Here Today... Gone To Hell!

An all-star band consisting of Rob Zombie (vocals), Slash (guitar; VELVET REVOLVER, ex-GUNS N' ROSES), Tommy Lee (drums; M?TLEY CR?E), and Scott Ian (bass ? yes, bass; ANTHRAX) ? plus a "special-surprise" second guitarist ? will be paying tribute to KISS at the first annual "VH1 Rock Honors".

"VH1 Rock Honors" is the first-ever show to pay homage to the legends who influenced the sound of hard rock. This year's celebration will honor the music and influence of JUDAS PRIEST, KISS, QUEEN and DEF LEPPARD. Premiering on Wednesday, May 31 at 9:00 p.m., "VH1 Rock Honors" will be taped at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas on Thursday, May 25 and will include performances by all of the honorees as well as tribute performances by GODSMACK (who will be paying tribute to JUDAS PRIEST), FOO FIGHTERS (QUEEN) and THE ALL-AMERICAN REJECTS (DEF LEPPARD). Riki Rachtman will serve as backstage announcer.

The two-hour tribute will salute the groundbreaking bands of rock, the once-in-a-lifetime events and the influential people who made a lasting mark on the history of hard rock. The influence of these honorees will be felt through spoken tributes, filmed packages and performances by some of today's hottest rock acts as well as the legends themselves.

lol eddie van halen hehe?

whooh, now that would be something! Slash and Eddie on the same stage, hell yeah!

sounds good to me, love how slash is always apart of these great things

wonder who it'll be, bumble

Wow.
I really hope someone tapes this  :yes:

this is going to be awesome! Slash and Tommy Lee is a dream come true! :beer:

this is great! can't wait to see it  8) for me the "surprise 2nd guitar" will be Ace or Paul... but thats just me

:( if only dime wasnt dead, i have no doubt he'd be that surprise guitarist, he loved KISS.

Maybe it's Izzy again?   :hihi:

it's going to be bumblefoot ;D

Of course  ;D
or Buckethead?

Hmm.. Someone gonna record when Slash is at Nights with Alice Cooper?

I agree.. I think it is gonna be Ace..... I hope they play something cool too.. NOT ROCK N' ROLL all night.. I would like to hear something like,

Dr. Love
She
Deuce
Strutter
God Of Thunder

They are playing "God Of Thunder"  : ok:

ROB ZOMBIE, SLASH, TOMMY LEE, SCOTT IAN To Perform 'God Of Thunder' At 'VH1 Rock Honors' - May 24, 2006 
 
An all-star band consisting of Rob Zombie (vocals), Slash (guitar; VELVET REVOLVER, ex-GUNS N' ROSES), Tommy Lee (drums; M?TLEY CR?E), and Scott Ian (bass ? yes, bass; ANTHRAX) ? plus a "special-surprise" second guitarist ? will be performing the song "God of Thunder" as a tribute to KISS at the first annual "VH1 Rock Honors".

"VH1 Rock Honors" is the first-ever show to pay homage to the legends who influenced the sound of hard rock. This year's celebration will honor the music and influence of JUDAS PRIEST, KISS, QUEEN and DEF LEPPARD. Premiering on Wednesday, May 31 at 9:00 p.m., "VH1 Rock Honors" will be taped at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas on Thursday, May 25 and will include performances by all of the honorees as well as tribute performances by GODSMACK (who will be paying tribute to JUDAS PRIEST), FOO FIGHTERS (QUEEN) and THE ALL-AMERICAN REJECTS (DEF LEPPARD). Riki Rachtman will serve as backstage announcer.

The two-hour tribute will salute the groundbreaking bands of rock, the once-in-a-lifetime events and the influential people who made a lasting mark on the history of hard rock. The influence of these honorees will be felt through spoken tributes, filmed packages and performances by some of today's hottest rock acts as well as the legends themselves. 
 

Haven't Slash said somewhere that he didn't like Kiss? ???

I only know they wouldn't let kiss sign them years ago.. It shows several bands there, KISS Def lepp, Priest,  & queen..

Yeah, but Slash will playing "God Of Thunder"..  I can't recall Slash ever saying he didn't like them anyway....  If he did, I am sure some dickweed will make a post about him being a two faced liar piece of shit.....

I think I remember Slash saying that when he first started out jamming with Steven Adler that Steven was really into Kiss and he loathed them, or something like that.

But who cares, we get to see Slash and Tommy Lee rip it up on stage together! :beer:

Yeah, it was something about Steven liking them.
Yeah,it's going to be awesome! ;D
I hope someone records it  :drool:

Slash wants to find out if Axl was talking shit from Scott Ian when he went on the trucnk show

The surprise is Ace. There are pictures of them rehearsing on wireimage.

So it's Slash, Tommy and Ace ripping it up on stage? How f**kin awesome! :beer:

Along with Scott Ian on bass and Rob Zombie on vocals.

Yeah, I know, but I'm looking forward to seeing those 3 the most in that line-up.

'I was thinking Gilby since he is a big fan

Gilby was also there.

That's cool the kiss fans will be very happy, that is like seeing izzy at hammerstein... It's nice to get the real band members back in anyway from the real band

I've see the commercial, gilby slash tommy lee, should be cool

Great full size photos here:

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jamie pressley  :drool:

Slash and ace must have been cool....

Yeah she is very hot, very trashy slutty what's me likey.. I don't want to turn this into some sexual thread :peace:

Is there a recording somewhere?  :drool:

Who knows, but it'll be on TV weds at 9pm est I believe...

Which channel?
I hope someone records it  :yes:

Is Scott really playing bass?

I believe it will be 9pm on vh1.. I know I saw the commercial while watching all shit metal on vh1

Yes a Gene Simmons bass, an Ax or what ever he calls them, his own custom make.

id love footage of this, i wanna see slash rocking, plus i like rob zombie too and anthrax and motley crue so its a dreaaaaam come true to have them all playing at once.

slash painting face Paul Stanley

Damn. Too bad vh1 in europe and usa isn't the same.
And they stopped airing vh1 in sweden today  :crying:

Slash and Gilby Clark performed together

I read somewhere that Rob Zombie jumped in and started singing too early right when the solo was switching from Ace to Slash....

If he got in the way, he deserve a Les Paul to the teeth.

actually the thing im excited about most is Slash and Tommy Lee being on the same stage together there like my 2 fav. musicans ever...Slash for giving us such awesome songs and Tommy for influencing me to take up drums Hellz Yea!!!! : ok:

Why is there no clip of this online yet?

I think it's on weds night on vh1, can someone look into that??

Yes this appears on VH1, Wednsday May 31st 9/8 ET/C

GENE SIMMONS: 'Our Thanks To You For Making Our Dreams Come True' - May 29, 2006?
 
KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons has commented on "VH1 Rock Honors", the first-ever show to pay homage to the legends who influenced the sound of hard rock. This year's celebration honors the music and influence of JUDAS PRIEST, KISS, QUEEN and DEF LEPPARD. Premiering on Wednesday, May 31 at 9:00 p.m., "VH1 Rock Honors" was taped Thursday, May 25 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas and will include performances by all of the honorees as well as tribute performances by GODSMACK (who are paying tribute to JUDAS PRIEST), FOO FIGHTERS (QUEEN) and THE ALL-AMERICAN REJECTS (DEF LEPPARD). Original KISS guitarist Ace Frehley and ex-GUNS N' ROSES axeman Gilby Clarke joined an all-star band consisting of Rob Zombie (vocals), Slash (guitar; VELVET REVOLVER, ex-GUNS N' ROSES), Tommy Lee (drums; M?TLEY CR?E), and Scott Ian (bass ? yes, bass; ANTHRAX) for a rendition of the KISS classic "God of Thunder" as a tribute to KISS. Meanwhile, QUEEN guitarist Brian May and drummer Roger Taylor made a surprise appearance with FOO FIGHTERS, who were paying tribute to QUEEN at the event.

Commented Simmons: "Backstage is a place most people don't ever see. Backstage is where you get to see Ace and I hugging and wishing each other well. It's where Brian May and Roger Taylor and Paul Rodgers say how blown away they were by the set...and likewise from us to them...where Tommy Lee is jumping up and down after having played with Rob Zombie, Scott Ian, Gilby Clarke and Slash and shouting out loud what a ball he had...where Slash keeps saying how intimidating we are in our KISS boots...where four guys who wear KISS war paint take what they do seriously...and with gratitude to the fans who make it all possible.

"Our thanks to you for making our dreams come true."?
 

same here Tomm Lee is biggest influence on the drums. The first 2 Motley records, pre-girls girls girls, are amazing to play along with!

Can't wait, saw the commercial during Super group last night

that's tonight eh? could somebody cap that and up it here?

OMG!!! That fuckin rocked!!!!!!!! :beer:

IT WAS FUCKING AMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAZING!!!!
Slash and Gilby were sick
and i was right about the mystery guitarist too, i knew it'd be Ace.

I just cut my hair to grow out like gilbys... random i know.


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6 thumbs up.

'Queen kicked ass too but they were better live in worcester when i saw them

gilby owns

They rocked VH! tonight!  Slash, no doubt has an incredible feel for the guitar!!  Wow!!

where can we watch it online?

prob off the vh1 website on their v-spot media thing.

they will be replaying the show on VH!, it's towards the end of the show!!

awesome and fuck whoever moves this thread!

i aint got Vh1 ?:-\

what does this have to do with GNR?  ???

guess yer fucked!

Slash rocks! :peace:

yeh should be in velvet revolver section

I watched it, very cool show

slash gilby scott iann ace tommy lee

gods of thunder.

jamie presley :love:

Anyone got a good quality clip?

try YouTube and search for: god of thunder slash

not the best quality but.... : ok:

Fuckin' great... that's rock n' roll man.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZwtWwGw-I0

enjoy!  : ok:

audio of this song

God Of Thunder (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=CXFMNBXD)

That was great!  Thanks, so much, for sharing it!  Makes me want to see the entire show, now!

Can we get an mpeg or something, youtubes qulaity sucks

That was FUCKING SWEET!!!!!!!!!!!    :o   Holy Shit , I am about to watch it again...

The show was overall very good for a cable TV awards/tribute type show.. Not alot of talk or BS, just flat out playing. Foo Fighters started off exactly at 9, played, then interviews, then Queen etc. Each tribute band played 1 song, then talk & commercial then the band came & played 2 songs. Queen & Foo Fighters, played together.

 Then All American Rejects came on. Man, were they bad. Talented, the guitarist played Photograph note for note, but they sounded like they were in a high school talent show. Not for nothing, but I think they needed to get more effects & all, especially for the singer. Glam it up. Get those microphones that JLo & Britney use that adds some umphh to the singers voice.

I'm not a fan of Judas Priest or Godsmack, thought JP was ok. Didn't watch Godsmack at all.

 Then came the supergroup. Rob Zombie exceeded all my expectations and I felt was a great choice. I dug his new, raw look. Getting away from the Marilyn Manson dress up style. Great to see Slash, when isn't it. And Tommy has always been a great drummer. Cool to see Scott Ian play bass. Then Kiss played, and well, it's Kiss, although I must say they still did sound pretty good 30 years later.

yeah I loved this performance..... Very cool so nice to see those guys up there...

wonder why more gnr fans don't say how they liked it.?

it was exciting as hell to see the two greatest guitar players ever, Slash and Ace Frehley, take the stage together and rock hard, even doing the "duelling" guitar solo. 

On the other hand, it was disgusting that Ace Frehley was onstage in a Kiss tribute band, when literally five minutes later, some scrub was in his makeup, his costume, and playing his riffs/solos along with "Kiss".  If Gene and Paul must tour without the original members, can't they at least bury the hatchet for one night when the original members are being honoured?  Especially since Ace was right fucking there in attendance?

How good was it to see Slash and Gilby sharing the same stage again too! : ok:

Here's a pic of Slash with Gina Gershon taken at the VH1 Rock Honors.
OK! Weekly (mag) >> ISSUE #23 * JUNE 12 2006

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I was happy for Gilby and Tommy. They're HUGE fans!

That was so bad ass!  Slash just has that magnetic thing about him.  Ace played great, Rob sounded bad ass!

the second half about ace I feel the same way, but isn't that all new gnr is.... Fuck gene and fuck paul ego maniacs

That was just cool as fuck !!  Thanks man!

wow,awesome 8)
that's a show I would want to be at. Anyone knows if the you can watch the entire show somewhere?

VH1 is showing it again Saturday night at midnight.   : ok:

Agree 100%.. I didn't even watch them... I gave up on those douche bags...  I always loved Peter, Ace and Gene and could't stand Paul.. They have always sucked without Peter and Ace...

thanks, but do you know if I can watch it somewhere on the internet, we don't have vh1 anymore :crying:

Try VH1.com. I think they're showing clips online.

Can someone make an mpeg of it this time?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZwtWwGw-I0

Mike does it again!  :beer:

I didn't do anything but find the link, whoever uploaded it needs the thanks : ok:

I thought the performance was brilliant - Loved it! God of Thunder is perfect for Rob Zombie.

the show is on vh1 now

Yeah, that pissed me off to see Ace with the tribute band.  He was the only one with any talent in Kiss to begin with.  They are the most overrated band of all time.  Nothing but a garage band with a gimmick. 

Anyone else ever heere that paul played for both teams, or bats on both sides?

I don't know if they were over rated... I mean they really did own teh 70's and had some great songs/albums..... As for Paul, I never heard that but it sure looks like it... I cannot stand him.

that was such an insult to ace, it would be like gnr being honored and slash playing in a super group before gnr played

I guess to most it's just some dude in makeup who cares>? ::)

It is flat out wrong, but at the same time Ace has just thrown it back in their faces by playing better than what theyre replacement ever could

true I mean ace was there wether they liked it or not... :beer: