Commercial Metal, Vol. 6

Here's another video with an incomplete version of the same Somewhere in Time ad, but in much better quality, and with a brief MTV clip about the Somewhere on Tour shows:

No idea who that chick is--considering she talks about the '87 US leg of the tour, this would have been  a year or two before my own exposure to MTV.  However, I am pleased immensely that there is recorded proof the words "Vinnie Vincent Invasion" were uttered on MTV by someone other than Adam Curry.

This was one of the only real heavy metal-related PSAs that was made (the only other ones that come to mind are the Megadeth "Rock the Vote" one--which I realize I neglected to put in the Megadeth post--and perhaps the Yngwie PSA I've already covered).  

Unfortunately it seems a bit lame now, especially considering that I hope the typical Iron Maiden fan of today DOESN'T take Bruce's seat belt advice.  Those who blindly worship the band or think they're beyond any criticism should be thrown from a vehicle, pronto.  Furthermore, anyone who compares The Final Frontier favorably with the old material deserves to be paralyzed; I wonder if they'll also say their brand new wheelchair compares favorably to their old classic legs?

FFFEROCIOUS.

Here's one I actually remember seeing on VH1 Classic!  I love the narration because it reminds me a bit of the faux British accent used by Dr. Shrinker himself--the late, great Jay Robinson:

The oral vices of Burnt Offering's vocalist and the Bob Sirott metal connection

Must have been an extremely uneventful week in Chicago news:

It's fun to see casual footage of the band, but I'm amused that any news station in 1999 would devote air time to this, let alone WFLD, the Chicago Fox affiliate.  Yes, CHICAGO--this wasn't aired by some rinky-dink Elgin or Berwyn affiliate.  As weird a piece as it is, I hope the band members take a certain pride in it; I doubt Sindrome ever made a morning news program.

Let's not stop there, though.  Did you notice the male news anchor at the very beginning?  Chicago's own Bob Sirott, and the man is no stranger to doing TV coverage on metal bands. Here's a piece he did for the old CBS television newsmagazine West 57th about Wrathchild (America):