From Metal Sludge:
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The hot rumor with girlies & groupies around Hollywood is that hundreds have lined up to audition to be part of the "Rock of Love". This is rumored (of course) to be the new VH1 reality series featuring a bad boy rock star. After huge ratings with the "Flava of Love" starring rap legend Flava Flav from Public Enemy it seems that VH1 has taken the idea and added long hair, and some bleach blonde bimbos.
The latest is that it's gonna be bad boy Bret Michaels of Poison. God knows they ain't gonna line up for Jani Lane. At least we hope not! Stay tuned for more details as they spill all over like sperm in the back of a tour bus!
Metal Sludge Flava of Sludge
Last Updated ( 12/21/06 )
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As you can tell from some of my blogs, I am not afraid to admit (anymore) that I was a big time hair metal freak back in the day and still display some interest in the groups that once graced my walls and tape decks. That's because somewhere along the way, it became ok to come out of the closet and publicly own this part of my history (including the fact that I saw Poison twice in my life). But just when I got some self respect back and stopped hiding my Aqua Net past, they're going to remind everyone just how ridiculous that whole scene really was by throwing Bret Michaels back in front of the camera with a bunch of bimbettes in, no doubt, multi-colored metallic dresses.
This isn't the only upsetting news I have received recently. I heard on VH-1 Classic the other day that Vince Neil is now a cruise ship performer. There was a time I actually thought Vince was cool. Now he's a metal Kathy Lee Gifford. I feel very conflicted about this, because it's for a good cause. But I just feel like he's somehow setting himself up for embarassment. I hope for his sake he has record-breaking sales and makes enough cash for his foundation to make it all worth it.
It could be that I'm just in denial and hair metal was in fact NEVER cool. No way. It was. But like every genre, you had the cool bands and then the lameasses that ruined it for everyone. What bad things could you have to say about a scene that was all about rock music, girls, hot guys in black eyeliner, drugs and liquor? Nothing. Too bad I was nowhere near a legal age to fully partake without getting a few people arrested.
