Bruce Willis toured Japan 34 years ago promoting “The Last Boy Scout,” featuring The Red Devils in a never-before-seen video of him performing “Checkin’ Up On My Baby” on Japanese TV. No Fightin’s 6th annual Black Friday Video!
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Guitar mags celebrate Size & Bartel (and Flanigin)
The Red Devils guitarists were part of short “King King” features in Guitar World and Guitar Player magazines in the early ’90s.
2024 catch-up: New Wicked Lo-Down, Dave Lee returns
The Wicked Lo-Down joins Gulf Coast Records for their sophomore album; Dave Lee Bartel returns to the stage; friends mourn Lori Peralta.
In 1986, a Red Devils trio flirted with hard rock
For a brief time in the mid-’80s, a power trio Red Devils recorded a demo, inspired the Red Hot Chili Peppers, and were captured live on this wild set from Huntington Beach.
The Red Devils on the eve of first US tour
The Los Angeles Times catches The Red Devils in August 1992, when they were graduating from local bar band to touring machine.
Jagger/Devils story reissued by Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone magazine has reissued its “collector’s edition” Mick Jagger birthday special, including a report on “The Great Lost Jagger Album” with The Red Devils.
Paul Size got robbed at Mick Jagger’s birthday party. Then Dave Lee stepped in
Listen as Paul Size tells Jagger biographer Marc Spitz about the robbery, and how the elder Bartel brother solved the problem, Devil-style.
‘King King’: After 30 years, accept no substitutes
“King King” at 30: There is no substitute. There is no sequel. All the magic is captured on that disc. #KingKingXXX
1992: Sympathy for the Devils/Mike Flanigin debuts
These 1992 Dallas Morning News stories feature a good Lester Butler interview, and the beginning of Mike Flanigin’s first stint with The Red Devils
‘Saint Mick’ gathers his Devils, 1992
In late June 1992, the LA Weekly was the first to report on the Mick Jagger/Red Devils session, before the tubes had time to cool down.
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