Balboa Band vs Red Elite

Craig / / 2007, Sly Fan
Sly Stallone and Rocky Balboa have provided inspiration to people around the world… and now they’ve inspired a band…called Balboa.

Here’s what their press release says… At a combined weight of 1083 lbs., Balboa is a 6-man team of rock and roll warriors. With unfaltering determination, they play your favorite songs from the Rocky soundtracks. Songs included in the audio/visual spectacle will be “Eye of the Tiger”, “Living in America”, “No Easy Way Out”, “Burning Heart”, “Gonna Fly Now” and other training montage classics. The night of August 3rd, 2007 marks the band’s live debut when they perform at The El Mocambo in Toronto, Ontario. Believe it or not, appearing with [against?] them is a band called The Red Elite [not Drago?].

Learn more about the Balboa Band at their myspace page. Any SZoners who can make the show should mention that they learned about it through the StalloneZone. Who knows, maybe they’ll give you a break on the cover charge. – Craig

Rambo’s Gonna Knock You

Craig / / 2007, John Rambo
SZoner, Alain from France, sent in a link to Hollywood.com’s article titled “Stallone: “Fourth ‘Rambo’ Will Be Goriest Yet.'” Sly is quoted as saying, “If you thought other movies were extreme. John Rambo’s gonna knock you for six.” For the full article, please click HERE. – Craig

Sly’s Tattoo

Craig / / 2007
Sly recently got his first tattoo from Mike Devries. Here’s what Mike had to say:

Artist: Mike DeVries
Studio: Mike DeVries Tattoos Encino, CA (818) 266-9445
Image name: Jennifer Flavin
Placement: Arm Comments: A portrait of Jennifer Flavin, Sylvester Stallone’s wife that i did on Sly’s arm. Including three roses for there three girls that have rose for there middle names. We have about 14 hours into it already and his arm is pretty much done except we are still going to continue the piece onto his a chest a little bit.

Click HERE to see a close-up of Sly’s tat and to check out Mike’s site. – Craig

Rambo Fan Art

Craig / / 2007, Fan Art
SZoner, Jim Miskell had this to say: I love all the fan art people are sending in it’s inspiring. I have created my own in Adobe Illustrator. Man I can’t wait for John Rambo to come out! I will send more hopefully if I have some free time to complete them.
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Thanks for sharing! – Craig

Fan Art

Craig / / 2007, Fan Art
SZoner, Terrance Kennon wrote in to say that his xbox was broken and so for the first time in about four years he decided to to pick up a pen and paper. The result is the drawing above. Not bad for his first effort in years! – Craig

Sly a Top 10 Action Star

Craig / / 2007, Honors
Fandango.com came up with their list of the Top Ten Modern Day [post 1980] Action Stars. Guess who came in third? Here’s what they had to say about Sly:

3. Sylvester Stallone
Classic Action Movies: Rocky, First Blood, Rambo: First Blood Part II, Nighthawks, Cliffhanger
Kicking Butt Next in: John Rambo

Stallone, like all the vets on our action hero list, has weathered the good, the bad and the ugly of the Hollywood limelight. But it’s a testament to Stallone’s legacy that his umpteenth comeback movie Rocky Balboa garnered some decent reviews and box office coin, and that someone actually greenlit the upcoming John Rambo. Love him or hate him, everyone knows him. And without the trail he blazed (see the acclaimed cop thriller Nighthawks, too), action epics of the last 20+ years would have been different, for better or worse. You wanted to see Rocky Balboa club the crap out of some bigger thug, just like you wanted to see Rambo live out an action fantasy armed with his designer battle scars and 2% body fat. It was all utterly outrageous, and for fans of the genre, 100% grade A action
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Here’s the full list: 1] Arnold Schwarzenegger 2] Harrison Ford 3] Sylvester Stallone 4] Kurt Russell 5] Bruce Willis 6] Mel Gibson 7] The Rocky 8] Keanu Reeves 9] Daniel Craig 10] Christian Bale and for the full article click HERE. – Craig

Rocky Balboa by Andrew Robinson

Craig / / 2007, Craig's Sly Art

Rocky Balboa by Andrew Robinson. Andrew Robinson is an artist’s artist. When he starts to draw or paint, other artists gather round. I met Andrew years ago through my good buddy, John Beatty. It was obvious then how much talent Andrew possessed… and he just keeps getting better and better. Andrew will have an art book coming out soon. Save some coin, because it’s a “must have” item. Until then, here’s a link to his site to hold you over!