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Here's what MAB said in an interview in last year! Nice,
I went to one of your clinics a few years ago, and you mentioned how you got to jam with Kiss once. Can you talk about that?
I learned a valuable lesson then because I was completely star-struck. I was on Shrapnel Records with Mike Varney. He set this thing up for me, and I still lived in Chicago. I was just out of school and I looked like a mid-western kid, but I had a really good promo shot. In fact, it's on my website -- my very first promo shot. So Mike sent it to Kiss, and they flew me out to audition. I still have the and ticket stubs. I was completely star-struck. I mean I was scared to death. And I had played with Kiss before. We won this battle of the bands contest in Chicago to open up for Kiss, and I was in high school; no, I had just graduated high school. I was 18, and this wasn't my first encounter with them.
But when I jammed with them, I actually showed Gene Simmons how to play over the neck. I literally showed him, and he would stop and start, make me play it -- he was in control. It was me, Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons and Eric Carr. I sang “Calling Dr. Love,” and I kicked ass. I was a pretty good singer, and I don't really work on it anymore, but Gene was laughing because I had some of the lyrics wrong. I didn't buy a songbook; I just kind of picked it up off the record, and he was telling me he was cracking up because I had some of the words really wrong. And that was funny because I didn't get the gig. Vinnie Vincent got it and Vinnie Vincent resurrected their career, too.
I mean Lick It Up” -- what an album and what s song. But I learned never to be in awe. That if I'm going to be a rock star, I've got to act like one. And one of the biggest reasons, it wasn't my image; it wasn't my age that prohibited me from getting it. It was that I became a fan. And I really didn't realize that. I went in there acting like a fan instead of a guy who could be the guitar player in the band. And I never forgot that, you know. Even when I talked to Eddie Van Halen, I'm not saying I'm bigger than him, but it wasn't like, “Oh, dude, you’re a god, dude.” I just went in there and we were just talking, just two people talking and that's the lesson I learned. And then later on Gene Simmons, I know him now we talked about that.
He remembered me from that. He told me in my Michelangelo band before Nitro, they had a rhythm guitar player and he goes, “Your playing is light years ahead of other guitar players.” He goes, “You play two guitars at the same time -- what the hell do you need another guitarist for?” (laughs). He really liked my guitar playing.
I went to one of your clinics a few years ago, and you mentioned how you got to jam with Kiss once. Can you talk about that?
I learned a valuable lesson then because I was completely star-struck. I was on Shrapnel Records with Mike Varney. He set this thing up for me, and I still lived in Chicago. I was just out of school and I looked like a mid-western kid, but I had a really good promo shot. In fact, it's on my website -- my very first promo shot. So Mike sent it to Kiss, and they flew me out to audition. I still have the and ticket stubs. I was completely star-struck. I mean I was scared to death. And I had played with Kiss before. We won this battle of the bands contest in Chicago to open up for Kiss, and I was in high school; no, I had just graduated high school. I was 18, and this wasn't my first encounter with them.
But when I jammed with them, I actually showed Gene Simmons how to play over the neck. I literally showed him, and he would stop and start, make me play it -- he was in control. It was me, Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons and Eric Carr. I sang “Calling Dr. Love,” and I kicked ass. I was a pretty good singer, and I don't really work on it anymore, but Gene was laughing because I had some of the lyrics wrong. I didn't buy a songbook; I just kind of picked it up off the record, and he was telling me he was cracking up because I had some of the words really wrong. And that was funny because I didn't get the gig. Vinnie Vincent got it and Vinnie Vincent resurrected their career, too.
I mean Lick It Up” -- what an album and what s song. But I learned never to be in awe. That if I'm going to be a rock star, I've got to act like one. And one of the biggest reasons, it wasn't my image; it wasn't my age that prohibited me from getting it. It was that I became a fan. And I really didn't realize that. I went in there acting like a fan instead of a guy who could be the guitar player in the band. And I never forgot that, you know. Even when I talked to Eddie Van Halen, I'm not saying I'm bigger than him, but it wasn't like, “Oh, dude, you’re a god, dude.” I just went in there and we were just talking, just two people talking and that's the lesson I learned. And then later on Gene Simmons, I know him now we talked about that.
He remembered me from that. He told me in my Michelangelo band before Nitro, they had a rhythm guitar player and he goes, “Your playing is light years ahead of other guitar players.” He goes, “You play two guitars at the same time -- what the hell do you need another guitarist for?” (laughs). He really liked my guitar playing.
Promises made, crying in vain, all empty. Never accepting the blame and not letting go of the shame. A river of tears, as months turn to years, all wasted. On someone not willing to change.Now only a shadow remains!
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Yeah, nice. Lick It Up, what an album and song indeed.
Good advice too, about not acting like a star struck fan. You need to be on the same level, as a person and as a musician.
I'll remember this for my next big audition, lol.
Good advice too, about not acting like a star struck fan. You need to be on the same level, as a person and as a musician.
I'll remember this for my next big audition, lol.
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Imagine MAB in KISS!!!! And Gene thought Mark sounded like a swarm of buzzing bees!!!! lol
Could have used the Ritz Rocket guitar to play Rocket Ride!
Could have used the Ritz Rocket guitar to play Rocket Ride!
Promises made, crying in vain, all empty. Never accepting the blame and not letting go of the shame. A river of tears, as months turn to years, all wasted. On someone not willing to change.Now only a shadow remains!
Re: Michael Batio
This contradicts Eric Carr's story of asking for their autographs at his audition and them appreciating his "realness" and no ego.
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I was thinking of that later.
Maybe Eric rocked it and casually asked, rather than gushing all through it, so not seeming like a star struck kid?
Maybe Eric rocked it and casually asked, rather than gushing all through it, so not seeming like a star struck kid?
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Michael is an extremely cool guy but he still comes off as EXCITABLE.
That is a trait that could possibly annoy more than a few people that have BEEN THERE,DONE THAT.
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That is a trait that could possibly annoy more than a few people that have BEEN THERE,DONE THAT.
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RIP btw...
RIP btw...
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PW !!!! My buddy just framed a great picture of Warren Zevon !!!!PinkWiz wrote:[youtube][/youtube]
RIP btw...
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& Yet..... another FUCKE'en eXXXample of
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I got Jesus in my fax machine. I saw Ho Chi Minh down @ Burger King. I dated Vinnie Vincent as a Drag Queen. I still don't understand a f**kin' thing.
I have come here to chew bubble gum and kick ass and I'm all out of bubble gum.
I have come here to chew bubble gum and kick ass and I'm all out of bubble gum.
Re: Michael Batio
Michael can still play like a mofo, how about our Vinnie?
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Re: Michael Batio
I'm a huge MAB Fan but unfortunately he shops the same bad wig shoppe that Vinnie does
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The wigs are there, it's true. I wonder why he doesn't rock his real look, nobody would mind.
Look at Satriani.
Look at Satriani.
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Wow, he's still an amazing player! But the wig is pure shit! Haha
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You need a wig to be a great shredder. Sort of a Samson thing. Don't get a wigcut, Vinnie!
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I have been known to wear a merkin .Genebaby wrote:That ain't no wig!!!!
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Go Satriani !
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Re: Michael Batio
It's a shame a 40+ year old man has more/thicker hair than me :'(
I'm going to be like VV and nearly bald by the time I am 50!
A wig shopping I go..
I'm going to be like VV and nearly bald by the time I am 50!
A wig shopping I go..
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Rick you have so big hair!!!
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I need it to distract from my belly and shrinking penis.wolfgang161272 wrote:Rick you have so big hair!!!
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Uahhhhh. haha
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Re: Michael Batio
I've never understood the wig or his style of playing. Not my thing