Tommy Stinson's Cowboys In The Campfire REVIEW and Unboxing (VIDEO)

 

Just posted my newest Dark Stuff video. It's a review and unboxing of the new record from Replacements co-founder, Tommy Stinson. His new project, Tommy Stinson's Cowboys In The Campfire, has just released the album, Wronger. Watch the video for the rest.

Tommy Stinson Performing Rare Solo Shows in the Midwest

Former Replacements and current Guns 'n Roses bassist, Tommy Stinson, is currently on a mini-US tour in the midwest as a solo artist. He released a solo album back in 2004 called Village Gorilla Head (which is excellent, by the way), but since then, he has been working with GnR almost all the time. Earlier this year, Stinson released a single new song as a giveaway on his website. The song, "One Man Mutiny," was recorded in a hotel in Europe while on tour with GnR. Here, in a performance from earlier in the year, he performs the song.

Here is a poster for the mini tour (emphasis on mini) with the dates and cities. If you live close by, make it a point to see him.

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TV On the Radio's Dave Sitek Joins Jane's Addiction

Dave Sitek will be the fifth Jane's Addiction bass player

TV On the Radio's guitarist and producer is taking on a new role. He is joining Jane's Addiction as its newest bass player. Dave Sitek is the band's third bassist in the last two years and fifth overall. His new stint in the band follows Duff McKagan's (Guns 'N Roses, Velvet Revolver) brief time in the band. Jane's Addiction is scheduled to release a new album in the summer of 2011.

Personally, I think this is a great move. Jane's has been thoroughly uninteresting since its initial break-up; and the one album of new material since then, Strays, sucked. While guys like Duff and Flea (Red Hot Chili Peppers) are more high profile, Sitek is a very forward thinking musician and artist. If Jane's is going to break any new ground and be musical innovators again, they need someone like Sitek. I am very curious how this will turn out.

Duff McKagan Is Joining Jane's Addiction? WTF?

Former Guns 'N Roses and current Velvet Revolver bassist Duff McKagan is rumored to be the new bass player in Jane's Addiction. Last week on Perry Farrell's twitter, the Jane's singer wrote about writing new material with the band, and how great it was. However, original bassist Eric Avery (who re-joined in 2009 for a tour) said on his twitter, "fyi, to answer the question directly, i am not writing with janes addiction." This led to speculation that he had, once again, left the band.

No one has officially commented on this Duff in Jane's Addiction thing.

Interesting Replacements News

I IM'd one of my friends to chat about the most recent batch of Replacements re-issue CDs that were just released (Tim, Pleased to Meet Me, Don't Tell a Soul, and All Shook Down), and he tipped me off to this article showing that Paul Westerberg and Tommy Stinson are working together again. When asked if the two had been in the studio together, Tommy quipped: “Nah, that’s getting to first base. We’re sort of still in the dugout chewing gum...We’re good friends, and I’m sure we’re going to work together again.”

It should be noted that the new Guns N Roses (Stinson is the GNR bassist now) album, Chinese Democracy, is supposedly coming out in November and it will be followed by a world tour. Not sure when Tommy would find the time for sessions with Westerberg, but one can keep hoping.

Some Words of Wisdom

"That's a wonderful side effect of leather pants: when you pee yourself in them, they're more forgiving than jeans," - Slash, in his new book, Slash.

Scott Baio Back on TV?

Scott Baio, star of classic films such as Zapped, is set to star in a new reality show on VH1 called Scott Baio is 45...and Single. The show will chronicle Baio's dating life (or lack thereof). Sure, Baio has dated women like Heather Locklear and Pamela Anderson, but that was a long time ago. What have you done for me lately, Scott?

Baio's former co-star on Charles in Charge, Nicole Eggert, is also going the reality show route by appearing on the next season of the horrid The Surreal Life. Eggert will be featured along with original Guns N Roses drummer Steven Adler and former Asian porn star Kobe Tai. Sounds like must-see TV!

Here are some screenshots from the Baio classic Zapped (which stars 80s blonde hottie Heather Thomas)

Tommy Gets His Tonsils Out

Guns N Roses were forced to cancel their upcoming Japanese tour due to an injury sustained by bassist Tommy Stinson. He explains, "I accidentally fell down a flight of stairs. I put my hand down to break my fall and heard a loud ‘pop.' The next morning my hand looked like a balloon. I went to see my doctor and while the good news is that it’s not broken, the bad is news is it’s severely sprained and I may have done some ligament damage. We had our last rehearsal a few days ago and shipped the gear to Japan and then this happened. I feel horrible."
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I assume all of you reading this understand the reference made with the title of this posting. If not...shame on you.

This is Why The Replacements Matter

The Replacements are about to release their first career-spanning "best of" CD, Don't You Know Who I Think I Was? The Best of the Replacements, next month. I wanted to show you where it all began for this phenomenal band. This video features three songs recorded in 1981 in Minneapolis' 7th Street Entry bar. Bassist Tommy Stinson (now in Guns N Roses) was only 12 years old at the time of this video. This is rock.

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Axl Rose Vs. Tommy Hilfiger Round One

(NY Post) May 20, 2006 -- Tommy Hilfiger really showed his "Appetite for Destruction" yesterday when he pummeled Guns N' Roses frontman Axl Rose in a dispute over a VIP table at Rosario Dawson's birthday party, sources said.

The midnight turf battle erupted when Axl moved Hilfiger's girlfriend's drink in the banquette area of The Plumm nightclub on West 14th Street - where the "Rent" actress was celebrating her 27th birthday.

A densely packed crowd of celebs - including Lenny Kravitz and Kid Rock - had ringside seats to the battle.

The feisty fashionista was acting all gangsta, hitting Axl with a flurry of punches, one that landed under Rose's eye.

"First [Axl and Tommy] were sitting. Then they were pulling on each other . . . It got so out of control," said a shocked witness.

As the punch-up escalated, Hilfiger introduced Rose to some "November Pain" with a blow to the cheek. Club guards quickly tried to separate the men.

"A bunch of security ran over - but Tommy would not back down. He was just out to take him down," the witness said.

"Kid Rock got trampled by people running over. It was unbelievable."

Eventually, the designer's own bodyguard pulled him out of the club.

Yesterday, club owner Noel Ashman pointed the finger at Hilfiger: "Axl was a gentleman and had the good sense not to retaliate, as he would have done some serious damage to Hilfiger."

Rose said the attack was unprovoked, in an interview with The Post in his dressing room.

The singer said Hilfiger may have been angry because he'd been told to move to make room for Rose and his entourage.

Rose described Hilfiger as "foaming at the mouth."

When Rose took the stage a few minutes later to perform the song "You're Crazy," he dedicated it "to my good friend Tommy Hilfiger."

Kid Rock, wearing a black-brimmed hat and smoking a cigar, took his fellow rocker's side, and explained that Hilfiger was upset because he is way further down on the fame food chain.

The hierarchy, according to Kid Rock, begins with mere mortals and works its way up to sports stars.

"After that it's movie stars, then rock stars, then Michael Jordan." Hilfiger is somewhere between a mere mortal and a sports star in this ranking.

Lenny Kravitz seemed to side with Hilfiger, and also fled the club soon after Hilfiger got the heave-ho.

Hilfiger's peeps would not comment yesterday.

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