Hi! I figure I'd lurked around for long enough and I'd finally introduce myself! Jimi Hazel of 24-7 Spyz here! It's a pleasure to be amongst so many good music loving people! I listen to just about everything under the sun so I feel at home among you! Thanks to some of you that dig my band or me as a guitarist, I'm honored! We're hoping to get back to touring full time in 2010 instead of the rare one off shows we do now. I'm happy to say there are two shows coming up in September, one in NYC and one in LA. If any of you are in either area, do come out and rock with us! Here's the info:

NYC:
Littlefield www.littlefieldnyc.com

Special Guests: California King

Price: $10.00

Date & Time: Friday, September 18, 2009 at 8:00pm

Street: 622 Degraw Street between 3rd and 4th Avenue in the Gowanus

City/Town: Brooklyn, NY

Phone: 718.855.3388

LA:
Viper Room www.viperroom.com

Special Guests: Year Of The Dragon/5 Day Apocalypse/Majesty One/Oscar Jordan

Price: $20.00

Date & Time: Friday, September 25, 2009 at 7:30pm

Street: 8852 West Sunset Boulevard West Hollywood, California 90069

City/Town: Los Angeles, CA

Phone: 310.358.1881

Email: insider@viperroom.com



And if anyone is looking for our latest release, you can find it here
www.cdbaby.com/247spyz

I hope to see some of y'all in the building and look forward to speaking with ya'll!

HMS4L!
JH
www.myspace.com/hms4l
www.myspace.com/sepiaxl

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Wow, great to have you here, KingHazel!!!


Thanks for the headzup on the new music and shows!


BTW,Love your work... a few of my favorites are Sireality, Earth and Sky, Dude You Knew, Why, Choose Me, and Stoner.....






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Whaddup King Sepia???!!?? Cool to have you here. This should now kill the rumours that I was you.

Welcome Jimi. You have some of the sweetest tones on the planet. 24-7 Spyz are my heroes. Keep marching on!

SPYZFAN1 said:

What it is King? My boy SPYZFAN1 is the only person on this entire site that I thought of when I saw u were on here. Anyway, good to see you promoting your thing on here. You certainly have cats on here that dug your band.

welcome! any chance you will go on tour with Living Colour or Fishbone?

SPYZFAN1 said:

Hi Spyzfan1! The rumour has now been laid to rest! We are two different peeps! Honored that you picked the name you have.....

paligap said:

What up King,
We met a few years ago at the Black Rock and Roll film viewing over at Morehouse in Atlanta.

Good 2 see u here.

sunlite said:

Hi Sunlite! Thanks so much for the kind words! And thanks for digging the band! I greatly appreciate that!

KingHazel said:

Sireality is SICK SICK SICK.....recommend more material like that.

blackguitaristz said:

Hi Blackguitaristz! Good to be amongst all you cats! I hope that dug learn to dig again...

japanrocks said:

Hi Japanrocks! One never knows, do one? Anything could happen in 2010, especially with all three bands working.....

Graycap23 said:

Hi Graycap23! Good 2 meet again! I have fond memories of the Electric Purgatory screening @ MH! Good to be here!

Jimi Hazel Where u been?

PFunkjazz said:

Had to take a trip but now I'm back again.....

KingHazel said:

Seems like now would be the time with so many groups getting back together. Perhaps a festival of sorts like Ozzfest but, of course, way better. Weapon of Choice could play too. Robert Randolph, Ben Harper, etc. They could call Sly or George Clinton. Hell, Prince could be the headliner. Or even Lenny Kravitz. Anyway.....nice to see y'all are back together.

I think I remember watching a Spyz show once with Fishbone opening or headlining. Did that ever happen?

Jimi!

Wow! Where do I begin?
Aside from the thanks for all the wonderful classic material The Spyz have given us over the years, I've got to say that:

1. Its because of your version of 7 & 7 is that got me into the genius of Arthur Lee and Love in the first place.

2. No one! (and I mean no one) can claim Along Comes Mary--I still have your mind blowing version swimming around in my brain to this day.

3. I was fortunite to hang with Jeff for about 3 years after he came down to Harrisonburg and joined Egypt, and that was especially cool because we all shared the same tour circuit and he had nothing but wonderful things to say.

--but--

I'd love to share a memory that you've probably forgotten about...

Y'all came to my university (James Madison) to do a gig in support of the Harder Than You album and turned the joint out! I had a promo copy of the CD early and had turned all of my bandmates on to it. So, We made it a point to have a "field trip" to the Spyz gig to enjoy and study.

Our lead singer (Jeremiah) decided to stage dive for the first time---right on to his head and...

*cue the ambulance, cue the music stopping, cue his severe concussion, etc..*

Funny thing was, as they were carting him out, you got on the mic and said: "Yo! if you can't handle the pit, don't get in the pit!"

I was in the front row, Jeremiah was next to me the whole night until his "accident"..You turned, looked at me and said: "You know this dude?"

I nodded and said, "yeah, he's the lead singer in the band..."
You just shook your head..

So, lights go down and The Spyz get back to and then get to Grandma Dynomite!
Fluid looks down at me mouthing the words, pulls me up on stage, gives me the mic and leaves; So, I'm on stage singing the tune: You're on the left, Rick is on the right and Anthony is behind me and y'all are killing it!

Wow!

Fluid eventually comes back on stage, force feeds me some velveeta cheese and the song ends...

*punchline*

Before y'all pulled out, you were nice enough to autograph a poster for the lead singer's foibles...

On the poster you wrote,

"Dear Jeremiah, Shit Happens, Love Jimi".....

That still cracks me up and he still has it!

Much respect,



Jshua
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