‘RECORD STORE DAY’ WITH DELUXE DIO PICTURE DISC AND MEET THE DIO BAND

CELEBRATE ‘RECORD STORE DAY’ WITH DELUXE, NUMBERED
DIO PICTURE DISC AND MEET THE DIO BAND IN CALIFORNIA!

To coincide with this year’s Record Store Day (which falls on Saturday, April 16th), Niji Entertainment will be issuing a very special, LIMITED EDITION, Deluxe Numbered Picture Disc LP of Dio’s 2002 release, ‘Killing the Dragon,’ of which only 2,500 copies will be made.

Each copy will be numbered in a unique way – by a special Dio hologram sticker.

Also on Saturday, April 16th, former Dio band members Craig Goldy, Simon Wright, and Scott Warren will participate in an in-store appearance from 12:30pm to 3:30pm at the Mad Platter record store, which is located at 1223 University Avenue, #160, in Riverside, CA 92507-7238. You can also call the store at (951) 328-1600.

‘Killing the Dragon’ marked the first collaboration between Dio and guitarist Doug Aldrich, who has subsequently joined Whitesnake. The album also spawned the single/video “Push,” which featured Tenacious D’s Jack Black and Kyle Gass. And exclusively for the picture disc edition of ‘Killing the Dragon,’ Dio’s longtime engineer, Wyn Davis, mixed and remastered the album.

Get ready to grab your copy quickly of the ‘Killing the Dragon’ picture disc, as this collector’s item is bound to disappear quickly!

‘Killing the Dragon’ Track List:

1. “Killing the Dragon”
2. “Along Comes a Spider”
3. “Scream”
4. “Better in the Dark”
5. “Rock & Roll”
6. “Push”
7. “Guilty”
8. “Throw Away Children”
9. “Before the Fall”
10. “Cold Feet”

For more information, visit:

www.facebook.com/OfficialRonnieJamesDio

www.ronniejamesdio.com

PLAYLIST – March 21 – March 27, 2011

PLAYLIST March 21, 2011 – March 27, 2011

• BLACK SABBATH   The Mob Rules
• GUNS N’ ROSES   Nightrain
• WHITESNAKE   Judgement Day
• QUEENSRYCHE   Queen Of The Reich
• IRON MAIDEN   Communication Breakdown
• METALLICA   One
• ALICE COOPER   Poison
• POISON   Ride The Wind (live)
• SHOOTING STAR   Breakout
• L.A. GUNS   One More Reason
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• THE 3RD DEE-GREE
• SCORPIONS   The Zoo
• WHITE LION   Cry For Freedom
• W.A.S.P.   Blind In Texas
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• TED NUGENT   Cat Scratch Fever
• SLAUGHTER   Fly To The Angels
• TRIUMPH   Fight The Good Fight
• VAN HALEN   Mean Street
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• GREASY ROOTS OF METAL
• IGGY + THE STOOGES   Raw Power
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• AEROSMITH   Helter Skelter
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• HAIR PAIR
• KISS   Deuce
• KISS   Uh! All Night
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• QUIET RIOT   Cum On Feel The Noize
• OZZY OSBOURNE   No More Tears
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• HAIR PAIR & REQUEST OF THE WEEK
• KIP WINGER (w/FIONA)   Everything You Do (You’re Sexin Me)
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• AC/DC    Touch Too Much
• PRETTY MAIDS   Future World
• BON JOVI   Let It Rock
• WARRANT   Uncle Tom’s Cabin
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• REQUEST OF THE WEEK
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• Dee,
  You are the perfect host for the HOH. I love the HOH…it’s the only time I never have to change the station. Twisted Sister AND Widowmaker both kick maximum ass. I also like when you play the rare and obscure hairbands. So, could you do me a favor and play the duet that everyone forgets about? I always hear the Ozzy and Lita duet. How about playing the Kip Winger and Fiona duet?! I have not heard that song in a very long time. I actually like it a little better than the Ozzy and Lita one…nothing against them, I just like this one a tad bit better. Keep up the excellent work and crank out all that kick-ass rock.
  Thanks so much!

  –Steve (The Rocker Boy) from West Allis, WI, listening to 102.9 The Hog

 

What’s New – Week of March 28, 2011

It’s hotter, faster, louder and has 97% more hair than any other place on the radio…though it may not be on our heads anymore! Doh! It’s the House of Hair, of course!

I’ve got loads of your requests to get to this week…you hairballs sure ain’t shy about screaming your wants and needs! From Twisted Sister and Cinderella to Iron Maiden and Def Leppard, it’s a ton o’ metal–for metalheads, by metalheads! And, this week I launch a new M3 Rock Festival VIP trip! So get that neck ready for some serious, old school head banging and join me for this week’s House of Hair!

PLAYLIST – March 14 – March 20, 2011

PLAYLISTMarch 14, 2011 – March 20, 2011

• RAINBOW   Long Live Rock N’ Roll
• SAMMY HAGAR   I Can’t Drive 55
• KISS   Love Gun
• VAN HALEN   Ice Cream Man
• EVERY MOTHER’S NIGHTMARE   Walls Come Down
• SCORPIONS   Bad Boys Running Wild
• THE CULT   Fire Woman
• LOVE/HATE    Rock Queen
• TWISTED SISTER   We’re Not Gonna Take It
• MR. BIG   Green Tinted 60’s Mind
• L.A. GUNS   Never Enough
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• THE 3RD DEE-GREE
• Mötley Crüe    Wildside
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• Motörhead   Eat The Rich
• Queensrÿche   Another Rainy Night
• GUNS N’ ROSES   You Could Be Mine
• EZO   Flashback Heart Attack
• SKID ROW   Wasted Time
• KILLER DWARFS   Dirty Weapons
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• GREASY ROOTS OF METAL
• QUEEN   Keep Yourself Alive
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• DEF LEPPARD   Women
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• HAIR PAIR
• ACE FREHLEY   Into The Night
• ACE FREHLEY   Rock Soldiers
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• DOKKEN   Alone Again
• JUDAS PRIEST   Living After Midnight
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• REQUEST OF THE WEEK
• TED NUGENT   Stranglehold
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• NIGHT RANGER   (You Can Still) Rock In America
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• RARE HAIR
• MSG   Armed And Ready
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• RATT   You’re In Love
• GIUFFRIA   Call To The Heart
• CINDERELLA   Push Push
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• REQUEST OF THE WEEK
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• Dee,

  My buddy and I went to the annual RibAmerica Festival in downtown Indy and listened to some serious kick-ass bands. Bret Michaels was there, Jackyl with that maniac chainsaw wielding Jessie James Dupree — wow, was he awesome?! — and the one, the original Motor City Madman, machine-gun wielding, hunter extraordinaire, Uncle Teddy himself. WOW, what a kick-ass, rocking show that man puts on! Third time I’ve seen him: 1st time as lead singer of Damn Yankees, and 2nd as Uncle Teddy himself! Please play one of my all time, #1 well known guitar riff songs, “Stranglehold,” so I can sit back and rock my ass off.

  Signed,

  – Michael, an avid listener to HOH every Sunday night at 10pm on Q95 – WFBQ in Indianapolis. You rock my world, Dee!!!

What’s New – Week of March 21, 2011

Big riffs, bigger hair and the biggest damn collection of old school, heavy metal bands ever to gunk up the atmosphere with Aqua Net – it’s called the House of Hair!

I’ll be hijacking the airwaves again for my weekly heavy metal bacchanalia and headbanging free-for-all! On the way are Black Sabbath, Metallica, Pretty Maids and more…plus requests from you crazy bastids! Get ready to fire up the party ’cause the House of Hair is heading your way!

PLAYLIST – March 07 – March 13, 2011

PLAYLIST March 07, 2011 – March 13, 2011

• KISS   Strutter
• LITA FORD   Larger Than Life
• MEGADETH   Holy Wars
• ZEBRA   Who’s Behind The Door
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• REQUEST OF THE WEEK
• IRON MAIDEN   Can I Play With Madness
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• AUTOGRAPH   Turn Up The Radio
• BADLANDS   Dreams In The Dark
• TED NUGENT   Little Miss Dangerous
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• RARE HAIR
• EXTREME   Get The Funk Out
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• GUNS N’ ROSES   Yesterdays
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• 3RD DEE-GREE
• LYNCH MOB   Tie Your Mother Down
• WARRANT   Blind Faith
• BLACK N BLUE   Hold On To 18
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• RATT   Round And Round
• ALICE COOPER   Elected
• DAMN YANKEES   Piledriver
• METALLICA   Wherever I May Roam
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• GREASY ROOTS OF METAL
• MOTT THE HOOPLE   All The Way From Memphis
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• POISON   Look What The Cat Dragged In
• BON JOVI   Blaze of Glory
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• HAIR PAIR
• TWISTED SISTER   I Wanna Rock
• TWISTED SISTER   I Believe In You
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• AC/DC    For Those About To Rock
• ALDO NOVA   Fantasy
• BABYLON A.D.   Hammer Swings Down
• MOTLEY CRUE   Piece of Your Action
• OZZY OSBOURNE   Over The Mountain
• QUEENSRYCHE   Operation: Mindcrime
• SCORPIONS   Still Loving You
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• REQUEST OF THE WEEK
• Iron Maiden is one of the best heavy metal hair bands to rock the stage for the past 30 years and it’s time radio stations start paying this band its due with some radio airplay! Eddie will live on as the best metal mascot to grace the stages worldwide!

  –Danny in Raymore, MO, listening to 98.9 The Rock

What’s New – Week of March 14, 2011

Some rocket scientist once sang, “You can’t stop rock n’ roll”…how right he was!

And you certainly can’t stop old school heavy metal because it’s the little mullet wearin’ cockroach of the music world! You need proof? Then check out this week’s indestructible force known as the house of hair! I’ll be bringing you hours of headbanging, hell raising and all-out chaos with my band Twisted Sister, Kiss, Judas Priest, Cinderella and a whole lot more. So man and/or woman up, whip it–or ‘em–out and prepare thy selves: the House of Hair is comin’ tuh git ya!

Interview with Matt Sorum

Interview with Matt Sorum for the HouseofHairOnline

By Ray Van Horn, Jr.

HOUSE OF HAIR ONLINE: The concert on this Velvet Revolver: Live in Houston DVD we’re talking about actually happened five years ago, but it’s wild to see from the fan’s perspective. You guys are kicking out a lot of Contraband material and showing immediate glue at this point in the band. As you remember taking the stage for this particular gig in Houston and any of the others around that time, did it feel like instant magic onstage?

MATT SORUM: Well, the way I’d explain it is, that was sort of the reason we put the DVD out. It was probably the best time for the band, physically, mentally and professionally. We had a hit record, we had a couple of hit songs on the radio, we’d really come back and pulled the fat. (Scott) Weiland had cleaned up his act. We were probably in better physical shape than we’ve ever been in, especially myself. That’s just like looking back at some of the Guns n’ Roses years. I was drinking too much, getting a little out of shape. We were finally on all cylinders, if you will. We had a lot of excitement around the band and the fans were up for it. When we were approached to do this video, we were like, ‘You know, that kind of makes sense now,’ because for the future we’re getting ready to pull out the Velvet Revolver again—no pun intended—and fire it back up. We’re going to pick a different singer and we’re confident we’re going to be able to do that. So this video is a way for us to say we’ve got nothing to be ashamed of with that lineup of the band. It was a good band and that was the best phase of that band. We were in better shape early in its incarnation.

HOH: On the video, you guys allude to the painstaking process getting to where Weiland joined the band. You guys had so many audition tapes to whittle through. I imagine you were stuck with a thousand Axl clones and Perry Farrell wannabes?

MS: Well, yeah, we had fans trying to come into Velvet Revolver. At the time, we didn’t have a name. I think a lot of guys were thinking, ‘What do they want? Who knows what they want? Do they want someone to sound like Axl or Ian Astbury?’ So I think people, God bless them, they did the best possible take on what they thought we might be interested in. The fact of the matter is, years and years went by after the Guns n’ Roses demise of that lineup, and we were creating a new band. The times had changed, fashion changed, culture changed, music had changed. We’ve been through quite a few metamorphoses of change in music, so while we were looking for the singer, we were thinking subconsciously, ‘How are we going to put out something that’s perceived as a new band?’ We were trying not to recreate Guns n’ Roses with a new singer, because that’s what a small core of it was. Only until Scott Weiland came along did we actually hear a sound through his voice, because we were more aggressive than Stone Temple Pilots. We liked what was coming out of Scott’s voice. Stone Temple Pilots came more from a grunge era of bands like Soundgarden and Pearl Jam, so it was a different musical background that he came from. Scott left his imprint upon ours and somehow it was perceived as a current rollout. That’s why we had a modern rock hit. We were taken as a new band, and obviously considered a supergroup. In our eyes, it was the best guys we could find for the job. It wasn’t really a supergroup; it just so happened we all came from other bands.

We tried finding another singer. It wasn’t possible. He came in and spoke to us and we and we thought, ‘God, this guy is the next fucking Jim Morrison!’ But when it went down like that, if someone else came in and we felt that, we would’ve done it. We didn’t pick Scott Weiland because it was the obvious supergroup choice. He was a guy who had talent and was a proven entity. When I watch the video, I’m like, ‘Oh, my God, we’re actually going to use this guy?’ We’d been through a two-year process where I was definitely the most frustrated, if you watch the video. I’m the one who’s like, ‘Is this a fucking hobby for you guys? Are you going to play “Sweet Child ‘O Mine” or are we going to get going here?’ Then I say something like, ‘God, I wish I was still getting checks off of “Sweet Child ‘O Mine,” but I didn’t write the fucking song, so let’s rock! Pick the fucking guy, put him in some fucking tights and let’s go!’ That was totally my thing and the guys love me and hate me for it, you know, having that kind of outspoken voice in the band. I was like that for Guns n’ Roses too. I was a little bit of a kick in the pants.

HOH: In making the transition between both bands, if you were that outspoken in Guns n’ Roses, do you think if they’d let you speak up a bit more, that particular lineup might’ve stayed together longer? I don’t want to speculate or anything, but there’s a severance point with what you’re alluding to here. I think it makes part of the difference between the Use Your Illusion era down to Axl’s Chinese Democracy era. I often wonder if everybody had spoken up in the interest of preserving what Guns had then, then who knows what might’ve been?

MS: The problem with that band is, it was too big for its own good. The demonic animal had taken over an animal that was something that grooved, something that was Rolling Stones level. It was a massive entity and there was a lot going on, let me put it to you that way. I always thought from an outside perspective, here I was, a guy who’d replaced Steven Adler, the guy who had created the sound of the first album, along with the collective of the band. I was only brought in because they were already starting to lose it. The only saving grace to me, coming in, was we were able to make another album. If I hadn’t, then who knows? I always tell Steven this because he kind of jumps on me all the time and he’s bitter about it. I would say, ‘Look, if it wasn’t me, it would’ve been someone else. It definitely wasn’t going to be you, though.’ Here’s the thing: Keith Richards fucking shot heroin in a chandelier and he still made the music, you know what I mean? If you’re given that opportunity to be in a rock ‘n roll band and you don’t have a lot of other qualifications for any other job identification, the least you could do is do a good job being in a rock ‘n roll band. Do your fucking drugs, drink your alcohol, bang as many chicks as you want, but show up on fucking time and rock! That’s it, period. There’s no ifs, ands or buts about it. If you’re going to fuck that up too, well, you’re a real idiot! (laughs) Right?

HOH: (laughs) Regarding the set list for this Velvet Revolver DVD, was it strange for you having to throw in a couple of Guns n’ Roses and Stone Temple Pilots songs into the mix? Was it surreal at that beginning point of the band or was it like, hey, let’s just get ourselves identified to the fans and let it roll from there?

MS: We only had one album and we were going to be headlining. Right out of the box, we were a headlining band. We were like, ‘Fuck, now we’re going to have to put together a show?’ We had 45 minutes of recorded music, and when we picked the songs from Guns n’ Roses, I remember having a conversation with Duff (McKagen). I’m like, ‘Dude, let’s try not to do songs like “Welcome to the Jungle” and “Sweet Child ‘O Mine.” I’ll back Axl in telling the world: those are his songs, you know? That’s a little bit sacrilegious to tackle that beast! I’ve had that conversation with Slash, since he’s been out doing them with his band. I’d say, ‘Dude, is that necessary? Let’s do some B-sides, stuff that Duff wrote, something Duff sang.’ “It’s So Easy” was a song that was written by Duff with West Arkeen, and he doubled the vocal with Axl, so that makes sense. The song has something for the vocal ability of Weiland that’s different than Axl’s.

HOH: Scott nailed that one.

MS: Yeah, because on that particular song, Axl’s vocal is the low vocal. Duff sang above that, and it wasn’t your typical Axl high-end yell. He was down in that baritone range. Scott said, ‘That song really inspired me a lot as a singer for Stone Temple Pilots,’ to sing in that baritone, Ian Astbury-Axl kind of vibe, which he’s got. Then “Mr. Brownstone” is the same kind of thing. Izzy (Stradlin) and Axl sang “Brownstone” together, you know, it was a lower register. For Axl to hit the high end like “Welcome to the Jungle,” that didn’t work, and we weren’t going to try and make it work, either.

HOH: You watch five guys in Velvet Revolver on this DVD, they’re all pros of their positions and it’s hard for the audience to key in on one particular artist. There’s chemistry between the five of you onstage that creates a sensory feast. It helps not to have something too over-the-top, vocally.

MS: I think that’s kind of the genre of rock ‘n roll that we came from, you know? We’ve all sort of created our own identity that is visually captivating and entertaining. If you think back to the original lineup of Guns n’ Roses, you look at a band with Steven and Izzy included, they were all these characters. If you were a fan in the early days of Hollywood (hard rock scene), they used to run around with fliers, saying ‘Izzy, Axl, Slash, Duff, Steven,’ you know? It’s almost like they could’ve made them G.I. Joe characters! I love that, because that’s great rock ‘n roll. They had a little bit of presage about their reputation. When we went to do Velvet Revolver, that was the tradition of the kind of rock ‘n roll band we were going to present ourselves as.

The grunge era had kind of watered down the rock star, so to speak. (Kurt) Cobain was the anti-rock star. Here was this guy who said let’s kibosh all rock stars, I’m going to come out wearing a flannel shirt, be depressed, write songs with a whole different take, right? That era came along and kiboshed it. The rap movement came over and picked up where all the rock stars had left off and all of a sudden, rappers were the ones drinking champagne in the strip bars. We were like, ‘What just happened? What happened to rock ‘n roll?’ When we came back, obviously we’d gone through a lot, most of us had sobered up, but we still had that sort of drive that spoke rock ‘n roll as a lifestyle, which had created all of us as individuals. I think that’s what’s represented when you watch the band. You go ‘Wow, maybe these guys are the real deal! This isn’t completely put on.’ And it wasn’t.

HOH: The era of “big” rock has been sorely missing for a long time now, and Velvet Revolver is still a band I believe in to carry that forward. Buckcherry’s another one, yet there’s not many “big” rock ‘n roll bands staking a claim in this market today. You guys have two albums with monster hit after monster hit. Whether they were successful on the radio or not, they’re played with the attitude they’re monster hits. I miss that, dude. I grew up in the eighties and while I’m an underground hound, I do miss that era of fun and footloose rock. Now, even with heavy metal returning in America, most of it is so structured, so perfect, less from the hip, you know? It’s so serious. As a drummer, I’m sure it has to be frustrating to you that today’s metal and rock is mandated drumming-wise by bpms. I personally would rather have groove instead, you know?

MS: Right, but the metal world is whole different animal of its own. If people have grown up in that genre, then that’s all they know. They haven’t gone further back to steady the grade. I grew up in the seventies, so I came from Led Zeppelin and Sabbath, Hendrix, the Stones, Aerosmith and Cheap Trick, so they’re a part of who I am. They’re who I represent. If you look at the era of music with Limp Bizkit and all those bands, that rap metal kind of thing, they grew up listening to Rage Against the Machine. Actually, if you listen to Rage Against the Machine, the core of that band is Led Zeppelin-meets-Jimi Hendrix. On top of that band is the whole political thing, but if you listen to the music, it’s not that at all! Yet somehow that was translated into rap rock—which came from bands like Faith No More—you mix it with all the shit that created bands like Limp Bizkit and Korn. I heard that shit and thought, ‘What is this?’ I didn’t get it at all. I didn’t understand it, but those guys grew up with Metallica, guys playing Jackson guitars and Fender Deville amps. Where did the Les Pauls go? That’s the greatest sound ever created! One guy stuck to his guns and kept playing it. His name’s Slash. He says, ‘I’m going to play fucking Les Paul through a Marshall!’ It’s the greatest guitar ever made and it has the classic rock ‘n roll sound. I do think it’s cool that people feel they always have to push the envelope. You can’t rest on your laurels and hope that rock ‘n roll adjusts.

HOH: Another thing I appreciate watching the DVD, you guys get to jam a lot like on “Illegal I Song.” Unless you’re The Black Crowes or Phish, there’s not a lot of freewheeling jam in rock today like the old days with Deep Purple, Emerson, Lake and Palmer or Rainbow with all those jam fests. Back then, the jam was welcome in rock; it was so much a part of the live experience. I was glad to see Velvet Revolver take a chance and jam onstage.

MS: I think that middle section of “Illegal I Song” and on “Slither” a bit, I remember telling the band, ‘Let’s kick it out there a little bit.’ I’d gone to see Lenny Kravitz and his thing was like a superjam. A little bit too much, you know, but I like that. When you’re doing a set and you’ve been on the road for a year, you’re pretty much bringing down the shit every night. It’s kind of cool, because you get to take a section where everyone is kind of in freeform and you have some fun for yourself. It’s not fun playing songs correctly in their sound form. As a musician, you need some kind of outlet to look forward to when you’re on a gig every night. It keeps you fresh, you know? It’s fun to take some chances. That’s something I’d want to do again in the new lineup when we go out again.

HOH: Let me get your impressions of playing those dates with Motorhead for Mikkey Dee.

MS: Well, the fact they even asked me was a great honor. I have no idea why that transpired. I’m not a Mikkey Dee kind of drummer, but Lemmy asked me because he always claims Motorhead isn’t a metal band. Metal is something that was attached to Motorhead. Motorhead is more of a punk rock band mixed with fifties and sixties elements, which came from Lemmy’s background playing hippie music. If you listen to his music, it’s real rhythm and blues. When I came in to play, I tried to do my best to give an interpretation between Mikkey Dee and “Philthy” Phil Taylor. “Philthy” Taylor was like a Steven Adler kind of drummer. He was not a technically-proficient drummer by any means, but he had a vibe and a soul to his drumming that helped create a sound that was the original Motorhead. It was kind of a sloppy boogie rock thing, right? I’m the kind of guy who’s a real steady drummer. Some people claim that’s maybe a little too steady for their liking, but most bands that I’m in like it because I don’t fucking drop the beat. I keep it pretty much together and when I played with Motorhead, Lemmy really liked it, because I played it a little more rock ‘n roll than metal.

HOH: Yeah, I was concerned about that, since Mikkey is primarily a double-hammer kind of guy, one of the best at it, actually.

MS: I used a double bass drum pedal. Before I joined The Cult, I auditioned for David Lee Roth years ago, right after he was out of Van Halen. I didn’t play double bass drum at all, and after I didn’t get the gig with David Lee Roth, I found out Gregg Bissonette got the gig and he was getting $8,000.00 a week. I just about killed myself, because at the time I was broke, I didn’t have anything, so I went out in a woodshed and got a double bass drum. I sat there and I played double bass drum for like, ten years. I was fucking flying; I could play (Motorhead’s) “Bomber” for two hours or “Overkill.” Then when I auditioned for The Cult, they were like, ‘Why do you have the other bass drum?’ (laughs) ‘Get rid of the other bass drum, we don’t ever want to hear you do that!’ They wanted more of that AC/DC groove, you know? So when it came time to go out for Motorhead, Lemmy had asked Dave Grohl to play, but Dave doesn’t play double bass drum. Lemmy asked me if I could play “Overkill,” and I said, ‘No problem.’ I played “Bomber” and “Overkill” and I played a few songs off the new record with double bass. That was fun! It was good workout! I’m not claiming to be any Dave Lombardo, but I’ve got the double bass drum chops! Lemmy’s interesting to talk to; he always has funny anecdotes.

HOH: Tell me about you, Slash and Duff collaborating with Macy Gray on “Kiss It.” Man, I’m sure that was a blast.

MS: Yeah, Macy’s a friend. I had her up at my studio and she asked me, ‘Matt, can you call Slash and Duff?’ I said, ‘Well, yeah, baby!’ That’s pretty much how it went down. I think it’s a good track and a good song. Slash is a funk master. He’s got that soulful kind of style, anyway. I love Macy. I think she’s a super talent.

HOH: So, everybody’s reporting about the current Velvet Revolver vocalist auditions. How’re things going to this point? Any front runners?

MS: We’ve had more guys in the studio last month than we’ve had in the last two-and-a-half years, so we’re going to make a point of getting back out there in 2011. That’s the plan. We’ve been saying it awhile and people are probably like, ‘Yeah, yeah, yeah, whatever,’ but we haven’t given up hope. It’s a big animal to fill those shoes. We want to make the right decision. We don’t want to come out half-cocked and let people down, and let ourselves down. We’re taking our time, but we’re not going to take much more time, I can tell you that. We’re ready to crank up again.

PLAYLIST – Feb 28 – March 06, 2011

PLAYLIST February 28, 2011 – March 06, 2011

• RATT   Body Talk
• THIN LIZZY   Cowboy Song
• BLACK SABBATH   Heaven And Hell
• DAVID LEE ROTH   Yankee Rose
• AEROSMITH   Livin’ On The Edge
• SARAYA   Love Has Taken Its Toll
• FASTWAY   Say What You Will
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• REQUEST OF THE WEEK
• JOE SATRIANI   Surfing With The Alien
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• QUIET RIOT   Welcome To The Jungle
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• THE 3rd DEE-GREE
• PAT TRAVERS   Snortin’ Whiskey
• OZZY OSBOURNE   Bark At The Moon
• WHITESNAKE   Fool For Your Lovin’
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• EUROPE   The Final Countdown
• FASTER PUSSYCAT   Bathroom Wallv
• KIX   Don’t Close Your Eyes
• SAXON   Denim And Leather
• SAMMY HAGAR   Your Love Is Driving Me Crazy
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• GREASY ROOTS OF METAL
• MC5   Kick Out The Jams
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• JUDAS PRIEST   Breakin The Law (live)
• GUNS N’ ROSES   My Michelle
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• HAIR PAIR
• BON JOVI   Keep The Faith
• BON JOVI   Lay Your Hands On Me
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• CINDERELLA   Move Over
• DEF LEPPARD   Armageddon It
• KISS   Detroit Rock City
• WHITE LION   Wait
• DOKKEN   Unchain the Night
• BRUCE DICKINSON   Tattooed Millionaire
• L.A. GUNS   Rip And Tear
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• REQUEST OF THE WEEK
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• Yo, Dee!! Saw you last year in Phoenix at Alice Cooper’s Christmas Pudding. You and Twisted Sister rocked the show! I got so excited I accidentally raised my hand in the air & hit my girl in the face! L Needless to say, I didn’t get any that night. Hope to see you soon. PS: Don’t know if you remember or not but I was the one who yelled out “HOH.” T S. is # 1. U guys keep rockin the mic! T S rules.
  
  –Chris in Phoenix, AZ, listening to KDKB

What’s New – Week of March 7, 2011

All hail to the mighty hairbands of yesteryear!

Are you ready to stumble back a few decades and get down to the hairier side of rock? Then pull on the spandex, tug on that old black concert tee ‘til it fits (hey, did this thing shrink?) And get ready to rrrrrock! I’ll be strutting across the airwaves with Kiss and Twisted Sister, launching a holy war with Megadeth, and committing a Mindcrime or two with Queensryche. It’s gonna be loud and outta control (when is it not?) – so join me for this week’s House of Hair…or else!