MONTHLY NEWS LETTER
| BIRTHDAY'S - APRIL 2 Tony Franklin 1962 3 Mel Schacher 1951 3 Mick Mars 1956 4 Dave Hill 1952 4 Gary Moore 1953 4 Peter Baltes 1958 4 Joshua Todd 1971 5 Dave Holland 1944 5 Mike McCready 1966 6 David Gilmore 1944 6 Udo Dirkschneider 1952 6 John Diteodoro 1963 8 Steve Howe 1947 9 Blackie Lawless 1956 10 Warren DeMartini 1963 10 Mike Mushok ? 12 Pat Travers 1954 12 Mark Free 1960 12 D.D. Verni 1961 13 Randy Piper 1958 14 Adam Duce ? 14 Ritchie Blackmore 1945 14 Vinnie More 1964 15 Jeff Golub 1955 15 Gene Allen 1964 16 Michael Bruce 1948 18 Kelly Hansen 1961 |
18 Mick Sweda 1962 19 Steve Harris 1965 19 Joey Ramone 1952 22 Peter Frampton 1950 23 Steve Clark 1960 23 Brent Muscat 1967 24 Jack Blades 1954 24 Joey Vera 1963 25 David Sikes 1955 27 Ace Frehley 1951 28 Edward Carlson 1965 29 Mark Kendall 1957 HISTORIC EVENT'S - APRIL 1 David Lee Roth leaves Van Halen 1985 7 Ritchie Blackmore's last Deep Purple concert/Paris 1974 9 Triumph - Just A Game released 1978 11 Eddie Van Halen weds Valerie Bertinelli 1981 14 Hear N' Aid - Stars released 16 Whitesnake - Slide It In released 1984 17 Felix Papallardi (Mountain) killed 1983 18 Bon Jovi released 7800 Fahrenheit 1985 19 Brian Johnson joins AC/DC 1980 20 Deep Purple's first concert 1968 20 Ozzy Osbourne/Rany Rhoads Trubute released 1987 21 Accept's Russian Roulette released 1986 25 Van Halen's 5150 reaches #1 1986 26 AC/DC's Powerage tour begins in England 1978 27 Bon Jovi's Slippery When Wet goes platinum 1987 28 AC/DC's Powerage released 1978 |
IN FLAKE NEWS
Flake Gathering
Flakers in the Tennessee area had a little get together. Our Metal women gathered in Nashville to fellowship all things metal. In attendance were, BattleAngel, HeatherMetal and Ben Ficus flew in to join the festivities.
From left to right: HeatherMetal, BattleAngel and Ben Ficus
Newbies
We got lots of new Flakers this month. Some making a big entrance and others being shy. Say hello to; Rliegh, Shev, -ZeitGeisT-, Rocker417, jim,Sampson, tlhc, Thrasher-NY, leles, Lord Hellraiser, Blood, Hatemonger, Ardra Evenstar, Le Bernardo with cheese, Godkiller, Solanine Atropine, Wicked Guardian, Bloodsucker, hellscourt, zombiehead, Defiance, Unstoppable Force, WintryGrey, wanker, Devilock, Nevermore's Butterfly, Sentenced to Eternity, Opium Poet, hellhound, gt hatecraft, metallicagoaltender, METAL HEAD, PERPETUA and Coolhandluke, Have fun with your paint program and their photos in the Resident Flakes section.
See what Hardrock69 did with this one?!
Site Changes & Additions
SickPuppy, has stepped down from moderating the "Deadly Flakes" forum. Sinister Death Machine has taken back over and not only moderating it, he also recruited a slew of new members. Many thanks to SDM as our ranks are growing.
There are many new MP3's up in our Flake Music section, and more on the way. New to the page now and ready to download are four tunes by Artizan, who are SADWING's band. Thrasher NY submitted a tune by his band, Prime Evil. Please give a listen and give them feed back.
IN METAL NEWS
Slash's Snakepit
As you all know we had planned to cover Slash's Snakepit opening for AC/DC this month. However due to illness, Slash had to cancel this tour. We aren't real sure what his current plans are regarding touring, hopefully we will find out soon.
For all you writers and record reviewers, while we are all waiting to see Snakepit live, Metal Flakes is running a contest. The prize is an autographed 5x7 photo of Slash. You have until June 5th to submit the best written review of "Ain't Life Grand". Go out, buy "Ain't Life Grand", spin it several times and get to writing. Our judges panel will choose one winner and feature their review in the June newsletter, hopefully along with an interview with Slash. Send all submissions to the email link at the bottom of this newsletter. Make sure to include your nick and the address you would like the prize sent to if you win.
Speaking of Slash, and of sending in your band's MP3's, many of you know the story behind BigDawg sending his band's MP3s' in. His songs had not been up an entire day before they were picked up by KLOS in L.A. They requested he send them a CD of their songs and they began playing them. The end result was record deal. The band has since changed their name to "Slug" and BigDawg has since relocated from Hawaii to California. However here is Slash jamming with Slug in Hawaii. Never under estimate the power of exposure, send in your stuff, we want to help
W.A.S.P.
Next month look for our feature interview with Blackie Lawless of W.A.S.P. We will be discussing the new release out now, "Unholy Terror", upcoming tour, and we want to ask your questions as well. So send them in while you can. Then look for your answers in the next newsletter .
JJoker's Corner
A couple had two little boys ages 8 and 10, who were excessively mischievous. They were always getting into trouble and their parents knew that if any mischief occurred in their town, their sons were probably involved.
The boy's mother heard that a clergyman in town had been successful in disciplining children, so she asked if he would speak with her boys. The clergyman agreed but asked to see them individually. So the mother sent her 8-year-old first, in the morning, with the older boy to see the clergyman in the afternoon.
The clergyman, a huge man with a booming voice, sat the younger boy down and asked him sternly, "Where is God?" They boy's mouth dropped open, but he made no response, sitting there with his mouth hanging open, wide-eyed. So the clergyman repeated the question in an even sterner tone, "Where is God!!?" Again the boy made no attempt to answer. So the clergyman raised his voice even more and shook his finger in the boy's face and bellowed, "WHERE IS GOD!?"
The boy screamed and bolted from the room, ran directly home and dove into his closet, slamming the door behind him. When his older brother found him in the closet, he asked, "What happened? The younger brother, gasping for breath, replied, "We are in BIG trouble this time, dude. God is missing - and they think WE did it!"
A blonde was summoned to court to appear as a witness in a lawsuit. The prosecutor opened his questioning with, "Where were you the night of August 24th?" "Objection!" said the defense attorney. "Irrelevant!" "Oh, that's okay," said the blonde from the witness stand. "I don't mind answering the question." "I object!" the defense said again. "No, really," said the blonde. "I'll answer." The judge ruled: "If the witness insists on answering, there is no reason for the defense to object." So the prosecutor repeated the question: "Where were you the night of August 24th?" The blonde replied brightly, "I don't know."
Personal Announcements and Messages
From: Metal Flakes
To: Doozy
Faith and prayers, hope your ears get better.From: DEB
To: Tennessee & Mississippi Flakers
Get together brewing for the end of May.CREDITS:
Writing: DEB
HTML Editing: DEB
Slash photo: By Big Dawg
Jokes contributed by: JJoker
Nashville get together photo: By HeatherMetal
W.A.S.P. photo: Contributed by Chipster Entertainment
Got a message or announcement? Send it in! We will add it to the next letter!
Till next time: Defend the Faith, Up the Irons and all that Jazz!! And keep hangin' at
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