Metal Heads RULE!!

After my recent major surgery to remove most of my colon due to my Crohn’s Disease getting so bad, I was financially completely screwed.. I was in the hospital for 11 days and wasn’t able to return to work for a bit, so I went over a month with no income.. It’s amazing how far backwards 1 month can set you.  The doctors tell you to avoid stress, which impossible because now on top of being sick, you’re screwed financially.  Money is indeed the root of all evil. Main cause of stress for almost everyone I know.

While I was in surgery a dear friend of mine was in the waiting room plotting, unbeknown to me.  She was planning a benefit show to help me financially, little did she know how much of a mental impact it would have on me as well. Nowadays it’s really difficult to meet people that are selfless in so many ways. People that care more about the well being of others than their own.  She worked her ass off, put herself in a very stressful situation all for me.. When she came to visit me in the hospital and told me what she had done and who was involved it brought me to tears. So many people were so quick to become involved in the event to support me, including some of my favorite musicians.

I was really kinda bitter on the scene after having to close my shop, even though now I fully believe the stars just weren’t aligned. It wasn’t my time. I was so defeated from being sick all the time. I was just tired and wanted to stay home and lay around and only talk to a select few people outside of my amazing family. I had my surgery and began to feel better, though I now have new and different problems, I am much more hopeful. The turnout at the show was amazing and I feel renewed. The amount of support shown has stoked my fire. I can look forward to the future and know that I still have time to make my dreams a reality and there’s no more doubt, thanks to all the incredible people that were involved in this show. They have completely restored my faith in people in general, but mostly METALHEADS RULE!! We are a big extended family of people who help each other in times of need. I hope someday I can pay it forward.

Even though I have an incurable disease that chances are will land me in the hospital again sometime down the road, I no longer have fear. I know I can do anything I set my mind to. And I want to thank everyone involved from the bottom of my heart for helping restore that passion that was laying dormant for too long..

No one knows how long we are here in this life, so we should follow our dreams and not waste our time with fear..

Thank you thank you thank you!!

*White Knuckle Trip, Milwaukee, WI
Resurrected from a 15 year slumber and ready to tear up the stage once more!!!
http://www.metal-archives.com/bands/White_Knuckle_Trip/3540303375

*Cyanosis- Okauchee, WI (Death Metal/Grindcore/Progressive)https://www.facebook.com/CyanosisBand

*The Cold Beyond- Milwaukee, WI (Black Metal Assault)https://www.facebook.com/TheColdBeyond?fref=ts

*Devolving Messiah- Milwaukee, WI (Death Metal/ Technical Blackened Death Metal)https://www.facebook.com/devolvingmessiah?fref=ts

*Mountain Language- Milwaukee, WI (Noisy Heavy Black Doom Sludge)https://www.facebook.com/MountainLanguage?fref=ts

*Descending The Heavens- Southeastern, WI (Progressive Blackened Death Metal)https://www.facebook.com/DESCENDINGTHEHEAVENS?fref=ts

*Scribes of Odum- Milwaukee, WI (ex members of Carnal Befoulment/40oz Fist)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pm8arAdUKn4&feature=share

*Dark Avengeance- Milwaukee, WI (Thrash/Death Metal)https://www.facebook.com/DarkAvengeance?fref=ts

Outpost Music, Comatose Music, Icombat, Acheron, Cross Up Yours, True Metal Lives NYDM, Waukesha Tattoo Company, Bound By Entrails, Dax Riggs, Nick Thomas, J.K. Lee Black Belt Academy, Paul Speckmann, Rotting Christ, Reggies Rock Club, Atomic Glass, Gieger Awards, Discovery World Museum, Autoeroticashyxium Zine, Paris Ortiz of The Cocksmiths & Big Dumb Dick, Rise of Avernus, Metal Blades Records, Marshal Amps USA, Nekropsy, Lakefront Brewery, Closet Classics, Lucky Joe’s Tiki Lounge, Horny Goat Brewing Co., Rufusport MMA Academy, Music Go Round of Greenfield, Buffalo Wild Wings of Waukesha, Wolfpack 44, Ricktor Ravensbruck, Anicon, The Siege Paintball, LLC, Sweet Treats By Meka, Waking Chaos, Last Detail Tattoo Studio & Mike Natarelli, Pro Health Care West Wood Health & Fitness, Kommandant, Tony Karklus, Symphony X, Vomit God, Inferno Night Club of Madison, Tom Boesch, Andy Kochanski, Timothy Conine, Century Media Records, Color Ink, Incantation, Pyrexia, Scythe/Usurper, Kult ov Azazel, Dread Records, Horror/Pain/Gore/Death Productions, Markradonn, Sparrow Collective, Maggot Twat, Leon del Muerte of Nausea & Murder Construct, Dreaming Dead, Eric Reinert, Sacrificial Massacre, Dead Can Dance’s Peter Bjargo, Suture Couture, Tragix Knots, The Frequency of Madison, Woodmann’s of Oak Creek, Pick N Save of Waukesha, Brian Rehak, Ara, Uncle Acid and the deadbeats, Kevin Forsythe, Opeth, Rockothon, Derketa, Empyreus, Dismemberment, Mark Millar of Marvel Comics, Schecter Guitars, Carpathian Funeral, Taake, Rock 102.1, Blackbird Bar, G-Daddy’s BBC, Rotting Christ, Enfuneration

AND last but not least thank you to everyone that came out to the show. It was an incredible night!! HORNS HIGH, AGAIN METALHEADS RULE!!