’80s youngsters will keep in mind the jean jackets with band patches throughout them and ultimately, possibly you had your personal customized leather-based motorbike jacket.
Exhausting rock has all the time had no scarcity of leather-based, as we all know. Each Tesla vocalist Jeff Keith and Steelheart’s Miljenko Matijevic are large believers. “Rock and roll, you gotta have your leathers,” Matijevic confirmed throughout a latest chat with UCR.
The pair have been revisiting their basic rock roots lately, cranking out a well-oiled cowl of Foghat’s legendary “I Simply Wish to Make Like to You” which makes you hope they may have another cool tunes up their sleeves they’re excited about overlaying. Certainly, they let it slip that they are already contemplating future songs to sort out.
Hearken to Miljenko “Mili” Matijevic and Jeff Keith’s Model of Foghat’s ‘I Simply Wish to Make Like to You’
To maintain the nice occasions rolling, Final Traditional Rock Nights has your likelihood to win a killer duplicate of the unique leather-based jacket that Mili made for himself — and as he shares, there’s fairly a narrative behind it. “Once I bought signed and we did the Steelheart report, I got here again dwelling one night time after dinner. I purchased all these studs and I made that jacket,” he remembers. “It took me all night time to do. It was hanging on a light-weight over the eating room desk after I completed it.”
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“In the morning I checked out it and stated, ‘Rattling, that is legit. I am unable to consider I made that.’ I introduced it into New York, confirmed it to my supervisor, and he goes, ‘Okay, that is it. We’ll reshoot the album cowl.’ In order that they reshot the album cowl [to include that jacket as part of the artwork],” he continues. Just lately, I have been that means to have these redone, and I lastly discovered someone who could make them and actually authentically copy what I created initially. They appear implausible. Completely legit and I do know followers will actually dig these.”
We’ll give 5 fortunate UCR followers the prospect to win a particular Mili and Jeff t-shirt and autographs from the fellows. One fortunate fan might be randomly chosen to obtain their alternative of the customized mens or girls version of the jacket — a $1200 greenback worth and a priceless collectible, as every one is personally handmade.
In your likelihood to be considered one of our winners, merely enter your title, e mail and cellphone quantity into the entry kind on the high of this web page. You’ll be added to UCR’s day by day publication mailing checklist. The competition ends Nov. 25, 2025 at 11:59pm EST.
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