The gauntlet has been thrown down...

[Smiling Jack]

It must be my day. I'm at Fantastic Sam's to get the kid a haircut and they are playing "Screaming in the Night" as we walk in!

Was it followed by "Long Stick Goes Boom?"

I wish, but I was not that lucky. I guess it wasn't "Twofer Tuesday".

Well, the consolation is there are only five more months to go until September and six until Rocktober.

Okay, Ryan.  I am going to help you with this.  "Screaming in the Night" and "Longstick Goes Boom" are both songs by the flower-metal band named "Krokus." "Krokus" is a horrible name for a band.  It does not even contain the word "rock."  "Fantastic Sam's" is a place where poor, white, straight people or straight, white people with small children will go to get their hair "styled."  I myself last went to a similar establishment called "Sportcuts," and it is painfully obvious.  "Longstick Goes Boom" has nothing, nothing to do with the Evil Dead franchise.  Ask Jaime what it is about.  "Twofer Tuesday" probably refers to a 99.5 KISS promo where they punish listeners by playing two-in-a-row by the same shitty metal band on Tuesdays.  That I'm not sure about because I don't listen to the radio.  The "September" and "Rocktober" references escape me.  I can only assume that they also have to do with 99.5 KISS, although I do not know why a rock station would promote "Rocktober" when they were already going to play the rock.  It almost implies that they do not rock as a rock station for eleven months out of the year.  But who knows?  Maybe that is when they play all of the "Krokus."

[Nazurahei]

It must be my day. I'm at Fantastic Sam's to get the kid a haircut and they are playing "Screaming in the Night" as we walk in!

Was it followed by "Long Stick Goes Boom?"

I wish, but I was not that lucky. I guess it wasn't "Twofer Tuesday".

Well, the consolation is there are only five more months to go until September and six until Rocktober.

Okay, Ryan.  I am going to help you with this.  "Screaming in the Night" and "Longstick Goes Boom" are both songs by the flower-metal band named "Krokus." "Krokus" is a horrible name for a band.  It does not even contain the word "rock."  "Fantastic Sam's" is a place where poor, white, straight people or straight, white people with small children will go to get their hair "styled."  I myself last went to a similar establishment called "Sportcuts," and it is painfully obvious.  "Longstick Goes Boom" has nothing, nothing to do with the Evil Dead franchise.  Ask Jaime what it is about.  "Twofer Tuesday" probably refers to a 99.5 KISS promo where they punish listeners by playing two-in-a-row by the same shitty metal band on Tuesdays.  That I'm not sure about because I don't listen to the radio.  The "September" and "Rocktober" references escape me.  I can only assume that they also have to do with 99.5 KISS, although I do not know why a rock station would promote "Rocktober" when they were already going to play the rock.  It almost implies that they do not rock as a rock station for eleven months out of the year.  But who knows?  Maybe that is when they play all of the "Krokus."

 

[Spark]

Thank you, Brad. More than one laugh-out-loud moment. 

[Spark]

I will have y'all know I posted that while I was at school. Tried to find the name of the band on line (figured they wouldn't be named after the flower without some change to the name), but I didn't have time to finish. Hattas gonna hate no matter what.

[Brand Nar Gath]

... Hattas gonna hate no matter what.

Haters & dwarves...

[Náriël Telemnar]

I will have y'all know I posted that while I was at school. Tried to find the name of the band on line (figured they wouldn't be named after the flower without some change to the name), but I didn't have time to finish. Hattas gonna hate no matter what.

Humorously, it sounds like you are defensive that you did not have the correct spelling of a 1980s Swiss heavy metal band name.

And you are right, I can't believe how much people hate on hard working rock-and-rollers like Marc Storace and crew. Another fun fact about Krokus courtesy of Wikipedia (so it must be true):

All Krokus albums to date have gone platinum in Switzerland.

[Smiling Jack]

Damn!  Albums must be expensive in Switzerland!

[Brand Nar Gath]

Damn!  Albums must be expensive in Switzerland!

dude dogshit is expensive in Switzrlnd

[Náriël Telemnar]

Right. So imagine how much the Swiss people must love Krokus to fork out so many simoleans for that many albums. You should surf over to iTunes and download some right now to show your solidarity with the Swiss.

[Smiling Jack]

Yes, the swiss do love their Krokus.  But then again, when the other bands you can choose from include the Lovebugs, the Peacocks, the Toxic Guineapigs, and the Steve Whitney Band; maybe the platinum record status makes a little more sense.  The Steve Whitney Band even has "hit" in their name.

[Nazurahei]

Yes, the swiss do love their Krokus.  But then again, when the other bands you can choose from include the Lovebugs, the Peacocks, the Toxic Guineapigs, and the Steve Whitney Band; maybe the platinum record status makes a little more sense.  The Steve Whitney Band even has "hit" in their name.

The Swiss used to make some decent punk rock music back in the day. The Bastards, Kleenex and The Young Gods among them.

[Spark]

Liked the Young Gods. They had a cool cut on a compilation of Kurt Weil music, "Lost in the Stars." Along with the fact that they have "young" and "gods" in their name.

[Nazurahei]

Liked the Young Gods. They had a cool cut on a compilation of Kurt Weil music, "Lost in the Stars." Along with the fact that they have "young" and "gods" in their name.

They were a cool band. No guitar player, just a really hard-hitting drummer and a keyboard guy who was really good at making his keyboards sound like distorted guitars a la Jon Lord of Deep Purple.