I guess the best way to start is from the beginning... I have admired and supported sebastian for many years. It was my dream to one day meet him and be able to just set and talk with him like two normal people (well as normal as we could get lol)
Then one day a few years ago nae an I first met on line... we had one thing in common.. a love for Sebastian Bach! A few weeks later she went to see a bach and friends show... she came back telling me how awesome it was!!! We discussed the fact that a fan club was needed for such an awesome band.. (thus formed the BACH & FRIENDS FAN CLUB and the untamable TWISTED SISTERZZZ!!) Nae and I said to each other that very day.. "We gotta see a show together" Little did we know how much that was truly meant to be...
Dec 7th 1999 I left for the first trek of my long 2000 mile journey..
Dec 8th 1999 after 29 hours on a bus (1000 miles) I finally arrive in Boston Mass to meet Nae! What a blast we had!!
Dec 9th
1999 Day of the show.. nervous as HELL wondering how its going to go..
2 30 pm leave for show... nae's husband gets lost (DAMN SUN..) 4 pm finally
arrive in nh too late to meet the band before the instore..(or so we think)
.. we drive around looking for
the
tour bus.. no where to be found... Nae's hubby goes "well there’s someone
in the club". we drive around one more time.. say SCREW IT we will just
go to the instore.. lol.. we pull up to the club "Sharkey's" and decide
we should ask for the addy to the record
store..
I look in the door and go "NAE DUAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH that's BAM BAM setting
in there!!" We get out of the car.. grab a security guy going in the door
and I tell him " Tell Bam Bam Wildchild is here".. guy looks at me like
I lost my mind.. " he is expecting us..." We start getting our shit
out of the car and Bam hauls ass out the door and gives us big hugs
and kisses! He is such a sweety!!!!!! He takes us into the club and is
talking to us.. Nae and I are both still in awe.. lol... we ask him bout
the instore... where it is and all.. he goes to make sure... nae
and I are like.. HOLY SHIT!! lol... next thing I hear is "Wildchild.. man
she's on that thing all the time! " *enter the tour manager.. T-rod (aka
Todd)* Then I hear a "Lets get wild!!" and feel a huge slap on my back...
who walks around beside of me but DA'MAN himself!!! (who liked nae' and
my tour jackets!!) everyone did too !! lol (I know you think I lost my
cool and went all weak kneed right?? well I DIDN'T!! ) We talked
for a couple minuets then they had to leave for the instore.. we
left for there as well!
At the Instore..
We get outta the car and nae goes "Someone is waving at us." .. it was none other then scoon himself! we got in line and talked to scoon while we waited.. it was a trip too meet him.. He's a great guy! We went into the store.. while waiting our turn in line.. looked around *great shoes bas!* finally it was our turn.. !! Nae went first.. while getting her cd and poster signed i was snappin pics of she and da man... Watching her literally bang heads with him.. *good one nae!!*
Then it was my turn.. while standing talking and watching him sign my stuff.. *nice female sheep by the way..I will always LOVE IT!!* nae snapped a couple shots of me and da man.. in the all knowin middle finger fuk u pose..
moving
on down the line i was snapping pics of the band.. while t-rod was telling
me he wanted a jacket... we left the instore and was suppose to meet bam
at the club again..lol.. there was some confusion cause it was freezein
and the club owner let us in since we had been in with the band earlier..
so we missed bam... he found us later though during one of the opening
acts.. such a sweetheart!!!! he took care of us.. he introduced us to his
friend who "took care" of us while in the crowd of the concert.. (took
care of us.. aka held our
spots
till we were ready for em) *thanks russ!!* Jamming through the whole show!!
band was UNBELIEVABLE!!!!!!!! I can honestly say the band at this point
may even be better then the former SLAVE TO THE GRIND.. and that
is AWESOME coming from me!!!
Paul
Crook fits in with the band PERFECT!!! It's like it's finally the band
that's meant to be!! I have never heard bas's voice sound so strong!! and
BAM BAM is a mad man on the drums.. never fukin takes a break!!!! un real!!!
Larry and Richie kik ass as usual!! During
the
drum solo Paul comes down and talks to us for a minuet *still got cookies
Paul?*.. Really super cool guy!!! Show goes on.. band goes off stage comes
back for and encore... jamed to some killer tunes.. (which i'm not going
to list.. I'm gonna let u be surprise like I
was!)...
at the
end of the show.. which we all know what that song is.. .. Sebastian does
his "build up" to the song youth gone wild.. then he stops and says.."ID
LIKE TO DEDICATE THIS SONG TO A GIRL HERE TONIGHT... WILDCHILD.... where
is she... I DON’T EVEN KNOW WHERE YA ARE!!! *I raise my hand nae points
to me and Bam Bam
points
to me* he walks to the side of the stage.. and they kick into YOUTH GONE
WILD!!!! I was so fukin FLOORED!!!!!! I still can not believe it... nae
hit me on the arm.... we done our little.. "hand shake" and hugged.. that
was it.. i was soo.. just .. flattered!!!! I look up and bas is on the
side of the stage singing and looking at me... I gave him thumbs up and
smiled from ear to ear!!!
Now I'm
sure your like me.. you think this night could not get any better.. well..
it did... after the guys left the stage.. and we found out there would
not be a meet n greet at the club.. we waited around a few minuets to see
what was up.. We asked a security guy if the
band
had left yet.. he was hesitant to answer... Finally he said he didn't
know..(in the security guys defense.. they have a sucky job having to turn
everyone down who tries to meet the band..) Nae and I were about to leave
when Bam rounded the corner.. and asked
why
we were still just standing there.. when we told him the guy wouldn't let
us anywhere.. Bam told the guy that we were VIP'S .. more then VIP'S we
were VVVVVIP'S and made him take us to the dressing room *high five’s to
bam.. gotta love the flattery!!!* We waited for a few minuets.. *Paul hid
the cookies* and T-rod came in
and
said "Come with me.." so we followed.. and ended up at the bands tour bus..
after standing out side for a min.. the door opened and we were let inside..
a few minuets later bam came on.. he sat and talked to us for a couple
minuets and then went to do
something..
then sebastian walked out.. Slaps hands with everyone.. grabs a beer
offers me and nae a beer.. then motions for us to move over... and sets
between us.. He talked to us
forever..
in between pics and autographs.. lol..
I was
so honored to finally be able to meet
him..
it was like it was truly meant to be.. He fired one up and we smoked one
together!! *holy shit*..(Nae was kind enough not to do anything so she
could get me back to my bus on time lol..so I gave her the what was left
of it too keep...) We talked a lil more and the
bus begin
to clear out *note the whole time nae and i had each other by the arm behind
his back.. our only reality check...) Bam came sat on the other side of
me while bas posed for
more
pics and we talked for a few..then he was off to do something again.. Paul
came back on the bus *with cookies* and sat down.. we talked.. all I can
say is I LOVE THAT MAN!!! HIS OPINIONS ROCK THE WORLD!!! *HIGH FIVE’S TO
PAUL* *note bas cracking up at this point...* Bas lays a shirt over my
shoulder and throws one on nae's
head*
lol *hey nae.. DUCK*
Nae moves over
to the other side and talks to bam.. Bas,
Paul
and myself start talking.. I swear it's just so intense and so surreal!!!
It was like we had known each other for ever!!! We talked about the VH1
thing and how KILLER it was to see the old footage!!! He asked about the
messageboard and chat and what people there
thought
about it.. since he just has not had time to get online.. *hear someone
say my name and I say what...* *still reelin from both the excitement and
some KILLER SHIT!! (only the best for da man!)* finally t-rod was like
U WANNA GO OR NOT?!? *knowing i had no fucking clue what he was talking
about.. lmao..* i was like where?!? .. he explained once again.. *sorry
dude lmao..* and i was like SURE IF IT'S COOL!!!.. so we were off to the
hotel... Sebastian and i talked more.. again it was so unreal.. i can't
believe how intense it was... it was just unexplainable...he wasn't talking
down to me or at me or
around
me.. we were talking together..
bas gets up
to look at the next days secdual.. and
bam sets
down.. we talk some more.. i loved spending time with bam... he is so nice..
Like a true friend who you can count on an beleive in.. who will go out
of his way to make you feel the best that you can feel..He is so guanine
in everything he does and says that it's like you don't ever wanna see
him go.. while talking to bam.. something hits me right in the face.. *smack*
lmao! another Killer t-shirt.. *thanks bas!* I look over at Nae and her
shirt is haning over her head AGAIN.. lol... Things begin to wind down
and the guys have
to go
so they can get into NY for the next show.. We say our good byes and hug..
as we got off the bus *they were sweet enough to call a cab for us so we
wouldn't be standing out there alone..* (its a good thing they had to go
or I would never have cought my bus
home!!
lol..*
Dec10th we get back to nae’s house in time to get my suit case and get to the bus station for my 29 hour trip home!
All I
can say after all that is.. The person i have admired all these years and
put my love, trust, support, respect and faith in did NOT let me down or
disappoint me in anyway... he proved himself to be the most real, down
to earth person I have ever met in my life.. who
truly
believes he OWES his fans something. Something which he gives 110% of ever
show.. That is himself...The man is not of this world.. He pushes himself
to the point of exhaustion and gives even more.. He said somethings at
that show on dec 9th that made
me damn
proud to be a fan and be at that show.. he said that it felt like 1989
again instead of 1999.. and at one point he said..."you can take the man
out of the band.. but you can't take the band out of the man." (sebastian
bach dec 9th 1999)
As for
Mark "Bam Bam" McConnell... what can i say but thank u for being U!! You
are truly one of the greatest and I hope we continue to be friends for
many years to come..You are one of the nicest people I have ever met..
and your talent behind the kit is
UN BELIEVABLE!!!!
THANKS GUYS FOR MAKING DREAMS COME TRUE!!
Wildchild