Well I mentioned that I've heard them talking about Heart on the show, but for whatever reason I tuned out any "they will be on the show soon" talk. In my head I think I just finished their thought process of the guys giving them props and nothing more than that.

Special Guest Guitarist: John 5

When I say this is the best episode ever, I mean just that. You will never see a better hour spent from here on out for the rest of TMS life-span. This is what you call a perfect storm. You have Sammy Hagar as Co-Host of TMS, bringing his own flair to the proceedings. You have Michael Anthony as another guest on the panel who is beyond happy to be there which makes it fun for the audience as well as the panel. And you have the un-f*cking-believable performance by the one and only John 5. He was EPIC!! I don't think that word does him justice. Seriously, just....WOW! Awesome stuff. But you know what elevates this episode into rarefied air? You have Sammy having to pick which is the best David Lee Roth era songs in Van Halen for the TMS Top 5. Where else are you ever going to get that? Sammy having to choose and talk about DRL. Trust me, even Oprah Winfrey wouldn't be able to pull that off.

Also cool was Sammy getting to the root of how Mike felt about the whole 'being replaced by Wolfie in Van Halen' fiasco. That's what I wanted to hear about the first time Mike was on TMS. Like I said, the whole hour went by way too fast. This is one that I will watch time after time. This episode gets the super-rare 10 Star rating for massive effect. Nice cameo from Steven Adler.

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The TMS Top 5 was an interesting choice, especially with Sammy in the mix. Although I don't have any issues with the eventual Top 5 List, it's not what I would have put up there. My Top 5 of Best David Lee Roth Era Van Halen Songs goes more like this:  1. Runnin' With The Devil  2. Everybody Wants Some  3. The Cradle Will Rock  4. Panama  5. Jump

Props to Sammy and Eddie dissing Tattoo. Haha. The Throwdown was also interesting. Which Era of Sammy Hagar is the best? Overall winner was his Solo Years. Personally, I say his best is yet to come. So suck on that. He ain't done. Not by a long shot.

I will see if I can find the teaser. I'm sure it's up some where.

How about that John 5? Eh? Eh? Watching both Sammy and Mikey going gaga over him was awesome.

....next week has a solid guitarist too

Tiny Tim, motherf*cker!

Special Guest Guitarist: Doug Aldrich

Good God, this episode was frickin' awesome. I've been on a big Heart kick the last few weeks, so this episode was the cherry on top for me today. I'm such a huge fan of both Heart and Lita Ford, who I consider to be the pioneer's of Female Rock and Metal. The only person missing from the panel that I hold right up there with them is Joan Jett. Man, if only she was on it, this episode would have been beyond epic. Still an awesome hour spent watching the three of them talk. I was giddy. Why the hell am I acting like such a little school boy? Anyway, just really cool to have those 3 icons talking among each other. Very, very cool.

Doug Aldrich was the guitarist and I can only imagine how petrified he must have been playing in front of them. I would have dropped a brick, puked and then run off stage. As good as Doug was, I was suddenly going through John 5 withdrawal. Nothing against Doug, but it would have been awesome if Howard Leese was the special guest guitarist, even though he has no association with Heart anymore. I thought it was kinda odd that it was Lita that mentioned Howard and not Ann or Nancy.

Eddie, Don and Jim dropped a pretty big bomb about Vivian Campbell reuniting with the surviving members of Ronnie James Dio's first 3 albums and taking it out on the road. No secret that Dio and Viv had a big falling out. So, I'm not sure how I feel about this new Tour idea. To kick it up a notch, Vivian will be coming on TMS (Season 12) to tell his side of the story regarding the rift between him and Dio. I'm definitely looking forward to that episode.

Don gets a 'fake-out' with the GNR Reunion news. You punk!!!!!

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The TMS Top 5 was actually pretty good, which was the Top 5 Drum Intros. My Top 5 is as follows: 1. KISS - Do You Love Me 2. Ozzy Osbourne - Over The Mountain 3. Van Halen - Hot For Teacher 4. Judas Priest - Painkiller 5. KISS - I Love It Loud.


The Throwdown was also pretty good. Best Alice In Chains Album: Dirt Vs Facelift. Click on either link for my reviews to find out my thoughts on each album. The winner of the Throwdown was.....Dirt.

I thought I was the only one that picked up on the fact that John was refusing to get down off the stage and greet Manson. The guy is a tool and a train wreck. I just don't like the fucker and now every time he comes on TMS, it's an automatic 1 star deduction. The longer he is on, the less stars the episode will get.

They went for the cheap grab because basically the entire episode Don was making it out like, as you said, some MASSIVE breaking news. F*ck, I was  p*ssed. But I was also scratching my head because the show is pre-taped months in advanced and it was weird that I hadn't heard anything in that time VH1 Classic was sitting on the episodes. But there was this little thing pulling at me where I thought that GNR was purposely shooting down reunion rumors till TMS officially announced it.







Metallica is breaking up? Bummer. I knew that Napster would be their downfall.