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Title: It's the Greeley friggin' Stampede! What did you think it was, moron?!?!?
Post by: Chris_ on July 03, 2008, 09:48:49 AM

Heard this on the radio on my drive in to work this morning.

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Poison drummer aghast at Greeley Stampede appearance

By Bill Scanlon, Rocky Mountain News
Originally published 05:35 a.m., July 3, 2008
Updated 05:36 a.m., July 3, 2008

(http://media.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/content/img/photos/2008/07/02/RikkiRockett_t220.jpg)      A glam-metal rocker is bucking the Greeley Stampede, vowing to use the band's gig there Saturday to educate fans about "rodeo cruelty."

"I had no idea that this gig included a rodeo," Poison drummer Rikki Rockett, an animal-rights crusader for 16 years, said in a statement.

The 86-year-old Greeley tradition bills itself as the "World's Largest 4th of July Rodeo."

"I am blown away that I missed the description of this show on our touring schedule," said the 46-year-old Rockett, whose real name is Richard Ream.

"I have a huge problem with animal cruelty at rodeos," said the drummer, who leads an annual crusade against "puppy mill atrocities" in his native Pennsylvania, according to the statement....

Rocky Mountain News Link (http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/jul/02/poison-bandmember-aghast-rodeo-appearance/)

What the ****, Rikki?  It's not like you've had a hit song in the last 20 years or so, is it?  Where did you miss the briefing from your agent that your days of playing stadiums full of screaming, easy big hair chicks stoned off their asses are over, and y'all are reduced to  playing the occasional county fair and rodeoes (rodeo riders are still big fans of the high adrenaline music from your salad days, unlike the rest of us) to maintain your drug habits.

In the immortal words of Laura Ingraham: "Shaddup and sing you ****in' idiot."

Title: Re: It's the Greeley friggin' Stampede! What did you think it was, moron?!?!?
Post by: Chris_ on July 03, 2008, 09:52:02 AM

Putting down rodeos while performing at a rodeo is dumber that putting down baseball at a baseball game.

Rodeo people are rough, tough and won't put up with guff.

This idiot is taking his life in his hands.

Title: Re: It's the Greeley friggin' Stampede! What did you think it was, moron?!?!?
Post by: Uhhuh35 on July 03, 2008, 10:11:30 AM

I never really liked bands like Poison during the "Hair Metal" days of the 80's, they all just looked and acted kinda' stupid, cheap Motley Crue rip-offs.
Ricky just confirmed it for me.

Title: Re: It's the Greeley friggin' Stampede! What did you think it was, moron?!?!?
Post by: Chris_ on July 03, 2008, 12:25:26 PM

Next season Rikki plans to wear an Eagles jersey to a Raiders game in Oakland...

Title: Re: It's the Greeley friggin' Stampede! What did you think it was, moron?!?!?
Post by: Chris_ on July 03, 2008, 12:26:16 PM

Quote from: Big Don on July 03, 2008, 12:25:26 PM

Next season Rikki plans to wear an Eagles jersey to a Raiders game in Oakland...

If he makes that far.