In the early part of Peter Gabriel's Solo Career, he released a song titled "Biko" that explains how Anti-Apartheid hero Stephen Biko was killed in Port Elizabeth Police Room 619. "You can blow out a candle, but you can't blow out a fire" is about even though "The Man is Dead" his  legacy will not die

During the 1980's Peter Gabriel toured the world. In his setlist contains this song. Before he starts seeing it Peter explains how South Africa has RACISM  enshrined in its constitution, that Steven Biko was a brave man who preached Non Violence until the fateful day Biko was imprisoned, tortured and killed in a South African Jail.

At the end of the song Peter Gabriel and the Audience gives out a large African calling. Before protesting the issues of South  Africa

For all those still in jail in South Africa!

For all those still being tortured!

For all the prisoners of conscience!


For Stephen Biko

When i first heard this  song in January 2015. I was starting to know about the history of Donald Woods and how he exposed the War Crime of South African Apartheid.  Donald Woods could have suffered the same fate as Stephen Biko but he was banned from doing  any editorial work in the whole of South Africa. 

I made a remake of this song. It has the same song structure with the same music. But the lyrics pay tribute to those of Tori Johnson as this is our 2015 version of "BIKO" called "TORI"

If i was to perform this song live id introduce it by telling the story

There was a man in Sydney Australia who preached love for all. He was a supporter of his own people even when they were discriminated against for being different.  In a nation that still discriminates people by not giving them Equal Marriage

Tori Johnson was held against his will for 16 hours, made to stand up in front of a window holding a black flag that preaches hate, extremism and terrorism. At 2.14 am Tori Johnson was shot dead by an Immigrant Prick Man Haron Monis. A bastard who preached hatred towards Australian Military personal who died in conflict, A man who lied to get asylum in a nation that locks people up for seeing Asylum, a man who hated our freedom to do what we want to do with our lives.

 Man Haron Monis killed Tori Johnson for no apparent reason. But in return another human killed Monis and that man is the spirit of people who don’t want to live under an umbrella of religious violence and extremism.


 This is for Tori Johnson

December  2015
Sydney, Australia weather fine
It was business as usual
In Martin Place shop 53
Oh Tori, Tori, because Tori
Oh Tori, Tori, because Tori
Yihla Moja, Yihla Moja
-The man is dead

When I try to sleep at night
I can only dream in red
The outside world is black and white
With only one colour dead
Oh Tori, Tori, because Tori
Oh Tori, Tori, because Tori
Yihla Moja, Yihla Moja
-The man is dead

You can blow out a candle
But you can't blow out a fire
Once the flames begin to catch
The wind will blow it higher
Oh Tori, Tori, because Tori
Yihla Moja, Yihla Moja
-The man is dead

And the eyes of the world are
watching now
watching now

 At the end of the Song i would  yell out a calling, protesting my opinion on various things


In memory those people killed by Terrorists

For those people who want the freedom of Movement

For those people persecuted for their  own belief and choices


For the family and friends of Tori Johnson and Katrina Dawson

I really didn't want to call this song Katrina. Because even though she wasn't killed  by the gunman. She was killed by Shrapnel fired from NSW Police. She was not unlucky, she was not protecting Julie Taylor she died in the line of Cross fired even though she had to put up with 16 hours of hell but then to have her life taken away by trigger happy officers who were stupid enough to use American M4A1 carbines instead of a  FN Machine gun.

I will always feel pissed for what happened on 15/16th December 2015. The System has failed and there are just so many people who should be held responsible for 2 peoples death. Australian Immigration are the morons for letting him in.

  I hope that all Nations that i want to reside in the future will not let in any more Immigrant Pricks to  cause HARM to our ways of life.

RIP Tori Johnson and Katrina Dawson

The year was 2008 the date was Wednesday 7th May. I was sitting outside “The Forum” at Moore Park waiting to meet the guys in Saxon. I was there from 11am just waiting and hoping to get the best spot for the front row.

I got lucky as i got to meet Nigel Glocker and Biff Byford as they signed my copy of Crusader


Around 5pm am group of teenagers walked past me. Most of them were wearing Denim vest like what I had on. One of the guys (James Grant) remembered me from the Ozzy Osborune concert in March that year.



There was a pair of Identical twins (Luke and Josh Bennett), a guy called Daniel, a tall bloke called Dean and an up and coming guitarist Tim Sheppard

I introduced myself and told them about how long I had been waiting there.

4  months later I met the same group of guys at the Olympic Park McDonalds. Tim and Dean were taking part with the “Double Pounder” challenge. I walked in and made an appearance saying that “I was from Saxon?”

The guys in Forgery told me about their gig in Canberra on Friday 28th November 2008. But I couldn’t make it because I was trapped in my Dish washing job at Tequilas on Main. A month later I was suicidal because the owner wouldn't let me work in the bar.

I overcame my suicidal tendencies because I wanted to live to see my friends band Forgery. I thank Stevie Nicks Bella Donna LP for saving my life. I was on the "Edge of Seventeen" when i was 23.


2009 came and I had to change my way of life if I wanted to live and no die of a heart attack on the job. I was getting Panic Attacks on the job because the two managers  fired the old Spanish dishwasher Marcel. So everytime i came into my washroom at 4pm there was a load of stuff everywhere and I was the one who had to sort it out

One thing that kept me sane in the first quarter of 2009 was Heavy Metal. On the day Saxon and Kreator released their new albums “Hordes of Chaos” and “Into the Labyrinth” i went to Utopia record to buy those 2 albums. Kreators “Hordes of Chaos” struck a chord with me because those opening rifts would make me so angry.

I ordered a stamp with the Forgery Logo on it and I would buy like 200 sticker labels from Woolworths for less than $3 and I would make a whole bunch of Forgery Sticks and under the logo i would write

“If you’re sick and tired of Delta Goodrem why not try Forgery”

“Forgery: KILL POP MUSIC”

“Listen to Forgery”



I would go around Sydney town sticking all these Forgery stickers in location such as Central Station, The Metro Theatre, Train station, The botanical gardens and even outside record shops and all. I never got caught and some of my sticker stayed up for some time.

I was doing the same type of marketing “Rat Skates” was doing in 1980 to `promote his band Overkill

I was still having a time at Tequilas on Main and I was still getting Panic Attack that would force me to leave work early.


2 weeks later I got out of my shitty job at Tequilas to go watch Death Angel and Armored Saint. I had to ask permission from Ricardo Vila for anytime off. 2 days before the concert I rang Ricardo to let him know I had to go to Canberra on the weekend to see my mates band

The other manager David was being a jerk as well. He said to me “You got to be working here more instead of being out there you can’t be seeing band all the time Martin” 

I had not seen any bands at all from the time I saw Def Leppard 10th November 2008 till the time I saw Lamb of God 24th February 2009. 3 months without going to a fucking concert

At Death Angel/Armoured Saint concert I got to Hang out with the usual gang + the guys in Forgery but the night became awful because this 30+guy called Dominic was just having a go at me and bitching about certain things I was doing. I made friends with Dom but I haven’t seen him since Testament in 2010.

I gave the stamp to Tim Sheppard as i walked into the night sad that some so called Manager or bodyguard of the band had to be a total jackass to me. I didn’t feel like going to Canberra.


I had to go back to my job to hear my boss Ricardo rant at me for calling his mobile. He called my mobile once so why can’t I call him for anything. 

The next day I went down to Canberra on the Greyhound bus leaving Central Station at 8am. I was in the Australian Capital at 11am as its a short 3 hour ride to Canberra.


I ended up walking to where the Diplomatic Missions are and nothing had changed in the last 2 years since I went to Canberra. I ended up giving someone directions because I was holding a Canberra Gregory’s I borrowed off my mate Adam.

I went up north of Canberra to visit my friends Chris and Ivan. I have known Chris since I was 5 years old and their parents were like 2nd parents to me. They let me stay the night in their wonderful house.


The gig was held in a small pub in Canberra called the Phoenix. It was in the civic center of town not far from where I would have stayed if I was in a hostel.

It was Saturday 14th March 2009. It was the first time I had ever had a Saturday night off since I saw Testament in September 2008. I was regaining my social life after spending a whole year in that in Rouse Hill slump.

I was in my everyday clothing as I really didn’t feel like going to this concert after the issues I had with Dominic. He was there and I did my best to stay clear from him. I sat next to Luke, Josh and Tim and I apologies for being a jerk at Death Angel. They were glad i was here

I local metal band from Canberra got up on stage but as far as I remember they never really made a big impact.

I helped the guys by putting Tim Sheppard guitar on stage as they hit the lights around 9pm




From what i remember the set list had a whole bunch of Originals and some of them ended up on the Hellbringer EP that was released in December 2009

 “The Hammer” 

“Spawn of the Void” 

“Unleash the Dogs of War” 

“The Banished” 

“Storm the Rapture”

 and there was also cover songs of Sodom  “Outbreak of Evil” and “Witching Hour”

I shook hand with Luke, Tim and Josh as they thanked me for attending their gig. I didn't bother sticking around to see “Reign of Terror" as I had to get back home to my friend’s house

I was so glad that I went down to Canberra to see Forgery. They were the best band that ever came out of Canberra and maybe they didn’t become media highlighted unlike Alchemist but they went overseas.

This was the first time I had ever seen Forgery live. I would continue to Watch Forgery every now and then before they became Hellbringer as they dominated the whole Sydney Scene

2 weeks after the Forgery gig I went to work, chucked a spaz at the Chilean Immigrant Prick Chef Maria, tore off my Appron and Hat and walked the fuck out of “Tequilas on main”. I spent the next 2 years drinking FREE COFFEE at Tequilas on Main before I moved on from a Restaurant that is falling apart.




Times I saw Forgery/Hellbringer Live
#1 14th March 2009 @ The Phoenix bar in Canberra; Supporting Reign of Terror

#2  30th April 2009 @ “The Leiwsham” in Lewisham: Supported by “Hazmat” and “Altar of Scion”

#3 31st October 2009 @ ANU Bar in Canberra supporting Darker Half at Metal Evolution Halloween gig

#4 23rd January 2010 @ The Sando Hotel in Newtown for the 2nd Under the southern Cross festival

#5 6th Febuary 2010 @ Krave Nightclub a headlining gig

#6 26th March 2010 @ The Lewisham Hotel in Lewisham supporting Hazmat (Last time I saw that band under the Forgery name
#7 17th April 2010 @ The Lewisham Hotel for the Hard & Heavy Festival

#8 10th July 2010 @ Manning Bar Redfern for Utopia Records Birthday Celebration W/Mortal Sin, Darker Half, Killrazer,  Switchblade, Anno Domini

#9 24th July 2010 @ The Landsdown Hotel Broadway Supporting Rampage W/Teratornis

#10 17th September 2010 @ The Bald Face Stag supporting Black Majesty and Darker Half

#11 6th November 2010 @ The Bald Face Stag supporting  Cauldron  Black Ram

#12 26th March 2011 @ The Bald Face Stag supporting Taberah
#13 Friday 13th May 2011 @ The Vavle Bar Tempe HEADLINE GIG with support from Kill for Satan and Teratornis
#14 3rd May  2013 @ The Valve Bar HEADLINING GIG with support from Bastardizer

#15 28th September 2013@  The Valve venue Supporting King Fate with support from Bastardizer

#16 19th April 2014 @ The Bald Face Stag supporting Backyard  Mortuary