more of matt mccourts self indulgent blah
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1990-Wild
dogs-road trips to seattle with road dog, greg mcdonald
and dave swanson as the guides.sponsored by MUSICLORD an amp company
in Kent wa.
1991-Eastside Stranglers-Mike
Albertson Scott Spencer Kip Doran progressive allman brothers
high powered blues band that played every wednsadaty at the moosehead
in portland never rehearsing.. guest drummers included deen and
paul dreyer.
1992 Meathook-Paul
Dreyer on drums Kevin Sanders(poison idea) guitar john donnely
matt guitar the blueprint for all post dr mastermind songs we
played around portland aalot of smaaal clib gigs.
1992-MattisonAvenoo
is born at a meathook gig when matt
arrives in comb over, glasses, white shirt and tie and jacket-
"to try something different" after the gig he walks
across the street to a dream theatre show where he is mistaken
for a band member because he is still carrying a 1976 Ibanez destroyer
and heading for the Roseland theatre's stage .(he doesn't own
a case).not breaking character he casually introduces himself
and warms the crowd up for the headliner who is waitng in the
wings by this time-"oh the fun you can have sober!"mattison
spawned -the bloomstone brothers and the popular cable tv show-
character"Mattison Avenoo
1993The Bloomstone Brothers
utilizing mattison's songs
from the old bloomstone sessions with brother Joe Bloomstone (seehttp://wwww2.netcom.com/~smccourt/) joined by kip doran john donnely
and featuring Mongo from Johnny limbo and the lugnuts Portland's
20 year 50's 60's band,the bloomstones had hits with "I'VE
GOT A HARD ON" "ALL i WANT IS A COOKIE"'I'M A DIRTY
ROTTEN SCUMBAG, BUT YOU LOVE ME, (And when you find yourself alone,..
you'll be thinkin of me..")Matt begins video production and
is a regular crew member for the infamous Jim Spagg talk show.
later Creating and producing "living Room Conecert Hall"
and "the Mattison Avenoo Show"
1993 Wild Dogs- using the demo containing "the
Vulture" and "Rank and File"matt auditioned for
Judas Priest on a referral from Deen .they sent the tapes back
and a framable rejection letter. Produces first Mattison Avenoo
show invents Pieree derierre,and the flying torpedo ballet
1994-Shock Treatment-not making the priest lineup meant
working the clubs playing covers with Jeff Mark and Tony Macalpine
vocalist Al Seahorn after a long 8 months packs it up and swears
off rock-n-nroll for a career in video.that totally sucked...
no heater i my cartraveling 150 miles sometimes each way to a
gig for $250.00 per week we call it BOOT CAMP
1995-The Vultures-last ditch attempt at succeeding with
a metal bandin the mid 90's "watchin the Game" was written
during this period several lineups included the voodoo dolls on
guitar and bass and a very talented merril hale on drums this
band also included Paul Dreyer on dums as well as Pete Laufman
from early Malice and John Donnely
1996-Skeletones a fun tv band that only appeared on
cable tv in portland oregon on the infamous jim spagg show. the
group was Kip doran. Pete Laufman and matt all in undetectable
costumes. with that unique sports gear meets mad mad max at the
wwf look
1997-Evil
Genius originally started
as a Kiss impersonation group called KISS only. no one wanted
to be Paul so umlout was called in matt moved from the gene simmons
position to guitar. donning whiteface they became Evil Genius
risen with Joe fazzolari on drums. doing a dozen
shows in the Portland area and getting lots of video footage that
has aired on Living
Room Concert Hall it
was a short lived group but one of the most unique visually mccourt
tying what was left of his since departed black hair in a top
knot resembling a big shrunken head doll the group recorded a
song for the gg allin tribute straight from hell cd on dirty bastard
records.Matt worked on some national commercials as a grip and
became Regional fave Johnny Limbo & the Lugnuts' road manager
music is comin for mat later
1998-Wild Dogs - the idea of a comeback was Deen's,then
he bailed and the dogz wailed recording with some of the best
drummers from seattle tom moller to Eugene larry Davis and loren
bates wild dogs was in the studio writing songs like Bulletproof
and Meathead.The band was immortalized yet once again in the latest
version of Kerrang magazines' History of Heavy Metal in hard and
paperback. they were described as "poverty Metalers"because
of the hand made logo and costumes.
1998Matt made his film debut on HBO in "Out of the
Wilderness" as a peppy morning talk radio host- (imagine
that.. ..)starring David Carradine,David Naughton (american werefolf
in london), and Peter Jason, (the bartender in the cowboy bar
in 48hours.)
1999-us metal :Wild Dogs- . mccourt sees the future and the
return of his style of wailing and decides to start this here
website with a little help from his imaginary friends* wild dogs-
releases of old material and videos is making its way to europe.and
elsewhere through loyal fans and old metal records' King Fowley.
curt james visits and the guys a tv thing on doing dr mastermind
and impromto jams live on air for 60 minutes in portland . 2 weks
later michael brown and pete and matt do a live tv show as evil
genius playing wild dogs dr mastermind songs after just 2 days
of rehearsal the sound board melted and stunk up the studio we
introduced our ne melted skull logo that night..
1999-EViL GENiUS PROMPTED BY THE RESPONSE for the
reissues on old metal,digicity,and heavyrock labels mccourt formed
the dream band with peter laufman and mykl brown. this is the
band that will be touring come next spring. the songlist contains
the best of all of his projects and a new one is on the way simply
called evil genius. recently the group has performed on us metal's
tv show and in concert with war pigs and monkey fur at a packed
mt tabor theatre in portland oregon.
AUG 1999 :WILD DOGS- a trip
to hollywood and metalblade records inspires McCourt to drop the
Evil Genius moniker and continue as the new wild dogs. as support
act for GREAT WHITE and DOKKEN on their west coast tour they prove
themselves once again as a potent live act .according to
Portland's
OREGONIAN newspaper
OCT 1999 WILD DOGS return
to recording associates birthplace of the original 1982 demos
ands /t lp to record a new 5 song demo including hotwired, freak
of nature,and king of the world guitarist michael brown is singled
out as an amazing talent combining the fury of Dr mastermind and
the songwriting of the original dogs . the demo is well recieved
by the metal press and is available on cd as nucleareflector and
offered as the first multimedia cd from the group containing video
clips as well as music.
WILD DOGS 2000: ushering
in the new year in concert with ANGER
MANAGEMENT,ashtray,
british steel (priest tribute) and kill em all (mettallica tribute)
the band performs a killer set despite the fact that everyone
in the group is suffering from the flu , debuting some of the
15 new songs the group has been workin on the previous 2 months
"tired of towin the line" a power metal song about "the
curse of sobriety"Mccourt gives KUFO 101 a copy of "watchin the game "( a sportaholic
anthem)in hopes they will use it during the super bowl promotion.
pre production of the new cd is in progress and in the meantime
OLD METAL RECORDS is scheduled to release a new cd containing
the 5 song demo as well as outakes from man's best friend, and
sessions from 1993-1995 that include the original members. videos
for 3 songs from the demo cd are in progress as well - "freak
of nature( a horror spoof) fight ,AND A KILLER HIGLIGHTS OF THEIR
LAST STRING OF SHOWS CUT TO "KING OF THE WORLD FROM THE NEW
CD.
WILD DOGS march 2000 Opening
for Dio on the recent Magica tour The ne w Dogs totally kicked
ass. the Band is finding their niche and developing a "show"
taht includes new amps that are actually set pieces that look
lke riveted steel - a new 
backdrop and some
platforms. we shot a 6 cam video and i cut it to the song "fight
for your right to fight" which we have been distributing
across the country to TVproducers and mags and . the repsonse
locally from that show was immense and the video has been playing
every week since april in portland oregon.
a NEW cd containing
mans 
best friend demos, 6 songs recorded
with jeff and deen and danny and 5 new songs recorded with new
bandmates michael and pete in oct 1999 the cd is called better
late than never "and will be released on old metal records.
since the original lps wont be re issued by shrapnel, varney has
suggested that we record our classic cuts from wild dogs and dr
mastermind for a "re-makes cd" which will be available
on full concept .com an mp3 site. in our weekly sessions we have
written 27 new songs so far for our new fullength cd(s) true to
the original vision of the band this evolution is the best band
and most functional i have ever had the pleasure to be in -
MAR2000: we opened for Dio
at the roseland had a 6 man camera crew running and gunning and
got alot of great shots ,we also taped dio and ran that on cable
poepoe loved it- getting public recognition finally for the tv
show...7 years running.. great gig! new amp look and more theatrical
we formatted a "show/concert " as opposed to a songlist
ya know- The drama of it all....it was awesome we have fotos and
video for the next year!- our new cd cover had to be designed
by me.. t
may 2000 13 songs are now
available at which has been getting some
good action and givin me satisfaction- download, share and enjoy
with your friends there are songs from each record and demo session
and im putting up more of the first 2 lps and reign of terror
until most all of it is availabale for FREE FREE FREE NOW.! it
is very important and i have a personal interst in keeping this
music alive thanx for your support. our new cd should also be
available at amazon.com later on this season. the tv show is going
strong featuring dio motorhead wild dogs, armored saint, who we
shot last nite at portland's satyricon those guys are killer super
tight great singer see ema when they come thru this month. motorhead
- the annual religious trek that really cemented pete and my souls
together is coming end of this month hangin out with lemmy changed
my life even as an old as i am.gigs in jun at the vetian theatre
and tryin to book a hotter than hell tour
JUNE 2000 JUN 8
wild dogs does its first stop in Albany or at the venetian theatre
the better late than nver
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