OFFICIAL WEBSITES:
News...
This website was designed and created by Stained Designs.
drstain@badstainrecords.com
OLDER NEWS
January 6th, 2009 - Hello again
everyone!  2008 was a tough year for me in my
personal life, and I had some serious problems
arise.  My wholesale jewelry business was hurt
bad financially when our salesman ran off with
over $235,000 in inventory.  This lead to a
landslide of problems that resulted in the loss
of my home.  Shortly after, my home was
robbed and the crooks got away with over
$32,000 worth of music equipment and all of my
Camcorders, and electronics.  They got my
entire CD Collection that  contained over 3,000
CD's.  It was a devastating blow.  A few weeks
later I was involved in a hit and run accident
that nearly cost me my life, and totaled my car.  
Needless to say, I was ready for 2009!

With the start of a New Year, I am very excited
and ready for my luck to change!  I have
finished recording the "March" CD, and it
should hit shelves in April of 2009.  So wish me
luck in 2009......I need it!  Cheers!
July 14th, 2007 - Just wanted to let
everyone know that you can now buy my new
CD now!  Limited to 500 copies and just plain
terrible.
December 27th, 2006 - Wishing
everyone a Happy New Year!  You can now buy
my CD's right here from this website!  Purchase
Merch from the Anthology Page.  Hooray!
April 3rd, 2006 - Just thought I would let
everyone know that they can find music videos
from my bands and solo project at a few new
sites:

www.ifilm.com (Just searh for the word
"Weasels" & you'll get a good selection of
videos)
www.youtube.com
www.myspace.com  (Bruises Music Video)
www.myspace.com  (Music Videos of Broken &
Summer Days Live, Acoustic, On Air)
www.myspace.com  (Short clips from the DVD -
The History of the West Side Weasels)
January 20th 2006 - Well here it is, my
new webpage.  Here everyone can keep track
of my different projects as well as my solo
material.  I will do my best to keep this
webpage up to date.  Thanks to everyone who
continues to give me support!
July 14th, 2010 - Hello again everyone.  
All I can say is "DAMN!  It's Hot in Arizona!"  
After a couple years of what I consider to be
the darkest time in my life, I am happy to
announce that it appears as though my luck is
changing.

I finally released my "March" CD, and every
copy sold out in the pre-order phase!  It's a
huge accomplishment for me, even though the
CD had a small press run of just 500 copies.  
For those of you that didn't get a copy, fear not!
 I will be releasing a collection of my first three
albums in my "Month" series, titled "The First
Quarter".  The album will include all of the
songs from "January", "February" and "March".
 The CD will hit shelves in late October of 2010.

I have been super busy, writing and recording,
and booking some great shows.  Be sure to
check the Official Numbers On Napkins
Website at www.numbersonnapkins.com for all
the info on our upcoming concerts, including
BAD STAIN RECORDS 15 YEAR ANNIVERSARY
PARTY, NUMBERS ON NAPKINS 7 YEAR
BIRTHDAY BASH and CD RELEASE CONCERT,
CHASE STAIN'S CD RELEASE SHOW, THE @)!! AZ
SKA PUNK AWARDS CEREMONY, and THE LIVE,
LOUD and LOCAL FESTIVAL (Hosted by
Christina "Forbidden" Dolce - "Queen of
MySpace).

Possibly the best news is that my Mother's
Ex-Boyfriend officially lost his lawsuit to
attempt to steal my Mothers Life Insurance
from my brother and I.  After she passed, a
previous boyfriend that she had split up with 8
1/2 years ago called her life insurance company
and tried to collect.  The insurance company
lost the paperwork she had filled out to change
the beneficiary from him to me and my brother
when they broke up in 2002.  She had to
change it three times because he kept calling
the company back and listing himself as the
beneficiary....but luckily we kept all the
paperwork.  He actually had no proof, and his
only defense was that he is a police officer,
and it was his idea to start an insurance policy!  
He also demanded that he be re-imbursed for
money he paid my Mom after a judge ordered
him to do so, because they owned a house
together.  The most laughable arguement was
over a vehicle my aunt purchased for my
mother in 2000.  He didn't want my Mom to be
able to leave the house when he was on his
beat, and didn't allow her to drive his car.  My
aunt was kind enough to purchase a car for
her, which really upset my Mom's ex.  Two days
later, it was stolen from their driveway.  A week
after the car was stolen, my Mom's friend called
very upset.  She was upset because my Mom's
ex had hired her boyfriend to steal the car and
destroy it, and she was afraid her boyfriend
would be sent back to prison if he was caught.  
My Mother informed her friend she knew
nothing of the incident, and confronted her ex.  
When my aunt found out about the inside job,
she threatened to have my Mom's ex thrown in
jail, along with his accomplice.  He knew he was
in deep shit and paid her for the car to avoid
losing his job as a Glendale Police Officer.

Now the craziest thing about this whole story is
that this was his defense!  He actually told his
lawyer that he deserved the money because of
the events that took place (although he didn't
admit to having the car demolished....he just
said it was stolen and had to pay my aunt).  Of
course the lawyer informed him that a judge
had already handled the house situation, and
he paid my aunt, not my mother so there were
no grounds for his case.  Not to mention he
had just inherited over 4 million when his
father passed away, and it wasn't right to try
and take what wasn't his because he was angry
with me and my brother.

So a year and a half later, it looks like we may
finally have the money.....or what's left.  The
Life Insurance paid their lawyers out of the
insurance money, and it looks as though we
will only be getting about 10% of what the
actual amount was.  Still, I would rather the
funds be exhausted than give him a penny.  I
just hope karma takes care of him.

The other good news is that my Dad and I have
found a great spot in Sedona, AZ to open a
retail store.  If all goes as planned, the store
should be up and running by late 2010.  

I saved the best news for last!  My ex-wife Amy
and I have been re-married!  That's right!  After
nearly a decade apart, we have come back
together and tied the knot.....again.  It was a
very small ceremony with just a handful of
friends and family.  We felt no need for a big
wedding, as we were married before and didn't
feel as though it would be right to have a giant
shindig to celebrate.  

Hopefully things will continue to look up, and
my luck doesn't change!  Thanks to everyone
who stuck by my side during these hard times,
and continued to support me with my music
and business ventures.  2010 is looking good!

Cheers - Chase Stain
February 10th, 2010 - Greetings
everyone!  Over a year has passed since my
last update, so I figured it's time to let everyone
know what's going on.  Most of you know that
2008 was a tough year.  My home was robbed,
than my business.  I had my car totaled in a hit
and run accident, and so on....

I was hoping for good luck in 2009, but my luck
didn't change.  I found out that the family
business lost more than we had thought in the
robbery.  After doing inventory and going over
the books, we had actually lost about
$385,000....so far.  We keep finding more stores
that bought from us and paid our salesman
cash.  Our salesman wrote up a phony invoice
for them, leaving us in the dark.  I think he got
away with close to half a million.  Regardless, it
was enough to pretty much put me out of
business, and jobless.  All of my other
businesses have suffered because of the loss.  
I still have yet to release my new CD "March",
because Bad Stain has not had the funds.  In
fact, Bad Stain only released one CD last year.  
The CD was Numbers On Napkins single,
FORGET THIS, I'M GOING TO TOKYO and was
limited to 500 copies.  The full length will be
released on F-Bomb Records in 2010.  That
album is also way overdue!

In late January, my girlfriend Julie was
hospitalized for an infection in her heart.  We
had been together for 16 months with some
ups and downs.  She had a bad problem with
alcoholism, but I managed to get her clean.  The
problem was that I constantly found her
drinking behind my back.  She spent a month
vomiting blood in my bedroom before she
eventually was hospitalized in April of 2008 and
got off the juice for good!  Unfortunately, she
picked up other habits.  After she was
hospitalized her family refused to allow me to
have contact with her, and she was sent into
rehab after her release.  So to make a long
story short......she vanished and I have no clue
where she is.

In April of 2009, my mother informed me that
she was going to have hospice take care of her
at her home in New River.  She was suffering
from COPD and Addison's Disease.  My mother
had another problem that many were unaware
of.  She was a full blown hypochondriac, and
had developed a strong addiction to morphine,
oxycontin, valium, and other painkillers and anti
anxiety medications.  Her addiction was bigger
than I had known.  She was borrowing
hundreds from me every week to purchase the
drugs.  My mother had not been able to get any
pain medication from doctors after her third
overdose in February of 2009.  I drove her to a
variety of doctors, and she always asked for
painkillers.  I would talk to the doctors and let
them know she had a problem, but after
checking her charts it was obvious that they
already knew.  Her hospital records were clear,
and nobody would give her medicine.  Doctors
told her she could live twenty or thirty more
years, but taking pain meds could slow her
breathing and even kill her because of the
COPD.  She eventually gave up asking doctors,
and just had Hospice come in to take care of
her.  When they arrived in mid April, my mom
asked for morphine.  She was told that they
could not give her morphine unless she was at
the physical hospice location.  So of course she
demanded to check into hospice.  My mom
never told me that she was checking into
hospice, and I called her home and boyfriend
for a few days before I finally discovered she
had checked into hospice, thanks to my aunt.  
By then, she had already asked for morphine,
which slowed her breathing, and put her into
the hospital.  My aunt informed me that my
mother was not doing well, and told me to call
her the following day at 6:00pm, because my
mom had to talk to me.  I called her the next day
at 7:30, an hour and a half later than I was told.  
My mom didn't answer.  I called again at 9:00,
but she still didn't answer.  I figured I would call
the next day.  At 3:00am my aunt called me from
the hospital.  My mother had suffered a stroke
at 7:15.  Of course I felt horrible that I didn't call
at 6:00 like I was told.  I felt worse when I got to
the hospital, only to find out that my mom
wanted to talk to me because she was informed
by the doctors that she had less than a week to
live.  The doctors informed me that it would be
best for me to sign a DO NOT RESUSCITATE
form.  My mother had her lawyer coming by to
help her fill out the form in the morning.  Now, it
was up to me to sign the paperwork to allow my
mother to die.  It was the hardest thing I have
ever done.  On April 27th, she passed away.  
Making 2009 a far worse year than 2008, or any
other year to date.


Continued in Row 2  -------------->
<--------------- Continued from Row 1




In May we had a memorial for my mother.  It was
a sad event.  The hardest part was telling my
daughter.  It was the single hardest thing I have
ever done.  It broke her heart.  She was very
close to my Mom, and she felt as though she
lost her best friend.  I seldom cry.  I hadn't shed
a tear since 2003, but I will admit I wept like a
child when I lost my mother.  I wept because we
were close, and she had a rough life.  She tried
hard to raise me and my brother, and made a lot
of sacrifices.  She made a lot of bad choices,
and was selfish at many times as well.  She
made mistakes, but being a father I understand.
 I cried the most because I realized my
daughter would never have a chance to see
her grandma ever again.  My mother would not
be able to see my daughter grow up.  It kills me
just thinking about it.

Three weeks after the memorial, I had to put my
dog Angel to sleep.  It was a horrible
experience, as it just brought back the
memories of my mother dying in my arms, just a
few weeks prior.  It was the first time I had ever
put down a dog.  My first dog Chance is still
kicking....somehow.  But his baby sister just
couldn't survive without my mother.  My mom
had been taking care of Angel for the past two
years, as my apartments would not take large
dogs.  When my mom never came home, Angel
quit eating.  She was skin and bones, and
wanting to die.  Of course I told my daughter
that Angel went to live at a doggy retirement
home.  I couldn't let her be exposed to more
death that soon.

The year was tough, but I did have some good
things happen as well.  I got back together with
my ex-wife Amy.  We have both grown up, and
decided to give it another try.  She was there
for me when my Mom passed, and she is great
with my daughter.  We have stayed friends for
the past decade, and we finally had the courage
to try again, and I think she could end up being
the one...again!

My band Numbers On Napkins signed a
contract with F-Bomb Records to release our
long overdue album BORRACHOS, CHINGASOS
Y RUCAS in late 2009.  It happened just weeks
before Bad Stain was going to release it, but
the band felt that F-Bomb could help us more,
as they have better distribution.  

At the tail end of 2009, Numbers On Napkins
guitarist, Matt Martini chose to leave the band
to pursue his side project "Reason Unknown"
full time.  Matt was like a brother, and I hated to
see him go, but I fully understood.  Matt wanted
to play nothing but raw punk rock, and Numbers
On Napkins just plays whatever styles we write,
whatever styles we enjoy.  Even though NoN is
primarily punk and pop punk, we do blend an
assortment of styles, making us a punk
influenced fusion rock band.  Reason Unknown
is an amazing band, and I wish Matt all the best!

With all that being said, I am very excited about
2010.  Numbers On Napkins will be releasing
our new CD, and I will be releasing "March".  I
am nearly finished recording "April", and NoN is
in the middle of recording material for a cover
album, and has six originals nearly complete,
with another six half way done.  I also found
about 20 songs we have never released over
the years...mostly demo's, covers, and live
songs....but a couple decent originals we just
didn't put on previous albums.  With any luck,
perhaps NoN will release a few albums in 2011,
and I will put a couple out myself!

My daughter also wants to record an album with
her band NOTHING IN CHINA.  She turned six
ten days ago, but feels her band is ready to hit
the studio.  They only have a couple songs, but
if she can write a few more, I would like to
release an E.P. for her band by late 2011.  I
guess we'll have to see if I have the funds in
this shitty economy, and if her band is really
ready for such a challenge at such a young age.

Thanks to all my fans for sticking with me
during this slow period.  I know I haven't
released new material lately, but rest assured,
my new music will be worth the wait!

Cheers - Chase
Purchase Chase Stain
Merchandise Online at: