Jess Harvell’s piece on The Misfits’ relationship to New Jersey earlier this week sparked some debate from out-of-state residents over which musicians deserved to be elevated to bard status as far as their respective homelands went. I wouldn’t try to speak for all of New York, because, well, doing so would be just silly (plus I think that as someone who still calls Rockland County “upstate” from time to time I’d be disqualified from that particular panel by anyone living north of the Bronx). But I do have one nominee for Long Island’s most mythical artist… and it’s not Billy Joel. More »
In a move that absolutely everyone has always wanted, work has begun on a sequel to the AFI Top 100 movie (I think) Dee Snider‘s Strangeland. It’s titled Strangeland: Disciple. Snider, who you may remember as the Bartender in 2005’s Deepwater, is casting right now, and he’s returning in his role as Captain Howdy/Carleton Hendricks. V‘s Robert Englund’s on board, and there’s a wealth of roles available for you aspiring actors. After the jump, find out if nudity is required for your big break!
According to Dee Snider, yes! Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones, and Jason Bonham are itching to rake in oodles of cash play the music of Led Zeppelin all around the world, even though lead singer Robert Plant has decided that he’s all about things like “bluegrass” and “taking two years off” these days. So they’re going to do something drastic–something that will definitely divide fans of the band in two even more than Coverdale/Page did. They’re going to get the guy from Alter Bridge–you know, the band that Creed eventually became once Scott Stapp sweated his way out of that particular spotlight–to take Plant’s place! Let’s hand it over to the Twisted Sister frontman, who was shooting off his mouth on the Canadian music-video station MuchMoreMusic:
Dee Snider is going to appear on the restaurant-makeover show Kitchen Nightmares tonight. Expect the “We’re Not Gonna Take It” jokes to fly even faster than Gordon Ramsay’s f-bombs! More »
