And the Music rocks on

I was raised in calif. about 80 miles north east of L.A. were I grew up on the good stuff, Dobbie Brothers, Foghat, Ted Nugent, Aerosmith and so on but I got my first taste of metal when a friend of mine next door got KISS Alive & Destoryer for christmas and when the opening of the show on the live album came on it grabbed me by the Balls and did not let go " Like a pit bull chewing on a tire". I was 12 or 13 at the time and have been a fan of theres since then. I still to this date have all my posters, records with the old record company, got to see them in person before they made their second live album in 1977. A friend of mine came over about 2 or 3 in the morning banging on my window waking me to & said for me to hurry outside cause their are some folks out here that want to meet you. I humored my friend by coming out before my parents were woke up & as I got out side there were 2 limos in front and as I went across the street & stepped into the house there they were in makeup, street clothes. As I got inside the house Gene & Paul were sitting on the couch with some fine ladies, Peter & Ace were at the table drinking beer & Ace had a guitar just blowing out licks left & right saying damn that sounded good might need to use it in the solo tomorrow night. I about passed out & then said this is a joke some fools rented the cars & dressed themselves up like them. Gene stood up and as I looked up at the towering person he said come outside a second, still in a awe he went to the truck of one of the limos & pull out this gold object and as everyone pilled outside he grabbed a container of something from the trunk turned and poured it on the gold object and lite the end of it and Ace in the window jamming away Gene turned & whoooooooooosshhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh this giant ball of fire lite up the street like a bomb went off. Gene then looked at me and said " Any question young man"!!.

The next day we got to go to the show in the limos was the best time I have ever had in my life and thats why I like the music, the shows and hard work people put into make all this happen & those who been to a rock show knows that there is more then just loud music. That leads me up to answering the question about my ICQ name "Hellraiser" sung by Ozzy Osbourne. The song starts out & says. " I,m living on a endless road Around the world for Rock N Roll sometimes it feels so tough but I still ain,t had enough. I keep saying that it is getting too much but I know that I,m a liar, Feeling alright in the noise and the light but thats what lights my fire. Hellraiser, In the thunder and Heat, Hellraiser, Rock you back in your seat, Hellraiser, and I,ll make it come true, Hellraiser I,ll put a spell on you. Need I say more. Don,t get me wrong I like all kinds of music and it depends on how things are going but to get me through the tough days at work I just drop in a little rock and roll on through the day. Some of the pics are from shows in Waco or when Musican stop by for guitar shows or clinics.