NEWS
At the end of this year it will have been 20 years since I was singing songs with Nausea. I am 43 this year and it still feels like only yesterday that I was given the
opportunity to learn &express my revolutionary thoughts.What started out in
the late 70's as a fashion statement for me,PUNK,by the mid 80's had become a
revolutionary idea and movement that became a part of my life, that has
spawned freedom fighters that continue to this day to struggle against a system that
is build on greed,profit,exploitation and murder around the world. So did I hang up my Doc martens & bondage pants like so many others that have
talked the talk when on stage.After Nausea I continued doing music,with Jesus
Chrust,Warning & Final Warning.I finally stop being in bands after the
suicide of the guitarist,Tom outside a church in North Philidelphia while on a US
tour .I had help get a record label going with Ralphy Boy called,Squat Or Rot.I
then started the political punk label,Tribal War Records which carried on for
around 15 years,probably besnt known for the Aus-rotten releases and for the
tours by bands like,Dirt,Hellkrusher and many more. After living in New York
City for 17 years I needed some other stimulant,the concrete and tarmac was not
enough, I ended up in Portland,Oregon and became a member of an organization
called,The Liberation collective,about 2 years after moving to portland I was
helping put together my last US tour, the 4 month long,1999 Primate freedom
tour.We travelled the US for 4 months,working to promote the publics awareness
of these Primate Research concentration camps where primates are tortured and
murdered.Some of the bands that toured were,Aus-rotten,Oi Polloi,Resist &
Exist,Contravene.It was an exausting tour but planted a campaign seed that
continues today.That was my last US tour. By now The Liberation collective was
receiving some notiriety due to Craig Rosebraugh being a spokesperson for the ALF
and ELF. It was only a matter of time before the state used all it's power to
silence us.
Blackrose Collective Bookstore & Community Freecycling Center: is a community owned/serving business based on the principles of cooperation not competition.Serving the rich cultural and economic diversity of our neighborhood.Blackrose seeks to provide the tools for people to recognize and respond to all forms of oppression. 4038 N.Mississippi Ave,Portland,OR 97227 Open Tues,Wed,Thurs,Fri, Saturdays from 12 till 8 pm & Sunday 4pm till 8pm A Thorn In The Side Of The EstablishMent I also founded the Farmageddon Collective: We are in the process of trying to purchase a small parcel of land next to our house to have a community supported demostration urban farm and pocket park. In my spare time I work 4 days a week at a People's Food Co-op where I am the
produce buyer and also I do bicycle delivery,yes I finally gave up the car
addiction and now ride everywhere.I just figured out,that with biking to work
for the past 4 years I have done nearly 7000 miles, that's a lot of money that
has not gone in the pocket of oil companies,People's Food Co-op is a community
owned store with over 2500 members and is run daily by a staff collective of
20 people,we work on consensus,as does every collective I am involved in. I
also do a farmers market every Saturday morning where we sell the food we grow at
a local organic farm,earthshine Gardens, we have dug up all the lawn around
our house and grow food,which our community is encourage to pick,we harvest
rain water,we collect and re-use all waste water.I am also on the council of the
Portland Alliance Of Worker collectives. |