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Ill start by saying my name is Donnie Vie,you most likely would remeber me as the red haired lipstick big mouthed,drugged up pretty

boy,that sings like the beatles,from the "new thing" or "fly high michelle" 1 mtv videos back in 1989-90.I am and have been the

singer songwriter producer for the band Enuff Znuff for the last 20 years.we are a power pop band that revolves around melodies and

catchy hooks.Much to the likes of (dare I say The beatles)aerosmith,led zepplin,rolling stones,squeeze,elvis costello..Since 1985

when myself along with Chip Znuff(whom i also named,hahaha)put the band together with various different members,Gino Martino,Bo

Pallacard(1st version) then Derek Frigo(r.i.p)Vikki foxx(R.I.H{rot in hell haha})then Ricky parent(R.I.p) and John Monaco(O.p.p)and

now Randy scott and Tori,though the new record "Dissonance" features Vinnie Castaldo on drums and Jake E Lee on lead guitar.The band

has released 13 studio albums,two greatest hits,two live records and A home video.as a solo artist I have released one studio album,a

home dvd that comes with a 6 song cd,a reunion album from a concert where after not playing together for 15 years,Derek frigo,Vikki

foxx and myself played a short set at the cat club and taped and filmed it.Then I released an acccoustic performance of the second

ezn album"strength" titled "Extra strength" and a ton of demos and other accoustically performed versions of a lot of the favorite

Ezn and DV songs at my website"DonnieVie.com.Most of these critically aclaimed albums and songs  unfortunately flew under the radar

and got lost in the shuffle with the decline of the 80s metal hairband era.Though I do agree that most of those bands were musically

retarded,and had nothing to offer musical history except for damn good time,Enuff znuff was nothing like those bands,except for,and

if i do say so myself,the best looking of the glam bands.We had the worst possible luck when it came to guidance and business from

our first manager,(who was a rich coked up frustrated musician,that got carried away with controlling and manipulating,financialy and

creatively,the band ,and basically offered us ability to survive and get off the streets,along with fancy limos,guitars,recording

facilities,and all the drugs we could consume for our souls.)to being used as a pawn in a political label  power battle between

presidents of Atlantic records and its sister label Atco records.Atco was a big 70s label that took a 10 year hiedouse,to be

reopenened in the late 80s by Derek shullman(discovered Bon Jovi)and a super team that he hand picked of all the best in the biz.He

signed The Rembrandts(theme from friends tv show),new ACDC(thunderstruck) a few big black artists,and a couple of other really good

bands that fell off the face of the earth as a result of this occurance.To be brief,Enuff Znuff was being geard up to be the Beatles

of the 90s,came out of the box with back to back 1 mtv hits,The "hot band of Rolling stone magazine",a favorite of radio shock jock

Howard stern and david letterman,and pretty much found our selves hailed by all of the great bands we grew up loving like

Kiss,Aerosmith,Cheap trick,Paul McCartney,Heart etc...you name it ,they loved us.Hell we had the look of the world,Great

musicianship,catchy melodic power pop hooks,and lead vocals and harmonies that were compared to John Lennon and Paul McCartney.It all

started out like a dream,but turned quickly into a nightmare.We were out touring and selling out everywhere for a while,not to

mention heavily induldging in the whole sex DRUGS and rocknroll lifestyle.we were on the cover of all the magazines,I was the pinup

centerfold singer,we did every Tv show around,went on every radio station in US,Japan,UK etc...and walked in front of the line and

given the Vip treatment at all the cool clubs,till with a blink of an eye fell off the charts as quick as we came on.The actual true

story(that hasnt been told in print till this day)is,the owner of Atlantic/atco was grooming our president at atco to take over

running atlantic itself(that was run by a president that saturated the music business with any and every hair metal band that had any

following at all,with no concern for talent or good songs,it was just churn em out,make some more money or write em off at tax

time)So when this became obvious,he prommised the same radio aor guy that would toot up the program directors to get us and other

bands air play,the presidency of atco(wich was conveniently merging with east west records at the time) to put our president out of

business.Wich he did and became,and later admited to my face drunk and coked up at a party.He said,"I loved you guys and it was

nothing personal,but you guys going huge would have made the difference,and that wasnt going to be allowed."NOTHING PERSONAL"thats a

fucking laugh,cause it sure personally affected me and my bands lives and careers.In fact it affected music period.Once we wisened up

and dumped the makeup and spandex,we really would have probably been the biggest thing in the world,over Guns and Roses,and

Nirvana.when the band was firing on all cylinders nothing could touch us and no one(regardless of musicall prefference)could resist

us.We could open for any one from metallica to John cougar mellencamp(in fact we did),hit the stage to sceptical faces and left it

with the place going nuts.Well to make a long story short,we filed a bancruptsy to get out of our 8 record 13 million dollar dealwith

Time Warner (we showed them huh?)then had a brief run with Clive Davis at Arista who loved my voice and my songwriting,unfortunately

couldnt do anything with the rest of the band or the heavier side of us wich was the rest of the band,so we were given a release

fromn our deal after a little ego chess game with our then manager Herbie Herbert(journey,mister big)and Clive only with our lives as

the pieces.I was still young, naive,and trusted that everyone was willing to give what I was giving,wich was my life,blood sweat and

mostly tears.No one it turned out was willing to give shit,it was all about what they could get out of it.That has never been a

factor for me when it came to making the music and the message it would put out.To the point of ,here I am in my early

40s,broke,divorced,second guessing my abilities and debating if this is even the path I still wish to travel.On the bright side,I

have just now finally found out what love is and what life is truly all about.So back to the facts.After flushing Time warner and

then Clive Davis(the single most influential record exec in the history of music),It was a big step down into the world of Indie

labels and finally not really dealing with labels anymore at all.This world is a much more depressing,slower paced and less glorious

place than that of the majors and everyone kissing your ass and giving you what ever you want,just to be affiliated.The whole process

much more resembles work and cost money ya dont have and prommisses nothing more than keeping a little hope alive.Unless you are

me,and the next block of inspiration overcomes you and brings with it the next chapter of songs that are still better and have grown

since the last batch or record.And thats where I am now.Just gotten back into Enuff Znuff after a 8 year break(to regenerate the love

for it and to repair all the damage done mentally and physically from all the years of basically killing myself for the cause).Just

to find the whole mess exactly in the state I left it in,only older,and the name more ground into the carpet with the remaining

members deciding to try to squeeze every last drop of life out of the name and reputation by continuing on performing mediocre

vibeless shows opening for anything for whatever minute amounts of money offered (like block parties and local fairs just like spinal

tap.the problem being ,I forgot how there is still no one with a clue or potential taking charge,or running the business side of

things,the dying music industry has become more dead and impossible to find a way into.Basically its hopeless and you have to

appreciate the things that youve done and the places youve been ,the people youve met and the lives that youve touched with what you

created out of thin air.Hell I was an abused child with no family,money or support,and made it to number one on MTV despite all the

odds, distractions,and bad luck that came our way.Anyways,till this whole shithouse goes up in flames,and deservingly so,,,,,Ill

still be making great music,in fact Ive already started the ball rolling on a new solo record for next year,if anyone is

interested,and you can check it all out at DonnieVie.com.No big budgets,or fancy bells and whistles,,,,just great songs,and killer

pipes!!!!You can check out the complete Enuff Znuff discography at EnuffZnuff.com 

I just have to take this time out of trying to read the flood of messages that came in after my last post,to let you all know that I love each and every last one of you.you are the greatest fans a rockstar or artist could ever hope for in their dreams.Im so fucking lucky.I wanna say to you,that I hate to show that that shit gets to me,and to genuinely get that angry and show that lack of self control.cause when i post ,MOST of you know that Im just fuckin around and trying to shock people,(probably cause no one has kicked my smart ass in yet.hahahaha and dont get any I deahs all you drunkies.hahaha)and trying to sell my downloads like "you suck dirty cock and balls if you dont get my downloads at Donnievie.com,or your big hairy smelly pussy shall go eternaly uneaten if you dont sign up 4 membership at the vieclub at Donnievie,com."hahahaha(you can say anything you want,if you follow it with hahahaha.when you sing like DV.hahahaha,any case you know im very kind to all of you when I meat you in person,,and Ive met so fuckin many one of you and weve partied and have great memories of the days.ME TOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!thats why my songs are so good,,cause I care about you all so much that i put heart felt passion into my songs and vocals to all of you,because you are so wonderful and wonderful to me.especially when you think im in danger or sad,and that has been alot ,let me tell you.but I rationallize it to my self as I was put here to experience pain and addictions,and death and broken hearted,so that I can learn in depth about those things,so that I might figure out the cures for those things and tell you so that you can make it through that shit.it sucks and it kills us,but most  alot of us do make it through, and find true love and finaly feal free (free'er) from those prisons that keep us locked up for long periods of time.well they sure seem like they are long.but b4 long its all ok again....and you got to have faith in what your faith lies in,,and forge on,and one day you wake up and your like "wow,,,,Im actually fucking happy today,,,,and theres really nothing heavy hanging over me right now" for you who this hasnt occured yet.mabey you should take a serious look at all the things big and little that you know are not the right thing to do,to yourself and others,,and cut that shit out and "PRESTO" the bullshit is gone.and now instead of batteling back all the time ,,your batteling as the aggressor,and thats a scary thing for all those cocksuckers that fucked with you and laughed when you stumbled,and really were nowhere when you needed them,because now they wanna be around you and your cool energy,and thats TUFF shit!hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha yeah I am back in this game ,and I ve got a lot of big things going on that i really cannot disclose at this time,and I am clean,,except for tequilas and weed,and ciggs,,,,and man every minute of the day Im on my game.to all of you who said "Donnie will have it all when he wants to" I now just know what you all meant!!!sorry for scaring some of you ,,sorry for wetting the bed on some of you..sorry for being to tweeked to come off the bus to see you sometimes,,and sorry for being so fucked up and lame and coming off the bus and meating you some times(MEATING<

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