Hey Everybody, Gord Lewis here. I realize its been a long, long
time since I've posted on this blog. I'd like to thank The Hamilton
Spectator for being patient. It has been a very strange and trying year
for me.
As a band, we were very appreciative to the great response we received from the release of our album Teenage Head with Marky Ramone in April, 2008, and we had a wonderful time playing across the country again to so many happy crowds in rooms, bars and at festivals. Teenage Head had never quit and we played gigs regularly, but to receive such large, warm, and enthusiastic greetings again wherever we were was so gratifying.
Tragically we lost Frankie Venom in the fall. As fans of the band may know, Frank Kerr was not only a band member to me, and co-founder of what critics and you guys have called one of the most influential bands Canada has produced, but he was my best friend, and I consider him family. His passing was, and still is, very emotional. The outpouring of support in the time since his passing has helped me, Steve, Jack, and Frank's family so much.
With the help of family, friends, musicians, and others, I am working to get to a place from which I can move on. I have a number of projects I am involved with: whether it be playing on a stage somewhere, recording, teaching, as well as working with my brothers in continuing efforts to establish a foundation to support Canadian musicians in need (something we will have announcements coming this summer).
I will be on this blog regularly now, and you can also check out www.teenagehead.ca for updates on what I am up to.
Thank you to all those who have supported me and the band for years, and to those who have reached out over these past months. I hope we all touch base soon.
Raising a bevy for Frank,
Gordie
