You really hating on classic jazz fusion like Mahavishnu Orchestra, Return To Forever and Weather Report?

Warner Brothers wanted the band to fire Roth and hire Hagar as early as the first album.

I love some of the Van Hagar songs ("Dreams", "Right Now" and "Humans Being" specifically) but that's damn funny.

Michael McDonald is a credited writer on it too

EVH only played the solo on thriller. The riff belongs to Steve Lukather, of Toto.

It actually came out the same year.

Stipe did give a shout-out to VH when REM were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame (they were inducted the same year).

I get what he's saying but it's not like people don't know who Elmer Fudd is, specifically his audience.

I wouldn't say mid-80's, but definitely late-80's. Hold Your Fire, Presto, and Roll The Bones suffer much worse in comparison to the three previous to those.

And that look was genuine, not scripted at all. Azaria said he was shooting his role in Heat and in this at the same time and had to do a lot of flying back and forth, so he might not have been as sharp when it came time to film this, so Pacino took the initiative to get his attention. Which he sure did.

Where's that Rock interview?

I skip the intros of pretty much every podcast I listen to.

Chris Jericho's interview with Hulk Hogan was actually not bad at all, with Hulk seeming less prone to bullshitting his way through it. He even cleared up the Metallica thing towards the end.

Krusty saying he animates everything himself in that ride was a nice touch.

Who does that make Randy Rhoads then?

Any band worthy of followers are bound to have a few that are terrible.

https://www.youtube.com/wat… This would have been the first song featuring Hackett using that technique.

What really sets him apart is that he is much smarter than people give him credit for. Maybe not as much then, but today he's very articulate with his interviews and such.

That's why I said almost because that covers the other end of it, they jump the bandwagon when it's too late.

That quote from the critic tells you almost everything you need to know of the depth of hate RS has or had for hard rock/metal.