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Ken Leighton

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Dead Man's Party still standing

TO Chris Acosta who responded on facebook: Of course I should have spoken with Vatos for this article. That's why I called I called his agent Rob Juarez for comment. Oh but guess what? Juarez did not bother to call me back. He could have addressed this OR he could have put me touch with Vatos. Are you denying DEAD MAN"S PARTY didn't play the 8,500-capacity Pacific Amphitheater last weekend where the average ticket price was 20 bucks? Which by the ay is where Oingo Boingo played thirty years ago...Are you denying the success of last year's shows at the Hangar led to DMP getting booked at the Pacific Amphitheater this year? OK, so Vatos band is not a tribute band and Dead Man's Party is. So what's your point? Dead Man's Party admits that it is a tribute band. Elfaizy's whole point is that he hopes Vatos and his crew thrive. That both bands can thrive. He says Dead Man's Party never did anything wrong and that he just wants the threats and maliciousness to stop. Please understand the weirdness started over an incident when Vatos played a show that was billed as an Oingo Boingo reunion. Elfman told his former bandmates never to let it happen again. https://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2010/oct/13/b… But more to the point of this story, Dead Man's Party/Elfaizy was threatened with a lawsuit two years ago by Vatos' manager. https://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2015/oct/21/b… There never was a lawsuit. Every attorney I spoke with said it was a baseless lawsuit. The point of this story is that not every time you are threatened with a lawsuit is there anything to it. And what do you know! Are you denying that DMP/Elfaizy was not threatened with a lawsuit? Please see above mentioned article of two years ago. The point is, Elfaizy never wanted any problems. He just wanted the bad talking and the lawsuit threats to stop. And apparently they have. Would you like me to name the venues that over the years where Vatos or his representatives bashed DMP to venues? I would be happy to. I made it clear in the article that the bashings have stopped as of this year. Are you denying that the Elfaizy was not threatened by a lawsuit from Vatos' manager as was reported here two years ago? Does Rob Juarez not represent Vatos and his Oingo Boingo Dance Party any more? As of last week the OBDP website said he was the contact. And I tried to speak to him. Whose fault is it that he did not respond?
— July 29, 2017 3:43 p.m.

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