Kelly- please read Anna's post above. It says everything. We aren't getting our info second hand (I can't speak for Cat). You seem to forget that she was dating my guitar player for the past 3-4 years and I've unfortunately had to deal with her many times. And that everything that was posted was written by allison. And she continues to lie- what makes you think she's stopped? For example, she's been saying up until recently that *I* was the one who broke her and Eddie up when in fact SHE did that all by herself! (read below to see how indifferent I was if Eddie dated allison, as long as she wasn't being nuts). allison continues to lie and mislead and play victim, citing ME as her tormentor, when she started all of this to begin with by acting like an infant and taking out her frustrations on Corren and others. She likely doesn't say anything to you because she knows you're a regular here and Eddie has tried to make her stop to some degree in the past year, since you've been around. Also, like Anna said, perhaps you can't read some of the stuff she's written. This doesn't negate the fact that she has already set the stage, so to speak, and painted herself as victim and me as her tormentor to countless fans and potential fans elsewhere, and carried this behavior on in LJ and elsewhere to this day. Again- just because you don't see certain things doesn't mean they don't exist. Why would I make ANY of this up? Have you even read this entire thread? allison has lied. I have not.

Perhaps going back and reading this entire thread and the previous one thoroughly will help shed light on the matter and why it's even being discussed. There was a sequence of events here that lead to this discussion and things that have been said. People have posted misinformation that needed to be answered etc, and it grew from there. There are some people who want to believe that allison is being bashed for no reason or out of the blue (because allison wants people to think this)- and that is not true, there is a reason why this is being discussed- Simply read the posts. There was a progression in the past 2 days about this whole subject and THAT NEEDS TO BE UNDERSTOOD. And I find it amazing that after reading some of what allison has posted, what she's allowed to be said and stand as fact, and knowing some of the things she's done and how she's tried to paint LAM, Eddie and me, that people still wouldn't understand why I wanted to clear the air on the matter.

And Kelly, why are you "hurt"? Why don't you see the wrong allison has done to me and Eddie and the rest of LAM? I guess my "hurt" counts for nothing? (Ah well, not looking for sympathy here, so who cares) Or does that not matter because allison has "befriended" you in some way that I have not? I URGE everyone to read these entire threads. I know they are long but you MUST understand. All allison does is whine and say "I don't know why he's so mean to me" when she knows perfectly well why I won't tolerate her abusive ways. You guys don't get it- she started this ACT 3 years ago, and has carried on acting ever since. And certain people fall for her playing innocent and dumb. Its crazy,


CountSuckula posted a response that was just insulting and juvenile, and didn't address any points posted, it didn't help to resolve the issue. So it was removed.

allison began this drama by going elsewhere (even though she was still able to post on this board) and spreading lies about LAM, me, Eddie, and what was happening. (She has done this to this day, BTW, though she's much more careful now about how she goes about it). She did this in forums where I could not respond, so the lies took root, like her live journal, IRC, other message forums, in real life, etc. THIS was the only place I could address the many misconceptions and distortions of truth she was feeding to my fans, who had become her online "friend" after being sucked into the IRC and LJ world, and after allison sought them out and targeted them with her misinformation and lies about me/LAM- because she wanted sympathy and wanted to cover her ass after I had to publicly confront her about her treatment of Corren. In her LJ post where she says Eddie is an abusive boyfriend, she denies knowing why I dislike her or the basis of this whole situation, yet I've told her a million times (her abusing and stalking Corren and hiding behind LAM to do so, abuse that got so bad Corren had to hire a lawyer)! She was LYING. Allison's lies have actually made some LAM fans dislike LAM- and like Anna has said, many are lies of omission, not correcting misinformation, etc. You can see in her LJ exchanges, often with LAM fans who she met in here or IRC, where she perpetuates stuff that isn't true, where she plays victim just to get attention, etc, and how people feed into it and how misconceptions grow and where the unjustified negativity towards me or LAM is somehow given credibility.

The reason why allison prefers not to post here (she was able to do so for 2 years but never tried to resolve the matter) and does so elsewhere is because she cannot contest the things I say. She can only lie and recruit her online friends to spread her lies and negativity on her behalf. So she has waged a campaign in Dev's various IRC chats, on Live Journal (and in real life and other forums) over the years trying to paint me as doing something unkind to her, when the fact is all I ever asked her to do was leave Corren alone and stop hiding behind her relationship with Eddie while abusing LAM fans (and I was not supporting Corren or "befriending" her. I was telling allison to stop behaving like an infant, as it reflected badly on LAM, since she was so vocal and public about her relationship with Eddie). That is what ALL of this was about. Allison's desire to abuse people hiding behind LAM's name, and it mushroomed from there when I put a stop to it. Doesn't that tell you anything about allison? Yet NO ONE has objected to her behavior- how she's twisted reality and fooled and manipulated people to think that she was somehow treated unfairly, even though they knew (or should have seen) that allison was the one acting unfairly. allison has said horrible things about me and Eddie that has colored some of my band's fan's perception of LAM- in the past (and recent past) she sought out and targeted LAM fans in particular to look big by flaunting her relationship with Eddie and then she launched her negativity to get sympathy, or she has others do this on her behalf. I have only stated the truth about these situations and my opinion of her AFTER she's said this untrue stuff and treated me in a bad way.

Some people don't seem to get, I am simply REACTING to her dishonest behavior that continues to this day, where she's appealing to LAM fans with her dishonesty.

Yesterday, this message board got 1000 extra hits (and so far today has gotten that many- by only 9am PST)- ALL due to this stupid drama started by allison's friend CountSuckula and of course, by allison. I have posted COUNTLESS articles on politics, on the war, on veganism, on social issues, as have others, and they go virtually ignored. Yet THIS is what interests people? Its sick. Seriously. Its also rather odd that people defend someone they know to be a liar, someone who is so transparently cruel and shallow, as allison is. Someone who has a history of lying and bad behavior, like allison does. But that's their business- I'm not telling anyone how to think. And being that this is MY band's forum, I have every right to say that, just like people are saying "allison can say what she wants in her live journal". The difference is *I* speak the truth. I don't care if you love allison or hate her (fuck, even AFTER all this shit I was trying to help EDDIE repair things with her the last time they broke up months ago, so I obviously don't care if some FANS I've never met are friends with her- I say this because in email someone said that some fans/friends of allison felt I was asking people to chose sides, I am not). When I state my opinion about allison, an opinion based on the reality of these situations, I am simply stating what I know to be true and am not forcing anyone to think the same. But don't expect me to tolerate purposeful ignorance or tolerate continued misconceptions spread by allison. I am, again, RESPONDING to allison and trying to make known the reality of the matter, when it effects my life. If it wasn't effecting my life, my band, I wouldn't say anything.

If allison was just some random person with no connection to LAM I wouldn't even acknowledge her and I wouldn't even care. For CountSuckula to say "you're in a band, deal with it", as if I wasn't aware of what comes with being in a band, is beyond insulting as I've been dealing with it since 1990- I am VERY well aware of what comes with being a public figure. For you to even utter that sentence, CountSuckula, shows you have NO knowledge of my life or grasp of this situation and how its effected things. The ONLY other time I mentioned this sort of thing was the Ghastly situation as that harassment was continuing and turned violent.

But anyway, allison was given "credibility" by her relationship with Eddie. And her lies began to not only make my life more difficult, but actually interfere with LAM. THIS is why I've had to address this situation- over and over. Don't you get it? THIS is why Anna has saved those posts - as evidence, to illustrate a pattern of behavior because we knew how dishonest and manipulative allison was and knew that this day would come. Even Eddie was leery of dumping allison or even saying anything to clarify the matter because of the possible fallout. Just the other day at a band meeting even Tamlyn echoed this, saying of their past relationship "if Eddie dumped allison the situation would be worse because allison would start even more lies", thus Eddie was essentially stuck with her. So everyone knew that nothing has changed and that the situation was bad and that allison was at fault.

In my mind, I don't see how someone could have feelings for allison when she was holding the threat of lies and abuse over his head should he leave her, but hey, that's just me. And I've never said that to Eddie until after he broke up with her.

My entire band recognizes that allison is a problem. Only the few people she has "contact" with online, and do not know her well, think that she is a "good friend". And that's fine- be friends with her if you want. But do not try and silence the truth when it needs to be addressed, when its effecting LAM. I'm not saying this stuff for no reason. Why certain people don't trust me when I've never lied yet think so highly of allison, a racist who has lied and done worse, is a mystery to me.

So in closing- if you like allison, fine. If you don't' like her, fine. I couldn't care less. The point is that she deceives and misleads, and certain things needed to be clarified- plain and simple. She has a history of doing such things, which some people have acknowledged and amazingly its ignored. She continues this behavior to one degree or another to this day. That was all that we've said. Now move on please. I'm closing the thread so this can die down. And its clear no one is reading what I or Anna write. And I'm sick of defending myself against this bullshit.

Bye...

Sean
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