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August 29, 2008

From: Harlan Frey
Our bands had a very positive experience on the tour, as did Hef, the head of our street team.
You’ve got A-level people working for you, all with team sprited frames of mind. It was truly a pleasure working with everyone.
Looking forward to ‘09.
Best,

Harlan Frey

August 27, 2008

Kicking it here in The Bay once again after wrapping up the last day of the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival. I am downright shocked at how fast this tour went by, I guess the saying's true, time definitely flies when you're having fun. Hell, fun doesn't even begin to describe it! That tour was incredible! Hands-down the best American festival tour we have ever done. Not to say the others were bad or anything, 'cause they weren't, but these guys have really got it down. It was well organized / planned, very artist-friendly, with super chill vibe. They let bands host BBQ's every few days and paid for some food and booze, and as a result of all of the sponsorships there was a ton of money to go around to take care of shit for the bands. We could not have done anything better right now; without a doubt, this tour was MASSIVE for us.

The crowds themselves were phenomenal, and if I do say so myself, we absolutely KILLED it on this tour!!! We OWNED the side stage!!! Seriously, some of those shows were just plain ridiculous. We had 5,000 kids making 6 pits in Albuquerque... SIX FUCKING PITS!!! It was retarded! And we aren't sittin' there tellin'em to open up the pit for 5 minutes between songs, Head Cases just DO that shit!!! Hell, we usually had no less than 2 pits going at any given time, and even on a "slow" day we played to 3,000 people, it was crazy. On a good day like Mountain View, or Los Angeles, we played to 10,000 people, easily. And to tell you the truth, there wasn't even really a "slow" day, but if I had to mention some standouts, highlights for sure included San Francisco (FUCKING BRUTAL!!!!!!), Los Angeles (SICK!!!), Dallas (AMAZING!), Chicago was nothing short of mind-boggling, sing-a-longs from hell... they fucking love their metal in Chicago, that is for DAMN SURE! Detroit, West Palm Beach, Pittsburgh... Toronto was FUCKING ABSURD!!!! Camden... oh my GOD!!! Uniondale, Atlanta had 3,000 kids raging in the pouring, POURING rain our entire set, it was just... MAN!?!And though this sounds kinda hippie-dippie, a couple of times it had been raining all day... but as soon as we got to "Halo" the sun came out. It was fuckin' goosebump kinda shit, let me tell ya! The kinda shit you read about.

Definitely a HUGE thanks to John Reese, Mayhem, and all the Rockstar Energy Drink crew for going way above and beyond. We also want to thank the Jagermeister crew, Rob and Co. for being so amazing and on the ball, and Jagermeister for giving us endless supplies of Jager!!! All the bands on this tour have been so fucking amazing, such a rad vibe backstage, and awesome to make so many cool, funny, and genuinely good people as new friends. And a big shout out to Strati and the Metal Mulisha dudes for being so cool. Hopefully you got a chance to check out the Metal Mulisha guys... they're fucking UNREAL!!!

Rob, Lead Singer of Machine Head

April 3, 2007

Greg Dean is a Good Guy, cheerful, reliable, with a broad skill-set & well able to use his initiative in times of challenge & difficulty; that is, every day on the road.

I look forward to working with Greg again, as FOH sound mixer and/or production manager, if someone else hasn't got to him first.

Robert Fripp

October 12, 2006

Mr. Gregory Dean / Production Manager
Gregory Dean Has worked for Green Day as a Production Manager since December of 2004. He also worked for Green Day on and off as both a production manager and live monitor mixer since 1997. He is solely responsible for advancing and on site management of our production for our live performances. He manages our crew of about eighty people, and is our liaison for all of our live sound, lighting and pyrotechnical vendors. Mr. Dean is as comfortable running a stadium concert for 70,000 people as he is in a 300 seat club. He is a master of his craft and is without a doubt one of only a handful of people on earth that can perform his position at his level. Greg is invaluable to us as an employee and friend. He is dependable, honest, and hard working. Greg is a wealth of information on many subjects. He is a friend to all a slave driver to some and a verbal dominator of his enemies and allies alike. Even on the toughest most stressful days Greg has a smile on his face and has the determination to get the job done. For these reasons, I William Schneider can strongly recommend Gregory Dean for the position of Production manager to anyone in the entertainment community. I have worked with Green Day for ten years. My current position is band coordinator/ day to day manager. Please feel free to contact me regarding my recommendation of Mr. Dean.
Sincerely,

William D. Schneider
Green Day Management
Schneider@pacbell.net

From: JReese
Date: March 6, 2006
To: gregdean_prod.mgmt@mac.com

I have found Greg to be the consumate professional. In his capacity as the Production Manager for Taste of Chaos he oversaw a road staff (band and crew) of 167 people. Greg has a great ability to communicate his strong work ethic to the members of his production team.

In his capacity as Production Manager he managed 44 Arena shows in the U.S. and Canada.

His ability to save us money and yet not cut corners was especially beneficial to our operation. I never witnessed Greg lose his cool under some very stressful circumstances. Greg handled each difficult situation with efficiency and professionalism.

I would highly recommend hiring Greg to anyone looking for a fantastic production manager.

John Reese
www.freezemanagement.com
www.tasteofchaos.com