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[frnk55]

Originally Posted by Ksyrup

Um...


MURFREESBORO — A former KISS guitarist is accused of beating his wife so badly she had to be hospitalized this past weekend, and when officers went to the guitarist’s home to make an arrest they found four sealed containers with dead dogs inside, according to a sheriff's incident report.

A booking officer at the Rutherford County Adult Detention Center confirmed Vinnie Vincent, whose real name is Vincent John Cusano, was charged with one count of aggravated assault on Saturday. Cusano was lead guitarist for the rock band KISS between 1982 and 1984 and replaced original band member Ace Frehley.

An incident report on file at the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office details the incident that led to that arrest.

Diane Cusano, Vincent Cusano’s wife, showed up at the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office Saturday covered in blood and reportedly intoxicated, according to the RCSO incident report. Authorities immediately called an ambulance to transport Cusano to Middle Tennessee Medical Center here in Murfreesboro.

Cusano explained she had been in an argument with her husband over a woman he had been talking to, the report reads.

During the argument Cusano said her husband told her to “get the (expletive) out of the house” and then got physically violent, smacking her in the face, grabbing her by the hair and throwing her on the ground, according to the report. She claims her husband then dragged her through a pile of glass from a broken plate that was on the floor before the argument started.

When deputies went to Vincent Cusano’s 101 Woodland Trail home in Smyrna to speak with him about the incident they were unable to make contact immediately, which resulted in the Rutherford County Felony Arrest Search Tactical (FAST) team being called to the home. FAST team members found Cusano and arrested him without incident.

Deputies who went to the house reported finding four sealed containers that had deceased dogs inside them. Rutherford County animal welfare officers were called to the house in response to that finding, according to police. An investigation is pending in that matter.

And I bought his solo tape! What a dick.

[Draft Dodger]

not really a shock - Vinnie Vincent never exhibited an air of stability

[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by Ksyrup

There are a bunch of them in the Nashville area. They all seem to want to get in on the pop country stuff. Keel, Slaughter, Cinderella, etc. We were just discussing this on another board a couple of weeks ago.

Well now Ron Keel kind of gets a pass from me (if he's trying something currently). I remember him making a pretty legit attempt to slide into country many years ago. It didn't work for him, but I always felt like it was legit.

[Ksyrup]

I'm just saying, Nashville is the place for songwriters with easy access to a pretty hot crossover market. Butch Walker (Southgang, Marvelous 3) is around there as well.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by Ksyrup

I'm just saying, Nashville is the place for songwriters with easy access to a pretty hot crossover market. Butch Walker (Southgang, Marvelous 3) is around there as well.

I guess my wife covered what I was thinking when she said "Did the guy go broke? Why not Franklin instead of Murfreesboro?"

[Ksyrup]

It's eerie how much he looks like a drunk/stoned Ace Frehley:

[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by Ksyrup

It's eerie how much he looks like a drunk/stoned Ace Frehley:

I was thinking he looked more like Ace's mom

[Ksyrup]

Looks like he hasn't quite got all the makeup off from 1987 yet.

[Ksyrup]

Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA

I was thinking he looked more like Ace's mom

Vinnie Vincent's Menopause Invasion?

[Sun Tzu]

No way that's a man.

[Ksyrup]

They were saying the same thing 25 years ago.

[Ksyrup]

Just an FYI, the guest lsit fo the upcoming season of That Metal Show was announced. Awesome that Dug Pinnick is going to be on!


13-Jul-11
TMS Season 8 Guests revealed
THAT METAL SHOW GUEST LINEUP FOR SEASON 8 ON VH1 CLASSIC. 10 NEW 1 HOUR SHOWS COMING 8/20/11!

Corey Taylor (Slipknot/Stone Sour), Brad Gillis (Night Ranger/Ozzy) & Jack Blades (Night Ranger & Damn Yankees)

Stephen Pearcy (Ratt), Tim Ripper Owens (Priest, Yngwie, Iced Earth, etc)

Jani Lane (ex Warrant), Michael Sweet (Stryper), Taime Downe (Faster Pussycat)

Tony Iommi

Tom Morello (Rage Against The Machine/Audioslave), Dug Pinnick (Kings X),

Mike Portnoy (Dream Theater/Adrenaline Mob), John Sykes (Whitesnake, Thin Lizzy, Blue Murder),

Lars Ulrich

Sammy Hagar

Rick Nielsen (Cheap Trick), Snake Sabo (Skid Row),

Scott Ian & Charlie Benante (Anthrax), Graham Bonnett (Alcatrazz, MSG, Rainbow),

Guest guitarists:

Vinnie Moore (UFO), Tony Macalpine, Phil Collen (Def Leppard), Alex Skolnick (Testament/TSO),

ALL SUBJECT TO CHANGE BUT THIS IS TMS SEASON 8! NEW SHOWS START 8/20 on VH1 CLASSIC. EXACT EPISODE AIR DATES TBA. THANKS FOR WATCHING TMS!

[JonInMiddleGA]

Very very cool tonight to meet George Lynch & just say thank you for all the music & all the enjoyment. He couldn't have been nicer to me or my kid, certainly something I don't figure I'll ever forget.

Yeah it was only an anonymous couple of minutes after a so-so club gig in a town I bet a lot of people couldn't find on a map, I know all that kind of stuff ... it was still pretty fucking awesome to have that couple of minutes.

You listen to somebody for almost 30 years, probably not going a week during that whole time without having at least one of their songs go through your head at some point (and usually several songs), they're like some weird part of your life or something. To have the chance to say thanks for all that, pretty fucking cool indeed.

[Ksyrup]

Kinda surprised to not see a Jani Lane thread already on the board. I guess all of us 40ish members were too tired to start one last night...

Sad news, although I was mostly over hair metal by the time Warrant got popular and I never owned a single tape/CD of theirs. Jani did just tape an episode of That metal Show, so it will be interesting to see if it airs.

[Kodos]

Jani's dead?

[Kodos]

Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA

Very very cool tonight to meet George Lynch & just say thank you for all the music & all the enjoyment. He couldn't have been nicer to me or my kid, certainly something I don't figure I'll ever forget.

Yeah it was only an anonymous couple of minutes after a so-so club gig in a town I bet a lot of people couldn't find on a map, I know all that kind of stuff ... it was still pretty fucking awesome to have that couple of minutes.

You listen to somebody for almost 30 years, probably not going a week during that whole time without having at least one of their songs go through your head at some point (and usually several songs), they're like some weird part of your life or something. To have the chance to say thanks for all that, pretty fucking cool indeed.

Too bad he had to put up with Don for so long.

[Ksyrup]

Originally Posted by Kodos

Jani's dead?

Yes. Found in an LA hotel. to cause of death yet.

[Ksyrup]

I was following twitter last night and saw several from Eddie Trunk, who happened to be at a Milwaukee Skid Row/LA Guns/Whitesnake concert.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by Ksyrup

Yes. Found in an LA hotel. to cause of death yet.

A Woodland Hills Comfort Inn to be exact.

That was one of the things that struck me sad when I read the (few) details, I mean damn, I stay at f'n Comfort Inns, that's not where rock stars are supposed to stay.

[Kodos]

At least we know he was comfortable at the end.

[cartman]

Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA

That was one of the things that struck me sad when I read the (few) details, I mean damn, I stay at f'n Comfort Inns, that's not where rock stars are supposed to stay.

Another "not what you'd expect" thing from rock stars:

I met the guitarist from X, Billy Zoom, at a car show once. His main car is a MG Midget. He regularly posts on an Austin-Healey Sprite/MG Midget mailing list.

[Matthean]

Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA

A Woodland Hills Comfort Inn to be exact.

That was one of the things that struck me sad when I read the (few) details, I mean damn, I stay at f'n Comfort Inns, that's not where rock stars are supposed to stay.

Not really sure there is a stockpile of cash laying around nearly 20 years after their peak like some would imagine.

[Ksyrup]

Not the way guys like him lived their lives, and then couldn't get along with former bandmates to keep the cash rolling in as a nostalgia act.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by Matthean

Not really sure there is a stockpile of cash laying around nearly 20 years after their peak like some would imagine.

Best I can figure it varies from artist to artist, kind of like any other profession pretty much.

Still, it just looked/sounded wrong when I saw that on a TMZ photo caption.

[Kodos]

Yeah, planning for the future may not be a lot of rockstars' strong point.

[Ksyrup]

Their first not-so-strong-point is realizing they won't be a rock star forever.

[Kodos]

Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA

A Woodland Hills Comfort Inn to be exact.

That was one of the things that struck me sad when I read the (few) details, I mean damn, I stay at f'n Comfort Inns, that's not where rock stars are supposed to stay.

I guess he wasn't Dirty Filthy Rotten Stinking Rich.

[Jughead Spock]

Four out of five ain't bad.

[Matthean]

25 years ago today Cliff Burton died.

[Kodos]

Every time this thread gets bumped, I find myself thinking "Who died now?"

[Lathum]

Originally Posted by Matthean

25 years ago today Cliff Burton died.

Wow, I feel old

[Ksyrup]

Of all the things Metallica has done that everyone says "Cliff would never have done THAT", I'm hoping this Lou Reed debacle would be #1 on the list. It sounds like someone took a spoken word record and randomly mixed it over some rock riffs. It's turrible.

But anyway, RIP Cliff. I met Metallica less than a year after he died. Still one of the greatest nights of my life.

[Matthean]

Cliff Burton Remembered: Outtakes from Revolver’s Lars Ulrich Interview - Revolver Magazine

Lars on Cliff.

[Radii]

Originally Posted by Matthean

25 years ago today Cliff Burton died.

Damn.

[terpkristin]

Anybody who has read the book Ready Player One knows that it's a big ol' homage to the 80's. If you haven't read it, you should...it's not going to win any awards for being amazing fiction or anything, but it was definitely a fun romp into 80's nostalgia. It is something I can see a lot of people here digging. Also, if you have Audible, the audio version is narrated by Wil Wheaton.

Anyway, the author came up with a "soundtrack" to the book. The link to the "soundtrack" is at http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...ial-soundtrack (it's a link to a Goodreads page for an online book club I'm part of where someone posted the links). That link has Spotify and Rdio links.

/tk

[JonInMiddleGA]

With this week's surprise announcement that Jimi Jamison is returning to Survivor, I happened across a mention of a band that (I'm ashamed to admit that) I'd totally forgotten for about two decades.

Along with the voice, Cobra also featured future guitar star Mandy Meyer (Krokus, Asia). This was just damned solid hard rock.

[Kodos]

I know I'm in the minority here, but I'd be more excited about Van Halen putting out a new album if Sammy was the singer.

[Kodos]

Happy 29th birthday to Def Leppard's Pyromania album!

[CrimsonFox]

Science!

[RendeR]

Originally Posted by Kodos

I know I'm in the minority here, but I'd be more excited about Van Halen putting out a new album if Sammy was the singer.

yer not the only one. I hate the original guy. he makes me angry just hearing his voice.

[Ksyrup]

What the hell happened to Rocklahoma? I thought it was mainly an 80s nostalgia show. Now... not so much.













I mean, I count maybe 5 80s-related bands - Slash, Queensryche, Jackyl, Lillian Axe, and Megadeth. Chickenfoot pushes it to 6, maybe. They've actually got a band with the word Tora in its name, and it's not Tora Tora. WTF?

[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by Ksyrup

What the hell happened to Rocklahoma? I thought it was mainly an 80s nostalgia show. Now... not so much.

Changed focus last year, after AEG Live was contracted to run things.

[Matthean]

Listen to Tom Cruise Sing “Pour Some Sugar on Me”

[Ksyrup]

NO!

[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by Matthean

Listen to Tom Cruise Sing “Pour Some Sugar on Me”

I'm pretty sure I'd rather not.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Bumped into this online today, figured I'd mention it. Juan Croucier is back with Ratt & debuted at last weekend's M3 Festival. Their entire set is online (as are a lot of the others that aired on HDNet)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIzRFtRaiJw

Fair warning: Pearcy sounds pretty rough IMO

[GrantDawg]

Funny this thread got bumped today. I've been listening to "80's on the 8" all day (new car has Sirius trial). People might think 80's music is crap, but it was an absolute blast hearing so many songs I haven't heard in decades.

[Ksyrup]

I love having XM. The only thing I don't like is how the "unrated" channels seem to have slowly crept from just the Howard Stern-type shows and one music channel per genre to nearly all of the non-terrestrial radio-type stations. For rock music, it used to be Liquid Metal was the only one you'd have to worry about hearing F-bombs on. Then they turned Boneyard over to Ozzy, and it's F this and F that in between every song, and even Lithium is that way now. About the only channels that aren't like that are the 2 classic rock stations and maybe Hair Nation (although that's obscene in its own way...).

[Passacaglia]

I only have it in the car on free weekends, but I get it with my Dish Network package. I love the First Wave station, and don't recall hearing any swears.

[Ksyrup]

Well, some of the stations naturally aren't going to have that. Coffee House or whatever it's called, I wouldn't expect to hear f-bombs from the DJs. I know Boneyard is the one I listen to pretty regularly in the car with my kids that's totally changed in the last several months. Now I have to switch the channel if they take a quick break in between songs, because usually it's Sharon Osbourne introducing a clip of Ozzy slurring and swearing his way through a story or comment about a song or what-not. The wife tends to get irate when the kids hear an f-bomb.