat with a top-ten all-time-great rock god, Ronnie James Dio, my lawyer called to report two of five opposing parties were offering to settle my lawsuit. For two hundred and fifty grand, all I needed to do
The outstanding Ian Gillian, of Deep Purple fame, banded together with Black Sabbath to put out a kick-ass metal record, Born Again. A few weeks into 1984, Mike and me went to enjoy that evil shit live at the Long Beach Arena.
Hello to all you memorabilia seekers. As I write this, it is July, 2026. Over the coming months, maybe even a
In 2019 I broke the Hollywood “dude-bro code” by publishing these two blogs. For those who got their panties-in-a-wad, I have
While I was still in the music business, I attempted to purchase a music rehearsal studio. I couldn’t secure financing, but
I don’t know if it was something I did or said, but Axl never again called or gave me his phone
After months of relentless touring, G N’ R earned themselves a little time off. At the start of 1988, they returned