Mank Rage

[Thorned Rose]

I actually know a lot about this band.

This girl I used to date's dad was a guitarist in mank rage.

I don't quite remember his name... lol

He was a guitarist in the early nineties. I kinda didn't believe him. He was a dude that was good at guitar that collected amps and guitars like crazy.

He showed me a video of this band and he was in it. It was a farm setting. With a stage in front of a barn with about 800 people there. David Lank and this guy were clearly visible in this band.

he said nothing ever because of it and he quit the band.

The girl lived with her dad in Crawfordsville, IN.

Which is 25 minutes from Lafayette.

So I thought that was very very cool.

He even told me a story once, and said that Axl Rose sent David Lank a brand new electric guitar once as a present. And once night David got on drugs real bad and used it like a chopping axe and snapped it.

He said that David was always jealous of Axl... (they were friend because Axl left for LA)

Pretty cool story! He also said he met Axl in 87  i think. He just stopped by a place they all hung out in Lafayette before Appetite really blew up. He didn't say, he said Axl was always on the move.

[fishtaco]

Dave sang and played guitar. Matt Dutton took over lead vocals for awhile. Matt killed himself at the age of 22. It was a very traumatic experience for the band, ...he was a brother. Mank Rage had a song called 'Foolish suicide' that Matt used to sing(insert irony here). Dave went back to vocals and guitar until Mike Staggs took over guitar duties and Dave sang. Staggs left and Dave was back to guitar and vocals until Shannon Hoon joined. Shannon sang and Dave was on guitar until Shannon left for L.A. Lank and Mickler visited Paul in L.A. and told him they were moving west and he was going to be their guitarist. They booked some gigs in Lafayette to pay for the move and got Jeff Hampton(RIP)to play guitar. Jeff was a great guy and shredded the guitar, but was in a very different place musically. It was known to him from the start that he was temporary. When Lank and Mickler got together with Paul everything fell into place.

[Voodoochild]

Wow, kinda creepy story with Dutton, Shannon and Hampton there. Thanks for the info.

[mank Rager]

"...death is a worthy opponent..."      --lank--

[fishtacos]

"...All that you have loved is a part of you, and you a part of it......'The End' is a myth."
                                                      - NerraD

[mank Rager]

"i believe it is important and a blessing to have the band you are in be your favorite band. when you love what you are doing, it shines through and it is one of the best feelings in the world to create. art, by my definition, is the creation of something from nothing but an idea..."                                            --lank--

[fishtacos]

b//

[mank Rager]

"... the more humans i encounter, the more like an alien i feel..." 

[mank Rager]

...there is no right way to do something wrong...

[hogg2500x]

anyone heard anything about Mank Rage lately?

[Street of the Blues]

anyone heard anything about Mank Rage lately?

No.

[Halo69]

I love the guitars on this band but i hate the vocals... the frontman has no talent and thats probably why this band never got recognition, cause they could have got!

[hogg2500x]

I've been reading online that there were demo tapes made of mank rage back in the day. Does anyone know where I can get one? I have searched all ends of the internet for any info. I love the 6 songs on the myspace they have, i'm dying to hear more tunes..

[Thorned Rose]

I actually know a lot about this band.

This girl I used to date... her dad was a guitarist in mank rage.

I don't quite remember his name... lol I wish I could remember.

He was a guitarist in the early nineties. I kinda didn't believe him. He was a dude that was good at guitar that collected amps and guitars like crazy. He had like 10 guitars or something, all very nice. and tons of amps etc..

He showed me a video of this band and he was in it. It was a farm setting. With a stage in front of a barn with about 800 people there. David Lank and this guy were clearly visible in this band. It was really cool. he said he was only in the band for a few months then he left. I believe he was in the band somewhere around the 1990 or 1991 point.

he said nothing ever came out of the band and he quit

The girl lived with her dad in Crawfordsville, IN.

Which is 25 minutes from Lafayette.

So I thought that was very very cool.

He even told me a story once, and said that Axl Rose sent David Lank a brand new electric guitar once as a present. And once night David got on drugs real bad and used it like a chopping axe and snapped it. he was there when this happened, so it must of been around the 90-91 time or so.

He said that David was always jealous of Axl... (they were friends before Axl left for LA) he also stated they kept in contact on and off again over the years, less so when Gn'R got really big.

Pretty cool story! He also said he met Axl in 87. He just stopped by a place they all hung out in Lafayette before Appetite really blew up. He didn't stay long, he said Axl was always on the move.

I totally believe this dude. It's been 10 years since I had this conversation, I edited my post from forever ago.

I wish I could find all members of Mank Rage former and present somewhere!!!!

[CheapJon]

Nice story. If you know a lot about the band. do tell. 

[Thorned Rose]

Nice story. If you know a lot about the band. do tell. 

well more than the normal person does... don't be a prick... winkie thumbs up tryhard.

and your post count means nothing to me... you're just a smartass

[AdZ]

Kind of don't get the point of this.. did you just start a thread to say you know some stories you're not going to tell anyone?

[Thorned Rose]

the story was about the guitar axl sent david lank... which was told to me by a former member of mank rage.

I just thought that was neat...

don't think anyone knows about that.

i kinda forgot why I stopped posting in this forum until now...

all the huge post pricks who thing they own this place.

[CheapJon]

Nice story. If you know a lot about the band. do tell. 

well more than the normal person does... don't be a prick... winkie thumbs up tryhard.

and your post count means nothing to me... you're just a smartass

You said you knew a lot, then you told a nice little story that was sort of related to the band but not actually about the band.

My post count means nothing to me either so I'm glad we're on the same page on that. You're wrong with the smartass remark though, I'm more than just a smartass.

[CheapJon]

You just reposted what you said in the original thread 6 years ago. Bravo!

http://www.heretodaygonetohell.com/board/index.php?topic=37216.120