I clicked immediately. I love Bullet Boys. Marq's voice is fantastic. Smooth Up is one of my hard rock all time favorites. 🤩🤩🤩
@thumperthummper90309 ай бұрын
An Kermit the frog sounds better then he 😊😊😊😊😊
@gordocarbo8 ай бұрын
@@thumperthummper9030 Go watch your cartoons then. Unless you can do better can it Nobody likes a trash talker of others.
@Chadsolderbrotherbrad11112 ай бұрын
He sucked And looked like a little girl The music was lame
@k.s.710410 ай бұрын
Loved the Bullet Boys, especially when the original lineup was firing on all cylinders. First saw them on the Cinderella, Winger, and Bullet Boys tour. That was an amazing triple bill rock show.
@thumperthummper90309 ай бұрын
Wow. U must b 50. 😅😅😅 The bullit bugs wasn't that gr8
@gordocarbo8 ай бұрын
@@thumperthummper9030Dude you cant even spell out a word. They rocked hard back then and yeah most of us are about 50ish now. Yourself?
@Malama_Ki8 ай бұрын
And they really played their instruments! No dj, no sampling, no computers or cell phones. Just plug and play rock and roll. Nevermind the troll on here, I half expect a boomer comment lol. Imagine this younger generation looking back… lol nothing of substance to see.
@Plisken653 ай бұрын
@thumperthummper9030 you must be 12
@stephanieespinosa8709Ай бұрын
I saw the line up.too 1989 Knoxville Tn...I was "only 17"..I'm 52 now and still rockin' this
@bobthebear1246 Жыл бұрын
Well, that's certainly an interesting story. 😄 Thank you for filling us in on literally the last 33 years of BulletBoys' history, lol. I heard that Marq Torien was pretty-much a train-wreck to deal with, and your comprehensive, detailed video certainly proves that. He was an incredible screamer but it's no surprise that he lost that fairly early on. I mean, he *REALLY* screamed like no other. Sounded great, but a voice like that can't last. "Smooth Up In Ya" is such a great song, easily one of the Top 10 late-80s Metal tracks, and their cover of The O'Jays' classic "For The Love of Money" was 🔥 and nearly as great as the original, although being VERY different. The BulletBoys really made that song their own. Too bad they just didn't have the staying power to be a successful band.
@alexguitar841 Жыл бұрын
I got to play with Jimmy Deanda in a Thin Lizzy tribute band in the early to mid 2000's and he was such an amazing drummer and overall really cool dude.
@steventalavera2381 Жыл бұрын
When I first heard the debut album I thought, This is Van Halen 2.0. It kicked so much ass. Then never to be.
@digitalhunter42 Жыл бұрын
As a teen I saw them in concert. The loudest band I have ever seen live.
@dmitrivlad8538 Жыл бұрын
Badass🔥
@gordocarbo8 ай бұрын
Parents would smash every record I took home back then....going to a concert never happened
@grahamjarman22 сағат бұрын
@gordocarbo 😆
@jamesmoss3424 Жыл бұрын
I like bullet boys I got their first album on CD 💿 .😀👍🤘🎸
@johndenson3107 Жыл бұрын
Loved them dudes! Especially the self titled debut...🔥
@joshuaDstarks Жыл бұрын
I’ve only ever heard of these guys through ads in my dad’s comics.
@NITE_SHIFTING Жыл бұрын
🪰
@peepawghost Жыл бұрын
Always been a fan. The current lineup is awesome.
@Scottocaster6668 Жыл бұрын
Say what you will about Bulletßoys, those first two albums are Great! Mick Sweda is an awesome guitarist. I still play them regularly. God I hate that label "Hair metal" donned from corporate scumbags.
@gordocarbo8 ай бұрын
Agree, incredible talent. Wore all my tapes out back in the day with greats like these guys. Was so sad when rock in general disappeared from the air waves. Good memories, great times.
@Joe-wo7rg Жыл бұрын
Saw them twice back in the day. Great show
@craigrock8444 Жыл бұрын
I've been waiting for this one!! SMOOTH UP IN YA!!
@timfoley3189 Жыл бұрын
They rocked! Smooth up in ya was just such a great song! And to tell you the truth, ZaZa is a really good album. I listen to it all the time, one of my top ten for sure. The depth these guys have just gets passed on buy dj's, it's a shame!
@gordocarbo8 ай бұрын
Familiar story. It was about impossible to get signed as a metal band back in the same time. Crazy competition and metal was on its way out. Got lucky myself due to our drummers connection but it was short lived. Drugs...OD death and egos, done before it got started lol Love the tune talk to your daughter, simple yet done so right
@jonspeas1506 Жыл бұрын
I saw them with Winger and Cinderella...great time!... we missed most of Winger... Bullet Boys were good.. Cinderella blew out my eardrums(course I was standing next to their amps at the front)- loudest concert I've heard at 18 years old... worth the hearing loss!- 😁
@chasing_dragons10 ай бұрын
Thank you for this. I'm hoping Marq will release more than of their concert video.
@smitty7592 Жыл бұрын
Pretty obscure band from the tail end of the glam/hair metal era. If only these bands knew about the grunge train about to run them over. They did make a little splash and interesting to know what happened.
@Poppaea-Sabina Жыл бұрын
Kind of a one album wonder.
@gordocarbo8 ай бұрын
Yep tail end, same time I got signed, we went nowhere quick The grunge era sucked big time! Rock was dead far as I was concerned. COuldnt get into that dark depressing poor me crap. THanks for killing metal reagan Look at the garbage being played over the airwaves today its a joke
@user-on2lu7ev6c6 ай бұрын
Grunge sucks. Metal music was about good times and that's what music was about. There's enough depression in this world.
@Plisken653 ай бұрын
Not enough space here to list all the grunge one-hit "wonders"...
@robertauclair22782 ай бұрын
Every era comes to an end. Did people really think hair metal was going to be popular forever? By 1990 it was on its last legs and the bands were getting stale and boring. It needed to be put out of its misery.
@bangslamwham88 Жыл бұрын
The song title "Smooth Up In Ya" always makes me chuckle.
@gordocarbo8 ай бұрын
Definitely an 80s phrase. Played a ton at strip clubs haha
@Plisken653 ай бұрын
Nowhere near as classy as "W.A.P." from 2023, right?😂
@mikehunt3559 Жыл бұрын
Loved the song smooth up in ya. Great guitar too. I was a budding guitar player in 80s and was in a band. I knew a couple of guys in other bands that released albums and toured. I remember talking to them and they both said they hated it after awhile. They both said pretty much the same thing. It was fun for the 1st few months and then it got old quick. They were both broke all the time and contracted STDs. I think at times they were so broke they had to sleep in their van. My band never toured. Probably because we sucked.
@thumperthummper90309 ай бұрын
In truth. They suck. ..your band is probably better then them. You your band probably had more heart. They had nothing Not even music if u want to call it that. Today. They really not that gr8 they granpas not originals 😊😊😊
@ColeBolchoz14 күн бұрын
Great job on the Band and well reearched, keep going.
@crswro1690 Жыл бұрын
honestly have not heard any other song they did beside smooth up in ya. and even then, that was the perfect time to go take a piss.
@DT-wy1wp Жыл бұрын
Are you normally dishonest that you feel the need to announce when you are being honest?
@lorddrac_dontaskmetodance Жыл бұрын
Just like a lot of bands, they are more than that.
@crswro1690 Жыл бұрын
@@lorddrac_dontaskmetodance was just odd to see them on HBB. they seemed like much more of a band whose videos would play throughout the day rather that get mixed in with the heavier stuff. they just werent my thing.
@arthurrimbaud7287 Жыл бұрын
These guys along with the likes of Bang Tango, Britney Fox, and Trixter were really the bottom of the barrel of the hair metal era.
@rogerwalker2224 Жыл бұрын
@@DT-wy1wp hahahahaha
@buckster2575 Жыл бұрын
I've always liked these guys 👍.
@TheLithGH2 ай бұрын
I was sooo excited about the reunion in 2019!! And then super bummed it collapsed shortly after that... I still love that band after all these 40 something years!! The 1st 2 albums, that is...
@selfdiscardedkingofruin7291 Жыл бұрын
Saw them in 1989 open for Winger, Cinderella and Bon Jovi. Great show. Full stadium. Front row.
@nwerd7584 Жыл бұрын
I think all those bands are far superior. lol
@Plisken653 ай бұрын
Well, yeah. That's why they were the openers...
@lorddrac_dontaskmetodance Жыл бұрын
Even as a young metal fan, I do like BulletBoys. They were the first band I've ever heard use the lyrics "1, 2, f-ck you" in their song "Hell On My Heels", so that's enough to earn my respect.
@riproar11 Жыл бұрын
Really?
@PaulSmoker420 Жыл бұрын
How many other songs have you heard with the lyric "1,2, f*ck you"? 🤔😄
@riproar11 Жыл бұрын
@@PaulSmoker420 I don't and have never listened to music dumb enough to have such lyrics. When we were little kids we sang nursery rhymes with lyrics like, "1, 2, buckle my shoe. 3, 4, knock at the door. Five, six, pick up sticks", but we grew out of those during early elementary school.
@lorddrac_dontaskmetodance Жыл бұрын
@@PaulSmoker420 •BulletBoys - Hell On My Heels •Psychostick - Cockblock •Some band I saw in a "band fails" compilation.
@lorddrac_dontaskmetodance Жыл бұрын
@@riproar11 I personally like dumb music under the notion that it's not annoying.
@davidpaul6656 Жыл бұрын
They were a great band with lots of potential, too bad egos got in the way
@ProvocativeSloth Жыл бұрын
I remember their cover of Rock Candy from the Wayne's World soundtrack album. I had it on cassette when I was an 8 year old little girl. 👧🏻🤘🏻
@thumperthummper90309 ай бұрын
A 8yr old. Listening to that. Sad. ... Way better bands then they lol.. At age 8 I was learning music I play a few instruments percussionist..an other. My hair is thicker then them. An longer lol..I'm 33. Lol
@gordocarbo8 ай бұрын
@@thumperthummper9030 You sound like youre 13 nobody cares what you did anyways.
@gordocarbo8 ай бұрын
They do killer cover songs, Rock Candy was outstanding .Hard to top the original but they did.
@v2vroth Жыл бұрын
Wow great band and story🎸🎶
@PinkyJujubean Жыл бұрын
They were second wave. The last wave was bands like Steelheart, Roxy Blue, Mr Big, White Trash, and Firehouse. Bulletboys were part of the wave that followed in the wake of the original hair bands. The wave that produced Skid Row, Winger, Stryper, and Tesla.
@clovers-zi5fe Жыл бұрын
Good point, especially about the 3rd wave.
@PinkyJujubean Жыл бұрын
@@clovers-zi5fe I think the second wave started following the release of Metal Health by Quiet Riot. From 84 to 90. That was the peak period. Bulletboys were at the tail end of the second wave
@LuchaLibertaria Жыл бұрын
They were 2nd wave, you are right. First wave was Glam Metal, which evolved into Sleaze Rock/Metal ( La Guns, GnR) and Pop-Metal ( Commercial Hard Rock). Bulletboys is one of those late 80smcommercial Hard Rock bands. The 3rd and last wave is: Firehouse, Love/Hate, Steelheart, Wildside etc
@LuchaLibertaria Жыл бұрын
Btw, Tesla has a classic Hard Rock style, they don't belong to any Glam wave imho
@PinkyJujubean Жыл бұрын
@@LuchaLibertaria you are correct, however they get lumped into that because they toured with those bands and came from the same time and place
@danielmankowski9229 ай бұрын
THC Groove!!! ……TEA TIME ! 😎
@wadepitre579 Жыл бұрын
Love all their stuff 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
@user-sk8xb9dc5b Жыл бұрын
He was great at M3 Festival. They were also great when they played at the Cellblock in Bensalem,Pa great Show 🤘🏽❤️😊
@ivi13 Жыл бұрын
ZaZa!! When pigs fly ! Cross tops.bunch of great tunes
@blainerudy2255 Жыл бұрын
Igot this cd cause I liked Bullet Boys. This put me off of them!
@dsanchez9703 Жыл бұрын
Bullet Boys Rocked!
@gordocarbo8 ай бұрын
Simple fun music that rocked all night. Era gone forever
@theheavymetalkitchen7607 Жыл бұрын
Although I’m a huge fan of Freakshow, The BulletBoys are one of the very few bands getting better with age and killing it with their best new lineup yet.. ❤🎸😎👍🏻
@roosternm6830 Жыл бұрын
Great songs with too much drama
@madarab37 Жыл бұрын
The bus driver for the Bullet Boys hid a big gun they didn't know about. Oh the irony.
@johnargow37393 ай бұрын
I use to be roommates with Lonnie in 2006. We had some good times together!
@careful__Icarus6 ай бұрын
Marq was lead guitarist in the band Kagny and the Dirty Rats,who put out an lp on Motown pre Bulletboys. If you can find it its a pretty good lp. There I've done a little work for this channel.
@rnrtruestories5 ай бұрын
Haha thanks
@LuchaLibertaria Жыл бұрын
Nice informative video. Obviously you put a lot of effort & research in making this. The thing I wanna add: Bulletboys belongs to the 2nd wave of Glam Metal (1986-89). The last wave would be 1990-92. Describing them as Glam or commercial Hard Rock is more accurate. Anyway thnx for the video!🍻🍻👍👍
@randywatson4341 Жыл бұрын
Seen them with Quite Riot They Really Tanked on that concert!
@darkstitches77127 ай бұрын
A friend of mine toured with them one time and had to share a bus with BB and Marq was a total piece of work. My friend ultimately had to sue them.... now I can't think of this band without getting tge "ick" when I think of Marq....
@Malama_Ki Жыл бұрын
Mexican DLR with his producer and ego…. what could go wrong?🤷🏼♂️
@gordocarbo8 ай бұрын
Egos....biggest problem with bands at least then. Our group got chit canned shortly after signing due to the same. FIrst contract they are gonna say what gets changed how etc, guys just couldnt roll with it. Thankfully I had a day job still.
@leightnite3056 Жыл бұрын
The solo in Smooth up, my GOD!
@danedenmusic18 күн бұрын
I told Mick that it was one of the best solos of the late 80’s or the best or most memorable or something I forget- either way- he thanked me! He has a KZfaq page.
@kayb511416 күн бұрын
In 1989, I saw Lonnie vencent in a chucky cheese playing video games loll
@bobslenker27 Жыл бұрын
SMOOTH UP IN YA!!
@warmonger8799 Жыл бұрын
Awesome 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
@thebeastieboys2900 Жыл бұрын
Bullet Boys Use To Kick Ass And Take Names.....💪...🤟
@brucelacy4098 Жыл бұрын
My old band opened for The Bullet Boys at a festival in 2019. Never got to meet them but their driver sent their associate to get weed from my bass player 😂 🤘🏻
@gordocarbo8 ай бұрын
What was your band name?
@Poppaea-Sabina Жыл бұрын
Marq Torien had great stage presence.
@tommytacoma8247 Жыл бұрын
Great tight band! I just couldn't take all the Air Humping!!
@stuperprohero4 ай бұрын
Would really like to see Jimmy D'Anda get in a solid band. I hope either him or Zoltan Cheney are with Lynch Mopb when I see them.
@tonyfix798610 ай бұрын
Say your prayers!!!! And Laughing with the dead Turn it up and fucking rock!!!
@TheJoeyG88 Жыл бұрын
Johnny G' was their best drummer.. Rest Easy G'. Best of Luck Bullet Boys..
@allanvanuga9196 Жыл бұрын
Great video.
@goatbut292 ай бұрын
They ROCKED lex, ky back in the day and I still got the shirt, "What did I say?!" T-shirt to prove it!
@surrealcereal603 Жыл бұрын
Weird that I just bid on a vinyl copy of their debut album about an hour before this video dropped. Hmmm….
@darthlazlo Жыл бұрын
You forgot Marc Torien sang on the Rocky IV soundtrack with the band Touch. The song was The Sweetest Victory.
@barnabyjones5161 Жыл бұрын
Always viewed these guys as just a one-hit wonder.
@goodmorningsundaymorning4533 Жыл бұрын
Barely that.
@Poppaea-Sabina Жыл бұрын
Two hit wonder
@gordocarbo8 ай бұрын
Back then yes but they had a number of good hits, they just came in as that type of music was being phased out.
@cindivankirk83916 ай бұрын
What about drummer Joaquin Revuelta? I didn’t catch him being mentioned here.
@kellybrincks11 ай бұрын
First 2 albums are gems
@j-sin3344 Жыл бұрын
Love Smooth up in ya, but when they were on MTV I remember the name was changed to Smooth Opinion. Its been 35 years so maybe Im misremembering but its wasnt Up in YA
@gordocarbo8 ай бұрын
That was the dawn of the pc hurt feelings culture its only gotten worse since then. That period of time late 70s-80s rock was incredible..and pretty much vanished.
@beezlebub3955 Жыл бұрын
This is the first time I’ve ever heard of these guys. Not a huge fan of hair metal, but 🤷♂️
@doginu3 ай бұрын
KNAC
@sadlerisgod1 Жыл бұрын
dude what do you think about a vid about Wrathchild America / Souls at Zero? I worked two shows that they played and they were awesome man. Cheers dude!
@jaysonraphaelmurdock8812 Жыл бұрын
That first SAZ album smoked
@beandipcartography Жыл бұрын
Dude allsome
@flowerchild89 Жыл бұрын
I remember this band. However, I don't remember any of their songs.
@gordocarbo8 ай бұрын
Memory loss... same here had too much fun in those days...til it wasnt fun anymore
@princegroove Жыл бұрын
They’re inherently legendary just for having a song called “Smooth Up in Ya.”😂
@thumperthummper90309 ай бұрын
That's the only song. An its just barlie a hit. It was pushed. 😊😊😊
@princegroove9 ай бұрын
@@thumperthummper9030 Yeah, I’m not a fan of it.
@MrTaxiRob Жыл бұрын
Cinderella, at peak form, selling $17 tickets...
@LordVikingLive Жыл бұрын
I always hoped Eddie Van Halen would ask Marq to join Van Halen, he had that DLR look, but a hell of a better voice.
@jaysonraphaelmurdock8812 Жыл бұрын
But just as much of a headache
@71kevman2 ай бұрын
Marq also hoped that EVH would call him and give him the VH gig.
@mackenzie9865 Жыл бұрын
SMOOOTH UP IN YAAA!!!
@frustrateduser9933 Жыл бұрын
5:18 "Smooth Up IN Ya" not "Smooth UPPIN Ya" 🙂
@boopah4365 Жыл бұрын
Was gonna say that..Makes me think he's never even heard it.
@paulmorvantjr.8072 Жыл бұрын
Love The BulletBoys! Too bad that they didn't make it as big as they could, or should, have.
@gordocarbo8 ай бұрын
Came out too late thats all, metal era was being canned by gov and the media. God forbid songs were about getting out, having fun partying or getting laid. Oooh so bad!
@ashesantics Жыл бұрын
❤❤
@jamesbedford3774 Жыл бұрын
Weird band. I've heard a few contradictory stories about them getting together and the first album. 'For the Love of Money' does nothing for me, but 'Smooth Up In Ya' and 'Hard as a Rock' kick arse. The production on their debut is right up my street (similar to Vain's 'No Respect'), nice and raw. Oh, and 'Za-Za' is better than you might think.
@gordocarbo8 ай бұрын
Hang on St Christopher has some hook to it also. Lots of good hits so to speak just came late in the game. Had a guy working for me (had pool routes) back then he looked exactly like this guy....or David Lee Roth Nice guy good worker, dumb as a bag of hammers but the ladies loved him .lol
@KennethBlum-sl6rx9 ай бұрын
I liked Acid Monkey
@kevinstrong82657 ай бұрын
Bullet Boys couldn't touch King Kobra. That's where Smooth up came from, King Kobra.
@Rick-ts8rz Жыл бұрын
😂 Smooth up in ya indeed lol 😅
@chadmooreofficial Жыл бұрын
That stabbing occured in Peoria, Illinois.
@jamesmoss3424 Жыл бұрын
Do one on the time that megadeth guess star on a episode of the cartoon show Duck Dodgers. 😀👍🤘🎸
@riproar11 Жыл бұрын
The giant spaceship shaped like a saxophone, orbiting Earth while piping out lite jazz was hilarious.!
@jamesmoss3424 Жыл бұрын
@@riproar11 yes it was very funny. 🤣👍
@pawlpoche8736 Жыл бұрын
I heard the singer was/is a great guitarist!
@roosternm6830 Жыл бұрын
Yes he is. Look him up here on KZfaq. He can pull off some EVH
@henrynegro8397 Жыл бұрын
He almost got the gig to take over for the late randy Rhoads in ozzys band. He also almost replaced Warren de martini in ratt too.
@MrVortex1313 Жыл бұрын
Marq is a stand up guy. I net him in a gas station I worked at and he invited me to a bar room show he was doing with members of Cinderella.
@CaptainCreamStain-xx6wt Жыл бұрын
Dude The Original Bullet Boys Lineup Kicks Ass and Takes Names....✌️
@magnusjmvc8895 Жыл бұрын
As long as marq is fronting go watch ANY lineup… all killer no filler 💯
@nicholasfiscina1690Ай бұрын
They were ok
@deniskozlowski9370 Жыл бұрын
What a shame. A bus stabbing is so metal!
@johnnyquid-xj4kk Жыл бұрын
A lot of these bands had the misfortune to come at a time when music and culture totally changed.
@gordocarbo8 ай бұрын
Accurate statement, I think the period with the biggest changes in decades going on. Stopped being fun.
@johnnyquid-xj4kk8 ай бұрын
Indeed. I grew out of it and I got into AIC, KORN, and other bands of that genre, hair metal just looked silly by then.
@kevinjones8745 Жыл бұрын
Love the Bullet Boys....... FUCKIN ROCK.......❤️💪💯🇺🇸💯🇺🇸💪❤️....... NO QUARTER ASKED, NONE GIVEN...
@MichaelCharles2011 Жыл бұрын
They did a killer cover of montrose’s Rock Candy on the Wayne’s world soundtrack
@NITE_SHIFTING Жыл бұрын
Their ep LICKING THE DANISH is quite good. And Smooth Up is a banger. 🪰
@Microtonal_Cats2 ай бұрын
Goes to Detroit. Gets stabbed, by someone you brought to Detroit.
@user-xq4nq5ry2bАй бұрын
They are posers, Lonny is the biggest doosh, he will steal songs, say he wrote them , he's been doing the same s*** forever and Mark Torein is a legend in his own mind. Absolutely mind-boggling, in lieu that rock and roll so much latitude is allowed these musicians, these guys have broken every taboo, in and within that latitude. They're hated by their constituents, and by most of the people that have ever come across them. Ego, that is unwarranted, and behavior that is even looked down upon in an industry that tolerates quite a bit. Absolutely horrible man. Rotten to the core.
@PaladinCecil Жыл бұрын
One thing that would've been good to mention was how they were dropped by M.T.V. After the release of Freakshow, the band had made an appearance on the network when Marq Torien got into a fight with a crew member backstage. After that, MTV stopped supporting them, and that was a factor for why the Freakshow album tanked.
@gordocarbo8 ай бұрын
Never heard that before, any details on what, why?
@PaladinCecil8 ай бұрын
I don't know anything on how it started. Just that the two of them had a fight.
@sibbyeskie Жыл бұрын
Sorry but, “Smooth Up In Ya”?… hat have missed that one.
@fumanpoo4725 Жыл бұрын
Doads
@isaacshaver621815 сағат бұрын
It doesn't sound right you saying Smooth Up In Ya' as smoothupinyou
@jasonlaughlin1668 Жыл бұрын
I met Marq a few years ago. Super nice guy.
@patrickclapp684711 ай бұрын
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@rogerwalker2224 Жыл бұрын
Oh no! Drugs, drama and mediocre talent destroyed a band! Say it ain't so!
@robsim4692 Жыл бұрын
Oh no! Ignorance, arrogance and clearly no judge of talent in another mediocre comment, imagine that! I'm not even a Bullet boys fan but where's your album pal? Let's hear about your talents or is your only talent when others run "smooth up in ya" (couldn't help myself)
@rogerwalker2224 Жыл бұрын
@@robsim4692 Lol you went full throttle on your reaction to my sarcastic comment. Why?
@nwerd7584 Жыл бұрын
@@robsim4692 wheres yours for demanding a person with a critique show theirs?
@robsim4692 Жыл бұрын
@@nwerd7584 where's my what exactly, Mr. Rocket scientist? Where's my album or where's my degree? I can actually provide both along with something else you would without question love! We could listen to my album while I stared at my degree and you gobble it up!
@nwerd7584 Жыл бұрын
@@robsim4692 how about you let people share their opinions and go back to not reading them.