Peter Criss's New Autobiography about KISS and More

Last week I picked up my new book I got as a gift. The book was titled Makeup to Breakup: My Life In and Out of KISS. It is an extremely truthful biography that is filled with many surprising realities. I find it very entertaining but also a slow read. Also, I am normally a slow reader so you fast readers out there could probably read it real quick. Peter goes through the start of his life, to KISS, to where he is now. He also likes cats! Overall, I would suggest this book to anyone who likes KISS or Peter Criss.


http://www.amazon.com/Makeup-Breakup-Life-Out-Kiss/dp/1451620829 (Just in case you want to buy it *wink*wink*) But seriously though, I'm not getting paid at all to write this. I just like the book and Peter Criss.

Mustache Included

Mustaches are awesome.

 For all of you who took note, I am posting about mustaches, more specifically, bands with mustaches in them (or mustached people if you prefer). I think I have enough information so enjoy the pictures.

Deep Purple. Mustache bottom right.

This one was obvious. Some people say that ZZ Top became popular because of their beards (and mustaches).

John Bonham (far left) from Led Zeppelin is definitely a great drummer too.
He's basically the best drummer ever.

Kansas has it all set with mustaches and an eye patch. Don't forget the awesome music.

OH MY GOODNESS ANOTHER MUSTACHE.
This is Rush by the way. They are an amazing band.

Queen is 20% cooler with Freddie's mustache. Those who get the reference, good work.

 I think this is enough mustache for today.

KISS Live in Concert! Motley Crue Live in Concert!

Recently I went to a Motley Crue KISS concert. It was awesome! No. More than awesome!

First, there was Motley Crue. They were awesome. The guitars sounded awesome. In fact, one of the guys had a flamethrower guitar which was really really cool. I really want one too. Anyway, the drummer was also super awesome; especially during the solo. The drummer was in a small circle for the whole time and during the solo the drummer started to go upside down in the circle. He was playing upside-down during his drum solo. Awesome.
Well, I could go on and on about how awesome Motley Crue was, but then I won't have room for KISS! You get my point anyway.

Ah yeah! Fireworks!

Then, KISS came on. They were awesome as well. Their songs were awesome too. In the middle of the show, Paul Stanley had, wait for it, a fireworks bazooka! Then he zip-lined to the middle of the crowd and sang a song from there. It was really awesome. The guitar solos were amazing too. They sang some new songs which were also really cool sounding.

There was also Gene Simmons being Gene Simmons.

All in all, it was really amazing. I don't think I can stress that enough.

I know I haven't posted anything in a while, but this is why.

Closing The Olympics- British Style

I'm glad that I watched the London Olympics Closing Ceremony yesterday because it was pretty cool.  I was glad to see that Freddie Mercury made yet another appearance in the closing ceremony as well as an epic guitar solo from Brian May himself.

Brian May with his awesome guitar solo.

After the solo, Brian May and Roger Taylor went into one of Queen's most famous songs, We Will Rock You. Sadly, instead of Adam Lambert or the Freddie Mercury hologram playing, pop singer Jessie J sang instead and my reaction to that was much like this:

I used a sensor bleep for the sake of keeping this stuff family friendly.

Here's what Freddie looked like at the closing ceremony.

Here's a video of the song. I couldn't find the solo or a better version because of copyright reasons.

I was sad to hear the song ruined by Jessie J, but it was still cool.

At the end, there was another performance from The Who. They played Baba O' Reilly and My Generation. It was really cool to watch and summed up the closing ceremony nicely.

I mean, who's more British than The Who? I'll tell you who. The Who of course!

Now I could go on and on about all the other cool stuff like John Lennon and David Bowie and stuff, but that will make it very long so I'm going to end right here with this octopus.

Oh, and before I forget, for all of you Monty Python fans out there, there was a little segment with Monty Python stuff. It was pretty fun to watch.

There was also a giant octopus.

Rock of Ages- The Song not The Blog

Today I'm going to be talking about the song Rock of Ages by Def Leppard. The song is from Def Leppard's album Pyromania in 1983. It's a great song which has a great sounding guitar and also great sounding drums. (The drums are what I like most about Def Leppard's songs.) I have the music video below. It is ridiculous!

It's a really cool sounding song. I really like the beginning where the singer says the sort-of-German-but-more-nonsense phrase "Gunter glieben glauben globen". This phrase has no meaning, but sometimes when people would ask the band what it means, they would make up stuff.

I said to myself, "How can I make this post longer and better?"
I answered, "Just add a picture!"
Brilliant.

Def Leppard- Featuring One Great Drummer

Def Leppard is a great band that was formed in 1977. Almost all of their songs featured hard rock and awesome sounding guitars with plenty of power chords. My favorite part though is the drummer. With only one arm, Rick Allen overcame all of the troubles and succeeded in being the first one-armed drummer. You can even see for yourself in this video. This video features a live performance of Def Leppard in 1988 and you can see Rick's arm as he plays Pour Some Sugar On Me with the band.

It is just amazing how a one-armed drummer can play so great.

Here's a picture of Rick Allen.

Also be sure to visit their website for more information:

http://www.defleppard.com/

Rick Allen also contributes to the Raven Drum Foundation:

http://ravendrumfoundation.org/

Make sure that you check them out too.

Roger Taylor: My Favorite Drummer

Roger Taylor is the drummer for Queen. He has also written many of Queen's songs such as, Radio Ga Ga, A Kind of Magic, I'm In Love With My Car, Fun It and many more. What separates this drummer from other drummers is that he wrote and even sang many of Queen's songs. He did a lot of back-up vocals during concerts. He also sings one of his songs that he wrote. It's called, I'm In Love With My Car. This song is featured in Queen's most famous album, A Night At The Opera which came out in 1975. This album also featured Queen's most famous and incredible song, Bohemian Rhapsody. In this song, during the operatic part, Roger sings the high "Galileo!"s while Brian May and Freddie sing the other lower parts.
Anyway, I have a live version of Roger's song.

Awesome Drummer- Led Zeppelin

Led Zeppelin was a very famous and popular band, but Jimmy Page and Robert Plant did most of the entertaining (Especially Robert Plant) while the bassist and the drummer just did their music in the background. Now John Bonham is a great drummer and when his song, "Moby Dick" comes on, it's his time to shine. He is truly a great drummer. I have this video of only part of the song Moby Dick, but it is enough to get a good idea of how the song sounds. If you want to see the whole version of this song (Which is over 14 minutes long live) you can find it on youtube.

Most of the time in concerts the drummer will go of on a long drum solo which usually lasts around 10-15 minutes (sometimes more) so that the other band members can get a break. That is why Robert Plant and everyone else went backstage during the song. In this video, John is doing an awesome job drumming; the cameraman though, not so much.

John Bonham's symbol.


I always recognize John in his pictures by his mustache.

Spotlight

All this week, I'm going to be focusing on the band members in many famous bands that weren't put in the spotlight. This week I'm not going to talk about guitarists or singers.
 
 I'm going to put more focus on the bass players and the drummers or possibly even the rhythm guitar players and every other instrument player that put in a lot towards a band that wasn't put in the spotlight.



P.S.-
At first this post had a lot of words so I got rid of some, but then I added a lot of pictures. I hope you keep reading this week to see some great videos and learn some cool stuff. Enjoy!