I first met Sean when I went to see the Donnas in Hoboken, NJ in November of 1998. We started talking, and the Toilet Boys were coming up to Buffalo, where I am from, 2 weeks following that show. I offered to hook them up with hotels and travel information because that's my thing. (I went to school for Travel and I also work in the Hotel Industry.) I met them at their hotel and that night they convinced me and my friend, Jeanine (who you will hear about here and there in the following pages), to go with them to the rest of the shows. We did. We both had jobs; Jeanine took care of merchandise, and I did all the pyro during the shows.
The dates of these shows were as follows:
November 25, 1998 Buffalo, NY @ The Continental
November 26, 1998 Toronto, ON @ El Mocambo
November 27, 1998 London, ON @ Call The Office
November 28, 1998 Montreal, QC @ Jailhouse

The Toilet Boys had their van, and Jeanine and I drove with Adam in her car. It was so comfortable. They treated us like they knew us forever, and we didn't stop being fans for one minute. We even listened to Living Like a Millionaire with Adam in the car. And yes, we also had to listen to a whole lot of Adam's King Diamond and Mercyful Fate collection.

Our next encounter with the Toilet Boys was when we took the train down to NYC to see them play a big show at the Bowery Ballroom, opening for Degeneration. While not the best show they played (thanks to the management of the Bowery Ballroom who cut their set short and wouldn't let them do their pyro), it was definitely great to see them in their hometown. I was very happy to meet Adam's lovely wife, a photographer from Japan, and his mom, who now lives in Washington, DC. Jeanine and I stayed at Guy's house that night, and met his friend Lyle Derek, one of the most beautiful men I have ever seen. We also got invited as guests on Sean and Rocket's show on the Pseudo network called Hotbox. The network no longer exists, but Hotbox ran for about 2 years.

Shortly after that, word came that the Toilet Boys were going through Canada yet again. This time with the Remainz, Marky and DeeDee Ramone's band. This actually gave us time to plan and make sure everything went smoothly. This time they had a pyro guy, and I just took on the duties of a full fleged Tour Mom. Taking Care of Business for the most part.
The dates for these shows were:
April 29, 1999 Toronto, ON @ El Mocambo
April 30, 1999 London, ON @ Call the Office
May 1, 1999 Ottawa, ON @ Lucky Ron's
May 2, 1999 Montreal, QC @ Jailhouse

Everything went smoothly, and this time I had a video camera. I was able to shoot for the first two days until some stripper called Tammy from London dropped my camera and busted it. Regardless, I got nearly 4 hours of footage that is highly entertaining. I even got a classic shot of DeeDee with Adam and George Gorlick.

The next time I saw them was in June of 1999 when they played Joey Ramone's birthday bash at Coney Island High, in NYC. This was one of the greatest times I have ever had, and I am sure they did as well. I stayed with Adam and his wife (and 2 adorable pugs) and got to watch the sound check and everything. I can say that they were so excited about playing on stage with Joey singing, and I have never seen anything like it before, and I probably never will again.

In April of 2000 I got to see Sean and Rocket when I went to New York for my 23rd birthday. They had just gotten back from Los Angeles, and Guy and Eddie were still in California. I went to the Hotbox studio again and had a great nite hanging out with Rocket and then hittin’ the town with Sean. It was a really special birthday.

I didn’t get to see them live, though, until August 18th and 19th of 2000 when they played two back to back nights at the Continental in New York City. It was the first time I got to see the band live in 14 months, and it was so exciting.

In mid December of 2000 on a Sunday afternoon, I received a call from Adam asking me if I wanted to be their tour mom again, for the first time in a year and a half. Of course I said YES.
This time we had five nights.
January 17th , 2001 Montreal, QC @ the Jailhouse
January 18th, 2001 Ottawa, ON @ the Dominion
January 19th, 2001 Toronto, ON @ el Mocambo
January 20th, 2001 London, ON @ Call the Office
January 21st, 2001 Cleveland, OH @ the Beachland Ballroom
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