Far Beyond Metal

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I'm a bassist/guitarist/vocalist
You can hear some of my work here:
Darkside, a power metal band DARKSIDE
I've been writing and playing music since I was 12. Did a shitload of touring as a musician and roadie thru the 80's and 90's (AND SURVIVED!)..I love music, hitting the the gym (I'm pretty much greeted like Norm from Cheers because I'm there so often) and working as an animal rescue volunteer.
I also have a beautiful god daughter named Jessica who is my world and I'm very proud of what a great young lady she is becoming. She is my life and my love. I could not imagine life without her.
I have a silly sense of humor, love to make people laugh and not above making an ass of myself to make someone smile, both kids and adults. I'm notorious for movie quotes when dealing with stupid questions or situations in life...I deal with life day-to-day. Life's too short to go through pissed off at the world or knocking someone else's life..Always live life like it's your last day on earth. NO regrets..TURN IT UP TO 11!!!
Little known facts about me... I was always the wild child. The kid who cut class to hang out under a shade tree, play my guitar, or just cruise around and listen to my favorite jams in a '73 VW Beetle that was more primer than paint... but it did have a smokin stereo!
With a notebook covered with my favorite bands like KISS, Van Halen, AC/DC and Judas Priest, my leather jacket, my guitar and long hair... It was ME against the world!!! I literally grew up a loner, but... No one was going to tell me what I could do with my life..it was MY life.
My mind was made up after daily doses of Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, Slade and Alice Cooper...But it wasn't until 1977, when I seen my first concert..KISS!
I was hooked...
The following day, the music still ringing in my ears, I went to the local music store and traded my guitar for a bass and have played ever since. I shyed away from drugs and the idiots around me who did them, away from the jocks and the jerks, the deadheads and the braindeads and put my head into my music.
It took a little while, but soon my parents supported my new love and became totally behind me...Except for a few bouts of.."Turn that damn thing down!" That and they got used to the fact my brother's 70's platform shoes, all the red Kool Aid, and the zinc oxide would constantly dissapear just before my friend's basement KISS concerts..
After getting my heart broke a few times while growing up and being a different breed of teenager growing up in a crappy little city ...I kicked back and found one true love...my guitar and
MUSIC...
It was always there, whether I locked myself in my bedroom, cruising around, whether I was happy or sad ...IT was always there.
So there ya go..My episode of Behind the Music hehe..
Not on myspace looking for groupies or a "hook up". Not here to be a "playa"...(hence no shirtless pics showing off my 6 pack)
I just like meeting new people that share the same interests. Animal lovers, fitness buffs, 80's music fans, whatever else...BUT don't try to add me to your friends just to "up your friends count"..I check out all the profiles and if you're cool, I'll add ok? Explains why I have so few in my Friends list. The few, the proud, the beautiful.. THE Elite! hehe
AND to all the jerkoffs and "playahs" on myspace pissing off ladies with your hookup attempts and other bullshit..Thanx alot for making the male species look even dumber than they already think we are...Try thinking with the big head sometimes clowns.
Remember "A rear-view mirror is not to see where you've been..It's to see how good you look as you're getting there.."
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