City Of Pain

My buddy Richard Klotz put this video up of our old band Rogue Alley. He was the bass player in the band, and I was the singer. Roger, my brother was on keys, Mark Cerneka was lead guitar, Jim Alden on drums. This is a snapshot of the times, and I had the time of my life. Richard directed and produced this film. It would not have existed without him.

Yale brothers in 1992 Sass Jordan Video

I found this on YouTube on a whim. Rog and I are in the band in this video from 1992. I am the guy with the cream colored Telecaster wearing the black leather hat usually standing on the far right. Rog and the keyboards are on the left. Not a whole lot of on-camera time, but it was a lot of fun. John Corabi is on the other guitar and hogs most of the video (lol). That was right at the time that he was replacing Vince Neil in Motley Crue. The bass player is Kelly Nickels of L.A. Guns. I forgot the drummer's name, but he was cool. He was actually the only one on stage other than Sass that was on the record.

CONCERT T-SHIRTS LOSE THEIR COOL

I don’t know about you, but I think the fact that you can get concert t-shirts at places like Wal-Mart and Target cheapens the rock n’ roll experience. This is yet another example of a corporate fueled and superficial marketplace. I used to take great pride in obtaining a concert tee at a concert I attended. It was a rite of passage. Now the very same vintage tees are available too readily. The charm is gone and the glory has definitely departed. Now every yuppie from here to Hong Kong has got the same damn shirt! It’s kind of like tattoos; everyone has one. Now don’t get me wrong. I like my tattoos; it’s just that now that everyone has one it seems like a herd experience. I once wrote that conformity was inevitable.

Conformity is inevitable

So why fight

To try to be yourself

No matter what you try to do to be unique and original, you can be sure it has been done many, many times before. There is clearly no way around it. How about this? Just do your thing, and don’t worry about what every other skin bag is up to.

Live it people. This gig is most certainly not going to last forever. I suggest that you try to enjoy the moment. If you cannot enjoy the moment, at least live it and experience it fully. Keep in mind how fleeting the past was and hold on loosely and enjoy. Don’t worry about things so much. Don’t take yourself so seriously. Live your life in a truly present fashion.