Sad about JYD…So many of those guys died so early…and so many of their deaths are tragic and sad…rarely is it just old age or natural causes…
I wonder if Bugsy McGraw is still alive…anyone remember that crazy old son of a bitch…?
Probably listed here once before but it bares repeating,
Soul Asylum- Grave Dancer’s Union-
Horrible Tripe. Bleck
I was just reading up on JUNK YARD DOG on Wikipedia. It broke my heart to read that following his death in 1998 (car crash) he was buried in an unmarked grave (I’m assuming he was flat broke with no provisions made before hand).
Maybe the Wrestling Boot Travelling Band can do a benefit show to raise some money to buy JYD a proper headstone.
Considering about 1,000,000 kids in the 80s had his wrestling action figure the least the WWF/WWE or whatever the hell they call themselves these days is sort the man out a proper funeral & grave. I guess most of those dolls are now in old junk shops and folk wonder who the hell it is…just like his grave. Time can be tough.
Check out Dino Bravo’s wiki page Pinz.
Rick Martel on the murder of DINO BRAVO:
“Dino tried to stay in the [WWF] but he just couldn’t…Vince didn’t wanna have him back. I remember I called Pat Patterson and I suggested that I team up with Dino - because I liked Dino. I said, ‘I’ll take the bumps and [do] all the moving around and he can do the strong stuff…I’m sure we can make it work, you know?’ He said, ‘No, no…we just think that Dino doesn’t fit anymore in our plans…’
Dino had kind of painted himself in a corner. Dino liked the high lifestyle…he had a sports Mercedes, he had a big home, you know…and [suddenly] wrestling was over. Dino couldn’t be a 9 to 5 guy…he didn’t have any business experience of any kind. Wrestling was his whole life. And back then, WWF was the only game in town. So if he couldn’t do it for the WWF, what could he do?
His uncle [by marriage] was the head of the mafia in Montreal. And he was always saying, ‘Dino, come work for me…’
I remember we were in Europe and he confided in me. ‘Rick…I know I could go into crime and do really good money…but I don’t wanna go that route…I know myself and I know what kind of guy I am…’ Dino was the kind of guy who [always wanted] more and more [but not when to stop]. He knew himself and he knew his demons.
But then his [debts] and lifestyle got too much…and all of a sudden the revenue [wasn’t] coming in.
I remember the breaking point for him was when he had to go and borrow from his mom. He told me, ‘Man…I can’t…that is too much for [my pride]…’
And back then in the early 90s the [illegal] cigarette trafficking* in Canada started. A lot of people were doing it. So Dino got into that…
[He] went to see the Indians. The Indians had the river so they could pass cigarettes [across] like crazy - or arms - whatever. And the Indians were big wrestling fans, you know? So when they saw Dino they were like, ‘Oh man…!’ They started dealing strictly with him. So Dino had the monopoly with the Indians. He started doing really well.
[After awhile] the cigarette business was doing so great that the cocaine people started saying, ‘Hey, maybe there’s some money in there for us too…’ So the big cocaine guy apparently went to see Dino and said, ‘Look, let me in on your cigarette deals and I’ll let you in on some cocaine deals…’
So what apparently happened is they did some kind of agreement…Dino had a $400,000 shipment in some warehouse somewhere and it stayed there for like, three days…and on the third day when the cocaine guy went to pick it up, the police were there.
So they were blaming each other. Dino was saying, ‘You should have picked it up [on] the first day and it never would have happened - you shouldn’t have let it sit there…’
There was a lot of heat on Dino. This was a week before he died.
It was a Wednesday. His wife and his daughter went to Ballet lessons. He was watching Hockey [on TV].
His wife found him that night.
She had his daughter in her arms - luckily, thank god, his daughter was sleeping so she didn’t see her dad. There was blood [everywhere]…on the ceiling. It was horrible.
They’d pumped ten bullets in his head.
There was no force of entry in his house…and it was the winter, so you could see there would [have been] footprints [in the snow outside]- but there were none.
They had somebody…an inside person. It was probably someone who was watching hockey with him and said, ‘Hey look, Dino, I’m gonna go to the bathroom…’ They shot him from behind. The detective told us that the remote control was loose in his hand…they say that if they shoot you from the front you [see it coming and] tense your muscles and [he would have gripped] that remote control [tightly at the point of death].
So they shot him from behind…he didn’t see anything…”
[*Cigarette smuggling is the illicit transportation of cigarettes from an administrative division with low taxation to a division with high taxation for sale and consumption. The practice, commonly used by Organized crime syndicates and rebel groups, is a form of tax evasion. In Canada, between 63 and 79 per cent of the price of a package of cigarettes is tax. As of 2009, illegal cigarettes were believed to be a $1.5 billion industry in Canada.]
Matt (Sources: ‘Rick Martel Highspots shoot’ and Wikipedia)
Luna Vachon was another great old school wrestler with awesome mic skills. Died of an overdose of painkillers. This needs a Ministry beat behind it:
Luna Vachon was another great old school wrestler with awesome mic skills. Died of an overdose of painkillers. This needs a Ministry beat behind it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yr5dLRwxoyI
You’re Forever Welcome,
Captain URL
So many of the greats have died:
Sensational Sherri
Rick Rude
Randy Savage
Owen Hart
Brian Pillman
The list goes on and on.
I like The Thunder Rolls
/Likes by Garth Brooks
You also like Mumford & Sons.
[:|]
[reply]I like The Thunder Rolls
/Likes by Garth Brooks
You also like Mumford & Sons.
[:|][/reply]
Peligro, KING of the Non Sequiturs
Why don’t we just make this " Bands I Think Are Crap Thread"?
I’ll start…
I’ll continue…
The Kaiser Chiefs
Manic Street Preachers
Rush
Dream Theater
Queensryche
The Killers
Everclear
Silverchair
Mumford & Sons
Thirty Seconds To Mars
Bon Jovi
Iron Maiden
Nickelback
3 Doors Down
Bush
Days Of The New
Cake
I’m glad you included The Prodigy.
One of the most embarrassing “electronic” acts of all time.
Can we please get back the original topic?
Worst albums IN YOUR COLLECTION.
There’s other threads (probably about 50 of them) for “most overrated bands”, “bands that suck”, etc.
I bought an album by some band called Indecent Obsession based on the album cover. They suck. I still have it and have tried to give it away to anyone who would take it with no success.
HAHA!!!
If it weren’t for “buying based solely on an album cover” I would not have discovered Rigor Mortis, which (by means of following Scaccia) led me to Ministry, which eventually led me to all of you fine people.
I mean, seriously, how could any 15 year old kid in 1988 say now to this?
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In answer to the question I have a few really bad middle eastern pop albums I bu on a lark when I lived over there. A few of the dance albums are good, but the rest is pretty terrible.
I actually really really like the old Faith No More stuff with Chuck. The singles were stupid but some of the deep cuts, oh man…
I also like early FNM, I even like the singles. It sounds like a karaoke guy singing along and I love it.
Totally disagree on Front By front, love the album. It’s like Yello meets 242, who can argue with that? Also “Felines” is one of their best songs.
I totally owned that rigor Mortis album when I was 15 or 16. Never a big thrash fan, but the cover does kind of sell it doesn’t it? Also, the Ministry connection.
Can we please get back the original topic?
Worst albums IN YOUR COLLECTION.
Toot sweet!
If that be the case…
then I pick this:
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What the fuck happened to these guys?!?!
I only keep it in my collection in the hopes that the (limited edition) vinyl I have will be worth something one day.
However: IT IS FUCKING AWFUL!
There is one song on the album where (I kid you not) Lee Dorrian (once untouchable lead growler for Napalm Death) rap/sings the HISTORY of the band in time with the music.
These are the lyrics:
[b]In 1989 the idea came to be
In Memoriam as recorded back in '90
We walked into the Forest Of Equilibrium
Saw an Ethereal Mirror next in '93
Two years it’s been of hell spent waiting is silence
Until Carnival Bizarre came in '95
Supernatural Birth Machine was shaky
Then the Caravan came to take us far away
We came back to reality in 2000
With Endtyme we were born again
Number seven was our second coming
The Garden of Delights was so unearthly[/b]
Er…yeah, Dorrian.
[shocked]
HAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Thank you, Peligro!
I’ve never heard the album, but posting those lyrics and the description really helps me feel its awfulness.
And you didn’t even touch on the unacceptable cover art.
Way cool!! My thread’s been reactivated.
Hey I’d forgotten all about that awful Cathedral album. Mind you, with the exception of Endthyme, Cathedral’s output since the late 90’s has been at best average and at worst horrendous.
As for that Journey Into Jade hoopla, Dorrian doesn’t really “rap” the lyrics as such but nevertheless, it’s pretty damn stupid.
Gunnar, I hope this brings you plenty of amusement:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dn8Q51RsElA
As was mentioned, the lyrics basically give a summary of their entire recorded history in daggy, cringe inducing prose. Why they thought that would be a good idea at the time is anyone’s guess. They sound like some high school band.
I only keep it in my collection in the hopes that the (limited edition) vinyl I have will be worth something one day.
Oh Peligro…
<wipes away tear>
I had actually been meaning to pick up that Cathedral album when it came out after reading a review…I forgot as you do though when good records are coming out constantly. I’ve actually only read praise and positive reviews on this album. I loved earlier Cathedral but didn’t really keep up after Carnival and Supernatural Birth Machine.
Just sell the record on www.discogs.com Peligro…you’ll get a decent price quick smart as people want the vinyl edition of this album.
Holy crap, Olsen and Peligro! I just started the Cathedral track. What a pile a crap! I’m only about a minute in, but I see this is a 10 minute long track, hahahahahaha!!!