Mood:  on fire

I Disagree!

I was reading what Craig Ross just posted about Rock search, and it got me thinking. His opinions are his and I respect them, however I totally disagree.  While Craig won’t comment on the winners, I will!  Unfortunately (for them) I have listened to their music and it is ... about as stimulating as watching grass grow.  I find it the same mundane garbage that I am forced to listen if I bother to turn on the radio. (Which I rarely do) I was uninterested, not by their lack of musicianship or their wimp like appeal, but by the general monotony of it all.

Have you ever wondered why Rock music / Heavy Metal is dying? It’s because a bunch of suits with no clue how the music industry should be run is trying to push their agenda on to you. Come on, putting trash like this on the radio ... It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to see that they are trying to appeal to a generation that is more concerned with who Paris Hilton is blowing then where their country will be in 20 years.  Does this music want to make you turn it up to 11 and scream it out? No, not even close... No one has any Testicular fortitude anymore, Do any of these mundane acts have any balls at all or are they more likely emasculated eunuchs being paraded for their 10 minutes, only to inevitably be cast away as the garbage they truly are?

It is no wonder we didn’t win the contest, hell how could we? We were much too overqualified.  It would be like trying to get a job shovelling shit with a PhD on your resume. We went into the fight with a Cannon ready to go to war, and these guys were bringing water pistols. Not really fair, unless (and you should listen to this) ...your goal is to submit your values ...just to have these dumb ass American idol wanna be posers ( and I am sure you know the type ) accept you.  Well that is what AFTERMATH will never be.  We will not accept being another river of luke warm piss running down the side of your shoe, no thank you. We do what we want because we can! Commercial success for us seems impossible at times, as we would have to bend over to the 21^st century corporate image and drastically alter our songs in order to “fit in” and we never will. Aftermath does not bow down to anyone!

I can’t tell you how many times I have heard people tell me how refreshing we are, or how they haven’t had that much fun at a show for a long time. First of all, thank you! Honestly it is truly our honour. I’m so glad that some of you get it, because that is what it is all about. We are simply doing what we do best, being ourselves.  We are not about to change that for a few dollars and promises of grandeur. Most promoters and managers are all parasites anyhow, just looking for ways to exploit bands and change their music so they can make more money.

Craig said in his blog “I wrote a feverish rejection email to the rest of my bandmates, full of self-pity for us (screwed again), the general music-buying public (enjoy the latest batch of mediocrity, you fucking sheep loathesomeness for the music industry in general (#&@*%!!!).  I was definitely ready to take my ball & go home.” ...When I heard the news part of me was really happy,  as it felt good to be too heavy, too good, too cool for those sell outs.

It is October 2008, and we are recording our follow up album “Pool of Sin.” It will be the same hard hitting sound you are used to, full of guitar solos, harmonies, and screaming that you have come to expect from us.

Screw 97.7 I’m going to turn them off and my IPod on, turning up the music I choose to listen and tuning out  the mundane crap forced upon me by a system I don’t believe in, as that is true freedom. If people like our music and want to burn our disks for their friends ...go ahead. I don’t care about the money, it has never been about the money, and it never will be. I’m all for burning disks, file sharing and anything that takes the power (and money) away from the institution and gives it back to the people. I want to see the music industry as a whole burn. The only way to truly revolutionalize music is to take down the establishment and I am all for that.

-Mr. Shopsy

Posted by aftermathrocks at 10:18 PM EDT

Updated: Tuesday, 4 November 2008 2:53 PM EST

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Mood:  sad

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I've made myself a pretty nice batch of summer wine fom the huge bunch of sour grapes I found myself experiencing this morning.  I was excited, I'm not going to lie to you..... maybe even a little expectant, or dare I say optimistic?  But alas, we've been snubbed again by my favourite radio station, 97.7 Htz fm in their quest to find a band their sponsors think they can profitably whore for Rocksearch '08.  Let's clear up a couple things right off the bat.  Firstly, I'm not going to comment on the selection of finalists that DID make it to the showcase this year, because I haven't even heard of them, let alone listened to their music or looked at their web pages, or whatever.  It would be downright stupid of me to go off on a rant about how much better we are because I don't know that for sure, and I might be a little biased.  Definately not neutral jornalism, so that's that.  Secondly, because I recognize these contests for the cash grab they are, that doesn't mean that I am personally above wanting to be 
involved. 

We're in the midst of a band competition sponsored by Jagermiester right now with some major prizes up for grabs, so there you go. I'm not speaking for any of my other bandmates, I'm just saying that I would love to turn his band into something commercialy successful, and barring any philanthropic epiphony's by the people with the money, in order for that to happen you've got to play their game.                    
                                                                       
Anyways, back to my emotional crushing.  I had all the normal thoughts come rushing through my head that people who are rejected from contests get;"Why didn't they pick us!?  Why did they pick THEM?! What kind of half-tards are these judges anyways?  What's so good about what they did?"Would we have been picked if we did ______ or ______ different?"     
                                                                       
I wrote a feverish rejection email to the rest of my bandmates, full of
self-pity for us (screwed again), the general music-buying public (enjoy the latest batch of mediocrity, you fucking sheep loathesomeness for the music industry in general (#&@*%!!!).  I was definately ready to take my ball & go home.  I'm a human being.  I felt rejected, marginalized, dumbfounded, and really angry. To paraphrase a famous comic book collector, There is no emoticon for what I was feeling....

To be continued

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Mood:  cool

  By: Gus Adams

Democracy is not a word that is easy to define. It expresses a wide variety of ideologies and invokes a wide variety of moral and cultural inferences. While there may be little hope of a consensus to an absolute meaning of democracy, it seems safe to say the word has come to symbolize liberty and at least to some degree, the path towards a better world.

There is obvious pride that democratic government has been established as the norm in most of Europe and North America. Why does the Western world extol democracy? It is probably that democracy, apart from all various intrinsic interpretations, implies some variation of “self rule” (government for the people, by the people). For most individuals this translates into a society of citizens that has access to power and is entitled to a variety of recognized liberties and freedoms. Given this reasoning, it is hard to deny the entrenched virtues of democracy. However, contradictions surface when one starts to examine the processes of government in the vast majority of counties labeled as democratic. On closer inspection, democracy, as it has evolved in the western world isn’t “self rule” nor can it be termed even remotely close to self rule. Therefore, it seems fair to argue, that in the purist sense, democracy, as a form of government, is an ideal that has not been realized.

Obviously, to be feasible, every citizen of a country cannot have direct access to the day-to-day operation of the country’s government, its deliberations and its decision making processes.  To compensate, citizens instead elect individuals to represent them in the process of government. So far, so good – because citizens make the free choice as to their representatives and this exercise, in itself, provides a very real possibility of democratic government. With this model, the assumption is that citizens do not rule individually but through officials of their choice who look after the interests of the people who elect them. However, in actuality, this rarely happens! Therefore, the question becomes how  representative can the people’s elected officials really be given the myriad of disparities present within the system, examples of which are: sporadic voter participation, under and over represented electoral maps, lobbyists and special interest groups and a consolidation of the elite participating in government.

In particular, countries with large populations where masses of citizen chose a small number of representatives, a very watered down version of democracy has evolved. This situation is very real in Canada - Statistics Canada estimates the population at April, 2008 at 33,223,840 as represented federally by 308 elected officials (or one member of Parliament for every 108,870 person).  If ancient democracy was the citizens choosing freely and immediately for themselves, modern democracy, it seems, is principally the citizens, very intermittently, choosing under highly constrained circumstances, the relatively small number of their fellows who then on choose for them[1] 

An obvious indicator of voter dissatisfaction with current government practices and processes is the increasing unwillingness of citizens to participate. In the United States less than 50% of the electorate bothers to vote[2].  Most European voter participation has also dropped significantly in the last twenty years. A study of fifteen Western European countries found that membership in political parties had declined almost a third from 8.2% in the early 1980s to 5.2% by the mid 1990s.[3].Data from Latin America shows the same trends where those of who are dissatisfied with democracy range from 40% in Peru and Bolivia to 59% in Brazil and 62% in Columbia[4]

What types of citizens tend to hold political office? Not surprisingly, those who have accumulated a high level of economic and social power are over-represented in the political class.  Lawyers and those from other corporate boardrooms tend to predominate[5] The same faces pop up over and over and the political class forms a more or less permanent-if sometimes rotating, government elite[6]. Examples are Bush, Kennedy, Martin, Ghandi and Churchill families.   Typically, they share an ethos of doing things “properly”- which usually means doing things that do not threaten and if possible, enhance the interests of that world.[7] . Whether is was a matter of illegal wiretapping (Mitterand) municipal rake-offs (Chiric) personal enrichment (Yeltsin)or evasion of democratic accountability (Reagan), the political class consistently breaks the law for reasons of financial gain or to maintain and protect its own power. What are citizens left to believe when public officials act with such callous disregard?  It seems liberty and democracy did not grow and become the core of western identity because it contradicted the interests of power, but because, in the particular geopolitical and cultural conditions, it served power.[8]

Even in prosperous democratic countries, wealth skews political institutions. The cost of campaigning in the United States has increasingly limited the pursuit of office to individuals from the highest income brackets.  Only weeks ago, it was announced that the campaign of Hilary R. Clinton was in the red to the tune of millions  In the late 1980’s a campaign for the U.S. Senate cost up to $10,000,000[9] and taking inflation in account, the costs would only have increased to the present day. In politics, money most certainly counts and in a very real sense, disqualifies the majority of average citizens that might seek public office but who do not have access to large sums of money

In this category, Canada mirrors the U.S., albeit to a lesser degree. During the 39th general election, the election expenses limit for political parties ranged from $68,155 for those that endorsed only one candidate to $18,278,279 for each of those that endorsed candidates in all 308 ridings – namely, the Conservative Party of Canada, the Green Party of Canada, the Liberal Party of Canada and the New Democratic Party.[10]  An obvious questions becomes what legitimate chance is there for the average citizen to become involved in political office.  Behind the complexities of political constitutions and institutions, there are some telling truths: that as poverty obstructs the struggle for democracy, so does wealth –and political equality cannot be severed form economic equality[11].

Why have so many voters become fatigued? It is almost a certainty that dubious political circumstances that call into question the validity of representative government contribute to this apathy. A prime example was the outcome of the 2000 U.S. presidential election.  That year, the world was treated to an amusing (if somewhat disheartening) spectacle of two American presidential candidates maneuvering to see who had actually won a national election.  Of the tens of millions of votes cast, it boiled down to a few hundred votes in Florida. The contest hung on voting machines that didn’t properly record the voter’s intentions, badly designed ballots that misled voters, the refusal by the highest court in the land to recount the vote and the role of blatantly prejudiced authorities in adjudicating the outcome of the election[12]  The result was a victory for Republican George Bush through the vote of a winner-take-all electoral system that favors smaller, often quite conservative states.[13]  The “icing on the cake” to this fiasco is that George Bush won despite the fact that he received less of the popular vote than his Democratic challenger!

Another fundamental disparity that dilutes the democratic system is seat boundaries which privilege some voters over others in most countries. In Canada, it is not an understatement to say that how much one vote represents depends largely on where the voter resides. The cause of this disparity is that urban seats generally represent populations in excess of 100,000 while rural seats are decided by population as few as 20,000 to 75,000.  A rural tilt in voting tends to exercise a conservative influence on political policy - clearly seen in countries like France and Germany or in the U.S. where senators from sparsely populated western states ensure the defeat of many otherwise popular environmental protection measures.[14]

For most of society, the view of democracy is that it should be inclusive. When modern democracies speak to equality without mentioning who or who may not participate in the franchise of voting it is really quite hypocritical. For instance, migrant workers are excluded almost everywhere and this particularly unfair as in parts of Europe they form a significant percentage of the working class and have lived in their “host” countries for decades. People with criminal records are excluded from voting in some places including the United States.[15]   Since the U.S. imprisons a large segment of its black male population, this in effect becomes a category of racial exclusion.[16]

Sadly, when minorities and indigenous peoples gain recognition within democratic societies, full civil rights are not simply given but usually occurs only after long, bitter fights.  Blacks in the United States, Aborigines in Australia, North American Indians and the Arab minority in Israel are notable examples. Years after the Gulf War, Kuwait is still not democratic. In fact, delegates to the National Assembly voted in 1999 against giving voting rights to women.[17]. These, and other similar practices, directly oppose the concept of democracy.

Even though we live in modern times where church and state are supposedly separate, religious institutions continue to interfere with democratic processes. In 1986, the Irish government introduced a bill that would have allowed civil divorce and the Catholic Church campaigned so vigorously that it was defeated.[18]    In matters covering a wide range of topics, the Catholic Church, in particular, continues to confuse its mandate of saving souls with pressuring governments to enact policies adhering to its doctrine. Less than sixty years ago, Pope Pious X11 issued a doctrine that democracy and liberty were inherently good, but that their true significance emerged only in the light of Christian revelation, which demonstrated that the truth about human nature embodied in democratic principles and the desire for political liberties was not something that came from within history but from God.[19]   Other religious institutions play the same game. In the United States, the religious right continues to influence the policies of the Bush administration

We find ourselves at the beginning of the twenty-first century ­ our blue planet is plagued with issues of terrorism, oppression, global warming, pollution and spiraling energy costs.  Added to these challenges, the world is struggling to cope with new economic conditions, accelerating innovations in technology, and globalization.  In the midst of despair and impotence, representative democracy is scarcely an impressive recipe for building order peace, security and prosperity. Nor can it predict any degree of peaceful existence: Israel is perpetually at war while Costa Rica, surrounded by insurgencies in  neighbouring countries, has not been involved in a war since its independence. History though, has shown that a few years of freedom can make a world of difference – in 1944, Germany had descended into depths that are scarcely imaginable today. A few years later, West Germany, a free society once more was building its democratic institutions a becoming a peaceful member of the free world.[20]. Democracy, in its simple unpretentious way, has by now established a clear claim to meet global needs better than any of its competitors.[21]

Even with its detractions, democracy remains the best ideal and is arguably, the only method of government that offers a real chance for observing the rights and interests of both individuals and societies. Given the poor alternatives to democracy, it is truly sad that large segments of democratic societies are suffering from a malaise over many ideals of the current system. Voter apathy and complacency are good indicators that “common folks” have lost faith in the system.

The big challenge to the present model is reform. Government structure, policies and practices needs to converge more fully with the principles of a truer definition of democracy: the result being a more open and inclusive model.  If there is a will to do so, there are a variety of ways to effect change and a discussion of some basic but important reforms are discussed next

Referendum is defined as “a vote by the whole of an electorate on a specific question or questions put to it by a government”. The right of citizens to place issues on the ballot has existed for years in some American states as well as the cantons of Switzerland. In comparison, only three federal referendums have been held in Canada since Confederation. [22]  Clearly, utilizing this method would result in putting issues directly to the people and initiating a system of public referendums would result in a democratic opportunity that surpasses the right to vote on issues which suits the incumbent government.[23]  

When referendums occur, issues are put straight to the public. This means the public not only votes for their representative but also engage in political debates and vote on actual bills which has an invigorating impact on citizens who might other wise be passive and deferential.[24]  In Nevada, prostitution was legalized by referendum and disposable soft drink containers banned by referendum in Maine and Michigan for environmental reasons.[25]  It seems unlikely that policies such as these would have been effected if it were left to elected representatives, given the pressure of lobbyists and big business interests as well as the demands to vote within  “party lines” (for the good of the political party, not the people or the issue). 

Active citizens need to do more than vote.  A mobilization of public awareness is required so that citizens will take the responsibility of participating in government to a greater degree.  In smaller countries like Switzerland and Iceland, a great deal of active participation occurs.  In larger counties like Canada, this may be more difficult, but may be become more persuasive in a system that leans toward a more proportional model of representation.

Another obvious need to re-establish the trust of citizens is to enact stringent legislation that will force public accountability on all levels of government, with an emphasis on monetary matters.  When governments are incompetent and/or waste public funds, it should become public knowledge and those responsible held accountable. In recent years, Canadians have endured the “sponsor ship scandal which occurred during the Chrétien era and even more recently, the public has learned that a seating Prime Minister, Brian Mulroney, accepted cash payouts (unreported until recently) from German business man Carl Hans Schreiber for dubious reasons.    Scandals undermine the confidence of the citizenry and when it appears that the guilty parties go largely unpunished, it is particularly disquieting.  Given these events, can we blame the average Canadian wage earner for “whining” about wasted tax dollars?  The new Accountability Act, legislation of the incumbent federal government, is a start but it does not include all levels of government nor does it go far enough to re-establish the trust of many Canadians.

Canadians must exercise more vigilance.  If “John Q. Public” believes by casting their vote, their representatives are going to “look after everything” they are sadly mistaken. Without participation democracy can become corrupt and deteriorate into a kind of elected oligarchy.[26]

On a positive note, there seems to be a revival of public interest in Canadian democratic reform, particularly in the areas of Senate reform and proportional voting which largely started with provincial election results in the 1990’s of three provinces – B.C. in 1996, Quebec in 1998 and Saskatchewan in 1999 – which all produced governments where the party with the most lost the election.[27]  To date, electoral reform in Canada is still being debated, but organizations specifically dedicated to raising public awareness of the voting system are keeping the issues on the “front burner.”

One cannot but wonder how democracy will fare in the twenty-first century. The French philosopher, Jean-Jacques Rousseau warned “freedom is a food easy to eat but hard to digest”. It is the responsibility of this generation and seceding generations to preserve and nurture democracy in a fashion that was first envisioned. Democracy can only be saved from its errors by more democracy [28] so wake up! This is our life!

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Bibliography

1. John Dunn.  Democracy, A History, Toronto: The Penguin Group, 2005.
2. Richard Swift. The No-Nonsense Guide to Democracy, Toronto: New Internationalist Publication, 2002.
3. Patrick Watson & Benjamin Barber. The Struggle for Democracy, Toronto: Key Porter Books Limited, 2000.
4. David Gress. From Plato to Nato, New York: The Free Press, 1998.
5. Denis Pilon. Toronto: York University, 2005-2006. http://www.fireweeddemocracyproject.ca .
6. Government of Canada. http://www.electionscanada.ca
7. Natan Sharansky and Ron Dermer. The Case for Democracy, New York: Perseus Books Group, 2004.
8. Richard Swift. The No-Nonsense Guide to Democracy, Toronto: New Internationalist Publication, 2002.

Posted by aftermathrocks at 1:14 AM EDT

Updated: Wednesday, 30 July 2008 12:06 AM EDT

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Hi Everyone,

Chris here, I'm sitting at home with a smile on a mile wide. Aftermath pulled out a victory at the MQM/Paragon Metal competition last night and it feels good. What makes it all so much sweeter is the level of the excellence of the other bands on the Bill.  Joel and I were sick, but that being said we managed to pull through as cohesive unit and put on a half decent performance.

 After talking to some of the other bands and the fans in the place (which was pretty packed by the end of the night) I realized that there are some really good musicians out there and there are people hungry to listen to new and exciting material. Sure a lot of the world is brainwashed into listening to what the media tells them to. Hell, my sister Kelley's CD collection is a perfect example. She has Britney Spears, Nick Lachay, and the Black eyed Peas in her car. But that being said, she really isn't into music the way the perople last night were. Hell she has only ever been to one of our shows, and I pretty much had to drag her. The True fans of the world make up their own minds, listen to the bands they really like, not the ones they are told to like. When told to choose A,B, or C...they say " I think I will go with D,E or F" and to those people we salute you, whether you like our stuff or not.

Both the guitar player (Jamie) and singer (Mike) from Teach her Treason gave me a copy of there Demo and I'm listening to it right now. I had a great time talking everybody at the Reverb yesterday. There were so many nice people and it was my pleasure to play for you all. After playing in many different areas to come home to Toronto and have a packed house with a such a energetic mosh pit, with people that know the lyrics to our songs was such a high. Thats why I felt the urge to jump in, so in Aftermath fashion I did. I just had to make it back to the stage before the solo ended. I was proud to be from Toronto.

The other bands on the show were Teach Her Treason, whom had in my oppinion a Rage Against the Machine (which they covered), Pantera, Creed sound. Evil Or Divine, whom opened things up sounded like they are influenced by Stratovarius and Rhapsody. Dragheel, whose guitar player singer had a really cool looking Jackson USA Randy Rhodes with a really cool blue Bengal Tiger finish ( I would love to have it in my guitar collection) played heavy and fast again like a Pantera. Shadows In Red were really polished and tight. They have a really radio friendly sound (reminded me of Pearl Jam), so I wouldn't be surprised to hear them on their soon. I really loved there cover of Motley Crue's "Shout at the Devil"

After the Show A few of us went up the road to the Rok Botique and had some drinks, which was fun since the place had a metal "stripper"pole  in it, which girls were "dancing" with. All in all it was  a great night!

-Chris

Posted by aftermathrocks at 4:34 PM EST

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 Hello friends, as requested I'd like to take a moment to tell you about give you about the gear we are using for our upcoming album.  The drums were tracked at our rehearsal space.  I used a vintage Sennheiser MD421 on the kick, Shure SM 57's on the snare and toms and an Audio Technica AT-822 Stereo Mic for overheads. 

 Craigs' bass sound was via direct into an SSL Compressor and Bass Amp Plug In.  Tim played his Jackson USA neck-thru Solist into his Bogner Estasy Blue Channel into a 1x12 cab with a Celestion Seventy-80 speaker for his rhythm tone.  I used my beloved turn of the century Cherry Gibson Flying V into my Pre Rocktron Egnater IE4 (which has now been replaced by an Egnater M4) Channel 3 into the same 1x12 cab.  Timmys killer lead tone was acheived by his Soloist into the Estasy Red Channel into my rare PURPLE Bogner 4x12 Cab loaded with pre Chinese Celestion Vintage 30's.  Chris' vocals are being recorded by the crowning jewel of my mic collection, my Neumann TLM 127!  The project is being managed by my MacBook Pro running Logic Pro.  My interface is the RME Fireface 400 feeding my Dynaudio BM6 monitors!  Anyway, I always love an opportunity to talk gear and if anyone needs some advice before purchasing, you can email me at joeldwyer@sympatico.ca

Take Care

Joel

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Mood:  chillin'

Life, being in a band, is many things to many people.  Lots of people do not get the pleasure of playing live infront of others, be it a small campfire, party or jamming to a fully packed bar or stadium, playing live gives me a sense of being and life.  It feels so fulfilling to share something I truly am passionate about and created to others that share the same likeness to our songs.  Most people like to go watch bands, go concert going and such.  I think it is great people do, what I enjoy more is being that person on stage playing infront of the crowd… Want to know the reason why I picked the guitar up?   Grab a cup and beverage of choice and I will tell you  J

As a young’n I’d go up north to my relatives in the remote country area and always go to those festivals/carnivals outdoors where live bands would play, I always envied the band being up there in the spotlight… something about being in the spotlight and people just getting into the music and adoring your music is what “sang” to me.  My family has a decent history with musicians as well, so it isn’t uncommon for someone to pick up an instrument of choice.  Growing up with that inspired me as well to play guitar, watching other bands playing live on tv helped too!  And last but not least, listening to favourite bands inspired me to learn to play their music and one day compose my own compositions.

To see myself today presently, what I am playing and creating is so much more advanced than what used to “sing” to me, I was in such awe when watching acts in my childhood but they were playing nothing near the capabilities of our music!  I know this sounds conceited but it is true!  Our music has its moments of pure melody, groove and primal aggressive speedy tempos!  If you like harmonies and leads then your ears will be pleased.  If you like a band that SHOWS they are enjoying themselves onstage with you (the audience ofcourse) and showing they enjoy it MORE when YOU engage and enjoy yourself WITH us it is like a drug!!

-T

Posted by aftermathrocks at 1:56 AM EDT

Updated: Wednesday, 4 July 2007 1:58 AM EDT

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Mood:  bright

Hey Guys,

It's Adam, I just wanted to talk about how great it is being in this band. I first met Joel on the elevator, as he lives in the same building as a girl I used to know. I was wearing a Megadeth shirt and Joel asked me about it, we started talking and I told him I played drums and he told me that he was looking for another Drummer on the condition that I was good. that was the first thing he asked me... ARE YOU GOOD?" I thought about it and looked him right in the eye and said yes. He then said to me "OK, this is your lucky day" We went up to his place, he put on some of the stuff the band had done and asked me if I was that good. I told him I could do it, and I could do it better than ever before.

 He gave me a CD of there stuff, and I was really loving it. I was an instant fan, it had everything I ever wanted to associate myself with in it. The ripping guitars, the shreading, an insane singer and a general coolness about it. I told some buddies and let them listen to the Disk  and they all thought it was Sick! "I was Right on, let's do it"

The Sunday I met them it was all suddenly unreal. Joel took me done to the studio where they rehearse, and I met the guys. Chris walked in and introduced himself, I was begining to get nervous as this guy whom is twice my size, looks into my eyes and says "I hope your not wasting my time"  Timmy walked in next beside him and was carring something that looked like a nuclear warhead with him. It turned out to be his Bogner. We plugged in and started to play. It was the most I have ever applied myself in my life trying to play with these professionals. Every song seemed so fast and full of energy, I loved what these guys were doing and I so badly wanted to be part of that team, as they are winners. After the practice Joel told me what I needed to improve for next time. I was so happy to have heard "Next time" so I went home and celebrated and began practicing.

The Rest is History

 Adam ( a.k.a.  Gus Adams)

Drummer, AFTERMATH

Posted by aftermathrocks at 1:58 AM EDT

Updated: Thursday, 14 June 2007 2:25 AM EDT

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Mood:  happy

Well its that time of year when everyone is a little bit happier as the good weather is here. I wanted to be the first to welcome you to our new Blog.

The record is getting closer to a finsh.... We have the Drums and Bass 100% finished, the guitar ryth. and half the leads are done as well. I am up now, so it won't be too much longer. July 2007 is our goal.

Things are going well with Gus in the lineup. I am pretty pleased with the guy. He is doing a great job of things so far and I'm really happy with his positive attitude. Our focus is getting this record finished, then it will be playing live. It seems like a long time since we played Stratford and I am really excited about bringing our product to you.

 Cheers

 - Chris

Posted by aftermathrocks at 2:46 PM EDT

Updated: Thursday, 31 May 2007 2:49 PM EDT

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