I hear you. I’m getting your messages. I’m getting your emails. I’m getting your veiled hints…and even one person’s blatant threat LOL. I do hear you..I just don’t choose to respond.

People have commented that since “Venom Nation” ended on May 1, that they want me to do something else for Pirate. One person said my voice is sorely missed on Pirate. Another person said, and I mentioned a threat, that “if you don’t get your ass back on there and do something constructive I’m gonna come down there and beat your ass with your microphone”.

In the recent days, there’s been a few messages telling me that “opportunity is a mutherfucker especially when it’s missed” – implying that since Luke is moving studios, and off the air till AUgust 7, that I should just “take over” his spot and do something for those weeks.

Well, I appreciate it, I really do…but….thanks but no thanks. First, it’s not a “spot” that I can just “take over”. It’s Luke’s slot…people tune in to hear Luke, not me. COULD I do something during that time slot? Sure. Luke gave me full blessing to do whatever..but I don’t want to. I’m quite happy doing things once in a while, on special occasions, etc. It fits with my schedule…and I’m under no obligation to meet a deadline or schedule….(In Pirate’s defense, I was never under concrete deadlines when I ”was” doing shows…but now I don’t have to worry about disappointing people.

Just for the record…I don’t even have the ABILITY to put stuff together here at the house. The computer I ”was” using as a studio setup has long since been euthanized (if you heard some of my last shows, you know why). Shows now require that I go to a friend’s studio to record vocals, burn them to a CD, and bring them back to the house….then mix…and that loses the vibe of trying not to sound scripted. I did the Dio tribute because it needed to be done, and the concensus agreed I was the best person for the job. Let’s face it, I make depressing tributes sound good LOL. The Pirate 150, on July 4th…believe it or not, was a side project that had been sitting here DONE for months and months..it’s original intent was to be the six weeks I was off LAST summer…two hours at a time…over six weeks…but it never came to light… It was done. It was laid out, and ready to go, it really didn’t take anyhting more than vocals and mixing, and change the first song of every hour to something patriotic..and throw in some Mellencamp. Really, that’s all it was. A project I started a year ago, and just didn’t want to see go to waste. Believe me, I didn’t just get a sudden urge to sit down and assemble 12 hours worht of programming. Believe me..lol.

Look, nobody said that Pirate has heard the last of me. I just stopped doing shows full time. And that’s not going to change, at least in the forseeable future. I have too much on my plate in the “real world” to try and dedicate that much time to a show…and as I said, equipment-wise, I’m not set up for it anymore. I will tell you this..there are other projects, much akin to the Pirate 150, that are sitting here having never seen the light of day. I’ve got projects sitting here that are tributes to bands, artists, genres, etc..and I still have a lot of contacts in and about the music industry that I will forever be faithful to…if their music hits Pirate…I “will” be the one to bring it to you. I’m not going anywhere…I haven’t gone anywhere…I’m just taking a more “behind the scenes” roll here at “The Z”….and I’m happy with that. I’m sorry if that doesn’t make the rest of you happy.

I am getting your messages. They are most appreciated, even the one I could take as a threat (LOL)..but…as I said…I’m happy where I’m at….Thanks but No Thanks. Besides…Hairball John is back….and I’d hate to embarass him by going back on the air

Later All..

Steve-O

2008 Shows – An archive of all shows from 4/19/08 to 12-31-2008 that were aired on KQLZ.org, Pirate Radio
2009 Shows – An archive of all shows from 1/01/09 to 12-31-2009 that were aired on KQLZ.org, Pirate Radio
2010 Shows – An archive of all shows from 1/01/10 to 12-31-2010 that were aired on KQLZ.org, Pirate Radio
Rock’n'John – These are the available archives from when I covered the “Rock and John” Show on Sunday Nights
PRSN – Sunday Evening Shows, Pirate Radio Sunday Night, Done in the summer of 2009, for KQLZ.
Specials – Specials and tributes I’ve done will be included here.

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Special thanks to Rock, KQLZ Shows Directory, for all of his assistance gathering, assembling, and publishing this archive site!

It is with heartfelt thanks and a heavy heart that I must officially announce the end of The Venom Nation Radio Show.

I started these shows in 2004, and beginning April 19, 2008, it was my pleasure to be welcomed into your homes every Saturday evening, and even a number of Sunday evenings. I am very proud of the body of work I leave behind with Pirate, including over 100 episodes of The Venom Nation, multiple episodes of “Pirate Radio Sunday Night”, and several hosted episodes of “The Rock and John Show”. I am even more proud to have been able to bring several friends to Pirate, including The BrownSound Radio show, with host Metal Thrashin Mad, Luke Brown, and bands such as Edens Curse, Charlemagne, Takara, Jeff Scott Soto, and Sacred Oath. Eric Ragno, and Blindid, two of my first featured artists, have become great friends outside of Pirate and the show. More recently, I’m proud to have introduced Rock Poser, our very own news editor, to the on-air side of Pirate, and I’m proud that he will continue building his Pirate following with Luke and “The Brown Sound”.

I offer my warmest thanks to Shows Director Rock for all of his help and guidance over the past two years, to John Silvers, for allowing me a few hours a week to play in his vast “sandbox”, and to Tremendous Voice Talents such as Mark St. John, Jim van Johns, and most importantly, Kevin Anthony, for all they have contributed to this show. I could not dream of returning to a job in any type of radio unless Rock or John (or both) were involved in some aspect.

Finally, I must thank you, the listeners, for over six years of loyal support and encouragement, and two great years on Pirate, and I carry with me the memories we have shared in Pirate Chat, both good and somber, throughout my run here on the Pirate.

I’m told there’s an open invitation here for me at Pirate, so long as there is a pirate, they say, there will be a spot for me. I don’t anticipate returning to hosting in the forseeable future. If it ever does happen, I’m fairly certain it won’t be the “Venom Nation”. The “Venom Nation” brand has had a great run, it’s time that goes to bed.

In what I believe to be my finest hour here on Pirate, I had the good fortune and extreme pleasure to sit down with a man I consider a pirate Legend. For one night, on the 20th anniversary of Pirate Radio , I got to talk to, on-air, the one and only “Real Deal” Shadow Steele, a pirate original. As I leave the show, I plan on following his credo he left me with that evening. I asked him for the honor of playing him just one song, in return for over twenty years of playing the songs we all asked for. He obliged and quoted his good friend Bret Michaels and said “how about ‘nothin but a good f*ckin time”. Through ups and downs, I can say that’s one thing that has never failed me on pirate. I’ve had “nothin but a good f*ckin time”.

With Warmest Regards,

Steve-O, The Vicar Of Venom