What can I say about Gail except for that she's picked an obscure kid out of the underground and brought me to the forefront of the highly respected pages of Modern Drummer because she's a fan of the music. She's right in the front row of the pit, sweating it out with all the other [...]
Drumming great Neil Peart of Rush graces the cover of latest issue of Modern Drummer which also includes my update with Rob Zgaljic of The Black Halos. On Newsstands now!
Black Halos Sandwich: Billy, Gail and Robbie, Spring 2005
Walk or Mooove The Fuck Over
Escalators are stairs. Do your leg muscles cease to function when the steps move mechanically? If the escalator were to stop, would you be trapped half-way? The purpose of an escalator is to move you up or down from one level to another twice as fast as…well, taking the stairs, [...]
"I Rock."
"The one quote from them that I would really have to say will always stick in my head — that pretty much signaled the end of our relationship there — was that someone had the audacity to actually say that we needed to go buy some records by The Strokes, The Hives and The [...]
Chris and Sean Hide Gail Under Their Hair!
It is my Birthday today, so be nice to me!
Flannel Is Sexy!
I would like to wish everyone a very Happy Valentine's Day (aka Valloween)! And to all of my single friends out there who hate Valentine's Day, just remember that it's better to be on your own than in a crappy relationship!
"Crappy Music Spoken Here"
Each year, The Village Voice polls every Music Critic on the planet to come up with its list of the top ten or one hundred or so albums of the year. While my choices are always — always — wide of the mark, since I don't listen to hip hop or bands [...]
Gail and Ian Dancing at the Wedding of David Lee Beowulf, April 2002
Ian's Dream, as Told to Gail
We had rented some hotel room in Melbourne as a party pad. I was
there with a bunch of friends, we were smoking something special in a
weird way — putting it on the stem of these miniature palm fronds.
This [...]
"Music, Media, Thought."
"Kiss was the first [big] band for me. A couple of my friends had the Kiss Alive albums and I'd listen to the drum solos and think, 'Oh, that's untouchable! Oh my god, Peter Criss!' So, yeah, that was huge."
Who said it? Find out that and much more in my Top 19 [...]
The Band Train Performed Some Songs While We Ate Tasty Snacks
Back in the day, major labels used to host big deal press parties all the time, where hacks like me could get completely sloshed on free booze and engorge ourselves on sumptuous snacks. Good times. Those days are generally considered to be gone with the [...]
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