MEDIAWHORE

MEDIAWHORE was a great band fronted by good friend Mikee Plastik. We were both on the now defunct Toxic Shock Records around the same time as Culture of Greed. Mikee was the original guitarist for Grim Faeries before taking on MEDIAWHORE fulltime. When ‘The Disenchanted Forest’ was being recorded at RTH Studios in Tampa, we would hang out on the patio until the wee hours of the night and talk.

Mikee asked me to take on guitarist duties when he began getting so many show offers. For quite some time the line up was Mikee, Mike Browning and myself. Mike Browning played an electronic drum pad and I fondly remember rehearsals at Browning’s home. Mike Browning, of course, was the original drummer for Morbid Angel, and later the drummer for Nocturnus. Mike was a great guy, we always got along, and his Egyptian art collection was even more impressive in person than you have heard in legend. Mike Browning will be greatly missed.

Later MEDIAWHORE switched lineups and Chuck ‘Chains’ Lenihan (Crumbsuckers, Genitorturers, and Christian Death) came in to take up bass guitar, and Nate Hassan (Christian Death) came in on drums. We did a ton of shows. This lineup was a real first-class education in how a professional band is run. We are all still close friends. It was a very special time.