User talk:Craig Lackie

Craig Lackie was born Craig Henry Lackie on September 30th, 1986. He has resided in Harbor Beach, Michigan all his years of living. At the age of five, he attended Zion Lutheran preschool. From the years 1992-1999 he went to Ramsey Robertson Elementary to study general education, including Reading, Arithmatic, Spelling, Social Studies, and Science. From 1999-2001 he was educated at Harbor Beach Community Middle School. From 2001-2005 he attended Harbor Beach Community High School, AND graduated!

During these crucial years, Craig worked during the Summer as the clerk at the local Pro-Shop at the Harbor Beach Resort Association golf course, where he earned money to buy intsruments and pursue his musical dreams.

In early November of 2002, he was asked by Shrine of Sacrilege to fill the position of vocals. The band at that time consisted of Steven Roggenbuck on drums, Douglas "Douchebag Novinski" Nowiski on bass guitar, and Jordan Wilson on electric guitar. The band at that time, in short, sucked. Jordan left the band in January of 2003, and Craig started playing ye olde electric guitarre. The power trio began writing original material that would soon become obsolete in technicality within a year, but were important in the development of their songwriting. December 6th of the same year was the live debut of the band, opening for local nü rock/metal and Metallica cover band Manifest. Although Shrine of Sacrilege were still in their developing stage, they played tight and aggressive, with enough room to spare for a "booty shaking" stage show. Plan for a concert in April were made, but kept getting postponed due to schedualing and whatnot. May 21st, 2004 would be the next date Shrine of Sacrilege would be seen. By now, they had an albums worth of material, and recorded a very sloppy album. This would never see the day of light due to the awful production and laziness in playing. The May 21st concert would show a more mature band, and musicianship which grew enormously since the last concert, with covers (to take up more time) from such hot hot acts as Slayer, Pantera, Megadeth, Anthrax, Metallica, and a medley featuring classic riffs and melodies from Children of Bodom and Cryptopsy.

The next chapter is a tough one, Craig now had the duty of running the first ever War on the Shore battle of the bands. This Summer would see a large amount of productivity until the War on the Shore. While running that, Craig also had to work at Ye Olde Golf Shoppe, write for Scopata di Morte (formerly known as Shrine of Sacrilege), and learn a few tunes on bass for Garden of Eaten. After the War, things slowed back to how it's supposed to be, and Craig took a very unrelaxing trip to Florida in early August. School started, and things were as serene as ever. Scopata di Morte played a kicking set in front of a crowd that can be counted on two hands at Olde Jametowne Hall in October. The next event would be The Day Before Thanksgiving Concert, where Scopata di Morte had one of the most ridiculous stage shows ever conceived. This would turn to be a disaster, as poor audience attendence, and mindless Pilgrims and Indians would make the show a tale previously only imagined by Stephen King. Looking down at his musical career, Craig put down the guitar for a month, as well as Scopata di Morte rehearsals. The band only practiced three times in the course of a two month period, until a turn of events, a battle of the bands held at Marlette. Scopata put together the pseudonym Kickflip Anarchy. Kickflip Anarchy's main intent was to poke fun of all the punk bands that were also playing the battle. This plan, however, would backfire, getting as much acclaim as Scopata di Morte's part of the set. Playing in front of more than a dozen people sparked a want for doing more live shows, and Scopata would get their calls heeded on April 8th at Applegate, Michigan. This show was vital, as the band met many-a-people from the Port Huron area music scene. When Steve, Craig, and Doug ventured out to the Noruh Grotto on the 16th of the same month, their faces were recognized and they played a set while the opening band was arriving.