Andy Deane

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I’m looking for a great author photo for my upcoming novel “All the Darkness in the World” and want to give you a shot at taking it! Here’s what you’ll need to do to participate:

1. Come out to a show on the upcoming Bella Morte tour this May.
2. Snap a hi-res photo of me on stage.
3. Email the pic to intothefar@gmail.com

What’s in it for you?
1. A photo credit in the book!
2. An autographed copy of the book (to be released fall, 2010)
3. A button set including art from both my novels
4. A free pass to the next Bella Morte show in your area

See you at the shows!

I wanted to drop in last night with a note but was too exhausted to make it happen. I ended up asleep on the couch with a cat on my head within fifteen minutes of coming through the door.  But I wanted to thank all our fans for making Connooga such an amazing experience!  I’ll be posting photos from the event shortly.

For those who don’t know, we’ve been working on a video for our song “In the Dirt” with Troma Films.  There’s a scene where the Toxic Avenger and Leslie (one fine Tromette!) chase the band into a classroom and eventually stomps my head into a fine red paste.  This was done using a cantaloupe filled with crushed beets.  Two perfectly good, white button-up shirts were ruined in the process, requiring a morning jaunt to Target so I’d have one for the show.  We shot the rest of the footage at the show, where Toxie and Leslie chased me off the stage.  The fans were featured heavily in this part, and Lloyd had them screaming and jumping up and down until their legs ached and their voices were sore and faint… it’s awesome to know that you guys will endure this kind of torture for us, and we love you for it!  Troma will likely finish editing the video in a month or so. If you haven’t already, sign up to our mailing list (in the left column) so I can let you know when it’s is done. It’s going to be epic! I miss Toxie already.

Tony and I performed an “unplugged” set in the exhibitor’s hall.  When we arrived we noticed there was no PA system for us to hook up to, which meant we couldn’t mic Tony’s guitar or either of our vocals… At first we thought we might not be able to do the set, but figuring we had nothing to lose decided to give it a go.  And it ended up being a truly great time.  People gathered around us like we were playing songs over a camp fire.  No microphones at all, just a guitar and a couple of voices.  It was the most naked performance we’ve ever done, and I’m left feeling like I want to do it again.  It’s amazing what can come from a seemingly negative situation if you go in with a decent attitude.

I met some fellow authors at the author panels… Dan Jolley, D.A. Adams, Stephen Zimmer (whose identity I briefly stole), Shane Berryhill, Mary Kowal, Robert Freese, and a few others I’m sure to be forgetting at the moment due to the fact that I consider 11am to be early.  Check these guys out, and if you ever run into any of them, remind them that they owe me lunch… and dessert. The panels were a lot of fun, even if my tendency to goof off sent us flying off course every ten minutes or so.

Tony and I were on a band panel with Ricky from Radio Cult that had no agenda whatsoever… We ended up telling our funniest and most repulsive road stories and having a blast! Sometimes chaos is the right way to go.

Huge thanks to Lloyd Kaufman, Leslie, Raven, Opal, the A NEW LOW crew, and Todd!  See you next year, Connooga!

~Andy

I’ll  be heading for  Chattanooga this weekend for Connooga for a couple of Bella Morte performances and a few author panels where I’ll be discussing The Sticks and two new books I have slated to be released this year through Thunderstorm Books.  Here’s a schedule of events;

6:00 PM Friday – 7:00 PM Friday: Andy reading from “The Sticks”
3:00 PM Saturday – 4:00 PM Saturday  : Authors Round Table with Andy
4:00 PM Saturday  -  5:00 PM Saturday  : From the Band’s POV
5:00 PM Saturday – 6:00 PM Saturday  : Bella Morte (acoustic performance)
11:30 PM Saturday  -  1:00 AM Sunday    : concert: Bella Morte
1:00 PM Sunday – 2:00 PM Sunday    : Self-Publishing vs. Traditional Publishing with Andy

I fully expect this weekend to kick some serious ass!  See you down south, away from the snow, in a couple days!

~Andy

Yeah, there is no damn way I’m trying to drive to DC tonight.  I’m under around 8 inches of snow right now and there is no sign it’s going to let up any time soon.  It looks like I’ll be rescheduling for March, so stay tuned!  As it stands, I’m working through season 1 of Castle and might watch House of the Devil for the third time this week… it’s so good!  Everyone stay warm and safe, and I’ll see you once I can dig out of this mess!

~Andy

Its been a long time since I last DJed, but I’m returning this Friday (Feb 5th) for Spellbound’s Alter Ego in Washington, DC.  The event starts at 9pm and runs to 2:30am.  Follow this link for more details.

Also, next Tuesday (Feb 9th) I’ll be spinning in my hometown of Charlottesville, VA for Umlaut at Rapture.  Doors at 10pm.  Click the image below for details!

I just saw that The Sticks climbed back into Horror Mall’s “digital editions” top 10 at #8! Pretty damned great if you ask me. I’m a big fan of my Kindle, which is  extremely convenient given how much I tour. If you haven’t given a digital book a try, you should! And mine comes with a free instrumental piece I wrote as a theme song for the novel which doesn’t appear on any Bella Morte album. Thanks for the continued support everyone!  ~Andy

Click here to get The Sticks digital edition

It’s been a couple of years since we’ve been to DragonCon, but I’m happy to announce that Bella Morte is returning this year. I just got the call about this a couple days ago, so I have a mountain of work to do over the next few weeks to prepare for the event. The past couple of months have found me writing music at a pace I haven’t kept in years, and I’m excited to say that a follow up to Beautiful Death is coming along very nicely.

Last time we performed at DragonCon a fan of the band suggested that we enlist an army of “Bella Morte zombies” to promote our performances at the con, similar to “The Cruxshadows fairies”, but with a greater tendency toward eating brains. So I’d like to know… if you are going to be at DragonCon next month, would you be interested in joining up? It would involve dressing up as a zombie (a sexy zombie if you’re a lady) and passing out flyers, spreading the word, that sort of thing. Maybe work an impromptu zombie parade in there somehow! I think it’d be a load of fun.

I for one am looking very forward to the weekend at D.C. All this hard work has me looking very forward to a fun, stress free weekend in Atlanta… play a couple shows (we’ll be doing an acoustic set along with our regular performance), sign some books, and most of all hang out with you guys. No schedule has been posted yet, but as soon as I know when our performances and panel appearances will take place I’ll pass it on to you.

So, for all you folks who want to be Bella Morte zombies at DragonCon, send an email to BMZombie@gmail.com. Include your real name and cell phone number so we can text you at the Con to organize a time and place to meet.

Can’t wait to see all you crazy bastards next month!

Best,
Andy

Hey guys, here’s a video from my recent book signing event at Barnes and Noble. The night was a huge success and should mean I’m visiting more B&N locations in the future! The B&N here in Charlottesville, VA still has a limited number of signed copies on hand for sale, and any one of there stores in the USA can order the book for you if it’s out of stock!

Order “The Sticks” from Barnes and Noble!

“The Sticks” is available through Amazon.com as well!

Thanks to everyone who was there, and special thanks to Shawn Decker for shooting the video.

~Andy

The Hook is a cool, free, weekly paper distributed here in my hometown of Charlottesville, VA. They’re running an article on me this week just in time for my book signing. The article is online now and physical copies of the paper hit news stands all over town Thursday (July 23rd)!

See the online article by clicking the picture below!

I will be appearing at Barnes and Noble in Charlottesville, VA on Thursday, July 23rd at 7pm to read a few pages from my recently released novel, “The Sticks”.  I’ll also be signing copies and answering any questions you might have about the book, the band, or whatever else you can dream up…  Feel free to bring your Bella Morte CDs and I’ll sign those too.  And maybe we’ll invade IHOP afterward, the whole damn lot of us! hmmm…

I know many of you won’t be able to make it because you live too far away…  I’ve gotten a lot of requests to do signings elsewhere, so feel free to make suggestions and I’ll do what I can to get there!

Thanks everyone!  See you Thursday!

~Andy

My friend Gwenn took this picture outside Barnes and Noble today… if you look closely you can see her ghost!!!  Thanks Gwenn!