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