The Def Leppard vocalist Joe Elliott said in an interview with the podcast "Rockonteurs With Gary Kemp And Guy Pratt" that he is tired of people calling them a Heavy Metal band. According to the musician that usually happens with people who are involved with that kind of music and known nothing about Rock and Roll. So they tend to call everything Heavy Metal. Joe Elliott says he is tired of people calling Def Leppard a Heavy Metal band "(Transcribed by Blabbermouth) I have an issue with the term 'heavy metal' because everybody outside of rock always thinks if you're a heavy metal band, it's like bad news… You get this impression that everybody's a moron. "(AC/DC) were a blues rock band. UFO and Thin Lizzy were not heavy metal. Motörhead, even they had a blues influence to them… Queen were never a heavy metal band, but they had a couple of heavy metal songs, thanks to Brian May. And I think we were pretty much the same way. It was rock — absolutely heavy rock, for sure." "You listen to our first EP (from 1979), there's a song called 'Ride Into The Sun', which is a total pop song. But then '(Get Your) Rocks Off' was a, full-on rock song. "If we're heavy metal, then so are The Rolling Stones, 'cause it's two guitars, bass, drums and a singer. It's a silly, silly term, I like 'rock'. When you start pigeonholing, it gets on my tits, to be quite honest. Because can't we just all be just a rock band or a pop band or be both?" Joe Elliott said. Def Leppard was formed in Sheffield, England in 1976 and their only original member is the bassist Rick Savage. The classic formation was being formed over the years, with the singer Joe Elliott joining them in 1977, the late guitarist Steve Clark in 1978, the drummer Rick Allen in 1978 and the guitarist Phil Collen in 1982. Releasing their best-selling albums in the 80s, the band became one of the most influential from that decade. They sold an estimated amount of more than 100 million records worldwide. In 2024 the group is currently touring with names like Journey, Heart and Steve Miller Band. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tplakA42fQk&pp=ygUXZGVmIGxlcHBhcmQgaGl0IGFuZCBydW4%3DThe post Joe Elliott is tired of people calling Def Leppard a Heavy Metal band appeared first on Rock And Roll Garage.

The vocalist John Lydon also known as Johnny Rotten was born in Finsbury Park, London, England back in 1956 and started his musical career in 1975, as a founding member of Sex Pistols. The band only released one album in 1977 but it was really enough to change the course of music forever. Although they were not the ones who invented Punk Rock, they really defined that music genre. Because they showed that it could be stronger than it was. It wasn't only the sound, it was the lyrics, the message that their songs had that made them really become as big as bands who released many other famous records. Over the decades Lydon reunited a few times with Pistols but mainly focused on his own successful band called Public Image Ltd, or simply PIL. Besides being known as an amazing frontman, the musician is often recalled for being quite sincere about other artists. But he curiously loves some musicians who you probably wouldn't guess. One of them is the unorthodox pop singer Kate Bush. What is John Lydon's opinion on Kate Bush Lydon already said many times that he actually doesn't like The Beatles, for example, but he absolutely loves Kate Bush. He had the chance not only to praise her but to  meet her at the Q magazine Awards 2001. He surprisingly praised her during his speech, saying: "One person I would like to say hello to is Kate Bush. I love you, your music is fucking brilliant." Afterwards, in an interview with Q magazine, the musician explained why he loved her so much. According to him, he also felt connected to her because people criticized her in the beginning of her career for her singing just like they did with him. "Kate Bush is a true original. It's not nice that she's been imitated Torrid Aimless, sorry Tori Amos. But Kate Bush is a genuine talent. She went through the same shit I did when she started: 'Oh, that's not singing'. Who the fuck wrote the rules about music?" He continued: "Why follow this slavish idiocy? Actually, that was the difference between me and Glen Matlock. He thought music ended when Chuck Berry declared that rock n roll was four to the bar. For me, it's 22 of my mates at the bar," John Lydon said. Bush's success started at the age of 19 when she topped the UK Singles Chart for four weeks with her debut single "Wuthering Heights". With that song, she became the first female sartist to achieve a UK number one hit with a song she wrote all by herself. She curiously got a record deal with EMI after Pink Floyd's David Gilmour helped to produce a demo tape for her. Her debut album "The Kick Inside" was released in 1978 and in the following decade she released  six more successful albums. In the 90s she released only "The Red Shoes" in 1993 and then her most recent ones are "Director's Cut" (2011) and "50 Words For Snow" (2011). Some of her most famous tracks are "Army Dreamers", "Babooshka", "Wuthering Heights'" and "Cloudbusting". But her most famous song is certainly "Running Up That Hill", a track that experienced a huge resurgence a few years ago after being featured in the famous Netflix series Stranger Things. Another famous song featuring Bush is the Peter Gabriel track "Don't Give Up". That track was released on Gabriel's successful 1986 album "So". John Lydon said that her singing fits although it seems absurd https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wp43OdtAAkM&pp=ygUUcnVubmluZyB1cCB0aGF0IGhpbGw%3D John Lydon praised her many other times, like when he was interviewed for the documentary "BBC Queens of Pop" in 2009. "(Transcribed by Rock and Roll Garage) I remember my mom, God rests her soul. When she first heard Kate Bush she said 'Holly jolly, it sounds like a bag of cats' (laughs). At first it seemed absurd, (she singing) way up there, but no, it fits. She supplies me with all the clues and it’s up to me to put the answer together." "Well, that’s like the Quran of music. Surely that’s what we’re all looking for? No easy answers to anything. It’s not about rolling in the money. It’s about the joy of knowing that what you’ve done really touches people’s hearts,” John Lydon said.The post John Lydon’s opinion on Kate Bush appeared first on Rock And Roll Garage.

Society, pay attention. This is important.My wife, Zoe, is transgender. She came out to us — the kids and me — last summer and then slowly spread her beautiful feminine wings with extended family, friends, and neighbors.A little coming out here, a little coming out there — you know how it is.It's been a slow, often challenging process of telling people something so personal and scary, but pretty much everyone has been amazing.However, she dreaded coming out at the office.She works at a large technology company, managing a team of software developers in a predominantly male office environment. She's known many of her co-workers and employees for 15 or so years. They have called her "he" and "him" and "Mr." for a very long time. How would they handle the change?While we have laws in place in Ontario, Canada, to protect the rights of transgender employees, it does not shield them from awkwardness, quiet judgment, or loss of workplace friendships. Your workplace may not become outright hostile, but it can sometimes become a difficult place to go to every day because people only tolerate you rather than fully accept you.But this transition needed to happen, and so Zoe carefully crafted a coming out email and sent it to everyone she works with.The support was immediately apparent; she received about 75 incredibly kind responses from coworkers, both local and international.She then took one week off, followed by a week where she worked solely from home. It was only last Monday when she finally went back to the office.First day back at work! I asked if I could take a "first day of school" type picture with her lunchbox. She said no. Spoilsport. Despite knowing how nice her colleagues are and having read so many positive responses to her email, she was understandably still nervous.Hell, I was nervous. I made her promise to text me 80 billion times with updates and was more than prepared to go down there with my advocacy pants on if I needed to (I might be a tad overprotective).And that's when her office pals decided to show the rest of us how to do it right.She got in and found that a couple of them had decorated her cubicle to surprise her:Butterflies! Streamers! Rainbows! OMG!And made sure her new name was prominently displayed in a few locations:They got her a beautiful lily with a "Welcome, Zoe!" card:And this tearjerker quote was waiting for her on her desk:To top it all off, a 10 a.m. "meeting" she was scheduled to attend was actually a coming out party to welcome her back to work as her true self — complete with coffee and cupcakes and handshakes and hugs.(I stole one, and it was delicious.)NO, I'M NOT CRYING. YOU'RE CRYING.I did go to my wife's office that day. But instead of having my advocacy pants on, I had my hugging arms ready and some mascara in my purse in case I cried it off while thanking everyone.I wish we lived in a world where it was no big deal to come out.Sadly, that is not the case for many LGBTQ people. We live in a world of bathroom bills and "religious freedom" laws that directly target the members of our community. We live in a world where my family gets threats for daring to speak out for trans rights. We live in a world where we can't travel to certain locations for fear of discrimination — or worse.So when I see good stuff happening — especially when it takes place right on our doorstep — I'm going to share it far and wide. Let's normalize this stuff. Let's make celebrating diversity our everyday thing rather than hating or fearing it.Chill out, haters. Take a load off with us.It's a lot of energy to judge people, you know. It's way more fun to celebrate and support them for who they are.Besides, we have cupcakes.This article originally appeared on 04.08.16.

When a cocky young man started showing off his muscles for the "Flex Cam" at a Philadelphia Soul arena football game, he got more than he bargained for after showing off his physique to a couple of women sitting behind him.When the camera made its way back around, he was instantly upstaged by the superior muscles of one of the ladies he had tried to impress. He had no choice but to sink sadly into his seat while the stronger woman flexed over his head.PHILADELPHIA SOUL FLEX CAM SURPISEThis article originally appeared on 05.30.19

Picking up a prepared soup from Costco is an easy way to get lunch or dinner on the table fast. Unfortunately, many popular options are also the unhealthiest.

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from State Of The Nation: SOTN Editor’s Note: Honestly, you just can’t make this stuff up. Here we have the biggest Bible-beaters in Congress crafting legislation that literally criminalizes whole passages in the New Testament.  HOLY FRIGGIN’  COW ! ! ! And the great majority of these modern religious zealots were born and raised in the […]

Saturday’s Trump rally anticipates a massive crowd of possibly up to 80,000 attendees. “The Trump campaign set a high bar for the event in Wildwood, New Jersey, as officials told The Post they believed 80,000 supporters would descend on the beach for their candidate’s first major rally in the New York area by the president since 2020,” the New York Post reports. The New York Post said it was the lone news outlet aboard Trump’s plane as it flew from New York City’s LaGuardia Airport to Atlantic City. Tens of thousands of Trump supporters gathered in the resort coastal city throughout the day Saturday. WATCH: BREAKING: 80,000 in attendance at President Trump's rally in Wildwood, New Jersey! pic.twitter.com/sxZU0ZdUMq — RSBN (@RSBNetwork) May 11, 2024 80,000 in New Jersey for Trump! MAGA STRONG! pic.twitter.com/9VsPeuB0hF — Mike Engleman (@RealHickory) May 11, 2024 The energy here in Wildwood is ELECTRIC! I’ve never seen so many young people at a Trump rally. Gen Z is coming out for Trump. pic.twitter.com/3zxSnbsW5E — ThePersistence (@ScottPresler) May 11, 2024 The New York Post reports: Hundreds of people set up camp overnight on the resort’s famed boardwalk, NJ.com reported, as fans traveled hours to attend. “I think this country needs him back, because I don’t think this country can survive another four years of Democratic rule,” Chris Mitchell of Sussex County, NJ told the outlet. Thousands more arrived early Saturday morning to set up pre-rally tailgate parties, adding to the breezy day’s festival atmosphere. “Feel the energy here,” Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-NJ) told Fox News. “Tens of thousands of people that know we have to do better, that this is the greatest nation on the face of the earth, and that we can do better.” According to the Associated Press, Van Drew described the Wildwood Trump rally as the “largest political gathering in state history.” BREAKING: Former President Trump’s rally in Wildwood, New Jersey, has an estimated crowd of 80,000 supporters, according to a source on the ground. Many, including Rep. Jeff Van Drew, are calling this the largest political rally in the history of New Jersey. — Leading Report (@LeadingReport) May 11, 2024 From the Associated Press: Lisa Fagan, spokesperson for the city of Wildwood, told The Associated Press that she estimated the crowd represented between 80,000 and 100,000 attendees, based off her own observations on the scene Saturday, having seen “dozens” of other events in the same space. The beachfront gathering, described by Rep. Jeff Van Drew, R-N.J., as the largest political gathering in state history, was designed to serve as a show of force at a critical moment for Trump, who is facing dozens of felony charges in four separate criminal cases with the election less than six months away. There is a real possibility that Trump could be a convicted felon by Election Day. Hours before he was scheduled to take the stage, thousands of Trump loyalists donning “Never Surrender” T-shirts and red “Make America Great Again” hats crowded onto the sand between the boardwalk and carnival rides to greet the former Republican president. “The everyday American people are 100% behind him,” said Doreen O’Neill, a 62-year-old nurse from Philadelphia. “They have to cheat and smear him and humiliate him in that courtroom every single day,” O’Neill said. “This country is going to go insane if they steal the election again.” Trump’s extraordinary legal woes, which include three other unrelated criminal cases, have emerged as a central issue in the campaign. WATCH: Wildwood, NJ is already TURNED UP for President Donald J. Trump tomorrow! pic.twitter.com/p7pHLRggB9 — RealBenGeller (@RealBenGeller) May 11, 2024 BIGGEST RALLY EVER“Trump's rally in NJ got complicated as venue was unavailable. So mayor of Wildwood stepped up, offered a spot on the BEACH!”. Ernie Troiano, “Last time he was here we had space for 8,000… 3-4,000 outside”. The beach has “space for 35,000 to 45,000 people”. pic.twitter.com/31tPHRSv8M — AmericanTyranny (@NONbiasedly) May 10, 2024 Read coverage from earlier Saturday HERE. The Line To See President Trump In New Jersey Is Already MASSIVE! 40,000+ Venue!