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About Me

Black Mass Media started in the summer of 2003 in the heart, garage and out of the frustration of lead singer/songwriter Danny Baraz. With a distinct vision and an ever changing lineup Danny was relentless in the pursuit of like minded musicians. People who thought music should be more than a polished investment by record companies. But BMM truly started on the streets of Santa Monica and Venice in the late eighties. The influence of the skate/thrash scene had an immense effect on Danny and it changed his life forever. Bands like Suicidal Tendencies, Excel, Beowulf, No Mercy and Evol planted the seeds of outspoken outrage about politics and the social structure of America.In the Summer of 2005 Danny Baraz met visionary artist and prodigious bass player Stephen Hill. His monster bass virtuosity and big mouth made it apparent very quickly that this was a perfect fit.Shortly thereafter everything fell into place with the addition of Steve Moses on Guitar, Evan Weinand on Drums, Dj Geckoe on the 1's and 2's and Mark Trujillo on Lead Guitar.What came next was a masterful fusion of Hip Hop, Punk Rock, Metal and funk with an experimental flare that melded into a body of art that could not be ignored.Music has long been an artery for dissent. Now music and the media in general have become a tool to distract, placate and create a sense of emptiness in the lives of Americans. True patriotism is questioning the motives of people in power. Questioning the motives of Multi Media Conglomerates who clearly display an agenda other than journalistic integrity.But this is BLACK MASS MEDIA. We tell it like it is... to a good beat.I edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4

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Member Since: 4/14/2005
Band Members: Danny Baraz- Vocals and commander and chief of the soapbox Stephen Hill- Bass, backup vocals and attitude, Mark Trujillo- Lead guitars, backup vocals and temper tantrums, Fat Steve The Muthafuckin Gangsta- Mean Rythym Guitar Evan- The Messiah Drummer who has come to save us. DJ Geck on the ones and two's.
Influences: The Misfits, Frank Sinatra, Nick Cave, Fantomas, Minor Threat, Heirogyphics, Pharcyde, Latyrx, Dilated, Freestyle Fellowship, System of a Down, The Dead Kennedy's, Fugazi, Deadsy, The Sex Pistols, Old Metallica, Suicidal Tendencies, Beowulf, Excel, The Dwarves, Frank Zappa, Bad Brains, Morphine, Leonard Cohen..... Fat Steve likes yo mama...and KRS-1.
Sounds Like: If you took Mike Patton, Serge Tankian and Deltron's semen and impregnated Siouxsie Sioux with it.

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My Blog

A home town wind...

Are you willing to give up everything you love to find yourself? I've just returned from the other side and remember why I liked it.I've pondered the universe, just back from the heavens, I put sprea...
Posted by Black Mass Media on Fri, 12 Jan 2007 12:28:00 PST

Every minute is a new year...

Every minute is a new year...because we are exactly a year beyond where we were at the same minute last year. Time is an ugly illusion. Our bodies whither and decay then our souls move on ...
Posted by Black Mass Media on Sat, 06 Jan 2007 04:06:00 PST

Who's ready for World War III?

There has NEVER been a more important time to make real strides towards energy independence. The situation in the Middle East is deteriorating rapidly.Today the Saudi royal family pulled it's head di...
Posted by Black Mass Media on Thu, 14 Dec 2006 05:08:00 PST

Salvation

The universe has made it's adjustments but yet I recoil from the flame of hope. The galaxy has aligned with some help from some form of cosmic soap. Yet I feel dirty and soiled from from t...
Posted by Black Mass Media on Wed, 13 Dec 2006 12:03:00 PST

The American Dream?

Please read this short article written by Senator Elect Jim Webb D-VaClass Struggle American workers have a chance to be heard. BY JIM WEBB Wednesday, November 15, 2006 12:01 a.m. EST The most importa...
Posted by Black Mass Media on Wed, 29 Nov 2006 12:12:00 PST

The Race for "Greatness"

Life is like a marathon. The endurance and stamina needed to cross the finish line in a competitive time takes years of training and discipline. Focus is paramount when attempting to push ...
Posted by Black Mass Media on Mon, 20 Nov 2006 01:14:00 PST

If it keep on rainin'...

Simple sensations seem so senseless in a scattered, battered, unflattered fetish of feelings. I brush aside my anger to find the root emotions but the armor is too heavy like a broken levee.&nbs...
Posted by Black Mass Media on Fri, 10 Nov 2006 03:49:00 PST

Post election glow...

A victory has been won but the war is far from over... in fact I'm not sure that the war can ever end. It's the nature of a capatalist democracy that is as powerful as the U.S. When ...
Posted by Black Mass Media on Fri, 10 Nov 2006 12:59:00 PST

The rewards of Activism?

Activism is a thankless existence. Rankless resistance raining righteously unrewarded results of a tireless campaign. Why do we wrestle with ignorance when it is blissful? Why do we stand in the wa...
Posted by Black Mass Media on Mon, 06 Nov 2006 04:03:00 PST

Soothe the Sunburned Soul

Sometimes September soothes the sun burned soul. There's something about this time of year, this phase of the earth's rotation, that endows me with an eager easiness. When the winds and the rains of t...
Posted by Black Mass Media on Sat, 04 Nov 2006 10:01:00 PST