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Bio:
Editor's note: The following story is based on actual events, some real and some fictional.
Absolutely no animals were harmed in the writing of this bio. Well, except for
those goldfish we had to flush, no animals. If you suffer from noise sensitivity
or you do not have an ability to rock you should not read this bio. Parental discretion is
advised.
It all started back in good 'ol 1980. I hear it was a good year, but don't ask
me I was a little young to remember it. In fact most of that early stage is
kind of a blur, so lets skip to when things really start to happen. It is now
somewhere between 1985 and 1987, you know, when time-traveling Deloreans and
Aqua Net were in fashion. It is in this time period that my musical senses started
coming to the fore. In fact I got my first taste of Rock n' Roll at this age,
and it was sweet. It came to me in the form of television waves and My MTV
(for the younger set, the "M" in MTV once stood for Music, not just Mindless). For the first time I
realized what I wanted to do with my life, and in the immortal words
of Dee Snider of Twisted Sister "I Wanna Rock!!". The next few years
passed with spandex, hair spray and makeup as far as the eye could see, and me
playing air guitar and pounding on every piece of furniture in the house with
some old drum sticks that my uncle had given to me. The next stage in my
pursuit of Rockdom came during my sophomore year in high school. The jazz band needed
a bass player, and so I stepped up and started to learn to hold down the bottom
end. As it turned out, I was actually pretty good. I found that playing songs
heard on the radio to be a good way to impress my friends before
the first period bell. It also helped in picking up chicks. As time went on,
the bass just wasn't fulfilling me musically, so I decided to play guitar, and so:
I got my first real six string, bought it at the Five and Dime.
Played till my fingers bled (yes this actually can happen), was the summer of '96.
Me and some guys from school, had a practice room and we tried real hard
but Danny quit and Matt graduated, I should have know we'd never get far.
Standing on your mama's porch, you told me I'd rock forever
And when I plugged it in, the ground would shake in terror.
Those are the best days of my life.
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