Ha ha , Ozzys turning in to Keith Richard’s nephew

I saw Motörhead on Ace Of Spades tour but round about that time health and safety started to monitor the noise and capped it . It was a proud boast that they had beaten the previous nights noise record. I think it was over 130 dbs at the Manchester gig . A testament to this was most of my mates were half deaf at school the following day. The loudest gig I can remember was Ted Nugent on Scream Dream tour it was ridiculously loud.

The fact you asked the question kind of answers the question. They are a blend of jazz, rock and blues etc. but ultimately Steely Dan had there own blend of sounds and were Steely Dan. I still love Can’t Buy A Thrill top songwriting by top musicians.

Last one I promise . There was a guy called Frank Sidebottom who used to wear a paper mache head and had a hand puppet called little Frank. He was as much performance art as anything but his rendition of the Sex Pistols Anarchy in the UK with all the punks dancing to it was the most surreal thing I have ever seen .

Last one from me this as I love this post ! Krokus on their One Vice At A Time tour. Again far too much dry Iso you could barely see anything . It sounded as though a fog horn was going off. The clouds cleared then one of the band members was blowing a Swiss alpine horn which are about 20 foot long and took the whole stage up. I loved heavy metal deeply but Spinal Tap it was !

Another infamous one was when the pigs head got thrown on the stage at Castle Donnington. I did not realise what had happened I think in 1985? It raises the question of what for, how did they sneak it in and where did they get it ? Frankly best not to ask !

Another good one was Roy Harper in Manchester many years ago . The gig was near the curry mile aka Rushhome . His PA acted as an aerial for incoming curry orders which came thick and fast. Roy just laughed and laughed.

There’s many but Ted Nugent swinging across the stage on a rope wearing a loin cloth with a guitar on his back on the Scream Dream tour. There was that much dry ice you could barely see him then the clouds opened and Ted appeared in mid air !

Interesting question. A lot of singers who are not technically brilliant are still great in the rock arena. If you do anything with enough conviction people will believe in it and being on the stage is a performance. All the worlds a stage and we are merely players. Rock hard my friend the audience will give their decision if you can hack it !

I used to have hair right down my back but I am middle aged now and the tragedy of long hair is it can look great when your young and terrible when your old and there in lies the tragedy of long hair for men. Ah but I looked great when I was young and modest too!