MONTHLY NEWS LETTER

BIRTHDAY'S - July
3 Stephen Pearcy 1959
3 Mitch Perry 1961
4 Jorge Fisher 1957
4 Wacko! 1960
4 Michael Sweet 1963
6 Kenjo Sano 1959
7 Tony Mills 1962
8 Carlos Cavazo 1957
9 Mitch Mitchell 1946
9 Bon Scott 1946
10 Ronnie James Dio 1949
10 Rik Emmett 1953
11 Rickie Sambora 1959
12 John Wetton 1949
12 Eric Carr 1950
13 Mark Mendoza 1956
13 Bobby Rock 1958
15 Bobby Gustafson 1965
16 Alan Fitzgerald 1954
17 Geezer Butler 1949
18 Danny Vaughan 1961
19 Brian May 1947
19 Frank Bello 1968
20 Jay Jay French 1954
25 Marke Clarke 1950
25 Wally Voss 1958
26 Roger Taylor 1949
28 Simon Kirke 1949
28 Gregg Giuffria 1955
28 Mark Kohler 1953
29 Geddy Lee 1953

HISTORIC EVENT'S - July
2 Mountain Formed 1969
6 Bad Company Released
7 Yardbirds Breakup 1968
7 Last Led Zeppelin Concert - (Berlin) 1980
10 First Live Deep Purple Concert (London) 1969
11 Queen Released 1973
14 Live Aid 1985
16 Cream Formed 1966
21 Dio's Last in Line Released 1984
22 Led Zepelin Goes Gold 1969
24 Twisted Sister's First U.K. gig 1982
25 Eric Carr's First gig w/Kiss
27 AC/DC's Highway to Hell Released 1979

FLAKE GET TOGETHERS ALL AROUND
June certainly was the month for Flake get togethers.
The site will soon be launching a new area for profiling
these close encounters of the Flakiest kind.

Vegas Flake Fest
JUNE 2 - 5
For three days Vegas was invaded and abused by both
Flakers and Defenders. It was a good turnout, JJoker from
California, Supa AKA ANTI from Las Vegas, DEB from
Tallahassee, MetalMaid from Cali, Ouroboros AKA Dave
Lister from Utah, Doozy (Now AKA Boozy!) from Canada,
Tempest from Cali.

Back Row L-R JJoker, Doozy, DEB
Front Row L-R MetalMaid, Ouroboros AKA
Dave Lister And Supa AKA ANTI

Back Row L-R JJoker, SUPA, Ouroboros
Front Row L-R DEB, Doozy, Tempest

TWOSOME GATHERING IN KANSAS!
6/19/00

Sacred Gypsy AKA Christine & HardRock69

TWO FLAKERS MEET UP TO SEE RAVEN!
6/17/00

Acacia70 travels to Smack's (Nykko) House

Flakers From the Chat Room Gather
in Atlanta For Motorhead & Nashville
Pussy 6/19/00

Ronnie, Ruyter Suys, DEB and
Sickie also made this gathering.
but was not available in any pics :(
You can read Ronnie's interview
with Lemmy at Earcandy Magazine

Flake Fest U.K.
6/22/00
YES! It's gone INTERNATIONAL!

The U.K. Flakers are having a blast. Here are
Kenny McAllister, By-Tor and Warlord.Brian
Cooper also made U.K. Flake Fest but is not
shown here. They took in several shows including
Slayer, Entombed, Iron Maiden, Lynyrd Skynyrd.

These get togethers usually happen by near accident. If
You are traveling, let people know in advance, you can
never tell when you may be going some place where other
Flakers live. Then send in the pics of your encounter!!!

The friendships, love affairs, and criminal records are all
made possible by the on-line relationships between www.metalflakes.com
the metalflakes chat room, the johncam chat room and
www.two-online.com . Just one big happy family.

In Other Flake News
HAPPY BIRTHDAY METAL FLAKES!! Metal Flakes became an offical web site on July 8th one year ago. To celebrate her birthday we are going to have a one hour "post or bust" session. This is to begin July 7th at 12:00 p.m. board time. Try to make it, and think of some interesting things to throw in the mix.
We must also celebrate the birth of our newest Flaker. Oscar was blessed by the stork on June 10th with a son.
On the boards we launched a new forum, Deadly Fortified Flakes. This forum is for our Death Metal fans who wanted their own home on the site. This forum is under development and hopefully will become a deadly success. The new forum is being hosted by "sinister death machine" and co-hosted by "Razorhead".
Please remember to welcome our newest board members, most have traveled here to participate in the newly opened Deadly Fortified Flakes for our Death Metal fans. They are: HeatherMetal, ANTI, Aaron, Bogey, Nazareen, Slut Named Star, Wildman111, Woman From Tokyo and DR. LECTER. There are some other new members, but they haven't posted yet and therefore have not been included in THIS issue.
In Metal News
We cannot possibly report all the metal news going on nor assure that it is true, that's what the boards are for and of course the rest of the net. However the biggest stories sweeping the Metal Flakes boards right now are:

Rob Halford's Resurrection
Probably the biggest buzz on the boards is the upcoming release from Rob Halford. To be titled "Resurrection" and due out around August 8th. There are sound clips available at www.immortalsin.com for download. Looks and sounds to be quite the jump back on the Metal wagon….um….or should I say Harley? Tour dates are being released with Queensryche and Iron Maiden on the bill. The tour is to kick off August 1st in North America, at Madison Square Garden on Aug 5th, ALREADY SOLD OUT!!! You can find more information regarding "Resurrection" and the tour at www.two-online.com, www.immortalsin.com , www.ironmaiden.com and www.metal-is.com

Motorhead, Nashville Pussy & Supersuckers Sweep Across the Southern States
The next biggest buzz around the boards has to be all the recent attendance to this tour by board members. Some are going, some have interviewed Lemmy, some have cruised the band around in their cars, some have photographed them, and some just hung out and partied. Read about these personal glimpses on the boards and be sure to catch the tour when it comes to your town!! Just remember your earplugs!!!!

JJoker's Corner
A group of girlfriends are on vacation when they see a 5-story hotel with a sign that reads: "For Women Only". Since they are without their boyfriends and husbands, they decide to go in.
The bouncer, a very attractive guy, explains to them how it works. "We have 5 floors. Go up floor by floor, and once you find what you are looking for, you can stay there. It's easy to decide since each floor has a sign telling you what's inside."
So they start going up and on the first floor the sign reads: "All the men on this floor are short and plain." The friends laugh and without hesitation move on to the next floor.
The sign on the second floor reads: "All the men here are short and handsome." Still, this isn't good enough, so the friends continue on up.
They reach the third floor and the sign reads: "All the men here are tall and plain."
They still want to do better, and so, knowing there are still two floors left, they continued on up.
On the fourth floor, the sign is perfect: "All the men here are tall and handsome." The women get all excited and are going in when they realize that there is still one floor left. Wondering what they are missing, they head on up to the fifth floor.
There they find a sign that reads: "There are no men here. This floor was built only to prove that there is no way to please a woman."

Personal Announcements and Messages

From: DEB
To: Kenny McAllister
POST DAMMIT!! WE MISS YOU!!
From: DEB
To: Stormbringer
Are you O.K.? Where are you hiding?

Got a message or announcement? Send it in! We will add it to the next letter!

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