So, BuddyGeorge's brother sent me the link to this
Van Halen clip. It's the band rehearsing for their upcoming tour. Apart from the realization that Wolfgang is really Michael Anthony's kid, it made me regret not buying tickets for the upcoming tour.
It reminded me that I got into music for all the wrong reasons: partying, self-promotion, girls, rebellion, girls, just plain fucking loudness, girls, and girls. It used to NOT be about the music, man!
Now, all the Big Drag boys are married off - some of us with offspring. Now, we try to make good music, music that matters - not just to us. There's not much partying; there's actually more golf than partying these days. We're shitty self-promoters, lousy rebels, and there are no girls outside of the ones contractually obligated to be nice to us. Sometimes it's still just plain fucking loud, though, and that's usually enough.