WASHINGTON, DC—In a move aimed at accommodating President* Biden’s cognitive awareness schedule, the White House has formally requested that all enemies, foreign and domestic, refrain from initiating any hostile actions between 4 p.m. and 10 a.m. Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre informed an eager press corps of the new policy during a briefing yesterday. “We are simply asking for a little consideration and not attack the United States or our allies during those hours,” Jean-Pierre said. “We believe this will ensure that President Biden is fully prepared and well-rested to address any crises that may arise.” MSNBC and CNN reporters wiped away tears of joy, their smiles wide as they nodded in agreement. “It’s brilliant,” said Rachel Maddow’s personal assistant, Carpetta Munscher. “This White House knows how to lead a country!” The new policy has raised eyebrows and questions. What if Trump’s cognitive hours had been similarly limited? “The big difference,” Munscher clarified, “is that Trump is a racist, misogynist, sexist felon, while Biden only showered with his daughter, so there.” Critics have been quick to point out potential flaws in the plan. “What happens if an enemy decides to act outside these hours?” asked an unnamed senator. “This seems more like wishful thinking than a robust national security strategy.” Jean-Pierre dismissed these concerns, asserting that the administration has full confidence in their diplomatic approach. “We trust that our adversaries will honor this request. After all, it’s just common courtesy.” Supporters of the policy are already hailing it as a stroke of genius. “This is leadership at its finest,” said a prominent political commentator. “It shows a deep understanding of the president’s needs and a creative approach to global diplomacy.” Despite the fanfare, some skeptics remain unconvinced. “What if, and hear me out,” said one pundit, “our enemies don’t respect this time frame? Are we really banking on international bad guys being polite?” Munscher had a ready response. “Of course, they will. They know Biden is a man of empathy and decency. And if they don’t comply, well, we’ll just ask them again nicely.” As the nation adjusts to this unprecedented approach to national security, one thing is certain: the Biden administration is committed to ensuring that the president gets his beauty sleep. Whether or not the world will comply remains to be seen. For now, Americans can rest easy knowing that from 4 p.m. to 10 a.m., the country will be in the capable hands of… well, whoever is available. The post White House politely asks enemies to not start WWIII between 4pm and 10am appeared first on Genesius Times.

Written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, the song "Jumpin' Jack Flash" became one of Rolling Stones signature songs and since it was released was constantly featured on their live shows. The track was originally released as a single in 1968, but what was the inspiration behind that title? In an interview with Guitar World back in 2020, the guitarist Keith Richards recalled that it was actually inspired by his gardener. Keith and Mick were together trying to write something when they heard Jack Dyer arriving and it was enough for the title to appear. The inspiration behind the Rolling Stones "Jumpin' Jack Flash" "'Jumpin' Jack Flash' comes from this guy, Jack Dyer, who was my gardener - an old English yokel. Mick (Jagger) and I were in my house down in the south of England. We'd been up all night; the sky was just beginning to go gray. It was pissing down raining - if I remember rightly." "Mick and I were sitting there, and suddenly Mick starts up. He hears these great footsteps, these great rubber boots - slosh, slosh, slosh - going by the window. He said, 'What's that?' And I said, 'Oh, that's Jack. That's jumpin' Jack.' We had my guitar in open tuning, and I started to fool around with that. [singing] 'Jumpin' Jack...' and Mick says, 'Flash.' "He'd just woken up. Suddenly we had this wonderful alliterative phrase. So he woke up and we knocked it together," Keith Richards said. Besides Mick and Keith, the band was also formed at the time by Brian Jones, Bill Wyman and Charlie Watts. The additional musicians on that track were Ian Stewart (Piano), Jimmy Miller (Backing vocals) and Rocky Dijon (Maracas). It became a number one single in countries in the United Kingdom, Australia, Germany, Netherlands and New Zealand, for example. In the United States, the track peaked at number 3 on the United States Hot 100. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGd7SkdETro&pp=ygURanVtcGluIGphY2sgZmxhc2g%3DThe post The inspiration behind the Rolling Stones “Jumpin’ Jack Flash” appeared first on Rock And Roll Garage.

Formed in Los Angeles back in 1985, Guns N' Roses released their groundbreaking album "Appetite for Destruction" two years later and in the following decade became one of the biggest bands in the world. Although Slash and Duff were out of the group for almost two decades, the band continued with only Axl Rose as the original member until 2016 when the bassist and guitarist returned to the group. They are finally friends again and in an interview with Classic Rock back in 2016, Slash recalled how he first met Duff and Axl. How Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash first met Axl Rose and Duff McKagan “I knew Steven (Adler) first. Originally he was a guitarist and I was going to play bass, but then he went to drums. He moved back home and learned to play drums, moved back and that’s when I met Izzy Stradlin." "And he came into the music store I worked in to see if I was the guy who’d drawn this picture of Aerosmith he’d seen. He played me a tape that had Axl on it. So Steven and I went along to see him play at Cazares one night. We were trying to get Axl as I didn’t think we needed another guitar player at the time. Eventually I got in a band with Axl and Steven while Izzy took off. That broke up and Duff (McKagan) answered an ad we placed for a bass player,” Slash said. In 2021, the band released the tracks “Absurd” and “Hard Skool”, which were then featured on their live shows. In 2023, the songs released were “Perhaps” and “The General”, which were also played live at their shows, but they are all reworked tracks from the “Chinese Democracy” album, which is the most recent one released by the group. It took more than a decade to make the record, a huge number of artists played on it and it was finally released under mixed reviews in 2008. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0_OFC10hTE&pp=ygUMZ3VucyBuIHJvc2VzThe post How Guns N’ Roses guitarist Slash first met Axl Rose and Duff McKagan appeared first on Rock And Roll Garage.

Released on the classic 1990 Megadeth album "Rust In Peace", the track "Holy Wars... The Punishment Due" became one of the band's signature songs and since it was released was constantly present on their live concerts. But what inspired the band's vocalist, guitarist and leader Dave Mustaine to write that track? He explained in an interview with Rolling Stone back in 2017. What inspired the classic Megadeth song "Holy Wars" according to Dave Mustaine "I think religion is for people who are afraid of going to hell, and spirituality is for people like me who've been there. I don't really write about religion, but I came close with 'Holy Wars,' being inspired by the Cause (meaning Irish Republicanism)." "One time when I was in Ireland, I saw people selling T-shirts in front of a venue and asked what it was about, and he said the Cause. And when the guy told me what it meant, he just said, 'Oh, it's just prejudiced religion. One religion thinks it's better than another religion'." "'The Protestants think they're better than the Catholics.' I went, 'Well, shit, I don't know if I'm either one of them. But I'm certainly not any one of those two because I don't judge other religions.'" Dave Mustaine continued, saying: "So at the concert, I introduced a song by saying, 'This one's for the Cause" from the stage and (whistles) wrong thing to say. I learned my lesson quick so I don't talk about religion anymore (laughs)." "I was really mad about what happened over there. So I was really beating my guitar to make that riff come out. That's why it was really fast," Dave Mustaine In the same interview the Megadeth leader also revealed that the second part of the song "The Punishment Due", was inspired by Marvel's character Fran Castle, which is known as The Punisher. He also noted that there was a lot of Beatles influence in that track, because of the melodic parts, which according to him would be "Beatles-esque". He also said that the chorus was like a pattern used by the Fab Four. At the time, the track peaked at number 24 on the United Kingdom singles chart. Besides Mustaine, the band was formed by David Ellefson (Bass), Marty Friedman (Guitar) and Nick Menza (Drums). https://youtu.be/9d4ui9q7eDMThe post What inspired Megadeth’s “Holy Wars” according to Dave Mustaine appeared first on Rock And Roll Garage.

Like sports teams, many Heavy Metal bands created their own mascots and they often appear on the album covers or even during their live shows. Formed and led by Dave Mustaine for more than 40 years, Megadeth has Vic Rattlehead. He was on the cover of most Megadeth albums and at least during the last decade appears in all their live shows, usually when the track "Peace Sells... but Who's Buying?" is being played. But how the band came up with the name and the image for Vic? How the Megadeth mascot Vic Rattlehead was created Dave Mustaine explained that in an interview with Rolling Stone magazine back in 2017. "Me and Dave (Ellefson) were living in Hollywood, kind of squatting apartments and there was this one grocery store that we used to shoplift from. We would usually buy something. anything. Just so that we did some kind of business there and then we'd grab something else." "I remember waiting in line one time and there was a book that had something similar to that for the title and it showed a skull with the skin pulled back over half of it and I thought, 'Well, that's a really interesting title.' And then I ran with it because of the idea with our whole moniker and the way that the (mascot) character Vic was developed, with the see-no-evil, speak-no-evil, hear-no-evil stuff." He continued: "Vic came to me like really in the early process of making the whole band. I wanted a mascot because Eddie was the mascot for Iron Maiden, and Motörhead had Snaggletooth. I thought it would just be, like, an image. So I came up with a skull with two crisscrossed human bones made into crucifixes so that it signified fucked-up religion, conflict in religion. But also like the symbol for poison, and then came the hear-no-evil, see-no-evil, speak-no-evil thing. For me, it was all those metaphors in one image. We had this guy named Peyton Tuttle drew the very first version," Dave Mustaine said. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWVWZw3nYNo&pp=ygUQcGVhY2Ugc2VsbHMgMjAyNA%3D%3D Formed by Dave Mustaine after he was fired from Metallica in the early 80s, Megadeth became one of the most influential Thrash Metal bands of all time. The group released 16 studio albums and have sold an estimated amount of more than 50 million records worldwide. Besides the founder, guitarist, singer and songwriter Dave Mustaine, the group’s current line-up has James LoMenzo (Bass – Since 2022), Dirk Verbeuren (Drums – Since 2016) and Teemu Mäntysaari (Guitar – Since 2023). The post How the Megadeth mascot Vic Rattlehead was created appeared first on Rock And Roll Garage.