I don’t know why but I am totally being lazy on writing this review of this book because I finished it on September 9 2014. And it’s not because it wasn’t a good book, it was.
I was surprised by Jeremy’s intelligence. Not saying I think that he is dumb. No I do not think that at all. I actually had to look up some words. Kinda funny! Good think I have the internet. Could you imagine looking them up in a real dictionary? I am glad that I do not have to do that anymore.
Anyways this book shows how much crap Jeremy endured to get to where he is today. I am actually surprised that he is not dead because of all the drugs he did. There were so many!
I found one chapter to be the most disturbing. It’s the chapter where he and his friends go to the cemetery and disturbs people’s headstones. This chapter got to me because I thought it was so disrespectful. You would think all the graphic sex and drug taking would disturb me but nope.
In conclusion do not read this book if you just want to find out more about Five Finger Death Punch. You will be somewhat disappointed. This book is called a biography for a reason because it’s about a person’s life. I would recommend reading this biography it was put together very well and it’s a fast read.
7 years today I have been married. Let me tell you it has been a roller-coaster but not a negative one, a fun one at times, frustrating but all in all the best decision of my life.
When I met Jeff I was 22 and he was 29. I was young considering I graduated high school when I was 19. Now that seems late but more than half of my class graduated at 19. I met Jeff on a dating site and I found him. Yes, I like pointing that out. The first time I saw his pic he was posing with a young girl who I thought was his daughter. Wrong! It was his roommate’s daughter. It’s kinda funny because Jeff doesn’t remember that pic. The other pic he had on there, he was wearing a red shirt, black pants and glasses. Totally cute! We talked on the site, then on the phone and finally had a date. Our first date was AWESOME! No guy ever treated me like that. Which I mean is held the door for me, super polite, paid for dinner. What? Paid for dinner? Yes, no I haven’t been on many dates but the ones I have been I always had to pay. It was totally cool and he walked me to my car.
During our “dating days” we hit some bumps but always worked them out. Just like now! Our wedding was a very traditional Catholic wedding. It’s funny because when we talk about our wedding, we both agree that we would have been fine with a small untraditional wedding. (Oh well!)
We have been married for 7 but have been together for 9 years. I have to say I love our relationship now and Jeff agrees. But I am glad we hit our “bumps” early on.
So here is my secret of a happy marriage: honesty. Yes, honesty and laughter. We tell each other EVERYTHING. No secrets! And we make each other laugh every day. You know that saying “never go to bed angry”. Well poppycock! I learned that sometimes not all the time to go to bed angry. Sometimes I or he just needs time to think about it. Also I can’t always be right. Yes I am wrong…sometimes.
Here is a wedding photo of us. Also Jeff would have been smiling but he got Bell’s Palsy before our wedding. If you don’t know what that is, it is a disorder of the nerves that controls movement of the muscles in the face. This can happen to anyone at any time and the doctors do not know what causes it. Kinda scary! Anyways we are, one of the best days ever!
Part One because there will always be annoying songs.
No Doubt-Don’t Speak
I love No Doubt always have and always will. Especially Gwen Stefani I think she is pretty and very talented. No Doubt was the first concert I ever went too. In the 90’s the song Don’t Speak was very popular and at first I thought it was good. The music video was pretty cool. But then it happen they played it everywhere and way too much. I went from “this song is okay” to “I absolutely hate this song forever”. Now when I hear it, I switch radio stations. Never again do I want to hear this song.
Soft Cell-Tainted Love
I loved this song for a long time. Now I can’t stand it. I think it’s my own fault because I listened to it many times. It’s in my Rock Band game and I can’t stand it. Please go away forever, Tainted Love.
Chevelle-Take Out the Gunman
This is a newer song of 2014. But just like No Doubt at first I didn’t mind it. Also I thought they were saying Take Out the Government not the Gunman. But they play this over and over. And if you listen to internet hard rock radio there is a good chance they play this song every 15 minutes sometimes right next to each other. I want to this song to fall in a volcano and never come back.
Unleashed-Don’t Want to be Born
When I first heard this song, I hated it. First it doesn’t make any sense. Second my husband loves this song, so I hear it often. I understand why he likes it, it’s a heavy song but please go join the other songs in a volcano. I will never like this song ever.
Sam and the Whoop-Bom Bom
This song is ridiculous, ridiculously stupid. Have you read the lyrics to this song? Google it, it’s so stupid. Someone (the band) just said hey what rhythms with this word? Hey Sam and the Whoop we are having a party at a volcano come and join us.
Tears for Fears-Shout
“Shout, shout let it all out” I will let it out, out the door. This song has no characteristics and they say the same thing over and over.
The Pretty Reckless-Heaven Knows
Hey hard rock radio station this song sucks! Stop playing it! The music video is dumb, there is a reason they are called a band and I want to see the actual band in the music video not just the lead singer. Can we say her ego is big? Why yes, yes we can!
I really didn’t know what to call this segment but “Forever Albums” seems about right. I am going to talk about the albums that I can listen to the whole thing and like every single song which is hard to find.
Foo Fighters Colour and Shape
The year is 1997 and I am 14 years old. I had a deal with my parents; if I got A’s in school for every A I get a CD. And I wasn’t one those students who got A’s all that often even though I work my ass off but I was a C student. So it was great accomplishment to get an A and an A meant a CD. I remember going to Best Buy and back then Best Buy was my key to awesome CDs. Remember, it’s the 90’s, so that means no iTunes or mp3s, we all had CDs. I couldn’t wait to go to Best Buy and get Foo Fighters album, the only thing is that this CD had a warning label on it. I couldn’t have albums with warning labels on them which made me want them more.
I remember picking up the album and feeling “Oh great, how I am going to get this past my mom?” So I showed it to my dad first. (Sneaky!) When I showed him he was like “Ooh Foo Fighters are good. You can get it.” Then my mom came over “No, it has a warning label on it.” My heart sank, I really wanted this album. My saving grace was my dad. He somehow convinced her it was going to be fine if I got it. I couldn’t wait to get home and play it.
To this day I can listen to it and love every track. Of course I no longer have the CD; I have it in digital form. Everyone knows the three famous tracks: Monkey Wrench, Everlong and My Hero. But here, listen to another “My Poor Brain”. It’s also a great track.
The Offspring Smash
Smash came out in 1994 but I didn’t start listening to them till 1995, so I was 12. I remember picking up this album because of the cover. The cover has a skeleton on it. How cool! I think these days the younger generation does not appreciate cover art but I always found it to be interesting. You can’t really get that from your computer screen; you have to see it in person. Also albums came with the cover and the insert tells you the tracks. I feel back in the 90’s, and earlier, there was some real thought in what goes into that insert. Not all the time but most of the time. I kinda miss that.
I remember The Offspring on the radio with the song “Self Esteem” because how it first plays out with the “La La La” was interesting. I had to have this album. I remember getting this album at Best Buy with my Mom and (BONUS!) no warning label. Remembering listening to “Self Esteem” first then rest of the album and finding I liked every single song.
Here is “Bad Habit” it’s a good “road rage” song or if you are just mad or enraged this song is awesome.
Green Day Dookie
This album came out in 1994 that would make me 11 but I probably was 12 or 13 when I found this album. I do not recall how I found this album but I pretty sure I heard them on the radio and fell in love with their sound. I actually bought this album at a used CD store. Which we do not have any more but in the 90’s they were thriving.
Since then I have been a Green Day fan but I would say I am a lover of the old Green Day. I find I do not like any of their new stuff. I wish they would go back to the 90’s and play like they used too. Not to say I do not like all of their new songs some are catchy. OMG! Green Day catchy ugh…….
Here this is my favorite song and you know it too, “When I Come Around”.
The Suicide Machines Destruction by Definition
Yeah I can talk about a Punk album; I do not consider Green Day punk. The year is 1996 for this album but I didn’t listen to The Suicide Machines till the video game Tony Hawk Pro Skater came out and “New Girl” was on the soundtrack. (I loved that game.) So not until 1999, I am 16 years old.
By this time I already loved Punk which is the genre I could listen to it no matter who is playing. Not saying I do not have my favorites because I do and one happens to be The Suicide Machines. Their sound is fun to listen to as well.
This is one of my favorite tracks from the album, it’s called “Vans Song”. It’s a fun song about a shoe brand which I use to wear all the time back in the 90’s.
Reel Big Fish Turn Off The Radio
Ooo ska punk! The year is 1996 and I am 13. I remember this album like it was yesterday. I’ve owned two copies because the first one was destroyed by my younger brother. When I saw “Sell Out” on MTV it was a game changer. Not just Ska but Ska Punk! Can there be anything better? (If you say yes, well good for you.) I even saw them live at Warp Tour. Now that was cool! Even though I was in the way back. Something about the punk sound and horns is just an amazing sound.
Well we all know “Sell Out” and “Everything Sucks”. Here is another “Beer”.
Default The Fallout
This album came out in the year 2001, I am 18 and still in high school. I love the lead singer’s voice who is Dallas Smith. Unfortunately the lead singer now sings country. Kinda disappointed in that because I love this album so much and now he does not sound like Default. Not saying he is a bad singer in fact the opposite he is a really good singer. I expect one thing but got another like alternative to country. Everyone knows the song “Wasting Time” that is the reason I bought the album but fell in love with the whole thing.
My favorite song is “Faded” and that is the song I am going to leave you with. This song makes you think. Love it!
I got my copy on the day it came out September 2 2014 and I have to say I am impressed with Amazon. I got it right away on the day that everyone else has to go to the store or try to buy it online. Which we all know is a nightmare when you are waiting for something you want to hear or read. Whether it be an album or a book.
Let’s look at it. See the pics below:
Looks nice, graphics on the jacket look nice, crisp and I like the colors, some books I read I think the colors are hideous. Also I am one those people who doesn’t even keep the jacket on, I like to read it without. I find jackets to fall off and distracting. So when taking off the jacket it’s black and red. Classy!
This book comes with….you guess it, glossy pictures in the middle. Cool, I like those. Can’t really get that in a kindle, your phone or other devices.
If you have ever read a biography about a musician, or any other person in the entertainment world you know it’s going to be a fast read. Not saying as a bad thing. If you look at this book or any others in the entertainment world the sentences are always spaced out and easy to read which is good. Just saying if you read a historical figure the sentences are always really close together and the book you can use it as a paper weight. Doesn’t make that a bad thing, it’s just a thing.
If you are a Five Finger Death Punch fan you need to get and read this book.
Bonus! If this is your first time reading a musician’s book you will be in for a treat.
If it is not you will still learn many things but you won’t be surprised about all the drugs and sex it will contain.
I will be doing a full review of this book when I am done reading it.
Songs rarely make me cry but on the other hand some do. Like Angel by Theory of a Deadman. It’s such a beautiful song and actually makes me weep.
I heard this song not on youtube, I actually listen to the whole album Savages by Theory of a Deadman on Spotify which by the way I think it’s their best album so far. Now I am not a huge Theory of a Deadman fan, I like some of their songs that were popular except “No Surprise” I really like that song. Anyways I think now that this album is out, I am going to be a for sure Theory of a Deadman fan.
Angel is such a beautiful song. It’s about letting go of someone you have loved and you have to set them free but to me is setting yourself free from them. I think that could apply to anyone you have lost or a relationship that didn’t work. And I have lost many people but the hardest was my grandpa (my dad’s dad) and my mother in law. I also had a friend die that was really hard for me. I miss them very much. Overtime dwelling on the past should be a happy time, the time that we spent together not the end.
My favorite lines are the chorus:
“Maybe I’m crazy, maybe I’m weak
Maybe blinded but what I see
You wanted a solider but it wasn’t me
Cause I could never set you free”
The line that really gets me is “You wanted a solider but it wasn’t me” wow what an impactful lyric. This lyric means to me you are helpless to help someone you love regardless of whatever it is.
What a great and beautiful song, you can listen to the song below. You can also buy the song or listen to it on Spotify.
This is my first blog post but technically it’s not. I had a blog earlier this year but my hosting provider decided to decommission the server without notice and I lost everything. So I get to start over, which I am fine with. This blog is all about me. I do not really talk about myself with my friends or family all that much but here I get to talk all about me.
My name is Danielle and I live Wisconsin, the state that looks like a hand. I was born and raised in Wisconsin and have never left but maybe someday I will. I do not know the future. If I did I would win the lottery. I live in a tri-level house. I am married; I got married September 15 2007 to an awesome guy.
We live with my father in law, my husband’s dad. My mother in law died last year and my husband is very close with his parents. So we help him out and he helps us out. So it all works out. We also have two dogs. A Beagle mix named Scotty and he is 7, he is also my father in-laws dog. Also a purebred black Labrador named Koko, he’s 8 and he’s our baby.
I was born on March 17th 1983. Yes Saint Patrick’s Day. The only good thing about being born on Saint Patrick’s Day is the free beer I can get which is always good.
I have one older sister, older brother and a younger brother and I am the middle child. Technically my older sister and brother are only half. We all share the same mother but not father. My mother was married once before she married my father. But that is not how I look at it they are my brother and sister. When I was younger I totally thought my older brother was the coolest person on the planet. My younger brother and I were really close. I never was very close with my sister. As everyone got older we all separated and now I feel bitterness about it and it’s not for the lack of trying, trust me I have tried. But that is life, so we are not the perfect family. Here I will always be really honest since this my diary online.
Something else about myself, my favorite color is blue, but when I was younger it was pink. I have one tattoo, check the pic.
I have always loved the image, heart with wings since forever.And I just told you my favorite color blue the D stands for Danielle and the J stands for my husband Jeff. I want for sure two more tattoos. I am going to get a Doctor Who and a skeleton tattoo in the future. Only on my legs, get those tattooed first then I might move upward.
What do I like to do? I love video games but if I am not playing video games or watching TV, I am listening to music. I love music! I like all kinds of genres but my favorites and this includes all forms of the genres Punk, Hard Rock and EDM (electronic dance music).
I think that I am very creative because I love to write poetry and stories. Also I like to cross-stitch and color. But not baby pics, well sometimes like to color princes or princesses but I like to color the really fine details books also love to color mandalas for some reason. The coloring books I get are Dover brand; they have such cool coloring books.
I am a t-shirt and shorts or pants person. I don’t like to wear dresses and forget the high heels, I like my sneakers. When I was teenager I decided if I was never going to wear nylons or tights again and I haven’t since then. I don’t wear makeup all that much but I do like doing my eyes. I wear glasses all the time, I prefer them over contacts. I have really short hair and I love to spike it. My natural hair color is brown but when I was younger is was really black. Now I like to dye my hair, sometimes I go black other times I like to do red brown.
Anything else? Yes I love to watch the Green Bay Packers. I have been watching football since I was born! I have to see Aaron Rodgers, he is my favorite, not only is he a cool Quarterback but he is also cute! Also love cheese curds! (Hey I DO live in Wisconsin) Especially when they are really fresh and squeaky. My husband Jeff hates how they sound because he says they sound like mice. I find that to be funny! And of course fried cheese curds.
Surviving Five Finger Death Punch’s Metal Mayhem
