Long Hard Road Out of Hell (49 page)

I feel one part Elvis Presley, one part Jack Warner and one part Reverend Ernest Angley, and this disturbs me. In making my failures my success, I’ve become what I was once afraid of.

     
SEPTEMBER 17, 1997, MEXICO CITY

Tonight’s show was a disaster, a relief, a fiasco, a Mexican standoff and a drug-crazed freak-out. Twiggy slashed his hand open on the very last song of this very last show while smashing his bass. The whole thing was every bit of rock and roll and every bit of everything we represented. I feel like we’ve grown in the past year, and I’m glad that it’s over. I can see already that America, Nothing Records, our friends and the media have perceived this to be the peak of our career. Unfortunately for them it’s just the beginning.

F
IG
. 561.—The superficial branches of the internal pudendal artery.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

T
HANKS TO
A
LEUSHA
, A
LYSSA
, A
NDREW AND
S
UZIE
,
R
EVEREND
E
RNEST
A
NGLEY
, F
IONA
A
PPLE
, T
OM
A
RNOLD
, D
ANIEL
A
SH
,
A
SIA
, B
IG
D
ARLA
, B
LANCHE
B
ARTON
, S
EAN
B
EAVAN
, M
RS
. B
URDICK
,
P
AUL
C
AMBRIA
, C
ARL
, C
ASEY
, C
HAD
, C
AROLYN
C
OLE
, C
OREY
,
B
ILLY
C
ORGAN
, K
EITH
C
OST
, J
OHN
C
ROWELL AND HIS BROTHER
, D
AVE
,
F
REDDY
D
E
M
ANN
, A
ARON
D
ILKS
, D
IMEBAG
D
ARRELL
, E
DEN
,
C
OREY
F
ELDMAN
, R
OBIN
F
INCK
, F
LAVOR
F
LAV
, F
RANKIE
, F
ROG
,
M
ICHELLE
G
ILL
, J
OHN
G
LAZER
, S
HERMAN
H
ELMSLEY
, J
IMMY
I
OVINE
,
J
AY
A
ND
T
IM
, J
OHN
J
ACOBAS
, J
ENNA
J
AMESON
, J
EANINE
, J
EBEDIAH
,
J
ENNIFER
, J
ESSICKA
, J
ONATHAN
, J
ACK
K
EARNIE
, K
ELLY’S
C
ORNHOLE
,
B
ILL
K
ENNEDY
, R
ICHARD
K
ENT
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ARY
B
ETH
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ROGER
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ERXES
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AVEY
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ENNY
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IFTO
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ISA
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RACI
L
ORDS
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OUISE
,
C
OURTNEY
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OVE
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AVID
L
YNCH
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YNN
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OHN
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ALM
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ARIE
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M
ARK
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OSE
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C
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OWAN
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ISSI
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ISTRESS
B
ARBARA
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ANCY
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D
AVE
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AVARRO
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ONAN
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AVE
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GILVIE
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UY
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SEARY
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P
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R
ICHARD
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AUCY
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ETERSON
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OBERT
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IERCE
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RICE
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ACHELLE
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RENT
R
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IVERS
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R
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R
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R
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B
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, N
EIL
R
UBLE
, S
HANA
, S
IOUX
Z., B
OB
S
LADE
,
THE S
LASHERS
, S
NOOP
D
OGGY
D
OGG
, H
OWARD
S
TERN
, T
ERESA
,
T
ERRI
, DJ T
IM
, J
OHN
T
OVAR
, J
ILL
T
UCKER
, J
ULIA
V
ALET
,
B
ARB AND
H
UGH
W
ARNER
, B
EATRICE AND
J
ACK
W
ARNER
,
B
RIAN
W
ARNER
, T
ONY
W
IGGINS, THE
W
YER FAMILY, AND
Z
EPP
.