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Last Updated: 11/18/2009

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State: Michigan
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Friday, March 13, 2009

April 18th - Benefit for Scary
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excited
Category: Music

Come see us at the OLD MIAMI on Cass and Alexandrine, Detroit, MI.

Bands include UBP, Forced Anger, Cavity Creeps, Country Bob, They Never Sleep, and more.

Currently listening:
The Very Best of Cream
By Cream
Release date: 1995-05-09

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Monday, March 02, 2009

RIP Johnny E.
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bummed
Category: Friends

The infamous 21815 Republic estate in fashionable Ferndale was founded by Ugly Mike, Hideous George, Shoeless Jack Voorhees and the Reverend Johnny Eschandiggle. If you met Johnny you'd never forget him. A crazy loud long haired hillbilly who loved deer hunting, his herb,his beer, and Heavy Metal (particularly Iron Maiden), John was a good bro who always paid his rent and could be counted on to give you a buzz and a laugh. George used his bass and amp many times in the early days, and Johnny was an early supporter of UBP. Sadly, Johnny left this world at the age of 42 (correction) this past Wednesday, February 25. I hadn't seen him in a LONG time, but I'm sure he was living life on his own terms. The COD was cirrhosis of the liver, not too surprising given the Reverend's legendary thirst. I'm sure he's up in the great beyond, hammered and smokin' a fat one, and left all his pain behind.

Bless ya Johnny, you will be missed. It was good to call you a friend.
Ugly Mike

4:25 PM

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Friday, December 12, 2008

Reunion verdict: SUCCESS!!!!
Current mood:

accomplished
Category: Music

I think it's safe to say everyone had a good time at the Token December 6th,from the bands to the bartenders. One hell of a set list; UGLY BUT PROUD,KING ZEUS,NO HOPE FOR REDEMPTION,KNUCKLES FROM NOWHERE,WHITE RABBIT,BORN TO THRASH,IDLE THOUGHTS,SPLIT PERSONALITY,DEATH CLOWNS,WIN THE SKY,FRIENDS LIKE YOU,HITMAN,LIGHTS ARE ALWAYS ON,CHILDREN OF THE GRAVE,OVERKILL,BEIN' UGLY IS ALRIGHT.WHEW!!!!I speak for all of us when I say we were in the best shape ever,ready to rip.

A who's who of Uglies in the house that night;Tex,Rocko and Jan,Dave Slaughterhouse,door bitch Kate,Buzz Jones,Marty-o,UBP sitemaster Dolar,Chad Carman all the way from Almont,Jose Mondragon and familia all the way from Grand Rapids,Steve McLeish all the way from Houston Texas!,A-ron and concubine,The Jezierski brothers,Tommy Eaglescout,the Auburn Hills gang,George's whole family,Greg Scmitt,The Samoan,the list goes on and on. Unfortunately King Zeus couldn't make it due to poor health,but his spirit was palpable,he was there. It was a reunion for all our friends as much as the band,I saw people shaking hands and hugging friends long unseen. It was fuckin' great as the last notes rang out I couldn't help but tear up and thank God for all the good times and good people we were blessed with,over the years as well as that night.Let's hope it doesn't take 20 years to do it again!! Take care,ya'll,and remember:BEIN UGLY IS ALRIGHT!!!!!!!

Ugly Mike

Currently listening:
Christmas Album
By Tiny Tim
Release date: 1996-10-15

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Sunday, December 07, 2008

Metro Times Write-up!
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amused
Category: Music

Ugly But Proud

Saturday, December 6

Critic's Pick

PIONEERS OF THRASH

by Megan O'Neil

Back in the 1980s, thrash-metal bands were few and far between in the Detroit area. Enter the self-described "urban hillbillies" of Ugly But Proud. The speedy metal trio, made up of Proud Marc, Ugly Mike and Hideous George, played wherever they could. That often meant opening up for punk bands, since the walls between punk and metal were crumbling by the mid-'80s. Surprisingly, punks embraced Ugly But Proud's brand of thrash, especially their weird penchant for harboring a character known only as "King Zeus," the band's human mascot, who'd sit in a chair on stage, unmoved by their speed-metal antics. As the punk and metal worlds collided, the UBP boys in turn teased Detroit's emerging goth scene with an anthem that dubbed them "Death Clowns." They'll be sure to play that (perhaps the only song that opens with a speed-metal version of "Entrance of the Gladiators" — a song heard more often on a calliope) and other songs at their reunion, their first local show in almost 15 years. Get those manes bangin' again, at the Token Lounge, 28949 Joy Rd., Westland, 734-513-5030; $6 ages 21 and older, $10 ages 18-20; doors at 8 p.m. With special guests Voice of Anger, Cavity Creeps and Grommett.

Currently listening:
Black Sabbath, Vol.4
By Black Sabbath
Release date: 1990-10-25

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Wednesday, December 03, 2008

The Token Lounge Dec 6th, 2008 REUNION SHOW!!!!
Current mood:

anxious
Category: Music

Come see the original line-up of Mike, Mark and George!!

The Token Lounge Westland, Mi

This Saturday December 6th, 2008 8 PM

Currently listening:
Screaming for Vengeance
By Judas Priest
Release date: 2001-05-29

12:49 AM

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Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Thor story
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fascinated

Anyone who went to the Proud House probably has a story involving Thor,the thrashin canine. I brought him home when he was 4 weeks old,barely had his eyes open. I dropped him on his head when I first picked him up,didn't faze him a bit. I said "I'll take him"!

One of my favorite Thor stories took place at a party at the 530 Oakland house,Oakland Acres we called it.Whatta dump,perfect for us and our people.Typical party,jammed to the rafters,sweat and beer everywhere. George had just poured a fresh cup of beer and set it down next to his amp.
As we started to play "THORWAR",our tribute to Thor,here comes the dog himself,howling at the top of his lungs. He always knew that song,don't ask me how. We're flailing away,and out the corner of my eye I see Thor laying next to George's amp,beer cup between his paws,happily slurping George's beer cup dry! I could hardly finish the song I was laughing so hard! We get done,the crowd goes wild,and George leans down and sees Thor walking away from his empty cup. "Motherfucker!"sez George,half mad-half amused,"He drank my whole fucking beer!"Everyone cracked up,and Thor just kinda looked back with smile on his face,as if to say,"Goddamn right,how about another?:!?!?"
RIP Thor

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Tuesday, November 27, 2007

Gordon’s Backyard
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amused
Category: Blogging

While living at the Republic estate was an endless hootenanny, our neighbor didn't always think so. There was a small apartment attached to the house, and the fella who lived there worked for the moving company that owned it. Gordon David was an old drunk injun and he hated us,sort of. We were pig slobs, but we kept the criminals (most) out of the area.

Well,we owned the front yard, while Gordon had the back.

One hot summer our upstairs toilet busted the seal. Ya couldn't flush without a flood. So in typical lazy-ass fashion we passed the buck to our landlord, who said fix it yerselves. Well fuck that! George started pissing out the window, which unfortunately looked out on Gordon's blessed yard. After a week or 2 of the whole crew pissing out the window a nice big circle of dead grass alerted ol' Gordy that something REALLY wrong was goin on. He came storming into our house, drunk as the last lord of creation, and demanded to know who was pissing in his yard. To a man we said "all of us". After threatening us with death, we beered him up and promised to stop. Next day me, George and roomie Johnny fixed the seal in typical 3 Stooges fashion. It had only taken us a month to get around to it.

I'm sure ol' Gordon has gone on to that big hunting ground in the sky. I hope his teepee has indoor plumbing.

Ugly Mike

Currently listening:
Music for the Movies of Clint Eastwood
By Clint Eastwood
Release date: 11 September, 2001

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Thursday, September 13, 2007

How it all began....
Current mood:

cheerful

Ugly Mike: "Me and George moved into this house at 21815 Republic in Oak Park. I was working at a factory and George was working at pissing our other roomie off. Then we got Thor(our pooch,RIP buddy) and that guy,I believe his name was Johnny,just went off the deep end. But what really mattered was this house was fucking incredible! It had a huge yard,all kinds of old decrepit barns and junk everywhere. It was a haunted farmhouse in the middle of the city!! It had all kinds of weird drawings on the walls, weather reports written in some strange hieroglyphics only a mad farmer would understand. So we picked up our own version of a mad farmhand,whom we called KING ZEUS. He interpreted the writings as a command to form an ass-kicking metal band. So my brother Mark dropped outta school and took his place behind the drums,George borrowed a bass,I dusted off my guitar and we wrote our first song,"No Free Ride",which I dedicated to George after he fucked up the rent one more time!! Our next song was "Hitman", a little ditty I wrote in high school,followed by "Split Personality". Then we came up with "Death Clowns". The Goth thing was just getting in vogue and we thought it was hilarious,bunch 'o' pasty white urchins who just were into fashion and makeup. They liked our band though and would drop by when we were practicing sometimes. I would see them coming and tell the boys"Here come the Death Clowns". The song came pretty quick after that. Besides our own tunes we also knew a shitload of covers,heavy on Priest,Motorhead,Metallica. We even did "Sudden Impact" by Exciter 'til I had a hernia tryin to sing it. In the summer of 1985 we recorded our first demo entitled"Kim Never Forgets". Named after our mentor Kim McCool(aka King Zeus)it is the worst sounding thing you'll never hear. It had 8 of our standards on it,among them Death Clowns,Ugly But Proud,King zeus,Split personality,Damnation,and Hitman. We started showing up at open stages wherever we could,notably TRAXX,an eastside dive that was always a good time. And we had some legendary parties,which helped to get the name around AND put us on the radar of both the Oak Park and Ferndale police forces,who would flip a coin to see who got stuck busting up a party full of urban hillbilles. It usually took about 10 cars to bust up a party,unless someone got shot(yep,SHOT),in which case I think they didn't even bother showing up!! I was getttin' laid,what the fuck did I care...Finally we landed a gig at a real venue.the infamous Falcon Lounge;that's another story....

Tune in next time, Ugly Mike.........

Currently listening:
Bayou Country
By Creedence Clearwater Revival
Release date: 25 October, 1990