While doing last week’s Sunday Metal, YouTube of course suggests related videos. I start digging through and see other Midnight Special videos… from KISS!

Here’s some great footage of “Black Diamond”.

“She” with a solo from Ace:

Not from Midnight Special, but old B&W footage of “Parasite”

A recent live performance of “Parasite” (for contrast)

“I Stole Your Love” from 1977. Contrast the stage setup:

Wrote this post with Daughter sitting here, watching along. She can appreciate the live performance, the lack of Auto-Tune, and all that goes with it. 🙂

A side project of Monster Magnet’s Ed Mundell. Magnet was having issues. Ed did this band. So I checked it out.

“Last Of the V8 Interceptors”

Not much of a video, but a cool song.

My buddy W just told me about these guys, the Texas Hippie Coalition.

Not bad. I hear some Pantera-like undertones, some stoner-rock (THC, get it?), a Texas vibe and attitude. I’ll be looking more into them for sure.

Megadeth with “Head Crusher” off their “Endgame” album (which is pretty kick-ass).

What struck me about the video tho, that was pretty kick-ass too, was the video concept. And, the star fighter in it, Michelle Waterson. I could tell from watching the video she was a legit martial artist and fighter, and sure enough… she’s got an 8-3 MMA record.

Kick ass. 🙂

I know I did this entry before, but I wanted to repeat it…. only because with all the (sad?) childish b.s. going on with the band right now, I get the feeling the train isn’t going to rolling for much longer.

All the drama aside, damn… Joe was rippin’ on that take.

Mötley Crüe performing “Livewire” at 1983’s US Festival.

What I love about this performance is it’s a band doing a live performance! They’re working the crowd, constantly. From the long opening segment, to throughout the song. Always interacting and involving the crowd. And for (then) such a young band. Speaking of that, I liked one thing Vince slipped in…. “Hey Tommy…. everyone on Mick Mars’ side of the stage…. everyone on Nikki Sixx’s side…”. Figuring they have fans in the audience, but that it’s also a huge festival, some people won’t know who they are… a chance to help the crowd get to know them and build connections.

And sure… they sound a little bit like shit… but this is a band playing live. No Auto-Tune, no backing tracks. Just the band playing live and raw.

OK OK… Warrant. How metal are they? Not very.

But the fact of the matter is, “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” rocks. The lyrical matter isn’t typical “hair band” fluff. It’s pretty guitar-driven. It’s heavy (for Warrant). Has a good hook. It tells a great story. Yeah most of the rest of Warrant’s stuff is shit (it’s fun, but it’s nothing spectacular). But this song is a gem.

Who knew a chainsaw could be played with so much soul

The Circle Jerks, “I Wanna Destroy You”. With bonus background vocals by Debbie Gibson (yes, that Debbie Gibson).

Life IS beautiful.