Rock on!
Over here, in the dark portal of rock, we are more than familiar with the concept of dicking around. You very probably dick around yourself – float pointlessly through life engaging in a succession of largely unproductive tasks that most likely include televisions, computers, CD players, rubber chickens, pogs, hula-hoops, cookie dough and sudoku – ultimately, you know what it means. Or, perhaps more pertinently, you know what it doesn’t mean. Would that you worked at the BBC, for Auntie Beeb has chosen to outlaw the latest single from those evergreen brothers in imaginative glam majesty Sparks simply because it happens to be called ‘Dick Around’. Unsurprisingly, Ron and Russell Mael were not particularly chuffed when they turned up for an interview to promote said tune on Jonno Coleman’s BBC Radio London breakfast show last week only to be told that it had been deemed unplayable by the powers that Beeb. Offensive it might or might not be, but excellent it most certainly is, possibly the best thing that the band – now with ranks swelled by former members of Redd Kross and Faith No More - have produced since their mid-seventies heyday. Ron was especially angry… his moustache was actually seen to bristle.
Aerosmith’s legendary Steven Tyler knows a thing or two about over-indulgence, so when his daughter Mia rang him from her apparently ‘dirty’ New York apartment to tell him that she was drinking heavily, necking pills and thought that she was ‘losing her mind’ recently, he arranged for her to stay at a health spa. Delighted, Mia grabbed her first class tickets leapt on a plane and chugged back lashings of in-flight booze. Imagine her disappointment when the ‘spa’ concerned turned out to be rehab.
Speaking of rehab - and these days when aren’t we? – did you see Pete Doherty’s face the other day when he was in the back of the limo with Kate Moss? He looked like someone had stuck an air hose up his nostril and blown it up to the very brink of bursting. True to form, despite boasting a head that had bloated to the size of the Goodyear blimp Pete and Kate decided to take it easy by going out for a night of after hours boozing. In Ireland. With Shane MacGowan. My God, I hope she’s got him insured.
Meanwhile, in the world of true metal, where men are men and guitars soar to eleven at every given opportunity, the mighty Iron Maiden are preparing a tour in support of their excellent ‘A Matter Of Life And Death’ album that will stun all-comers. Band vocalist Bruce Dickinson has been quoted this: "We've been working really hard in the last few weeks to make sure that the show and production on this tour is going to make people's jaws drop," adding, "The music will be incredibly intense and our production team has worked incredibly hard to ensure the stage show will share that same energy and excitement. We've enjoyed a brilliant reaction to the album from everywhere and basically we're all just itching to get out there and play it."
Right then, before we take our leave, if you’re looking for a classic rock Christmas gig Robert Plant is playing a charity show with The Honeydrippers at Kidderminster Town Hall on the 23rd of December. A benefit gig for one of Plant’s neighbours in need of an operation in Boston, the show should be one to remember as others who appeared on The Honeydrippers ’84 album included Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page.
Until next time… STAY LOUD!!!
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