It's So Easy: And Other Lies (51 page)

With all of my sibs, looking oh so groovy for 1972. That’s me in the middle in the “UW” shirt.

Playing rhythm guitar with Ten Minute Warning in 1982 at the Metropolis in Seattle.
Photograph by Charles Peterson.

With Ten Minute Warning in 1983. I had all of the hope in the world.
Photograph by Charles Peterson.

With my dad in 1987. It would be years before we ever became close— and that was only after my wife, Susan, encouraged me to reach out to him. I’m so glad I did. We had a pretty good relationship by the time he passed away in 2007.

With Ed—bachelor pad, 1984— three months before I would take off for L.A.

My apartment in L.A. next to West’s. A musical centrifuge of characters.

The Vains—Chris, Andy, and me—gearing up for a show, circa 1979.
Photograph © Lance Mercer.

Flyer for our 1985 show in Seattle: the first and only gig of the Hell Tour. The show ended up being shifted to June 12, and into the other (smaller) room at the same venue.
Photograph © Lance Mercer.

Rare photos from the recording sessions for
Live Like a Suicide!
at Pasha Studio in Hollywood.
Photographs by Jeff Clark.

Owning the right side of the stage with Izzy at an early Guns gig. He and I have remained good friends to this day.
Photograph by Marc Canter.

Onstage, 1986, with Guns. This is the bass that I got just before I moved to L.A. It’s the one I wrote all the bass lines for
Appetite
on.
Photograph by Jack Lue.

Now
that
is a rock and roll band.
Photograph by Marc Canter.