Stories from Turtle

I remember that flyer Matt made for that show at the annex building. We had played there before and they put all these chairs out so of course everyone sat down it was very annoying and agitated Matt more than anyone. I think because he had been to some real underground shows in Colorado and it was appalling to him that people would actually sit down at a punk show. It was funny that even though he was younger than the rest of us he had more expierence with good underground music and had a better ideas for things. When he started playing with us is when we went from playing simple power chord punk to actually having some originality and he brought his style in which definitely changed our sound for the better. He was also a better vocalist than Wess and Wess was always kinda threatened by it though we all didn't care we were more about being friends and hanging out than worried about whether or not we sounded good. Thats probably why we never went anywhere, but we had alot of fun and to Matt, Brandon, Chad, and me, that's what it was all about.

P.S. Seeing Rachel all grown up in that picture reminds me of a funny story. Matt was very protective of her I remember one night we were all hangin out somewhere and we had just seen Rachel. Brandon made a comment that Rachel was going to grow up to be a very beautiful woman (which she has). Brandon meant nothing perverse by it but Matt took it the wrong way and the more he drank the more pissed he got. Eventually they duked it out then made up wth crys and hugs. I just stayed out of it but I found it funny cause afterwards we started teasing Brandon about his hot mom. I just had to share that because no one out here knew Matt that well and when you think about the way he was it was much more funny. He was always very protective over anyone he cared about. I mean he would scrap with his friends in a heart beat but if anyone messed with his friends or loved ones look out. later Turtle