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Sam here!
Well Hideous fans, it’s been too long since I have
touched base with everyone, so figured I’d take this
opportunity to do so.
As some of you may know, I have had quite a trying
last year, trying to defend myself with only moderate
success from the defacto state, which has falsely
(obviously) presumed I am a “legal fiction” (aka. a
living piece of paper, hehe) and also has extorted
thousands of dollars from me, and imprisoned me, etc.
But, that is neither here nor there, although this has
surely impaired any progress I intended to make on
making new music or any of the other projects I may
have been able to entertain.
So, at this point I will say that there are no plans
for any new Hideous Mangleus recordings, and
presumably won’t be for some time to come, until I can
alleviate my financial and legal position quite a bit.
As I have mentioned elsewhere, I greatly appreciate
and am in awe of the very talented and respected
individuals that have offered to help me make some of
the unreleased Hideous material available to the fans,
via a new Ep. But at this point this plan is in
indefinite hiatus due to the reasons mentioned above.
If at some point in the next year, these factors are
removed from the equation, I will surely consider
trying to reorganize this plan and see if this time we
can reach fruition. But nothing is certain at this
point in time.
As for any “resurrection” or reuniting of the original
line-up of Hideous Mangleus for either new material or
any 20th Anniversary Show(s), at this point my opinion
is that I have substantial doubts that any of this
will occur, even though there has been talk of some
maniacs wanting to set up a Fest in Rhode Island
around the this event, and inviting some other
OldSkool Warriors to take part. But, long story short,
recent events have shown that the personal differences
that have troubled Hideous in the past still haunt us
and may continue to haunt us for any foreseeable
future. But I can say from “my side” of the equation
that I have recently restated that which I felt was
always obvious, that I personally would welcome any
type of reunion and although I surely wish my Brothers
success in all they do, namely MorgueMart, they are
surely missed, and as I have directly told them, the
door has and always will be open for them, because
besides being friends and brothers, without their
contribution there would be no Hideous Mangleus.
Recently, I have been jamming the “All Your Friends
are Dead” CD quite a bit, which has been out of print
for some time. I would love to see a quality label
repress this CD, and maybe do a collector’s double-LP
gatefold version of this classic release, but just
thinking out loud. I would gladly help with the
layout, etc.
For those of you who have requested the “All Your
Friends are Dead” ’90 demo cover shirts for years, Our
Brother Kenny Ruhle has made this all possible, see Ad
on our Merch page.
Also, if there are any Goblin (USA) fans out there, we
recently had our CD released on Ecocentric records,
Germany (more info at www.myspace.com/goblin), and
posted an interview video on youtube.com. Also, Kenny
Ruhle has made Goblin shirts.
And just to mention, there is also a MorgueMart
(www.morguemart.com or www.myspace.com/morguemart)
video up on youtube.com for those of you who would
like to check out what Joel, Curt and Feev have been
up to. They just recently released the album "10 Cent Cadavers".
Grind On!!!
If interested to hear what Sam Biles’ band Nest
sounded like goto
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TreXeYg5SIs .
I am going to be working on a Hideous Mangleus DVD
comprised of various bootleg footage and rehearsals,
etc; but don’t expect it to be released for six months
to a year from now. This will surely include some
goodies for your Fiends, cause we have recently
uncovered some previously thought missing footage.
Sam Biles
