My secret to getting invited to parties at this time of year: hang around stores where people buy booze/snacks for parties and you will inevitably run into someone you know and they will feel obligated to invite you after you strike up a conversation about what they're buying (I stumbled into this by accident and may…

I can't imagine Lemmy's cancer being anything but aggressive.

Shit. This one stings pretty bad. And sadly another one that's too surprising, given how he looked the last time I saw him in September. All our devil horns are at half mast today.

"Jesus rides beside me, he never buys any smokes"

My first thought of a band for this list was U2, but when I thought of it, I can't really think of anything they did that was explicitly pro Jesus. A lot about faith in general, but nothing that has to be read through a Christian or Catholic lens (and now someone can point out the obvious one I missed).

Nothing from any of Dylan's Christian phases? (probably a good call, actually).

I believe the proper chronology is that Joseph and Mary had even met before her pregnancy and he was just brought in as a cover.

I saw him perform on that tour where he played almost that entire album with almost nothing else in the setlist (one song from his previous solo album and two rearranged tracks off First Impressions) which didn't make for the best concert. I had backstage meet and greet passes, which he apparently did not know,…

Yeah, he seems like the type to love Chomsky and Zinn (or at the least the parts he skimmed).

Angles is okay on its own, but I could never find anything good off Comedown Machine aside from the first single (which isn't really that great either but at least sounded somewhat like the band it was supposed to).

They opened for Ozzy Osbourne's first solo tour in '81 (the rest of your point still hilariously valid).

Not surprised; they could never afford that other vowel in their name.

I never got the hype either. Actually, strangely the one thing I've heard from Blue Eyes that I really liked is his weird swingin' version of "Mrs. Robinson," (a song I don't even like to begin with). The "Hey Hey Hey"s completely sell it for me.

I will saw nothing of this performance, but this is a great band.

TSO is one of those things I've heard praised so much and told I'm expected to love as a heavy metal fan. Still not getting it. However, this takedown was in no way epic.

Cheap Trick is one of the greatest fucking bands of all time and I will accept nothing to the contrary.

We all know his wife's isn't actually hooked up to anything.

Wait, what are we forgiving him for?

Is the biggest appeal of a Dave Davies show "Maybe Ray will show up?"

I met that guy once. Did not ask him about his testicles though. If I ever get the chance again, I'll be sure to bring it up.