The drunk guy in the pool?
Whatever happened to the drunk guy in the pool? You know, his mom is sitting poolside with him as he guzzles vodka.
shareI was wondering about him too! I remember seeing that scene when I was younger and forgot about it. I was watching "Heavy" on VH1 and they showed the scene, I'm not sure who he was or where he is now?
Anyone know...?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Holmes_%28musician%29
...Known for being a very heavy drinker as well as for his musical talent, Holmes left W.A.S.P. after the Headless Children tour and played in a band called Psycho Squad. He also played for Animal (with Randy Piper), Sister (with Blackie Lawless), Lax, and Slave. He also did some construction work apart from being a musician. He was briefly married to Lita Ford. He was briefly a touring guitarist for L.A. Guns, after they parted with Tracii Guns. Holmes is often very drunk on stage during live performances.
He is also well known for floating in a swimming pool, completely drunk out of his mind and pouring vodka all over himself, downing nearly an entire bottle in front of his own mother, in the 1988 documentary movie The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W.A.S.P.
...The band continued with Unholy Terror in 2001. Chris Holmes left the band again in 2002, citing that he wanted to 'play the blues'. He hooked up with fellow ex-W.A.S.P. member Randy Piper's band Animal, but fell out soon. It's interesting to note that Holmes has claimed he never played on 'Unholy Terror'.
Dying for the World, released in 2002, was written and recorded in less than a year which is very fast by Lawless' perfectionist standards. Its liner notes feature one of Lawless' strongest statements about political correctness, inspired by the 9-11 terrorist attacks.
In April 2004, W.A.S.P. released the first part of The Neon God, subtitled The Rise , a conceptual album about an abused and orphaned boy who finds that he has the ability to read and manipulate people. The second part, The Demise, was released in September 2004.
In 2005, W.A.S.P. headlined American Metal Blast.
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I've known people like him, and I do think it was real vodka, so I'll take that property.
Homer no function beer well without.
If you notice, he keeps dipping a bottle below the water, capping it, bringing it up, openning it and pouring. It is simply an empty liquor bottle that he is filling with pool water.
http://www.totallygeek.com/
I always got the impression that he was already wasted and still holding the empty bottle while dipping it in the pool. It's no doubt that he drank alot so I don't see why it would've been staged.
As far as the metal being killed by grunge, I disagree completely. Don't you guys remember what kinds of crap the majority was listening to at the time grunge broke? Either rap or pop is all that mtv played. If anything, I believe that grunge revived metal and punk at the same time. Soundgarden's earlier albums are very heavy metal sounding, just a little heavier. Nirvana had alot of punk influence.
It's really a shame that every group has to fit into such a specific label. Nirvana, Pearl Jam and Soundgarden sounded as much alike as Motley Crue, Iron Maiden and Dio. It's all some form of rock and it all kicks ass. Music has to progress, it's all about finding a unique sound or doing something different or more over the top than the next band.
My brother hung with Chris back in the day and he confirmed to me that there is nooooo way in hell Chris would waste good or bad vodka like that. Besides, it would've burned his eyes when he poured it on his head.
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Right, and in fact the pool was fake as was his floating chair. His leathers were painted on and his mother was a trained actress. It was all shot on a sound stage in Burbank.
No really. MY brother used to hang with Chris too and he told him everything.
JW
Actually, it was La Canada.
shareI don't think being naive has anything to do with viewing that scene personally! I watched this last night and I thought it was real and then later it dawned on me watching Ozzy Osbourne pouring the orange juice outside of the glass(which they revealed in trivia it was fake) I could see that scene being fake as well.
But with the mom sitting by the poolside while her son talks about all the pussy he's had, ya, something just doesn't make sense in all that!!!
I am in awe of any guy that can rival his mother, making her that p.o.ed while keeping her mouth shut, and kept out of the swimming pool.
Tom T.