Oh yeah, Sexton was a HUGE critic stroke off, then he released an album void of flashy guitar work, and that was it.
<font size="4" face="Arial">Ha, I still have that Holland album lying around somewhere.... [img]biggrin.gif[/img]Originally posted by Carl I.:
Well, I am always interested in stuff. But no big deal. Now, if you told me they sucked horribly, you know I would be begging you for it.
Wasn't there another band named Arc Angels?
I love stories of bands fucking up shit once signed. Do you remember Holland? They are a local band from around here, they even played with us a few times. Anyhoo, typical story, got signed, released an album the critics raved about, toured the world, got a huge amount for the second album, and it all went up the vocalists nose in the form of white powder. He proceeded to finally get the second one done, but had done soooo much blow, that his voice was cashed. When we finally got around to playing with him, mucho blow later, and booze later, his voice made ME sound like friggin' Steve Perry! Still looked good though, so he atleast was still getting laid. [img]graemlins/thumbs_up.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/wonder.gif[/img]
Oh yeah, Sexton was a HUGE critic stroke off, then he released an album void of flashy guitar work, and that was it.
Didn't Sexton play on some Bowie record as well? Arc Angels, the Sexton one, had one cool tune, but the rest of the CD from my recollection was average.
With Twisted Sister, Stay Hungry sold 5 mill in the states alone. Worldwide was probably close to 10 I would guess. Maybe TS got shafted badly by managers etc or something. Or he got a raw deal in his TS days. I saw an article a few years back on a guy whom I'd never heard of. He played on one Beach Boys album and was getting about 65K a year from royalties up until the late eighties. He played or co-wrote some stuff on an album in the late 60's early seventies.
If you want to see a good music movie, check out 24 hour party people. It's about the rise and fall of Factory Records. They guy from Happy Mondays was a complete waste case. They got 250K to go to Bermuda I think. They recorded the album without any vocals. Then the singer held the master tapes captive until they gave him some more money which he blew up his nose. It's a really interesting movie and well done.
<font size="4" face="Arial">I thought he WAS still playing with the Dictators. He's deffo back in Twisted Sister.Originally posted by Carl I.:
I don't know, if he is doing that Lizzy stuff (which is a tribute basically also), maybe he is just keeping busy. Was he on the Twisted reunion stuff? He doesn't look happy in his promo pic, does he?
Heck though, he also sold those 5 million copies 20+ years ago. He REALLY needs to get back to The Dictators.
On a related note, for the UK bods here: apparently Alice Cooper is touring again in November - with Twisted Sister as support.
http://www.alicecooper.com
* 11/05 - Brighton Centre
* 11/06 - London Wembley
* 11/07 - Cardiff CIA
* 11/09 - Birmingham NEC
* 11/10 - Manchester MENA
* 11/12 - Glasgow Clyde Auditorium
* 11/13 - Newcastle Arena
* 11/15 - Sheffield Arena
* 11/16 - Nottingham Arena
* 11/17 - Bournemouth BIC
* 11/19 - Plymouth Pavilion
Back to the original topic. It looks like 'The Animal's gained a few pounds! Did he participate on the "Still Hungry" CD. Is he not going on tour with them? I know it'd be a tough choice - touring Europe with TS or doing the Heart tribute thing in Ohio, haha!
<font color="green">hmmmm ts with alice cooper or a heart tribute band.
I'm glad this isn't me, because I KNOW I'd be torn...I mean...wow. That's a HARD decision. *giggles*</font>
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