This month, Hydrovibe played two shows at Bourbon Street in New Port Richey, Florida.  The venue is one of our favorites – great stage, amazing sound (thanks, Dave!) and solid ownership (Greg’s a great guy) and top-notch promotions (Russ @ ScotchIrish Productions knows a thing or two…)  We have made some great fans and friends in the area as well.  So, shows are a guaranteed good time.

But our second July show there was an extra special one… We performed for a WWE scouting match at the club.  I have to say, this was the first live wrestling event any of the Hydrovibe boys and girl had ever been to, and we all enjoyed ourselves a lot!  After watching some great matches (and spotting some really cool leather cuffs and wrestling boots that I really want!), we got to meet the legendary Dusty Rhodes – a.k.a. “The American Dream.”

According to Steve Slagle of the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame:

Dusty Rhodes is one of the most charismatic, entertaining, and famous wrestlers of all-time. No matter where he went, fans loved this blue-collar hero, and Dusty became one of the WWF’s biggest attractions.

What many Americans love is his triumphant story of how he overcame a rare childhood illness that left him with one leg shorter than the other and amazingly grew up to be a star athlete!  For me, this is a great example of overcoming obstacles – choosing to see them as opponents to be defeated rather than something that will defeat you.  This theme is exactly what I’m singing about in “Killer Inside.”

The lyrics to “Killer Inside” seem like they are describing the metamorphosis of Saw’s Amanda character from the ex-heroin junkie victim to Jigsaw’s killer apprentice.  However, the song itself was written by me and Mat before Saw II was even in theaters, when we were at a bit of a low point in our lives where we had no band and life’s obstacles kept mounting up against us, seemingly threatening the existence of Hydrovibe.  We got a call that there might be an opportunity to get a song in Saw III and that they needed us to write and record a song and have it to them in Canada (where the film was being shot) within 24 hours.  So, Mat and I wrote a song about reaching deep within ourselves to wake up that inner strength to overcome and to keep fighting for what we believe.

And I think fighting for what you believe in and perservering IS the American Dream.

xx St. Heather