Shock! Whipper Hits The Stage In His Underpants

Or is it just another celebrity doppelgänger?

Could it be time for another round of Vodka Whip-a-likes 2010?

Entries in soon please gentlemen, move this one down the pile....

Live Whipping!

This is it, the weekend that live whipping comes to Nottingham, home of the Vodka Whip. Tomorrow evening 2 lucky whippers will be heading to the Rescue Rooms to see the Gods of Cock Tyketto.

No doubt Forever Young will inspire numerous live leanbacks, throats will become hoarse and air guitars will be wielded. Shame that a full whip attendance couldn't be mustered, it is about time for another full whip me thinks...

Yet that is not all, one of those whippers will do it all again in London on Monday, then spend 2 nights seeing Brit-cock-rockers Skin on Tuesday and Wednesday, what a week!

Still very jealous of those of you heading to Download next week though.

Forever Young, time on our side....

More Cock Rock than you can shake a stick at

Amazing, cock rock is back with a vengence. Not only does this years Download include a whole day (and more) of Vodka Whip approved bands - including Def Leppard, Whitesnake, Motley Crue, but it has also tempted British cock rock legends Skin into reforming. See the Download Festival website for details.

What's more they are playing 3 warm-up shows, 2 at the 100 Club in London on Tuesday 9th and Wednesday 10th June, followed by another at Wolverhampton Wulfrun Hall on the Thursday. Tickets available at See Tickets.

Yet that is not all, the cock rock legends that are Tyketto also play some UK dates in June, including Nottingham on Saturday 6th and Islington Academy on Monday 8th. Vodka Whip obviously aim to have a presence at those 2 dates at least. There are also shows in Wolverhampton and Southampton. See the Tyketto website for more dates in Sweden and the States (check the news section as they haven't updated the front page yet).

Sadly Thunder have decided to call it a day, but there is a last chance to catch them on their farewell tour in July. See the Thunder website
for more details, some shows still have a few tickets left.

And yet we have even more, Tigertailz will make an appearance in October, including a date at London's Borderline on Saturday 10th, and The Quireboys will be about in December, with Wolfsbane in tow.

Finally, despite disappointment that the Caldicot Castle Park Rock Fest has been cancelled, there is another festival that has come on to the radar, and it is actually called the Cock Rock festival, possibly for slightly different reasons, but we just had to give it a mention. More at the Cockermouth Rock Festival website.

I think that's all for now, well apart from a recommendation to check out Heaven's Basement as they venture around the UK over the next few weeks, they are an awesome live band and worthy tips for the title nu-cock (which we have just made up, but the kids had nu-metal so why not?).

Apologies for the lack of activity but we unfortunately have other aspects of life we have to attend to!


Keep on rockin'

Tyketto Back on the Road!

Following hard on the heels of the Nottingham whip last weekend, a couple of lucky whippers will be off to FireFest next weekend to see a bill including the legends that are Tyketto, Firehouse and Danger Danger. A weekend of pure rock heaven!

Tyketto have also announced that they will be touring Europe in January, dates have still to be confirmed, Vodka Whip will keep you updated. There is also talk of South American gigs in May, does anyone know of any cheap flights heading that way?

The Whip on Tour is also close to new dates, negotiations are ongoing with Sheffield, London and Manchester likely destinations, while we are looking for confirmation of a suitable new venue in Birmingham.

Grand National - Vodka Whip's big tip(ple)

Vodka Whip just could not resist a flutter on the Aintree Grand National this year, not with a horse named Vodka Bleu in the running.

Well worth a shot at 50/1 we think, probably best to back each way though. Shop around some online bookies are offering a pay out on the first 5 (the first 4 is standard), although you may have to accept slightly shorter odds to get paid for 5th place.

There you go then, Vodka Whip suggests Vodka Bleu in the Grand National, Aintree, 4:15pm today (Saturday 5th April), live on BBC1.

Breaking News: Tyketto at FireFest 2008

Direct from Danny Vaughn's MySpace:

Yes it has been confirmed. Danny and the guys will play Firefest at Nottingham Rock City on the 25th of October.They are playing 2nd night of 3 this year with Jeff Scott Soto, Pink Cream 69, Tony Harnell (ex TNT) and others on the same night

It seems they just can't keep away! This is a very good thing, Vodka Whip hopes that many of it's members will be able to make FireFest this year.

The Search Begins...

...for the Ultimate Vodka Whip track list. Fellow Whippers please feel free to log in and edit this post to add new tracks to the current suggestions below. Decisions over removing "controversial" tracks or to limit the amount of track from one band can be made at a later date.
Non-whip members are welcome to make suggestions via the comments feature, and indeed we would welcome a nudge to any obvious omissions.

So for starters:


Def Leppard - Pour Some Sugar On Me
Guns N'Roses - Paradise City
Motley Crue - Kickstart My Heart
Danger Danger - Monkey Business
Skid Row - 18 & Life
Hardline - Hot Cherie
Firehouse - Reach For The Sky
Tyketto - Wings
Extreme - Decadence Dance
Black Crowes - Hard To Handle
Skin - Look But Don't Touch
Kiss - Crazy Crazy Nights
The Darkness - Growing On Me
Danny Vaughn - Nothing At All
Poison - Nothin' But A Good Time
Thunder - Dirty Love
Cinderella - Gypsy Road
Aerosmith - Love In An Elevator
Bon Jovi - Livin' On A Prayer
Van Halen - Jump
Motley Crue - Girls Girls Girls
Danger Danger - Bang Bang
Firehouse - Don't Treat Me Bad
Tyketto - Forever Young (the last track of course)

Manchester Trip

One lone Whip member travelled north to revisit the scene of a number of whips around the turn of the century. The full report is to follow, but an early bulletin reports sightings of full down-on-knees leanback air guitar, muscle T-shirts tucked into blue denim and a full light blue denim suit in Jilly's Rockworld, proof that this mecca of rock is still firmly rooted in the 80s!

Rock City - The Rig

News from Rock City - The Rig (the venue of choice for the Vodka Whip), is currently closed for refurbishment. It seems the legendary DJ Dave (who can be persuaded to slot in a bit of cock from time to time), is sharing duties in the basement for the time being.

We are sure that normal service will be resumed shortly, shiny new toilets are promised!

Keith Baxter 1971-2008 R.I.P.

Vodka Whip is saddened to hear of the death of Keith Baxter on Friday 4th January. Keith was the drummer with Skyclad and 3 Colours Red as well as a short stint helping out Therapy?.

Condolences go to his family and friends.

Excellent Gig Photos

A young lady by the name of Trudi Knight is fast developing a reputation as one of the best gig photographers around. As her work features many bands endorsed by Vodka Whip, including photos from the recent Hard Rock Hell, we felt it was worth providing a link as there are some top quality shots on her website.

Some of Trudi's work can be found at Bands On Stage. Go and check it out, currently featured bands include Aerosmith, Thunder, Hanoi Rocks and Quireboys.

Tyketto - Madrid Sala Heineken - October 26th 2007

So an intrepid Whip member headed off to Madrid to see the first of the final four Tyketto shows ever.

The fact it is the end is a sad prospect but determined to enjoy this final flourish I endured an 8 hour delay to the flight out in good humour, even resisting the temptation to spend the whole of the £10 delay allowance on vodka, well hunger had struck by that time!

Finally arriving in Madrid at 2am on Thursday morning I got to a rather disappointing hotel about 3, it seems it wasn't the one I had booked, they own 3 hotels all with the same name and I'd managed to end up in the dodgy one, still it was near the city centre which was good.

Not a good start, but determined to make the most of it I headed off to the Royal Palace on Thursday morning, followed by the wax museum, then a fruitless search for a bar playing rock in the evening, so decided to have a couple of drinks and save my energy for the main event.

Friday saw an excellent trip to the Bernabau Stadium, well worth a visit plus some other sightseeing then it was time to head to the venue. A fair sized queue had already gathered and had grown significantly by the time the doors opened. There was already a fair crowd by the time the excellent Jorge Salan hit the stage, it is a shame it seems that he doesn't have any plans to tour further afield, if you do get a chance check him out.

So to Tyketto, and after the dramas of the previous 2 days this hour and a half made it all worthwhile. The set list had been influenced by the fans, and it was indeed a treasure trove of Tyketto gems. A quick fire trio of Nothing But Love, Rescue Me and Wings set things off to a flying start, some locals seemed surprised by the dancing by the Whip member in the middle of the crowd 4 rows back (yes me), but as the classics rolled out they let their inhibitions go and joined in!

Danny sang Catch My Fall, Meet Me In The Night and Strip Me Down, he wouldn't have had any shortage of offers to do all 3 from the fine number of attractive Spanish senoritas in the crowd. Appropriately with the clocks going back The End Of The Summer Days was next up, followed by a semi-acoustic version of Jamie and then the excellent Burning Down Inside.

A double of Walk On Fire and Seasons followed before a quartet closing the main set which began with "new" song Til The Summer Comes, well it's an old demo that has been remastered and features on The Last Sunset Farewell 2007 CD - available now from the Tyketto website, but it's new listening for the fans. Followed by Strength In Numbers, the seminal Standing Alone and ironically they left the stage to Sail Away.

Obviously there was a major omission, and after one of the loudest encouragements for an encore (I think we've become a bit used to the fact that bands always come back for an encore in the UK), with the crowd singing Ole, Ole, Ole, some Spanish that even I could join in with, they duly returned. Picking up with The Last Sunset, they, of course, finished with Whip anthem Forever Young, and I finished with an even hoarser voice than I started after singing and dancing my way through the set.

Couldn't have been better, I suppose if I'm picky I would have liked Lay Your Body Down to be in there, but that really is being picky, it was the best gig I've been to in some while, shame it will be the last time I will see Tyketto, at least Danny will be touring with his own band and I'm sure the odd Tyketto track will make an appearance.

The end of the summer days, the last sunset and the end of Tyketto, the cock rock world will be burning down inside.

Mixing vodka and Red Bull can be deadly, warn experts

This article in today's Daily Mail warns of the dangers of mixing Vodka and Red Bull. Of course Vodka Whip is prepared to step forward and volunteer for extended secondary research into the claims made.

Certain members of the Whip hope to be able to report that they have been taken advantage of sexually in the very near future, but instead they suspect that they will be able to report that there must have been serious flaws in the original research. Call themselves experts, they didn't even ask us!

The date for the next whip has yet to be confirmed, look out for details, rumours that T-shirts emblazened with "I've been drinking Vodka and Red Bull, take advantage of me" have been ordered are greatly exaggerated, but it sounds like a good idea.

Whip On Tour!

Next weekend the whip comes to London, an unsuspecting hotel in a secret location has been booked and discussions are underway as to which club will be visited on Saturday night.

Any rock clubs playing suitable music that want to host a whip visit and receive free publicity on this blog please get in touch, an offer of free entry will never be refused!

You may be wondering why the lack of review from the last whip, well mainly this is due to the shock still felt after 2 of the whip stalwarts were refused entry to Rock City, not once, but twice (happily they eventually found a way in). After frequenting the venue for nearly 20 years we were disgusted at the attitude of the door staff, basically just because they weren't wearing a black T-shirt and don't have the long flowing locks of yesteryear (well curly locks in one case) they were not allowed in. Rock City, you should be ashamed. We still love you but...SORT IT OUT!

Danny Vaughn - In Pictures

Some images from the Danny Vaughn gig at The Purple Turtle in Camden, thanks to John Rayner for these.

The Whip Is On!

It's on the streets, well in the fabled city of rock anyway.

All set for September 8th, a good attendance is expected, and the whippers will be buoyed by the mention of Van Halen in the blurb for Reloaded (Saturday nights in The Rig) that appeared in Kerrang! this week.

There has been mention of a vodka bar visit on the Friday evening, and Ye Olde Salutation may get a visitation, if it is that order then the karaoke may even be tempting!

Get your rocks off!

Whip Endorsed Music

Thanks to Project Playlist we are now able to provide a selection of Vodka Whip endorsed tunes for your listening pleasure while you are visiting the site. You have the option to reduce volume on the player, or indeed to launch as a standalone should you so wish.

Hopefully we will be able to add additional tracks as they become available. A couple are samples, but are included so that those classic bands are represented.

Player is set to random so hopefully you will get a different track to start you off each time you visit, so we look forward to your return in the near future!

Enjoy.

Motley Crue - Hammersmith Apollo - June 11th 2007

So could the Crue still cut it after all these years? Replacement singers have come and gone, as have various wives/porn stars, countless bottles, no cases, of spirits and probably every known drug, their casualty list is longer than most of their contempories, how are these guys even still alive, let alone together as a band?

Well they are here tonight, fresh from playing Download. The gig is sold out, but the numerous touts outside have been left with full greasy fists of tickets, there is some justice in the world after all! Small consolation when we find the T-shirts are 25 quid though...

Nonetheless there is a hot, sweaty crowd inside when the Crue hit the stage with Dr Feelgood, the pyrotechnics kick in, Vince Neil is slightly more portly than 20 years ago, but the voice is still holding. Sadly Tommy Lee isn't holding the sticks, a shoulder injury sustained at Donington Park 2 days ago. His stand-in is superb though, could not fault him at all. Tommy makes a few cameo appearances during the night, including keyboards on Home Sweet Home, and a bit of rapping/crowd participation stuff halfway through the set. It is apparent that Mick Mars is suffering the effects of his illness, but his playing is still top notch.

All the classics are there, the new stuff is not missed by the majority of the crowd as Motley Crue run through gems such as Shout At the Devil, Live Wire, Looks That Kill, Primal Scream, Louder Than Hell, Don't Go Away Mad (Just Go Away), Wild Side, Same Ol' Situation, Smokin' In The Boys Room and of course the seminal Girls, Girls, Girls. A cover of Anarchy In The UK is thrown in for good measure.

They finish with a storming Kickstart Your Heart, well it was then a menadering Mick Mars guitar solo kicked in, which would have been fine if it wasn't the last song of the main set, and then it transpired it was the last song of the whole set, no encore! Made the end of the show a slightly bizarre experience. It was also not much after 10pm, maybe the boys need their cocoa, but for the sake of rock'n'roll lets hope it was vodka and groupies they were getting off early to see to.

But that strange and early ending shouldn't detract from a superb night of cock rock at it's finest. Well worth the money, support Papa Roach are in a completely different genre, but sometimes that's good, and it worked well here tonight.

Cock rock still lives, maybe showing it's age occasionally, but the youngsters in the crowd dressed up in their 80s gear love it so there is hope for the future.

Nottingham Whip 26th May 2007

The first full whip of the year took place this weekend in Nottingham. Although this was billed as a main whip many months ago, sadly two members could not be present. One member was lost through feeble excuses, the other through an extremely absent minded holiday booking. It is noted here on the blog that both reasons are not acceptable! Anyway, the proceedings started on the Friday (the warm up night) with a trip from the suburbs into Nottingham centre. Firstly a visit was made to Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem, a fine public house which soon became the scene of blasphemous events. Upon entry one member of the party was openly ripped by the slightly stout Yeoman of the bar for wearing nothing other than a Tyketto T shirt. The heretic (aging dinosaur rocker) then launched a verbal assault on Danny Vaughn himself, together with a general rubbishing of all acoustic guitar music. Whilst the pub is both an unusual and interesting venue, it clearly is the home of unbelievers and should be approached with caution. Following a drink we moved onto the Salutation Inn. Upon entry, the ground floor was found to be a standard Nottingham establishment, however up stairs was a haven of rock. Friday night was Karaoke night, and much was talked about entry to sing a 'cock rock' number to the full audience of the Sal. Wisely and due to insufficient vocal ranges, no entry was made.

The Saturday saw the full whip proceedings, following a visit to a local building of historic interest. After the full appreciation of a bottle of Skyy vodka by the members of the whip (coupled with the usually caffine based energy drinks and 'cock rock' DvD), the party moved to Nottingham, starting this time with the Sal. Once again the upstairs was a rock haven, although this time with no Karaoke. Following a swift visit to the Tap 'n' Tumbler, entry was made into the city of rock. Music was varied but did incorporate a reasonable amount of 'cock rock' enabling the members to indulge in the usual ludicrous dancing and total loss of self respect. During the evening contact was made with an indirect whip victim of some 15 years ago. Whilst this individual did not attend the whip, they did have the (mis)fortune of meeting the whip members post whip, joining in with the drinking throughout the evening. This was the last time the individual was seen for 15 years. The mystery was solved however, when the facts were established. Following a collapse, hospitalisation and being 45 times over the legal limit, the individual involved was advised not to drink for a number of days unless death was desired. They then avoided alcohol for a number of years. This is clear evidence of how important the whip is in preparation for a night of binge drinking. One other notable event was the trial of a new Tyketto dance. Whilst still in development a new synchronised dance emerged incorporating many complex maneuvers requiring both concentration and agility. Further choreography is required, but early indications are that this new development is a direct result of extensive brain cell damage due to vodka abuse.

Whip a Week Early?

It would appear the whip may have been staged a week early. Check this poodle rock extravaganza out, it even has a link to a 'Forever Young' cover:



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