19th of September 1999
The rumours have been flying fast and furious about
a Dark Angel reunion tour. Yes, Gene has been looking into a tour
of Europe but nothing is confirmed yet. Guitar player Jim Durkin has opted
not be part of the tour but has given his blessing. Jed will, respectfully,
be taking his place. The preparation for the reunion has been halted temporarily
because of sudden medical problems within Gene's family and will proceed
when he is ready,
possibly for an appearance at next year's Dynamo Festival
in Holland.
Everyone send your well-wishings to Gene and his family.
Source: HDR mailing list.
The last time I (Ozz) heard from Gene was on the 12th of August when he sent me this rather strange e-mail. I haven't heard from him since.... heres hoping all is well big guy...
>hi guys. i'm really sorry to bother all of you with
this childishness.
>normally i don't go for this stupidstitious stuff,
but all i know is that
>the last chain letter i got i scoffed at and did
nothing with, then one week
>later my band got MAJORLY f****d with by our record
label resulting in two
>HUGE tours to be cancelled and a lengthy and extremely
costly court battle
>to take place to get out of our contract, which eventually
led to my band
>breaking up and my life taking an entirely different
course altogether.
>coincidence? most likely, but since i have a plane
flight in less than a
>week, i'm not even gonna mess with this. i'm just
gonna get this out of my
>way. i'm just sorry that i have to send this to friends.
i don't wish this
>sort of thing on enemies. you know what's funny?
no more than an hour ago, i
>found that original chainletter from '91! then i
turn on my computer to find
>this crap. coincidence? more than likely, but again,
i'm real sorry.knowing
>my buffonery, i probably didn't even attachthis
>gene.
Some late news. Gene played a metal festival in Canada
with Punchdrunk on the 24th of July. Zimmer's Hole were also on the bill
and the whole HDR crew turned up for the event.
Heres a shot of Gene
and Devin in the crowd.
Thanx to Bob Cooper for the scoop!
Be sure to leave your well wishes for Gene and his family in the message board.
More news when it comes to hand.....
