GB-SPRING/SUMMER-2016

It seems like Jean Beauvoir has seen and done it all.  An integral part of New York City’s rich music history of the 70’s with The Plasmatics.  One thing he’s most proud as he reflects on that band is “we transcended genre, transcended color, being a black bass player with a blonde mohawk in a band where things were really segregated for one thing I think was an important point of The Plasmatics.  When people left the show, it was something they’d never forget.” 
Then he goes solo with Drums Along The Mohawk, which might’ve thrown his fans for a loop, but clearly proved he had ambitions beyond punk.  “This thing of black artists only doing R&B, I didn’t believe in that.  Even the blonde mohawk kind of played this racelessness opinion that I had in something I wanted to portray,” he says.  Soon after,
bands like King’s X, Living Color, Dan Reed Network all emerged.  Jean believes he helped pave that road.
Find out the details of how his collaborations with Paul Stanley came to be.  Songwriting still at the core of Jean’s work, recently reaching a #1 last year on Billboard’s world chart with Korean recording artist Jonghyun.
Hear what else is in store for him in this info packed interview.  Download it here.

GLAMBONE!

GB-April2015

If you think Mark Slaughter is a name to lump in with bands like Firehouse and the like of whomever else came late in the 80’s/early 90’s, think again.  With a 30+ year career as a recording artist, the man has earned his place in rock ‘n roll.  In this interview we backtrace his steps that got him here.  His band Roz Parade in 1985, living in Las Vegas and taking weekly trips into L.A. to absorb the scene, we learn of his audition with Rik Fox, which inevitably led to him meeting Dana Strum and his position with Vinnie Vincent Invasion.  The make-up was applied and boys are gonna rock, VVI was over-the-top glam.  Enter the days of Slaughter, “Stick It To Ya” was a record chock full of 3 1/2 minute gems.  Songs that weren’t released as singles like “Desperately,” “Gave You My Heart,” should have easily been singles.  Mark speaks out about the change in the music scene in the 90’s that wiped bands like his off the map.  And while his bandmates are moonlighting now as Vince Neil’s backup band, Mark retreated to his own project of making a solo record for the first time.  We chat about that and everything else in this podcast episode, you can listen or download it here.

Kiss Of Spring Street

John Varvatos' store front on Spring Street in NYC this month celebrates 40 years of KISS with a Dressed To Kill homage.  You won't find Gene suited & booted in photographer Bob Gruen's "3 sizes to small hand-me downs," nope, the fab foursome are all decked out in designer Varvatos new fall/winter 2014 collection.  There is also a commorative T-shirt available here.  

30 Seconds To Carr

Jared Leto's inspirational look for his role in Dallas Buyers Club comes from none other than Eric Carr circa "Creatures of the Night."