By now you’ve probably heard we got super lucky here in KC when STP rolled into the Midland Theater recently. Sure we had to wait over an hour from their anticipated start time, but it could have been worse. Here’s just a few comments below taken from Below Empty

LoungeFly77: The other reviews are accurate regarding STP’s concert at the Rave. The band came out pretty early, which is atypical. I was only a few feet from Weiland’s mic for most of the show, so his slip-ups with Sex Type Thing, Dead & Bloated, and Lounge Fly were noticeable. Ironically, other than a few guilty smiles, he didn’t seem to notice at all.

Spoonman67: Scott was wasted. The show started off OK and steadily declined as it went on. This had everything to do with Scott (not the band). It was quit pathetic and me and my friends left completely discusted. It was evident the band was upset with Scott’s behavior. I will never pay my hard earned cash to see them again. Scott will wind up another dead rock star who couldn’t get his act together. Pretty sad for such a great talent.

ejsme: To me, Scott seemed intoxicated throughout the show. Seemed drunk or I thought maybe the pain pills because of the heel. He did keep sipping on some beverage throughout the show, but I don’t know what it was. Although he sounded really slurry and rambling when talking between songs, he actually did a great job for most of the show. It was excellent and thoroughly enjoyable. And the DeLeos didn’t seem mad at him or anything. Dean actually came up and played his guitar with the neck stuck between Weiland’s legs at one point.

But… once they got to Dead & Bloated, partway in, Scott got completely lost and just seemed to forget the whole song, lyrics and melody. They tried to kind of go into a little jammy part to cover until they could get their bearings, but it just kind got more and more off track and Scott never seemed to be able to pick back up. So, Dean walks off to the side and switches guitars and they go into LoungeFly. Dean walked up to Scott and took out his ear monitor and said something into his ear.

Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy it is right around the corner!!! This is going to be a party! Its a little earlier this year, so maybe it won’t be as hot as it has been but its still going to br a scorcher on stage! I get a lot of questions in the studio about tickets and what not so I’ll tell you now that there ARE still tickets available, but not many! Don’t forget, Rockaholics bought 40,000 tickets during the pre-sale so don’t miss your chance to pick some up and join us May 15th.

Another question I get is whether or not there are hotel packages available like there were in previous years. The answer to that is YES!! These are a great idea if you can do it. Think about it…12 solid hours out at Rockfest, $5 beers, what could be better than to not have to worry about driving alllll the way home. Stumble over to hotel sleep it off and go home the next day.

Either way, Rockfest is going to be off the hook!! Complete details are right here on our website so you came to the right place!

See ya out there!!!
R

After waiting over an hour from their anticipated start time of 9:30PM, STP finally came out swinging at 10:30 Monday night at the Midland to a room full of applause (which was odd cause there was a bounty of BOO’s prior to). None the less, Stone Temple Pilots captured the crowd almost immediately with their opener of Vaseline. A definite crowd favorite. In fact it was mostly old tunes for the first half of the show. I made this statement on air and I’ll stick by it on here; not certain if Scott’s sober or not as he exhibited signs he was not completely centered but he did do a stand up job for what I saw.

Mad love to F’Em Up Chuck who I prepartied with and Chuck from Atlantic Records that picked me up a couple cold ones!

Dave Grohl (Nirvana, Foo Fighters, Them Crocked Vultures, All Around Awesome Dude) is an addict. This video, sadly, proves the grim reality. Let’s all learn from this and Dave know, I still have a non-sexual man crush on you.

So we had a bit of a set back with the first day of spring and the snow storm but still!
This is the time of year when bands start cranking out all of their new music. Jackyl, Godsmack, Ozzy, Korn, Stone Sour, STP,and the list goes on!
Along with all that  new music comes concert season!
There is nothing better than seeing your favorite band live.

Dont forget as you plan to head out to those shows to keep a eye out for your fellow rocker.

If you see someone hit the ground in the pit pick them up and try to knock them back down. (then repeat)

If you see a girl crowd surfing don’t get all “handsy” it could be your sis.

If you are crowd surfing remember I am about a foot taller than everyone else so try to not kick me in the head…again!

Pace the party. It would suck to not remember what you just saw. (years ago went to a Motley show with one of my friends and at one pint he thought we were at a Floyd show)

Most importantly…Have a good time! 

Hope to see you at all of the shows!

See ya out there!
M

Or was it the Mommy’s were great!
Good Lord was it Bon Jovi MILF’s Gone Wild last night at the Sprint Center. My friend, Janae, and I got there right at the start of the show and stayed for the entire performance (minus ducking out for a beer run twice) and I gotta give it the the boys from Jersey, they rocked the place. What I found funny… well a couple things. First was during the staples, Bad Medicine, Runaway, etc, the crowd got into it note for note. However, when a new tune came on and the crowd really didn’t know it, a lot of texting a photo uploading to facebook. The best part, for us, was the row of about 10 suburbia moms in front of us reliving their old college/high school days. Wow, were they smashed and left a giant moat of beer at our feet. Way to stay classy Ma! All in all, I had a blast and can now scratch the Jovi off my list of bands to see!

Lets see….Its Monday the 15th.  What was going to happen this morning?
Ummmm….Oah yeah!
ROCKFEST 2010 info!
Did you hear it?
May 15th Liberty Memorial.

Main Stage

Godsmack

Three Days Grace

Seether

Papa Roach

Drowning Pool

Rev Theory

Halestorm

Second Stage

Five Finger Death Punch

Airbourne

Janus

The Veer Union

Burn Halo

Adelita’s Way

Shaman’s Harvest

Taddy Porter

Now I am sure you have already see this on the main page and I am sure that you know that Rockaholic tickets go on sale for $25 on Wednesday but I just wanted to shoot you a reminder that last years show sold out in about a week.

Do whatever you need to do to get your ticket before they are gone this year.

Borrow some cash, sell some cans, get a part time job!

I can say with all honesty that Rockfest is the most fun I have all year. Its is kind of like Christmas for me.

If you have a kick ass story about Rockfest I want to hear it!

It is official and it is ON!!! Johnny had all the details this morning….ROCKFEST 2010 IS COMING!!! Saturday May 15th, Liberty Memorial…it IS the largest one day music festival in America thanks to you! 15 bands, 2 stages:

Godsmack
Three Days Grace
Seether
Papa Roach
Drowning Pool
Rev Theory
Halestorm
Five Finger Death Punch
Airbourne
Janus
The Veer Union
Burn Halo
Adelita’s Way
Shaman’s Harvest
Taddy Porter

As always concessions will be $5 or less!! Tickets go on sale THIS Wednesday at 10am thru Friday at midnight for Rockaholics for $25! DON’T WAIT!!! Last year’s the show sold out in a week and they’re going to fast again!! The day will come when Rockaholics buy ALL the tickets during the pre-sale and this could be the year!!!

See you at Rockfest 2010!!!
R

Taken directly from www.smashingpumpkins.com

With the news that THE SMASHING PUMPKINS bassist Ginger Pooley has left the band to raise her new baby with her husband, BILLY CORGAN has announced that he will look for a new bassist in the same manner as he found new drummer Mike Byrne last year: via an open audition process (see below for details). CORGAN also says that auditions will be held (again, see below) for a new keyboardist who is a fan of–and can play in the prog-rock style of–Jon Lord and Rick Wakeman.

Until a new bassist is found, Mark Tulin of The Electric Prunes–with whom BILLY toured last year in Spirits In The Sky–will fill in on an interim basis. Look for The Pumpkins to soon announce a world tour including dates in the U.S.

Says Ginger, who toured the world with the band in 2007 and 2008: “With sorrow and yet with much thankfulness for the opportunity to have played in the Pumpkins, I am sad to say that I can no longer tour with the Pumpkins. Although I’ve been blessed beyond belief over the past few years through playing with the Pumpkins, my priority now is to keep our little family unit together, which includes my husband and my baby. Although I do plan on continuing to do music in different forms, my priority is for neither for my husband nor myself to be apart from our daughter so that we can raise her together. I wish Billy all the best and look forward to seeing the Pumpkins in the near future. I would also like to thank all of the Pumpkins fans for all of their support. I will see you at the Pumpkins shows!”

Says BILLY: “Although I am heartbroken that Ginger is leaving the group, I really respect her decision to put her family first. I appreciate everything that she has contributed to The Smashing Pumpkins, and I’m proud of her for being such a great musician and friend.

“We were lucky enough to find drummer Mike Byrne through an open audition process,” BILLY adds, “so why not open the doors again to anyone who might be interested for the bass or keyboard position. As you can see from our past and present, age, race, or a person’s background is not an issue. Everyone is truly welcome to audition.”

Audition Info:
Bassists and keyboardists looking to play with The Pumpkins should send their background info (including age, a resume of any bands/recorded work), photos and performance web links via email only, either to  pumpkinsbass at gmail.com or  pumpkinskeys at gmail.com. Note: only musicians with video clips can be considered. Youtube.com type posts are perfect–that’s how Mike was found. Final date for submission is March 31st.

THIS monday, March 15th, is the day we’ve been waiting for! Johnny Dare will have all the details concerning……(drumroll)…………ROCKFEST 2010!!!!! Make sure to listen to the morning show this monday as Johnny will have ALL the details…when, where, who, ticket prices, ticket on-sale date AND the Rockaholic pre-sale details (hint, hint, make sure you’re a registered Rockaholic but I’m sure you already know why). Its going to be a great day, a great party and one that you won’t want to miss (are there really any that you do want to miss?…I didn’t think so).

Summer begins with Rockfest 2010 and the details are close!!!

R