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Ray Bradbury and his cat |
“Thief of Life” started out as several riffs bassist Nardo Andi brought to rehearsal, inspired by King Diamond. Dan DeLucie and I interpreted and embellished them on guitar and added a bunch of parts, while drummer Brian Craig honed the arrangement and dynamics. Dan and I are both big Ray Bradbury fans, and Dan loaned James the collection Quicker Than the Eye to read Bradbury’s short story “The Finnegan.” No theme or message involved. It’s just about a giant trapdoor spider. James was responsible for most of the lyrics. Like many of King Diamond’s songs, this one became a fun little horror yarn.
Another tune we worked on during the Breathe Deep sessions was something Nardo wanted to call “Symbol of the Soul.” I wrote some riffs for it too and toyed around with an alternate set of lyrics, this time called “Demise of a Lie.” Those words never would’ve flown in DE. Anyhow, “Symbol of the Soul” was left unfinished, and part of it still remains on the multi-track ADATs wherever they’re hiding now.
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4. Rock 101 FM KLOL radio ad for Breathe Deep the Dark and DE’s debut gig in Houston, Texas
KLOL is a sadly defunct pure rock radio station that was based in Houston. It was a lot like KNAC (105.5 FM) in SoCal. This MP3 is a plug for our first gig (3/20/98) at Cardi’s, Houston’s premier club for heavy rock and metal. I love how the voiceover dude pronounces it “Deshtiny’s End.” Classic! How ’bout the ticket on the right?! Tiny?! I hear she’s downright small. π Spelling wasn’t high on the priority list at Cardi’s. When I first heard the ad I was reminded of the cool promo clip that starts off Coroner’s self-titled disc. The cassette of this is one is probably long gone. Luckily I copied it off James many moons ago. I was pretty nervous about our first show. Hell, I’d never gigged out of CA before. Cardi’s was packed to the rafters, a major contrast to the reception a traditional metal band would’ve received in ’98 on the Sunset Strip in Hollyweird.
I had some trouble with the little rack I was using for my tuner and effect unit and nearly missed the first song. James had the sound guy play a suitably spooky Dead Can Dance track off Within the Realm of a Dying Sun as our intro, and I just barely managed to bypass my rack and go direct into my amp. Fixed the connection after the first song. I was a tad sloppy at first, but warmed up pretty quick. I think a lot of people don’t realize how much pro metal bands do things themselves. No roadies, no management, etc. Especially in the late ’90s. It was the same for Iced Earth and Nevermore when we toured in May-June ’99. Dan and I were changin’ strings alongside Jeff Loomis, Tim Calvert and Jon Schaffer. Not to mention loading the gear trailer. Not a stereotypical singer, Matt Barlow actually lifted plenty of amps and speaker cabs. It was a breath of fresh air to actually have a guitar tech in Europe in Aug. ’99, and I was very appreciative for all the grunt work Sacred Steel’s crew did on our behalf.
Members of different Helstar lineups got up and did a set following DE at this gig. Larry Barragan borrowed Dan’s Ibanez Joe Satriani signature and Aaron Garza played my B.C. Rich Warlock.
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’83 Warlock at Cardi’s, courtesy of Dave Rivera |
Aside from this promo, DE did tons of radio interviews. Unfortunately I don’t have any of those. What I do own is the goofy DE appearance on the Nastyman Show. The Nastyman was a comedy shock-jock a la Howard Stern. He was actually on the same station as Howard (KLSX 97.1 FM). Dan, Brian, Nardo and I were invited to be guests by Nastyman’s pal Sheena Metal (an alias for Jenny Sherwin). Dan couldn’t make it, but we were joined by Kragen Lum and Vince Levalois from Prototype. Nardo basically took over. It was hilarious and extremely dirty (“doity!”). We didn’t talk much about metal. The boisterous babble ranged from flavored lube to the stripper who wanted to “try out” for us in person. Ironically, my mom was the one who stayed up late and taped it for me. Nice! I might unleash it on the unsuspecting world later. Until then, enjoy these odds ‘n’ sods!