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Metal Dave

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About Me

READ MY BLOGS POSTED ABOVE FOR MY INTERVIEWS WITH OZZY, SLAYER AND OTHER ROCK FAVORITES. I am a professional journalist with a preference toward music. I write for Classic Rock magazine, Texas Music mag, Metal Edge, the San Antonio Express-News, Austin American-Statesman, Austin Monthly and others. BANDS: NEED A BIO? Clients include Buckcherry, Jackyl, Broken Teeth, New Disaster, Adrenaline Factor and others. Reasonable rates considering your gonna use this as a professional marketing tool aimed at labels, promoters, etc. Hit me back for samples and rates.

My Interests

My beautiful and ever-amazing wife, my new son who brings me ceaseless smiles, rock-n-roll, Iron Maiden, the Ramones, beer, reading, writing...what else is there?

I'd like to meet:

Keith Richards, Iggy Pop (again), Lemmy (again), Slash (again), Nikki Sixx, Steven Tyler and the dearly departed Dee Dee Ramone (never).

Music:

RAMONES, early Aerosmith, Iron Maiden, early KISS, Sabbath!!!, Motorhead, GNR, Buckcherry, Crue, Pussycat, CRANK COUNTY DAREDEVILS, Randy Rhoads, Iggy, Stiv, BROKEN TEETH, River City Rebels, Hangmen, Streetwalkin' Cheetahs, The Humpers, Merle Haggard, Johnny Cash, Lower Class Brats, The Dragons, SONS OF HERCULES!!!!!!!!! Flash Boys, Valentine Failures

Movies:

Why watch a movie when you can listen to a record??? Does Rock-n-Roll High School and the Thin Lizzy DVD count???

Television:

No Thanks!

Books:

The Dirt, Please Kill Me, Walk This Way, White Line Fever, The Heroin Diaries, Life on Planet Rock and the dictionary (seriously!)

Heroes:

My Dad ... and a long list of misfits he'd rather not be associated with, including Nikki Sixx, Keith Richards, Steven Tyler, Lemmy, Iggy, Merle Haggard, Johnny Cash, Randy Rhoads, Phil Lynott and Mike Ness....

My Blog

Dave interviews Lemmy

In the spirit of Motorhead’s most recent whoop-ass at Stubb’s during SXSW 2008, I dug up this gem from the past. Me talking to Lemmy...http://www.houstonpress.com/2002-04-11/music/motivat i...
Posted by Metal Dave on Sun, 16 Mar 2008 10:48:00 PST

Roth/Van Halen concert review Jan. 2008

Here's my Van Halen concert review for anyone interested. You shoulda been there!http://www.austin360.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blog s/austin/music/entries/2008/01/25/review_van_halen.html
Posted by Metal Dave on Fri, 25 Jan 2008 11:43:00 PST

My Van Halen/Roth preview 2008

http://www.austin360.com/music/content/music/stories/xl/2008 /01/0124xlvanhalen.html
Posted by Metal Dave on Thu, 24 Jan 2008 11:27:00 PST

My interview with Slayer guitarist Kerry King

http://www.mysanantonio.com/entertainment/music/stories/MYSA 083107.WK.slayer.2323bce.html
Posted by Metal Dave on Sat, 01 Sep 2007 09:16:00 PST

My interview with Ronnie James Dio. Holy Diver!

This was a thrill. I'm a HUGE Black Sabbath fan in no small part due to the Ozzy era, but Dio's albums with the Sabs are AMAZING ...so read with horns up you demonic headbanger!http://www.mysanantonio...
Posted by Metal Dave on Sat, 28 Apr 2007 02:35:00 PST

Q&A with Queensryche 2006

Guns in airports, Ronnie James Dio and the long-lost answer to the whereabouts of Chris DeGarmo....My Q&A with Queensryche http://www.austin360.com/music/content/music/stories/2006/11 /23music.html...
Posted by Metal Dave on Wed, 22 Nov 2006 08:43:00 PST

Motley Crue sidebar

The dirt on the Crue. I didn;'t get to interview them this year because management did not get back to me in time. Still waiting to speak to Mick Mars. He's the only Crue guy missing from my...
Posted by Metal Dave on Sat, 18 Nov 2006 08:50:00 PST

Aerosmith interview by Metal Dave 2006

Ladies and gentlemen, I give you Mr. Joe Fuckin' Perry...   http://www.mysanantonio.com/entertainment/music/stories/MYSA 111706.WK.aerosmith.84dd4b.html...
Posted by Metal Dave on Sat, 18 Nov 2006 08:48:00 PST

Metal Dave interviews Joan Jett

Don't give a damn 'bout my bad reputation. My iterview with the leather-clad Queen of sneering punk rock...Joan Jett http://www.austin360.com/music/content/music/stories/xl/2006 /11/9music.html...
Posted by Metal Dave on Fri, 10 Nov 2006 04:24:00 PST

Slayer interview, summer 2006

Tom Araya at home on the range http://www.metaleater.com/news.php?action=fullnews&id=49 15
Posted by Metal Dave on Sat, 09 Sep 2006 03:06:00 PST