Hey look, douchebag!Pretty Dead Boy wrote: What's funny is deep down in his mummified heart, he KNOWS he sucks, he KNOWS his dream passed him by.

This was taken when we were in Atsugi, Japan on tour in June. See those kids trying to touch my bass? That's the Japanese hand signal for "you fail."
*laughs*
So - my dream passed me by, huh? Let's examine that. I make a living as a bass guitarist.
We can stop right there, and you're already wrong. But let's examine further.
Between my career at MI, playing in three bands, and a recording career in Tokyo I work about 60 hours a week - EVERY one of those hours is with a bass guitar in my hand. My band just got back from a 10-date tour - we headlined all shows and most sold out. After shows we sold tons of merch, signed stuff, and took pictures with kids. You think that's failing? I disagree. When's the last time you had ANYTHING in the charts, side-band boy? Our last album came out last August - both it and two singles from the album made the charts - and our videos appeared on MTV Japan. We record our next album in October for early spring release. Other than that I have two recording projects lined up in Tokyo between now and the end of the year - and just landed my first 2009 booking.
So you were in the Murderdolls for a couple of years. Cool. I thought the album was great - watched a couple of live vids on YouTube - very cool. But don't talk to me about "living the dream". I was playing six nights a week in bars before you were born, and playing arena gigs in Chicago when you were still learning to use a toilet. I'm 53 years old and I live the dream every time I walk out the fucking door.
Regarding your opinion of me, let me spell it out for you. When your opinion has an adverse reaction on my income streams, attendance at my shows, or sales of our records I'll start to consider it.
Until then, you're just another clown on a chat board.
Tell you what - please respond with "YOU SUCK" in real big font. Then I'll print it and have my tech duct-tape it to the side of my rig this week-end to remind me of how I've failed in life - according to you.
*laughs*