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Ted's back with DD? Anybody else back besides Bruno, of course. I know that Andy probably wouldn't come back. Don't think they need Kasey anymore. Have no idea who played drums for them. hahaha What happened to Paul Laine? I know that they were still releasing albums throughout the 90's with him on vox. Thought he was 'accepted' by the DD faithful.
I don't think anyone else from here was at the gig (correct me if I'm wrong), but it was a pretty cool show Friday night. Good to see Ted back centre-stage, although he looked like he was carrying a few extra lbs (aren't we all?). The nutty fans from Greece were there again as well. Good to see Bruno wearing the new red-design Peppermint Creeps t-shirt. Nice also to see BillyC's mate Rob Marcello still fulfilling guitar duties. Unfortunately, due to a club night starting at 11, DD's set was restricted to an hour, and I didn't get a chance to say hi afterwards, as the merch stand was too crowded. I know the guys browse the net, so HI!!!
The last time I saw Ted, was Bone Machine, down-
stairs at Rock City, Nottingham. I'll never forget
Ted confessing to having to go back to his pizza
delivery job post-sacking from DD, and then piling
on the pounds, and then losing them when BM came
along. If D2 is just another bandwagon band gigging
with only one or two original members, then fuck
it, I say. Bring back Bone Machine.
D.
<font color="#FF0000" size="1">[ April 10, 2005 08:01 PM: Message edited by: Deviant D ]</font>
Ted Poley's band Melodica were pretty fucking good also, if you like melodic AOR. I have both albums. One of the albums was just Ted and a guitarist.. all acoustic. The second album had a full band and even had Tony Harnell (TNT) dueting on one song with Ted. Awesome!
Cool. Mp3ify and post me those mothers! [img]smile.gif[/img]
D.
I will dig out the CDs tomorrow Daz [img]smile.gif[/img]
Danger Danger are Bruno Ravel on bass, Steve West on drums, Ted Poley on vocals and Rob Marcello on guitar.
The band have been recording throughout the 90's. Ted left after he'd recorded Cockroach. Paul Laine stepped in and re-recorded Cockroach, but the album wasn't released at the time, due to a legal battle. The band then recorded Dawn, Four The Hard Way, Return Of The Great Gildersleeves, and released some live material, before eventually resolving the legal battle. Cockroach was then released as a double cd, with both Paul and Ted's versions.
After Ted, Kasey and Andy left, the band continued as a 3-piece, with Bruno, Steve and Paul. They brought in Rob Marcello on guitar for the 2003 tour, and most recently Ted was welcomed back. not sure what happened to Paul.
I saw them last night in Dudley and it was great to see Ted back, it could of been the 90's all over again, was a great show
Re: Paul Laine being accepted by the DD crowd, I'd go along and say I prefer Paul's voice to Ted on record. Paul seemed to have a throat problem on the 2003 tour here though, and Ted is more of a showman, even if he is looking a bit like Vince Neil lately.
lol!!! @ Ted looking like Vince Neil
I noticed he had gained a few pounds but he is deffinatly a performer and got the crowd going
Which album are you after, or should that've been green text? [img]wink.gif[/img]
<font color="#FF0000" size="1">[ April 11, 2005 08:21 PM: Message edited by: Stacey. ]</font>
The one with "Naughty Naughty". Please don't ask for anymore specifics, since that is what she can tell me and I know nothing else about them! LOL!!!
Ok, drop me a PM with your address. I've gotta get a disc out to Lycan, so I'll sort them out in one hit.
Did I ever tell the story of the time my buddies and I went to see Danger Danger with Faster Pussycat and we stood in the audience yelling "YOU SUCK, YOU SUCK" in between every song? Then the vocalist won some respect for be because he stood there and kept pointing to random people in the audience, and when he pointed at me I flipped him off, he stood and paused for a second to see if he was seeing right, then started laughing, gave a wave and a thumbs up? I also hung out with some guy who's sister was dating one of the guys in the band, and we made the comment about how he probably was dating somebodies sister in every town. The guy said he was expecting that also, but the guy in the band was actually VERY cool and called his sister all the time.
I gained a little respect for them that night. Still not a fan, but they did seem like all around cool guys.
Saying that, my wife loves them, anybody want to send a burn of the CD my way? [img]wink.gif[/img] [img]tongue.gif[/img]
Glad to see Ted back in Danger Danger.
Paul Laine was a great vocalist as well, but they shoulda called the band something else when he was in it. Don't get me wrong I own all the Danger stuff...Ted and Paul are, yet totaly different styles, great vocalists.
I don't think it was Paul's arrival that signalled the change in style. It was 1994, music was getting serious, hair bands were losing their hair.
Bruno and Steve wrote the material. They were always Danger Danger. Dawn was a dark album, but Gildersleeves went some way to injecting a bit of fun back into DD. Tracks like Grind and Cherry Cherry are unmistakably Danger Danger, imo.
A band who loses their vocalist, to me, shouldn't go on with the same name...after all, I feel the vocalist is who makes the band.
Examples:
Danger Danger without Ted is not Danger Danger.
Skid Row without Sebastian Bach is not Skid Row.
Enuff Z Nuff without Donnie Vie is not Enuff Z Nuff.
Journey without Steve Perry is not Journey
Get the picture [img]wink.gif[/img] ...hehehe.
<font color="#FF0000" size="1">[ April 14, 2005 07:46 AM: Message edited by: A Katt Named Raggz ]</font>
I couldn't agree more with what that smelly bastard Katt said above [img]wink.gif[/img]
Seriously... I agree with that.
Well thank ya...ya rotten kanky sore...LMAO!!!
CORRECTION:
Well thank ya...ya rotten manky sore...LMAO!!!
<font color="#FF0000" size="1">[ April 14, 2005 08:01 AM: Message edited by: A Katt Named Raggz ]</font>
Well thank ya...ya rotten kanky sore...LMAO!!!
You're welcome skunkfucker [img]wink.gif[/img]
You're welcome skunkfucker [img]wink.gif[/img]
Raggz it's Manky not Kanky lol!!!
I dunno... Kanky sounds kinda kinky [img]wink.gif[/img]
Ooops!!!...LMFAO!!!....Yeah girl...it's been so long since ya called me that...haha.
Let me correct it above.
Just spell it M.I.N.G.E.R!
Back on topic.. Daz... will have the rest of that Melodica to you later tonight mate. That is, if you liked the song you heard.
I guess we'll agree to disagree on the whole vocalist thing then.
It depends whether the replacement singer does the band name justice. Sammy Hagar pulled it off with Van Halen, Zach Stevens did it with Savatage, even Corabi brought an element of respectability to the Crue, although not necessarily to my personal taste.
Paul Laine's vocals brought another dimension to Danger Danger, proving they weren't a one-trick pony.
Yeah Stace.....
by the way...I wasn't knock ya at all. I was just saying that bands who get other singers, is just not the same.
Understood mate. Ya talking outta your ass! LMAO!!!!
LMFAO!!!....Yea exactly....hahaha [img]graemlins/thumbs_up.gif[/img]
<font size="4" face="Arial">Yeh, I thought it was OK. Pop 'em over to theQuote:
Originally posted by Andii Vamp:
Back on topic.. Daz... will have the rest of that Melodica to you later tonight mate. That is, if you liked the song you heard.
Yahoo account. If you come across Jack Jones's
new stuff - http://www.irwinthomas.com/ - send
that over too. You can DL some sips from their
site, but nothing too juicy.
Re bands replacing singers: Blaze in Maiden
was proposterous (waste of two good bands),
but 80s glam-bands seem to be forging some
sort of new fashion out of it...
Well, at least they're being 'new' at
something. Fair dues, and all that.
D.
Agree with Raggz about vocalists and band names.Mostly quite strongly :-).