VINCE NEIL's drinking isn't a problem

[Stacey0471]

In an exclusive interview with ElectricBasement.com, guitarist Jason Hook of the VINCE NEIL band insisted that bandmate Vince Neil's (M?TLEY CR?E) heavy drinking did not affect the group's recent tour. "I don?t have a problem with Vince on a personal level," Jason said. "Yes, he can drink his ass off, and the rest of the band doesn't really drink that much, so I think he's more compelled to care about what we're doing, because the rest of us are sort of 'on target.' I haven't had a problem with the guy ? he's always been really nice and friendly to me. I think he's a really sweet man, actually.

"The problem is, with some of these rock stars that I've had the opportunity to work with ? they have tremendous power. And when things upset them, they tend to get a little exaggerated with their temper. Add alcohol to that and you'll get these sort of flare-ups ? the drinking makes him normal for where he's been. I have certainly worked with some other people that have been a LOT worse. Vince is primarily a nice, generous, and easy-going guy."

Tell that to the strippers, lol.

[TUFF TIGGER TYGER]

See I hope this puts all you haters in your place.

Vince is a very nice and caring man, friendly to that guy he punched must have just got in Vince fist's way. [img]tongue.gif[/img]

[PurplePunki]

*keeps drinking her "Haterade"* [img]wink.gif[/img]

Excuses excuses...Vince is cool, but c'mon now.

Jason Jason Jason...there is so much of the world to see, but you can't see it if your head is that far up Vince's rear...

[Stacey0471]

A day after a misdemeanor battery case against him was dismissed in California, former M?TLEY CR?E frontman Vince Neil pleaded no contest to battery on a Moonlite BunnyRanch prostitute, according to The Associated Press.

The 43-year-old singer declined to comment when the judge asked whether he had anything to say.

"We wanted to resolve this as quickly as possible," attorney Scott Freeman said after the brief hearing Thursday in Dayton Justice Court, 12 miles east of Carson City. "Mr. Neil personally appeared out of respect for this court and this county. Now he's moving on."

Prostitute Andrea "TrixXxie Blue" Terry said Neil choked her and threw her against a wall when the two met at the Mound House brothel where Neil stopped July 10, 2003, after a concert in Reno.

BunnyRanch owner Dennis Hof said he was sorry to hear that Neil felt pressured to enter a plea.

"It's sad to see Vince do that because in my mind this girl's an opportunist and I know that Vince did nothing wrong," Hof told the Nevada Appeal newspaper. "I assume he did this to avoid having a lengthy trial. I will support him to the end, because I know he didn't do anything wrong."

Judge Bill Rogers suspended a 30-day jail sentence and ordered Neil to complete anger management correspondence courses within 60 days. He was fined $1,000 plus court fees of $132, and returned to his Las Vegas home afterward.

A misdemeanor battery case in Beverly Hills, Calif., against Neil was dismissed Wednesday after he completed more than 100 hours of community service, prosecutors said.