Mapping Influences Over Time
The Roach Days were probably the time in my life when music was the biggest thing going on. Sure we did other things but generally, we listened to music most of the time. We had MTV on, or played stuff from our rather large music collection, had parties or played our guitars. It seemed that the …
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Mötley Crüe’s success with Shout At The Devil and Theatre Of Pain led to a reissue of their debut album Too Fast For Love. It started to show up in records stores. So we did what we had to do as Mötley Crüe fans. We bough it. I can’t say that I didn”t like it. …
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I can tell you exactly where I was at 10:00 am on June 21st, 1985. I was standing outside Wooden Nickel Records waiting for them to open so I could buy Mötley Crüe’s new album Theatre Of Pain which was coming out that day. This was the first time that I ever stood outside a …
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On May 27th, 1984, Brian and I were at the American Rock Festival at the Timber Ridge Ski Resort in Kalamazoo, Michigan. It was an all day show. The concert goers were spread out all over the ski slope and the stage was set up in front the base lodge. It was certainly a festival …
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Mötley Crüe, another metal band suffering from diaeresis. I really did escalate into what was known then as Heavy Metal. It didn’t have anything to do with the magazine, movie or soundtrack that I loved so much. Mötley Crüe was a little faster and more edgy than Def Leppard. I was quietly building up a …
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