There were a lot of doubters when I initially talked about organizing and sponsoring a Death Metal music extravaganza in June of 1992. Most said, “You call this torrent of violence music?” There was definitely a burgeoning Death Metal scene in Ottawa in the early 90’s, and some overheard in-store conversations wondered if it had anything to do with Satan. After I heard the Satanic comment one too many times I told one customer,
“Of course it is Satanic! I’ve already killed 8 people, using nothing but a wooden spoon and a jar of peanut butter, inverted 2 rabbits, maimed a cow, and glued a litter of kittens to the sidewalk.”
After getting the final word that it would be a failure from Ottawa music icon Shawn Scallen, I set out to prove him wrong. The bands and I began having meetings in the basement of the store. For metal…
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