I’ve been curious about the glam metal scene or what they call sleaze rock for a long time. So after doing a little research of what it’s all about, and understanding the glam metal people, I am beginning to coming to understanding of it all. The term glam metal started in the late 70’s and 80’s with the likes of Alice Cooper, Kiss, Poison, Motley Crue, and bands such as those. The glam metal genre declined in the 90’s, when grunge took over the music industry. The glam metal genre later revived in the late 90’s with bands such as Vains of Jenna, Buckcherry, and many more to list.

There are tons of local glam metal bands in the Albany area and I know that Knottingham in the U.K. has a huge glam metal scene there too. Glam metal is a type of genre that is metal mixed in with other genres such as punk, blues, rock, etc.

After all these years, I’ve been trying to figure out why these guys can be so crazy. Now I understand why. To be “glam metal” or sleazerock, you must be crazy as hell. You must have that attitude. You must be the huge egomaniac. That’s how these musicians always are. For years, they have a hard time being accepted by the public ’cause of their image and their music. In other words, they are not for everyone.

I used to dislike these glam metal people but if you don’t take how they act personally, you would see they are not that bad. They are hard partiers and crazy as fuck, but like I said before, if you want to be part of the glam metal genre, you have to look the part and have the attitude. You have to have the full package.

These local glam metal bands whether from the Albany area and from the UK, they are just trying to keep the genre alive.

The only glam rock band that I respect the most, is the Teenage Casket Company, look ’em up. They’re good dudes, great songwriters, and they put themselves out there in a positive way. I still respect the TCC to this day, and still follow everything they do. They have always been a great band.

Kev

Last night, I watched a pretty cool documentary on Netflix, “After Porn Ends”, which gets deep into the lives of former porn stars. The porn industry have always been controversial and it’s not for everyone, and this documentary wants to give people insight on what porn stars lives are like when they aren’t working anymore. This documentary has interviews with some of the biggest porn stars of all time which includes: Houston, Nina Hartley, Mary Carey, Asia Carrera, etc. The documentary has all the legendary male porn stars too.

It was a pretty interesting and insightful documentary! Everyone wants to know what their lives are like when they are done with porn. Are their lives good when retired? Yes and no. It all depends. Basically, the only reason that these people get into porn, ’cause they were desperate for money. A lot of these people couldn’t get jobs else where and they figure that the only way to improve their lives is to get into porn. Before they got into adult film, their lives were hard. They basically had nothing. Sometimes their lives are good after porn. Some went on to better careers and raised a family, and all that good stuff. Sometimes their porn past wasn’t good. Some of them admit that their past will come back to haunt them and some admit they regret their careers. Their family members can also be uncomfortable with their porn past, as well.

They also explain how getting into the porn industry, can also mess up your life. Yes, in porn, there is a lot of partying, drugs, and alcohol, all that stuff.

Over the years, people wonder what happened to these porn stars when they are retired but in reality, they are just real people like all of us.  They have good homes, good families, like we all do. Some porn stars weren’t happy about their porn past and some were very proud of it. It’s a mix.

Yes, I do have an interest in adult porn. I’m not an addict, though, but I’m just like every man out there. I need to have my porn fix, sometimes, too! Porn is pretty cool. I don’t watch too much XXX hardcore stuff, haven’t watched one in a long time, but I do watch the Softcore stuff on HBOZ and the Showtime channels. I also like to buy adult magazines at times too. I don’t get into porn on the internet anymore as much as I used to ’cause I’m worried about spyware and other virus’s, so I just look for porn else where. A lot of people are afraid to admit that they enjoy porn, but I’m not afraid to be open about it. Why hide it, ya know? It shows you have the balls to be confident.

This was one of the best documentaries, I’ve seen on Netflix. Check it out.

Kev

Edit to add: And before anyone says it, “Kev, needs to get a girlfriend, already”. Yes, I do, and I’m gonna work on it. It’s about finding somebody right for me, I’m not gonna be the player type.

It’s pretty cool that people are finally getting the realization that Beyonce can’t really sing. I mean, are you that surprised? I’ll say that again? Beyonce is not the first one to get caught lip syncing. NEWS FLASH: EVERYONE IN THE MAJOR LABELS LIP SYNCS!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yes, that includes rock bands who play instruments. Rock bands with instruments can fake play along with a prerecording. Oh man, I’ll never forget the time when Springsteen and the E-Street band were caught playing along to prerecorded music, at the Superbowl Halftime show. Bruce really sang that night, but the band really wasn’t playing.

There are only very few bands & artists out there that can sing and play instruments for real. It’s not just Beyonce about faking things, all of them. I’m pretty sure that most bands & artists have no real experience with music. You have the looks & the image, you’ll get signed. Manufactured. The industry will turn people like you into rich & famous artists. The industry is pretty secretive about lip syncers. To have talent, you have to be a good lip syncer so you won’t get caught doing it or people won’t notice you doing it. The artist usually fails at lip syncing ’cause we can immediately tell if they are.

When will the music industry be exposed for cashing in on fake talent?

This is why it is cool to stay unsigned and still be a local musician ’cause we don’t fake anything.

Kev