Me and Mike almost got arrested together in Des Moines, Iowa almost 25 years ago. Eyehategod were playing there with Suplecs and we're staying with my band and I. After the show we were partying at our house and the neighbors called the cops, who responded and nabbed most of E.H.G. getting stoned in the driveway. Mike, Suplecs, my girl and I all hid in the basement cowering behind the washer and dryer, in which we'd all hid all of our drugs in just prior. I remember Mike repeating mournfully, "My hands in fucking Angola, man. Dave, my bands in fucking Angola." Later, to my utter fucking astonishment and proof of the fact that Eyehategod are dark kings of another world, the fucking cops RELEASED THEM AND GAVE THEM BACK THEIR WEED. IN DES MOINES IOWA. 25 YEARS AGO. When weed was the same as murder practically. You could count on NEVER being cut a break EVER there. And they get let go and are returned their ganj. These guys were and still are the real deal and take it from me, they lived and still live(most.R.i.p. Joey, my friend) the life that one must to be able to report back to the rest of us, to write the shit they do and make it real and honest and feel like these motherrfuckers have been there and have hurt the way we have and made the same mistakes, felt the same loss, loneliness, anger, sorrow and hopelessness but among all those feelings, lEyehategod offer us their greatest gift...they let us know we're not alone. That others feel the same way. And they do it with the heaviest, most savage,yet catchy(!!!), songs ever to make my friend, Pat, say upon first listen, "Sounds like dinosaurs thrashing in a tar pit " Thank you Mike , Joey(rip), Jimmy, Brian, Steve, Danny, Gary. We owe you. ♥️
My band opened up for eyehategod at vinos in Little Rock Arkansas in 2017 and I hung out with mike for a bit, he’s a really nice dude, I’m glad to see that he’s looking healthy
I got to meet Mike & shake his hand at a show they played in Ohio with Cro-Mags & Fistula. I fan girl’d a little bit and yelled his name while he was passing the bar to grab his attention. So if you’re reading this Mike, I’m sorry if I looked like an asshole bro, but it was great to meet you lol. Godspeed brotha.
No it's not, he's lying to himself. It's both negative and positive but people hide from the negative which is guys like Mike have liver transplant, addiction, prison time etc. Embrace the duality, be negative, embrace your hatred and your love. Don't be afraid to be yourself.
