RIKKI ROCKETT IS INNOCENT
Friday, May 30th, 2008 at 10:59am by Axl Rosenberg
I just got this e-mail from a reader calling herself “Angry Geek Girl.” The subject line is “Just Want To Keep You Guys Honest.” I’m just gonna go ahead and print it in its entirety:
“Axl,
“I noticed something interesting. When Rikki Rockett was accused, you jumped on that damn skippy. But when he’s cleared because he wasn’t even IN Mississippi at the time of the alleged incident, your as quiet as a church-mouse.
“Of course your in good company. Everyone was real prominent with the allegation, but either didn’t report Rikki Rockett’s name being cleared or buried it as deep as the could, placing it between the local little league schedule and a recipe for summer squash casserole where no one would see it. I guess innocence doesn’t sell.
“I thought you guys were better then that. Guess I was wrong.
“Angry Geek Girl”
So, yes, Rikki Rockett is innocent, and no, we didn’t report it. It’s a poor excuse, I know, but please keep in mind that Vince and I are the only ones who work on this site on a daily basis, and that we both have day jobs which pays the bills so that we can keep the site goin’. So, yeah, sometimes a story is gonna fall through the cracks.
Still… sorry we let ya down, AGG. We’ll try not to do it again.
-AR


Queensryche have
The worst kept secret in rock is that Bret Michaels and his natural hair parted ways long ago. It’s why he’s also wearing those stupid bandannas that went out of style in like 1990 or so. Remember that story about the girl with the thing tied around her neck, and when her husband finally got her to remove it her head fell off? Such is the relationship between the Poison singer and his head gear.
It would appear that Poison drummer Rikki Rockett has been
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