hi there

not actually an update

i just wanted to post this somewhere

this is from an e-mail where someone is trying to get us to buy their new cd

Ps. For The Record: We Can Write Anything! We Already Have A Thousand Killer Riffs! We've Already Shared Some Of The Biggest Stages With Acts Like White Zombie! Lynyrd Skynyrd! Steppenwolf! Cheap Trick! Overkill! Metal Church! Blackfoot! Dirty Looks! Childs Play! Crazy Train! Nazareth! Etc! Detroit Rock Bands Like Seduce! Halloween! Strut! Heavens Wish! Something Wild! Concrete Rattle! Bad Boy Plague! Trash Brats! Etc! Also Plenty Of Small Gigs! Began As "Red Machete" In 1980's Been Writing & Performing Since! Our Original Drummer Carl Toth Died Killed By A Drunk Driver One Month After 1st Full Length Album On Cassette Only! In 1988'! Red Machete Played Only One More Show As A Tribute To Carl In 1989'! The Surving Members Formed As Madhouse In 1990'! We Have Always Been A Trend Setter Not A Trend Follower So Our 80's & 90's Material Is Still Different Than The La Scene! However We Were Heavily Influenced By Many La Bands! Madhouse Released 1st full Length Album On Cassette In 1990'! w/ Jamie Devoll On Lead Vocals! 2nd Full Length Album On Cassette w/ AJ Micalleff On Vocals In 1993'! Signed An Overseas Record Deal And Got Burned In 1994' w/ Spin Records & Lead Vocalist Tony Taylor (RIP) Of Twisted Tower Dire! Jamie Formed Waysted Youth And Jammed With Roxx! Singer AJ Micalleff & Drummer Roy Barker Formed Sacred Realm! Doug Braun (Me! lol!) Started A Successful Business! Got Married! Had A Babby! Studied Law! Won Judgement Against Record Deal & Former Employer @ Deadly Chemical Plant! Retired Since & Owns Successful Internet Business! I'm An Artist, Writer, Frontman & Been Releasing My Own Records Since 1984'! Madhouse Returned In 2005' Just To Let The Internet Know Who We Are And That We Existed! Singer Jamie Devoll Became A Cop! And Rejoined Madhouse In 2005'! We Re Released Our 1st Album On Cassette Now On CD Known As Everything Kills! We Wanted To Break Away From The 80's 90's Metal Image! Prove We Could Throw Down With The Heavy Metal Of Today! We Released A Pretty Heavy Cd Titled (Thanks For Nothing!) in 2009'! We Wanted A Masterpiece But Due To Financial Restraints We Had To Let It Go Into Production! We Did Not Have Original Bass Or Drummer! Wayne King Or Roy Barker! But Overall It Still Kicks Some Ass! I Want To Share Madhouse With The World And Create Back To Back Masterpieces! And Hopefully Play A Major Role In The Return Of Rock n' Roll! Our Idols Are Either Done Or Dried Up!? The Death Metal Is Out Of Control! However We Love These Bands & The Genre! But, Regardless Of The Strong Support Of It's Loyal Followers!? It Is Scaring Away Customers Both Live & On Cd! My Guess Is 1,000+ ac/dc Fans to 1 Slayer Fan!? ( Just A Guess! ) Just Trying To Say The Few Are More Loyal Than The Masses For Rock Fans @ The Moment!? But The Masses Will Prefer Real Rock n' Roll! And We Can Deliver The Goods! Not Once! Or Twice! I Mean Endless Riffs! As For The Band Members!? If We Get A Label!? I'm Taking Pick Of The Litter! Lol! I Have A John Bonham & Rudy Sarzo Drueling Over The Position! But, Because It's My Baby! It's Been All My Burden! Financial, Musically! Etc! If We do Not Find Some Help!? Madhouse Can Either Slowly Submit A Few Songs @ A Time!? Quit!? Or Bankrupt Myself!? With A Label We Can Put Out A Dozen Killer Cd's In A Couple Of Years Not Including Rights To Master? Or Reproduce The Older Albums!? The Average Career For A Successful Band Is What!? 5 Years Or Less!?? Maybe 1 or 2 Good Albums!?? Maybe Only 1 or 2 Good Songs!? I Say It's In The Smart Label To Take A Longshot On Us! Worst Case Scenario It's A Tax Write Off!? . But, We Work Hard! And We Work Smart! All Advice Is Cool! But The Sooner We Get A Label!?? The Sooner We Can Prove I'm Not Talking Shit! Lol! We Put On Insane Shows! & Quality Music Over And Over Again! Thanks! Sorry If This Lands In Your Email More Than Once!? Just Learning There Is Almost As Many Labels As They Are Bands! & We Are Volnurable To Talent Scouts If They Only Do Death Metal!? Only Do Rap!? Only Do Pop!? Or The Major Labels Just Won't Listen To Unsolicited Material! Etc! Please Be The Next David Geffen! & Sign Madhouse! The Next Guns n' Roses!?? .. Smile! ; )

the dave update is still dead

but this is a much better send off i think