LordOfTheThighs

Wife, daughter, and I throwing darts, and listening to Live @ Budokan tonight.

WOW! I'm just floored by these guitar pics. If they sound and play as good as they look, then The Shish is gonna busy filling out new orders for quite a while. To the new owners, ENJOY!

Gotta have flame for me.

Wife & kids got me an iPad 2 Air 64GB. Love it! And I got a Keurig coffee maker. Java time. ☕️

Nice pics, as always.

Mind Blown

That's just way too cool ! Ole Bill would be shitting a brick if he knew Paul Hamer was handling his guitar. Or maybe he is.

The Sweet version sounded pretty good. Sounded like Steve Priest on the spoken parts. That's usually his M.O. Sweet must have been returning the favor, since Ace covered Fox On The Run, a couple of years ago.

Ace did alright. The Roots probably only practiced the song a couple of times. Not that it's a tough one to play. But he didn't get to play the lead at the end of the song, like he usually does, because The Roots, obviously didn't go into the break. In my mind, I compared it to Rob Halford performing with Earth Wind & Fire. Just doesn't go together.

After watching the 0017 slideshow, I feel like this ....

Well ... just got logged in for the the first time today, and a new guitar company has been announced, AND sold out their first run of gits. AWESOME ! I guess I'm glad I got in late, because now I don't have stress out over trying to swing one of these, right now. The king is dead ... Long Live The King.

2 Standards ??!! You're doing it RIGHT ! Congrats on a great looking pair.

Nice. And I'm digging the zebra skin rug, too.

It's a good thing that was the last Hamer, cause there ain't no way they could have topped it. (IMHO) What bad-ass bitchin' Standard. Perfect. Congrats on one of the coolest Hamers Evah!!!

I mean look at that thing. It's gorgeous, (the guitar that is ). What kind of a corporate rube says, "Hey ... lets quit making these things." (If I could have ever custom ordered a Standard ... it'd be just like that.)

You guys are the artists behind the artists. Your work has wow'd and blown our collective minds for a long time. With the skill set that you guys have, it'd be cool if you could start your own small company, and build up over time. Look at what Suhr has done. You fellas have a stellar reputation among a large number of potential customers. I just hate to hear it. You guys will hopefully land on your feet, with the uber-skillz you have.

Perfect !!! It was, I was too scared to play it or scratch it....so I sold it....

Perfect !!!

Scorpion Child's debut album. Really good stuff. Has a cool '70s sound. Check'em out

I seen WASP on that tour. Their show was pretty over the top, for that day. I don't recall Blackie and Holmes asses, tho.

I wouldn't be surprised if they all played together, along with the other inductees and guests, for the big mega jam, that always closes the festivities.

LOL! He'll probably overplay it again, when he sits in with Cat Stevens.

Fixed. Paul had some good comments in the Classic Rock Magazine interview regarding which band members get inducted, citing the Chili Peppers bringing up their first drummer who was in the band before anyone knew who they were. They also excluded Navarro, which I found odd. There doesn't seem to be a rhyme or reason to it. If the Hall makes that call, why would they exclude a guy who was in Jane's Addiction, a darling to the Rolling Stone brass? And if the band makes the call, why isn't Eric Carr, a beloved member of KISS, going in? So far we've only heard Ace and Peter's side; I wonder if/when we'll hear a response from Gene or Paul. Regardless, none of this is surprising. We have another CCR situation brewing here, where the other two living members were allowed onstage for the acceptance but excluded from the musical portion, during which they walked out of the theater (I think I'm remembering that correctly). It's all very childish (as is gossiping about them, or worse, doing a Podcast about them) but I guess none of us plebes will ever fully understand the rock star ego. Which is probably for the best. Edit: it just occurred to me that the Hall probably wants Navarro to go in first with Jane's, thus the Chili Peppers exclusion. Didn't need fixing - I said Lick It Up on purpose. Vinne definitely raised the bar talent-wise and wrote some great songs on Creatures, but that was their worst-selling tour and album up to that point (and probably still is). They also chose to downplay Vinnie's involvement at the time by using Ace's picture on the cover. However, on Lick It Up Vinnie was fully acknowledged as a member of the band and that was the album that put them back on the map and for better or worse, MTV. As for the HoF's decision not to induct the later band members, that seems to like a backward way of acknowleding that the Ace/Peter era had the sales, popularity, and influence that the later lineups didn't. I'm the opposite. I hated them when I was young and only started listening to them a few years ago. Mark Evans should have been inducted with AC/DC! I wouldn't blame Gene & Paul if they choose to not mention Vinnie Vincent. He's been a thorn in their side for years. I don't know exactly how much $$$ Vinnie claims is owed him, but KISS' lawyers beat the claim. But as mentioned, Vinnie sparked the resurgence of KISS becoming a hard rock band again. And I totally agree ... Mark Evans should have been inducted with AC/DC. He played a huge role on AC/DC's first 3 albums albums, and those albums are are held in the highest esteem. AC/DC blowing KISS out of the water in every single aspect ... No On my personal scorecard, I place them within a few points of each other.

Go find another thread to piss on.