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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 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! 
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!
We added a second guitar player to the lineup, his name is Jim Williamson. He has been playing with the band about a month and a half at this time. He and Davy have been spending a lot of time combining their sounds and styles to create a cohesive wall of guitar sound that we feel will please our fans out there. It turns out that Jim and Davy went to the same high school, which is amusing to them both. This has both strengthened the sound, and unfortunately, pushed back production schedule of the next release. We had plans for a "tune up" series of shows, however the destruction in New York, and the subsequent war has cut that short. It might even be that we will finish up the recording before we go out again. Between gaining a new member, computer crashes, and national tragedies, we have been too busy to do much updating to our pages... More to come soon!
On a personal note, Davy would like to thank all of the fans for their good wishes over the past month. 5/18/01 Davy totaled out his car on the way to see some friends. The car stalled while pulling out onto a highway a short distancd from his home. His car came to a stop in the middle of the road at 10:30 at night and was not seen by a driver that "T-boned" him in the drivers door. No one can figure out just how Davy walked away from that! The other car was doing in excess of 60 miles per hour at the time of the impact, and could not stop, nor did it swerve to avoid colission. POW!! Next Davy lost a member of his family. His father-in-law passed away after an illness that lasted for over 6 months. A week later his best friend's mother died of heart desease (she was almost like a mother to Davy as well). This was Davy's best friend sence middle school. The next week (tues 14) HELLENKILLER lost it's head of security. At this time it appears that Rex died of "sleep apnia". All in all not the best month for the band or especially Davy. On the bright side, The songs have been written for the new release, and we are waiting for studio time so that we can record them. FOR ALL OF THE GIRLS THAT ASK IF WE COULD PUBLISH THEIR NUDE PIX ON OUR PAGE, NO, WE CAN'T. BUT WE STILL ENJOY THEM!!!! HERE 3/5/01 It all started when a friend of mine asked if I would like to play guitar for him at his uncle's party. I told him that sense HELLENKILLER had no shows scheduled, that it might be fun. I then asked Rodney if he wanted to play bass for this jam band, he said sure. We told Shawn and Bob where it was, and that they were invited also. We were not planning to perform HELLENKILLER because Shawn was still on crutches, but it might be fun to just get out. A few of the younger guests at the party must have recognized us, because before long, we were begged to play a few of our songs. So we did! Shawn on crutches, and Bob on someone else's drum kit. Now let me tell you about "Uncle". The man must be at least 55, likes country music and moonshine, and has lived under a rock sense 1985, because about half way into our third song, he came flying over to us saying that we had better stop or he would shut off the power and call the cops. Later I found out that he is a Viet Nam vet, and I guess that we must have set him off or something. We didn't even turn the PA up when we started, but Uncle was heard saying something about us being as loud and obnoxious as mortar fire under a Viet Kong attack! Now the young people that were there seemed to think that we were cool, but Uncle owned the place so... Well, chalk up another one for the band that can't seem to finish a show! 2/13/01
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Shawn is doing fine after his SECOND corrective surgery to his leg. It's been a long hard road for him, but he is back to spastic insanity (a normal state for Shawn). While his legal team has been doing battle with an insurance company, Shawn has been busy healing. Rod , Bob, & Davy have been putting music together and have almost a "double album" worth of tunes awaiting lyric. As soon as Shawn can get his concentration back to "band biz", I think that things will move quickly. ATTENTION GIRLS: Bob is now single! YES!! The chance of a lifetime. He is looking for a few hot babes. The band is looking forward to putting the finishing touches on a new release as soon as Shawn is able to lay the vocal tracks.
On another note, you may have noticed that there is a new face on the drums. Bob Hopkins has taken over for the job
after Rubin parted company with HELLENKILLER. To put a stop to any rumors, the split was a mutual agreement, and we
are still on good terms with him and he with us.
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