Shave Da Hawk!!!

Alright Alright Alright!!

Here at SSP HQ, the wicked never rest.

After slamming Stubbs to a packed out bar and sluggin San Angelo this weekend, yet another wild and erotic adventure is upon us.

You might be familiar with this guy:




Yep that's right...Ol Marc Coronado...

Well, due to outside forces(positive of course), Marc will be shaving his head and dumping the Hawk at our June 3 show in San Antonio @ Clicks.

So...what the ayuf (eff) does this mean to you?? Well...how would you like to be the one to do it?? On stage?? In Marc's Hometown????

Hellz yeah, Me too!! So here's what we're doing. Snake Skin Prison will be holding a Silent Auction, and the highest bidder gets to come on stage during SSP's set, Friday June 3rd @ Clicks in San Antonio TX, and buzz the Hawk off right there!!

So...here's what you do to bid...
Email you bid to: matt@snakeskinprison.com with the SUBJECT: HAWK and in the body, just enter your name and the amount you are bidding. You will receive a response as to whether you are the highest bidder or not.
**must be present to win**
**you will be notified in advance if you are the current winner, in order to make arrangments to be at the show**
**BIDDING WILL END AT MIDNIGHT ON 06/1/11...SO WEDNESDAY NIGHT MIDNIGHT**

Let the bidding begin....if you have any questions again email Matt @ Matt@snakeskinprison.com.

Here's to hair... I wish I had!

MB

The Cradle Will Rock....

In kindergarten we had nap time...whatever happened to that?? I've never been to Italy, but supposedly everyone takes siestas in the middle of the day...we need to get back on that schedule.

Anyway, in Kindergarten, we had nap time and we took turns bringing music (tapes) to school to listen to during nap time. So it was my turn and Mrs. Hazelwood said, "Alright Matthew, go home and tell your mommy and daddy you need music for nap time."

So as any loyal 5 yr old with a cowlick would...I did. My dad handed me a tape and said, "here ya go boy...tell ‘er...put that in on side A and press play"

So as any loyal 5 yr old with a cowlick would...I did.

The next day we all laid down on our mats and as everyone is settling in...eyes getting sleepy...holding favorite stuffed animals, picking noses, other awesome things kids do...the raunchy gritty guitar tone of George Thorogood and the Destroyers comes blaring out of the dual deck cassette tape player...and yep you guessed it...I started playing air guitar...right there in front of my teacher and class.



That's when I knew I was ready to rock... LOL...and they could tell right away I was bad to the bone. \m/

That's a true story. Don't believe me?? Go to the source...my mother. She told me...and she'll be at Stubbs this Friday night along with the Destroyer himself...the ol' man.





TICKETS are selling fast...super fast. So Click the image above to get yours today...you can pay online for $10 and pick them up @ the Venue!!

Adios Amigos!!
See ya Friday!!
MB

NEW ssp PROMOTION

Alright!! Check the Vid!! The ONE person that sells the most Advance Tickets to Stubbs this Friday. The Winner gets to choose between 3 ridiculous acts to be performed by SSP.

Marc - will run down 6th street in his boxers (at a later determined date...not during the show!)
Keef - will play a show in Jeans (he hasn't worn anything but camo pants for 10 years)
Matt - will take a shot of party liquor every 2 minutes for 20 minutes...that's 10 shots in 20 minutes!!!

To get tickets just contact SSP via anyway you know how:
Facebook, myspace, Specs, Adult Megaplex....or booking@snakeskinprison.com

Remember the winner will only get to pick ONE of these!! So get to selling them tickets...

DOA

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Money or Fame

"Matt, why do you do this, is it for the Money or the Fame??"

I get that question a lot. First off, if you're anywhere close to being in tune with the unsigned artist aka the DIY musician/band, there really isn't a lot of money. You see a lot of money, but you see it go right back out the door for other things. I am currently reading Anthony Kiedis' biography, "Scar Tissue" and in one section he talks about how they decided to give 5% of their income from touring to charity...5% might not sound like a lot, however per Kiedis...it broke down like this:

50% - goes to pay for the tour itself
20% - Management
5% - Booking Agent(s)
5% - Legal fees (aka Attorney's that get you out of jail when you kill people drinking and driving...cue Vince Neil).

So that leaves 20% to be divided by the band...Red Hot Chilli Peppers had 4 members...so that's 5% each...

Obviously if you're talking about 100 million dollars revenue that's not bad (5% of that is 5 Million)...but it's all relative. 5 million to Anthony Kiedis is probably like 500 to me and you...a good chunk of change, but you're not going to write home about it.

So...for Money or for Fame?? That's a good question...you could probably find a broke down rockstar with no money and nothing to their name and ask them...they probably still get recognized, get things for free, sign autographs, make cameo appearances...etc. I know there are probably a gaggle of people with plenty of money and no friends...and vice versa.

So that is a good question. If you were to ask me, I would probably say both!! :)

But honestly, I personally have been blessed as a musician and Snake Skin Prison has been blessed far beyond anything I could've ever imagined. I want my/our music to live forever. Money can't touch that...nothing lives forever (ask Bin Laden), regardless of what you have to protect you. This body is just a vehicle to carry you from birth to death. Music however lives forever. Money and Fame are good, they make life easier and harder at the same time, but nothing last forever. I will always play music. I will always have my guitars and be it for a crowd of 1000 or myself on my back porch, I love to play and sing...always have since I found out I could. That's why I do it, and if it ever starts to be for another reason...I might just pack it up and go back to WV where there ain't much money and sure as hell ain't no fame :) ... well on second thought, there is the Alcohol of Fame....

Come see us @ Stubbs!!


(click the image for ticket info)

Smoking Whiskey

Music in my Jeep right now:

"Stampede" Hell Yeah
"Beast" Devil Driver
"Rock the Rebel|Metal the Devil" Volbeat
"Far Beyond Driven" Pantera
"Pronounced Leh-nerd Skin-nerd" DUH!!

This weekend The Rolling Circus travels to San Angelo to pummel the Deadhorse. I remember the first time we traveled to San Angelo. Miles and Miles of nothing and then out of nowhere San Angelo pops up. I walked into the Deadhorse and immediately thought..."now this is what I'm talking about!" The Deadhorse is my idea of a bar that is top of the food chain. Rex and Lanie (owners) rock...they know how to treat bands because they are in a band!! Check em out here: SHOTGUN REBELS. The staff is totally cool and the atmosphere is completely RAWK!!! I look forward to every trip to San Angelo, we always have fun and normally come back in one piece...I invite you to make the sojourn with us Friday night if you're feeling up for a rock and rolling metal show.



As always the Pain Train is in full swing, knocking down doors and making steps to further our quest of world domination. Some really cool things that have recently taken place:

-Our new Jam, "Farther" has been getting tightened with live performances...a recent one can be seen HERE
-Snake Skin Prison was added to RIDE FOR DIME. This is a Rally in honor of Dimebag and his charities. You need to go...you need to get your TICKETS NOW!!
-I have recently been confirmed a Gibson Preferred Artist...pics to come ;)
-The new logo is effin PIMP...thanks to Billy Perkins again for an awesome job.
-We have some BIG shows in the works...soon to be released...

And I could probably come up with more and more things but we'll leave it at that for now.

Snake Skin Prison had a great week for SXSW, I'm glad it's over, but it is a lot of fun and comes once a year, so you have to embrace it and make the most of it...it is what it is.

Writing new music as we speak...plan on leaking them here and there, to see what kind of response we get. The thing about music that makes it different from a painting or a literary work...music is it's own canvas. Meaning I have written songs, and played them live and through evolution it changes and morphs into the body of work it was meant to be. Once a painting it painted..you can't change it, as with something that's been printed. However with a song...you can alter, shape, twist and bend until it's perfect.

Rock Me Roll Me Outta Control Me!

CHEERZ!
MB

SSPxSW

Well, the week is here...the week every unsigned band/musician that is worth their salt will travel to Austin TX...in hopes of getting discovered. I was curious to find out how many bands actually got "discovered" during SXSW...so I did a little research, and here's what I found out:

Now when I say research, I go to Google and type in: "Signed Bands from SXSW" and out of the returns I found this article: HERE .... and you can see it entitled "25 bands that broke at the Austin Festival..."

So you can see there, some of the people that were fortunate enough to get "discovered" ....

So that got me thinking, what if I typed in, "Bands that DID NOT get discovered at SXSW" and my machine had to reboot.

LOL

So with that being said, the week is upon us, Snake Skin Prison has 3 shows this week:

Thurs 3/17-Armadillo Hall, Taylor TX, 9p
Fri 3/18-Chupacabre, 6th street, 1130p
Sat 3/19-Roial, Texas Rockfest, 120 w 5th St, 9p

So that should keep us busy for this weekend :). I urge you to come out to the shows, be sure and tell everyone you see...

We played House of Blues on Friday, and that show went off like a roman candle in a WV Trailer Park on the 4th of July. From start to end it was 100mph!!

You know SSP...pure Rockstars:



Onward to The Dirty Dog on Saturday Night where SSP started the night with CrackerPaloosa! Indeed a blast it was, where we debuted a new jam:




It's exciting to see the same faces out to the shows...keep spreading the word...keep spreading the disease...the difference between winners and losers is the fact that winners do and losers don't. Never give up and never give in. I remember playing football in High School, we were the visiting team, and in their visitor's locker room (which was their JV locker room) on the wall a quote was painted:

"The nose of the bulldog has been slanted backwards so that he can breathe without letting go." -- Winston Churchill

That's my take on life, as hard as you can as long as you, never give up, never let go, you will eventually succeed, just as water wears down a rock.

After this week comes and goes, millions of gallons of booze later...when everyone goes back home to resume their normal life...you can always count on SSP...we'll still be here...why?...cause we ain't got nowhere else to go...

After all...


we're just Rockstars :)

\m/
Live it Like Ya Mean It!
mb