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What Brockum Left Out #1: The Video for Nelson’s “After the Rain” You might remember Nelson, the nearly transparent offspring of Ricky Nelson who offered up a non-threatening, New Age/Therapy Culture drenched version of hair metal that was popular for about 6 months in 1990, but do you (1/7)

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Trying something different today. I will be using Sundays to poke fun at or explore a slice of hair metal ephemera not covered by our friends at Brockum. Today’s installment will be up later today. Have a good Sunday!

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The mail today brought a little surprise. That @apstrange.bsky.social is such a mensch! Thanks, pal!

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Card #42: Angus Young “Scottish-born, Australian-raised Angus grew up in a musical family that includes brother & rhythm guitarist Malcolm Young. They formed AC/DC in the early 70s & established themselves as a force to be reckoned with on their debut album, High Voltage. Fourteen (1/5)

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Card #126: Clay Anthony “Junkyard bassist Clay Anthony is a man of relatively simple tastes. Give him a plaid shirt to wear, a baseball cap to put on his head, & a good monster truck tractor pull to watch & he’s one happy dude. But, put a bass in his hand & he may be even happier, a fact (1/5)

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Card #188: Dana Strum “Aside from being the leader of the powerful Slaughter rhythm section, Dana Strum also shares all writing & producing on Slaughter projects with Mark Slaughter. ‘We wanted to create a unique style of hard rock with edgy lyrics,” notes Strum. ‘We set out to capture a vibe (1/6)

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Card #106: Scotti Hill Oh, Scotti! Oh man, I am sorry, but I’ve hit a wall with you. Three cards is too damn much for someone as bland as you. Sassy? The sassiest! We don’t call you Sassy Scotti Hill for nothing! And it’s not like I’ve said nothing about you like some people have (1/4)

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Card #172: Bob Bender “Drummer Bobby Bender was born to be in a rock & roll band that toured the world. After all when you’re born in Italy & move to New York City when you’re still a kid, you’ve got traveling in your blood. Now that he’s had the chance to tour with his band, Tangier, (1/5)

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Card #27: Alex Skolnick “Alex Skolnick is the ‘thinking man’s’ heavy metal musician. As a primary writer & song arranger for west coast metal merchants Testament, Alex calls upon such varied influences as Elvis Presley, KISS, & jazz great John Coltrane for inspiration. He helped form the band (1/5)

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Let’s hear it for the greatest b-side of the 1990s youtu.be/CgdpB6qFdSQ?...

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Good morning all. Been silent again for a few days, & I apologize. Just a bit overwhelmed at work & home & spending 45 minutes to an hour every morning making fun of a hair metal doofus didn’t seem quite so important. I am taking the week off to catch up & knock out a week’s worth (1/)

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Today on The AP Strange Show- Blackwolf John Oates returns for a discussion about everybody's favorite drunken bellhop and psychic photographer Ted Serios, his thoughtographs, and the book about him by Dr Jule Eisenbud. Plus- a pirate ghost! Check it out! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

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