A Vulgar Display Of Power Fro Charity
03/15/07
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(PR) MJS Music Publications (www.MJSPublications.com) announced today that it has assigned a portion of the proceeds from its new book, "A Vulgar Display Of Power: Courage and Carnage at the Alrosa Villa," by Chris A. to charitable causes. The Companys newest title will be released on April 14, 2007, and chronicles the lives of Jeffery "Mayhem" Thompson, Nathan Bray, and Erin Halk; three men who were killed on December 8, 2004, when they came to the aid of famous heavy metal guitarist Dimebag Darrell Abbott after he was attacked during a concert. As the book relates, Abbott, formerly of Pantera, was performing with his new band Damageplan at the Alrosa Villa in Columbus, Ohio, when thirty seconds into the opening song, a deranged schizophrenic broke into the club, bypassing the public entrance to access the stage, produced a 9mm pistol and fired three point-blank shots, killing the guitarist, and later, those who tried to save him. Of the victims who lost their lives at the Alrosa Villa incident, Nathan Bray is the only one survived by a wife and child. At the request of the victims families, a portion of all proceeds from "A Vulgar Display Of Power: Courage and Carnage at the Alrosa Villa" will benefit the Anthony Bray Scholarship Fund set up for Nathans son. In addition to traditional book sales to benefit the Anthony Bray Scholarship Fund, several fund raising concerts and events are scheduled in connection with the book release, in which 100% of proceeds will benefit the scholarship fund and other charitable causes. Frank Thompson, the father of Jeffery "Mayhem" Thompson, has requested an event in the Dallas/Ft Worth, Texas area to provide support for a charity related to paranoid schizophrenia, which afflicted the killer. Other events include a concert at the Alrosa Villa in Columbus, Ohio on April 13; a Great White concert at the Stratosphere in Las Vegas, Nevada on May 4; and a concert featuring the band Smoke, at Dingbatz in Clifton, NJ on May 12.[see full story for Morley's interview with the author of the book] - Click here for the Full Story
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