Fun Pics

Rob Cavallo, Meat Loaf, David Cook and myself. Check out Meats twitter page for some fun video footage.

Me with the Switchfoot boys.

Meat Loaf

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On The Road Again

Back on the road with Marya Roxx . Playing in the band is Paul Crook, Danny Miranda, myself and of course Marya. We are just hitting it hard every night, a three piece rock band with Marya singing great ever night. Its so fun the German crowds are so welcoming. I will be out here until the 20th of May and then back to the states to work on another project. We started out in Wales at Hammerfest, a weekend long event of just Metal, with Saxon, Sepultura and many others. Then headed over to Germany to be support act for Lafee.

LaFee is one of Germans top acts.Everyone in Lafee has been great to work with. You should check them out they really kick.
Its nice to be reunited with Paul and Danny, we all played together in the Vegas We Will Rock You show together.
I want to thank all the Meat Loaf fans that have come down to the show to support us its always great to see all of you.
I will be running a auction for charity next month, it just has been very hard to do while being on the road.
Peace
John

Hi

Well it's been a while since I have posted. Sorry I haven't been keeping up. I've been really busy trying to keep up with basketball games with my son, twirling with my daughter and working on pre-production for Meat . I am also working on a project for Crook's guitar album. You'll have to check his site to see when he will release it. In between all this I have been recording with Scarecrow which is a Rock Opera, hopefully to tour the UK next year. I am now getting ready to head out to Las Vegas to rehearse with Marya Roxx for a German Tour with Lafee's Ring Of Fire Tour. I'm sorry to say but Joey Vera won't be with us this leg, but longtime friend Danny Miranda (Queen, We Will Rock You, Blue Oyster Cult) will be filling in. It looks like a lot of bratwursts in May. Before heading out with Marya I will be working on Meat's new album which Rob Cavallo (producer of Green Day, My Chemical Romance, Dave Matthews Band, Fleetwood Mac, David Cook, Goo Goo Dolls, Kid Rock, Avril Lavigne, Alanis Morissette and Shinedown) will be producing. Also keep your eyes open for the release of Amberly Thiessen's (Canadian Idol) album.

This month's Charity Auction just went up on eBay . Up for auction is a signed 10-inch Zildjian splash cymbal and a pair of autographed drumsticks. Please check it out; this all goes for a great cause, Compassion International. My wife has been corresponding with the children we have been able to sponsor thanks to you guys, and will be posting a few letters that we have received back from them. I really want to thank my wife Eve, and Deb for putting in all the hard work to make this auction possible. You know drummers - I would just mess the whole thing up doing it myself.

Holiday Head Charity Auction

Well the drum head is signed by everyone in Meat Loaf and more This is a head that was custom made for the tour. I believe it is one of 5 heads. In Asbury Park at sound check Peter Criss of KISS came down. What an amazing guy, he even got up and played a few KISS songs with Crook. The head was still on the drum up on the riser and I told him what we were doing with the auction and asked if he would sign it, he was so gracious and signed and also took a pic. How cool to have a head signed along with Meat Loaf and Peter Criss.

I would like to thank everyone in the band for being so great with this and taking the time to take pics and sign the head. I am a very lucky guy to be in a band with such great people. Love you guys.

Charity Auction III

Happy Holiday Head

We all got together this month and thought it would be nice to auction off a Holiday Head, signed by the whole band. One at a time everyone has stopped by my drum riser to sign the head that is on my Gong Bass Drum. I will post pics of everyone signing the head on my site. All proceeds will go to Compassion International . Thanks again to everyone who bid on the last drum head and shirt. It will support a child for almost a year.
Peace
John

Busy with Marya and Amberly

Check out the video of "21" I just filmed with Marya Roxx. It was filmed out on the West Coast in the mountains where they used to film MASH. We really had a blast filming. There's lots of pictures on my site.




I also just recorded an album with Amberly Thiessen. Amberly was on Canadian Idol last year, check her out. I will post the album once it's released. Check out my site for some cool pictures of me and Amberly in the studio.