This Mad Desire::No surprise!

This Mad Desire formed as a result of performing for Mac Attack's solo project "Deathstyle" (co-produced by Guelph's Andrew McPherson) in 2008, during which time they performed at festivals in Manitoba and Ontario. Shows have been described variously with words like "showstopper", "energetic" and "exhausting". There is always an element of surprise whether it be magicians mid-set, extra musicians, or lions....

This Mad Desire operates as a musical collective that often includes strings, background singers, and more depending on the size of the show. And everyone's a character. Gerald Taylor (fretless bass) can tell you more about coffee than you could believe, Reinhard (keyboards from Berlin) knows more about electronics than humanly possible, and Jim Perry (drums) is really a genre unto himself. His legendary drum solos often involve the entire audience.

There is also a comic book called "Mac Attack" based on the exploits of singer Mac Attack and the band produced by Hamilton-based b vs. A Comics.

Mac Attack the comic, was created through the inspirations of Mac Attack's music, and stage performance. Mac Attack is a musician with a powerful weapon, his guitar. He lives in a large metropolitan area, and is trying to find his place in it. An explosion of a downtown building creates an intrigue within him and he must find out what has happened. But this was only the beginning. An unseen assailant is masterminding and manipulating the powerful musician and creates a series of clues that will lead to a most explosive conclusion.

This was a comic created in collaboration with both Coastline Publishing and b vs. A Comics. b vs. A comics is a local Hamilton area group of creators headed by Spencer Jenkyns, creating comics based for the most part in Hamilton, and Canada. Mac Attack is the first release from b vs. A comics with more to come in this quarter. Including "b vs. A", and "The Smoked Fury Files."

..may i also put in my personal request for a revival of drinkme. i know, i'm stuck on the early stuff. i gotta move on to twentyfirstcenturymac.... the mac of the people, no longer pretending to be caught up in the mysticism of the rockstar lifestyle, rather living it with guitar saliently blazing from his pelvis like an extraordinarily massive musical erection. his explosive talent is our joy, and his joy is our wet dream. his makeup is only a crumb of what lies hidden in his pockets. he is....twentyfirstcenturymac.

Have you ever loved so simply that it couldn't be simpler? I don`t know if it's what it should be but have you ever loved so pure that you couldn't imagine something more bright? Just a pure shining in your body if a doctor cuts through your skin he wouldn't just find there a light, warm and calming? Have you ever found this PEACE in your heart? Like you falling asleep next to the person and you feel no fear, no worries about what will come tomorrow? Maybe it's an illusion of love but then I wanna live in dream.

E-mail questions, love letters etc. to LOVE@ThisMadDesire.com. Bookings? Same address...