AFTER RECORDING AN AWARD-WINNING ALBUM, MY EX GIRLFRIEND STOLE MY GUITARS, MY EQUIPMENT, MY MIC-STAND, MY VACUUMCLEANER, MY LOOPSTATION, MY EFFECTRACK, MY KAOSSPAD, MY TV, MY XBOX, MY COMPUTER AND A BUNCH OF OTHER STUFF AFTER BEATING ME SENSELESS.
THAT, I WILL NEVER FORGET OR FORGIVE.
THEN, MY MY LATEST ALBUM WAS RECORDED WITH A PAIR OF CRAPPY GUITARS I GOT FROM ONE OF THE PATIENTS I WAS HOSPITALIZED WITH IN A PSYCHWARD.
THOSE GUITARS I OBTAINED FROM HIM IN EXCHANGE FOR A PAIR OF ROLLERBLADES.
LIVING OFF OF MY MUSIC, BEING THE INDUSTRY THAT IT IS, I THOUGHT I WOULD NEVER SEE THE LIGHT OF OWNING A GOOD PRICELY GUITAR EVER AGAIN.
TODAY MY DRUMMER WOKE ME UP WITH A SURPRISE PHONECALL.
HE HAD BOUGHT ME A BRAND NEW IBANEZ GUITAR, SOME EQUIPMENT TO GO WITH IT, A HARDCASE, AND A FUZZ PEDAL DESIGNED BY SLASH.
AND A PACK OF SMOKES.
IN MY WORLD WHERE DEATH, BETRAYAL AND VIOLENCE SADLY IS THE EVERYDAY NORM, THIS IS BY FAR THE NICEST AND MOST BEAUTIFUL THING ANYONE HAS EVER DONE FOR ME.