I haven’t been the nicest to Vince over the years. I’ve been pretty outspoken about his stupidity with alcohol. Scott Ian from Anthrax actually blogged about my ripping Vince on the air in Sacramento for Metal Sludge. There’ve been very few targets of my sarcasm that have taken it harder (Yes..YOU Scott Stapp!). That being said…I met him for the first time this year. He was incredibly nice, and I almost felt bad for shitting on him the way I have since 1986.  I still think he’s done really dumb shit. But, I have to give him credit for being classy and cool when we finally met.

Here we are backstage for the KDKB 40th Anniversary Concert. Congratulations to Motley Crue for their 30 years together. Nobody thought they were for real. They were wrong.

Another example of “feeling old.” When I started out, Gary was the guy in Extreme that headlined everywhere, while  my band (Shatter’d) played in clubs all over New England. When I started out in radio, He and the rest of Extreme still hadn’t even been signed. We were all trying to get a break. He & Nuno would stop by my college radio show on Thursday nights, and play demos of their newest material. It was our own little show and we felt like we were “famous.” Who knew he’d go on to sell millions of albums with Extreme, and be in Van Halen? While *I*…would pretty much do the same thing I’ve done the whole time we’ve known each other.

Fun Fact: Gary sold more CDs with Extreme than he did while in Van Halen. Sorry Gary…you knew I’d take at least one shot 🙂

Here, we catch up when he was in town to promote his project with his ultra-talented brother, Mark; Hurtsmile

What can I say? Lars & I have spoken more over the past 28 years than any musician I’ve come in contact with. He’s gracious and knows how to work radio. We really grew up together. I started in ’86. And Metallica had their first real success on the road with Ozzy supporting “Master Of Puppets.” Funny thing…I always thought either he, or Ozzy would be the first “Hall Of Famer” I’d be able to meet face-to-face. Nope…That honor (for me of course) went to Darryl “DMC” McDaniels. Sorry Lars! You aren’t the “King Of Rock.” But you’ve always been great to me. Thanks! Here…Lars stops by the broadcast w/ me & former KDKB Morning Guy; Sludge.

Once again, after all these years, Slash continues to be a class guy. As soon as he comes over to the table…”HEY!” He’s always been cool. We completely forget there’s a microphone between us every time we start talking.  Here’s the latest from his recent stop during the Ozzy tour.

Eddie wants to be on KDKB. Apparently, before my arrival, he was for a while. They buried his radio show on overnights. While broadcasting @ the “Big 4” show in Indio, we ran in to him. He had a book to plug, and hung for a bit. We could’ve gone on for hours. Ed’s always been good to me. We’ve spoken at length about stuff we’d never discuss on air. Maybe when I write my book…