Let me say that again...WOW!!
If you didn't make it out to this year's "A Very Metal Christmas" then I'm sorry to say you missed one helluva night. Shot Blocks...Chair Massages...Holiday Drink Specials...VIP...and much more!! Final count through the door was 380 people...not too shabby for the weekend before Christmas. I personally would like to thank everyone involved from Chronolung and Yayo for putting on great shows to The Parish, our sponsors: Insite Magazine, Massage Envy, and Grahams Treaty Oak Wine and Spirits, and all those in the SSP Camp that worked hard to promote, sell tickets, and make this a night for the books.
We also had Austin photographer Debbie Jane there, and you can check out all the gnarly photos she took HERE . So with all that being said, be sure to get your mind right for "A Very Metal Christmas 2" cause we are definitely doing this again next year!!
Now moving forward, I hope everyone had a great Christmas and got if not everything...most of what they asked for. Among the awesome gifts I rec'd I was also pumped to get the "Ruff" mixes for the new tunes we recorded and I must say it sounds delicious!! I can't wait for the final product to hit the streets. Be sure to keep a close watch, cause we'll have more detail on that soon.
Also!! Snake Skin Prison is selling our SSP Hoodies...we only got a limited number printed, so you better get yours today...what better way to keep warm while beating the streets to all those live shows you like to attend :) ... Email us HERE for details!
I was asked this past weekend of my favorite Christmas Memory...and I had to think long and hard about it. Now remember, I think it's safe to say that we were a middle class family, we definitely weren't rich, but weren't poor...bent but not broke as I like to say. I can remember being a youngster and getting up @ 3am!! and I can remember once older, after one too many spiked egg nogs wished I could sleep until noon. Regardless, thinking back I want to say that my favorite...present...memory would be when my Dad got me my first electric guitar and amp. I remember turning that baby on, didn't know the first thing about Highs...Mids...Lows...the only thing I knew was to turn them all up!! And that I did. Luckily now I have Keef to help me with all that nonsense :) ... the guitar was an Ovation (yes Electric) Ultra GS. That's when the beast was first fed...I dove into Early Metallica, Megadeth and Ozzy. I also waded my way through piles of Lynyrd Skynyrd southern fried licks. I fell in love with that guitar, and still love it to this day. And believe it or not, I still play it almost every day. I'll trade a car...I'll trade a pedal...I'll trade an amp...but I will never EVER sell/trade a guitar...and here she is to prove it...15 years later...
So remember kids...Snake Skin Prison loves ya and thanks you for your support through a VERY Successful 2011, and I already warned 2012, we're about ready to grab him by the balls...
I hope you all have a very safe New Year's...please don't drink and drive...in the words of my old boss Paul Ball, "we can always get another car, but we can't get another you!" ...
See ya on the streets...
MB
