Helen Bach

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Rock Of Ages and No Skid Row

Did anyone really belive that the film Rock of Ages wouldnt bomb? It was a sure thing so much so that it could have been a well planned tax shelter inteneded to be a financial failure.

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Lita Ford Making Amends

Ford, former member of The Runaways seems to be a bit melancholy and longing for the good old days now that she has split from her reportedly abusive husband David Gillette. For a bad ass rocker chick I find her describing her relationship as “Ike and Tina Turner” a bit over done.

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The Raconteurs Release Live at Montreux DVD

The newly released Live at Montreaux was part of the tour in support of the band’s second album, and it includes tracks from both records. Since I never had a chance to see them live I couldn’t tell ya how they were with the stage presence.

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Morrissey Tours The US!

Praise the Lord and pass the soy spread my hero Morrissey is heading to the United States this fall and is actually coming to my state. This alone is cause for amazement. Who the hell comes here?

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Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga, Just Plain Creepy

I personally find her to be a walking nightmare and aside from a couple of good tunes- more flash than substance. Tony Bennett on the other hand and decades of croon behind him and pretty much owns his niche now that all the others have croaked

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John Doe " Dont Forget How Much I Love You"

At first I wasn’t so sure that I could appreciate Johns new chill, but I do. At times he sounds a bit like John Mellencamp and Willie Nelson fell in to the Kitchen Aid and someone’s hit blend. Everything I’d hate right there in front of me.

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PETA Wishes Paul McCartney a Happy Birthday

Apparently Paul gave um meat while fishing, with the revelation that a fish’s life is “as important to him as mine is to me.” Now, Sir Paul says, “I would never go back. I enjoy being vegetarian, It’s a thrill and I can walk past a field of animals with a clear conscience.”

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XTC "Making Plans For Nigel" Reviewed

The mental institution them with the hypnotic sound was just intensified by Colin Mouldings adorable mouth. Seriously get a load of it. I’m surprised he wasn’t a pin up and where the hell is he now anyway? He’s the British David Cassidy.

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Fun With Tour Riders: Madonna

Madonna travels with a 200 person entourage that includes a dry cleaner. A dry cleaner. Either she is a slob or she has a strange laundry fetish or most likely shes snorting the cleaning chemicals.

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Lady Gaga Black Scented Fluid

As long as she has the club kids and her ‘monster’ minions I suppose she has a career. She was wise to market herself to the esteem deprived misfits, once they find a hero they don’t let go-

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Superchunk, "Cruel Summer" Cover Reviewed

This cover is so horrible that at first I thought it was a joke. When you do your own shoutbacks a song sounds cheap. “its a cruel (its a cruel!)”, for $5.00 you could get some dude off the street to do that for you instead

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CBGB's Toilet

Yup, a professional demolition crew has painstakingly dismantled the loo and its filthy contents as well as former owner Hilly Krystals desk and the cash register…how fun! Now these artifacts will play center stage in this oh so pathetic film

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Usher is Not a Germaphobe

When Usher dines out- he asks for a cup of boiling water…why? To drop in the cutlery! See he isn’t a germaphobe but cant stand the thought of dirty forks and will usually request new silverware.

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Sir Paul to Close Olympic Ceremony

How could he not partake? He is as British as Big Ben and well if I were running this show I would have the ‘legends’ open the ceremonies and the newer bands close it. Why? Cuz it shows hope for the future- Paul is the ghost of rock and roll past.

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Paris Jackson Hitting The Circuit

She has recently been interviewed by Oprah and seriously if she can survive that shes all set for life. Oprah is a false faced media hog who really makes me skin crawl with her ‘generosity’ and empathetic bull crap-

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Sebastian Bach "I'm Alive", Video Review

So now that all these 40+ year old metal guys have hit their midlife (cuz in their business 45 is middle age) they all think they have ‘it’. Here is a whining dream world video in which the heartfelt lyrics of idiocy are belted out in a tired pathetic manner.

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Bret Michaels "Get Your Rock On" Reviewed

The duck lips pursed (don’t ya just want to kiss him daddy) and enough fuzzy lighting to kill the pain of his aged self cannot masquerade the horrible tune he has decided to use for a come back. I have a theory that if you use the word “rock” in a song, you’re trying to hard

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Elvis Presley TV and Tour?

After Tupac showed up as a “hologram’ every corpse with a corporation is getting propped up for one last hurrah. Can ya blame them? Its tough to come up with new ideas from an expired product. So lets make digi-king and send him on the road!

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Iggy Pop and Ginger Baker "Lonely Boy" Reviewed

Iggy is a genius, Ginger Baker is legend and together they take a kid tune and make it an oom pa pa slow decent into auditory hell. But why? This crap is coming off of a new album in as tribute to The Black Keys titled “Black on Blues”. Why the fuck do The Black Keys deserve a tribute album

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Animals As Leaders Javier Reyes, Busted

Well then raise your hands if if you have even heard of the band Animals of Leaders- ok those five people can go sit down now. This band has yet to truly ‘make it’ but they are very good (not great) and what is better to do when you’re not so fabulous and you need some press? Get busted

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The Cab's Alexander DeLeon Covers "Boyfriend"

If ‘Hey Jude” could take a sad song and make it better then there is proof that Alex DeLeon can take a bad song and make it worse. I blame the webcam. Everyone shoving their mugs up in the circle and hitting record pretending they sound good

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Neil Young & Crazy Horse Dates

There are a heap of Okies out there in ‘Merca so I say gas up the Ford, take the shotguns off the gun rack hire Aunt Weezie to watch the kids and take your old lady out for a good time of “Sugar Mountain”,

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Morrissey Ready To Retire

In 1982 he started up The Smiths, in 1988 he opted out for solo and it appears 2014 will be his retirement. He simply acknowledges he is too old for rock and roll. Why on Earth have others not accepted this fact?

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Tom Cruise "Paradise City" Reviewed

Perhaps if he had not opted to hit the tons that pop balloons with their frequency we would be ok but the shrill “taaake mee hoo o ome yeaha yeaha’ made me want to not only kill myself but everything around me

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Ed Sheeran's First US Headline Tour

Beginning in mid-September, Sheerhan will headlining VH1’s “You Oughta Know Tour’ that showcases new artists Pastparticipatns have been Adele, Bruno Mars, Amy Winehouse and The freakin Fray. Why the hell would anyone want to know The Fray? They’re an abomination

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Bringing Sexy Bach: ELO "Greatest Hits" 1986

ELO’s Greatest Hits 1986 was a guilty pleasure that I played when my cool friends were too fucked up to notice what was going on in their ears. Starting out with the strain of “You Made a Fool Of Me…” from ‘Evil Woman’ this ‘greatest hits album is nonstop guilty pleasure

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Scissor Sisters single 'Baby Come Home' Reviewed

For those of you who missed the 70’s there was a time when breakfast cereals contained a 45rpm record embedded in the box. You’d just cut it out at the perforation-and pop it on your close and play. This song would have been perfect on a box of Boo Berry.

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