New Jersey and Hair Metal Still Perfect Together
What did you do this week? Go for ramen in the East Village? Take a romantic stroll on the High Line? Maybe you just stayed in and watched I Survived a Japanese Game Show? Whatever: compared to the night had by the 17,500 rockers who gathered just 45 minutes down the Garden State Parkway in Holmdel, New Jersey on Wednesday night, you missed out. Because those 17,500 rockers were watching Cheap Trick, Poison and Def Leppard rock the PNC Bank Arts Center-and shot-gunning millions and millions of beers. Here is a wonderful gallery of photos to give you a taste of what you missed. And yes, Def Leppard drummer Rick Allen still plays Pour Some Sugar On Me with one arm. Can you do that? Didn't think so.
There's nothing sweeter than holding your lady while playing an air guitar with devil horns.
When comparing Bad-ass-ness, the guy on the right is more Bad-ass than the Bad-ass on the left because he's all like, "I don't need no cozy on my beer…breakin' the law, breakin' the law…I'm so Bad-ass."
God, if there's one thing I miss from my former life, there's getting drunk and BBQ fed in the PNC's parking lot.
Shit. Sunday hours at the liquor store today. I gotta run. Thanks for reminding me.
NOT UNAWESOME ENOUGH
Thank you, Dave Bry, for keeping the delight that is photo 18 a surprise.
AGREED.
Where did you get that photo of Gawker's newest writers?
I'm a little disappointed that a good number of those photos are of people, including I bet, the two above, who were maybe, at best, 5 to 7 years old when Lep and Poison were peaking and ruling the world. MAYBE they're big fans of Hollyweird… or Crack a Smile. mmmmmyeeeah, sure. More likely they're results of Lindsay-Lohan-fashion, Williamsburg Klosterman-birthed ironical appreciation which makes me, as a kid who once listened to Unskinny Bop for two hours straight (ON TAPE!!) kinda angry for whatever illogical reason.