Metal God/Rock Star 80s Metal Party
May 13, 2000

The posse as movie stars? You can bet when the casting call went out for extras for the metal-based movie Metal God that me and mine would answer the call! Yeah, okay, we were bribed with free tickets and a free show from Megadeth (billed as Vic and the Rattleheads) and WASP, but who could resist a chance to get together with 15 of your closest friends for an LA-styled evening?

The event was billed as the Metal Rules Benefit for TJ Martell, but it was actually a ploy by the director to fill an arena for a triumphant shot of Marky Mark Wahlberg's fictional band, Steel Dragon, to play a triumphant finale show of some sort. Much of the evening was spent waiting for Steel Dragon to finish their set; they'd play a few songs, then intermission while their make-up was refreshed and while the film crew did whatever.

What's a show without a tailgate party? Feeling like we were 19 again (oh wait! sorry Dustin!), we had to covertly hide our alcoholic beverages from the patrolling officers.

Here's a shot of us in our 80's best. As you can tell, for most of us, dressing the part of 80's rocker was not much of a stretch: most of us have been dressing that way SINCE the 80's! Pictured here from left to right: Dustin Swad, Perry Grayson, Joe Verastegui, Fro Boy, Ana Greco, Wendy Moreno, and me with foofy hair (Fro girl?).

The tickets for the show were free, and we nabbed 16 of them in the Loge section. Unfortunately, the arena was nowhere near as filled as the movie people had hoped, and soon, assigned seating was forsaken in order to get a more "packed house" kind of look. Much of the audience were paid extras, for once Steel Dragon *finally* left the stage, a good portion of the audience left with them.

By the time Megadeth finally hit the stage, it was after midnight and we were all pretty tired. It didn't help matters that we partied pretty damn hard before the show. Here's another scene from the tailgate party. Aren't we having fun?

Wendy and I participated in the Hottest Metal Babe contest and got the privilege of standing on stage in front of an entire arena! Poison's (ex?)guitarist CC Deville MC'd the show and was a total sleaze, grabbing the other nearly naked women and yet calling Wendy "X-Rated"??? He dubbed me "ROCKER GIRL" as he introduced me to the sea of hormones. Ha! I've always wondered what it'd be like to get up on stage in front of an arena; that was too much fun! Next time I stand in front of an arena, I vow I will be playing my bass!

Hopefully the footage shot of Wendy and I participating in the contest will appear in the actual movie! We'll be movie stars!

And of course, I was shamelessly parading my Raven Mad tee shirt around. heh heh. Always promoting the band!

The denim vest I'm wearing here is actually an artifact from the 80's which I still wear. I got the jacket as a gift for my 15th or 16th birthday. I was so distraught that it wasn't a real Levi's jacket that I managed to make it kewl anyway. Off came the sleeves and it was re-shaped with the help of patches and safety pins. Some things never go out of fashion! These days, however, I'm afraid of losing it or ruining it, as it is irreplacable.

It's the Moshking!! With my red Mustang in the background.

I love this picture -- Ana looks soooo happy to be flashing her KNAC sticker that she has taped to her stomach. No doubt she lost a few layers of flesh removing that one. Meanwhile, Fro resists the devil horns I was tryingto give him. We all know those devil horns exist under that fro anyway.

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