Monday 19 March 2012

KINGS OF THE SUN - "DROP THE GUN" (Official) . . . . NOT JUST BECAUSE CLIFF AND JEFF ARE TWO OF MY CLOSEST MATES, NOT JUST BECAUSE THEY NEVER WORE LYCRA, NOT BECAUSE JEFF WAS THE FIRST GUY I EVER SAW PULLING FRONTSIDE AIR BACK IN '78, NOT BECAUSE RAGGS WAS THE SECOND BASS PLAYER IN MY FIRST BAND, NOT BECAUSE THEY ARE BOTH MENTAL ON MOPARS, HOT WHEELS AND SIXTIES POP CULTURE, NOT BECAUSE CLIFFORD IS ONE OF THE MOST TALENTED DRUMMERS IN THE WORLD, NOT BECAUSE PLAYING WITH CLIFFORIS IN 'COLLECTIVE DOGMA' FOR EIGHTEEN MONTHS WAS SUCH A FUCKING HOOT, NOT BECAUSE THEY PISSED AXL ROSE OFF IN FRONT OF 50,000 GNRS FANS AND NOT BECAUSE I HAD A MAD CRUSH ON THEIR SISTER FOR YEARS . . . . SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY WERE THE BEST ROCK BAND OF THEIR GENRE IN THE FUCKING WORLD BACK IN THE DAY AND DESERVED SO MUCH BETTER SUCCESS THAN THEY ACTUALLY GOT !!!!



THESE GUYS COULD ROCK, NO TWO WAYS ABOUT IT . . . . AND THEY DID WITH THE BEST IN THE WORLD . . . . SEEING THEM LIVE WAS ALWAYS A TREAT AND A TOTAL SHOW . . . . JEFF, THE SEXY BOY OUT THE FRONT, CONSUMATE SHOWMAN AND LEAD SINGER, NO HAIR DYE, DRIVIN THE CHICKS WET, NO FAKE, A LEGIT SURFER/SKATER FROM THE COAST, HELL VOCALS AND SONGWRITIN SKILLS TO MATCH, INTUITIVE SELF TAUGHT AXEMAN, THE FIRST SURFER TO GENUINELY WELCOME ME INTO THE COAST SKATING 'SCENE', FELLOW FIFTY YEAR OLD MANCHILD, OWNER OF ONE GORGEOUS '69 R/T CHARGER, AND JUST A REALLY COOL FRIEND FOR THIRTY PLUS YEARS . . . .

CLIFF, WHAT THE FUCK CAN ONE SAY ABOUT CLIFF HOAD . . . . A GENUINE FREAK, FREAK DRUM SKILLS AND ENCYCLOPAEDIC KNOWLEDGE ON EVERYTHING FROM JAZZ TO POST PUNK, OWNER OF A KEITH BLACK BUILT 426 '66 CORONET, FREAK PERFECTIONIST HOT ROD BUILDER [WHEN HE FINALLY FINISHES HIS TWENTY YEAR 440 POWERED T-BUCKET PROJECT THE ENTIRE ROD WORLD WILL GO INTO CARDIAC ARREST !!!], A BLOKE WHO CAN LOOK THE SHIT IN ANYTHING THAT IS TOTALLY FUCKING OUT THERE, A MAN SO FAR IN FRONT OF THE GAME HE'S KICKIN IT IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD, A TRULY BEAUTIFUL WEIRDO, LIFELONG MUSO AND ALL ROUND FREAKSTER AND FRIEND . . .

'KINGS OF THE SUN' . . . . ROCK AND ROLLIN GOLD COASTERS FOR LIFE !!!!

LOVE YOU GUYS . . . .

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