KICKACTS book Review ” Rick Springfield’s “Late, Late at Night”

I just recently got to read Rick Springfield’s autobiography entitled “Late, Late at Night”. I have to tell you it was quite an interesting read. Most of you might just consider him a pop “Rock Star” but the book covers far more than that. He drills down deep into his upbringing, mistakes and successes and doesn’t hold anything back. He basically bares his soul and at his own expense. It covered him growing up in the fifties back in his home in Australia and how he was somewhat of an army brat and how he and his parents moved about every three years. He talked about his first guitar and the love he has for animals and of course his career from his start on “Mission Magic” on the Saturday morning cartoon show.  Anyone remember that? I do…

 The book covers basically his entire life warts and all. His many ups and downs and not sure “of’s”. The impression I also gathered from the book is he, like a lot of musicians and people in general has had a severe bout with depression his entire life. Even at the top of his game when he was “Noah Drake” on General Hospital and having a hit record at the same time he felt like he was worthless and even at a young age attempted suicide. Obviously, being a child of the 50’s and touring by late 60’s, he experienced and was caught up in the “what was normal at the time” drug scene… Even telling that he got the clap a few times and something to the fact he was wearing his dick out (his own words) on the endless groupies…

But the book is much more than that… I don’t want to give away too much information but he talks about some of the exciting gigs he had over the years and even playing in Hot Zones in Vietnam and helping load mortars while their camp was under fire.

 I highly recommend checking out the book. I couldn’t put it down.

Chuck

to buy it on Amazon, go here:

http://www.amazon.com/Late-at-Night-Rick-Springfield/dp/1439191158/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1289935889&sr=8-1

HEAVEN & HELL: Full ‘Children Of The Sea’ Performance From ‘Neon Nights’ DVD Available – Nov. 15, 2010

from blabbermouth…

New “Disturbed” video “The Animal”

The intro sounds just like Reo SpeedWagon’s live version of “Riding the Storm Out”…

New Van Halen in 2011, are they even still worth it?

It’s only been since 1998 that thye have released a full album…

According to Melodicrock.com, VAN HALEN‘s long-awaited new studio album is being produced by Ross Hogarth, who has previously worked with MÖTLEY CRÜE, COAL CHAMBER, FASTER PUSSYCAT and DEVILDRIVER, among others. Hogarth wrote in an early July online posting, “The record I just started ROCKS!!! [It] will be amazing… That is all I will say…”

Music publishing company Warner/Chappell Music announced in August that it had extended its publishing administration contract with guitarist Eddie Van Halen and drummer Alex Van Halen, noting that the band “is currently in the studio recording an album with (singer David Lee) Roth that is due for release in 2011.”

Meanwhile, according to Billboard.com, VAN HALEN manager Irving Azoff, who is also the executive chairman of Live Nation, mentioned on two separate conference calls that VAN HALEN was expected to hit the road next year, presumably in support of a new record.

Word of a new VAN HALEN album, the band’s first with original vocalist David Lee Roth on the mic since 1983, first began circulating in late June when MelodicRock.com reported from an unnamed source that the project was halfway completed.

VAN HALEN spokesperson Janie Van Halen, Eddie‘s wife, denied the rumors, telling Rolling Stone, “I don’t have any updates at this time.”

Eddie himself told Rolling Stone last year that he was working on material for a new record, but was waiting for his hand to heal from surgery and for his son and bassist Wolfgang to graduate from high school.

A new VAN HALEN record would be the band’s first full studio effort since 1998’s “Van Halen III”, which featured Gary Cherone on lead vocals.

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=149470

Sebastian Bach gets arrested

TMZ.com has obtained the surveillance footage showing former SKID ROW singer Sebastian Bach getting violent, restrained and ultimately arrested in a bar in Canada early Monday morning.

Riley’s Olde Towne Pub owner Jim Kakouros told The Peterborough Examiner trouble started when Bach and a few of his friends approached the pub’s musician of the evening, Josh Gontier, and asked if they could sing.

After being told to talk to management, Bach chose to sit back down and began heckling and cursing Gontier, Kakouros said, and Bach began throwing ice cubes at him, asking if he knew who he was.

At that point staff stepped in and asked Bach to stop.

Bach was eventually asked to leave, Kakouros said, but was allowed to stay and finish his glass of wine.

Read the entire report from The Peterborough Examiner.

Check out the video footage at TMZ.com.

A Chex Television report on Bach‘s arrest can be viewed below.

Steve Perry asks to return to Journey

as was denied by the band….I had always heard he had a bad case of “LSD” when he was in the band..(Lead Singer’s Disease”..chuck

Former Journey frontman Steve Perry has stunned his former band mates by asking to rejoin the group in the wake of the rockers’ recent chart revival.

Perry left the band for good in 1998 to embark on a solo career and Filipino singer Arnel Pineda took over vocal duties in 2007. They have since enjoyed renewed success after their power ballad Don’t Stop Believin’ was covered by the cast of hit TV musical Glee.

And now former frontman Perry allegedly wants to rejoin the band, according to founding member Neal Schon.

The guitarist tells Britain’s Daily Star, “He seems to be enjoying the spotlight a little too much. The fact is he’s no longer the lead singer. He walked out.”

http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2010/11/12/steve_perry_wants_to_rejoin_journey_

Kirk Hammett plays “kiddie” football!! Fail :)

The kid is ok people….just bad timing 🙂