#appics

[sluttery-withoutshame]

39 seconds of Eric Singer magic.

Another edit for @mindofotherstars, who discovered this gem, SOMEHOW, I don’t know.

But it seems to be ground zero for Eric’s entire career.

“That was in ’84. I entered a Carmine Appice drum contest in LA in September ’84. I remember it was a radio station, I think it was KLOS, you sent in a tape and from that they picked 50 people – 15 girls and 35 guys.

“They had you play at a Guitar Center in the parking lot, they set up two drum kits, one double bass kit, one single bass kit. Out of that they picked the finalists. Steven Adler was in the contest. He didn’t get picked for the finals, I remember he was upset. His mother went up to Carmine Appice, ‘How come my son Steven didn’t get picked?’ I was standing right on the sidewalk next to him while his mother was asking Carmine. It had to be an awkward moment.

“The funny thing was, three years later he’s in the biggest band in the world, so you never know how things are going to turn out. After that, fast forward, I made the finals, I didn’t win, I took third place. Some girl asked Carmine for my number, so the next day I got a call, ‘Hey, I got your number from Carmine Appice and I’m doing this video for Playboy magazine, they’re doing all these videos called women of rock.’

“I did it with a girl called Brenda Lee Holliday. Being in that drum contest, that’s how I got discovered. The guy that played bass in the video, Ray Marzano, had played with Lita. His girlfriend was Lita’s best friend. Randy Castillo was her drummer. Ray goes, ‘Randy quit, Lita doesn’t even know it yet, she’s in England with Tony Iommi,’

[destinationtoast]

Have you noticed how much Goncharov fic is femslash? it's a lot. the whole phenomenon is wonderful, but this is probably the most fascinating thing about it (to me, at least)

I have noticed, and it is fascinating! To update some of my Goncharov stats from 3 days ago, now that the AO3 fandom presence has grown from 40 to over 500 fanworks (!!!):

With those smaller numbers a few days ago, I was really just goofing around (you can't conclude much about which ships are "winning" with only 40 fanworks, but I wanted to contribute some fun graphs to the Goncharov phenomenon anyway). Now that there are so many works, femslash is clearly leading the fic world, even though a lot of the meta and articles I see people sharing primarily mention the Andrey/Goncharov homoeroticism.

This is really interesting, and I wonder what all is driving it. Do the actors who play Andrey & Goncharov not speak as much to slash fans as the actors who play Katya & Sofia? is it the particular scenes that the women characters are in that speak to the fans the most? Was there some particularly inspirational early F/F fic or fanart that spurred more? Are "imaginary canons" (such a goofy genre name!) more likely to generate more femslash than other canons? And/or are there other reasons? Would love to hear theories.

[sweetpaintedladie]

Jeff Beck, 1973

photos by Koh Hasebe

[guerrilla-operator]

DIO

[jt1674]

[rastronomicals]

10:29 AM EDT September 2, 2024:

Beck, Bogert & Appice - "Satisfied" From the box set Live 1973 & 1974 (September 15, 2023)

Last song scrobbled from iTunes at Last.fm

Live at The Rainbow Theatre, London: 26th January, 1974

[the-hottest-band-tournament]

Round Two

Asia

Defeated opponents: Tesla

Formed in: 1981

Genres: Synth rock, art pop, prog rock

Lineup: John Wetton – lead vocals, bass guitar

Geoff Downes – keyboard, vocals

Steve Howe – guitars, vocals

Carl Palmer – drums, percussion

Albums from the 80s:

Asia (1982)

Alpha (1983)

Astra (1985)

Aurora EP (1986)

Propaganda: 

Dio

Defeated opponents: Dog Police

Formation: 1982

Genres: Heavy metal 

Lineup: Ronnie James Dio- vocals, keyboards

Vinny Appice- drums

Jimmy Bain- bass, keyboards

Vivian Campbell- guitar

Albums from the 80s: 

Holy Diver (1983)

The Last in Line (1984)

Sacred Heart (1985)

Dream Evil (1987)

Propaganda: 

[stoneoferech]

Black Sabbath "Dehumanizer"

[wanderinstar]

Beck, Bogert & Appice ~ Superstition Santa Monica, 1973

[metalsongoftheday]

Friday, October 25: Dio, "Another Lie"

R.I.P. Ronald James "Dio" Padavona (1942-2010), Jimmy Bain (1947-2016)

Sacred Heart was almost immediately derided by everyone (including Vivian Campbell) as a transparent attempt to broaden Dio’s commercial prospects, and while it charted and sold well enough not to raise immediate concerns, in hindsight it was the beginning of the end for Dio on many levels.  Of course, the notion of Ronnie James Dio making hair metal was laughable on its face, and “Another Lie” was an especially hilarious “evil woman” tale that, even with a more rockin’ riff and Vinny Appice going for more of a groove, sounded less swaggering and more like a cranky elf shaking his cane at a bored stripper.  There was something almost charming about Dio, both the man and band, trying to strut around the Sunset Strip like they were Ratt or something, and Campbell did try to spice things up a bit with a nice solo over Ronnie’s typical boxy production.  It was actually the combination of the production, Appice and Campbell that helped “Another Lie” do a nice enough job keeping the Dio train running, because all of that made it feel like something that could be performed on stage while Denzil the dragon hovered behind the drums.

[metalcultbrigade]

Cactus - Cactus. 01/07/1970

[wienners]

"what if there was a monster coming after you in the woods" not as scary as "what if there was a man from new jersey with a weapon running at you full speed (also in the woods)"

[slapthebass]

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Shinya artist's page on pearldrum.com

[brokehorrorfan]

Super 7 is adding Dio to its ReAction Figures line with 3.75" retro-style toys of frontman Ronnie James Dio (with microphone) and mascot Murray (with chain). Ed Repka designed the backer card art (pictured below). Due out in July, they’re available to pre-order for $20 each.

[guerrilla-operator]

BLACK SABBATH