I belong to the MAC Generation. Okay, maybe not MAC (but it sounded better in the context of the Richard Hell lyric) more like the Maybelline or Yardley Slicker generation. Now Elvis may have rocked a bit of guyliner in “Love Me Tender” or “Jailhouse Rock” but it was my generation of rockers who started to sport the serious makeup. I imagine they were sick of hippies, beads and tie-dye and wanted to, as Alice Cooper once quipped “to drive a stake through the love generation”. Alice, Iggy, The New York Dolls, Lou Reed, Kiss and scores of others brought the glam to rock. A decade or so later “hair bands” from the west coast would, with a healthy spray of Aqua Net, redefine the look and claim it as their own.
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Cameron Carpenter: The ABC’s Of Rock’n’Roll – Kiss And Make-Up
Posted in Opinion with tags Adam Ant, alice cooper, Cameron Carpenter, David Bowie, DBAWIS, Diamond Rings, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Keith Flint – Prodigy, King Diamond, Kiss, makeup, Michael Munro – Hanoi Rocks, Motley Crue, music, Peter Gabriel – Genesis, Records, Shanghai Cowgirl, The New York Dolls, Toronto on April 18, 2013 by segariniCameron Carpenter: The ABC’s Of Rock’n’Roll – Follow The Leaders
Posted in Opinion with tags 10 Greatest Lead Singers, Burton Cummings – The Guess Who, Cameron Carpenter, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, East Coast music, Eric Carmen – The Raspberries, Freddie Mercury – Queen, Jay Smith, Matt Mays, Matt Minglewood, Mick Jagger – The Rolling Stones, music, Peter Gabriel – Genesis, Records, Robert Plant – Led Zeppelin, Rod Stewart – The Faces, Roger Daltrey – The Who, Russell Mael – Sparks, Shanghai Cowgirl, Trent Reznor – Nine Inch Nails on April 11, 2013 by segarini
I spent most of Sunday and Monday evening glued to the live streams of the Jay Smith Family Benefits which took place in Halifax (Sunday) and Jay’s home town of Sydney, Cape Breton Island (Monday). To say it was emotional would be an understatement. There were songwriter circles in the afternoon which featured Gordie Sampson, Matt Minglewood, Lennie Gallant, Steve MacDougall, Matt Anderson, Thom Swift, Dustin Bentall and Bruce Guthro. They told Jay stories and sang the songs he wrote with them and some of their own.
Segarini: Don't Believe a Word I Say 