As
if he needs an introduction... Intrinzik Writes:
"What a trip! 5 years ago I was bandless.
My roommate started jamming with some guys, and
I was itching to do something musically. I had an
8 track I that I had used to record drums and guitar
on for song ideas. I went into his room and grabbed
their demo tape and loaded it in. Now at this point
I had been playing drums in bands for the last decade
or so, and only did a little bit of vocals in a
death metal band in high school. I would write most
of the lyrics for the songs I came up with, and
was never really happy with how the front men of
the bands I was in would interact with the crowd.
Anyway, I layed some vocals to the tape and played
it for him when he got home one day. He was digging
the songs and wanted to run it by the rest of the
guys. One of the guy's names was Driver. He had
just moved to AZ from Nashville, and was one bad
ass dude on the guitar. Long story short: I got
in the band. We needed a rhythm player and the only
man for the job was my long-time partner in crime,
Joe Dank. So like Joe and I usually did, we got
in the band, kicked out the weak links, and replaced
them with the best players we knew. Fallguy was
born!
At this point we were looking to record a demo,
and Joe and I just saw a band called Bionic Jive
open up for D12. Knowing that their guitar player,
Larry Love, owned and operated a studio, the decision
was obvious as to who to record with. After a few
sessions we had finished our fist LP, "Trapped
Inside." We played around the Phoenix area,
and landed a spot opening up for Mushroomhead at
perhaps the biggest music conference in the world,
South by Southwest in Austin, TX. We rocked that
show and made some cool connections and started
doing concerts around Vegas and California. At this
point we were doing some pretty long road trips,
and we could tell our rhythm section just didnt
have the heart that the rest of us did. Then as
a joke our local promoter put us on a few shows
with a group known as Twiztid. I really didnt know
what a juggalo was, and my only exposure to ICP
was from a Woodstock telecast a few years back.
We were up for the challenge and decided to rock
some masks on stage to remain anonymous.
We completely destroyed the audience with our performance
in Tucson, AZ and headed home to play the other
show we were booked on in Mesa, AZ. One of the opening
bands was not as appreciated by the juggalos. Within
2 songs the juggs were showing this band exactly
how they felt. This particular band decided to drop
off the Mirror Mirror Tour and Fallguy was asked
to join it. Our bassist and drummer decided not
to take the offer, so we went to Larry's right after
the show in Mesa and had him mix our songs with
just bass and drums. We put these tracks on a DAT
and rolled in my mom's mini van as a 3 piece to
the next gig in San Diego. After doing the tour
with Twiztid, Fallguy found its home and new fan
base. We quickly recorded some new material and
were booked on tons of underground shows with artists
like Tech N9ne, Phunk Junkeez, and King Spade.
At the same time I was finding myself as a rapper.
I had hooked up with a cat named Fraze who was recording
some demos for me over some more hip-hop sounding
beats. I recorded Double U I Double L and continued
to front Fallguy on more shows. At this time I was
approached by a guy from Japan who operates RB-Records,
a label specializing in Rap Core. They took a listen
to our records and decided to give Intrinz INK a
distribution deal. The first album they decided
to push was "Apocalypse 6T7." After giving
that album a run for its money, the band started
to break up. Driver finished school and decided
to move back to Nashville to be a big time country
guitar player/music publisher, and Joe was doing
his thing with his company, Krank Amps. So I took
what I learned in the last 3 years and put it all
together to make "Tricks of the Trade."
I put a lot of heart into that album and got all
my favorite underground cats like Emerg McVay, McNastee,
and Jason Porter on it. I was also lucky enough
to get a spot from Cappadonna from Wu Tang and Milky
and Soulman from Phunk Junkeez. By now all the records
Intrinz INK had put out were selling pretty well
and I was doing a lot of touring with the Junkeez
thanks in part to my personal savior, Shawn Bewley.
This is when I met Big B and Dirtball from the Sub
Noize Soldiers. Everything was coming into place
and Intrinz INK was stronger than ever. We dropped
what I think is one of the most innovative and amazing
underground albums to date: Separated at Births
"Nothing like You." From the amazing production
and guitars from Larry and Driver, to the evil flow
of Ako Mack, "Nothing like You" was another
hit in Japan and in the underground.
5 years after putting that demo in my 8 track here
I am. I am not a superstar, but I can go to cities
1,000 miles from my home and have people singing
my hooks and mouthing my verses, word for word.
I am not on MTV nor am I in regular rotation at
any radio station, but I have people from as far
as Australia email me pictures of themselves wearing
ski masks in their private school uniforms. I was
fortunate enough to work with Big Proof of D12 just
weeks before his unfortunate murder. This didn't
happen overnight. It took 5 years of grind and over
16 years of making music.
Coming soon is "My Favorite Album." Every
song has a story. Each song was crafted with love
for the art and sport of independent music. Each
song took hours and hundreds of dollars in order
to give you the best sound quality and performance
possible. Its hard to imagine putting 5 years of
my life into something thats a few square inches
in size, but I did. I even threw in a DVD to let
those of you who havent been able to see Fallguy
or Intrinzik live get a glimpse of what goes on
at the shows, and to let those of you whom have
seen a show remember it again. Enjoy this labor
of love and while you are listening to this CD or
watching this DVD, just know your boy is working
on a new track, booking a show, or doing something
to keep this train rolling. I appreciate every new,
old, and future supporter."