Mick Wall

As Regular Readers will testify, me and Jon have long envisaged a world of AI immersion to the point of being on stage with your fave raves. We always assumed however that would be 5-10 years down the line. We were WRONG. Like Johnny peering round the door with an axe, it's heeerrrrreeeeeee...

Fuck yeah, dude! Didja see it yet? Totally FUCKIN' RAD, right? RIGHT?Plus the one the world's been waiting for the official NICO McBRAIN Autobiography. Plus big dozy dollops of The Usual.

RUSH! SKID ROW!! MOSH PITS!!! BONNIE TYLER!!!! CANADA!!!!!not forgetting& MORE!!!!!!

Starring: Bon Joki! Guns N' Noses! Vince Kneel! Europe (un-America)! Captain Kirk!! And more!!! (How do you spell 'Kirk'? 'Kirke'? Fuck it!)

The Scorpions!The Floyd!!The Maiden!!!The MORE!!!!

It's Ritchie's birthday on Tuesday 14 April - the day this goes out officially. He will be 81. I think we mention that here somewhere.And Ginger, who told me a couple of years ago that he knew he wouldn't live past 62 (I think it was 62, if not then maybe 64, but I'm fairly sure it was 62) has now been given a couple of years to live following his cancer diagnosis.Meanwhile, we lost another of the good guys recently when Ross The Boss - guitarist and co-founder of Manowar - died of complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), aka motor neuron disease. He was 72.On the lighter side... um... ah... LOADS of cool stuff! Come on in, the water's fine!

From deep within our no-clear-idea bunker we bring WORLD XCOOLSIVES!!Metallica Masterplan - if only!Guns n' Roses 'real' vs Guns n' Roses 'fake'!Rush - two sugars, love!AC/DC - why?Blaze - why not!

From deep within a specially constructed no-clear-idea bunker, two virtual men render forth into the matrix and... blah-de-blah...