Episode 7: Stephen Percy and Ripper Owens



Special Guest Bassist: Billy Sheehan

Ripper Owens is a funny dude and seems really cool. someone you can have a beer with and talk about music all day long. Percy returns to TMS and this time around he was a better and more articulate interviewee. Good stuff all around.

TMS Top 5 Tours

1. KISS Love Gun Tour
2. Guns N Roses / Metallica Tour
3. Judas Priest / Iron Maiden World Wide Blitz Tour
4. AC/DC Black Ice Tour
5. Heaven & Hell, Motörhead, Judas Priest, and Testament Metal Masters Tour

My Top 5

1. KISS Love Gun Tour
2. KISS Reunion Tour
3. Van Halen 1984 Tour
4. Guns N Roses / Metallica Tour
5. Def Leppard Hysteria Tour

The Throwdown: Who's the best Whitesnake Guitarist of all time? John Sykes, Steve Vai or Doug Aldrich

The Panel and audience picked John Sykes.
I picked John Sykes.

This was a no brainer and possibly the easiest throwdown ever on the show. Sykes is the definitive guitarist for Whitesnake and is the reason why Steve Vai as a member didn't work for me. When Eddie stated his reasons why, he said exactly what I have been saying for years about Sykes Vs Vai. Don't get me wrong, I love Vai's playing as everyone that knows me can attest to. But as a member of that band, it did not work and sounded nothing like a true WS album