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by Sharon Grim





3/16/02

Once again HELLENKILLER is in search of new management. We accepted a show at a local club to play for friends, and to "tune up" a new show. We told the club to list us under an assumed name, but they published it in the paper as HELLENKILLER. To make a long story short, due to conflict, we are seeking new management.


Aside from management issues, everyone LOVED the show except for the neighbors and the local officials. The managers of the club offered to cancel an act for the following week if we wanted to play again, we declined their offer. We were told by several people that we were by far the loudest band to play there (big surprise to us, NOT). Everyone left with that "just stuck my head in a 747 engine" feeling. Sometimes I wish that we had smaller stuff for an occasional show at smaller venues, but then again, that wouldn't be any fun!


As far as we were concerned, the show was a blast! We had to scale our "stage" way down, but managed to get by. We kept bumping into each other, not being used to the size of the stage, but people thought that we were just slam dancing. Davy didn't even smash a guitar because he was concerned about injury of people from flying debris.


All in all the show was a smashing success, with the exception of getting shut down again (surprise surprise).






1/29/02

Did I say update to come soon? OOPS!!

How did so much time slip by... Guess Christmas had something to do with it somewhere.

We took December off to be with our friends and families, and time flew by. Now that we are getting back into our schedule, things (hopefully) will be more consistent.

Where to start...

First: Bob IS single now. Over the holidays, things came to a head. Seems as if his girlfriend did like the money, but wasn't fond of him. Well I guess things like that happen in the music biz. So ladies, once again, Bob can choose someone that has a nice pair (of eyes), by seeing what you gals might send as a photo of yourselves. The last response was overwhelming!

Send here!

Second: Jim is working out well, and is enjoying playing with the band almost as much as the band enjoys having him. We have done a lot of writing (and re-writing) to give the sound a chance to develop the textures that we wanted when we brought Jim on board. Some of the new songs that are being worked up will have a fuller sound than Davy's sound alone on Theater and Eco-Wars. This also takes a heavy burden from Davy, as he is freer to put in accents and leads that were not playable for the previous recordings.

Third: We want to express regret to those servicemen who have gotten in trouble for playing our stuff on board some of the ships in Afghanistan. Sorry we got you in trouble, but what were ya thinking!!! Playing PIGS so that "the brass" can hear it is not the best move!!! And to play it over "intra ship" probably doesn't endear you to the captain either. We would like to thank all of you guys (and gals) for the support of HELLENKILLER. When we have a final copy of our new release, we will make sure that you folks over there can get it.

Fourth: It is taking longer than we thought to start on production for our release of what we are tentatively calling "Death wish". Several labels approached the band about signing with them, and we thought long and hard before turning them down. For one reason or another the move was not what we feel is the right move at this time, maybe, the right deal will come along to get us to move, maybe not. The label thing is what upset the schedule, but on the bright side, has afforded us the time for the refinements that we wanted the time to do anyway.

Last of all, Jim wanted all of the girls out there to know that he is
"A Shining, Gleaming, Man-god".


I guess I kinda threw out something of what the band has been up to in the last three months.


Until next time!







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