Tuesday, February 16, 2010
National Skyline National Round-Up: Sebastian Bach Prevents Axl Rose's Stabbing, Abbey Road Is for Sale, Cap'n Jazz Reunion & More
Posted by D Patrick Rodgers on Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 3:37 PM
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* While Guns N' Roses were playing a surprise set in New York City's Gramercy Park Hotel on Feb. 14 -- Happy Valentine's Day, NYC -- a switchblade-wielding maniac apparently approached GN'R, presumably with intent to stab. That's when Skid Row and Damnocracy frontman Sebastian Bach sprang into action, allegedly crying out, "Nobody is getting anywhere near my man Axl Rose with a knife!" and "going after" the attacker. No word on why the rawk fan went all "Youth Gone Wild," but it's pretty clear that Rose and Bach are knee-deep in bromance. No response to the incident from Guns N' Roses that I could find, but if Chinese Democracy is any indicator, we should get one in 13 months or so.
* NME reports that EMI is looking to sell the legendary Abbey Road studios. It's unclear whether the studio brand or just the location itself is up for grabs, but either way, EMI is looking to fetch "tens of millions of pounds." So that's, like, a few hundred dollars, right? Only kidding. But you know who isn't kidding? Terra Firma, the private equity firm that purchased EMI back in '07. Terra Firma apparently used all sorts of state employee pension funds as capital for the purchase, and now they're suing Citigroup for being all, "Hey, tons of people want to buy EMI!" when really it was more like "Terra Firma wants to buy EMI and no one else." Too much finance talk? Understood. I say we all just pool our funds and buy the studio on behalf of Nashville. (HT: Maloney.)
* The Knack's Doug Fieger died of lung cancer this weekend at the age of 57. Everybody and their grandma has heard "My Sharona," but The Knack were responsible for all sorts of undersung New Wave and power-pop tunes. R.I.P., Fieger.
* As if to say "Fuck you, 21st century!" Cap'n Jazz will be reuniting for a show in Chicago on July 17, and their anthology Analphabetapolothology will be released on vinyl in June. For those of you unfamiliar, Cap'n Jazz was one of the roughly 10 original-era emo bands that still retains credibility with music critics throughout the land, and it was the first act to bring the Original Emo Brothers, Tim and Mike Kinsella, into the spotlight. Other Kinsella projects have included Joan of Arc, Make Believe, Ghosts and Vodka, Owls and Owen.
* Oh yeah ... Hum, too.
* There was a conspicuous hole -- aside from the typical, inadvertently exposed one -- in Hole's lineup when they got together for a comeback show in London last week. Courtney Love didn't show.
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