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For some reason this photo made me think of The Gunnar Thread.
rock’n’roll music baby!!
HAHAHA!!!
What a coincidence! I recently got some glasses that are kind of like that.
My ESP senses also detect another similarly awesome photo in…
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Aaaaaaaaaaaaahh!!
Haha you’re hanging out at calico!
Late,
grmpysmrf
Haha you’re hanging out at calico!
Late,
grmpysmrf
Akbar and I made a quick stop there on the way to Vegas and did some gold panning so we’d be filthy rich ballers.
HAHAHA!!!
What a coincidence! I recently got some glasses that are kind of like that.
for the record i saw twisted sister open for iron maiden in memphis.
03-Feb-1985 Memphis, Tennessee – USA Mid South Coliseum
for the record i saw twisted sister open for iron maiden in memphis.
03-Feb-1985 Memphis, Tennessee – USA Mid South Coliseum
KICKASS!!!
I saw Twisted Sister on their Stay Hungry tour when I was visiting my aunt in CT…they opened for Dio on his Last in Line Tour…I still have a Stay Hungry tour shit that is about 3 sizes too small…haha…
Ebay, Dude! Those tour shirts fetch a great price.
And speaking of TS . . . . I’m actually going to see Dee Snider this weekend at a free concert in Vegas.
Haha,I have a giant bag of old concert t-shirts going all the way back to 1979…I’ve thought about selling them but each time I do I get all sentimental and put them back in the bag…
Is Dee doing a solo gig?
Is Dee doing a solo gig?
Yeah, this summer they’ve been running a series of 80’s rocker concerts. It’s tied into that Rock of Ages theme or something. I know they had Vince Neil, Warrant, Night Ranger, and a bunch of other crap I don’t care about, but when I was in town with Akbar last month I saw the ad for Dee’s show.
He’s gonna be performing a mix of his solo stuff and TS songs and some other classic covers, apparently. I’m sure there will be more TS songs than solo stuff as myself and maybe another 1.8% of the audience will be the only ones that actually gave a crap about him after 1985.
All I know is . . . It’s gonna be AWESOME!!!
The real question is what percentage of the set will be Widowmaker songs??[:)][cool]
Yeah, I’m not expecting many of those, hahaha!!!
I’m just glad the concert is in the summer so he doesn’t sing any Christmas songs.
One thing that’s funny is . . . I wear that TS shirt all the friggin’ time. But no one in LA or anywhere else ever says anything about it. But in VEGAS I get all kinds of compliments and high-fives all the time for it.
I saw TS play in Vegas back in 2005, actually. It was so badass! A small venue (probably about 600 or so) and they totally killed. I snuck in the back so my buddy and I were hanging out with the band during sound check. All the dudes (especially AJ and his wife) were super cool. I never met Dee, though. He hides in his dressing room. I had my buddy snap a picture of me standing on stage in front of the speaker stacks, hahaha!!! I’ll find it later.
Gunnar, did you ever get into W.A.S.P?!?!
W.A.S.P were klassik.
Gunnar, did you ever get into W.A.S.P?!?!
W.A.S.P were klassik.
Yes. I love W.A.S.P.
So, I got in a brawl and fought a crippled man at the Dee Snider show.
Story coming soon to a Prongs forum near you . . .
CRIPPLE FIGHT!!!
I got to the Dee Snider show about 90 minutes early so I could check out the scene, establish a spot up front, and make some friends. There was a small petite lady, Roxy, who had brought her daughter, Christina, with her and we formed a good rapport quickly as she enjoyed my smart ass remarks about some of the guests and crew as well as my stories of prior concert adventures. A lot of the early arrivers (like myself and Roxy) were also bonding as many of us had been to the same Twisted Sister show back in 2005.
When a couple arrived both wearing different MANOWAR t-shirts and looking even more metal than me I figured we’d hit it off so I introduced myself. When they told us their names were BLAZE and METALEENA I knew I’d struck gold. All of us up front were having a great time and just waiting for the show to start when, about 10 minutes before showtime we hear “Wheelchair, coming through!!!”.
There was a crusty bearded dude in the wheelchair and he had a guy in back of him and one to his right also shouting to let him through. I honestly don’t know if either or both of these guys were actually friends of Wheely or if they had just decided to campaign on his behalf. I had stepped a bit to the right and honestly didn’t care too much whether they were given the right-of-way or not. I usually awkwardly just allow such people to pass and even might help facilitate it. But I also 100% respect and appreciate the work put in by hardcore devotees like myself who properly show up early to shows so that we can get the prime spots we want. Wheely and his cohorts were just being schmucks and showing no class as they continued to shout for Blaze to move. Blaze turned around and told them to go around to the side and security would let them go up front (I’m quite sure he’s right about this, too, as the VIP area was not over-crowded and this was a free show anyway).
The guys kept yelling and Blaze and Metalina were just ignoring them, but eventually got to the point where Blaze shouted back “F**k off!! We’re not moving!”. One of Wheely’s amigos tried to tell me to let them through. I told him, “Dude, it ain’t my problem. I’m not even in front of you. And I already have a wheelchair in front of me. “ Indeed, there was a lady with one of those motorized Lark type scooters in front of me and the gals because she had been there just as long as we had. That’s how it works, People. You want to be up front, you get there early. Don’t show up 5 minutes before showtime and expect the crowds to part for you like the Red Sea did for Moses.
Then Wheely snapped and lunged forward with both arms shoving Blaze in the back. Chaos ensued and the next thing I know there’s some flailing with Team-Cripple and Blaze. I wasn’t worried about Blaze, to be honest, as he looked like he could hold his own. I was primarily focused on protecting the tiny Roxy and her small daughter, so I turned to be a human shield in front of them and block any errant limbs or objects flying around. Meanwhile, a few people up front were also yelling for Security to come and aid the situation.
I didn’t even see what all transpired, but as Security came over, I saw that Metalina had blood on her face. Wheely was still screaming jibberish and when I saw him flail his arms again I quickly caught his arms by the wrists and restrained them out in front of me and snarled at him, then just stood there holding his arms. One of his comrades told me to let him go and I said, “I’m not hurting him! There’s women and kids here and I can’t have him swingin’ around like an asshole!” Wheely barked something at me and I told him, “Shut up and calm down or I’m gonna break your arms to match your shitty legs!” He told me he’d be good and for some time actually had stopped moving his arms so I released my hold on him.
Security was tending to Metalina at this time who was properly amped up and telling Security to remove the jerks. I guess things were moving too slow for my taste, or maybe I just thought it would be funny, but for some reason I decided I’d just push his wheelchair out the crowd and as far out of the place as possible. Nope, it wasn’t happening. It was one of those motorized wheelchairs, and when I tried to shove it forward or backwards I realized that it must have some electromagnetic brake or something as it would not budge even an inch. My next plan was even more ridiculous considering I couldn’t even move the thing, but I guess riding an adrenaline high myself I was more in a “Hulk Smash!” than “MacGuyver genius” mode, as I attempted to pick up or pivot his chair by grabbing and lifting it by the arms.
I did NOT lift the chair. I did, however, end up ripping off the control console with the joystick and what not. It just snapped off of the arm! I let it drop, dangling from a snapped bracket and severed cables and wires. I sort of washed my hands of the situation at that point and told Security to take it from there.
Metalina had gone off to the side of the stage to fill out a report and such and watched the show for a while from the side. Blaze left the front after a while when another friend showed up. He told me before he left to come find them after the show (I’m pretty sure the plan was for us to have some beers together and recount what an awesome brawl it was). I never got to meet up with Blaze and Metalina again, though, as Roxy had left the front before the end of the show to go find a restroom and I told Christina I’d take her back to find her mom (she’d texted that she was at the Golden Nugget). When I got back to the stage area I couldn’t find the rest of my comrades anywhere.
I did, however, get to bask in the glory of our valiant battle later in the evening when my wife and I met some Canadians who were at the show and were properly impressed with the rumble.
So what happened to wheely and his comrades? Why was the chair left abandonded in the pit? Where’d he go?
Apparently wheely thought this concert was going to be disneyland and he’d get ushered to th front for being handicapped. Right on blaze telling a cripple to fuck off! Awesome story!
Late,
grmpysmrf
So what happened to wheely and his comrades?
I honestly don’t know.
It would depend, I think, on whether Metalleena wanted to take action against them.
And actually, now that I think about it, maybe that’s why Blaze and Metalleena disappeared. They may’ve been talking to the cops or something. Perhaps that’s why Blaze told me to meet them afterward (to back up the story and be a witness).
What was funny is that Wheely’s “friends” totally broke rank when they realized that the Security was going to sort it out (and people might end up getting punished). One of the guys behind Wheely was arguing some crap and the Security guy was asking him, “So are you WITH him?” and the guy totally then denied it, “No, I’m not with him.” Either they weren’t actually friends or they’re really crappy friends.
Why was the chair left abandonded in the pit?
The chair was not abandoned and Wheely was always in it. Security guys somehow dragged it out with him on it.
Where’d he go?
Beats me. But I’m sure a trip to the joystick store and Jifffy Lube is in his near future.
Apparently wheely thought this concert was going to be disneyland and he’d get ushered to th front for being handicapped.
Well, yeah, and if he’d used his brain and actually listened to what Blaze told him the first time, I’m quite sure he could have been . . . and he’d have a better spot than he was fighting for.
Right on blaze telling a cripple to fuck off! Awesome story!
When it first happened I was actually quite conflicted and wasn’t sure what side I should even be on. It was bullcrap, though, when the gimpy bastard assaulted my homies. I wasn’t even going to get involved and just wanted to make sure the gals were safe, but when I saw Blaze’s woman with a bleeding forehead I just jumped in.