Even the DGP (no fan or friend of Vinnie's) says this: "And Robert Fleishman is hardly the first person to bring Dana Strum‘s lack of ethics into question."
And if you want a real take on Mark / Dana:
https://metalsludge.tv/20-questions-wit ... cle-62999/
and you can read Bobby Rock's book where he even mentions Dana using stolen card numbers for his cell phone back in the day. And that's just one of the lesser things Dana did.
People talking so glowingly about Mark/Dana sure never knew them (certainly not back in the 80's/ early 90's).
Here's just a small part from 20 Questions with Slaugghter's Inner Circle to show you how Dana really is
9. Does Slaughter really give a shit about their fans? Are you kidding? Dana can’t wait to count the money after the meet an greet. Blas can’t wait to take advantage of the 350-lbs. girls willing to suck his dick. Mark feels he’s wasting his time, and has met enough fans. Remember the Fear No Evil tour kiddies voice problems?? Blas, Dana and Tim atthe meet and greets only. His bitch said Madonna didn’t do meet and greets so why should he?? Tim always hated lying to the fans to cover his sorry ass.Jeff is still enjoying his 15-seconds of fame.
10. Give us a story about how Slaughter takes advantage of their fans.Pay to meet the band
11. How many chicks does Blas usually bang during a typical tour? 75-per tour. Do 12-year olds count? Can you say clinic???
12. What bands has Slaughter or Dana Strum fucked over?
Kik Tracee: Those poor bastards really got fucked!! Their first CD should have been a Slaughter CD. All Slaughter members "played" on that CD, the singer (he’s a tool guy by the way) was the only guy who did any recording. Dana had to be paid in advance before he did anything, and he also demanded to get a certain amount of points from the record. Any one who knows about points knows points can mean big bucks if a record does well.
Sister Whiskey: Dana got them their deal with Warner Bros., but didn’t tell them until later he would receive 75% of any monies the record did, plus his producer fee. The guys just wanted to play rock n roll. They got fucked twice buy the Slaughter camp, once by Dickhead Strum and the second by the greedy fan club president, who sold merchandise and never gave them shit !!
White Heat "aka" Firehouse: Trusted the two pricks, guess who? It was all a scam to get the pricks (Slaughter) over with Chrysalis Records to prove they could handle the production of their own record. Dickhead Strum didn’t want to pay a "real" producer. Dickhead Strum used White Heat as guinea pigs.
Dragonfly "aka" Mind Pie: Was a band from Philly that Tim discovered, this band kicked major ass! They had it all and would have gone a long way, but once again Dickhead Strum got involved and fucked it up, they did a record for Chrysalis, but it got shelved. When Candyass Mark Slaughter lost his voice, Tim recommended they forget Candyass Slaughter and hire the singer from Mind Pie, who in Tim’s words was a real singer !! I second that. Mark never let Tim live that down and tried to get Dickhead Strum to fire Tim during his trial, but of course Tim told him to go fuck himself.
13. Why does Slaughter make fans buy their merchandise in order to meet them?When your fans don’t buy your records, you have to fuck them somehow.