Everything new in the music business at the time would take time to develop. White Zombie was no exception. Case in point, I remember it took months and months of touring to get the interest from the music public at large. Geffen Records released" “LA Sexorcisto” in 1992 and the band toured behind it for over 24 months. The label stuck with them and radio finally came around. I had met the band a couple of times, however on this occasion they were set to headline the Warfield theater SF. I was back stage when one of the doormen stopped in and said that there was someone at the Backstage door looking for Sean Yseult. She said to everyone WTF. It turns out it was an old friend who had a gift for her. She said send them in, the bouncer got it mixed up and thought she meant to send the gift in, and make her friend go through the front doors. She was mad, however the gift arrived in a wooden slip case box. Sean took a moment and slipped the box top open and to everyone’s surprise was a perfectly preserved, acid dipped and cleaned Blue Jay. She was transfixed, saying that she will add this to her collection. She was asking us if we knew how awesome a gift this was, and that Birds have something like 300 bones. The acid cleaned bones is a taxidermist procedure that you really have to see to believe. Indeed an amazing gift.

A friend is a huge fan of Vince Gill and so am I. Vince was on tour and came to Oakland Coliseum Arena. He was open to receiving guests before show. I have to admit that most of the artists who come out of MCA Nashville are gracious, courteous and humble. Is that just a Southern thing? We made our way to the back stage greet and meet “Green Room”. It was stocked with refreshments, couches, flowers, Nintendo video games, chairs, lamps and table tennis. There was food, candy and beverages a plenty. After a while Vince popped in with other band members and started mingling. He made the rounds meeting everyone, posed for photos, signed autographs and hung out. I got to spend a little more time with Vince when he said to me “hey are you hungry? I said “Oh yeah” He said follow me…we made our way over to a hospitality table which was set up with a Panini press. Vince said how about a grilled peanut butter and banana sandwich. So there I was having Vince Gill prepare these sandwiches, and tell me he was so happy that someone else wanted to eat with him.We talked about the traditions of before show and he said “ I like to eat before I hit the stage so I don’t have hunger pains and my stomach does’t growl.