Bio circa Aug 2009
Nuclear Skull was created from a pure power source of anger.
In 2002, Mark Scott, the founder and all that is Nuclear Skull, was involved in a business start-up and was attacked and conspired against by the very people that were there to" help". "They helped me all right " Mark explains " I ended up losing a very valuable domain and it cost me thousands of dollars, not to mention years of hard work and sacrifice. At that piont it was ON! It was either buy a full automatic machine gun and kill the mutherfuckers or buy a guitar and go ballistic. I had been writing all along, which was something that pissed off these goverment assholes in the first place, so I bought the killer pawn shop guitar and turned the lyrics into music using Nuclear Skull as the platform."
In 2003 Mark hooked up with Ft. Lauderdale drummer "Fang" of the Creepy T's and layed down the garage version of "NucleaRage" which featured "Kill Again", "Sick in the Head" and "Plaugeround". "Fangs bass player was suppossed to lay down the bass tracks and he turned out to be a typical S. Florida wanker: ALL talk and no action. So that was the deal killer. Fangs a standup guy who backs his shit up, he just chose the wrong person to back him up. End of story.
Despite featuring only rythm guitar, vocals and drums, Mark released the tracks promoting them in Hit Parader, Revolver, Easy Rider, Metal Maniacs, Rag S. Fl, Outlaw Biker and Maximum Rock n roll. "I had to have something to build on and this was it" Mark adds.
Unfazed and more determined than ever to put out more of OUR music, in 2004 Mark added lead guitarist "The Puma" who brought along new drummer Brian Hernandez. Bassist Lee Scott (No relation to Mark) answered an ad in a local musicians magazine, and all have touring experience and the group proceeded to produce "Multi-illionaire" the bands 1st studio demo featuring "Resident Evil Mercenary", "Nuclear Skull Affirmed" and "Smash, Crash, Burn". "Being the paraniod psychotic that I am, and with damn good reason" Mark adds " I thought this was some kind of set-up as these guys were too good to be true. I mean to find a group of like minded individuals in this sea of human shit that is Miami, who can actually play thier instruments and back up the words that come out of thier mouths with action is unreal. I am still pinching myself"
2007:
The band put out its 1st full length cd "The Vengeful Legions" and arranged international distribution with Ramhaus in Sept 2006. The video for the song "President" was released in Oct 2006 and can be seen currently on the site. (Later on 2008 Mark would take Ramhaus to court to get the initial inventory back plus Computer work done for them as Mark had refered the ire Intern/computer guy and Ramhaus was playing games on paying this guy his money. So Mark stepped up to the plate to get justice and Ramhaus was orderd to filled all thier obligations.)
2008:
THE SKULL -n- BONES Society CD our next cd is in the works.... hear our 1st release "PsychFUCKINmaniac" on MYSPACE
Currently the band is promoting itself on an independant basis DIY and let it fly!!!) in Metal Edge, Metal Maniacs, Maximum Rock-n-Roll (the coolest punk publication EVER!!!) and Razorcake.
2009:
In early 2005 there was an incident on a Miami Dade County Transit bus where Mark had laid some promotionals of the Band on a few of the bus seats. Despite the fact that there was an elderly Hispanic lady passing out religious brochures person to person - a violation of the posted rules, the Bus driver basically verball attacked Mark and the Band in front of a Bus load of college kids, calling him and the Band a Nazi and Racist Organization and kicking him off the bus after getting a Miami Police Officers help in doing so.
Over time, this incident escalated and "snow-balled" to the point where Mark was continuously being confronted by individuals that where aware of the situation that had occurred on the bus
and being called a "Nazi" and that "Nuclear Skull Nazi band guy". Having spent nearly $50,000 since the bands inception, only to be falsely labeled and defamed in this manner, Mark decided that he had had enough and filed a defamation Lawsuit vs. Miami Dade County in 2008.
Incidently, this lawsuit came to the attention of the local New Times and was reported for the absurd, "Twilight Zone", "ONLY in Miami" story that it is and days after its puclication Mark was subsequently fired from his job and main source of income of 8 yrs, which largely funded the operations of Nuclear Skull.
As a direct result, Nuclear Skull -mid sophmoric cd : The Skull-n-Bones Society" has come to a sudden halt and is on hiatus while this Legal matter is sorted out and plays itself out in the court
Mark: " This is like a fucking nightmare. I mean here I am minding my own business, doing my own thing wt the momentum of all the ads we had going and I'm moving the project forward and then this happens. I havent spent close to 10 yrs of my life and $50,000 of my hard earned money to be labeled a Nazi. And I certainly am NOT going to just set back and accept this, which is why I have, on my own w/o a lawyer, filed this lawsuit for the REAL damages that I have incurred due to some coward Cuban rafter that has floated into this country running from oppression, ONLY to turn around and do the same oppressive bullshit to me, A person who was born and raised in this country. Are you kidding me?
I still havent recieved anything close to an apology and these FUCKS continue to condone the actions of this Bus driver and the damages this has caused my personal life and reputation as a musician. And they basically continue to call me and the band a Nazi/Racist organization. I AM FUCKING LIVID!!.
...Now you know why they call this fucked place "The Bannana Republic". This would NEVER have been allowed to escalate the way it has in any other part of the USA. This entire area is shit, run by TOTAL shit coward people and thier actions speak volumes, you dont have to take my word for it OK? And no matter the outcome of this Lawsuit, to some I will always be known as "That Nazi Band". The damages are irreversable and irrepairable. I cant get out of this 3rd world shit hole of a place fast enough and as soon as this Lawsuit is settled I'm outta here the very next day.
From the inception of the band, its definatly come full circle and its par for the course of this area. The people are nasty, bitter, resentful and hate Americans. And if your having anything that resembles success and/or happineess in your life they hate you even more. Why ANYONE would come here to live, OR vacation for that matter I have no clue? The beaches are filthy and ALL man made, the people are rude. And if its "intelligence" your looking for then "Hang it UP!!" I'm world traveled and never have I been ANYWHERE where there is such a concentration of the some of the stupidest mutherfuckers on the Planet!! Why would you want to give them your money?? Take it from me: Avoid this place like the plauge. You have been warned"
June 2009 -
Mark : I'm Still pissed over this entire chain of events that have derailed my life. Personally I'm slowly becoming functional again as far as working and being gainfully employed since being Fired from my plush Cool Pool gig of 8 years. And it all gets back to The above described "Bus incident" and fall-out. THen to further throw fuel on the fire (And what I'm about to describe here is a typical Miami Stunt and way of doing business). I come to learn via the defense attorney that The fucking Bus Driver hasnt even been served yet!!!.... So instead of telling me this The Process server just sat on it and didnt even tell me they had NOT been served. When finally approached and asked why, The Process Server said They were not being allowed in the facility to get to him to serve him at the Bus Terminal." So basically the time I'm spending here NOW to finally get him served and having to go through his initail response, then my response, ALL this time here could be spent asking to have this set for trail and having depositions set up and otherwise moving forward.
TIME. I'm NOT going to even begin to calculate the months this may have cost me. Instead I'm concentrating on 1 thing - Getting this A-hole served. I ended up getting the Sherriffs Office to serve the papers and they also had trouble as the driver was on some leave or something, So the Sherriff got his Home Address and they are going to get him there. So its moving forward and I know what I have to do next and I already have my move after that planned in requesting a motion to set hearing when filing my response to his response to the court. Its alot of VERY administrative bullshit that I could be spending my time otherwise creating my music and progressing the NUCLEAR SKULL Situation.
However, as I come out of my funk of all this, and not working for close to 8 mos. or so as a result, I now will have a few extra bucks to get the next batch of songs out and get back into the studio and finish this music for release. I listened to some tracks the other night but have an entire notebook of details to review as well and then there is the last session with drum tracks that was sent to me on computer that got deleted by Hotmail as an old file or something that I dont have and need to request from the Producer......
..... At least the Music Process is starting again to finish this next batch of somgs up and do this and I want to get it done because its been on my plate for to long. I'm going to get more studio time and adds some riffs to the session to have them for later usage/songs as I do not have a duel cassette deck to work with on my own as before. And in saying that I'm just trying to make a positive out of a turd in taking so long and all this Bullshit. As I can look at it like "well I've got my most recent guitar riffs recorded, whereas before I wouldnt have this" BFD!!
The outcome I want to see out of all this is a monetary Settlement for the Trouble, Time, Momentum lost, aggrivation Etc. all this has caused me. And if thats with the court or the defendants, I Dont Care. The Bottom line is this objective is met and acheived and I can move on with my life and "Move on I will". I have NO interest in doing ANY more of this Miami-Dade County Lunacy. Its ameturish @ best. I want to move on to Vegas or LA and regroup the band into its next phase which I want to be a Live Performing band playing shows & Recording. And the same thing for my personal life, I want to take this Pool Management to the next level and THAT looks like Vegas. First things First and back to the "Reality" of whats happening today and what I can do to acheive this. Small steps to big success. Regardless of any judgement in this case, when all the dust is settled theres NO USE in me sticking around here for MORE aggrivation, So suck on some of that and put it in your hat.
So as of this blog, THIS is whats presently going on with Nuclear Skull and Me -Mark "THE NUCLEAR SKULL doing it all. Its a big Pain in the ass to have this ongoing Lawsuit but my Damages Need and WILL BE Heard before the court and I will describe THIS and how my life has been turned upside down by all this and my current Local reputation because of this incident as a "Nazi/Racist"Band. We'll settle this thing out of court or as the Judge sees fit. So far its Justice Delayed is Justice Denied" and I'm fighting like Hell to get this thing before the court. So far according to the Judge to quote "You dont need to say anything. You are winning" (I made a locking Key to my mouth motion and gestured like I was throwing the key away.) The Defense Attorney went on to explain how they were not liable because the actions where not "Excessive" whereupon the Judge asked "You Dont think calling him a NAZI was excessive?" (All Smiles here!" and its not as if I'm making this up or anything, I mean the Driver even admits to doing it!!)
Welcome to the Insanity that is my Life.
For more on Nuclear Skull see:
Nuclearskull.com
Myspace.com/nuclearskull
Facebook.com/nuclearskull
or write to:
Nuclear Skull
1101 98th st #6
Bay Harbour, Fl 33154
In 2002, Mark Scott, the founder and all that is Nuclear Skull, was involved in a business start-up and was attacked and conspired against by the very people that were there to" help". "They helped me all right " Mark explains " I ended up losing a very valuable domain and it cost me thousands of dollars, not to mention years of hard work and sacrifice. At that piont it was ON! It was either buy a full automatic machine gun and kill the mutherfuckers or buy a guitar and go ballistic. I had been writing all along, which was something that pissed off these goverment assholes in the first place, so I bought the killer pawn shop guitar and turned the lyrics into music using Nuclear Skull as the platform."
In 2003 Mark hooked up with Ft. Lauderdale drummer "Fang" of the Creepy T's and layed down the garage version of "NucleaRage" which featured "Kill Again", "Sick in the Head" and "Plaugeround". "Fangs bass player was suppossed to lay down the bass tracks and he turned out to be a typical S. Florida wanker: ALL talk and no action. So that was the deal killer. Fangs a standup guy who backs his shit up, he just chose the wrong person to back him up. End of story.
Despite featuring only rythm guitar, vocals and drums, Mark released the tracks promoting them in Hit Parader, Revolver, Easy Rider, Metal Maniacs, Rag S. Fl, Outlaw Biker and Maximum Rock n roll. "I had to have something to build on and this was it" Mark adds.
Unfazed and more determined than ever to put out more of OUR music, in 2004 Mark added lead guitarist "The Puma" who brought along new drummer Brian Hernandez. Bassist Lee Scott (No relation to Mark) answered an ad in a local musicians magazine, and all have touring experience and the group proceeded to produce "Multi-illionaire" the bands 1st studio demo featuring "Resident Evil Mercenary", "Nuclear Skull Affirmed" and "Smash, Crash, Burn". "Being the paraniod psychotic that I am, and with damn good reason" Mark adds " I thought this was some kind of set-up as these guys were too good to be true. I mean to find a group of like minded individuals in this sea of human shit that is Miami, who can actually play thier instruments and back up the words that come out of thier mouths with action is unreal. I am still pinching myself"
2007:
The band put out its 1st full length cd "The Vengeful Legions" and arranged international distribution with Ramhaus in Sept 2006. The video for the song "President" was released in Oct 2006 and can be seen currently on the site. (Later on 2008 Mark would take Ramhaus to court to get the initial inventory back plus Computer work done for them as Mark had refered the ire Intern/computer guy and Ramhaus was playing games on paying this guy his money. So Mark stepped up to the plate to get justice and Ramhaus was orderd to filled all thier obligations.)
2008:
THE SKULL -n- BONES Society CD our next cd is in the works.... hear our 1st release "PsychFUCKINmaniac" on MYSPACE
Currently the band is promoting itself on an independant basis DIY and let it fly!!!) in Metal Edge, Metal Maniacs, Maximum Rock-n-Roll (the coolest punk publication EVER!!!) and Razorcake.
2009:
In early 2005 there was an incident on a Miami Dade County Transit bus where Mark had laid some promotionals of the Band on a few of the bus seats. Despite the fact that there was an elderly Hispanic lady passing out religious brochures person to person - a violation of the posted rules, the Bus driver basically verball attacked Mark and the Band in front of a Bus load of college kids, calling him and the Band a Nazi and Racist Organization and kicking him off the bus after getting a Miami Police Officers help in doing so.
Over time, this incident escalated and "snow-balled" to the point where Mark was continuously being confronted by individuals that where aware of the situation that had occurred on the bus
and being called a "Nazi" and that "Nuclear Skull Nazi band guy". Having spent nearly $50,000 since the bands inception, only to be falsely labeled and defamed in this manner, Mark decided that he had had enough and filed a defamation Lawsuit vs. Miami Dade County in 2008.
Incidently, this lawsuit came to the attention of the local New Times and was reported for the absurd, "Twilight Zone", "ONLY in Miami" story that it is and days after its puclication Mark was subsequently fired from his job and main source of income of 8 yrs, which largely funded the operations of Nuclear Skull.
As a direct result, Nuclear Skull -mid sophmoric cd : The Skull-n-Bones Society" has come to a sudden halt and is on hiatus while this Legal matter is sorted out and plays itself out in the court
Mark: " This is like a fucking nightmare. I mean here I am minding my own business, doing my own thing wt the momentum of all the ads we had going and I'm moving the project forward and then this happens. I havent spent close to 10 yrs of my life and $50,000 of my hard earned money to be labeled a Nazi. And I certainly am NOT going to just set back and accept this, which is why I have, on my own w/o a lawyer, filed this lawsuit for the REAL damages that I have incurred due to some coward Cuban rafter that has floated into this country running from oppression, ONLY to turn around and do the same oppressive bullshit to me, A person who was born and raised in this country. Are you kidding me?
I still havent recieved anything close to an apology and these FUCKS continue to condone the actions of this Bus driver and the damages this has caused my personal life and reputation as a musician. And they basically continue to call me and the band a Nazi/Racist organization. I AM FUCKING LIVID!!.
...Now you know why they call this fucked place "The Bannana Republic". This would NEVER have been allowed to escalate the way it has in any other part of the USA. This entire area is shit, run by TOTAL shit coward people and thier actions speak volumes, you dont have to take my word for it OK? And no matter the outcome of this Lawsuit, to some I will always be known as "That Nazi Band". The damages are irreversable and irrepairable. I cant get out of this 3rd world shit hole of a place fast enough and as soon as this Lawsuit is settled I'm outta here the very next day.
From the inception of the band, its definatly come full circle and its par for the course of this area. The people are nasty, bitter, resentful and hate Americans. And if your having anything that resembles success and/or happineess in your life they hate you even more. Why ANYONE would come here to live, OR vacation for that matter I have no clue? The beaches are filthy and ALL man made, the people are rude. And if its "intelligence" your looking for then "Hang it UP!!" I'm world traveled and never have I been ANYWHERE where there is such a concentration of the some of the stupidest mutherfuckers on the Planet!! Why would you want to give them your money?? Take it from me: Avoid this place like the plauge. You have been warned"
June 2009 -
Mark : I'm Still pissed over this entire chain of events that have derailed my life. Personally I'm slowly becoming functional again as far as working and being gainfully employed since being Fired from my plush Cool Pool gig of 8 years. And it all gets back to The above described "Bus incident" and fall-out. THen to further throw fuel on the fire (And what I'm about to describe here is a typical Miami Stunt and way of doing business). I come to learn via the defense attorney that The fucking Bus Driver hasnt even been served yet!!!.... So instead of telling me this The Process server just sat on it and didnt even tell me they had NOT been served. When finally approached and asked why, The Process Server said They were not being allowed in the facility to get to him to serve him at the Bus Terminal." So basically the time I'm spending here NOW to finally get him served and having to go through his initail response, then my response, ALL this time here could be spent asking to have this set for trail and having depositions set up and otherwise moving forward.
TIME. I'm NOT going to even begin to calculate the months this may have cost me. Instead I'm concentrating on 1 thing - Getting this A-hole served. I ended up getting the Sherriffs Office to serve the papers and they also had trouble as the driver was on some leave or something, So the Sherriff got his Home Address and they are going to get him there. So its moving forward and I know what I have to do next and I already have my move after that planned in requesting a motion to set hearing when filing my response to his response to the court. Its alot of VERY administrative bullshit that I could be spending my time otherwise creating my music and progressing the NUCLEAR SKULL Situation.
However, as I come out of my funk of all this, and not working for close to 8 mos. or so as a result, I now will have a few extra bucks to get the next batch of songs out and get back into the studio and finish this music for release. I listened to some tracks the other night but have an entire notebook of details to review as well and then there is the last session with drum tracks that was sent to me on computer that got deleted by Hotmail as an old file or something that I dont have and need to request from the Producer......
..... At least the Music Process is starting again to finish this next batch of somgs up and do this and I want to get it done because its been on my plate for to long. I'm going to get more studio time and adds some riffs to the session to have them for later usage/songs as I do not have a duel cassette deck to work with on my own as before. And in saying that I'm just trying to make a positive out of a turd in taking so long and all this Bullshit. As I can look at it like "well I've got my most recent guitar riffs recorded, whereas before I wouldnt have this" BFD!!
The outcome I want to see out of all this is a monetary Settlement for the Trouble, Time, Momentum lost, aggrivation Etc. all this has caused me. And if thats with the court or the defendants, I Dont Care. The Bottom line is this objective is met and acheived and I can move on with my life and "Move on I will". I have NO interest in doing ANY more of this Miami-Dade County Lunacy. Its ameturish @ best. I want to move on to Vegas or LA and regroup the band into its next phase which I want to be a Live Performing band playing shows & Recording. And the same thing for my personal life, I want to take this Pool Management to the next level and THAT looks like Vegas. First things First and back to the "Reality" of whats happening today and what I can do to acheive this. Small steps to big success. Regardless of any judgement in this case, when all the dust is settled theres NO USE in me sticking around here for MORE aggrivation, So suck on some of that and put it in your hat.
So as of this blog, THIS is whats presently going on with Nuclear Skull and Me -Mark "THE NUCLEAR SKULL doing it all. Its a big Pain in the ass to have this ongoing Lawsuit but my Damages Need and WILL BE Heard before the court and I will describe THIS and how my life has been turned upside down by all this and my current Local reputation because of this incident as a "Nazi/Racist"Band. We'll settle this thing out of court or as the Judge sees fit. So far its Justice Delayed is Justice Denied" and I'm fighting like Hell to get this thing before the court. So far according to the Judge to quote "You dont need to say anything. You are winning" (I made a locking Key to my mouth motion and gestured like I was throwing the key away.) The Defense Attorney went on to explain how they were not liable because the actions where not "Excessive" whereupon the Judge asked "You Dont think calling him a NAZI was excessive?" (All Smiles here!" and its not as if I'm making this up or anything, I mean the Driver even admits to doing it!!)
Welcome to the Insanity that is my Life.
For more on Nuclear Skull see:
Nuclearskull.com
Myspace.com/nuclearskull
Facebook.com/nuclearskull
or write to:
Nuclear Skull
1101 98th st #6
Bay Harbour, Fl 33154
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