I love your stories.

Alot.
You guys we're awesome at Dudefest by the way. I know it's late, but I always enjoy you live & hope to see you sometime again.
 

whoa, that's a bummer man.
kind of ironic how someone with a rich family lets money issues cause such ridiculous behaviors.

glad you guys aren't canceling the tour or anything!
 

wow! get derek to play bass for you.
i will try to make it to the chicago show.
regardless, its time to party on!
 

I wish I lived in Louisville again, I love Lords and would jump at a chance to play in your band chris!

Good Luck on tour and finding a mentally sound bassist.
 

fuck!!! i don't play in a band anymore. i would love to do this. too bad we can't cyber jam
 

Sucks to lose your bass player, but sounds like its for the best in the end.

Funny fucking story though!
 

ill try out
 

was he the guy that wore the big "cool" sunglasses and seemed to be more important then the air he was breathing?

what a complete jerk off.

he got to be in some of my favorite bands and he's the son of a millionare, must be rough


by the way i love you guy's "redneck shit"


cant wait for omaha
 

I love Chris Owens.
 

as i read this...i pictured 2 vikings fighting
 

This of course is all convoluted bullshit.

As usual, Chris is trying to make it sound like he won something when he simply lost a bass player and looked like a true asshole doing it. The important points for me to add are as follows:

a) THIS WAS NOT ABOUT MONEY. The quotes from above should read "do you want to give me $40 for playing the show?" and "do you want to give me $40 for the practice space?” the second quote was left out conveniently and is in reference to my practice space which Lords has used at about %50 of our practices. Both questions were rhetorical and served only to prove the point that Chris uses people. I’ve been playing shows and touring long enough to know that traveling bands get first dibs. I also asked Chris these questions AFTER he hit me; they did not serve his "heroic" motives. Chris made it clear that "I had it coming" from a long series of disputes that he failed to go into at that time or in his little myspace blog. I assure you they didn't have anything to do with money. Touring on your own dime is well worth it when the other people in the van aren't ASSHOLES. Also, my band, How to Murder, has only made $30 this entire year and WE DON'T CARE. We were just psyched to play with Sam’s band on this occasion.

b) I WANTED CHRIS TO HIT ME. This wasn't difficult. All I had to do was to speak up. Asking for it and deserving it are two different things my friend. In my opinion throwing an amp in the trailer is not a good excuse to punch someone, but that's beside the point. You were looking for an excuse and I gave you one. I had nothing to loose.

c) PICKING ON THE LITTLE GUY. It was Doug, actually, who pointed out that you are bigger than me. I didn’t say a word about it. I think everyone realizes that you only fight if you have the obvious size advantage. See Chris’ bout with Robby Veale. Not to mention several other occasions where Chris threatened violence over door money.

d) I NEVER ASKED FOR COMPENSATION. Ever. But I would like to shine a little light on the subject. Chris' credit card debt was never mentioned until we were on tour in Canada. After that it was brought up over anything from who should give Eric a ride to practice to loading a bass cabinet into the trailer. I have no problem playing shows for free as long as it is fun, and I would be more than happy if Chris could catch up with Lords' bills by playing shows as long as he doesn't hold it over my head as leverage for every little thing that doesn't go his way. While I was in Pusher, Chris once told me that every band needs one guy to keep the band going financially and to stop complaining about it. Also, I think we would all like to see those receipts for continuity purposes.

e) WILL WORK FOR FUN. Hard work and having a blast is what touring is about for me. Every time I leave town to play music, I’m on vacation from my job and unfortunately from my friends and family too. Everyone knows that it takes sacrifices to be in a touring band, but it’s worth it because it’s fun. Working for Chris is not fun. I’ve never met someone with so much baggage and displaced aggression. He once threatened to “knock every tooth out of my head” because I was taking too long in the shower and we were going to be late for the show. We ended up getting stuck in traffic, still arriving at the show on time with hours to spare and then waiting for our tour mates Suicide Note to show up for those several hours. Was my taking a shower the real issue or was it your driving drunk to Montreal the night before at 80mph wasting our precious gas money and not even getting laid? WHO FUCKING CARES!?

f) SPOILED RICH KID. I don’t get anything for free. I drive a company pickup truck and I work my ass off for that PRIVILEGE. Why would I ever consider working for anyone but my family if it were as easy as you believe it is? I’ve had other jobs that were fun, and when they ceased to be fun I stopped giving a fuck. Construction is hard fucking work and I don’t get paid to go on tour. I have to earn that privilege as well. I loose tons of money everyday that I am on tour yet I still love it and never let myself look at it from say the point of view that you look at playing shows: no money, not worth it. We’ve bailed on shows because you “heard” that no one was going to be there. I think that’s disreputable. Since we’re comparing dicks now why don’t you tell everyone where you live? Whose car is it that you are driving? What are your monthly bills besides Lords, Chris? And, why are you bringing my dad into this?? He grew up in a family with nothing and is determined to make me work for whatever it is he has to offer me. This shit has nothing to do with my attitude and everything to do with yours. These things have never been spoken between us and now they are suddenly your just cause for “beating up” your friend? How can you be all business all the time, and yet take my father’s wealth personally enough to destroy your band? You’re bitter and probably a little jealous too. Cheap.

Let’s just set the record straight. I quit those bands just like I quit yours, bro. End of story. I guess you should have realized that I could care fucking less about domineering assholes’ prerogatives when they can’t appreciate their friends for what they are instead of what they have to offer. I have no hard feelings toward Ryan, Evan, Adam, Steve or anyone. I play music with friends. After that FUCK ALL YA’LL CAUSE ALL OF YOU ARE FUCKED.

The bottom line is this: you bully people to get what you want and I told you I wasn’t going to take it anymore so you sucker punched me. That is the most important detail that you left out. You apologized to me after it happened, why can’t you take responsibility for your actions in front of everyone else?
 

"I WANTED CHRIS TO HIT ME"

for someone who purportedly wanted to get hit, you sure did cry about it an awful lot after it happened. be careful what you wish for.

and btw, it's "lose", not "loose". "looser".
 

THE BASS CABINET. I asked Chris to load my cabinet, because I was loading my other bands’ gear. Chris and Eric had not left any space in the trailer for my equipment, an obvious oversight on their part.
 

your next album or ep or whatever should be called "REDNECK SHIT"

yes it should
 

Hi, don't drag me into this shit.

I played a show. Got the dudes from out of town some killer pot. Broke up a fight. Went on about my business.
 

in response to Matt's long comment: actually, throwing someone's guitar head around IS a legitimate excuse to punch someone. If you did that to me I would have kicked the shit out of you too.
 

Have to agree with this dude. Only an asshole would disagree that messing with a touring musician's gear is among the shittiest things you can do.
 

I want to party with you guys
 

WHILE IM SADDENED BY THIS, AS I LOVE LORDS, MATT AND ALL INVOLVED.... I AM MORE SAD ABOUT THE FACT THAT I DONT HAVE TIME TO TOUR. OR ID BE ON THIS IN A SECOND. I HAD THOUGHT ABOUT KILLING MATT IN THE PAST, AND THEN DROPPING OUT OF SCHOOL, SO I COULD TAKE HIS PLACE.. MAYBE EVEN WEARING HIS FACE AS A MASK FROM TIME TO TIME. BUT NOT IN A WEIRD SERIAL KILLER WAY, MORE IN A "I KILLED YOU TO TAKE YOUR PLACE" WAY...

ANYWAY, GOOD LUCK ON TOUR...
 

surprise surprise yet another Chris Owens situation diffused with fists.
Way to perpetuate the vicious cycle of violence "dude"!
 

i hope this is who i think it is hahaha
 

move to canada. -david.

 

Hahahaa Damn Chris... sounds like a PARTY!!!!!!! see ya in Oakland in a few weeks good luck!!
 

Hey Chris, you should write a book. Wait, I've got it.....


 

despite the fact that this situation shouldn't be a laughing matter i made this anyway. i actually had plans for making this after the veale incident but i forgot. good thing your redneck shit reminded me.

 

lets see..I believe the lessons learned from getting the owens beatdown are as follows....DONT BE A FUCKING DICK !
 

hey chris
that's fine you put YOUR phone number and all, but, I too am having bass player try outs, and this dude sounds rad...so post HIS number please.

and thanks.

and on a serious note, i will be gone when you come through omaha, and i'm bummed. well, not too bummed because i'll be on tour, but i would have loved to have seen you man!
 

wait, wait, wait.....eric? where the hell is stan? man, i'm out of the loop.
 

So why'd you kick him out?
 

you dudes got any acid?
 

Guys, we're supposed to be the Lords who argue and fight each other - keep it relaxed!
If you need a bassist in Europe give me a shout, that'll really confuse things.
chris
 

This is a comedy story!

Keep up the madness.

Keep the bass player for more comedy stories.
 

That would make him the Jason Everman of the South.

Everman was booted from both Nirvana and Soundgarden in an 18 month stretch.

A band isn't really a band until everyone has punched eachother in the face!

Abro
 

This is funny to read.

I am doing the show in Copenhagen. Hope I won't get beat up. I'll get you guys some killer weed!