well roger hated them , not sure about the others
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And...I heard that The Outlaws' Hughie Thomasson, who took Ed King's place in Skynyrd for gosh, almost a decade now...got pissed at Rossington (Gary Rossington must be some son of a bitch cuz everybody in Skynyrd hates him & quits & sues him),....
left Skynyrd in a huff...and now reformed The Outlaws..which were a has been band when I saw them at....
.... a BIKER bar in the rural country part of Maryland in 1989! I was about the only NON biker at the bar.!!!!
So for Thomasson to leave Skynyrd who are still playing stadiums and selling records...to go back to playingh biker bars...he must be PISSED!!!!
left Skynyrd in a huff...and now reformed The Outlaws..which were a has been band when I saw them at....
.... a BIKER bar in the rural country part of Maryland in 1989! I was about the only NON biker at the bar.!!!!
So for Thomasson to leave Skynyrd who are still playing stadiums and selling records...to go back to playingh biker bars...he must be PISSED!!!!
Let me tell you I would not want to personally associate with anyone in Skynyrd. They were very sweet to me at the meet & greet. But that was hosted by a BIG radio station in Florida to promote their "comeback" in 1991 at The Miami Arena...and they had tons of record PR people around them at a yuppy restaurant for lunch with balloons...all very orchestrated and lovely...
...course I fell for it. Thought what lovely guys.
But the horror stories of their criminal, violent behavior...rediculous! I mean Allan Collins killed his girlfriend when driving that car while wasted out of his mind for the umpeeteenth time, Artimus Pyle molested a little girl, Billy Powell beat his wife, they are always beating one another up or suing one another.
These are not 20 year old kids anymore too. All the members of Skynyrd that are still alive are in their late 50's.
....I mean Queen were no saints in the 1970's either....they partied and such...
But you NEVER heard about any member of Queen beating or hurting anyone...ever. And by the 1980's, Freddie, Brian, Roger, & John matured, settled down, and grew up...as any person should. They learned from their hedoniostic behavior from the 1970's and stopped doing that and again..not a single member of Queen ever beat, stabbed, molested, or killed anyone.
No wonder Roger said what he did. I don't blame him.
Oh...and you think Queen feels slighted in the USA? Well at least they got inducted into the USA Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame,....which is very biased and getting inducted has a LOT of politics behind it.
Well Skynyrd (namely Gary Rossington) has complained for YEARS...that Skynyrd have never been inducted in the USA Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame. But many people in the music industry and press in the USA have said...that the reason is because Skynyrd are looked on as THUGS...almost the caucasian original version of the way today's gangster Rap artists lead their lives...with thuggery and violence and that Skynyrd, are their own undoing.
...course I fell for it. Thought what lovely guys.
But the horror stories of their criminal, violent behavior...rediculous! I mean Allan Collins killed his girlfriend when driving that car while wasted out of his mind for the umpeeteenth time, Artimus Pyle molested a little girl, Billy Powell beat his wife, they are always beating one another up or suing one another.
These are not 20 year old kids anymore too. All the members of Skynyrd that are still alive are in their late 50's.
....I mean Queen were no saints in the 1970's either....they partied and such...
But you NEVER heard about any member of Queen beating or hurting anyone...ever. And by the 1980's, Freddie, Brian, Roger, & John matured, settled down, and grew up...as any person should. They learned from their hedoniostic behavior from the 1970's and stopped doing that and again..not a single member of Queen ever beat, stabbed, molested, or killed anyone.
No wonder Roger said what he did. I don't blame him.
Oh...and you think Queen feels slighted in the USA? Well at least they got inducted into the USA Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame,....which is very biased and getting inducted has a LOT of politics behind it.
Well Skynyrd (namely Gary Rossington) has complained for YEARS...that Skynyrd have never been inducted in the USA Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame. But many people in the music industry and press in the USA have said...that the reason is because Skynyrd are looked on as THUGS...almost the caucasian original version of the way today's gangster Rap artists lead their lives...with thuggery and violence and that Skynyrd, are their own undoing.
Skynyrd were wild. Queen and Pink Floyd were tame. Aside Syd Barrett who used to abuse LSD, the rest of the band mainly drank. Occasionally, both Rick Wright and David Gilmour smoked weed. In 1975, Gilmour stopped smoking altogether(weed and cancer sticks) after hearing the coughing fit which was his at the beginning of the title cut to Wish You Were Here. A few months later in August of 1975, Roger Waters quit smoking as well and he admitted this in an interview in the June, 2003 issue of Uncut. By 1977, Gilmour brought his family(his first wife and daughter then subesquently two more daughters and son. In 1994, he brought his girlfriend now wife Polly Samson on the road and two of his four kids from first marriage went along as well) on the road as did Waters but Mason and Wright wouldn't follow suit until later. I know John Deacon occasionally brought his wife and kids on tour.
anyway, Lynyrd Skynyrd are great, but i prefer Queen ;) Just wanted to know if its true that they played it in Newcastle but it seemed to be a joke, usually i'm always suspicious if someone posts things like that, but this time i believed that they really played "free bird"
I mean Allan Collins killed his girlfriend when driving that car while wasted out of his mind for the umpeeteenth time, Artimus Pyle molested a little girl, Billy Powell beat his wife, they are always beating one another up or suing one another.
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all sounds like fairly typical "redneck-high-spirited-harmless-fun - yeah right!!!!
I mean Allan Collins killed his girlfriend when driving that car while wasted out of his mind for the umpeeteenth time, Artimus Pyle molested a little girl, Billy Powell beat his wife, they are always beating one another up or suing one another.
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all sounds like fairly typical "redneck-high-spirited-harmless-fun - yeah right!!!!
Really! Say what you will about Queen's partying ways..but Queen were eagle boy scouts next to Skynyrd.
The 3 times I saw Skynyrd in concert, well they usually attract an audience every bit as wild and criminal and violent as themselves...
....90% of the audience were hard core bikers, and BIG time rednecks yelling rebel yells with Confederate flags, drunk and wasted out of their minds.
...The 2nd time I saw Skynyrd...I sat in the covered seated pavilion of the amphitheater of Merriweather Post in Maryland. I hear people SCREAMING.... Bunch of rednecks set a FIRE on the lawn area. Skynyrd had to stop the show. I thought we would be evacuated but security & the cops put out the fire and arrested the rednecks who started it.
3rd time I saw Skynyrd, security interrupted the show...TWICE for stabbings!!!! For real. Me and my friends LEFT...early...and I have NEVER gone back to see Skynyrd since.
Yeah Skynyrd were definitely a pretty good band...I think they should add that American Idol runner up Bo as their lead singer....obviously they don't compare to Queen or Queen + Paul Rodgers but they were a really cool band...
Every band, regardless of musical style, SHOULD be required, by Law, if necessary, to play FREE BIRD during their set. Not doing so would result in severe punishment.
Period.
Period.
Very good write up on your first post for this topic Arlene Wiess...very good. I won't forget it those who say Queen are bad because "they were gay".
Q/ How do you know you're close to a Lynyrd Skynard concert venue?
A/ The parking lot is full of trailers and there are empty bottles of Jack Daniels' all over the place.
A/ The parking lot is full of trailers and there are empty bottles of Jack Daniels' all over the place.
Q: What has 32 teeth and an IQ of 160?
A: The first two rows of a Lynard Skynard concert.
A: The first two rows of a Lynard Skynard concert.
Q/ How do you know you're close to a Lynyrd Skynard concert venue?
A/ The parking lot is full of trailers and there are empty bottles of Jack Daniels' all over the place.
Q: What has 32 teeth and an IQ of 160?
A: The first two rows of a Lynard Skynard concert.
More...I want MORE!!!! Come on guys! I'm LOVIN' it!
Get out your Old Crow, yer houndog, yer pickup truck, and yer duelin' banjos! (Don't ferget yer inbred boy playing harmony on the banjo or is it the geetar!)