House of Hair with Dee Snider

Joseph Grisamore’s 42.5″ Mohawk via Guiness World Records

 

Minnesota resident Joseph Grisamore has just claimed the new Guinness World Record for “world’s tallest full Mohican Mohawk.” At 42.5 inches – almost 4 feet! – the mohawk is a gravity-defying spectacle.

“My favorite thing about the mohawk is just the rarity of it,” Joseph said. “I’ll admit that peoples’ reactions are pretty priceless too. I’m 6’1″ tall, and my mohawk is pushing 4 feet now.”

“Doors aren’t over 7 feet tall, ceilings 9 feet, and cars are impossible to get into – so I’m limited to where and how I move around when I’m all done up, but the crowd usually comes to me.”
Grisamore had tried to break the record in 2007, but when he found out that he was required to shave the sides of his head, he demured. Instead, he tried to get the record for “tallest Mohican Mohawk spike” but failed to attain the record height of 44.68 inches, currently held by Kazuhiro Watanabe of Japan.

How does he attain that height? Well suprisingly, Grisamore says it’s pretty easy. “When wearing a mohawk, my hairdresser is a pro at teasing the base of the hair enough to hold the weight of a full fan. Got2b glued blasting freeze spray is the key ingredient, while assistants hold the fan upright until dry.”

Joseph, we can only hope you’re a House of Hair fan! Reach out for your t-shirt!!

After four long years in a protracted court battle, it looks like This Is Spinal Tap creators have reached a settlement with Vivendi, Studio Canal and Universal Music that will “restructure the parties’ relationship and modifying contracts pertaining to the picture’s distribution.”  What does this really mean?  The creators may finally be getting their deserved revenues and rights back.
1984’s iconic rockumentary This is Spinal Tap was co-created by actors Harry Shearer, Michael McKean, Christopher Guest and director Rob Reiner.

According to Shearer, who started the lawsuit in 2016, despite decades of cult success, the “band” had earned just $81 in merchandising income and $98 in musical sales income from the project.  Say what?? They alleged “Hollywood accounting” sins, Vivendi bungling trademark rights, and more. The four demanded hundreds of millions in damages plus hoped to reclaim This Is Spinal Tap by exercising termination rights under the Copyright Act.

Let’s hope it works out.  If any movie deserves a remake or a sequel, this is certainly the one! Turn it up to 11!!

 

 

More good news to report — it looks like AC/DC are reuniting with singer Brian Johnson and drummer Phil Rudd!  At least according to a bunch of photos posted online on the AC/DC website last week and then quickly deleted.

In July, our very own Dee Snider, a close pal of the band, stated that their next album is already finished but its release has been delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic.

“This is gonna be a miracle of technology,” Snider told ABC. “What will be achieved, the reuniting of the band that we know for one more album, is gonna be uplifting and heartbreaking at the same time. Because nothing goes on forever. But this is the ultimate ‘one more time.’”

In February, Snider also tweeted about a dinner he had with Brian Johnson, revealing that the frontman told him “a lot of stuff, and a lot of stuff that I don’t wanna say”.

“But we know from the photos, and Brian confirmed it, they’ve been in the studio, they’ve been recording,” he added. Last year AC/DC were seen working at Bryan Adams’ Warehouse Studio in Vancouver with engineer Mike Fraser – who mixed and engineered the band’s last three albums (Stiff Upper Lip, Black Ice and Rock Or Bust). The forthcoming album is also said to include the late Malcolm Young playing rhythm guitar on all tracks.

In 2014, Phil Rudd was arrested for attempting to procure a murder and various drug charges.  He was fired from the band for the 2nd time in his career. In 2016, Brian Johnson was replaced on the live tour by Guns N’ Roses singer Axl Rose, after doctors told Johnson to stop performing or risk going deaf.  In 2017, Malcolm Young died after suffering from dementia for several years.