Captain Cowardly

They're classing it as a Tribute To CJ Snare, although I think it was already in the diary.

I mean as a functioning, creative, recording band, they're done anyway and have been for 20 years. But I was surprised to see they are still going on as early as this weekend, with the guy off of American Idol, who's been filling in for CJ since his last surgery. I think because they are just a pretty faceless heritage act nowadays, they will continue doing the state fairs, pubs & clubs circuit they've been doing, and many people will be none the wiser...

Besides the fact the singer can barely pronounce half those words? That it's shit. What the fuck is a guilty moon? A well renowned British novelist came up with "sweaty skin and hot lips, a moment of sex and you" over and over? What do they write for their day job, soft porn for middle-aged Mum's to read before school pick up?

Yep, he'll make an amazing living doing world tours of Sweden :-D He's got a young child and had a serious health set back, I think he's hoping that his YouTube gig will pay off. Plus, didn't he quit H.E.A.T to move away from being a frontman and launch a music consultation business in South Africa or something?! Then he got sick, so i'm guessing that fell at the first hurdle?

I know everything is happening too fast Without reason, without thinking 'bout the consequences. You're my secret desire, you know you are No one has to know. I can't wait, I want you once again Before this guilty moon fades away Just this once I feel your touch, I can hear you Just this once Sweaty skin and hot lips over me Words and breath, A moment made of sex and you. Secretly just this once I know we are walking on the wrong way But instinct now is stronger and it kills our consciousness Don't talk to anyone about our secret. No one has to know. I can't wait, I want you once again Before this guilty moon fades away Just this once I feel your touch, I can hear you Just this once Sweaty skin and hot lips over me Words and breath, A moment made of sex and you. Secretly just this once Feeling your touch and your lips, Tasting every part of you, With no remorse under a guilty moon - I can't wait I can't wait, I want you once again Before this guilty moon fades away Just this once I feel your touch, I can hear you Just this once Sweaty skin and hot lips over me Words and breath, A moment made of sex and you. Secretly just this once, Your lips just this once, Whispering words and your breath Just this once. They should ask that British novelist for their money back...

No they left Vega full time to run a vegan food stall. James Martin is Issa's husband, so it's natural that they work together. As it's not a full time touring and recording act, it's easy to do from home, whilst still making a living with their full time job.

In the last 18 months, Girish & The Chronicles, Steel Bars - A Tribute to Michael Bolton, Circus of Rock, Joel Hoekstra's 13, The End Machine. Within the last few years he also fronted Firstborne alongside GATC. Pretty impressive for someone who can't sing :-D

I'm not recommending THOSE singers for Skid Row, i'm saying they've done great things with the bands they have joined and it's given them a career boost they otherwise wouldn't have had. I love(d) Mitch Malloy (he seems like a bit of a prick from his social media), but the difference in Great White with Brett vs Mitch is night and day. He has so much more energy, he actually looks like he wants to be there, they are playing to larger and larger crowds again (they seemed to be state fair fodder with Mitch) and he sounds like a young Jack Russell. Skid Row NEED that, especially after Erik. I refuse to believe that Erik is the only young singer that sounds like a young Seb Bach on the planet. And it beats Girish Pradham or Dino Jelusick who are on every fucking album these days, being shoe-horned in to yet another band, as one of those is just fucking terrible... and it's not Dino

I like the tone of his voice, but the heavy accent and the complete made-up bullshit google translate lyrics, kill it. Is that Michele Luppi on keys for the video?

Real sad news. R.I.P Mark Spiro

I can't see where either of them go from here to be honest. Erik made Skid Row sound the best that their target audience could have hoped for in about 30 years, and as much as people like to make out that Erik is young and a star and doesn't need a washed up old band, blah blah blah, that was the highest profile gig he's had outside of Sweden in 15 years. I can't see him getting another opportunity with a bigger band for the exact reason's he's just quit this one. The money is in touring, and if his health will prevent him doing that, who's going to take a punt on him again? I think he'll have a solo album, probably modern pop-rock to have one last aim for the charts, but he'll likely focus more on YouTube covers and various video's across social media to try and monetize that. Which is a shame, as his voice on his own material is great, but his YouTube covers are usually way over-the-top and kind of grating, and also, kind of pointless because they tend to just be karaoke versions rather than making the song his own. Skid Row should look for another Brett Carlisle (Great White) or Parker Lee (Molly Hatchet) or Jason Colombini (Starz), a young, American hidden talent with a love for the 80's rock scene, so the travel isn't an issue and it's still injecting new blood into the band, and won't come with the baggage or ego of someone who's already had a taste of fame before them...

The quality really dropped off with him. We went from everything being lifted from old Jim Peterik and Martin Brothers demo's and new material by Erik Martesson (who was patchy himself) to Alessandro for, what, 13 years? On EVERYTHING. And it was all terrible. Great keyboard player. I don't need to hear him write, sing or produce anything else for as long as I live. He won't be missed.

It was Bryan Wolski I was thinking of. Victor played in Mitch Malloy's band at Firefest.

Can't wait. There's nothing about these guy's that I don't like. And now Steve Newman is the in-house guy for AOR BLVD Records, it's an even more exciting prospect.

I'm being hopeful. The last album was horrible, whereas Dark Eyes and Eternity were back to the AOR style of the debut.