LA Guns supporting Ted Nugent, AC/DC , Iron Maiden and more in 1988. What was it like?
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- LA Guns, a life on the road as support for Ted Nugent, AC/DC , Iron Maiden and more! What was it like touring with these bands in 1988?
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great stories Thanks.. Merry Christmas
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Great vid. The first time I saw L.A. Guns was with AC/DC in Hamilton Ontario. I was really there to see Guns and was bummed that they barely got a half hour! lol I remember seeing a video of Warrant playing a water park with the same “stage” setup you described. It rained all day and into the evening but people were still in the pool. The opening acts (I wanna say Blue Murder and Stage Dolls) only got to play 2 or 3 songs each and the Warrant guys basically played in a puddle when it stopped raining. lol Nobody said touring would ever be dull!
I love listening to you, talk about the music that I love and I grew up with it so dear to my heart, I’ve never strayed from
Thank you so much 🙏
This is probably my favorite video of yours yet. I love the back stories. Thank you
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Thanks for doing this. I love L.A Guns and have met Steve and Tracii. These stories are great.
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Great episode! Cheers
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Ted's the man!
Love the stories! Can’t wait for the book!
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These stories are priceless. Ted Nugent represents everything that is great about rock and roll in its most unadulterated form.
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Love it 💥❤️🔥🔥🤘
Respect for acknowledging Derek St. Holmes, he goes unrecognized and underrated.
Truth 🙏
I’m in a cover band with a guitarist that played with Derek and is still good friends with him. I’ll send him this video, I’m sure he’d get a kick out of it.
@@jcollins1305 wow cool ! That’s awesome! Derek was a very nice guy. We played basketball one day with him at soundcheck. Thanks for watching!
Thanks for the great stories! I was at that Santa Monica Civic show. LA. Guns, Leatherwolf & MSG!!! I recently ran into Robin McAuley & talked to him about that show. First time seeing L.A. Guns and I've been a fan ever since.
Wow cool! That’s amazing! I forgot about leatherwolf! Thanks for watching!
Great as always🤘🏼
Thank you as always 🙏
Mild clarification: The animal Ted shot was a cat. He ran on the bus when we stopped and excitedly said: "YOU EVER SEE A SHOT LIKE THAT? KER FUCKIN' PING! RIGHT BETWEEN THE EYES!" before walking it back a little with some stuff about how it was a stray and those things needed to be controlled anyway. He used the .380 that he kept in the small of his back.
The tour ended in Michigan, but the restaurant was in the Florida Panhandle, run by what Ted referred to as: "Some hippies I let live". I don't know any more specifically where it was, but it was goddam jungle.
Mick made buddies with Mal on the '91 AC/DC tour. Mal was in rehab on the '88 one and Stevie was out playing rhythm guitar.
Another mild clarification: I enjoy these. I listen at work in with my podcasts. Keep it up.
Huge fan of LA Guns, and of your channel!
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Cool life, cool stories.
My respects to you brother!
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Great stories
Thank you! Thanks for watching!
Great stories Man Ted Nugent is Awesome
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Really felt like I was there. Listened twice. I enjoyed some of the more “technical” things like the Stones and AC/DC share some of the same crew. Being on tour with Ted. He never disappoints live. Probably my favorite videos of yours yet. The story lines are connecting and interweaving at this point. Really am enjoying it. I also really enjoy the stories about “bumping up”. 😂
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Ted is one of my fave guitarists, his solos are just outta this world
Please more stories from these tours, I know you just have tons of them.
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One vote for long videos if the subject warrants it. Your manner of speaking is super engaging.
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Will always love my Uncle Ted...We think a lot alike and his love for this country`s unparalleled......Thanx,from the coast of Maine...Had a lot of friends that went to the Portland show....a lot of the concert tees could be seen in my high school after-I was 17 at the time......Hope someone somewhere`s workin` on that time machine....I could only afford(from the summer job money)to save up for my KISS shows,and Dec.`87 was the Crazy Nights show and,of course,had to get into the Monsters of Rock show,7 months later,to see the Scorps..........If it wasn`t for those shows,I would`ve been there,too........Keep `em comin`...
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Great, as always!
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Great story love Ted Nugent!
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You know what I just realized? You don’t have a NY accent. That’s a tough one to lose. Great video…as usual!
Depends who I’m talking to. If I talk with some old friend or family from NY it comes back! Thanks for watching!
Nugent is my energy. It’s always a huge plus when Derek is at his side
He was a very nice guy and made that tour extra special. Thanks for watching!
These videos never disappoint keep them up!🤘
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I would love to hear about more funny stories in the road with the guys especially tracii 😂 merry Christmas 🎄
Will keep your request in mind for next video. Merry Christmas!
I was at the Maiden show in Phoenix. Sadly at the time I was not a big LA Guns fan, but that has changed and I now think they are one of the best from era. At that show were not well received. Yes, they didn't match up great with Maiden, but when that show was announced and tickets were being sold it was for Iron Maiden with GNR opening. So, like many there I had bought tickets for a show expecting GNR to be on the bill. They had blown up at that point and were on their way to being the biggest band in the world. Any band that tried to take that slot was going to get slaughtered up there as openers. No fault at all to the LA Guns boys. My recollection is they were pretty damn good, but the crowd just wasn't into it.
That about sums it up! Good recollection! Thanks for watching 🙏
Another great video. If you haven’t checked it out already, check out “Hard to Handle” by Steve Gorman from the Black Crowes. Some great stories about touring with Aerosmith, the Stones, and Jimmy Page. Looking forward to your book!
Thank you for watching! Yes I’ve read the Steve Gorman book! Very good ! My book should be available early 2023. Thank you 🙏
Would had rather seen them with Uncle Ted. Walked out two songs into AcDc set. Tesla actually told me about better money doing clubs.
Edit: Derek St Holmes, wasn't he in London with Nikki Sixx for a time?
Not sure if Derek was in London. Thank you for watching! 🙏
Didn’t you know the guys in Maiden when Paul was in the band?
Yes but that was 8 years prior and I was only tight with Paul Dianno. The rest of the band did not remember me, and I didn’t tell them. Plus we never saw or hung with any of the maiden band except Nicko. They were very uptight people IMO. Thanks for watching 🙏
@@beforeiforget1985 love these videos 👍👍👍👍
@@NTJ891 thank you 🙏
Man, i dont think ive ever heard any good things about iron maiden, on just being cool guys... always they are jerks, except maybe Nico.
Always great hearing stories... looking forward to the book.
Anymore Crue stories come to mind... make a video! Lol, thanks as always for great content.
Yes they weren’t very likeable. But you were correct as Nico was the nicest of the bunch. Book should be our late Feb. thanks again for watching 🙏
That's pure BS. Tons of bands have toured with Maiden and have nothing but great things to say about them. From W.A.S.P. to Megadeth, Anthrax and Testament. Just because poser bands like LA Guns or GnR didn't like them doesn't mean they aren't good to tour with.
@@beforeiforget1985 You don't seem very likeable. But look where your shit band is now.
Broken record I know.. but you are appointment viewing!
What do you mean?
@Before I Forget It's like a broken record because I say it all the time, but you are appointment viewing- hands down fave thing on TH-cam brah!
Iron maiden don't seemd to have changed much....there is video of their current tour of Bruce Dickinson calling the audience a bunch of idiots for smoking weed in his presence.....imagine that weed at a metal show....lol...how long has he been doing this lol
I saw that video. I never liked Bruce as a singer or a front man. But that’s my opinion. Many love him. Thanks for watching!
Yeah, Bruce did that at the show I attended as well. He seemed to be doing the faux outrage at weed smokers at multiple shows, as I saw the same thing on multiple videos from different cities. Just strange, especially at a metal show. I mean I have seen Maiden maybe a half dozen times since the Powerslave tour, and weed smoke is part of the concert experience. I still love Maiden and he's one of my favorite singers, but if I was going to choose one of my favorite singers to hang with for a bit I think I'd take Rob Halford, Dio, or Brian Johnson over Bruce.
@@beforeiforget1985 But what do you know?