GOD FORBID Guitarist Weighs In On POISON Vs. DEF LEPPARD Feud

August 15, 2008

GOD FORBID guitarist Dallas Coyle has written the latest entry for his weekly column on MetalSucks, "The Hard R". This week Dallas reveals more details behind the band's cover of MUSE, and shares his thoughts on the public controversy going on between POISON and DEF LEPPARD. An excerpt from the blog follows.

"I was blown away by the POISON vs. DEF LEPPARD debacle. I mean, come the fuck on. What the hell is our world coming to? Remember East Coast vs. West Coast rap? Motherfuckers were getting shot. Back then it was who was the hardest most stone cold motherfuckers out there. With POISON and DEF LEPPARD, this shit reminds me of one of those Ben Stiller movies like 'Zoolander' or 'Tropic Thunder'. What are they fighting about? Who sucks worse? What over-40 chick wants you more?

"For the record, I think POISON is shit. DEF LEPPARD isn't bad. I've never liked '80s hair metal. Back when I was a young kid living with my mom all I listened to was YOUNG MC, CHUBB ROCK and PUBLIC ENEMY. I sneaked in some KRISS KROSS here or there. I literally wrote down all the lyrics to YOUNG MC's 'Principal Office'. Yeah, I was a nerd in my own right. When I first heard rock music, it was the '80s hair metal. And even before I knew what homosexuality was the first thing that popped into my head was 'GAY!' Rikki Rockett and Bret Michaels are angry that Joe Elliott thinks their music lacks substance? This confused me for days. Rikki and Bret, you might as well get mad at the whole world. Your shit is garbage.

"This little feud is a sign of how pathetic a time we live in. When Rikki Rockett (does anyone know his real name?) gets puffed up about what Joe Elliott says, I wonder if he's forgetting that he's selling out arenas every night when they go on tour. I wonder why it really bothers him. I wonder why he's getting angry 'cause, sadly, no one in either camp is going to catch a bullet from the other side. I want to see a Danzig-type beatdown on YouTube. Imagine this little headline: 'The drummer of DEF LEPPARD kicks Rikki Rockett's ass with one arm!' Now that's some shit to see!"

Read the entire blog entry at www.metalsucks.net.

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