From: Salonen@aol.com
Subject: The Decline of Western Civilization Part II (Obviously NC)
Date: 2/28/2002 7:15:42 PM
To: night_of_light@yahoo.com
seance@lists.no-fi.com


In a message dated 2/28/02 5:37:51 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
night_of_light@yahoo.com writes:


> Will I ever be Lita Ford?  (As she was in 88-89, not 
> now; I don't want any kids!)
> 
> 

Cripes, Lita Ford has kids? I know I'm breaking the Seance Law here (so spank 
me Steve) and 1)going totally off topic here (you knew I'd been too quiet of 
late didn't y'all? Come on admit it....) and #2 talking about myself but I 
was out fairly late last night but came home and turned on the TV to lull me 
to sleep. I was watching the Independent Film Channel when lo and behold I 
found "The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years" on. Well 
hell's bell's, I just had to try and stay awake for as much of that puppy as 
I could. It was kinda like walkin' down memory lane for me - NOT that I was a 
metal chick or anything (Dios mio no!), but living in Los Angeles, big hair 
metal bands were SOOOOOO huge in L.A. in the mid to late 80's - they 
literally ruled Sunset Boulevard at clubs like Gazarri's, the Roxy, the Whi
skey and other scary places like the Country Club, etc. One of my roommate's 
good friends was the A&R guy for first CBS records and then MCA records and I 
just remember sitting in their living room, which was just one big mary jane 
haze and people like Warrant would come in and out all the time with their 
big hair and sleazy ways. Ewww! Neon spandex city! Anyway, so I'd totally 
forgotten how really gross some of these bands could be. I've never seen so 
many guys with SO.MUCH.FUCKING.HAIR. All teased up and UGLY! Man, and the 
groupies! I don't know who was scarier! The way those guys talked about those 
chicks! And of course, ALLLLL of these bands were gonna make it BIG - HUGE - 
the only band I can recall them interviewing from the part I watched last 
night that had already made it was Aerosmith - this interview must have been 
done in '87 or '88 because I remember seeing this documentary when it came 
out in '88 - Steven and co. looked mighty young. Faster Pussycat had about 3 
out their 15 minutes of fame here in L.A. and even that was too much. So I 
totally passed out and couldn't finish the rest of it, but I really, really 
would love to know what most of those guys are doing now....still playing 
music.....what???? Whatever happened to this cheesy metal? (Not really 
counting Aerosmith here, but some of the other bands). Does it exist 
anywhere? It was like a whole other world. And what happened to Ricki 
Rachtman? SP? Remember Headbanger's Ball? I hate when I start thinking about 
this stuff!

Denise (who is very glad all those skinny dudes in Spandex went bye bye)