My Favorite Decade

[BillyG]

I had no idea Gary Busey was born minutes from where I grew up!

[B_Metal]

He would always call it "Goose Creek" if asked but yeah, Baytown. Home planet to Gary Busey. Says a lot I think. :-)

[Timothy225]

I used to live in the same development as Zakk Wylde (Brookwood 3). Went to grade/high school with him too.

Really has nothing at all to do with ZZ Top and Gary Busey, but I hate feeling left out.

[Abraham Smashington]

I used to live in the same neighborhood as a local weather guy named Dave Dahl. I asked him for an autograph when I was in 6th grade (I wanted to become a meterologist) he said no and drove off. I'd like to think that was the exact time I gave up on my dreams and started doing drugs. FUCK YOU DAVE DAHL. You suck.

[B_Metal]

Aside from living in Gary Busey's hometown and having met Bob Backlund about the only other "famous" story I got is that I played highschool football with Rocky Bernard. He wasn't much of a girlfriend puncher back then. Guess money(steroids) changes a person.

[Phat Dizaztr]

He would always call it "Goose Creek" if asked but yeah, Baytown. Home planet to Gary Busey. Says a lot I think. :-)

Now I see the connection! Thats why your crazy!

[Ed Hocken]

I used to live in the same neighborhood as a local weather guy named Dave Dahl. I asked him for an autograph when I was in 6th grade (I wanted to become a meterologist) he said no and drove off. I'd like to think that was the exact time I gave up on my dreams and started doing drugs. FUCK YOU DAVE DAHL. You suck.

You would have been perfect for The Weather Channel: After Dark.

[IggytheBorg]

Few more things I thought of:

G.I. Joe & The Transformers cartoons.

The A-Team (admit it; you thoght they were cool for awhile too)

I discovered D&D. In 87-88, I DM'd a year long campaign; when we stopped, we were actually nowhere near finishing it. But what playing we did was glorious.

Hall & Oates. The Police. The Sex Pistols.

David Lee Roth had Stave Vai & Billy Sheehan in the same band.
I'll repet that: Steve Vai. And BILLY SHEEHAN. In the SAME BAND.

Poltergeist. Aliens. And Pretty in Pink had everyone maneuvering orchestrally. In the dark.

Neil Gaiman got sand in everybody's eyes.

Thomas Harris wrote Red Dragon. And Michael Mann made Manhunter.

Playmates Hope Marie Carlton, India Allen & Brandi Brandt.

[Lisa]

Hall & Oates. The Police. The Sex Pistols.

Awesome!

Poltergeist. Aliens. And Pretty in Pink had everyone maneuvering orchestrally. In the dark.

Awesomer!

[Matt]

David Lee Roth had Stave Vai & Billy Sheehan in the same band.
I'll repet that: Steve Vai. And BILLY SHEEHAN. In the SAME BAND.

I saw the 2003 G3 tour, with Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, and Yngwie Malmsteen. Steve's touring band featured Billy Sheehan and Tony MacAlpine and was EASILY the 'band' of the night. Simply awesome.

[BillyG]

I saw the 2003 G3 tour, with Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, and Yngwie Malmsteen. Steve's touring band featured Billy Sheehan and Tony MacAlpine and was EASILY the 'band' of the night. Simply awesome.

Went to that tour as well. Vai was amazing.

[Matt]

High five, Billy!

I was supposed to go with my brother, but he ended up running into a last minute conflict and couldn't go. He gave his ticket to my wife, so she came along without ANY knowledge of who the three guitarists were. She enjoyed the show and absolutely LOVED Vai's performance.

[IggytheBorg]

I saw Diamond Dave on the Skyscraper tour. He had Vai with him, which was awesome, but by that time Billy had left to go form Mr. Big (great career move, that) so I have still never seen him perform live. My disappointment as a bass player was writ large that day, I can tell you. The show itself, however, was great. Best concert I had ever been to until I saw Pink Floyd on the Division Bell tour, and Maiden w/ Motorhead & Dio a couple years ago at the PNC Arts Center in Holmdel. He's just such a good time.

[Matt]

Maiden w/ Motorhead & Dio

DROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

[Timothy225]

Never saw Dave live, let alone Steve Vai. I think I saw Mr. Big though (I believe they opened for Rush during their Presto tour, though Matt'll tell me if I'm mistaken).

I used to listen to Dave's morning show when Howard Stern bolted for satellite radio - I liked it, because Dave would go off on weird tangents and tell some wild ass stories. I think he had Vai on as a guest at one point.

Still I always leaned more towards Joe Satriani anyway.

ETA: Gotta back Matt on this, you were damn fortunate to see Maiden, Motorhead, AND Dio. How did your head not explode from so much AWESOME?