Fruity Feats

It turns out, I really @#$##@ hate grapefruit. You live, you learn. 

Another thing I've learned is that I still love watching Sebastian Bach on any show that'll have him. He and Rex Brown from Pantera were the guests on last night's That Metal Show, and he was his usual six-foot-four Canadian cartoon self. 

May I just add here that as much as I admire Eddie Trunk and hope to someday share a few beers with him, talking about KISS and Thin Lizzy and Akira Takasaki (unarguably the most fun name in metal to say) until one of us passes out face-down in a basket of cheese fries, the more I've learned about Jim Florentine—who's doing a phenomenal Sirius show these days—and Don Jamieson, who is both truly (spontaneously) funny and a serious aficionado, the more I love their dynamic as a team. 

As I'm sure they're well aware, there's a vast community of us who look to TMS as a beacon—a lighthouse of the soul if you will—amidst a seething musical sea of floating debris that I'm pretty sure isn't driftwood. 


The best part of last night's show was when a "Stump The Trunk" trivia question led to a discussion of a former Fastway bassist whom no one on the show including Eddie had heard of, with the name of "Mick Feet."

Sebastian paused pensively, and launched into a glorious monologue that posed the question: When you're starting out in rock and roll, and you can come up with ANY name you want for yourself—Mick Mars, Nikki Sixx—how do you decide on Mick Feet???

Turns out, he spells it "Feat," and yes, he did play bass on the first Fastway album. He's a top session player who's worked with the likes of David Gilmour, Alvin Lee, Mick Ralphs and Simon Kirke, Mark Knopfler, and Chet Atkins to name a few.


So in Mr. Feat's honor, here's a little Fastway from the '80s classic, Trick Or Treat, starring none other than Marc—Skippy from Family Ties—Price (with cameos by Ozzy and Gene Simmons).