The Rant Pack

What’s the best way for an ex-metalhead to celebrate his 40th birthday? By going to a concert by the band he loved most when he was 15 years old!

This is the best music video you will see all day, and possibly the rest of your life.

Joey Bishop passed away yesterday of “multiple causes.”
A great American entertainer, he was the last-remaining member of the Rat Pack that consisted of Frank Sinatra, Peter Lawford, Dean Martin, and Sammy Davis Jr.

About a thousand years ago, I played in a band called The Violet Hour. At one of our last gigs before self-destructing, we asked Subculture to open for us. Though we were the same age, I remember thinking they looked like kids, but were nice enough when they weren’t busy goofing off.
One of their guitarists, a […]

37 years ago today in 1970, one of the greatest guitarists of all time left this world at the age of 27. His influence has touched millions worldwide and caused untold numbers of people to want to learn to play the guitar.
We miss you Jimi.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimi_hendrix

Since 2005, this song has risen to #1 on the charts in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium, The Netherlands, Norway and Sweden. It also went top 10 in Australia and New Zealand. I have to laugh, because I know that someone reading this is saying, “I was into early Schnappi, before he sold out. Like, get […]

You saw it here first. You thought he died during that particularly troublesome bowel movement in 1977? Think again, people!
This Elvis sighting was captured at the New Mexico State Fair.
I was so excited to capture this picture that I nearly tripped over myself grabbing for my camera.
Why people weren’t clamoring for his autograph is beyond […]