I STARTED THE SLANDERIN IN 1999, I HAD BEEN LISTENING TO PSYCHOBILLY SINCE ABOUT 93' WHEN A SKINHEAD BUDDY OF MINE NOTICED I HAD A FEW OF THE CRAMPS ALBUMS ONE NIGHT WHEN WE WERE PARTYING AT MY APARTMENT IN HOLLYWOOD. "IF YOU LIKE THE CRAMPS YOU SHOULD LISTEN TO THE METEORS" HE SAID. THE NEXT TIME HE CAME BY, HE BROUGHT OVER THE VIDEO "THE METEORS, LIVE AT THE HELLFIRE CLUB." I WAS BLOWN AWAY!!!! I WAS HOOKED EVER SINCE. THE FIRST MEMBER OF MY BAND WAS EVERRETT THOMPSON (R.I.P) WHOM I WORKED WITH AT "RETAIL SLUT" BACK WHEN MELROSE WAS STILL KIND OF COOL. WE WENT THROUGH A COUPLE OF DRUMMERS BEFORE WE RECRUITED MORRICIO ARGUETTA, ANOTHER SKINHEAD FRIEND OF MINE WHO WAS IN AN OI! BAND KNOWN AT THE TIME AS "THE BROKEN BOTTLES"
WE PLAYED AS A THREE PIECE FOR ABOUT 9 MONTHS.
SKUNK DRAINO HAD HELPED ME RECORD A DEMO FOR HELLCAT RECORDS WHEN I FIRST STARTED OUT. HE SAID HE WANTED TO JOIN UP, THEN HE LEFT TO PLAY WITH SNAP-HER. THEN AFTER ABOUT 4 MONTHS DECIDED HE DIDN'T LIKE IT AND ASKED IF HE COULD COME BACK.
WE HAD ALREADY BEEN A BAND A YEAR OR SO BY THAT POINT, AND I KNEW HE WAS A REAL ORIGINAL GUITAR PLAYER, SO I LET HIM BACK IN.
AFTER EVERRETT LEFT TO PURSUE PROMOTING, WE WENT THROUGH A HOST OF UPRIGHT BASS PLAYERS, THE FIRST OF WHICH WAS GATOR MCKINNLY FROM "THE COFFIN DRAGGERS" WE ALSO PLAYED WITH TONY SLASH FROM "THE ROCKETS" AND MATT SOLAMONCA FROM "MAD MARGE AND THE STONE CUTTERS" I DON'T REMEMBER THE NAMES OF THE OTHERS, ALTHOUGH I REMEMBER HAVING MANY PEOLPE FILLING THE BASS POSITION.
STRANGLY ENOUGH, JUST LIKE THE BAND THAT INSPIRED ME TO START PLAYING PSYCHOBILLY (THE METEORS) WE HAVE A SORT OF REVOLVING CAST OF CHARECTERS PLAYING IN THE SLANDERIN, I HAD (RECORDING ON THE NEW ALBUM) TONY SLASH ON STAND UP BASS, JOEY ROME ON GUITAR, MIKE DELINQUENT ON LEAD GUITAR, AND DERICK O'BRIAN ON DRUMS. HOWEVER, SINneR FROM "APATHETIC YOUTH" HAS JOINED US AS OUR PERMANENT BASSIST. GUITARIST CLINT JOHNSON AND RALPH DELAROSA AND DRUMMER LOUIE VILLAREAL HAVE ROUNDED OUT OUR NEW PERMANENT LINE UP. WE HAVE TWO L.P.s OUT "PSYCHOBILLY LIVES" ON DESTROY ALL RECORDS AND "RHUMBA OF RATTLESNAKES,MURDER OF CROWS" ON SPLIT 7 RECORDS. OUR 3RD L.P. "BLUE RAMBLIN"IS OUT ON BOSS BEAT RECORDS, AND IS THE BEST THING I'VE EVER DONE ON RECORD WITH A COMBO TEN THOUSAND TIMES BETTER THAN THE OLD ONE. IT'S BEEN 9 WILD YEARS NOW , BUT SOME HOW IT'S JUST THE BEGINNING, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO MANY MORE YEARS OF PLAYING PSYCHO ROCK-N-ROLL FOR ALL WHO LIVE TO ROCK-N-ROLL!!!!! SEE YOU IN THE WRECKING PIT!!!!!
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