CRUED NEWS
May 30, 2004
Hi there. Once again, the news are as few as they can possibly be. You know the reasons. And for the last May newswire, that ain't really so bad. See for youself.
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May 23: According to the report that appeared on Metal Sludge, Nikki Sixx (true to himself) hit a kid with a bass during the Nevada show of the BOD tour. Here's the report itself:
Just got back from the BOD show in Sparks, NV @ The New Oasis. Part way thru the set Traci threw his guitar out to the crowd. Next thing you know, Nikki goes over to Traci's side of the stage and LAUNCHED HIS FUCKING BASS AT MACH 10 speed into the crowd. He then jumped down with Traci and all hell fucking broke loose. After the crowd was pushed away by security and Nikki was pulled back on stage (giving whomever he hit with the bass the middle finger and saying "Fuck You!") there was a kid on the floor lying in a pool of blood... and he was not moving. I am not dramatizing this at all... it was a very uncomfortable situation. People were pissed off at what had happened. This was an all ages show, by the way. A few minutes go by, paramedics are there and they revive the kid from what I heard. I saw him get up and his head was FUCKED. 10-15 minutes later the roadie comes up and says they are going to finish the show. He blamed the incident on the moshing that was happening. WTF? Everyone was joking "Just as long as they quit throwing shit at us (the audience)". Sad to say, BOD should have called it a night. They never recaptured the energy.
There's another point of view on the accident as well:
According to BOD fans who attended the show, what really happened was that someone was starting some shit with Tracii, who told the idiot to fuck off. The idiot still wouldnt shut up and go away, so Tracii finally threw his guitar at him. Once the people in the crowd got the guitar out of Tracii's hands, they were fighting for it and the kid got hit by the crowd with the guitar.
Well, we really wouldn't make such a fuss of it. People went to a show that featured members of Motley Crue and LA Guns and got some violence and bloodshed. What, did they think they were going to see Christmas Carol or something? If we went there, we'd be ready for some mayhem. And the last thing we'd do would shout insults at Nikki or Nikki's boys. We got enough troubles as it is. However, this still is not over... *sigh*
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May 24: A new diary post from Mr. Sixx here!
san fran..last show on us leg.....
last night was chaos...loud and bloody.
10 days off til europe...already miss the living things and amen..... were doing shows with them in japan in aug....
cant wait to see donna and our kids......
til next time...
sixx
Loud and bloody is the only comment, so you see Nikki isn't making a fuss over it either. Da man.
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May 26: Tommy Lee will be conducting an online chat tonight via his web site TommyLee.tv beginning at 9:00 p.m. PST. (You'll needa be registered, though.) Also, Tommy's web site is currently hosting some hot stuff: the newsletter describes it as "never-before-seen vintage footage from when they were filming the MOTLEY CRUE video 'Uncensored 1986' at the hotel room with Steve-o from 'Jackass' before a gig in LA, some METHODS OF MAYHEM backstage and much more on the way....hours of broadband streaming video!" Here's the rest of the newsletter:
"Guys, if you are connected to the Internet high-speed on DSL or cable windows machines you can watch the video full-screen just like TV well not regular TV... Tommy Lee TV! We're pushing the internet as far as it can go with Tommy's broadcast network....this is a unique web site and you'll see why it's a membership site we're not talking about a couple video and audio clips this is tons of video....and the ultimate premium content..... Tommy is working on everything with us including the journal he just started. He took some pictures in New Jersey we're gonna post tonight! We also just opened the store with our first products with the new logo ... t-shirts and a hat you can order now ...so if your [sic] at one of the club gigs we'll see ya with those on. We'll be bringing in all sorts of cool stuff to the store and we'd love to hear what you'd like to see available!"
Ooooh shit. We're going out to steal somebody's DSL machine. We don't care much for the MOM footage, but dude, Motley Crue in 1986 just HAD to be fun!
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May 29: Tracii got into a little chat on Metal Sludge's Gossip Board and denied fervently (yeah, right, we DO know this word!) that Nikki had done something improper during the Nevada show. Here's HIS version of what happened:
"Nikki threw his bass to Scott Sorry from AMEN just before he jumped in the crowd to find me. Problem was� Nikki jumped right over me into the crowd then I had to jump in to tell him I wasn't in the crowd. Nobody's instrument hit anyone but Scott. The kid ripped his eye-ring out of his eye dodging flying fists and then ended up on the bottom of the pile. In a nice puddle of eye-ring blood. Just another night on the first leg of the tour. "This ain't a classic rock tour," Guns continued. "Some nights it's brutal in the crowd, and there is usually one fuctard starting shit in the crowd. At almost every show someone got punched shoved or bludgeoned with some idiot's out-of-controlness. We tried to get with the people that got injured and gave them swag, beer and a sandwich."
Eye-ring? Eye-blood?! Fuck... we'd rather it was a guitar to the head... shit, it just gets uglier and uglier, guys!
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And here's a piece of news that is Motley-related if not too relevant.
May 25: Randy Castillo was among the nominees for the naming of the new West Side elementary school in Albuquerque, his hometown. His name was nominated along with artist Edwad Gonzales, writers Rudolpho Anaya and Tony Hillerman and some others. They didn't name the school after him - Edward Gonzales was the commitee's choice - but it still was good to hear Randy's name mentioned. Members of his family spoke before the commitee. Turns out, Randy was the first ever New Mexican who became a successfull rockstar. R.I.P., man. Respect.
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That's about all... c-ya next week and ROCK ON!!!
May 23, 2004
OK! Once in a while, we're on time. Even though it was our friends Bday two days ago. Even though it's The First Motley Gig Anniversary tomorrow. Here we are. News are few - it's spring, and instead of doing something newsworthy, human beings with healthy instincts do the nasty. The Crue included, we believe. Here are the few newsbits:
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May 17: Nikki posted a new diary entry. Here it is:
It's nice to sleep in a bed. As much as I love the bus, a day off with room service and a bed was much needed. We decided to do this tour down and dirty. We only take hotels on days off. And if you look at our tour dates you can see, those are very few as well.
I wanted to say thanks to all the rock fans coming out to see us. We're having a great time, I see you are too�again thanks�.
We hooked up with the AMEN guys and went to see 'Van Helsing'. I ended up wrestling Tracii [Gun] to the ground in the lobby of the movie theatre as everyone laughed�but then came the security guys. Luck have it�the guys were fans and we weren't thrown out�
I think we've had a sky hook attached to the back of the bus cause every time we pull into town it starts raining�not that I mind. I love the rain. It's perfect for writing music�
Speaking of music� We're writing for the next album out here on the road� We're very focused on what were going to deliver� Basically�. It's the same jump CRUE made from 'Too Fast For Love' to 'Shout At The Devil'� We will be recording the next album later this year�.
Fuck, I love rock n roll. It's time to retire the red baseball hat.
We agree with Sixx on two major things: a) Van Helsing is worth seeing, if only for the sake of that Backinsale chick; b) red baseball hats must die. And we disagree with Sixx on one major thing: rain sucks. We've had too much of it recently. Sucks especially when you're out with no fuckin' umbrella. The only thing you can write this way is some punk, very very punk rock.
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May 18: Jason Hook leaves Vince Neil Band and joins Hillary Duff for her summer tour. The new guy in the band is Keri Kelli, formerly of Warrant, Ratt, Pretty Boy Floyd, Slash's Snakepit, and currently in Adler's Appetite. So, Vince has a new bass player.
Jason says it was all very good-natured, but don't you think this blonde singer over here has some issues with bass players? He changes them more often than he changes his chicks, and that says something! But for that all, there is a pattern. Here are Vince's bassists - can you see it?
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Mr. Nikki Sixx
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Mr. Jason Hook
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Mr. Keri Kelli
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It's not that we don't respect Mr. Neil's point of view, but we would very much like to note that we undoubtedly liked the first variant best...
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May 20: Yet another post from Nikki! Yep, the dude feels like writing this week!
The Show Must Go On
I sit here on the bus heading towards Denver� Been on the whiteline for 11 hours� We had to stop (in North Platt, Nebraska) at a truck stop for 3 pm breakfast. Everybody rolled out of there coffins (but I wouldn't say anybody's really awake)� Stumbling outta the bus probably looks like something outta 'The Living Dead'� First up, coffee (I.V. please)� then drop the kids off at the pool, buy some truck stop junk, redneck junk >> stickers, patches, cheap toys, 'Proud To Be American' t-shirts�etc. etc. (the best). I just love truck stops. Must be the Idaho in me�.
The show last night was a nightmare for [singer] London [LeGrand]� We've all been either sick or on the edge of getting sick�but when he woke yesterday he couldn't even talk� We keep thinking it would pass. But it didn't. About 6 pm we took him to the emergency room and the doctor told him not to sing. His voice was completely closed up and it could damage his voice. He got a cortisone shot and walking out whispered, 'I don't care what he says we gotta play tonight.' I called Vince [Neil] and he told me a few of his tricks he uses when he's been sick on tour. (thanks bro)
We took the stage a bit late and gave it our all (I should say London gave it >>his<< all). I think we all feel like it was a great show� even with a such a handicap. We owe Minnesota a show�. Thank you for singing along to all the songs�
There's 4 more shows on this leg of the tour. Then off to Europe� back in America mid-July�then Japan.
4 hours til Denver. See ya there�.
Gonna grab an A.A. meeting and look for some underground shops (cool clothes in Denver > go figure)� Got my per diem burning a hole in my pockets�
Sixx
We've heard London ain't that good either at big gigs or at TV shows... the kid. For his sake, we hope he learns fast. For the Motley reunion sake, we hope he never learns, and Nikki gets tired of shooting him up with cortizone and calling Vince every evening soon enough. Yes, we are evil.
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May 23: The book "The Tombstone Tourist - Musicians," by Scott Stanton is published through Pocket Books. It's the second edition of the book which is basically a guide to all the graves, shrines and memorabilia of the "late, great legends of rock, jazz, blues, country and R & B," with 300 new artist biographies, 250 new photographs and handy references, including alphabetical listings and an index by cemetery. What matters to us is the foreword, because it was written by - guess who? - bingo! - Motley Crue's founding member Nikki Sixx, who survived a drug overdose in 1988. He writes, "Most people have one of two choices -- you either read this book or end up in it. I chose both." No comment, dude!!!
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Yep, this is all. Blame the spring! C-ya next week, if there still IS something to report by then.
May 16, 2004
Yeah, right, once again. It's actually Monday now. But this time it's due to connection breakdown. Everything's been arranged, problems solved and bodies disposed of, so here are your news, fresh and steaming as usual... few as they are.
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May 10: Brides of Destruction were refused entry at the Canadian border and had to reschedule a Toronto show. "We can't play due to past felonies in our camp," bassist Nikki Sixx said on the band's Web site. "The promoter usually has these matters covered and worked out, but he dropped the ball and we've been denied entry to Canada."
When Motley tried it in 1982, Vince's luggage was confiscated because there were chains, razors and Hustler issues there. Seems like Canadian customs authorities are still selected by the same criteria as then. Fun. Sure enough, Brides Of Destruction would have jeopardized Canadian economy. Or politics. Or church. Or something.
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May 11: Vince Neil is among the artists featured in "100 Most Metal Moments", a VH1 special focusing on the "entertaining (and sometimes shocking) moments" that defined heavy metal music's heyday. "100 Most Metal Moments" premieres on Monday, May 31 at 10:00 pm with the ultimate countdown of these outrageous hard rock moments in a five-night special. Narrated by the always outrageous Dee Snider (TWISTED SISTER), this special reveals who shredded a live chicken onstage, who won a gross out contest with Nikki Sixx and more in each one-hour episode. "100 Most Metal Moments" continues the tradition of VH1's "100 Greatest" series of specials which debuted with "100 Greatest Artists of Rock and Roll" in March of 1998. "100 Most Metal Moments" is executive produced by Michelle Mahoney and Meredith Ross for VH1. All times ET/PT
Motley Crue makes it to the Top Ten two times: #7 is Ozzy licking Nikki Sixx's piss off the ground and #4 is the publiching of The Dirt. That if you don't count in their contribution to Hear N'Aid, which is included as #1.
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May 12: The Contra Costa Times has published a list of bad songs, pretentious songs, and so on. And sure enough, someone from the Motley camp had to be featured. This time it's Vince. He appears in the Along For The Ride category. Here:
Along for the ride They were once considered integral parts of rock 'n' roll machines. Then they went David Caruso.
� "You're Invited (But Your Friend Can't Come)," Vince Neil: Vince should have brought his old friends in Motley Crue. Thanks for stopping by, Vince. Now go away.
Heartless. We'd let him live in our closet...
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May 13: The 2004 Skylar Neil Memorial Golf Tournament raised more than $100,000 for the T.J. Martell Foundation in memory of ex-MOTLEY CRUE singer Vince Neil's late daughter, Skylar.
Good stuff, and for a good cause. Scroll down for the link to the photos.
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Yep, that IS all, talking news. There are too lil bits, though, that we just find amusing. Here:
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Pamela Anderson took a 10-question test, passed it and became a legal American citizen on Wednesday, May 12.
And for all these years she hasn't even been an American?! Holy shit. The country of justice.
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And a funner one:
Roosewelt High, the school in Seattle from which Mr. Frank Ferrano, later to be known as Nikki Sixx, was kicked out at age 13, is falling apart in the direct sense of the world and seeks sponsors who'd invest in its rebuilding project.
If we were them, we wouldn't count on either Nikki or Duff McCugan (also a Roosewelt boy) too much. If we were Nikki and Duff, we'd rejoice. After all these years, the old dream of school falling apart IS coming true!
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So, that is all for tonight. See you soon - we hope that our phone company learned their lesson...
May 9, 2004
Woohoo! Actually, we don't understand why we're still sober enuff to do this kind of job. It's the Victory Day here in Russia, and it's Mother's Day in America, and we just should be PLASTERED by now. Nevertheless we're not, so get your news... and if you see more typos then usual... just never mind that.
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May 3: BOD have added a California date to their current itinerary. They will play Slim's in San Francisco on Sunday, May 23, according to a posting on the venue's web site.
Hey Sixx... If you go to San-Francisco, be sure to have some flowers in your hair...
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May 3: Nikki's new diary post for ya!
FUCK THE FUCKING FUCKERS
WEVE DONE 2 GIGS SO FAR...I GUESS YOU COULD SAY WEVE HAD OUR CHERRY BUSTED.......TONIGHT WERE IN NORFOLK ,VA.GOING ONSTAGE IN AN HOUR....LIVING THINGS FIRST GIG WAS LAST NIGHT....COOL FUCKERS.....THEY CAME IN FROM PARIS..JET LAGGED AS HELL...REALLY LOVE THERE MUSIC... AMEN,WHAT CAN I SAY....NICEST GUYS IN THE WORLD BACKSTAGE ,BUT ONSTAGE THERE FUCKING EVIL....GOD DAMN..WE NEED MORE BANDS LIKE AMEN......THERE ALBUM COMES OUT SOON...GET IT..TRUST ME..
COOL TO SEE EVERYONE SINGING ALL THE BRIDES LYRICS.....IM HAVING SO MUCH FUN......FEEL SO NEW,SO RAW..SO DAMN REAL.... ITS A BLAST TO KICK OUT SOME CRUE AND LA GUNS TUNES TOO..GOTTA PAY RESPECT..
SEE YA SOON..
XXIS IKKIN
P.S. DONNAS COMING TO NYC.....AND IM THINKING VERY BAD THOUGHTS....
AND OUR VERY OWN SHAUN IS OUT TONIGHT..HE DROVE 14 HOURS TO GET HERE...CRAZY MOTHERFUCKER..GREAT TO SEE HIM.........
Sixx is the nicest guy in the world, huh? We mean, we're sure that neither Amen, nor Living Things, nor L.A. Guns, for that matter, payed him for advertising their shit, but he still does... You bet your ass Lars Ulrich wouldn't have done it even if he loved the mentioned bands to death...
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May 4: Gossip time! It was reported today that Tommy Lee went to lunch with a hot blonde and a brunette, too, on Thursday (April 29) in Los Angeles. We wouldn't pay much attention, but - BUT! - the blonde WASN'T Pamela!!! Can there still be hope????!!!!
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May 4: Tommy Lee is reported to have attended the Coachella Music & Arts Festival - an annual fest that was held this past weekend in Indio, CA. The set list included, among others, the Pixies, Radiohead, Flaming Lips and the Cure.
What can we say? The boy's nite(s) out!
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And here is something interesting, guys!
May 5: Vince Neil "officially" confirmed the 2005 MOTLEY CRUE reunion/farewell tour in a live interview with L.A.'s XTRA Sports Talk 690 Cannon Talk while promoting Thursday's Skylar Neil Memorial Golf Tournament and ZRock Crue for the Cure's online rock-a-thon! Here are his exact words:
"Today MOTLEY CRUE confirmed sixty dates for next year for our new tour with all the original members. It's basically our farewell/reunited tour. ... I think one more year with these guys and I'm out...everybody always says that...we'll see what happens."
Ah so. Vince said it. Even if no-one else confirms that (as no-one else has done up to date), that mite just be true - remember that 1996 'reunion-talk-is-bullshit' stuff? Yeah, right. We only hope that Vince's bold sincerity won't piss off neither Nikki nor Tommy. We've had enuff touch-me-touch-you with these guys.
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May 6: A no-comment piece: Skylar Neil Memorial Tournament took place this Thursday in Malibu, CA. The golf tournament raised money for the TJ Martell Foundation in memory of Vince's late daughter Skylar. You can see some pics if you go here.
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Male friend, female friend, Lia, Vince,
Geri from Survivor... the female friend looks like Donna a bit, huh?
Even has a tat on the shoulder.
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Fans can still donate to ZRock Crue for the Cure's online rock-a-thon thru the end of June. Everyone who donates any amount is eligible to win a guitar signed by Vince Neil, premium tickets to see Vince Neil live in concert, and Ozzfest 2004 tickets. The drawing will be held on July 1, 2004.
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And on a more optimistic note:
May 7: The National Enquirer reports Pamela Anderson was "thisclose to remarrying ex-husband Tommy Lee" in Las Vegas, but called it off after an argument over money.
As we said, there is still hope...
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With that, we say C-ya and go singing war songs. Yes, there are a lot in Russia.
May 2, 2004
Well, yeah. We know it's already May 3. But we only found out an hour ago. See, May 1 is a big national holiday in Russia, the Day Of Peace And Agreement. Plus, it was an old Celtic Pagan holiday, Beltane, but then the calendar shifted, so now it's on May 14. Whatever. We were celebrating, and that's why you get your news one day later. Here they are.
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April 29: Now you know you can see Vinnie on CBS next week! He'll show up in the Monday, May 10 episode of STILL STANDING! Here's the brief summary of the episode in question:
Bill (Mark Addy) and Judy (Jami Gertz) (8:30-9:00 PM, ET/PT) grow suspicious when Brian (Taylor Ball) and Lauren (Rene Olstead) start secretly making plans and covering up for each other. In order to get to the bottom of things, Bill and Judy start snooping and uncover fake IDs, a box of cash and a receipt from a tattoo parlor. Vince Neil of Motley Crue guest stars as a tattoo artist.
Better this than another Dinasty one.
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April 30: Being the TV star that he is, Vince took part in another show this week - "The Best Damn Sports Show Period". Probably earlier than April 30, but what the hell, the reviews came only now. Here's the funniest one, from LasVegasSun :
Love that Vince Neil. The Las Vegas resident and former Motley Crue frontman made a brief but hilarious appearance on "The Best Damn Sports Show Period." During a trivia segment, show host Tom Arnold went from lounge chair to lounge chair (the show is being broadcast this week from the Skin Pool Lounge at the Palms) asking occupants questions he thought they could answer. First, he asked a woman to name four U.S. presidents -- any four, in any order. She passed. Next chair was Neil. Arnold asked him to name any two members of the band 'N Sync. You could have been asking Neil to explain the Pythagorean theorem from the baffled look on his face. And when someone off-camera yelled out "Justin Timberlake! Lance Bass!" Neil still looked like a deer caught in the headlights. A quick-thinking Arnold then asked the rocker to name his five favorite Las Vegas strip clubs. Neil lit up like a Christmas tree and promptly reeled off six -- Cheetah's, Jaguar's, Spearmint Rhino, Sapphire, Crazy Horse Too and Club Paradise -- without even pausing to take a breath. For the record, 'N Sync features JC Chasez, Joey Fatone, Chris Kirkpatrick, Bass and Timberlake.
We officially confess that we didn't know the jerks' names either, and now that we do, we'll try to forget them fast enough. GO VINNIE!!! Anyways, the knowledge of strip club industry comes in handy way more often, doesn't it? :)
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April 30: It�s reported that the star of That '70s Show and current beau of Demi Moore, Ashton Kutcher has been approached to play Tommy Lee in the movie adaptation of Motley Crue�s best-selling band autobiography, The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band.
First we laughed the idea off, especially after seeing the above-mentioned guys together on Punk'd. But after revising a few pics... maybe, they have a point there? See for yourself:
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There is some likeness, eh? And another one:
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OK. At least, he'll know his character personally, some say it helps.
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April 30: Some updates from Brides Of Destruction, now on their tour:
1. The new version of their site is launched, check it out on http://www.bridesofdestruction.com ;
2. The Brides merchandise is now avaliable at S'Crue Store - right here.
3. Tracii is now digitally documenting the historical event which the Brides' tour is. The pics should be here.
What else to say? Just check the links out!
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And yet another piece of the Brides news!
May 1: Wanna hang out with BRIDES OF DESTRUCTION? They're on IMX, FUSE's daily live show on Wednesday, May 5th. You need to be available that day from 4:30pm-7:30pm. If you're between the ages of 15-25 and in the NYC area, e-mail the show at [email protected]. Their studio is across the street from Madison Square Garden and Penn Station (7th Avenue between 31st and 32nd Streets). In your e-mail, be sure to put BRIDES OF DESTRUCTION in the subject line, and include all your contact info (your digits). If you can't make it, be sure to check out BRIDES OF DESTRUCTION on IMX, LIVE on Fuse from 6pm-7pm EST (with a repeat presentation at 11pm-midnight EST) on Wednesday, May 5th. Go to www.fuse.tv to find Fuse on your local cable system.
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And you know what? (news is over, ranting begins) Nikki likes Hanson! The fuck knows why, but we received their official press release, and you know what it says?
"Hanson has the spirit and the balls to not only reinvent themselves, but do it on their own terms." Motley Crue's, Nikki Sixx recently told VH1 on "All Access -- Spotlight Hanson", a 30-minute special documenting the band's journey as they set up their own label.
Hanson reinventing themselves. Hmm. Maybe Sixx just has this thing for blondes?
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And ta-daa - Metal Sludge now has their review on "Here Come the Brides" - fun stuff, check it out. They also reveal there, that Nikki was supposed to be their first Back-4-More celebrity, but got caught up in his tour activities and didn't send the questions back. Holy fuck! Now some other fuck is their first Back-4-More and MAN! they rant a lot! If not only Vince and Tommy, but also Nikki becomes their personalt enemy, that'll suck! SUCK! SUCK!!
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But enough of it. Mus'be just our hangover showing. We'll go wash it down... and C-ya next week!