January 27,2004 - THE NEW NEWS!

It's been an exiting week; I was involved in a van accident that totaled the TIN CAN MAN VAN. R.I.P.!! Fortunately the accident was not my fault and I got out of it with no injuries!

We want to wish John best of luck on the EXHUMED tour, please buy him a beer or 3! We've been rehearsing with BOB "THE BIG GUNS" BEUALAC and we'll be bringing back some heavy hitting SKINLESS classics that haven't been played in a while. Be sure to check out our first NYC appearance since the release of F.S.T.S. at the DOWNTIME near MADISON SQUARE GARDEN in MANHATTEN--SUNDAY, FEBUARY 29th with MALIGNANCY, INTERNAL SUFFERING from COLUMBIA and more!!

We also have some HUGE European tour plans in the works including a stop at the FURY FEST in France....This will be a great opportunity for SKINLESS to soil FRENCH soil for the first time, stay tuned for more EUROPEAN TOUR UPDATES!

The DVD is nearly done, we had a preview session last night, this DVD is what SKINLESS is all about..We can't wait to share it with you! STAY TUNED FOR MORE NEWS!!!

-Sherwood

January 19,2004 -

We welcome Bob "The Big Guns" Beaulac back to SKINLESS for some shows in March and some European touring...more details TBA soon!!! Welcome back Big Guns!!!

December 21,2003 - TOUR REPORT VOL II. Whorenets Nest..Montreal-QUE

After a intoxicating visit to a the world renowned Club Super Sex in Montreal, FilthyRich, Joe, and I walked down the street with maniacal swerve.   The sight of hookers in a nearby DunkinDonuts was just too much for us to avoid, I wish we had. “Oh look , real livehookers!”, we thought it would be like the zoo, like we could observe safelybehind the glass. Its kind of a blur to me but this coffee shop was swarming withwhores, not the beautiful European variety but stank, jaded, crack smoking,French Canadian sluts.  If thesebitches weren’t getting your money then they wanted no part of a conversation.Joe agitated the queen wench by jokingly proposing a five on one, what did sheexpect, a respectful conversation? Things went sour in a hurry, they gotnastier and I saw the (almost ) perfect photo opportunity, an image of anagitated whore that I could remember forever. “Oooo, you are nasty, I need apicture”, as I snapped the shot, then the Whornets started to sting.  Joe dodged the first sting, but I wasthere to take it straight on. This whore stung with pepper spray weither shewas in danger or not, and she got me good.  A direct blast to my right eye rendered me immediatelyblind, not a good feeling when whornets are swarming, swooping in to steal mycamera. I shoved the camera into my pocket and staggered about, totally shockedand trying to understand what was happening. Luckily I made my way out onto thestreet but could not see a thing, my friend Rich also got blasted in theface.  Joe guided us back to ourvan where there was nothing to do but sit and sting.  Pepper Spray is oil based so water makes it worse, I’m notsure what else you can do but ride it out.  My entire face was swollen, eyes shut, there was no way toopen them.  The only pleasant thingI recall is the taste of the spray, slightly peppery, and the satisfaction ofknowing I heard learned something: don’t fuck with whores.

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December 03,2003 - TOUR REPORT VOL 1

We fulfilled our own prophesies by calling this the "Nation Retardation" tour because that is exactly what it became... while it was by not an overwhelmingly negative tour we were met with new challenges everyday. If there is one thing that I want our fans to know it's that many decisions are made that are totally out of our hands. With the poor economy and the music business literally on its knees, promoters are more likely than ever to flake on their end of the deal. A majority of promoters care about the bands and realize that a shows success is directly attributable to the bands performance. There are a handful out there that are just out for the quick buck and will cut every corner. Quite frequently we are shorted on food and basic rider requirements, something that the promoters are contractually obligated to provide but many times they pocket the money that should have been designated to feed the bands. This really sucks for 6 guys who have been riding hours upon hours in a van without anything real to eat and when people get hungry tensions run high. For a band like SKINLESS there is much more than taking the stage the for 40 min every night, many times we travel 300-600 miles to each show. We are responsible for getting ourselves where we have to go safely, loading all our own equipment, setting up, performing, tearing down and loading out and driving to the next city, it's hard WORK. Everyday just like everyone else has to go to work, we do to but we don't get to come home to our own beds every night. This makes it that more frustrating when a promoter doses not fulfill their end of the bargain. It's impossible for the human body to function properly with out at least one good meal a day. The bottom line is fighting with promoters over a couple bucks for food makes a negative impact on the nights performance for any band. Hunger aside, the absolute worst is playing a show for very appreciative fans who paid hard earned money for the show and having a promoter tell you at the end that you will not be getting paid. The guys who do this are not part of the scene they don't even come to the shows, they sit at home and wait for the money they STOLE from the bands. These types of promoters are the worst because they never have the balls to tell you to your face that they are going to rip you off. One last thing about shitty promoters and I'll move on to the positives. Promoters will often get cold feet at the last minute when they book a show due to poor pre-sales, metal has always been mostly a "walk up" business meaning people buy their tickets at the door and not in advance to avoid ticketmaster surcharges etc.. A couple shows on this tour were cancelled BY THE PROMOTERS. Frequently they will try and blame it on the bands but it's never the case. We're ready to play any show we're booked on; if we are physically able to play the show we are there. If we're not available to play we simply are not booked on the show, many times promoters will use the bands name knowing they were never booked or knowing the band has cancelled weeks in advance. Trust that we are here for the fans and know that there are greedy bastards out there that have no place in the scene that try to turn us on each other. With that negativity behind us, the real reason we are on the road is for you, the fan. It's certainly not for the money cause we're all back to the pizza shops and our normal jobs now that the tour is over. I swear the pizza business keeps Death Metal alive! We exist for the excitement of the fans and to deliver the music that makes us feel alive in a different venue and different city every night. I've come to realize that this music chooses you, it's in your blood. It's not something you can escape or separate yourself from, metal comes from within. What I love about this scene is the truness of the fans, either you live for this music or you don't. The posers are few, the followers are devout. Look for more updates soon!!!