Absolutely. We need to bring the balls back to rock and realize it's not a bad thing. For everyone who enjoyed the grunge movement, I mean, congratulations, I'm glad it was good for you. For those of us happy we finally have bands like Buckcherry and Avenged Sevenfold and are waiting for old guns (snicker) like VR to pick up the ball and run with it ... it's a classic sound. It'll never be dated. It may not be marketable right now like hip hop or emo, but grunge itself was a trend. Get a real rock band up onstage to play old school, Aerosmith-style blues based rock n' roll, that's not gonna go out of style. Baz never went out of style, he just fell out of favor. Sure, he gets silly sometimes, but that's why some of us fans like him. MTV might tell you being someone like Baz isn't cool right now, but when I hear songs like "Sorry" crossing over to pop radio stations, a classic power ballad, I beg to differ.

Truth is, I was ready to play the reunion card when Weiland first started flying off the handle and then the NIN tour dates went out with a mysterious "reunion" within that band. I'm surprised it took some of you this long to start doing the simple mathematics.

People really not to stop this whole "Baz is dated" bullshit. He kicks ass. He's a phenomenal singer. He's a far superior vocalist to Scott and most of the other singers the band had in mind. Skid Row was never a hair metal band, and if being unashamed to be a rocker and be true to who he is throughout all these fads is considered dated or lame, fuck the haters. At least he's not flat ironing his hair over his eye. I think a frontman with attitude and pipes like Baz is just what VR needs to BE taken seriously. No more gimmicks. Get a straight ahead rocker in there. The fanbase already embraces this guy. Old school bands like Buckcherry are blowing up right now. I think a Baz fronted VR, treated as a serious project and not as a gimmick, and given PROPER promotion could be just what VR needs.

Good lord, Randall. That's more disturbing than Mike Myers' Cat in the Hat. I played the mall Easter Bunny before. It was a temp job coming out of school and it paid well ... but they gave me a full head mask.

I said this a couple weeks ago when I posted the NIN tour dates and it got no play. My feelings are hurt.