Interview with Bill Aucoin from 2003 for House of Hair Online By Ray Van Horn, Jr. Writer’s Note: In 2003 I was working on a personal project related to the music industry when I was graciously steered towards former Kiss, Billy Idol and Billy Squier manager Bill Aucoin. As a young fan of Kiss in the seventies, the recurring name of Bill Aucoin rang to my eyes on the album ... [read more]

Bobby Blotzer of RATT Interview for House of Hair Online By Ray Van Horn, Jr. HOUSE OF HAIR ONLINE: You have your son Michael out on the road teching for you. You’ve been on the scene for quite some time and now your boy’s following in your footsteps. What a thrill, huh? BOBBY BLOTZER: Yeah, he’s been around the scene too. He’s been out touring with me since he was ... [read more]

Interview With Blackie Lawless for House of Hair Online By Ray Van Horn, Jr. HOUSE OF HAIR: I’d like to start by talking about you growing up on Staten Island. There are so many notable musicians from the area I feel like there ought to a book written on it! Maybe it’s the across-the-pond element from Manhattan… BLACKIE LAWLESS: That’s exactly what it is. It’s the ... [read more]

Interview With Jeremy Goldberg of Age of Evil for House of Hair Online By Ray Van Horn, Jr. House of Hair Online: I’ve always said you can’t necessarily teach the old school way of playing heavy metal to other generations; it’s up those generations to find the chemistry of eighties metal on their own and they either have it inside them to replicate or they don’t. You guys ... [read more]

Interview With Bruce Kulick of KISS for House of Hair Online By Ray Van Horn, Jr. House of Hair Online: You were, of course, a part of the Big ‘80s resurrection of Kiss. It’s one thing Kiss was able to come back strong in the decade, but you all were a part of that Big ‘80s thing of rock and entertainment. I saw a different and larger stage presentation than Kiss during the ... [read more]

Interview With Corey Glover of Living Colour for House of Hair Online By Ray Van Horn, Jr. House of Hair: Tell us a little bit about this show you’ve got going on in Washington, DC tonight. Living Colour are guest performers on the “Afro Punk” show. I guess it’s been awhile since you guys were the openers instead of headliners, eh? Corey Glover: This is what we need to ... [read more]

Ace Frehley interview for House of Hair Online By Ray Van Horn, Jr. HOH: Thank God about Peter, eh? That’s dodging a bullet. AF: Yeah, that was a shock, but everything seems to be okay. HOH: Since your self-created label is called “Bronx Born,” I wanted go back to your early days before there was such a thing as Kiss when you were growing up in the Bronx. How ... [read more]

Lita Ford and Jim Gillette for House of Hair Online By Ray Van Horn, Jr. HOH: This is great stuff having the two of you together on Wicked Wonderland. Naturally everyone knows you two have been married for quite some time, but it’s a bit special to see you working synonymously on this record. JG: We did all of this and we had no idea what’s going on in America. ... [read more]