some updates at http://www.machineryofexpression.com still can't decide what the site should look like. I am open to suggestions.

I have a rough version of www.machineryofexpression.com up running. This site is sort of a one "stop shop" for all goings on in my life. There will be pages with mp3's for all my bands (past & present) and writing art work etc. I'll be working on about an hour a day for the next few weeks to get it finished.

Today is the three year anniversary of my friend Justin Lawrence dieing. I still miss him a great deal. He was a great guy and an amazing musician. I still feel like I am a better person for knowing him.

Thirty days from today I turn 34. I will spend my 34th b-day recording a punk rock record with kids half my age. No complaints.

Wow. When it rains it pours. Earlier this week my wife and both our dogs were attacked by another dog. No serious injuries. Shiva, my wife’s dog, is really bruised and has a cut over her eye. My wife has two small puncture wounds on her hand but over all she is ok. Two of our friends are going through divorce/break-ups of long term relationships, ( Read more... )

So Guns Down is doing some more mini tours. May 25th - 28th we are doing the Sac, Bay Area loop again. And then in July (June 30th - July 4th) we are heading south to LA, Bakersfield etc. Can't wait. The CD should be out by then and we have buttons and shirts in the works. Damn it's good be in a band again.

Carramrod is over. Shane, Kyle and I are going to contiune under the name The TyRADosaurus-Wrecks. I am playing guitar, Shane is singing, Kyle is playing bass (when he gets back from Italy). We have added Nick York (Burning Before the Throne) on drums, and Kris from Shane and Kyle's old band (Near Life Experiance) on guitar. We have 4 songs now and ( Read more... )

This weekend (2/17 -2/20) was Guns Down's first trip out of town. The weekend started with a great show at the Spacement. We weren't on the show originally, we had booked a show with a band from Redding at Casa de Dreads, but they cancelled so Ryan asked Joe if we could play the Spacement. It worked out. We ended up playing last on an impressive ( Read more... )

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Guns Down started recording last night. We got all the drums, bass, and most of the guitar done. It's soudning really good. Can't wait to be done and get it out there.

I the last few months for some reason I have had a lot of kids talking to me saying things like “you inspired me” or “I got into hardcore because of you, your band was my first show, I look up to you”. Then I see these same kids out at shows or read the things they post online and I am disgusted. I hear and read homophobic, racist, sexist and ( Read more... )