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About Me

Steve left folk music in Peoria to join a rock band so loud and rude grown women called them names. But it wasn't all fun. His day job, for a sadistic boat captain, helped him redefine his notions of human filth. He also had to wonder if his legs were worth $5.50 an hour. Fueled by pizza and Pepsi, Steve learns the terrors of pleasure and the rigors of freedom. He also discovers that being 23, which sucks, ends too soon. Baptized in Formaldehyde is the first novel by musician and journalist Don Hammontree, the world's biggest Ritchie Blackmore fan. He still plays a mean guitar.

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Member Since: 5/8/2007
Band Members: Don Hammontree - author; Steve Schuller - guitarist, deckhand, aspiring radio broadcaster; Muck - drummer, drinker, smoker, midnight toker; Simon - bassist, eccentric, motor mouth; Kevin, Derek - the roommates; Nadia - Steve's favorite Palestinian; Donna - the co-worker; Captain Alves - the dickhead; George H.W. Bush - the president; 1992 - the year; Chicago - the setting
Influences: Charles Bukowski, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Hunter S. Thompson, Rick Baker, Mike Royko, Ritchie Blackmore
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Record Label: Self-published
Type of Label: Indie

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WHERE TO BUY BAPTIZED

You can purchase a copy of "Baptized in Formaldehyde" in one of three ways: Make a check or money order out to Don Hammontree in the amount of $12.99 and send it to: Don HammontreeP.O. Box 532Fall Riv...
Posted by Baptized in Formaldehyde on Thu, 14 Feb 2008 09:23:00 PST

WARNING

Ernest Hemingway can suck my socks. He is dead. Faulkner is dead. Kafka is dead. Barbara Cartland is dead. Don Hammontree's book, "Baptized in Formaldehyde," creates a new life for literature. It...
Posted by Baptized in Formaldehyde on Wed, 09 May 2007 09:25:00 PST

A BOOK, NOT A BAND

"Baptized in Formaldehyde" is a book I started writing back in 1994, finished in 1995, and left in a drawer before dusting it off and rewriting it in 2007. Subtitled "A Thrash Novel," it follows the ...
Posted by Baptized in Formaldehyde on Wed, 09 May 2007 09:36:00 PST

GO AHEAD - READ A CHAPTER

"Goddamn, it's fucking hot out," Muck groaned as the Monte Carlo inched its way up Lake Shore Drive , the three of us crammed in its front seat. "You sure your air conditioner doesn't work, Simon?" Si...
Posted by Baptized in Formaldehyde on Thu, 10 May 2007 09:13:00 PST

DON HAMMONTREE'S REAL MUSIC

You can sample my real music at www.myspace.com/donhammontree, www.iTunes.com, www.cdbaby.com/cd/hammontree or www.cdbaby.com/cd/hammontree2 ...
Posted by Baptized in Formaldehyde on Wed, 09 May 2007 10:09:00 PST