fix the metal: July 2008

Wednesday, July 30, 2008

vhs nostalgia - eastern exposure zero

best 8 minutes of ninties skating ive ever seen. i remember when i got this for christmas in like 1997 and at first i was bummed cuz it was so short but once i watched it a few times it became one of my favorites fer sure. dan wolfe always makes good videos.

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

crass

this used to scare the shit out of me. still kinda does. the pure anger and sense of true radical political activism thru art that this band conveys must have inspired millions. changed my whole fukkin perspective on shit bro. i remember laying in bed like my sophomore year of high school and listening to this and thinking, "wow, so this punk rock. i finally found it."
thanks crass.

Tuesday, July 22, 2008

rapist of the week: rikki rokket

PHILADELPHIA, Miss. — Poison drummer Rikki Rockett was arrested on a rape warrant and his case was turned over to the district attorney's office for possible grand jury consideration, officials said Friday.

Rockett, 46, was arrested Monday at or near Los Angeles International Airport, Los Angeles police said. He was booked and released, and was awaiting an extradition decision by Mississippi prosecutors.

A woman in Mississippi filed a complaint that she was raped on Sept. 23, 2007, at the Silver Star Casino, Neshoba County sheriff's investigator Ralph Sciple said.

"The subject, Rikki Rockett, forcibly had sex with an adult in one of the hotel rooms," according to a complaint.

Sciple said the woman contacted authorities several days after the alleged attack. He dd not discuss details of the case, but said his office believed the woman's complaint warranted review by the district attorney.

The casino-hotel complex in Philadelphia, about an hour northeast of Jackson, is owned by the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians.

Rockett, whose real name is Richard Ream, did not have a listed number in the Los Angeles area and could not be reached Friday for comment.

Rockett was booked into the Los Angeles County jail under his stage name and released early Tuesday, according to jail inmate information on the county sheriff's Web site. Sciple said there was no immediate attempt to bring Rockett back to Mississippi and a decision on extradition would await action by the district attorney.

Rockett and singer Bret Michaels founded Poison, the glam-metal band with a string of hits in the 1980s, including "Talk Dirty to Me."