…THE YEAR WAS 2005. 18 YEARS OLD RUNNING WILD. FUCK IT THIS SHIT MEANS THE WORLD TO ME. I TRY NOT TO LOOK BACK BUT SOMETIMES YOU GOTTA. A LOT OF SHIT HAS CHANGED BUT I STILL FEEL LIKE THIS IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF WHATEVER THE FUCK IT IS THAT I’M DOING WITH MY LIFE. “I DON’T WANNA GO INTO THE DARKNESS” COMES OUT THIS SUMMER.

I’M SITTING HERE SLEEPING ON A FUCKING COUCH FAR FROM HOME THINKING ABOUT THIS HOLE I’VE DUG FOR MYSELF. THINKING ABOUT BEING 15 YEARS OLD IN THE HEARTLAND STARTING THIS SHIT WITH NO IDEA HOW IT WOULD SWALLOW MY LIFE SO COMPLETELY. SOMETIMES WHEN YOU ARE ON A MISSION THE ONLY WAY OUT IS TO KEEP ON DIGGING, KEEP ON DREAMING.

MAN I SURE AS HELL DON’T KNOW THE ANSWER BUT I MIGHT KNOW THE QUESTION.

HOW DEEP DO YOU WANNA GO?

LAST MIN SHOW ALERT! TONIGHT IN LOS ANGELES I PLAY A HOUSE PARTY FOR MY BUDDY FAT TONY‘S BIRTHDAY. SHOULD BE A RAGER. ONCE AGAIN, MICHAEL VIDAL FROM ABE VIGODA WILL BE JOINING ME ON GUITAR. C U IN DA PIT, THE BBQ PIT! (I THINK THEY WILL BE GRILLING AS WELL)

SO NICE I HAD TO POST IT 2WICE. NOW WITH ADDED GUESTS – CLIPPING! AKA JONATHAN SNPIES FROM CAPTAIN AHAB GETTING SICK WIT IT WITH A RAPPER. BLOWN OUT HIP HOP INTENSITY. FULL LINE-UP BELOW.

XBXRX
JUICEBOXXX
ED SCHRADER’S MUSIC BEAT (BMORE PROBABLY THE BEST ROCK AND ROLL BAND GOING RIGHT NOW)
CLIPPING

10PM TONIGHT 3/18TH THE SMELL LA, CA 5 BUX

“ONE FOR THE AGES”, THIS SHOW IS HARD AS HELL:

XBXRX
(FIRST SMELL SHOW IN OVER A YEAR. WUDDDDUP!)

ED SCHRADER’S MUSIC BEAT
(ONE OF THE GREATEST AMERICAN ROCK BANDS. JUST PUT OUT A NEW RECORD ON LOAD RECORDS. AMAZING.)

JUICEBOXXX
(FEATURING BIG MIKEY VIDAL OF ABE VIGODA FAME ON GUITAR!)

YOU KNOW THE DEAL. THE SMELL! LOS ANGELES.

C U IN DA PIT!

I RECENTLY GOT INTERVIEWED BY MILWAUKEE RAP GROUP AMERIKAS ADDICTION FOR THEIR “DO WHAT YOU DESIRE” BLOG. YOU CAN READ THAT SHIT RIGHT HERE. I’M ALWAYS SIKED WHEN HOMETOWN KIDS ARE THROWING DOWN SO YOU KNOW I SUPPORT THESE MILWAUKEE RAGERS. CHECK THE MOVEMENT!

I’M GOING TO BE PLAYING FRIDAY AT THE ACE HOTEL IN PALM SPRINGS, CA WITH NONE OTHER THAN PUBLIC ACCESS LEGEND AND TIM AND ERIC STAR DAVID LIEBE HART AS PART OF KYLE MABSON’S MONTHLY PARTY. PAST GUESTS FOR THIS THING HAVE INCLUDED RAGERS LIKE TEARIST, BLOK, VICE COOLER, ABE VIGODA AND MORE. MICHAEL VIDAL FROM THE AFOREMENTIONED ABE VIGODA WILL BE PLAYING GUITAR WITH ME FOR THIS AND FUTURE LOS ANGELES PERFORMANCES.

C U IN DA PIT!

3 YEARS AGO DIRECTOR LUKE MEYER FOLLOWED ME AROUND FOR A FEW DAYS ON TOUR WITH A CAMERA. I WAS TOURING VIA CHINATOWN BUS AND PRETTY MUCH OUT OF MY FUCKING MIND. LISTEN – I AM STILL OUT OF MY FUCKING MIND BUT MAYBE JUST IN A DIFFERENT WAY. WHEN I TALK ABOUT THE THUNDER ZONE I’M TALKING ABOUT THIS KIND OF SHIT.

2K9 WAS A FUCKED UP YEAR FOR ME FOR A LOT OF DIFFERENT REASONS AND THIS DOC CAPTURES IT. HARD FOR ME TO WATCH BUT I GUESS THAT IS PRETTY PERSONAL. I THINK THIS IS A GOOD PRIMER FOR ANYONE OUT THERE TRYING UNDERSTAND MY MUSIC, ESPECIALLY MY UPCOMING FULL LENGTH “I DON’T WANNA GO INTO THE DARKNESS” WHICH SHOULD BE COMING OUT SOON.

THIS IS NOT A GAME TO ME!
THIS IS REAL LIFE!
I’VE GROWN UP RAPPING AND TOURING AND PLAYING SHOWS AND IT MEANS THE WORLD.
I’M JUST GETTING STARTED!
“I DON’T WANNA GO INTO THE DARKNESS”
ENJOY

I WROTE A LITTLE WHILE AGO ABOUT A SICK TRACK MADE BY JAPANESE PRODUCERS DUPER GINGER THAT I DID SOME GUEST VOCALS ON. WELL, NOW THAT SONG HAS A VIDEO! A “FUN ROMP” NO DOUBT THRU THE STREETS OF TOKYO THAT I SHOT WHEN I WAS ON TOUR THERE IN DECEMBER. I LOOK PRETTY RAGGED BUT HEY, THAT’S THE THUNDER ZONE 4 U!!! VIDEO ABOVE. PEACE WE OUTTA HERE!

DATELINE: JANUARY 2009. DEEP IN THE HEART OF AN UNFORGIVING ALASKAN WINTER I TOUCH DOWN IN ANCHORAGE TO PLAY A BUNCH OF SHOWS AND BRING SOME THUNDER TO THE DARKNESS. WHAT CAME NEXT MAN I’LL NEVER FORGET!

I MET A BUNCH OF KIDS WITH A LOT OF HEART AND RAGED SOME SERIOUSLY WEIRD AND AMAZING SHOWS. I PLAYED A GENERATOR PARTY IN A LOG CABIN OUTSIDE OF FAIRBANKS THAT MY CREW ENDED UP GETTING KICKED OUT OF. I PLAYED AT A DINER IN A SKI RESORT TOWN. I PLAYED A RAP SHOW IN THE HOME OF SARAH PALIN – WASILLA. THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT AT THE TIME I WAS IN A FUCKED UP ZONE IN MY LIFE AND IT SHOWED BUT I THINK THAT JUST PUSHED THE INTENSITY INTO THE RED.

IF YOU REALLY BELIEVE IN THIS MUSIC SHIT YOU WILL TAKE IT AS FAR AS POSSIBLE. JUST TO GO UP TO ALASKA AND PLAY FELT LIKE A DREAM. TO TAKE THE TUNES TO THE KIDS AND FUCKING JUST HAMMER IT HOME DESPITE ALL ODDS MAN – THAT’S WHAT IT’S ALL ABOUT. I HAVE A NEW RECORD COMING OUT IN A LITTLE BIT CALLED “I DON’T WANNA GO INTO THE DARKNESS” AND IT IS HEAVILY INFLUENCED BY MY TRAVELS AROUND THIS TIME. BELOW ARE A FEW PICTURES FROM THE TOUR.

girdwood

fairbanks

log cabin close to the north pole