In the 80's you had to be a shit-hot guitarist to get a gig

[charveldan]

Or have a really good drug connection......ammirite ?

 

[JackBootedThug]

don't know. i never started gigging till the 90's.

 

[IndyWS6]

Depends where you were...

Sunset Strip? Sure... Ottumwa, Iowa? Not so much...

 

[311boogieman]

 

[charveldan]

Think in most cases u just had to have the hair ...

 

[ChadVanHalen]

Think in most cases u just had to have the hair ...

Dude Nitro had some serious chops... As tacky as it is, MAB's multi-neck playing is still extremely impressive

 

[MississippiMetal]

Two words: Vinnie Vincent.

 

[Doughboy]

I love Nicki Rose almost as much as he loves his BOSS BF-1 pedal.

 

[C1-ocaster]

Or have a really good drug connection......ammirite ?

Must be the latter for Poison then, cause great playing was not in their band DNA.
Proper makeup and application and serious skills with hair brushes, combs, and hair spray did the deed nicely for them.

Looking like you could fit into a size 0 girls was also a big pre-requisite.
It was Glam Rock x 10! in the 80's.

 

[voodooradio1]

I love Nicki Rose almost as much as he loves his BOSS BF-1 pedal.

Is this the same guy that offers a cash reward for anyone that can find him a girlfriend/victim? Whenever I see people like this, I can't help but wonder what it is like walking through life ignorant as to how others perceive you.? Oh well, ignorance is bliss.

 

[charveldan]

 

[mooncobra]

that's a joke, his real name is Ramone Polchowski. he was best friends with weird al yankovic. they started out together in a serious band called spilled milk. after playing for a while, weird al decided to follow his heart, split up the band, and started his comedic versions of hit songs. ramone was left behind, feeling abandoned by his childhood friend. he took a stab at comedic musical performances like weird al, but they did not catch on. apparently, ramone had an immune system of steel and went to work for the CDC being exposed to all sorts of rare tropical, Asian and African diseases and viruses. he was finally doing good, and was happy and content. his blood was used to create vaccines. he finally got a rare disease he could not fight off. horrifically, one of the symptoms is a tree bark like crust that slowly engulfs the body. now he lives isolated from humanity. not because he is contagious, but because he is hideously disfigured. another symptom causes the bones to bow. he is the stuff of childrens nightmares, a grisly and ghastly subhuman beast. I bet he lusts for his nikki rose days now. he thought people would find them funny like weird als parodies. but, in this digital age, his true story fell alng the way, and now people take the nikki rose videos as a serious stab at making music.

 

[mooncobra]

that's a joke, his real name is Ramone Polchowski. he was best friends with weird al yankovic. they started out together in a serious band called spilled milk. after playing for a while, weird al decided to follow his heart, split up the band, and started his comedic versions of hit songs. ramone was left behind, feeling abandoned by his childhood friend. he took a stab at comedic musical performances like weird al, but they did not catch on. apparently, ramone had an immune system of steel and went to work for the CDC being exposed to all sorts of rare tropical, Asian and African diseases and viruses. he was finally doing good, and was happy and content. his blood was used to create vaccines. he finally got a rare disease he could not fight off. horrifically, one of the symptoms is a tree bark like crust that slowly engulfs the body. now he lives isolated from humanity. not because he is contagious, but because he is hideously disfigured. another symptom causes the bones to bow. he is the stuff of childrens nightmares, a grisly and ghastly subhuman beast. I bet he lusts for his nikki rose days now. he thought people would find them funny like weird als parodies. but, in this digital age, his true story fell alng the way, and now people take the nikki rose videos as a serious stab at making music.

that was a joke

 

[Badronald]

Nah. There were plenty of crappy guitarists back then and even more important most of them were terrible song writers. IMO.

 

[Shark Diver]

Well, late '80s into the '90s. It wasn't so easy learning Vito Bratta, Paul Gilbert, EVH and Vai licks on a cassette that was stretching out of tune.

 

[racerevlon]

that's a joke, his real name is Ramone Polchowski. he was best friends with weird al yankovic. they started out together in a serious band called spilled milk. after playing for a while, weird al decided to follow his heart, split up the band, and started his comedic versions of hit songs. ramone was left behind, feeling abandoned by his childhood friend. he took a stab at comedic musical performances like weird al, but they did not catch on. apparently, ramone had an immune system of steel and went to work for the CDC being exposed to all sorts of rare tropical, Asian and African diseases and viruses. he was finally doing good, and was happy and content. his blood was used to create vaccines. he finally got a rare disease he could not fight off. horrifically, one of the symptoms is a tree bark like crust that slowly engulfs the body. now he lives isolated from humanity. not because he is contagious, but because he is hideously disfigured. another symptom causes the bones to bow. he is the stuff of childrens nightmares, a grisly and ghastly subhuman beast. I bet he lusts for his nikki rose days now. he thought people would find them funny like weird als parodies. but, in this digital age, his true story fell alng the way, and now people take the nikki rose videos as a serious stab at making music.

that was a joke

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