OT - Of interest to metalheads only (and Kingston Trio fans)

[doug.goodman]

Not metal, but here I am with the lovely wife "standing on a corner in Winslow Arizona"...

[mr2686]

Originally Posted by doug.goodman

Not metal, but here I am with the lovely wife "standing on a corner in Winslow Arizona"...

What?...you couldn't get the flatbed Ford in the picture? LOL

[GoCubsGo32]

Killer stuff from the stories, guitars, relics, everything! \m/

Especially that AC/DC album --WoW~Nice Doug!

Any Motörhead stories?

[doug.goodman]

Motor Fucking Head.

I used to travel with a single cassette tape (for the tape deck in the van) on one side was Patsy Kline's greatest hits, on the other side was Motorhead.


The first time I saw Motorhead was on June 1, 1982 at the Warfield Theater in San Francisco on the "Iron Fist" tour. Support act was Krohus on their "One Vice at a Time" tour and the opening act was Fist (I assume no pun intended).

Fast Eddie's last show with the band had been on May 14 in NYC, but in those pre-internet days it was only a rumor that he wasn't in the band anymore, until Brian Robertson of Thin Lizzy fame walked out in yellow cover-alls.

I sat in the front row of the balcony which gave me an amazing view of their "Bomber" lighting rig that they had brought (the same as on the cover of the "No Sleep 'til Hammersmith" live album. A little over 23 years later I sat in pretty much the same spot when Green Day first opened for themselves as "The Network", then performed "the opera" (American Idiot in it's entirety), then did an encore of "the hits" and THEN played a 26 song second encore.

Motorhead were SO FUCKIN' LOUD it was amazing. Dust and debris was falling from the ceiling for their whole show. Sadly, it's not an exagaration to say my ears are still ringing (which reminds me of a Lemmy story that we will get to later).

I saw them again in late 1985 (10th Anniversary, I have the sweatshirt sitting on the table in front of me) with Exodus (Paul Baloff singing) in the support slot and Wendy O Williams opening.

Fast forward to 1995 and I toured with a band called "Tiamat" who were the opening act on a bill headlined by a band called "Black Sabbath" that had Cozy Powell playing drums and Tony Martin singing. I'm too lazy to google the bass player's name, but Tony Iommi WAS playing guitar. The support act on that tour was Motorhead. They were amazing every night.

My favorite story about that tour is that when Lemmy died just after he turned 70 (SEVENTY! and we was more metal than ALL of us combined) my little brother and I were talking about him and he said "He was super cool to me" kind of nonchalantly, I said "Huh?! when did you meet Lemmy!?" He proceeded to tell me about the time on the Tiamat tour when he came to a show and ended up sitting in Lemmy's dressing room talking about tanks (my brother drove tanks in the army) and drinking Jack with him. I had no idea. It still amazes me even more than Lemmy Beachwear from the day of the Hampton Beach, NH show.

Then there was the time I was getting custom earplugs molded while laying on a couch at the Roseland Ballroom in Portland, OR and Lemmy was explaining to me why you don't really need ear plugs IF you treat your hearing like a callous and build it up and keep it that way. Old school carpenters didn't need gloves he said. Same thing. An audiologist later said to me "well.... he's not exactly wrong.... he does have a valid point.... buuuutttttt....."

In 1995, while on tour with Ben Folds Five, I finally got to see Fast Eddie when he played "Overkill" with the band at the London Astoria. Yes! Finally!

The last time I saw Lemmy perform was with The Head Cat, his band with Slim Jim Phantom of The Stray Cats, a few weeks after he turned 69 at the Roxy in LA. They were great, too.

I'm listening to "Road Crew" LOUD right now, that song is my life. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FtVR7gdp5c

Well, it was my life, until the zombie apocalypse cancelled every tour...

Trivia - what word, that had never in the history of music before or since been used, did Lemmy rhyme in a song that he wrote in his previous band? Hint, the song foreshadowed his future band.

The man was a poet, the interwebs will prove me right, his lyrics are amazing, and he wrote songs you would never have guessed were his.

Sorry for the long winded post,

Doug "get me talking and I'll never shut up" Goodman


PS - because I'm not a teenaged girl I almost killed myself trying to take this backwards selfie, and because I'm kind of a dick I like to put on clothes I bought at shows I went to 35 years ago BECAUSE THEY STILL FIT ME! Ha!

[Shoeless Moe]

Brain dead, total amnesia,
Get some mental anesthesia

[doug.goodman]

Originally Posted by Shoeless Moe

Brain dead, total amnesia,
Get some mental anesthesia

Wrong word, right song.

[quinnsryche]

My God Doug, you've lived the life I have always wanted to live. Can I be you in the next life? Motorhead is tied for my favorite band of all time (with Megadeth). I don't know if I can handle any more stories, I may just explode (just like all the drummers in Spinal Tap)!!!

[Shoeless Moe]

"Another backstage pass for you,
Another tube of super glue"




OH!!!!!!


"Fourth day, five day marathon,
We're moving like a parallelogram"




When I was in college listening to this in the late 80's my friends and I actually loved the fact that Lemmy had the word parallelogram in a song.

So pretty funny you brought it up, and pretty stupid of me to not initially remember.




and let's not forget this one by Lemmy:

"Shetland pony, extra pepperoni"

[Fredskinz]

I’m a Pearl Jam freak, so I jumped at the opportunity to buy handwritten “Jeremy” chalk poster used in the music video. The story goes that Eddie Vedder wrote words in chalk then they green screened the words into the video. I am so psyched. The dark black photos are screen grabs from the video, and the chalk matches perfectly.

Not sure if PJ is a bit beyond this post but I wanted to share regardless. Anyone with tips on how to frame it, let me know...

[doug.goodman]

Originally Posted by Fredskinz

I’m a Pearl Jam freak, so I jumped at the opportunity to buy handwritten “Jeremy” chalk poster used in the music video. The story goes that Eddie Vedder wrote words in chalk then they green screened the words into the video. I am so psyched. The dark black photos are screen grabs from the video, and the chalk matches perfectly.

Not sure if PJ is a bit beyond this post but I wanted to share regardless. Anyone with tips on how to frame it, let me know...

I saw Pearl Jam at CGBG in November of 1991, ugh, what a boring band live. Sorry.

Voice Of The Beehive at the Marquee the next night made up for a wasted night at CBs.

Pearl Jam are neither metal, nor the Kingston Trio.

Is the reverse a chalk board too? If so then you didn't completely waste your money. Insert smiley face here.

Doug "feel free to ignore my opinions about music" Goodman

[Fredskinz]

Originally Posted by doug.goodman

I saw Pearl Jam at CGBG in November of 1991, ugh, what a boring band live. Sorry.

Voice Of The Beehive at the Marquee the next night made up for a wasted night at CBs.

Pearl Jam are neither metal, nor the Kingston Trio.

Is the reverse a chalk board too? If so then you didn't completely waste your money. Insert smiley face here.

Doug "feel free to ignore my opinions about music" Goodman

Not used in the video, but double-sided

[bigfanNY]

My Daughter was in 7th grade and there was some drama in a classroom. The teacher asked my Daughter if she saw anything and she said " That don't Befunt Me" her classmates giggled and I got called in to explain that she was saying it was none of her ( meaning my Daughter's) Business. And it was a line from a George Thorogood song. And since they were little whenever my kids asked me something that did not concern them I said "That don't Befunt you" She gave me a look that told me I would not be her choice for parent of the year. My Wife was not amused less so when I shared the story with friends and family. ( which I did exactly once in her presence). Saw George in a Club in New Brunswick NJ. And Everyone had a great time listening to a night of great Music.

[doug.goodman]

Originally Posted by bigfanNY

My Daughter was in 7th grade and there was some drama in a classroom. The teacher asked my Daughter if she saw anything and she said " That don't Befunt Me" her classmates giggled and I got called in to explain that she was saying it was none of her ( meaning my Daughter's) Business. And it was a line from a George Thorogood song. And since they were little whenever my kids asked me something that did not concern them I said "That don't Befunt you" She gave me a look that told me I would not be her choice for parent of the year. My Wife was not amused less so when I shared the story with friends and family. ( which I did exactly once in her presence). Saw George in a Club in New Brunswick NJ. And Everyone had a great time listening to a night of great Music.

I personally would vote for you as not just father of the year, but parent of the year, as well. Amazing story.

[ooo-ribay]

Originally Posted by doug.goodman

I saw Pearl Jam at CGBG in November of 1991, ugh, what a boring band live. Sorry.

Voice Of The Beehive at the Marquee the next night made up for a wasted night at CBs.

Pearl Jam are neither metal, nor the Kingston Trio.

Is the reverse a chalk board too? If so then you didn't completely waste your money. Insert smiley face here.

Doug "feel free to ignore my opinions about music" Goodman

And a d**ger fan. You suck.

P.S. that’s 4 of about 40 PJ posters in my basement.