LAZLO SOUNDS, North Hollywood

TUESDAY JUNE 30, 2009

The day finally came when we said goodbye to CHRIS "SEEDY SPITZ" DEL RIO and hello to our old friend and newest member, guitarist TODD GUZMAN. Todd has been a friend of mine since 1986, my freshman year in high school. I met Todd the first day of school in our basic math class and we hung out for the remainder of the school year in auto-shop. Maybe this is why I can't count to 21 unless I'm naked...

Anyway, Todd recorded my first serious band's (C.R.O.S.S.) first record in the summer of 1986 and we've remained close friends throughout the years. In 2002, Todd joined DEAD LAZLO'S PLACE as a replacement bassist for the "...on the side" recording sessions playing on a couple of tracks although he never did perform with us live.

Todd was also the guitarist for the 2004-2006 line-up of THE ELECTRIC FERRETS, which featured DEAD LAZLO'S PLACE / BADTOWN BOYS guitarist IKE ROBISON and myself (on drums). Todd was a member of the band, 52 who were on my label's 2003 compilation "ALLIED PUNKS INVADE: Volumes 1 & 2" double CD. A little know fact about Todd is that he was a background extra during classroom scenes shot at Verdugo Hills High School for the 1986 feature film RIVER'S EDGE starring Crispin Glover, Keanu Reeves and Dennis Hopper. This was the first major motion picture to have Slayer on the soundtrack, I believe.

Poster for River's Edge

FOR SALE

MONDAY, MARCH 23, 2009

Our original guitarist, Luis E. contacted me today to let me know that a label in Japan is interested in releasing the complete Discography of FOR SALE on CD. For Sale was the band that began when Dead Lazlo's Place took a hiatus in 1992-1993 when I was diagnosed with cancer. For Sale was the first band that I sang lead vocals for and was an outlet for lyrics I'd written about how I was dealing with my disease.

Anyway, three of the four original DLP members started For Sale and we released two 7" vinyl records one of which was a split 7" with DLP. Both records are out of print now. We did record 8 songs that we were going to release on CD but that never came to be. We also recorded several demos before entering the studio so I believe we'll include everything we recorded on this release.

For Sale "Discography 92-93" CD cover artwork

When I went into remission in 1993 I joined BADTOWN BOYS and began touring and recording with them exclusively, which meant the demise of For Sale. Luis went on to play for BUFORD, Rich Piedra went on to play drums for SOMETHING FROM NOTHING and XploStevo and Jeff Yearsley (For Sale's guitarist) started a band with XL, the only member of DLP not to be in For Sale. XL and Jeff Edwards had already quit GLUE GUN so all four of these guys started a band called MAN BITES DOG.

In 1994 XploStevo asked me to visit one their rehearsals just to come out and party. I had so much fun listening to some tunes that we'd written together before DLP went on hiatus so I picked up the mic and started singing. Within that first song we all knew we had something and thus I became the singer for Man Bites Dog, which became Dead Lazlo's Place again on New Year's Eve 1994-1995 because we were given a cease and desist order to not play under that name any longer.

FOR SALE was:

Gizz Lazlo - vocals

Luis E. - guitar

Steve Simpronio - bass

Jeff Yearsley - guitar

Rich Piedra - drums