Its evil, its loud, its scary and its GOOD! Metal in all its forms is my music of choice. The louder the better. Anything loud, from Black, to Hardcore, to Death, to Grind, to shitty knock offs like rap rock just gets me going. I'm not a N*Suck kind of girl. In my Music Space, I had to give Metal along with Gothic, Industrial, and all other heavy forms of music its own space. I can't live without it, so it needs its own little shrine.

I've grown up worshiping at the altar of metal. When I was but a wee little girl, I had a friend named Kristen Stone who lived next door. She was three years older than me and had six brothers who (when I was two) ranged in age from seven to twenty one. They thought it was really funny to play Metallica, Slayer, and Anthrax for the wee little girlies. (These are also the boys that got me to watch horror flicks before I was talking. As you can see, its had an effect on me.)

But as much as my parents hated it, I benefited from what the Stone boys thought of as amusement. They helped branch my musical tastes out from the usual shit kids listen to to heavy music that I wouldn't have found until I was older. MTV was banned in my house and so was WAAF, the local Active Rock station. I spent hours planted in front of the TV or the boombox, soaking up the 'wicked tunes' the boys played.

Here is what I mean... 'Ride the Lightning' by Metallica came out when I was three. I don't remember this, but I have heard this story growing up my whole life. Apparently, I spent the weeks leading up to the album release hoarding pennies and nickels. When the older Stone boys where going to go to the record store at midnight to get the album, I came trundling up with a sack full of change and asked them to bring me back a copy of the album. They thought it was so cute that they bought me the LP.

My Top Fifteen Best Concerts (otherwise known as an excuse to use the above graphic)

Incubus and Far: March 27, 1998 The E-Bar Worcester, MA Concert Highlight: I met the boys and Brandon told me to produce

OZZFEST '98: July 9, 1998 Great Woods Foxboro, MA Concert Highlight: Getting my jeans signed by the whole tour

Soulfly, Incubus, and Snot: August 8, 1998 The Palladium Worcester, MA Concert Highlight: The entire Palladium shook from the Pit

Sevendust, Coal Chamber, and Human Waste Project: May 8, 1998 The Palladium Worcester, MA Concert Highlight: I met Brian

KROQ Weenie Roast: June 14, 2003 The Verizon Amphitheater Irvine, CA Concert Highlight: Backstage and AFI's stellar performance

The Genitorturers: Unrecorded 2002 Axis Boston, MA Concert Highlight: The most FUCT show I've ever seen.... wow, dildos

Crisis: February 27, 1998 The E-Bar Worcester, MA Concert Highlight: Seeing a girl rock that fucking hard

Limp Bizkit and Sevendust: February 18, 1998 The Palladium Worcester, MA Concert Highlight: My very first real club show. Best pit ever

OZZFEST '98: July 7, 1998 Great Woods Foxboro, MA Concert Highlight: Brandon remembered us? Wicked

Voltaire and Bella Morte: October 31, 2002 Downtime/Albian Batcave New York, New York Concert Highlight: Going to NYC on Halloween to see a Goth band

KoRn, Orgy, and Incubus: Unrecorded 1998 The Paul Tsongas Arena Lowell, MA Concert Highlight: Living through the pit

Downset and Factory 81: February 17, 2001 The Palladium Worcester, MA Concert Highlight: Rockin' pit and almost freezing to death after the show

Family Values '98: September 23, 1998 Worcester Centrum Worcester, MA Concert Highlight: Winning the tickets from WAAF radio

Slipknot: December 8th, 1999 The Avalon Ballroom Boston, Ma Concert Highlight: Meeting Arthur after the show. Rest in peace

Metal Shop and Tribe of Judah: January 20, 2003 The Viper Room Hollywood, CA Concert Highlight: Living my 1980s LA hair metal dreams