Hollywood Roses

~Welcome to the “ALL NEW” HOLLYWOOD ROSES WEBSITE~!!

FIRST N’ FOREMOST - A HUGE MUTHA’ F**KING THANK YOU TO ALL YE’ “HOLLYWOOD PIRATES” THAT DECIDED TO JOIN US IN THA’ BRIG  THIS PAST FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30TH AT ”THE WHISKY-A-GO-GO”!!   I CAN’T THINK OF A BETTER WAY TO KICK OFF A LONG HALLOWEEN WEEKEND, THAN WITH THE BASTARD SONS OF THE SUNSET STRIP!! IT WOULDN’T BE A  PROPER “HOLLYWOOD ROSES” SHOW WITHOUT SOME BIZZARE TWISTS AND TURNS ALONG THE WAY, RIGHT!? WHETHER OR NOT YOU WERE THERE…(SAMUEL L. JACKSON VOICE) WELL ALLOW ME TO RETORT…. IN FRONT OF A FULL HOUSE -”TARSHA” (SHELDON TARSHA – VOCALS), HAD JUST FINISHED A BLISTERING SET~!  12:15 a.m. …SHOWTIME - ”HOLLYWOOD ROSES”… CAPONE (rythmn guitar) IS NOWHERE TO BE FOUND…IN ATTENDANCE – THE ORIGINAL RHYTHM GUITAR PLAYER FOR H.ROSES ALMOST A DECADE AGO – “LENNY J.” STRAPS ON A LES PAUL PROVIDED BY H.ROSES LEAD GUITARIST – “JOSH KORRY” ….LET ME TELL YOU SICKO’S - WE HIT THE STAGE LIKE A FRIEGHTTRAIN!  WITH THE LIKES OF A SONIC WRECKING BALL…ANY TENSION IN THE ROOM WAS QUICKLY SMASHED  AS THE SETLIST KICKED INTO MOTION WITH  ”MY MICHELLE”…IT SUDDENLY OCCURRED TO ME THAT STRANGE CIRCUMSTANCES SUCH AS THESE, OFTEN DEFINE AGE OLD EXPRESSIONS. IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, THE SAYING - ”YOU CANT MAKE THIS SHIT UP” COMES TO MIND.  REASON= FOR THE FIRST HALF OF THE SET, THE AUDIENCE GOT TO WITNESS 3 OF THE 5 ”ORIGINAL  MEMBERS” OF “HOLLYWOOD ROSES” SHARE THE SAME STAGE IN  OVER 8 YEARS ! BY NOW, ASSUMING ME HARDY’S ARE STILL READING THIS WITH ALL CAPS  IN YE’ FACE TO PROVE ME POINT  THERE  MAY STILL BE A  MILD MISTY MOUNTAIN TOP HAZE LOOMING ABOUT OF THE SIGNIFIGANCE  OF THIS MOMENT… THE 3 ORIGINAL MEMBERS ONSTAGE THAT NIGHT WERE *COLBY VEIL (LEAD VOCALS), *CHRIS MUSCATO (DRUMS), & *LENNY J. (RHYTHM GUITAR)…. BUT LET US NOT FORGET *JOSH KORRY (LEAD GUITAR) & *TRISTAN TROUBLE (BASS GUITAR) …”ROCKET QUEEN”  WAS GRACED WITH A LIVE APPEARENCE BY THE ONE AND ONLY “ADRIANA SMITH” aka Rocket Queen…LONG STORY SHORT…CAPONE,  AFTER A SHORT RUN-IN WITH THE LOCAL HOLLYWOOD POLICE DIVISION SLIPPED ON HIS LES PAUL JUNIOR AND SEEMINGLY WITHOUT NOTICE FOUND HIMSELF  RIGHT AMONGST THE  STATIC FRAY  WHERE HE BELONGS …ONSTAGE. THE ENERGY WAS NOT EASILY TAMED…”PARADISE CITY”  (AS ALWAYS) WAS DELIVERED AS A  SHOUTOUT TO THOSE WHO REMAINED IN THE CITY WHERE IT ALL STARTED FROM & IN MEMORANDOM  THIS ROUNDED OUT THE OTHER HALF OF THE NITRO GLITZED N’ GLAZED TRASH BASH…TWO  ENCORES SET THE NIGHT’S WICKED TO REST…”MAMA KIN’ & ‘KNOCKING ON HEAVENS DOOR”…

SEE YOU FREAKS ON ‘NEW YEARS EVE’!!!

ROCK N’ ROLL TIL’ DEATH

COLBY VEIL