I'm On My Way. I'm On My Way................

HOME SWEET HOME.  Welcome to HAIR IN THE AIR, The Official Blog of 3D In Your Face.  What a wild ride we have had over the last two weeks.  First a foremost I want to thank each and everyone of you that came to The 21st Saloon last Friday night to celebrate our homecoming show.  With everything else going on in and around Omaha, you still came out in droves to show your support and celebrate the magic of Rock N Roll with your hometown boys.  Even if you couldn't make the drive to Omaha, thank you for being there in spirit.  Everyone keeps asking me how the show went and I simply tell them it was the "hottest" show I have ever played.  With the addition of four flame towers to our normal stage show we ended up turning The 21st Saloon into on giant Rock N Roll sweat lodge.  For three magical hours the band and crowd melted together into one giant heaving mass of pure Rock N Roll celebration.  If you were there you will agree with me that there was something quite magical in the air last Friday.  After the dust settled and we got a chance to cool down I can't think of a better way to show Omaha that "The Bad Boys Are Back In Town"  I dare anyone to top that show.  Triple-dog-dare baby!!

Not only did we make it back to Omaha and throw one hell of a mid-tour celebration, but after two and a half long weeks, early Sunday morning I finally ended my "SPADE INVADES TOUR".  We finished our last show in Lincoln at The Cornhusker Hotel and I went home and slept in my own bed for the first time since June 4th.  15 hours later I woke up and was filled with content for completing my journey but also restlessness because for the first time in 20 days I had nothing to do and no where to be.  Looking back over the last 20 days I can barely remember leaving but fortunately there are no bad moments that stick out in my mind.  3D In Your Face played 4 shows in 4 different towns.  I made the trip to Kansas City and back twice.  I got my alternator replace by some amazing strangers outside of an Auto Zone in Missouri.  I made a stop in Fremont to visit my parents.  I did the first three episodes of made radio show HAIR IN THE AIR.  I attended three different weddings.  I saw one of the worlds biggest balls of string.  I rode roller coasters.  I chopped wood. I laughed so hard that I think I pulled something in my side.  I recorded all of my bass lines for the new record.  I jogged in some of the most beautifully peaceful places imaginable.  Most of all I got to hang out with my best friends and play some kick ass Rock N Roll for you wild animals out there.  I truly have the greatest job in the world.  

Playboy is wearing one of those super magnets that wraps around your arm.  He was going around the dressing room picking up all the silverware off the tables with his magnet arm.  Unfortunately the magnet couldn't handle an entire chair. 

The old saying is that "there is no place like home".  This is the hard part.  I told you last week that I was homesick and couldn't wait for this run to end.  Now that it is finished I almost immediately long for it again.  My suitcase is sitting right next to me still packed with all my clothes waiting to be closed again and shipped off to the next adventure, the only exception is that now they are now clean and dry.  Everyone deals with the emotional stress of returning home on a different level.  For me, I have found a sure fire way to overcome  these feelings of longing.  My secret is to focus on the small things and be happy with what your are doing when you are doing it.  To be thankful for the time spent with your friends and family, that have no idea what you do out there. To be thankful for over sized cereal bowls filled to the brim and Cheers reruns at 5 AM.  The 3D In Your Face "Midnight Devils Summer Tour" is at the half way mark and we have a record to produce and get out before October (hint hint we are shooting for a September release date).  There is still a so much on the horizon that I can't even look ahead because I am scared of getting crushed or going crazy.  So my stead fast rule is there to get me through this and if you see me please do me a favor and remind me of this, "One day at a time".  I want to look back at this in October and now that we got through the toughest summer yet funnest summer of our lives, together.

ROAD TRIP.  This Saturday, June 29th we will be making the short 60 mile journey to the small town of Massena, Iowa to headline their annual street dance.  Anyone interested in making the road trip.  I know you have been itching to stretch those wings and get out on the open road.  If you haven't yet experience a 3D In Your Face street dance well let me tell you the clubs and bars have nothing on the entire county affairs.  The wild of the wild come out and let it all hang out.  Everyone is there for one simple reason, to have a hell of a lot of fun and 3D In Your Face gets the pleasure of being your soundtrack of fun.  My radio show HAIR IN THE AIR will also be airing Saturday night at 8 PM on The Big O 101.9  for all of you people that can't make the show.  I told you I would be there no matter what.  I have one last special treat for you.  On Friday morning, June 28th at 8:50 AM I will be on the air with KS 95.7 out of Atlantic, Iowa.  For those of you not in the area you can stream it live on their website or download the app by searching KSWI in The App Store.  COUNT IT.

ALWAYS LOUD
FOREVER PROUD

HAIR IN THE AIR

SPADE

A Very Hot Surprise On Stage (and I don't mean sexy).

After a week off from our summer tour, 3D In Your Face and I would like to welcome you back to HAIR IN THE AIR, The Official Blog for 3D In Your Face.  If you are just joining us let me get you caught up to speed.  About two weeks ago our "Midnight Devils Tour 2013" began in my hometown of Fremont.  We have had some amazing shows so far and we are really only about a 1/4 of the way through the summer.  As a band we decided to take a week off from playing shows and head into 3D Studios to begin recording our brand new record.  My radio show HAIR IN THE AIR (not to be confused with this blog), is now in it's third week of broadcasting and I am thrilled with the amazing response I have gotten from all of you loyal fans.  Thanks again.  I really couldn't have done this without all your support.  The show has been a blast and  more importantly a dream come true.  We have begun prepping our new show for our return to Omaha on June 21st.  More on this a little farther down.  Things have been going great so far this summer.  Better yet things have been going as planned.  3D In Your Face has become a well oiled unit.  Over the past 6 months we have become better friends and better musicians.  We have played some of the greatest shows of our lives.  Most importantly we are still having fun.  Every week has presented us with new challenges and we have face them all head on in true 3D In Your Face fashion.

Over the past two weeks I have been on my own personal "SPADE INVADES Tour".  I have been away from my friends and family for quite a while now and adjusting to the road surprisingly has come a little bit harder for me this time around.  Back when my old bands used to tour out we would be gone for weeks at a time.  Riding in our van from city to city, never really knowing what the next day would bring.  It was an adrenaline rush as much as it was taxing on the body and mind.  Homesickness is something that one needs to be able to overcome daily in order to get out there and do your job to the limit of your abilities.  I fight with it every day.  Luckily for me I haven't been alone through this journey.  My band mates and managers have been there and have been my greatest source of inspiration over the last few days.  It's a very weird thing to talk about, but I figure you might want to know what is going through my mind.  Over the past two weeks I have lived completely out of my suitcase and slept in 12 different locations (not like that, get your minds out of the gutter).  I have met some of the most amazing people and I have laughed harder than I ever have.  I have made new friends and rekindled some old friendships lost along the way.  Without the support from the guys in 3D In Your Face, I surely would have cracked a while ago.  Right now as I sit here typing the end of the "SPADE INVADES Tour" is in sight.  There is still tons of work to do, but I can see an ending to these last few weeks of terror. I always look forward to the end of a tour, but as soon as it ends I always want to get right back out there.  There-in lies the problem.

Many of you know and I stated it above, 3D In Your Face has been hard at work for the last week.  We have been writing a new record for the last year and finally we set out to capture the new songs on record.  So far we have played 4 of the tunes live, so that makes another 8 songs that no one outside of our inner circle has ever heard.  Recording updates, I always find to be really boring and always the same.  So I want to try and make this a little more entertaining for you out there.  To begin with we decided to record at our own studio/rehearsal/Hot Rod's living space.  We also decided that Playboy and I would stay there as bunk buddies while we laid the tracks down.  There was a spare bedroom and I told Playboy that we could share the bed so no one had to sleep on the floor, but surprisingly he turned me down.  He ended up on the couch in the control room.  Quite luxurious.  I had grand illusions of working out everyday as well as recording but after 8 hours of click tracks and snare drums we were so burnt that all we could do was sleep.  I still heard that damn click track in my dreams.  We laid down all the bass, drums, and guitars in 4 days, which I think could be some kind of record.  From start to finish I can promise you this, the new 3D In Your Face record is a true Rock N Roll record.  There is no bullshit.  There is no filler.  Each and every song on the album came from a very honest place and I worked tirelessly on these tunes to not only make them real but make them something a Rock N roll fan would be proud of.  I am proud of every song and every song has taken shape out of personal events over the last year.  When we finally get to debut all of these songs to the world, I want you to know that you, as 3D In Your Face fans, gave me the inspiration to write this record.  This record is for you and these songs are about you.  I hope you enjoy what you hear.

Finally, on to the good stuff.  This Friday, June 21st we will be making our Omaha homecoming at The 21st Saloon.  After finishing up our residency and starting our new tour we will be making a stop at the club that started this whole year and a half run.  New tour, new costumes, new songs, new show, new lights, and the same great over-the-top attitude you can't get enough of.  There is one small surprise in store all of you wild animals out there.  I promised the guys I wouldn't give up the big news but I just can't hold it in.  Not one small surprise but four small surprises on stage.  Four very hot (and I don't mean sexy) surprises on stage.  Bring the sun glasses and the sun screen because we are going to light up The 21st Saloon bigger, louder, and hairier than we have ever done before.  Please help me get the word out.  I can't wait to see all of you on Friday night.  It's like a big family reunion but with hair and Rock N Roll, and #$%^.  See you soon.

ALWAYS LOUD
FOREVER PROUD

HAIR IN THE AIR
SPADE

The Hairy Bandito Chronicles Pt. 2. You Know You Love It.

Hello again all you heavy metal rock n roll junkies.  I knew you couldn't stay away.  Welcome to HAIR IN THE AIR, The Official blog of 3D In Your Face.  I have more stories to tell you this week than I can possible write in this blog.  If you are just joining us we began our "Midnight Devils Tour 2013" with two outside shows out on the open road.  The first night of the tour was in my home town of Fremont, NE.  Fremont never disappoints.  The show was great and the crowd was vicious.  They went wild for the Rock N Roll. This time around we played outside so that everyone could see our show for miles.  While it wasn't the warmest night it was matched by the heat coming off the wild animals of Fremont.  We stayed the night on the bus and woke up in one of our favorite towns, Norfolk, NE.  This was our first festival appearance of the summer and headlining the show was none other than Warrant.  Saturday was even colder and rainier but the crowd soon erupted as Warrant took the stage.  Now I promise you I will never talk negative about a band, because truthfully we all are in this for the same reason.  Warrant decided to move their set up and hour and play in the daytime, giving us the headlining position from 10 to 12.  I must admit that was a bad move on their part.  By 10 pm the crowd was electric.  It was a feast for the eyes up on stage.  After Warrant wound Norfolk up it was our job to knock Norfolk out of the park and I think we accomplished just that.  Enough of my stories, let's get to the real reason why you all came to this blog.

THE HAIRY BANDITOS CHRONICLES PT. 2

A few weeks ago I debuted The Hairy Banditos to the world.  If you don't remember or didn't read there back story here it is.  This time around The Hairy Banditos have found themselves in trouble again.  Their vow of justice and honor has been tested.  It has been rode hard and put away.....dry.  As The Hairy Banditos traveled across the country fighting for the outcast, the weak, and the helpless they soon found themselves face to face with their greatest enemy yet.  Poverty.  Unfortunately for them fighting crime doesn't pay that well and The Hairy Banditos were forced to go out and find part time jobs.  Trust me when I say kids it's not always glitz and glamour.  The police just don't cut you a check when you apprehend the bad guys.  Somehow Dog The Bounty Hunter makes it work, but that is a different story.  For the first time ever,  The Bandito Brothers decided they needed to split up and find work where ever they could.  Hello 9 to 5 world.  Hello corporate America.  Hell suits, and hello ties.  Hello lunch breaks and stinky break rooms.  Things were looking grim for our beloved masked heroes.  They were now part of the system.  But things always look darkest right before the dawn.  

Our leader Hairy J Bandito struck out and found a few meaningless jobs in the rural country sides of middle America.  Because of his look and demeanor Hairy J was never fully excepted into this society.  For a short time he pumped gas at a gas station.  Having no need for gasoline in Mexico, Hairy J. couldn't understand the anger and resentment at the pumps.  He was put down for his unorthodox methods of dispensing gasoline into cars.  For a few months Hairy J. was a Honey Dipper, and here he really shined.  It was a quite private job that afforded him the luxuries of working at his own pace.  Hairy excelled but unfortunately in the honey dipping business there is no room to move up the company ladder.  Hairy wasn't making enough to survive and had to move on to circus stage entertainer.  Back out on the road Hairy J. would set up night after night on any stage that would have him.  He would do his act collect his meager earnings and move on, like a machine.  In one small town Hairy J. Bandito ran into an old friend from back in Mexico.  To protect the innocent I will change the man's name to Ralph.  Ralph saw Hairy J. was in desperate need of help.  Him and his brothers were not fit for the grind of punching the proverbial clock.  Ralph made Hairy and offer that he could not refuse.  Ralph would give them a place to stay and food to eat, as long as the brother's reunited and resumed their fight against evil.  Ralph soon became a father figure to the brother's.  He helped them train day in and day out, know full well that one day the time would come when the boys would have to leave.  Things were good again thanks to the kindness of Ralph.  He brought the brothers back together.  No one could have known what lay just around the corner.  

There you have it.  Another chapter in the book of THE HAIRY BANDITOS.  I hope you enjoyed reading this as much as I enjoyed writing it.  It's not everyday the Banditos make an appearance, but when they do you know it is going to be good.  This weekend our summer tour continues back where we left off.  Friday night June7th, 3D In Your Face will be taking our 21st Saloon Road show back up to Battle Creek, NE, 12 miles west of Norfolk, NE.  We will be playing our first street dance of the season and I know everyone is excited for this event.  Rumor has it that the 8 flame towers are getting tuned up for their first appearance, shhhhhh.  Battle Creek you have no idea what you have gotten yourself into.  Saturday we will be doing a private event, sorry.  Don't worry.  Saturday, June 8th is also the premier of my brand new radio show HAIR IN THE AIR on The Big O 101.9.  From 8 PM to 10 PM CST I will be playing you the loudest, the hairiest, the nastiest Rock N Roll music I can find.  Go to my facebook page or twitter and leave a message or comment.  I am always taking requests for next weeks show.  Prepare to have your minds blown apart. 

ALWAYS LOUD 

FOREVER PROUD

HAIR IN THE AIR

SPADE