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Amarok

bad mother chucker
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I just found out I inspired a wonderful act of hilarity and chutzpah.

I spent a bunch of time today with an old friend who has made his living in the music business for a quarter century. We hadn't spent time together for years.
He was telling me while living in Nashville, he was working near a shoot where some TV show had Taylor Swift singing Def Leppard songs and Def Leppard singing Taylor Swift songs. He ended up in the parking lot shooting the shit and comparing tour buses with the guys from Leppard. (my friend is not onstage talent, btw). He was standing by the drummer and he thought "I'll never get another chance, and I know Hauser would do it without thinking twice".

He told the drummer from Def Leppard THE JOKE. And the guy fucking howled with laughter. He said the first time he heard it he almost died but almost no one had the balls to say it around him.

I am so proud. :punkrocker:








Any of you who know the band know the joke, but for those who don't:

What has nine arms and sucks?
 

Lockedin

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I just found out I inspired a wonderful act of hilarity and chutzpah.

I spent a bunch of time today with an old friend who has made his living in the music business for a quarter century. We hadn't spent time together for years.
He was telling me while living in Nashville, he was working near a shoot where some TV show had Taylor Swift singing Def Leppard songs and Def Leppard singing Taylor Swift songs. He ended up in the parking lot shooting the shit and comparing tour buses with the guys from Leppard. (my friend is not onstage talent, btw). He was standing by the drummer and he thought "I'll never get another chance, and I know Hauser would do it without thinking twice".

He told the drummer from Def Leppard THE JOKE. And the guy fucking howled with laughter. He said the first time he heard it he almost died but almost no one had the balls to say it around him.

I am so proud. :punkrocker:








Any of you who know the band know the joke, but for those who don't:

What has nine arms and sucks?

Love when celebs can laugh at themselves.
I engineered VO sessions with Melissa Etheridge for "Beyond Chance" ('90s TV show). SHE told me the following joke after hearing it on the plane ride to LA:

What do you call a room full of armed, angry lesbians?
Militia Etheridge!

Very cool person and SUPER professional - always on time, always prepared, always nice.
All I really did was press record - she made my job easy.
 

Inferno Mike

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Gratias apperceptio hominibus.

Natális puella Claudia de Colombia. [ Citharae et est mirabile. ]


What a beautiful tune, heavenly. The lovely ladies aren't bad, either!
Never thought I'd see someone else who enjoys some TMBG on here.?

This was my alarm for the longest time, and in spite of that, I still really enjoy it. :)


Huge TMBG fan here, Agent. Some of their new stuff is fantastic. John Linnell is quite possibly my favorite songwriter.



P.S. What has nine arms and is one of the greateset rock bands of all time?
Yeah, I know the joke, I used to be the first one to tell it, but I've come full circle on Def Lep, they were as polished professional as that sort of music ever became, and really good songwriters to boot.

I spent a bunch of time today with an old friend who has made his living in the music business for a quarter century. We hadn't spent time together for years.
What do you call a room full of armed, angry lesbians?
Militia Etheridge!

Very cool person and SUPER professional - always on time, always prepared, always nice.
All I really did was press record - she made my job easy.

As it happens, I grew up adjacent to the rock and roll business in the 70's and 80's and was a professional rock musician through most of the 90's. Those stories feel very familiar. I mostly worked out west, but we did some tours through the great lakes region and the great plains. It was...really great...? Hard life out there on the road. Bar, road, bar, road, bar, road, repeat. I much prefer studio gigs, or even casino runs. Almost ended up on a cruise ship, and in retrospect I'm pretty glad I flubbed that audition.

Anyone who shows up for studio sessions unprepared a) is an asshole and b) must like burning money.
 
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Amarok

bad mother chucker
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What a beautiful tune, heavenly. The lovely ladies aren't bad, either!

Huge TMBG fan here, Agent. Some of their new stuff is fantastic. John Linnell is quite possibly my favorite songwriter.



P.S. What has nine arms and is one of the greateset rock bands of all time?
Yeah, I know the joke, I used to be the first one to tell it, but I've come full circle on Def Lep, they were as polished professional as that sort of music ever became, and really good songwriters to boot.




As it happens, I grew up adjacent to the rock and roll business in the 70's and 80's and was a professional rock musician through most of the 90's. Those stories feel very familiar. I mostly worked out west, but we did some tours through the great lakes region and the great plains. It was...really great...? Hard life out there on the road. Bar, road, bar, road, bar, road, repeat. I much prefer studio gigs, or even casino runs. Almost ended up on a cruise ship, and in retrospect I'm pretty glad I flubbed that audition.

Anyone who shows up for studio sessions unprepared a) is an asshole and b) must like burning money.

Ever play the Sidetrack in Edmonton? If so, we may well have got high together in the back. :)
 

Amarok

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It was...really great...?
I think I mentioned earlier in this thread that my time hanging out with friends while they toured ended any thoughts about the glamour of life on the road.
Hit town, find the venue, setup and sound check, head back to the room and have supper, play, sleep, hit Tim Hortons on the way out of town. Repeat.

The guys were often jealous of me, because they were up on stage playing while I was on the floor macking the local girls. ;) :devilish: I got the "I'm with the band" rub while not having to be creative or talented. :ROFLMAO:
 

Amarok

bad mother chucker
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P.S. What has nine arms and is one of the greateset rock bands of all time?
Yeah, I know the joke, I used to be the first one to tell it, but I've come full circle on Def Lep, they were as polished professional as that sort of music ever became, and really good songwriters to boot.
When you are confident in your ability, like the DL guys apparently are, you can laugh at yourself.

My bud is pretty good at reading the room so to speak, and to dealing with "the talent". He gave a lot more detail when he told me the story, but he managed to introduce it in a way that it was not taken as a dick move. Still gutsy though, and it made me so happy to hear. :cool:
 

Inferno Mike

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When you are confident in your ability, like the DL guys apparently are, you can laugh at yourself.

My bud is pretty good at reading the room so to speak, and to dealing with "the talent". He gave a lot more detail when he told me the story, but he managed to introduce it in a way that it was not taken as a dick move. Still gutsy though, and it made me so happy to hear. :cool:
Being excessively wealthy probably helps with that confidence. I totally get you, man, wasn't trying to be critical of any of that, just saying my thoughts on the Leppard. Pyromania is such a great rock album.
 

Lockedin

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I think I mentioned earlier in this thread that my time hanging out with friends while they toured ended any thoughts about the glamour of life on the road.
Hit town, find the venue, setup and sound check, head back to the room and have supper, play, sleep, hit Tim Hortons on the way out of town. Repeat.

The guys were often jealous of me, because they were up on stage playing while I was on the floor macking the local girls. ;) :devilish: I got the "I'm with the band" rub while not having to be creative or talented. :ROFLMAO:

+1
I discovered that the lower 48 looks the same from the inside of the venue - and even more so living out of the entire Holiday Inn Express chain. Especially after the second 14 hour day of setup.
I went from that to "permalancing" (get dropped every 5 months to avoid paying benes) as a camera op for a company in Sherman Oaks - where the 405 / 101 interchange is.
They found out I could build racks, and that took me into post production, and eventually engineering - a bit of a round-a-bout path eh?

One more fun celeb story, from my Dad this time:
While setting up to interview Johnny Cash, Dad asks Johnny, "Is there a side that you want us to film from?"
Johnny looks him in the eye and deadpans back to him, "Do you see a good side?" :LOL:

 

Lockedin

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Anyone who shows up for studio sessions unprepared a) is an asshole and b) must like burning money.

I prefer prepared and efficient. No drama, usually pay the invoice on time. Lovely people to work with.

But truth be told, I made more money on the unprepared asshats: "Dude, really sorry about having ANOTHER delay, we just need to re-think this line ONE more time. Hey, do you want to order anything from the dinner run?"
Me, "Oh, we're going late again? Don't sweat it - all good. I LOVE Louise's Trattoria..." --- Magazine reading paid well! :LOL:
 

Amos Otis

Weed Legend
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1947 Roderic "Rod" Evans vocalist, Deep Purple, Captain Beyond

Evans left the greatest band in the history of rock music, Captain Beyond, and the music business after their first two albums. He then became a director of respiratory therapy at a western American hospital until 1980.

In 1980, Evans was approached by a management company which specialised in questionably-reformed bands with well-known names, and he began to tour under the Deep Purple name accompanied by former members of Steppenwolf and unknown session musicians.

After several shows ended in near riots,[10] Evans was sued by the management of the genuine Deep Purple and they were awarded damages of US $672,000 (US$2,085,208 in 2019 dollars[11]). As a result of the lawsuit, Evans no longer receives royalties from the band's first three albums.

He has not appeared publicly since the court case and his current whereabouts are of considerable interest to fans of early Deep Purple and Captain Beyond.[10] In 2015, Ian Paice said, "If anyone knows where Rod is or even if he is still on the planet, that would be good news. We haven't had contact with him since the late 1970s. Nobody seems to know where the hell he is, or even if he is still alive. Not a clue."[12]

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Inferno Mike

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Birthday boy
1947 Roderic "Rod" Evans vocalist, Deep Purple, Captain Beyond

Evans left the greatest band in the history of rock music, Captain Beyond, and the music business after their first two albums. He then became a director of respiratory therapy at a western American hospital until 1980.

In 1980, Evans was approached by a management company which specialised in questionably-reformed bands with well-known names, and he began to tour under the Deep Purple name accompanied by former members of Steppenwolf and unknown session musicians.

After several shows ended in near riots,[10] Evans was sued by the management of the genuine Deep Purple and they were awarded damages of US $672,000 (US$2,085,208 in 2019 dollars[11]). As a result of the lawsuit, Evans no longer receives royalties from the band's first three albums.

He has not appeared publicly since the court case and his current whereabouts are of considerable interest to fans of early Deep Purple and Captain Beyond.[10] In 2015, Ian Paice said, "If anyone knows where Rod is or even if he is still on the planet, that would be good news. We haven't had contact with him since the late 1970s. Nobody seems to know where the hell he is, or even if he is still alive. Not a clue."[12]

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I have Captain Beyond on vinyl, with the holographic decal intact. It's in storage. Nice pull. I didn't know anything about his post-DP story. Interesting, mysterious and sad. Love that record, and most of Deep Purple from that era.
 

Amarok

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I discovered that the lower 48 looks the same from the inside of the venue
First time I ran across that concept I was talking to a long haul trucker when I was right out of college. I said it must be cool to see so much of the continent, and he wearily replied that ditches pretty much looked the same everywhere.
 

Lockedin

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First time I ran across that concept I was talking to a long haul trucker when I was right out of college. I said it must be cool to see so much of the continent, and he wearily replied that ditches pretty much looked the same everywhere.
I suppose it's not entirely true - but for the most part, yeah. But 99% of the time the hard work would have some element of fun.

It was a privilege to travel that much - late teens to early 30's - most of North America, a bit of Central America, a bit of the Caribbean, and the Punjab (Kush) region of India.
I've stopped in Europe, but only on stop overs. The only layover that counts actually COUNTS - 12 hours in Amsterdam ('90s) - our plane broke.
 
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