Bret Michaels wins “Worst Song of the Year” award

Metal news flash: Bret Michaels continues to suck. I’m not Poison frontman Bret Michaels’ biggest fan — which is a polite way of saying I think almost every Poison song I’ve ever heard is trite, badly performed crap and that Bret is, at best, a poor man’s Jon Bon Jovi (minus Bon Jovi’s ability to, ya know, actually carry [...]

“I cudda been a contender” #1: Twisted Sister

Today, I’m starting a new feature where I look at bands that, despite what success they actually had, could have been a lot bigger if not for fate, circumstance, bad management, stupid decisions or band break-ups. Twisted Sister’s biggest commercial success was, in retrospect, the cause of their downfall. Now, some people would argue Twisted Sister [...]