Chrome Cranks

Read about these guys following a namecheck in a recent issue of The New Yorker - despite the band forming back in 1988!

A low-down and dirty garage band (think the likes of Cramps and Boss Hog, with maybe a sprinkling of the Beasts of Bourbon on top), I've so far only heard what's available on their MySpace page. Seems there's a new album on its way, but from what I can gather the self-titled debut is the one of go for, although there is a pretty-substantial looking best-of available (Diabolical Boogie).

Tim Thornton - Death of an Unsigned Band

Can't recommend this book as such as I haven't (yet) read it, but have just read a decent article on Sabotage Times by its author.

Axl Rose oversleeps .. and sacks his roadcrew!

Following on from Guns n' Roses having to cut their sets short at Reading & Leeds (after taking the stage late on both nights), news now emerges that Axl Rose sacked his tour crew after he overslept before the Reading show and then had to re-hire them for Leeds!

Previous posts:
Guns 'N Roses - Appetite For Destruction
Stephen Davis - Watch You Bleed: The Saga of Guns N' Roses
Izzy Stradlin and the Ju Ju Hounds - self-titled