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Drummer Bobby Rock & Kari Wahlgren Welcome Baby Boy! – 2023 – Lita Ford – Vinnie Vincent Invasion – Nelson

Bobby Rock:

Our little man has arrived! He is healthy and thriving, and momma Kari Wahlgren is recovering nicely—even after those 18 hours of labor and nearly 4 hours of hard pushing! Sleep has been at a premium lately, of course, but we don’t care. We are both over the moon about our new addition.

It has been an exceedingly emotional time for me. I get choked up over my little man at least once a day. Perhaps it’s a deeper sense of wonder, sentiment, and appreciation that accompanies my older age. Perhaps it’s a taste of resolution to the profound pain of loss I’ve endured through these past three decades. Maybe both. But I’m already telling my boy that he has a “sensitive” papa. Hopefully, I won’t embarrass him too much in the years ahead!

To scope out a bunch more details, check out this weekend’s edition of the Bobby Rock Newsletter @ this location.

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Handcrafted Replicas of Lita Ford’s Guitars – Autographed – ORDER

Lita Ford:

Available in the Lita store! Handcrafted replicas of Lita’s guitars; made from solid wood w/ metal tuning keys. Each is (approximately 10” tall) & autographed along w/ a mini adjustable stand, guitar case gift box stamped using silver foil.

SHOP HERE

 

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Lita Ford Talks About Partying w/ Lemmy Before the “Kiss Me Deadly” Video Shoot: “Hey dude! I’ll give a hundred bucks for your jeans.” – 2022

Metal Edge: Lita Ford talked to Metal Edge about ‘Kiss Me Deadly,’ partying with Lemmy and that time she gave a dude $100 for his pants.

You can read the entire interview @ this location. An excerpt from the conversation can be found below.

What do you recall about filming “Kiss Me Deadly” because that video is one of the most iconic from that era?

Lita Ford:

It definitely was. So, “Kiss Me Deadly” was done by Marty Callner, video director, and we filmed that in downtown Los Angeles in some huge warehouse somewhere. They brought in these great big blocks of ice. We were trying to do the fire and ice effect and just play around and not try to have any large effects and stuff.

You know, I do have a pretty cool story, though. One of the things in the “Kiss Me Deadly” video was my jeans. Those jeans have a story. I mean, my mother hated those jeans because she was a European woman who had gone through a lot in the war and she didn’t like anything that was torn, or anything that was old or faded. She wanted everything to look new, especially on her daughter.

I was in the front yard of her house. And she yelled at me through the door, and she said in a very thick Italian accent, “Lita! Get in the house” And I’m looking around, I’m like, why? What happened? And she said, “I don’t want the neighbors to see you in those jeans. And I thought, Well, Mom, they’re already on MTV.

And I have to tell you where I got those jeans. I was coming from Lemmy’s house in Hollywood when he lived over by the Rainbow, and Lemmy and I had partied a little bit that night and I couldn’t drive and so I call my girlfriend to come pick me up. And she comes and picks me up and starts to drive me home. And all of a sudden, I see this young man who was a construction worker, climbing the telephone poles, working on the telephone poles. I’m sitting in the passenger seat, and I said to her, “Pull over. I need to go talk to this guy.” She says, “What do you want to talk to him for?” and I said, “I need to buy his jeans.”

His jeans were all shredded down the front. And they were naturally shredded. It wasn’t done by a machine or a knife or anything because he wore them when he worked construction, climbing the telephone poles. They had this natural worn look to them, and I had to have them. And he was kind of a little guy and I thought those are gonna fit me, so I got out of the car and after partying with Lemmy all night I was like, “Hey dude! I’ll give a hundred bucks for your jeans.”

He looks down and goes, “Hang on, I’ll be right there.” He hops down off the telephone pole, and he says to me, “A hundred bucks for these? I’ve got a second pair in the back of my truck. So, I’m like, “Yeah, I’ll take those two.” I gave him a couple hundred bucks and he gave me a couple pairs of naturally shredded, torn up jeans and I took them home. I ended up giving them to a woman that was doing some clothing designs for me, where she touches stuff up and puts leather on things and beads and strings of suede and velvet. And so, she took these jeans, and she rocked them out and put all this cool stuff on them, and I ended up wearing them in the “Kiss Me Deadly” video. And then everybody started doing the torn jeans and now we pay a ton of money for them.

You mentioned Lemmy, and on the Lita album there’s the song “Can’t Catch Me” which you cowrote with him. What do you recall about putting that one together?

Ford:

Yeah, God. I mean, the song has the energy of Lemmy in it, you know? And I remember him writing …What’s the hell’s the line? [sings] “Don’t try to put the strong arm on me.” Because he was always like, “Lita’s a badass” and back in the day people didn’t really want to accept the fact that you were a female guitar player or that you are a female front woman. And they try to continuously pin me as a sex symbol, and I’m really good with being a sex symbol. But I was also trying to be a musician and wanted to be noticed as a musician and Lemmy noticed me as a musician. And he wanted to make a song that was basically saying, you know, you can’t catch me, because I am a badass and I’m off and running. I mean, [quoting another lyric from the song] “I’ve seen shit and paradise.” [laughs] I mean, you can see what kind of mood we were in when we wrote that. It was just a lot of fun.

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Drummer Bobby Rock w/ “Momma Rock” After the Lita Ford Show in St. Louis – 2022

Bobby Rock:

With Momma Rock, after our show last night in St. Louis. Lita let my 82-year-old mom wear her “Fuck Off” gloves for a few pics, then tried to gift them to her. Mom’s response? “Thank you, but you’d better keep ‘em. I don’t think they’ll let me wear them at the senior center.” 😂

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Kip Winger Explains Why He Didn’t Perform at Stoney’s Road House in Emmett, Idaho – 2022 – Warrant / Lita Ford – VIDEO

Kip Winger:

Message to my friends in Emmett, Idaho.

ORIGINAL ANNOUNCEMENT:

WARRANT with Lita Ford and Kip Winger are heading to Stoney’s Road House in Emmett, Idaho!
Saturday Night August 20th, 2022!
Tickets starting at $50!
Ticket link: https://bit.ly/WarrantSRH22
Tickets on sale this coming Monday at 10am MST!

Warrant
At its core, WARRANT is an American rock band through and through. Hitting it big in 1989, the Hollywood, CA based band rose through the ranks of the local Sunset Strip scene to the level of multiplatinum selling, chart-topping success. The band first came into the national spotlight with their debut album Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich. This album produced Radio and MTV chart toppers “Down Boys,” “Sometimes She Cries,” and the massive hit “Heaven” which reached #1 in Rolling Stone and #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks in a row. The single “Heaven” enjoyed Gold sales and the Album went Platinum in Canada as well, eventually selling over 3 million copies. The band toured the globe performing 262 shows in support of DRFSR and closed the year with a Platinum Home Video. WARRANT’s sophomore album Cherry Pie was released in September 1990.

Lita Ford
Lita Ford’s career began in 1975 as a founding member and guitarist of the groundbreaking all female group the Runaways. The groups hard rock / punk edge spawned hits like “Cherry Bomb” and “Queens of Noise”. Lita and the Runaways proved their timelessness in 2014 when “Cherry Bomb” was featured in the critically acclaimed Marvel / Disney Studios hit movie “Guardians Of The Galaxy” and was nominated for a Grammy Award.

Kip Winger
As the lead singer and bassist of the band bearing his last name, Kip Winger rode the ’80s pop-metal explosion to short-lived stardom, before beginning a solo career in the late ’90s. A native of Denver, began taking music lessons as a young child and dropped out of high school after tenth grade to pursue music as a career. He studied classical guitar and moved to New York with his then-current band seeking a record deal; when one didn’t materialize, he returned home and obtained his GED in order to study music at Denver University, simultaneously taking ballet classes from the Colorado State Ballet (which he joined for a time). returned to New York in 1982, and through his contact with producer Beau Hill (another Denver native), he began landing songwriting work.

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Best of 80’s Guitar List According to Guitarists Warren DeMartini, Scott Ian, John 5, Marty Friedman, Adam Jones, Lita Ford, Mark Tremonti

Guitar World: Warren DeMartini, Steve Stevens, Lita Ford and an all-star panel share their guitar highlights of the ‘80s. You can check out the entire all-star panel @ this location.

An excerpt from the feature has been provided below.

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Scott Ian (ANTHRAX)
GREATEST GUITAR SOLO: Mr. Crowley, Randy Rhoads. His 1-2-3 punch of chops, technique and melody make this solo the one that not only stands out above all his other work, but above everyone else’s in the Eighties. And it’s fun to “air guitar” to!
BEST RIFF: AC/DC’s Back in Black came out in 1980 and set the tone for the rest of the decade.
ULTIMATE GUITAR ALBUM: Blizzard of Ozz by Ozzy. Randy tops Eddie [Van Halen’s] Women and Children First by a nose hair – and only because he was the new kid and it was all very exciting to hear someone come along A.E. – after Ed – and give us all ear boners.
PIECE OF GEAR THAT SCREAMS ’80s: The Floyd Rose! Eddie, Randy, Alex, Kirk, Dave, Steve, Joe, Neil, Kerry, Jeff, Vernon, me! etc., etc. They’re all first-name basis guitar players who used Floyd’s – and this is only the tip of the iceberg.
GUITARIST OF THE DECADE: Randy Rhoads
GREATEST SHREDDER: Steve Vai
UNDERAPPRECIATED HERO: Ty Tabor of King’s X. Ty’s playing on their two Eighties albums is wholly original. His tone is incredible, his feel, his sense of melody. He’s a monster. You need to listen to King’s X.
BEST MOVIE: Raging Bull
GREATEST HAIRSTYLE: Mike Score of A Flock of Seagulls
ULTIMATE EIGHTIES ACCESSORY: My Walkman Sport

Adam Jones (TOOL)
GREATEST GUITAR SOLO: Ozzy Osbourne’s Crazy Train (Randy Rhoads)
BEST RIFF: Ratt’s Lay It Down – drop D!
ULTIMATE GUITAR ALBUM: David Bowie’s Scary Monsters
PIECE OF GEAR THAT SCREAMS ’80s: ADA MP-1 preamp with a Roland AX-7 Keytar
GUITARIST OF THE DECADE: Eddie Van Halen
GREATEST SHREDDER: Yngwie Malmsteen
UNDERAPPRECIATED HERO: [Gang of Four’s] Andy Gill. [He had a] huge influence on me. His style was so passionate and raw, very unique at the time. When I mention him, most people say, “Who?”
BEST MOVIE: Blade Runner
GREATEST HAIRSTYLE: Any member of Kajagoogoo
ULTIMATE EIGHTIES ACCESSORY: Sony Walkman

John 5 (ROB ZOMBIE)
GREATEST GUITAR SOLO: Beat It. It really is just pure perfection.
BEST RIFF: Lay It Down by Ratt
ULTIMATE GUITAR ALBUM: Rising Force by Yngwie Malmsteen
PIECE OF GEAR THAT SCREAMS ’80s: My Boss Heavy Metal pedal.
GUITARIST OF THE DECADE: Steve Vai
GREATEST SHREDDER: Paul Gilbert came on the scene with Racer X and changed my life forever.
UNDERAPPRECIATED HERO: Vinnie Moore
BEST MOVIE: Crossroads with Ralph Macchio and Steve Vai – one of the best!
GREATEST HAIRSTYLE: My good friend Nikki Sixx had the coolest haircut in the Eighties.
ULTIMATE EIGHTIES ACCESSORY: My record collection. Without it, I wouldn’t be who I am today.

Lita Ford
GREATEST GUITAR SOLO: The Ripper by Lita Ford
BEST RIFF: Close My Eyes Forever by Lita Ford and Ozzy Osbourne
ULTIMATE GUITAR ALBUM: Lita by Lita Ford
PIECE OF GEAR THAT SCREAMS ’80s: B.C. Rich guitars
GUITARIST OF THE DECADE: Eddie Van Halen
GREATEST SHREDDER: Eddie Van Halen
UNDERAPPRECIATED HERO: Lita Ford – because she is/was a badass “female” guitarist. Not many people could handle that.
BEST MOVIE: Arthur
GREATEST HAIRSTYLE: Nikki Sixx
ULTIMATE EIGHTIES ACCESSORY: A guitar!

Warren DeMartini (RATT)
GREATEST GUITAR SOLO: (Jake E. Lee) Bark at the Moon by Ozzy Osbourne
BEST RIFF: Welcome to the Jungle by Guns N’ Roses
ULTIMATE GUITAR ALBUM: Blizzard of Ozz by Ozzy Osbourne
PIECE OF GEAR THAT SCREAMS ’80s: MXR Flanger
GUITARIST OF THE DECADE: Stevie Ray Vaughan
GREATEST SHREDDER: Yngwie Malmsteen
BEST MOVIE: The Blues Brothers
GREATEST HAIRSTYLE: Tommy Lee
ULTIMATE EIGHTIES ACCESSORY: Vitamin B12

Mark Tremonti (CREED)
GREATEST GUITAR SOLO: Jeff Beck’s People Get Ready, a great example of the pure emotion that one of the best players that ever lived is capable of laying down.
BEST RIFF: Lay It Down by Ratt. It is just that classic Eighties metal-era iconic riff that everybody’s learned over the years.
ULTIMATE GUITAR ALBUM: Stevie Ray Vaughan, Texas Flood
PIECE OF GEAR THAT SCREAMS ’80s: The ADA MP-1, a rack-mounted guitar processor. I never got the MP1, but I did have the MP2.
GUITARIST OF THE DECADE: Eddie Van Halen, hands down.
GREATEST SHREDDER: Eddie Van Halen. He’s the godfather of shred guitar and put that style of playing on the map.
UNDERAPPRECIATED HERO: Neal Schon.
BEST MOVIE: Crossroads was one of the reasons I wanted to start playing guitar. The “cutting heads” scene is one of the most iconic guitar movie scenes of all time.
GREATEST HAIRSTYLE: Dee Snider
ULTIMATE EIGHTIES ACCESSORY: The Rockman Sustainor rack that Tom Scholz created.

Marty Friedman (MEGADETH)
GREATEST GUITAR SOLO: Wuthering Heights by Pat Benatar (Neil Giraldo)
BEST RIFF: Here It Comes by Ezo
ULTIMATE GUITAR ALBUM: Crimes of Passion by Pat Benatar. Every solo is totally different, and every song has lots of unique and very effective guitar work.
PIECE OF GEAR THAT SCREAMS ’80s: Quadraverb
GUITARIST OF THE DECADE: It would be impossible to choose one, probably thanks to the high standard set by EVH.
UNDERAPPRECIATED HERO: Steve Lukather. People know how great he is, but many are not aware that his massive body of musical work is so overwhelmingly expansive and diverse that there are literally no rivals as far as I know.
BEST MOVIE: The Last American Virgin
GREATEST HAIRSTYLE: The bass player on the first Cinderella album cover.
ULTIMATE EIGHTIES ACCESSORY: Hair

Joel Stroetzel (KILLSWITCH ENGAGE)
GREATEST GUITAR SOLO: Into the Fire by Dokken (George Lynch)
BEST RIFF: Opening riff to Lay It Down by Ratt
ULTIMATE GUITAR ALBUM: Rising Force by Yngwie Malmsteen
PIECE OF GEAR THAT SCREAMS ’80s: Original Eighties hot pink Ibanez JEM
GUITARIST OF THE DECADE: Eddie Van Halen
SHREDDER: Paul Gilbert
UNDERAPPRECIATED HERO: Adrian Vandenburg. Killer vibrato [and] awesome-sounding hands.
BEST MOVIE: Purple Rain
GREATEST HAIRSTYLE: Mike Score of A Flock of Seagulls
ULTIMATE EIGHTIES ACCESSORY: Walkman cassette player!

You can check out the entire all-star panel @ this location.

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Rob Zombie, Lita Ford, & John 5 at The Buffalo Chip – Sturgis 2022 – VIDEO

Rob Zombie:

Backstage with Lita Ford before heading out on stage to rock with 12,000 bikers. Damn, those engines are loud. A few times we couldn’t even hear ourselves playing.🏍🏍🏍🏍🏍🏍🏍🏍🏍🏍🏍🏍🏍🏍🏍🏍🏍🏍🏍🏍🏍🏍🏍🏍 Sturgis 2022 #robzombie #litaford

Lita Ford:

Had a great time in Sturgis, SD! Big thanks to Sturgis Buffalo Chip!

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Poison’s Rikki Rockett w/ Lita Ford: The “Queen of Rock” – Pikeville, Kentucky – 2022 – Bobby Rock – VIDEO

Rikki Rockett:

I accosted the “Queen of Rock” in the hallway and lived to tell about it! Lita Ford. #poisonstadiumtour2022

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Lita Ford Drummer Bobby Rock: “Best Vegan Pizza EVER” @ Hotel Mediterraneo in Sorrento – Naples – Italy – 2022

Bobby Rock: Best vegan pizza EVER, compliments of pizza master Mr. Benito, from Hotel Mediterraneo in Sorrento… where he has been crafting incredible pizzas for 45 years. This mixed-veggie masterpiece was a life-altering experience! Thank you, sir…

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Old School Spinal Tap Commercial w/ Blackie Lawless of W.A.S.P. & Cherie Currie of The Runaways – VIDEO

Cherie Currie: Fun commercial I did for Spinal Tap where I recruited Blackie Lawless as my romantic interest. Rob Reiner let me have full rein. Really fun!

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Lita Ford @ Spyglass Winery Sunbury, PA – Live United Live Music Festival 2021 – VIDEO – “Kiss Me Deadly” “Gotta Let Go” “Cherry Bomb”

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Lita Ford: Yeah Pennsylvania! Thanks to everyone who came out to the Live United Live Festival! A great cause that helps benefit youth mental health. For support, text: YMH 41444.

full in bloom Interviews w/ Lita Ford Drummer Bobby Rock

Drummer Bobby Rock (PART I) talks New Lita Ford Album @ this location.

Drummer Bobby Rock (PART 2) talks Vinnie Vincent, Recording Guitars on the 1986 VVI Debut Album @ this location.

Drummer Bobby Rock (PART 3) talks Vinnie Vincent, Recording Drums on the 1986 VVI Debut Album @ this location.

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Dokken, Lita Ford, Warrant, Winger, Jack Russell’s Great White, George Lynch, Firehouse @ Live United Live Music Festival – Spyglass Ridge Winery – Sunbury, PA – 2021

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Kip Winger: Can’t wait to play this weekend with Winger at the Spyglass Ridge Winery in Sunbury, PA!

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SATURDAY:
Without Reason
George Lynch
Jack Russell’s Great White
Lita Ford
Warrant
Dokken

SUNDAY:
Jason Carst
Bohemian Queen
Eric Martin with PJ Farley, Steve Brown, and Joey Cassata
Firehouse
Winger

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Joan Jett Producer Ric Browde Talks 1988 ‘Up Your Alley’ Album, Kenny Laguna, Faster Pussycat- full in bloom Interview

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This is a full in bloom interview with producer Ric Browde.

LISTEN TO THE INTERVIEW VIA THE EMBEDDED YOUTUBE CLIP BELOW. You can access the video directly on YouTube @ this location.

Ric talks about his experience working with Joan Jett on her platinum-selling album, ‘Up Your Alley.’

Ric Browde Interview via YouTube

If you found this interview first, make sure to listen to our INSIDE THE ALBUM: Poison Look What the Cat Dragged In interview w/ Ric Browde @ this location.

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Drummer Bobby Rock Talks Lita Ford, Her New Album, Vinnie Vincent Invasion, Dana Strum, Sweet Savage, Joey C. Jones – full in bloom Interview 2021

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This is PART I of the full in bloom interview w/ drummer Bobby Rock.

LISTEN TO THE INTERVIEW VIA THE EMBEDDED YOUTUBE CLIP BELOW. You can access the video directly on YouTube @ this location.

You can also listen to this episode on SOUNDCLOUD and SPOTIFY.

Bobby talks about the upcoming Lita Ford album, Sweet Savage, Vinnie Vincent Invasion, books, fitness, the Renaissance, & more.

Bobby Rock Interview via YouTube

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Lita Ford, “A gift from Edward Van Halen in 1992”

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Lita Ford: A gift from Edward Van Halen in 1992. This guitar plays like a dream. Thank you Edward.

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Bobby Rock: Tracking Drums for a New Lita Ford Record – 2020 – Album News

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Bobby Rock: Tracking drums for a new Lita Ford record this week. The shit is bangin’!!!

Make sure to read our old school full in bloom interview with Bobby Rock @ this location.