As expected when I wrote an article yesterday in this space about certain people that can’t wait to POUNCE, twist, and distort things I found some people that did exactly that. It is a sad world we live in when “media” can constitute anyone with a blog, twitter feed or Facebook. When people filter out 95% positive things and only POUNCE and distort your opinion on one thing you don’t like to further their agendas. I see it every day on so many fronts and all you can do is laugh. The days of intelligent respectful debate are gone online. Even if you try to do that a certain percentage will just find a way to distort and POUNCE and take out of context anything to make them look better or smarter. Stunning some could reach the conclusions I took “shots” at Steel Panther for my preference to have seen a traditional metal band open for Priest, ignoring of course all the positives about the band in the post. In this day and age to some that is “taking shots”. That is sad and pathetic. Imagine if someone REALLY took a shot at someone? They’d need to go on a month apology tour! But there will always be that element out there that lives to cause shit. I’ve been in this far to long to cave to that bullshit. But thanks to the internet there are so many screaming for attention that just live to knock people down a peg. More proof? Just over the weekend I went to dinner with Chris Jericho (oh, wait, I should have just said “a friend” because then I am a name dropper, another idiotic thing if I ever heard it!). The chef asked for a photo with me and Chris. I drove to the dinner in my convertible on a nice night. My hair was a mess. When the photo was posted to twitter it was nothing but comments about my hair? I mean you couldn’t make it up! After 30 years in the business I have heard it all and grown an awfully thick skin. But it is sad that this is the world we are in now. It isn’t everyone by any means. Don’t get me wrong, the great majority are people that are cool and respectful. But the bottom feeders who essentially make shit up are out there everywhere and just waiting to POUNCE as I knew they would…
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Eddie, I think you were being a wee bit too sensitive to the comments yesterday. What it comes down to is business for the Priest/SP tour. What bill is going to sell more tickets: Priest/SP or Priest/BLS, or Priest?Accept (which *I* would love to see and hope to with Prong in September), Priest/King Diamond, or Priest/anyone else? You just have to look past the parody aspect of it and realize they’re still a great metal band at the core. I think dismissing them as a parody act is not very fair. They draw crowds wherever they go and I think this is a win-win for everyone involved.
Anyway, have a great show tonight!! And I don’t care what your hair looks like.
Eddie,
Keep doing what you do. F**k the haters!
Ed, As the prices of concerts goes up and up for the artists to make a living it becomes important for the show to pack the biggest punch they can get. I believe all of steel panther are excellent musicians but they are parody of all the 80’s stuff they make fun of, that’s what makes Steel Panther what they are. But if I am going to spend the money I would rather see a up and coming bands like Halestorm or Black Stone Cherry or even bands refoming from that era. but the unfortunate reality is that most people take that era music as a spoof as opposed to the very proficient musicianship that was going on then. sorry haters let them hate because those of us who grew up listening to 80’s rock know it is the best!!!!
Totally agree with you Eddie about steel panther opening for priest, so many bands would kill to open for them to help further there careers, not some band that will play clubs for there entire career. To me it just means more time to hangout before the show
C’mon, Eddie-let’s do some manscaping–you need some mousse tips for those golden locks???
Sorry u have to put up with all that silliness about stuff that doesn’t matter-just crazy