One of you old school LA players....

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In '88 or '89 we had Sunset Strip gig lined up. The other guitarist and bass player decide to bleach their hair with super concentrated peroxide. It was bad. Luckily, we were otherwise normally dressed. The singer who was borrowed from another band shows up with a blonde wig. His second time jamming with us. He would always come over and drink beers with us but wanted to stick with his band. He pulled off Take Hold of the Flame and improvised over our progressive metal originals like a champ. We had fullstacks of 70's 100W Marshalls and a badass Ludwig kit. We had zero pedals then.
 
'81 - '93 - I was playing the local / regional club circuit, based in CT; (Hartford, New Haven, Bridgeport, New Britain, Torrington, more I forget) between NYC and Boston; RI, eastern upstate NY, western MA (mostly Springfield). probably twenty+ bands, some only doing 1-2 shows before disbanding.

punk, classic rock, metal in the early '80s, gradually moving into hair metal, thrash, prog, death by '93;

moved to Atlanta in early '94, and joined my last band, playing bass, in an Atlanta-based, death/black metal band, that had a good sized following in the southeast, though we sold tapes around the world; headlined shows at International Ballroom, Masquerade, and some smaller venues....

I nearly got shot by a cop/sheriff outside of Birmingham, AL at a metal fest we headlined out on some farm; which got raided during a break between our sets (second set never happened); I also blew the speaker in my ADA 1x15 cab that night, took months to get it back under warranty repair...I think I got some kind of Peavey 1x18 I used for awhile because it was cheap.
 
Fusionbear said:
Lol, same here. What happened on the strip, stays there.... My time there was from 1982 to 1991. It really was as wild as people claim...

Here is what I looked like back then....

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Now, hanging with a high school band bud getting ready to play a gig...

March 1, 2025:
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The years have taken their toll...
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If I looked half that good in my later years I'd call it a blessing. Still looking like a stud yo!!!
 
VonBonfire said:
I guess I never understood the whole slam dance-mosh pit thing.
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I never understood the mosh pit thing either. Then i got drunk at a death metal show.

I like to stand right in the center of the mosh area. That way, when my beer gets knocked out of my hand, I know it is go time. I do not throw women, but men go flying. Good clean fun
 
rsm said:
'81 - '93 - I was playing the local / regional club circuit, based in CT; (Hartford, New Haven, Bridgeport, New Britain, Torrington, more I forget) between NYC and Boston; RI, eastern upstate NY, western MA (mostly Springfield). probably twenty+ bands, some only doing 1-2 shows before disbanding.
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Same area & circuit ! I'm guessing Webster Theater, Toads, Skidders, Keg House, Agora, Sting, City Limits (Shitty Limits) Alley Cat, Tuxedo Junction, The Chance, Saratoga Winners...
 
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Wayniac3 said:
Same area & circuit ! I'm guessing Webster Theater, Toads, Skidders, Keg House, Agora, Sting, City Limits (Shitty Limits) Alley Cat, Tuxedo Junction, The Chance, Saratoga Winners...
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Many of those are familiar; I can't remember some unless I see the name or a pic...also Scotch & Sounds, (Boston and Providence), Bell Buoy, Rusty Nail, The Rat (Boston), Alfredo's House of Rock, Purple Gator, Living Room, CBGB, L'Amour, Toads in New Haven and Waterbury, Gatsby's in Middletown, The Ritz in NYC. Fore n Aft over the NY border in Brewster, not far from Danbury with Tuxedo Junction. I vaguely remember a Webster Hall, maybe it was Webster Theater?

There was a club in Hartford, CT downtown that was huge for hair metal and I can't recall the name, I played there so many times; there was another small club downtown Waterbury, it was a biker bar, and I think some club either owned it or just would go there all the time.

For a side gig in CT, I was a driver for female strippers, and got to know many, and they'd come to my hair band shows and bring friends...
 
VonBonfire said:
I think we had this conversation once before. Most of the "artists" in that documentary were garbage but yeah, the Seduce and Megadeth portions were awesome. That's cool he was so appreciative of you bringing it up. Guy was a smoking player, I'm guessing he still rips. Great band.
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Oh yeah I remember that!
 
rsm said:
Many of those are familiar; I can't remember some unless I see the name or a pic...also Scotch & Sounds, (Boston and Providence), Bell Buoy, Rusty Nail, The Rat (Boston), Alfredo's House of Rock, Purple Gator, Living Room, CBGB, L'Amour, Toads in New Haven and Waterbury, Gatsby's in Middletown, The Ritz in NYC. Fore n Aft over the NY border in Brewster, not far from Danbury with Tuxedo Junction. I vaguely remember a Webster Hall, maybe it was Webster Theater?

There was a club in Hartford, CT downtown that was huge for hair metal and I can't recall the name, I played there so many times; there was another small club downtown Waterbury, it was a biker bar, and I think some club either owned it or just would go there all the time.

For a side gig in CT, I was a driver for female strippers, and got to know many, and they'd come to my hair band shows and bring friends...
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Boppers was New Haven & Waterbury
Webster theater
 
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