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Sorry - RDC of course

A lot of the same stuff but still interesting... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qIXqBUpl5k

From RDC website: "Red Dragon Cartel Co-founder/Co-Producer/Songwriter/Bassist Ronnie Mancuso who is rumored to be in the studio with Kiss guitarist Ace Frehley will not be playing the March 5th RDC Tempe, AZ gig at the Marquee.

Former Badlands Bassist Greg Chaisson will be filling in for that gig ...

I actually don't know much about Billboard and I can't see how many album sales RDC has since release (that's what I was looking for) - but I just thought it was kind of cool to see Jake come out of the gate/off the bench after 15 years and get such a buzz - definitely didn't "pass his shelf life ...

Sorry if this was posted already.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBjmzi9BU2M

RDC website said they were to play with Queensryche, but the show in San Diego seems to be the official "second show"? Sorry if I missed somehting in an earlier post...

Slayer guitarist Jeff Hanneman

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/mu ... 0297.story

Several pics of Jake now at Eddie Trunk's Twitter site...

Love the ring tone too

Shadow - have you noticed that Jake uses a run that is very similar to the opening of the Centre of Eternity solo (3:24 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sG_v0U_7lY&feature=fvsr) as a fill in Hard Driver (2:24 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOOn2WHLEdA) from the first Badlands album? When I first ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FF3cPUHJYx0

2:09 and 3:18

Unfortunately, it might just be that we're 30 years down the road and to the casual observer Randy and Zakk are the first (only?) 2 that come to mind - Randy since he was Ozzy's first post-Sabbath guitarist (and was pretty influential and tragically taken away) and then Zakk since he's pretty ...

Yep - I saw the episode - it was John 5

Actually - the first time I came across John 5, he was mixing it up onstage with Marilyn Manson

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyvtxh1w0do

I've heard a few musicians (including Robbin Crosby) say that they were minor league baseball players (or aspired to play pro baseball) before devoting themselves to music. On the surface you might think that "America's pastime" and heavy metal are polar opposites - but both require intense ...