THE ANGELS Shellharbour Workers Club, Wollongong TONIGHT, THE Angels were actually faced with something of a challenge in front of arguably their most fanatical audience. Having to follow two superb support bands and one good one, they opened with ‘No Exit’, Doc sliding slowly into gear — but he soon got wound up as he…
Tag: 1990
KISS: Sphinx Ain’t All They Should Be (1990)
By STEVE MASCORD GENE SIMMONS swivels his demonic head and directs a deathly, horror movie glare towards the sound-desk. “Slow black—out!” he barks into the microphone at a hapless lighting roadie. “Yes sir,” comes the meek, intimidated response. “I understand what you’re saying.” “No,” Simmons retorts solemnly. “This is ‘what I’m saying…” The multi-millionaire bassist mimics…
MOTLEY CRUE, Mets Center Minneapolis, 1990
MOTLEY CRUE, FASTER PUSSYCAT Mets Centre, Minneapolis March 6, 1990 “WE GOT a f**king loud bunch of motherf**kers here tonight,” bleach blond Hollywood nightclub proprietor-cum-rock star Taime Downe yells across the vast expanse of this 16,000 seat mid-western arena. There you basically have Faster Pussycat’s stage show. A guy who could well be your local…
Crue: The Threat Goes On
By STEVE MASCORD HARD NUT Heavy Metallers Motley Crüe have added further fuel to the threat of fiery brawls between themselves, Guns N’ Roses, and Bon Jovi. Bassist NikkI Sixx this week aimed a clear threat of physical retribution at Gunners singer WAxI Rose; Vince Neil has suggested Axl has been telling a “whole bunch…
Poison To Play At Donnington
US GLAM rock quartet Poison have confirmed that they will make their UK live debut at the Monsters Of Rock Festival at Donington Park on August 18. Poison join headliners Whitesnake, Aerosmith and the Quireboys as the confirmed acts to date. They’ll fill the third on the bill spot. Lead singer Bret Michaels told Mayhem…
DE MONT – Body Language
DEMONT ‘Body Language’ (Giant 465270 import) KKK DE MONT have been around for a grand total of three years — two on New South Wales’ Central Coast and one in Sydney. What they try to do on this 10-track platter is admirable: what they succeed at doing is sporadic and often disappointing. The first single,…
Moscow Festival: Crue Still Peace-d Off With Bon Jovi
MOTLEY CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx has challenged Jon Bon Jovi to a fight! Sixx has branded Bon Jovi a ‘lying asshole’ after the New Jersey frontman told us (Kerrang lssue 264) that he had nothing to do with the incident at last August’s Moscow Peace Festival which prompted Motley to dispense with the services of…