Captain Howdy

Joe would have been about 12 when that book came out. She based Lestat on her husband.

In the sticks was almost as weak as 32 pennies. Don't mind either of them but they were fairly weak songs compared to their best. Ridin high and Cold sweat aren't that amazing either. All the other songs though I loved.

I bought this on the strength of Chez Kane, Janet Gardner and Jennifer Batten, but the only song that I got into was the Chez Kane one.

And a small but important update. Had an MRI scan two weeks back and just before I went in for a weeks chemo. The day I was discharged the doctor who discharged me gave me the results of the MRI scan and confirmed my feelings that the brain cancer had reduced in size, so everything it seems is going to plan.

By the look of the song titles, and the songs so far they are going for an 80s computer game inspiration on this one. Also factor that the limited edition of 500, comes with what looks like an 8-bit hand held console, that really does solidify that for me. Even the cover of the album looks like Tron.

Small update. A few months ago I had a biopsy on my chest with the lymph nodes, and came back as cancerous. Which is why the changed my chemo treatment. A couple of weeks ago I had a PET CT Scan, and the results came back that I am now cancer free in my chest, so only the brain to now continue with. Really good sign.

From what I was reading the other day, this is the band Lexxi Foxx/Travis Haley left Steel Panther for.

Thanks to everyone for the well wishes. As some have said I am certainly now closer to being fully recovered than I have ever been, and this year as a whole was probably affected by this cancer way before it was discovered as I had been off sick so much more than I have been ever in my life. Started the year on new years day with a week off with Covid, then followed the next week by a bad stomach bug. Feb I was off a week after a reaction to the first vaxx, then a week off in March due to the seizure. I think a lot of that affected me so badly as the cancer was already there. In the last month or so I have certainly felt much healthier, although I do like sleeping more during the day but thats all part of the healing process and much needed. Hopefully by Feb/March things will be back to relatively normal.

I know Hessu had to have some pretty big surgery on his back which stopped him touring, so may have affected their recording schedule as well.

Heres my vids so far and my just giving link, but obviously nobody is obligated to donate, just the more I share it the more options I have. https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/colin-brown-976

It's all going well, the linfected lymph nodes near the brain and spine must have been reduced in size significantly as my brain is working so much better than it was say two months or so ago. Initial treatment I had was a twice a week treatment where they injected the chemo direct into the base of the spine (not as painful for me as it is for some) and that pretty much cleared up most of the cancer that would have been in the spine, but now on two different chemo treatments we alternate, and go in for a week every 3 weeks to get them intravenously in the arm. I actually feel a lot healthier than you would think, but its just really about making sure I don't get other infections or bugs. I did have to be rushed into A&E a few weeks ago with what turned out to be a gastric problem, possibly caused by the gall stone I didnt know I had but during x-rays they discovered a totally separate lung infection which they dealt with quickly before it spread.

Only heard the album once so far and really enjoyed it. Defo more in common with Missing piece than the last one, that was a lot rawer. As for the speed they are releasing these. Some could be due to writing a lot for the first reunion album and then maybe wanting to use some of the unwanted tracks, but age has to come into it now as well. Don't forget Phil has been recording since the 70s so its possibly "make hay while the sun shines" kinda motto. And I think we forget bands like AC/DC & Aerosmith used to release new albums yearly back in the 70s.

Back on May 1st I was rushed into hospital due to having a funny turn with my brain. I was forgetting things all the time, imagining other things and had a seizure among other things. After two months and three hospitals and an initial diagnosis of TB/Meningytis it was finally confirmed as cancer. Its a blood cancer affecting the brain (putting pressure on the brain causing issues with balance, memory and temporary gave me a new personality that took over so I dont actually remember anything that happened in the first two months). Come July I regained my personality and was able to shut the other guy down who was paranoid thinking everyone was trying to kill him and made him aggressive pulling needles out refusing medication and such like and even tried to escape resulting in sedation. All this I only know through what I have been told by friends, family and nurses. I spent about a week co habiting with him so saw some of what he was going through (by this time he thought he was dead and going to hell) before I finally got rid of him but was still suffering with other neuro issues. I came out in last day of July and have been having various types of chemo and other treatments since then which seem to be working as most neuro issues have subsided. I lost my bike licence due to the seizure I had in March so have just under two years as long as I have no more, til I can re-apply for my licence. At first when I was set free, I was still having memory issues, balance issues and shaking hands etc, but now I am mostly issue free with just slight memory issues. I tried to log on here after I came out but could not log into the message board and could not even get a recovery email sent but I was struggling to read as my eyesight was also effected as it was very fuzzy and could barely read, but now all of that stuff is gone I have finally worked out what the issue was. I registered here so long ago that I was using an email that no longer even exists. So I have been given a 6 to 12 months potential recovery time with chemo and other treatments such as potential stem cell transplant etc, but could obviously go on longer if necessary. Unable to work due to being a danger to myself and others with the neuro issues, but with those subsiding hopefully once the cancer is in remission I will be fine to work again (cant risk it now due to low immune system from chemo which leaves me open to colds, flu, covid etc which could really set me back if I get them). Also can't use public transport or go to gigs etc right now. So anyway back on here again to be an irregular again. I also have a youtube channel where I explain a lot of things I am going through, to try and help people understand and to give hope to others. And thankfully I have a just giving page too as donations from friends and work colleagues etc has kept my head above water with benefits take forever and are not high enough to live on.

From Eriks Facebook Erik Grönwall 32m · It’s time to let this one out in the open. I will try to make a long story as short as possible. I am currently spending day 22 at the hospital in Sweden. About a month ago I was full of energy, capable of doing everything I normally do, business as usual. But then it appeared from nowhere. I started feeling exhausted, I had no energy to perform the simplest tasks and it was like I had run a marathon when I was just literally walking my dog for five minutes. Something wasn’t right. So I took a few blood tests and... fast forward... now it’s the third week of my treatment against acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL). In medical terms this means that my bone marrow generates immature blood cells, rather than mature ones. Now. First and foremost. I am extremely privileged and grateful to live at a day and age where a disease like this is curable. There’s been so much progress made in this field. My body is reacting well to the treatment but it’s a long treatment and it’s going to be the toughest challenge of my life so far, for me and my family. Mentally and physically. I have thought a lot about how to deal with this - both publicly and privately - and have decided to be completely transparent about it. During the treatment there will be good days and there will be bad days but I think it’s important that we can talk about, share and show our weak sides and bad days as well. After all life isn’t always a super filter fluffy social media world. No Instagram filter can beautify this. We don’t always get to choose what happens to us, life is a lottery, but we can choose how we react to it. Well… at least do our best to choose how. I am not promising frequent updates but when I do you will be seeing a new side of me if you stick around here. A more transparent side I assume. If you want to be supportive just focus on HEALTH empowerment. I don’t believe in fighting fire with fire, let’s use water instead. Let’s understand it and cure it. I won’t be doing any interviews at all at the moment, so kindly respect the privacy of me and my family. The only reliable source of information will come directly from me via my channels, so don’t listen to anything else. Final note. I am doing well given the circumstances and I’m ready to tackle this challenge the best I can. As you can see in the picture I decided to shave my hair since I want to control the process where I can. #healthfirst

Not much info yet, but their debut album is due out in May on Kivel. There first single came out on 30th March ... and no, I am not just posting this because I appear in the video at around 1:30

There are plenty of times the cover is better. Just as a couple of covers done by Jaded Heart where they have taken on pop songs, rearranged them into rock songs. But it is down to personal choice. I tried listening to the original version of Paid my dues and thought it was awful, but the JH version is absolutely amazing. I actually like a lot of musical genres, so this is not just a bias for rock, its just I think the way they rearranged it makes it a much better version. There are covers though rearranged into rock songs, that are poor as fuck and I will always stick with the original. Covering a song with no real change in the way the song was originally poor. And then you have rock songs perform by other genre artists can also improve on the original (NIN/Johnny Cash - Hurt springs to mind).

I had no idea 1986 was in the 1990s

One Desire will release their first live album on June 11th. Will be available as a two disc vinyl, CD/DVD combo and also available on blu ray on its own. Will also be release a single and video as a taster on March 30th. Pre-orders up at the Frontiers web shop.

I know this is an old post, but the downfall of the band was the original singer leaving the band to be with his family or girlfriend, and although they got a new singer I don't think it worked out, so they called it quits. There was another album after Pedal to the metal as well, so certainly don't think that album killed them at all.

Yup. Some good songs on, but fairly patchy. But Sippery and NJ are both so much better, with not single duff song on either. Hell, Keep the faith is better than the first two, but just a step below Slippery & NJ.

Well arent you lucky then as it looks like a solo album is due this year as well