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On his final departure from the band in 2001:
"As far as I know, I was in the band and they were getting ready to tour. I wouldn't get paid when we were off the road. And Blackie owed me some money from [1999's] 'Helldorado', and I needed to get paid. And he just says, 'Meet me at Stet's.' That was drummer [Stet Howland]; he had a drum-rehearsal room in the Valley. So I'm down [there] and waiting. And Blackie, I thought he would have a check for me; I needed the money. He walks in with a piece of paper, and he goes, 'Did you say this, Chris?' He was really pissed off. I go, 'Let me read it.' So I was looking at the paper. It was [a letter from] a fan. We played a place called Harpo's, and it was the fan who wrote, 'I got everybody's autograph except Blackie's.' [When he was] by the backstage door, the security pushed him away and Blackie ran on the bus. The bus started up and everybody was getting on to go. And he says, 'Chris was one of the last guys to walk on the bus. I asked Chris if I could have Blackie's autograph.' Chris said, 'No.' I asked, 'Why?' And he said, ''Cause he is an f-in' a-hole.'' And I read that. And I told Blackie, 'Yeah, I said it.' And he kind of goes, 'I thought we had a better understanding of each other.' And I go, 'No, no, no, no.' I explained to him why I said it, and he just… at the end of the story, he just walked out of the room. And at that time, they had already tried out Darrell [Roberts], the other guitar player. I didn't know. And that was the last time I ever saw him."
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