My Birthday Pic Of The Day...

Happy 51st Birthday

 Vince Neil

Vincent Neil Wharton (born February 8, 1961) is an American vocalist and musician, best known as the lead vocalist of heavy metal band Mötley Crüe. Neil was born in Hollywood, California to Odie and Shirley Wharton. During the 1960s, his family moved around Southern California from Inglewood to Watts, before finally settling in Glendora attending Sunflower Intermediate School and later Royal Oak High School. As well as having an interest in music while a teenager, Neil was also interested in surfing, basketball, baseball, football and wrestling. Neil was discovered while performing with his band Rock Candy in 1980, and joined Mötley Crüe in 1981. Neil had been friends with Tommy Lee in high school. Mötley Crüe was looking for a lead vocalist at the time and were impressed by Neil after hearing him through Lee. Mötley Crüe released its first album. -www.tmz.com

My Thoughts: I had the biggest crush on Vince in the  80's era, I mean come on...What young Girl didn't !!!!!

My eyes were glued to Mtv everyday just waiting for the chance to see Vince flash that gorgeous smile in the video "Home Sweet Home"....On that note, (clearing throat)..."Dancing With The Stars"...Glad he didn't give up his day job..LOL~

Music Video Of The Day...

Puddle of  Mudd

"Blurry"

"Blurry" was released in October 2001 as the second single from the album Come Clean.

The song is the Puddle of Mudd's best known song, reaching the number-one spot on the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks and Hot Modern Rock Tracks charts for ten and nine weeks, respectively. This soon propelled the single to mainstream success, reaching the number 5 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 Airplay and Billboard Hot 100. The song is also the band's highest selling U.S. single ever, with sales of 753,000 copies, as of 2010. Additionally, the song's writers, Wes Scantlin, Douglas Ardito, and Jimmy Allen won ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers) Song of the Year and Pop Song of the Year for this tune. "Blurry" also won 2 billboard awards in 2002, for "modern rock track of the year" and "rock track of the year". It also received the Kerrang! Award for Best Single. "Blurry" reached #8 in the UK Singles Chart on its release there in June 2002, becoming the band's highest charting single in the United Kingdom. -Wikipedia.com

My thoughts: One of my favs from POM to this day the meaning of the song gets to me...Towards the end of the video it shows Jordan (Wes's actual son) driving off in the back seat with a man and a woman in the front seat (presumably Jordan's mother and stepfather), as Wes watches the car sadly, Which unfortunately many Fathers have to deal with. Did you know that the video was directed by Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst...I think he did a pretty good job of getting the meaning out there~

David Bryan...

Happy 50th Birthday David Bryan !!!

Keyboard Player and Founding Member, Bon Jovi Singer/Songwriter Composer, Lyricist and Programmer.
As the keyboard player, songwriter and founding member of Bon Jovi, David Bryan has seen and learned a lot about music and the music business in the past 20 years. The journey includes selling 100 million albums, traveling the world and playing to millions of people in 50 countries, circling the globe 15 times and living through the rock and roll years, the grunge years, the rap years and everything in between. -http://www.songfacts.com


My thoughts: Ahhh the memories of my twin Sister & I sitting on a blanket in our backyard with the Boom-Box listening to Bon Jovi's 1st cassette tape in the early/mid 80's...Nothing can take away those moments of escape away, That's what I love about that era, No matter how old ya get, You still remember those days that only come back when you hear there music Not on the radio, Now on my Sirius satellite, LOL !!!

Hinder...

Hinder
"What ya Gonna Do"

This countrified ballad is the second single from Oklahoma rock band Hinder's third studio album, All American Nightmare. Singer Austin Winkler explained the song's meaning to Hardrock Haven: "It's kind of a struggle instead of facing my problems sometimes I will drown them in a bottle of wine or whiskey. One of these days it is not going to work and I will just have to face them. I think a lot of people can kind of relate." -Songfacts.com


My thoughts: I remember when I 1st heard Hinder's song "Lip's of an angel"..At the time I was single & going through some personal relationship issues & Immediately fell in love with the song. That's when I began to follow the band. Many people I'm sure as myself can relate to the lyrics in their songs~ 

Seether...

Artist/Video of the day...

Seether

In early 2009, a new song titled "No Shelter" was featured on the NCIS Official TV Soundtrack, released on 10 February. Also, a cover of Wham's "Careless Whisper" was made available for purchase as a digital or mobile download. The song was reportedly covered as a joke. Wind-up approached Seether to do a song for Valentine's Day, so, as a joke, they turned a "Cheesy 80s pop ballad" into a Hard Rock/Metal song. "Careless Whisper" has gotten Seether lots of publicity. The music video for "Careless Whisper" premiered on 15 June 2009, and the song can be found as an additional track on the reissue of Finding Beauty in Negative Spaces. -Wikipedia




My Birthday Pic Of The Day...
Axl Rose

Axl Rose, lead singer of the all-American hard rockers Guns N' Roses, hits the half-century mark today. Let's celebrate by aiming the hairspray can at THAT birthday cake.

It's hard to argue against Rose's place among rock's biggest success stories of the '80s and '90s. His voice and stage presence were a big arena rock middle finger to dance and pop music. And love him or hate him for it, Rose and his band gave some an antidote to the grunge movement and a moping class of Northwest rockers. 

Think back on MTV and remember the distinctive voice of megahits like "Sweet Child o' Mine" and "Welcome to the Jungle." "Axl sings the most beautiful melodies with the most aggressive tones and the most outrageous, freakish range," Skid Row's Sebastian Bach told Rolling Stone in 2008.

And who could forget Rose's skinny blond frame doing that trademark shoulder shuffle dance? It was like a moonwalk for mallrats. By Kurt Schlosser entertainment.msnbc.msn.com

Time for some fun, Can you guess what Song & Artist these Lyrics belong too?

Stormy night under jet black skies, Billy pulls into town
the thunder rolled and the lightning bolts come crashin' to the ground
Cold as ice, hard as stone, as he walks into the room
With another man who was feeling the same way, all hell's breakin' loose

Happy Groundhog day...

Shinedown

"Bully"

Shinedown have released a lyric video for the song ‘Bully,’ the first single off the band’s recently announced upcoming album ‘Amaryllis,’ which is due out March 27.

Frontman Brent Smith says that the new disc ‘Amaryllis’ is all about “empowerment, perseverance and inspiration” and the new single does indeed send a message of strength.

The song is a powerful anthem that addresses bullies with a chorus that belts out the lyrics, “All you’ll ever be is a fading memory of a bully / Make another joke / While they hang another rope / So lonely / Push them to the dirt / Till the words don’t hurt / Can you hear me / No one’s gonna cry / On the day you die / You’re a bully.”

‘Amaryllis’ is Shinedown’s first album in three years since ‘The Sound of Madness.’ The band got together once again with producer Rob Cavallo, who also produced their 2008 release. ‘Bully’ just might be another radio hit to add onto Shinedown’s numerous successful singles. -Loudwire.com

Birthday pic of the day, Robert Emile DeLeo Bass player from STP...

Robert Emile DeLeo (born February 2, 1966 in Montclair, New Jersey) is an American bass player, songwriter, and harmony vocalist for the rock band Stone Temple Pilots. He has also played in Talk Show and Army of Anyone. He is the younger brother of Dean DeLeo, who plays guitar for STP. -Wikipedia.com

Test your Rock knowledge :

Kip Winger is the guitarist for his band, Winger. However, he played in another band in the 70's. What band was it? Post your answer, No cheating, lol~